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Bedsharing and Bassinets: Two New Studies Assess the Risks
Journal of Pediatrics evaluates SIDS risk factors for infant sleeping arrangements
Cincinnati, OH, June 25, 2008--Bassinet use in 2006 was nearly double what it was in 1992, and even though more than 45% of infants between the ages of 0-2 months use them, little is known about bassinet safety. In fact, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has guidelines regarding bassinet construction, but there are no government safety standards for bassinets. In 2005, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) revised its recommendations for a safe infant sleep environment, suggesting a separate but nearby sleeping arrangement (i.e. roomsharing without bedsharing). Two studies soon to be published in The Journal of Pediatrics evaluate the frequency of bedsharing and the potential risk factors of bassinet use.
Drs. Jodi Pike and Rachel Moon of Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., used CPSC records from 1990 to 2004 to review the death reports of 53 infants who died suddenly and unexpectedly in bassinets. In 85% of the cases, the researchers found that lack of oxygen was the cause of death. More than half of the infants were found on their stomachs, and other items such as blankets, pillows, and plastic bags were found in 74% of the bassinets. Nine infants died in bassinets that were not functioning correctly, either from misuse or mechanical problems.
In a related study, Dr. Moon and colleagues from Children's National Medical Center, George Washington University, Yale University, and Boston University, reviewed the sleep locations of 708 mothers and their infants. Using the data collected from several Women, Infant, and Children centers (WIC) in 2005, the researchers found that roughly 33% of the mothers and infants were sharing a sleep space. According to the authors, "Approximately half of all sudden and unexpected infant deaths in the United States occur when an infant is sharing a sleep surface with someone else; the factors associated with bedsharing are also associated with SIDS."
Bassinets allow for roomsharing without bedsharing. According to Drs. Pike and Moon, "If parents plan to use a bassinet, they should make sure that it is in good repair and conforms to CPSC guidelines." The CPSC calls for bassinets to have a sturdy bottom with a wide base, smooth surfaces without protruding hardware, legs with locks, and a firm, snuggly fitting mattress. Because 6 of the 53 infants were found with their faces wedged against the side of the bassinet, the authors suggest that a bassinet with sides made of an air permeable material, such as mesh, may be safer. They also emphasize that parents should always lay infants on their backs and never put loose items like blankets or pillows in the bassinet with the baby.
The studies are reported in "Bassinet use and sudden unexpected death in infancy" by Jodi Pike, and Rachel Y. Moon, DOI 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.04.052, and "Infant sleep location: Associated maternal and infant characteristics with SIDS prevention recommendations" by Linda Y. Fu, Eve R. Colson, Michael J. Corwin, and Rachel Y. Moon, DOI 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.05.004. The articles appear in The Journal of Pediatrics, published by Elsevier.
The Journal of Pediatrics is a primary reference for the science and practice of pediatrics and its subspecialties. This authoritative resource of original, peer-reviewed articles oriented toward clinical practice helps physicians stay abreast of the latest and ever-changing developments in pediatric medicine. The Journal of Pediatrics is ranked 3rd out of 78 pediatric medical journals (2007 Journal Citation Reports, published by Thomson Scientific). URL: www.jpeds.com
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By john l 2308 Date 2011-02-16 01:42
this is my three year project,im not sure of make if anyone knows please give me any info.I will post pics as I go along.At this point ive put a new frame head,chasie support,floor pans,new ajustable front beam,adjustable spring plates.Im rebuilding the trans my self and I will post its progress ass i go.the cage is all most complete and will remove the body to finish welding it.then on to the assembley of the floor pan.the motor is done and im awating the turbo kit from a.j.sims motor is a 1915 with mofoco D.port heads im hopeing to run 14psi. of boost which should get me in the 200HP range ok Ive bored everyone enough more to come thanks for looking John
By Jay H (X-20) (ManxVair CC) Date 2011-02-16 02:50
talking PSI boost is NEVER boring! sounds like you're building a nice buggy. Why did you weld on a new frame head? Rotten? switching from K&L to BJ or vice-versa?
Welcome. Can't wait for pics.
By john l 2308 Date 2011-02-17 17:44
Thanks I plan to get some pics uploaded real soon. I replaced the frame head because of rust I live in pa. And all though I have several floor pans I didnt want to cut one up. I wish I would have though what a pain I have four buggies one I know is a Bcbee the body is painted it's for my youngest son,I have one I think it was done by fiber jet and the one I'm doing now is a elobo look alike but hood is like nothing I've seen before. Ok I'll get pics up teal soon thanks again john
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Columbus, OH — The Columbus Kappa Foundation, the philanthropic arm of The Columbus Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi, Fraternity, Inc. is pleased to announce the 20th annual Kenneth L. Howard Endowed Scholarship Fund (KLHESF) awardees. The five high school division recipients are: 1.) Rayshon C. Walker, Whetstone High School; 2.) Alexander R. Ushry, Eastmoor Academy; 3.) Ryan A. Wise, The Wellington School; 4.) Drew E. Collins, Olentangy Liberty High School; 5.) David M. Bean, Pickerington High School North, and 6.) Dominic Carter of Briggs High School (book scholarship).
All scholarship recipients will be honored at the annual Kenneth L. Howard scholarship brunch that will be held on Saturday, March 3, 2018 in the auditorium of Columbus Africentric Early College located at 3223 Allegheny Avenue in Columbus. The keynote speaker for the brunch will be Mr. Keith Key, CEO of KBK Enterprises and he will deliver an address entitled "A Change is going to come: Arm yourself with an education." This year's awards bring the total for all scholarships awarded to area high school and college students by the KLHESF and Columbus Kappa Foundation to 170 students and $145,500.00 since 1987.
At press time no repeating collegiate winners were announced, although two former KLHESF awardees are still eligible to reapply for scholarships for the 2018-19 academic year after their second semester grades have been posted for the Spring 2018 term (May); and in one case, after the successful completion of a summer internship with KLHESF corporate partner Corna Kokosing Construction Company.
Scholarship Awardee Profiles
Rayshon C. Walker has been accepted to George Mason University, Ohio University, and Denison University. He will attend either OU or Denison and major in communications with a concentration in broadcast journalism. He was a four year varsity basketball player and captain of the team at Whetstone H.S. as well as senior class president and homecoming king. He took five AP classes, and multiple classes at Columbus State Community College (CSCC) earning a 3.92 GPA.
Alexander R. Ushry has been accepted by Norfolk State University, New Mexico, BGSU, Xavier, Cleveland State, Jackson State, Ohio State University, and a host of other colleges. He will attend OSU and major in accounting. He has earned a Morrill scholarship to OSU. This Eastmoor Academy scholar athlete has a 3.7 GPA and a 25 on the ACT. He has taken multiple classes at CSCC plus he lettered in both varsity football & baseball among other things.
Ryan A. Wise has been accepted at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and will study film and television. The Wellington School does not rank or calculate GPAs for their students, but a thorough review of his transcript has him at approximately a 3.3. He participated in the theatre program during the last six years, was a member of the Urban Strings of Columbus as first chair cellist, and produced a short film made at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts Summer High School Filmmakers Workshop last summer. The short film Inalieable can be viewed here on Youtube: https://youtu.be/xd5azJdP3TI .
Drew Collins has been admitted to BGSU, The University of Louisville, and the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. He is undecided as to where he will attend at press time. He will major in bass performance. An avid musician at Olentangy Liberty, he participated in the OMEA All State Orchestra and in 2016 had a solo and ensemble rank #1. Drew carries a 2.8 and scored a 20 on the ACT.
