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As Built: A functioning room with no furniture, process equipment, or personnel. Normally found only on new rooms. "Very easy to pass"
At Rest: Fully operational room with furniture, process and support equipment in place but not operating. The most common tested condition, also easy to pass, because no particles are being generated within the room.
Ceiling Grid: Type or style of prefabricated ceiling system used in a cleanroom.
Class: Defines the limit or measurement that a room will perform to in particles per cubic foot at 0.5 micron or larger.
Cleanroom: A room, enclosure, and or environment in which you move the air by way of supply and return locations to control the airborne particle levels and in some cases temperature and humidity.
Federal Standard 209E: The Federal government's basic design and performance requirements for cleanrooms. Some of the information sets minimum and maximum levels, but in general it gives recommended guidelines.
HEPA Filters: Class of air filters which meet a minimum performance level of 99.97% on 0.3 microns efficiency. (This is only an efficiency test and may not show small pin holes or leaks.) In the cleanroom market HEPA is normally rated at 99.99% and an additional face scan test is performed to assure no pin holes or leaks are found.
Laminarty (Laminar Flow): Airflow patterns within a room.
Operational: Mode the room is fully operating at with furniture, equipment, and staff. This is the most difficult level to pass. Here we find the dirtiest source in your room, your personnel. A single person can shed hundreds of thousands of particles an hour.
Parallelism: Indicates how straight the airflow is over a given distance.
Particulate: Contamination found in the air or which is generated within a room from a process.
Pass-Thru: Small air lock that allows you to pass product in or out of a cleanroom.
Recovery: How quickly the room or area will clean itself up and return to normal.
ULPA Filter: Class of air filters which meet a minimum performance level of 99.999% on 0.3 microns efficiency. In the cleanroom market ULPA can also be rated to 99.9995% on 0.12 -.16 microns, and a full face scan test is performed to assure no pin holes or leaks are found.


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The first River Art Walk of the summer season will be held from noon to dusk today in the City of Newburgh on the historic waterfront. Artists of all media, photographers, authors and crafts people will display and sell their works. The River Art Walk is part of Art Along the Hudson Seven Cities — Seven Celebrations and is held on the last Saturday of each month from May-October. For more information, go to www.artalongthehudson.com, www.newburgharts.com or www.kcomps.com/raw.


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Waited in line from the wee hours of the morning to get yor hands on a brand new iPhone? Already a proud-owner? Time to head to the National Mall and put it to use!
This Saturday, channel your inner explorer at the GoSmithsonian Trek. The Smithsonian is hosting a new, high-tech take on the classic scavenger hunt.
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You might have already seen these at Design Mom, who in turn got the idea from here. I fell in love with the idea last year but we'd already made other plans, so I had to wait until this year.
It's such a simple idea, but can still be time consuming if: a) you spend a lot of time tinkering with the pictures in Photoshop, b) you have to try several stores to find lollipops, c) you have a crazy week (husband out of town, sick baby) and therefore d) you can't get to Walmart to print the photos until Saturday afternoon, so e) you have to stay up Saturday night assembling them (since you won't have time on Sunday).
It's all worth it. These were so much fun.
My sister made this kind for her kids, too (unbeknownst to me) and another sister used a different Design Mom idea, and a sister-in-law did similar cute Photoshopped photos.
I'll bet a lot of people made versions of these this year, since–no, really–they are the cutest valentines ever.
If you want to learn from my mistakes, hold the camera a little closer to the kids' outstretched hands for a better illusion. (Mabel in particular looks like she could club someone with her giant lollipop.) And we forgot to add a piece of tape on the back, so a lot of the suckers fell out of the cards between home and school and had to be put back in place.


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Moe Dubois' TV remarks provoked Gardner to talk
It was something Moe Dubois said.
His daughter's jailed killer heard Dubois' plea at a news conference and decided to lead authorities to the shallow grave where he had left the girl — 14-year-old Amber — a year earlier.
That detail was one of several that stunned Dubois on Thursday during a hush-hush and hastily called meeting with District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis in which the Escondido teenager's parents learned that her murder had been solved.
"It was quite surprising to us, the fact that he had a moment of remorse and the fact that the moment of remorse came from something I may have said," Dubois said Saturday in an interview. "Actually, it scares me that I can connect to someone like that."
Dumanis told Amber's parents that John Albert Gardner III, 31, had confessed to raping and killing her in exchange for a deal his lawyers had presented to avoid the death penalty in the murder of fellow teenager
Instead, Gardner faces life in prison without a chance of parole or appeal. It's an outcome the parents of both Chelsea and Amber can accept.
"It was necessary to take him off the streets and put him in a place where you would put a wild animal," Dubois said. "In a cage."
Dubois said that prosecutors told him that Gardner had felt remorse after hearing one of Dubois' pleas for help to find his daughter, and decided to make an offer.
Gardner agreed to take authorities to Amber's remains in a remote location north of Pala on condition that the information not be used against him.
Dubois said prosecutors accepted that deal, which came as a surprise to him, so that Amber's family could have some closure and a body to bury — and so that investigators could seek other evidence linking Gardner to the crime. None was ever found, Dumanis said, meaning the only way to connect Gardner to Amber's death was by a confession, which he gave recently and formalized Friday in court.
Also that day, Dubois pulled out a video of the televised comments that the District Attorney's Office said had made Gardner remorseful. It was a news conference March 3 after Gardner pleaded not guilty to killing Chelsea.
He said he watched the video twice but does not know which words spurred Gardner to lead authorities to Amber. They found her three days later.
"There was one question specifically that I think personally is what it is, when a reporter asked me how I felt regarding the extra attention on Chelsea's case in relation to Amber's case," Dubois said.
"I noticed in watching me that it took me several seconds to compose myself," he said. "It was very emotionally a tough question to answer. Any parent is going to say that you want every minute of focus, everyone in the world to stop and find your child, but the reality is it doesn't work that way."
Moe Dubois said that he, his girlfriend, Rebecca Smith, and Amber's mother, Carrie McGonigle, went to the 2 p.m. meeting in Dumanis' office Thursday thinking prosecutors would say they were charging Gardner in Amber's death.
Instead, they were floored to hear he had confessed to raping and killing Amber 14 months ago and Chelsea in February and assaulting a college student in December.
Chelsea's parents, Brent and Kelly King, learned the same information Thursday morning in their own private meeting with Dumanis.
Dubois said Dumanis' office called him at 9 a.m. Thursday and told him to be at a downtown parking lot a couple of blocks from the District Attorney's Office in five hours.
He said a deputy district attorney drove up in an unmarked car with tinted windows and took them to a private lot under the courthouse to avoid attention.
After the hourlong meeting, Dubois said, they were walked back to the lot.
Dubois said, "as sick as this sounds," he's glad that Gardner gave up Amber's location.
"Allowing us to have Amber's body back for burial and for emotional closure is such a big, big thing because where Amber's body was, we more than likely would never, ever have found her," he said. "It was so far out of the way."
On Friday, Gardner admitted to the crimes in open court, in front of the parents of the two girls he killed.
"We had a whole night to mentally prepare ourselves to hear it in court," Dubois said. "Thankfully, the judge read the statement. I was under the impression that it was going to be read by John Gardner, and that would have been very difficult to hear."
An hour later, the fathers of the girls whose lives are now linked in death addressed the news media.
Dubois' words were short and to the point. He thanked the authorities for working diligently on his daughter's case, "for allowing us to have justice and closure."
Brent King stood at the lectern longer, characterizing Gardner's murder of Chelsea as a "despicable, evil act" and saying it was a torturous decision to bless the plea deal that will lock Gardner away but spare his life.
"The Dubois family has been through unthinkable hell the past 14 months," King said. "We couldn't imagine the confession to Amber's murder never seeing the light of day, leaving an eternal question mark."
Dubois had touched on that uncertainty March 3 in making the statement that perhaps caused Gardner to reach out to prosecutors.
"We are constantly going to keep searching for Amber," her father said then. "We feel she's still alive, and we always will feel she's still alive until we find her and we have her home."


