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Reach your market. Build your network.
Social Media is vital to your company's online presence and success. HyperDo provides you with the tools to build an effective, always up-to-date online social network in an efficient, straightforward manner.
Facebook it.
Facebook is a huge social media network, and allowing you to acquire and update customers, post product and build a network of friends and clients. With its basic, easy-to-use format, Facebook will keep your company and its customers connected and up-to-date.
HyperDo will create a sharp Facebook page so that you can:
- Maintain a company profile, upload photos, offer specials, post and sell products
- Post updates that alert customers to new product and news releases
- Build a network of customers whose interactions with your company will appear on their profiles
- Build your presence in one of the largest social networks on the web
You can check out a sample below.
HootSuite it.
HyperDo is partnered with the network dashboard HootSuite, a platform from which you can manage several social networks at once from one place. HootSuite saves you time and energy, providing a single channel that updates and generates reports on all the others.
We partner with HootSuite because of its simple yet powerful media. With them you can:
- Maintain and update several social networks, such as Twitter and Facebook, from one platform
- Track and generate reports on consumer interest and following, and share these reports with coworkers and employees
- With one password, share update and administration power with other users
- Maintain your social network anytime, from anywhere – HootSuite has mobile applications, making updates and reports instant and easy
These days, most humans are tweeting.
Twitter is the 140-word-update phenomenon that has taken much of the web by storm. This social media allows users to share news, stories, images, videos and other information with a quick flutter of the fingers. Companies use it to share news with their target audience, musicians to update their fans…the list goes on and on.
Twitter will enable you to do the same with your target audience. HyperDo will integrate your website with this powerful tool so that you, too, can update like a pro. Gain followers and keep them in the know with a Twitter feed on your site.
Stay Connected. Stay Competitive.
HyperDo will help you build your social network at an affordable, competitive rate. Give us a call, and learn how to reach your market today!
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Building a social network is integral to the success of your site. Integrating your CMS with social media generates traffic and exposure that your site would otherwise never see.
Take the Marriage Matters blog, for example. Each of their posts is stocked with social icons.
We have options here: Facebook, Twitter, Facebook like, Google public recommends, and a green "share" tab to provide email and Yahoo sharing options as well.
Let's pick one. If you click on the Facebook icon, for example, you see this:
Click on the "Share Link" button in the bottom right corner, and your friends will immediately see the link when they log into their own Facebook account and scroll down the homepage. When they click on it, it directs them to the Marriage Matters blog article. You've just become a traffic guide – you've introduced someone new to a great site.
This can happen to your website, too. Social media is a powerful tool. Ask us today how to start using it to boost the volume to your site.


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Kidnapping of Aid Workers: All Humanitarian Assistance to Iraq Now at Risk
Action Against Hunger, Aide Medicale Internationale and Handicap International were shocked and outraged to learn of the abduction of four humanitarian workers yesterday in Baghdad. Italians Simona Torita and Simona Baro, who work for the NGO "A Bridge to Iraq," were seized by gunmen at their offices in the Iraqi capital in broad daylight, along with an Iraqi female aid worker and an Iraqi male colleague. The relief groups are expressing their grave concern about the situation, and making an appeal that all efforts be made to secure their release as soon as possible. Moreover, the kidnappings are forcing the humanitarian community to reconsider the possibility of continuing operations in Iraq altogether.
The abductions represent a crime which has already led to worldwide condemnation. The fact that relief workers were seized underscores the degree to which the situation has deteriorated in Iraq, and communicates the message that the kidnappers are seeking to sever any relationship between the Iraqi people and the outside world. Under the circumstances, the vast majority of NGO's who still maintain foreign aid workers in Baghdad are now in the process of pulling them out. Iraqi aid workers as well are being forced to cease activities, having been shown that they too are in danger.
Beyond the message the situation communicates, the critical fact remains that the lives of Simona Torreta and Simona Pari, as well as our two Iraqi colleagues, are in grave danger. Action Against Hunger, Aide Medicale Internationale and Handicap International hope for the strongest possible movement within the community in the coming days to reassure that our friends are not forgotten, and to encourage the authorities to do everything within their power to win their immediate freedom.

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ImmPort Ontology Conference
Where: Paul Berg Hall A #230, Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge, 291 Campus Drive West, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305.
When: September 4-5, 2013
- Day 1 is intended for all those engaged in information-driven immunology research who have an interest in the work of ImmPort and/or in ontology and data standardization
- Day 2 (by invitation only) is intended primarily for those interested in CyTOF and related issues of data management in immunological science.
Background resources
- An overview of ontologies proposed by ImmPort for use across the immunology research community is provided here
If you are interested in attending please contact Barry Smith as soon as possible.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
- 8:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast
- 9:00 Barry Smith (Buffalo): Overview of ImmPort Ontologies Slides
- 9:15 Jeff Wiser (Northrop Grumman): Discussion on the Role of Ontologies in ImmPort
- 9:45 Atul Butte (Stanford / ImmPort): The Future of ImmPort Slides
- 10:00 Garry Nolan (Stanford): Goals for CyTOF
- 11:00 Break
- 11:15 Alex Diehl (Buffalo): PRO and CL Slides
- 11:45 Alan Ruttenberg (Buffalo): The Ontology for Biomedical Investigations (OBI) Slides
- 12:15 Lunch
- 13:00 Holden Maecker (Stanford):Flow Cytometry Standardization and the Problem of Cell Typing Slides
- 14:00 Ryan Brinkman (Vancouver): The Cytometry-Ontology Framework Supplementary data
- 14:45 Melanie Courtot (Vancouver): Enabling Faster and More Accurate Analysis of Vaccine Adverse Event Reports with Ontology Support
- 15:15 Break
- 15:30 Lindsay Cowell (Southwestern Medical Center): VDJ Repertoire and Ontology-Based Data Sharing Slides Slides 1 Slides 2
Thursday, September 5, 2013
- 8:30 Continental Breakfast
- 9:00 Nikesh Kotecha (Stanford / Cytobank): Software Challenges for Cytometry Slides
- 9:30 Yannick Pouliot, Alex Diehl, Chris Mungall: Symposium on the Cell Ontology (CL)
- Cell types, cell stages, cell populations and CL terms and definitions.
- 10:30 Break
- 11:00 Alan Ruttenberg, Barry Smith: A Debate on Strategies for Use of Ontologies in ImmPort
- 12:00 Lunch
- 13:00 Open Discussion: Consequences for the Future of Immunological Science
- Topics to be addressed
- The Cell Ontology as Canonical Ontology: The Case of OncoCL Slides
- How do we create a Cell Stage / Cell State Ontology?
- Do we need a Cell System (Immune Cell System, Cancer Cell System, (Intercellular, Stroma ...)
- Topics to be addressed
- 15:00 Shai Shen-Orr (Tel Aviv): Ontology, NLP and the Semantic Enhancement of Immunology Research Literature
- 16:30
Major Questions for Discussion
1. Evaluation of the cell type definitions proposed in Maecker et al. (if possible do this prior to the meeting)
2. What should be the framework by which we can represent cell populations identified through given sorts of assays in such a way that we can later promote them to cell types recognized in the CL?
3. How do we determine what is really a new cell type rather than either a refinement of an existing cell type generated by additional markers, or (2) a transient activation state of some known cell type?
- Subtasks:
- Ontological Background
- a. explain the difference between continuant and occurrent
- b. summarize how this difference is handled in other ontologies (especially GO)
- c. list a set of properties that distinguish a cell type (continuant) from a transient state type (occurrent)
- Metadata
- What metadata need to be captured in order to enable the downstream determination that a cell population identified by some assay is in fact either (a) a bona fide cell type that should be included in CL, or (b) a bona fide cell state type?
- Proposed:
- a. composition of the antigen panel
- b. antibodies used to probe each antigen (expressed as ImmPort Antibody Registry ID)
- c. the type of flow experiment: traditional, phosphoflow, CyTOF
- d. unique experiment ID
- e. species of the cells being probed (NCBI Taxonomy ID)
- f. type of sample (whole blood, PBCs)
- g. combination of markers that define a cell type according to the experimenter
- h. clinical status of subjects (affected, unaffected; vaccinated/unvaccinated)
- i. interventions (e.g., which arm of a trial the subject belongs to)
(At least in the short-run, it is anticipated that these data will be obtained from ImmPort's store of flow data.)
More ambitious questions for discussion if time allows:
3. Can we leverage CyTOF to develop a true step-by-step picture of hematopoiesis? This is a question for both ontology and the experimental approach.
4. What surface markers or internal proteins have reliable associations with biological processes, such that when we see a novel cell type or a variant of a known cell type we can predict the cell's function or (in other words the GO:Biological Processes it is capable of carrying out or participating in)? This question can obviously leverage existing GO annotations for particular proteins, some of which already have co-annotation with CL terms. But it can also lead to new terms for GO:Biological Processes and for CL cell types.
- Sanchita Bhattacharya (ImmPort / Stanford)
- Ryan Brinkman (Vancouver, BC)
- Atul Butte (ImmPort / Stanford)
- Quan Chen (NIH / NIAID)
- Lindsay Cowell (UT Southwestern, Dallas)
- Melanie Courtot (Vancouver, BC)
- Alexander Diehl (ImmPort / Buffalo)
- Nikesh Kotecha (Stanford)
- Suzanna Lewis (Berkeley)
- Holden Maecker (Stanford)
- Chris Mungall (Berkeley)
- Garry Nolan (Stanford)
- Yannick Pouliot (ImmPort / Stanford)
- Alan Ruttenberg (ImmPort / Buffalo)
- Nikolay Samusik (Stanford)
- Ravi Shankar (ImmPort / Stanford)
- Shai Shen-Orr (ImmPort / Technion Institute)
- Barry Smith (ImmPort / Buffalo)
- Nicole Vassilesky (OHSU, Oregon)
- Jeff Wiser (ImmPort / Northrop Grumman)
- Ashley Xia (NIH / NIAID)
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This is a delicious gluten free treat that is easy to make and healthy!
|Schneiders Mild Italian Smoked Chicken Sausages
|3 cups
|Marinara Sauce
|Large Eggplant
|3/4 cups
|Goat Cheese, crumbled
|non stick cooking spray
Preheat oven to 350.
Spray a 9X13 pan with non-stick cooking spray.
Slice eggplant and sausage to about 1/4" thick slices.
Layer 1/3 of the eggplant covering the bottom of the pan.
Top with 1 cup of Marinara, followed by 1/4 cup of crumbled goat cheese, and 1 sausage sliced. Repeat two more times, ending with goat cheese and then sausage.
Bake for 45min or until bubbling and cheese turns very slightly brown.
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Over my lifetime, I have been in some dark places in my outlook or my circumstance, but I have always been able to see an open window. Somewhere between setting goals, dreaming future, and living gratitude (see zenhabits excellent post, How to Wait Less), there is an open window.
This year, I have swung between extremes: Participating in life coaching about Dreaming Big Future, then crashing back to earth to focus on the day to day. Sometimes re-entry is hard. I cried for an entire day upon return from my first vacation in five years. Now I am trying to keep an eye on the small open window that contains both the Big Dream and Nitty Gritty Now.
I have lived in the same place for 7 years. It is an incredible place to be, and I will never forget it. This may not seem extraordinary to anyone else, but it is for someone who moved 35 times between age 18 and 40. And then just as I nested to raise my child, her illness forced many moves in a single year. What I learned from all my moving, elective or forced, is my source of nomadic restlessness has more to do with a part of personality that only thrives when challenged by the new.
We all know "wherever you go, there you are," and I always accepted others' opinion that I was moving in order to attempt the illusion of self escape. But now that I have been in one place long enough to reflect on this, I do not believe my motive is to be an escape artist.
The only time I am able to unleash the part of me that makes new friends with ease and exudes confidence is when I am faced with a new environment, new people, the "unknown." In essence, I grow.
The awareness that consistency and stability is essential solid foundation for a child is what keeps me in the same place. The view from the open window is as soon as my child is less dependent, I plan to return to my nomadic ways because they are what allows me to become more me. There may be beautiful and ugly things outside that window, but they are mine to discover.


