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It's baker versus baker in the tastiest and most exciting competition ever to hit local television. Joseph Gandionco, Julie's Franchise Corporation's President and CEO, wants to create a baking show that highlights the students' dreams, their competitive school spirit in the battle for school pride. The concept was inspired from different reality TV shows like the Master Chef, Cupcake Wars and The Apprentice rolled into one. Thus, the Julie's Chief Baker project was born.
|Jiggy practicing his spiels while judges watch him.
Thirteen schools in thirteen weeks of heated competition. The competing schools vying for the first Julie's Chief Baker title are: Asian College of Technology, Benedicto College, Cebu Eastern College, Cebu Institute of Technology University, Cebu Mary Immaculate College, Cebu Technological University Danao and San Francisco Camotes, International School of Hotel and Restaurant Management, Mandaue City College, St. Cecilia's College, University of Cebu Lapu-Lapu Mandaue, University of Cebu METC SEACAST, and University of Southern Philippines Foundation.
|Benedicto College shaping their dough.
|Mandaue City College all bright and focused just like their school color.
What's at stake for these student bakers?
The winning team will be awarded a kitchen showcase valued at P200,000. Winning team will receive P60,000 and the coach will receive P20,000.
But wait, there's more. Those watching at home also gets a chance to participate in the Home Partners' Promo. For every P50 single purchase of Julie's bread plus Coca Cola or Selecta products, a Home Partner is entitled to a raffle coupon. Simply complete the contact details and answer the "Home Partner's Question of the Week" for a chance to be one of the ten lucky winners of P15,000 in cash. Five winners will be drawn in 2 raffle draws.
The participating schools also have the chance at additional kitchen showcase worth P100,000. Students simply need to complete a students' reward card that requires an accumulated P50 worth of Julie's breads plus Coca Cola or Selecta products. The school with the most number of valid or completed student reward cards wins P100,000 worth of kitchen showcase for their HRM facilities; and participating students in the promo also have a chance to be one of 10 winners of P10,000 cash plus tablet.
Catch Julie's Chief Baker show on Cable Cebu Living Channel 35 and Community Channel 61. Fresh new episodes every Monday.
Time Slots:
Monday – 7:30 am; replay – 1:00 pm
Tuesday – 10:00 am; replay – 2:00 pm
Wednesday – 7:30 am; replay – 3:00 pm
Thursday – 10:00 am; replay – 4:00 pm
Friday – 7:30 am; replay – 6:00 pm
Saturday – 9:00 am; replay – 7:00 pm
Sunday – 9:00 am; replay – 4:00 pm
The Julie's Chief Baker show is not only shown in Cebu but in also in Community Channel 62 in Dumaguete (10 am and 5pm), Davao (12nn and 5pm) and General Santos (12nn and pm) on Sky Cable.
The Julie's Chief Baker is co-presented by Coca-Cola and Selecta. Also brought to you by General Milling Corporation, Universal Robina Corporation, Zest-O Corporation, Gas Petronas, Magnolia Inc., Vesmach, Baker's Secret, SunStar, The Freeman, Cebu Daily News and Nature's Spring.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/JuliesBakeshop
Twitter: @iWantJulies
Instagram: @JuliesBakeshop
YouTube: www.youtube.com/iWantJulies
Web: www.juliesbakeshop.com.ph


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Anti-Terrorism, Anti-Fraud & Anti-Money Laundering Policies
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Anti-Terrorism, Anti-Fraud & Anti Money Laundering Policies
1. Anti-Terrorism Policy:
The purpose of the VACD Ltd. Anti-Terrorism Policy is to promote awareness and the prevention of support of terrorism. Specifically, this Policy seeks to prevent, detect and deter facilitation of and the unknowing support of terrorist groups/organisations or individuals associated with terrorism and/or organised crime.
VACD Ltd. complies with the provisions of the Bank Secrecy Act, Financial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001, Uniting and Strengthening Act 0f 2001, USA Patriot Act of 2001 and any such legislation that has or may be introduced by a State or Federal Legislative Authority in order to uphold its integrity as a humanitarian organisation.
Definition of Terrorism:
- The act, or threat of action, where the action causes certain defined forms of harm or interference and the action is done or the threat is made with the intention of advancing a political, religious or ideological cause.
- An 'individual or group associated with terrorism' or suspected to be involved in terrorism related activities includes: - Those listed by State or Federal security and/or international government intelligence agencies;
Definition of Organised Crime:
A conspiratorial enterprise engaged in illegal activities as a means of generating income.
This Policy and Procedures apply to all of VACD Ltd. members, staff, volunteers and VACD Ltd. partners and contractors.
Guiding principles:
1. VACD Ltd. has a zero-tolerance policy towards any association with terrorism and/or organised crime. To that end, VACD Ltd. will ensure:
- funds are not provided directly or indirectly to individuals or organisations associated with terrorism and/or organised crime;
- all individuals or organisations involved in implementing/facilitating projects on behalf of VACD Ltd. are not associated directly or indirectly to organisations or individuals associated with terrorism and/or organised crime;
- all activities, individuals /organisations involved and the general practice and functionality of VACD Ltd. adhere and comply with the relevant laws, regulations and policies of USA and the countries in which VACD Ltd. operates;
- any breach of this policy will be immediately brought to the attention of the State or Federal authorities or to the attention of the appropriate authorities in any other jurisdiction in which VACD Ltd. operates.
2. VACD Ltd. and its partners will comply with counter-terrorism laws and policies through ongoing monitoring of activities of all partners and beneficiaries. They will use their best endeavours to ensure that there is no link whatsoever with any entity or individual associated with terrorism. VACD Ltd. partners are required to:
- Know the persons/organisations that are being directly assisted by them;
- Make sure that people/organisations being directly assisted are not on either of the lists published by the anti-terrorism and security services in all countries in which VACD Ltd. operates before assistance is provided and ensure that appropriate security updates provided by various authorities via their websites or other forms of communication is taken into account;
- Make sure that directly funded persons/organisations are aware of and are obliged to comply with these laws, and that they in turn are obliged to make sure that their distribution of the funds or support is made on the same basis and strict criteria;
- Apply caution where: a. Proscribed organisations or individuals are known to be in the area; and/or b. The scale of financial or material support transaction is such that it could potentially provide significant support to a proscribed individual or organization;
- Advise VACD Ltd. leadership immediately, if it becomes aware of any breach of these guidelines by any such organisation or group.
VACD Ltd. has and will continue to review appropriate training, processes and systems it has put in place to prevent the facilitation of terrorism financing.
The following Procedures in place must be complied with at all times:
In Identifying and committing to a Project within the USA or internationally, all necessary due diligence processes must be completed and approved. This process includes a mandatory check of proscribed organisations to identify any potential VACD Ltd. partners that may be listed therein;
a) When VACD Ltd. enters into a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") with project partners, the MOU must outline the obligations and objectives of VACD Ltd. and be in accordance with relevant laws, policies and regulations of USA and the country or countries in which the project/s will be implemented, relating to Anti-Terrorism procedures. The MOU must expressly stipulate that a breach of the Anti-Terrorism policies will allow VACD Ltd. the ability to withdraw all funding that has been provided to the partner;
b) As part of implementation and monitoring of the project, the Project Funding Checklist stipulates the amount of funds, the purpose of the funds and receipts of payments so as to outline the basis for the payments made to VACD Ltd. partners.
a) All persons to whom this Policy applies (see 'Scope' above) must be educated and trained about terrorism and related issues.
b) All members, staff, Volunteers and Collaborative Organisations may be subjected to a Police check in USA and/or country of operation if appropriate;
c) Staff, members, team and volunteers engaged in international and local volunteer programs will be subjected to a screening process prior to commencing;
d) International volunteers may also need to complete the necessary equivalent mandatory checks in the country of operation.
