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National Center for Health Research: October 9, 2017
Thank you for the opportunity to express our views on the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) draft recommendation statement, evidence review, and modeling report for cervical cancer screening. The National Center for Health Research is a nonprofit think tank that conducts, analyzes, and scrutinizes research, policies, and programs on a range of issues related to health and safety. We do not accept funding from companies that make products that are the subject of our work.
We agree that this is the right time for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force to re-evaluate its cervical cancer screening recommendations, due to new research studies and decision modeling analysis. In 2012, the USPSTF recommended starting screening at age 21 and stopping at age 65. Women could get a Pap every 3 years, or starting at age 30, women could get both a Pap and HPV test (co-test) every 5 years. Based on the USPSTF's review, we agree with maintaining most of the 2012 recommendations, but have significant concerns about changes USPSTF has proposed.
We are very concerned about the proposed grade "A" recommendation to exclusively screen women with the HPV test every 5 years starting at age 30. As the Task Force recognized, clinical trial evidence to support primary HPV screening as a preferred screening strategy is inadequate. There is also a lack of well-designed and implemented clinical trials comparing co-testing and primary HPV screening. The pivotal ATHENA trial, the U.S. prospective study supporting the efficacy of primary HPV screening, had significant shortcomings and does not provide clear and substantial evidence that primary HPV testing reduces cancer incidence or mortality. The Task Force appropriately classified this study as "poor quality" and excluded it from the draft evidence review. However, some medical societies are still quoting it.
Due to lack of available evidence, the Task Force relied heavily on mathematical models to arrive at the grade "A" recommendation. While mathematical models that incorporate real world data help to support available evidence, they are hypothetical, and conclusions must still be weighed against evidence from clinical trials and observational studies. This definitely is well below the standard of an "A" recommendation; in fact, we believe screening based exclusively on HPV tests should not be recommended.
Based on the USPSTF's decision modeling analysis, primary HPV testing potentially confers a slightly higher mortality benefit (approximately 10 life-years per 1000 women) compared to cytology alone, but it requires significantly more colposcopies to be done for each possible cancer averted (766 vs. 39). Moreover, the models demonstrate that primary HPV testing and co-testing prevent approximately the same amount of deaths, but co-testing would require more total tests (19,806 vs. 12,151). However, models are necessarily based on assumptions that are not necessarily accurate. The conclusions from these models are not based on research conducted on actual patients.
In addition, while the USPSTF depended on the draft modeling report to conclude that primary HPV screening may provide more benefits than harms, other recent modeling analyses by Felix et al., concluded that screening by co-testing may be superior to screening by HPV test alone. Therefore, the totality of the evidence does not support eliminating co-testing as an acceptable strategy.
We therefore conclude that the Task Force's grade "A" recommendation assigned to primary HPV screening is inappropriate, because it is primarily based on modeling analysis and not clinical trials or real-world data. This grade "A" would certainly mislead physicians and women to believe that there is incontrovertible evidence to support an HPV testing-only screening strategy rather than co-testing or Pap smear only testing. Since the recommendation is that women can select a Pap smear every 3 years or the HPV test every 5 years, many women will likely choose the less frequent screening option, not realizing that they will be at increased risk of needing additional, more invasive testing with the HPV test only screening.
The seven cited randomized clinical trials are difficult to interpret. First, the studies cannot be assumed to be representative of women in the U.S. since they were conducted primarily in European countries with national screening programs and more standardized triage strategies. Second, the studies were extremely heterogeneous in terms of test technology, screening intervals, and follow-up protocols. Third, the study results were mixed. For instance, the NTCC phase II trial found that hrHPV test alone had a higher CIN3 detection rate only in the first screening round, and actually had a lower rate of detection in the second round. The Task Force's review contends that the "cumulative rate was still double." However, it is possible that detection rates of CIN3 declined in the second screening round because the lesions regressed due to HPV clearance. Thus, perhaps the colposcopies triggered by HPV positivity in the first screening round were unnecessary. Bottom line: these data are inconclusive. Last, the studies included surrogate endpoints for cancer incidence and mortality, such as CIN2 or CIN3 detection. These endpoints are likely not the most meaningful outcomes for women, since CIN2/3 lesions do not always progress to cervical cancer and sometimes regress instead. There are several other determinants of disease trajectory that may differ among women in different countries.
While we understand why the USPSTF advises women to "discuss with their provider which testing strategy is best for them" it is obvious that this advice will not necessarily provide excellent guidance for the average patient. Many providers will not realize that population-based studies and well-conducted clinical trials do not substantially support primary HPV as a preferred testing strategy. Instead, providers are likely to depend on the USPSTF recommendation or those of medical societies, rather than careful scrutiny of the data. Furthermore, the triage strategy for a positive HPV test is not standardized; it varies from cytology test, HPV genotype test, or direct colposcopy. Such a decision would depend on organized follow-up and would necessitate an informed discussion, which may not be possible in a single office visit. As suggested in the ARTISTIC subsample, a positive HPV test is likely to cause anxiety, and many patients will undergo colposcopy they would not have been needed had they been screened with a Pap smear instead.
In conclusion, we agree with maintaining much of the 2012 recommendations, but we strongly disagree with the proposed "A" rating for HPV testing alone, and urge that the USPSTF reconsider the shortcomings of the evidence and revise their recommendation to give preference to co-testing and Pap smears alone, rather than stand-alone HPV testing.
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on this most important issue which will have an impact on the lives of many adult women on a national level.
For questions or more information, please contact Danielle Shapiro, MD, MPH at email@example.com.
Felix, JC., et. al. The Clinical and Economic Benefits of Co-Testing Versus Primary HPV Testing for Cervical Cancer Screening: A Modeling Analysis. J Women's Health. 2016; 25(6):606-16
Draft Recommendation Statement: Cervical Cancer: Screening. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. October 2017. https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Document/draft-recommendation-statement/cervical-cancer-screening2

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In his latest article in Adventist World, Nathan Brown shares a personal conversation between him and his father, a retired pastor–Practicing Doctrine. Brown points out the generational differences between the two, noting how each has emphasized themes consistent with others … Continue reading
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DFI NB76 i845G Motherboard Updated Review (Page 4)
- Features
The NB76 has quite a few onboard features that will interest you. Firstly, it includes a Realtek RTL8100BL controller that adds 10/100 Ethernet support. This controller performed quite well during testing and it is certainly a welcome addition for those that cannot afford a PCI network card or just require a temporary solution.
It also features 6-channel audio through an AC'97 controller. This is not the highest quality onboard audio we have seen and there are much better onboard solutions available from manufacturers such as CMedia and Creative. That said, it is certainly satisfactory as a temporary solution or for those that rarely listen to audio on their PC.
The board features support for a total of six USB 2.0 devices, with four ports available in the rear panel and an optional bracket for the other two ports. I was rather disappointed to see that ATA133 support has not been integrated into the southbridge. Although there aren't many ATA133 hard drives available at the moment, it would have been nice to see ATA133 support included for those looking at upgrading in the near future.
One of the most important features the i845G chipset possesses is an onboard graphics controller. At the time of writing this review, this controller has not yet been named, however, all of Intel's pre-release whitepapers have it labelled as "Intel Extreme Graphics". For those that require higher quality graphics than the onboard video provided, there is also an AGP4x slot onboard. I will be benchmarking both an AGP card and the onboard video a little later on in the review.
If you decide to use the onboard video, DFI includes an add-in card that is placed into the AGP slot. This card adds a DVI output, a TV ouput and an S-Video output.
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What You Need to Know About Modular Homes
The base price of the modular home is less expensive than having a crew labor on-site for months which enables new homeowners to customize them very nicely.
Modular homes, or prefabricated homes, offer a variety of benefits for home buyers who want to build on a plot of land. Here are some things you should know:
1. Prefabs Are Faster to Build
Depending on the complexity of the home, it can take around three months to build and get it move-in ready. From start to finish, it takes about nine months to a year to construct a stick-built house.
Home modules are constructed and inspected in a factory, where weather won't delay the process. The modules are then transported to the final building site. It takes about three days to fully assemble those components at the site.
Additional site work, including electrical and plumbing hook-ups, driveway paving, final grading of the land and landscaping, also need to be done as in site built homes.
2. Preset home plans, a-la-carte options, or customized homes
For manufacturers that offer preset home plans, the base price of a modular home typically includes construction, transportation of the modules to the final build site, and setting the home on its foundation. For an additional cost, buyers can tweak a builder's preset plan, hardwood rather than carpet, for example.
Site work, like septic and utility hook up is an additional fee, just like in stick built homes.
3. Modular Homes Are Surprisingly Durable
In assessing damage to residential neighborhoods after a Category 5 Hurricane, the Federal Emergency Management Agency reported "relatively minimal structural damage in modular housing developments. The module-to-module combination of the units appears to have provided an inherently rigid system that performed much better than conventional residential framing." Translation: Prefab homes can hold up better in extreme weather conditions than traditional stick-built structures.
4. You Can Remodel Your Modular Home
After construction, there's nothing that would preclude the reconfiguration or remodeling of a modular home simply because it's a modular build. Just like a stick-built home, you need to account for the structural support and layout. Prefab homeowners looking to remodel should let their contractor know early on that they have a modular home because there may be some slight differences in the structure of the beams that support the home.
For more information on building modular homes, contact Tidewater Custom Modular Homes.


