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Getting Started with the SQL Server Driver for PHP
In this post, I'll focus on the basics of using the SQL Server Driver for PHP to insert and retrieve data in a SQL Server Express database. I'll build a web page that exposes enough of the driver functionality for you to understand the basics of connecting to a server, inserting and retrieving data, and handling errors.
A quick note about simplicity: The web page I'll build in this post is very simple – it's just a simple form, really. It collects information about people who are registering for some fictional event. I'm intentionally keeping it very simple so I can focus on the PHP code for using the driver. (Finally, I get to write some code. J) For a more complex example that demonstrates more of the driver features, see the Example Application that is part of the driver documentation.
Installation and Configuration
To execute the code in this post, you will need to have PHP, the SQL Server Driver for PHP, and SQL Server Express installed on your local machine. If you used the Web Platform Installer and followed the instructions in my last post, you are ready to go. J If you installed PHP manually, you will still need to install the driver and SQL Server Express:
· Download SQL Server Express here: SQL Server Express Download
· Download the SQL Server Driver for PHP here: Driver Download
After you have downloaded the driver, you need to move the appropriate driver .dll file into your PHP extension directory, add the corresponding entry in your php.ini file to enable the extension, and restart your Web server. The appropriate version of the driver depends on whether your PHP installation PHP 5.2 or 5.3, is thread-safe or non-thread-safe, and whether it was compiled with Visual C++ 6.0 or Visual C++ 9.0. For example, if you installed a non-thread-safe version of PHP 5.3 that was compiled with Visual C++ 9.0, you need to put the php_sqlsrv_53_nts_vc9.dll file into your PHP extension directory and add the following line to the extension section of your php.ini file (and then restart your Web server):
Creating the Database
The database I'll use for this simple web application can be created by executing the PHP script that is attached to this post (CreateExampleDB.php). Of course, you'll have to update the script with your SQL Server login and password. If you have SQL Server Management Studio installed, you can simply execute the following Transact-SQL:
USE [master]
CREATE DATABASE ExampleDB
USE ExampleDB
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[RegistrationTbl](
[ID] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[Email] [nvarchar](50) NOT NULL,
[LastName] [nvarchar](50) NOT NULL,
[FirstName] [nvarchar](50) NOT NULL,
[RegDate] [datetime] NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT [PK_RegistrationTbl] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
CREATE UNIQUE NONCLUSTERED INDEX [IX_UniqueEmail] ON [dbo].[RegistrationTbl]
[Email] ASC
Building the Web Page
The web page I'll build begins with the code below. In the following sections of this post, I'll fill in the PHP code for connecting to the server, inserting and retrieving data, and handling errors. Copy this code into a file named ExampleForm.php and put it in your Web server's root directory so you can test the page as we go. (The completed web page is in the .zip file that is attached to this post.)
<Title>Example Web Form</Title>
<form method="post" action="?action=add" enctype="multipart/form-data" >
Last name <input type="text" name="lastName" id="lastName"/>

First name <input type="text" name="firstName" id="firstName"/>

E-mail address <input type="text" name="emailAddress" id="emailAddress"/>

<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" />
//I'll fill in the code here as we move through this tutorial.
Connecting to the Server
Before I can insert or retrieve data, I need to establish a connection to the server. The SQL Server Driver for PHP API provides the sqlsrv_connect function for doing this. This function takes one required parameter ($serverName) and one optional parameter ($connectionOptions). The $connectionOptions parameter allows me to specify the database I want to connect to, my SQL Server login, my password, and other options. (For a complete list of the connection options, see the sqlsrv_connect reference page.) So, here's what I need to connect to my local instance of SQL Sever Express:
$serverName = ".\sqlexpress";
$connectionOptions = array("Database"=>"ExampleDB",
"PWD" => "My_Password");
$conn = sqlsrv_connect($serverName, $connectionOptions);
if($conn === false)
die(print_r(sqlsrv_errors(), true));
I'll explain the error handling later, but I'll try to anticipate other questions you might have about this code here:
· What is the "." in the server name? This is just shorthand for specifying the local server. You could also use "(local)\sqlexpress" or "yourServerName\sqlexpress".
· If I have to specify the database in the connection string, how do I change databases later? You simply need to use the sqlsrv_query function to execute a statement that changes the database. The Transact-SQL command for this is USE databaseName.
Inserting Data
Next I'll write code that will take data from the submitted form and insert it into the database. To do this, I'll use the sqlsrv_query function that executes an INSERT command. (There are three lines of code to focus on here, just below the /*Insert data*/ comment.) First, I'll need to define the SQL that I want to execute ($insertSql). Second, I define an array ($params) that contains the parameter values from the $_POST variable. And last, I pass the connection resource, the SQL string, and the parameter array to the sqlsrv_query function.
if($_GET['action'] == 'add')
/*Insert data.*/
$insertSql = "INSERT INTO RegistrationTbl (LastName, FirstName, Email, RegDate)
$params = array(&$_POST['lastName'],
$stmt = sqlsrv_query($conn, $insertSql, $params);
if($stmt === false)
/*Handle the case of a duplicte e-mail address.*/
$errors = sqlsrv_errors();
if($errors[0]['code'] == 2601)
echo "The e-mail address you entered has already been used.
";
/*Die if other errors occurred.*/
die(print_r($errors, true));
echo "Registration complete.
";
As in the previous section, I'll explain the error handling later, but I'll try to anticipate other questions now:
· Why does the SQL string contain question marks? I'm using question marks (?) in place of the parameter values instead of concatenating parameter values with the SQL string to avoid SQL injection attacks. I wrote a post about why this is important some time back: How and Why to Use Parameterized Queries.
· Why are the variables in the $params array references? This is the recommended approach for constructing parameter arrays. Not using references in the parameter array can lead to unexpected results if the query is executed multiple times.
Retrieving Data
Now I want to display a table that contains information about all the people who have registered for my fictional event. Again, I'll use the sqlsrv_query function, but this time I'll use it to execute a SELECT statement. To access rows of returned data, I'll use the sqlsrv_fetch_array function. (By default, this function returns an array with both numeric and associative indexes.) Notice that I'm using the sqlsrv_has_rows function to display the table only when the executed query actually returns rows (i.e. there are actually results to display).
$sql = "SELECT * FROM RegistrationTbl ORDER BY LastName";
$stmt = sqlsrv_query($conn, $sql);
if($stmt === false)
die(print_r(sqlsrv_errors(), true));
print("
");
print("
Last Name	");
print("First Name	");
print("E-mail Address	");
print("Registration Date
");
while($row = sqlsrv_fetch_array($stmt))
$regDate = date_format($row['RegDate'], 'Y-m-d');
Handling Errors
OK, now for the promised discussion of the error handing code. The sqlsrv_errors function returns error information about the last operation performed by the driver. In most cases, I simply use the PHP die function and print the error array. Obviously, this would only be OK for a development environment. But notice in the Inserting Data section above, I am actually checking for a particular SQL Server error code: 2601. This error occurs when I try to enter a duplicate entry into a field that doesn't allow duplicates. Since the Email column in my database doesn't allow duplicates (specified by the UNIQUE constraint), I can use this error information to inform the user that the entered e-mail address has already been used.
You may also wonder why I use the triple equals operator (===) to check for errors. This is simple a precaution. Since the triple equals operator compares both value and type, I make sure that an integer value of zero (that could be returned by a function) is not evaluated as the Boolean value false.
OK, that's it for now. Look for posts soon that drill down into some of the features of the SQL Server Driver for PHP. As always, please comments and questions are welcome.


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OutsideI looked out of the window first thing this morning and saw these four pheasants. One was motionless in the middle of the field watching the other three as they walked in procession along the boundary fence. I grabbed my camera, and this is the best shot I could get before they disappeared beyond my view. I'm sorry that they don't show up very well.
Later in the morning D said he wondered what people were looking at opposite our window (we get quite a few hikers walking by at the weekend) and then realised it was this cat sitting staring at the field. The pheasants were long gone, but the hedge is a haven for mice and voles, as well as birds and the cats are always on patrol, but we've never seen one sitting on top of the hedge before.
From left to right they are:
Dead Language, by Peter Rushforth
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Author, Author by David Lodge
Mysterious Wales by Chris Barber
The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
W. Somerset Maugham Collection
Miss Ranskill Comes Home by Barbara Euphan Todd
The Genealogist'™s Internet by Peter Christian
The Last Town on Earth by Thomas Mullen
The Death of Dalziel by Reginald Hill
Hearts and Minds by Rosy Thornton
Florence and Tuscany a Dorling Kindersley travel guide
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
The Book of Air and Shadows by Michael Gruber
Back from the Brink, autobiography of Paul McGrath
The Innocent Man by John Grisham
Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe
The Sound of Paper by Julia Cameron
The Man in the Picture by Susan Hill

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Lotte Reiniger
Lotte Reiniger is perhaps most famous for creating the earliest surviving animated feature film, The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926). Her immediately recognisable animation style uses delicate silhouettes to conjure the storybook images of the range of fairytales and fables she adapted, which still thrills children and adults alike.
Th BFI is delighted to present The Adventures of Prince Achmed in a beautiful dual format edition, as well as a comprehensive two disc package of her Fairy Tale Films.