VACD Ltd. has a zero-tolerance policy towards fraud, money laundering and corruption. We recognise that our work occurs in a challenging environment where there are risks of fraud and money laundering, both in the USA and overseas. It is essential that we conduct a thorough risk analysis of our projects and implement our Anti-Fraud and Money Laundering Policies through our Operational Procedures to address this danger.
Fraud is defined as deliberate deception to secure unfair or unlawful gain, or to deprive a victim of a legal right. Fraud itself can be a civil wrong or a criminal wrong or it may cause no loss of money, property or legal right but still be an element of another civil or criminal wrong. The purpose of fraud may be monetary gain or other benefits, or causing a loss, by deception or other means.
Fraud can include:
- The misappropriation of funds for private gain;
- Theft such as stealing property;
- Misuse of property e.g. office space for private gain;
- Bribery of foreign public officials to implement work;
- Diversion of aid to non-target groups;
- Preferential treatment for family and friends;
- Coercion or intimidation of staff, volunteers or beneficiaries to ignore or participate in corruption;
- Manipulating or falsifying financial or other documents for private gain.
Private gain can refer to individual benefits, as well as benefits received by communities, ethnic groups, religious groups, political organisations, corporations or militia.
Money Laundering:
Money Laundering is the process of transforming the profits of crime and corruption into ostensibly" legitimate" assets in a number of legal and regulatory systems. Financial and business crime is sometimes used more generally to include misuse of the financial system that also may include terrorism financing and evasion of international sanctions. The USA Patriot Act of 2001 is intended to US measures to prevent, detect and prosecute international, money laundering and the financing of terrorism.
We have policies in place to rigorously monitor financial transactions, as is outlined in our guidelines. We employ an effective financial management program that allows us to record, track and reconcile funds raising and donation revenue with funds deployed in various projects and programs. Regular project/program budgets are prepared and tracked closely to detect any variance in expenditure. Budget reviews are undertaken regularly. All expenditure has dual authorization.
VACD Ltd. also rigorously monitors the design, implementation, management and results of our overseas projects and programs. We believe that monitoring and evaluation is a crucial part of determining the success of our projects and partners, and a key part of our measures of success is ensuring fraud and money laundering does not occur. This includes:
1. A process where VACD Ltd. works with the Partner to complete implement a program or project with proper Due Diligence, including the Project Plan and Project Budget.
2. A process during and after the project where VACD Ltd. conducts monitoring discussions with the Project Leader and our Partner Organisation. This monitoring includes internal monitoring from VACD Ltd. representatives on-site, as well as independent third party monitoring on-site. The frequency of the monitoring varies according to the type of project undertaken.
3. VACD Ltd. additionally undergoes periodic internal auditing processes. At least once every year, the accounts of the organisation are examined by qualified internal and external auditors, who must report to the Members in accordance with the Corporations Act.
VACD Ltd. aims to create a culture that encourages fraud and money laundering detection, ensures that whistle-blowers are protected, and investigates allegations in a rigorous and impartial manner. Training is provided for relevant staff and volunteers regarding fraud and money laundering detection.
4.1 Our Whistle-Blowing Policy clearly outlines a mechanism through which staff and volunteers must report allegations of fraud and money laundering while our members, staff and volunteers are committed to upholding and adhering to VACD Ltd. principles and guidelines that are intended to identify and prevent fraud and money laundering as indicated above.
4.2. We are committed to ensuring no negative outcomes occur for whistle-blowers acting in good faith.
4.3. Investigations must be completed in a confidential, prompt and professional manner according to established guidelines. If allegations of fraud and money laundering are proved to be correct, VACD Ltd. is committed to taking disciplinary action in a transparent and fair manner.
VACD Ltd. has a "zero tolerance" attitude towards fraud and/or money laundering. This means that any case of alleged, suspected or detected fraud and/or money laundering must be reported immediately to the VACD Ltd. Board.
VACD Ltd. shall:
- Investigate all reported cases of alleged, suspected or detected fraud and/or money laundering;
- Report any alleged, suspected or detected fraud and or money laundering to the appropriate authorities and cooperate with them in order to prosecute or apply other appropriate sanctions against those who have committed fraud and /or money laundering;
- Seek the recovery of misappropriated funds or assets wherever possible;
- Where the funds defrauded relate to institutional donors, such as a government agency, the donor should be informed in accordance with contractual requirements.
How to Contact Us:
If you have any questions about VACD Ltd. Anti-Terrorism, Anti-Fraud and Anti-Money laundering policies including our While-Blower policy, please contact us as per below:
Mr. James Gruver,
No: 111, Suite #3308, Upper West Wacker Drive,
Chicago, Illinois, 60601, USA
Director - Volunteers to Assist Children with Disabilities Limited (USA) Inc.
Phone: +1 952 838 5638
Web: http://www.vacd.org.au/

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Wise Words From a Young Source
TWR Country Focus: Nepal
"I am 9 years old. All of my family members are Christians, and my parents are pastors in my village church. I used to be very proud and greedy. I didn't obey my parents or respect the elderly. My experience in Sunday school was bad as I was always bullied. Since then, I refused to attend Sunday school. But God had a wonderful plan for me.
"One day, a friend from Sunday school introduced me to the programme Balbatika, and she encouraged me to listen to it. But I paid her no attention. However, about four months later, I met one of the TWR Nepal staff members, who motivated me to listen to the radio programme, highlighting its advantages to me. At that very moment, I was touched by her words and started listening from that day onward.
"I have no words to express my thankfulness to this programme. It has helped me to understand God's Word very easily, and now I know that Jesus is the only God who loves us. No matter what the situation is, he will never leave nor forsake us.
"Nowadays, I am attending Sunday-school classes regularly. Moreover, I have learned to honour my parents and elders, and to be obedient. I am very happy now. My life has changed tremendously, and I am becoming the child of the Lord Jesus. Thank you, TWR, for such wonderful programmes."
Did You Know?
When the devastating earthquake hit Nepal in mid-2015, TWR Nepal began broadcasting a trauma-counseling programme from 15 FM stations. The team also visited more than 40 villages, distributing relief aid to the victims.


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Your house lighting choices will be based greatly around the general style of your house. If, for instance, your house is very modern with neat and simple lines your lighting also needs to follow this pattern. Dimmer switches or more lighters go perfectly inside a modern home simply because they accent the understated nature of contemporary style. Whatever kind of lighting you select it ought to complement the overall design.
When the general theme in your house is of the rustic nature with lots of wood and chintz then you might want to choose lighting that enhances and emphasizes that theme. Inside a rustically styled home you'll find lampshades decorated with horses and bears, some shades are made to imitate an Indian tepee. Wrought iron is a very common material in producing rustic lighting and a few electric lamps are made to seem like the oil lamps that decorated the cabins of history.