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A bad case of the Crashies
After about 18 months of 100% uptime the server LISNews sits on crashed yesterday afternoon. It came back up in decent shape, things seem to be back to normal after just a little bit of work. The bad news is I still can't tell for sure what happened. It's like the server was tired, so it just took a nap for a few hours. EV1 turned it back on, and I repaired a few tables, and that's about it. Seems to be back to normal now, I hope. Now that LISNews is alone it wasn't a big deal, had .org crashed I'd be much more worried.
One skill that seems to separate a real computer geek from a computer user is the level at which he person can click around to find the answer to a problem. I was just asked to figure out a problem with a Windows program I'd never seen or used before, and, eventually, I figured it out. The person using it was afraid they'd break it if they went poking around.
With just a limited set of widgets to work with on windows there are only so many things that can go wrong, or be done to any program, and once you've seen most of them, most windows programs will tend to make sense most of the time. There's a level of comfort that a geek has around an operating system they know that allows some bold mousing to be done, which will usually lead to solving the problem, though could also lead to disaster. I don't feel the same way poking around the command line in Linux. One misplaced "rm -rf" and your day is ruined.
I've figured
that what seperates the geek from the average user really two things: The guts to try something new, and the ability to read and interpret what something means when it comes to a given program.
As for your linux box, could be something very simple to figure out. I was running a mail server on linux away back and it suddenly crashed out of the blue, and a reboot could not restore it because the bios thought the server had a hard drive controller failure. I was testing a new server to take the old server's place, but instead placed it into production. I later found out the only reason it crashed was because the hard drive cable came loose inside the case (yes the cover was on). When I pushed in the hard drive cable the box came alive and loaded the OS without complaint.


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Humble Bundle has been around for some time now but if you're still not familiar with what it is, it's a bundle of games that comes out every so often where you can pay what you want for some awesome games, and all the money goes to charity, humble bundle and the developers of the games. Since you pay what you want, you can also decide how to divvy up your cash, whether you want most of it to go to the devs or the biggest chunk to go to charity. Sounds awesome right? When it comes to the games, there will usually be three games that are accessible to download when you pay whatever you want and three others that are accessible only after you unlock them, which is doable after you pay whatever the average amount is at the time of your purchasing the pack of games.
This time around we have Humble Mobile Bundle 6 and to start there is 6 great games included. More are usually added after a couple of weeks as additional unlockable games and then the bundle continues for another week or two. Included in the pack for any price there is Elliss Infinity, Duet premium, and Combo Crew Special Edition. If you pay more than the average price at the time you'll unlock and also be able to download Threes!, Mines of Mars, and Joe Dever's Lone Wolf: Full Game, all three really great games and the definitely great additions to the pack.
If you decide to allocate more of the money that you pay to charity, Humble Mobile Bundle 6 supports Electronic Frontier Foundation and Child's Play Charity. Both Threes! and Elliss Infinity are puzzle games, Elliss Infinity in particular I found to be quite amazing. Duet Premium is making its Android debut through this bundle, and is somewhat of an atmospheric arcade game. It tasks you with guiding these two circles,(one red, one blue)around obstacles that comes up as you move forward with some amazing atmospheric music in the background, and a soothing voice to narrate things as you go. Combo Crew is an action game that has you climbing a tower floor by floor pummeling you way through enemies by unleashing strings of combo attacks, now including playable characters like Ryu, Chun-Li and Blanca as well as other Capcom characters(IAP only). Mines of Mars is an atmospheric RPG mining game with a surprisingly deep story, huge bosses to fight, tons of gear and weapon crafting to use while you mine deeper and deeper under the surface of the planet mars. It houses tons of secrets and beautiful visuals, enemies to fight and so on. Lastly there's Joe Dever's Lone Wolf, which is an interactive game book/RPG with amazing graphics and awesome story telling that is almost unparalleled. You can grab the bundle by going to the Humble Bundle website here, and you can always get your list of games that are tied to your Humble Bundle account by grabbing the Humble Bundle mobile app from the Play Store.


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Yes, another flappy bird knockoff. We definitely need it! Flappy Mustache is a enjoyable game for little kids and even bored elders can also play this game.
Duh, its like flappy bird – Tap/Click Actually it is hard. Its just like flappy bird. Is this a harder game? Not really!


