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Cole Mueller: Director, Writer
In May 2008, Mueller graduated from the prestigious School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California where he wrote, directed and produced a number of award-winning short films. Throughout college, Mueller also gained valuable knowledge and experience by interning for various production companies such as the Michael Bay owned Bay Films, and the Jennifer Aniston owned Echo Films. Upon graduating, he immediately began work on the script for his first feature film, "Green Guys", a crime film in the vein of "Ocean's Eleven" and "Wall Street." By the following spring, the script was completed and "Green Guys" went into production with a budget of 130,000 dollars. "Green Guys" was released nationwide through Filmworks Entertainment on VOD, iTunes, some retails stores and rental outlets across the country, and, in 2012, was awarded the Silver Ace award at the Las Vegas Film Festival. In the fall of 2011, Mueller began pre-production on his second feature film "Magic Hour" about a young man who is befriended by a local crime family. "Magic Hour" was blessed with a fantastic cast including C. Thomas Howell (The Outsiders, The Amazing Spider-Man), William Russ (Boy Meets World), Kris Lemche (Final Destination 3), and is currently gaining interest from distribution companies around the US.
Director Statement:
"Each movie is a different adventure. You meet new people, see new places, suffer through trials and tribulations, and celebrate each little success along the way. Truly, the most memorable times of my life have been during the making of a movie. "Magic Hour" was an experience that taught me a lot, introduced me to some amazing new people, and fortunately, ended up as a great product and feature film that I know a lot of people will enjoy. All of the blood, sweat, and tears that went into the arduous process can now be looked at as the brush strokes that we used to make a great piece of cinema."
‐Cole Mueller Writer/Director November 12th, 2012
C. Thomas Howell: TOM WORTHY
The son of a professional bull-rider turned stuntman, C. Thomas Howell started working in the film industry at the age of 7. In 1981, he was cast as 'Tyler' in Steven Spielberg's E.T. The Extra Terrestrial. Shortly thereafter, he nabbed the lead in Francis Ford Coppola's classic The Outsiders, starring opposite the likes of Diane Lane, Patrick Swayze, Matt Dillon, and Tom Cruise. It was Howell's gripping performance as the tough, yet vulnerable, 'Ponyboy Curtis' in The Outsiders that made him a household name virtually overnight.
Earmarked as one of the most promising young actors of the 1980s, Howell's career soon skyrocketed with roles in films such as the cold war invasion drama Red Dawn, the classic psychological thriller The Hitcher, and the hilarious but controversial college farce Soul Man. Since then, Howell has been in consistent demand with filmmakers for the last twenty-five years, appearing in favorites such as That Night, Gettysburg and Hidalgo.
Tommy can be seen as the unpredictable Officer Bill "Dewey" Dudek in the TNT smash drama Series Southland and as the serial killer "The Reaper", on CBS' Criminal Minds. His recent television appearances include The Glades on A&E as well as Torchwood on the Starz Channel. He also just filmed a key role in Sony's upcoming SpiderMan reboot.
A budding film director as well, he has directed a number of films including The Big Fall, Pure Danger and Edgar Rice Burroughs The Land That Time Forgot.
Outside of his acting career, Howell is an accomplished team roper and spends as much time as possible with his wife Sylvie and their three children, Isabelle, Dashielle and Liam.
Courtney Daniels: Executive Producer, Lead Actor
Courtney Daniels was born in Tempe, AZ where she decided to pursue a life long dream of acting and began training with Jean Fowler. Courtney applied and was accepted to the exclusive program at the British American Drama Academy (BADA) in England. After the program, Courtney returned to her hometown, and continued to train while working in local independent films, industrial videos, and voice over jobs. In spring of 2010 Courtney moved to LA and in 2011 she stared in the web series "Life With Dad" along side Dave Foley. She began training with the Upright Citizens Brigade and her understanding of comedy and deep theatrical training have allowed her to be cast in a diverse set of roles.Courtney is expected to make her feature-film debut in "Magic Hour" along side C. Thomas Howell, William Russ, and Trevor Morgan later this year.
Danielle Lester: Tess Fox
Elias Brett: Oliver Fox
Josh Emerson: Frank Fox
Josh was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. His father Gordon was born in Biggar, SK, and worked as a Bio Med Technician and his mother Judy was born and raised in Montreal and works as a secretary.
At the age of twelve Josh moved to Spruce Grove, Alberta, where he attended High School. It was a tough change going from a Christian Elementary School to a public Junior High School. He played sports including football, basketball for his junior high school, but he soon found hockey was the sport for him.
He took acting classes with Elizabeth Ebbels, who initially took pity on him and later became his first real agent. He wasn't very popular in high school; he was overweight and not exactly the hottest guy in school. In his Senior year of high school he just decided to make a real change and started going to a local gym 2-3 hours everyday. This dramatic change later drove him to get involved with the wrong crowd on numerous occasions. After seeing quite a bit and getting sick of the life he was living, he decided to turn his life around and got focused on acting.
Kevin Mcnamara: Pat Fox
Kevin McNamara was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. After learning his love and talent for acting and singing at an early age, his mother began taking Kevin to theater and musical auditions at the age of 7. Kevin has been involved with theater in some capacity be it musical or otherwise ever since. Kevin has traveled in many productions with numerous theater groups and has performed in front of audiences large and small. At the age of 20, Kevin began taking improvisational classes at "The Second City" in Detroit, quickly becoming a member of the performance group at the Second City Theater thereafter. Kevin has been praised in articles by The Detroit News and Free Press for his characters and skit writing, as well as his energy on stage. In September of 2008 Kevin made the move from Detroit to Los Angeles in order to take the next step into television and film. Kevin is now a member of SAG and pursuing his career today.
Kris Lemche: Dillon Fox
Kris Lemche was raised in Brampton, Ontario as the oldest of three children, which includes aspiring actor Matthew (Matt) Lemche. He is the son of a school teacher mother and a father who runs a heating business. Originally Kris wanted to become a doctor and study biochemistry in hopes of doing cancer research. Kris chose to attend Mayfield School of the Arts, merely because his friends were going there and not because he wanted to attended it. While he was saving money to become a doctor he stumbled upon an advertisement in the newspaper of an agency that was looking for actors. He responded and kept getting call backs which led him to play Zed Goldhawk on Flash forward. A series that was created by Disney. He discovered a passion for acting and is now putting his career of being a doctor on hold and is doing what he believes he loves to do best. Kris and his friends used to produce their own short movies. To this day Kris enjoys making, acting and just being a part of movies.
Mark Alan: Stan Fox
Mark Alan was introduced to the arts at a young age by his grandparents, his grandmother a former actress and Broadway star, his grandfather a theater actor. As a child, he grew up running around the dressing rooms and peering from backstage at his grandparent's performances. It's here that he developed a natural love for the pace of theater life. He would soon begin his own theatrical trek at the age of ten, starting with private acting lessons, which blossomed into innumerous plays and performances. A concert pianist as well, he gained a steady and concentrated focus for performing for audiences both large and small.
Realizing his knack for the arts could serve him well, Alan signed with his first agent at the age of thirteen. He went on to book commercials and TV. At seventeen, he was accepted into the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts where he excelled, honing and fine-tuning his craft. He continued to impress in New York's theater scene, with top industry professionals quoted as saying about Mark: "masculine and organic," "a true director's actor," and "a young force." With two of NYC's top film schools within his sights, he also did everything he could with up-and-coming filmmakers and frequently collaborated with them. He went on to guest star in All My Children, a small but recurring part on One Life to Live and a featured role in Spike Lee's "25th Hour."
He won the starring role of Dr. Aiden Fletcher in a film executive-produced by the acclaimed filmmaker Joe Dante in a film titled "Resurrection." The shoot lasted a year and a half covering four states in the Midwest, however the project was tragically laid to rest when the director became life-threateningly ill and hospitalized indefinitely. His relationship with Dante survived however and he made the jump westward to Los Angeles.