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Netanyahu names Likud ministers
Just one day before his new government is sworn in, prime minister-designate informs his party's Knesset members of their designated portfolios. MK Kahlon appointed communications minister, Erdan to become environment minister, Steinitz slated to be named finance minister, Yaalon named strategic affairs minister; MK Reuven Rivlin named Knesset speaker
The first to meet with Netanyahu was MK Michael Eitan, who will serve as a minister-without-portfolio in charge of improving the governmental service to the citizens.
MK Moshe Kahlon will be appointed communications minister, MK Yossi Peled will be a minister-without-portfolio, and MK Gila Gamliel will serve as deputy minister for women and youth affairs. MK Yuli Edelstein will receive an operational role, Netanyahu said, although his areas of responsibility have yet to be determined.
MK Gilad Erdan, who was next in line, was informed of his appointment environment minister. Erdan said in response, "I'm very excited. We'll lead a green revolution." He will also be a member of the Judges' Election Committee and serve as the liaison minister between the government and the Knesset.
MK Limor Livnat will serve as science, culture and sport minister, and will also serve in the National Security Cabinet.
Likud MK Reuven Rivlin was appointed Knesset speaker. Rivlin received a majority vote of 90 MKs, with no objections.
Speaking at the Knesset after his appointment, Rivlin said, "The Knesset is not just a stage for ceremonies, but a panel for debating and decision making. We were not elected to act as stand -ins, but to take an active part, a central part in democracy."
Later Monday evening, MK Gideon Sa'ar was named education minister, and will also sit in the National Security Cabinet. "Most of the meeting focused on the education system, the problems, and the need for a change in the system," Sa'ar said upon exiting Netanyahu's office.
Netanyahu also informed MK Yisrael Katz of his decision to appoint him to the position of transportation minister.
MK Yuval Steinitz is slated to be named finance minister, and former IDF chief Moshe Yaalon will be appointed minister of strategic affairs and will also serve as vice premier.
MK Dan Meridor will be appointed to the post of minister in charge of secret services and deputy prime minister, and will also be a member of the National Security Cabinet and the Kitchen Cabinet. Benny Begin was named as minister without portfolio and as a member of the National Security Cabinet and the Kitchen Cabinet.
Communications Minister-designate Kahlon leaves meeting with Netanyahu (Photo: Gil Yohanan)
The designated ministers were invited to meet with Netanyahu one after the other. Israel's 32nd government is expected to include 30 ministers and is slated to be one of the biggest government's in the State's history.
Other positions still to be named are minister for development of the Negev and Galilee and the Knesset liaison.
Amnon Meranda contributed to this report


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Donations as well as membership applications store the campaign/keyword value pair that is used in Piwik. The parameters come in as piwik_campaign and piwik_kwd and need to go into spenden.tracking and request.tracking when persisting the data sets. They are stored as a single string delimited by a slash.
To retain the values in every case, they should be storable on every request. They should only be stored if there is no stored value yet, though.