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Halliday & Matthiessen (2014: 83):
A clause has meaning as a message, a quantum of information; the Theme is the point of departure for the message. It is the element the speaker selects for 'grounding' what he is going on to say.
A clause has meaning as a message, a quantum of information; the Theme is the point of departure for the message. It is the element the speaker selects for 'grounding' what he is going on to say.
That is the form we tend to use if there is no prior context leading up to it, and no positive reason for choosing anything else.
psychological Subject: Theme
grammatical Subject: Subject
logical Subject: Actor
The class of an item indicates in a general way its potential range of grammatical functions. … But the class label does not show what part the item is playing in any actual structure. For that we have to indicate its function. The functional categories provide an interpretation of grammatical structure in terms of the overall meaning potential of the language … .
We shall also refer to three classes of group: verbal group, nominal group, adverbial group (also preposition group and conjunction group); and to one class of phrase: prepositional phrase. … We shall not need to discuss clause classes explicitly, although they are in fact present as part of the overall description, as in the distinction between major and minor clauses and within major clauses between free and bound clauses.
Word classes were traditionally called 'parts of speech', through mistranslation of the Greek term meroi logou, which actually meant 'parts of a sentence'. These began, with the Sophists, as functional concepts, rather close to Theme and Rheme; but they were progressively elaborated into, and replaced by, a scheme of word classes, defined by the kinds of inflection that different words underwent in Greek … .
A class is a set of items that are in some respect alike. The most familiar, in our traditional grammar, are classes of words: verb, noun, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction (and sometimes also interjection), in the usual list. But every unit can be classified: there are classes of group and phrase, classes of clause, and, at the other end of the rank scale, classes of morpheme.
The clause, as we said, is the mainspring of grammatical energy; it is the unit where meanings of different kinds, experiential, interpersonal and textual, are integrated into a single syntagm.
What grammarians do … is to construct an abstract model of the system of language, based on observation of language instantiated in use.
If we include probabilistic information in the description of the lexicogrammar, we also pave the way for interpreting the system as one that is always in the process of becoming, not one that is in a frozen state of being: the evolution of language involves gradual changes in probabilities, over long periods of time but also over much shorter periods.
Variation in lexicogrammar across varieties of English is, of course, not only qualitative but also quantitative; the system of lexicogrammar is probabilistic in nature, and probabilities vary across varieties of English – dialectal, codal and registerial varieties.
In general, like any other language, English needs to be interpreted and described as an assemblage of varieties — varieties that are differentiated along different dimensions, with fuzzy boundaries. Thus, English is subject to dialectal, codal and registerial variation, each type of variation having a different locus within the strata of the language and covering a different range along the cline of instantiation.
So when we talk of the 'system' of language, as the underlying potential that is instantiated in the form of text, we are in effect theorising a language as the outcome of ongoing grammaticalisation in all these three dimensions of time [phylogenetic, ontogenetic, logogenetic].
Nevertheless we can recognise grammaticalisation as a process taking place in time – in fact, in three distinct dimensions of time.(i) We can see it in ontogenetic time when we observe children's early language development, which is built around the creation of proto-grammatical and then grammatical systems.
(ii) We cannot observe it directly in phylogenetic time, the evolution of human language; but we can track examples in the history of particular languages (for example, secondary tenses and the passive voice in English.
(iii) We can see it in logogenetic time, the unfolding of discourse, when a passage of some extent – a clause or more – is recapitulated in a single word or group.
A systemic grammar is one that is organised around this concept of grammaticalisation, whereby meaning is construed in networks of interrelated contrasts. The term 'grammaticalisation' itself, however, is problematic; it foregrounds the sense of 'process' — something being turned into a grammatical system, and this obscures the point that it is the inherent nature of language to be organised in grammatical systems.
Grammaticalisation is not dependent on how the categories are realised. They may be realised in a variety of ways:
- a change in the form, articulatory or prosodic, of some word or words;
- an addition of some element, to a word, a group or a clause;
- a change in the order of words, groups, or clauses.
The realisation may not be the same for all categories or in all environments; but it will be systematic in some way in the majority of cases, enough to establish and maintain the proportionality – with only a minority of 'exceptions' (which are likely to include some of the more frequent items).
If a meaning is 'grammaticalised', this means that it is organised in the language
(i) as a closed system of mutually exclusive terms [closure],
(ii) associated with some general category [generality], and
(iii) displaying proportionality throughout [proportionality].
… even in a general account of the grammar it is important to maintain a comprehensive picture that will show the relation between choice of words (lexical items) and choice of grammatical categories — especially in view of the complementarity between these two.
If we maintain the grammarian's viewpoint all the way across the cline, lexis will be defined as grammar extended to the point of maximum delicacy. It would take at least 100 volumes of the present size to extend the description of the grammar up to that point for any substantial portion of the vocabulary.
But if grammar and lexis are interpreted as the endpoints of a continuum, what lies in between them, around the middle? It is here that we locate those items that, on the paradigmatic axis, enter into series which could be regarded from both angles of vision: either, in a grammatical perspective, as rather large and fuzzy closed systems or, in a lexical perspective, as somewhat determinate and limited open sets. This would include, in English, things like prepositions, temporal and other specialised adverbs, and conjunctions of various kinds.
As the text unfolds, patterns emerge, some of which acquire added value through resonating with other patterns in the text or in the context of situation. The text itself is an instance; the resonance is possible because behind it lies the potential that informs every choice made by the speaker or writer, and in terms of which these choices are interpreted by listeners and readers. We refer to this ongoing creation of meaning in the unfolding of text as logogenesis.
Such a sequence of classes is called a 'syntagm'. … The significance of such a syntagm is that here it is the realisation of a structure: an organic configuration of elements, which we analyse in functional terms.
Word classes can be viewed 'from above' — that is, semantically: verbs typically refer to processes, nouns to entities and adjectives to qualities (of entities or of processes). They can also be viewed 'from round about', at their own level, in terms of the relations into which they enter: paradigmatic relations (the options that are open to them) and syntagmatic relations (the company they keep). On either of these two axes we can establish relationships of a lexical kind (collocations and sets) and of a grammatical kind (structures and systems).
The description of English grammar presented here is not designed as a reference grammar. However, unlike the recent reference grammars — or all previous ones for that matter, this description has been designed as one that can be used in text analysis — a task that imposes quite stringent demands on the description.
In this book we are concerned with interpreting discourse by analysing it. For us this means treating discourse as more than words in clauses; we want to focus on meaning beyond the clause, on semantic resources that lead us from one clause to another as a text unfolds. … In a sense then this book is an invitation to grammarians to reconsider meaning in the clause from the perspective of meaning in texts; …
Grammarians are particularly interested in types of clauses and their elements. But texts are usually bigger than single clauses, so a discourse analyst has more to worry about than a grammarian (expanded horizons).Critiques of these and other misrepresentations can be found at the blog working with discourse.
This introduction to (systemic) functional grammar differs in various ways from other accounts — in terms of both theory and description. … (ii) In terms of description, this book is of course an introduction to a systemic functional description of the grammar of English — constituting one descriptive strand evolving among other ones in systemic functional linguistics. This description may be compared with other descriptions of the grammar of English that have appeared over the past 500 years or so. These descriptions naturally vary in many ways, e.g.
- relationship to theory (homogenous or heterogeneous ['eclectic']),
- relationship to corpus, relationship to time (diachronic vs. synchronic, or some kind of synthesis),
- relationship to dialectal variation (what varieties of English are included),
- coverage of phenomena — from grammars of very selective coverage via grammars with a registerial focus (such as grammars of spoken English) to reference grammars, and
- relationship to intended users — ranging from language learners to professional grammarians.
Reference grammars are, in principle, the most comprehensive descriptions.
This introduction to (systemic) functional grammar differs in various ways from other accounts – in terms of both theory and description. (i) In terms of theory, we can locate systemic functional theory of grammar within a general family of functional theories of grammar, contrasting these with formal theories of grammar. Within the family of functional theories, systemic functional theory is unique in its paradigmatic orientation – its orientation to grammar as system, represented by means of system networks; other functional theories are syntagmatic in their orientation. Systemic functional theory also differs from many other functional theories in its emphasis on comprehensive, text-based descriptions – descriptions that can be used in text analysis; other functional theories have tended to foreground linguistic comparison and typology based on descriptive fragments from a wide range of languages.
However, this theoretical template does not include details that are specific to particular languages or even to large sets of languages. For instance, the description of the system of MOOD is specific to English: according to this description, there is a system of INDICATIVE TYPE, with 'indicative' as its entry condition and 'declarative' and 'interrogative' as its two terms, and the term 'declarative' is realised by the sequence of Subject followed by Finite. This description is grounded in generalisations about English data, i.e. spoken and written texts; and all descriptions must be based on empirical evidence. … Typological generalisations are both possible and desirable, serving many purposes; but they are still grounded in empirical evidence, not based on theoretical hypotheses.
The theory includes the 'architecture' of grammar — the dimensions that define the overall semiotic space of lexicogrammar, the relationships that inhere in these dimensions — and its relationship to other sub-systems of language — to semantics and to phonology (or graphology). Thus, according to systemic functional theory, lexicogrammar is diversified into a metafunctional spectrum, extended in delicacy from grammar to lexis, and ordered into a series of ranked units.