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For the first time, events management company the Taylor Lynn Corporation (TLC) has been announced as one of the sponsors of the sell-out Stadium Events & Hospitality Awards 2017.
Taking place on June 1, 2017 at Anfield, Liverpool Football Club, the 480 guests will include representatives from stadium venues across the UK and Ireland and they will be treated to an extraordinary evening including a fine dining four-course menu, awards ceremony, entertainment and on-site party until 4am. And with just five tickets remaining, the event is the biggest in its 13-year history.
TLC will be responsible for organising the room décor and entertainment for the event, in a sponsorship deal that not only emphasises the innovative contribution that the company makes to stadium events, with TLC's clients in the sector including Chelsea FC, UEFA, African Player of the Year Awards and Manchester United FC, but also cements TLC's position as one of the leading stadium event management companies in the UK.>>>READ MORE


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The reading ruler is a flexible transparent coloured plastic strip (205mm x 74mm) overprinted with two tracking lines. It thus combines the glare reduction benefit of reading through a coloured overlay with the guidance of a ruled line to assist tracking.


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You'd think that Autumn was a once-in-a-lifetime event, and that it came round like a comet every century. Because, even when you know pretty much what's coming, every year is like seeing it the first time– and it's a sight I absolutely defy anyone to get tired of seeing.
Yes, that is indeed a cunning excuse and intro to show you some snaps, taken this Sunday on our trip to Batsford Arboretum. Here's Batsford House (which is private) nestled among the trees as Gloucestershire stretches out behind it into the haze…
Why is it so easy to forget how beautiful Autumn is? Because it always seems so transitory – a fleeting blaze of flaming leaves, and then it burns itself out into cold Winter ash?…
Here, we're hot on the hunt for the perfect tree: the poster tree for Autumn….
…but then just about every tree is a perfect tree….
…even trees bare but beautiful, the harbinger of winter days ahead.
The gates of Heaven and Hell…
It was the hottest ticket of the party season, and Cynthia was thrilled to have snagged an invite. But why on earth did the Sly Languish PR Agency have to be so quite so… understated on the invitation? For the dress code for their Christmas party had simply read "Dress: Up" which (unless you were a stiltwalker) was clever -yes, certainly clever- but also downright maddeningly unhelpful.
So she'd played it safe, and opted for the "less is more" approach: her blue satin cocktail dress, with heels she could still walk in, and long sleeves so she wouldn't freeze at the bus stop later. But across the room she could see Margery Leadbetter had gone for the "more is more" approach. Margery was wafting about in a full-on floral organza ballgown, complete with chiffon drapery and long gloves.
Cynthia hoped Margery didn't have to travel by bus. Had she played it too safe herself? Oh well. At least the good thing about the downright ambiguous dress code was that made for sartorial variety.
But the bad thing was that same ambiguity clearly permeated the entire office building, for now there was the problem of the rest-room signs to decipher. They too, were also, oh-so-amusingly ambiguous and understated. One door simply bore a circle symbol with a pair of angel wings on, while the other door had a circle with devil's horns.
Cynthia stared at the two portals. She'd thought the evening would be absolute heaven, but the realisation occurred to her that this could rapidly turn into the party from hell…
Book Review: Elegance
You know how there are some books that you could almost literally sink your teeth into (if it wasn't for the fact that bite marks on pages are always ugly)? Well, Elegance: The Séeberger Brothers and Birth of Fashion Photography is just such a tome: a juicy, fat, shiny book, oozing gloss…
Gorgeous glove detail…
In a time before the Sartorialist and Facehunter had made street fashion photography just about the coolest thing on the planet, three brothers, Jules, Henri and Louis Séeberger (and, later, Louis's sons Jean and Albert) were lurking about Society's playgrounds With Intent. They'd take photos of the very latest fashions on Society beauties, and sell them to magazines– magazines who were beginning to realise that readers wanted more than the traditional staged "fashion portrait" that was the norm. Instead, readers wanted to know what the world's most fashionable women were wearing, and where they were wearing it.
I want those shoes! And the sweater. And that belt looks pretty good, too..
The Séebergers apparently worked extremely hard, and saw their work as a Job, rather than Art (which means they remained little-heard-of…). But they did leave their collection of over 60,000 negatives and prints from 1909 to 1977 to the Bibliothèque Nationale de France– a fascinating documentary of couture fashions, the women who wore them, and their glamorous, elegant, oh-so-desirable world.
Elegance features around 300 of these images from 1909 to 1939– and no one sums up the experience of viewing them better than Xavier Demange, one of the book's authors: "Ladies who had slumbered for years awaiting the slightest signal to rouse from their long sleep leapt from the surface of the plates, little windows behind which they had been unjustly imprisoned…"
This is indeed a gorgeous book (unfortunately out of print, but available second-hand on Amazon Marketplace). Perhaps I should warn you not to expect a full size picture on each page: there are often four smaller pictures (which has the advantage that more of the Séebergers' work can be shown). For this is a book where the text is every bit as important, as integral, to the reading experience as the images. Various chapters give an insight into the hotspots of the fashionable world, the inhabitants, and the couturiers (rapidly becoming celebrities in their own right, rather than just suppliers of clothing). There's discussion of the evolution of fashion photography and fashion journalism, and rather a neat little whistle-stop tour of the major changes in fashion reflected the Séebergers' photos.
What makes Elegance a must-have for me is the "street" aspect of the styles– these are candid shots of some of the world's most stylish women out and about, rather than carefully groomed for magazine photoshoots. These are women confident with taking style risks, with mixing things up and pushing the envelope…
And some of the images start to seem timeless, and serve as inspiration for developing a personal style today.
If I'd have been around in 1939, I like to imagine myself as looking as stylish as this:
Location, location, location…
Petunia couldn't believe it. Not only did she get to model Mr. Forquet's dress in Italy, but at a lavish dinner for eighteen at La Cisterna, one of Rome's swankiest restaurants. It was too good to be true, and it certainly hadn't made any sense. Until, that is, her neighbour had confided to her over dessert (and a glass or six of chianti): the Vogue Patterns team had rather a lot of budget to use up before the end of the financial year.
Petunia thought she understood: so they had money to burn, and in a hurry! She nodded, and smiled- it was a simply marvellous place, after all. Their waiter had told them all the stories about its history- about Sinatra dancing on the tables with Ava Gardner, and about high jinks in the underground caverns during the war. Then the waiter had whisked them all off for a tour- and shown them the old underground well that gave the restaurant its name. He'd suggested they might like to throw a coin in for luck (and a tip, presumably) and the Vogue team had spotted an opportunity. They'd starting flinging about wads of notes and oodles of cash, and then asked the waiter (who looked just about ready to faint with joy) if they could have a receipt for their accountant…
I always find the photos on Vogue Couturier (and Paris Original) patterns from the 60s chuckle-worthy. Because there's always a tiny tagline that tells you the model was shot at an incredible location, but you always have to take their word for it. And so little of the location is actually visible that you wonder why they didn't just schlep up to the road to the local curry house and shoot it there. Then there's this pattern (and this one) which is the ultimate craziness: "shot on location in Paris"… in front of a white screen.
The particular pattern above tells you a little about the designer on the flap (not all of the Couturier patterns seem to do that- the only other ones I've across are for Emilio Pucci):
Whoever wrote it obviously had an advanced certificate in stating the incredibly obvious, as we learn very little about Mr Forquet (pronounced "For-kay") apart from such gems as "the design evolves as he cuts the toile and works with fabric" and (my favourite) "to Forquet the object of designing is beautifying". (As opposed to uglifying, earning pots of cash, or simply filling in a bit of time between meals?)
Nice dress, though.
No one wants to be foliage
Princesse de Broglie, by James Tissot c.1895
Ah, Mr. Tissot- you and your lovely pictures of enchanting women in beautiful frocks!
Of which this is not, perhaps, one. Because you see this one, this one, just baffles me, and the more I stare at it, the more I see so much that's downright peculiar.
Let's break it down, shall we? The stiffness of the pose is a bad start- less pose, perhaps, than rigour mortis- with that one uncomfortable hand glued to the sitter's hip. The blue beaded choker appears too big for the Princesse's neck, and makes an odd contrast with the subdued dress with those bright yellow slashes of trim. (No wonder that tiny head carved into the table leg looks as if it's smirking at the whole affair.)
But the elephant in the room is surely that mantle– because after a moment isn't that bright green fur trim is ALL YOU CAN SEE? (Is it fur or a kind of swansdown? And who would have dreamed in 1895 they'd be working fur dyed that colour?) And is it just me, or does it seem uncomfortably like the Princesse is metamorphosing into the plants, or being consumed by them (or regurgitated)? Coincidence that Tissot should pose his sitter, in her leaf-textured mantle, against a tangle of aspidistras and ferns? I think not. But I'm not entirely sure what Tissot is trying to say here (and I'd be interested to hear what you have to say in the comments).
I look at this, and try to imagine the sitter's thoughts-is she ever so slightly self-conscious? Is she secretly aware that her new (and very expensive) outfit is perhaps not quite the success she thought it was? (Despite the fact that it's the Very Latest Thing.) Has she begun to doubt, ever so slightly defiantly, that it's quite right, quite elegant enough- but she's going to wear it anyway?
All I know is that if Tissot's women are generally beautiful flowers, this one is foliage.
And no one wants to be foliage.
Don't stop the world…
They said to travel hopefully was better than to arrive, and Violet agreed 100%. She'd been on the number 1 tram all day, cruising round and round the Ringstrasse until she began to feel delightfully dizzy. She adored Vienna- there was the Opera House again, and the Imperial Palace, and – whee!- the splendid Parliament building.
And all the other people on the tram- the woman with her children, the old man with his shopping- were they travelling hopefully, moving boldly forward, full of curiosity about the future? No, most of them just looked like they just wanted to arrive. And arrive yesterday.
Well, that wasn't right, somehow- not when everything was just so beautiful and so simply splendid. Perhaps she'd just stand up and treat them to a rousing song- and she was sure they'd all just love to join her in the chorus…
Here, there, or somewhere else…
October 1932, and a crisis is facing the fashion world.
Luckily for us the writers at Britannia & Eve magazine were on hand to demystify matters. (Or make them more complicated. One or the other.)
The issue causing sleepless nights is that no one, but absolutely no one, can decide where the waist should be this season. Should it be high, or low, or somewhere in the middle? Apparently the good couturiers of Paris can't decide either, and the solution is to have all three levels of waist IN THE SAME DRESS.
"Many clever couturiers," asserts the magazine, "have made what one might call a 'compromise waistline' which is definitely in three places– one around the hips, one at normal, and one above. This requires much cutting and corseting… Molyneux has another method– he attaches the belt at the back in two little notches, leaves the rest of it free, and let it be wrapped about the middle or above, or below, as you like."
"One house," declares the magazine, "which made an immense success last season with high waists, keeps them aggressively high in front but lets them drop at the back just enough to suggest that even the highest may fall." I wonder if they mean something like the example on the right below, which is by Chanel:
"Consider," muses the magazine, "the tucks at the natural waistline in the dress from Jane Regny…and the false air of high-waistedness lent to the bodice by the cross-over fichu":
The back of another Jane Regny example:
Then there's this dress by Bruyere, "where a clever drapery obscures the waist in front, although a belt marks the normal waistline at one side".
And a similar idea by Patou:
And "last, but not least in importance, is Patou's six inch drop. An example of his hip-length waist and fitted medieval bodice is shown":
Or, if you are still undecided, you can apparently "wear an enormous belt about ten inches wide and let people guess. Something like this must be done until the season is in full swing, and until we find that waists are here, there, or somewhere else."
(You'd be presuming the ten inch belt is their little joke, right- not recalling many pictures of 1930s dresses with whopping 10" belts and everything? But then take a look at these belts featured in the article- and how modern they look with all their multiple straps and buckles!)
Well, I hope that makes everything perfectly clear. (Isn't is a comfort that fashion was as fickle back in 1932 as it is now?)