David M. Bean has been admitted to Belmont University and the University of Hartford among other colleges. He is undecided as to where he will attend. He will major in audio/acoustical engineering and music production. David has a 3.55 GPA and while at Pickerington North has taken multiple classes at Columbus State Community College. He earned a 25 on the ACT and he was also a member of the PNHS track team.
Dominic J. Carter has applied to Central State University, the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff, Kentucky State University, Southern University, Alabama State University and Norfolk State University. He plans to major in music education. While at Briggs he participated in both marching and concert band. Mr. Carter will graduate from Briggs High School this year, and to date has earned a 2.6 GPA and scored a 16 on the ACT.


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With much anticipation, Typhoon Lagoon will open its new ride, Miss Adventure Falls early next week. This being said, you have to come try it! With new technology, twists and turns, this ride is sure to be a showstopper.
Miss Adventure Falls is the longest ride at Typhoon, lasting a total of 2 minutes. Open to all ages, this expansion of the waterpark brings together all specialties of Disney. The animatronics, ride safety, and technology that goes into this ride is like nothing we have ever seen before. If you have ever been on Crush N' Gusher, Miss Adventure is similar in style but much different all around.
The storyline follows Captain Mary Oceaneer and her side kick parrot after they have been stranded on Typhoon Lagoon, searching for treasure. The ride then immerses you in her life as you ride past treasures she once collected, all while twisting and turning.
If extreme is not your liking, Typhoon Lagoon has plenty of other options. First, lay out by the massive wave pool where you can soak up the Florida sun. Try out the many restaurants or float in the lazy river all day long! Whatever you do, you'll be sure to have a blast.
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The inner leaf is signed "R. E. Lee Lt. Col. U.S.A." Documentation indicates that General Robert E. Lee used this bible during the Civil War.
Religion was an integral part of family life at Arlington House. The family was Episcopalian and attended a local church in Alexandria, VA. There was family prayer in the family parlor each morning and also afternoon and evening readings. Lee was confirmed with Mary and Annie, July 17, 1853 at Christ Church by Reverend John James.
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Said the spider to the fly....
Not much of a photograph, but I was trying out a new (non-macro) lens on this golden orb spider. She's not specially large as these things grow, with a body not much longer than an inch and a bit. Next time I'll use a flash and see if we can see her eyes!
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Part 3 of a series of posts by @TheMiddle, using uninitialized Bash variable to bypass Web Application Firewalls, tested on CloudFlare WAF and ModSecurity OWASP CRS. Chck it out ::HERE::
skiptracer released
Our new open source python OSINT framework, skiptracer was released yesterday @ HushCon. Initial attack vectors for recon usually involve utilizing pay-for-data/API (Recon-NG), or paying to utilize transforms (Maltego) to get data mining results. Using some basic python webscraping of PII paywall sites to compile passive information on a target on a ramen noodle budget. The modules will allow queries for phone/email/screen names/real names/addresses/IP/Hostname/breach credentials etc.. It will help you collect relevant information about a target to help expand your attack surface.`Everyone should be encourage to submit new ideas/modules. you can get the code here. https://github.com/xillwillx/skiptracer
CT's #1 hacker part deux – electric boogaloo
Seems our pal Mario Dinatale, or' Mario Di Natale' as he now uses for SEO reasons (see post: Hacks Lies Nation States) has bullshitted his way into another job. I wonder how much bullshit he fed into his new employer Kyber Secure 'Why do you care' you might ask? Because charlatans like him lie their way into jobs and bragging about ransomware 'takedowns' they had no part in, are some of the reason why this industry and security is such a shitshow. I feel bad for the clients.
OWASP Top 10 – 2017 released
You can get it from here: github.com/OWASP/Top10/tree/master/2017
SpookFlare gives you the opportunity to bypass the endpoint countermeasures at the client-side detection and network-side detection. SpookFlare is a loader generator for Meterpreter Reverse HTTP and HTTPS stages. SpookFlare has custom encrypter with string obfuscation and run-time code compilation features so you can bypass the countermeasures of the target systems like a boss until they "learn" the technique and behavior of SpookFlare payloads.
More info: https://artofpwn.com/spookflare.html
Project: https://github.com/hlldz/SpookFlare
Bypassing UAC with access tokens
@tiraniddo released slides, demo videos, and some source code from his Zero Nights 2017 talk: Abusing Access Tokens for UAC Bypasses. Get it on his Github.
"UAC, specifically Admin-Approval mode, has been known to be broken ever since it was first released in Windows Vista. Most of the research of bypassing UAC has focused on abusing bad elevated application behavior, auto elevation or shared registry and file resources. However, UAC was fundamentally broken from day one due to the way Microsoft implemented the security around elevated processes, especially their access tokens. This presentation will go into depth on why this technique works, allowing you to silently gain administrator privileges if a single elevated application is running. It will describe how Microsoft tried to fix it in Windows 10, and how you can circumvent their defences. It will also go into detail on a previously undocumented technique to abuse the assumed, more secure, Over-The-Shoulder elevation on Windows 10."
Backdooring PE Files
Haider Mahmood has a nice write-up on his blog using a few different techniques to backdoor PE files, making them (hopefully) fully undetectable by anti-viruses. Some restrictions he used in the process were: not changing the functionality of the program itself , or increasing the file size, and avoiding using other common techniques like msvenom, veil, and other crypters/packers. The techniques he covers to help reduce the AV detection rate are, changing the PE's section header, codecaves, and dual code caves. He goes over the pros and cons of each usage.
Office DDEAUTO attacks
New post on willgenovese.com about macro-less Office command execution and how to use different payloads with the attack.
Exploiting with EternalRomance with Win10 WSL
How to install metasploit inside Win10 WSL and use some python scripts to exploit vulnerable Win2k through 2k16 machines.
bitcracker – bitlocker password cracker
BitCracker is the first open source password cracking tool for memory units encrypted with BitLocker. Check it out @ https://github.com/e-ago/bitcracker or use as a plugin for John The Ripper Jumbo version @ http://openwall.info/wiki/john/OpenCL-BitLocker


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The Department of Labor fiduciary rule that takes effect April 2017 contains a compensation limitation that is promised to save investors $17 billion in reduced advisor fees each year, but could also reduce advisors' compensation by thousands of dollars.
Dalbar estimates that if these cuts take place the average advisor will see a $34,000 reduction in compensation. These cuts will affect every advisor who has IRA or ERISA plan clients.
With the threat of such large compensation cuts next year, Dalbar recently revealed a new tool, the DALBAR Compensation Compliance Test.
"Advisors who simply compare compensation to a peer group average are certain to suffer the average loss," according to Dalbar. "The Dalbar Test is the alternative to this suicidal approach."
The Dalbar test aims to ensure that each client bears a fair share of the advisor's cost and profit. Reasonableness is defined as the compensation that covers the costs of doing business, while passing savings on to clients.
"The most meaningful and generally accepted method of assessing the reasonableness of fees is based on the cost of doing business plus a profit," according to Dalbar. "While this profit-based approach to determining a reasonable fee may be new to financial advisors, it is centuries old and used by virtually every other profession."
The method adopted by Dalbar is based on the Gartenberg Standard. The Dalbar Test meets the requirement of the fiduciary rule by applying the cost and profit of operating the advisor's business to each client. According to Dalbar, there will undoubtedly be clients that fall outside the bounds of reasonableness but the devastating effect of cutting compensation based on mere averages is avoided.
