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Happy Samhain to you! Today, very appropriately, I'll tell you about an unusual Dutch band. Omnia.
The Lewis Caroll quote is apt, because Omnia are definitely a little bonkers, if not entirely so. But they are great Caroll fans themselves, so I'm certain they will forgive me.
The Fairytale This link will take you to a Lewis Caroll poem set to music by Omnia some years ago.
When I first came across their music, I had no idea what kind of a band they were. I heard a song called 'The Well', and it had a folksy, cheerful sound. So I counted myself lucky to be able to visit a performance some months later, and took my old octogenarian Mum along.
Well....She had a bit of a shock when Cornwall-born singer, flutist and performer Steve Sic made his appearance, I can tell you!
He was outlandish looking then (some years ago), and is dressed and looks even more alien these days, turning more and more into a Faun.
Still, I have a soft spot for people who have the guts to be exactly who they want to be.
Another example for you in the next link: a live performance
The band has a large, loyal following amongst Dutch, Belgian and German enthusiasts of the Pagan lore. I have been to quite a few of their concerts, and always meet the same people there. And what strikes me every time is the fun, cheerful atmosphere, with folk participating, and even screaming 'Kill, death, slay' during the Morrigan with huge grins on their faces.
Many of them come in appropriate dress.
But do not think this is just a gimmick. Omnia, to all appearances, live their music. Steve has been known to rant and rave in lengthy posts on the Internet about the environment, politics, legalisation of cannabis and what-have-you, with one of my all-time favourite quotes by him: "Let's put the fun back into fundamentalism". Oh fine, another quote: "What if we started a war, and nobody came?"
And musically, they are sound. The set-up has changed quite a lot over the last few years, with band-members coming and going, but always with Steve and his lovely wife Jenny as the centre around which the entire band revolves. They borrow heavily from poetry, literature, traditional Celtic stuff ('Twa Corbies', ' The Raven' for example) and give it their own twist. But one of my favourite songs is their rendition of a golden oldie, 'Teachers', which they give an intense treatment which makes it almost haunting.
Here is the link: original by Leonard Cohen, of course!
I am lazy today, so I'm not going to provide you with the names of all their albums; you can do some work yourself.
Look them up at Facebook, or http://www.worldofomnia.com, and put the fun back in!
Have a great evening!


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Rocks of ages : The beautiful Kata Tjuta (the Olgas) and Uluru (Ayers Rock) lie in the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, south-west of Alice Springs. Kata Tjuta, meaning 'many heads; are a collection of 36 massive stone conglomerate domes situated some 32 kilometres to the west of Ayers Rock. A walk within the convoluted landscape between them, to 'the Valley of the Winds', is a spellbinding excursion. Their European name arose when explorer Ernest Giles named the largest dome Mount Olga, after a Russian duchess. However, according to the Aborigines, some of the domes represent early giants who fed on their people. Uluru (Ayers Rock) is the largest rock monolith in the world. Six hundred million years old and almost 10 kilometres around its girth, this giant berg of sandstone is an Aboriginal sacred site, and in a different sense, also a 'sacred' site for visitors from all over the world who make the strenuous climb to the top. Uluru is located 465 kilometres south of Alice Springs by road.

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Eric Mason (1921-1986) was an English artist and amateur magician.
He did the illustrations for a number of magic books including Thirteen Steps to Mentalism and Patrick Page's Big Book of Magic. He also illustrated the British magic magazine Pabular.
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- STUFF A Collection of Original Magic (1984)
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I'm working on a guide to armor angling and side-scraping, but I'm missing a few screenshots. The tanks that I'm missing are: 110, A-44 and KV-13.
If you have a computer that can handle the game on maximum graphics and could take some screenshots for me, that would be great. If possible, set your color filter to Deep at 100% (in graphics settings), although this isn't necessary if you don't want to bother with it.
For the A-44 / KV-13:
- Sidescraping off a building (most effective angle)
- Out in the open (Such as just driving around; frontal profile)
- Sidescraping at a bad angle (Such as just poking for a shot without caring about the angle)
For the 110:
- Sidescraping off a building (most effective angle)
- Flat side profile (Relatively zoomed in so that the tank takes up most of the screen)
I would very much appreciate it! You can upload the images to Imgur and then post them here.
The guide will be up tomorrow at 6:00 PM PST (9:00 PM EST). I know that I said I'd normally post the guides on Friday, but this one's taking longer than expected. I plan on going into great detail with it!
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If, while you're drinking your ice-cold 25-degree (minus 4 Celsius!) beer, a cheeky coati animal attacks and takes away your pao de queijo, it's ok to discuss the matter with the complete stranger next to you.
These and others strange and funny life lessons you will discover during your trip in Brazil.
2. The beer serving temperature is 25 degrees Farenheit (minus 4 Celsius) and you get your bottle in a bucket full of ice. All fridges in the bars have giant displays showing minus 4 Celsius. In order to make sure that your teeth will be freezing with every single sip till the end, some of the beer brands offer you a special cooler for the bottle.
3. There's no need to ask for the next beer. Because it arrives alone, so to say. When you take the empty bottle out of the cooler, this is a silent sign for the waiter to bring you another one. Plus, you rarely get the chance to pour the beer in the glass yourself – Brazilian waiters are used to doing it without you even noticing.
4. It is impossible to die of starvation, thirst or lack of shoelaces in Brazil.
In the bus, on the subway, on the beach, directly on the pavement – there's always someone selling something. Among the goods on display are:
- intimidating middle-aged men with machetes, who will decapitate a coconut to put a straw in it and sell it to you on a hot day (for about $ 0,5-1).
- suntanned lads who sell flipflops, most likely stolen minutes ago from the neighboring beach.
- sweating ladies, who walk around the beach with a mini barbecue to grill in front of your eyes at the beach a chunk of cheese with spices...
Once while I was sunbathing (with a bathing suit) on Copacabana Beach, when a bathing suit vendor came over me and absolutely seriously asked me if I had a bathing suit.
5. Your food might be stolen by a coati
Sitting on a table with a "Don't feed the coati" sign, it waits for its portion. Ok, it's not a ubiquitous threat around Brazil but if you visit the Iguazu Falls, be prepared for the small tropical pest of the raccoon family. Here coatis (or sometimes called nasua) organize smart attacks to relieve the tourists of their burden of unnecessary food. One coati pulls your arm to distract your attention, while another one sneaks the sandwich away from your bag.
6. Everybody talks to you without knowing you. Brazilians are very easy-going and have no problems to start talking to every man or woman on the street, on any topic. If they see a foreigner who doesn't speak Portuguese... well it won't stop them.
7. Of all your personal belongings at the beach you should mostly take care of your... flipflops.
Your money and phone are in danger too. But of you leave your flipflops unattended for a minute, here is what happens: someone will pass by casually, he will put them on and go away with them. Then they will be sold at the nearby beach. This happens mainly at the popular touristy beaches though.
8. The most popular pastry snack in fact... is not exactly pastry.
At least it is not made of white flour – instead the main ingredient is tapioca – the powdery extract of cassava shrub. The snack itself is called pao de queijo – small pastry balls with the local cheese. You can buy it everywhere and it's gluten free. Very tasty!
