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Deciding where to buy can be one of the biggest decisions you'll make as a first home buyer. It can help to break things down into two different issues: Where you should buy, and where you can afford to buy.
Plenty of research is a good starting point
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You might need to be flexible with your choice of suburbs. You may have your sights set on a particular postcode, but as with any major purchase, it can pay to keep an open mind.
First, think about what matters most to you – being near friends or family, being able to enjoy favourite pastimes like golf, surfing, or maybe dining out. If you love the cafe scene but you don't want to live in the city centre, consider an inner suburb with plenty of nearby eateries, it can be more affordable too.
Keep an eye on your future needs. If you're thinking about starting a family, the quality of local schools is worth considering.
A big factor in deciding where you should buy can be proximity to work. A long daily commute won't just impact your lifestyle, the cost of travel should also be considered. In one survey, Australians spend an average of $38 each week just getting to work – and a long commute will eat into your daily spending money.
In deciding where you should buy, you might also want to look at a suburb's prospects for future capital growth –
Where can I afford?
As a first home
One way to give yourself more bang for your buying buck is to look beyond the inner city. Our fast-growing outer suburbs are a popular choice for many home buyers, especially
Remember, too, in some states or territories, the First Home Owner Grant is only available if you build a new home.
What to look for in a suburb - transport, schools, amenities
A suburb's features can determine how well the area is suited to your needs. But they can also play a role in the future growth of your home's value.
As a guide, features like good transport links, and local amenities such as shops, cafes and leisure facilities plus a decent selection of schools, can have a positive impact on long term property values.
Proximity to natural features such as beaches, parks and rivers, can also make a suburb a more pleasant place to
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29 Mar Little acts of love go a long way
She is a beautiful young girl of 14 years. Life didn't give her much of a choice in where she had to live; neither did it give a choice in becoming a mother at the age of 15. All she had been through in her life was rejection from her family and at every institution she was placed in.
She had to survive through 13 years of her life as a young girl, carry a baby within her at the age of 14 and give birth to a child which was taken away from her by force. The experience life gave her taught her to survive wearing a mask as a tough person. But yet, her childhood didn't give up on her. Though the mask was to survive, her true self was soft inside, yearning for love and affection just as any other child.
By the time Nayana was referred to ESCAPE, she had been transferred from one institution to another and she had no other place to go to as no one could manage her. She was definitely angry at life and herself for what had happened to her. And in her little world, the best way to cope was to be aggressive. She was also receiving psychiatric support in order for her to cope.
The decision on providing residential counselling and care for Nayana was not an easy decision. But the staff at ESCAPE were ready to take up the challenge in order to make some difference in the life of Nayana. There were days when Nayana couldn't manage her anger and had caused harm to the staff.
In Nayana's life, all she yearned for is a little love and affection and that is what she hadn't got throughout her life. The difference we could make in her life was to give her that love and accept her for who she is. It was a learning for the staff that little acts of love can go a long way in the life of a child.
Nayana is still on the journey of rewriting her story. ESCAPE still continues to support Nayana along with government officials and psychiatrists. Our hope is that she will hold onto what she had learnt during her stay at our respite home so that she will use it to shape her life.
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Title: Murder Melody
Author: Lawrence Donovan writing as Kenneth Robeson
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Invasion From The Center Of The Earth
It began with a series of quakes which tore huge, gaping holes in the surface of the earth. Soon the sky over the Northwest was filled with the bodies of strange floating men playing a weird melody of death. Was the world doomed? Could Doc Savage and his Fabulous five save it from almost certain destruction? Join them as they race to the center of the earth for a titanic battle with the power-crazed leaders of a fantastic super-civilization.
15th in the Doc Savage paperback series. Originally published in Doc Savage Magazine, 11/35, and first of the stories to be penned by Lawrence Donovan.
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text: Today we really do have a unique opportunity, for far too long Wales has been neglected by Westminster – that historic neglect can cease on May 9th. Our country has never been nor ever will be a priority for the big establishment Westminster based parties who will always put London and their own vested interests first before the needs of Wales. The only way to make Wales matter after the election is to vote for Plaid Cymru - the Party of Wales. Plaid will use its influence in the hung parliament to get the very best deal possible for Wales and for all our communities. A YouGov poll recently showed that 78% of people think that Wales should get the same funding deal as Scotland – Plaid is the only party that can deliver this. Fair funding for Wales would mean an extra £1.2 billion a year, to spend on our hospitals, our schools and strengthening our economy. For those who haven't voted for Plaid Cymru before, lend your vote to Plaid tomorrow. We won't let you down. Together, Plaid can make Wales' voice heard in Westminster. Together, Plaid can make Wales work.


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A Miami Lakes man who claimed that his arrest for cocaine trafficking was all a misunderstanding was convicted Friday of taking part in what may have been the largest maritime coke seizure in Florida history.
The Broward Circuit Court jury deliberated for about three hours before finding Victoriano Suarez, 29, guilty of trafficking in more than 400 grams of cocaine.
Judge Thomas Coker Jr. will sentence Suarez on Oct. 3. Cocaine trafficking carries a mandatory minimum term of 15 years in prison.
Suarez was arrested Feb. 22 by the Florida Marine Patrol after he jumped or fell off a 38-foot fishing boat entering the Hillsboro Inlet in Pompano Beach.
On board the boat was 936 pounds of cocaine neatly packaged and placed in 12 duffel bags, according to Assistant State Attorney Andrew Slater. The street value of the drugs was estimated at nearly $35 million.
The boat's captain also jumped overboard and never was caught.
Suarez claimed that he was hired on the boat as a mechanic and had no idea the drugs were on the vessel. He said he fell off the boat when it made a sudden start.
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The lake of Morliere is at the heart of the Perche region, one of the most natural regions of France, on the border of Normandy. On an enclosed and completely private estate, this beautiful and atypical 6 acre lake includes two islands in its center. Three years ago, the lake was expanded, regrooved and stocked. The bottom now reaches up to 4 meters in some places and a small gravel path traversing follows the perimeter of the lake preventing mud emergence. We designed 3 double main fishing swims that allow you to explore the areas around the islands. Parking down the field quickly provides access to the lake. It allows to easily install the bivvy and materials thanks to Carp Fishing barrows.
The lake being fairly new, stocking included only fish between 22 and 44 lbs at the time of its creation, all from Bigot fishfarm. Health guaranteed!!
Here, the record catch is 66 lbs and the catches average is around 30 lbs!! Few lakes provide this average! This Runs water is populated with carp mirror, common carp, koi, Amours blancs and sturgeon up to 50lbs. (no catfish).


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Lorenzo Jones, 18, and Deeddrick Walton, 20, are accused of killing 21-year-old Justin Davis in the incident that occurred around 9:15 p.m. on July 18, 2016, outside the community center at 3678 Powers Road by Harry C. Pierotti Park.
Jones and Walton also were indicted on one count of attempted first-degree murder, eight counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon while intentionally acting in concert with each other and one count of employment of a firearm in the commission of a dangerous felony.
Witnesses said a black Nissan Altima pulled up near the basketball court where a group of young people were playing. They said two men, identified as Jones and Walton, got out of the car, walked onto the court and began firing handguns.
As the people on the court fled the gunfire, Davis was struck in the abdomen. Several friends picked him up and flagged down a pickup truck which took him to Methodist Hospital North where he was pronounced dead.
Investigators recovered more than two dozen shell casings from the scene.
The case is being handled by Asst. Dist. Atty. Michael McCusker, division leader of Criminal Court Division 10, and by Asst. Dist. Atty. Devon Lepeard.