"The Dalbar Test puts the advisor back in control and provides a rational way to handle both high maintenance and high efficiency clients" said Cory Clark, a director at Dalbar, in a statement. "Advisors will be shocked to find that they have some clients that fail Dalbar Test because they are unprofitable!"
The Dalbar Test is available online at no cost when the Dalbar assumptions of rates and other factors are used. Advisors who subscribe to the introductory service ($350) are able to enter their own costs and variables.
Jefferson National, Orion Provide Trading Functionality for Tax-Advantaged Investing
Jefferson National will now be offering a seamless data interface and trading capabilities with Orion Advisor Services, according to an announcement. The partnership will provide RIAs and fee-based advisors with seamless trading functionality for tax-advantaged investing.
Mercator Advisory Group Announces Launch of Gray Owl Network
Mercator Advisory Group announced the launch of Gray Owl Network, LLC, a market research tool that helps you the user to gather the best available information from the web in an efficient manner. The goal of Gray Owl Network is to provide smarter search and interactive data on a robust platform.
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If you build a great website for your insurance agency, will they come? Not without marketing it. Just building a website isn't enough to attract traffic to it. You have to market that website. ITC President Laird Rixford has 20 ideas you can use to market your insurance website to help you get traffic.
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Just because you built a great website, doesn't mean people will come. It takes work. The good news for you is that I've got some great ideas that will help you market your insurance agency website.
You can spend a lot of effort, money and time to make your insurance agency website look really great. It could be the best looking website ever.
But if your website doesn't perform (and by that I mean, it doesn't generate leads or help you service clients), is it worth it? Are you getting your money back on that investment?
To get your website to work for you takes traffic. But website traffic, and ultimately leads, doesn't magically happen.
It takes work to make your agency's website a success. If you want people to find your website who have never heard of your agency, you have to do the work. You need to market your website.
If you're thinking, "That's great Laird. But where do I start?" Don't worry. I got 20 ideas that will help you promote the most important thing in your marketing toolbox… your agency's website.
- Create a local business listing for your agency on websites like Yelp, Google and Yellow Pages. Make sure the contact information matches the information on your website.
- Add your agency to trade directories consumers might use like cheapcarinsurance.net.
- Blog. But don't just do it once in a while. Blog a lot! Keep in mind it doesn't have to always be about insurance as long as you're providing value. The most popular blog post on any of our websites was about New Years Eve party ideas. It still gets great traffic every single year.
- Put your website address on all your business cards and include it in the email signature for everyone in your office.
- Add your website address to the end of any and every ad. This can include radio, broadcast, and print.
- If you're doing video marketing, put your website's address in the closing credits of the videos. If someone comes across your video content on YouTube or other social media, they'll know where to find you.
- Also, include a link in the video description and your channel bio.
- Make sure every flyer and mailer has your agency's website address on it.
- Send email newsletters to your current clients and include links. A great way to do this is if you have a new employee. Link to the person's bio on your website. Or if you're blogging, include a brief teaser of the post and link to the full post.
- Post your website address on your front door or outdoor signage.
- Engage in conversations on forums for your area. Link to your website when appropriate.
- Ask your partners and referral sources to link to your insurance website. Reciprocate those links with profiles of these partners and referral sources on the partners page of your website.
- Include your website address on promotional or giveaway items that you use at events.
- Optimize your website for search engines. There's a lot more to this idea than I can fit into this video. You can find more information and tips for how to optimize your website in previous videos or on our marketing blog.
- Use pay-per-click advertising to get more visibility in the search engines. Be careful with this idea though. Insurance keywords are not cheap. Make sure you're getting enough leads from this tactic to make it worth it. It will take monitoring and measuring. If you need to, I encourage you to get help from a reputable PPC expert.
- Send out news releases when big events or changes happen at your agency. Include your website's address.
- Hosting a webinar or lecture? Mention your insurance agency website at the very end.
- Create social media accounts and include your website's address in your profiles. Good places to start: Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn
- Share your blog posts and other website content pages on social media
- Advertise on social media. It's cost effective and Facebook and Twitter have great tools to target the right audience. You can advertise a free report or ebook. Besides getting traffic to your website, you can get a person's contact information in exchange for that report.
Just because you built a great website, doesn't mean people will come. It takes work. But, I know you can do it.


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For many business moves it is of great benefit to have experience of a particular type of business. This means an accumulation of knowledge and experience of various business types that helps greatly in both planning and carrying out the relocation. Commercial removals company, Casey's Office Relocations have over a number of years been able to accumulate this knowledge and experience which is of great benefit to both the customer and us.
Below are examples of different types of commercial and business relocations that we have carried out:
- Warehouse Removals and Relocations
- Hospitals, Hospices and Care Homes
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Warehouse Removals & Relocations
Warehouses can contain literally anything you can imagine. Typically warehouse removals are large (well they are warehouses) and require literally hundreds of crates (supplied by us) to pack and remove the contents. Often these are 2-3 day relocations using high capacity 18t vans and large moving teams.
Hospitals, Hospices and Care Homes
Any move or relocation involving these types of organisations involves particular recognition of the fact that the organisation will have an overriding objective of minimising disruption of service to their patients and residents. Often the equipment to be relocated is heavy and of a specialist nature (e.g. beds/cot beds) and requires adequate manpower and delicate handling.
Restaurant, Hotel & Kitchen Removals (including Commercial Kitchen Removals)
These businesses in the hospitality & services sector are typically relocating premises or doing major refurbishments. They require either medium/long term use of our storage facilities or for us to be able to provide a fast turnaround service minimising the loss of revenue.
Though this is mostly a people business there is still surprising a lot of paperwork and fittings that are particular to this profession. It is not every day you have to handle a delicate model of a 30 storey building in the heart of London and deliver it safely to its destination.
Educational Facilities
The Easter & Summer breaks are particularly popular for educational establishments (universities, colleges, schools and nursaries) to undertake building and maintenance work. Time scales are very specific & tight. Desks, chairs, blackboards/whiteboards and the like must be dismantled removed (to onsite storage or our storage, the works completed and then everything brought back, reassembled and placed in situ. This is where using a dedicated, hard working and professional relocation company like Casey's Office Relocations will prove invaluable.
Fashion & Clothing Companies
We provide our services to all sizes of business – from large fashion wholesalers (with large warehouses) to stand alone retail fashion & clothing outlets. Often the goods being removed / relocated represent have a high intellectual property value attached (in the form of trademarks etc) and to even handle these items involves staff checks and the signing of confidentiality agreements. It is like trying to get into Fort Knox! One of the most reassuring aspects for our customers is that we do not use agency staff hence we are confident of the professionalism and integrity of our staff.
Exhibitions and Events Companies
Many companies hold events such as conferences, training days or open evenings whereby space that is normally used in day to day activities has to be transformed for a short space of time for these events. These events often finish late in the evening leaving a short amount of time for the space to be transformed back to its normal state. Whatever you requirements we can accommodate all your needs so that there is a seamless transition from working to event and back again.
Disaster Restoration & Insurance Companies
Unwanted events such as fire, flooding and subsidence are unfortunately all too common. Usually this means vacating premises at short notice whilst remedial work is undertaken. We are often involved as part of the recovery operation at the behest of an insurer. We can offer services such as removal of all contents and storage for the duration of the works.