9. The way to say OK is by energetically raising your thumb up. Brazilians don't just say OK. They say OK and throw their thumbs in the air, sometimes of the two hands simultaneously. After a week in Brazil you will no longer be able to keep your hands down either. However, do have in mind that usually the Brazilian "OK" doesn't mean "Ok, we have an appointment". It means "OK, I'll think about it but don't expect me to inform you about my final decision".
10. You can pay by credit or debit card everywhere. Even if you buy a cup of freshly squeezed guava juice by a street vendor or a hat at the beach.


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On technology he's the first to admit - it's not his area of expertise.
When asked why he missed out on Amazon, his response was "I was too dumb".
When asked why he hadn't invested in Google - "I blew it" said Buffett.
Buffett is indeed a genius - in his fields. Technology isn't one of them. In fact history tells us if it's tech and Buffett doesn't believe in it - a bright future is ahead.
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Like a lot of my peers who got hooked on weirdo music during the mid 80s, the arrival of the New Bomb Turks circa 1991 was something of a religious epiphany. At that time, I was a lowly fanzine editor who'd recently wormed his way into a DJ slot on Princeton's massive commercial college station, WPRB. In spite of my townie status, I thought of myself as already being pretty knowledgeable of the contemporary underground acts that PRB championed. As a result of that (misguided) assertion, I wound up spending countless overnights in the station's record library, often firing up the transmitter two or three hours after official broadcasting had ended in order to air a bunch of weird/old vinyl I'd plied from PRB's enviable stacks.
Among the coolest and wildest records I got acquainted with on those 3-6 AM musical odysseys were the Back From the Grave series of 60s punk compilations, released by the brazen Crypt label. Those comps, as has been noted by all sorts of rock royalty from Byron Coley to Johan Kugelberg, effectively retrofitted a miniscule slice of the past with a bold, new identity. More importantly, they became a springboard from which a new musical aesthetic (90s garage rock) was forged. As such, when Crypt Records released the Turks' debut LP in 1993, I'd unknowingly primed myself to be instantly hooked.
Here was a band that had clearly siphoned all the bad attitude and snotbrained cynicism of the Grave comps into their sound, and then had the nuts to pair it with equal parts grad school geekery (Song title: "Born Toulouse-Lautrec") and latterday punk rock fury. That they had one of the meanest guitar sounds ever to hit my eardrums, an utterly unhinged frontman, and that they nailed down the single greatest Wire cover of all time only sweetened the deal as far as I was concerned. So began a glorious decade of following the New Bomb Turks' every move via their innumerable 45s and incendiary live shows (mostly at Maxwell's, though the absolute best time I ever saw them was at Under Acme.) My fandom culminated in November of 2002, when the band taped a live session for my program on WFMU. By then, some version of the "garage rock" they'd championed for years had exploded into the mainstream via bands like the Hives and White Stripes, and as you'll hear through the music in this session and the interspersed interview segments, the perspectives of vocalist Eric Davidson and bassist Matt Reber throw a pretty unique light on the musical climate of that era. (Not to mention the scene's often dubious progenitors and kingpins.)
The Turks quit being a full time band a few years ago, though they do still play out from time to time. Eric Davidson's got a new book out called We Never Learn: The Gunk Punk Undergut that details the rise and fall of the 90s garage scene they helped ignite. Welcoming them to WFMU's Jersey City studios remains one of my proudest broadcasting moments, and I'm beyond thrilled to finally share the aural rewards of that evening. [Xposted from the FMA here.]


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A witness to success spanning decades
Dietmar Harting honored by Deutsche Messe AG for 60 years of trade fair participation
Six decades of continuous exhibitor presence at Hannover Messe is an impressive track record for HARTING and twelve other companies honored by Deutsche Messe AG for their decades of uninterrupted participation in the world's largest industrial trade fair, traditionally held in Hannover.
And Dietmar Harting, president and personally liable partner of HARTING KGaA, was able to celebrate a very special anniversary as well. Not only has the company HARTING been exhibiting at the Hannover Messe over a period spanning six decades, but Dietmar Harting himself has also participated in the event every year, right from the very outset. As a seven year old youngster he took part in the first "Export Trade Fair" as the event was called in those early days. Joining his parents Wilhelm and Marie Harting, the founders of the Espelkamp based enterprise, Dietmar Harting firstly came to the fair in Hannover on 18th of August, 1947. And has been doing so ever since. "For me, the Hannover Messe remains the key venue for industry, also after 60 years. This is where latest technologies are presented, as well as their viability, in other words, all the relevant applications and implementations of these technologies," as Dietmar Harting sums up the significance of the world's largest industrial trade fair.
Sepp Heckmann, Chairman of the Deutsche Messe Board of Management, thanked Dietmar Harting for his trust as exhibitor, and especially for his personal engagement as entrepreneur in his function as Chairman of the Exhibitor Advisory Committee of Deutsche Messe AG.
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Paula Broadwell, a mother-of-two young children, was preparing to celebrate her 40th birthday with her husband and friends at a venue just miles from the CIA chief's headquarters.
The small group were reported to have dined at The Inn at Little Washington, an exclusive restaurant in rural Virginia not far from Washington DC, on Friday evening despite the headlines rolling across US television screens.
How quickly they became aware of Gen Petraeus' resignation and reports of Mrs Broadwell's involvement in the scandal is unclear. But a bigger party the next day which had journalists and military figures on the guestlist was cancelled by email.
On Sunday, no one was home at the family address in the upmarket area of Dilworth, Charlotte, North Carolina. The only message readily available had been etched with chalk in the driveway 'Dad hearts' Mom'.
Neighbours of the leafy suburb remained tight-lipped about news of the affair as photographers and journalists roamed the streets. The tightknit community is used to intrusion as the setting for the US CIA-based drama Homeland.
"It's not something I'd wish to talk about," said one resident near the Broadwell's spacious, £570,000 property.
"They're keen joggers and attended local parties but that's all I could say." Mrs Broadwell, a slim, striking fitness fanatic who has competed in Ironman triathlons, first met Gen Petraeus in 2006 as a graduate student at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.
The commander was visiting the Ivy League university to discuss his experiences as commander of the 101st Airborne Division during the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Following his talk, Mrs Broadwell, who like Gen Petraeus is a graduate of West Point, the US military academy, was invited to dinner with the general along with a number of other students.
"I introduced myself to then-Lt. Gen. Petraeus and told him about my research interests," she later wrote in her biography, "All In: The Education of Gen. David Petraeus."
In return, the general handed her his business card and offered to put her in touch with other researchers with similar interests.
By 2009, just as Gen Petraeus had taken up his new role as US Central Command chief in 2009, it was clear that he and Mrs Broadwell, the 1991 prom queen at Century High School in North Dakota, had developed a close relationship.
Over the next two years the pair spent hours together as Mrs Broadwell, assuming the role of his untested biographer, conducted numerous interviews both at Gen Petraeus's headquarters in Tampa, Florida, and in Afghanistan where he was sent as commander of US troops. The duo often went running together.