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I remember coming across money saving expert forum and got hooked, they list lots of competitions, also a few on twitter and some on facebook.
I thought I would start letting you know my wins so in December I won...
- a Quinny Buzz from Quinny Claus on facebook- This has got to be a mums dream win!! The pushchair is amazing and I am so grateful as at the moment I could not afford a Quinny!
- I won a Cashmere Teddy from 'Mummys little Monkey' Blog !! It is a gorgeous little bear that has a rattle in it
- Also I was one of the winners of the 2 mam soothers
- I won a pamper set from 'bath and body' via facebook
- I also won a Photo Print from 'Photo Fairy Design'
- Bunch of beautiful Flowers fresh!! from funny how flowers do that
I am very happy with all my wins!!! I will share some with you soon x


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Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Java Generics (and Collections)
I just finished reading the Java Generics book by Maurice Naftalin and Philip Wadler. I already had a good handle on generics as I have been using them for a couple years, but in general I had a difficult time explaining the more complex uses to other developers. So, I picked up this book as a reference to help me explain/justify the way I have been doing things. The first half of the book is specific to generics while the second half of the book is about the Collections framework. The book does a good job covering generics in collections, generic methods, type tokens, reflection, and recursive generic definitions. Overall, I thought the book was written very well an organized in a fashion that makes it very readable. I thought the coverage of Generics was very clear and concise, and I would recommend this book for people wanting to learn about Generics or as a good reference for the more experienced. At first, I thought the Collections half of the book was basically there as filler material, but I was quite surprised to actually find it relevant. The book very thoroughly covers The Collections interfaces and their implementations which are provided in the standard JDK including Java 6. The book even provides several handy tables comparing each implementation's time complexity. Just in case you didn't know, another spectacular Java Generics resource is Angelika Langer's Java Generics FAQ.
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Union Public Service Commission has released the dates of notification and preliminary examination of various Civil Services Exam 2018. The preliminary examination that will be conducted to select candidates for Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and Indian Police Service (IPS) among others has been scheduled to be held on 3 June next year, UPSC has said.
This year's test was held on 18 June 2017 whereas the preliminary tests for 2016, 2015 and 2014 were held during the month of August, and the prelims for 2013 was held on 26 May as per UPSC records.
The preliminary examination for civil services, 2018 will be held on 3 June, as per the UPSC's notification for 2018. The notification for 2018 examination will be issued on 7 February and the last date for receipt of applications would be 6 March 2018, it said.
Based on 2017 civil services examination exam results, the number of vacancies to be filled is expected to be approximately 980 which include 27 vacancies reserved for physically handicapped. The result of 2017 civil services preliminary examination was declared on 27 July.
Details of Dates for Civil Services Exam 2018 announced:
Date of Notification: 07 FEB 2018
Last Date to Apply: 06 March 2018 (Apply Online)
Date of IAS PRE (CSAT) Exam: 03 June 2018 (Sunday, 1 Day)
Date of UPSC Mains Exam: 01 October 2018 (5 Days)
How to apply:
UPSC aspirants for civil services like IAS, IPS, IES and other need to fill the application form online through official UPSC website i.e www.upsconline.nic.in. Read the instructions provided before applying.
Civils/IAS Exam Admit Card 2018
The Admit Card will be available on UPSC website on May 2018 tentatively. Aspirants must download Hall ticket through online only. The examination authority will not send the hall ticket by post, so the candidate must visit the official website and must enter the candidate registration number to download the admit card.
Civil services exam 2018: Examination process
Stage I: Preliminary examination
- Advertised in May and held in August each year.
- Results published in Mid October (tentatively).
Stage II: Main examination
- Held in December every year.
- Results published in the second week of March (tentatively).
Stage III: Personality Test (Interview)
- Held in April/May each year.
- Final results announced in May (tentatively).


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My darling granddaughter, my Rose, how sweet you are. You are funny, so loving and my drama queen. No one loves drama more than you! LOL, And sweet princess... you are right...it is all about you! Grandma loves you with all my heart! Have a great birthday! See you tonight.
The temps reached a whopping 95 degrees on Saturday and we had 3 grandkid soccer games to attend. The first started at 12:30, and the last at 2:50pm. I felt so bad for the girls. They wilted fast in the heat, even with all the water and cool cloths that they had. What troopers they are! We took a couple of our big golf umbrellas for a little shade and thathelped a ton. I borrowed some sunscreen...mine had fallen out in the truck somewhere and boy howdy, was I glad I did! I saved having a bad burn like some.....hmm, hmm, with the exception of the top of my feet. Ugh...why do I always forget the feet! haha.
Four of the grandkids, given the choice or softball, baseball or soccer decided to do soccer for the spring season. So the next 8 weekends or so will be filled with soccer, soccer, soccer, soccer. Bryant and I will be doing the back and forth thing at half times again too, since most of the game times are the same. We got to watch 1/2 of Garrets game and 1/2 of Haley's game. Kaelyn was sick and had to go to the doctor so we watched all of Brynlee's game. (I'm a bad grandma and didn't get pictures this time. Plenty of photo opportunities to come) After the games, we took Kaelyn and Bryn home with us and watched "Enchanted" while Garret played his double header. The movie Enchanted was totally delightful. It's a great "princess" story with happily ever afters and great music. I loved it. The only question I have...Did it bother anyone else that they tried to make cockroaches look cute and be good house cleaners? Oh please....haha
Happy Birthday to my grandsons Garret (11) and Easton (4). These two have a lot to celebrate! Not only their birthdays, but getting to share their birthday with a cousin. How special is that? What can I tell you about Garret? He's 11 years old today. Our first born grandchild. He is the love of my life. He has taught me the joys of being a grandma and prepared me for the other kiddos to come. He's smart, loves to read, loves video games and football. He will probably pass me in height this year. He is handsome, confident and has that little sparkle in his eye that melts your heart when he smiles. Happy Birthday G-man, grandma loves you! Let me tell you about my fifth grandchild Easton. Easton is 4 years old today. He is also the love of my life. He is the clown of the family, a sense of humor that is natural and a gift from God. He has a smile that is infectious. When Easton laughs everyone laughs. He has a kind spirit and gentle hand. He loves his brother and sister. He loves everything rough and tumble. Cars, trucks, trains and dinosaurs. He is always happy to see me and I'm greeted with a hug. Happy Birthday "E", grandma loves you. See you both at dinner!
I can't believe the time has flown by. Our youngest grandchild, Hudson Kyle is one year old today. Our little precious baby of the family is becoming a toddler before our eyes. He took his first steps on January 1st. (What better way to start new adventures in the New Year!). He is such a loving child, patient (the 3rd in line) and happy, happy, happy. He loves food...all food. He is a grandpa's boy. He is a grandma's boy. He is his brother and sisters joy. He is a wonder to behold. I can't wait to see who he becomes as his personality grows. Happy Birthday little Hud. Grandma loves you with all her heart...oh what fun we are going to have this year!
Christmas Eve day was filled with more traditions. The past few years Grandpa & Grandma take the grandkids out to lunch, a stroll in the mall and find some extra goodies for Santa's visit that night. Bryant usually calls this trip with the grandkids..."herding kittens" haha. We had a great time though, enjoying the festive atmosphere and slipping into Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory to find just the right treat for Santa Claus. You know Santa is a big guy so he likes lots of snacks. We found cookies and chocolates for Santa, each household needing their own special treats and then each child got to pick out a special treat for themselves. We had a lot of fun. I love the special time with the kids. It also gives parents a little extra time to clean for their evening celebrations or do some extra wrapping. The rest of the day I ran some last minute errands and did our own marathon wrapping of presents. Lots of fun, for sure.
Happy Birthday precious granddaughter! You are such a sweet soul. Grandma loves you with all her heart!
The kids had a ton of fun last night Trick or Treating the neighborhood. That was after they all attended their church carnival and did the "trunk or treat". We also celebrated Bryant's birthday, cake and all!Some of these are my pictures and some I "borrowed" some Bree. They had a very busy day. The pumpkins are the Hughes families, very creative. Then there is Garret the skeleton, Kaelyn the fairy, Bryn as Hannah Montana, Haley the Green Dragon, Easton the Knight and our pumpkin boy Hudson!