Moving Financial Services
London is home to a plethora of companies comprising the financial services industry. Probably more than most types of companies they are constantly on the move. An increasingly popular move is into serviced offices. Not only do they require a move that minimises down time but they require either the storage of surplus furniture and fittings or the disposal of such items. Such a move is also an opportunity to have 'a clear out' with the shredding of confidential waste. These are all services that Casey's Office Relocations can provide.
Other Business Types
Over the years we have undertaken moving and providing complementary services to all types of business – Gyms, retail shops, Social & Charitable organisations and many more. The basics of a move are the same. The value we strive to provide is through listening to a customer's needs and requirements and then doing our utmost to deliver.
If you work in a challenging environment or would like to discuss a specialist business move then get in touch with our commercial team now.
Can I just say that all of guys that did the move on Saturday were fantastic and so helpful.
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All went well last Saturday and I hope all goes well this coming Saturday too, a much bigger job but I have to say that your team were really good and helpful.
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Ford buys Israeli machine learning co SAIPS
Car manufacturing giant Ford has acquired Israeli computer vision and machine learning company SAIPS. The acquisition of the Rehovot-based company is part of Ford's pledge to develop a driverless car by 2021. No financial details of the acquisition were disclosed.Founded in 2013 by CEO Udy Danino, CTO Rotem Littman and US Branch Manager Noga Zieber Bullkich, SAIPS provides algorithmic solutions. The company has not raised any funds to date and after the acquisition will continue operating as an independent entity within the Ford corporation. RELATED ARTICLES Mobileye, Intel and BMW to build self-driving cars The company has core expertise in design, development and implementation of algorithmic engines that are based on Deep Neural Networks (Deep Learning). SAIPS portfolio consists of five algorithmic suites that provide state of the art solutions…
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Colonial Dames decry Trump's cuts to arts, humanities, historic preservation
The 125-year-old National Society of The Colonial Dames of America quietly owns, operates and supports some 80 historic sites, museums and collections that celebrate origins of our venerable republic.
But the Trump administration's proposed budget has brought the Colonial Dames into what promises to be a drawn out fight over .01 percent of the federal budget.
Trump has proposed elimination of money to the National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute of Museum Library Services.
The administration also wants to axe money for the National Heritage Area program, which spend about $19 million on historic and cultural resource preservation across the country. The program uses federal dollars to create public-private partnerships.
The budgets of these agencies total far less than what the Secret Service is spending to protect the 45th president, but NEA, NEH and IMLS are in the crosshairs.
The Colonial Dames said in a statement:
"We feel a responsibility, as members of the NSCDA and descendants of the Founders, to insure that these stories of America's origins not only endure, but also retain the power to inspire, protecting our freedom and the perpetuity of our republic.
"Three federal agencies stand as partners with the NSCDA and so many other history organizations in preservation and education, the IMLS, the NEH and the NEA. While total federal funding of these three agencies together, represents only .01 percent of the federal budget, the impact of these dollars on museums and historic sites nationally is unparalleled."
What is the value yielded?
They are not simply preserving "relics from times past," argued the Colonial Dames, but "windows to the great people and noble deeds that led to our origin and development as a nation."
Donald Trump was never much of an historic preservationist as a New York real estate developer. He is responsible for one notoriously loutish act of destruction.
In building the Trump Tower, Trump had to demolish the 1929-vintage Bonwit Teller Building in Manhattan. The building's face held two large Art Deco friezes coveted by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Trump agreed to save the sculptures if it would not cost him. But he found that saving the Art Deco friezes would delay demolition by two weeks.
In his book, Last Tycoon, journalist Harry Hurt described what happened next:
"On (Trump's) orders, the demolition workers cut up the grillwork with acetylene torches. Then, they jack hammered the friezes, dislodged them with crowbars, and pushed the remains inside the building, where they fell to the floor and shattered into a million pieces."
Not a champion of our heritage, the 45th President.
The Colonial Dames are taking public their case for the three imperiled federal agencies.
"These agencies are more critical today than ever, bringing Americans together to celebrate our past, our democratic ideals, and the enduring, creative American spirit."
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text: barefut Posted April 17, 2007 My gastro doctor prescribed this for me on my consultation visit. So, before he even had any test results from anything back, he is wanting me to just start on it right away. He said it should help with my lower abdominal cramping but from what I read, this drug is prescribed for motility problems. I do have esophageal motility problems but it is yet to be determined regarding any stomach/intestinal motility problems. I live in the US and it is not FDA approved here due to risk of heart complications. He gave me instructions on how to get it through the mail from Canada. Is this legal? Is anyone else taking this? How much does it cost after insurance? I'm sure there is something else he could have tried before presribing this and I think he could have/should have at least waited until my upper GI study, x-rays, endoscopy, and colonoscopy results were in. And, if he's prescribing this soley to relieve my lower abdominal cramps, I think we could have tried something else first. In fact, I had been taking an over the counter IBS med for awhile that helped a lot. I am going to go back on that over the counter med instead of filling this Rx from Canada. Thanks in advance for any answers to my questions and/or your comments. Barefut Quote Take care, Barefut Serena Justis ISN Blogger International Scleroderma Network (ISN) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Upon entering Glen Clova you are met with the living, kitchen and dining area of the lodge, complete with a fully fitted and equipped kitchen, and Sky TV.
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So after having my rack space just sitting out in my basement for the last couple of years I found it annoying that I had to be constantly mindful of what I had powered on and when I decided to use it due to noise.
If I wanted to fire up a quantity of hardware in lab form it usually sounded like I was on the tarmac next to a commercial jet. The deal breaker was I added some larger hardware pieces that were more server based than switches and their large power supplies' noise let me know I needed to make a change in my rack setup.
In addition to this I decided to start to add more drops to my house for hard wired connections and add a UPS for power protection and conditioning.
My idea to silence the hardware noise was to isolate the noise so I decided to clean out and soundproof the closet next to it. I cut the rack down to about 5/8ths of its size and secured it then added foam sound proofing to the door. After that I added a GFI outlet and ordered some more foam soundproofing. I added a Liebert UPS and patch panel to run the first set to 20 drops I ran to. The cable is a mix of 5e and 6 depending on what I planned to use the specific drop for.
I built in two shelves that are set up to charge my three laptops and added a new CISCO SG500 switch for my main switch to run the core home network.


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We rented a little movie last night called Masterminds. We don't see films in the theater very often, so it was a RedBox event. You know how there are some films you hear about, but they don't stay long in the theaters so they sort of disappear until they re-appear a few months later in the RedBox menu?
Yeah, so do we.
I don't know where I heard about Masterminds, but at some point someone said they thought it was a pretty funny movie. So, I thought I'd give it a shot. After all, we needed a good laugh. It's been a crazy week.
Masterminds is about a true story of one of the biggest robberies in United States history. In 1997 a group of people robbed an armored car company of $17 million. The movie's a wacky comedy. Which makes the fact that they are telling a true story all the more interesting. There's A-List talent in this film, many Saturday Night Live alums. The characters are dorky and inept, but you like them--they're endearing.
The biggest surprise of the film for me was its director. Jaren Hess of Napoleon Dynamite fame directed the film and one of the writers, Hubbel Palmer, is a Utah screenwriter who wrote and starred in Humble Pie, a film my good friend Steve was in. It had many Hess-onian moments, which we love.
The fact that Masterminds was taken from real events is amazing. Imagine if Raising Arizona was based on a real kidnapping. Yeah, it's like that. But I've heard Raising Arizona is one of Jared Hess's favorite movies (I think I read that somewhere...). I know the people Masterminds is based on cannot be that stupid or zany. Then again, maybe they are.