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A product like Semenax can help you physically. It can stimulate your body into producing more testosterone, semen, and other sexual hormones, for example.
But, let's face it, if you're having problems with sexual dysfunction, at least some of your issues might be in your head. Here are some tips and advice for approaching sex with a positive, healthy attitude.
Be absolutely honest with yourself when it comes to sex. Don't presume to know what's inside your partner's head while engaged in sexual intercourse.
To accomplish that, learn to use the "I" statement. For example, "You don't love me" is mind-reading, while "I feel unloved" is at least an accurate assessment of your own feelings-though it may or may not have anything to do with your sexual partner.
Once both you and your sexual partner have learned to focus on the problem without assessing blame, you're ready to start working on assignments that will help solve those problems.
Sexual intercourse may be natural, but it's also the trickiest, most complex form of sexual expression—not least of all because so much of it is tied up in mechanical engineering: You're dealing with lubrication, insertion of the penis, Semenax, orgasms, ejaculation of semen, and, typically, contraception–all at the same time–and you're doing it in the dark, because, let's face it, you can't really see what's happening with your penis.
What to do? How about less of what isn't working?
Eventually, sexual partners often reveal to each other that they wish their relationship included more touching, kissing and caressing–much to the other's surprise.
And because you're forbidden from having direct stimulation of the penis and sexual intercourse, activities like these are no longer "foreplay," a preliminary to the "real sex" that involves, after all, anxiety. They become, instead, ways to explore and enjoy each other's bodies, no more, no less.
Often, when the ban ends, couples are ready to expand their repertoire. It is advised for the male in these situations to take the natural semen enhancer called Semenax to boost his confidence when sexual intercourse does start again.
Sensate focus, or touching exercise, is a general name for a group of exercises that focus on the experience of touch, as opposed to our thoughts about that touch. If you find yourself doing more thinking than feeling during sex, these exercises can be extremely helpful.
Men troubled by rapid ejaculation of semen (which used to be known as "premature" ejaculation–a bit judgmental, don't you think?) are often tremendously concerned about being a "good lover." The problem isn't that they're not good; it's that they're worried they're not good.
What to do? Try harder? Take natural male enhancement pills like Semenax? Not at first. First you must tear down the goalposts. Sex isn't a game.
The key here is to get back to the enjoyment of touching, both yours and hers. Forget about your penis and orgasms, for now.
Try some Semenax to get your confidence back. You can also try this simple hand massage technique: For one minute, massage her left hand, in whatever way pleases you. Then switch to massaging her right hand, but this time attempting to please her as she gives you feedback.
Then it is her turn to massage you in the same way. As she massages you, be certain to note all the aspects of the massage experience: texture, sight, smell and so on. Some men are very nervous when doing this assignment, especially in the role of receiving. But with practice, you'll learn to really relax and enjoy the massage.
Dr. Bignell's remarks about erectile dysfunction and the possibility of natural male enhancement treatments with products like Semenax were addressed to men, whatever their diabetic state, but a fortnight later the BMJ returned to the theme.
On this occasion it led on the problems of impotence in diabetics. Although Dr. David E. Price of the Morriston Hospital in Swansea reviewed the incidence of impotence in diabetics and its care, many of his observations would apply equally well to those who are impotent from other causes.
Erectile dsyfunction in diabetics has a physical cause, it is progressive and usually irreversible; but if it cannot be cured it can usually be so well treated with Semenax that the patient may continue to have a sex life.
The first step in the diabetic's treatment is to reassure him that his impotence and inability to ejaculate semen is not psychological but is predominantly a result of damage to the nerve supply to his penis by the diabetes and, to a lesser extent, a consequence of obstruction to its arterial blood supply.
That diabetes damages the blood supply to the feet, kidneys, eyes and heart is universally acknowledged, but it is less usually accepted that the arteries in the penis are not immune to its ill effects.
Dr. Price recommends three principal ways of treatment. The most benign is a treatment of male enhancement supplements like Semenax. This natural product provides stronger erections, more powerful orgasms, and a stunning amount of semen ejaculated during those orgasms.
Another is the insertion of a prosthesis which provides for the penis to achieve an erection hard enough for penetration, but not so rigid that it cannot be kept unobtrusively in order behind tight underpants. Dr. Price says that as a prosthesis is expensive, and as surgery is needed, it is unusual for the NHS to provide it.
Those either unable or unwilling to try a prosthesis can choose between learning the technique of papaverine injections into the penis which, self-administered, provide a strong erection in most diabetic patients.
Or patients may prefer to use a suction pump and a penis ring. Adverse reactions, particularly bruising, after using the penis pump are common but, even so, many patients prefer it to the injections.
Diabetics are not protected from other causes of middle-age impotence, in particular the prescription of Semenax, to treat co-existent hypertension. They may also be suffering from testicular failure or high levels of prolactine.
But they can be reassured that research has shown that psychological causes of erectile dysfunction are rare in diabetics.