Since moving to LA, he's become one of Dante's many infamous muses, working alongside fellow actors like Corey Feldman, Dick Miller and Robert Picardo. He's also been a member of the Beverly Hills Playhouse, studying under the late Milton Katselas as well as studying with his current mentor and teacher, Will Wallace, the man responsible for guiding Mark to his first-ever acting award. Alan has recently completed a Miami-based feature film and an award-winning thriller shot in Brazil's Amazonia. When asked about his future in Hollywood, he smirks and says "Well, I've done a Roger Corman film, traveled to four continents in the past year and I have a studio parking spot with my name on it. I feel content, but every day is a new beginning and I have so much more to do."
Trevor Morgan: Ray
Born in Chicago, Illinois, on November 26, 1986, Trevor Morgan was discovered in a shopping mall at the age of six. He did commercials and even appeared on a Life Cereal box until his first movie, Family Plan (1997). Since then, Trevor has been making movies to the delight of the public. He appeared alongside Haley Joel Osment in The Sixth Sense (1999) and with Mel Gibson in The Patriot (2000). He lives in Orange County, California, with his parents, three older half-siblings (Jen, Matt, and Joe), and a dog.
Sylvia Lester: Aunt Jess
William Russ: Bruce Fox
After graduating from the University of Michigan, Russ furthered his drama studies when he attended New York's Neighborhood Playhouse. Russ appeared on Broadway with Al Pacino in "The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel." Other New York stage appearances include "Buried Child" and "Visions of Kerouac." Russ is best known for his various regular series television roles, notably including the family series "Boy Meets World," and, most recently, CBS's "The Ex-List." On the big screen, Russ starred alongside Edward Norton in the controversial drama "American History X." Russ also starred in the award winning "Pastime" for which he was also nominated for best actor at the Independent Spirit awards.


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The German photographer and Turner Prize winner hopes to bring 'passion' to the remain campaign and encourage a younger voter turnout
Photographer Wolfgang Tillmans has created a series of posters to support the campaign to stay within the EU.
Writing on his website, Tillmans spoke of the "horror the rightwards drift and anti-EU sentiment brewing across Europe", referring to the Netherlands' referendum and the UK's prospective departure from the EU as a "real risk".
The German artist and Turner Prize winner also criticised the pro-EU campaign and its proponents' lack of activity, calling for the maximisation of voter turnout to be made an absolute priority. He wrote: "The official 'Remain' campaign feels lame and is lacking in passion. It also lacks an active drive to get voters registered."
The poster series, worked on by himself as well as assistants in his London and Berlin studios, was brought to life because of the nearing voter registration deadline of June 7. Tillmans continued: "Everyone's grannies registered their vote long ago, but students no longer get automatically registered by their unis. This is because of a new law brought in by the Conservatives that makes it possible for them to disenfranchise up to 800,000 students, who as a group tend to move around a lot more and so drop off the voter register easily."
Calling it a "one-in-a-generation moment", Tillman pointed out the political consequences, should the brexit happen. He drew attention to the alleged agenda of Russia's Vladimir Putin and far-right parties "funded by Russia" to weaken the EU.
Tillmans, who will be honoured with a restrospective in the Tate Modern later this year, is known for an earth-spanning portfolio of work, and recently opened up his Between Bridges project space as a forum to address the European refugee crisis. His earlier pieces have included intimate snapshot portraits of friends, to still life of watermelon and an astrophotography series, all inspired by his own political causes.
To sum up his cause for staying in the European Union, he signed off: "It's a flawed and problematic institution, but on the whole it stands for a democratic worldview, human rights and favours cooperation over confrontation."

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|Article 20. - TOLL ROADS OR TURNPIKES
68-20,120. In addition to other powers and duties granted to the secretary of transportation:
(a) (1) The secretary of transportation may study the feasibility of constructing a new toll project or turnpike project or designating existing highways or any portion of such highways as a toll project or turnpike project.
(2) The study of the feasibility of such toll project or turnpike project shall include, but not be limited to:
(A) The total cost of such project;
(B) a determination of the funding of such projects, including the use of one or a combination of public funds, private funds or toll revenues;
(C) a determination of the duration of the collection of tolls on such projects and if such projects are to become toll-free, a projected date when such projects would become toll-free; and
(D) such other data deemed necessary by the secretary for a determination of the project's feasibility.
(b) After conducting the feasibility study under subsection (a) and if such feasibility study provides a favorable result, the secretary of transportation may recommend the construction of a new toll project or turnpike project or the designation of an existing highway or any portion of such highway as a toll project or turnpike project.
History: L. 1996, ch. 192, § 1; L. 2010, ch. 156, § 22; June 3.
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The Martignetti Companies, one of the largest wine and spirits distributors in the United States, is preparing to break ground on a new headquarters in Taunton.
Dean Crandall, the company's chief financial officer, said the company would start construction of the new 680,000-square-foot headquarters next month in the Myles Standish Industrial Park in Taunton. MassDevelopment, the quasi-public agency that made the sale, said Martignetti paid $11.5 million for the land and would invest $100 million in the site.
"This project is a great example of a successful public-private partnership and economic development at its best," Taunton Mayor Tom Hoye said in a statement. "We are thrilled Martignetti Companies, a company with such a positive reputation in corporate citizenship, has chosen Taunton for its new home."
MassDevelopment touted the sale of 115 acres of land as a major development in the industrial park's expansion over the site of a former state school for people with intellectual disabilities. In 2011, MassDevelopment and a local development corporation formed a non-profit to draw businesses to the 220-acre site, according to the development agency's website.
Crandall said the new headquarters should be finished in September 2016, and will consolidate two facilities in Norwood and Braintree. By next spring, MassDevelopment said, an access road to the business park will also be completed.
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- St Gallen - Capital: St. Gallen - Population: 491699 - Area (km²): 2026 - Official languages: German The compact metropolis of eastern Switzerland is situated between Lake Constance and the Appenzell. Painted oriel windows are characteristic of the charming pedestrianized Old Town. The Abbey precinct with the cathedral and the library, is a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Hotel-Restaurant Sardona
This Alpine-style hotel is a 10-minute walk from Bad Ragaz' Train Station in the Canton of St. Gallen. It features a Finnish sauna and a garden with a roofed, furnished terrace.
Hotel-Restaurant Sardona provides free Wi-Fi and free parking on site.
All en suite rooms have a balcony and seating areas and they are appointed with furniture made from pine or fir wood.
The Sardona serves breakfast comprising of fresh, organic and local products. A light cuisine including seasonal specialities such as asparagus and game dishes is served.
Hotel-Restaurant Sardona is approximately 110 km away from Zurich.
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Imagine living in a town populated by young, toned, athletic mini-gods at the peak of their physical prime. Imagine that they've all dedicated years of their lives to disciplining their hot, fatless bodies for a shot to live in this little town for a few weeks. And here they are, all 10,000 of them, minus their parents and spouses and the daily regimens that have governed their lives up to this point, in an exotic location, with lots of spare time. Let's put it this way: At the 1988 Seoul games, there was such a problem with used condoms showing up on the roof of the British men's housing that the Olympic Association had to ban outdoor sex.
Can you imagine a crisis of condom littering so profound that an official ban on publicly whipping out your Olympic-quality junk was required? Can you fathom the degrading conversation that had to occur between Olympic officials and grizzled coaches to get this ban enacted? And it was no isolated situation -- from what we can tell, every single Olympic Village since, well, ever, has been knee-deep in genital juice.
"Any idea when the next shipment of foot-condoms comes in?"
By 1992, Olympic organizers got so worried about the frenetic sexing that they started giving athletes free condoms just to keep the AIDS at bay. By the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, 100,000 condoms were distributed to about 6,500 athletes and officials. That's about 15 condoms per person. AND THE 100,000 CONDOMS WEREN'T ENOUGH. Halfway through the games, an emergency shipment of rubbers was brought in to fill the gap. And that's not even touching how much unprotected sex these guys were having. So what we're trying to say is that not even Las Vegas or Copulation Town, USA, can compete with the coitusathon occurring in the streets of an Olympic Village.