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You will need:-
- 4-5 Poatoes peeled and cut into wadges
- 5-6 tbsp oil(i used chilli-garlic flavoured oil)
- Mix dry herbs
- salt to taste
- 2-3 tbsp of cous cous
Boil the potatoes in salted water about 10-12 minutes. Prehat oven to Gas mark 6. In a baking tray pour the oil and leave it in a oven for 5 minutes. add potatoes mix well and now add cous cous and dry hearbs, make sure potatoes gets well coated and roast till golden.
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I am a tenant in NY state. Our house had plumbing issues last month. So we were out of the house for 2 days until the plumbing was repaired. The Landlord put us in a hotel for those days. I adjusted the rent for those 2 days for the rent payment next month. The landlord is saying that he is entitled the full amount of rent because we were accomodated in hotel. But i think i am entitled for those days rent since i was out of the home right?
Also i had to incur the expenses of meals when i was in hotel.
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Here is a recording of rarities on two counts. Not only is the music of Kryukov, Vasilenko, Frid, Krein and Bogdanov-Berezovsky little known outside of Russia, but viola sonatas are as welcome as they are scarce. Romantic lyricism, the influence of Scriabin and Shostakovich, Russian emotionalism and a touch of French sensibility – each threads its way through these engaging works which exploit the viola's rich tone. Igor Fedotov and Leonid Vechkhayzer here make their Naxos débuts, while Gary Hammond can also be heard on Naxos's recording of music by Lucien Lambert Sr and Jr (8.559037).
Kryukov, Vladimir
Vasilenko, Sergey
Frid, Grigory
Krein, Yulian
Bogdanov-Berezovsky, Valerian
Bogdanov-Berezovsky, Valerian; Frid, Grigory; Krein, Yulian; Kryukov, Vladimir; Vasilenko, Sergey
Fedotov, Igor; Hammond, Gary; Vechkhayzer, Leonid
Label: Naxos
Genre: Chamber Music
Period: 20th Century
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mama dog and her eight wormy nasty puppies that i helped lizzie with are all much improved now
Posted by tomitron at 7/02/2018 04:18:00 PM
OK I give up. They are adorable...Good man, Tommy.
wow, they look great, even poor sad mama dog. thanks for saving them.
Each of us is all the sums he has not counted: subtract us into nakedness and night again, and you shall see begin in Crete four thousand years ago the love that ended yesterday in Texas.
The seed of our destruction will blossom in the desert, the alexin of our cure grows by a mountain rock, and our lives are haunted by a Georgia slattern, because a London cutpurse went unhung. Each moment is the fruit of forty thousand years. The minute-winning days, like flies, buzz home to death, and every moment is a window on all time.thomas wolfe, look homeward angel


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CAKE AND PUNISHMENT IS CURRENTLY ON SALE IN EBOOK FOR ONLY $1.99. Be sure to scroll down to check out the link and a giveaway!
Seriously, you would too if your mama had you call her by her nickname, Bitsy, instead of calling her mom, mama, or mother. Yes. Bitsy is as southern as you can get.
Now do you blame me for getting out of our small southern town of Rumford, Kentucky right out of high school?
Becoming a pastry chef was really a dream of mine. I'd spent the better part of the past ten years going to school and moving up in my industry. Can you imagine my joy and excitement when I hired as the head pastry chef at The Manhattan, the fanciest restaurant in New York City.
It was all mine. All my creations. Then. . .he walked in as the head chef. I can't even bring myself to say his name because I swore that after dating him for years and then moving in together and then finding him doing more than cooking food in the kitchen of The Manhattan with the hostess, I'd never let his name cross my lips.
This was how Bitsy got back into my life. She might be a hard pill to swallow, but she's a southern mama and no matter what, she's loyal to me to the end. With my tail tucked and a couple of weeks off work to get my head on straight, I found myself right back in Rumford where I'd tried to escape ten years ago and in my old bedroom.
Oh, don't get me wrong, Bitsy definitely dragged me all over Rumford to all her clubs for the first few days.
"Put on some lipstick and put on some more," she says before we walk out the door. I had to keep up the appearance even though my heart was broken, and I didn't have an ounce of creative baking in me.
That is until Charlotte, my high school best friend who was getting married over the weekend, cake baker had quit, and she asked me to do her wedding cake. What an honor! I was all over it.
The kitchen at the Rumford Country Club seems perfect until Chef Emile's body is discovered, sprawled near the stove, a cast iron skillet on the floor close by and Charlotte was the number one suspect.
Charlotte can be bit of a southern pill, but she's not a murderer. I sure hope I can help her figure out who is framing her so her wedding can go off without a hitch and before I head back to my life in New York.
Besides, I can't wait to get out of Rumford, like I was ten years ago, because Bitsy keeps telling everyone that I'm staying. . .forever!
You can read more about Sophia in Cake and Punishment, the first book in the NEW "Southern Cake Baker" mystery series.
In the first of a delectable new Southern-set baking cozy series, Sophia Cummings, pastry chef extraordinaire, must craft the perfect cake for an old friend's wedding while sifting through the suspects in a murder.
Bucolic Rumford, Kentucky has glowing fields of bluegrass, a fine selection of bourbons, and now a professional pastry chef. Broken-hearted Sophia Cummings has come home from New York City. She's not there a minute before she's charmed into making her high school friend Charlotte's wedding cake. The kitchen at the Rumford Country Club seems perfect until Chef Emile's body is discovered, sprawled near the stove, a cast iron skillet on the floor close by.
With one look at the shiny, new frying pan, Sophia knows it's not Emile's. She offers her knowledge to Sheriff Carter and her talents to Evelyn, the manager, who needs an interim chef. The mood in the country club is grim: Emile's peppery personality had burned members and staff alike. Sophia wonders which one of them burned him?
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Expressway To Your Skull (1968):
Although Buddy Miles' alchemical fusion of psychedelia, blues, and soul did not truly coalesce until his masterpiece Them Changes, his debut LP, Expressway to Your Skull, remains an inspired and original statement of intent, a record that's both timeless and an unmistakable product of counterculture consciousness.
Each of the album's seven songs is a fascinating montage of sounds and styles -- acid-fuzz guitar collides with zig-zagging funk horns, and shrieking keyboards meet juke joint blues riffs head on.
Not everything works -- a cover of Sam & Dave's "Wrap It Up" is more leaden than lively, and the instrumental "Funky Mule" feels like filler -- but the remaining material is brilliant, its twists and turns navigated by Miles' deeply soulful vocals and monster drumming (by Jason Ankeny).
Electric Church (1969):
Buddy Miles' second album (credited to Buddy Miles Express) gets most of its attention in retrospect for the role of Jimi Hendrix, who produced part of it .
On its own merits, though, it's a fairly respectable soul-rock album. Hendrix was referring to his own material as "electric church" music on some occasions in the late 1960s, and likely he had something like the soul-funk-rock fusion of Band of Gypsys in mind when he conceived this.
Of course Miles played in Band of Gypsys, and there wasn't any way the music he was writing and singing on his own was going to measure up to what Hendrix was doing.
On the other hand, here his writing and singing benefit from not being placed within the context of a band in which Hendrix was primarily responsible for those functions (thus leading to inevitable unfavorable comparisons), as was the case on the Band of Gypsys album.
The songs are mostly vehicles for Miles' high, soulful vocals and the energetic funky arrangements, but as such things go they're pretty solid and pleasurable.
Naturally for some listeners, the go-to highlights will be &"69 Freedom Special," which has some good Jim McCarty wah-wah licks, and &"Miss Lady,"
While the majority of this is feel-good and brassy, Miles does show he's capable of handling more tender soul melodies and sentiments in &"Cigarettes & Coffee" and &"My Chant." (by Richie Unterberger).
01.Train - 4:55
02.Let Your Lovelight Shine - 3:24
03.Don't Mess With Cupid - 2:37
04.Funky Mule - 4:40
05.You're The One (That I Adore) - 6:20
06.Wrap It Up - 6:37
07.Spot On The Wall - 3:30
08.Miss Lady - 4:52
09.69 Freedom Special - 2:46
10.Cigarettes & Coffee - 8:43
11.Destructive Love - 4:18
12.Texas - 8:05
13.My Chant - 4:34
14.Wrap It Up - 5:45
01-07: Expressway To Your Skull (1968)
08-14: Electric Church (1969)
Expressway to your skull (1968):
*Buddy Miles (Organ, Bass, Guitar, Drums, Keyboards, Vocals
*Jim McCarty (Guitar)
*Virgil Gonsalves (Flute, Sax, Wind)
*Terry Clements (Saxophone)
*Marcus Doubleday (Trumpet, Flugelhorn)
*Bill McPherson (Flute, Sax, Wind)
*Billy Rich (Bass)
*Herbie Rich (Organ, Saxophone, Sax)
*Ron Woods (Drums)
Electric Church (1969):
*Buddy Miles (Drums, Vocals)
*Jim McCarty (Guitar)
*Bill Rich (Bass)
*Duane Hitchings (Organ)
*Bobby Rock , James Tatum, Tobie Wynn (Saxophone)
*Peter Carter, Tom Hall (Trumpet)
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Asasa print shorts are back! Or is it the case that they have always been around but I wasn't aware of them? Whatever the case, they are currenty my favourite shorts to wear on the beach. Colours galore! I purchased these shorts from the Art Centre in Accra. I spent nearly two hours at the Art Centre trying on a number of shorts. I went to three vendors hunting for a pair of shorts that would fit me. I refused to leave without them. I'm not sure what the reason is, but each of the vendors I visited only had small sizes (XS and S) in store. The last vendor I went to see had to make contact with his contacts, in order to locate a medium size and get it delivered to the store. I must say, I was really impressed with the level of customer service I received. Anyway, I'm loving my shorts and I'm glad I didn't leave the Art Centre without it. I love the combination of fabrics and the array of colours. It's a fun piece to wear with swimwear on the beach. The fabric is soft and extremely comfortable, which is great when you want to play around or manoeuvre freely on the beach. I decided to wear my shorts with a plain black off the shoulder swimsuit from Top Shop. I understand you can also get Asasa print skirts. I'm yet to find out where. And when I do, I'll definitely keep you posted!
Sunglasses - Accessorize
Black off the shoulder swimsuit - Topshop
Asasa print shorts - Art Centre, Accra, Ghana
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I have two Google accounts. One that I created a long time ago when I lived in Ireland, and another that I created when I moved to Canada, where I bought and use the Pixel.
The settings regarding weather, location, address, payments etc are all the exact same on these accounts, so the "at a glance" weather widget should work with both accounts - but it doesn't. However, after I posted this issue to this forum I decided to do some testing.
After performing the two methods mentioned in my original post above regarding this issue, I figured the pixel must be reading *something* and disabling the weather part of the widget after some time. This is likely why it works for a few hours until it does its check.
If I click into the weather (you'll likely need to do this by swiping home screen to get to your Google cards and search for weather, selecting the weather card, since the widget is broken..) I can change the account to the one I created when I moved to Canada, and believe it or not, it brings the weather widget back. It's been back for days now.
I even switched back to the other older "Irish" account and it breaks the widget in minutes. I should mention that I updated the "Irish" account to my current country of residence, (Canada) payment info and all but I figure the pixel must still see something that identifies it as an account created and initially associated with Ireland. Though I can see no other settings to change anywhere in the account to remove Irish associations.
Switching back to the "Canadian" account fixes it every time!
So there you have it, that's a confirmed fix, at least for me. I'd be confident enough that'll work for everyone.
If Google could change or remove whatever the pixel checks regarding account country association in the pixel, that'd be great.meme.
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The subject who is truly loyal to the Chief Magistrate will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary measures.
The video of former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, shown first to media and later in the extortion trial of Ford's friend Alexander Lisi, was released today following the lift of a publication ban on the case. The video, recorded by Mohamed Siad, shows Ford speaking to a woman while lighting and using a crack pipe. Ford died on March 22, 2016 following a battle with cancer
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Adnexal & Oculoplastic Surgery
At Moreton Eye Group we are able to treat a range of common eyelid and eye surface conditions in our specialist eye theatre. We only do eye surgery and so are equipped with all the necessary instruments to ensure the highest quality results.
This page lists a only a few of the more common oculoplastic procedures. If you want to discuss any eye problem please make an appointment.
As we age our skin becomes less elastic and excess skin may become a problem around the eye lids. It can be unsightly or even start to affect vision. This excess skin can be removed with an operation called a blepharoplasty. At the Moreton Eye Group we can help remove this excess skin and restore a more youthful appearance to the eye lids.
Entropion and Ectropion Repair
The loss of elasticity in skin as we get older can lead to eye lids that droop out (Ectropion) or turn in (Entropion). Both of these problems can be unsightly. In turn they can also cause a range of other problems such as dryness of the eye surface, scratching of the eye surface from in-turning eyelashes and repeated eye infections (conjunctivitis). Some infectious diseases such as trachoma can cause entropion in younger people - especially if they have lived in more remote hot and dry places.
Entropion and Ectropion can both be repaired with day surgery and at the Moreton Eye Group we can discuss any eye lid problem with you.
Watery Eyes and Dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) Surgery
Watery eyes can become a significant problem for some people, and the continuous excess tearing can be both annoying and embarrassing. The cause in most often an overproduction of tears from inflammation of the eye lids (Blepharitis) but for some it results from a blockage in the drainage mechanisms of the eye. The blockage can sometimes be cleared with a simple and painless "probe" of small drainage tube. It is normal to do this and to establish where any block may be in the clinic.
As the diagram shows the tears have a long way to travel to the base of the nose where they drain (that is why your nose normally runs when you cry or on a cold and windy day). A blockage in this part is not easy to clear so instead a new opening is made into the nose higher up to bypass the blockage. This is an operation caused a Dacryocystorhinostomy, or more commonly a DCR.
Other procedures
Above is not a complete list of ophthalmic procedures. Please make an appointment with us to discuss any eye problems that you have.