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Womens World Cup Betting Tips
Find our free forecasts on the winner of the Women's World Cup, as well as our expert predictions on all of the best matches of the 2019 World Cup in France. Full information for your sports bets!
Presentation and predictions of the 2019 Women's World Cup
To be held in France from June 7th until July 7th 2019, the Women's Football World Cup promises thrilling games that will be held on various French lawns over the summer. The United States were crowned champions three years ago - after they beat Japan in the grand final - and some nations have already emerged as the big favourites for this summer's edition of the tournament: namely the aforementioned US, and also the Germans. The Blues, who will host this major event for the first time, and England will also be amongst the outsiders to watch - particularly after the performance of both nations in Euro 2017. The question is, will it be enough to take the title home in the summer of 2019?
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For Beginners - How does the Women's World Cup work?
This year's competition is gaining momentum in the media, and will hopefully grow in popularity amongst the general public - but the Women's World Cup may still be somewhat unknown, and there can often be confusion around the format of the tournament. For the sake of clarity, especially for your predictions, here are the basics to know about the tournament.
Pitting the best 24 nations on the planet against each other, the Women's World Cup is organised in two phases: first the groups, followed by the knockout phase. In the first stage, 6 groups of four teams are created, in which the top two nations of each group and the four best third place teams will qualify for the round of 16. The sixteen teams that thus qualify for the knockout stages will then compete in the classic format, with 8 teams progressing to the quarter finals, then four to the semi's.
- 24 participating teams
- 6 groups of 4
- Top two team of each group qualify (12 teams)
- 4 best third place teams qualify (4 teams)
- Overall 16 qualifiers compete from the Quarters, to the Semi's, to the Final
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Betting on the 2019 Football World Cup: the stats to know
Beyond the format of the competition, knowing the key statistics and figures is crucial to placing good bets on the 2019 Women's World Cup - let's talk about the spectacular nature of the tournament.
With an average of 2.77 goals scored per game in the last edition (and 2.62 in 2011), the Women's World Cup is usually a competition that sees plenty of goals - which may lead you to consider placing bets on the 'Over 2.5 Goals' market. In general, bookmakers often offer good odds on this market (4/5), so it would be a shame not to take advantage of it. The high point - this is also validated by the 51% of meetings concluding with +2.5 goals scored in the last Canadian edition.
In the same spirit of offensive play, also know that games of the Women's World Cup will often see both teams try their luck in front of goal. Whether during the 2015 edition in Canada (49%) or in Germany in 2017 (53%), the majority of duels saw the bet 'Both Teams to Score' validated, proof that we will have to wait for the show in 2019. Here again the odds are often favourable, with values generally landing around 9/10 - don't miss out on it.
Finally, the last major statistic to remember will be to avoid bets on level scores, even if the odds offered on such a bet are generally interesting. In 2015, only 1 in 5 matches ended in a draw, for low probabilities. On the occasion of the 2019 World Cup in France, it would be preferable to favour the win of the underdog over such draws - they might allow you the chance of higher gains for a lower value of risk than a draw. The word of the experts.
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Women's World Cup Groups
Having been drawn in December 2018, the Groups of the 2019 World Cup are known, and should allow the general public to watch a number of exciting meetings in each pool. Here is the composition of each group.
Group A - France, Norway, South Korea, Nigeria
As is tradition, the host country France will be a member of Group A of the competition. Having reached the Quarter Finals of Euro 2017, Amandine Henry's 'Les Bleues' should be able to qualify for the knockout phase of the competition, as they look to be the strongest team in this group. Norway, the runners up in the last edition of the tournament, will also be favourites to progress, while South Korea and Nigeria lag behind in the group in terms of talent. The French team will be expected to top the group due to their experience and individual talent - with Renard, Henry, Bussaglia, Thiney and Le Sommer, there is plenty of experience in the Blues' ranks.
Qualified from Group A
- France
- Norway
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Group B - Germany, Spain, China, South Africa
In the second group, it is Dzsenifer Marozsan's Germany that will be most likely to qualify - one of the favourites of the tournament. Semi-finalists in 2015, the Germans will be one of the most eagerly anticipated teams of the competition - with an unbeaten streak of 11 games they should not find it difficult to claim the top spot in Group B. In the company of an inexperienced Spain, a declining Chinese side and newcomers South Africa, the 2003 and 2007 World Champions should logically take first place in this group. Unless we are presented with a huge shock, you can direct your predictions towards them.
Qualified from Group B
- Germany
- Spain
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Group C - Italy, Brazil, Australia, Jamaica
To Group C now, in which there looks to be a tighter battle between the Australians and the Brasilians, both of whom are regulars in big international competitions. Eliminated in the Quarter's and the Round of 16, respectively, in the last edition of the World Cup, we can expect a tense fight between these two sides for first place in Group C. Behind them, Valentina Cernoia's Italy will likely play a good hand, while Jamaica are expected to struggle. For first place, our experts favour Australia to have a slight advantage, especially considering the recent form of the Brasilians (9 consecutive defeats between August and April).
Qualified from Group C
- Italy
- Australia
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Group D - England, Scotland, Argentina, Japan
Group D is expected to be the place of a thrilling duel between the English and the Japanese. Semi-finalists at Euro 2017 and third place finishers in the last World Cup, the English will be expected to do well in this year's competition, and will be able to count on a wealth of talent in many positions. Toni Duggan (Barcelona) and Nikita Parris (Manchester City), for example, showed their talent over the course of the 2018-19 season. Scoring 19 goals in as many league games, Parris could be one of the great revelations of the tournament - having also scored 6 goals in the qualifiers. Behind these two heavyweights, the Scots and the Argentines will certainly have trouble in securing a top two qualifying spot.
Qualified from Group D
- England
- Japan
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Group E - Netherlands, Canada, New Zealand, Cameroon
In the penultimate group of the 2019 Women's World Cup, the quality level could be slightly lower than in other pools. Beyond the Netherlands, the European champions and standout favourites to top the group, the Canadians were knocked out in the Quarter Finals on their home turf in 2015. With New Zealand and Cameroon unlikely to be a great challenge to these two sides, the Dutch and the Canadians will be favoured to secure qualifying places - with a preference for the winners of Euro 2017.
Qualified from Group E
- Netherlands
- Canada
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Group F - USA, Sweden, Chile, Thailand
Finally, in the last group of the 2019 competition, it will obviously be Alex Morgan's America who will be expected to qualify. Reigning World Champions (who triumphed 5-2 over Japan in the 2015 final), Team USA will arrive in France with the firm intention of retaining their title. Winners of the 2018 Gold Cup, and having been beaten only once in their last 37 games, the girls lead by Carli Lloyd are likely to go far in the tournament. In this group, Sweden should logically take the second qualifying place ahead of Chile and Thailand.
Qualified from Group F
- Sweden
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Women's World Cup Final 2019
- USA vs Netherlands (Lyon, Sunday 07/07 at 5pm)
Who are the favorites of the 2019 World Cup?
As we come to the end of a thrlling competition, the Final of the Women's World Cup has been decided - with the US set to take on the Netherlands in Lyon on Sunday. Having made it past Spain, France and England in the knockout phase, Alex Morgan's girls are obviously the favourites - as they have been since the start of the tournament. With such high quality talent on their side, the USA seem to be on course to retain their title and put an end to the Dutch World Cup dreams. Unsurprisingly, our experts advise you to back the United States to lift the trophy this weekend.
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Who will win the Women's World Cup?
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Purdue Cruises Past Michigan State in Big Ten Dual
Kaersten Meitz posted times of 4:43.92 and 9:41.44 in the 500 and 1000 as Purdue beat Big Ten opponent Michigan State.
Ashley Neidigh Breaks Another Meet Record on Day 3 of Indiana Champs
Former Auburn standout Ashley Neidigh is making waves at her new home in Indiana.
Indiana Men's Undefeated Streak Continues with Win Over Purdue
Indiana's Blake Pieroni put up a 54.66 to out-touch Purdue's Marat Amaltdinov (54.87) in the 100 breast.
Purdue Picks Up Verbal Commitment from Sprinter Courtney Kresl
Courtney Kresl from Fort Wayne, Indiana, made a verbal commitment to join Purdue University's swimming and diving team in 2016.
Purdue University Gets Verbal From Breaststroker Cady Farlow
Purdue University got a solid pickup with the likes of Fort Wayne Aquatics' Cady Farlow who gave her verbal commitment…


