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A construction worked from Montana has received a $9 million medical malpractice award by a federal court jury who agreed with his contention that Campbell County Memorial Hospital and the ER doctor who cared for him following a rollover truck accident were negligent in failing to diagnose his broken neck.
Louis Prager was injured in December of 2008 when his company vehicle skidded off an icy road and road. Prager told emergency personnel who took him to the hospital that he had pain to his neck and shoulder and they placed a cervical collar on.
Dr. Brian Cullison, the emergency room physician ordered x-rays and CT scans of Prager's spine, head and facial bones but neglected to order the tests for his neck. He discharged Prager from the hospital on the day of the accident without a complete diagnosis and without a cervical collar.
Prager returned to the hospital four days later after he experienced extreme pain in his neck and shoulder and it was at that time that he was diagnosed with a broken neck. Unfortunately, because his neck had not been stabilized immediately, he suffered permanent nerve damage.
The jury awarded Prager $7 million and his wife $2 million for loss of consortium.
This was the largest medical malpractice award in Wyoming history.
Often people have the misconception that medical malpractice only occurs when a physician or hospital does an overt act such as dispensing the wrong medication but failing to diagnose can delay treatment which can result in death or a worsening injury as in this case.
In a "failure to diagnose" case, the important test is "Did the delay in diagnosis made a difference?"
This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent victims of medical malpractice and their family.
Source: Trib.com Feds agree to $2.15 'failure to diagnose' medical malpractice settlement
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Commercial toilet floor cleaning Chipping Norton
This non-slip vinyl floor cleaning in Chipping Norton was throughout 2x sets of ladies, gents and disabled toilets over 2x floors. This first picture shows a the floor during cleaning and the great difference before and after! Dirty floors make the whole place feel dirty, so after a good clean these toilets look and feel so much fresher and brighter and the facilities manager here would now like this doing every 6 months to keep on top of them. Staff are also more likely to look after and respect their work place if it is well kept rather than if it was dirty and scruffy they may not care so much.
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Large Decking Tiles
These large decking tiles are from freshome, which has a number of great decking designs and small condo terrace looks.
These look like six inch boards with a nice change of patterns and tints. Easy to build and on a large condo or townhouse deck will really give it a solid, well built, look.
I could see using a thermally treated ash or any other hardwood for the decking and making sure it is stained and protected well (with perhaps some maintenance every year) will ensure it lasts a long time.


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If you only have limited time in Sydney and you need to create a memory to last a lifetime, you can't go past the Harbour Story Premium Cruise. This is more than just a coffee cruise. It's a glass of sparkling wine by the sails of the Sydney Opera House. A macchiato under the Harbour Bridge. A fine blend of tea with the rich and famous. A delicious morning or afternoon tea listening to the stories of Sydney's most amazing characters.
The Harbour Story Premium Cruise is simply Sydney's best sightseeing cruise. It combines the old and the new, the fun and the amazing, the sights and the characters, all told through a series of stories and insightful commentary. The cruise route can vary. We like to mix it up depending on what's happening on the harbour. We guarantee every cruise includes iconic landmarks such as the Opera House, Harbour Bridge, Royal Botanic Gardens, Garden Island Naval base, Taronga Zoo, Government House, palatial waterfront homes, Fort Denison and much more. The pace is relaxed and gentle, giving you plenty of time to capture the perfect selfie.
In addition to your complimentary glass of sparkling wine, Vittoria coffee to order, fine tea and a delicious morning/afternoon tea box selection, there is a licensed bar with a choice of premium wines and beers available at additional price.
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Unrest Amidst Chelsea's Goalkeeping Corps
Posted by Featured Articles | Published on 05/07/2016
Speculation and rumours regarding both Thibaut Courtois and Christophe Lollichon have been red-hot ever since former Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech departed the club for a move to Arsenal.
Lollichon, for those of you who do not know, started his professional career as a goalkeeper coach with Rennes in France in which he managed to meet and train Cech. Lollichon and Cech developed a strong bond which led to several titles being won between the both of them – the biggest one being the Champions League in 2012. A couple years after Cech's arrival at Stamford Bridge Lollichon joined him and together they won several trophies. Fast-forward to the summer of 2015 and Petr Cech is now a part of Arsenal after having been forced out by Courtois and Lollichon is not.