Many people design their houses on the romantic theme and here your alternatives are lots of. A great add any home should contain both soft and hard lighting. The sometimes harsh overhead lighting is required for everyday tasks, softer lights are achieved by getting numerous lamps inside a room or by utilizing low wall lights. Wall sconces can offer a gentle gentle glow that can't be achieved by having an overhead light. Floor lights can provide a gentle glow which increases the romantic look.
One room that actually does take advantage of proper lights are the bed room. A bed room must have a mixture of task lighting and background lighting. Soft background lighting could be supplied by matching bedside lamps while task lighting develops from a central ceiling fitting. Lots of people enjoy having light switches through the bed to enable them to be turned off when you are easily tucked up.
Obtaining the proper lighting in your house means searching each and every room consequently and assessing what type of light you have to accommodate that which you do for the reason that room. As an example the kitchen needs lots of light since it is a piece space. Lots of people have fluorescent lighting in the kitchen area since it is the nearest factor to sunlight. Others like place lights in the kitchen area that will highlight an area sometimes. Setting it up right depends upon design for your house and the type of lighting that most closely fits your requirements.
If you would like your house to look welcoming to visitors it should have a very good porch light plus an overhead lighting fixture within the hall or passage way. You may want to alter several styles if you wish to obtain the proper lighting for your house.


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Recently at a five-star hotel in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, the nation's first Shell FuelSave Champion, Lai Tsuen Yung, who hails from the southern state of Johor, was crowned the winner after proving to be the most frugal driver from a tough and competitive field of light-footed, fuel efficient drivers from all over the country following the Shell 1 Litre Challenge – National Finals.
Tsuen Yung managed to successfully drive over a distance of 21.344km on just 1 litre of Shell FuelSave, a distance which was more than enough for him to surpass the other challengers. The Shell 1 Litre Challenge, which attracted thousands of motorists nationwide to compete in order to see who could travel the furthest using just a mere one litre of Shell FuelSave Unleaded petrol, was the ideal complement following the recent introduction of Shell's most advanced fuel economy to Malaysia – Shell FuelSave Unleaded petrol.
Tsuen Yung managed to defeat his closest fellow challenger by 0.288km. As a little difference goes a long way, Tsuen Yung successfully and happily walked away with the grand prize of a whopping RM 50,000. The average distance travelled by all six State Winners during the National Finals of the contest was an impressive 19.251km.
"This journey has been a great and rewarding experience. Shell FuelSave Unleaded petrol can definitely take us further when combined with the right driving style. I will definitely continue to apply these FuelSave tips to my everyday way of driving to get more savings out of every drop," said Mr Lai.
Designed to encourage ordinary Malaysians motorists to travel further using only 1 litre of Shell FuelSave, the Challenge was hosted across six states – Selangor, Penang, Perak, Melaka, Johor and Pahang. All six State Winners converged at the National Finals where they were presented with the challenge of driving along a pre-determined route (which represented a normal day's journey).
The Challenge began from the five star hotel located near the old Subang airport, to the Kota Damansara exit (via the NKVE highway) and then back to the starting point. Each participant took part by driving a Honda Civic 1.8L that was between one to two years old, and these Honda Civics were equipped with an intelligent FuelSave monitoring device which had been installed earlier.
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What happens when you mix what is - arguably - the world's most interesting record company, with an anarchist manic-depressive rock music historian polymath, and a method of dissemination which means that a daily rock-music magazine can be almost instantaneous?
Most of this blog is related in some way to the music, books and films produced by Gonzo Multimedia, but the editor has a grasshopper mind and so also writes about all sorts of cultural issues which interest him, and which he hopes will interest you as well.
Monday, 26 December 2016
THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
Rob Ayling, yer Gonzo Grande Fromage, writes:
"Thom the World poet is an old mate of mine from way back in my history. Even pre-dating Voiceprint, when I was running "Otter Songs" and Thom's poetry tapes and guest appearances with Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth and Mother Gong are well known and highly regarded. It just felt right to include a daily poem from Thom on our Gonzo blog and when I approached him to do so, he replied within seconds!!! Thom is a great talent and just wants to spread poetry, light and positive energy across the globe. If we at Gonzo can help him do that - why not?"
Staring out from HOW ARE YOU ?frog murals
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH !on the wall of Joe's Cafe
Many a temporary shrine to those killed by cars-
plastic flowers and a cautionary RIP(on South Lamar)
Then the tagging-of trains,vacant buildings,streets
Territoriality stretches as far as an aerosol spray can
High above us-on bridges and freeways-daubings by outsiders
with messages that only Art can carry-the crocheting of bike racks,
making sweaters for lamp posts and poles/the changing of road signs
like (temporary)DAVID BOWIE Street when Bowie died
Art affirms and attacks simultaneously-it defines us and defies us
Soon new graffiti will challenge and confront us.Soon we will be provoked
into being fully ALIVE!
Posted by Jon Downes at 12:42
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UPDATE 09:40 P.M. ET – Delta flights are back in the air.
Delta teams have restored all IT systems after a technology issue briefly affected some systems this evening. Delta employees are now working diligently to accommodate customers whose travel plans have been affected. Booking, check-in and flight status are now available on delta.com. The Fly Delta app is also now functional. Customers should check flight information on delta.com or on the Fly Delta app for the latest operational information affecting their flights.
During the technology issue, Delta issued a mainline groundstop in the U.S. until systems could be brought back up. There was no disruption or safety impact on any Delta flights in the air.
We apologize to all customers for this inconvenience.
Delta systems are back online after an outage earlier this evening that led to a ground stop of approximately one hour. All domestic flights across the USA were temporarily delayed, though the ground stop did not effect flights already in the air.
During the outage, Delta stated:
Delta IT teams are working diligently to address a technology issue impacting some of our systems. We have issued a Delta groundstop as we work to bring systems back up as quickly as possible. We apologize to all customers for this inconvenience.
How Does Something Like This Happen?
The good news is that the ground stop has been lifted. The more troubling question, however, is what happened in the first place? Reservations systems were down. Check-in systems were down. The fly Delta app crashed. Put simply, everything shut down for nearly an hour.
If Delta reveals what the source of the issue was, I'll post a follow-up. In the meantime, hopefully if you are traveling on Delta tonight you'll soon be in the air.
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Please note: Unlicensed downloads are only for pre-licensing layout purposes ("comps"). They must not be used in any other way.
A wrought iron painted sign that illustrates the theme of champagne and wine production: showing a monk looking out of a window and a village hose on a street decorated with many colourful flowers, the village of Hautvillers in Vallee de la Marne, Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France
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Positech Games have been posting several updates about an upcoming expansion for Gratuitous Space Battles, dubbed "Outcasts". In a recent blog post, developer Cliffski talks about the visual and thematic influences of the new race:
The new race is called the outcasts, and they are cybernetic types with a chip on their shoulder about biology. Think 'the founders' from DS9 but with a hatred of biologicals rather than solids. In terms of visual design, they like their ships to be saucer shaped, with some exposed pipework and no shortage of engines or big glowy regions
Big glowy regions are of course always appreciated in space, and the new ships will also have speed advantages and better frigates. There'll also be several new module types available:
- Cruiser Decoy projector (see video here): This is a way that cruisers can project a fake cruiser hologram in front of them to lure enemy weapons away from the real fleet. bwahahahaha.
- Frigate 2-stage missiles (see video here): These start off slow, then accelerate (like a javelin missile) to make them hard to shoot down.
- Frigate multi-point tractor beam: These puppies can grab up to three different targets (probably fighters) at once. Oh yes.