"I found her relationship with him to be disconcerting," a former aide to Gen Petraeus told the Washington Post.
"Those who worked for him never tried to leverage our relationship with him. It seemed to a lot of us that she didn't have that filter."
Indeed, Mrs Broadwell's trips to the front line were not without controversy and at times raised serious concerns among staff.
It became clear to some that while she was obviously competing for the general's loyalty, she may also have been seeking his affection.
Officers, aware of her background in the military and knowing she was married to her husband Scott, a radiologist, thought she came across as inappropriate.
Former aides have also pointed to Mrs Broadwell's attire during her Afghanistan excursions.
Some believed Mrs Broadwell, currently a research associate at Harvard's Centre for Public Leadership while also working on a doctorate in the war studies department at King's College London, failed to dress appropriately.
On occasion, her tight shirts and trousers reportedly drew complaints and Gen Petraeus himself is understood to have once told her through a member of his staff to "dress down," a former aide recalled.
Peter Mansoor, a former colonel on Gen Petraeus's staff, said he believed the general's trust in Mrs Broadwell, who has no formal training as a journalist, was "strange."
Speaking in an interview after news of Mrs Broadwell's links to the general broke, he said: "My gosh, if you are going to have someone interview everyone who has ever touched you in your life, choose someone who has written a biography or at least a history book."


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For the 2nd year running, The Action Cancer Big Bus visited the company and was once again very popular with staff who completed the Health checks on board and received some important information in relation to cancer and the importance of early detection.
During the visit staff members, including those who completed the "Grow Mo" challenge presented a cheque to Action Cancer for money raised through sponsorship. The company managed to raise a total of £5,100 which is a brilliant amount of money.
Action Cancer presented the company with a Certificate of Appreciation for the amount received. Thank you to all those who sponsored the guys taking part including staff, family, friends and suppliers to Alexander's.


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The Orioles already have two farm teams in the state of Maryland, and there's a chance they could extend their monopoly to include a third team. Peter Kirk, who owns the Single A Frederick Keys and Double A Hagerstown Suns, wants to bring a Triple A farm club to the Annapolis area. Because the Rochester Red Wings are having financial difficulties, there is speculation the Orioles could move their Triple A operation from Rochester to Maryland.
We'd like to know your thoughts on two issues.
1. Should the Orioles end their affiliation with Rochester if they can land a Triple A franchise in Maryland?
2. Would you attend games of a Triple A team in the Annapolis area?
To register your opinion, call SUNDIAL at 783-1800 (or 268-7736 in Anne Arundel County) today through midnight. After you hear the greeting, you'll be asked to punch in a four-digit code on your touch-tone phone. Punch 4600 and you'll be connected with "It's Your Call," The Evening Sun's phone survey on topical issues.


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Thanks to the reader who tipped me off about the chimp attack in North Stamford. Here's what sounds funny (from msnbc.com article): A pet chimpanzee - who had appeared in TV commercials and shows - got loose at a home at 241 Rock Rimmon Road in Stamford Monday afternoon, according to Stamford police. And it was not his first time.
Here's why it's actually sad: The 175-pound animal attacked its owner's friend, leaving the victim with severe facial injuries. She was taken to Stamford Hospital. Police do not expect the person to live.
I mean, that's just awful.
The chimp ended up dead- stabbed, then shot: The Stamford Advocate reports the primate's owner called 911 and then tried to stop the attack by stabbing the chimp with a butcher knife. An officer shot and killed the animal when it tried to get into his police cruiser, said police. The animal was reportedly named Travis and had issues in the past. On October 19, 2003, Travis escaped from his owner's SUV and went running through the streets. More than a dozen police officers chased around after him at the time.
I feel bad for the chimp, too. The poor thing was clearly crazy, right? He sounds like he should not have been around people.
Here's why this chimp was special: In a newspaper article at the time, police said the chimp, then 10, was toilet trained. He reportedly dressed himself, ate at the table and drank wine. He could use a computer and remote control. He starred in Old Navy and Coca-Cola commercials and even appeared on the Maury Povich Show...
Even though chimps are a lot like us, they are still animals. It seems like that got forgotten. I'm looking forward to learning more, because I don't want to blame the owner without having all the facts. And I bet that chimp's owner feels really terrible right now. I feel so, so bad for the woman who got attacked.
You can read more, and see pics, in the Stamford Advocate article about it. There is supposed to be a press conference going on right now about it (8pm Monday), so I'm sure more disturbing details will emerge.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Seems Funny But Is Actually Sad: Stamford Chimp Attack
Thanks to the reader who tipped me off about the chimp attack in North Stamford. Here's what sounds funny (from msnbc.com article): A pet chimpanzee - who had appeared in TV commercials and shows - got loose at a home at 241 Rock Rimmon Road in Stamford Monday afternoon, according to Stamford police. And it was not his first time.
5 comments:
- theHyperaspist said...
Channel 12 had this artist's rendition of it just before the attack.
- February 17, 2009 at 11:30 AM
- : said...
He chewed her hands off:
- February 17, 2009 at 4:29 PM
- HOPE said...
The 911 audio tape sounds suspicious.
This appears more like an attempted homicide.
The weapon of choice - a chimp.
Find the motive and get the evidence.
- February 18, 2009 at 10:57 AM
- : said...
I don't know if it's a homocide, but there's definitely criminal liability in my opinion. This thing was unaccounted for at several points during the ordeal. It kept coming back home, but it could have ended up at a playground or school (don't know if there are any of these around the home). What if this thing had gotten its hands on a child? Even if keeping the animal was "legal" animal, as apparently it was in this case, the owner bears responsibility for keeping something so inherently dangerous. Every chimp expert they've interviewed said this was totally predictable. It's like what Chris Rock said when that tiger attacked Sigfreid & Roy: "that tiger didn't go crazy; that tiger went tiger." 70 years old or not, this lady should be locked up.
- February 18, 2009 at 1:49 PM
- Melina said...
heres my post on it:
this was right up the street from me and I know the first responders....
Its a tragedy and a crime that this woman was allowed to keep this animal after he proved to be erratic.
The city must take some responsibility for this. Why was he not in a zoo enclosure. If you follow my link to Jane Goodall's site you will see that older chimps cant be kept and that a human house is not suitable for them in any case.
Yes, her hands, scalp, face...if she lives shes gonna wish she didnt...its really, really bad.
- February 18, 2009 at 4:01 PM


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Lecithin for Plugged Ducts – Best of 2019
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In this article, we will talk about lecithin for plugged ducts and best lecithin supplements, and include details and information about plugged ducts.
What is lecithin?
Theodore Nicolas Gobley, a French chemist, and pharmacist was the first one to isolate lecithin from egg yolk in 1845. The name is derived from the Greek word "lekithos" which means "yolk of egg". Lecithin is a fat that is essential for the cells of the human body. This phospholipid can be derived from multiple sources including beef liver, peanuts, soybeans, and other vegetable sources. Lecithin is an emulsifier which keeps oils and fats dispersed and in suspension.
is a natural dietary supplement that is taken to support cognitive function, mood balance, skin health and more. There are no worries when it comes to finding a source for lecithin production since lecithin is easily found in most plant and animal products. This includes cabbage, cauliflower, chickpeas, caviar, green beans, meats, nuts, soybeans, sunflower and many more. It can also be found in chemicals that assist in the transport of nutrients from the bloodstream into the cells.