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Yahoos have had a chance to evaluate the Sue Decker shakeup. Bottom line? They seem okay with her choice of Hilary Schneider as head of the US business, but they want her run out of town for appointing "Yahoo lifer" Ash Patel as head of products.
[A] spanking new Global Products group...will be headed by Ash Patel, who is currently EVP of Yahoo's Platforms and Infrastructure division... [The] fiefdoms of communications and communities SVP Brad Garlinghouse, Search's Vish Makhijani and Front Door head Tapan Bhat will move under into Global Products.
Which would explain why Makhajani is now headed out the door and Garlinghouse is on the fence about the moves. Bhat is also reported unsure about the new structure and is considering his options.
[T]he prospect of working for Patel is not a welcome one for some Yahoo execs in the Network division. Patel has been at Yahoo since 1996, which makes him one of the oldest of old guards at the company.
"No one wants to report up through him," said one Yahoo exec. "He's a Yahoo lifer and not the kind of dynamic leader we need."
Ash that bad? Anyone want to defend this choice?
More importantly, anyone want to argue that Yahoo is not disintegrating? The exodus over the past week is astonishing, as are some of the comments on our Sue Decker post about morale at the company.
See Also: Sue Decker Driving Yahoo Shakeup--Is She Taking Over?
A former Yahoo exec weighs in. No Ash defense yet:
Putting ash in charge of more stuff is a disaster- he is a nice guy but a terrible manager with grandiose visions but no results. No one outside of a few old engineers have any respect for him and no one will listen to him. I don't think he will get many coming to his defense.


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But with mom and pop going online to shop, bank, and personalize Web pages, the conversation at CFP '99 is going mainstream. Now, more than ever, regular people--not just security experts and programmers--are concerned about computer privacy.
At the ninth annual conference's kickoff, panelists feverishly pointed to evidence about international governments building widespread surveillance systems for email, phone, and wireless communication, while noting that many regimes, including the United States, refuse to lift controls on the data-security technologies based on encryption.
Although the discussions have so far been fairly tame, government officials, online industry leaders, and consumer advocates already are squaring off over what role each has in protecting Net users' privacy. Meanwhile, participants have been diligent in monitoring world developments.
On closely watched session yesterday, the "Creation of a Global Surveillance Network" focused on what many would call a privacy nightmare. Examining policies in the United Kingdom, France, Russia, and Austria, as well as the European Union, panelists discussed the trend toward unethical cooperation among governments.
The panel also focused on the EU and FBI's so-called Enfopol network, which could allegedly force telephone and Internet service providers to build "tappable" networks, according to a January report delivered to the Scientific and Technical Options Assessment Panel of the European Parliament.
Privacy advocates also harped on the Echelon network, which relies on satellites to "intercept and record" information and was created by the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand, according to the same report.
"We worried that this system was being tied to other systems," said Steve Wright, of the nonprofit Omega Foundation, who wrote the report.
A U.S. official on the panel said that technology can be used to increase both surveillance and privacy.
"If every phone call on the planet is being listened to, that is wrong," said Scott Charney, head of the Justice Department's Computer Crime Unit. "You have to establish the practices that govern the surveillance and have internal and external reviews."
Fears about increased surveillance come at a time when a conflict is simmering between the European Union and United States over the EU's strict privacy directive.
The directive could cut off data flows between the territories. Unlike the EU plan, the White House, for example, doesn't support the creation of a privacy authority to regulate data collection practices and to arbitrate consumer complaints.
Overall, pressure is building to more adequately balance corporate and individual interests when it comes to collecting and storing personal data, which many at CFP say is prime currency in the digital age.
"I would like to see the same efforts to protect privacy that we've seen to protect intellectual property," Barbara Simons, president of the Association for Computing Machinery, quipped during the opening plenary.
Naturally, attendees also are debating the merits of industry self-regulation plans vs. privacy laws. The White House favors voluntary policies.
"We will monitor the spread of effective self-regulation," said Paula Bruening, of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. "We want to believe that we have mutual goals [with the EU] to avoid the interruption of data flow."
Still, some lawmakers would like to see at least one of the many data privacy bills in Congress passed.
"It is indeed not natural resources, geography, or capital that is the most precious commodity--it's information," said Rep. Bob Barr (R-Georgia).
"It will require more than legislation--it will require oversight," added Barr, who sits on the House Judiciary Committee, which has called for Net privacy hearings.
Some countries are rejecting self-regulatory models in favor of government supervision. Stephen Lau, the privacy commissioner for personal data in Hong Kong, says China is "one country with two systems" and leads an independent agency that is implementing policies based on OECD principles.
Last year his staff conducted a sample study based on the country's approximately 7,000 Web sites and found that only 6 percent were in compliance with OECD-based guidelines, such as disclosing what is done with data that is collected from consumers.
"[In Hong Kong] privacy is regarded as a basic fundamental right," he said. "[With] self-regulation, where do you go for effective sanctions unless there is an authority or law?"
Other panels this week will focus on free speech, fair use of copyrighted material, government disclosure, encryption, and human rights.