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NMWE is a unique initiative addressing opportunity, recruitment and retention for women in journalism. It fosters and spotlights the creativity, ingenuity and entrepreneurial abilities of women in media.
The awards program ended in 2013 following six years of generous support from the McCormick Foundation. We are currently seeking other funding sources.
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ELAINE HELM NORTON Elaine Helm Norton is the new media editor for The Herald newspaper in Everett, Wash., where she oversees news and multimedia content for HeraldNet.com. She started her career in journalism as military affairs reporter at the Kitsap Sun in Bremerton, Wash.
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This participatory site will serve the 140,000 active-duty Navy and Coast Guard members, reservists, base employees and retirees in the Puget Sound area with database-driven, interactive guides to housing, schools, military discounts, and a social network for military spouses and children coping with deployment and family relocation. Project leader Elaine Helm Norton, new media editor at The Daily Herald in Everett, Wash., and a former military beat reporter, envisions a medium for military families in the region to connect with one another and also for journalists like me to connect with them. Nobody in journalism or the military has done much online to engage military families. Follow her progress here. Visit their website.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
When friends ask how work is going, my standard reply is "busy." Anyone who knows me well understands Iâm not happy unless Iâm stretching myself. Thatâs why Iâm excited to tackle the challenge of founding Northwest Navy News, a news and community site for Navy families, veterans and retirees in the Pacific Northwest.
Some of the most rewarding stories I wrote as a reporter touched the daily lives of military families. Deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan matter, but so do childcare, schools, housing and other fundamental issues people encounter everywhere. Journalists, in general, donât pay enough attention to the perspectives of spouses, children, parents and others with loved ones serving in the military when it comes to these issues.
Iâm not naive enough to think I know everything about what matters to military families. I hope to empower people in the community to connect with each other and fill in the gaps. Call it a collaborative effort.
I also have a lot to learn about starting up a Web site. Iâm a journalist, not a techie. The learning curve is steep, so Iâll need to tap my own social network of experienced online journalists for their expertise. The prospect is thrilling and just a little bit terrifying. But I did say I like a challenge, didnât I?
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incubator for innovative, participatory news experiments and a center of
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Canada is home to 3 kinds of Bears - Polar Bears, Black Bears & Grizzly Bears.
© 2017 Crayola LLC.
Find everything imaginable at Crayola.ca
Be sure to visit the all new CrayolaTeachers.ca online community for Canadian Educators with access to free lesson plans, educator resources and online shopping!
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|Package BackPack explores the concept of 'change' and addresses the question in what ways processes of change and alteration relate to the quest for self-knowledge.
|In Remodel[l]ing Reality (Package Do not Erase...) I made the claim that the ultimate purpose of art and philosophy is to enrich ourselves and the world. This point of view emphasises the belief that humans have the capacity to deepen the awareness of who they are, what place they occupy in the world and what meaning they assign to themselves in their individual lives.
The tools for enrichment are experience and reflection. In the course of life we collect and carry with us in our backpack all sorts of experiences, memories, emotions, and feelings. Turned into stories about ourselves and the world we are living in, these testimonials function as a means to establish the continuity of our identity in the world.
At the bottom of our backpack, deep down in some corner, we can find the warden with the keys. With the help of our warden, we are able to bring back the insights we have gained from experience and reflection into the world again 'anew' in order to enrich this world for ourselves and future generations.
| Central questions of epistemology - concerning truth, reason and objectivity as they pertain to testimony - are investigated artistically, whereas distinctive features of art - ambiguity, visuality and subjectivity - are subjected to epistemological enquiry. And a third party is taken into consideration: the audience with its social and political dynamics.
The relation between artist and audience shows itself in the discussions, reviews and trade, as the work of art challenges (particular) community values in bringing them to the audience's consciousness. In the (re)evaluation of values by the artist, the audience is persuaded to think them over again. In the (re)evaluation of values by the audience, the artist is able to (re)consider her role and reflect on her position within the community.
The inquiry into this dynamics is meant to frame in what ways this interdependence influences the development of the art of installation and, philosophically, how the connection between art and philosophy can explore the ways in which art might convey knowledge.
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Be sure to come by on new years day where we will be serving up the cure-all for your morning and a fresh start to the year ahead. We'll be offering the best, freshest Mimosa's made from delicious champaign and fresh squeezed orange juice, along with our traditional fair trade coffees and breakfast offerings to help you start the new year off right. Thanks for all your support, love and community this past year! Happy 2013!
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Offering a new Belgian ale
Offerings the best in Belgian ales now! The Gageleer Sweet Gale Ale is now available at Broad Street Bistro. If you're a fan of the monk style beers, this one is for you. 7.50% ABV packs a punch for your mid-afternoon snack or your happy hour. Bouquets of floral, honey, myrtle aroma. A light, delicate, and sweetly floral beer.
Greg Sol Artist Reception Tonight
Tonight at Broad Street Bistro we have a special artist reception for Greg Sol. Greg is a talented artist that works as a scupltor and a painter. Tonight he'll be sharing some of his oil paintings, so come on down to the cafe, from 7-9pm tonight to view some of his amazing works of art and have a glass of wine.
What: Greg Sol Artist Reception
Where: Broad Street Bistro
When: 7-9pm
We look forward to seeing you there!
New Site and Happy Mothers Day
Springtime is a time of renewal. The clouds are lifting and the morning sun shines brightly on the new days that come ahead for us all. With this in mind, it pleases me to share with you our new website! With this site we'll be able to share with you all the events that are going on in our community and cafe. The site is designed to be as easy for you to use as possible, with our hours and menu on offer – so if you've got any questions about our humble cafe please let us know and we'll post it on the site. The new site boasts some wonderful new features, including
- A new site design aimed to be clean and simple
- A nice up to date listing of our coffee and food offerings
- Facebook! Be sure to "like" our bistro and post a comment.
- Customer Reviews
More important is that today is a special day: It's Mothers Day! Now, you're probably rushing around thinking of what to do, what gifts to give, but honestly, all your mom really cares about is spending time with you and having a chat. Our patio is just the thing for days such as today – so come on by!
In addition to that, it's Don's Birthday! Happy Birthday, Don!
Great review from our neighbors, Outside Inn
I wanted to thank the fine folks at Outside Inn for posting a nice review our our humble bistro and cafe! Here is what they had to say:
Nevada City has a number of great coffee shops within a small space. At the top of the hill (and closest to the Outside Inn) is Broad Street Bistro. The outdoor seating is a great place to sit and people watch. Stop in for a yummy bagel sandwich or get a salad to go for lunch. Open from 7am to 6pm everyday, catch up with a friend over coffee, check out the local artists displays or bring your lap top and join the folks who use the coffee shop as their virtual office.
Thanks guys! Be sure to check out their site as well.


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Is there an end in sight to the snow? Will the temperature ever get over 40 degrees? Can the Ground Hog finally see his shadow already?? These questions and more are on my mind as we enter the longest and coldest winter in a long time.
While you are thawing out your tootsies and drying off the mittens, here's a list of things to do in Baltimore with kids:
Thursday Night at the Walters Art Museum
Come experience Thursday night at the Walters through December 18, 2014. Every Thursday from 5-9 p.m. discover how the Walters comes alive at night. You can wander the galleries, see special exhibitions for FREE, eat in the café, and find the perfect gift at the museum store.
Celebrate Pi(e) Day at the Maryland Science Center
On March 14th, or 3.14, visit the Maryland Science Center to celebrate Pi Day! From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., you and your kids can celebrate the mathematical constant, Pi, which is used to calculate the circumference of a circle. The Maryland Science Center is ready to celebrate everything Pi, from eating pie to reciting Pi, to exposing the secrets of Pi. Dangerously Delicious Pies has donated pies for the party, and even a pie eating contest.
Slice into some of the other Pi(e) Day activities by taking part in our Pi recitation contest, contributing to our lengthy Pi chain along the main staircase and making a Pi necklace. Pi(e) Day gets even sweeter because it is also Albert Einstein's birthday, who would be turning 135 years old. Help us make this a special day by joining us to sing "Happy Birthday" to the revolutionary physicist and engaging in hair-raising experiments just like he did.
All activities are free with paid admission and free for members. If you are not a member, membership purchases and renewals will be discounted by 25% and extended 3 months with an onsite purchase on Pi(e) Day. This discount will also be offered on Saturday and Sunday, in person only.
Animal Encounter at the National Aquarium
Get up close and personal with an Animal Encounter experience on March 1 from 9-9:15 a.m. Whether you meet the eastern box turtle, Australian python, a hyacinth macaw, or another exotic animal, it is a chance to learn, ask questions, and get a closer look at the animals that make up the National Aquarium's collection. Both kids and adults alike can enjoy this interactive session that allows for audience participation, provides fun facts about the animals, and discusses ways to help conserve their natural environments.
Healthy First Saturday at Port Discovery
Start the month off the healthy way at Port Discovery's community health fair featuring performances by Kindersinger, Cook and Tell with Wegmans, and more. On March 1, you can participate in the following events:
- UMBC Health Fair: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
- University of Maryland School of Medicine: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
- Circle Time: 11 a.m. & 12 p.m.
- Cook and Tell with Wegmans: 12 p.m., 1 p.m. & 2 p.m.
- Middle Eastern Movement: 12 p.m. & 12:30 p.m.
- Art a la Cart: 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
- Exploration Station: 1 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
- Kindersinger-Kinderfit: 1:30 p.m. & 2 p.m.
- FIDOS For Freedom: 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.


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This is your brain — it looks just like your brain on weed.
Marijuana doesn't seem to have an effect on teenagers' IQs, according to a new study.
A team of scientists tracked pairs of twins, made up of one marijuana-user and one abstainer, and found no measurable link between using the drug and having a lowered IQ.
The study was released Monday by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Some prior research has led to suggestions that the developing adolescent brain is particularly vulnerable to harm from marijuana.
But the researchers — a team of scientists based in California, Minnesota and Pennsylvania — found that while pot users lost about four IQ points over a decade, their abstaining twins' intelligence similarly declined.
The team suggested pot smoking may be merely a symptom of something else that's really responsible for a brainpower effect seen in some previous research.
It's not clear what that other factor is, said Joshua Isen, an author of the analysis.
But an adolescent at risk for smoking pot "is probably going to show this IQ drop regardless of whether he or she is actually smoking marijuana," said Isen, a lecturer in psychology at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.
The scientists focused on 290 sets of twins who were given a battery of intelligence tests at ages 9 to 12 — before any of them had used pot — and again at ages 17 to 20.
They tracked the twins' test scores over time and found that marijuana smokers did not fare any worse than their abstaining siblings. If a pot user's intelligence declined, their sibling's likely did, too.
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So, the researchers concluded, pot smoking itself does not appear responsible for declines in test scores.
Isen noted, however, that the work says nothing about other potential harmful consequences of smoking marijuana in adolescence.
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If you hate Mondays as much as I hate Sundays, here's some Monday bead cheer. These are wonderful sets, if the cook do say so herself (and hopefully without sounding completely full of herself.) And I can, because I can honestly say that the glass made me do it.
Click HERE for a link to my Etsy shop, or click on the thumbnails below for each item.
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Cherry Cordial Glimmer Strips:
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Now that that's done, we're gonna go make a home-made chicken-pock pie. (yuck, right? That's what I called it when I was little.)
Thanks for looking! And if I don't see you again for a little while, Happy Hellidaze!


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In the My Account area of Dryrun you can fill out your company's details such as your name, email, company name and address.
Select My Account, then select Edit Account Info on the lower right area of the screen.
Once you have entered your information, hit Save Changes to save your data.
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Hello Everyone. Today I'm doing another linking up with H&K Style Journey Pin it and Did It. I have had this empty frame for a couple years now. So when I came across it again. I knew I want to do something with it. As I was going thru stuff in the computer room. I came across this flower card. Which I fall in love with it. Its a card I sent to my hubby when he was deployed.
One day I was on Pinterest I saw the Military coins display. I thought I so can make one of though. Which one day I will. Once I find all of hubby coins but for now I just my pressed penny from Disney World. I just used double sided tape to hold the coins to the card. After I was done taping them the card in the frame it went.
This coin display is displayed in my kitchen on my bakers rack.


