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Before Ottawa's Helene Campbell received her double lung transplant on April 6th, her campaign to raise organ donation awareness was so compelling that it attracted the attention of celebrities including Don Cherry, Ellen DeGeneres and Justin Bieber.
National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Week is April 22-28 and if you are one of the millions of people who have taken steps to be a donor, you might feel a sense of pride at the possibility of helping someone like Helene in the future. But did you know that the decision may not be yours at the end of the day, regardless of your intention or consent?
In most provinces, organ and tissue donation is really a two-step process of consent. First, the donor can choose to take the necessary steps to consent to becoming a donor.
As a matter under provincial jurisdiction, the methods of signing up to become a donor vary from province to province: consent may be given on a health card, a driver's licence, or by joining a registry, depending on where you live. However, in most provinces, this second step is even more important.
Before a donation can actually occur, i.e. after the would-be donor's passing, a family member must also consent, meaning that the family has the power to effectively override a donor's own consent upon the death of the donor.
By way of example, both British Columbia and Ontario have organ donor registries but the provinces take very different approaches to the donor's request. Unlike other provinces, in British Columbia, an organ donor registry form is considered a binding document, and the medical staff will follow the deceased person's wishes in accordance with the donor's registry form.
In Ontario, the fact that someone has registered is disclosed to relevant parties so that they are aware of the donor's own desire to be a donor, but, in contrast to British Columbia, the final decision regarding organ donation rests with the family members following the death of the donor.
In those jurisdictions that choose to reaffirm a donor's intention with family members, the donor's consent will not be binding on medical professionals if the relevant family member objects to the donation for any reason. Conversely, if there is no evidence of an expression of intention regarding organ donation, the family can consent to the donation following death.
This would also be true if the deceased was a young person, unable to give consent when alive due to his or her age. According to the Trillium Gift of Life Network, "In almost all cases, families honour and respect their loved ones' donation decision if they are given evidence that it's what the donor wanted."
There are certain criteria to be met in order to consent to be a donor while alive, including a minimum age. The ages for valid consent vary from province to province, starting as young as 14 in Quebec and 16 in Ontario and Prince Edward Island, to 18 or 19 in the balance of the provinces. There are also rules as to how valid donor consent is to be documented.
The laws of each province also set out the order of priority of family members who have the ability to consent to a donation. The order is generally spouse, then adult children, then parents, followed by siblings, then any other next of kin. If a family member first in the order of priority refuses to consent, a lower-priority family member cannot override that refusal and provide consent.
Similar to the requirements governing donors, there are also province-specific rules outlining how the family member's consent will be obtained and/or documented on the death of the donor.
According to www.transplant.ca, a single organ and tissue donation could help up to 80 people. While more than 4,000 Canadians are waiting for a transplant, only 1,800 transplants were performed last year, and 195 Canadians died waiting for a transplant.
Even the best intentions of those who consent to becoming a donor may not be able to save a life if the family members do not also consent at the time of death.
Similar to other aspects of your end-of-life and estate planning, it is imperative for you to discuss your wishes and intentions with your family. If family members are aware of a person's own intention to be a donor, they will be more likely to also consent at the time of death.
For more information on the specifics of organ and tissue donation in your province or territory, including how to evidence your own intention to become a donor, refer to your provincial agency's website, or for a comprehensive review of all Canadian jurisdictions, visit http://www.transplant.ca/pubinfo_orgtiss.htm. You are also strongly encouraged to seek competent legal advice before you take any action.
Leanne Kaufman is vice-president of the professional practice group at RBC Wealth Management and author of The Executor's Handbook, available at www.cch.ca/RBCEXEC. Email Leanne at email@example.com.


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Recalling the beloved profile and form factor of the original Pen film cameras, the Black Olympus PEN-F is a sleek, versatile mirrorless Micro Four Thirds camera that combines high-resolution imaging capabilities with advanced creative control. Revolving around a 20.3MP Live MOS sensor and TruePic VII processor, the PEN-F offers nuanced image quality with reduce noise, along with the ability to shoot at up to 10 fps with a mechanical shutter, record Full HD 1080p video, and a sensitivity range up to ISO 25600. In-camera sensor-shift-type 5-axis image stabilization helps to minimize the appearance of camera shake for sharper handheld shooting and the sensor and processor combination also avails a fast 81-area contrast-detection AF system for refined accuracy when working with a variety of subjects. Adjustment over the look and feel of imagery is encouraged by the dedicated Creative Control dial on the front of the camera, which offers direct access to black & white and color profiling, and a dedicated lever permits fine-tuning of exposure and contrast curves while shooting. Complementing these imaging assets, the camera body is physically characterized by its retro-styled design that incorporates a 2.36m-dot OLED electronic viewfinder and articulating 3.0" 1.037m-dot touchscreen LCD for intuitive control and handling. Classic in appearance yet technologically-inclined, the PEN-F marries a natural handling scheme with contemporary, multimedia recording abilities.
