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The Endless Caravan rolls on!
We're excited to introduce you to our new Endless Caravan family, the Schillers: husband and wife Aaron and Megan and their daughters, 8-year-old Karuna and 4-year-old Ora.
The Schillers are hitting the road on a mission of Creative Family Living. They'll be helping inspire and encourage families to play, work and live more creatively every day. And they have a pretty good idea of just how to do it, as you'll see from a visit to Megan's website The Art Pantry.
As they tour the country, the Schillers will be hosting family-focused events that teach creative living. At each event, families will get the chance to customize special flags the Schillers call CreFaLi Flags with their own artwork or message. Each flag will be added to a huge string of flags the Schillers collect on their Endless Caravan, so by the end, the creativity of the whole country will be on display!
Aaron and Megan are also hard at work to finalize a plan that will provide art supplies to five Native American reservations throughout the country – a truly special part of their journey.
We can't wait to see where this Caravan takes them next.
Be sure to visit The Art Pantry to learn more about the Schillers' mission, and keep checking back to follow along on their journey!
This is one part of the Endless Caravan tour! Click the button below to read more stories from the road on Airstream's Endless Caravan:


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Following a series of extremely short but sweet 'glitch' teasers debuting during the season finale of Mr Robot, as well as an exclusive clip playing at AMC theatres with Doctor Strange, Paramount have announced today that the first proper trailer for Rupert Sanders's Ghost In The Shell starring Scarlett Johansson – who has attracted controversy regarding alleged whitewashing following her casting as cyborg lead The Major – arrives this Sunday, November 13, at a special event in Tokyo, Japan, where the story of the film as well as the source material manga is set. See the announcement clip for the trailer below:
No more details have been released yet about the event – we will update if and when we hear more – but it is said that press are being flown to Tokyo to attend, and we can imagine fans in the city will be available to attend it as well, to see the new trailer on the big screen first. We are expecting the trailer, which was previewed during a Paramount press event a couple of weeks ago (and said to be backed by music from Depeche Mode), to land online immediately following the event.
Based on the internationally-acclaimed sci-fi property, "GHOST IN THE SHELL" follows the Major, a special ops, one-of-a-kind human-cyborg hybrid, who leads the elite task force Section 9. Devoted to stopping the most dangerous criminals and extremists, Section 9 is faced with an enemy whose singular goal is to wipe out Hanka Robotic's advancements in cyber technology.
Also starring Michael Pitt, Takeshi Kitano and Juliette Binoche, Ghost In The Shell arrives in theatres on March 31, 2017.

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The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Monroe (Michigan)
MONROE, Mich., city, county-seat of Monroe County on the Raisin River, and on the Michigan Southern, the Père Marquette, the Michigan Central and the Lake Shore railroads, about 40 miles southwest of Detroit and 85 miles southeast of Lansing, the State capital. Was settled in 1784 by people from Canada, and was first called Frenchtown. In 1815 the name was changed to Monroe in honor of James Monroe (q.v.). It was chartered as a city in 1836. Here took place 22-23 Jan. 1813 the "Battle of Raisin River." (See Frenchtown, Battle of). The city is in a fertile agricultural region and a trade centre for a large section of the southeastern part of the State. Its principal manufactures are flour, lumber, paper, paint, brick, agricultural implements, stoves, furnace products, furniture and canned goods. The nurseries nearby and the fisheries give employment to a number of people. The chief buildings are the courthouse, opera-house, armory and two orphan asylums, a home for the aged, Saint Mary's Academy, a public library and a convent. It has the mother house of the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, a teaching order of sisters who have schools in various parts of the country, and whose pupils number about 10,000. In connection with the convent and academy are a large library and a fine museum. Pop. 6,893.


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Ravelry Link (actually for the first edition but the patterns look the same); Book Depository Link
Impressions: While it uses US terms it does note the difference between US and UK terms. This book concentrates on the basics, there aren't very many garments here but there are a lot of other patterns, the basics and this is where this book is quite good. The diagrams are clear and I would think that this would be a valuable basic knowledge book for Crochet. There's a guide to crochet stitch diagrams as well, that takes you through simple to more complicated.
Types of patterns: hats, bags, scarves, dishcloths, jumpers, amigurumi, cushions, blankets, towel and accessories to name a few. It has several basic patterns that would lend themselves to experimentation. Sadly while it does list a few variations on crochet it lacks a bibliography that would allow you to move on. The back lists ravelry, Crochetme and Crochetville and lists Crochet! magazine and Interweave Crochet and the Crochet Guild of America but lists very few non-US sources.
Colour/Black & White: mostly black and white with a colour insert with most of the patterns.
Schematics: yes for the garments
Target Audience: beginners and I could also see it being a useful as a reference work. I have several others that would do the same job but I was starting out again this would be high on my to buy list.
How to Crochet guide: yes
Experimental/Classical/Modern: mostly classical stuff.
Comments on patterns: The book teaches you some basics and then offers up some projects, like dishcloths, that would be pretty easy as starters and then works it's way up to garments, which are worked in one piece
Buy/Borrow: It would be a useful reference work for most folks, particularly if you plan to design for the US market. It's pretty basic though, so if you already have a work that fills this gap, I'd borrow first before buying. It's biased towards the US so don't rely on it for Yarn sources, magazines or associations.
Where found: Dublin City Public libraries has a few copies.


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Am I the only crazy person who gets totally stressed watching Pushing Daisies?
I just sit there and flinch every time Net and Chuck get within three feet of each other. Then I forget she can touch other people and I flinch when she touches anyone.
By the time the show is over I'm just exhausted from all the worry. I need to get a life.


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Chancellor Drake Awarded UC Presidential Medal
Janet Napolitano, the university of California president, has given the UC Presidential Medal to outgoing UC Irvine Chancellor Michael V. Drake for his "transformative legacy," which includes the addition of the first new public law school in California in 40 years.
"Your wise leadership, discerning mind and ever-compassionate humanity have profoundly enriched the university and have contributed immeasurably to UC Irvine's stature among the leading research universities of the world," Napolitano said.
The award also recognizes Drake's efforts in adding physical and academic enhancements to campus and raising student applications to the school by 90 percent.
Jack W. Peltason, former UC president and UCI's second chancellor, has also received the medal this year.
First established in 1997, the UC Presidential Medal has since recognized extraordinary contributions to the UC or the community of learning. Former recipients of the medal include former UC president Richard Atkinson and Jack Scott, the former chancellor of the California Community Colleges System and a former California state politician.
Napolitano commented, "Your steadfast efforts as an eminent physician and highly respected educator have ensured that the lamp of learning continues to burn brightly, illuminating the educational path to a better life for countless underrepresented and disenfranchised students."
Napolitano Continues to Develop UC-Mexico Initiative
The University of California is taking steps to build upon a broad UC-Mexico Initiative that would strengthen ties between the university and Mexico by increasing exchanges of student, faculty and researchers between UC campuses and Mexican universities.
Late May, UC President Janet Napolitano traveled to Mexico City and met with officials from Mexico's departments of Education and Foreign Affairs, Mexican university presidents and the heads of scientific research and cultural organizations to discuss how to develop the UC-Mexico Initiative to create a sustained, strategic and equal partnership between both countries, according to a UC press release.
"UC's many and varied partnerships, exchanges and collaborations with Mexico are integral to bettering lives on both sides of our national border," Napolitano stated.
During her trip, Napolitano also represented the UC at the launch of the Bilateral Forum for High Education, Research and Innovation (FOBESII), where U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry finalized the pact first announced in 2013 by President Barack Obama and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto. Obama's higher education exchange initiative hopes to have 100,000 U.S. students studying in Latin America and 100,000 from the region studying in the states by 2020, according the Los Angeles Times.
Napolitano signed a memorandum between the UC and the Mexican National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT), extending their agreement of cooperation in higher education and research.
Napolitano explained, "This trip is a testament to the strength of our relationship with Mexico. I'm here to ensure we grow that relationship by establishing our new project to enhance the mutual exchange of students, faculty and ideas across the border."
Michigan Professor to head UCI Materials Research Institute
After 18 years at the University of Michigan, Xiaoqing Pan will join the UC Irvine faculty as a part of both The Henry Samueli School of Engineering's Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science and the School of Physical Sciences' Department of Physics & Astronomy. He will also lead the Irvine Materials Research Institute (IMRI), a new $20 million research institute focused on the discovery of new properties in potentially lifesaving and technologically important materials.
"The electron microscopy initiative and the IMRI at UC Irvine will provide me with new tools and great opportunities for potential collaborations with the many researchers on campus," Pan said. "I am grateful for the chance to help shape the university's future development through a combination of assisting students, developing departments, establishing the institute and moving forward in my own research."
Pan's work focuses on understanding advanced functional materials, such as ceramics and biological materials, the same materials that will be studied by the IMRI. According to a UCI press release, the institute will serve as an "interdisciplinary nexus" for the study and development of these functional materials.
Pan has received several awards for his studies, including the National Science Foundation's Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award and the Chinese NSF's Outstanding Young Investigator Award. Pan has published more than 250 peer-reviewed scientific papers in scientific journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Materials; his studies have been cited more than 7,000 times.
Dean of the School of Physical Sciences Kenneth C. Janda commented, "We're pleased to have Professor Pan join us during this exciting time for UC Irvine's materials science program. The establishment of this interdisciplinary institute is a milestone, and we look forward to exploring novel techniques for electron microscopy."