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Hi there! Thank you so much for visiting my website Red Headed Book Lover, I appreciate it so much! You probably found yourself here because you would like to know more about the 'Red Headed Book Lover,' and if you do then you are in the right place! My name is Aimee Ann, and I created Red Headed Book Lover so that I could share reviews for books I have loved and enjoyed with fellow book lovers as well as help authors showcase their work. Creating Red Headed Book Lover was the greatest decision I have ever made because along the way I have met so many book lovers as well as met, and worked with many authors which has been such a wonderful experience. I adore meeting book lovers and authors and love learning more about you so I, in turn, am going to share more about me so you can get to know me better! However, I will try not to bore you with the details of my life so I will try to keep this short and sweet.
All you really need to know about me is that my name is Aimee, I am book obsessed, I am married to the most incredible, perfect (and handsome!) man who is also a United States Marine and that I love him so much. I could not be more proud of my husband and his service, and I am 100% a proud and supportive military wife! I am a mother to four beautiful babies, two of whom are twins and that I love my family more than anything in the world.
My interests, of course, include reading and reviewing… lots of it! And furthering my studies in Psychology within my specialist fields which are Forensic & Evolutionary Psychology. As well as furthering my studies in Psychology I have a huge passion for classical studies; I am hoping to further my studies for this as well, however not so much as a career choice but because I adore the archaic period and all things Greek Mythology, I am pretty obsessed! There is nothing I love more also then binge-watching the hell out of my favorite TV series, which include Game of Thornes (yesss I have read the books and LOVED them!), AHS, The Walking Dead, Black Mirror, and pretty much all the other big tv shows! I adore series, so love to find time to watch them when I am not reading.
Most of all my biggest passion and favorite thing to do of all is to spend time with my beautiful family. There was a time when I thought that I would not be able to have a family, so I do not take one moment for granted and am a proud mother and wife and love them more than anything.
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For a long time I have been asked questions by readers as well as authors, and so I have created a list below which answers the most frequently asked questions so here are my answers book lovers and authors!
Why are all of your reviews so positive?!
This is a question I get asked frequently and one I actually love to answer. As I am sure you can tell by now I am a very positive person and hate negativity. That is why I have chosen only to post reviews of books I genuinely love and have given four of five stars too. I, of course, have read many books (probably too many!) that are not so great; however, I do not see the point in me reviewing the book. I do not think it is necessary as I would have to spend time writing a review, editing it, posting it and so on and the review would just consist of why I disliked the book. I personally do not feel that this is wise, but it is also not kind to the author. Authors work really hard to ensure they produce a great book and sometimes they won't succeed; however, I do not feel their name should be trashed for this. I do believe in private, constructive criticism if asked for however; I do not believe in sharing negative reviews online. Besides! I like to keep my website a happy, optimistic and lively place where book lovers can unite, so only positivity is allowed!
Will you review my book?
This is a question I get asked a lot and the short answer is yes, if I feel that I would enjoy and love your book and other readers will too then I would love to review it. Reading is my passion, and I love the art of literature and the written word, and I love reviewing just as much as I loved reading. That is why I adore reviewing books for authors, whether the author is self-published or traditionally published.
On my website, I have a strong focus on making sure that self-published novels are reviewed, and that is why 90% of my reviews are for self-published books. I truly respect self-published authors and think that many indie authors are incredible however many big-name publishers will not give them a chance which makes me sad. This is actually one of the many reasons why I created Red Headed Book Lover so that I could share indie books with readers as many traditional forms of media/advertising do not give indie authors the opportunity. So if you are an indie author or a published author, I would love to hear from you and learn more about your book, so please email me on one of the many contact forms on my page as I would love to hear from you!
My About Me page is dedicated mostly to me on a personal level however if you are interested in a review, please do visit my services page here: Services, as well as my Testimonials page here: Testimonials so you can learn more about what I do. Disclaimer* All services on my website are paid for; my website is a paid reviewing service and more information about this can be found on my Services page as well as my Terms of Service page which are both linked.
Who designed your website?
Surprisingly this is a frequently asked question, and I always love sharing who did design my website as his work is excellent! I should mention at this point that I am in no way an affiliate of this web developer/designer, I received no free work, have no affiliate ties and have not been told to share this information, I just genuinely love his website design.
My website designer is Mike at MB-Sites, and he builds customized websites for users of WordPress. What I love about Mike's service is that he listens to everything you would like, even down to the most delicate details and provides exactly what you want/envisioned. I confess book lovers that I messaged poor Mike so many times about little things I would like, and he has done everything I wanted and was patient along the way which is professional and a service I am happy to pay for. If you are interested in finding a web designer/developer then his website is: MB-Sites and his email is: firstname.lastname@example.com. Just to clarify again book lovers and authors these are not affiliate links and I have no marketing affiliation with MB-Sites; just love the service!
There you have it book lovers, some of my most frequently asked questions! There are many more common questions however I feel that this page is already very long so do not want to bore you book lovers and authors for much longer!
Thank you once again for stopping by my website and reading! I truly do appreciate it. If you would like to get in touch, please do as I would love to hear from you, I love meeting new people and would love to meet you lovely readers and authors here, or on my Instagram @redheadedbookloverblog so I look forward to hearing from some of you! Thank you again for stopping by!


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Even in the Hindu tradition there are devas that try to interfere with the meditations & practices of noble aspirants.
For an excellent outline of the many stages of the path, The Way to Buddhahood by Ven. Yin Shun gives the Mahayana view that any and all paths that seek virtue, at least, are part of the buddhadharma:
[page 49]RESOLVING TO HAVE better future lives and practicing the various
proper methods for rebirth as a human or divine being is the
Buddhist way for lower people. This is also the foundation of the world transcending
Dharma and is thus called the Dharma common to the Five
Vehicles. Even though one is not ultimately seeking human or divine
rewards, these rewards are still required for the practice of the world-transcending
Dharma of the Three Vehicles...
If one's goal is to be born in the human world or in heaven, one is participating
in the Human Vehicle or the Divine Vehicle. These vehicles are
aspects of the Buddha Dharma that are shared in common with the world's
religions. Confucianism is similar to the Human Vehicle, while Taoism,
Christianity, and Islam can lead to the Divine Vehicle. Since people can thus
reach the goals of rebirth in the world or in heaven by following the other
religions of the world, one might ask why they should take refuge in the
Three Treasures and practice the Buddha Dharma common to the Five
Vehicles. In fact, the Buddha Dharma does not say that whoever wants to be
born as a human or divine being must take refuge in the Three Treasures and
practice the Buddhist, Human, and Divine Vehicles. Taking refuge in the
Three Treasures and practicing the Dharma common to the Five Vehicles is
more secure than following other religions, however.


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EmpraGlob GmbH conducts operations in Germany and Spain. This company is a management consulting organization that specializes in helping firms establish international strategic partnerships so they can conduct and penetrate international markets.
EmpraGlob wanted to create an information and communications technical (ICT) portal that facilitated helping members looking for new distribution and marketing channels, new strategic partners, and international supply sources. The client wanted a number of components for their ICT Portal, increasing the scope of the challenge.
EmpraGlob wanted the following multiple items in their new portal
EmpraGlob chose to make the process complex by opting for an international multi-stage bidding requirement. The Request for Information (RFI) document had a project description, their extensive requirements (noted above), and a list of questions for prospective bidders. DRC Systems answered the questions, stated we were looking forward to discussions, and impressed management with our documented expertise.
Our team was thrilled to be included in the Request for Quotes (RFQ). We enthusiastically agreed to be responsible for all technologies to design and install the new platform. After much deliberation, EmpraGlob decided to award DRC Systems the challenge of designing its new system.
We received a detailed list of the client's requirements divided into six modules. Since the working language was English, communications were straightforward and clear for our company and EmpraGlob staff and management interaction.
We used the detailed requirement document as a vital tool to measure our progress toward the client's goal. As we first struggled with some cultural differences, we soon understood international standards, and encountered no further problems.
DRC Systems adapted to every challenge that appeared during the extensive, complex design process. Because of the complexity of this project, we designed this system in multiple stages, getting client approval at every milestone.
This was a massive task to create this system, but worth every minute of effort. Among the technical software routines we used, were
From the comments in this client feedback, EmpraGlob, even though they wanted a complex portal as a demanding client, was happy we were able to address their wishes successfully.