Making use of the redeveloped 20.3MP Live MOS sensor and sensor-shift image stabilization, the PEN-F also sees the inclusion of a High Res Shot mode that composites eight images into a single frame to effectively produce a 50MP image. An electronic shutter function can be used for completely silent performance, and also provides fast shutter speed times up to 1/16,000 sec. for working in bright conditions with wide aperture settings. An intervalometer function can be used to produce time-lapse movies, which can be exported at 4K UHD resolution, for recording up to 999 consecutive frames with up to 24-hour intervals. Additionally, built-in Wi-Fi is also available for wirelessly transferring imagery to or remotely controlling the camera from a linked smartphone or tablet.
20.3MP Live MOS Sensor and TruePic VII Processor
A redeveloped 20.3MP Live MOS Micro Four Thirds sensor pairs with the TruePic VII image processor to enable high-resolution stills shooting and Full HD video recording, along with a wide dynamic range, smooth color and tonal rendering, and a notable sensitivity range from ISO 200-25600 for working in a variety of lighting conditions. The sensor's design also omits a conventional optical low-pass filter in order to achieve higher apparent sharpness and resolution.
The sensor and processor combination avails quick performance throughout the camera system, too, including the ability to continuously shoot at up to 10 fps using the mechanical shutter for up to 39 12-bit raw files or 45 JPEGs in a burst. Infinite JPEGs can be recorded in a burst when shooting at 5 fps, or up to 250 raw files. And if working with the electronic shutter function, up to 20 fps shooting speeds are possible, along with a top shutter speed of 1/16,000 sec. In regard to video recording, Full HD 1080p is supported at up to 60 fps, as well as ALL-I and IPB shooting at 30 fps with a 77 Mbps bit-rate. In-camera time-lapse shooting is also possible, with the ability to export finished productions as 4K 3840 x 2160 movies at 5 fps.
Sensor-Shift 5-Axis Image Stabilization
In-body, sensor-shift image stabilization helps to minimize the appearance of camera shake by up to 5 stops with any lens in use and compensates for camera movements that become especially noticeable when working with telephoto shots, macro imagery, and long exposures. Furthermore, this unique image stabilization system works across five axes to compensate for vertical angle rotation, horizontal angle rotation, horizontal shift, vertical shift, and rolling camera shake movement. This range of detected movements serves to benefit traditional still image shooting as well as movie recording and working with moving subjects more effectively. Additionally, image stabilization can also be used when framing shots, for more accurate compositions, by half-pressing the shutter button.
For increased stabilization when working with longer lenses that incorporate lens-shift type image stabilization, 5-axis sync IS is also supported, this combines the effectiveness of the sensor-shift image stabilization along with the lens-specific optical image stabilization. This helps to compensate for up to six stops of camera shake for more effective handheld shooting with telephoto focal lengths and slower shutter speeds.
Body Design and Built-In Wi-Fi
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Aided by the dedicated Creative Control Dial, a slew of aesthetic adjustments can be made to imagery in-camera:
Other Camera Features
The Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 40-150mm f4.0-5.6 R Lens is a high-performance 3.75x telephoto zoom lens with a 35mm equivalent focal length of 80-300mm. A light, compact, and fast-focusing lens that's ideal for portraits and other subjects in the middle and far distance, the 40-150mm has nearly silent focusing technology (a screw drive mechanism that is especially quiet and fast (MSC)) that makes it a perfect choice for recording HD movies with excellent sound. The Micro Four Thirds format brings portability and great optical performance that can capture spontaneous, high-quality photos and movies.
A special aspherical optical glass element and an HR element are used to correct various types of aberrations, while the 100% digital design ensures high-definition performance with clear, crisp images from edge to edge. This lens also boasts impressive close-up shooting capability, allowing users to shoot from as close as 3.0' (0.9 m) throughout the entire zoom range.
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Features 13 elements in 10 groups, one aspherical lens, and one HR element
Olympus' near-silent focusing technology (MSC) ensures this lens can record HD movies with excellent sound, eliminating the whir that can otherwise ruin movie playback.