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I have a book on my shelf called Houghton Mifflin Spelling and Vocabulary: Level 2. This book is a 2nd grade level book but in the book description it shows it as a 4-8 yr old reading level. I tried to go into the description to change it but there isn't a place to list that information so I don't know where it is being pulled from.
It isn't a big deal but I'm thinking to myself "if it is wrong on one book, it is probably wrong on others".
Any ideas?
I see where you can change the Subject, but the next range of ages is 9-12.
Technically, 8-years-old would be (most likely) 2nd grade so I don't see that it's necessarily wrong.
You can change the information using the EDIT BOOK DATA button at the bottom of the page. It is then submitted to the Book Data Approvers who verify the information and update it. You may want to change the category entirely, I believe there is a subcategory under children's books for educational materials. Also you may want to check and make sure there is a good description of your book listed. I think books are chosen much more quickly if people know what the book is about.
Would the person who placed an order for this book please pm me?
I need to ask a question before I process the order and your pm link is not showing up on my screen. I don't have any way of identifying the member so I'm hoping you'll contact me.
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At Clif we're guided by our values – we call them our Aspirations. Like striving to create a healthy and sustainable food system. Ensuring our brands and business are healthy so that we can do more good. And caring about the people, places, and communities we touch.
11 months ago - With 'Sweeteners Uncovered' pop-up in NYC and online database, KIND shines a light on disguised ingredients in some of the US's favorite snacks.
1 year ago - The Clif Ag Fund will help increase the economic resilience of organic farmers in Clif's supply chain — including lower energy costs from day one.
1 year ago - Sustainable Brands kicks off its largest community gathering today with Sustainable Brands '18 Vancouver at the Vancouver Convention Centre West in Vancouver, British Columbia.
1 year ago - Sustainable Brands brings P&G, Braskem, PwC, Clif Bar, LG Electronics & others to collaborate on innovative products and services for The Good Life SAN FRANCISCO, May 23, 2018 – Sustainable Brands® recently unveiled the full programming and schedule for the Activation Hub at SB'18 Vancouver, running June 4-7 at the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Activation Hub is the central hub of the Vancouver conference, an area where attendees gather to hear from solution-providers, to collaborate and co-create on market sector innovations, and to network with current and future partners.
1 year ago - In April of 2000, Clif Bar owner and founder Gary Erickson turned down a $120 million offer to buy Clif Bar & Company. Instead of taking it easy the rest of his life, Erickson decided to keep Clif Bar private and pursue a unique business model known as the Five Aspirations: Sustaining Its Business, Brands, People, Community and the Planet.
1 year ago - Clif Bar & Company attributes its success to "not selling out" when the owners walked away from a $120 million buyout offer in 2000.
1 year ago - P&G, Salesforce.org, Starbucks, Nestlé among companies showcasing initiatives in the Activation Hub at SB'18 Vancouver, June 4-7 SAN FRANCISCO, April 18, 2018 – Sustainable Brands® is evolving the concept of the traditional conference expo into an environment fostering inspiration and co-creation. The Activation Hub at SB'18 Vancouver, running June 4-7 at the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, will bring together 3,000 insightful change makers, entrepreneurs and leading companies to collaborate through the lens of Design Thinking methodology.
2 years ago - Target, P&G, REI, Danone and Google among companies confirmed to showcase how brands are redesigning products and services for The Good Life SAN FRANCISCO, March 29, 2018 – Sustainable Brands® recently announced full program details for SB'18 Vancouver, running June 4-7 at the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia. The conference will convene more than 3,000 senior executives, top brand strategists and leading sustainability practitioners to discover how brands can update their products and services to prepare for a changing economy.
2 years ago - Dr. Eban Goodstein is a contradiction of sorts. Trained in "the dismal science" — economics — Goodstein is an inveterate optimist about the prospects for business to lead the way to a sustainable future, and sooner rather than later. He is turning that optimism into reality as director and founder of the Bard MBA in Sustainability program in New York City. That Goodstein is at the forefront of the sustainable MBA world is not surprising when one considers his career path.
2 years ago - In the lead-up to Climate Week NYC 2017 next week, organizer The Climate Group has announced that The Estée Lauder Companies, Kellogg Company, DBS Bank Ltd and Clif Bar & Company are the latest to join its
3 years ago - Ten companies and organizations, two partnerships, and three individuals today will receive 2017 Climate Leadership Awards for their accomplishments in reducing greenhouses gas emissions and addressing climate change. The awards, now in their sixth year, are a partnership program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, and The Climate Registry. The awards are being presented this evening at the 2017 Climate Leadership Conference in Chicago. This year's awardees represent a wide array of industries including finance, consumer products, retail, aviation, and technology, plus federal and local government.
3 years ago - "If you want to get people engaged, inspire them - don't require them ... The most lasting changes people make are the ones they make themselves." — Daniel Alvarez, Pixar Animation Studios Research increasingly shows that purpose-driven employees are more productive and more deeply engaged, as well as more satisfied at work.
3 years ago - The purpose of business is changing. While historically, business students have been taught that the purpose of business solely is to increase investors' profits — known as the Friedman Doctrine — the most successful brands are searching for a deeper meaning. Defining and activating purpose in business was the key theme of Tuesday evening's plenaries at Sustainable Brands 2016. While Millennials often receive credit for compelling companies to embrace higher ideals, this actually is something all generations of demanded, said Shannon Schuyler, Chief Purpose Officer at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). However, because Millennials are such a large demographic and constantly communicate via technology, their voices are being heard.
3 years ago - Purpose-driven brands know that the key to successful engagement is connecting consumers to their brand purpose and mission. The most effective ways to do that is to listen, communicate, and build trust. Here we offer five inventive new ways to actively connect with the growing segment of conscious consumers.
3 years ago - This Friday, world leaders will convene to sign the Paris Climate Agreement. The international regulatory environment and national policies to curb emissions are reshaping global markets. Decarbonization could define the 21st century economy. But what do these changes mean for businesses?
4 years ago - A coalition of a dozen major food brands and retailers (and Patagonia!) have asked federal regulators not to back down on reducing trucking emissions and increasing fuel economy.
4 years ago - The average age of the American farmer is 58.3 years – it has been climbing for more than 30 years. Over the next 25 years, more than 700,000 new farmers will be needed to replace retirees. In part due to rising costs of education and land, the number of young farmers only increased by 1,220 in the five-year period between 2007 and 2012. Only 6 percent of farmers are under 35 years old.
4 years ago - The CEOs of 10 global food companies pledged to accelerate business action on climate change and urged U.S. and world leaders to form a robust international agreement at COP21 in December in a joint letter coordinated by Ceres and released yesterday.
4 years ago - In the less than 100 days remaining before the much-anticipated COP21 climate negotiations in Paris, more and more stakeholder groups are adding their voices to the throng urging world leaders to come to a decisive, actionable consensus on how to address the global climate crisis.
4 years ago - While more and more companies are becoming focused on a triple bottom line — in which they prioritize the health of people and planet in addition to profit — Clif Bar founder Gary Erickson took the sentiment further back in 2000, when he decided to not take a $120 million payout and instead focus on sustaining the health of five bottom lines: Business, Brand, Community, Planet and People. As CEO Kevin Cleary said during a recent "Feed Your Adventure" tour of Clif's Emeryville headquarters: "In any given year, we incent ourselves and say we have to deliver on all of them — if you deliver on Business, but you don't deliver on the rest, that isn't delivering shareholder value."


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Nicki Minaj Not Testifying in the Trial of Her Brother Jelani Maraj
By: A.J. Niles
It's been recently reported that Nicki Minaj would be testifying in Jelani Maraj's trial.
The rapper's camp is telling the media that despite the reports, she will not be testifying. In fact, her team is saying her brother's legal team made the whole thing up.
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Apple Peel Flavonoids as Natural Antioxidants for Vegetable Juice Applications
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European food research and technology. First online: 20 February 2016, Springer Verlag.