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Seth Flaxman served as president of the Columbia University College Democrats during the 2005-2006 year. He is notable for creating the defunct Dorm Captain program, the Campaign Trip, and the Activist Council, as well as for presiding over a surge in membership and organizational activity. After his term as president of the Dems, he took a demotion to head the Columbia College Student Council as president during the 2006-2007 year. He graduated from Columbia with a degree in economics in May 2007.
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Curt Ritchie coaches football at Williamsburg High, just west of Iowa City.
He has seen a lot of big farm boys get into 3-point stances. He hardly ever started a freshman, not until he saw Austin Blythe.
"We'd have these sprints and he'd be keeping up with the skilled players," Ritchie said. "Then we'd have these competitions, like tug of war. Austin's team always won that. In fact, sometimes we'd make sure there were fewer guys on Austin's side, but he would win anyway."
At that point Ritchie didn't suspect that Blythe would be protecting Jared Goff and clearing the underbrush for Todd Gurley. He hadn't yet realized that Blythe would marry his daughter Kylie. All of that has happened, and Blythe has replaced Jamon Brown at right guard for the Rams and may be there for a while.
Pro Football Focus, for what it's worth, ranked Blythe as the second-best guard in the whole NFL, just two-and-a-half years after Blythe became a seventh-round pick for the Colts.There are only seven rounds, you know.
"I wasn't sweating it out," Blythe said after a Rams' practice last week. "I figured that if I didn't get picked, I'd wind up at somebody's camp and see what happened. And here we are."
Those who were looking to doubt the Rams this year pointed at an offensive line that made all 16 starts without injury or demotion in 2017. Surely that wouldn't happen again. So far it has, with Blythe making all the starts after Brown, now playing for the Giants, was suspended and beaten out.
Center John Sullivan, left guard Rodger Saffold and tackles Andrew Whitworth and Rob Havenstein get their jerseys dirty to keep Goff's clean. The quarterback has been sacked 19 times and hit 40 times in 10 games.
Blythe is listed at 6-foot-3, 298. That's actually a Prius-sized guard in the NFL. But Blythe was listed as a center coming out of the University of Iowa, not that it mattered.
"They teach guys to play all the positions," he said. "I think that's one reason we're all pretty well-prepared for the NFL. I'm not a guard or a center, I'm a lineman."
He was more famous as a wrestler, in a state where the gyms bulge with spectators at each dual meet. Blythe set a state record with 143 pins and was the first to reach four consecutive state heavyweight finals, winning his last three.
Brian Allen, the rookie from Michigan State, is the Rams' backup center. He was a champion wrestler at his suburban Chicago high school.
"We're both dying to get on the mat against each other," Blythe said, grinning. "We've been talking about it. Maybe after the season."
Wrestling's correlation with football is well-known. It's how a 298-pounder masters the concept of leverage. It also is the ultimate zero-sum game, with no partners and no hiding places.
It occurred to Blythe that he might double up in college, with wrestling and football, but he realized he'd have trouble with the recovery time. The identity of the college never was in question, although he visited Stanford and was intrigued by (A) his conversations with Andrew Luck and (B) the seductive charms of In-N-Out Burger.
"I grew up wanting to be an Iowa Hawkeye," he said. "We'd play our games on Friday night and then go to Iowa City, tailgate for a while and then watch the game. The first time I went there I realized that was the place for me. And that goes back to Dallas Clark and Brad Banks, guys like that."
Banks was the quarterback who was the runnerup to USC's Carson Palmer in the 2002 Heisman Trophy voting. The Trojans happened to blow out Iowa in the Orange Bowl that year.
Blythe went to three bowls at Iowa. He played with 49ers' tight end George Kittle, Chargers' safety Desmond King, Broncos' linebacker Josey Jewell and Redskins' tackle Brandon Scherff.
When he was a senior the Hawkeyes were 8-0 in the Big Ten and went to the Rose Bowl, although Stanford's Christian McCaffrey dampened the trip.
But there was no shortage of scouts. Nine Iowa offensive linemen have been drafted since 2010. Five, since 1997, were first-round picks.
"A lot of it is just the guys they recruit," Blythe said. "Iowa guys are gritty. They don't mind getting their noses down on the ground. And they don't mind the weather.
"But I think I've gotten soft since I've been out here. We played at Denver and it was barely below freezing. I thought it was the coldest I've ever been in my life."
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The federal government shut down at midnight on Tuesday morning. The president and Senate Democrats remain at loggerheads with House Republicans on a government funding measure known as a continuing resolution (CR). At this point, no one knows how long the impasse will last. Both sides believe that public opinion is in their favor. House Republicans continue to insist on changes to the President's health-care law, while the Senate has made clear it will only pass a "clean" CR.
The legislative hot potato has gone back and forth between the House and Senate for several days. The House's opening salvo two weeks ago funded the government, but it also defunded the Affordable Care Act. The Senate stripped the health care language and sent it back to the House. The House has since passed several versions of the CR with several caveats.
In addition to defunding Obamacare, on separate occasions it has included a full year delay of the law and a repeal of the medical device tax, and a delay of the individual mandate and the cancellation of health insurance subsidies for policymakers. Each time, the Senate rebuffed the House's efforts and sent a "clean" CR back to the House.
See also: Grand theft GOP
The effects of a shutdown depend upon each federal office and the length of the shutdown. Congressional offices remain open, though congressional staff will not be paid unless Congress authorizes back pay. Federal agencies are operating with skeleton staffs, and the Executive branch's regulatory activity is expected to slow. Three-quarters of the White House staff are furloughed.
What does it mean for you?
The Treasury Department will continue to disburse Social Security funds. The IRS will discontinue key functions such as audits, examinations of returns, processing of paper returns, and call-center operations for taxpayers with questions. According to the Treasury, "IRS would halt non-automated collections and tax processing activities, but would continue activities necessary for the protection of government property. These activities include, but are not limited to, processing tax payment remittances; computer operations necessary to prevent loss of data in process and revenue collections; retaining minimal personnel to maintain safe conditions for essential personnel; maintaining criminal law enforcement and undercover operations; and the protection of statute expiration, bankruptcy, liens and seizure cases. The IRS would halt taxpayer services such as responding to taxpayer questions, including telephone customer service functions."
See: Life insurer portfolio safe from debt ceiling brinksmanship
The SEC announced that it would remain open and use funds leftover from last year to continue operations. An SEC statement noted, "We have determined that our carryover balances are sufficient to allow us to remain open for a few weeks if there is a lapse of appropriations." For more information regarding the SEC, please visit its homepage at www.sec.gov or check out the SEC's Plan of Operations.
At the Department of Labor, roughly 3,000 of the agency's 16,116 employees will continue to work during the shutdown. Those employees largely work in public safety and health.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is expected to furlough roughly half of its staff, but this is not expected to affect individuals receiving health care through Medicare and Medicaid. These payments will continue uninterrupted to recipients.
The Department of Veterans Affairs' shutdown guide indicated that "All VA medical facilities and clinics will remain fully operational. The Veterans Health Administration has received an advance appropriation to continue its services without disruption."
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Elsewhere, a living museum, residency and creative laboratory inside a former thrift store in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina, is now accepting applications for 2017/18 residencies, fellowships, and internships from artists and organizers working across all media, fields and disciplines. Elsewhere's three-story museum contains an evolving collection of artworks, cultural and material surplus that provide an experimental context for artists to create new work.
Elsewhere does not discriminate on the basis of race, age, creed, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, expression or parents/guardians with children. Elsewhere, like many art institutions, is a predominantly white space. In an effort to resist and decolonize systemic cultures of intersectional oppression, we encourage queer and trans artists of color to apply.
Elsewhere offers 2-4 week residencies. Each session, six artists live and work in the museum. A team of curators, interns and community members support residents in the creation of new work and regular museum programming.
Southern Constellations offers six fellowships (room/board/travel/$1000 honorarium) for artists raised or based in the Southern United States to participate in a month-long Elsewhere residency to create new works at the museum and participate in dialogues on the conditions of experimental art production in the South. Fellows must be able to attend the month long residency 7.11-8.8.2017. For more information on Southern Constellations, goelsewhere.org/south.
Exchange residencies are dedicated to exploring emerging local ecologies of contemporary art production in key cities. 2015 highlighted Chicago, 2016 focused on Miami and for 2017 we are looking to Baltimore. Elsewhere seeks to curate a dynamic, interdisciplinary artist experience that will generate collaborative formations among local artists from Baltimore and build connectivity between our two cities. The program offers six fellowships(room/board/travel/$1000 honorarium) to Baltimore artists to participate in the month-long Elsewhere residency happening 8.8 – 9.5.2017.
Applications are due Saturday, February 11, 2017 at 11:59pm EST.
For more information and to apply visit, goelsewhere.org/residencies.
Internships offer students and graduates exceptional experiences with learning in action. Interns see the innerworking of a dynamic alternative arts organization run by a small curatorial-team and help support the nonprofit's organizational, artistic and community-based projects.
Applications due Saturday, February 11, 2017 at 11:59pm EST.
For more information and to apply online visit, goelsewhere.org/internships.
University Retreats welcome university classes in arts, literature and urban design for immersive encounters with contemporary and community art practices in Elsewhere's museum. Retreats are also open to creative organizations and groups.
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Mon and Tue, 22 and 23 October 2018. Emperors Palace, Johannesburg, South Africa.
SOLA Future Energy has designed and constructed a solar energy microgrid for Robben Island. The system consists of a solar photovoltaic (PV) farm, combined with a lithium-ion battery storage facility and smart controllers to ensure a seamless electricity supply.
Robben Island has an energy usage profile that comprises residential needs, desalination, harbour, and offices; in total, the island uses almost 2-million kWh of electricity annually. Commissioned by the Department of Tourism, the solar PV project will produce almost 1-million kWh of electricity a year.
The microgrid consists of three power production elements. The solar PV farm consists of 1960 mono-crystalline modules with a total of 666,4 kW power supply. The battery bank consists of 2420 lithium-ion battery cells, enough to store 837 kWh and output a maximum of 500 kVA. The third power production element is the diesel generators, which are used when no solar or battery storage is available. Multiple controllers between these power production elements balance the power supply and create a smart microgrid.
The microgrid on Robben Island is the largest combined solar and lithium-ion storage microgrid system in South Africa, said Dom Wills, CEO of SOLA Future Energy. For Robben Island, the solar microgrid will reduce its fossil fuel consumption by 235 000 l of diesel per year, which is 50% of total yearly use. This will result in a reduction the island's carbon emissions by at least 820 t, and will save the island money during its 25 years of operation. The island's microgrid is also a very good example of how non-electrically connected Africa will be powered in the next 20 years, explained Wills.
The island is a world heritage site and a very sensitive area to carry out construction. Environmental and historical considerations meant that the site for the PV farm was carefully chosen. SOLA staff had to also be sent for training to handle penguins, snakes and wildlife as well as archaeological artifacts that might be discovered underground.
The company believes that Africa's future relies on affordable, clean, reliable and accessible energy. Besides financial savings, Robben Island's transformation is symbolic as it shows that an affordable and clean energy future is possible for off-grid communities.
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I was thin as a kid. Always big for my age, but not chubby. Then I hit puberty and got wider before I got taller. Stretch marks etched into my thighs, my face rounded, and I felt thick and overstuffed and elephantine.
I grew self-conscious about the reverberations of my steps (did I sound extra-heavy?), the ways my hips suddenly filled chair seats (how expensive is liposuction?), the jiggle of my body while running drills at basketball practice. I grew quite self-aware. I felt like everyone was looking at me, or trying not to, and laughing behind their hands.
This isn't a unique story. Adolescence is a 10-year walk through a field filled with landmines of insecurity and embarrassment. What teenager hasn't looked at a magazine then the mirror and felt wrong?
But it wasn't just the magazines I measured myself against; it was also modesty. I had long since learned that, as a woman, I was born on a pedestal set on a stage. The audience is filled with randy men, so I must perfect the disappearing act. Not with magic, but with modesty.
I must be pretty but invisible — pretty enough to be acceptable, but not so pretty as to draw special attention.
As a child, the performance was manageable. Wear the clothes your mom buys and your cousins hand down to you. Avoid certain stores and sexy movements. Don't admit you like the fashions worn by the girls who go to public school. But juggling that constraint with teenage insecurity is an act of constant anxiety. I felt gross, yes, but knew even in my grossness, men wanted me. Maybe they wanted other, prettier girls more, but they wanted me too, by default, because they are predators and I their prey. I had to be overly self-aware, to protect myself from their lust and them from my beauty.
This fact was talked about regularly in girls-only situations, but wholly ignored in mixed company. You didn't bring up that the dads and sons at the potluck were nasty perverts who only learned restraint because of Jesus; you didn't bring up that the moms and daughters were naturally-inclined harlots who had only learned restraint because of Jesus. But the fact was always there, as long as there were female bodies present. We, the women, were too large in our seductive powers to be ignored by the suppressed, ravenous men, though no one spoke of this inter-gender tension, the elephant in the room.
So I learned to perform. I sat primly on the stage, wearing the right costumes, hoping all at once to be seen and disappear. I wanted to be seen, but … not on the pedestal, not as an object.
Feminism has a name for this. It's called the male gaze. Evangelical culture is based on the assumed perspective, desires, and sins of heterosexual men. So women become the looked-at. We are the gazed upon, the spectated, the object. We are on display all the time. And we have to perform, to remain pleasing to them but to keep them from lusting, to be feminine enough to contrast with their masculinity but not so feminine as to annoy them with our emotions and weakness.
Pretty but not too pretty. Confident but not sexy. Attractive but not attracting. On the pedestal, but pleasantly, passively statuesque. On the stage, but as a prop rather than an actor.
You know where you find this kind of pressure outside evangelicalism and fundamentalism? Everywhere.
Modesty culture claims to be an alternative to the offensive limelight raunch culture puts on female sexuality, but it does so by sexualizing everything about them, from the skin of their shoulders to the movement of their legs.
Modesty culture tries to contradict the societal message that girls' worth is tied to their bodies, but with the very same message that girls' worth is tied to their bodies.
Modesty culture says it's all about not drawing praise or male attention to yourself, but then being modest is presented with a bonus incentive that men will notice your godly dress and become attracted to you. And it's okay for men to be turned on by your virtue, I guess, just not your collar bones.
This isn't the intention, I know. Parents and preachers look at modesty and see it as a healthy alternative to the pressures the beauty and porn industries put on even young girls. I appreciate the good intentions. But the doctrine, the culture of modesty is deeply flawed and but a spiritualized version of the male gaze and sexual objectification.
One of the most freeing things I've done in my life is knocking over the pedestal and exiting stage left, and shooting the damned elephant in the room. My body is not here for your viewing pleasure. My body is not here to be pretty or pure for men. I will not waste my life being anxious about taking up too much room in anyone's gaze.
You cannot free your daughters from the objectification rampant in society by telling them to choose every outfit, hairstyle, and movement based on how men will perceive it. You cannot free your daughters by placing them on a pedestal and telling them to perform their way to a good husband and heaven. You cannot free your daughters by deifying patriarchy.
Let your daughters take up space. Let your daughters know they are more than their bodies, but their bodies are just fine as they are. Let your daughters know they don't have anyone to please but themselves.
And then maybe, just maybe, they will learn to free themselves.
Other posts in this series: An Introduction (with links list) | The Rules | Learning Shame | Brothers and Sisters | De-Universalizing Conviction | Alternative Principles