A light, compact and extremely fast-to-focus lens--perfect for shooting portraits or other subjects in the middle distance
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Effective: 20.3 Megapixel
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Movies: AVI, MOV, MPEG-4 AVC/H.264
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1920 x 1080p / 50 fps (52 Mbps)
1920 x 1080p / 29.97 fps (77 Mbps)
1920 x 1080p / 25 fps (77 Mbps)
1920 x 1080p / 23.98 fps (77 Mbps)
1920 x 1080p / 29.97 fps (52 Mbps)
1920 x 1080p / 25 fps (52 Mbps)
1920 x 1080p / 23.98 fps (52 Mbps)
1280 x 720p / 59.94 fps (77 Mbps)
1280 x 720p / 50 fps (77 Mbps)
1280 x 720p / 29.97 fps (77 Mbps)
1280 x 720p / 25 fps (77 Mbps)
1280 x 720p / 23.98 fps (77 Mbps)
1280 x 720p / 59.94 fps (52 Mbps)
1280 x 720p / 50 fps (52 Mbps)
1280 x 720p / 29.97 fps (52 Mbps)
1280 x 720p / 25 fps (52 Mbps)
1280 x 720p / 23.98 fps (52 Mbps)
High Definition
1280 x 720p / 30 fps
Standard Definition
640 x 480p / 30 fps
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Speed: 60 - 1/8000 second
Type: Mechanical
Speed: 30 - 1 minute in Bulb Mode
Type: Electronic
Speed: 60 - 1/16000 second
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Metering Range: EV -2.0 - EV 20.0
Compensation: -5 EV to +5 EV (in 1/3, 1/2 or 1 EV steps)
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Up to 10 fps at 20.3 MP for up to 45 frames in JPEG format
Up to 5 fps at 20.3 MP for up to 250 frames in raw format
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Red-eye Reduction
Second-curtain Sync
Slow Sync
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Custom: 1-30 seconds at 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 second intervals
Number of Shots: 1-10
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|1x BLN-1 Rechargeable Lithium-ion Battery Pack, 7.6 VDC, 1220 mAh
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32 to 104°F (0 to 40°C)
Humidity: 30 - 90%
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|15.06 oz / 427 g CIPA, with battery and memory card
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Description of House In ToftlundThis beautiful holiday home is located on a tranquil route with no through traffic. A fishing lake, shopping centres and the swimming pool of Arrild are located at a walking distance from the house. You can use the swimming pools situated in the swimming centre free of cost. There are 4 golf courses and wide sandy beaches of Romo in a radius of 25 km. The house has place to sleep for 8 people, spread over 4 bedrooms. The bedrooms are not situated next to each other. There are two bathrooms in this house with a jacuzzi bath and a sauna in one of the bathrooms. The loft bedroom also serves as an alternative sleeping place or as a cosy corner with a PlayStation. Flooring throughout the house can be easily maintained and the tile flooring has underfloor heating. A part of the terrace is covered, where you can enjoy long outdoors, summer evenings or after nightfall.
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05 Jul, 2016
SMPS DC's Book Club Heads to Philly
SMPS DC's successful book club, On the Same Page (OSP), is heading to Philly for Build Business, and we're spending this month preparing for the big trip. Whether or not you're attending the national conference, you can participate in a pre-convention session right here in DC.
OSP is organized by SMPS DC's Career Advancement Committee. The book club combines professional development and networking as we learn from other SMPS members. The group draws a diverse group of seasoned veterans and those new to the industry. At an OSP event we work in pairs to read excerpts from that month's book selection. Then we discuss what we read one-on-one with a partner and with the larger group. This gets everyone talking, and listening, as we unpack the text for what it means to each of us and how it's relevant to our careers. Although we encourage reading the book beforehand, OSP is set up so that everyone can attend and participate.
This month we're reading The Start Up of You, by Ben Casnocha, a keynote speaker at Build Business. The book applies lessons learned in Silicon Valley to professional growth with the idea that we are all entrepreneurs: we need to be nimble, we need to invest in ourselves, we need to take risks, and we need to build our networks.
On Wednesday, July 13th, we're meeting in DC, to discuss The Start Up of You and share our insights with each other.
Our next step is taking OSP to Build Business, where we've invited the whole country to join the discussion. On Wednesday night, Ben Casnocha is the featured speaker, and on Thursday morning, SMPS DC is sponsoring and facilitating the book club breakout session.
We hope you'll join us in DC on July 13th and in Philly on August 11th.


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Beyond Caring-The Yard Theatre
Four people, strangers, turn up to work the night shift in a meat factory, where they're employed by a temp agency as cleaners on minimum wage, zero-hours contracts. They clean, drink cups of tea, read magazines, chat, and then go home to to another job, before doing it all over again until, one day, something stirs.
"By the end of director Alexander Zeldin's quietly compelling production, I could barely breathe."
Time Out Critics' Choice
"Alexander Zeldin's devised drama gives an unforgettable taste of life at the bottom of the employment pile. Compounded of lots of subtle, telling moments, unafraid to test our patience with real-time monotonous realism, it has a rare quality of gripping authenticity."
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Today marks the occasion of my 300th post on Fight Rankings! I've also recently reached another milestone, as my page now has over 20,000 views in its lifetime. It's been less than eight months, which also means that I've generated way too much content for a single person. That's right, everything on this site is posted by me and nobody else, a feat that is sometimes daunting. Truth be told, I do love writing here and I've enjoyed doing this so far and I have every intention of sticking around.
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Okay, so 5% of all people who come to my site are looking for Bob Sapp information. Bob Sapp. In the year 2011. I mean, I'm a little curious what the man is up to, but I also don't think I've written anything of note about the man in 2011. I remember I briefly noted that he was still owed money for fights, but not much else.