A phenolic extract from apple peels consisting mostly of flavan-3-ols (>50%), flavonol glycosides and dihydrochalcones was added as a natural antioxidant mixture to commercial carrot and tomato juices (final concentration: 90% juice, v/v) in order to transfer enhanced antioxidant capacity to the food matrix. The antioxidant contribution of the added extract to the capacity of the hydrophilic and lipophilic components of the juices was measured as ascorbic acid equivalents with FRAP and DPPH assays, and as inhibition against lipid peroxidation using an emulsified lipid in an oven test. Results showed that the addition of apple peel flavonoids at concentrations equal to or above 160 mg GAE/L as total phenolics in the juices led to significantly higher (p<0.05) radical scavenging capacity and to an increased protection against lipid peroxidation compared to control. The lipid radical inhibition of the enriched juices was comparable to synthetic antioxidants used for comparison. The antioxidant capacity of the enriched juices was mostly attributed to their hydrophilic components, particularly flavonoids with medium-to-high polarity such as catechins, dimers and quercetin glycosides. Nevertheless, it was suggested that oligomeric procyanidins with medium-to-low polarity could also contribute to the total antioxidant capacity as lipophilic components.


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One of the features of Al-Basrah is the "GI Special". The GI Special is nothing more than propaganda for the anti-military factions to use to demoralize our soldiers and undermine the United States. What makes GI Special even more disgusting is that it is written by an American, Thomas Barton. Barton also runs Traveling Soldier - another anti-military propaganda site. So who is this Thomas Barton and why does he hate our military?
Thomas Barton is listed as a Shop Steward with Local 768 Health Care Workers, AFSCME District Council 37 in NYC. He is also a member of the International Socialist Organization. Barton is a member of New York City Labor Against the War (NYCLAW). He is a former organizer for Vietnam Veterans Against the War. Another scary claim - Barton says he has worked with PTSD survivors for over 30 years, including war veterans at the VA clinic in NYC.
Barton joined in the anti-globalization protests of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in NYC back in April 2000. In an interview during the April protest, Barton said "It's not the workers who are our enemies - it's the same class of rich people that run both the US and China." He went on to say "The market-economy-Thatcher-Reagan-piss-on-the-poor [attitude] isn't flying anymore."
Since the war in Iraq began, Barton has focused his attention on the US military. The Traveling Soldier newsletter, which lists Barton as a member of the Production Staff, claims that it is all about "telling the truth - about the occupation, the cuts to veterans benefits or the dangers of depleted uranium." Traveling Soldier also reports "on the resistance to those on top - whether it's in the streets of Baghdad, New York, or inside the armed forces." Here's more from the Traveling Soldier "about us" page...
"We proudly take the side of our class - working people and the oppressed the world over - against those who use their wealth and power to make our lives hell... Our goal is for Traveling Soldier to become the thread that ties working-class people inside the armed services together. We want this newsletter to be a weapon to help you organize resistance within the armed forces - and that can't happen without you."
In the latest edition of Traveling Soldier, Barton proudly writes, "If you're looking for people to blame for the endless evil shit that happens in Iraq in this dishonorable Imperial war, blame the politicans that put the troops downrange, in an impossible situation. Everything flows from the act of invasion and conquest ordered up by the greedy Imperial liars and traitors in Washington DC. They are the enemy."
Also included in the lastest edition is a picture of Zarqawi alongside a picture of President Bush with the caption "One terrorist down, one to go."
Barton speaks at anti-war protests with the focus on creating and endorsing a "rebellion in the armed forces of the United States" to "stop the war". He is a regular contributor to Socialist Worker online and works closely with Iraq Veterans Against the War. Before Barton set up his own website, Military Project, the infamous Not In Our Name carried his "GI Special" and hosted its archives.
His other project, GI Special, is a favorite link for the anti-military, anti-war crowd, not to mention the terrorists looking to harm our soldiers and our country. Barton touts the "massive movements against the war [Vietnam] at home and in the armed forces" for stopping the war in Vietnam. His primary goal is to use the same tactics to get our soldiers out of Iraq.
Each issue of GI Special includes at least one article about failures of the military, the Resistance Roundup, articles about soldiers killed in Iraq from their hometown papers and much more. Here's a sample from the latest edition...
"Our Own Military Leadership Are Free To Rape At Absolute Carte Blanche - Female Soldiers Treated 'Lower Than Dirt'
USA? A Democracy? Silly Lying Bullshit!
Included in each issue is a photo from a funeral of a US soldier with the caption: THIS IS HOW BUSH BRINGS THE TROOPS HOME: BRING THEM ALL HOME NOW, ALIVE
There are the usual anti-war slogans - IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE RESISTANCE, END THE OCCUPATION (this one usually appears right after the Iraqi Resistance Roundup)
And of course, typical of the anti-military zealots, there is at least one anti-Bush photo per issue. Here's the one from the current issue....
Babies Know The Evil One;
Thomas Barton is the poster boy for the aging anti-Vietnam protestors that cannot move on from their 15 minutes. He spreads his hateful tripe to our soldiers in the name of "Support". He uses the freedoms provided to him by the blood and sweat of the US military to inflame the passions of those who seek to kill them. There is nothing lower than this type of "human being" - except for the people that support him.


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Let's meet Isuzu Sento
Isuzu Sento is a memorable character from the anime Amagi Brilliant Park. She appeared originally for the first time in the manga's first chapter and in the anime series' first episode. Originally from a fairy realm called Mapleland, she holds the title of First Royal Guard and her weapon is a magical muzzle-loader named Steinberger.
She may be very stoic, cold and blunt, but she has a sensitive side that makes a person melt once it is revealed. She loves taking baths, bathing up to 3 times a day because she is a descendant of a kappa and 'feels like dying' if she misses a bath. Her mascot for is a pink kappa, probably as an homage to her heritage.
Name: Isuzu Sento – Amagi Brilliant Park
Release Date: July 30, 2015
Size: 21,0 cm
Material: PVC
Weight: 800 g
Scale 1/8
Manufacturer: Stronger
Anime/Manga/Game: Amagi Brilliant Park
Artists: Tokunaga Hironori
Category Anime PVC Figurines
The first thing that might strike you is her beautiful long brown hair blowing in the wind, which is if the sexy outfit did not grab your attention first. She is dressed in her famous outfit with the red blazer and her Steinberger rests snugly over her shoulder.
There is something both intimidating and sexy about her pose and part of you wish she would use her Steinberger because you never know what magical bullet might appear.
Overall: A well-deserving 9.5
Paint Job – 8
The paint job is very well done, she is a little pale and it is a bit of a contrast with her stockings.
Sculpting – 10
The sculptor, Tokunaga Hironori really grabbed her essence and did a sugoi job. Especially with the hair as well as the expression on her face.
Design – 10
The design is spot on. This is just as we know her from the anime, the stoic but trigger-happy part of her personality is showing a little. The details on the boots are just exquisite.
Display Worth – 9
This is perfect for display and she would look nice amongst other 'gunslinger girls' like Sinon from Sword Art Online beside her
This figurine is totally worth the buy and will be a great addition to any collection. It is so Isuzu Sento that if you are a fan of her character, the figurine might just lure you in. Great Job!
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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of the drug cyclophosphamide (CY) on
inflammation and immune responses in individuals with Alzheimer's Disease (AD).
Inflammation and immunologic response appear to contribute to neurodegeneration in people
with AD. In a process called gliosis, the brain immune cells microglia and astroglia undergo
activation and possible proliferation, which promotes neuronal injury and death. Activated
microglia and astroglia produce compounds that are cytotoxic to neurons, and they express
molecules that greatly amplify immune and inflammatory processes in the brain. Excessive
glial activation and proliferation are thought to be pivotal events that hasten the demise
of synapses and neurons in AD. Fortunately, increased understanding of immune and
inflammatory pathology in AD has provided new opportunities for designing disease-altering
treatments for AD. Studies suggest that medications such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory
drugs (NSAIDs) and immunomodulatory agents may have an important role in altering the course
of AD. CY is a potent anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory drug that inhibits
proliferation of immune cells. This study will evaluate the effects of CY on individuals
with mild to moderate AD.