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Food for magnolia trees
Before feeding your magnolia tree determine what it really needs. If your magnolia has healthy foliage and is gaining height and circumference, fertiliser is probably not necessary. For lacklustre magnolias, perform a soil test before fertilising.
Basic Nutrients
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Magnolia canopy and root growth require at least 18 nutrients, according to Hubert Conlon, Extension specialist at the University of Tennessee. Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium (N, P, K) are the most commonly applied nutrients.
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Magnolias responded to high-nitrogen slow-release fertiliser (20N-2P-8K) with more root growth and less canopy growth, in Tennessee growth trials. A more balanced formula of nitrogen to potassium (8N-3P-7K) applied monthly produced healthier magnolias.
Phosphorus, Potassium
Magnolias receiving 2 to 3 per cent phosphorus or potassium in the Tennessee growth trials were unaffected.
Organic Materials
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Nutrient levels are lower and release-rates slower using organic material such as magnolia food. Manures have high N-P-K ratios are not recommended for magnolias. Cotton-seed meal is close to the University of Tennessee experts' recommended ratio. Composted sludge applied with commercial fertiliser produced even magnolia growth in the Tennessee Extension trials.
Compost Mulch
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A study by the International Society of Arboriculture found that mulched magnolias surpassed unmulched trees in branch and canopy growth. Finished compost with known components used as mulch benefits by providing micronutrients as it is watered into the soil.


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Vatican Radio moving from short-wave broadcast to newer technologies
June 12, 2012
Vatican Radio plans to cut its short- and medium-wave radio transmissions to Europe and the Americas, as part of a move to embrace newer technology.
Announcing what he called a "new chapter in the history of Vatican Radio," Father Federico Lombardi—who is director-general of the broadcast service, as well as director of the Vatican press office—said that the traditional radio broadcasts were no longer needed, because of developments in on-line broadcasting:
Webcasting and satellite transmissions, along with rebroadcasting by local, regional and national radio stations, guarantee the widest possible outreach to Vatican Radio's programming and services. Which is why Vatican Radio believes the time has come to reduce its reliance on traditional technologies, like short- and medium-wave broadcasts, and to develop its resources in new directions.
Father Lombardi said that traditional Vatican Radio broadcasts will still be made available to Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, where advanced technologies are not generally available to bring the voice of the Vatican to the people.
The move away from short-wave broadcasting will bring another benefit for Vatican Radio. It will curtail the use of the massive Vatican Radio broadcast facility in Santa Maria di Galeria, a neighborhood just north of Rome, where residents have complained that the high level of electromagnetic emissions could be damaging to their health. The Vatican has denied those claims.
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- Legal charges against Vatican Radio revived by high court (CWN, 7/17/03)
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May 4, 2011 | AmyJo
You're a special kind of reader. You can't get enough of vampires, wizards and things that go bump in the night. However, you like your books set in a city, preferably a big one like Chicago or New York. You also don't want to stop at just one book — more is more! You're an urban fantasy reader and here are some series for you to explore.
Greywalker by Kat Richardson
Marked: a house of night novel by P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast
Minion by L.A. Banks
Moon called by Patricia Briggs
The tomb by F. Paul Wilson
Undead and unemployed by MaryJanice Davidson


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September 23, 2010
McGeorge has another large contingent of international students on campus this fall, including its first-ever law graduate from Iraq, Samir Alazawi, who holds an LL.B. from the University of Baghdad.
Alazawi Samir is an Iraqi lawyer who immigrated to the United States a year ago. In Iraq, he practiced for many years in the areas of contract law and commercial law, and more recently, he was a consultant to American contractors on procurement issues for Iraq. He hopes to take the California exam after completing an LLM in Public Law & Policy. Recent immigrants Lucia Leavitt and Violeta Ebert, Moldova, Razvan Ionita and Catalina Serbu, Romania, are also in that program along with Elena Wilson, Russia/USA, Lawrence Manzi, Rwanda, and Danielle Brown, Gagandeep Grewal and Margaret Felts, '00, USA.
LLM in Transnational Business Practice enrollment includes four attorneys from China, Xin Dong, China; Ying Xu, Bing Wang, Rui Zhang, and three from Saudi Arabia, Saud Al-Roweilly, Bander Alshammari, and Sultan Altwerqi. Others in the program include Haykanush Parsamyan, Armenia, Diana Wunderlich, Germany, Gaetano D'Alessandro, Italy, Jagadish Shrestha, Nepal, Enahoro Odion-Ugbesia, Nigeria, Malgorzata Moszoro, Poland/USA, Anton Petrov, Russia, and Thomas Preston, USA.
There are three students in the LLM in Experiential Law Teaching program - Tetiana Shamrai and Sviatoslav Tkachuk, Ukraine, and Yu Weiquan, China. Idowu Adetogun, Botswana/Nigeria, Ram Babu Dhakal, Nepal, Maria Milanes-Murcia, Spain, and Wen-Lu Wang, Taiwan, are in the International Water Resources Law program. All four are working on their JSD degree dissertations.
Benoit de Corbisier and Marie Laure Van Caloen from the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium and Guillermo Cabrera from Francisco de Vitoria University in Spain are JD international exchange students.
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Pardon my long absence of late but it's fated to continue– possibly another six months give or take– while I adjust to new routines and responsibilities. Blogging certainly has made my heart grow fonder, especially of the subjects covered in the bulk of previous posts. I'm carrying on offline and will post when I can… so ya know.
February 26, 2014
Blog Note: Hair of the Dog
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Hello Jennifer: I've been forwarding your links regarding "EMF Killing Fields" to various persons whom I've met on other EMF informational sites. It's amazing to me that people still don't understand the seriousness of the problem… Just wondering what state you live in? Also wondering what this "Pardon my long absence of late but it's fated to continue." is about? Hope you don't mind the personal questions. I'm in Minnesota. Got myself a fine case of lyme/morgellon back in 2012 that damn near killed me. Been EM sensitive my whole life, but didn't know the score until about four years ago. The lyme/morgellon makes EM sensitivity much worse. I can no longer go out in public or visit friends. Too much radiation.
Hope you are well, and hope to hear from you.
hey jennifer- hearing the fetzer show recently (a few months after the fact) charged me up regarding the whole atomic control this little asshole (sorry) had over the good man "atomic" tom murray. he fought strauss on every level to bring an open, sober management of a potentially radical weapon of mass destruction. murray's concern over fallout and the atomic energy commission's secrecy led him to deliver a speech in n.y. in 1954. strauss had a sock-puppet refute all of "atomic tom's" concerns, only to have all his facts confirmed. it is frightening to look back, and then to look around now, and see this control always in the wrong hands. you are one of my favorites, keep up the unpleasant research!!!
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Our own special recipe makes Meadowlands Chocolate Hot Cocoa Mix "extraordinarily delicious"! We start with whole, organic dried milk. Then we add powdered, organic, Fair Trade cane sugar, and an extra portion of organic, Fair Trade Dominican Republic natural cocoa powder infused organic Madagascar vanilla beans. A hint of Himalayan pink sea salt, a touch of organic corn starch, and you've got yourself a true chocolate treasure. Add 2-3 heaping tablespoons of Meadowlands Chocolate Cocoa Mix to 8 oz of hot water or milk, stir well, and enjoy! 12 oz.