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Celebrate at our Barns
Our barns are the perfect place to celebrate a special occasion. A great place for family and friends to come together in a stylish yet rustic setting, with staff on hand to help you plan every last detail. When booked exclusively, we can accommodate groups of up to 30 people. Our events space can also be hired during the day or evening for parties up to 60 guests.
Creeksea Place Barns is ideal for hen parties, birthdays, family gatherings, and small wedding receptions, and our range of activities will help make your stay extra special. It is also perfectly located to accommodate wedding guests for nearby venues, with Creeksea Place Manor next door and High House just down the road.


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Water pump is made for transferring water for watering plants – an essential practice especially for newly planted grass/plants, or during draught seasons – thus, a life-giving equipment.
Yet, amidst recent labour draught, such a life-giving equipment was re-assigned as a killing machine – mechanized herbicide sprayer.
First order of the 're-assignment' exercise is to connect the pump's outlet pipe to a cannibalized knapsack nozzle. This is the most important step in the whole exercise. Failure to connect the knapsack nozzle means non-available of spray pattern and desirable water droplets, thus the operation deemed a no-go.
First, the knapsack nozzle is connected to a 15mm diameter high pressure hose, tightened by a rubber strip. Rubber strip seems primitive, yet its an effective and cheap way to secure pipe connections.
Then, the 15mm hose is connected to a 32mm polypipe, and then again connected to a 40mm high pressure hose. A rigid polypipe is used because when tightened with rubber strips, it won't flattened and block the water flow. Both end of the 32mm polypipe is secure with open-cut rubber hose to allow better grip between 15mm pipe and 40mm pipes.
The herbicide is mixed in 200L drums on a lorry. A 3-man team is required when operating the sprayer : one monitoring the water and pump on the lorry, another to control the pipe on the ground, and the third one to handle the nozzle.
For spraying along road shoulders, the workers should be walking in front of the lorry, to allow better view of the lorry driver of the pace of spraying.
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(Photo credit: Anna Zavileiskaia, Summer Dreams from the series The Light Chase, Juror's Honorable Mention)
Anna Zavileiskaia's architectural background is inseparable from her work in photography. Educated at the Moscow Institute of Architecture, Zavileiskaia is a member of the Hungarian Chamber of Architects and currently lives and works in Budapest.
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By now you've undoubtedly heard about Pokémon Go, the ridiculously popular new phone app based on the Pokémon franchise. In the relatively new development space of augmented reality it blends fantasy characters with the real world. It uses your phone's GPS and superimposes Pokémon[1] on a map, like this:
This is a screenshot taken outside my office, standing next to I-94 at Woodward.
It was released last week and is now more popular than Tinder, and is rapidly catching up with active users of Twitter. Since I've only just begun playing I can't report a great deal about what it does (there are various kinds of critters that you can 'capture', and there are 'gyms' where you can have fights (the platform-like object in the image above is a gym at the church across the street from the main C&IT building at Woodward and 94), and I'm told there's one near the Science and Engineering Library. In addition there are 'Pokespots' all over campus, including one inside UGL.
Here is an excellent, if a little snarky, introduction to the whole thing.
The social fall-out from Pokémon Go has been quite astonishing. There are stories of folks making friends through the app (which is perhaps why it's surpassed Tinder 🙂 ), and a few cases of accidents of various types. Apparently, in the space of a week some folks have started playing a NSFW[2] version. There was originally a security issue because the first version of the app was able to access all your Gmail contacts if you had an iPhone, but an update has assigned appropriate security levels.
There is going to be a Pokémon Go event here in the Cultural Center on Friday.
So it really seems to be 'a thing', and probably worth learning more about. I haven't yet had a chance to wander around looking for Pokespots yet, but probably will. Don't forget to be very careful if you are walking around holding your phone. There are two dangers:
In the end, have fun. And let me know what you think. Is this the greatest thing since Twitter? Or a flash in the pan?
[1] Since I'm a linguist you're gonna get some linguistic commentary here too. Like several other words borrowed from Japanese (emoji, for example), purists insist that the plural is unmarked (that is, that you don't add an 's'). This is analogous to those who insist that 'data' is plural and that the correct plurals are 'stadia', 'podia' and 'octopi'. Or perhaps it's analogous to the animals that have what we call 'zero plurals', like 'sheep' or 'deer'.
[2] 'Not safe for work'. You can probably figure out why, given that the game uses your phone's camera, which can take selfies.