For a while some rumours were spread about that Lollichon would join Cech at Arsenal and that Courtois' former mentor at KRC Genk, Guy Martens, would replace Lollichon. None of that ever happened and both Courtois and Lollichon were left with some unrest regarding their situation. Soon after the 2015-2016 Premier League season began, trouble continued to brew behind the castle walls of Stamford Bridge and both Jose Mourinho and Eva Carneiro began their own dispute regarding the treatment of players on the field during matches. All of this unrest and much more played a part in Chelsea's nightmare of a season and it seems that the same may be happening now with new Chelsea boss – Antonio Conte.
When Conte signed on as the manager of Chelsea F.C. he stated that he wanted to bring in some of his backroom staff to help him out and the club allowed it. It was later then said by the Chelsea board that Lollichon would stay at Chelsea and Conte would not be allowed to bring in someone to replace him. This led to more unrest by both Courtois and Conte as they wanted a new goalkeeper coach. However, recent reports from The Sun state that Conte will now be allowed to bring in Gianluca Spinelli from the Italian National team to either replace Lollichon or to simply diminish his role at the club.
Spinelli and Conte both began their work together in the Italian National team and both Conte and Courtois are eager to have Spinelli join them in London. If Spinelli is not allowed to join then it is rumoured that Courtois would be more than inclined in pursuing his career elsewhere in Europe, namely in Spain where he amassed success with Los Colchoneros. Thus Courtois has basically forced Chelsea, yet again, to choose between him or Lollichon.
Furthermore, if both Courtois' and Conte's pleads to bring Spinelli on are appeased, then that means that Chelsea backup goalkeeper and Bosnian shot-stopper, Asmir Begovic, will be forced to look elsewhere in search of more playing time. This would leave Chelsea with only one first-team goalkeeper, Courtois, and nobody lined up to replace him in case of injury, since Marco Amelia was released by the club a few weeks back alongside Alexandre Pato and Radamel Falcao.


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After 45 years, the Twin Cities' Pride festival is still political
Forty-five years ago, a handful of people marched through downtown Minneapolis to mark the third anniversary of the Stonewall riots, a series of demonstrations in New York credited for jumpstarting the LGBT rights movement.
Today, that march — now a parade — and the Twin Cities Pride Festival are the largest free pride events in the country, drawing about one-third of a million people to downtown Minneapolis each year.
Decades later, the annual event hasn't lost its political roots. This year's theme, "Love Revolution," is meant to resist what Amy Brockman, the external relations manager for the event's organizer, Twin Cities Pride, says is a resurgence in a permission to hate people and act on those opinions.
"We just really want to empower people to react in a way that's positive and just remember that what we're about is love. We're about supporting people loving who they love," she said.
The past two years have been emotional for the festival and Pride celebrations across the country. In 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex marriage just two days before the parade, leading to a record attendance. Last June, 49 people were killed at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida in the deadliest incidence of violence against LGBT people.
This year, Twin Cities Pride is taking extra security measures, such as blockades on the street, but plans to scale back the parade's police presence following listening sessions with its community.
"While that made white people extra safe, it made people of color and transgender people feel less safe," Brockman said.
The organization continues to make Pride more inclusive, introducing gender pronoun stickers this year and doing extra training with festival vendors to avoid using incorrect pronouns with attendees. There will be an "escape space" tent for people with autism and other needs to relax away from the festival crowds. Brockman, who is bisexual, said they plan to add transgender and bisexual flags to the parade's color guard this year, in addition to the rainbow Pride and Leather Pride flags.
These are pieces to further welcome all kinds of people to the Pride festivals, which LGBT leaders say provide a safe space for people to come out and have fun with others.
"Pride is such an important experience for the community and a very important experience for people, no matter what their age, who are going through their own journeys of self-identity and figuring out who they are," said Jeff Heine, the executive director of the Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus, which is based in downtown Minneapolis and performs during the parade.
Heine said Pride played an important role in his own journey and today offers time to relax and connect with the community.
"If you live in the Twin Cities, no matter how you identify you can't help but be aware of the Pride festival and celebrations," he said.