- Frigate Pulse Gun: A new fast-firing laser-salvo gun that acts like a souped up ion cannon.
- Frigate Sniper Laser: Super-long-range frigate beam laser that allows them to snipe at the enemy from the safety of the main battle line for the first time.
- Solar Power Collector: A special frigate power generator module that beats all the others. Possibly frees up an extra slot for crew./shields/armor.
There'll also be new artwork and music to accompany the addon, which doesn't have a release date yet. Cliffski is actively encouraging fans to participate in the forums if they'd like to discuss the proposed changes.


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The rise of security breach on the go almost everyone who concern much about security will look for a way to secure his online activities. Most modern laptops today come with webcam which is quit useful when it comes video calling and it's much easier to communicate with someone within a minute, but cyber crooks use your webcam as a weapon to spy on your online activities and later to blackmail you.
Being fear not to watched or monitor using it, or trying to find out which software's is using your webcam, then you may have to consider disable it or end its process (if you actually trust remaining software's). So in this tutorial I provide a steps by steps tutorials on both Windows OS and Android that will help to disable or to find out which apps is using your came.
Why I Stopped Facebook Third Party Apps (And Why You Should Too!)
First go to Device Manager and find your webcam ID. To do this you need to right click on This PC icon, then click on Manage. From the left pane click on Device Manager a list of drivers will be shown, then double click on Imaging Devices you'll see your Cam name, then double click on it to view its property, click on Details tab and choose Physical Device Object Name and get the ID.
Upon done that Download and Install Process Explore a tool to let you know whats going around with software's that has been installed. Once the tool is open then find its search box or simply press CTRL+F and paste the ID, then it will search all the running process.
Once you find and identified an un-trusted app, you can simply End its Process. If you it was malware simply run your Antivirus.
If you completely don't want use webcam you can disable its driver from Device Manager, to do this just right click on This PC icon then click on Manage. From the left pane click on Device Manager a list of drivers will be shown, then double click on Imaging Devices, click on your webcam name and click Driver tab from there you can disable, uninstall or whatever.
Those using Android OS, you can simply head up to Google play Store and download the so called Camera Block -Anti spy-malware (its recommend to download it from the Play store because there's a lot fakes outside the store)
It required no special skill to operate, upon download it, just open it and tab on Camera icon and you are good to go. You can also watch those that use you camera from the app.
That is it, have another way to tackle this out or got an error's on your way doing the process? Please use the comment box below to state, we'll surely respond. Thank you.


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i've been a little stiff...-back goes CRACK- yeah i didnt make quizzes what quiz should i make?
been a little stiff...know what quiz i could make?
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How about a fun quiz? I would like to make myself one, but I have no idea, maybe you're more inspired.
on October 22, 2011
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What about hmm let me think I've got it what colour is your dream
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Saturday: Run 10 miles, bike 20 miles
Ugh, what a hard couple of days.
On Friday, I woke up all groggy after way too little sleep, and went to yoga, which happened to be an unusually killer class. Then I went straight to the pool, and by the time I'd finished a huge set of 100s (some under 1:30, thankyouverymuch) I had a pounding headache and was shaking from hunger and exhaustion. I went home, ate everything in sight, and then had The World's Most Necessary Nap, from which I emerged three hours later, and even groggier, to head back to the gym to try to run. There, I thought several times about stopping, because my left calf was cramping up pretty bad and seemed on the verge of being sprained again, but each time I was able to stop and stretch and continue.
Today I almost decided to bag the whole thing because I was a little afraid I'd hurt myself on the two-hour run, but I stretched really well ahead of time and put on my calf compression sleeves, and it wasn't too bad. Well, I should say I didn't get injured. "Wasn't too bad" hardly describes 3 hours and 15 minutes of workouts. "Glad it's over" is more accurate.


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I've long been a fan of stock screens. They filter a database to identify stocks with specific traits. A value screen may identify stocks trading at low price-earnings (P/E) ratios with above-average levels of return on equity (ROE). A growth screen can find stocks that consistently grow profits and are projected to continue doing so in the future. All stocks added to AAII's model stock portfolios are found through stock screens.
A challenge with stock screens is identifying which of the passing stocks to buy. There are two primary approaches to making this decision, and I'll discuss both. (The second approach I'll discuss is the one used at AAII.)
The first approach is to simply buy everything passing the screen. This approach has been called mechanical investing, though it now falls under the broader arena of what is known as quantitative (or simply "quant") investing. Stocks are purchased when they pass the screen. The portfolio is then rebalanced at preset intervals or adjusted according to predefined rules. The rebalancing involves selling the stocks that no longer pass and adding the new ones that do pass. This approach takes human emotions and judgment out of the buy and sell decisions. (Biases and other cognitive errors still do influence the creation of the screen and the implementation of the rules.)
More on AAII.com
- Constructing Winning Stock Screens – These guidelines can help you determine which characteristics to rank first, and which to use as tiebreakers.
- Guide to Stock Screening – Need help deciding which stock screen to start with? This primer offers useful suggestions.
Highlights from this month's AAII Journal
- Observations From Decades of Tracking Investment Newsletters – Mark Hulbert discusses the lack of outperformance among newsletters and the common traits he's noticed among the longest-running newsletters.
- The Individual Investor's Guide to Exchange-Traded Funds 2018 – This year's guide has been expanded, covering 542 ETFs in print and over 2,000 funds online.
AAII Sentiment Survey
Optimism rebounded but remains below average for a fourth consecutive week. Plus, this week's special question asked members what they thought about Apple Inc. (AAPL) being worth $1 trillion. More about this week's results.
- Bullish: 36.4%, up 7.3 points
- Neutral: 32.6%, down 6.2 points
- Bearish: 31%, down 1.0 points
- Bullish: 38.5%
- Neutral: 31.0%
- Bearish: 30.5%
Take the Sentiment Survey.
What's Trending on AAII
- Inherited IRA Rules for Spouses, Heirs and Trusts
- The Individual Investor's Guide to Exchange-Traded Funds 2018
- Avoid the Top 10 Mistakes Made With Beneficiary Designations
The Week Ahead
Second-quarter earnings season will start to shift toward retailers with Home Depot Inc. (HD) and Walmart Inc. (WMT) reporting on Tuesday and Thursday, respectively. Joining them will be fellow Dow Jones industrial average component Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) on Wednesday and 10 other members of the S&P 500 index throughout the week.
The week's first economic report will be July import and export prices, released on Tuesday. July retail sales, the August Empire State manufacturing survey, the first estimate of second-quarter productivity, July industrial production and capacity utilization, June business inventories and the August housing market index will be released Wednesday. Thursday will feature July housing starts and the August Philadelphia Federal Reserve's business outlook survey. The University of Michigan's preliminary August consumer sentiment survey will be released on Friday.
Local Chapter Meetings
AAII Local Chapter Meetings offer you a variety of presentations from expert speakers who will give you their view on the world of investing. A bonus of attending a Chapter Meeting near you is the opportunity to meet other AAII members who share your interest and enthusiasm for investing. You can even share the Chapter experience with your family and friends by inviting them to attend Chapter Meetings with you!


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As we prepare for Christmas, I'd love to hear your stories of the greatest Christmas gift you've ever received. Maybe you want to write it in just a couple of sentences or maybe you want to write it in a couple of paragraphs. Take a moment to share that story, including why it is so meaningful to you. You can write it in the comments section of this post so that others can celebrate one of your great stories of Christmas with you.