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Violinist Evan Elsley is a University Violin Lecturer who has taught performance degree students and professionals. He is also an examiner of Performance Diplomas for the AMEB. Evan is a tertiary scholarship recipient who trained at the University of Sydney, the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and at the State Conservatorium of Music in Warsaw, Poland. He has performed concertos, solo recitals and world premiers of major Australasian composers. His concert engagements have been for organizations such as Musica Viva, ABC, Sydney Festival, ISCM, Conservatoriums, Universities, Arts Councils and Music Clubs. He regularly performs at Sydney's major concert venues and tours. He has been a professional Violinist in both England and Australia and has often performed to live audiences up to 7,000 and on TV to 4 million people.
As a Soloist, Violinist-Conductor and Orchestral Leader he has led many Concert, Viennese, Salon, Dance, Recording Orchestras and Gypsy Bands. These have included repeat performances for HM The Queen & HRH Duke of Edinburgh, numerous Australian Prime Ministers, Foreign Governments and Heads of State (such as the British Prime Minister, the Japanese Cabinet), State Premiers, Governors, Consuls, Asian and Arab Royalty and Religious leaders. He has been a resident Violinist for the Sydney Opera House, Sydney Hilton Hotel, Melbourne Windsor Hotel, Landmark Hotel and the Sydney Showboat. He is regularly booked to perform for local and visiting businessmen like Murdochs, Packers, Singleton, Laws, celebrities such as Nicole Kidman, Prescilla Presley to Elton John, society engagements for Lady Fairfax, Cointreux Ball, fashion launches (like Collette Dinnigan) to innumerable official Government functions.
His company has performed for product launches, film sound tracks, International Hotel events and live TV appearances. He has also led front acts for pop stars ranging from Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen to Midnight Oil and has been booked by other musicians and their promoters for their own entertainment. These have included the cast of Les Miserables, Moscow and Australian Ballet Companies, The Royal Amsterdam, Hunter, Melbourne and Sydney Symphony Orchestras. He has played in many stage musicals, New Year's Eve at the Opera House and performs for the Universities of NSW, Western Sydney & the Australian Vice Chancellors.
Recordings have been on the EMI, Festival, K Tel and Larrikin labels. Radio broadcasts have been for the ABC, FM Radio and Commercial stations such as 104.1 (2DayFM), 2MBS FM. TV credits range through Midday Shows, GMA, ABC music specials, current affair programs like Four Corners, "soaps" (including Neighbours), film appearances, TV episodes, pop videos, along with the visuals of many TV commercials for the Australian, American and Japanese tourist markets (clients such as Audi, Telegraph Mirror). Print appearances have included Vogue, Bulletin, Women's Weekly, Woman's Day to Qantas magazines and their "in flight" Australian music sound tracks.
In recent years his students have won nearly $500,000 in music awards (see www.violinlessons.com.au).


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Long-time Faculty Members Leave More Than $9 Million to Northwestern
David Cugell, MD, and Christina Enroth-Cugell, PhD, spent almost their entire careers at Northwestern University. The school's longest-serving faculty member, with a tenure of 58 years, Cugell was founding chair of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Feinberg.
During their lifetimes, the Cugells included the university in their estate plans, designating commitments to multiple areas. Upon their passing in 2016, Northwestern received planned gifts from the Cugells totaling $9.39 million. More than $4.39 million will support candidates and fellows at Feinberg studying lung disease.
"Dave Cugell was strongly committed to the training of young physicians and scientists in the area of lung disease," says Scott Budinger, MD, chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care in the Department of Medicine and the Ernest S. Bazley Professor of Airway Diseases at Feinberg, who worked closely with Cugell on several projects toward the end of his career.
The Cugells began their pioneering careers at Northwestern in 1955, the same year they were married.
"He would be pleased to know that the fellowships he has provided will help to bring a new generation to this area and will further knowledge to improve the lives of patients with lung disease," adds Budinger.
Serving on the faculty for 31 years, Enroth-Cugell was one of the first female professors to teach at Northwestern's McCormick School of Engineering and chaired the Department of Neurobiology within the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences.
The Cugells' most recent gifts contribute to We Will. The Campaign for Northwestern, helping realize the transformational vision set forth in Northwestern's strategic plan and solidify the university's position among the world's leading research universities.
Celebrating Our Les Turner ALS Foundation Partner
Nearly 450 people, including 21 men and women living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), attended the Les Turner ALS Foundation's annual Hope Through Caring Gala on March 9. The event raised $617,000 to support the Foundation's mission to provide the best quality of care, local community support and hope through scientific research to everyone affected by this disease.
"We are all here because we are part of the Les Turner ALS family: those of us with ALS, those of us who love or care for someone with ALS, those of us who advocate for people with ALS, those of us who provide clinical care and those of us who search for a cure for ALS," said Andrea Pauls Backman, chief executive officer of the Les Turner ALS Foundation.
This year, the Foundation honored Mindy Evans-Williams, a patient and donor diagnosed with ALS in 1992, with its Hope Through Caring Award, and Robert L. Sufit, MD, professor of Neurology and Surgery at Feinberg, with the inaugural Harvey and Bonny Gaffen Advancements in ALS Award.
Robert L. Sufit, MD (middle), professor of Neurology and Surgery at Feinberg, received the Harvey and Bonny Gaffen Advancements in ALS Award. Here, he poses with the Gaffens, two founders of the Les Turner ALS Foundation.
A neurologist at the Les Turner ALS Center at Northwestern Medicine, Sufit has helped thousands of families affected by ALS through his clinical care and research since joining Northwestern in 1992. In fact, he designed and participated in some of the earliest and ongoing clinical drug trials in ALS and has published numerous papers on the natural history of ALS, end of life care for ALS patients, as well as the speech, swallowing and electrophysiology
of the disease.
"The real heroes are the people with ALS and their families, who live with ALS and volunteer in our clinical trials. All of our work depends upon them," he said, to cheers from the audience — including whistles from one of his patients.
In 2014, the Les Turner ALS Foundation made a leadership commitment of $10 million to help establish the Les Turner ALS Center at Northwestern Medicine. The Foundation continues to partner with Northwestern to raise $10 million to endow the Center in perpetuity.
Malnati Brain Tumor Institute Moves To 20th Floor of Galter
On February 26, donors to the Northwestern Medicine Lou and Jean Malnati Brain Tumor Institute of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University at Northwestern Memorial Hospital gathered with clinical staff and administration to unveil a new state-of-the-art clinical space located on the 20th floor of Galter Pavilion at 675 N. St. Clair Street. The expanded space treats patients with malignant, benign and metastatic brain and spinal tumors.
The new naming of the institute began in late 2017 after a landmark donation was gifted by the Lou Malnati Cancer Research Foundation. The expanded clinical space is part of an overarching vision to provide better follow-up care by striving for quicker diagnosis, more specialized treatment and one-of-a-kind support programs within the Lurie Cancer Center.
Triple in size from the original space, the newly constructed clinic space occupies 8,370 square feet of the floor, with 12 exam rooms and two consult areas. A majority of the rooms are designed to be hybrid exam rooms and consult rooms to allow for better utilization of space and to increase family involvement for members wishing to attend appointments.
Leadership from the Malnati Brain Tumor Institute, with members of the Malnati family at the opening of the institute's new clinical space. Jean Malnati Miller and Dean M. Harrison, president and CEO of Northwestern Memorial HealthCare, had the honor of cutting the symbolic ribbon.
Other amenities include a radiology reading room embedded into the clinic to review patients' medical images and an MRI scheduler in the clinic to provide patients a one-stop-shop for scheduling follow-up imaging return visits. An oversized, 140-square-foot exam room provides space for a ceiling-mounted patient lift for patients who are immobile.