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Architects rejoice, your all-glass towers could become giant transparent solar cells
But perhaps there are better ways to squeeze a few amps out of your building skin.
Grid-tied solar power is really designed for the American dream: It works best at low suburban densities on top of nice big bungalows, preferably with no trees around to block the sun. No wonder real estate developers are now building it into the houses they sell.
In the cities, with taller buildings, the amount of roof available per square foot of area goes way down. That's why this new solar collector developed at the Michigan State University. is so interesting: It is totally transparent and can be built into windows. There have been other attempts to coat windows with photovoltaics, but they tended to change the color or transparency of the glass. Richard Lunt of the Michigan State tells Science Daily:
"No one wants to sit behind colored glass," said Lunt, an assistant professor of chemical engineering and materials science. "It makes for a very colorful environment, like working in a disco. We take an approach where we actually make the luminescent active layer itself transparent."
Interestingly, the photovoltaics are not actually on the glass; instead. luminescent solar concentrators ("LSCs") divert wavelengths invisible to the human eye through waveguides to the perimeter of the window, where the photocells are located. It's sort of a transparent gate that lets the light we can actually see and use through, while diverting the rest to the edges. (At least that's what I could figure out slogging through the patent here)
There are a couple of issues. Because it only diverts a portion of the spectrum and there are losses in the process, it's not very efficient, currently at about 1%. Fully optimized, it might reach 5%. According to Zach at CleanTechnica Conventional solar panels that you can put on your roof start at 20% and run up to 40% efficiency. So putting these in instead of conventional windows is not as effective as putting conventional opaque solar panels on the face of a building, which already is less than optimal for solar angles.
Our windows already are solar collectors.
In fact, since most of the electricity used in a building goes to air conditioning, far more energy could be saved by a small reduction in the amount of glass on a building than could ever be generated by these windows. They are an interesting idea but fundamentally, we should be turning the opaque spandrels and space between windows into solar collectors at far higher efficiencies and reducing the amount of vision glass.
First, build an efficient wall with no more glazing than is needed to reduce demand; Second, get some power out of the opaque parts; then, maybe, worry about pulling energy out of the glass. But it is really, a very distant third.
I worry that architects will continue to build glass towers and say "hey, it's a solar generating window" instead of building a proper efficient wall.


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There is a lot to write about but a well deserved vacation is comming up and there will be little to no activity on this blog for the duration.
Fly safe all !
There is a lot to write about but a well deserved vacation is comming up and there will be little to no activity on this blog for the duration.
Fly safe all !
Saturday we mostly sat on the P3EN / Obe gate but later a run up the pipe to TVN was planned. I had played rearguard the most of the day. Nothing much happened. For over 5 hours I watched the swirling colors of the large bubble we had placed.
around 21:00 we moved out in a medium sized fleet of 40 assorted vessels. Our destination was set for TVN where small engagements were taking place between TRI and the northern coalition.
The trip was quite uneventful and we knew TRI was with their fleet in TVN so we expected no troubles.
Jumping into TVN was were the exitement started. The ship sensors of our ships were a long time recovering from the mass jump in and we lost 3 ships to a TRI sniper fleet that eventualy was chased off by a pure fleet comming our aid.
My ship was hurdeled over 100.000 km into space in an emergency warp out that my ship is predesigned to perform whenever control is lost for a certain amount of time.
As I warped back to the gate the first that came into view was a TRI nano gang engaging the Pure fleet.
TRI got out amazingly clean, loosing only 3 ships in an engagemnt that could very well have turned into a disaster had Pure had an interdictor.
The local comms channel, though not of the quality of the empire ones, contained much profanity. I do not mind a witty remark from one fleet to another but the level that TRI displayed was amazingly low.
It clearly indicates that there is not as much common ground in TRI alliance as may seem. The leadership of most of the corps are old veteran pod pilots and are above such "smack". A leaddership must be strong and one of the best way to display such is though the dicipline of ones pilots. The lack of selfcontrol of the individual pilot speaks volumes about the alliance as a whole. Anyway I wonder if they are ready to hold space.
While the KIA gang roamed the space I held my watch and eventualy powered down the ship in a remote location.
It was early friday night but I was already drunk. I usualy dont drinkand when I do it has a profound impact. I had an argument with the Gallente girl. Arguments happen every so often when Im idle for long periods. I need something to do and the expedition to Stain had not satisfied my urge to swell in glorified combat.
Stumbling out of the bar located in the Jita station orbiting planet 4 I stumble into other pilots and civilians. I know im being rude but need to get some steam off. Im not looking for a fight but aint avoiding it either. Im mentally in another space where comon sense does not play a significant role. I need to get out. Not sure where to, anywhere but this overcrowded station where all and everything is for sale.
Salvation came in the shape of a buzzing sound from the neocom.
General KIA mobilization alert incomming…
Just waiting while the mico processors open the message I can feel how a wave of "calm" rush in to take the place of the urgency I felt before. I have a purpose again. I have a goal and slowly the world fall in to its proper shape. We all have this sence of losing perspective from time to time and KIA is a focal point that helps me concentrate and stay on track.
The orders is to get in Carrier fleet, stock up on ships and move to Obe. Rumor has it that the alliance TRI has resurrected and have started to push HYDRA from their space in order to make it their own. The name P3EN spings to my mind as the palce where we had some epic fights vs HYDRA. Never an agressive alliance they have however always fought back.
I have to sober up and get in another clone not full of implants and hardwireing. I rush to the medical center of the station and stumble upon fellow KIA pilots also heeding the call.
A quick blink of white light and we are in the TDE station in Geminate. Instantly transported lightyears away. Stepping out clone vat bay, I had a short shower before heading straight to the briefing room.
Eddz were at the speaker stand with Tjakka and some Daisho leaders as they laid out their plans for quick incursions in the Vale. Everyone paid close attention as the tactical situation of the Vale was explained and options laid out. eXceed, DOOM and some other corps were in the system of TVN having cleared out P3EN. Mainly they were busy decoration their new price, the outpost in TVN.
Of note is that BoB is roaming the north in their mega fleet not doing much but kicking ant hills and downing POSs. The Northern coalition seems to be unable to make up their minds if to protect the Vale or fight BoB.
This friday night KIA would jump to Obe and take up possition in and around P3EN and wait further notice.
Ending the meeting the pilots went for their "wet graves" and ships. A parade of ships undocked one after another while the logistic ground personel called for extra space on the carriers for Battleships, Heavy Assault Ship, Interdictors and Reconships.
I undocked Juturna and caught a brief glimpse of Varuna amidst a sea of ships, her heavy armor plates, protecting the undock point of her fighters, dully reflected the sun.
As more and more ships undocked I took up position behind the station to get a better view.
DAI was jumping their fleet in as well adding to the frustration of the officers trying to organise the logistics without collisions in front of the station.
In space there is no sound but yet space itself vibrates when the KIA titan enters the system. If one has never witnessed the presence of a Titan it cannot be explained by mere words.
The main stay of the BS fleet was subsequently bridged by the titan to Obe and the carriers made the jump themselfs.
A single hostile carrier was reported in Obe and an attemp was made to ram it out of docking distance as our capital fleet jumped in.
Well arrived in Obe the pilots changed into non-capital ships and moved into P3EN and took up position on the out gate to Obe, hoping for TRI to make their move as it was now their space being violated.
Only time will tell what will happen in this battle tested system called P3EN where fleets crash and lives are lost in firery glory. And so, for now, we await the response of TRI…
I hear Ombey after docking up Varuna updated his log on the operation, see Ombeve.
KIA has returned home from Stain and have been back in TDE for almost two weeks now. Personally I have taken a trip to Jita to look up on the Gallentean girl.
Xenobytes performed excellent in Stain and more often than not we found that they were able to take down equal size fleets. They had a firm grip on the system 4GQ-XQ but we made frequent incursions. However taking a system that is owned by Sanshas Nation is very hard and almost always become a matter of willpower. When I was based out of T-8 in FM-C we had two incidents where we simply just stayed in system for a period of two months before the besigeres gave up. They could move in and live but never make it their home as long as we sat in the stations and hunted their ratters and industrials whenever they were low on numbers.
I lost a Sabre and a Manticore in the engagements and consider it a very small price to pay for crossing arms with some of the best pilots in EvE. The Sabre was lost when I tried to cover the back of the fleet as we retreated from 4GQ-XQ as the Xenobytes brought out capitalships. The manticore was lost in a solo accident mostly due to my lack of experience with Stealth Bombers. But Im getting better at using them.
I salute Xenobytes for their capabilities and take home a lesson or two again.
For now I'll hang out in Jita with the girl and see what time brings.
So here I am, back where it all began. Stain has been and will always be my nemesis. Whatever I do, like try to join an alliance in the far north, I end up in Period Basis next to Stain. Join a mercenary outfit, and we deploy to Stain. Figures…
As if that is not enough we are fighting in no less than three regions. Stain, Feythabolis and Esoteria. The two of them are completely new to me despite having lived so close to them for over a year.
Of note are the system 4GQ-XQ in Stain, in which Stain Empire (SE) lives. Stain Empire, and specifically Xenobytes, were the first ever true combat pilots I ever crossed. Crossed is a fine word for when they crippled 3 of my ravens in less than 2 weeks. On the other hand I learned from them and have never lost another Raven to roaming gangs.
Another system of note is C9N-CC in Esoteria, a system which Stain Empire was recently evicted from. The system has a legacy in that it still holds the wreck of the first Titan to go down. The system has some of the most vivid colors Ive ever seen. A deep blue and grey star field, a piercing red sun and some spectacular light blue and white nebulae.
As the last system of note is AZN-D2 in Feythabolis. A goon controlled system that was the staging point for the attack on C9N-CC. Also the landing zone of the KIA dropships.
On sunday afternoon we moved out from TDE in a large gang consisting mainly of Heavy Assault Ships. I was in my trusty Sabre.
We moved casually along with scouts out. Shortly after having left Geminate region we encountered a Rapier which we ignored as we were eager to get to the destination. It became aparrent that he was following us and a camp was set up at the in-gate in UD-AOK. The pilot magichka jumped into my bubble and was promtly disposed of.
Closing in on C9N-CC, which was our original destination, we were informed that a large fleet fight was taking place and it was not the place to be in our nifty HACs. As a result AZN-D2 was chosen as new destination and headquarter of KIA for the duration of our stay.
Along the way we passed through some spectacular systems of untold beaty and mystery. We even passed some strange looking vessels. We did not bother them and they left us alone as well.
As we came closer to our destination more and more combat vessels appeared. Scared, victorious and proud they roamed and patrolled. There was no doubt we were entering a warzone where everyone was hunter and prey. Goons and Tau Ceti Federation (TCF) gangs and fleets became more and more frequent. We had some banter in the local comms channel, but most of the TCF spoke a strange dialect, which rumor has it, has its roots in the original Gallente language. They tend to put in a lot of 'z's in their pronunciation of words often replacing 'th'…
After docking up in AZN-D2 and getting settled we took the ships out for a spin and went by C9N-CC.
I was happy to get the chance to see the behemoth of "STEVE" the Avatar Titan wreck. I warped well past it to get a good approach. Smoldering fires can still be observed which must be remains of some engineparts still turning being held in motion by repair drones and nano robots that have not registered the demise of the ship.
We will soon move out as we get comfortable with our new surroundings.