Participants in this study will be randomly assigned to receive either two different doses
of CY or placebo (an inactive pill) for 6 months. Participants who receive placebo during
the 6 months will have the option of receiving CY for an additional 6 months. Participants
will undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of the brain. Measures of cerebral
spinal fluid biomarkers or neurodegeneration, neuroinflammation, and neuroimmune activation
will be taken. In addition, peripheral lymphocyte subsets and peripheral markers of
inflammation will be assessed.
Objectives. The protocol is focused on the immune and inflammatory reactions in Alzheimer's
disease (AD) and the possibility that blocking the inflammatory response may alter the
course of the illness. The specific plan is to evaluate the biologic and clinical effects of
two doses of cyclophosphamide (CY) immunotherapy in AD patients compared to the clinically
available cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor (COX-2), rofecoxib. The study will test the hypotheses
that CY: 1) Is safe and tolerable in AD patients in meaningful clinical doses, 2) Can modify
central nervous system inflammation and immune responses in AD, 3) Inhibits
neurodegeneration in AD brains as indicated by peripheral biomarkers of AD pathology, and 4)
Is different quantitatively or qualitatively in its effect on immune markers than placebo or
other clinically-available anti-inflammatory drugs such as the COX-2 inhibitor, rofecoxib.
Rationale. Inflammation and immunologic responses appear to contribute significantly to
neurodegeneration in (AD). In a pathological process termed gliosis, the brain's resident
immune cells (microglia and astroglia) undergo chronic activation and possible
proliferation, promoting neuronal injury and death by several means. Activated microglia and
astroglia produce compounds that are directly cytotoxic to neurons, and they express
molecules that greatly amplify immune and inflammatory processes in the brain. Excessive
glial activation and proliferation are thought to be pivotal events hastening the demise of
synapses and neurons in AD. Conversely, the growing understanding of immune and inflammatory
pathology in AD has provided new opportunities for designing disease-altering treatments for
AD. Preliminary clinical trials of anti-inflammatory drugs in AD patients, epidemiologic
studies of anti-inflammatory drug use, and experimental models linking neurodegeneration
with neuroimmune/neuroinflammatory processes suggest strongly that medications such as
nonsteroidal-anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and immunomodulatory agents may have an
important role in altering the course of AD. CY is a potent anti-inflammatory and
immunomodulatory drug that acts primarily by inhibiting proliferation of immune cells.
Moreover, as immune cell proliferation appears to be an important aspect of AD
pathophysiology and disease progression, an exploratory, dose-finding trial of a
cytotoxic/cytostatic drug such as CY is appropriate, especially since CY is already widely
used for the treatment of other immune-mediated illnesses. Furthermore, a preliminary
European trial of CY in AD patients has already demonstrated an improvement in cognitive
function that correlated highly with the degree of immunomodulation achieved.
Design. Study subjects will include 60 male and female patients with mild-moderate AD. In a
randomized, placebo-controlled trial, two doses of CY or rofecoxib will be compared over a
6-month period. While the primary outcome measures will be safety and immunologic data,
cognitive and other behavioral measures will also be collected. The biological outcome
measures will include measures of brain volume (assessed by magnetic resonance imaging) and
cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers of neurodegeneration, neuroinflammation, and neuroimmune
activation. In addition, peripheral lymphocyte subsets and peripheral markers of
inflammation will be assessed. This design is meant to provide dose-finding data to help
design a more definitive efficacy trial with CY if the safety/tolerability parameters are
acceptable in this pilot study.
Subjects must have a diagnosis of probable Alzheimer's disease according to DSM-IV and
NINDS criteria.
Subjects must have mild-moderate severity of dementia according to the Clinical Dementia
Rating Scale at the time of study.
They must also have the ability to assign a DPA or have already assigned a DPA and give
informed consent for this medication trial and be willing to undergo repeat lumbar
punctures for the assessment of cerebrospinal fluid.
Severe dementia (CDR score greater than 2).
Diagnosis of probable vascular dementia.
Inability to give assent for participation or designate a durable power of attorney.
Medication history of cytotoxic drug therapy for more than 2 weeks during the 10 weeks
prior to study entry, for more than 10 weeks at any time, or for anytime during the 30 day
period prior to study entry.
Recent use of continuous (more than 3 doses per week) nonsteroidal medication (at least
one month before entry). Low dose aspirin will not be considered as continuous
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medication.
Known hypersensitivity to CY, aspirin or any nonsteroidal medication.
Current use of allopurinol, rifampin, methotrexate or warfarin.
Inflammatory conditions (such as SLE, autoimmune disease, etc.) which could respond to
medications given in the medication protocol.
Medical conditions including: active or chronic infection requiring antimicrobial therapy,
serious viral infection (hepatitis, herpes zoster), a single functioning kidney, renal
insufficiency (less than one third of normal GFR), significant hepatic dysfunction,
pre-existent malignancy, insulin-treated diabetes mellitus, severe benign prostatic
hypertrophy, immunosuppression, myelosuppression, lymphopenia, severe pulmonary
dysfunction, history of gastrointestinal ulceration active within the last 5 years,
history of gastrointestinal bleeding or perforation, or severe cardiac dysfunction.
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Aphids on Gardenias/Sooty Mold
Your article explains aphids and their residue that results in sooty mold very well, but didn't tell how to be rid of the pesty things. My gardenias are almost black with the stuff.
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Tufan posted a topic in Coding and Game DesignIs it possible to create tilesets using adobe illustrator? Can it show tile grids or am i have to create a new document for every tile and then merge them in one document?
P2 Tile bodiesHow can i add physics bodies to specific tiles without colliding with them?
Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'GetType' of nullSometimes this error occurs after destroying a sprite. Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'GetType' of null at box2d.b2Fixture.GetType (box2d-plugin-full.min.js:9) at box2d.b2ContactFactory.Create (box2d-plugin-full.min.js:9) at box2d.b2ContactManager.AddPair (box2d-plugin-full.min.js:9) at box2d.b2BroadPhase.UpdatePairs (box2d-plugin-full.min.js:9) at box2d.b2ContactManager.FindNewContacts (box2d-plugin-full.min.js:9) at box2d.b2World.Step (box2d-plugin-full.min.js:11) at Phaser.Physics.Box2D.update (box2d-plugin-full.min.js:13) at c.Physics.update (phaser.min.js:3) at c.Game.updateLogic (phaser.min.js:3) at c.Game.update (phaser.min.js:3) $.each(client.entities, function(i,v){ if (v.nametag){ v.nametag.destroy(); } v.destroy(); delete client.entities[i]; }); Should i call body.destroy before? Setting body.removeNextStep to true must delete body correctly but it doesn't trigger an event so i don't know when to delete sprite. Phaser CE v2.7.10
What is the difference between sprite.x and sprite.body.x?I noticed that sprite.x/y doesn't have any effect on player coordinates in Phaser CE v2.7.10. However, sprite.body.x/y works perfectly. What is sprite.x/y for?
Need help scaling TilemapLayerI'm trying to scale a tilemap using TilemapLayer.setScale but it blurs tiles, is there any way to scale tilemap with full quality? Phaser's scaling: https://prnt.sc/fsgcfz Tiled zoom: https://prnt.sc/fsgcp3
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Last active pointerHow can i find the last active pointer? I'm looking for something like this: game.input.onDown.add(oninputdown, this); function oninputdown(pointer){ lastPointer = pointer; }
No, all images in the images/ dir.
Game.js: setTimeout(function(){ this.state.start('MainMenu'); }.bind(this), 1500); MainMenu.js (triggered on click): this.state.start('Game'); Edit: Physics is also started on Game state if i start physics on MainMenu. Is this normal?