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|A. Michael Baldwin (1963 - )
Son of Gerard Baldwin (animation producer)
No relation to either Adam Baldwin or the Baldwin brothers
|Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994) [Mike Pearson]: Is briefly dead after being attacked by Angus Scrimm; he comes back to life after following the tunnel of light and being told to go back by the spirit of his brother (Bill Thornbury). (Thanks to Keith)
Phantasm IV: Oblivion (Phantasm IV: Infinity) (1998) [Mike Pearson]: Stabbed in the head by one of the sentinel spheres, which is then removed by Angus Scrimm; he dies shortly afterwards while talking to Reggie Bannister. (An uncoming sequel Phantasm V has been announced, with Michael in the cast; I don't know yet whether it means that he doesn't actually die here or whether he's brought back from the dead.) (Thanks to Keith)
Vice Girls (2000) [Tralaine]: Poisoned by Richard Gabai. (Thanks to Eric)


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What a great hole ! After probing for about 4 hours we finally find a real nice rectangular Brickliner. Not far from last weeks Bitters hole we moved over a few lots and Bill sticks the 9 foot probe in and BLAM ! He hits pay dirt.
Not long after we discover this hole it starts raining so we set up our canopy...
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Bill gets on down in the hole.
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Swear down, I'm still buzzin' from Cardiff me.
A cup! We won a bloody cup. A real cup. An' I only bloody touched it at the Slaggy Island Asda me.
Well aye.
Queued for a bloody hour me an' Our Kyle, even though I 'ad all me stubs from the earlier shops when no other softget was there AN' voucher bloody L so a shoulda got priority in the fest place.
An' then when we got to the front there was a bit of chew with the gadge jus' coz I wanted ter slide on me knees an' that wavin' it ter me 'maginary Mam an' Dad in the crowd an' that, with Our Kyle down on the floor takin' pictures with the digi an' that, y'know, I never saw what the fuss was me like, but it was worth it coz I, me, ? I touched the real Carling Cup me, the cup what the Boro won on the best day of my life.
An' we all went ter see the parade, three line whip across three generations of rabid Boro fans - and me Mam - jus' ter see the Little Fella wave it round an' give it a big 'Sooper, Sooper Coop' an' 'e 'eld it up an' give us a wink down near the Poly!
Great ter bring a cup 'ome though eh. Ow! Whose got nowt in the trophy cabinet now then eh? Eh? Boro? Yerjokinarntyer? We're the Carling Cup Winners.
Looka, it sez so on the big scoreboard on this smart digi photo a took on me mobile. See, yer doyle.
Got some mint shots of the parade an' all. Loads. The parade though eh? Well, that was just total quality that was. Bloody fantastic. I was so proud of me team an' me town that I felt like me 'eart was gonna burst. Parades are great, we should 'ave one every year from now on eh?,
There we was all wearin' our Boro sherts an' waving' our flags like after the victory parade when the lads come EIOing down Linthorpe Road on the owld Ellerman Beeline convertible.
We started on the corner of Borough Road, y'know, opposite the ABC, then we follered the bus down as far as that class Juninho Lord of the Riverside banner down by the Laurel.
I dunno where the bus went after that but it said Whitby Seaside Special on the front an' I wasn't follerin' 'em that far. Next stop the Abbey!
Next stop Europe more like? ow, I can't bloody wait me. Red Booker now. I'm all set fer Boro in Europe. Our Dad would never 'ave believed that mind, Boro in Europe.
Forty odd year 'e went not expectin' much an' 'appy when 'e got it. 'E never saw them win owt me Dad. Not an FA Cup, not a League Cup, not even a Texaco Cup, a ZDS Trophy, a JD Sports Cup or nowt. Not even the tote at the Nops. Jus' shows yer eh?
I mean, 'ow lucky are us lot eh? Europe! Makes up Doncaster away in the Full Members.
Looka, I swear down I'm not gonna forget a second of this. I've got all the class Gazettes an' me programme an' a T-shirt an' that all kept careful an' I'll get them out every Leap Day an' get mingin' an remember the goal an' One Job On Teesside an' Bolo's penalty an' that magic mental Pigbag with the players and Gibbo an' everyone.
I've got me ticket framed like. With the other ones and me pictures of me an Mogga an' Ayresome Park.
An' next year I'll be puttin' me UEFA Cup final ticket up there as well. Why the 'ell not? I mean, Jesus wept! Boro are in Europe. If that can 'appen anything can 'appen.
I'm going like, Europe. Wherever, a don't care where and I don't care 'ow much it costs Our Lass. She can sell a kidney on the e-bay if I she 'as to but I'm goin'.
Boro in Europe! As Carling Cup winners. I'm just prayin' we get somewhere what does EasyJet me. Somewhere on the Costa Fortune would be nice. Or Majorca. Or Spain.
Anywhere but bloody Sunderland eh?


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I stopped by the Architectural Digest Home Design Show this past Saturday and despite the anemic economy, Manhattan's Pier 94 was packed to the gills with exhibitors, the design trade, and the interiors-loving general public. I'm unsure how much commerce was actually going down, but all appeared to be copasetic.
Initially a stand-alone event, the Green East Conference was integrated (and possibly downsized) into the main AD show a couple of weeks prior to show time. I'm unsure why but I was a bit underwhelmed by Green East — building supplies and household appliances were rightfully represented but the presence of innovative interiors — stuff with true "wow" factor — was lacking.
A few standouts from the AD Show and Green East:
Excellent to see Scott Raffaele from 4Korners and his gorgeous striped credenzas representing Red Hook at the MADE section of the AD show. Scott is a consummate craftsman with deep eco-sensibilities: He creates unique and apartment-friendly modern wood furniture with off-cuts, salvaged materials, and other supplies that would otherwise sit around collecting dust or end up landfilled.
Showing with Scott was Irish designer Martin O'Flynn (another designer with Red Hook connections…it must be something in the water down here) from OF Design. I wasn't familiar with O'Flynn's work but if I had had the ability to sneak away with his Nu Coffee Table in my brochure-filled tote bag, I would have. It was gorgeous.
A pleasant surprise was meeting Brooklyn-based Peter Pracilio showing with the American Design Club. Although his "Swarovski Crystal Safari" series was the main attraction, turns out Peter designs some stunning green gear for GO! Pet Design. Check out the Urban Driftwood Dog Bowl, the Upcycle Elevated Dog Bowl, shoo-in accessories for the incoming presidential pooch) and the Paca Pets Cat Toy.
Another notable Brooklyn-based firm, Lights Up!, was in attendance with a few new designs including modern lamp shades made from recycled PET fabric.
All and all, plenty of eye candy and some standouts at the main AD show (particularly in the indie-design/one-of-a-kind MADE section) and plenty of high hopes that the dedicated Green East exhibition is beefed up next year.
Nature of the stuffed variety representin' at the AD Home Show.
Nature of the recycled driftwood variety also made an appearance.
Images: Matt, OF Design, Go! Pet Design, Alive Structures.