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Wheelchair Lift Rock Springs WY
How Stair Lifts Work
A stair lift is generally a chair that travels along and rail or track that is mounted to a staircase.
There is a motor within the base of the chair that is normally powered by a battery also within the base of the chair. The stair lift motor turns a gear that is meshed into a geared strip on the track or rail. When the gear turns the chair is moved along the geared strip. When the motor turns the gear the chair moves one direction, when the motor's direction is reversed the chair moves the opposite way.
Call/Send switches are used to move the stair lift chair without anybody being on it. This is particularly valuable if 2 people use the lift and the lift is at the opposite end of the track when a user wants to use it. the user merely calls the lift to come to them utilizing a call/send switch. Another use of call/send switch is to send out the lift away after usage. Some individuals do not like the look of the lift parked in the main living area of the home in Rock Springs and will send it to the opposite end when not in use. They merely call it back when needed.
Stair Lift Parts
Although the design and style of stair lifts will vary between makers they all have some basic elements common to them all:
Track or Rail – The stair lift track supports the chair, provides a system (normally a geared strip) to move the chair and guides it up and down the stairs just as a train track guides a train.
Track Overruns – Some stair lifts provide the option of an overrun at either the top of the track, bottom of the track or both. The purpose of a stair lift track overrun is to move the user away from the stairway to securely access or dismount the stair lift in a location where, if they fall, they will not fall on the stairs.
Power supply – While most stair lifts are battery ran today all model will need a power supply to either charge the battery or power the system directly when it comes to non-battery powered units. Non-battery powered stair lifts draw a lot of power and generally need a devoted circuit.
Call/Send Controls – Call/Send controls are typically mounted on the wall near each end of the stair lift track to provide a way for a user to call the chair to them or send it away when not required. They can be either cordless or wired to the lift depending upon the model.
Seat – The stair lift seat is just a seat for the user to rest on while utilizing the lift. Depending on the model it might swivel at the top and/or bottom of the track and will normally fold up out of the way when not in use.
Seat Belt – As in an automobile the stair lift seat belt is meant to hold the user securely seated on the seat while the lift is in usage.
Foot Rest – The foot rest of the stair lift is a security feature to prevent the the users feet from hitting the steps while using the lift and a comfort function to support the user's feet when sitting on the seat. The foot rest will have switches developed into them to stop the lift should it strike anything on the stairway and will turn up out of the way when the lift is not in use.
Motor – The motor that drives a stair lift chair along the track is found in the base of the seat.
Transmission – Because the motor turns at too high a speed to safely move the stair lift the track at type of transmission is utilized to reduce the speed while increasing the power available.
Battery Charger – Battery powered stair lifts need to have a charger of some sort to keep the battery charged. The battery chargers are usually found under the track or near one end of the track. The battery charger works instantly with no action required by the user.
Battery – The batteries used in stair lifts are fairly pricey and found within the base of the seat near the motor. They will have to be changed at some time however their life expectancy is determined in years and thier replacement need to not be a big concern.
The Best Ways To Measure For Your Wheelchair Stair Lift Setup In Rock Springs
Measurement 1: Stand at the top of stairs and extend the measuring tape down to the landing, letting it rest on edge of each tread. The tape should not droop or bend along the way. Record the distance from the edge of the upper landing to where completion of the measuring tape rests on the landing at the bottom of the stairs.
Measurement 2: Measure from the edge of the upper landing (like Measurement 1) to the edge of the first stair's tread at the bottom.
Measurement 3: Determine the width of your stair's treads.
Measurement: Measure from the edge of the very first stair at the bottom to the wall (or door), if there is one.
Measurement 5 through 7 Measurements 5-7: These are the tread measurements.
Measurement 8: Measure from the top step to the nearest door, wall or other obstruction at the top of the stairs.
The Advantages of Stair Lifts for Seniors In Rock Springs Wyoming
Outside stair lift Limited movement is a problem for lots of senior citizens and an issue for their families in Rock Springs. Seniors who want to stay in their houses and stay independent can improve their movement and stay safe by installing a stair lift.
A stair lift can transport you or a loved one securely from one floor to another in your home. A stair lift can offer a safe means of transport so that you will no longer need to stress over the risks of falling on the stairs. It is a particularly good alternative for a senior citizen who lives alone.
3 Necessary Uses for Heavy-Duty Stair Lifts In Rock Springs
Stair lifts can be found in a variety of sizes and capacities. Compact models accommodate and supply movement for narrow staircases, supporting up to 350 pounds while doing so, and at the other end, sturdy stair lifts provide a broader seat and can handle a greater variety of body types.
1. You Can Provide Access to Nearly Everybody
Because of the larger, more powerful design, the stair lift offers availability and enhances mobility for anyone who's heavier than average. Nevertheless, the normal stair lift might be too narrow or too short for some, and as the sturdy design offers a larger, higher seat, it even more accommodates anybody who's taller than average or has trouble conveniently using a standard model.
2. Business Applications
While not had to fulfill ADA requirements, stair lifts supply an added benefit to those with mobility problems.
Within Rock Springs a house, a basic lift might accommodate 2 average-sized adults, but exactly what about when you have to deal with the public? Your client base, customers, and patients most likely come in a variety of sizes and shapes, so the durable model essentially matches everybody who would have to use the stairs.
Understand that, to set up a sturdy lift, any staircase must offer 36 inches of space.
3. For Several Family Members
What takes place, though, when numerous family members require availability? Whether you're meeting an existing need or preparing for a future one, setting up a bigger lift takes everyone's physical requirements into consideration. If your house's geared up with enough area, take precautions by having a durable lift installed.
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The Holocaust of WWII
Is a very incredible story and must be examined closely because so much depends on people knowing the Truth. The International Element which is trying to wrest control of this planet shrinks in the Light of Truth.
Truth is abhorrent to the Masters of the Lie.
Make your deal with the Devil and it will come to haunt you.
This photo has gotten me banned from Facebook several times even when I used it to make a point, never indicating I either endorsed or rejected the image. It is a photo of Taylor Swift making a political statement; albeit I do agree it is the correct one, but it is remarkable how the Jews, whose representative in the Facebook community is Mark Zuckerberg, run away from this image; how it makes them hateful and forever keeping me in Facebook penitentiary where I can only look at what happens in the yard through the bars of the little window of my solitary confinement facility. Truly psychopathic behaviour too afraid of an amazing symbol so much more beautiful than two intertwined triangles. The same censor board which operates on behalf of Mister Zuckerberg also doesn't like my favourite red flag.
A battle worn flag of the Kriegsmarine.
And, of course, those crazy Jews do not like the following, either.


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Youth Reaching Out.
I was inspired today. I am usually inspired by at least one thing each day but I was seriously drawn and I had to write about this. I guess when you do it as a part of everyday life, you don't notice how big of a difference it is making. So it hit me today, kids today have some wonderful role models.
Did You Know:
~One in every 330 Americans will develop cancer by the age of 20. On the average, 12,500 children and adolescents in the U.S. are diagnosed with cancer each year.
~ 963 million people across the world are hungry.
~ Every year, between 6 and 8 million dogs and cats enter US Shelters.
There are countless statistics the show how this world is in need.
Did you know:
You can help?
Every year since I have been at Penn State University and for every year following I will participate in and donate to, THON. THON is a 46 hour dance marathon for children with pediatric cancer and the search for a cure. STudents work hard year round to make sure that this event goes off without a hitch and that we do as much as we can to help take the pain of a sick child away for just a few days. To learn more go to: http://www.THON.org
Since I was a sophomore in High School I have been a Big Sister through Big Brothers Big Sisters. If you think something as small as sharing your life with someone will not make a difference, you are VERY wrong. I have watched kids grow so much and see how they can be amazing people even if they come from less amazing backgrounds. 1 hour a week can make a difference. Check them out at: http://www.bbbs.org
What inspired me to write this today is a video that Selena Gomez put on her You Tube page. J.T. Austin and her traveled to Puerto Rico because they had found out about an island where tons of dogs were being left basically to die. You can view the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u3zsBZ5sv4&feature=channel_page
You can also visit the website Islanddog.org to learn more about the Island, and how you can help or adopt a dog.
The Jonas Brothers have their website , Change For Children, (www.Changeforchildren.org) which offers others to donate to one of four causes the Brothers have chosen. One cause the Brothers strongly support is the cause for Juvenile Diabetes. This stems from Nick Jonas' personal relationship to the disease.
There are countless numbers of way to donate and to make a difference in the world around you. If you are a student, look up different organizations at your school. You may find that there are clubs like ProLife Club, S.A.D.D, Community Service Teams, and others. Better yet, grab a group of friends and join or create a group together.
If you are an adult, ask your company if they are part of any organizations or charities that you can be involved with. If they aren't involved in anything, ask if you can head something up.
When I look back on my life, I realize how lucky I have been to live the life I have lived. I love sharing my life with those around me. I love being able to make a difference in the lives of others, even if it is handing over old clothes to the Salvation Army or putting leftovers into an aluminum try and taking it to a homeless shelter. There is SO MUCH we can do!
When I look at young people today like Selena Gomez, the Jonas Brothers, and countless others who have taken their money and given it away or taken time out of their lives to do something that will make a difference, I think what good role models kids have today.
My message to you. DO SOMETHING! No matter how small, you have the power to make a difference. So what are you waiting for?!? Take that old sweater that has been collecting dust in your closet and head over to the Salvation Army, someone is bound to make good use of it!