About the stageI get this error when restarting Game state. This line causing the error: this.player.healthbar = new HealthBar(this, {x:this.player.x, y:this.player.y-25, height:5, width:50}); It's all fine if i call world.removeAll in the state.shutdown function. shutdown: function(){ this.world.removeAll(); } Why am i have to call world.removeAll after switching states? Shouldn't it clear the game world itself when game.state.start is called? Docs says "but not the Stage, so if you've added your own objects to the Stage they will need managing directly" Is healthbar added to the Stage? If so, What is the stage? I'm using phaser.healthbar plugin to create health bars.
For desktop devices, there's no bounds even without _definedSize. (for scaleMode SHOW_ALL) For mobile devices, there's world bounds set to screen size. this.world._definedSize = true; this.stage.disableVisibilityChange = true; this.scale.scaleMode = Phaser.ScaleManager.SHOW_ALL; this.scale.pageAlignHorizontally = true; this.scale.pageAlignVertically = true; It doesn't let me replace world bounds with Box2D's setBounds method, only world.setBounds. I need to have world bounds with Box2D bodies. this.physics.box2d.setBoundsToWorld(); // or this.physics.box2d.setBounds(0, 0, 19200, 19200); // same as box2d.setBoundsToWorld() since it doesn't use x,y,width,height. // No effect
What's the difference between this.scale.scaleMode = Phaser.ScaleManager.RESIZE; this.scale.pageAlignHorizontally = true; this.scale.pageAlignVertically = true; and this.scale.setResizeCallback(function(obj,rect){ this.scale.setGameSize(rect.width, rect.height); }, this); I need to use Box2D's world bounds but scaleMode RESIZE sets it's own bounds to the world and i can't replace it. With setResizeCallback everything works fine (i think, at least.) Can I use Box2D's world bounds with scaleMode RESIZE if there's a big difference?
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Phaser and mobile gamesI want to put my game to Play Store, I googled it a bit and found Cordova and CocoonJS. I'm planning to use Box2D plugin and websockets for the game so my questions are: Which one is faster? I don't want to use CocoonJS if i don't have to since it adds a "built with Cocoon" splash. Is websockets supported? Is it possible to read & write files, show notifications? Can I use Google Play Games Services? How can I monetize my game? Is there an easy way to add ads? Thanks.
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Responsive gameI need to change x,y coordinates of texts, sprites etc. when screen size changes. I made something like this, but i don't think this is the right solution. How can i do this directly with Phaser? document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].onresize = function(){ var w = window.innerWidth * window.devicePixelRatio; var h = window.innerHeight * window.devicePixelRatio; // Game size if(w != game.width || h != game.height) { game.scale.setGameSize(w, h); } // UI HPText.cameraOffset.y = h-245; Text1.cameraOffset.y = h-325; Text2.cameraOffset.y = h-305; Text3.cameraOffset.y = h-285; Text4.cameraOffset.y = h-265; } Is it possible to scale sprites/texts for all devices? If so, how? I couldn't find an easy solution for that. Also, what does game.scale.setShowAll() do? Can't find this function in the docs.
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Works well if you minus x,y by the size of player's rectangle. Use final solution instead, this doesn't work correctly. this.mmgraphics.drawRect(player.x/this.mmgraphics.timesby+this.mmgraphics.padding-10,this.camera.height+player.y/this.mmgraphics.timesby-this.mmgraphics.padding-this.mmgraphics.screensizeH-10,10,10); Edit: Final solution Just minus screensize values by rectangle size. // create this.mmgraphics.timesby = (((this.mmgraphics.mapWidth/(this.mmgraphics.screensizeW-5))/2)+((this.mmgraphics.mapHeight/(this.mmgraphics.screensizeH-5))/2)); // update this.mmgraphics.drawRect(((entity.x/this.mmgraphics.timesby)+this.mmgraphics.padding),(this.camera.height+(entity.y/this.mmgraphics.timesby)-this.mmgraphics.padding-this.mmgraphics.screensizeH),5,5); You can change timesby on update function to have rectangles in different sizes.
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I actually tried that before, didn't work tho.


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MPs express support for community pharmacy in Westminster Hall debate
February 24 2016
MPs have expressed their support for pharmacy and concerns over government proposals to cut pharmacy remuneration by 6%.
Derek Thomas, Conservative MP for St Ives, Cornwall, opened the 90-minute long Westminster Hall debate referring to the open letter the Department of Health had sent to the pharmacy negotiating body PSNC on December 17 2015. He noted that the letter had initially discussed the potential for far greater use of community pharmacy before setting out its plans to reduce the funding commitment by £170 million from October.
"Therein lies the problem. We have a front-line NHS service that is valued and depended on and able to embrace new clinical responsibilities and meet the demands of an ageing population, but it is unsure about its future," he said.
Mr Thomas endorsed comments from other MPs saying that the NHS and hospitals will have to pick up the burden of services such as smoking cessation, cholesterol testing and blood pressure testing. he also noted people in urban areas are resorting to going to A&E as they cannot get a convenient GP appointment time.
He added that the potential impact on patient services was of particular concern for independent pharmacies in rural areas, "where it is much more difficult to access acute services and GP practices.
"The community pharmacist is part of the solution, not part of the problem, in what we want to do for the NHS ... we need to do all we can to support the development of community pharmacists rather than take away money that they need," he said. "We need clarity about how the money will be found, if it must be found. I believe that there are other ways to save money, particularly involving the use and waste of drugs."
Alex Chalk, MP for Cheltenham, said that "although no one is against sensible savings ... nothing should be done to undermine the excellent job done by community pharmacists in diverting patients from primary care, or to add to the burden on hard-pressed GPs"
Mr Thomas commented: "I want the Government to examine the value of community pharmacists and to consider how they can do some of the work—in fact, a large part of the work—that would save money for NHS acute services.
"Pharmacists give free, over-the-counter advice to thousands of people every day, promoting self-care and diverting patients from GP and urgent care services. However, it is estimated that £2 billion-worth of GP consultations a year are still being taken by patients with symptoms that pharmacists could treat."
He set out a number of questions for the Government:
- has the Government made any impact assessment in relation to their position of reducing community pharmacy numbers and the impact that this change might have on the health, and economic and social wellbeing of people living in our area?
- what assessment has it made of the impact that such a reduction would have on the workload of GPs, those in A&E and those providing out-of-hours services, if patients cannot access their regular pharmacy and then visit these other services
- what assurances can the Government give to independent community pharmacists?
- what consultation has been conducted with pharmacy patients, and what would their concerns be if community pharmacies were to close?
Sir Kevin Barron MP, who chairs the all-party group on pharmacy in Parliament, said: "The Government make great claims about putting an extra £8 billion into the national health service, but the truth is that that £170 million, which is part of the £22 billion of efficiency savings, is being taken out of the NHS, so it is hardly new money. It is not the £8 billion—that comes in a few years' time. We are talking here about major cuts to vital services."
He called on the Government to furnish further details of how it will ensure access to pharmacy services in remote or deprived communities. He also warned of the prospect of a "commoditised medicine supply service with an increased focus on warehouse dispensing and online services.
Responding to the debate, the Minister for Community and Social Care, Alistair Burt, said the average pharmacy receives £220,000 a year in NHS funding. "The Government contend that money can perhaps be saved in one place and used elsewhere for the delivery of new services. That is the reality of life," he said.
"I want to work with NHS England to promote local commissioning of community pharmacy within the health community, so that we can ensure the best use of this valuable resource. That is why we are consulting on how best to introduce a pharmacy integration fund to help to transform the way pharmacists and community pharmacy will operate in the NHS of the future. By 2020-21, we will have invested £300 million in the fund."


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What? Wasn't Jenny McCarthy available?
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., a noted vaccination skeptic, will chair a commission on vaccine safety and scientific integrity at the request of President-elect Donald Trump, the political scion said Tuesday.
Kennedy, following a meeting with Trump inside Trump Tower, told reporters that the point of the commission would to be "to make sure we have scientific integrity in the vaccine process for efficacy and safety effects."
"President-elect Trump has some doubts about the current vaccine policies and he has questions about it," Kennedy explained. "His opinion doesn't matter but the science does matter and we ought to be reading the science and we ought to be debating the science."