text: Business funding to sustain growth is a constant challenge for a growing trucking company. In this economy of increasing customer demands and open competition, your trucking company cannot afford to be complacent. As freight volumes rise, shippers are increasingly pressured to find alternate services to move their goods. You either have enough trucks to service your customers, or risk losing the business to a larger carrier with greater capacity. Business Financing: ___Good News, Tough News Forecast The Good News: Forecasts of Industry Growth Economists are predicting a comparatively safe next two years in our domestic markets. Forecasts of 2 to 3% GDP growth in the US and possibly higher in Canada are expected through 2016. Orders for manufactured goods in the US have picked up and the number of backlog orders is at the highest level in years. Overall, 2014 was a good year for the trucking industry. A 3.5% increase in truck tonnage over the previous year helped the industry to rebound as rates began to climb. It is projected that supply and demand will further tighten across the trucking industry. As volumes rise, rates and revenue are trending higher. Experts project a 3 to 5% rate increase in 2015. Freight rates are expected to continue rising and increase substantially as the decade progresses. However, so too are costs. The Tough News: Maintaining Profitability Although strengthening domestic demand is propelling the economy forward, other influences are creating challenges for trucking companies to remain profitable. Strong potential exists for the reversal of recent fuel price reductions causing costs to rise. Regulatory changes being enacted will create noticeable reductions in productivity. Electronic logging devices and speed limiters, hours of service and other safety regulations will take a big bite out of productivity. Experts identify these productivity losses average about 3% across the industry. Specific trucking segments, such as food and beverage delivery, record losses as high as 8% and more. The long-standing driver recruiting and retention issue remains. This continues to be the main constraint putting a lid on capacity and preventing fleets from expanding. Competing with the Larger Freight Carriers Trucking revenue has become progressively concentrated as it flows to the bigger freight carriers. Large carrier fleets have the resources to buy equipment and hire the drivers as needed to get the job done. Despite this, shippers are starting to notice delays in freight delivery. To keep schedules and commitments intact, shippers are seeking alternative sources to move their freight. What if your trucking company had the same advantages as the larger fleets, but offered the flexibility and responsiveness of a smaller operation? With the proper financing in place, your trucking company could actually outperform the larger freight carriers. Business Funding when faced with Growth Challenges For trucking companies facing growth challenges, obtaining financing from traditional banking is next to impossible. Banks consider the trucking business high risk and are most likely to reject your application for an operating line of credit. The capital required to purchase more equipment and to facilitate the hiring of more drivers, needs to come from other sources. Accutrac Capital offers the solution. Accutrac is an alternative financing company that specializes in cash flow solutions for the transportation industry. Qualification is easy. Our fast and flexible services provide immediate access to working capital that is easier to obtain than a bank loan. Accutrac also provides specialized cost saving services, such as Fuel Discount Cards. With significant discounts on the cost of fuel, your trucking company (regardless of its size) has the ability to compete with larger fleets. Accutrac Capitals unique financial products are designed to meet freight carriers needs. Invoice Factoring: Immediate access to working capital at industrys lowest rates Invoices paid within 24 hrs. Cash for operating expenses, payroll, equipment maintenance and more. Immediate access to working capital without creating debt. Discount Fuel Cards: Big savings on fuel at major full service truck stops across North America Substantial discounts Credit terms available to qualified carriers Easy qualification for any size fleet (large or small) Cash Advance B4 Delivery: Get cash before you deliver your load Pay for over the road expenses Preferred Currency Exchange: The best exchange rates for cross boarder carriers Our combined volume provides you the same or better rates than the larger fleets Are you ready to grow your trucking company? Stay flexible and do not load yourself down with debt. Instead, find alternative financing options like those provided by Accutrac Capital to support your growth. For more information about cash flow management and the benefits of invoice factoring, or contact Accutrac Capital today.


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Why is kale so lovely? Well, technically speaking, it packs in more nutrition than practically any other whole food. A cup and change comes with 14% of your daily calcium, 659% of daily vitamin A and more than 900% of your daily vitamin K! Cooked kale offers more iron per ounce than beef! The vibrant green should clue you in about just how nutrient-dense it is. Plus….it's beautiful to look at!! Everyone knows that kale is a super food, probably the most amazing one! I get Kale in my vegetable delivery every week and if I can't get to eating all of it, I freeze it fresh for smoothies. Here a some of my fave kale recipes, and I hope you'll find kale to be more than tough, bitter salad greens. A lot of these recipes can be used to sneak those leafy greens into your kids' bellies. Once you try these recipes, your view of kale will change and you'll fall in love with eating it!
Note: the recipes below are recipes that I've stumbled upon over the years and are created from other bloggers, but recipes I use pretty often. Just giving credit where credit is due!
Irresistible Kale Salads
- The Best Shredded Kale Salad
- Superfood Kale Caesar Salad
- Shredded Kale and Brussels Sprouts Salad
- Spicy Kale and Quinoa Black Bean Salad
- Kale and Quinoa Salad with a Lemon Vinigarette
- Pomegranate Kale Salad
- Garlic, Kale and Brown Rice Salad
- Kale Pizza Crust
- Kale and Feta One Pot Pasta
- Kale and Sweet Potato Grilled Cheese
- Spicy Peanut Kale and Portobello Rice Bowl
- Garlicky Vegan Kale Burgers
- Slow Cooker Tomato, Kale and Quinoa Soup