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Oregon State University's School of Arts and Communication Presents...
From country music to jazz, chamber music to rock and roll; featuring musicians, artists and guest lecturers, SAC Presents will bring well known headliners, rising stars and unique, lesser known artists and ensembles to our community.
This year's SAC Presents schedule includes a female a cappella quintet from Zimbabwe; longtime musical collaborators Mary Chapin Carpenter and Shawn Colvin; composer, percussionist, and instrument builder Paul Dresher and company; a "Balkan-Soul-Gypsy-Funk" brass band; and "six contemporary classical polymaths who playfully overstep the boundaries of musical genres," (The New Yorker).
SAC Presents 2019 Schedule
- Nov. 6, 2019: Nobuntu, with OSU's Bella Voce women's choir
- Dec. 10, 2019: Mary Chapin Carpenter and Shawn Colvin: Together on Stage
- Jan. 18, 2020: Paul Dresher Ensemble: Schick Machine
- March 19, 2020: Slavic Soul Party
- April 11, 2020: yMusic
SAC Presents performances take place at the LaSells Stewart Center (875 SW 26th St.) and begin at 7:30 p.m.
Individual ticket prices range between $30 and $50 and may be purchased by clicking on the photos or titles of the events listed below. Season tickets are available online.
OSU Students: $10 tickets, subject to availability (max. 100 and while seats last; some performances may sell out quickly). Limited to 1 per student and must be purchased in advance at the Box Office (105 Fairbanks Hall) or in person at the door, subject to availability.
Corvallis Arts for All: Persons with an Oregon Trail Card may purchase up to two tickets for $5 each, in advance at the Box Office (105 Fairbanks Hall) or in person at the door, subject to availability.
Article and photos courtesy Oregon State University's School of Arts and Communication. Keep up with Corvallis news, events and happening by signing up for our email newsletter.
Learn more about and buy tickets for the 2019 SAC Presents events below.
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XSEED and Marvelous USA have released a new trailer for their farming simulator Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns. The trailer introduces us to the five bachelors that players will be able to romance while playing the game: Yuzuki, Hinata, Ford, Wayne, and Ludus.
Settled on a homestead in the middle of three distinct and uniquely themed locales, players can explore a diverse landscape as they search for new ways to grow their farms and friendships. Extensive customization and gameplay options are on offer in Trio of Towns, with each village offering its own variety of regional crops, lads and ladies to romance, animals, festivals, furniture, decorations and more. More ways to play sprout up as players connect to one another locally or via the internet to chat, trade, and enhance items on a mysterious multiplayer island.
By day, Hinata uses his gift of the gab to sell items in a Tsuyukusa shop, but in his spare time he gets closer to his dream of becoming the star player in an acting troupe. Making accessories in his grandparents' workshop in South Tsuyukusa, Yuzuki always has two things on his mind; his next design and his next dessert. Ford has found his life's calling as Westown's doctor, but he's so high-strung. Hopefully someone will come along and teach him how to relax. Ford's best friend, Wayne, is the town postman. He was nervous about moving to the countryside, but the fresh food, air, and friendly folks have won him over. Offering various services in his shop, Ludus is a "jack of all trades," the village handyman who helps residents of Lulukoko Village with everything from construction to tailoring.
Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns releases on the 28th of February on Nintendo 3DS. The game will retail for $39.99, and for physical pre-orders and participating retailers there will be a pocket plushie based on the in-game capybara pet while supplies last.


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With space to work quietly and proximity to numerous restaurants, our campus is the right location to feed both your brain and your body. Our educators and staff are there to help you succeed, with supports including financial services, career coaching, and learning resources.
We offer services on campus to help keep your school/work-life in better balance, from helping you complete financial aid documents and finding the right major, to resume writing, interviewing, and networking. Here, you can meet with your personal Success Coach or visit the Learning Resource Center for tutoring—many of our tutors are also instructors—or help writing a paper or developing a presentation. Plus, a local Toastmasters group meets on campus, to help interested students improve their public speaking skills.
Our classes are in the evenings, to make it more manageable for working professionals. We offer a wide variety of undergrad and graduate degree programs on campus, including accounting, business and finance, criminal justice, health service administration, human resource management, education, information systems.
Strayer delivers a combination of online and on-campus classes so you can learn the way you learn best. Our on-site staff are here to support you throughout your dynamic, interactive online education experience.
We respect how you got here, so we'll help you turn your real-life experience into real college credit when we can.
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Rene Girard backs Everton midfielder to succeed with PSGSubmitted by content on Wed, 08/14/2019 - 06:20
Former Lille boss Rene Girard has backed midfielder Idrissa Gueye to succeed with Paris Saint-Germain. The Senegal international has been in the ranks of Everton for the past three seasons but he is now expected to make the return to Ligue 1 with Paris Saint-Germain, who are set to pay around £28m to secure his signature.
Speaking to Le Parisien, Girard spoke about his association with Gueye at former club Lille while citing that the midfielder has the credentials to succeed with the French champions, he said: "Yes, because even if the team has scavengers, like Verratti, he does not have the same volume of play as Idrissa. I am sure that they will be complementary and that he will quickly find his place. His qualities allow him to play recuperator or runner, or even on one side. He will no doubt often be associated with Marco Verratti, but he can hold a sentry post without any problem. I had done it in Lille. A player like Kanté has raised his level of play as the competition has grown. Idrissa can do all that."


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As a high school student, finding love can be hard. Similarly, finding people willing to spend their weekend teaming up with me at a hackathon can be hard as well.
At hackCooper 2016, I worked with Isabella Berry to solve these two problems with Github Dating Simulator, an application that analyzes compatibility between Github users by using graph theory and the power of love. It's not a dating simulator in the traditional sense—rather, it's a web application that allows people looking for hackathon teams to find people with similar coding backgrounds to avoid the hassle of scrambling to find a team at the last minute.
Github Dating Simulator comes in two flavors. "Dating mode" allows a user to input two Github usernames to determine how compatible they are. "Team generation mode" (the more practical mode) allows a user to input a list of Github usernames, will return the best possible pairings for each of the users. It also allows them to set several options, such as how many people should be included in each team.
For every match that Github Dating Simulator analyzes, it outputs a "compatibility" percentage, which is essentially the program's confidence level that these two people will be able to work together well.
Just for fun, it also generates a list of "first date ideas", which are essentially randomly generated project ideas based on the common languages shared between each user to help kickstart the ideation process. (And when it finds very compatible matches, it also outputs a list of "first date locations"—a.k.a. upcoming hackathons.)
I was responsible for the UI design and the technical implementation on this project. Perhaps one of the most statistically intensive projects I've worked on so far, Github Dating Simulator relies on a combination of the Github API and graph algorithms to efficiently and accurately pair users.
Pairing Algorithm
To create matchings, it looks at the language usage of each user and compares it on an experience-based level to those of the other users. This means that a person who has a lot of repositories written in Ruby will be marked as an "expert" while someone who only has only written 70 lines of Ruby will be marked as a "beginner". This allows users to be matched with other coders proportional to their skill level, which allows coders to work with people of similar coding backgrounds, making for a much easier hackathon experience overall.
(This is something that was highly contested, as one might want to match people with more experiences with certain programming languages with those who have less experience for a more educational experience. Perhaps an option for such a matching algorithm will come in a future update.)