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The better question is have you lied? Have you stolen? Have you hated someone? Have you prostituted? Have you ever born false witness? Have you ever used God's name as a dirty filthy cuss word? And better would you used your mamos name that way? Have you ever had sex with more than your spouce? Have you ever dishonored your parents? Thats right both of them together or independently.I responded to him:
Hitler was just as bad off as anyone living on the plannet including you. He may have done more nasty symptoms of the disease but that very same disease affects you; to your very core.
Ray treats the disease not the symptoms.
@ Glen:See, this is one of the main problems with christianity. Teaching people that they are born dirty, bad, sinful, wrong, evil, etc. All 'sins' are equal. The logical conclusion derived from these two ideas? "I'm a horrible, corrupted person who deserves to be punished and is in need of redemption. In fact, I'm no better than Hitler."
"The better question is have you lied? Have you stolen? Have you hated someone? Have you prostituted? Have you ever dishonored your parents?"
Have you ever told the truth? Have you ever given? Have you loved someone? Have you not prostituted? Have you honored your parents?
If by your logic, a yes to those means you're a "sinner," then logic dictates that a yes means you're the opposite of that.
So much for your little "disease." Sounds mor elike human experience.
Btw, I feel sad for you. Your religion has taught you to think that you are no better than somone who was responsible for the deaths of millions of people. I cannot even begin to express how unfair that is.
This is why the only sin is belief in your religion. It teaches you to be ashamed of your very nature and to equate lying with murder.
Btw, lying can be positive, parents don't deserve to be honored if they do not honor their children, hate can be justifed (Hitler, anyone?), and prostitution is not inherently wrong. If you think it is, explain how.
That fills me with so much despair. Such guilt, and for what? FOR NOTHING!! FOR FUCK'S SAKE IT IS PREDICATED UPON BULLSHIT!!!!!!


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Really he's two already? The time sure flies with the third kid. I feel like I was just pregnant with him a few months ago and couldn't wait to get him out. Then it seems like a few weeks ago he was born. I remember it so well, as well as I could while having a sleeping pill in my system. Anyway, Kade turned two on Thursday. We would practice with him before to try to get him to say that he was two but he didn't want to. Of course he probably had no idea why we were doing this and he doesn't understand about birthdays yet. He now agrees that he had a birthday and says he's two when asked. Real cute. We celebrated with him on Thursday by going to the Wakarusa dime store where they sell jumbo jelly beans. (If Mickey did this post he would have a link for you to click on but I have no idea how to do that. He would also post pictures but I don't know how to do that either.) It wasn't nearly as exciting as I thought it would be but it gave us something to do. Before we left Kade tore into his presents from us. He got a bubble blowing lawn mower. He seems to like it because if the girls touch it he has a fit. Also a refill of bubbles and a Cars night light shaped as a traffic light. It's a little annoying because it flashes in random order and makes noise when the lights change. It may go back. He also got a couple of summer outfits but they didn't get wrapped since he helped me pick them out. When Kade opened his presents and also when picking out candy he would say "Woo hoo, mine." That's a two year old for you. He's been acting two for a few months now and the BOY inside of him has come out. He is always throwing things, hitting people, and being rough, leaving a room looking like a tornado blew threw, and now he's started screaming. Oh the joys of a two year old boy. We are having a little family party for him this evening. He's looking forward to his cake. He's been asking for some since the first part came out of the oven.
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Though Zooey Deschanel is the new girl in town, don't forget that another buzzworthy actress called the capital of Texas home long before: "Magic Mike XXL" actress Amber Heard. The 29-year-old was born in Austin and can currently be seen receiving Channing Tatum's athletic overtures in the male stripper blockbuster.
Here are five things to know about Heard:
1) Heard, married to actor Johnny Depp since earlier this year, made headlines Wednesday after she was summoned to appear in Australian court over allegations she smuggled her pet dogs into the country. The couple did not declare their Yorkshire terriers, Boo and Pistol, when entering the country in April, according to Australia's agriculture department. Addressing the Australian government's response to the incident, Heard told NBC "I have a feeling we're going to avoid the land Down Under from now on, just as much as we can, thanks to certain politicians there."
2) As is befitting an actress with Texas ties, Heard made her film debut in 2004's "Friday Night Lights."
3) She was honored by the Texas Film Hall of Fame in 2014, receiving the Rising Star award.
4) According to Tatler, Heard loves guns, muscle cars and line dancing.
5) Heard reportedly shaped much of her "Magic Mike XXL" character's appearance and personality, including an affinity for red velvet cake, as she explains in the video below:


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Pecan growers cultivate pecan trees on a commercial basis, harvest and dry the pecan nuts, and supply them to markets around the world. Commercial pecan cultivation requires an in-depth knowledge of irrigation, fertilization, pest prevention, tree pruning, pollination, harvesting and marketing.
To stay abreast with new developments in pecan cultivation and new markets for pecan nuts, many pecan tree growers participate in professional associations like those of the southeastern pecan growers, the western pecan growers and the northern pecan growers. These associations are specific to the U.S., which produces around 80% of the world's pecan nuts; other pecan-producing countries are Argentina, Australia, China, Israel, Mexico and South Africa. American associations cooperate with other international associations like the Australian pecan growers association, and organize conventions and maintain informative websites to promote an exchange of knowledge and expertise amongst pecan cultivators.
There are numerous pecan nut varieties, but it has become common for pecan growers to plant grafted trees that can produce the large, meaty pecan nuts that are in demand commercially. Since pecan trees are long-lived, grow to massive heights and have extensive root systems, the trees are usually planted at least 10.9 yards (10 m) to 21.9 yards (20 m) apart to facilitate healthy growth; keeping a similar distance between two adjoining pecan tree rows is also recommended. Sometimes, in case of unavailability of sufficient land, a pecan grower may plant trees closer together and, after several years of harvesting a bountiful nut crop, may chop down some of the trees as they began to crowd one another. Pecan tree wood has good value, so from the commercial point of view, this can be a profitable investment for a pecan grower.
While pecan trees are generally quite hardy, it is important to guard the trees against weeds and pests. The trees are regularly pruned to get rid of dead wood, to facilitate easy movement around the trees, and to keep the trees at a manageable height. If the trees grow too tall, it can be difficult or impossible to both spray them with pesticides and to harvest the nuts when they are ripe. For good pecan nut production, it is also necessary to ensure that the trees receive plentiful water supply and nutrients. Pecan nuts generally develop from September to November, and are ready to be harvested by May.
To harvest the nuts, pecan growers may either shake the tree manually or by machine. They may lay out nets or mats to catch the falling nuts. The fallen nuts may be gathered manually or by machine. It is important not to let the nuts lie on the ground too long as, with their thin kernels, they are liable to absorb undesirable flavors from the soil. The nuts, once collected, are dried and graded. They are then ready to be shipped to market.
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I have a few pecan trees in my yard. Some years they do really well and I get enough pecans for my family and friends, and I still have more to sell. Then other years the trees do not produce many pecans at all. I never know exactly how many to expect.
When I do have enough to sell, I have found that I can sell them for much more when I shell them first. By investing in a pecan sheller, I have been able to almost double what I make by selling pecans.
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One year when I was in high school, I helped a farmer tend to his trees and then gather the pecans when they fell off the trees in the fall or winter. It was neat to see the tree at all the various stages of production.
When the trees are full of leaves, you don't have a good idea of how many pecans are actually growing on the trees. Sure you can look up in the trees and see them hanging, but you don't get the full effect until they start to drop.
One day after a heavy wind storm, I went to the pecan trees and the ground beneath the trees was literally covered in pecans. They were piled on top of one another in some places. It was an unbelievable sight. I never knew that many pecans were in those trees until they fell to the ground and we had to collect them all.
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My mother and father have pecan trees on their property. There are a couple of really large and old trees that have been around for ever, and then the others are descendants of those two. Somehow the seeds have been spread around over the years, and now my parents have about a dozen trees that are producing significant numbers of pecans.
There are also smaller trees that will probably be producing pecans in the not too distance future. Based on all the pecans they get when they have never done anything to help the trees grow, becoming a pecan grower seems like a good idea.
I bet my parents could make a good bit of money if they did some of the things mentioned in this article, like pruning the trees and treating for weeds and pests.
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Come join the fun, food and festivities. Celebrate a simple and graceful form of transportation that can make you thinner, fitter and wealthier. So join us and together we'll tell the oil companies.... we don't need no stinkin' gasoline!
Monday, May 12
Bike Commuter Breakfast, 7 to 9am
College Green Park
Bike/Car/Bus Race
12:30pm Depart Coralville City offices
Conclude at Iowa City City Hall/Chauncey Swan Park
Bike Rodeo
6pm Sugar Bottom Bikes, North Liberty
Tuesday, May 13
Bike Commuter Breakfast, 7 to 9am
On Melrose, in front of Kinnick Stadium (Krause Family Plaza)
Wednesday, May 14
Commuter Doughnuts and Coffee, 6:30-7:30am
Sugar Bottom Bikes, North Liberty
Bike Friendly Cities Forum, Noon-1pm
Iowa City Public Library, Meeting Room A
A lunchtime discussion on how to make Iowa City more bike friendly. Sponsored by the Bicyclist of Iowa City.
Mayor's Ride from Old Pi to New Pi
Riders meet at Chauncey Swan Park in Iowa City beginning at 5:00pm. The ride will depart for Coralville's New Pioneer Coop at 5:45PM.
Reception at the end of the ride hosted by New Pioneer Food Co-op with prizes and refreshments. Everyone is welcome! Interesting or dressed-up bikes encouraged. First 150 riders receive a free bike light courtesy of World of Bikes in Iowa City
Friday, May 16
Bike to Work Week Celebration, 6-9pm
(Location to be announced)
Join fellow biking/walking enthusiasts for an end-of-the-week party. There will be food, drink and live music—as well as lively conversation and drawings for prizes, including a grand prize.


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The Ideal¹
Surrey Street
Most likely being a boast by the licensee regarding the high standard of his hostelry.
The India Arms²
Great Southsea Street
Named to commemorate the days of the Raj, when the British Empire ruled over India – the largest of the overseas colonies during the 19th century.
The Invincible
Wickham Street
Named after the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier HMS Invincible, which entered service in 1980 and operated from its base in Portsmouth until being mothballed in 2005. The name Invincible has been used regularly by the Royal Navy since the 18th century. The pub was known before 1983 as the Old Free House.
The Inverness Arms¹
College Street
Prince George, Earl of Inverness – later King George V (1865-1936), second son of King Edward VII. George was created Prince of Wales in 1901 when his father ascended the throne. The Inverness Arms was subsequently renamed the Prince of Wales.
The Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Guildhall Walk
Named in honour of the 19th century engineering genius who was born in Portsmouth in 1806. Isambard Brunel Road is located two hundred yards from the pub.
The Isle of Wight Hoy (also Isle of Wight Sloop)¹
Bath Square
Referring to a single-masted sailing ship, or ships, with fore-and-aft rig, that crossed the Solent from Portsmouth to the Isle of Wight.


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No Planets in a House
Question: No planets in the 3rd, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 10th house! Does that mean I'm not normal?
You are completely normal. As a collective we all have Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto somewhere in our horoscope.
Twelve Signs, Twelve Houses, Ten Planets
Some houses are simply not tenated, however, they can receive tenants moving in and out for short or long periods throughout a lifetime by way of transits (moving planets). So, we all see action in all of our houses in the round of a life.
Empty House Syndrome
Astrologers look to the sign ruling an empty house to discern further. Moreover, even if there is nothing in the 3rd house an astrologer will glean information from the planet Mercury (natural ruler), and this body will describe our mental abilities. According to Sue Tompkins, the houses are divisions of a daily cycle resulting from the Earth's daily rotation on its own axis. Thus, all planets pass through all twelve houses in a day.
The Least Understood?
The houses are the least written about subject in astrology. They represent the different areas of life and have been likened to a stage where the cast of planets – actors and actresses – clothed in their signs will begin to enact a grand play. While the planets move around the chart creating all of the activity, the houses just sit there. They never change position.
Much to Do About Nothing
Did you know that there are 22 different house systems available to astrologers? [pullquote align="right" cite="" link="" color="" class="" size=""] Naturally, with so many techniques, it can create some heated debates amongst astrologers over which is the 'right' method to use. [/pullquote]
The equal house system is the easiest to use for drawing up your own chart. The Placidus system is most favored by top astrologers. Liz Greene prefers Placidus because it is time-based. The angles of the horoscope are more sensitized with interpretations being accurate. To sum up, an empty house still matters especially when the major transits come around. The houses containing planets, however, will always have greater emphasis in our life.
It would be erroneous to suggest to someone, for example, having no second house planets, that s/he has no talents, is unable to survive independently, to earn money or to acquire personal assets. Likewise, advising someone having no sixth house planets that there is no need for employment, or no need to establish positive daily routines, would be equally irresponsible. These houses operate regardless of whether or not planets are located within them. For example, the planet ruling the second house shows where (house) and how (sign) personal assets can be acquired. The planet ruling the sixth house shows where (house) and how (sign) positive daily routines are developed. By In Search of a Fulfilling Career


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Entrepreneur turned venture capitalist Kevin Rose addressed the controversy that erupted last week over how his new employer, Google Ventures, invested in early-stage startups.
Paul Graham, a partner of Y Combinator, a prominent incubation program for startups, told the founders he advises to watch out for "lowball offers" from the Google-backed venture-capital firm.
Rose, who's best-known for founding social-news site Digg, said in an on-stage interview with TechCrunch writer Colleen Taylor at the Disrupt conference that he was actually working on completing three deals to invest in Y Combinator companies.
He did say there was something wrong with the expectation that most startups going through Y Combinator were worth between $8 million and $12 million.
"Some are worth $15 million or $20 million," Rose said. "Some are worth $6 million. Or $4 million."
But the real issue, he acknowledged, was Google's due-diligence process for investments, which he experienced firsthand when Google Ventures invested in his startup, Milk.
For seed-stage investments, it was slower than he would have liked. And when he joined Google Ventures, he set about speeding it up.
"We're getting there," Rose said.
Don't miss: A Look Inside Google Ventures, A Great Place To Work >