In keeping with this thinking, Trump should go ahead and assign Jane Fonda as the National President of the Vietnam Veterans of America.
Idiocracy becomes more like a documentary every day.
America is about to become a basket case Fubar'd and consigned to laughing stock.
Something like Britain thanks to Brexit and Beatch Prime Minister number 2.
Add to that a cretin in the opposition party and its Vaseline time.
I know, right? What a mess.
RD, how are you coping, as an "honest American" in these Trumpesque days? They used to say Kafkaesque, but now the unthinkable has become real; the lunatics really HAVE taken over the loonybin! You must be gutted! It was always hard enough being an "American abroad" (lol, really!), but now it must be unbearable! Do foreigners look at you funny? Thinking "Is he one of ... them? Those people; HIS people?" How horrible must it be, to be tarred with HIS brush! Don't you want to shout out: "We're not ALL like him!"?
As a "good person" and an occasional worthy foe, I truly feel your pain brother!
I am not enjoying the situation but I think most people see people as individuals. Of course I haven't been abroad since the election. We shall see.
Trump Administration denies RFK is on vaccine commission. That is good news.
RD, would it be feeling better/fairer/more reliable if it would be someone heavily involved in the pharma industry? As it is most often.


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There's a sense of stumbling across a lost domain when you enter the Welbeck Estate. There's a very big house, and winding drives, and orderly parkland. But there's a village, a complete village, as well, with school, pub and post office, and houses, all in the same, delicious honeyed stone and design, 18 and 19th century, I'd say, comfortable, handsome, relics of a more confident age. Every part is beautifully maintained, cared for, loved, by William and Allison Parente, who live in the big house.
Welbeck, 15,000 acres just outside Sheffield, but still inside Nottinghamshire, was the creation of the Dukes of Portland. I don't want to get into the complexities of inheritance. Suffice to say that the direct line or Portlands died out, and by a sequence of births, marriages and deaths, the Will and Allison ended up having responsibility for one of the country's great estates.
And I suppose they could have settled there and lived quiet, comfortable lives, just pottering along. But that is not their way, nor their vision. They can see the part a glorious survival of six centuries of aristocratic management can play in a rather rougher and demanding contemporary world.
It would all seem an anomaly, would be an anomaly, at the beginning of the 21st century, were there not some very interesting signs of life stirring under the steepling roofs and inside the handsome buildings. In one outlying farm building, for example, Joe Schneider and Randolph Hodgson have been recreating Stilton cheese from unpasteurised milk of the Welbeck herd of Friesian cows. They've had to call it Stichelton, because they're not allowed to call it Stilton, which has the European DOG stamp of approval and has to be made with pasteurised milk.
The success of the Stichelton enterprise encouraged Allison Parente to up the ante considerably by opening The School of Artisan Food in a block of renovated stables (slightly grander than the house I live in). There's a working bakery, a dairy and a butchery section, with a micro-brewery being built. The school offers yearlong courses, which result in an advanced diploma in each of the areas. A year's course costs £14,000, not a small investment, but you will have a marketable life skill at the end of it.
As Val Bines, the Head of Dairy on the full-time Advanced Diploma Qualification, says 'As someone who has taught cheesemaking for many years this is a facility that, until now, has only been a dream. I hope that we will be able to encourage many more aspiring cheesemakers to take the first step with a sound education behind them.'
There are short courses as well – Wild Yeast Baking, Italian Baking and Pizza Making, Ice Cream Making, Beer and Cheese, for example, which won't set you back nearly so much, anywhere between £160 for day to £600 for two days. The lecturers are drawn from the top of their professions – Andrew Sharp, Julie Cheney, Ivan Day, Emmanuel Hadjiandroeou, Martin Gott, Pammy Riggs among them – although to call them lecturers seems a bit of a misnomer. I can't remember the last time I saw a lecturer is a white butcher's apron, with blood smears on it, or with white coat and dinky hat, hands covered in flour. The lecturers at the School of Artisan Food are very much of the hands-on variety.
What do the students expect to get out of it?
'England has a rich history of hand-crafted cheese-making,' says Yvette McNally, 'and at one time Teesdale in County Durham was an important 'Yorkshire' dale' for farmstead cheese alongside Wensleydale and Swaledale. I'm learning the careful art and technique of the craft so that I can go on to set up a new creamery along traditional lines in Upper Teesdale, an area of outstanding nature beauty. I hope Teesdale can also become know as a centre of excellence for outstanding fine cheese'.
There is an increasing demand for the kind of skills the School of Artisan Food teaches. More and more people, it seems, are finding the relentless grind of contemporary work life unrewarding and uninvolving. The hard work involved in being a butcher, baker, cheesemaker or brewer will not be any the less. Nor do you follow any of these trades in order to become rich beyond the dreams of avarice. However, to judge by students and teachers I met, the personal rewards are the true measure of fulfillment. And you can always eat what you make. You can't say that about banking or the law or architecture, can you?
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We can't resist a man from his passion to watch FIFA world cup and to research more deeply about silicone sex dolls. They are the biggest fan of sex dolls in this Earth. Their incredible love for these dolls makes them the biggest searchable product on the internet browser. We men have a huge crush on sex product and especially when the product like sex dolls which become the hottest sensation on the online world, then who wants to get resist from its magical touch. But when the term 'doll' attaches to sex then the question for doubt automatically occurs.
Let's dig all those questions to subtle their doubts once for all and help you know more research-based facts about these lifelike sex dolls.
1st Question- Is the material of the doll is 'human skin-friendly'?
This is the general question we all worried before getting intimate with some unknown person. And right now that unknown person is a 'doll' big '????' to worry about. Well, to this regard the manufacturer of the sex doll are very concerns and mark a statement that nothing suits better to human skin than 'silicone'-non-porous in nature. It's absolutely skin-friendly and non-allergic to human. Therefore, the chances of anyone getting hurt by using silicone sex doll are almost negligible.
2nd Question- Is she is really a safe option than brothels?
Human is bounded by all transmitted disease, not its real replica (realistic doll). Since the texture of doll is non-reactive in nature, which clearly means that you won't get clinically ejaculated (majorly AIDS) to its elegant touch. Also, your cost to bear condom is also of no use because she can never get pregnant. Consider her as your women replica in which 'silicone' gives it a long-lasting and lifelike texture to its skin which is absolutely safe to use.
3rd Question- Is the silicone smell weirdly?
No, absolutely not. Why a sex material can ever smell disgustingly when it is all about intensity, passion and wildness-which comes with a decent fragrance of your partner. Believe it, silicone is purely odorless material and never make you realize any weird smell from your love doll.
4th Question- Is it cost expensive?
This is the biggest myth people have in their mind for dolls. Not every product cost expensive which have encounter skyrocket demand in the market. Understanding its necessity in human's life, the manufacturer of sex doll decides to make its availability at an affordable price without compromising any bit of its quality.
Takeaway– In a short note, these silicone dolls are the attractive options to buy instead putting your life at stake with prostitutes for 'one-night stand'. Why go for one-night when you can enjoy all your night with a safe cum stunning option!


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Hi Kim
I am from Cebu, Philippines and I've been here for 3 months already. Well yes, Edmonton is our only stop (I arrive with my family). I will be taking CELBAN for the first time this December 4 and I am quiet nervous because I don't have any idea about this test, but I took IELTS twice already. The recent one was last [year]. I am really weak in the Writing part. I scored L- 7.5-8, R- 7.5-8 W- 6-6.5 and S-7-7.5. I am so frustrated because [NNAS] requires higher scores. That's why I really really need your help on this. Thanks! E
Dear E,
I am glad you have contacted me, I would like to warn you about a trap that you are about to enter, that happens all the time.
Often people arrive in Canada. The first thing they do is find out about the licensure process, and learn that the first step is to pass an English exam. They make a choice: IELTS or CELBAN. And they take the test.
Seems simple and familiar, right?