Yes, last night we needed a good laugh, and thankfully, Masterminds delivered.


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No, this is not a scorned-woman, feminist rant about hating men and hating the portrayal of females in ROM-coms (AKA romantic comedies. Keep up with me, here). Instead, I'm going to expose how ridiculous and stupid the Hollywood ROM-com writers are for actually thinking the average American is going to buy their pukey bullshit and enjoy it. I've comprised a list of FIVE tired ROM-com clichés that I hate the most. Don't worry, I used movies as examples to really drive my points home because this blog needs some solid, journalistic evidence.
FYI this is your Spoiler Alert!! (Just kidding on that! I mean, let's be honest… we all know how it's going to end from watching the five-second previews). Here goes! Just in time for Valentine's Day! :
1. Time is a huge factor when it actually isn't. OK, I want to say that in about 90 percent of ROM-coms, the male or female lead realizes that the other lead character is the one for them when it's considered "too late" or after they somehow pissed them off. This moment of clarity comes at the most inopportune time ever. Instead of, say, staying for the rest of your own sister's wedding reception, you decide to dump your nice boyfriend and scour the entire metropolis to find some guy and tell him that you love him. This is someone who lives ACROSS THE HALL from you. I'm talking to you, Ally Darling from What's Your Number?. Seriously, why can't you just wait until tomorrow? I don't know why you decided to RUIN your bridesmaid dress, steal a car and bicycle, break into another wedding reception and interrupt a band from performing. If any woman did that in real life, the guy would think she's psycho. This is an epic cliché ROM-com FAIL.
2. They're super-damaged but still considered attractive. OK, Dating 101: hide your baggage at least until date 5… or 50 for Christ's sake. Yet, in the wonderful world of ROM-coms, baggage makes you you and is somehow OK to expose when you barely know the other person. It isn't considered to be a huge turn-off or anything. Seriously? Are you ROM-com writers just telling America to ignore all the red flags? This lighthearted movie can easily turn into an episode of Criminal Minds if it were in the real world! Hate to do this to you, Debra Messing, but Kat in The Wedding Date has NO self-esteem and is so desperate it's cringe-worthy. Who hires (and uses) a male prostitute to go to her sister's wedding to get some guy from 1,000 years ago jealous? Let's move on, girlfriend.
Another example of this is Mila Kunis' character in Friends With Benefits. She's more emotionally unavailable than you because no one has ever been treated worse by men than her. You need to feel bad for her and sympathize with her because she has hollow, loveless sex to numb her inadequacy issues. Don't get pissed at me here, I'm not saying this- JT laid this all down real easy in the movie.
3. They're the wild, extreme opposites of each other. A common, annoying ROM-com cliché is when two people who are POLAR opposites butt heads and then realize that they like the other person. Hello, The Ugly Truth! She's a hopeless romantic, and he's a cynical, superficial womanizer. He has dark hair, she's a blonde. The only thing they have in common is that they're both painfully written 2-demensional characters. Yet, somehow they're able to fall in love and live happily ever after in an assumed long-term, committed relationship.
Who could forget this throwback? She's All That is about a jock who finds the most "unattractive girl" and tries to make her prom queen. Only, she's not unattractive and he realizes he actually likes her. Could it ever work out between this theatre/art freak and this popular jock? Don't worry, they end up together.
4. I hate you but I love you… I love hating you. This tired cliché goes with #3 with the whole butting-heads idea but the characters don't necessarily have to be opposites, they just have to have an assumed abhorrence for each other. Usually it's for no good reason. A perfect example is 27 Dresses. Jane can't stand James until they sing Benny and the Jets together at a dive bar and have blackout sex in a car like it's Prom night. She starts hating him again the next day when she finds out that his boss published an article about how pathetic she is. Don't worry, James puts a giant band-aid on the situation when he buys her a Blackberry.
Same idea goes for What Happens in Vegas. Jack and Joy are forced to live together and pretend that it's difficult to be wicked good-looking and live with someone who's also wicked good-looking for a month or a year or something. Personally, I'd deal with disgusting pubic hair and dirty couches if it meant I could stare at Ashton Kutcher's perfectly sculpted abs all day. Suck it up, Cameron Diaz. I'm having a hard time trying to feel bad for you.
5. Cocky man-whore meets girl with morals and eventually falls in love. Oh, what a story for the grandkids! You know, this guy sleeps with everybody because of some later-revealed commitment issue (see #2) but then realizes the error of his ways when he falls in love with a woman who finds him revolting and refuses to bang him. OK, I don't mean to get all philosophical here but #1 people don't change and #2 other people don't make people change, people need to want the change on their own. (Has ANYBODY seen the show Intervention before?) In Catch and Release, Gray doesn't understand why her late-fiance liked Fritz, whom she catches having an awkward quickie in the bathroom of his wake. She thinks he's a whorish, womanizing douche-bag until they bang and then fall in love.
Hannah in Crazy Stupid Love refuses to hook up with Jacob when he comes on to her pretty hard at a bar. Solid rejection. The plot progresses as Jacob then has meaningless sex with every other woman in the free world before they meet again at the bar. Instead of sleeping together, they talk and joke and stare at Ryan Gosling's abs all night and then he eventually realizes that she's the yin to his yang and he doesn't want to work the streets anymore.
So there's my list of tired ROM-com clichés! I know there are millions of others I could have included, but these are the worst. Hollywood, let's start writing better ROM-coms that don't suck. Think of some new clichés that our kids and grandkids will bitch and blog about, assuming the whole ROM-com genre doesn't just go away altogether.
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Because I'm sick, tired, and sick and tired of it, here's a quick list of five things that are keeping me going this week:
1. The Joseph Schmidt truffles I got for mothers day. I especially recommend the english toffee, mushroom (shaped like a mushroom, not mushroom flavored), tiramisu, and salted caramel flavors. However, in my search for a link for these, I found out that Joseph Schmidt is shutting down ! I'm so sad about this! I guess I'll savor my chocolates even more now.
2. Still on the Sookie Stackhouse novels. I'm almost done with number four, and can't wait to start the fifth.
3. Catan on XBox 360 . My husband and I are big fans of the game Settlers of Catan (I know I've mentioned this before). We just found a downloadable version on our XBox, and while it doesn't allow us to play each other, it is enough to satisfy our Catan cravings until the next time we can get together with other people who play.
4. I am completely, completely addicted to the BBC series Mistresses . It made me sob this morning, but I still can't get enough. I just hope my suspicions that this was the season finale aren't right, because I'll be sad yet again today. I hate season finale week!
5. Speaking of hating season finale week, ANTM's final episode for this season is tomorrow night. I'm always sad when my favorite shows end for the year, but at least I get more done in the evenings once they do. Also, Team Allison all the way!
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- Cassie said... May 11, 2009 at 2:54 PM
Book Four is my favorite. I don't think I need to tell you why!
We are Team Allison in our house, too. But we call her Crazy Eyes. Just an endearing little nickname Joe and I have come up with.
(Yes. Joe watches ANTM with me. I'll let that sink in.)
Hope you feel better soon!
- carrster said... May 18, 2009 at 3:05 PM
I was so bummed that Allison lost! WTH? I think she was the better of the two....Glad I'm not the only one with guilty pleasure addictions (The Bachelorette starts tonight!)