On a graph, each user is plotted from other users with different paths of varying "lengths". Each user is a node on the graph, and each path represents a common language between two users. (If two users do not share any common languages, they will not have any paths between them.) Path length is calculated by the mean square difference of each of the languages a user knows.
The algorithm tries to find the shortest path (essentially, similar experiences with certain languages) between two users. It then aggregates all of the paths between two users into a single "compatibility" metric based on a logarithmic scale, and then begins creating matches starting from the highest compatibility percentage. Once a user has been matched with another user, it will delete both users from the graph so they cannot be matched again. The algorithm continues until all users have been matched or there are no more available users to match.
API Usage
One of the major challenges that we ran into was that the Github API has rate limiting, which prevents one from making too many API requests in a given time frame. To solve this problem, we implemented a pseudo-caching mechanism with a PostgreSQL database. Using the Github API's conditional request feature, we only make a full request to Github if they tell us that the data at each location has been changed. Otherwise, we simply rely on previously stored data since we know that it hasn't changed.


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11 Books Like 'Lore' For People Who Can't Get Enough Of The Creepy Podcast
Fans know that Aaron Mahnke's Lore podcast is the place to go for creepy urban legends and so-scary-it's-true tales, but the two-week wait between episodes can seem agonizingly long. To keep you in the mood for more Mahnke, I've got a list of 11 books like Lore for people who can't get enough of the creepy podcast, because everyone could use a little more spookiness in their life.
Lore quickly rose to iTunes prominence from its 2015 launch. The podcast has now spawned an Amazon TV series and a book trilogy from creator Mahnke, both of which feature episodes of the original Lore, adapted for screen and print. Amazon renewed its Lore TV series in February 2018, and although no official release date has been mentioned as yet, it's likely the show will return this fall, just in time to be your go-to Halloween watch.
If you aren't listening to Lore already, you should definitely add it to your podcast rotation. Trust me, it will fit right into your schedule, somewhere between My Favorite Murder and Welcome to Night Vale and Dear John.
Check out my suggestions for the 11 books like Lore you should read between episodes:
'The Bloody Chamber' by Angela Carter
Angela Carter tackles the grisliest fairy tales in this collectioin, retelling them all with a feminist bent. The title story is Carter's version of the Bluebeard legend, and you should probably brace yourself before reading it.
'Bury What We Cannot Take' by Kirstin Chen
After a 12-year-old boy reports his grandmother for defacing a portrait of Chairman Mao, his family attempts to flee for Hong Kong. Authorities will only offer visas for one of the family's two children, however, and the boy's younger sister, nine-year-old San San, is left behind to find passage to safety alone.
'Freshwater' by Akwaeke Emezi
Born in Nigeria to a family in crisis, Ada is a vessel for the spirits, who frequently inhabit her body. After Ada moves to the U.S. for college, the spirits take control, and two of her alternate identities, Asụghara and Saint Vincent, begin to run her life.
'Hex' by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
Located in the Hudson Valley, Black Spring is the kind of small town that no one ever moves into or out of. The town's leaders have sealed it off from the outside world in an attempt to contain its dreadful secret: the ghost of Katherine van Wyler, a woman tortured and executed as a witch during the 17th-century, who haunts the people of Black Spring.
'Apart in the Dark' by Ania Ahlborn
The two novellas contained in Ania Ahlborn's Apart in the Dark take readers on twisted journeys to the past. In "The Pretty Ones," when loner Nell's new friend is murdered, and the public blames Son of Sam for her death, only Nell knows the truth about what really happened. In "I Call Upon Thee," a famiy tragedy brings Maggie back to her childhood home, where she discovers the darkness that she told herself wasn't real is very much alive.
'The Merry Spinster' by Daniel Mallory Ortberg
From Texts from Jane Eyre author Daniel Mallory Ortberg comes this collection of "Children's Stories Made Horrific," which includes scary retellings of "The Velveteen Rabbit" and "The Little Mermaid."
'Shiver' by Junji Ito
Junji Ito shines in this collection. If you haven't read anything by Ito, one of Japan's foremost horror-manga artists, Shiver will offer you an excellent introduction to the scope of his chilling work.
'The Chalk Man' by C.J. Tudor
Back in 1986, Eddie and his friends located the body of a missing child with help from Mr. Halloran, A.K.A. "the Chalk Man." Now, 30 years later, the Chalk Man is back, and one of Eddie's old friends believes he's uncovered the truth about who murdered the girl in the woods.
'Little Heaven' by Nick Cutter
Fifteen years after they were hired to rescue someone from Little Heaven, a cultlike commune in the backwoods of New Mexico, three mercenaries find themselves pulled back into that twisted world when one of their children is kidnapped.
'What Should Be Wild' by Julia Fine
As the result of a long family curse, Maisie Cothay can kill with a touch. She has lived in the manor on the edge of the forest for her entire life, shielded from the outside world. But when her father disappears into the woods, Maisie must leave her home to find him.
'The World of Lore: Wicked Mortals' by Aaron Mahnke
The second entry in Mahnke's podcast-connected trilogy, The World of Lore: Wicked Mortals contains stories on the most interesting serial killers history has to offer.


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Ireland's two-year-olds are plainly a talented bunch. It took the might of Frankel to deny Roderic O'Connor and Glor Na Mara in last week's Dewhurst Stakes, and with nothing of Frankel's calibre engaged in the Racing Post Trophy (2.55) at Doncaster, the prize looks destined for export.
This one-mile contest offers Aidan O'Brien one last chance to snap a dismal sequence. The Ballydoyle handler, who has yet to win a juvenile race of any description in England this year, sends Master Of Hounds and Seville in his bid to end the drought.
Johnny Murtagh's place aboard the former was telegraphed by mid-week betting markets, but Master Of Hounds only broke his maiden at the fourth attempt. Granted, he gave best to some high-class colts before finally bolting up at Tipperary. Yet that is hardly the profile of a Group One winner in waiting.
Seville boasts a more promising profile and Colm O'Donoghue is sweet on this son of the all-conquering Galileo. Yet the overriding impression is that O'Brien's two-year-olds are a cut below the best. So, while Seville is dangerous, the vote goes to Casamento.
This Shamardal colt brings impeccable credentials to the race. The sole blot on his record is his narrow defeat by Pathfork, which remains unbeaten, in last month's National Stakes. He subsequently rebounded to win the Beresford Stakes in a common canter, in the process demonstrating a healthy appetite for the game. His form is cast-iron, he should be fresh enough and the Michael Halford Kildare stable is bang in form.
Dunboyne Express is another intriguing runner. Kevin Prendergast's colt bettered Master Of Hounds at Leopardstown before trouncing that one's stablemate, Samuel Morse, in the Anglesey Stakes. He has not been out since, however, and must defy a three-month absence.
Titus Mills looks best of the home defence. He has more to give, as does Native Khan, but neither has achieved anything like the prominence of Casamento. Frankie Dettori is aboard for the first time and the combination sets a mighty standard.
Another horse worth supporting at Doncaster is Galtymore Lad in TheBettingSite.com Stakes (2.25). This hardy colt chased home Wootton Bassett in a pair of valuable sales races before readily disposing of a solitary opponent last time out. With Wootton Bassett subsequently victorious in Group One company, the form looks gilt-edged.