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Senior Advisor to the General Manager
Donnie Williams serves as Senior Advisor to General Manager Dayton Moore for the 12th season after previously working as a Major League Scout for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, beginning in 1996. In 2003, Williams was named Midwest Scout of the Year. He is no stranger to Royals' General Manager Dayton Moore's philosophy of developing young talent, as he worked with the Braves as a scout from 1981-96. He joined the Braves as an area supervisor and regional crosschecker in 1981 and was promoted to Major League scout in 1987, a position he held through 1996.
Williams also worked for the San Diego Padres from 1969 to 1980. He joined the organization in 1969 as part of the franchise's original group of scouts and served as an area scout, crosschecker and minor league coordinator. He was also a Major League coach for the Padres from 1977-80, serving as first base coach, third base coach and bench coach during those four seasons.
Williams signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1956 at the age of 17 out of high school as a shortstop and spent 10 years in the system, capped by a 1967 season as player/coach. He resides in Paragould, Ark., with his wife, Marianne. They have three children: Jamie, Tom and Briget.


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Spectramed Medical Aid has been around since 1957, but originally it was a company that served only those working in the printing industry in South Africa. In 1997 they went 'public' however bringing their somewhat unique medical aid plans within the reach of the general public.
We say somewhat unique as any of the plans on offer via the company are a hybrid of traditional medical coverage and a more flexible medical savings account which allows subscribers to 'personalize' their coverage in ways that some other medical aid plans offered by other companies do not. And as a member owned, member organization shareholders have a say in the way the company will continue to develop in the future.
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Spectramed Medical Aid offers five basic plan choices; Spectra Aqua, Spectra Cyan, Spectra Capri, Spectra Azul and Spectra Cobalt. Despite the rather fancy names all of the plans offer some solid coverages to suit personal needs and budgets.
The lowest level plan, the Spectra Cyan, is for those looking for hospital only cover, usually younger, healthy folks who don't want to overspend on coverage for services they might never use. The highest level plan, the Spectra Cobalt, is, on the other hand a very comprehensive set of coverages designed for those who make frequent use of medical services and among the most popular choices of families who choose Spectramed.
The other available plans fall somewhere in between and the good news is that the on website comparison tools are clear and easy to use, allowing people to make an informed choice about just which plan might be right for them.
Special Programmes
All of the plans with the exception of the hospital cover only Spectra Aqua give their members access to the 'My Saver' programme. This is a Personal Medical Savings Account as defined under Regulation 10 of the Medical Schemes Act 131 of 1998 and can be used on the approved, day to day medical expenses of the member's choice. Such expenses might include OTC medicines, home health care items etc. With the highest level plans - Spectra Azul and Cobalt there is also a 'Benefit Booster' that allows for things like upgraded frames for prescription eyeglasses and certain cosmetic dental procedures.
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Any Spectra medical aid plan member can access what the company refers to as 'value added services'. These include Spectra Assist, a comprehensive 24 hour a day service that offers assistance to those involved in some kind of trauma, including follow up physiological counseling if needed.
Spectra SOS on the other hand is designed to assist in any type of emergency and can be a help with anything from basic medical advice while waiting for an ambulance to arrive to arranging care for children or aging relatives who would otherwise be alone while the affected person is at the hospital.
Finally there is Spectra Care, a specialist staffed helpline that offers help and advice on a huge range of topics, everything from what to do when a baby won't stop crying to confidential teen counseling to general advice about diet and exercise and even things like stress management. Spectramed Medical Aid offers lots of choice however we always advise you speak to a specialist consultant to get the right advice for your circumstances.


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Physicist: In short: nothing. Light acts like a wave, but unlike sound waves, light isn't a material that's moving back-and-forth.
Waves are a coordinated movement of atoms. A wave itself isn't made of anything, it's just a propagating motion through a material. Each part of the medium more or less stays where it is, but passes the movement of the wave to nearby material.
For example, sound manages to move get from whatever-that-was-just-now to your ear at about 0.2 miles per second. At yet, the air around you doesn't noticeably move anywhere when sound moves through it. Sound is literally just atoms in air smacking into other atoms, making those freshly smacked atoms move a tiny distance to smack into another set of atoms, and so on.
While waves take several different forms, the basic idea is always the same: waves are tiny movements that propagate from place to place inside of a host material. Sound is waves in air, ripples are waves in water, earthquakes are waves in the ground; every wave seems to need some material to do the waving.
A few centuries ago, Thomas Young proved that light is definitely a wave by demonstrating that it is capable of interference. In so doing he also managed to measure the wavelength of visible light: 400nm for purple to 700nm for red. Technically, what Young did was demonstrate that, whatever light it is, has wave-like properties. At the time, everything that was known to be wave-like was in fact a wave. So Young's experiment led to the completely natural, titular question of this post: if light is a wave, then what's doing the waving?
Physicists, never shy to name things they're pretty sure exists, declared that the material light moves through is the Luminiferous Aether ("luminous" for "light" and "aether" for "I don't know what it is either").
Typically, when you can hear, you can breathe, and when you can be pushed by an ocean wave, you're already wet. Because we can see, we must be immersed in the Luminiferous Aether (otherwise, how does the light get to our eyes?). It would seem that one of the important properties of the Aether is that you can't feel it, see it, or smell it.
One of the first experiments concerning the Aether was to evacuate (pull all the air out of) a glass jar and look through it. Turns out: light doesn't need anything made of matter to move through. The Aether must be fill the universe and pass freely through every material thing. And since we can see stars just as clearly in every direction, it must fill the universe in a very smooth and uniform way. Strange stuff.
There is a long history of debate over why the Aether does or doesn't exist. It doesn't. Here's a very brief thread of the debate that more or less gets to (one of) the heart(s) of the issue.
The fact that light has polarization means that it is a transverse wave (side/side), but only longitudinal waves (forward/back) can exist in a gas or liquid.
That implies that the Aether must be a solid that permeates all of space. But here's the thing: Earth moves. More than that, it moves in big circles, so for most (if not all) of the year it must be moving relative to the Aether. That movement is detectable.
If you drop pebbles off of a moving boat, you'll notice that the ripples moving toward the front of the boat move slower and the ripples moving toward the back move faster (from your boat-bound perspective). If you bounce waves back and forth in a moving medium you find that they go faster in one way and slower in the other and that overall the slow part "wins"; waves always take longer to go out and come back in a moving medium. So bouncing waves back and forth is a good way to tell if you're moving and even how fast.
Enter Michelson-Morley. In the late 19th century they created an interferometer which bounced light back and forth in two directions and then compared the two paths. Any discrepancy in the direction or speed of the waves in either direction is immediately detectable. I'm mean, you can't even breathe near these things without sending the interference pattern into convulsions. In fact, interferometers are so sensitive that they're used to detect gravity waves (which are a really, really… really tiny effect).
But no matter how Michelson and Morley aligned their apparatus, and no matter how it was moving, the results were always exactly consistent with zero movement of the Aether. So assuming it exists, the Aether must be solid and it must be stationary with respect to the Earth. This spawned a whole string of weird theories, like that the Aether is mostly solid but also sticks to the Earth as it moves. These new theories have since been ruled out one by one. For example, if the Earth did have a blob of Aether stuck to it, the "shear boundary" between the Earth's moving patch of Aether and the differently moving Aether of deep space should have made stars appear to move throughout the year. But they don't.
Following light, we found that every other kind of quantum wave (there's one for every different kind of particle), has wave-like properties but no medium. For example, electrons are also waves and they also don't need a medium to move through (they move through deep space all the time). These mediumless-waves are distinct from the waves we're usually talking about when we say "wave" (like sound and ripples). We need a new word for mediumless-waves to distinguish them from mediumful-waves. "Evaw" maybe? Or… anything other than Evaw.