The rest is pretty standard. Forrest Griffin, Gina Carano, and various permutations of Mirko Cro Cop make sense. I'm glad that people come to my site when looking for Felice Herrig information, though I wish I had more information to provide other than she is on Twitter and extremely attractive.
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I almost missed the "gina carano sin ropa" entry, but briefly channeled enough high school Spanish to remember that search is actually fairly amusing. My site is not a good place to find spider information, as some dying people with spider bites likely found out. And I can confirm that yes, 15 are indeed fight.


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So starting off this week, I didn't think that we were going to do anything for Thanksgiving. HOWEVER, after I wrote Monday I got a call from Sister Fischbeck and she told us that President and Sister Laney had invited us to eat Thanksgiving lunch with them. #officebenefits. And it was SO GOOD! It was by far the best Thanksgiving I had in the mission. There was turkey, mashed potatoes w/ gravy, green bean casserole, corn, stuffing, broccoli salad, and a berry jello. So, I stuffed myself until my stomach started to hurt and was super content and happy. Then they said that we were going to eat dessert. Yeah, I was like "Oh no", haha. There was chocolate silk pie, cheesecake pie, pumpkin pie, and a berry cobbler. So, I somehow ate one piece of the chocolate silk pie and was literally DYING! My stomach hurt so much that I couldn't stand up for about 20 mins, haha. But the food was so good...and gringo that I couldn't resist, haha. But it was really awesome being able to spend time with the Laney's, Fischbecks (the other secretaries), MiGinnis's (Bogota South Secretaries), and the Hackings (The ex-ex-president of our mission). And my camera was dead, so I have to steal the pics from my comp.
But other than that, this week has been pretty boring. We have been contacting and have been finding A TON of atheists. It's honestly sad to ask someone if they believe in Jesus Christ and they say "no". I always ask them "what happened?" and they usually say that they need tangible proof of His existence. Like when people from other religions tell us that they believe in Christ, I always congratulate them and tell them that it is super chevere that they do. I mean, I'm still going to invite them to come unto Christ and be baptized in His restored church, but at least they believe in Jesus Christ. We haven't gotten into dangerous situations this week, so that's a plus :) However, I was informed by a member about a few things that are happening in the world and I am completely shocked and saddened to see just how quickly the world is destroying itself. But it does 100% confirm my testimony that these are the last days and that Christ's Second Coming is very soon. I love this gospel and I know that if we apply it's principles in our lives and try everyday to become a better person and grow closer to God and His Son, we have no reason to fear for when that day comes. I love you all so much! Talk to you guys next week!
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If you are not interested in the shock that comes with the bike, they give you enough space to install other options. I personally have the 2013 carbon Demo, and the shock I wanted to run would not fit.
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The last mile is the longest.....
May 13, 2011 by Guest Author
One more week to go and another training period will be finished. How fast did this one go! And we had such a nice group of steady people. Those who were here from the beginning but also those who joined it for a bit. Somehow the atmosphere was really good this time. And with good I mean supportive, tolerant and steady.
There was only one week in which the energy seemed to drop because of people falling away either by being ill or by work that was a priority. The work that needed to be done was for example the beautiful stuff that Roshi and Jim Prall made: kyosaku, kotsu, shippei, clappers, hako (made by Terry Kinyo...).
Of course for the White Plum meeting. Tomorrow about 32 teachers will come from all over the world. Dave Scott Keizan Sensei from the UK, has already arrived with 2 of his students John and Sue. Obviously we want us to look good to all of them, since this is the center founded by Maezumi Roshi. And directly or indirectly we are all connected to him. So we're busy with tidying up, making things look nice, planning logistics etc. And in between we have our schedule, are hosting groups and get new trainees settled in.
Yesterday Susan arrived. She never did Zen meditation before and arrived 15 minutes before the first sitting period that morning. After a very brief introduction she sat like a rock the first 3 periods. Very impressive!
My time as Shuso is almost over. Next week Sunday, May the 22d, the big ceremony will happen. I'm getting a little bit nervous, as I don't seem to be able to find space for preparing my talk. Other things always seem more important, like now e.g. the White Plum meeting for which our presentation feels more important than for other groups. So keen I am on making a good impression on them as a center, that I feel more pressure on the cooking than usual.
I'm not totally sure whether this is because I'm getting more nervous for next weeks ceremony and not being able to create any space to prepare my self properly, or because of the specialness of having all these teachers here. I guess it doesn't matter. It just feels as more pressure right now and I have to work with it. That's why for me this last mile feels the longest.
At the same time I have no complaints at all. As everybody is so incredibly supportive of all that needs to happen, everyone pitches in so very nicely. I'm really proud of the current group residents. And also the broader Sangha: plenty of you will come this weekend to help out. I totally love this community spirit.