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People ask about airport transportation without a car pretty often.
(This is either going to be the most boring or most useful post of your booking experience. Personally, I like to know what to expect when I venture off on public transportation in a strange place. Nothing like getting off the bus at dusk and walking in the completely wrong direction!)
Getting to and from the airport IS VERY EASY HERE. Though keep in mind this is not the case for Spokane as a whole.
You can take a cab for about $20 from or to the Spokane airport, (GEG),
105 South Poplar Street, and 2325 West First are the two Odell House house addresses. Wakefield is 2828 West First. Zip code for all is 99201.
There are almost always cabs at the airport, but if you would like to call one the most common service seems to be City Cab 509-455-3333
But I also hear very good things about Felix's cab service (509) 995-3905 (Yes, owned by Felix who must have taxed sleeping hours as he is open from 3AM to midnight)
We are a very walkable neighborhood, so if you you like to walk, are a reasonably light packer, and don't want to rent a car, you really don't have to. Rick also offers a bike loan program in suitable weather.
But, back to the airport, you can also hop on the bus!
(And you would be like a lot of people recently who do: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/us/use-of-public-transit-in-us-reaches-highest-level-since-1956-advocates-report.html?_r=1)
If you don't want a cab, or would like to save the roughly $40 here and back–which is pretty comparable to a 24 hour economy car rental–there is also city bus line with a stop three blocks from the Odell House. The current schedule is every half hour on the weekdays and every hour on the weekends to and from the airport. The cost is currently $1.50 per trip. They accept cash but not credit cards and cannot give change.
The ride takes 11 minutes, the walk to the house 3-5 minutes.
Be sure to check the link below and confirm bus times, particularly if you are traveling very early or late. It is not a 24 hour service, and more limited on Sundays than Saturdays. An early morning Sunday or Holiday departure would be problematic.
This is a link that gives you a larger version of the map below and current time table of route 60, airport, Browne's Addition
The advice from their website is as follows
- Be sure you are visible to the bus operator as the bus approaches. Stand as close to the sign or shelter as possible.
- As you board, ask the bus operator for a 2-hour pass (transfer) if you need one. (Which you will not if you intend to come to the Odell House, there are no changes necessary)
- If you don't know which stop is the one closest to your destination, ask the bus operator for help. When you are one block away from your stop, either push the yellow strip or pull the overhead bell cord. The operator will let you off at the next bus stop.
Your general destination is Browne's Addition. Bus Route 60. The easiest stop is the corner of 2nd and Spruce.
On the map above, your stop would be by the little 2–Second and Spruce St. (The Odell House would sit roughly under the little 2.)
Rick and I took a trip to the airport this morning via bus to show you what it's like.
Not the prettiest season–March in Spokane–but you can see things well without the trees.
Here's our little visual tour from the airport and back:
From the Spokane airport there are two bus pick up locations:
Outside the C concourse near C baggage claim:
That's to the "entering traffic" side of the one way route under the walkway,
and another at the end of the A-B Concourse–to the "leaving traffic" side of the A-B baggage claim.
They both have one of these little glass shelters with seats. This one is just before the car rental places on beyond the A-B concourse baggage claim–the door to the left is easiest:
Bus arriving to the A-B concourse stop:
The trip from the airport to our area takes 11 minutes. You will cross a major bridge and turn left (right by our favorite espresso joint which also has a bus stop by it for route 60,) and left again where the houses will look more residential–large older homes converted to apartment. In a couple of blocks you'll begin to circle clockwise around a large park. (The park by the way is called Coeur dAlene park and it is the site for a lot of fun things like Art Fest in early June, and concerts every Thursday night in the summer.) Sadly it no longer has the fountain,
The trees are present and accounted for, and so is the gazebo.
Really, Browne's Addition is lovely in the summer. But back to the bus!
You've circled around the park on two sides to the Spruce and Second stop: (Be sure to ring the bell there by the park if you have not told the driver where you are going.)
Photo taken of the park drop off location.
Here's the the view across 2nd as you get off the bus in the park.
Walking from the stop to the Odell House:
You are now on Second and Spruce, one block east and two blocks south of your destination at the corner of First and Poplar.
(Keep in mind that though you'd intuitively expect to find First Avenue one street over from Second Avenue, in reality Pacific runs between them.)
On exiting the bus, you'd walk away from the park, one block north on Spruce, toward the large red/brown clinker brick building in the left (built circa 1902).
(It's really detailed on the front, but you can't see that yet.)
Here's the other nice half timber house on Spruce and Pacific that you'll be walking towards:
a gray and white half timber duplex (circa 1901) ,
Go left (west) on Pacific for one block
and then you would find Poplar St. to the right.
This yellow house sits on the corner of Poplar and Pacific–sister house to Odell House, very similar architecture. You'd be turning right now, you can see the red roof of the Wakefield House at the corner.
Turn right, north on Poplar Street one block and you'll find the Odell house on the internal corner of First and Poplar. (With thee large Poplar Trees flanking that yard–go figure.)
This is the Poplar Street face of the house, showing the diagonal parking lot off Poplar Street–the second photo in summer just after we finished the little gazebo.
This is the Poplar entry, the other entries are from First Ave, around the corner.
On the map above, Coeur D'Alene park is on the middle left side, above the arrow. The top left of the park is the bus stop. The Odell House is the little red star above the park.
So now you want to go back to the airport:
(We hope you have had a wonderful time.)
Get yourself back to Spruce and Second–you know the way now.
Pick up the #60 bus (NOT the 61 or you'll end up in Airway heights,) from the corner of Spruce and Second. The stop is not on the park, but diagonally across the street from where you arrived:
Back up the hill for an 11 minute ride:
I think there is only one drop off at the airport, at the C concourse, as that is actually very close to the check in of the A-B concourse too.
Have a nice trip home, we hope we'll see you again soon.