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Physiotherapists working at Cairns Hospital (CH) enjoy a wide and varied caseload across multiple areas of the hospital.
Why work at Cairns Hospital?
Clinical Leadership is provided though Advanced ( HP5) Clinical positions in Acute Wards, Rehabilitation, Amputee management, Outpatients – including Hands, Emergency Department, Neurosurgical and Orthopaedic Physiotherpy Screening and Multidisciplinary services, Physiotherapy Post operative review service, and Paediatrics and Assistant Director position (approximately 10 positions) These positions are well supported with senior physiotherapy positions across all clinical areas ( approximately 18 positions). HP3 Positions ( approximately 22 positions) are available across all clinical service areas and include opportunities to either rotate or provide brief periods of relief at across the health service and facilities. The department is well supported with 5 allied health assistant positions.
The team has an active social blub and many social activities are arranged to foster team spirit and ensure a productive work environment in our tropical and beautiful location.
The department highly values and promotes opportunities for continuing staff education and development of skills for leadership within our service:
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- Staff Meetings
- Quality Improvement and Research activities
- Regular Performance and Development Agreements
- Professional Development opportunities
- Senior staff available for regular skill development and supervision
- Opportunities for clinical and non-clinical leadership training.
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Makenzie leverages her years of expertise in the luxury weddings industry to turn our client's aesthetic vision for their wedding day into action. As Account Executive, she is the first point of contact for our clients, welcoming couples in to the studio to understand their unique sensibilities and priorities for their wedding photography. She uses a highly-personalized approach to pair clients with photographers, and to help couples navigate their planning decisions. She leads business development for the Studio, collaborating with luxury brands around the world.
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Hayley draws on a lifelong passion for photography to provide an unmatched level of service to perfect your wedding day images. She manages our team of editors and oversees the image selection process, from creating a selection of the most beautiful images of your day, all the way through to the final retouching process. Her keen sense of color theory guides her artistic approach to her work and results in images that are customized to you as a couple.
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It is Thanksgiving Week, day two! This is the most exciting day of this week for TheBetterHalf – stuffing! I talked about this in my post on Stuffing Bread (side note: make this bread immediately for your leftover turkey sandwiches! so good!), but TheBetterHalf LOVES stuffing. I mean he loves all food (we're a good match), but I think he really gets the most excited about stuffing. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Toast
Pumpkin Yeast Bread
It is no secret that I'm putting pumpkin in everything these days. I talked about it earlier this week when I made pumpkin coffee cake. It is also no secret that I love to bake bread! Just look at all of these recipes. It is really one of my favorite things to do on a lazy Sunday. There is nothing better than the smell of freshly baked bread in your house. TheBetterHalf is pretty spoiled – I can't remember the last time we had store bought bread! Continue reading
Stuffing Bread
All the flavors of your favorite Thanksgiving stuffing baked into a loaf of bread!
Yes, you read that title correctly – Stuffing Bread! A loaf of bread that tastes just like your favorite Thanksgiving stuffing. Wow. When I saw this recipe on King Arthur Flour, I knew I HAD to make it for TheBetterHalf. He is a stuffing fanatic. Whenever we talk about Thanksgiving, all he can focus on is stuffing. But I have never actually made stuffing for him. See he likes his grandmothers special stuffing recipe, and I really can't compete with that. But a loaf of bread that tastes like stuffing? That I can do! And it definitely gets his seal of approval. He declared this his favorite bread that I have ever made. Gold star for me! Continue reading
No-Knead Cranberry Walnut Bread
The first recipe that I posted on my blog was no-knead bread, and it is still one of my absolute favorite things to bake. I just love that with very little effort, I can have an amazing loaf of freshly baked bread any time that I want it! And there are so many different varieties, the possibilities are endless. I've shared bacon and carrot with you, and today I have a recipe for cranberry walnut bread. This might be my new favorite. The tart, sweet cranberries pair so nicely with the toasty walnuts. And it makes the best toast!! Continue reading
Cornmeal Bread
Labor day weekend is here! I always have such mixed emotions about this weekend – the end of summer is sad, but I LOVE fall. It is my absolute favorite season. I can't wait for cooler temperatures, gorgeous fall leaves, and pumpkin everything! TheBetterHalf can't wait for Notre Dame football to start (tomorrow!). But I will enjoy this one last summer weekend 🙂 I always love to bake bread when I have a little extra time on the weekends. If you are the same, I have a great recipe for you to try this long weekend! The name is kind of confusing – this is NOT corn bread. It is a fluffy yeast bread with cornmeal in the dough. It is very similar to white sandwich bread, but the cornmeal gives it a nice texture and flavor. There is just a hint of sweetness from some dark brown sugar, which I always love in my bread. We have been eating this bread all week for sandwiches and toast and have been loving it! The recipe comes from a great little bread cookbook that my aunt gave me, Beard on Bread. I have made so many delicious breads from this book. Hope you have a great long weekend, and Go Irish! Continue reading
White Sandwich Bread
As you might have noticed, I love baking bread. Since I started baking it in January of 2012, I don't think we've bought any bread – I won't allow it! Homemade bread is just so much better! And we usually have a lot leftover from the loaves I bake, so I just slice it up and pop it in the freezer. You can put a frozen slice in your toaster and you have delicious toast ready in a few minutes! Continue reading


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Yes! Caterpillars can now be used to get rid of plastic pollution. A commercially bred caterpillar that eats beeswax and is commonly used as fishing bait – breaks down chemical bonds in the plastic, it transforms polyethylene into ethylene glycol in the salivary glands in its guts.
Researchers from University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom conducted this study by keeping around hundred wax worms in a plastic bag and observed it for 40 minutes when holes started to appear in the bag. After 12 hours around 92 mg of plastic mass was reduced from the bag.
"Wax is a polymer, a sort of natural plastic, and has a chemical structure not dissimilar to polyethylene," said CSIC's Bertocchini, the study's lead author.
To confirm if the result was due to chewing mechanism of the caterpillars, the researchers got similar results when they mashed up some of the wax worms and smeared them on the plastic bags. They found that the polymer chains in polyethylene plastics are actually broken by the wax worms. The degeneration of plastic bags actually happens at a very fast pace.
"If a single enzyme is responsible for this chemical process, its reproduction on a large scale using biotechnological methods should be achievable," said Cambridge's Paolo Bombelli, first author of the study published in the journal "Current Biology".
Polyethylene is widely used in packaging, there is a huge demand for plastic worldwide and a huge amount of this plastic is discarded in landfills. This discovery can help to get rid of the polyethylene plastic waste accumulated in landfill sites and oceans.