Scholar can teach Elzaam real lesson
Philip Robinson is regarded as one of the weighing-room's better judges. He could have ridden at Doncaster today, where the Michael Jarvis-trained Toolan is no forlorn hope in the aforementioned Racing Post Trophy. That he ventures to Newbury instead, demands attention.
Nor is Robinson aboard the Jarvis-trained Elzaam, which is owned by Hamdan Al-Maktoum and thus ridden by Richard Hills in the Horris Hill Stakes (2.05). Elzaam will take plenty of beating if reproducing his effort in Royal Ascot's Coventry Stakes, where he was nailed on the line. Since then, however, the colt ran listlessly when odds-on for a decent prize at Newmarket in July.
In the circumstances Dux Scholar makes more appeal. He looked likely to win a similar race at Ascot last time, when he accelerated sharply to lead early in the straight before he was run down inside the final furlong. That one-mile journey almost certainly stretched his stamina and he can make amends now that he drops down to seven furlongs.
To return to Robinson, the purpose of his visit to Newbury is surely to ride the Jarvis-trained Zoowraa in the Radley Stakes (3.40). This is a deeply competitive heat, with Blessed Biata, Flood Plain, Janicellaine and Tuscania all catching the eye. Yet Zoowraa could not have won with greater authority on her Redcar debut three weeks ago. She looks a filly with a rosy future.
Robinson also has claims aboard Hot Prospect in the St Simon Stakes (2.40) on the same Newbury card. Yet while the three-year-old probably boasts the best form, he steps up to 12 furlongs for the first time since he was outclassed in the Derby at Epsom.
Hot Prospect doesn't appeal as a middle-distance type, however, whereas the opposite is true of Poet. This one has been running consistently at 10 furlongs while leaving the firm impression that a stiffer test would suit. He can track confirmed front-runner Whispering Gallery before setting sail for home in the straight.
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Last weeekend I go a bit keen on polishing Albert and reached some bits that don't normally get much attention. I used some Brasso on the maker's nameplate which is mounted on the lid of the bow (gas) locker.
Albert's Maker's Plate
Albert was delivered as a sailaway by Kennet & Avon Boat Builders Ltd to Mike Hurd, her first owner, who fitted her out. Each time I examine the maker's plate the mystery of the code on the plate intrigues me. On the plate is engraved 60 T MD 2YWM 12 94. Most of the code hasn't been very difficult to work out, but the third pair of letters remains a mystery to me.
60 - 60 ft length
T - traditional stern
2YWM - the code of the engine, Ruston & Hornsby 2YWM Mk V
12 - the 12th boat built by the company
94 - the year 1994, Albert was delivered in February 1994
So this leaves me still wondering about MD. Answers on a post-card to ......
I also started looking on the web about Kennet & Avon Boat Builders Ltd. I have known for some time that they were based, not on the K&A navigation, but some distance south at Mere; the company was part of a steel fabrication organisation just off the A303. The boatbuilding company ceased trading in late 1994 so I think Albert must be one of their last shells.
However, this time I decided to use the web to search for how many other K&A Boatbuilders shells are around. A search of Jim Shead's site, which gives boats registered to BW and EA, revealed that 9 were still registered, all with BW. Two boats, Adelante and Halcyon Daze were recently sold, but sadly one K&A 60ft boat, Thistle, was involved in a fire at Honey Street on the K&A in early 2007 and was recently sold as a wreck.
When I had Albert surveyed at Bradford Marina back in late 2003, Sally Boats had some K&A shells in their fleet and that they liked how they were put together and their handling. I wonder if they are still in their fleet and what other K&A boats are around the system but not noted in the registers as being built by K&A.


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Pink Pastel Geo Keyring
My polymer clay beads with pastel undertones, tassels and geometric wooden beads make this keyring an aesthetically eye catching statement piece!
Total length is 16 cm (top of keyring to tassel).
Each bead is individually hand rolled and will therefore have slight variations in size, shape and finish, which ensures each keychain is unique. I intermittently use singular round and/or geometrical natural wooden beads to add another element to my keyring range. Beads are strung on leather cord.
Please note that colours may differ slightly due to the lighting when photographing the item.
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While Regulatory Toxicology is a requirement, we have chosen to make Systems Toxicology an inherent part of the scientific assessment of our smoke-free products. Systems Toxicology addresses the questions why and how a substance is toxic.
The Institute for Health and Consumer Protection (IHCP) from the European Commission defines Systems Toxicology as a branch of science that aims to quantitatively understand, model, and predict the response of cells to external stimuli and expand this to model organ and body systems.
Within the context of chemical exposure measurements and a causal succession of molecular events linking exposures with toxicity and eventual disease outcome, Systems Toxicology allows us to build a detailed understanding of the mechanisms by which biological systems respond to toxicants, and to use this understanding to assess the risk of chemicals, drugs and consumer products.
Learn more in:
Systems Toxicology: From Basic Research to Risk Assessment
Shana J. Sturla, Alan R. Boobis, Rex E. FitzGerald, Julia Hoen, Robert J. Kavlock, Kristin Schirmer, Maurice Whelan, Martin F. Wilks, and Manuel C. Peitsch
Chem. Res. Toxicol., 2014, 27 (3), pp 314–329
DOI: 10.1021/tx400410s
Publication Date (Web): January 9, 2014
• Systems Toxicology can be used to predict the impact of external stimuli on the global cell machinery of the exposed biological systems
• Systems Toxicology allows us to gain a detailed understanding of the mechanisms by which biological systems respond to toxicants
• Systems Toxicology provides us with the means to use this understanding to assess how chemicals, and consumer products may influence the risk of developing diseases
Our in-house quantitative systems-based approach provides a robust impact assessment tool for RRPs.
Hoeng, J., et al. (2012). "A network-based approach to quantifying the impact of biologically active substances." Drug Discov Today 17(9): 413-418.
Design and conduct a Systems Biology experiment
A well-designed experiment begins with the choice of the appropriate experimental system and exposure method. It is very important to properly characterize the exposure of the system by measuring how much of the aerosol or smoke has been absorbed by the system during the exposure. During this stage, samples are harvested and a very comprehensive set of measurements is performed. This includes omics profiling as well as other endpoints.
Calculate Systems Response Profile
The data obtained in the first steps undergoes quality control and statistical analysis to generate an unbiased list of changes (the systems response profile) between exposed and unexposed samples.
Identify the biological mechanisms that are affected by the exposure and represent them as networks of molecules and their interactions.
Quantify the perturbations of individual networks by computing the Network Perturbation Amplitude (NPA) scores.
Quantify the overall perturbation induced by exposure by aggregating the NPA scores into a Biological Impact Factor (BIF) for one stimulus or a set of stimuli.
In Vitro Systems, In Vivo Systems, Clinical Systems, Whole Smoke/Aerosol Exposure
Cellular and tissue phenotypic screening; mechanistic, biological and omics endpoints
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|08 Apr 2015
Is this Toshiba running too hot? Repaste CPU?
I'm visiting a friend who has an old Toshiba laptop he uses in his room on his bed. I'm surprised it has lasted this long as it gets thrown around a lot and I think the air vent gets blocked too much on the bed.
He said it's been shutting down so I checked it out and it seems that Core Temp was sending it into Hibernation after I enabled Overheat Protection in November on it, trusting the CoreTemp designated TJMax at 185F, which for some reason it triggers an overheat around 177F and goes to Hibernation. He says it does this too much to use it.