This mineral is a mixture of choline, fatty acids, glycerol, glycolipids, triglycerides, and phosphoric acid that are normal components of human milk. Lecithin is a major source of choline and it must be present in order for choline to be synthesized. Lecithin supplements are usually derived from sunflower seeds, eggs, or soybeans. Soy is by far the ingredient most commonly used to create lecithin supplements. Animal fats, fish, and corn are also used at times. Lecithin is used for a variety of health conditions.
Lecithin has been known to decrease the viscosity of breast milk by increasing polyunsaturated fat in milk, making it less likely to clog in your milk ducts. It is usually well tolerated and is considered to be "generally recognized as safe" by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
- Improves Cholesterol Levels
- Protect the Brain
- May Treat Mental Disorders
- Can Reduce Cancer Risk
- Protect the Liver
- Boost Immunity
- Improves Stress Response
- May Treat Colitis
- Protect Against Bile Salt Injury
- Improves Absorption of Drugs and Supplements
What are plugged ducts?
A plugged milk duct is a very common problem that a lot of mothers experience during breastfeeding. It usually feels like a tender swelling in the breast which can vary in size and may feel extremely painful. Plugged ducts happen when the passageways where milk flows through becoming clogged and blocked. They occur when milk is not drained fully from breast or when there is so much pressure inside the breast. As a result, milk gets backed up inside the duct and become a lump resulting in the milk becoming thick enough not to flow properly. A plugged duct usually comes in gradually starting with one breast.
Contributing factors:
- Inadequate treatment of previously plugged ducts: this is a major contributing factor
- Poor milk drainage and not being able to empty the breast
- Skipped feedings
- Nipple problems and breast infection
- Mother's overall health and diet
- Continuous added pressure on a milk duct restricting good milk flow
This condition can result in painful episodes for the mother when her child will be suckling milk. Mothers, as well as babies, are likely to become fussy if the condition persists for longer than expected. The condition may possibly resolve on its own but if the condition persists, then lecithin can be used as a remedy.
Sometimes a milk duct leading from the milk-producing cells to the nipple gets plugged, resulting in a tender lump beneath the areola or nipple area. There may also be a wedge-shaped area of redness extending from the lump back towards the wall of the chest. Unlike mastitis, the pain comes and goes with a plugged duct, and unless the duct is infected, you will not feel generally ill. If left untreated, however, a plugged duct may become infected, resulting in mastitis, infection, or a breast abscess.
Plugged Ducts vs Mastitis
Plugged duct
is an area of milk that is not draining from the lactating breast. Within this area, milk flow is obstructed. This may feel like a little nodule or engorged section of the breast. A plugged duct usually comes on gradually and affects only one breast, leaving a mother with local symptoms that may include:
- A small or large lump. This may leave a section of engorgement in the region of the plug
- The area that is not draining well may feel tender or swollen
- A more subtle area of tenderness or pain
- More pain associated with feeding and often nursing on the affected side may be uncomfortable
- Decreased milk supply and/or pumping output from the affected breast
is an inflammation of the breast that can be caused by obstruction or infection of the breast. It is most common in the first 2-3 weeks but can occur during any stage in lactation. Mastitis usually comes on quickly and the mother feels more widespread, systemic symptoms than with a plugged duct. Local symptoms are generally the same as with a plugged duct, but symptoms unique to mastitis include:
- A fever of 101.3 or greater, chills, flu-like symptoms such as aching and malaise
- Mastitis usually only affects one breast, though it can happen in both
- Heat, swelling, and pain generally more intense than with a plugged duct
- A segment of the breast may appear red or red streaks may be present
- Broken skin on the nipple with obvious signs of infection
- Blood/pus is present in milk
- Red streaking is present
- Temperature increases suddenly
What to do with plugged ducts – Tips and tricks
Without treatment, a plugged duct may result in more serious condition. Here in pumping doctor, we will give you tips and tricks that may help you get your milk flowing again.
- Empty your breasts
- Loosen it up a bit
- Switch it up
- Apply heat
- Massage
To unplug the duct and prevent subsequent infection, try these suggestions:
- Continue to breastfeed on the affected side. You should be able to get the milk out by any means. This is the golden rule of preventing engorgement, plugged ducts, and mastitis. Use a breast pump or hand expression if a baby will not nurse.
- Breastfeed on the affected side first. Baby's suckling is strongest at the beginning of the feed, so your babies are more likely to remove the plug when he starts on the affected breast.
- Switch and vary the baby's position at the breast, so that all of the milk ducts are drained. In order for the baby to feed efficiently, be sure the baby is latched on well. Before each feeding, massage the affected area by kneading your breast gently from the top of the breast down over the plugged duct toward the nipple.
- Drain the affected breast better by positioning baby so his chin rests on the area that is sore. Your baby's lower jaw is often most effective at getting milk out of the breast.
More suggestions
- Apply moist heat compress for a few minutes before feeding or pumping, or soak the affected breast in warm water or in the shower.
- Take rests. Lie down with the baby and nap-nurse.
- If you notice a small, white dot at the end of the milk duct on your nipple, that is the end of a plugged nipple opening. Apply moist heat on this white blister and with a sterile needle gently pop the blister. If this pore stays plugged, it could block milk drainage and lead to a plugged duct and mastitis.
- Try a pressure massage on the area of your breast that is swollen and painful because of a plugged duct. This may help to loosen the plug. With pressure massage, you do not actually move your hand over the skin as you would with a normal massage. You simply press more and more firmly with the heel of your hand to move the plug in the duct down closer to the nipple.
- Be extra mindful with the everyday objects that you can possibly place near your breasts. This includes seat belts, sling bags, bras, and even your sleeping position. You should be extra careful not to obstruct the flow of milk through the ducts with these things.
Studies have shown that taking a tablespoon a day of oral granular lecithin or a capsule of 1,200 mg lecithin capsule three to four times a day is helpful in preventing and treating plugged milk ducts. Supplemental lecithin has been recommended to be effective on relieving plugged ducts. Here are the best lecithin supplements for you to choose from:
The Best Lecithin Supplements for Breastfeeding
NOW Sunflower Lecithin
For mothers who are allergic to soy, sunflower lecithin might work well for you. NOW Sunflower Lecithin Softgels are Non-GMO and Soy-Free.
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Pure Naturals Lecithin Quick Release Soft Gels
Pure Naturals lecithin high potency supplement spares you from having to take multiple soft gels per day. Just one lecithin 1200mg soft gel per day is all it takes. Pure Naturals Lecithin dietary supplement is GMO Free.
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NutraBlast Soy Lecithin Supplement
NutraBlast used nothing but the finest natural non-GMO vitamin ingredients, the process starts with the Lecithin liquid oil, and after that using our state-of-the-art capsule production processes and strict quality source control.