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Downspout Relocation. A Viable Water Drainage Solution
Effective & Inexpensive Drainage Solution – Downspout DrainageWhen we get a heavy rain… are you experiencing water pooling up near your downspouts? That's because the rain water is being channeled & concentrated towards that one centralized point, and it has nowhere to go. Sometimes the cheapest & most effective solution is to simply re-locate your home's downspouts. "Where do I go from here??" Just call
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Basement Waterproofing NJ: 5 Easy Ways to Waterproof Your Basement
Basement Waterproofing NJ: 5 Easy Ways to Waterproof Your Basement
If you own an older home, style="text-decoration:none;color:#676c6c">healing odds are you might have a damp or leaky basement – making it impossible to utilize that extra space for a bedroom or recreational area. Unfortunately, if you want to turn your basement into an extra room, you'll need to make sure you're safe from water moisture for good before you begin remodeling.Although it's best left to a professional NJ basement waterproofing company, you can take on the challenge of waterproofing your own basement if you feel up to the task.
- Secure Your Home's Perimeter
- Assess Gutters and Shrubbery
- Protect Your Home from Minor Leaks with a Waterproofer
- Fill Cracks and Foundation Defects
- Call a Professional for Serious Water Problems
For serious leaks and flooding problems, NJ foundation waterproofing is best left to a professional New Jersey basement waterproofing company. Generally, they can either install a French Drain or inject your foundation with hydroclay – a super-durable, permanent sealant that's also used for waterproofing manholes, tunnels, backyard ponds and more. Best of all, having a professional waterproof your basement not only protects your home from serious damage, but it also increases your home's value.
Looking for top-quality NJ basement waterproofing experts to waterproof your basement? Give us a call at 856-931-5475 or grab a Free Quote on our website. We'll be glad to answer your questions!
South Jersey Wet Basement – 6 Solutions for a Wet Basement
1. Add gutter extensionsIf downspouts are dumping water less than 5 feet away from your house, you can guide water farther out by adding plastic or metal gutter extensions. But extensions aren't the neatest or most effective long-term solution, especially if you're likely to trip over them or run over them with a lawn mower. Permanent, underground drain pipe is invisible and capable of moving large quantities of gutter runoff much farther from your house. For about $10-15 a foot, a landscaper or waterproofing contractor will dig a sloping trench and install pipe to carry the water safely away.
2. Restore the crownIf the gutters are working and you've plugged obvious holes, but water still dribbles into your basement or crawl space from high on foundation walls, then surface water isn't draining away from the house as it should. Your house should sit on a "crown" of soil that slopes at least 6 inches over the first 10 feet in all directions. Over time, the soil around the foundation settles. You can build it back with a shovel and dirt. One cubic yard of a water-shedding clay-loam mix from a landscape supply house costs around $30 (plus delivery) and is enough for a 2-foot-wide, 3-inch-deep layer along 57 feet of foundation.
3. Reshape the landscapeSince your home's siding slightly overlaps its foundation, building up the crown could bring soil—and rot and termites—too close to siding for comfort: 6 inches is the minimum safe distance. In that case, create a berm (a mound of dirt) or a swale (a wide, shallow ditch), landscape features that redirect water long before it reaches your house. In small areas, berms are easy; a landscape contractor can build one for a few hundred dollars. On bigger projects, berms make less sense because you'll have to truck in too much soil. In that case, dig a swale. Once landscaping grows in, berms and swales can be attractive features in your yard
4. Repair footing drainsIf water is leaking into your basement low on the walls or at the seams where walls meet the floor, your problem is hydrostatic pressure pushing water up from the ground. First, check whether you have footing drains, underground pipes installed when the house was built to carry water away from the foundation. (Look for a manhole or drain in the basement floor or a cleanout pipe capped a few inches above the floor.) If the drains are clogged, open the cleanout and flush the pipes with a garden hose.
5. Install a curtain drainIf you don't have working footing drains, install a curtain drain to divert water that's traveling underground toward your house. A type of French drain, a curtain drain is a shallow trench—2 feet deep and 1.5 feet across—filled with gravel and perforated piping that intercepts water uphill of your house and carries it down the slope a safe distance away. If the drain passes through an area with trees or shrubs, consider switching to solid pipe to reduce the risk of roots growing into the piping and clogging it. Call Lisk Landscape now for your curtain drain Consultation 856-931-LISK.
6. Waterproof the wallsInstalling an interior drainage system gets the water out but doesn't waterproof the walls. For that, you need an exterior system: a French drain to relieve hydrostatic pressure and exterior waterproofing to protect the foundation. It's a big job that requires excavating around the house, but it may be the best solution if you have a foundation with numerous gaps. It also keeps the mess and water outside, which may be the best choice if you don't want to tear up a finished basement. The downside, besides a price tag that can reach $20,000, is that your yard takes a beating, and you may need to remove decks or walkways.
To find out how you can get started waterproofing your basement today, contact us for a consultation or call us at 856-931-5475


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Serre Chevalier Ski Holidays
Set in the Southern Alps, Serre Chevalier is one of France's most underrated ski resorts and best-kept secrets, with a fantastic snow record and 250kms of superb runs. The resort is divided into 4 villages linked by ski runs, an efficient lift system and a regular bus service. The runs tend to be uncrowded and there is a variety of pistes for all grades of skiers and boarders, with many runs sets between the trees. . The villages of Chantemerle, Villeneuve, Montetier les Bains and Briancon are all traditional French resorts of charm and character. All have a good selection of bars, shops and restaurants.
Book your 2019 / 2020 Serre Chevalier ski or snowboarding holiday with us today and you can be sure of a great deal. Our expert advisors will help you to find the right accommodation and get the best possible deal for your ski Serre Chevalier holiday budget.
The Residence l'Alpaga offers a good standard of accommodation in a great location. The apartments are situated at the bottom of the piste in Villeneuve in a ski in/out location.
Chalet Montalembert is a magnificent old farmhouse, renovated into this delightful chalet with traditional low wooden beams, antique furniture and...
Family run hotel with warm, welcoming atmosphere and sumptuous evening meals.
The Hotel Grand Aigle offers contemporary luxury alpine accommodation in the village of Villeneuve, Serre Chevalier with a short walk/ski downhill to the gondola.
An ideal choice for those wanting convenience, comfort and amenitites.
Situated close to the village centre and within easy reach of the slopes, the Residence L'Adret in Chantemerle features contemporary interior design...
Après Ski: Nightlife in Serre Chevalier is relaxed and informal with a number of popular bars to choose from. In Monetier, the British run de L'Alpen is popular. In Chantemerle: try the Station or Le Yeti bar for cheap beers during happy hour. In Villeneuve: Look in at the lively Le Frog, le Grotte or the Loco Loco bars with excellent music. Good night clubs include La Baita and Bam Bam.
Activities: Fitness centre with sauna, jacuzzi and gym (Chantemerle and Villeneuve), torchlight descents, ice skating rink (Chantemerle & Villeneuve), parapenting, indoor heated swimming pool (Villeneuve), floodlit ice driving circuit (Villeneuve), indoor equestrian centre with carriage rides and sleigh outings, thermal spa complex (Le Monetier)
Eating Out: Dining in Serre Chevalier is very reasonably priced and offers lots of choice. Chantemerle: La Cabassa for pizza and pasta dishes, Loup Blanc for traditional local food. Try L'Arbre a Pain, an excellent lunchtime suntrap. Villeneuve: La Marotte for fine French cuisine, La Pastorale for specialities cooked on an open fire and the excellent La Bidulle fish restaurant. Le Monetier: there are several good hotel based options.
Other Amenities: Cinema, walking trails, hot air ballooning, historic Briançon with its medieval fortress and modern sports centre with top-class ice hockey matches.
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FC Pune City take on Indian Super League champions Atletico de Kolkata in their fourth successive home game of the ISL season tonight (17 October) at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Stadium, Pune.
The Deccan outfit has two wins from three games in the competition so far, having lost one game.
ATK, meanwhile, have recorded two wins and a draw from their three games so far, and will be keen on building on their unbeaten record this season.
ATK lead the standings with seven points, while Pune remain third in the league table, going into the match tonight.
The performance of Arata Izumi and Javi Lara in the midfield for the visitors will be the one to watch for in the game. Izumi has been brilliant in the last two games for Atletico de Kolkata as he scored the openers in both the games, while Spaniard Lara remained a formidable force for them.
ATK coach Antonio Habas hopes the return of defensive midfielder Ofentse Nato and Indian defensive rock Arnab Mondal will futher boost the backline of the side.
"I'm waiting for the likes of Nato, Arnab to return when we travel to Pune," Habas had said after his side's win over Kerala Blasters in the last game.
Ian Hume is expected to start once again in the attack in the absence of marquee player Helder Postiga, who is on the sidelines for atleast until a month.
The pressure will be on FC Pune City to test their opponents and get a favourable result from the big game. The return of India internationals Jackichand Singh and Eugeneson Lyngdoh is set to further boost the midfield.
The experience of Didier Zokora and Turkey veteran Tuncay Sanli is also expected to provide impetus to the home side.
"It's a new game. New starts. We know Kolkata are a tough team but we're looking forward to the game," Sanli said ahead of the game.
The same was echoed by Zokora. "They're one of the best teams in the Indian Super League, but we are ready. It's going to be a very big game," the highest-capped player of Ivory Coast said.
Where to watch live
FC Pune City vs Atletico de Kolkata is scheduled for a 7pm IST (2.30pm BST, 9.30am ET) start, with live TV coverage in India on Star Sports 2, Star Sports HD2, Star Sports 3, Star Sports HD3, Star Gold, Star Utsav (both Hindi), Jalsha Movies (Bengali), Jaya Max (Tamil) and Asianet Movies (Malayalam) and Suvarna TV (Kannada).
LIVE streaming will be available on Hotstar and Starsports.com.
Viewers in the US and Australia can catch the game live on Fox Sports, while the online live stream option is on Foxsoccer2go and Foxtel. Audience in Canada can watch the Indian Super League 2015 game live on CBN and ATN.
Eurosport is the place to be if viewers in Europe and South East Asia want to watch the game live. The match can also be live streamed on Eurosport Player.
Viewers in the UK can watch the match live on Star Gold, while Middle East and North Africa viewers can catch the action live on OSN, with the live streaming option on OSN Play.