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You may notice that I've spruced up the site a little. It's my attempt to reflect the broadened direction I'm taking this blog. While the heart of it will remain dedicated to preparing wild game, I find that my growing interest in all things that accompany harvested proteins should also be discussed here. What I mean to say is that meat is great, but so are the side dishes, drinks and stories that go with them. In the past I have included product and book reviews, but I have other interests too - such as beer- and bread-making. And I want to tell you about them.
So to be able to keep this blog fresh, informative and fun, I am featuring a recipe I made just last week for Pumpernickel Bread from spent beer grains. I made a (failed) batch of Nut Brown Ale using a secret ingredient (Grape Nuts cereal) for a local homebrewing club competition, which we dubbed "Iron Brewer." We all drew special and odd ingredients that we had to incorporate into a beer. Although my base recipe was sound, the cereal did not hold up to the brewing process in the way that I had hoped. Oh well, all was not lost. I ended up with well over 20 cups of spent grains, mostly of Crystal Malt and Chocolate Malt, and from them I produced several loaves of hand-kneaded bread. I hope you give it a whirl!
Pumpernickel Bread from Spent Beer Grains
• 6 c. spent beer grains (wet)
• 1 Tbsp. salt
• 2 packages dry yeast (5 tsp.)
• 9 - 10 c. bread flour (may vary depending on climate)
• 3 1/2 c. lukewarm water (105-115 degrees)
• 1/4 c. dark molasses
• 1 Tbsp. butter
• 2 squares unsweetened chocolate (or chocolate chips)
• 2 c. mashed potatoes at room temperature (fresh or instant)
• 1 Tbsp. caraway seeds
Put spent beer grains in a blender with 2 1/2 cups of water and blend until liquefied. Pour this liquid into a large bowl and add salt and yeast. Mix well, then mix in 2 cups of flour.
In a small saucepan mix 1 cup of water, molasses, butter and chocolate. Heat on low heat until butter and chocolate have melted. Slowly add this mixture to the bread batter in the large bowl. Now stir in the mashed potatoes, 1 cup of flour (or enough to produce a thick batter) and caraway seeds. Stir and continue adding flour until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl. Let this sponge sit for about 15 minutes.
On a floured board or table, turn dough and begin kneading, adding flour as needed. Knead until the dough is elastic and smooth, perhaps 15 minutes. Now place this kneaded dough in an oiled bowl and cover with a damp cloth and set in a warm place. Let it rise until doubled in size.
Punch the dough down and turn onto kneading board again. Divide the dough into three equal pieces and shape into a round ball. Place each ball into a greased 9-inch round cake pan. Cover and let rise again until doubled in size.
Bake loaves in a 350 degree F oven for approximately 50 minutes. Remove from oven immediately and cool on a wire rack. Make sure each loaf has cooled completely before cutting. Serve with butter, honey and more beer!
Yields 3 large loaves.


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Children with special needs
Since 2017, Deepak Foundation has been active in serving children with special needs and disabilities.
Current Projects
Samaj Suraksha Sankul
Samaj Suraksha Sankul
Deepak Foundation under a public private partnership with the Department of Social Justice and Defense, Gandhinagar has taken over the management of Samaj Suraksha Sankul, 'Sankul'. Sankul is a residential and rehabilitation institution for visually impaired, physically challenged, and children in need for care and protection. For more information on Sankul please visit, www.samajsurakshasankul.org.
Formation of Child Protection Committees
Formation of Child Protection Committees
Child protection is about protecting children from or against any perceived or real danger or risk to their life, their personhood and childhood. Gujarat State Child Protection Society (GSCP), Gandhinagar decided to form "Child Protection Committees" in villages of different districts. For Bodeli and Pavi Jetpur blocks of Chhota Udepur, GSCPS selected Deepak Foundation as an implementing agency for formation of "Child Protection Committees".
Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
The Government of Gujarat has implemented the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) programme of the Government of India in nine districts of the state in the first phase. Deepak Foundation, in consultation with Dept of Women and Child Development is developing a decentralized, evidence based action plan and detailed road map in 6 districts for UNICEF.


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Most of us find it tricky to free up the Microsoft Dynamics 365/CRM database without paying the price of losing the valuable data. Though cleaning up the CRM will get rid of the junk data and free up some database, the actual challenge lies when one have to free up the CRM database even after knowing all data in it is valuable and required. And a considerable amount of this data is hogged by attachments to email and notes. To overcome such a tricky scenario, MTC has come up with Attachment to SharePoint solution for Microsoft Dynamics 365/CRM.
MTC's Attachment to SharePoint solution frees up a considerable amount of your CRM database by simply moving the attachments to emails and notes to a SharePoint location that is registered on your name or company. So, the attachments under emails and notes will be replaced by a SharePoint location path link where you can find the related attachments. The Document Management inside your CRM will help you to set up a proper folder structure for gathering the attachments under relevant entities.
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· Simple to configure and easy to operate.
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· All attachments to emails and notes will be moved to SharePoint location in respective entity folders created by using Document Management.
· Anyone wanting to access the attachments can click on the SharePoint path location link so that they will redirected to that attachments.
· You can simply drag and drop files to the designated area for the files to be moved to SharePoint location.
Resources are the building blocks of any organization. The more they support your vision and goals the more your organization flourishes. Managing resources and their activities is a cakewalk if the resource size is 10-50 members but not beyond that. It really takes special effort to monitor and manage resources' activities for bigger resource size. Especially, when you are using a Microsoft Dynamics CRM platform to manage your business cycle it become even more critical to view and monitor each resource activity for enhanced productivity and profitability. That's when Group Calendar solution can come handy to you.
Generally, the calendar in Microsoft Dynamics CRM offers limited capability for CRM users to go about their business activities. For example, the calendar in Microsoft Dynamics CRM supports only two activities namely Appointment and Service Activity. It severely cripples you if you have other activities to be scheduled for your resources at different timelines. On the other hand, Group Calendar accomplishes bigger goals by offering you to schedule Task, Phone call, Letter, Fax and Email apart from Appointment and Service Activity with simple configuration settings.
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Tyler Clementi, an 18-year-old student at Rutgers University, jumped off the George Washington Bridge to his death last week. Today officials confirmed it was a suicide.
"Jumping off the gw bridge sorry," was the last message he posted on Facebook.
He posted it after learning that his roommate Dharun Ravi and another student, Molly Wei, recorded him having sex with a man and put the footage on the Internet.
His death is considered a hate crime by some and follows several other recent cases in which gay teens have committed suicide because of bullying.
The cases have sparked anger and outrage on behalf of gay youth everywhere who are repeatedly targeted and tormented because of their sexual orientation, and several celebrities have spoken out, offering their own experiences and advice.
Darren Hayes, former singer for band Savage Garden, issued this message on YouTube earlier today titled "It gets better -- a message for gay youth."
In it, he discusses his own struggles as a gay teenager and how he was attacked as well. But he also offers a message of hope.
"It gets better. It gets so much better. It gets amazing.
"I know things are tough right now, but you must never give up. And you must never forget there's always a light at the end of the tunnel. And more importantly, that you are beautiful, you are perfect, just the way you are."
Dave Navarro of Jane's Addiction this evening issued an open letter to gay, bi, and transgender teens via Perez Hilton.
"I know how overwhelming the feelings can get and how small the reality can feel, but the bottom line is that this is but a drop in the bucket in terms of the magnitude of life. You can get through this."
He offers advice for making it through the hard years of high school and talks about his own flirtations with suicide in the wake of his own personal tragedies.
Hopefully these messages -- or at least some message of hope somewhere -- will reach the gay youth everywhere who have received so many horrific messages from these tragic cases as of late.
What message would you send to gay youth?
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ThinkTV Welcomes Australian Multi-Screen Report
ThinkTV chief executive Kim Portrate welcomed the latest Australian Multi-Screen Report, which shows that watching broadcast TV on a TV set dominates our time spent watching screen content.
The Nielsen/OzTAM/RegionalTAM report released today for Q2 2016 includes updated tablet and smartphone data for the period.
Key highlights include:
- The TV set is the main screen:
Watching broadcast TV on a TV set accounts for 86.4 per cent of total screen viewing, equivalent to 90 hours a month on average.
- TV's reach remains unbeatable:
Broadcast TV reaches 88.1 per cent of Australians every week.
- Fear of missing out:
89.3 per cent of broadcast TV viewing is of the live broadcast.
- TV has moved to meet its audience:
13.6 per cent of total viewing time is spent watching TV and video on other screens.
- Today's TV is digital:
Internet-capable TVs are now in 36 per cent of Australian homes, up from 30 per cent a year earlier.
"The latest Multi-Screen Report provides fresh evidence that watching TV on the TV set remains far and away our favourite viewing pastime," said Portrate.
"TV's reach also remains dominant among all major age groups. For instance, some 72.3 per cent of 16-24-year-olds, traditionally among the lightest TV viewers, still watch TV every week.
"And TV is now everywhere – our laptops, tablets and mobile phones are all TV sets – and available at any time, on catch-up, live streaming, PVR and other online platforms.
"We will provide fresh evidence about the power, effectiveness, measurability and trustworthiness of TV for advertisers at our ReThinkTV launch event in Sydney on November 30."
Register here for ReThinkTV: http://rethinktvmarketingforum.com.au