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Still trying to figure out what to wear to tonight's countdown? Well, my go-to last minute festive look is always bold eye liner and lips. Check out a few of my picks:
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RiRi Hearts MAC Superslick EyelinerLoose glitter might be messy to deal with when time is tight. A better alternative might be glitter liner. The RiRi Hearts MAC Superslick Eyeliner in Pisces Persuasion is a option. Unlike traditional glitter liner, it comes with a felt tip applicator, which offers a greater coverage in this one swipe. Like its name suggests, the formula is super slick that it glides on smoothly with very fine pearlescent glitter. It's perfect to make your eyes pop.
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The shudder of shame is something I do when I remember things I've said or done that have been truly awful. Like the time I told a passenger on a long-haul flight that I was Jewish. My desire to be Jewish has always overshadowed my desire to be anything else in life, and occasionally, still, I like to experience how it might feel.
"My father is Jewish. My mother is agnostic," I told the woman. "Interesting," she said, "because Jewishness is passed down through the mother."
God only knows how I didn't realise this aged 19, a scholar of GCSE RE. For the next 14 hours of the flight I wanted to melt into my seat. I was both a liar and an idiot and I learned from that experience never to tell lies to people who I can't then run away from.
And then, there was the time that I took a ride in Mr one-night-stand-man's car. I was 17, he was 21 and we were headed for the local GP so I could get the morning-after pill. I fancied Mr one-night-stand but he treated me like I was bad breath. He did, however, want to make sure I made it to the doctors, for I'm sure his greatest fear was that I might actually want to have his baby.
As he drove, I tried to look cool and nonchalant. I rested my elbow on the narrow plastic door ledge. I accidently pressed down on a button that made an alarmingly loud clunk. Unknowingly, I pressed it again. Clunk. The shocking sound of a cheap central locking system. Alas, seconds later I rested my elbow on the ledge again, thus locking every door. Mr one-night-stand rolled his eyes, and I dug my nails into my thighs with embarrassment. I accidently locked and unlocked his doors no less than five more times in the ten-minute journey.
From this, I learned never to sleep with anyone who I would later feel awkward around if – or when – I displayed signs of my inherent clumsiness.
Recently, I've found myself doing the shudder of shame when I think about my first overnight stay at a spa. A couple of months ago an email labelled 'exclusive' landed in my inbox, despite being sent to everyone who's ever had supermarket shopping delivered to their home before.
I clicked on, enticed by the fact that if I did take up the deal I would essentially be carrying on a family tradition. My mother used to get whisked away by her childless friend (glamorous, American, wealthy) to the epitome of '80s spa glamour – Forest Mere. She always came back to me and my siblings smelling like Imperial Leather soap and champagne, and I'm sure she was in a better mood for weeks afterwards.
I've been to luxury spas in the past. I've been spoiled by three-hour treatments in London's best, because I used to review them for Virgin trains magazine. (Sorry passengers who might have been reading it, hoping to find cheap places to eat. I knew that you couldn't fork out £500 for a couple of treatments, but I was pregnant and only got paid peanuts for the reviews, so the free facials and foot massages were hugely attractive.)
Yes, I'd been to spas, but I'd never had an overnight stay in one. I just wish that before I'd signed up for the offer I'd have grasped the fact that hotel and spa deals – like chocolate and sex – should be enjoyed separately.
Oh isn't hindsight marvellous? It could have saved me from a world of stained chintz and piss-poor massage. I even managed to cajole two friends into coming along. I dressed up the whole idea as brilliant. "We can walk around in bathrobes all day, lounge by the side of the infinity pool while being served cocktails by Joey Essex lookalikes," I said. Heaven knows why I didn't do any research.
The pub lunch we had before our grand spa entrance was probably the highlight of our break. Oh, and the porter. He was called Sic but we wanted to be polite so we kept looking at his nametag, mouthing to each other. "Perhaps the C is a soft C. Like the French pronunciation of six…" He swiftly corrected us though. "It's S…I…C. Like, you know Sick!"
We tipped him double because, well, you know, poor man.
On our tour we peered into a gym that was like a human aquarium. Lobster-red couples were power-walking side-by-side on the type of treadmills that are sold cheap on shopping channels and that always end up dusty, depressed and defunct in spare bedrooms.
The room was a sad gathering of all things that have ever appeared on back-page adverts in weekend supplements: elasticated trousers, dumbbells, stain-retardant carpet, three-quarter-length cargo pants. Hell, I even expected to see a corner bath with an easy-access door somewhere in there.
We headed for the Jacuzzi. After five minutes of extreme eye irritation (the water contained enough chlorine to kill a million viruses) we entered the steam room where a man wearing Speedos was sweating out five years' worth of takeaway curry. The outside hot tub looked like a tempting escape from the menopausal heat of inside, but we discovered it was about five degrees too cold. It was like stepping into a tepid bath, but not having the option of adding any hot water.
The rest of the trip was like that, really. We kept trying to fill up our night-and-day-stay with hot water, but finding only cold. There wasn't any hope; not a single commiseration prize of a delicious meal at the end of the day; only lukewarm despair. The dining room was a symphony of dying coral, and some of the curtains hung down like they'd given up on life. We stole a pepper-grinder because when you're not eating in a restaurant, we what else do you do?
Everything on the menu had a coloured triangle next to it: red, yellow or green, a nutrition code for weird people who still think that Canderel sweetener is healthy. The base of the cheesecake I ordered was made of what tasted like birdfeed balls (lard, hair, and various regurgitated pumpkin seeds.)
Drugs didn't make it better. OK, we didn't take any drugs, but even if we had, I just know they couldn't have made anything better. You can't polish a turd.
We left the next morning smelling like chlorine and school dinners, my friends surprisingly jolly about everything. They said it was fun, an experience. I think they were just being kind because the whole thing had been my suggestion.
I drove us home shrouded in shame and silence thinking, next time the offer of a spa trip arrives in my inbox, I'll remember this: that fabulous spas never advertise deals on Amazon.


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Introduction: Bread Machine Pizza Dough
All my friends ask me for the recipe and technique for my pizza dough, so here's the instructable! This is easiest with a bread machine, but you can certainly knead the dough by hand.
Step 1: Get Your Ingredients!
For a 2 pound lump of dough (good for 2 pizzas), you'll need these ingredients:
3/4 teaspoon salt
4 cups bread flour
2 teaspoon active dry yeast
1 1/2 cups beer (12 oz. bottle)
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 tablespoon sugar
Step 2: Warm the Beer
Heat the beer in the microwave to a temperature of 100-110 degrees. Be careful, it can fizz and foam if you shake it or stir it too vigorously. Pour it in the bread maker pan.
Step 3: Mix Ingredients
Place all ingredients into bread machine pan. Insert pan securely into bread maker.
Step 4: Run Dough Cycle on Bread Machine
Close the lid on the bread machine, and plug it in. Depending on your model, select the Dough cycle. Press the Start button. The machine will begin to knead the dough. Keep an eye on it as you need to ensure that the dough is not too dry and not too wet. You SHOULD lift the lid occasionally in the first few minutes of the kneading process to check. If it is too wet, add a tablespoon of flour at a time, waiting a minute or so after adding. If it is too dry, add a tablespoon of water at a time, waiting a minute or so after adding. The dough should stick to the sides a little bit, yet congeal into a moist ball and move around from time to time in the pan. Check out my YouTube video for the way it should look.