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For this young family who live in an the apartment above the art centre they own and run, work and home life are intertwined.
How would one define a "normal" family these days? Long forgotten are the picket white fences and the housewife waiting for her husband to get home with an iced drink in one hand and a roast in the oven. Did I perhaps imagine this forgotten past for my own family? I can't deny that as a little girl I imagined a picket fence life, but today there is definitely no white fence around my house and I'm just fine with that. In fact, my house happens to be much more than just a house—it's a building where both my house and work reside.
I had a dream since I finished graduate school. I wanted to open an arts-based centre, a place where one could feel inspired to create, to grow their sense of creativity. It was a big dream and a somewhat risky one, but isn't that what most dreams are?
Then I met a man, we fell in love, got married and decided there was no time like the present to try to follow dreams. So we bought a property zoned residential/commercial and the idea was that we would live in an apartment above the centre. We got possession in June 2011 and we opened the doors in September 2011. Initially my husband was not as involved in the centre as he is today however, he has always been its number one fan. And without his commitment, support and unconditional love, the centre would not be what it is today.
Since we've opened the doors to Seasons we've had a baby (not such a baby anymore—he's two and we have another one on the way). We don't have a typical urban two-income family by any standards. We are both working from home, we spend a tonne of time with our son and have built programs around our schedules.
And we're both involved with other organization outside of Seasons. My husband is an advocate for mental health and addiction treatment, and I run play therapy groups at a non-profit.
It is definitely not always easy. There are days when we wonder what we're doing, where we're going and what will it look like with another little one. However, those days are few and far between. Most days we are so grateful for the small community we have created, for the environment we are providing for our child, and for the lives we live. Plus we are eternally grateful for our 10-second commute to work in the morning.
When asked the question who is in my family a straightforward answer would be there's 3.5 of us (one more due in May). But that would be very far from the truth. My family is made up of lots and lots and of children, from babies to big ones; it's made up of teenagers and adults and even grandparents. We open the doors to so many wonderful people, and share our space with them on a regular basis, that it's impossible not to consider them part of our family. As our immediate "little" family is growing so is our "bigger" one. And although we definitely plan to cap our little family at four, we hope to never put a cap on the bigger one!
This is #1000families post number 45. Do you have a family story of your own to contribute to the 1,000 Families Project? Or do you know a family that might want to do so? Learn more about how the series got started and how to get involved here. You can find all of the #1000families posts here.


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Episode 115 – Nathan Hirsch discusses ways to leverage freelance resources to build a million dollar business. Nathan Hirsch is a serial entrepreneur who is an expert in hiring remote workers and eCommerce business. He co-founded his first company out of his dorm room in 2009 drop shipping products on Amazon.com and built it to sell over $20 million worth of products over 5 years. In 2015, Nathan co-founded FreeeUp.com, an online hiring marketplace of workers in eCommerce, digital marketing and virtual assistance.
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I'm a qualified personal trainer and UK Athletics running coach
I help people run further, get stronger and achieve their goals.
Most importantly, I help people enjoy exercise and feel good about themselves.
Whether you're new to exercise, returning to it after a bit of a break or want to work towards a new race goal – I'd be happy to work with you. There's a few ways that we can do that, both online or in person.
I've helped hundreds of runners start running and have coached athletes through everything from a 5k to a marathon PB.
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Laura was great at helping me create a bespoke training plan for an upcoming half-marathon which catered to my existing running and social commitments and let me run the way I wanted to. She listened to my needs, concerns and goals and created a plan that I am confident in sticking to and enjoying.
I went to Laura looking for an 8-week half-marathon training plan that would challenge me but still leave time for plenty of cross training. She took my preferences and past experience into consideration, and came up with one that was so achievable that (for the first time) I followed a plan to the letter, even the dreaded speed sessions. The result was a PB by more than 6 minutes on a hilly course which I finished feeling strong and very happy!
Laura created a 16-week training plan for my second ever half-marathon. She kept the workouts interesting and challenging and factored in a weekly running commitment I already have. Thanks to Laura's help I achieved a PB by 15 minutes! As a newish runner I found some training plans really intimidating, but Laura made the whole thing feel really accessible, even all the tricky things I thought I'd never understand – like sprints and surges. I can't wait to use Laura's training plans again to help me train and prepare for my first marathon!
The race went incredibly well and I really can't thank you enough for your help in putting together a training plan that worked so well. I always knew that training for a half would involve hard-work and time but at the start I wasn't 100% sure I would achieve all of the runs set out. However, over the weeks I got there each time, surprising myself along the way.
I finished yesterday in 2:40.59, exceeding all of my expectations. I'm completely overjoyed and proud of my time


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Monday Morning Crew Chief: Ambrose King of The Road?
By Jonthan Ingram | Senior Writer
There are those who might have questioned Marcos Ambrose's intelligence when he left his native Tasmania and Australia behind to pursue a career in the Sprint Cup after two V8 Supercar championships and a near miss of three straight.
But since a stellar performance at Bristol where he finished third in the Sprint Cup two weeks after a runner-up finish at Watkins Glen, the question has turned around. Can the remarkable driver continue to be a contender on ovals when he climbs into a Sprint Cup COT?
It's clear Ambrose is a contender on any road course, despite overcooking the final corner on the last lap in Montreal's Nationwide Series race and allowing Carl Edwards to squeeze through to victory.
With a variety of teams, including his current digs at JTG/Daugherty Racing, Ambrose has consistently carried a car farther than most thought was possible on ovals. Will he eventually surprise people with victories on the circle tracks?
Nicknamed "Devil Racer" after his native Tasmania, Ambrose is reminiscent of Alex Zanardi, one of the all-time great late brakers. Throughout his two-time championship CART career, Zanardi raised hackles with passing maneuvers in the corners that caught his fellow drivers by surprise – although they were clean moves.
When he went back to Formula 1, Zanardi's puzzling downfall at Williams Grand Prix Engineering resulted in no small part from the change in braking technology and the difficulty of making the transition from the iron brakes in CART back to the carbon brakes that had been highly developed during his absence from F1.
Whatever the debate on fuel injection, NASCAR, it's safe to say, will stick with iron brakes. Ambrose will get ample chance to bounce back from bouncing over the curbs at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and losing to Edwards. But its ovals that are the ultimate test.
Carrying more speed into the corners is often the chosen technique of former road racers who convert to stock cars and ovals. Some of these types, however, never learn how to adjust to the weight of a stock car or its lack of downforce. They're either too slow, too reckless or burn up the brakes on the ovals.
Perhaps Ambrose does well at Bristol, where he finished 10th in the spring in his first COT visit to the bullring, because there's so many high speed braking opportunities over the course of 500 laps. But don't ask him how he does it. He's hardly dull enough to answer in any detail.
"Nobody," says Edwards, "can outbrake him." At Montreal, Edwards did the next best thing by "helping" Ambrose go a little too deep into the final corner before the front straight, which bounced the man from Down Under onto the curbs and into a third straight near miss in Quebec. Nobody maintains an edge in NASCAR without somebody – such as Edwards – coming up with a strategy to counter it.
"Carl got position on me, and I had to try to make sure I (outbraked) him," said Ambrose. "I feel pretty devastated, because I let my boys down. We came here to win, and anything less than that was a disappointment."
On Saturday, of course, it was Edwards who hit humble pie and the wall when he lost control of his Dallara chassis on the parade lap of the Grand-Am race in the rain. Ambrose thus lost his co-drive in the Dallara of Doran Enterprises and once again suffered what now seems to be devilish luck in Canada.
Ambrose grew up just across the Tasman Sea from Bob Jayne's Thunderdome at Calder Park near Melbourne, where NASCAR's Sprint Cup teams raced annually in exhibitions for three years, starting in 1988. But stock cars initially failed to catch his eye and he chose the traditional Australian route of road racing. He went to Europe in search of a ride in F1, climbing the ladder from the open cockpit of a spindly Formula Ford.
Despite winning the European Formula Ford championship in 1999 and out-qualifying future F1 drivers like Kimi Raikkonen and Jensen Button, Ambrose did not have the sponsorship needed to advance and returned home to claim fame and fortune in Australian V8 Supercars aboard a Ford Falcon. He didn't wait around to clinch a victory at the 1,000-mile Bathurst race that runs up and down Mt. Panorama, the V8 series' version of the Daytona 500. He made the switch to the U.S. with Ford backing while still a young legend in the making, starting with trucks and then the Nationwide ranks and now in COT's.
Whether he would have ever achieved the status of Peter Brock – the Richard Petty of Australia – is hard to say. You have to win at Mt. Panorama regularly to do that. But unlike Dick Johnson, another folk hero Down Under who arrived in NASCAR at the end of a career built on winning at Bathurst, Ambrose decided not to wait for a shot at NASCAR gold.
As a hobby in between races, Ambrose now pans for gold in the streams in the mountains near Charlotte, which has become a diversion for more than a few in the Carolina hills. It is with the same sort of persistence that he has created nuggets of success in NASCAR. Smooth, fast, always upbeat, Ambrose may yet sustain the idea that a driver can start on the lower rungs and work his way up on sheer energy and talent.
He may even one day qualify as a good ol' star. After all, the only place farther south than Tasmania is Antarctica.
We caught up with former Dyson Racing driver James Weaver at Mosport. Smiling and clearly happy, the quick-witted Brit clinched his 100th career victory at the very fast Ontario track on board a Dyson Lola in 2005. He retired in 2006 shortly before the Dyson team switched from a Lola to a Porsche chassis for the 2007 season.
RacinToday: How are you enjoying the life of a retired race car driver?
Weaver: "It's a lot better than working, but not as good as racing. So anybody who's thinking of giving up racing — don't!"
RacinToday: Are you a regular at the local pub back in England where you take your racing friends from America when they visit?
Weaver: Yes. In fact that's the reason I'm over here. Butch (Leitzinger) said he was going for a curry in Toronto. When Butch, Andy (Wallace) and I were together, the boys' rules were that if you said you were going for a beer or going for Mexican or whatever, (the others) weren't allowed to pike out. So I had to say to Butch, 'OK mate, see you there.'"
RacinToday: Dyson Racing is going pretty good with the Lola-Mazda. Given your success with Dyson in a Lola, do you do any consulting work with the team?
Weaver: "I speak with them by phone, the engineers and (team owner) Rob (Dyson). I'm here this weekend chatting with the engineers and it's really enjoyable. It's more of a hindrance to them than a help."
RacinToday: Does this rainy, cloudy weather of Mosport remind you of being home?
Weaver: "It's amazing to come halfway around the world and it's just like Snetterton."
* This Just In
If Chicagoland Camping World Truck Series winner Kyle Busch sustains his current pace, which has brought him 56 victories already in NASCAR's three major traveling series, would a total of 200 career victories rank him with Richard Petty? …For those who believe the Sprint Cup has lost its edge, consider this past weekend, one of the few off weekends on the schedule. Every other major racing series in North America was active, plus the MotoGP in Indianapolis. They were all trying to take advantage of the absence of the 500-pound gorilla.
Porsche is apparently bidding farewell to its active involvement with the Daytona Prototypes. The German engineers have concluded the 4.0-liter flat six Porsche engine can't cut it against the V-8's of Lexus, Ford and GM due to torque differences. Informed sources say Brumos Racing, where Grand-Am co-founder Jim France's son J.C. is one of the drivers, will continue with a V-8 Porsche adapted from the Cayenne SUV and privately built by the Lozano Brothers, longtime engine experts based in San Antonio. …Where Penske Racing is headed without major factory support from Porsche in the Grand-Am remains to be seen, as does the concept of a hybrid Porsche prototype at Le Mans in 2011.
See ya…at the races.
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"David Knight Stage Hypnotist - Hypnosis with A Touch of Class!"
What The Venues Say!
"You never cease to amaze me!" James - Hull University
"Spellbinding night." Entertainment Officer - Coca Cola
"We have never seen anything like this before." - Ras Gas - Saudi Arabia
"Stunning entertainment." Clive - The Theatre Bar
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"Yet again we were mesmerized by your performance."
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"Simply stunning." -John - Scarborough University
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"Stunning performance." Anthony - Northallerton Forum Theatre
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"Best entertainment we have ever had at the club in 15 years." John - Haughton Rugby Club
"Outstanding performance." Mark - The Revolution - Edinburgh
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"Entertaining and the funniest show ever, you WILL be back in Nuneaton, I have to "Give You A Piece Of My Mind."
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David Knight is based in the UK and so show prices depend on world wide location, type of show required, use of visual back drop / video, size of venue and length of show. Please email for more information.