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Your new lenses and frames need to match together perfectly so they're not only practical but they look and feel great too.
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The simplest form of spectacle or contact lens is the single-vision lens, made to a single prescription to correct a particular eyesight issue. The thickness and weight of your lenses depends on the material used. There's a wide range available and modern lenses are brilliantly lightweight too.
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For sunny days and holidays, you might like to think about choosing some transitions lenses. These gradually dim in bright light to act as protective sunglasses then fade back to clear when you're inside as normal. Perfect for when you're out and about, transitions lenses mean you don't need to carry an extra pair of sunglasses in addition to your usual ones.
We are the only optician in our local area to offer a transition lens that is also polarised. This means you can experience the very best in glare reduction and improved visual comfort.
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Varifocal lenses, also known as progressive lenses, are also used for correcting presbyopia. However, the key difference with varifocals is that there is no visible dividing line between the different corrections. Instead, the power of the lens gradually changes from one prescription to the other, helping the wearer to see clearly at all distances.
Varifocal lenses have unfairly gained a reputation for causing headaches and problems with adaptation. At Armitage Opticians we have a wide range of varifocals to suit your visual requirements and budget. With our expert knowledge and dispensing experience we have a varifocal success rate of 99%. Call in today for a free consultation.
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» Configuring GitLab.com Access
These instructions are for using GitLab.com for Terraform Cloud's VCS features. GitLab CE and GitLab EE have separate instructions, as do the other supported VCS providers.
Connecting Terraform Cloud to your VCS involves five steps:
|On your VCS
|On Terraform Cloud
|Register your Terraform Cloud organization as a new app. Get ID and key.
|Tell Terraform Cloud how to reach VCS, and provide ID and key. Get callback URL.
|Provide callback URL.
|Request VCS access.
|Approve access request.
The rest of this page explains the GitLab.com versions of these steps.
Note: Alternately, you can skip the OAuth configuration process and authenticate with a personal access token. This requires using Terraform Cloud's API. For details, see the OAuth Clients API page.
» Step 1: On GitLab, Create a New Application
Open gitlab.com in your browser and log in as whichever account you want Terraform Cloud to act as. For most organizations this should be a dedicated service user, but a personal account will also work.
Important: The account you use for connecting Terraform Cloud must have admin (master) access to any shared repositories of Terraform configurations, since creating webhooks requires admin permissions.
Navigate to GitLab's User Settings > Applications page.
This page is located at https://gitlab.com/profile/applications. You can also reach it through GitLab's menus:
- In the upper right corner, click your profile picture and choose "Settings."
- In the navigation sidebar, click "Applications."
This page has a list of applications and a form for adding new ones. The form has two text fields and some checkboxes.
Fill out the form as follows:
Field Value (all checkboxes) (empty) Name Terraform Cloud (
Redirect URI
https://example.com/replace-this-later(or any placeholder; the correct URI doesn't exist until the next step.)
Click the "Save application" button, which creates the application and takes you to its page.
Leave this page open in a browser tab. In the next step, you will copy and paste the unique Application ID and Secret.
» Step 2: On Terraform Cloud, Add a VCS Provider
Open Terraform Cloud in your browser and navigate to the "VCS Provider" settings for your organization. Click the "Add VCS Provider" button.
If you just created your organization, you might already be on this page. Otherwise:
- Click the upper-left organization menu, making sure it currently shows your organization.
- Click the "Settings" link at the top of the page (or within the ☰ menu)
- On the next page, click "VCS Provider" in the left sidebar.
- Click the "Add VCS Provider" button.
The next page has a drop-down and four text fields. Select "GitLab.com" from the drop-down, and enter the Application ID and Secret from the previous step. (Ignore the two disabled URL fields, which are used for on-premise VCSs.)
Click "Create VCS Connection." This will take you back to the VCS Provider page, which now includes your new GitLab client.
Locate the new client's "Callback URL," and copy it to your clipboard; you'll paste it in the next step. Leave this page open in a browser tab.
» Step 3: On GitLab, Update the Callback URL
Go back to your GitLab browser tab. (If you accidentally closed it, you can reach your OAuth app page through the menus: use the upper right menu > Settings > Applications > "Terraform Cloud (
Click the "Edit" button.
In the "Redirect URI" field, paste the callback URL from Terraform Cloud's VCS Provider page, replacing the "example.com" placeholder you entered earlier.
Click the "Save application" button. A banner saying the update succeeded should appear at the top of the page.
» Step 4: On Terraform Cloud, Request Access
Go back to your Terraform Cloud browser tab and click the "Connect organization
<NAME>" button on the VCS Provider page.
This takes you to a page on GitLab.com, asking whether you want to authorize the app.
Click the green "Authorize" button at the bottom of the authorization page. This returns you to Terraform Cloud's VCS Provider page, where the GitLab.com client's information has been updated.
» Finished
At this point, GitLab.com access for Terraform Cloud is fully configured, and you can create Terraform workspaces based on your organization's shared repositories.


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INDI Library v1.8.4 Released
Minor bugfix release with some highlights:
Excellent tutorial on minimizing noise and optimizing exposure parameters
fenriques wrote:Thanks, I read the thread (well ,not all 188 posts...), argumentations are solid but the data presented are mainly empirical. There's another useful thread on CN that discuss the theory behind the calculations:
El Corazon wrote: Here is another informative (and at times spirited) discussion on the same topic. That one also addresses the effect of gain.
www.cloudynights.com/topic/536809-conver...o-photon-flux/page-2 (#38)
Do you have an excel file with simulations of suggested exposure times to share? I would like to compare to mine
Hi Fenriques,
Sadly, no, don't have an Excel file with simulations. That might be useful to build.
I only have the numbers I gave in my last reply, which fit the abhorrent conditions in my backyard in a white zone and which match closely what the sharpcap site says and what the formulas in the cloudynights blog also suggest. They were obtained recently with an RC-8" at f/8 using the ASI1600MM Pro at 240 gain. The ADUs come out a little higher than in the cloudnights discussion I provided the link to, I will continue tweaking times and gain some more until my results are optimized to the conditions (that doesn't say much!).
One drawback not discussed in the video presentations or the blogs is the time factor required for downloading and dithering. The shorter the exposure times, the more those come into play. By going to shorter exposure times one will progressively end up with less integration time, since progressively more time is being wasted downloading the images and dithering. That is especially critical when using a Raspberry Pi, which is much slower than a mini-PC, or when downloading the images over WiFi. Here, it becomes essential to use a mini-PC at least, preferably the more computing power one has the better. Also, USB3 becomes absolutely critical for downloading the images. For those reasons, it seems to me to make sense not to go below 30 s exposures and rather preserve dynamic range by using a lower gain for luminance, while keeping the median ADUs in the low 2000s.
That makes the scheduler more important than ever. With that, one can then program image acquisition at different gain values, i.e. perhaps 120 gain/30s for L, 180 gain/30s for RGB and 300 gain/60s for narrowband from the city at f/8.
Jasem, if you are reading this, that would be a useful addition to the capture module: Allow different gain values to be programmed for the different filter settings (rather than only one gain value for the entire sequence), without the need to set up separate entries for the same target in the scheduler.
What do y'all think?
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I'm using a color cmos so I'm not really concerned about the gain issue you mentioned.
Anyway, having a different gain setting per sequence wouldn't increase time to take calibration frames too much? that could be automated of course but storage / download time would increase.
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fenriques wrote: hi Jo,
I'm using a color cmos so I'm not really concerned about the gain issue you mentioned.
Anyway, having a different gain setting per sequence wouldn't increase time to take calibration frames too much? that could be automated of course but storage / download time would increase.
Hi Ferrante,
Don't tell anyone ( ) and don't post that fact on the internet, but I am a little lazy with my calibration frames. I am reusing my darks and flats for pretty extended periods of time and given that my area is light polluted, I have no problem with that. The noise is always much greater than the subtle difference from sensor shift over time. I have to use narrowband, one shot color is just not cutting it from the city, except for the very brightest objects like M42.
Anyway, given the dead time lost in downloads and dithering, exposure times of less than 30s seem to be counterproductive as they cut down substantially on total integration time achieved during the session. That was the main point I wanted to draw attention to.
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by Alex Gore
Here are some of my estate sale finds over the past couple of months. Below are some of the books I purchased. The three volume set of Works of Josephus dates from the late 19th century:
I picked up Human Action, The Protocols, Psychiatry and the CIA, and about 10 issues of World Order magazine from another sale. The World Order magazines date from the 1970s and are tough to find:
Below starting from the left is one of the earliest American printing of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. It was published in 1949. The two books next to it are Easton Press leather bound books of the same title and Brave New World. The brown book next to it is the first edition of Brave New World, published in 1932. The two paperback books at the end date from the 1970s and are not worth much.