So! Get on with the prep! We'll keep you posted
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15 May 2011 06:57:53
thank you, jish, for your lovely comments.
and for the talk: there is nothing to proof because you did it already in your actions, in your deeds and feat.
what time is your talk?
wishing you, everybody and everything true liberation
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|Zoë at two weeks
And yet, despite knowing the changes that fatherhood has brought on in my own life, I was still shocked to read about this little finding published in 2011 by Gettler and colleagues--fatherhood reduces testosterone... a lot.
The logic for decreases in testosterone following parenthood in males is fairly straightforward. Testosterone, as we have discussed on this blog, is related to a number of behaviors that can be considered aggressive and dominant. Some of these behaviors increase the likelihood that men will fight for scarce resources and contest status disputes between individuals. Physiologically, testosterone also contributes to musculature and libido, two characteristics that play a role in either the likelihood that males will seek out mating opportunities or be chosen as desirable mates by others.
In essence, testosterone seems to facilitate behaviors that conflict with the goals of fatherhood--primarily the caring for of one's offspring. A human male can't be running around getting into bar fights and having promiscuous sex with other conspecifics if he is realistically considering being a reliable caregiver. This is why many researchers have proposed that testosterone down regulation is a physiological mechanism that underlies the transition to parenting--caregiving needs in the social environment decrease the production of testosterone and thereby facilitate the reduction of behaviors that impede parenting goals.
|T decreases in new fathers (source)
Examining changes in testosterone from age 21.5 to 26 reveals that whereas participants who were already fathers (-15pg/ml) or who were not in a relationship (-22pg/ml) showed small drops in waking testestosterone, the group who showed the largest decrease in testosterone was the new fatherhood group, who dropped in waking T by an amazing 26% (-53pg/ml)!
The plot thickens considerably when the researchers examined the new fatherhood group. Caregiving needs are likely to be strongest in the first month or so of a newborn's life, and so the researchers expected testosterone to be at its lowest for fathers of newborns. A subset of the table is presented above. In comparison to participants who were never fathers, fathers of newborns show the largest decrease in testosterone of any group (waking: -105pg/ml). As infants age, the decline in testosterone tapers off for fathers.
So in summary, it seems that fatherhood causes many amazing life changes and one of those is a withdrawal of testosterone--and presumably, its associated dominance-relevant behaviors. Maybe this pattern will curb my road rage or reduce the number of crying graduate students at my office hours? Only time will tell!
Also, this is one of my favorite quotes from any paper: "Humans are one of the few mammalian specifis in which paternal care is relatively common, with fathers often helping to raise multiple overlapping offspring who are dependent well into their second decade of life." Try third decade!
Gettler LT, McDade TW, Feranil AB, & Kuzawa CW (2011). Longitudinal evidence that fatherhood decreases testosterone in human males. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108 (39), 16194-9 PMID: 21911391


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Price Discrimination, Copyright Law, and Technological Innovation: Evidence from the Introduction of DVDs
Julie Holland Mortimer
NBER Working Paper No. 11676
This paper examines the welfare effects of intellectual property protection, accounting for firms' optimal responses to legal environments and technological innovation. I examine firms' use of indirect price discrimination in response to U.S. copyright law, which effectively prevents direct price discrimination. Using data covering VHS and DVD movie distribution, I explain studios' optimal pricing strategies under U.S. copyright law, and determine optimal pricing strategies under E.U. copyright law, which allows for direct price discrimination. I analyze these optimal pricing strategies for both the existing VHS technology and the new digital DVD technology. I find that studios' use of indirect price discrimination under US copyright law benefits consumers and harms retailers. Optimal pricing under E.U. copyright law also tends to benefit studios and consumers. I also reanalyze these issues assuming continued DVD adoption.
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Potentiometric surface and water quality in the Principal Aquifer, Mississippian Plateaus region, Kentucky
Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4102
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The Mississippian Plateaus region is the outcrop area of rocks of Mississippian age which extends as a broad arcuate band around the Western Coal Field in westcentral Kentucky. Much of the area is characterized by plains of low relief containing numerous sinkholes, subsurface drainage, and a low density of surface streams. The principal aquifer consists of a thick sequence of limestones extending downward stratigraphically from the base of the Chesterian Series to the black shales at the top of the Devonian rocks. Well yields range from several gallons per minute to as much as 500 gallons per minute in some karst areas where secondary openings are well developed. The potentiometric map indicates that ground-water movement generally conforms to the surface drainage pattern. The actual direction of movement varies from river basin to river basin. Most water from the principal aquifer is a calcium magnesium bicarbonate type and is generally good relative to current drinking water standards. The lower St Louis Limestone, in places, yields a calcium magnesium sulfate water that is corrosive and has a strong hydrogen sulfide odor. The karst areas of the principal aquifer are vulnerable to contamination because of the well-developed subsurface drainage. Urban areas, industries, and agriculture are sources of contaminants that can be easily flushed into the ground-water system. (USGS)
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You can't always get what you want!