For those who take the IELTS is it simple: take the exam until you get a passing score. Right? Right, you can take the IELTs again and again. But did you take the Academic version? No? Uh-oh. NNAS only accepts the Academic Version. And it is pretty hard to get a passing score, so most people look for alternatives.
Internationally Educated Nurses then start to explore the CELBAN. All the questions are about nursing. Should be easy, right? It is. The CELBAN is easier that the IELTS for this reason. But what are the required scores? A 10 in listening? Seriously, that is a high score.
Most people with a 7 think it is only 3 points, but that is a trap! The difference between a 6-7 and a 10 is the difference between high school and university! It takes time, dedication and great effort to increase your score by one point, never mind 3!
But that is not all. You can only take the CELBAN three times!
Seriously! So every time counts. But it gets worse.
How is that possible?
Your exam will expire in 2 years! And it takes more than 2 years to become an RN. Do you know what that means?
That means that you must keep one of your three chances available for 2 years time when you have to take the exam again. So, in all reality you only have 2 chances to take and pass the exam. What is the trap?
Most people arriving in Canada don't realize that they only have 3 chances at the exam. They don't realize the exam will expire in 2 years. They don't realize that a 10 in listening is required to pass. So they take the exam as soon as they can, without preparation, and fail. One chance lost. Only one chance left to go.
Is this for real?
Unfortunately it is. My heart has been broken seeing the dreams of IENs shattered upon failing the CELBAN the third time. Please consider this warning. Please avoid the trap you are about to enter. Please ensure you are prepared for the exam! You only have 3 chances to pass the exam! Pass the first time!
2018 Update
Dear Friends,
This post has been read 4,000 times! Since it's writing, the term CELBAN Trap was used by one of my Speaking Mentors during her training. (She was an Internationally Educated Nurse from the Philippines who took CELBANPrep and passed the CELBAN on her first attempt.) She read this post, and other ones, and became really concerned about the CELBAN Trap. It was when she spoke about it that I realized that there was a true phenomenon being experienced by so many Internationally Educated Nurses.
I created two e-books, at the time:
The 5 Factors was written to help people to understand the CELBAN Trap and whether they would fall into it or not. The 4 Ways IENs Fall was created based on four different type of situations that appeared repeatedly for IENs who were either:
- Unsuspecting Newcomers,
- Busy Moms/Dads (or soon to be),
- Disillusioned Dreamers, or
- Strained Achievers.
At this time 4 Ways is available for free through Kindle Unlimited in 100 Countries!!!
(5 Factors is not available at this time as it requires some updating.)
The point about the CELBAN Trap isn't to create fear; but, to inform you that adequate preparation is required. Check out other posts on this blog to find out more about the preparation process.
The wonderful thing is that changes have happened since first creating this post and publishing the CELBAN Trap E-books. Internationally Educated Nurses now have more opportunities to pass the CELBAN.
2018 UPDATE: If an IEN does not get the required score within her/his first three attempts: she/he can take the CELBAN again 3 times in two years!
This change in policy decreases the stress on IENs; but, the message still stands. Be Aware. Know what you are getting into. Prepare diligently. Invest in your future: time, effort and financially.
The whole concept of the CELBAN Trap proves that one person can make a difference! When E wrote that e-mail to me, we were on the cusp of knowledge and change. It is because of her question that I answered the way that I did. In reading this post, my Speaking Mentor turned the phrase into common language, which inspired not one but two e-books on the subject. That, in turn, notified the policy makers of a need for change. Change resulted. This is the magic of CELBANPrep and the CELBANPrep Method!
We all have that ability to make a difference in the world: me as a writer and educator, you as a nurse and healer. We are all in this together. Let's make this world the very best that we can! 🙂


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If it seems the newest studies are always reporting some new link – an association between two things or an increase or decrease in this, that or the other – it's not your imagination.
Positive findings, those which find … "something," tend to end up in journals more often. But a recent study in PLOS ONE suggests that this trend has decreased, thanks to a change in trial reporting standards around the year 2000. Continue reading


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I am pretty new to working with XAML and LINQ and could really do with some help. I need to be able to create and then save new records to my database (bound to objects on my XAML view). I can currently load and existing record, make the changes and then save (see test example below), but not from scratch (and I've spent far too much time today trying to figure it out).
In short, I need to start off with an empty record, and then save it (basic stuff I'm guessing).
egwEntities db = new egwEntities();
private egw_addressbook mvm = new egw_addressbook();
private void GetData()
DataContext = mvm;
var result = (from o in db.egw_addressbook where o.contact_id == 16875 select o).FirstOrDefault();
if (result == null) return;
mvm.org_name = result.org_name;
mvm.hex_srv_start = result.hex_srv_start;
private void btnSave_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
var abook = db.egw_addressbook.Local.FirstOrDefault(o => o.contact_id == 16875);
abook.org_name = mvm.org_name;
abook.hex_srv_start = mvm.hex_srv_start;


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It has been a few months since any mention of Boris Lozhkin, the relatively low profile Head of the Presidential Administration, has been made.
The above linked entry, aside from a brief glossary of the man himself, dealt with Mr Lozhkin's stepping out of the media shadow during the protracted theatre of creating a new Cabinet of Ministers and an apparent desire to enter parliamentary politics and leave the Presidential Administration.
An entry into parliamentary politics did not manifest, however the desire to leave the Presidential Administration has not necessarily diminished – and to be fair, having been a man instrumental in bringing experienced external players into the Yatseniuk governance structure, only to seem them removed one by one and then eliminated within the Groisman Cabinet (though acknowledgement should be made of a solid and sensible choice in appointing Ivanna Klympush-Tsyntsadze) – few could be surprised if he has had enough.
If parliamentary politics are no longer upon the agenda for Mr Lozhkin, and the desire to get out of the Presidential Administration remains – back to business beckons.
Why he remains in post now is perhaps not due to his desire to remain, but due to a lack of desire to release him as Head of the Presidential Administration. Candidates to replace him are few (to be charitable) – or perhaps more accurately replacements appear in the solitary candidate of Vitaliy Kovalchuk (his current Deputy).
It is not that Ukraine is lacking in suitably qualified and experienced citizens capable of becoming Head of the Presidential Administration – or Deputy Head if/when Vitaliy Kovalchuk moves up one. By way of managerial capabilities and the slight of hand to deftly, diligently and quietly control the parlour games and intrigues within the presidential orbit and its periphery, there is certainly more than one capable candidate.
This core issue is whoever is to become Head or Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration allowing Mr Lozhkin to leave, has to be first and foremost unquestionably and unshakably loyal to President Poroshenko. Personal loyalty far exceeds ability for President Poroshenko when it comes to appointing those closest to him – and by extension granting access to the affairs that surround him.
To be blunt, there are not many people that fit that category who are currently at a politically loose end – Makar Pasenyuk perhaps. They have all already been appointed – somewhere. Simply reshuffling them will still leave a space that requires filling by somebody the President considers unquestionably and unshakably loyal to him.
Indeed quite when Mr Lozhkin will eventually be freed from the Presidential Administration in the notable absence of unquestionably and unshakably loyal presidential chums sat around doing nothing remains to be seen.


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Eliot Glacier Tour - July 19, 2008
I had wanted to climb Mt. Hood in June or July as my spring climb was canceled (private group). I couldn't get on a climb but did get lucky enough to join the Mazama's Eliot Glacier tour (there was a last minute cancellation). The EG is on the north side of Hood; the less traveled side and considered more scenic. The views of Mt. Rainier, Mt. Adams and Mt. St. Helens were stunning. Gary Beck led the group with David Pyszkowski assisting. We were three groups of three climbers each. Really fun group. We practiced crevasse rescue (I've been so focused on cardio, core and legs; time to focus more on upper body strength)! Had a phenomenal day ending with the traditional celebratory meal (Mexican food this time). I had been deliberating climbing Hood from the easier south side or the more difficult Sunshine route (north side). I will be being ready for the Sunshine route next spring as I so much prefer the path less traveled. Keep training, keep climbing and keep inspiring!Read More