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Amazing Formulas Lecithin Dietary Supplement
Amazing Formulas lecithin high potency supplement spares mothers from having to take multiple softgels per day! Just one lecithin 1200mg softgel per day is all it takes. Our Lecithin softgels are free of yeast, corn, wheat, gluten, milk, sugar, and sodium, so they're the perfect complement to your healthy eating plan. Made in the USA based at GMP-certified facilities to ensure quality.
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Fearn Natural Foods Lecithin Granules
This high quality lecithin is less expensive than many and is very affordable. Fearn Natural Foods lecithin granules dissolve easily and mixes well with other food. Many claim that it is a great product at a good price.
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Sundown Naturals Soya Lecithin Soft Gels
Lecithin is an important natural source of Choline, Inositol, and Linoleic Acid. Sundown Naturals Soya Lecithin Softgels provide you with a natural source of Ultra Soya Lecithin. Free of artificial color, flavor, and sweetener; preservatives; sugar; starch; milk; lactose; gluten; wheat; yeast; fish; and sodium.
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Swanson Sunflower Lecithin Powder
The vegetarian Swanson Premium Brand Sunflower Lecithin is non-GMO and soy free to provide you with the best option at the best price.
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Use of lecithin during breastfeeding
Use of lecithin has been recommended by breastfeeding experts as a solution or prevention of plugged ducts. And many moms have proven and found that taking lecithin helps resolve and prevent recurrent plugged ducts. As mentioned in the early part of this post, lecithin may decrease the viscosity of breast milk so that it will be less likely to clog your milk ducts. Some mothers may not get enough lecithin in their diet to naturally support milk flow during breastfeeding. In these women, taking lecithin supplements are of great help and may have benefits.
Treatment of plugged ducts
Other than taking food supplements such as lecithin, you can help in treating your plugged milk ducts with:
- Application of warm compresses
- Massage
- Extra pumping, if needed. Choose appropriate breast pumps.
- Draining the breast well
- Asking a lactation consultant for more suggestions
Never hesitate to ask your doctors' help if the condition of your plugged ducts are not getting any better. Always report any flu or fever-like symptoms that you might experience.
People with egg and soy allergies need to be especially careful to find out where the lecithin in their supplements comes from to avoid allergic reactions. Despite its many benefits, it can cause some side effects that include diarrhea, nausea, abdominal pain or fullness. Little is known about their side effects specifically in pregnant or breast feeding women. Excessive doses of lecithin can cause fat build-up, dizziness, nausea, and vomiting, so don't take large doses of this supplement without first consulting a physician.


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Is 24-hour home care an alternative to care homes?
24-hour care is an alternative to care homes that:
- Is often 30% cheaper
- Offers a better quality of life
- Maintains your loved one's independence
- Provides stability
- Provides familiar surroundings
As older people live longer, there is an ever-increasing demand for quality care. A Laing and Buisson survey conducted in 2016 revealed that there are approximately 416,000 people living in care homes across the UK.
This figure equates to 4% of the total population aged 65 and older living in care homes, increasing to 16% living in care homes for those aged 85 and older. The overall value of the care home industry in the UK hit £15.7bn in 2016, which is around 1% of the UK's GDP. Many people, however, are now choosing to meet their loved ones' needs by providing them with 24-hour care at home instead.
Choosing the best environment for your loved one
Where is the best place for your loved one to live? This decision underpins your loved one's care. Your decision will be motivated by personal preferences, whether specialist care such as dementia care is required and how much the care you need will cost.
Because of rising care home costs), more and more families are electing to care for their loved ones at home to provide a better quality of life without an unrealistic price tag.
Why are care homes suddenly so expensive?
The care home landscape is complicated when it comes to fees and funding. At its core, care home fees vary dramatically across the UK because care home costs are dependent on the local council.
For instance, some care homes in London can cost as much as £1,000 per week. To give you an idea, you can expect to pay on average £29,250 per annum for a care home place, and an average of £39,300 if your loved one's care involves nursing.
In addition to this uneven foundation, care homes nationally are navigating a series of significant financial obstacles which are dictating the cost of care. Care homes say one of the biggest challenges is that local councils do not contribute enough funding for them to run adequately.
Care homes say they have no choice but to charge the people they care for who are deemed able to pay for their own care - called 'self-funders' - to help fund those who require financial assistance. Incidentally, older people are only eligible for care home funding if their assets total less than £23,250. As most elderly people are homeowners, they do not qualify for care home funding.
Citizens Advice revealed care home fees in 2015 rose on average by £900 per anum, with thousands of elderly people having little notice of the price hike. Experts also advise the 1% increase on council bills - from 2% to 3% this year - doesn't solve local councils' lack of funding.
In addition to this tricky set of circumstances, care homes have to cope with the same set of rising household costs as individual residential homes (fuel, food, cleaning and maintenance) but have the additional challenges of increasing wages and rent. Some care home groups also have high borrowings to factor into their running costs as well.
Dulcie's care story
In this short video, Dulcie and her family explain their reasons for choosing Elder live-in care.
What are the benefits of home care?
There are several immediate benefits when you choose at-home care for your loved one. These include maintaining your loved one's independence, consistent care from dedicated carers (usually two) and remaining in their familiar and comforting surroundings for as long as possible.
Not only can your loved one maintain their existing social connections, but they also benefit from dedicated, regular interactions with their home care worker. Arranging 24-hour home care also ensures your loved one benefits from home cooked meals as well as increased stability at home, as opposed to the considerable disruption of placing your loved one in a care home.
And, with skyrocketing care home fees and lack of funding support, families like yours are choosing to invest in care at home to ensure their loved one experiences a positive quality of life.
Isn't home care expensive?
Surprisingly, home care is not as expensive as you may think. You also have greater control over what you pay for compared to care home charges, and your loved one has a greater chance of receiving local council funding for home care.
This is because council means testing for home care financial support excludes the value of the property from the total asset threshold of £23,250. Your council will evaluate your loved one's needs to determine the amount of funding it will award. It's worth noting that funding for both care homes and care at home does not cover any living costs.
A care home's fees are more generalised, whereas home care costs are much more precise and influenced by your wants and needs, rather than the other way round. You have greater choice and control over the care professional you hire, whether you work with a home care agency or directly with a self-employed carer. As a comparison, live-in care can cost on average £600 - £800 per week.
The challenge of how to care for our ageing population is a challenge that affects us all. Families are increasingly choosing home care for their loved ones, offering better living arrangements, improved quality of life and greater control over what they pay for. Home care provides your loved one with the opportunity to remain independent for as long as possible.
Related Questions
Dementia Live-in Care: How to Find a Carer
If you have a loved one who is living with dementia, you will want to ensure that they enjoy the best quality of life they can. Care at home is an ideal solution, but finding a caregiver you can rely on to provide support and companionship 24 hours a day is not always straightforward. There two main options when searching for a live-in carer for your loved one; private arrangements or employing a specialist care provider.
Alzheimer's Care: What Are the Costs?
Your local authority will provide a free assessment of your loved one's needs on request and will draw up a care plan for you. This will determine how much help might be available from state funding. If your loved one receives financial assistance, you do not have to spend this sum on local authority services and are free to arrange private care if you prefer.