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Coast Mountain Bus Company route 106 'New Westminster Station / Edmonds Station'
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106 Edmonds Station
106 New Westminster Station/Edmonds Station is a bus route operated by Coast Mountain Bus Company in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Route Details
This is an east-west route connecting Burnaby and New Westminster with SkyTrain service. It is a Frequent Transit Network route with service 15 minutes or better for 15 hours or more of the day, seven days a week.
The route departs Edmonds Station by 18th and then north on Griffiths, east on Edmonds, south on 6th Street, west on Columbia Street to New Westminster Station.
Westbound trips depart New Westminster Station heading east on Carnarvon Street, south on 8th Street, east on Columbia Street, north on 6th Street, west on Edmonds Street, south on Griffiths Drive, west on 18th Avenue to Edmonds Station.
Points of Interest
- Edmonds Station (Bay 4)
- Eastburn Park
- Mercer Stadium
- Moody Park Arena
- Royal City Centre
- Westminster Mall
- New Westminster Station (Bay 7)
- New Westminster Quay Public Market
- Douglas College
- October 1984 - Route renumbered from 96 Sixth Street to 106 Sixth Street/Vancouver/Joyce Loop[1]
- January 1986 - Eastern terminus moved to New Westminster and operated as 106 New Westminster Station/Vancouver[2]
- March 1986 - Service shortened to operate between New Westminster and Edmonds. Service west of Edmonds along Kingsway was replaced by the 107 Edmonds Station/Metrotown Station. On Sundays/holidays, service extended to Vancouver via Metrotown, bypassing Edmonds Station[3]
- May 1986 - Western terminus moved from Edmonds Station to Metrotown Station, replacing route 107 New Westminster Station/Metrotown Station to eliminate the need for a transfer at Edmonds Station[4]
- October 2001 - Funding shortfall forces cancellation of Suburban Owl (NightBus) services after 1:40 AM[5]
- September 2007 - Service improved to 7-8 minutes westbound in morning peak and eastbound for afternoon peak[6]
- June 2008 - Route joins the Frequent Transit Network[7]
- September 2016 - Route operations moved from Burnaby Transit Centre to Hamilton Transit Centre as part of a mass re-organization involving closure of North Vancouver Transit Centre and the transfer of all its operations to Burnaby Transit Centre
- December 2017 - Portion between Metrotown and Edmonds stations replaced by route 119 Metrotown Station/Edmonds Station to improve service reliability[8]. Western terminus moved to Edmonds Station
- ↑ The Buzzer October 12, 1984 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 28-01-2017
- ↑ The Buzzer December 20, 1985 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 17-01-2017
- ↑ The Buzzer February 28, 1986 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 16-12-2017
- ↑ The Buzzer May 23, 1986 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 24-09-2015
- ↑ Service Cuts for Oct 15, 2001 Listed by Route, translink.ca, retrieved 19-10-2009
- ↑ The Buzzer September 2007 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 19-10-2009
- ↑ The Buzzer June 20 2008 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 12-01-2017
- ↑ The Buzzer December 15, 2017 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 15-12-2017


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Author: Diyana Yahaya, Programme Officer, Women Interrogating Trade & Corporate Hegemony
This time last month, the negotiators of from 16 countries negotiating the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) descended on the city of Songdo, a so-called "smart city" built from scratch on reclaimed tidal flats that once upon a time, home to several threatened waterbird species but is now home to an international business district.
In an unprecedented practice within RCEP negotiations, civil societies were allowed to meet with negotiators from five of the RCEP working groups: Intellectual Property which was combined with the Trade Negotiation Committee (TNC), Services, E-Commerce, Investments, Legal and Institution. While this sounds like a reasonable first step towards more transparent and inclusive trade negotiation process that is more reflective of the role of CSOs as rights holder and governments as duty bearers, it was contrasted by the fact that CSOs were escorted throughout the meetings with the five working groups, and were not allowed into the negotiation venue during the rest of the time and put in waiting rooms (that were more akin to holding cells) while waiting to meet subsequent working groups.
CSOs critiqued not only the proposed intellectual property, investment and services rules currently proposed, but also how trade and investments agreements in general have been seen to disproportionately impact marginalised communities in the region. APWLD told the working groups about the impact of trade on women and also raised concerns around transparency and access to negotiations. Using the example of the host country South Korea, APWLD spoke on how countries often rely on the cheap wages of women to prop up their export industries, essentially becoming competitive on the backs of women's cheap labour. When South Korea began moving to a higher technological production, most of these jobs went to men, leading to women losing their jobs. When privatisation of public services happens in many RCEP countries, women end up filling those gaps through their unpaid care work or by paying for unaffordable private services. We have seen that when entire families have less access to medicines, women usually sacrifice their health to ensure that their children or partners are still be able to access it.
All these illustrate the gendered nature of market, especially when it operates freely. And yet free trade agreements such as RCEP are essentially removing the responsibilities of governments from addressing any of these. Subjecting governments to "fair and equitable treatments" principles, of which no definition of "fair" or "equitable" has been provided in the context of trade, leads to even some affirmative action policies to be construed as unfair or inequitable, denying many developing countries the economic policies that have benefitted developed countries in the past, to achieve their developed status.
The tone of this round was a lot more sombre than the tone employed by the negotiating governments when the 16 countries had met in Japan earlier in the year during the 17th round. As the negotiation which was supposed to have conclude by 2017, under the Philippines' Chairship of ASEAN, will most definitely stretch into 2018.
RCEP governments continue to be divided on the issues of intellectual property, investments, market access, labor movement and the latest frontier of trade agreements – e-commerce. Countries such as Japan and South Korea have been proposing stricter intellectual property laws known as the TRIPS Plus – the type of rules that will make it harder for the developing governments in RCEP to ensure that they can continue to provide medicines to their entire populations, especially, if you are countries with large populations like India and Indonesia. Some of the negotiators even conceded, that the world of intellectual property is indeed complex and therein lies much tensions within it.
The investment chapter continues to be another contentious issue as a number of RCEP governments who has been sued in the costly Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) in the past remained concerned on the ISDS provisions. CSOs concerns on how ISDS are increasingly restricting governments' domestic policy-making, became doubly apparent, when in that same week, the South Korean government announced that they had received the intent of the 4th ISDS case to be filed against the them. In the first ever ISDS case under KORUS FTA, South Korea could be sued over alleged expropriation because the Seoul City government bought land from the foreign investor for the purpose of redevelopment.
CSOs have also been consistently demanding that trade negotiations should be open and accessible, that negotiated texts should be released and for governments to respond to the needs and demands of the people and not of corporations. 2018 will bring the negotiation under the ASEAN Chairship of Singapore with the first round of the year set to take place in the island city. While RCEP governments will probably kick of next year with another hasty statement on wrapping up the negotiation by 2018, they will not do so easily as the peoples' movements and resistance across RCEP grows stronger. These movements will continue growing both in strength and in solidarity until and when governments are able to put forth trade agendas that are for the people instead of for multinational corporations.
Further Reading:
19th Round of Negotiation: APWLD's statement to negotiators in Hyderabad, India
18th Round of Negotiation: APWLD's statement to negotiators in Manila, Philippines