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I went to a creative workshop where I had to sew a sock monkey.
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On my list of 'what I want to learn to do' is to learn how to sew.
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Charming and mesmerising set that avoids sharp pop aesthetic
For Essex boys The Horrors, surely redemption has arrived at last. Yes, there were those of us who enjoyed the spooky frightwig garage rock of their debut album Strange House, but it left the sense that here was a band who are overstylised and blessed with just the one attention-grabbing trick. Not many would have given them much chance of prolonged survival, and yet here we are celebrating Skying, a third album recently crowned NME's best of the year, in a commendably large and fan-filled venue.
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The theme continued with 'Who Can Say', which was delivered by Faris Badwan in a voice reminiscent of Bowie beamed in from Planet Berlin in the 70s. The quintet themselves look like the cast of The Hunger on a night out at Max's Kansas City, with a hint of 70s Britcop thriller from keyboard player Rhys Webb. His playing buffeted the thrilling shoegaze pop of 'I Can See Through You' and the dream-punk of 'Scarlet Fields', an anaesthetised analogue of Siouxsie & the Banshees.
Badwan's barracking of those standing listening near the front to move out of the way and let people who want to jump in – 'then we'll all be a lot happier' – was uncharacteristic, but then the heroes they emulate were all similarly uncompromising. Besides, the very next song was one of the loudest and most animated, with 'Endless Blue' offering a swooning ambient false start and then a riff-heavy charge reminiscent of early Manics.
Throughout their 80-minute set, what charmed and mesmerised was both the fact they represent their many influences so faithfully and their lack of avoidance of a sharp pop aesthetic. From the careening krautrock of 'Sea Within a Sea' to the once-more Simple Minds echoing 'Still Life', the snotty, Suede-like dream-pop of 'Monica Gems' and the breathtaking Neu! drone of 'Moving Further Away', this is music to spark the emotions and live in the heart. Played before 50 people in a club basement or headlining Glastonbury, it would still resonate noisily.


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This month marks the 25th anniversary of National Food Safety Month. To commemorate it, we're sharing resources and information that will help your restaurant continuously improve its food safety rules and practices.
Our theme for 2019 is "Controlling Risk: The Elements of a Food Safety Management System," so we're highlighting how each individual can help the restaurant stay safe and give guests a great experience.
To recap last week's blog post, A Food Safety Management System, or FSMS, is an approach to controlling food safety hazards and ensuring that food for your customers. While a FSMS is not a legal requirement, it is a practical tool restaurants can use to make sure employees follow safe food handling practices.
As a restaurant employee, you're trained. You're experienced. You're good at your job. That's why it's so essential that you provide input to your managers. While they're busy doing their jobs, they may not be able to see the gaps in the day-to-day rules of the restaurant's Food Safety Management System. But you do.
As you go about your work each day, analyze what you're doing and how you're doing it. When you see improvements that could be made on the SOPs of your job, tell your manager. Experienced employees like you are the key to making it all work.
Managers, when you get feedback, consider how you might change policies or procedures to help improve the restaurant's food safety. Then, keep employees in the loop.
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Food safety goals
When you have a new policy, specify precisely what it is meant to achieve in terms of food safety.
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Identify the people in charge of each food-safety related activity in the restaurant and make sure they know when the action should happen.
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Define each step of the food safety process and let each person know exactly what is expected of him or her.
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Evaluate each job task and define corrective actions to be taken if anything doesn't meet job specifications.
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PERFORM has identified three main lines of intervention in Albania for 2016.
Main intervention line 1: Enhance networking and collaboration within the social science community with the aim to improve quality, knowledge sharing, and access to funding.
This intervention line is supported by the following cluster of opportunities:
- Increased international cooperation and networking of Albanian SSR with research institutions in the EU.
- Proactive actors (experienced and junior) from the SSR want to work towards better networking and higher research quality.
PERFORM will support interventions that:
- Explore opportunities related to the establishment of structures and procedures that support the creation, and sustainable development, of SSR networks, and other collaboration platforms, which foster knowledge sharing, a strengthened voice and apprehension of opportunities, for social science research to contribute to reform processes.
Main intervention line 2: Pilots for setting up dialogue and interaction between social science and the policy arena, civil society and the media
This intervention line is supported by the following cluster of opportunities:
- Decision-makers in the policy arena are becoming increasingly aware of the benefits of evidence-based policy making.
- Reform processes happening in Albania at the central and local level, which require evidence that SSR can deliver.
- EU integration process and harmonisation of policy making routines with the EU, as the upcoming EU budgetary support that will be granted to certain sectors.
- Synergies with Swiss Cooperation Strategy for Albania 2014-2017 and other development programmes.
PERFORM will support interventions that:
- Pilot systemic linkages between social science research and decision/policy makers at the central and local level. The main objective is to improve the collaboration between social science research institutions and policy making by supporting: (i) better channels of communication; and (ii) creation of procedures and structures that allow for an informed policy-making.