Step 5: Shape Dough Into Pizza Crust and Bake
Check out how that dough has risen! Let it touch the lid before you take it out, even if it takes longer than the dough cycle timer. I usually give it an extra hour, for a total time of 2 1/2 hours. The dough can now be turned out of the pan onto a floured surface and shaped into the pizza crust. Remember, this recipe makes enough dough for two pizzas. If you want, you can refrigerate the dough in a gallon sized Ziplock bag for a couple of hours up to a couple of days to make it a little less temperamental to work with. Have some fun pressing and shaping it into a pizza! Use a pizza stone if you have one. The crust will be crispier if you preheat the stone for 10 minutes at 450 degrees. Then, sprinkle a little corn meal, semolina, or flour on there, and finish shaping the pizza crust. Add sauce, cheese, and toppings. Bake your pizza for 10-15 minutes at 450 degrees. Cheese should be bubbly and have some very small little brown marks. Enjoy!
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Really cool idea using your bread machine for this.
Thanks! I used to knead the dough by hand, and the machine makes it so much easier.


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Track History
Learn about the history of Watkins Glen International.
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McDonald's Family Zone is the Place to be for Kids and Teens
The McDonald's Family Grandstand, located at the top of the famed Esses, has become a popular location for families during the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen weekend, August 11-14. Since 2008, the McDonald's Kids' Zone has been a great place for all children to enjoy a wide variety of activities in addition to watching the thrilling on-track action. This year, the McDonald's Family Zone promises to become even more popular, with an expanded Kids' Zone and the addition of a new Teen Zone, as well as special family concession pricing courtesy of Americrown.
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Busch claims first XFINITY Series win at Watkins Glen International in thrilling finish to Zippo 200
Kyle Busch won the Zippo 200 at The Glen on Saturday, August 5.
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No Surprise! American Idol David Cook is Zippo 200 Grand Marshal
Platinum selling recording artist and American Idol winner David Cook will perform the National Anthem and give the command to start engines for the NASCAR Nationwide Series Zippo 200 at Watkins Glen International, Saturday, August 11.
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Red Cat Summer Stage Friday Night Concert Line-Up Announced for the Finger Lakes 355 at The Glen NASCAR Weekend
The Red Cat Summer Stage features a variety of acts for the Friday Night Concert of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Finger Lakes 355 at The Glen weekend, including rising country star Marlee Scott and Watkins Glen International favorites Mike Brindisi & The New York Rock. PRS Guitars welcomes The Rocky Mountain Stoneflies, Davy Knowles and the In Tune Magazine "Race to The Stage" winner.
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Lukas Nelson & Promise of The Real to headline NASCAR weekend entertainment at The Glen
Watkins Glen International announced today that Lukas Nelson & Promise of The Real will headline its Friday Fan Fest concert and weekend entertainment offerings during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series event, August 3-6, 2017.
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2012 Stanley Cup Champion to Drop Green Flag for Finger Lakes 355 at The Glen
Dustin Brown took the Stanley Cup to his hometown – Ithaca, NY and now he will be dropping the green flag for Finger Lakes 355 at The Glen (August 9-12). Captain of the 2012 Stanley Cup Champion Los Angeles Kings, Brown will serve as the honorary starter on Sunday, August 12.
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Watkins Glen International announces Fan Fest driver appearances, VIP pass sales
Fan Fest at Watkins Glen International is set for Friday, August 4th at 7:00 p.m. EST.
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Calling All "Legends of The Glen"
With over 65 years of legendary racing, Watkins Glen International is now accepting nominations from fans for the 2014 Legends of the Glen. Last year, Geoff Bodine and Otto Linton were inducted into the Legends of the Glen, joining 18 other distinguished individuals. Fans will need to act quickly as nominations are being accepted now until May 31st.


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NSW Police officer injured on duty in Cobar
A country cop is in Sydney receiving treatment for facial injuries after she was allegedly assaulted by a woman armed with a schooner glass in Cobar.
Police allege the 25-year-old woman refused to leave a golf club on Sunday.
When officers attempted to restrain her, she allegedly hit a female constable in the face with the glass.
The woman was charged with behaving offensively, failing to leave a premises when required, wounding a person while intending to resist arrest and hindering a police officer doing their job.
She appeared in Dubbo Local Court on Monday and was denied bail.
Her case returns to court on September 18
EARLIER: A police officer has suffered facial injuries while on-duty in Western NSW on Sunday morning.
About 11.50pm on Saturday, July 20, police were called to a licensed venue in Cobar after calls that a patron was refusing to leave the premises.
Shortly after midnight, two officers attached to Central North Police District arrived at the venue.
The pair approached a female patron who allegedly struck a Constable with a glass causing the officer to fall to the ground.
The Constable's partner intervened and after a short struggle the officers were able to restrain the woman and place her in custody.
The woman was arrested and charged with behave in offensive manner in/near public place; excluded person fail to leave premises when required; wound person with intent to resist/prevent arrest and resist or hinder police officer in execution of duty
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She was ordered into the care of Mental Health Services in Dubbo, where she will undergo a subsequent mental health assessment.
The Constable was taken to Cobar Hospital where she was treated for cuts to her forehead.
She has since been transported to Royal North Shore Hospital for further assessment.
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State Priorities Partnership
The State Priorities Partnership (SPP) brings together nonpartisan, independent, nonprofit organizations in 40 states. These organizations have diverse backgrounds and missions, but they share a commitment to rigorous policy analysis, responsible budget and tax policies, a particular focus on the needs of low- and moderate-income families. Financial support for SPP organizations comes principally from local and regional foundations, from individual donors, and from several national foundations.
Finish Line
In 2007, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation Board of Trustees approved a significant new, multi-year grant making strategy in its work toward the goal of ensuring that all of America's children have health insurance. The Finish Line project supports state-based groups working to expand children's health insurance coverage through investments in advocacy, policy analysis, communications, technical assistance, cross-program learning, and training.
Kids Count
KIDS COUNT is a national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the United States funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. and Voices for Utah Children that provides statistical data on the education, health and economic well-being of children and their families. Utilizing KIDS COUNT data allows policymakers and community leaders to make data-driven decisions that will provide a better future for our state's youngest citizens.
Measures of Child Well-Being
For 15 years it has been the priority of the Utah KIDS COUNT Project to ensure that policymakers, advocates, community service providers, the media, and concerned citizens have quality data on how children are doing in our state. These yearly publications provide county level data on a variety of child well-being indicators.
Ascend at the Aspen Institute
Ascend is a policy program of the Aspen Institute (ascend.aspeninstitute.org) and the national hub for breakthrough ideas and collaborations that move vulnerable children and their parents toward educational success and economic security. We take a two-generation approach to our work focusing on both children and their parents together and bring a gender and racial equity lens to our analysis. Read about two generation strategies here.
The two-generation strategy: Low-income families in Utah are facing increasingly hard times. The overall poverty rate is 13.2 percent. The poverty rate for children has grown steadily, from 11 percent in 2007 to 16 percent in 2011. The research is clear that poverty is the single greatest threat to children's well-being. Children raised in poverty are much more likely to be poor as adults. While even a few years in poverty can have a significant impact on children's future well-being, the risks are particularly severe for those who experience multiple years and will often pass on to their own children poverty conditions with all the attending consequences. We believe that the most effective way to put children on a path to productive, successful adulthood is through two-generation strategies – strategies that both help parents move their families ahead economically and improve young children's health, development and educational success. Two-generation strategies are vital to reducing socioeconomic and racial/ethnic disparities that affect children's life chances.


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This past week on Ship Morgan and I both took our short breaks off the island. While Morgan was away I was joined by Kelby from PMI to work on predator control, productivity plot management, chick banding, and more!