Pride is also a tradition for Andrea Jenkins, who leads the University of Minnesota's Transgender Oral History Project and is running for a seat on the City Council this year. Jenkins, who is a black transgender woman, said going to the festival's Power to the People Stage is like going to a "family reunion" with friends and fellow queer people of color. For more than 15 years, the stage has been an "incubator" for artists of color at the festival, Brockman said.
"People just hang out there all day, talk and reminisce," Jenkins said.
The political side is not lost on Jenkins, who as the parade's grand marshal in 2015 staged a die-in on Hennepin Avenue to protest violence against her community. Even in gay spaces like Pride transgender people of color can feel lonely and marginalized, she added.
"For me, [Pride] is always a political act," she said. "We have not achieved the outcome that I believe Pride was originally intended for, and that is fairness and equality for all people."
This year's grand marshal, KARE 11 anchor Jana Shortal, said Pride has changed for her over the years, from a "big, irreverent party" when she came out as gay in her mid 20s to a month-long fight for equality today. As a young person, Pride was a glimpse into a community she didn't have access to while growing up in a small town, Shortal added.
"I had never seen anyone who was queer, bi or trans," she said. "Pride just kind of blew my mind."
Since then, Pride has become more mainstream, she said, drawing politicians who show support for the community and becoming "something we're all proud of." Now Pride's grand marshal, Shortal said she found herself grateful for those before her who fought for equality "without a parade."
"This ride down Hennepin will be the sweetest I've ever taken. And I promise you, it will be for all of you, who came before me," she said.
If you go
What: 2017 Ashely Rukes LGBT Pride Parade
Where: Hennepin Avenue between Washington Avenue and Loring Park
When: Sunday, June 25 at 11 a.m.
Info: tcpride.org
What: Twin Cities Pride Festival
Where: Loring Park, 1382 Willow St.
When: June 24–25
Info: tcpride.org
Twin Cities Pride Events
Pride Presents: Tig Notaro with Fortune Feimster
Known for her dark humor, the "One Mississippi" actress and famed stand-up comedienne will take the stage in downtown Minneapolis with "The Mindy Project" regular Fortune Feimster.
Where: State Theatre, 805 Hennepin Ave.
When: Thursday, June 22 at 8 p.m.
Cost: $30-$79
Info: tcpride.org
Pride in Concert: En Vogue
En Vogue, the girl group of another generation, is headlining the Twin Cities Pride lineup this year with "America's Got Talent" alum Brian Justin Crum, British electro-pop artist Luciana and local rockers Rebel Queens. Burlesque performer Sweetpea and her Vigilantease Collective will host the 18-plus event.
Where: Loring Park, 1382 Willow St.
When: Saturday, June 24 from 6 p.m.–10 p.m.
Cost: $10–$79
Info: tcpride.org
Rainbow Run
A 5K run is one way to prepare for the long walk of the festival. Now in its sixth year, the Rainbow Run has rainbow-clad runners dash between the Northeast Minneapolis riverfront and the festival in Loring Park.
Where: Boom Island Park, 724 Sibley St. NE
When: Sunday, June 25 at 9:30 a.m.
Cost: $30
Info: tcpride.org
Pride Night at the Lynx
The Lynx are celebrating pride with a game against the Connecticut Sun. Tickets to a special section include a Lynx hat and admission to a post-game celebration with forward Rebekkah Brunson.
Where: Xcel Energy Center, 199 Kellogg Blvd. W., St. Paul
When: Saturday, June 17 from 7 p.m.–10 p.m.
Cost: $47
Info: lynx.wbna.com
Tips from Twin Cities Pride for navigating the festival
- Come prepared. Dress for the weather, wear sunscreen and bring a water bottle, which attendees can refill throughout the festival.
- Consider transit options. Metro Transit offers a free Ride to Pride pass on Sunday, June 26. The festival also has a pick-up and drop-off area at Yale & Willow for ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft.
- Try biking. Bikers can park at the edge of the festival or use a bike check and valet at the southwest corner of Loring Park.
- Check out what's going on. Twin Cities Pride and Lavender Magazine each have a full listing of pride-themed events.