- Explore opportunities for better linkages between social science research and civil society organisations and identify innovative and context-adapted instruments.
Main intervention line 3: Improve framework conditions for social science research
This intervention line is supported by the following cluster of opportunities:
- New Law on Higher Education has been passed by the Parliament and is in force.
- Bylaws in support of the new Law need to be drafted.
PERFORM will support interventions that:
- Support the creation of the complementary legal framework for social sciences that will be conducive and in support for research.
- Support the design and operationalisation of new public agencies and enhance their effectiveness and efficiency.


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By Chris Ballou
When you boil it down, we all crave acceptance. It's the main thing we're all looking for in our lives, in three major ways:
1) Acceptance of self
by proving that we can date/have sex with/actually get a conversation with that hot guy/girl. All of us feel good inside when someone we're attracted to wants to talk to us, perhaps giving us the idea that they might in time want to do things to us that would make us grab the sheets in that 'tasteful movie sex' soul satisfying kind of way that can only come when connecting to someone that makes your insides tingle in the way that sister Mary told you was a carnal sin.
2) Acceptance by others
because they see us associated with that same person and assume certain values about us because we're with that person. When we're connected to someone we're proud of (for whatever reason, be it physical, financial or social) we feel that increases the value others will in turn assign us and perhaps invite us to the cool parties or game night.
3) Acceptance of hope
We all know that relationships can be brutal. We all know that we have no fucking idea and that the second we think we know what we want someone comes along to prove us wrong. But we want to believe. That's why we keep going back, why we are willing to forgive, to grow, to learn. Because we want to hope. Without hope, we're lost to wallow in self-pity and eventually, bitterness.
There's a problem with our acceptance today. We used to be willing to settle. But now, in this world of short attention spans and constant exposure to everyone's highlight reel and marketing sycophancy, we've been taught we deserve better. That we can be more without trying.
We've relegated ourselves to being willing to judge everyone around us on a moments notice, in a 'hot or not' blink of an eye we can tell you all about the person that is equally judging you and your potential flaws off of something as simple as an errant popped collar or a bad camera angle.
And where we might have previously been happy to accept the person who was attractive but didn't necessarily share our love for anything Joss Whedon, we now find ourselves hungry for the perfect match.
We extrapolate values, stereotypes and judgements upon others until we find the rare few that fit our ever shrinking window of acceptance. And then we make our move, carefully pondering and calculating the timing and pacing of every interaction, hoping to achieve a face to face meeting that won't end up with us looking for the door the second we realize they've committed the worst of all sins, posting pictures from 5 plus years ago (connected to the lack of acceptance of self I was talking to earlier).
If you've ever watched a bucket of crabs, you'd see that crabs are essentially assholes. The second one starts crawling out, the others grab it in an attempt to get leverage, tragically pulling it back down to the bottom of the bucket. We do the same to ourselves unfortunately.
With our addiction to online dating fully established, women facing the ongoing barrage of 'sup' and men constantly searching for something hotter than their current date, the belief that we can find 'something better' prevents us from actually committing (apologies for using the 'C' word there). In our belief of an upgrade being around the corner, all it takes is one day of our latest knight/princess to not text us, to cancel a date or post something online of them doing something without us and in a kneejerk reaction we're setting up our next date with the next prospective candidate.
Of course, I'm asking you to take your time, to slow it down, to actually take the time to get to know someone. I'm also going to tell you that I'm in need of the same advice.
The only piece that's keeping me sane in this whole journey is patience. Patience that I'll send a smart, witty, personalized message to someone and they'll actually respond and interact as if they were a person and so was I.
The real challenge to you is finding that person through all the quagmire and then being willing to jump in the deep end with them. Not to swim off to sea out of sight of the shore in a real relationship kind of way, but to just be willing to give them your full attention and not be looking over your shoulder for other dates/sources of acceptance that are just a right swipe away. Accept you for who you are right now. Let your partner complement you, not complete you.
I'll be over here in the kiddie pool if you need me – I'm still relearning my stroke, getting over my previous ten year relationship that was recently ended without notice. But if you're feeling like your swimming technique is solid and you're ready to swim, then I'd ask you to try not to judge. Pick what's important to you and see what it feels like to let the rest be up for rediscovery. Don't wait for that 10 when a 9.4 is wanting to take you out for a nice dnner/monster truck rally. Have you ever been to a monster truck rally? No, which is exactly why you should try it before you judge it. You just might like it – or at least, show the other person that you're willing to do things they enjoy even though you don't. Which is maybe the best gift you can give anyone – especially if they're a good human being and reciprocate.
Keep an open mind, focus on learning what's truly important to you and be open to new people and ways of life, and you could end up being in a place where you feel accepted in all the right ways. If it doesn't work out? Well, you might just find you improve and learn about yourself along the way.


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Starting with a list of our failures is not the way to inspire confidence... trust perhaps, but not confidence!