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WEDNESDAY, Nov. 9, 2011 (HealthDay News) -- A new computer model analyzes microscopic breast cancer images and predicts patient survival better than the pathologists who do the job now, new research suggests.
The computer program "provides information above and beyond what the physician provides, using the same data," said Daphne Koller, a professor of computer science at Stanford University and senior author of the study. The computer model is called Computational Pathologist, or C-Path.
Although the technique needs much more study, it may someday supplement analysis of breast cancer by pathologists, who use a process that has remained largely unchanged for 80 years, said Koller.
With the traditional method, pathologists examine a tumor visually under a microscope and score it according to an established scale. The scores help doctors figure out the type and diversity of the cancer. From that information, they calculate the outlook and course of treatment.
The pathologists' determination relies on three factors: what percent of the tumor is made up of tube-like cells; the diversity of the nuclei in the outer cells; and how often those cells divide.
But the system is subjective, said the study authors, whose computer model found that additional factors may influence survival. The study is published Nov. 9 in Science Translational Medicine.
Using the C-Path image analysis program, Koller's team trained the computer to analyze biopsied breast cancer tissue and to determine the cancer features that matter most and least in predicting survival.
The computer model looked at more than 6,000 cellular factors and found that characteristics of the cells surrounding the cancer -- the cancer's environment -- are also important in predicting survival.
"We found 11 [factors] ultimately that showed the most robust association with survival," said Dr. Andrew H. Beck, an assistant professor of pathology at Harvard Medical School, in Boston. He is the lead author of the study, done while he was a doctoral student at Stanford School of Medicine.
The researchers applied the C-Path system to images from two groups of patients with breast cancer. One group, from the Netherlands, included 248 people. The other, from Vancouver, Canada, had 328 patients.
The prognostic score generated by C-Path was strongly associated with survival in both groups, Koller said. The groups predicted to be high risk by C-Path were more likely to die in a given year than those predicted to be low risk, she said.
C-Path would help, not replace, pathologists. "We see it ultimately as a complementary approach," said Beck.
Neither Stanford nor the researchers has begun commercial development of the method, Koller said.
In a commentary accompanying the study, Dr. David L. Rimm, professor of pathology at Yale University School of Medicine, called the research ''landmark" work.
"C-Path potentially is the first truly objective, quantitative grading system for cancerous tissue and its surrounding stroma [connective tissue]," he writes.
However, Rimm and other experts agreed that further research is needed. "This isn't quite ready for prime time," he said.
Dr. Anil V. Parwani, a pathologist and division director of pathology informatics at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, said: "It (C-Path) has interesting potential and provides a novel look. The results are interesting, but the study is limited."
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Money. We use it every day. But how much does really it cost? And does everyone pay the same price for it? The $ Breakdown series serves as an introduction to street-level money management and local lending institutions.
$ Breakdown was produced by students in the College Now program at Brooklyn College in collaboration with CUP teaching artist Douglas Paulson and assistant teaching artist Jess Osserman. In 2010, the crew set out to investigate the cost of money. They staked out banks, check cashing places, pawn shops, and credit unions in Brooklyn's Flatbush neighborhood, and looked into what's scary and what's confusing about money; who's borrowing it; who's paying the most for it, and why. They interviewed financial literacy advocates, finance innovators, and the pizza guy about the pros and perils of banks and financial institutions outside the mainstream banking system.


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The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) held its inaugural podcast upfront event yesterday in New York City. Among the presenters at the event were representatives from the Panoply podcast network, Midroll Media, ESPN, CBS's podcast network Play.It, WNYC and NPR. The presenters used the event to sell advertisers and media buyers on the viability of podcasts as an advertising platform and showcase … [Read more...]
New Podcast Upfront Event Coming in September
Podcasting is following in the footsteps of its older media cousin, television, with a major "upfront" event designed to bring advertisers and media buyers together with podcast networks and advertising representatives. Earlier today, the Interactive Advertising Bureau, an organization representing the digital advertising and marketing industry, announced it will be holding the first ever "IAB … [Read more...]