Care for the Elderly: Grooming and Hygiene Guide
Maintaining good personal hygiene is important as your loved one ages, but it is not always easy to intervene if you feel they are not coping well. Poor hygiene can result in uncomfortable infections and skin complaints, so to avoid this, you or your loved one's caregiver may have to encourage them tactfully to accept some assistance. They may be more willing to agree to the support on offer if they realise that it will enable them to retain a level of independent living.


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You've worked your butt off all year to increase your wealth, but now it's time to hand the final chunk to the tax man. How can you ensure you don't give away more than you need from that hard-won new wealth?
As a small business owner, you have choices on how you pay yourself. The two key choices are as salary or as Dividends from your business Net Profit. But many people don't understand those options nor how to use them to minimize their tax bill and take home more of the loot.
In the examples we work on this article, the tax paid out can vary from Rp 196 million (30% of available owner withdrawals) to Rp 80 million (12%.) That's an awful lot of money to leave on the table just from not knowing your options.
To generate the examples I created an Excel worksheet (the BizTax Tool) to apply the business rules for Indonesian Company and personal tax rates.
Understand Company Tax Options.
- If you are a business with gross earnings (ie sales) of less than Rp 4.8 billion (approx $480,000) per year then you pay tax (every month) at a rate of 1% of the gross earnings (sales) of the previous year. Professional services businesses not included.
- If your business has annual sales of less than 50 billion ($5 million) per year then your tax rate is 25% less 50% discount or net 12.5%
- A flat tax rate of 25% applies to other companies in Indonesia.
Impact of the New 1% Tax
The 1% tax rate was introduced during 2013 to simplify the calculation of tax to be paid, in order to get more businesses paying tax.
Certain businesses are not eligible:
- Professional services including accountants, coaches, teachers, musicians.
- Businesses with demountable infrastructures, such as street hawkers or circuses.
So in effect, pretty much all small businesses in restaurants, entertainment, travel, retail or manufacturing will be required to pay a tax rate of 1% on their gross sales.
If you are a new business then the annual gross earnings are based on your first month sales. So, maybe better to use a soft launch for the first month…
At first glance, you might say, oooooh! Wonderful, I'm paying less tax! But that might not be the case – it depends on the Net Profit Margin you are already earning. If you look at the following table you can see that the more net profit you earn, the better off you are – compared to the current 12.5% tax on Net Profit. The break-even point is a Net Profit figure of 8%. If you are earning less profit than that then you will be paying more tax than before.
BizFact #26
90% of SME's generate less than 10% Net Profit.
(SME = Small and Medium Enterprises.)
Sales Tax
NP Tax
So, if you have never had an incentive before to boost your net profit margin then maybe this tax change might do it for you, as the benefit is all for you, not the tax man!
Your strategy should be to grow net profit before you grow sales, to keep under the tax change thresholds.
Understand Key Personal Tax Variables.
- After you have paid tax on your sales or profits you have the balance available for two key uses – retained earnings and shareholder dividends.
- Retained Earnings is money you want to keep in the business to fund growth and replace your assets – land, buildings, production machinery, computers. Your budget plan DOES include the use of Retained Earnings, doesn't it!
- Dividends are amounts paid to shareholders. In a small business, the shareholders are the owners, including your Indonesian partner in a PT.
- Dividends paid are taxable at a flat 10% for shareholder residents. If you have a KITAS then you are in effect a resident.
- Personal income tax rate is variable and progressive. In other words, you pay increasing percentages on lump sums of income as the amount increases. The tax break percentages are 5%, 15%, 25% and 30%. So the more salary you pay yourself, the higher the average personal tax rate is.
- Each salary earner is entitled to tax deductions, called Main Personal Relief. These include a minimum salary exemption, deductions for a spouse, a deduction for each dependent, occupational expenses, Jamsostek employee payments, and tension maintenance.
Utilising the Tax Variables
You reduce your tax by how you use the following factors:
- The split of money withdrawn between salaries and dividends.
- The split of salaries between partners.
- Optimising your deductions.
Our Sample Base Input
We need some base data to set up the worksheet in our sample. Your base data would come from your own Profit and Loss Report for the year.
|Rp million
|Gross Sales
|Gross Profit
|Net other Income & Expense
|Profit Avail. for Distribution
|Retained Earnings Required
|Profit Available for Owners
In our example, our owner has a spouse and two dependent children.
The 1% Business
1% Company Tax
This is straightforward – 1% of Rp 4 billion is Rp 40 million. This will apply regardless of any personal income taxes.
"1%" Personal Income Tax
This is where it starts to get interesting. The trick is to optimize your salary payments to minimize tax over 10% net, with the rest paid as dividends at the 10% rate.
Tax Allocation Options
Using the BizTax tool, we analyzed these options for Owner Withdrawals (OW), including the 1% company tax:
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|All Dividends
|All Salary 1 Income
|Dividends and Salary
|All Salary 2 Incomes
The Net Profit Tax Business
Remember, this applies to professional services, also where capital assets are being built. These owners can play with one additional factor, as what they pay themselves as salaries get deducted from assessed income for company tax.
Using the same tax allocation options as above, we had the following net tax results:
|Total Tax
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|All Dividends
|All Salary 1 Income
|Dividends and Salary
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The Impact of Splitting Salaries
Splitting salaries between a couple achieve two things: it reduces the net amount subject to the highest progressive tax rate, and it increases the potential for deductions from personal salary. The current cost of a KITAS is around Rp 20 million per year, so if you can gain more than that from splitting income then give your partner a KITAS and a job.
In the example we have used here, the best results you get are from planning your withdrawals from the business as salaries, not as dividends. But your own business could have quite different results depending on your inputs.
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Kaya Scodelario Brings Fiance Benjamin Walker To 'Scorch Trials' NYC Premiere
Kaya Scodelario pulls up her hair into a high bun for the premiere of Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials held at Regal E-Walk in New York City on Tuesday night (September 15).
The 23-year-old actress joined co-stars Katherine McNamara, Dylan O'Brien, Alexander Flores, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Rosa Salazar, and Ki Hong Lee on the red carpet.
Patricia Clarkson, Giancarlo Esposito, Chris Sheffield, Dexter Darden, director Wes Ball and Teen Wolf actor Cody Saintgnue were also spotted at the event.
"#ScorchTrials @mazerunnermovie premiere last night! I cannot even begin to express my elation and gratitude in being a part of this film," Katherine wrote on Instagram afterwards.
She added, "Last night with everyone was so special. I'm so proud of everyone's dedication, passion, and hard work. The love put into this project is apparent on screen – I cannot wait to share it with all of you. I'm #readyforscorch – are you?"
The cast is also pictured at the AOL BUILD Speaker Series earlier in the day.
FYI: Dylan is wearing a Topman jacket, trousers, and shirt.
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Immediate subroutines
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This very simple construct, inspired by the Forth language, makes the parser extensible by Perl code, providing powerful macro capabilities, multi-line comments, inline functions and conditional compilation.