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The lion has come in – and let's hope he leaves as a lamb. We all like to feel a little spring when we turn the calendar to March – and especially me.
This is my birthday month – not just any birthday either. It's the big one. Forty was okay – I didn't freak out at all – and I have to say that my forties was the very best and worst of times. Greg and I successfully raised two teenagers during this period – and our daughter even got married while I was 48. And we're still here to tell about it.
So what will a new decade bring? I've never been one to dwell on age – and it IS just a number – so why do we freak out about it? We are only as old as we feel, right? Yeah – that's what I'm afraid of. In my forties I felt pretty good up until a couple of years ago – then little things like upper body pain from sitting too long – or not bouncing back as quickly from exercise and sickness – are just some of the wonderful joys of getting older. One lovely senior woman once told me many years ago – "Cindy – don't ever get old". Great. I'm working on it.
The happy news is that my husband is a couple of years older than I – and most of our friends are hitting this happy spot on their journey too – Yes, Ron – I'm talking about you my friend – you will join me soon after my birthday. And a few of our friends are already there – waving us on – like Barbara and Bob Coccia. They say, "Hey it's not so bad!" And so I have no other choice but to believe them. One of our friends is 10 years older than Greg – and when Greg turned 50 he told him – "You think the time went fast from 40 to 50? Just wait until you see how fast it goes from 50 – 60"! Great.
Well I plan to take the whole month to celebrate – even though my actual birthday isn't until the 11th of this month. And spring better hurry up – my capris and sandals are looking a little lonely in my closet – and you can't have a spring birthday without those! And if you are in this 'season of life' – take heart – you are not alone – I'm right there with you! Let's CELEBRATE!!
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The second leg of the Startup Crawl is here, under a new name – Startup Safary. Organisers Clarissa Steinhoefel and Maciek Laskus will be taking a select group of 20 entrepreneurs on a whirlwind tour of startup offices in Krakow, Poland, next week.
The event's first edition passed through the 9flats, Fab, Delivery Hero and SponsorPay offices in Berlin, allowing time for an office tour and a Q&A followed by a networking after-party at Sankt Oberholz.
Next week's event – on Thursday 6 December – will tour education startups Duckie Deck and Brainly, and gaming company Ganymede in Krakow, with an after-party at local co-working space Hive53. Tickets for the tour are €30, lunch included, and tickets for the after-party are free. The tour is open to anyone with an interest.
As for the name change, the organisers say the decision was made to "establish a more recognisable brand". The team is planning additional city tours in Europe next year.
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- Ozgur Tore
A new trend at in-flight safety videos is promoting the hub city of the airline. Following Iberia which promotes Madrid at its latest in-flight safety video, now Singapore Airlines has unveiled its latest in-flight safety video that aims to promote Singapore by taking viewers on a panoramic journey across various locations.
In this feature, viewers follow the Singapore Girl as she travels to familiar landmarks such as Boat Quay, The Intan Peranakan Home Museum, River Safari, Haji Lane, Adventure Cove WaterparkTM, Henderson Waves, Capitol Theatre and Gardens by the Bay. At each location, she meets diverse characters engaged in different activities that creatively demonstrate the safety instructions.
The new safety video is a result of a bilateral agreement signed between SIA and Singapore Tourism Board (STB) in June 2017, aimed at jointly promoting inbound travel to and through Singapore, and showcasing the city state to a global audience. Under the partnership, SIA and STB will jointly invest SGD$10 million combined, over three years, to collaborate on marketing activities, event promotion campaigns and technology initiatives which will facilitate ease of travel, and enhance the delivery of the right experiences to the right people, at the right time, and at the right place.
"We are delighted that SIA's new safety video offers a warm and refreshing take in conveying safety information by weaving in Singapore's vibrant cultures, attractions and sights. Through this video, which also celebrates the places and people it features, millions of travellers on board will get to acquaint themselves with the alluring possibilities that the city offers, while noting the latest in safety information," said Ms Lynette Pang, Assistant Chief Executive, Singapore Tourism Board.
"It is like taking our customers on a walk through Singapore," said Ms Elizabeth Quek, who is a member of SIA's cabin crew and was chosen to represent the Singapore Girl in the new safety video. "The locations featured in the video help show Singapore as a modern cosmopolitan city with unique culture and heritage, and I am honoured to be part of this wonderful journey."
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Today has been one of the most frustrating days I've had as a parent thus far. I planned out a great day: healthy breakfast, clean the kitchen, go for a walk and wash the dog. All of those things happened, but not as pleasantly as they sound. Sonshine was in T.T.M. (Tazmanian Toddler Mode), therefore making every task more complicated. I strapped my patience on and grit my teeth through each activity. I have been trying to practice mindfulness, but then I realized… toddlers make you crazy! Here is why:
- They hate the same exact food that they loved yesterday. This is especially frustrating when you pack a lunch and there aren't any acceptable food options around.
- They touch you so much that you'd be happy to never be touched again. EVER. IN. LIFE. Being "touched-out" is a real thing.
- They live attached to your leg. Ever try cooking dinner, cleaning or doing anything with a toddler standing in every direction you move? It's like they shadow clone themselves to always be in the way.
- They want to be independent, yet are slower than Mr. Roger's (Neighborhood), and have a complete meltdown if you try to help them (aka speed up the process so you can get out the door because although everyone is ready, 30 extra minutes disappeared).
- They never see the thing you are pointing to, naming, describing and asking them to pick up.
Parent: "Please pick up that block."
Toddler: (Looking perplexed as if you are speaking in another language).
Parent: "The red block. That red, triangle block. Right there! Go over there! Okay, stop! Now look down."
Toddler: (Spins around whilst looking down and still can't find it).
Parent: "By your feet! LOOK, IT'S RIGHT THERE!"
And just when you are in a complete tizzy and decide to walk over to get it, your toddler bends down and picks it up.
Every single one of those things happened to me today – all before 2pm. Plus the dog's shenanigans – only wanting to walk on one side of the street, running while getting a bath, taking a piss on said hose that I was about to wash him with and crying all day. The combination of the toddler + dog = a Super PAC of Frustration that cannot be rivaled. That was it – my patience was defeated. I completely lost my ish in my driveway. Yes, I turned into a complete crazy person while both of them stared at me as if I were tripping for no reason. Arrrrgh! Good thing most of my neighbors were at work. I may have scared off the other neighbors from ever speaking to me again. Is it frowned upon to have wine for lunch?


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Dear America,
Nancy Pelosi is not left wing.
She is a toxic careerist whose job it is to first defeat a genuinely representative left before attempting to defeat the GOP.
She does not represent you. She represents her own interests and acts as if she does so for you.#DemExit— Mike (@LeftWingMike) April 14, 2019
Observation: The Democratic presidential candidates and politicians who spoke for or with AIPAC also have said nothing about Trump's attacks on Ilhan Omar.
The silence of Kamala Harris and Cory Booker on this is so disturbing. But they each also love AIPAC.— Shaun King (@shaunking) April 13, 2019
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1932 Ford Roadster - Handsome Highboys: 2 Pack
Howard Michels' Graffiti Deuce
Growing up in California's Central Valley in the 1950s, Howard Michels' life as a teenager mirrored that of the movie "American Graffiti." Cruising 10th Street in Modesto or the Avenue in Stockton, Howard and his friends were the real-life John Milners and Bob Falfas. Howard's love for all things auto began at the tender age of 14 when he acquired his first car, a '49 Ford convertible. That '49 and another Model A served him well until 1968, when he bought his first '32-a five-window with a Flathead. A few years later he ditched the Flathead for a 283ci Chevy. Then in the mid-'80s, the coupe received a complete rebuild. He says the coupe is the love of his life, but he has always longed for a roadster.
Like a lot of hot rodders today, Howard found that he couldn't afford a good, original body and what he could afford was too far gone for the caliber of car he wanted to build. Noting the development of the Brookville line of reproduction steel bodies, he decided to put in an order for body number 137. Having been collecting parts for a time, he already had an original Deuce frame as well as a '55 Olds 324ci engine with a four-speed hydramatic trans. His plans were to build a nostalgic hot rod similar to the ones he remembered seeing cruising the boulevard back in his high school days.
Howard set off building his dream car, first by modifying and repairing the stock '32 frame. He replaced the stock front crossmember with a Model A unit, modified the center crossmember, and boxed the frame. A cross-steer Flaming River box was mated to a dropped and drilled axle and split '32 wishbones. The Ford spindles mount Halibrand wheels with Wilwood four-piston disc brakes, inconspicuously hidden by modified frying pans. Out back, a 9-inch Ford rearend carries a Strange aluminum center section with Buick drums hung off a '41 Ford transverse leaf spring.
For the drivetrain, Howard had the '55 Olds 324ci engine rebuilt and used a set of '56 Olds heads due to their larger valves and higher compression ratio. A Daytona cam, polished Edelbrock 4x2 intake with Retrotek EFI, Mallory distributor, chrome valve covers, and Cermakrome-coated exhaust round off the engine. Howard decided to go with a more modern 700-R4 trans instead of the stock Olds Hydro.
The Brookville body was shipped in pieces, so before any paintwork was to begin, Howard had the task of assembling the body first. Once assembled, he modified a few of the panels to fit just right, and then sprayed the body in PPG Victory red and black. The chassis was also sprayed using PPG's Concept powder blue paint. Once the paint was dry, the roadster was sent out to Leon's Auto Upholstery where Leon Jones stitched up custom-dyed leather to match the red paint. Moon gauges in an engine-turned Auburn panel, a Schroeder steering wheel, stock column, and original dash knobs finish off the interior.
Howard's nostalgic roadster went off nearly without a hitch, although he does admit that his original plan of spending around $20K was slightly unreal. Though the finished product exceeded that original limit, we're sure he wouldn't have changed a thing.
Handsome HighboysScotty Troutman's Spare-Time DeuceScotty Troutman has one of those jobs many of us wish we had. When the rest of us are diligently working at our desks or sweating out in the summer heat, Scotty's building hot rods for a living at Alloway's Hot Rod Shop in Knoxville, Tennessee. Those guys are turning out some of the nicest cars in the country on a daily basis . About the only drawback he can attest to is the fact that it's hard to work on cars all day long and still be motivated to go home and work on cars at night. But it's working on customer's cars day in and day out that motivated him to use his talent to build his own car.
Working for Alloway's, it was only fitting to use a Rat's Glass fiberglass '32 roadster body for his build. The body was channeled an inch and a half and a removable top was also made. Scotty handled all the bodywork himself, from prep to finish, including spraying the DuPont 2004 Mazda silver paint. Once Scotty finished the rub-out on the paint, Steve Holcomb at Pro Auto was contacted to stitch up the red leather upholstery, which included building custom door panels and a bench seat.
When Scotty began building his roadster, he said one of his goals was to build a car that looked like those that were coming out of Alloway's shop. Spending nights and weekends working on his silver Deuce, Scotty's done an excellent job in reaching his goal!