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Since 1975, the Polk County Community Foundation has been dedicated to advancing philanthropy and improving the quality of life for all citizens in the community centered in and around Polk County, North Carolina. The Foundation receives charitable donations of all sizes from community members and then distributes grants to area nonprofits, awards scholarships to local students, manages endowment funds for local nonprofits, and administers other funds tailored to the specific charitable wishes of individual donors.
We offer a wide range of simple and flexible fund options to help donors meet their philanthropic goals. The Foundation manages permanent endowed funds and non-permanent funds, including charitable remainder trusts, and employs a professional asset manager. Our total assets exceed $60,000,000. We are fortunate that our donors through the years have been generous in their support because community matters.


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Achieving Real Justice: Funding Criminal Justice Reform
January 19, 2011
(Timothy P. Silard is president of the San Francisco-based Rosenberg Foundation, the largest California-based private funder of criminal justice policy reform advocacy. He was recently appointed co-chair of the Recidivism Reduction & Reentry committee of the new California Attorney General's Smart on Crime transition leadership team.)
An ambitious, multiyear plan to reduce the number of women behind bars.
A major push to expand job opportunities for Californians with past convictions by advocating with major businesses and state government to change hiring practices and combat employment discrimination.
An initiative to change the odds for children by preventing childhood exposure to violence and creating a seamless web of support and treatment to help child victims of violence heal and rebuild their lives.
These are just some of the innovative strategies being carried out by public agencies and local and national organizations to address one of California's biggest challenges -- a broken criminal justice system.
As we enter the second decade of the twenty-first century, there is no question that the Golden State's approach to keeping our communities safe desperately needs new thinking. In fact, fueled by decades of so-called "tough on crime" policies that have handcuffed politicians since the 1970s, it is woefully out of touch.
The result? The state has the largest prison population in the country, with more than 170,000 people behind bars. Eleven percent of the state budget goes to the prison system, yet California has the highest recidivism rate in the country; indeed, two-thirds of people released from prison in California are back behind bars within three years. Meanwhile, to balance a budget crippled by massive corrections expenditures lawmakers have been forced to slash funds for education and crucial social services.
The problem is not confined to California. As a country, we spend $212 billion annually on the criminal justice system. Americans comprise five percent of the world's population, but we have 25 percent of the world's prisoners. Nearly 2.4 million Americans are locked up in jails and prisons across the country, most for nonviolent offenses, and an enormously disproportionate number are poor and people of color. And there are now 2.7 million children with an incarcerated mother or father, a number that has quadrupled over the past 25 years. As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to take up the issue of California's overcrowded prison system, it is clear that a fear-driven approach to criminal justice and public safety has taken a real toll on communities across the Golden State and the country.
Despite the formidable challenges, there are many successful, proven innovations in this arena, and there are opportunities for real criminal justice reform on the horizon -- and for California to lead the way nationally. California voters just elected a new governor and attorney general, both of whom take office as criminal justice reformers. In January, as part of his proposed budget, Governor Jerry Brown called for the the elimination of the youth prison system and for low-level offenders to be housed in county-run jails instead of the state's prisons. Attorney General Kamala Harris has helped build a robust policy architecture around being "smart on crime," which in turn has emerged as a rallying slogan for reformers around the country.
Philanthropy has a major role to play in these efforts. Those of us in the field know that we cannot turn things around nationally or in California without the help of the dedicated advocates and organizations on the frontlines of criminal justice reform. These organizations are working hard every day to attack the issue from multiple angles -- from urging government officials to enact specific policy reforms, to providing direct services and a second chance at life to individuals who are reentering society from prison and jail, to changing the hearts and minds of citizens about the best ways to secure public safety. Yet these organizations and advocates cannot achieve lasting and comprehensive success in this area without significant investment and support from foundations and individual philanthropists.
While criminal justice is an area that has been chronically under-resourced in the past, there are signs of increased interest among funders. The Rosenberg Foundation is part of a newly formed national Criminal Justice Funders Network that counts a growing number of funders among its members, including the Open Society Foundations, Ford Foundation, Public Welfare Foundation, California Endowment, Fund for Nonviolence, Omnia Foundation, and Women's Foundation of California, among others.
We partnered in 2009 with the U.S. Department of Justice to convene a major meeting of national criminal justice funders at which more than eighty funders participated in strategic discussions with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and top staff from the Justice Department to identify priorities and areas of potential public/private cooperation. And in 2010, the Justice Department convened a group of funders focused on Reentry and Justice Reinvestment, two of the priority areas identified at the earlier meeting.
But more needs to be done. Because targeted investments by grantmakers in criminal justice reform can alleviate other, often-connected problems, we need to highlight the intersections between criminal justice policy and critical social justice issues such as racial inequality, education, community revitalization, child and family well-being, poverty, housing, and employment and workforce development.
In addition to investing dollars, funders have an unmatched ability to bring together both likely and unlikely allies -- not just reform advocates, but also businesses and community leaders, law enforcement, policy makers, and others -- ensuring that we move beyond issue silos to find common ground, share resources and ideas, and focus collectively on the task at hand.
In terms of facilitating knowledge sharing, funders also can identify and commission research and data on best practices and successes, and help disseminate that knowledge to a broad national audience.
Finally, funders can help to open doors for advocates by making sure that, in discussions and work with public and private partners, organizations and leaders on the frontlines always have a seat at the table.
There are myriad examples of innovative strategies from states and localities across the country that have taken up criminal justice reform, addressing both front-end alternatives to incarceration as well as successful reentry for those returning to their communities from prison and jail. We in philanthropy have the opportunity to lead the way in establishing these strategies as successes that can be replicated and built upon so that they become lasting solutions. It is the only way to achieve real justice and safety for our communities.
-- Timothy P. Silard