We're starting to see more and more chicks every day! Usually when we're checking the productivity plots we can see when they start pipping. This is when their little beaks start to break open the egg. This lets us know that the next day we will definitely have some new arrivals to weigh and band if they're dry and ready.
Before we start provisioning, we still have some time to re-sight birds from previous years. Typically, they will have a small silver BBL band on their ankle which contains either 8 or 9 numbers. We can use a spotting scope to see these numbers and enter them into a database where we can learn more information about that bird, such as it's age. To make re-sighting easier, we put up posts for them to perch on so they aren't being covered by the vegetation and are closer for us to see. While I was re-sighting from the blind, I spotted a tern that hasn't been re-sighted in 19 years! I also found one with an orange band. This means that it was banded all the way in Argentina, which I thought was pretty cool.
Now that the owl is gone, we are starting to see more birds come back to the colony. Many of them left during the time he was here and abandoned their nests. Thankfully now they're starting to scrape the ground and re-nest. Chick age distribution around the island will surely be scattered, but at least they're not giving up!
Now that I'm back on the island, there's a lot more chicks running around and much more work to do!


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If you've forgotten your password for the Desktop CRM application, this guide will help you change the password for the account.
Please note: These steps must be done either on a single-user desktop application, or for multiple-user systems, on the server computer.
Steps to Change Password
- Click the Start button in Windows
- Type 'Database Manager' without the quotation marks
- Click the Database Manager application that opens
- Click the Connect button. If you are on the server computer, the login details should fill in automatically. Click OK.
- Click the User Accounts button
- Highlight the account you wish to change the password for and click Edit, or double-click on the account
- Click the Change Password button, and assign a new password
- Hit OK, followed by OK once again
This will change the login password for the Desktop application. Please note that this will not have any effect on your password for the RealNex website, and that password must be changed by visiting www.realnex.com, clicking Login and clicking Change Password.


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Automatic Vicat apparatus
Automatic setting time tester for cement, mortar and gypsum
Main features
VICAMATIC-2 65-L2700/E fitted with integrated graphic printer 65-L2700/E13 Water thermostatic unit Setting time plot shown in real time on VICAMATIC-2 display A typical plot of a test result obtained with the integrated printer model 65-L2700/E13 including setting time diagram and readings VICASOFT PREMIUM: creation of a user defined test profile, easy recallable for future tests VICASOFT PREMIUM: typical setting time diagram Detail of the new in-water testing accessory (63-L2700/E10) EN and ASTM moulds and needles Brass mould to ASMT C807 (63-L2700/F23) 2mm needle to ASTM C807 (63-L2700/F21) on the left; consistency probe and additional weight to ASTM C807 (63-L2700/F15) on the right
- New functional and ergonomic design based on the innovative CVi-TECH philosophy invented by CONTROLS througt the recent years
- Advanced electronics technologies providing superior performances and total flexibility combined with simplicity in use
- Easy-to-use double interface: local mode, with large size 4,3" touch screen color display, and remote mode, with PC
- Supplied complete with PC software for data processing VICASOFT-BASIC
- With PC software VICASOFT-PREMIUM (optional) up to 32 indipendent units can be connected to a single PC via LAN port and hub. All units are remotely controlled. Adopting the multi-test network concept laboratory productivity is maximized
- Integrated graphic printer is available as optional accessory showing both results in numerical format and setting time plot
- Easy setting and storage of user-defined test profiles allowing quick test start
- Large accessibility to the test space
- Practical in-water testing accessory (optional)
- Automatic determination of initial and final setting time
General description
General description
Technical specificationsTechnical specifications
- Conforming to EN 196-3, 13279-2, 480-2, ASTM C191, C187
- Large size 4,3" touch screen color display
- LAN port for direct connection to PC of a single unit or connection to a LAN hub for creating a network with up to 32 independent units all controlled by a single PC. 1 LAN cable is included
- USB port for data storage on pen-drive (included)
- Test procedures can be customized and stored to match user-defined requirements
- Can incorporate an integrated graphic printer showing test result and setting time plot
- Large test space with easy accessibility
- Automatic calculation of initial and final setting time at programmable penetration depth limits
- Wide range of accessories including EN and ASTM/AASHTO parts, in-water testing kit, needle cleaning device, integrated printer, probes for testing consistency and gypsum
- Minimum penetrations rate: 10 seconds
- Penetration measurement by encoder
- Power: 50 W
- Dimensions: 200x400x410mm (L x W x H)
- Weight approx.: 10 kg
Firmware specifications
Easy programming of customized test profiles, recallable for future tests, including:
- adjustable test start delay
- penetration points positions
- manual or automatic penetration rate
- free or driven dropping mode
- holding intervals inside the sample
- automatic end- test detection
- automatic measurement of initial and final setting time
- Test data: test number, operator, client, date, hour, cement type, water percentage, delay
- Easy calibration menu
- Clock calendar
- Multi-language
Ordering info63-L2700/E
VICAMATIC-2, automatic electronic apparatus for setting time test on cement/mortar/gypsum. Complete with EN 196-3 accessories: initial setting time needle 1.13 mm dia., mould and PC software VICASOFT-BASIC.
110-240V, 50-60Hz, 1ph.
VICAMATIC-2, automatic electronic apparatus for setting time test on cement/mortar/gypsum. Complete with ASTM C191 accessories: initial setting time needle 1.00 mm dia., mould and PC software VICASOFT-BASIC.
110-240V, 50-60Hz, 1ph.
VICAMATIC-2, automatic electronic apparatus for setting time test on cement/mortar/gypsum complete with PC software VICASOFT-BASIC. Supplied without accessories (mould, needle and mould centering ring).
110-240V, 50-60Hz, 1ph.
Accessory for needle cleaning and in-water testing
LAN hub for PC connection of up to 7 VICAMATIC-2 units or up to 6 units in case of multi-hub network. LAN cable from hub to PC is included. Each VICAMATIC-2 unit is supplied complete with LAN cable
Upgrading of a VICAMATIC-2 unit for incorporating a graphic printer into the head. Test settings and results are plotted both as numerical and graphical format including penetration depth/time diagram. The upgrading shall be factory installed
Needle for final setting test to EN
Cylindrical probe for consistency test.
Cylindrical probe and addition weight for consistency test to ASTM C807.
Additional weight 700 g
Conical penetration probe 8 mm dia x 50 mm complete with 100g calibrated weight for gypsum testing to EN 13279
2 mm dia. needle to ASTM C807
Brass cylindrical mould to ASTM C807
Water thermostatic unit for VICAMATIC -2. Up to 2 units may be connected. 230 V, 50-60 Hz, 1 ph
Same as above, but 110 V, 60 Hz, 1 ph
VICASOFT-PREMIUM software for PC connection of up to 32 VICAMATIC-2 units including remote control of each unit, data acquisition - processing - filing, printout of test reports.
Communication via LAN port (each VICAMATIC-2 unit is supplied complete with LAN cable). The connection of one VICAMATIC-2 unit is direct via the PC LAN-port, for more VICAMATIC-2 units (up to 32) one or more LAN hubs are required with total number of ports equal (or bigger) to the number of VICAMATIC-2 units included in the network. LAN hubs are not included
Spare parts
Cenitering ring for EN mould
Centering ring for ASTM mould
1,13 mm dia. needle for initial setting time test to EN
1 mm dia. needle for setting time test to ASTM/AASHTO
Plastic mould to EN
Plastic mould to ASTM/AASHTO
Glass base plate
Spare base plate for in-water testing kit