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In The Home
Over the past year I've been working my way through ten years of toys, games, puzzles, books and home education resources. Now that my youngest is turning eight it is time for many things to go.
Once I actually started I truly had no idea just how much stuff we had. My garage is over flowing. So we are having our first homeschool resource garage sale next week. I've invited all of my local homeschoolers along to grab a bargain or two.
We've been busy sorting and pricing everything, with still a great deal more work to do yet.
In School
Technically we are on school holidays, so apart from any review items that I currently have we are taking things easy around here. Just relaxing, catching up with family and friends. Doing pretty much as we please.
Out and About
Over the Easter long weekend we attended a kids fun Easter afternoon at my in laws new retirement village. So lovely of them to put that on for all the children of the local residents.
We enjoyed a very long brunch with my family on Easter Sunday and on Monday we spent the afternoon with our very dear friends wandering around JC Slaughter Falls park area and admiring the views from the Mt Cootha Lookout.
On The Net
I've been admiring all the hard work being done over at Frangipani Bloomfields and in particular the FREE downloads available for National Curriculum Checklists.
On My Blog
This has been a huge week for me in regards to blogging. I think I 've written and posted more than I ever have.
I am participating in the Homeschool Review Crew blog hop - Tips For Homeschool Parents. You can access all my posts here in the introductory post. There are also hundreds of other tips being posted by other bloggers, be sure to check the links out for those.
I posted a mammoth review of a truly fabulous language arts product called Logic of English.
On our family adventure blog I posted about our recent visit to Bestbrook Mountain Resort and shared one from our travel diary on the Royal Australian Mint.
Thankfully it is school holidays otherwise I never could've done all of that, it was huge!
How was your week? I'd love to hear about it.
Happy Homeschooling Friends,
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Protesters aim to curb carriage rides
Aug 08 2012
Al Reford, horse advocate, wants an end to horse labour, as he protests on Belleville StreetPhotograph by: Lyle Stafford , timescolonist.com (August 7, 2012)
A handful of animal-rights activists took to the Inner Harbour on Tuesday to protest Victoria's horse-drawn carriage industry, in the wake of an incident last week that injured a tourist.
A woman was taken to hospital Aug. 1 after a horse pulling a carriage was spooked and dumped her and two others in Chinatown.
On Tuesday, protesters stood on the corner of Belleville and Menzies streets - where most of the carriage companies have stalls - and handed out pamphlets.
The group collected about 2,500 signatures on a petition to ban all horse-drawn carriages in Victoria.
The protest was organized by David Shishkoff, Canadian representative for the U.S.-based nonprofit Friends of Animals, who said he's been petitioning for six years for the city to ban the industry.
"A city environment is no place for a horse," said Shishkoff, adding the horses owned by the carriage companies should be placed in a sanctuary where they can run free.
But Tally-Ho Carriage Tours, the company involved in the incident, stands by its business.
"I do not think it's dangerous for the people. I think if anything, it slows down traffic," said longterm employee Bruce Wright.
Wright said Tally-Ho's 15 horses are well taken care of and chosen for their temperament. The horses work about 80 days a year, Wright said, as the carriage tours don't usually run in the winter.
"Having worked here since 1964, I know the joy that this brings, especially to kids and the general public, how much they love to clip clop on a horse and see James Bay or the waterfront."
A young family from Toronto spoke to the protesters after checking out the horses on Menzies Street. Jolene Casella and husband Philip Brown, who hadn't planned to take a carriage ride, said it's hard for tourists visiting the city for only a short time to gauge how the horses are treated.
Protester Sarah Kramer, who owns a vegan store, said horses should not be used for labour.
Kramer suggested a temporary compromise, however, where carriages are confined to Beacon Hill Park, which is closed to cars.
"They do not belong in downtown traffic."
Wright said demonstrations like the one Tuesday don't affect Tally-Ho Carriage Tours' sales.
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Here is a simple Javascript A.I. tutorial for beginners using the reinforced learning method. You need to have basic knowledge on HTML, CSS and JavaScript, as well as programming basics.
This tutorial is a starting point for people who want to implement A.I. in their projects. You are free to "steal" ideas and techniques from this :)
In this tutorial we will create a car with an A.I. driver, which will drive along a road avoiding obstacles. The avoiding will be made by the A.I. and not by direct programming (like using IF-statements).
There are multiple ways to achieve this, but this is just my take on it, and you should research how other people versions too.
Thank you for your interest in this, let's start!
Code at jsfiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/niandrei/durho073/
Part two:
Code at jsfiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/niandrei/6gn7m7uu/9/
Part three:
Code at jsfiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/niandrei/6gn7m7uu/13/
Part four:
Code at jsfiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/niandrei/6gn7m7uu/21/
Part five:
Code at jsfiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/niandrei/6gn7m7uu/27/
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Code at jsfiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/niandrei/6gn7m7uu/33/
Project at github: https://github.com/NiscoveanuAndreiPFA/JavaScript_AI_ReinforcedLearning


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Catalyst: A Social Justice Forum, will turn its attention in a forthcoming special issue to articles that offer critiques of any one of the five core social science disciplines, including sociology, combined with proposals for catalyzing reform of that discipline.
Intersectionality and Images of Female Aggression in 21st Century Media is seeking submissions on female aggression. Aggressive women saturate the media. Even concern of aggression among young girls has increased with scholars, educators, and parents scrambling to respond to bullying, peer pressure, and social manipulation. This collection uses an intersectional lens to analyze how "aggressive girls" are treated in the media and the criminal justice system.
Michigan Sociological Review (MSR) invites submissions for vol. 30 (Fall 2016). MSR is the official, peer-reviewed publication of the Michigan Sociological Association. As an interdisciplinary, double-blind peer-reviewed journal, it welcomes previously unpublished manuscripts exploring a broad range of theoretical, methodological, and empirical questions. To submit, send an e-mail with two files attached: one that has all author identification removed, and a second file with author contact information, biography of no more than 100 words, and any acknowledgements.
Teaching Sociology invites submissions for its upcoming Special Issue on "Incorporating Globalization in the Sociology Curriculum." Teaching Sociology seeks articles and notes that address issues which focus on innovative approaches that incorporate globalization and transnational concerns in the curriculum. Topics of interest are: Effective strategies that make global and transnational concerns evident to students. Exercises or assignments that engage students in the study of global and transnational concerns.
Association for Humanist Sociology 2016 Annual Meeting, November 2-6, Denver, CO. Theme: "Elevating Humanity: Pathways to Progressivisim." At this meeting certain questions about a more progressive society will be asked, such as: what would it look like and how do we get there from here? What are the obstacles and impediments and how can they be overcome? Submit papers and sessions which enhance understanding of social issues and problems, while focusing on strategies, movements, and collective efforts that strive to bring about humanistic solutions and progressive change.
International Conference on Well-Being: National Accounts of Happiness and Social Development, October 31– November 1, 2016, SIM University, Singapore. The broad concept of well-being is closely linked to many key societal and life outcomes, such as family relationships, health, work, wealth and quality of life. In view of its importance, an increasing number of national governments are using research findings on well-being as a guide for public policy. Abstracts are now being accepted. Deadline: May 9, 2016.
International Sociological Association (ISA) Fourth Conference of the Council of National Associations, May 15-18, 2016, Almaty, Kazakhstan. Theme: "Sociologies in Dialogue." The ISA has for long called for a global multicultural sociology. This conference builds on the previous conferences and moves beyond the realm of ideas well in to the realm of applications with a focus on how different national and regional sociologies can circulate, exchange, co-construct, and enter into dialogue and controversy. Send a 500-word abstract with a 150-word bio. Deadline: May 1, 2016.
Social Science of Memory Conference, October 2-4, 2016, Saint Louis, MO. Theme: "Individual, Collective, and Banked." Submissions are invited for papers related to the conference theme. A forum is provided for discussing the diverse role of memory in sociology, such as sociological conceptions of collective memory, individual narrative and psychological conceptions of personal memory, or regarding the social relations of banked electronic memory (such as meta-data), or biological memory (such as seed or DNA). This is part of the National Social Science Association conference.
Teaching and Learning ASA Section 2016 Pre-Conference Workshop, August 19, 2016, Seattle WA. Theme: "The Relevant Syllabus: Integrating Current Events into Our Classes." In a fast paced world, it can be challenging to stay relevant. How can sociologists integrate rapidly changing and unanticipated events (e.g., Social movements, terrorist acts, natural disasters, elections, etc.) into their classes in meaningful ways without derailing the course's main learning objectives or our other work-life obligations?