But we are on a journey and journeys sometimes have flat tyres and detours - we fix them and we move on and tell tales about them when we get where we were going!
Seeing as we only recently moved in, and getting our rentable spaces ready for tenants is the biggest priority right now, our aquaponics has taken a bit of a back seat. First of all it took us a while to be able to fetch our gear from our previous house. And by that time many of the plants in our system had died.
|Perennial Basil,
Yellow Plum Tomato plant
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When we were able to fetch our system, we brought the fish over first. We had Koi and Tilapia in one system, but the Tilapia died soon after the move due to a number of factors - not the least of which was the fact that we didn't have sufficient filtering capability without the rest of the system i.e. the planter. We really struggled to filter the Koi water sufficiently so made it a priority to fetch our planters. It was a good lesson for us about how efficient the planter actually was as a filter!
We cleaned the existing fish pond, mounted the planter on some bricks in the middle and got the pump going - the water went from soupy to crystal clear in a couple of hours! You can see the Koi pond here with some perennial basil dominating and a little yellow plum tomato plant peeking out on the right. For the planter we just used a black Big Jim crate, which originally had a bell siphon in the centre as we wanted to try an ebb and flow system. (If these terms are confusing right now, don't stress!) But not it is a continuous flow system.
You can see the pond in the far corner of the property in the picture of the pool. There are 4 Koi in this system currently - about the limit for this pond I think! I made the remark that I wished our swimming pool water was that clear as the Koi water and that got us thinking - what about a natural pool / fish pond / aquaponics reservoir all in one. You can see the work of South African natural pool companies here and here.
Our pool is massive - 11.5m x 6m - and over 2.2m deep in the deep end so it works out at over 120 000l. And the pool pump leaked so we had to keep filling it up until we fixed the leak, until it sprung another leak... Oh bother! It just seems such a waste to spend all that time and money and chemical input to keep a pool dead. I'm sure it can't be healthy soaking yourself in that much chlorine on a regular basis - I'd much rather support a natural balance!
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From what I already understand of natural pools, they use water plants and a gravel bed as the filter - we are guessing we won't need so many water plants as we'll also filter the water through our aquaponics system. Most natural pools we've seen don't incorporate fish - I'm sure there is a way to do it though. We are thinking of making it possible for fish to use the whole pool when there are no human swimmers, but simultaneously providing a designated spot they can retreat to while there is swimming going on. If anyone gets squeamish about swimming in the water with the fish, I'll remind them that people swim in dams and lakes and in the sea all the time!
In the image of our pool above, you can see another black crate to the left of the pond - that is actually a crate resting in an old bath that has been sunk into the ground, with a small solar powered pump - another aquaponics system in the making. That system doesn't have fish in it currently - but we are getting there!
What we did get from that system though is a batch of lettuce seeds as pictured here - your lettuce plant will get to a point where it 'bolts' i.e. the stem grows longer - culminating in a flower head. These flowers bloom and then later close and start to dry out.
Lettuce seeds are ready to be picked when the flower heads are fluffy i.e. ready to fly away. Pick them and rub them between your fingers to release the seeds, then blow gently to lift the chaff.
You can see two different types of seeds - dark and light - in the image here. I got these particular lettuce plants in a mixed pack, so I'm happy to mix the seeds. Apparently lettuce varieties don't cross readily - this makes seed saving quite simple!
Speaking of seeds, this image of my seedlings and cuttings, taken past 7pm in the evening, gives you an idea of when I get to do my gardening! I made a joke on Facebook the other day about how when you are working full time you can't get all your gardening done in the daylight hours -
'Some call it urban permaculture,
I call it 'Gardening in the Dark'
You can see some Sansevarias on the left in this image - I found a plant at a nursery that was practically bursting the growing bag it was in - so bought the plant and split it into a number of individual plants that I could put in my house - and give away as gifts!
The polstyrene containers were rescued and recycled and I used to plant my herbs seeds and various small cuttings I collected. The plastic storage baskets have worked really well for storing my seed trays - I can bring them in if it is too hot outside, or if the rain is too heavy, but can put them outside when necessary.
March was quite a busy month - so look out for Part II of our March update!
Until then, what are your thoughts on natural swimming pools? Have you ever swum in one? (other than an actual lake or dam!) If you have a swimming pool yourself, would you ever consider converting?


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Living In London – Getting OUT of London
If you are living in London, then getting out of town for the weekend occasionally is a great way to see England and Europe. Yes, that's right, Europe is right on your doorstep. You can be in Paris in a couple of hours when you take the Eurostar from London. The Eurostar is a high speed train that travels underneath the English Channel and it truly is your entry into Europe. It's high speed comfort all the way and is one of the most affordable options if you're dying to take a mini-break and discover the sights of Europe. Once you're over here, there is no point in sitting round all weekend admiring the view. You've made it all the way across the pond, now it's just one step further and you can add Europe to your playground.