- Step outside your comfort zone. People come to the parade and festival to be their authentic self, so be kind.


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While a number of larger, more generalized conferences have a customer-focused track, it can be challenging to find quality events that cater specifically to customer-facing professionals.
So we've done the work for you! Rather than try to present a comprehensive list, we're recommending the best conferences in each of four categories: Customer Support, Customer Success, Customer Service (those tend to be geared more toward executive leadership), and Customer Experience, listed in date order under each.
The price ranges include group and early bird costs for at least one full day of conference activities for a non-vendor attendee (e.g., a la carte workshops may be offered separately at a lower rate) up to late registration costs for complete packages. All prices are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated.
A few event organizations produce a number of customer-related summits that cater to a range of industries throughout the year in various locations, so those are worth checking out as well, especially if none of the dates and locations listed below work for you.
We hope to see you at one or more of these events in 2018!
Customer Support Conferences
March 30-31, 2018
Philadelphia, PA
Support Driven Expo
(Formerly SDX)
June 21-22, 2018
Portland, OR
Support Driven Summit
(Leadership conference)
September 17-18, 2018
Boston, MA
Customer Success Conferences
March 5-6, 2018
San Francisco, CA
April 10-11, 2018
San Mateo, CA
Customer Service Conferences
March 6-11, 2018
London, England
April 9-11, 2018
Washington, D.C.
Building Your Career in Customer Support
Learn how to advocate for customer support while building a rewarding career within it.
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June 7-8, 2018
San Diego, CA
Customer Contact Week
(CCW, formerly Call Center Week)
June 18-22, 2018
Las Vegas, NV
Customer Experience (CX) Conferences
February 27, 2018
London, England
(Next Generation Customer Experience)
March 27, 2018
Phoenix, AZ
April 10-12, 2018
Chicago, IL
April 23-24, 2018
Toronto, Ontario
May 7-9, 2018 in Anaheim, CA
August 27-29 in Bay Lake, FL
Ongoing Customer-Related Events
Various dates and cities worldwide
Various dates and cities worldwide
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Summits and Conferences
Various dates and cities worldwide
Various dates and cities worldwide
Various dates and cities worldwide
When conferences aren't in the budget
If conferences aren't in the budget, you might consider:
Applying to speak: Various events solicit speaker applications throughout the year, and some pay speaker fees or at least offer other perks, such as a complimentary hotel room.
Volunteering: Some conferences need event volunteers, which can be a fantastic way to make connections and experience the event minus the registration fee. Contact the organizers to see whether they can use the extra help.
Scholarships: See whether your conference(s) of choice offer scholarships or sponsorships. They're there for a reason!
And in the case you're unable to travel, don't forget local meetups! Support Driven encourages its members to set up local, in-person meetups; you can see if there's one in your community by browsing the channels in their Slack chat.
Or try searching Meetup.com for "customer support" or "customer service" to find like-minded support peeps in your area, such as this meetup in Portland, Oregon. And if you don't see one close by … why not start your own?


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The colors in the carpet will be perceived differently depending on the angle you view it from.
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Viscose is a man-made fibre based on natural materials such as cotton or cellulose. The material is very soft and shiny giving it a similar appearance to silk. It is often used to highlight details and provide a beautiful lustre otherwise only found in silk rugs.
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Burdett's Garage is a family run business which has grown from strength to strength over the years. The business was established in 1982 on Drummond Road then moved to our new premises on Heath Road in January 2006.