So I researched the CPU (Speccy attached) and found it's max is 100C, reset Core Temp to that for Overheat shutdown and it has been running OK but at about 60-80C with a hot keyboard in the torture tests I've done for 2 two hour sessions today.
I blew out the tiny air port underneath which vents a working fan to the side. I don't really want to disassemble it to repaste CPU unless it's too seriously overheating to ignore. But I don't trust Core Temp now, and don't see anything in BIOS about any overheat protections there. Is it known that Intel Core Duo shuts itself down if it overheats before it burns up?
Times like this I really miss Gary who I could call about these hardware issues. What would you suggest? Thanks!
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|09 Apr 2015
Hi Greg,
79C is getting up there, depending on what work is being done. The first step is to blow out the fins, which you have done. But I have gotten in trouble doing that when cats are involved. Their short hair often balls up and impedes or outright stops the fan, which is disaster.
If that's not a problem, the next question is whether the fan is blowing air at a temperature commensurate with that of the CPU/GPU. This is an intuitive thing. If the exhaust is about the right temp, that means that the thermal paste is doing its job. If it's not hot enough, a repaste is called for. If there's any doubt, a repaste with quality paste should be good for a few degrees relief at the least.
If you do break it down to repaste, oiling the fan can reap great results.
|My System Specs
|09 Apr 2015
Thanks Paul for some good info. Yes the fan is blowing the hottest air in the area, so can we assume it is working correctly? I saw the fins spin while blowing it out (was concerned about them overdriving) and they seemed clean and uninpeded. THere is no visible dust in the small 2" round bottom intake port or the 3" long side exhaust port.
Do you happen to know if these CPU's will shut down before burning up? If not I will probably rely on Core Temp Overheat Protection set it's default 90c to trigger Sleep unless there is a better idea. But I believe that is the same 185F that was shutting it down on him too much, and at lower temp.
He uses it for watching videos, email, web searches. I'm stressing it now for two hour stretches listening to music, playing a video, doing forums work, shopping for plane tickets.
I'm typing on it now with Core Temp showing low 60's and the keyboard is less hot than many other overheating laptops I've dealt with. I have repasted laptop processors including one which was about 100 parts to disassemble but consider it so risky that I don't really want to do it except for practice on a rig which is being thrown out otherwise. But one HP in Boston is still running five years after I repasted it, although two of mine at home never started back up. So I'm wary.
Just now:
On second though I'll use Hibernate so work is saved but if he leaves it sitting for a month it won't wear the RAM the whole time.
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|09 Apr 2015
Desk1 7 Home Prem / Desk2 10 Pro / Main lap Asus ROG 10 Pro 2 laptop Toshiba 7 Pro Asus P2520 7 & 10
Greg having worked on a few Toshys one needs the PART NO: before disturbing the machine. It is on the underside of the machine and relates to where it was built and for where plus any new parts needed required that number to be quoted.
My L550 Satellite for example is PART NO: PSLWSA-01000Q and it was made for out here.
Renewing the thermal compound is easy enough but there are certain things about taking them apart that requires some care especially the ribbon cables.
The site you or he needs to read from is this one Disassemble, repair, upgrade Toshiba laptop yourself. - read very carefully the tips for newbies to see what I mean about those cables etc.
Plus a little ditty of mine
I always spread out a large white bath towel on the work top and using cloth or ordinary duct tape to keep it stretched out and fixed down to the work top. This is because when removing the sometimes very small screws it stops the screw from being dropped onto a hard surface where it almost always will bounce and even land on the floor never to be seen again. Of course if that happens you can scour the floor with a strong magnet in the case of steel screws the brass ones (there are some that have brass screws in certain spots) unless brightly coloured you will not find especially in carpeted floors. Also take care to keep the different sized screws in separate and preferably labeled containers - plastid with a magnet stuck underneath is good.
I prefer to use a battery driven slow speed screwdriver as in pic and leave the screwdriver bits stuck onto a strong magnet or stroke then longitudinally to magnetise them it make retainingthe steel screws so much easier especially when replacing them. (If you drop on into the machine you will need to completely disassemble it again to remove it)
It is also advisable to keep the screws in separate containers as they will be of different sizes and locations.
The thing you do is to turn over the laptop and shine a very bright light into the air intake aperture (you will see the fan there) and then while doing that look at the outlet vent on the end of the laptop you should see the light quite clearly shining through the cooling " radiator" if not it is clogged and will need cleaning as will probably the fan opening.
You can do this by blowing it out using a compressed air can in short bursts.
BUT ONE WORD OF WARNING DO NOT blow the air into the fan opening without inserting say a plastic rod or large cable tie to stop the fan from spinning as the air blast will spin the fan at a very high speed that it is not designed to take and may wreck the bearing!!
To clean the "rad" I use those pipe cleaners to GENTLY loosen the crud and then blow it outof course disassembly makes life so much easier
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|09 Apr 2015
10 Pro x64
If its 70c at load on a T5800 that seems fine to me since its idling at 54c you might want to repaste. Just take your time with the dis-assembly and use a guide like Icit2lol suggested. Take pictures when you start to take apart the inside and label your screws.
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|09 Apr 2015
Yeah, overdriving when blowing out is a problem. I try to pin the fan with a needle, or just take it easy with the air.
I think the CPU will shut down. I think that's a bios function, but not sure. But more often than not it's the graphics chip that's the problem on laptops. I usually use SIW, which monitors both. Not sure if Speccy does.
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|09 Apr 2015
Windows 10 Pro/ Windows 10 Pro Insider
Greg, I would repaste it if it is getting within 20° of shutdown temps. To me, that's entirely too hot. At the same time I can understand your reluctance to do it. But, to me, within 20° of shutdown is entirely too hot.
|My System Specs
|09 Apr 2015
Thanks John. Why do they make you remove everything before you can access the heat sink? Toshiba Satellite L355 L355D L350 L350D disassembly
How about a powerful shop vac? Even then all I see with a bright light in the intake port on bottom is a whistle-clean fan, assembly and vents in and out.
I understand Steve and agree. He is telling me we can wait for my next visit since I've used it for two long 2-hour stretches today without problem. But is it cooler in Palm Springs today with a window open I am sure is affecting it by at least 10c given the role ambient room temps play in this.
The highest it's gotten is when I tried to install SIW and it nearly locked up everything while I watched temps climb to 85c.
I still really don't want to do this. I'm going to let the owner decide after reading this thread. He has three laptops including a brand new one, a 3 year old Dell I'm about to replace the keyboard and battery, and this 7 year old beater.
|My System Specs
|09 Apr 2015
Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
ARK | Intel® Coreâ
Above link at Intel says TJmax on a T5800 is 85 C. Not 100. Or am I misunderstanding?
85 C is 185 F.
|My System Specs
|09 Apr 2015
Yikes! Thanks for the correction. I only plucked the temp I saw first in the Google Search results for the CPU.
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A Sports Massage works deep into the muscles, realigning the muscle fibres and connective tissue, and flushing away the toxins. Regular sessions will increase joint mobility and flexibility, and reduce the risk of injury during exercise.
At EPT we have over 200 fully trained therapists across various disciplines such as Physiotherapy, Biokinetisists and High Performance Sports. Each EPT therapist goes through a various accredited training bodies including a nationally accredited sports massage training course overseen by Swing Fit – the leaders in Sports Massage training in South Africa.
So what will you experience during a sports massage by one of our therapists?
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