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Here Comes a Story of the Hurricane July 2nd , 2015
Ian "The Hurricane"Heinisch
Professional MMA Fighter
2x Wresting Colorado State Champion
4x Freestyle, Greeco all-American
4th Senior Nationals
MMA Professional Record of 2-0
MMA Amatuer Record of 6-0
7 Finishes by TKO or Submission
2015 Breakthrough Fighter of the Year
Ian is coached by Marc Montoya and trains with Factory X out of Denver Colorado. He attributes his past and future success to his coach and training group.
"Love my coaches and team like family"
Despite a busy schedule Ian makes time to work with kids and coaches youth wrestling. Giving back to the community that supported him is important.
Ian's determination, support network and good nature make him a great athlete and person, capable of tackling his ultimate goal of winning and defending the World TItle.
We're proud to have Ian join the RAD team of great athletes.
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This post is late, and this year has already been amazing!
I decided to repeat last year's entry and fix it for 2014!
PLANNED: things I am FOR SURE doing
- Buffalo Run 50 Miler
- Annual Wedge Wranglers Run (This coming President's Day Monday!)
- Bag More Peaks
- More Adventure Runs! (see Desires)
- Ragnar Wasatch Back with Corporate Team
- Pacing at the Wasatch 100
- Yoga
- Climb Outdoors with somebody
- Learn how to do a Handstand
- Get Better with the Slackline
- That's all that's planned!
- Zion's Traverse
- Grand Canyon Rim2Rim2Rim
- Some Other Races - Dugway again, Bryce Canyon
- With my in-laws being in Hawaii, I would love to run the Kalalau Trail!
Dreams:Yes... any of these would be awesome! (unfortunately not that likely! And yeah, repeats!)
- Yoga on a Caribbean Island... (Hawaii maybe though, eh??)
- Try out for American Ninja Warrior
- Buy some land away in the wilderness(ish) and create an ultimate obstacle-course/workout/training/adventure course!


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Looping Playback in dashboard isn't smooth/clean- hiccup at loop point
Anyone else seeing a hiccup of varying intensity when playing back a simple loop in Dashboard Mode? I also see it when playing in the timeline as a new segment and as a two videos sequenced together. I've been seeing this for awhile now in Millumin 2, but not in Millumin 1 and finally got around to testing it thoroughly. I have a simple video of a white bar rotating on black - 10 seconds long 1920x1080 - HAP and the hiccup on the loop is always present but sometimes more pronounced. Checked the loop is good in After Effects, Quicktime, and Scratch Play. This is running on a 2016 MacBook Pro Quad Core i7 with Sierra 10.12.6 specs below:
Processor Speed: 2.7 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 4
Memory: 16 GB
Radeon Pro 460 4096 MB
Files are on the local SSD flash drive which also has plenty of space. Restart/Shutdown with nothing else running does not change the behavior. This machine shouldn't be particularly taxed by a single layer of HD video and shouldn't be experiencing a performance issue, so possibly there's a bug related to looping playback?
Haven't tried it with ProRes. We'll export a ProRes test clip.No Audio in the file.I believe both 32bit and 64bit.
Hi. I'm experiencing the same problem. This time with HAP + audio.Any idea about how to avoid it?I will try H264 too, but I thought HAP was preferred and that's how I have all the files in my project so far.Thanks,Andrés.
Hello @agomez,A few questions :- What is the framerate of your video ? What is resolution ?- If you display the FPS in Millumin (see "Output" menubar) : is it steady ?- What is your computer ? MacBookPro Retina 2016 ?- What is your graphic card ? Geforce 750M ?- What is your version of macOS ? 10.13.6 ?- What is your version of Millumin ? 2.18.v ?- Do you see a difference with latest beta here ?Thank you for your answers point by point, so we could understand better your situation.Best. Philippe


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Hello myself my two children 14/11 and my puppy are in desperate need of a temporary place to stay. I recently moved to conroe tx and things were going extremely well until life threw us an awful unexpected curve ball. My job laid me off and my landlord refused to allow me to pay rent late so we were evicted. I have gotten a new job where I work from home setting appts. The pay is absolutely wonderful however time is just not on my side. I won't b receiving my first paycheck for a few more weeks. If anyone has a room for us to rent or any other housing situation u may be able to help us out with we would be more appreciative then u know. I also currently receive food stamps so am able to provide our own food and food for you and your family as well..we r exceptionally clean ppl and my dog is completely housebroken and very very sweet. U may even love her more than us. Lol thank u


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About PGDLRM
This Post Graduate Diploma program has been thoughtfully designed for graduates from any stream desirous to develop their career in the fashion retail industry. It is equally suitable for professionals from any retail or ancillary industry wanting to switch into the fast growing fashion retail sector.
Program Details
Eligibility Criteria & application process:
- Bachelors' degree in any subject area / someone who has a minimalistic experience in fashion or other ancillary retail sector.
- Good communication skills with amiable personality
- Completed application form with the application fees
- Resume, Statement of Purpose, 10th & 12th Mark sheet and passing certificates.
- Valid photo ID Proof.
- Aptitude Test and Personal Interview
- Duration: 16 Months including 4 months of industry internship
- Start Date: August 2015
- Batch size : 20 seats
- Admissions on first come first serve basis
- Last Date : 30th April,2015
About Luxury Connect Business School:
An initiative by Luxury Connect LLP, LCBS is India's first and Only Luxury B-School, LCBS started in the year 2012 with an array of short term and executive programs.
With the ever burgeoning retail sector and the myriad number of international brands entering or expanding their base in India, LCBS recognised the need for a dedicated institute to deliver directive education in luxury retail and service sector.
Affiliations & Accreditation
Retailers Association's Skill Council of India (RASCI) under aegis of National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), A Government of India body, accredits Luxury Connect Business School (LCBS).
All programs at LCBS at formally endorsed by Fondazione Altagamma, an industry body.
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I made a hasty attempt at this wee Friday writing challence – of course with the theme being volcanoes I have added a tiny geological twist. It is heavily influenced by my first memories of being in a volcanic landscape (Vulcano, Sicily).
Here's the original article: http://my.telegraph.co.uk/theshortstoryclub/louiseatmyt/645/friday-challenge-the-volcano/
volcano speaks.
There's a stratocone up ahead, swaddled in ash. There's streets of puffed cumulus above. It's hot but that's offset by the fierce sporadic wind. You would imagine you'd be thinking 'Isn't my life strange?' or 'How amazing is it that I'm here?' – but you're not.
Emptiness of this kind doesn't bring self-reflection, and you know this all too late, because it's pulsing with another energy, an energy that at first seems alien but after a while its vivid colours start to seep into your own and you realise it is in fact a very, very ancient part of yourself.
A lava bomb riddled with holes – there's a scientific word for that. The red, soft, rusted earth – there's a scientific word for that, too. But at that moment the specifics fail you and you do nothing but sink into the picture. You're not really aware of it and you won't even realise it afterwards, forever describing it to people as an experience of otherness. What really happens is you become a part of it, and at the precise moment the earth opens out to you what you are really thinking is 'How can there be so much to all this?'
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A VAST hoard of Anglo Saxon treasure has gone on display at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
The artefacts were discovered on a piece of Staffordshire farmland in July and the find has been described as one of the most important in British history.
It was only last Thursday that the collection was revealed to the world – making national headlines and bringing overnight fame to the finder Terry Herbert. Since the cache went on display last week, thousands of people have flocked to the museum to catch a glimpse.
The gold and silver items date from between 675-725 AD – a period which is shrouded in uncertainty. But the hoard – the biggest of its kind to ever be discovered in this country – will hopefully shed light on the way that people lived.
Overall, the items are expected to fetch a seven-figure sum when they go under the hammer.
Once the market value has been agreed, museums will be able to bid for the items. A campaign has already been started to keep the hoard in the West Midlands.
The treasure will be showcased at the museum until October 13.


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Jeff Allen, Vice President, Finance and Administration
Mr. Allen has over 30 years of financial experience working in several industries including manufacturing semi-conductors, software, management consulting and financial services working for firms such as GE Capital, International Rectifier, Prudential, and Junction Solutions. He was most recently Chief Financial Officer for a technology-based software company. Jeff brings a successful track record with early and later stage companies; scaling businesses for growth; and maximizing enterprise value and shareholder returns. Jeff earned his master's degree in business administration with a strategy focus from Pepperdine University and his bachelor's degree in business management from the University of Redlands.