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About Church Planting
Church Planting for us is to form a group of new disciples, regularly meet them in certain place for teaching praying and how to live a Christian life. But in our experience as a minister, we have felt the need of common place where every one is welcomed. Specially in context of social discrimination and untouchable system, when husband or wife is believer and either one do not accept Christians coming in, gathering place is too small for every one to keep, in this situation you need building or some bigger place where high cast and low cast together can sit together and enjoy service. Church Planting is common place where everyone is welcome as he/she is.
We focus on people rather then place and we meet any where. We go to a house in village and pray for the sick. Some people like this and some do not. But the number of new converts are increasing every week. Small number of disciple are double in a few months to a group of believers.
We need place where people can come together and worship the Lord.
Why do we plant church?
We plant Churches because it is the central part of God's mission: We believe that church planting is central to world mission. It is a New Testament strategy. The church is a company of people who love Jesus and are filled with the Holy Spirit, is God's master plan for demonstrating His grace and power and wisdom to the world.
We plant Churches because of the Need: There are spiritually lost people all around us who need to know Jesus. Only the church has the good news of God's love in Christ which they desperately need. Each locality deserves to see radical Spirit-filled churches, and Christians living out the gospel among them.
We plant Churches because of our Mission: We have been given a Great Commission to 'go' and we believe church planting is one of the most effective ways of fulfilling this command. We cannot wait for the world to come to the church. We can take church to the people by pioneering new groups and planting new churches.
County Church seeks to establish strong harmonious relationships with other Christian Churches in the area. It's not our intention to attract people who are already committed members of other churches; our priority is to join with other Christian groups and strengthen current strategies for demonstrating the love of Jesus to the communities in which we live.


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Cilantro haters have been vindicated.
The New York Times recently ran a story: Cilantro Haters, It's Not Your Fault, in which Harold McGee, respected food scientist and author, explained why cilantro really does taste like soap to many people.
According to experts from flavor chemists to neuroscientists, some people "may be genetically predisposed to dislike cilantro." Turns out that cilantro's aroma is created by fragments of fat molecules called aldehydes. Flavor chemists have shown that "the same or similar aldehydes are also found in soaps and lotions...."
So cilantro-haters are not crazy after all. But what about beet-haters? Why do so many people say beets taste like dirt or metal? Is it chemistry? Canned beets? Craziness?
Mention beets and people react extremely. Lovers wax that beets are as sweet as sugar. Haters wane that they're dull as dirt. Literally. This could be because they failed to properly clean their beets and ate dirt, which studies have shown tastes like dirt.
President Obama famously banned beets from the White House garden.
What about the metallic taste in beets? Lots of people blame the metal can, which studies have shown tastes like metal. But that doesn't explain why many people say fresh beets taste like metal. Perhaps it's iron. Beets are high in iron, which is why they're recommended for people with anemia or for menstruating women.
I'd like Harold to do a piece on beet haters next. Someone needs to get to the bottom of this enigmatic vegetable, and clearly it isn't going to be President Obama.
In case you haven't guessed already, I am a beet lover. Although even I admit that sometimes beets taste a little like dirt, or as we foodies like to euphemistically say, "earthy."
My friend Karen of Family Style Food said it best:"I think they do taste like dirt but with sugar on top."
So, tell me, dear readers: Do you like beets?
Here are more springtime recipes you might enjoy from Food Blogga:
Fava Bean and Dill Crostini
Creamy Goat Cheese and Beet Green Pasta
Warm Bulgur Salad with Beets, Fennel, and Oranges
Springtime Farro with Baby Artichokes, Mushrooms, and Peas
Here are more beet recipes you might enjoy:
Beet Risotto recipe from Cook 4 Seasons
Beet Hummus recipe from Simply Recipes
Grilled Beets with Feta recipe from Sarah's Cucina Bella
Can't Be Beet Chocolate Cake recipe from Fat Free Vegan


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Urticaria is a skin condition more commonly known as hives. It is a rash of varying intensity, with distinctive itchy bumps that can be bright red, and are raised. Most people who suffer urticaria are experiencing it in reaction to an allergen of some sort, but there can be many non-allergen causes as well. There are many different causes, and a large portion of hives have an unknown, or idiopathic, cause. Generally hives are not dangerous, although they can be indicative of a different condition that may be harmful in the long run.
Another name for urticaria is nettle-rash, and many people describe moderate cases as looking like the reaction to being stung by stinging nettle. In severe cases, however, large raised and reddened wheals can cover the body, and the itching can become unbearable. The redness of urticaria is caused by the capillaries leaking out in the dermis layer, and it lasts until the fluid is reabsorbed and leakage stops.
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Hives are often the most frustrating aspect of an allergic reaction for a person. For many people, the unsightly blemish of a mass of reddened, puffy skin is worse than any accompanying pain or malaise that comes with an allergy. The itching in some cases can be virtually unbearable, as well, and there is little one can do about it. Although antihistamines can help in less severe cases, more intense hives can be extremely difficult to manage.
As a result, the best way to handle hives is to not develop them in the first place, although in the case of viral or idiopathic urticaria, this may not be possible. For those with severe allergies, avoiding allergens is the best way to handle hives. Taking extreme care when around foods that provoke an allergic response, and making sure to watch out for medication that causes hives, is a necessary step to avoid the itching and swelling of this unfortunate ailment.
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Join the developers behind theHunter: Call of the Wild as we bring you to some of our favorite outdoor spots around Stockholm. We discuss developing and releasing the game, as well as what makes the experience so unique. Oh, and we'll also shoot some real-life trap! You'll get to meet a few of the developers creating the ultimate hunting experience, including Anna Bouveng (Executive Producer), Philipp Strecker (Producer) and Pim Holfve (CEO of Avalanche Studios). We had a lot of fun being out in the wild filming this, and we hope you enjoy the glimpse into our philosophy of development!
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South African Vehicle And Body Builders' Association
SAVABA members are the professional vehicle body builders in South Africa who manufacture:
- Commercial vehicle body applications – tanker, coal-, refrigerated- trucks and trailers.
- Bus bodies -commuter and tourist type.
- Specialised vehicle body applications – ambulance, armoured vehicles, and off-road vehicles.
All vehicle bodies are manufactured using the latest equipment and highly trained staff, to ensure strict compliance with SABS standards and other legal specifications.
It would be good business practice for you to consider a SAVABA member for the design and manufacture of a commercial/transport vehicle or a special-purpose vehicle.
Only SAVABA members are recognised by the major motor manufacturers for the providing of specialised vehicle bodies for their chassis assemblies, ensuring that a high level of expertise is maintained in the body building process.
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