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When the parser sees a subroutine that has been marked as 'immediate', it calls it immediately. The call's arguments are implicitly quoted as with q{} and the resulting strings are passed to the subroutine. The entire call is removed from the parse stream and replaced with the subroutine's return value.
use immediate qw( compileif ); # mark subroutines as immediate
# multiline comments sub comment { return ''; } use immediate 'comment'; sub foo { # ... comment { this is a multiline comment; the call to comment is executed at parse time and returns an empty string that replaces the whole call in the parse stream }; } # conditional compilation sub compileif { my ($condition, $body) = @_; return eval($condition) ? $body : ''; } use immediate qw( compileif ); # mark subroutines as immediate sub bar { compileif -e 'state' { do 'state'; } compileif $Module::VERSION > 1.23, { # blah blah blah } } # macros sub square { my $arg = shift; my $gensym = $arg . '_'; $gensym .= '_' while $arg =~ /$gensym/; return "do { $gensym = $arg; $gensym * $gensym }"; }
A flag is associated with the data structure associated to a subroutine by the parser. The pragmatic module 'immediate' is used to turn the flag on. When the parser recognizes a subroutine call, it checks the flag and if it's true, proceeds as described above.
The Forth standard.
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Despite Monday's vase filled with brown and wrinkled foliage there's still lots of green in the garden — like the leaves of this Katsura japonica pendula.
Ginkgo biloba
Hosta 'Abiqua Drinking Gourd'
Hosta 'Strip Tease'
Carex plantaginea
Geranium maculatum 'Espresso'
Back to front: Dryopteris x remota (Remote wood fern), Brunnera 'Looking Glass', Athyrium niponicum
This photo and the next show the plants that are in the new driveway border at the top of the wall by the stone steps to the upper garden. They've looked this way since early summer.
I don't expect them to slow down until we get a frost which doesn't look like it's about to happen this week.


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By NICK McQUEEN
Last season, the Victoria High School football team had some key injuries in vital spots -- �including losing starting quarterback Sam Ottley in Week 4.
Still the silver lining in the situation, is that several backups came in to fill the void, and the Knights managed a 10-1 season, and quarterfinal appearance in the Eight-Man Division II state playoffs.
It was the Knights' 12th straight playoff appearance, the longest running streak among eight-man programs.
Now, the bulk of those skill players are back for the Knights, as they enter 2014 with the intention of keeping that streak alive, despite playing in arguably one of the toughest schedules in Division II.
The question isn't whether or not ninth-year Knights coach Doug Oberle has the talent to get the job done, it's a question of whether or not they can find enough depth on the line to give the playmakers an opportunity.
"We have a lot of guys with a lot of experience," said Oberle. "I tell people we have a lot of numbers coming back. By that, we have a lot of guys with offensive stats."
But the Knights did lose to graduation a starting center, a starting left guard and starting left end, something the coaching staff has been working on this preseason to try to make the Knights a complete team.
"That's where the concern is right now," Oberle said. "As a team, we still have a long ways to go. We have to continue to try and build some depth up front, and get some young guys involved."
Still it will help having the entire starting backfield, one starting guard, and a starting tight end back in 2014.
Junior Brady Dinkel, who started the final six games in place of Ottley, returns after completing 28 passes for 333 yards and 14 TDs. He also had 47 carries for 320 yards and six scores.
"We were trying to bring him along a little bit, and utilize the players around him (last season)," Oberle said of Dinkel. "This year, we look for him to step up. He just needs to step up and be a leader on the offensive side of the ball, and we need to make sure to get guys in good positions, and putting the ball where it needs to be put."
Dinkel will have a pair of returning running backs to hand the ball to as well in senior tailback Bryan Dome, and junior fullback Lane Kisner.
Dome had 855 rushing yards and 11 TDs. Kisner added 10 scores and 759 yards.
"I really feel like we can be pretty diverse," said Oberle. "I feel really comfortable with any number of guys carrying the ball.
"Bryan is going to be a kid we want to showcase, getting him the ball in different spots, but we don't really have to hang on him. He doesn't have to carry us, but we have to get the ball in his hands."
Oberle added they were able to install a little bit more to the offense this season, helped out by the fact most of this year's starters saw considerable time for a 10-1 squad.
"Confidence-wise, understanding what we're doing offensively, knowing the plays and knowing our schemes defensively, it helps last year those guys playing a lot," Oberle said.
Junior guard Brandon Brungardt and senior tight end Noah Dreiling are the two returners on the line, but the other three spots are up for grabs. The Knights find out real quick what they will have. Just as in the past when Victoria would open up with perennially tough Macksville, the Knights have a potential Division I playoff team in Claflin-Central Plains. The Oilers were 9-2 a season ago with a loss to Victoria (66-28), and eventual state runner-up Jetmore-Hodgeman County in the playoffs (44-36).
"We're definitely going to know where we are at right away," Oberle said. "Our guys should be motivated and should be up for that."
It won't get any easier from that point. The Knights have eight-man newcomer Ellinwood, St. John and Ness City the next three weeks. Then begin district play with Northern Valley and Beloit/St. John's-Tipton, the team that knocked the Knights out of the playoffs last season. The Knights' district features three playoffs teams from a season ago, adding Thunder Ridge to the equation.


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Remember the avocado project? Well, guess what finally happened? Yes, we have roots growing!
It took longer than we thought, but Sabrina planted the pit this morning, and put it in a nice, bright sunny spot, so we will continue to watch for an actual plant to form - stay tuned!
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
The Avocado Project - Continues
Posted by Megan at 2:13 PM
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- April said...
I was just wondering about this! Thanks for the update!
- August 20, 2008 at 5:54 AM
- Dianne's Dishes said...
Alexis and I planted one in dirt around the time you began this experiment. Ours just sprouted! :) I had wondered how your experiment was going.
- August 28, 2008 at 9:42 AM
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Gopinath, T and Kumar, Anil (2008) Implementation of controlled phase shift gates and Collins version of Deutsch–Jozsa algorithm on a quadrupolar spin-7/2 nucleus using non-adiabatic geometric phases. In: Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 193 (2). pp. 168-176.
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In this work controlled phase shift gates are implemented on a qaudrupolar system, by using non-adiabatic geometric phases. A general procedure is given for implementing controlled phase shift gates in an 'N' level system. The utility of such controlled phase shift gates, is demonstrated here by implementing 3-qubit Deutsch–Jozsa algorithm on a spin-7/2 quadrupolar nucleus oriented in a liquid crystal matrix.
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You'll be on a river with a stay at Jock Safari Lodge in Kruger National Park.
Make yourself at home in one of the 12 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars. Rooms have private balconies. Private bathrooms with separate bathtubs and showers feature designer toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include safes and coffee/tea makers, and housekeeping is provided daily.
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This amp is the "big brother" of the VHT Special 6 and the special 12/20, i think.