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Welcome to the weekend, y'all! Ezekiel and my hubby are getting home from their annual, Mexico, mission trip today; and I can't wait! Despite my best efforts, it has been a super long week with my littles. I may have to take our big kiddo and let my hubby stay home with our youngest critters next year ;). Anyhow, I just wanted to share a few projects that received recognition last month, beginning with this cutie patootie page of my daughter with her bunny. It was named a Sunday Sketch Winner at Citrus Twist.
This page was a 3-to-Inspire Winner at Citrus Twist...
this beauty was given the honor of Top Cup at Sunday Stamps.
The Studio. Until then, thanks, as always, for humbling me with a visit! Now, get out there and make your weekends creative ones! XOXO


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Cigna launches pilot program to address loneliness during COVID-19
The population health initiative for Medicare Advantage members is a personal check-in on health, well-being, food, housing and transportation.
Social determinants of health the buzzword at AHIP19
A new initiative aims to bring together payers from different markets and geographies to work together on establishing programs to combat social inequities that negatively affect health.
Loneliness, AI and Public Policy, Lessons the US should learn from the UK
With technology enablers like the cloud, wearable tech, and broadband, we have the potential to scale health and care to people who haven't benefited from access to mental health and social services, tertiary and specialist care, and social connectivity via online patient groups.
Humana's CMO Talks about the "Bold Goal" Initiative Embedded in the Company's Population Health Work
Louisville, Ky.-based insurer Humana is tackling the issue of social determinants of health through its "Bold Goal" initiative with the aim of improving the health of communities it serves 20% by 2020
$375-a-month All-round Wellness Private Club Opens in New York
The Well is currently extending invitations to apply for 200 founding membership slots, half of which are already taken. Memberships will cost around $375 per month.
Seniors to receive free exercise classes from Cedars-Sinai to help them Avoid Loneliness and Falls
Allison May, a geriatrician at Cedars-Sinai is working with other geriatricians to offer free exercise classes to seniors so as to help them avoid loneliness and falls. Falls in 2016, accounted for the death of over 30,000 seniors.
Most Americans are Lonely, with oung persons most Affected
There is a rapid increase in loneliness among people in the U. S with young persons most affected especially those born between the mid-1990s and early 2000s.Nearly 50% of persons who participated in a nationwide survey reported that they felt lonely or left out sometimes or always.


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Alonzo is a sales rep by day and a basketball coach by night. His youth basketball team held a clothing drive for Anna's House Foundation, and several of the Agility Medical Group employees donated items.
Anna's House Foundation provides an exceptional, personal network of support for families caring for children in foster care, and the unique needs these children share. They offer a future of hope and faith to foster families by providing support, training and resources as well as housing in a Christian foster care community in Luther, OK.


text: York Barbell, the original name in cast-iron bodybuilding equipment, wanted to update their web presence to be more modern and reflective of their brand. We wanted to focus on imagery of the product, which encapsulated much of the feeling of strength and ruggedness that the brand inherently conjures up. A bold, large-scale condensed typeface and sharp, slab-like graphic and interface components symbolize stacks of weights and rows or barbells and dumbbells in a gym. Product is king on this site and the ui makes it easy to browse and find exactly what you're looking for.


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Public Access Defibrillators in the Community
In the UK approximately 30,000 people suffer a cardiac arrest outside hospital and are treated by emergency medical services every year. A patient's chance of survival decreases by around 10% per minute following a Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA). As such it is vital that emergency medical treatment begins as soon as possible.
Approximately 95% of people who have SCA die from it-most within minutes. Rapid treatment of SCA with a defibrillator or AED can be lifesaving. For every minute a defibrillator is away from a patient, their chances of survival decrease by 7-10 % and without a defibrillator the chances of survival are 5-6% with Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) only.
The Project
We as Community First Responders are a team of volunteers who live in the Tadley area. We are trained and activated by South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust to attend certain calls where time can make the difference between life and death. Such calls would include Chest Pain, Breathing Difficulties, Cardiac Arrest, Unconsciousness, Fitting, Choking, Seizures, Diabetic Emergencies and some Traumatic emergencies (not road traffic collisions), but we are not always available as we may already be on another call, and most of us also have day jobs too.
If we are not around then there are only 6 Community Public Access Defibrillators (CPAD) in the local area, all of which we have fitted recently. We believe there should be more.
Our aim is to put as many of these CPAD's in the local area as possible. The initial aim is to raise enough money to supply and fit 10 CPAD's locally.
Fund Raising
Each defibrillator and cabinet costs £1,800 with an additional £200 (approx) to fit it depending on the individual location. The units also require an electricity supply to maintain the optimum temperature in the unit and power the keypad (approx £30 p.a.).
Placement and Availability
We also believe that the location of a Community Public Access Defibrillators (CPAD's) should take in to account where large groups of people live or gather, regardless of age or activity. Children as well as adults may fall victim to sudden cardiac arrest (SCA).
Our CPAD's will, we hope, be found on the external walls of buildings, unused phone boxes and other public locations. They are in locked cabinets with a key safe on the front, the ambulance service will provide the number should it be needed.
Should the CPAD be required the caller on the end of the 999 call will be told where the nearest defibrillator is located, if it is required, and they will be given a code to open the digital lock. This will allow the caller to take the portable defibrillator and use it confidently.
If you require any additional information or if you have a location where we could fit a defibrillator please don't hesitate to contact us.


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What to do in Las Vegas besides casinos and shows?
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1 - Walk around gawking at the huge casinos and their elaborate themes. Seriously. That alone could take 3 or 4 days.
2 - EAT! - Some buffets are amazing! - Some are crap - Go to Caesars, Bellagio, Paris, Planet Hollywood Buffets. - Avoid Luxor, Excalibur, MGM, Flamingo.
The link above has some good tips. over 6 years agoAnswered by Andrew Dedo via WorldNomads.com
If you are in the mood for nature, head to the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, only 17 miles west of the Las Vegas Strip (http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/lvfo/blm_programs/blm_special_areas/red_rock_nca.html). The cliffs are stunning. The park has over 30 miles of hiking trails, but we usually just drive along the 13-mile scenic route, stopping at various vistas to take in the views. Once you get used to the stark scenery, there are lots of interesting desert animals and birds (come early in the morning or in late afternoon to see them most active), and the groves of gnarled Joshua trees look surreal. If you get hungry afterwards, there is the large Red Rock Casino nearby with decent restaurant options. 60 miles north-west of Las Vegas is the Valley of Fire State Park--also gorgeous and worth a visit, but it's more of a time commitment.
Along the strip, I like the Singing Fountains of Bellagio, which are free. If you time it right and climb the Eiffel Tower at the Paris casino across the street at dusk (there is a fee for going up the tower), you can watch the sunset and see the city lights come up for the night. Plus the fountains look VERY different from up there (and, again, it's a different experience of seeing them "sing" at dusk and all lit up in the dark).
If you are interested in the city's history, I enjoyed this guide to Frank Sinatra's Las Vegas (http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/Frank-Sinatras-Las-Vegas-200937811.html), and there is the Cultural Corridor to explore (http://culturalcorridorvegas.org/ -- don't miss the Neon Museum, where all of the most famous signs come to retire; early-evening tours are especially fun--you can see the signs in daylight and then again when they are all lit up).
If you are in the mood for art, Bellagio's Fine Art Gallery is small but impressive. Here are other art museums: http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2011/nov/16/top-10-galleries-museums-las-vegas
And, for thrills, there are the New York-New York roller-coaster and "the world's highest thrill rides" on the Stratosphere Tower (http://www.stratospherehotel.com/Tower/Rides). Enjoy! over 6 years agoAnswered by TransplantedTatar via WorldNomads.com
Bring some good shoes, water and walk yourself. They have great paths to walk along with great spots to look around. about 6 years agoAnswered by Elyseyy via Ask a Nomad iPad app
All of the above are great ideas. Other great ideas would include the Pinball Hall of Fame (http://www.pinballmuseum.org/), The Mob Museum (http://themobmuseum.org/), The Springs Preserve (http://www.springspreserve.org/) and The Neon Museum (http://www.neonmuseum.org/). about 6 years agoAnswered by Scott B. via Travellr.com