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BIG READ: PERCY JACKSON: SEA OF MONSTERS' Greek God Adventures in Vancouver
Published June 14, 2002 on Vancouver is Awesome
So Greek gods are running rampant in modern America, waging war and fathering children, like young Percy Jackson who discovers in the first film adaption, The Lightning Thief. that the father he never knew is the Greek god Poseidon. In the second of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians franchise, Percy and pals set out to retrieve the golden fleece in the Sea of Monsters to save their beloved Camp Half-Blood, the summer camp where children of the gods are trained and protected.
It's been fun to watch some of the filming of the sequel these past two months, especially on the Camp Half-Blood sets in Robert Burnaby Park in Burnaby, built on the tennis courts and in the adjoining woods. Teen fans of Logan Lerman, who stars as Percy Jackson, tracked him all over the city on Twitter and flooded Tumblr with hundreds of photos-with, taken mainly in that park in May.
Joining Logan Lerman in this series of adventures based on Greek mythology are Brandon T. Jackson as his best pal and protector Grover Underwood, a satyr who hides his goat horns under toques and his goat legs with crutches; Alexandra Daddario as Annabeth Chase, daughter of the Greek god Athena; and Douglas Smith as his newly-discovered half-brother Tyson, a very tall, one-eyed cyclops.
As in the first film, the fun for adults is the casting of the Greek god parents. Geek God Nathan Fillion plays Greek god Hermes, the god of thieves, travellers and messengers, dressed as a UPS courier in shorts. Here he is peeking out of the prop The UPS Store set they built in late April at the corner of Pender and Abbott in downtown Vancouver. Percy Jackson and pals cross Pender (dressed as Monroe St NW in the District of Columbia), enter The UPS store and line up at the counter to pick up a package which apparently gives them what they need to head into the Sea of Monsters to find the golden fleece.
For once, the fans gathered near set weren't clamouring for Logan Lerman. They wanted "Captain Tightpants", as one Fillion fan yelled out. Another got her Firefly DVD signed as Fillion graciously took time to meet and sign for fans three times during that downtown shoot.
Also new to the sequel is Leven Rambin, last seen on the big screen as Glimmer in box office smash The Hunger Games. She plays Clarisse La Rue, the daughter of Ares, the god of war, who is given the quest to retrieve the golden fleece. I watched her show off some of her fighting skills in a scene with Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson and Alexandra Daddario from above the wall of the ampitheatre set in Robert Burnaby Park, packed with parents keeping an eye on their teenage extras and vuvuzelas sitting on the steps.
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters filmed on these Camp Half-Blood sets for two to three mainly sunny weeks in May. I regret not returning to Robert Burnaby Park after the start of filming there to see Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson (goat horns showing), Alexandra Daddario, Leven Rambin and Douglas Smith training or fighting off colchis bulls. I also missed seeing Luke Abel as the Percy Jackson nemesis Luke Castellan, the son of Hermes (Nathan Fillion) and Stanley Tucci as the Greek god of wine Dionysus and director of Camp Half-Blood sitting down to dinner with the young demigods. I did come back for the main cast's last day of filming in the park on May 22nd, but torrential rain and several smoke machines obscured this scene of them eating supper together.
Earlier on, I did a quick photo walk of the cabins in the woods, which became a favourite weekend attraction for visitors to the park.
I'm glad the main cast got in some training before and after Robert Burnaby Park because it seemed that every scene they filmed in downtown Vancouver dressed as Washington, D.C., involved running. Here are Logan Lerman's Percy Jackson, Alexandra Daddario's Annabel and Douglas Smith's Tyson running to rescue Brandon T. Jackson's Grover from some young thugs in a smoke-machine-filled alley off Granville Street. Lerman got to carry a sword for this scene.
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters is expected to wrap this Saturday in Vancouver, a month earlier than originally scheduled so that production can move south to New Orleans to film scenes aboard the cruise ship Princess Andromeda on the Sea of Monsters.
I did get to see some water scenes early on in filming here at Ambleside Pier in West Vancouver dressed as Chesapeake Beach. On a floating dock at the end of the pier Logan Lerman and Alexandra Daddario watch as Douglas Smith's Tyson rides a green-screened hippocampus with a removable head. Could this be Rainbow from the book?
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters is expected to be in theatres next summer.
10 Responses to BIG READ: PERCY JACKSON: SEA OF MONSTERS' Greek God Adventures in Vancouver
Hi! I wanna go see them today, so do you know where they'll be shooting in Vancouver???
Thanx a bunch!!!
Percy Jackson cast is filming in their studio in Burnaby so we can't see them before they wrap. They've been in studio for the last two weeks unfortunately.
Where will they be filming in New Orleans?
I don't have any sources in New Orleans. Best person to ask is @OLV on Twitter. She gets filming tips from all over North America
I don't have twitter. Is there any other way to reach @OLV other than twitter? Thank you though
Here's a link to the OLV web site. On Location Vacations http://www.onlocationvacations.com/
Thank you
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When a man is diagnosed with prostate cancer, he is not alone. Prostate cancer occurs in about 1 in 7 men in their lifetime (American Cancer Society, 2015). The most common treatments for organ-contained prostate cancer are radical prostatectomy [surgery] and radiation therapy. Both treatments are associated with excellent outcomes in terms of cancer control for the right patients (American Cancer Society, 2015). The good news is that the large majority of men with organ contained prostate cancer will survive prostate cancer. The challenging news is that many of those men will have sexual side effects that may impact their quality of life.
Sexual side effects may include dry ejaculation, penile shrinkage, and erectile dysfunction (Albaugh, 2012). Erectile dysfunction after prostate cancer treatment is common, with many varied statistics for prevalence. For example, a population-based study reported that 78% of men (average age= 69) continued to struggle with erectile dysfunction 2 years after radical prostatectomy (surgery) and 72% of men were still struggling 5 years after surgery (Penson et al., 2008). The
National Institute of Health (NIH) identified the definition of erectile dysfunction as the "inability to attain and/or maintain a penile erection sufficient for satisfactory sexual performance" (NIH Consensus Development Panel on Impotence, 1993) and this definition was subsequently accepted by the World Health Organization and the International Consultation on Urologic Disease (Jardin et al., 2000). Ultimately, when any man is struggling with sex after prostate cancer treatment, it
doesn't matter to him what the statistics say about how many men have these problems.
Every man and his partner are different and may be in different places in their lives in terms of sex and intimacy. Although some people remain sexually active throughout life, some do not. If intimacy and sex were a priority and important before prostate cancer treatment, they can remain important and sex can remain enjoyable after prostate cancer treatment. It is up to each individual man and/or his partner as to how he wants to move forward with sex and intimacy. This article is
specifically written for men and their partners who wish to continue to have an intimate sexual relationship after prostate cancer treatment.
Intimacy can be defined as the process by which two people attempt to move towards communication on a deeper level and it may include verbal and nonverbal communication (Hatfield, 1982). Sex is described in this article as any type of genital stimulation for the purpose of pleasure. Sex and intimacy are intertwined, but they are two separate concepts. After prostate cancer treatment, intimacy and sex can be different, but still enjoyable. Most men who have undergone prostate surgery or radiation without androgen deprivation therapy will continue
to have a normal sex drive. So the desire for sex is still there, but the mechanics of getting an adequate blood-filled engorged penis are no longer cooperating in some men.
During surgery the nerves which transmit signals for erections are dissected off the prostate (with typical nerve sparing surgery) and left in the prostatic bed. The nerves were never meant to be touched and this surgical manipulation leads to inflammation and neuropraxia (the nerves are there, but they don't function). After radiation therapy is completed, the nerves for erections can eventually be impacted by the radiation, and erectile function may diminish. This is because the nerves for erections are not working properly to transmit information. After surgery or radiation for prostate cancer, the signal between the brain and penis may no longer be clear so the penis does not engorge with blood and become erect.
Some men also notice penile shrinkage after surgery, which is thought to be related to increased muscle tone immediately following surgery and then muscle atrophy from lack of erections (Gontero et al., 2007; Kohler et al., 2007). The shrinkage can be transient, but if erections do not return, it can be permanent. The nerves for the climax sensation lie out further than the nerves for erections and so most men will continue to enjoy the climax feeling, even without any erection. Although most men are able to and continue to enjoy orgasm/climax post prostate cancer treatment, some men describe the climax sensation as similar or diminished, albeit still enjoyable. A small amount of men report improved orgasm after prostatectomy. After radiation therapy, the sexual changes occur slowly over time (often not for 6 months after radiation treatment) as compared to the immediate erectile dysfunction that may occur after radical prostatectomy. Erectile dysfunction, changes in orgasm/ climax, and penile shrinkage may also occur after radiation therapy.
In the face of sexual side effects after prostate cancer treatment, the focus becomes how to reclaim intimacy and sex. Although it may be challenging, many men go on to have fulfilling, intimate sex lives. Probably one of the most difficult things to do is to re-align thinking about intimacy, sex, and erections. Although intimacy, sex, and erections are intertwined, intimacy and sex can be enjoyed, and occur, without erections. Masters and Johnson did landmark research to determine that women do not need a hard penis to reach orgasm and climax (Masters & Johnson, 1970, 1986).
Most men with erectile dysfunction after prostate cancer treatment continue to enjoy orgasm and climax. If sex in the later stages of life is only about pleasure (no longer about reproduction) and there are many ways to experience pleasure that do not require an erection, then men and their partners can have pleasure and orgasms without hard erections. Anxiety produces adrenaline and adrenaline is part of the fight or flight response, so typically it will diminish erectile function. The more a man worries about erectile hardness, the more he struggles with hardness. It may be helpful to seek professional help from a therapist to help a man come to terms with the challenges of sex
and intimacy after prostate cancer treatment.
In addition to therapy to deal with sexual issues, depression, or anxiety, there are several treatments for erectile dysfunction. Some of the treatments include various oral agents called PDE5 Inhibitors (Sildenafil, Vardenafil, Tadalafil, and Avanafil), the vacuum constriction device, the intraurethral suppository, and penile injections. The penis is mostly made up of muscle. Penile rehabilitation is used to get the penis back into shape after surgery or radiation (similar to how cardiac rehabilitation is used to get the heart in shape after a heart attack). The goal of penile rehabilitation is to improve blood flow to the penis, and therefore enhance muscle activity of the
muscles surrounding the blood vessels in the penis through regular stimulation and/or the use of erectile function treatments (such as pills, the vacuum device, intraurethral suppositories, or penile injections). The muscles surrounding the blood vessels of the penis contract and relax as blood engorges and leaves the penis. When the penis becomes fuller, thicker, and/or harder with stimulation, the muscles move around the blood vessels. This may help preserve muscle function while the nerves are recovering after surgery or not conducting as well after radiation therapy.
All treatments have pros and cons and no treatment is right for everyone. Men must understand the positive and negative aspects of each treatment and decide on the best option for them. Some men may decide to enjoy the many ways of having sex, intimacy, and climax without erections and the erectile dysfunction treatments, which are not needed for nonpenetrative types of sex.
Table 1 identifies some of the pros and cons to each treatment.
The most popular treatments are pills because they are simple and discreet. However, they do
not always work after prostate cancer treatment because the peripheral nerves are negatively impacted by surgery, radiation, or both. The lack of proper nerve impulse conduction causes
communication issues between brain and penis leading to lack of the blood engorgement required for erections. Pills only work with sexual stimulation and if the communication is not working between brain and penis, the penis will not respond. As nerves recover after surgery (which may take 1-2 years), the communication between brain and penis may improve, possibly leading to better engorgement and erectile responses with or without pills. As radiation eventually impacts the nerves for erections (which may take 3-12 months), communication between the brain and penis may diminish leading to decreased erectile function with or without pills. The pills have to be taken
properly for maximum effect (typically on an empty stomach and waiting 1-2 hours for maximum effect).
The second most prescribed treatment for erectile dysfunction after prostate cancer treatment is the vacuum constriction device, which requires excellent one-on-one training for success. Just like other mechanical devices, a man must learn to master the vacuum constriction device through instruction and daily practice. With proper training and practice, the device has fairly high success rates, but it can be cumbersome and awkward.
Third, penile injections are commonly used in men after prostate cancer treatment. Since they work directly on the penis, they tend to work in the majority of men (Albaugh & Ferrans, 2010). Penile injections, like all other treatments, have pros and cons and are not for everyone since they require self-injection prior to each sexual encounter. In addition, they can have side effects in some men. The intraurethral suppository is fairly simple to instill immediately following urination, but it
is not effective in some men and some men have side effects—pain or burning is the most common side effect.
Fourth, the penile implant surgery has been around for decades and still remains a viable surgical treatment option for erectile dysfunction. The implant permanently changes the structures inside the penis, so it is a final treatment option only to be used when other options are either ineffective or undesirable. When considering each treatment option, it is important to understand how you might integrate the treatment into love-play with a partner. Each man should consult with a qualified provider to carefully examine the advantages and disadvantages of each treatment and determine the right treatment for them.
Sex and intimacy are about pleasure. Many men will continue to enjoy affection, cuddling, genital play, and orgasms after prostate cancer treatment. The penis has functioned and become erect for most men their entire life. Thus, lack of erections, penile shrinkage, and changes in climax can be
very frustrating. Men struggling with sexual dysfunction can access expert help to deal with physical or psychological issues. Professional psychological help is available in terms of education, counseling, and therapy through www.aasect.org. You can access a library of free videos on male and female sexual dysfunction at –
http://www.northshore.org/urological-health/patient education/sexual-health-videos/.
More in-depth information on this topic is also available in the book I wrote for prostate cancer patients and their partners "Reclaiming Sex & Intimacy after Prostate cancer Treatment" available through Amazon.com or at www.drjeffalbaugh.com.
In addition, it is important to seek out a urology healthcare professional who can take the time to help men and their partners understand each treatment option (without any biases) and receive appropriate instruction on how to safely and effectively incorporate treatments into a man's sex life.
After prostate cancer treatment, men and their partners can continue to have a fulfilling intimate sex life. Each man will experience changes in sex and intimacy to varying degrees and with varying importance. Most importantly, there is help and hope for sexual healing after prostate cancer treatment.
1) Albaugh, J. (2012). Reclaiming Sex and Intimacy after Prostate Cancer. Pitman, NJ: Jannetti Publications, Inc.
2) Albaugh, J. A., & Ferrans, C. E. (2010). Impact of penile injections on men with erectile dysfunction after prostatectomy. Urologic Nursing, 30(1), 64-77.
3) American Cancer Society. (2015). Cancer Facts and Figures (Publication. Retrieved April 30, 2015, from American Cancer Society: http://www.cancer. org/acs/groups/content/@editorial/documents/document/acspc-044552.pdf
4) Gontero, P., Galzerano, M., Bartoletti, R., Magnani, C., Tizzani, A., Frea, B., et al. (2007). New insights into the pathogenesis of penile shortening after radical prostatectomy and the role of postoperative sexual function. Journal of Urology, 178(2), 602-607.
5) Hatfield, E. (1982). Passionate love, companionate love, and intimacy. In M. Fisher & G. Stricker (Eds.), Intimacy (pp. 267-292). New York: Plenum.
6) Jardin, A., Wagner, G., Khoury, S., Giuliano, F., Padma-Nathan, H., & Rosen, R. (2000). Erectile dysfunction: 1st International consultation on erectile dysfunction. Plymouth: Plymbridge Distributors Ltd. .
7) Kohler, T. S., Pedro, R., Hendlin, K., Utz, W., Ugarte, R., Reddy, P., et al. (2007). A pilot study on the early use of the vacuum erection device after radical retropubic prostatectomy. British Journal of Urology International, 100(4), 858-862.
8) Masters, W., & Johnson, V. (1970). Human sexual inadequacy. Boston: Little, Brown, & Company.
9) Masters, W., & Johnson, V. (1986). Sex and human loving. Boston: Little, Brown & Company.
10) NIH Consensus Development Panel on Impotence. (1993). NIH consensus conference. Impotence. NIH consensus development panel on impotence. Journal of the American Medical Association, 270(1), 83-90.
11) Penson, D. F., McLerran, D., Feng, Z., Li, L., Albertsen, P. C., Gilliland, F. D., et al. (2008). 5-year urinary and sexual outcomes after radical prostatectomy: results from the Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study. Journal of Urology, 179(5 Suppl), S40-44.