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Sari, Licke Maya (2007) Conceptual metaphor in the victims of Sidoarjo mud flow problem as seen in the editorial of Kompas Daily. Bachelor thesis, Petra Christian University.Full text not available from this repository.
This research explores the conceptual metaphor that Kompas Daily uses in its editorial to describe the victims of Sidoarjo mud flow. It investigates one research question, that is what conceptual metaphor that Kompas Daily uses for the victims of Sidoarjo mud flow. This research analyzes the editorials of Kompas Daily which investigate the issue of Sidoarjo mud flow problem. Those editorials are analyzed by using the Critical Metaphor Analysis method. Using this method, the writer conducts three steps in analyzing and investigating the editorials. The steps are metaphor identification, metaphor interpretation, and metaphor explanation. The result of the analysis is Kompas Daily employs the conceptual metaphor VICTIMS AS THE OPPRESSED.
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I have sold a property at 301 930 CAMBIE ST in Vancouver.
TOTALLY RENOVATED 2 bedroom + den (can be 3rd bdrm) + flex in YALETOWN. S/E corner suite w/a BONUS private 245 SF PATIO! Gorgeous open concept kitchen/living/dining room, Stunning modern kitchen w/full height cabinets, SS appliances, caesarstone countertops & pantry. Both bedrooms are spacious w/good sized closets + a large den (or 3rd bdrm) with frosted glass doors. Flex room for extra storage or office. Other features include hardwood floors, heated floors in both baths, front loading W/D, 1 parking stall. Rentals allowed, sorry NO pets. Building amenities include fitness centre, indoor pool/hot tub, common deck. Fantastic location just steps to seawall, cafes, shopping, restaurants & Canada Line.


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Whats the Word – 4 Pics 1 Word Answers
3 Letter Words Solutions (Part 1/5)
3 Letter Words | 4 Letter Words | 5 Letter words | 6 Letter Words | 7 Letter Words | 8 Letter Words | 9 Letter Words
Scroll down to see more updated 3 letter word answers for 4 Pics 1 word. These 3 lettered words should be easy right? its only 3 little letters to guess?! Wrong! They are almost harder than the longer words, but no fear we're here to help with fully updated answers below!
Questions in the game are jumbled. Count the letters to fill in the answer and search for the pic in respective page to find the answer


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Daniel Cormier issues statement since his loss to Jon Jones at UFC 214
Daniel Cormier was defeated by Jon Jones by round three TKO at UFC 214 this past weekend. Loosing the UFC Light Heavyweight title, Cormier was seen dazed and distraught as he came to terms with his loss moments after. "I thought the fight was going well, I don't even know what happened," he told Joe Rogan. "Im so disappointed. If you win both fights I guess there is no rivalry," he continued.
Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones had fought for a second time this weekend. Jon Jones won their first bout by unanimous decision at UFC 182 in January 2015 and their rivalry had continued ever since. Jon Jones however had nothing but good to say about DC as he gave his post fight octagon interview. "I want to take this time to thank Daniel Cormier for being my biggest rival and motivator. Daniel Cormier guys, he has no reason to hang his head. He has been a model champion, a model husband, a model father, a team mate, a leader and I aspire to be a lot like that man because he is an amazing human being. Unfortunately we were opponents but outside of that he is a true champion for the rest of his life," He said.
Cormier issued a statement via his social media since his loss, congratulating Jon Jones and his team.
First off, thank you all for the kind words. I have felt the support. Congratulations to Jon Jones and his team. They did a phenomenal job and got the victory. Also, to Big John McCarthy, I would like to apologize for acting up with you. I am thankful for the time you gave me to try and defend myself and stay in the fight. You are the best in the business for a reason. I also wanna thank my team and my coaches. I love you all from the bottom of my heart. Your time and energy is greatly appreciated. You guys did a wonderful job, I was ready. It's a fist fight and things happen. Dana White and the @ufc, thank you for being the premiere organization in all of MMA. Again, congrats to Team Jones and JacksonWink. Love you all. I'll see you soon. DC 📷@layziethesavage
It may be the end the end of their rivalry but it is surely not the end for DC.


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"The new institution starts out under most promising conditions, and there is no doubt that it will in a short while be among the leading national banks in the South."
- Pine Bluff Commercial, March 21, 1903
Two days later, on Monday, March 23, Dr. John Franklin Simmons opened the doors to Simmons National Bank in downtown Pine Bluff, Arkansas. That day they closed business with $3,338.22 in deposits — a solid opening day by a lot of measures.
Since then we've grown steadily, expanding our footprint across Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas with more than 200 locations, while always being mindful of where we started. Longevity in banking doesn't just happen. It's built on a committed approach to continually providing our customers with the best banking experience possible.


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This tour will take you to the famous Rhodope Mountains in southern Bulgaria, close to the country's border with Greece. As we enter the mountain the rolling landscape gradually becomes rugged and occasionally cut by translucent streams winding through deep gorges. One of them is the magnificent Trigrad Gorge – a spectacular crevasse of sheer limestone cliffs and the realm of the Wallcreeper.
Several Wallcreeper pairs nest along the gorge and can be easily seen constantly flicking their crimson-and-black wings while investigating the rocky nooks for food.
We will spend our time exploring the limestone cliffs of the Trigrad Gorge and the conifer forests and mountain meadows in the vicinity of Trigrad. Apart from the Wallcreeper we will be able to enjoy
birds like the Grey-headed Woodpecker, Black Woodpecker, Alpine Swift, Eurasian Crag Martin, Red-rumped Swallow, White-throated Dipper, Red-backed Shrike, Rock Bunting, etc., rare and endemic flowers,
including the Orpheus' Flower (Haberlea rhodopensis) and a variety of orchids, as well as many butterflies, such as the Scarce Swallowtail and the Apollo.
Leaving Trigrad we will spend some time in other parts of the Western Rhodopes in search for Pallid Swift, Spotted Nutcracker, Crested Tit, Willow Tit, Common Crossbill, Firecrest, Goldcrest, etc. In the steppe grasslands and cliffs in the foot of the mountain we will be looking for Short-toed Eagle, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Booted Eagle, Lesser Spotted Eagle, Long-legged Buzzard, Stone Curlew, Greater Short-toed Lark, Calandra Lark, Lesser Grey Shrike, Isabelline Wheatear, Ortolan Bunting, Black-headed Bunting and the Souslik.
Depending of your flight schedule we can visit the Vitosha Mountain near Sofia, where we expect to find Water Pipit, Horned Lark (ssp. balcanica), Ring Ouzel (ssp. alpestris), Spotted Nutcracker, etc.
If you wish to join one of our scheduled Wallcreeper Short Breaks, please check the availability.
Download the check-list of birds likely to be seen on this tour.


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Treatment of urethritis in men
Urethritis in men is an infectious disease caused by inflammation of the urethra. Often, the appearance of the described disease caused by any viruses, bacteria, fungi and other infectious agents.
The incubation period depends on urethritis pathogens, and may last up to a month.
Depending on the infection that caused the emergence of urethritis, distinguish 2 groups of urethritis in men:
Specific urethritis pathogens which were chlamydia, gonococcus, mycoplasma, gardnerella and the like;
Nonspecific urethritis pathogens which were Escherichia coli, Streptococcus, various fungi and other infections.
The main cause of urethritis in men is the agent of sexually transmitted, such as gonorrhea or chlamydia.
The cause could be urethritis and various chemicals contained in soaps, colognes and various lotions.
To the disease and can cause minor injuries to the penis.
Symptoms and signs
The main symptoms of urethritis in a strong half of the Company include:
Burning sensation when urinating directly;
Pain when urinating;
Various blue-green or yellowish discharge from the urethra odor as pus or blood.
Urethritis danger is that it often occurs without showing any symptoms. Often happens when urethritis is the spread of infection afterwards to adjacent organs, which contributes to the emergence of prostatitis, cystitis and other diseases.
In this disease as urethritis in males treated normally occurs in two stages:
Eliminating the cause of the disease;
Restoring the walls of the urethra.
Very important in the treatment of urethritis in men is the correct diagnosis. In our modern time with urethritis in men in the treatment observed widespread use of the installation of the urethra, the procedure of which is the introduction of drugs directly into the urethra itself. This procedure helps to improve the efficiency and speed of treatment.
In order to prevent the development of urethritis men should:
If possible, avoid various hypothermia;
Personal hygiene;
After intercourse wash with soap;
Avoid sexual intercourse without protection;
Do not use large amounts of fried and spicy, salty and pickled foods, as well as alcohol;
Avoid various injuries his genitals;
Sidestep heavy exercise.


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Little Space Heroes Completes Second Raising
Little Space Heroes has big ambitions – and fresh support from investors.
Children's entertainment developer Bubble Gum Interactive has raised 2.5 million Australian dollars (US$2.5 million) to fund further sales and development of Little Space Heroes, the virtual universe home to characters such as Ace, Sparky and the dastardly Lord Shadowbot.
Little Space Heroes — developed by two former Walt Disney executives and launched in December 2011 — is played in more than 80 countries.
A key participant in the raising, which took just eight weeks, was Farmville co-creator Sizhao Yang who was also co-founder of MyMiniLife, which was acquired by Zynga.