Characteristics: On board watts attenuator. 9 volts output for effect pedals supply. Treble, Mid and Bass eq. controls knobs. Effects loop with volume controls for send and return. Presence control knob. Made in China. The sound of this VHT head is similar to the old Fender's Bassman amp (in my opinion, of course) because the pair of 6L6 power tubes configuration. There is a tube adaptor (sold separatly) for a EL34 power tubes, and the amp have Bias adjusment pots inside. The construction is very solid. Very quiet amp, no annoying noises detected when i'am playing in a bedroom volume. In higher volume levels (playing with a band for example) all the noises coming from the single coils of my strat or the effects pedals, cables, or another electric sources of noise, can be detected. But it's all right because no one of this issues comes innerently from the amp.
Totally recommended, if you wanna try it!
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20 Interesting Kakao Statistics and Facts (2019) | By the Numbers Facts
Here are a few of the most interesting Kakao statistics I was able to dig up. As always, be sure to check back in the future as I will be updating this post as new and updated stats become available.
Kakao Facts:
- Website: www.kakaocorp.com/service/KakaoTalk
- Year Founded: 2010
- Headquarters: Jeju City, South Korea
Kakao Statistics:
How many people use KakaoTalk?
Last updated 12/1/17
Percentage of smartphones in South Korea that KakaoTalk is installed on:
Last updated 1/30/17
Percentage of instant messaging users in South Korea that use KakaoTalk:
Last updated 5/30/17
Average amount of time KakaoTalk user spend on the app per month:
Last updated 5/30/17
Amount that Ant Financial has invested in Kakao Pay:
Last updated 2/20/17
Average number of daily rides requests on Kakao Mobility:
Last updated 1/30/17
Average number of monthly Kakao Driver users:
Last updated 1/30/17
Number of Kakao Navi users:
Last updated 1/30/17
Kakao Talk 2013 revenue:
Number of games on the Kakao Talk platform:
Last updated 4/19/14
Number of Kakao Talk game developers:
Last updated 4/19/14
Number of languages Kakao Talk is available in:
Last updated 9/9/14
Number of countries Kakao Talk is used in:
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Percentage of global adult internet users that use Kakao Talk monthly:
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Kakao Games Statistics and Facts:
Number of Kakao Games registered users:
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Average number of user visits per week to Kakao Games:
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text: Jim Fiore was once on the fast-track for college athletics administration stardom. After a decade of leading Stony Brook University into an FCS powerhouse, with a phenomenal turnaround, including capturing the 2011-12 UnderArmour Northeast Region AD of the Year, to being terminated by the school in 2013 amid allegations that surfaced in an ESPNW article. Fiore discusses some of his thoughts on the role of an athletic director overall, especially when it comes to developing a house-cleaning mentality entering into an athletic department in the AD chair. Fiore talks about the 2008 financial collapse of Wall Street, and how it drastically affected fundraising efforts and donors at Stony Brook. Fiore covers the issues with the allegations against him, the fallout from his termination, and what he says he's learned along the way. Twitter: @Jim_Fiore_


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Connie Connally paints beautiful canvases of complex elegance, with imagery merging harmoniously and nearly completely both representational reference and powerful abstraction. Connally's poetic colorscapes, with their expressive brushwork, sweeping gestural marks, and animated cadence, reflect the artist's passion for distilling the essence of her observations of nature and situate her work as the vital interplay between memory and imagination. Her palette of organic color and calligraphic brushstroke combine to serve as imprint of the artist's profound love of being in nature and the desire that her painting reflect both her exterior and interior experience of it.
Citing Joan Mitchell as an important influence on her work, Connally employs exuberant, impassioned colors laid on her canvasses in a pictorial strategy that teeters between the action painting of her abstract expressionist forebears and a more refined personal style that modulates the strokes and dabs that comprise her surfaces. Her layers of brushstroke read less as agitated ruptures and more like intuitive, sensual experiences rendered as prismatic atmospheres of color and tone. Rich, multi-layered surfaces of sun-drenched color morph, coalesce and scatter in quietly energetic rhythms that evoke the experience of being surrounded by the sights and sounds of nature.
Connally continues to find bountiful inspiration in the natural coastlines and verdure of California and the Santa Barbara Mountains that surround her home. She was educated at Oklahoma University and Wichita State University, later earning her MFA at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Her work has been exhibited extensively across the United States and is included in public and private collections.
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December 5, 2019 - Latest: What has happened to markets this year? by Darius McDermott
30th January 2015
Wages are set to rise this year providing respite to the middle classes who have seen the largest fall in earnings since the recession.
Analysis by the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) shows people earning more than £47,000 have seen their pay drop 7.2% while the lowest earners have seen pay fall 5.6% since 2008.
The decreases in pay have materialised despite employment levels returning to pre-crisis levels and men have been hit harder than women, as the latter are more likely to be in public sector jobs where wages have been more protected from pay cuts.
The hourly wages for men have fallen 7.3% compared to 2.5% for women.
Younger workers have also felt the pain of cuts, with those aged between 22 and 29 suffering the most since the recession, with wages 9% lower, while those aged over 60 have seen pay return to 2008 levels.
Higher earners have also been hit hard, seeing their pay fall £3,691 – equivalent to 7.2% – while lowest earners have lost £91, or 5.6%.
Jonathan Cribb, author of the report, said: 'Almost all groups have seen real wages fall since the recession. The pay of young adults remains well below its pre-crisis level after particularly large falls between 2008 and 2011, while the average pay of those aged 60 and over has already recovered.
'Women have seen much smaller falls than men. Falls for the low-paid have been somewhat smaller than for those on higher pay, driven by trends since 2011.'
The good news is that the think tank also said the 'real earnings growth appears to be returning' and that wages are expected to rise throughout 2015/16.
Exchequer secretary to the Treasury Priti Patel said the report showed the Conservative plan was working and confirmed 'real earnings are rising again and inequality is down'.
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Our classroom designs are focused on student comfort. We strive to provide exemplary learning environments with independent temperature control, occupant set-point adjustment and tenant override capabilities to allow the students and staff the flexibility to operate the systems to meet their needs. Since we understand the requirements of a kindergarten classroom are far different from the requirements of a high school science room, we do not approach classroom design with a "one size fits all" system or solution. Care is taken in every space to optimize occupant comfort.
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While we focus heavily on occupant comfort for our K-12 School clients, we also strive to provide systems which are maintainable and serviceable in an easy and efficient manner. We understand the changing maintenance and operation structure in schools today, and the associated budget constraints, so were are constantly mindful of that in our systems selection and design. Working with operations and maintenance staff, we present system and equipment options which are applicable to the project, and provide insight and data to help the school select the right system for its needs.
Peter Basso Associates has provided MEP engineering on thousands of projects for over 100 public school districts across Michigan, as well as countless projects for numerous private and parochial schools. These projects have ranged from new high school facilities in excess of 400,000 square feet, to minor renovations and energy efficiency projects which may affect a single room. Peter Basso Associates is YOUR Engineering Partner for your K-12 School needs.
PBA provided MEP engineering design and architectural lighting design for the first, second and third phase of the Hillel Day School renovation project, which included a new classroom wing and renovations to the heart of the school on the first floor. Renovations, which encompassed 10,500 sf of space, as part of phase 2, were made to the heart of the building, which includes an open collaborative space for students on the first floor featuring a stage, modular seating and lighting specific to the task and purpose of each space - Learn More...
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