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When we first set out to write this story, we expected Cake Thai Zap Elee — the latest concept from Chef Phuket "Cake" Thongsodchareondee — to stick around for a while. We knew it would be short-lived — it was a pop-up after all — but we never expected it to shut down almost as quickly as it opened inside B Bistro + Bakery.
Alas, all good things come to an end. Cake Thai Zap Elee may be gone, but it's definitely not forgotten. If anything, this post will serve as yet another reason to check out Cake's amazing food.
Cake Thai Zap Elee had two big things going for it: an exceptional chef and inexpensive dishes. The food we ate, which was inspired by the Isan region of Thailand, was not only affordable but also varied. Compared to other Brickell restaurants, Zap Elee was a steal. So why was it often empty?
We blame it on boring customers. Cake's food is not for everyone: It challenges you and introduces you to flavors you might not otherwise encounter. Those who venture outside their comfort zones are rewarded handsomely with full bellies and happy taste buds.
Items like the Shaved Cucumber Salad with shrimp paste and pickled blue crab dressing and the Spicy Pork Ribs Soup caught us off guard at first. They're bold and can easily overwhelm your palate, but if you push through, you're going to quickly find yourself with empty plates in front of you. You won't — and can't — stop eating.
Even more approachable selections like the Grilled Chicken have a little something extra to keep you on your toes. All it took was a bite of that succulent bird drizzled with fermented honey to make us believe in all the hype; this was our first time trying Cake's Thai food. We'll think of that Grilled Pork Salad with spicy fish sauce forever.
Thankfully, it's still possible to enjoy Cake's food elsewhere. The original Cake Thai location in MiMo is still around. Shamefully, we have to admit we haven't been. But that will change soon, and we hope you make the effort to visit, too. RIP to a great restaurant.


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Vikings Freshman infielder Judah Wilbur continues to receive awards and recognition for his 2018 campaign.
Wilbur was selected as a first team All-Western States Conference infielder for his conference performance which included a .369 average, 15 RBI, 8 Dobules and 17 runs scored.
The California Community College Baseball Coaches Association selected Wilbur to the All-Southern California team for his overall production which included a team best .394 batting avergae, 16 doubles, 41 runs scored, 3 triples, 2 home runs and 31 RBI. Wilbur also drew 22 walks and stole 6 bases.
Vikings head coach Bryan King commented, "This is an incredible honor and a well deserved one for Judah. He's a kid who has earned every bit of his success, we are so proud of him and coudn't be more excited to see how much more he continues to develop."
King continued, "Judah was chosen as one of three infielders for the All-SoCal team. If you consider that there are 44 teams in the South and that each team has a minimum of 3 infielders you can start to appreciate how prestegious this honor is for Judah and our entire program."


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Set in the picturesque Messepark (Mainz, Germany), Love Family Park is the original German outdoor party, running for 21 years now as one of the biggest events in the house and techno calendar. On 2nd July 2016, Love Family Park will unite a mighty line up of world class artists in one place, with Carl Cox, Solomun, Luciano, Marco Carola, Joseph Capriati, Ricardo Villalobos, andhim, and of course, stalwart and godfather of the scene, Sven Väth. On top of this, find Monika Kruse and many more local and international talents linking up across this epic one day celebration. Expect techno and house sessions on each of the six Love Family Park stages, as well as the infamous Mainz after parties. Tickets start at just €49 euros for the day, with cheap flights available to Frankfurt from across Europe.
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Fact: Today is December 10.
Fact: It's very close to 70 degrees as I'm typing.
Fact: I am 100% okay with this.
There's no real normal Arkansas weather, but it's still fall around here. The colors in the south are vibrant as ever and many trees show no signs of letting go. Adding more color to my December backyard are the dots of green still growing, thriving, and doing their best in my garden. A couple months ago I told you about the promise of a fall garden. I'm here to report that {some} of it grew! Let's discuss.
The GOOD: I planted broccoli for the first time this September. One night dropped into the 20s and left frost damage on the beautiful forest green leaves, but they're growing! Last week I was pleased to find perfect little broccoli bouquets sprouting from the middle of my plants. The Bauer girls are notorious for their love of broccoli and we hope to be feasting soon.
Another new crop we're looking forward to harvesting are the carrots. We have tried to germinate carrot seed three or four times in our short lives as gardeners and much to Owen's disappointment, they've never popped up. We must have held the seeds just right this year, though. Owen's already asking for ranch dip.
We're waiting patiently for carrots, but we have already pulled something else from the ground. We are pleased to report perfectly shaped, bright-red radishes! They pack a peppery punch and more flavor than the sad ones left on restaurant salad bars. The Internet told me to dip them in butter, and the Internet was right. Tasty little snacks straight from the dirt.
The BAD: I have photographic evidence of Nathan and Owen planting two rows of lettuce and spinach, both specially chosen for their vigorous growth and cold weather tolerance. That's all I have, though. Blame it on the weather, bad seed, or hungry birds, but I'll be buying my greens at the grocery store. Can't win 'em all.
The UGLY: The ugly comes in the form of floppy ears and a fluffy cotton tail. And I need him dead. Back when the young plants were stretching up and out and every way, a rabbit stepped up to the buffet. Day after day we found damage, but never caught him in the act. I ended up shaking cayenne pepper all over the leaves of my precious veggies. One completely nibbled cabbage plant became a treat for the chickens, but the remainders are recovering. Bunnies dislike cayenne pepper as much as lead poisoning. The more you know?