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OX Tools UK is the latest supplier to join the Builders Merchants Federation.
The company's hand tool range was created in 1974 in Australia and launched under the OX brand in the UK in 2012.
It currently employs over 50 people in the UK and anticipates turnover of £19 million in 2018.
Jason Elkins, OX Group's National Accounts Manager – UK & Europe, said: "OX Group are delighted to be joining the BMF, the voice of the Builders Merchant Industry.
"We see an excellent synergy as many of the BMF members are already long term and strategic customers of OX Group. It will be an excellent opportunity to meet the owners and senior directors of these businesses and look to continuing to grow these long term relationships.
"We also see the data and information that is only available to BMF members as vital to the ongoing success of our business and preparing us for the changes that lie ahead in the industry."
John Newcomb, BMF CEO, said: "It is especially gratifying to see the value placed on the BMF's data, information and networking services by OX Group.
"We aim to support every size and type of business involved in building materials supply in the UK.
"This includes relatively recent entrants to the UK market, like OX, and others that have been established for well over 100 years, like the BMF itself."


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Olympian's in the Making
I would like to say a massive well done to the nine year 6 students who took part in a fast-paced and intense handball tournament earlier this afternoon. Competing against five other teams, Newport used their first game as a warm up and followed it up with four fantastic matches.
Winning three out of the five games, the children should be extremely proud of their achievements throughout the tournament. Up front, their was some spectacular shooting from Ollie Lewis-Gorton (I don't know how he didn't score more!) as well as some excellent dribbling and shooting skills from Arthur Cooper. Katso and Sienna, used their netball skills to block and defend, whilst Hayden and Cole and Harry Scotcher made some super saves in goal. Our team would not have been complete without Nathan 1 and Nathan 2, who added pace and quick passing skills to the games. Well done to all the children who took part today, you represented the school fantastically: showing great sportsmanship with each other and other teams.
Finally, I would like to say a massive thank you to all the parents who attended the tournament today, giving up your time to cheer on and support the whole team. I know I and the children really appreciated it.


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Positions: Second base, Fourth outfielder
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Key 1989 stat: FBI case No. 621953
A season in hiding: In 1989, Chicago Cubs second baseman Ryne Sandberg witnessed a mafia hit in the Windy City. Fearing for his life, he went to the police and was placed in the witness-protection program. He pleaded for the opportunity to remain a major leaguer, but the FBI deemed it too risky. The federal government bought Sandberg's contract from the Cubs and sent him to Fargo, N.D., where he began work as a Home Depot garden department stock boy. But "Rhino" became despondent; he missed baseball. He knew he couldn't return to the big leagues, so he joined the FBI's witness-protection traveling softball team, the Unknown Wonder Stars. The team wanted to stay under the radar, so they wore no insignias on their jerseys or hats, and went by alternate names. Sandberg became "Rusty Slowenpop," batted third and left his beloved second base to become the all-important fourth outfielder. After Sandberg hit 102 home runs and drove in 234 runs in the 1989 season, the Wonder Stars started receiving attention. Mobsters in Chicago read newspaper stories about the exploits of "Rusty Slowenpop," and immediately recognized "The Fargo Thrasher" as Sandberg. Hitmen were sent to North Dakota, but federal agents ensnared them at the Wonder Series, law enforcement softball's version of the World Series. The Wonder Stars went on to win the Wonder Series thanks to "Slowenpop's" hitting, fielding and leadership. The mobsters were sentenced to jail, and Sandberg was able to return to the Cubs. Sadly, being on the longest-suffering franchise in professional sports, Sandberg yearned for the success he enjoyed with the Wonder Stars in the summer of 1989.
Card submitted by Nate Tabak


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October Homeschool Day
October 16, 2019 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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October Homeschool Day
Event Details
1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
$14.50 for adults
FREE for Members
Event Description
American Indians in Art
About Homeschool Days
Homeschool Days at the High Museum get a makeover! We have revamped our program to better fit the needs of homeschool students and educators. Classes are designed to serve small homeschool co-op groups and individual homeschool families.
Two-hour homeschool classes are held six times during the school year, starting in September. Each class focuses on a new theme, and participants are divided into classes by age. Classes take place in the art galleries and in the Greene Family Education Center. Homeschool educators can sign up their students for one session at a time or for a series of sessions. Homeschool educators, parents, and caregivers are encouraged to participate in a guided gallery tour while students are engaged in the workshop. Caregivers must remain at the Museum during the entirety of the program.
Costs are $11 per child and regular general admission for chaperones. The program is free for High Museum members. Participants can sign up for multiple sessions at a time.
For the full schedule of upcoming events, visit the Homeschool Days page.


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EU General Data Protection Regulation: Cancer Research At Risk?
The European Commission published the draft legislative proposal on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data also known as the EU "General Data Protection Regulation" (Regulation (EU) 2016/679). The proposal aims to put in place harmonised rules across the 28 EU Member States, which set out the conditions under which the personal data of individuals can be altered, transferred, collected or in any way tampered with by 3rd parties (processing of data). This draft Regulation will replace the previous Directive on Data Protection (95/46/EC).
All the main medical cancer societies and patients advocacy groups in Europe have expressed concern that the proposed EU General Data Protection Regulation could make cancer research impossible and add a significant burden to both doctors and cancer patients.
The proposed wording of the Regulation stipulates "explicit and specific patient consent", meaning that researchers would have to approach patients every single time research is planned to obtain consent to the processing of their personal data or to use tissue samples stored for research purposes. The proposal is in favour of inclusion in the EU General Data Protection Regulation of the withdrawable "one-time consent" concept – already foreseen in the Clinical Trials Regulation adopted by the European Union in 2014, which allows the use of data already stored beyond the end and the specific scope of a trial with the usual strict safeguards.
ESSO endorsed the document to ensure that all forms of public health research will survive and be able to function within the safeguards that are in place, without adding the nearly impossible administrative burden of re-consenting each patient, every time, for every single project, which could irreversibly slow down the accelerated pace that cancer research has gained over the past decades.
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About us
Fitness centre in Westerpark
Roots fitness centre Shape all in
Shape all in opened in Amsterdam in 1984 and is now one of the city's most modern fitness centres. Housed in large premises near the Westerpark in Amsterdam West, the centre has all of the facilities that modern gym users might expect, but also has managed to keep the great atmosphere that you usually only find at small-scale fitness centres. Here at Shape All In, users work and relax the body and the mind, and the wide range of classes on offer allow us to cater for everyone: young and old, beginners and advanced users, pregnant women, people with injuries and the disabled.
We are proud to say that Shape All In offers users a total sport-food-care-mind-wellness concept.
Shape all in has a fitness surface area of 650 m2, featuring Technogym Element+ and Kinesis equipment, Pure Strength plate-loaded and free weights, a function and crossfit zone, a B-cube cage and a cardio area with TV, Netflix and Internet access.
Personal exercise and sports activities can all be saved in your personal MyWellness cloud environment.
- A functional training area in which more than 20 circuit and core training classes are offered to small groups
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- Fitness instructors and personal training are available during opening hours
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A welcoming bar, for members and non-members with an extensive range of delicious and healthy superfood shakes and food supplement shakes, coffee's or tea's
Available to eat-in or to-go
Even if you aren't as fit as you might like to be, are recovering from an illness or injury, have just had a baby or aren't getting any younger, you can be sure that Shape all in has the perfect exercise programmes for you.
- Disabled access to all rooms and a lift is available too
- Physiotherapy practice
- Lose, put on and maintain weight with the Body Support programme
- Fitness and antenatal course for expectant mothers
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- Training for those who wish to stop smoking
- Medical care specifically for runners
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Besides working your body and mind, Shape All In also gives you the opportunity to enjoy some wellness pampering.
- A separate sauna and steam room for men and women
- Sunbeds
- A massage bed plus light and aroma therapy
- Discounts for the beauty studio …