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Whistler Film Group co-ordinates industry shoots
There is a new association in town breathing even more life into the film and print production shoots going on around Whistler.
The Whistler Film Group is the new link.
"We realized there was a need to co-ordinate business," says group founder Alyna Herscovisi-Flann.
The Whistler Film Group is an umbrella association which co-ordinates members of the film industry with film productions shooting in Whistler and the surrounding area.
The WFG is listed in Reelwest digest and online Web site, a resource for film and video productions based in Western Canada.
Local is the focus of the growing association.
"I try to keep the staffing as local as I can, so that the work can remain in Whistler," says Herscovisi-Flann.
The WFG does not initiate film and video projects, but instead carries projects from script and storyboard stage to filming.
She says the process is simple.
"Clients come to us with a finished project idea in mind," she says, "and from there we can take a project to completion."
Herscovisi-Flann was a producer with IMAX for 20 years, in addition to working with Montreals NFB (Baseball Girls, Under the Willow Tree). She calls the new group an "informal service organization."
The WFG was created in January, 2002.
Since that time, New Yorks Bluenote Jeans and Ann Taylor (fashion advertising in print), Sky Blue Vodka (print), and Eddie Bauer clothing company have all worked with the WFG.
"Were really trying to keep the business in town and bring in new business," says Hercovisi-Flann, who saw a need for a contact point to co-ordinate location scouting, casting, and filming for productions that visit town.
Occasionally, a client may need just one link to finish the job.
Ross Muirhead, acting manager for production and location services with the B.C. Film Commission, says the WFG covers the gap.
"Quite often a production company (will come to us) and want to go film in Whistler, so we refer them to the Whistler Film Group.
"Its quite handy that theres a more centralized body, with people that have all the local knowledge."
The WFG is also a key, free headhunter service at this point for members of the film and video industry living in the Sea to Sky corridor. Locals can submit their resumes, free of charge, for compilation in the associations database.
Production companies are more inclined to find this local talent, which saves them from having to pay for lodging costs for staff.
Many clients also visit the Whistler area for that perfect mountain shot, so the WFG works with Whistler-Blackcomb and Blackcomb Helicopters for peak shots. Work also has to be co-ordinated with the Resort Municipality of Whistler for permits and zoning.
The group also works with local agency Action Talent.
Safety issues are always a concern. Wayne Flann, location scout, ski patroller, and member of Whistlers search and rescue team, is based in Whistler and works with the WFG referrals whenever time permits.
"A job might come up through the WFG for a location scout, which I can then do, or we can refer them to the group for a different production cast," says Flann.
Visualizing mountain stream and pine is part of the job of a location scout.
"Clients send us storyboards and what theyre looking for waterfalls, or lakes and then I try to match it," says Flann.
His role is to cover safety for mountain shoots, as well as local permits.
For more information contact Alyna Herscovisi-Flann at the Whistler Film Group at (604) 932-1890, or email firstname.lastname@example.com .


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by Rob Prince
Global Research Canada, 29 November 2013
Mother Agnes Mariam, mother-superior of the monastery of St. James, the Mutilated in Qara, in the Qalamoun District of Syria, which is north of Damascus, visited Denver as part of a U.S. tour which is taking her coast to coast.S
he spoke at three public venues in two days and then rushed off to catch a plane to Lincoln, Nebraska, where she also has had several speaking engagements, covered by the Nebraska press.
Washington's Shifting Global Priorities
Deconstructing the Syrian Opposition
Enter Mother Agnes-Mariam, who is telling the American people, gently actually, essentially what their government has been doing all along in Syria but what Washington itself doesn't have the courage to relate. Mother Agnes-Mariam comes to the United States just at the time when the Obama Administration is trying to re-shape its Syria policy. But Obama has painted himself into a corner in so idealizing the role of the Syrian opposition. Mother Agnes-Mariam came to Denver with a message of peace – a call for a negotiated settlement of the Syrian crisis – as well as a warning. It is the peace message which the Obama Administration should be announcing to the American people but doesn't seem to have mustered up the courage to do so as of yet, so they hide behind the robes of a Carmelite nun instead and let her take the heat.
Granted, as mentioned above, there are legitimate Syrian elements in the opposition who will have to have a voice in any settlement. But the United States – through its regional allies – has unleashed some very destructive forces in Syria and now has the formidable task of getting these "jinns" back into the bottle. The shift in policy has angered – if not infuriated – Washington's regional allies – Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey – whom it appears were taken by surprise by the policy shift and are howling in pain and very openly angered at with the shift, about which they can do little.
"The peace message" was essentially that no side will "win" the military conflict in Syria, and that the crisis there – which is essentially now a civil war – can only be resolved through negotiations between the Assad government and its "Syrian-based" (and she stressed this particular formulation) opponents.
"The warning" was that while there is a legitimate Syrian opposition engaged in the fighting against the Assad government, that much of the so-called rebellion had been hijacked by Islamist fundamentalist radicals armed, trained and funded by Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey (and others). Responsible for much of the bloodshed and terror – they seem to have a particular penchant to beheading people – the Islamists are mostly foreign elements recruited from throughout the region to fight. Their goal is the establishment of an Islamic state based upon Shari'a law. Mother Agnes-Mariam opposed their participation in the peace process, and calls for their expulsion from Syria. Although by no means an easy goal, unless the United States – through whatever mechanism it can find – can rein in these radical Islamist elements, there will be no peace in Syria.
Concerning the Syrian opposition Mother Agnes-Mariam's main point is that the Syrian opposition has long been hijacked by radical fundamentalist elements, its main secular, domestic opposition having been shunted to the sidelines in the fighting. Similar scenarios have unfolded recently in both Libya and Mali, where opposition movements were hijacked by Salafist-Wahhabist elements.
At the same time Mother Agnes-Mariam actually sympathizes with the grievances of the Syrian opposition, that part of it that is domestically based. She expressed deep concern for the fact that the opposition has been hijacked by Islamist fundamentalist elements that get logistical, financial support and military training from American regional allies – Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey. Although she didn't mention it, these Islamist factions, trained in Jordan, Turkey and northern Lebanon, also have received both financial and military support from the United States Special Forces.
Rob Prince, is Teaching Professor at the University of Denver's Korbel School of International Studies. In recent years, he has written extensively on North Africa. He is also the publisher of the Colorado Progressive Jewish News.
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Saturday, August 20, 2011
Funeral Party's Bootleg
The three songs here, "Car Wars," "NYC Moves To The Sound of LA," and "Chalice," are raw, rough, and hardly produced just like the best post punk records of the 80's. Bootleg is an aggressive record that announces its presence, busts down the doors, takes over the DJ booth, plays what it wants to hear and doesn't really care what you think. In other words it's deadly and dangerous stuff just like rock and roll should be.
The Bootleg EP is a brilliant taster that only starts to hint at how brilliant this band is at creating dance floor bombs that rock as much as they roll. Highly recommended.
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Tuesday, 29 December 2009
One down, many more to come
Last night we spent at the edge of Groningen close to the lock.
We left this morning, later than intended because of thick fog but later it really was amazingly beautiful weather.
There was losts of ice, both in the canal and in the lakes we had to pas. The last part, near the harbor,d we really serve as icebreaker (through thick ice!) The picture is to prove that we were really middle of the water, with a beautiful sky.
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The Tam Valley Depot DCC Booster
This review is a work in progress, not completely through with the installation and testing.
DCC Booster board without the power supply. These boards can be used to make locomotive Power Districts or an Accessory District with a shared power supply. A jumper is used to set either Accessory Mode or Power District Mode. Each board can supply up to 3 Amps continuous duty and 5 Amp peak with a suitable power supply.
- Max power supply voltage: 40V
- Power Connector: 5.5 mm (outer)/ 2.1 mm (inner) barrel plug, center positive
- DCC input: optically isolated, 5-24 Volts (voltage level on the DCC input pins has no effect on output voltage level)
- DCC Connectors: Screw blocks
- Max output: 5 Amps for short periods, 3 Amps continuous
- Peak-to-peak output voltage: Power Supply voltage minus 0.8-1.4 volts (decreasing with load and independent of voltage on the DCC input)
- Short Trip Point: 5.6 Amps
- Short Trip Off Time: 1 microsecond
- Short Trip Recovery Time: 200 microseconds
- No Auto-reverse
- Board Size: 3" long x 2.5" wide x 0.5" deep (including heatsink) (76mm x 64mm x 12mm). Green blocks extend another 0.3" (8mm)
Suggested retail price is $49.95
I am in the process of installing and tuning 3 of these units. My intent is to power the entire layout with them. I am also converting my 12 vac accessory bus to a DCC bus. I'm using a PS2012 to power my command station a Lenz LZV100 and the 3 boosters. Each track booster has a dedicated RRamp meter to monitor the zones with each booster driving into a PSX-2 dual circuit breaker from DCC Specialties.
- Low cost, < half the cost of most DCC boosters.
- Runs off the DCC Track output of the command station,
- Simple wiring, only two wires in and two out plus power of course.
- The removalbe connectors are NICE, easy peasy connections.
- Simple jumper changes the booster behaviour from track to DCC Accessory
- Cannot adjust output voltage
- Would have preferred the in and out be on opposite ends of the board
- No connection to remote monitor tripped or on states for large layouts
- I don't like the 5 minute automatic turn-off. I've asked for it to be optioned so it stays on until I turn it off by removing power.
- Too few dealers, not a lot of product out there.


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Breaking News on House Bill 630 — Take Action!
I've got breaking news on HB 630! Rep. Taylor was just notified that the House Rules Committee will be voting on this bill tomorrow at 1:00pm! Whether you've contacted the committee already or not, I need you to do it again right away. It's urgent that you do, as more and more organizations and legislators are opposing this bill the further along in the process we get. Insiders are reporting


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For many enterprises, information is gridlocked, misplaced and unavailable to drive business decisions in real time. That's the distressing take-away from newly released research carried out by IDC for Ricoh.
While many others in the enterprise content management and information management space, including AIIM, have reached similar conclusions, there are some differences here. But the Ricoh Addressing Information Gridlock report also identifies exactly where the bottlenecks are happening, how much money this could be costing and who may be creating the problems.
A longtime player in the hardware market, Ricoh more recently has entered the business services space.
Joyce Ouellette, Director of Brand Strategy Integration at Ricoh, said Ricoh has gone through a lot of self-analysis over the past three years to identify the value its products and technologies were bringing to its customers, as well as identify what its customers want.
Better Business Outcomes
The report defines information mobility as the ability to seamlessly move information between paper, digital and legacy systems, and to also find and integrate information within and across repositories whether on premise or cloud.
The objective: "To drive better business outcomes," Ouellette said.
The research turned up what has to be one of the best rogue's gallery's ever of information management or mismanagement as the case may be.
Some of the striking, but sadly repetitive findings of this report — and we say repetitive because no matter what enterprises say, it really looks like little changes from one report to another and one year to the next — should really be blazoned on a Wall of Shame in every company that is still wrestling with even basic paper processes.
Among the findings:
- Few companies are information mobility ready
- Many business workflows are not electronic and not optimized across departments
- Organizations are still too dependent on paper
- Employees lack adequate tools to search across data repositories
- Almost 40 percent of enterprise information is captured in filing cabinets or in employees' heads
- There are too few collaboration tools
- Support for key cloud and mobile platforms is a blind spot for senior management
IDC conducted a global survey of 292 director-level and above executives from IT and lines of business in US companies with 500 or more employees. This was backed-up by 12 in-depth interviews with line of business IT executives
From this, IDC identified four levels of information mobility maturity and rated companies as Champions, Contenders, Beginners and Candidates. Only 17 percent of companies fell into the most mature Champion category, meaning 83 percent of companies are missing out on major business upside.
The study also showed that the higher you go on the mobility scale, the better your business outcomes will be. Champions enjoy not only cost reduction benefits, the report reads, but also improvements in revenue, new customer acquisition and retention, profitability, and even time to market for new products and services.
2 Information Mobility Drivers
The two key findings: organizations need to look at their data resources holistically and senior management have to buy in to data management strategies for it to succeed.
"The issue around manual processes is huge, and the issues around information silos are huge. If you think about customer facing employees, having customer information trapped in repositories and preventing them from getting a holistic view of the customer is a real hindrance," she said.
"You have one piece of digital information, one piece of information on paper, one piece of information in this repository and another in that repository. You have to bring it together for employees so they can do useful things with it. That's the critical challenge."
Where's The Money
Companies that embrace information mobility saw an average annual revenue increase of $7,210 per employee, a cost reduction of $16,027 per head, higher customer count and lower churn.
Companies with the highest information mobility maturity reaped annual benefits in excess of $40,000 per employee, with the average being $24,000.
The report concludes that the greatest benefits of information mobility are being achieved by only the 17 percent of companies in the most mature category. The remaining 83 percent risk falling further as mobility, cloud, big data, analytics and social enterprise networks become increasingly important for enterprises.


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This is for technicians who have the proper tools. Homeowners should not be setting manifold on their furnace, ever. The problem comes when you turn the thermostat up five degrees over the set temperature to get the high fire to come on. Since this is two stage with a W1 and W2 controlled from the thermostat, it means you need to go upstairs, turn the heat down and hope that low fire comes on. Then you have to traipse all the way back upstairs to turn it up again so you can get the heat differential checked properly. Problem is I hate going up and down stairs all the time and getting up can hurt. Here's an easier way to do it.
First, set the high fire in the usual way. To set the low fire, remove the wire from the W2 terminal on the board. There is no way the thermostat can call for second stage and low fire will be the result. Check and set the manifold, which is on the placard inside the furnace. Remember to hook up the wire to the W2 terminal, replace the bottom door, check your amp draws, button up the furnace and check your heat differential and you're done. Maranatha!


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"The authors of The Pact return with a book about how it feels to need a dad and what it takes to be a good one. Timely, healing, and hope-filled."—Detroit Free Press
"A memorable portrait of the resiliency of family. However configured."—The Cleveland Plain Dealer
"The Threee Doctors pull no punches…. This is a book that every father and every family should read and take to heart. It's honest and brave and true."—Queen Latifah, musician, actress, and author of Ladies First
"Powerful, candid straight talk needed to help mend our community fabric and strengthen our family ties."—Cory Booker, mayor of Newark, New Jersey


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Child & Adolescent Development: OverviewChildhood Mental Disorders and IllnessesChild Development Theory: Middle Childhood (8-11)
Pubescent girls need to learn how to cope with the unprecedented event of their first menstrual periods and other vaginal discharge. Girls may be more comfortable talking with female adult relatives, like moms, aunts, grandmothers, or older sisters, about their periods, but male caregivers can also help their young women to adjust to this experience. As is the case with boys' spermarche, there are some aspects of menarche that may be very sensitive and potentially embarrassing to girls and their caregivers alike. Despite this discomfort, it is nevertheless helpful if parents or caregivers convey some basic information on how to handle menstruation while respecting the child's sense of privacy and dignity.
One sensitive issue is the decision whether to use tampons (which are inserted internally into the vagina to "catch" the menstrual flow) versus pads (which are attached to underpants and absorb the flow after it has exited the vagina. Caregivers will want to educate girls regarding the advantages and disadvantages associated with each type of product. Additionally, pads and tampons both come in different absorbencies and styles which are appropriate to different circumstances. For instance, overnight pads are longer and more absorbent, while pads with "wings" protect panties, and tampons come with, and without applicators to aid their insertion. Caregivers will want to educate girls about the advantages of different products so that they can learn to manage their varying menstrual flow across their full cycle.
Caregivers should also provide education and guidance about the proper care and use of feminine hygiene products: how to comfortably insert tampons, how often to change pads and tampons, and how dispose of them properly. It is particularly important for caregivers to educate their girls about possible health risks associated with improper tampon or pad usage, including toxic shock syndrome, unpleasant odors, and the signs and symptoms of vaginal infection. Young women may also find it comforting to know that while it is quite normal for girls' early menstrual flow to vary unpredictably in terms of frequency, duration, and magnitude, over time, their menstrual periods will develop a fairly predictable pattern.
While young women will quickly become expert at knowing what combination of pads and tampons, and which styles and absorbencies, best fit their needs at different times in their cycle, there will also be inevitable times when clothing gets messy. As is the case with boys, young ladies will feel a greater sense of control and will be best able to preserve their privacy if they have already learned how to properly pre-treat and launder blood-stained clothing and bed linens. More detailed information on this subject can be found in our separate section on Teaching Girls How to Manage Menstruation.
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An introduction to aircraft noise.
Abstract:ESDU 02020 is an overview of the various sources of noise from aeroplanes and helicopters and includes consideration of the propagation of that noise outside and inside the vehicle together with the various influences that may modify the noise before its perception by an observer. Various ESDU documents that provide methods for estimating noise are referenced at the point where those components are discussed. The propulsion system is first considered. In the case of gas turbine engines the contributions from the jet, fan, compressor, turbine and core are individually introduced. These contributions are further broken down, for the jet into jet mixing and shock noise and for the fan and compressor into blade passing frequency tones (including rotor-stator interaction effects), shaft-order tones and broad-band noise. Propeller and rotor noise are then discussed, followed by airframe noise including sonic boom. In most cases these various contributions to noise are illustrated to show their relative importance. Various methods of attenuating the noise are introduced briefly, including liners and barriers, and power-plant installation effects are considered. The effect of flight on noise measured under static conditions is explained and the various effects that the atmosphere has on attenuation are discussed together with the influence of ground reflection. Cabin noise due to airframe vibration, airborne noise and structure-borne noise is introduced. Finally, the various methods of modifying the measured noise to allow for its subjective perception by the human ear are detailed and explained.
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