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Hedgehogs as a species are shown by fossil records to have been around since the time of the dinosaurs, which is longer than most other animals today. Scientifically, hedgehogs are part of the class of Mammals, which means the young drink milk from their mother; the subclass of Eutheria, which designates higher mammals as opposed to those who lay eggs or whose young finish developing in a pouch (marsupials); the order of Insectivora, which is a group of small mammals whose primary diet is insects; and the family of Erinaceidae, which is the most primitive group of living insectivores, and includes all spiny hedgehogs. Within this group, there are several varieties of hedgehog. One of the most frequently heard of, and a popular character in children's books, is the European Hedgehog. A common garden friend of many people in parts of Europe, these larger cousins of pet hedgehogs are often fed and looked after much as bird watchers all over the world care for and enjoy watching their feathered friends. They are especially valued by avid gardeners as a natural (and adorable) means of pest control. The kind of hedgehog commonly kept as a pet is the African Whitebellied, or African Pygmy Hedgehog. These animals are actually a mix of two different African species, the Algerian and the Pruners hedgehog. The crossing of these species, as well as selective breeding by fanciers, has led to the wide variety of sizes and colors found in pet hedgehogs today. Weights can range from 7oz. to 22oz. with a good healthy weight to expect from your adult hedgehog being 10oz. to 16oz., and since hedgehogs have been bred as pets, the original two or three colors have multiplied until hedgehogs come in numerous varieties. Colors listed by the International Hedgehog Club range from the "colorless" albinos, with their pale pink skin, pure white quills, and bright pink eyes; to the pink skin and mix of pale peach and tan quill bands of Cinnacots, to the beautiful black skin and nose and dark black/brown banded quills of "Salt & Pepper" hedgehogs. More important than color though is that your hedgehog is healthy and has a good temperament which will enable it to be your friend.
When trying to decide how to best to care for your hedgehog, you need to consider what their lives are like in the wild. Foragers and hunters by nature, hedgehogs spend a great deal of thought and energy each day finding food. As a small animal, they also spend this time trying to avoid becoming someone else's food. (Most notably large birds.) A hedgehog left to sit in a tiny cage all day with nothing to do will soon become fat, bored, and not a very good pet. Likewise, a hedgehog kept in an area where it constantly feels threatened (extremely high levels of noise and/or activity) will become defensive and skittish thinking it needs to protect itself.
Another thing to consider is the basic needs of all living creatures. Every living creature needs six basic things, whether a fish, a bird, a horse, a human, or a hedgehog. These things are: Space, Air, Shelter, Water, Food, and Stimulus. In the next few paragraphs I'll cover each one briefly as it relates to your pet hedgehog.
Every living thing needs space in which to move and exercise. A creature which does not have enough space is more prone to obesity, boredom, and sickness. Hedgehogs need a minimum space of approximately 18 x 24 inches to stay fit and healthy. Hedgehogs cover an enormous amount of distance in the wild when hunting for food, and pet hedgehogs still have that urge to run. Some owners with odometers on their hedgehogs' wheels have found them to run more than a mile every night!! If your hedgehog is not going to have a wheel, or frequent chances to run and play outside of its cage, you will want to seriously consider a larger enclosure. One option is to set up a small plastic pool for your hedgehog to play in outside of it's cage, while another is to allow free play time in a bathroom with tile floor. Make sure you check for possible ways to escape! Hedgehogs are experts at finding a hole or crack that you never noticed, or pushing a toy or wheel over to the edge of their enclosure to use as a ladder.
SPECIAL NOTE!! -- Many books on hedgehogs state that they are solitary animals and should not ever be housed together. This is not entirely true. Some hedgehogs do quite well with a friend of the same sex. However, you should never buy a second (or third, or fourth) hedgehog based on the assumption that it can live with one you have!! Hedgehogs who do not do well with a cage mate have done serious injury and even killed one put in with them!! Only after numerous supervised play sessions where the two hedgehogs have explored and played companionably should you try putting them in a cage together, and after doing so you should supervise closely for several days and remove promptly at the first signs of aggression. (Mild huffing is normal, but nothing beyond that) Please, PLEASE do not ever house opposite sex hedgehogs together. If you are interested in breeding please go to Hedgehog World and read the breeding articles in the articles section, and ask questions in the breeding section of the forums. Breeding is not ever something to be done casually or without research!
Every living thing needs air to breathe. Fresh air is very important to hedgehogs. You need to make sure that whatever cage your hedgehog is going to live in has adequate ventilation, whether provided by a screen lid, wire sides, holes, or other means. Hedgehogs also need clean air, which means not using a litter filled with dust, and not keeping them in places that have a large amount of dust, smoke, or fumes in the air. Clean air also means that your hedgehog should have a cage that is cleaned on a regular basis. Hedgehogs whose cages are cleaned at least weekly have almost no smell what so ever.
Hedgehogs need shelter both to keep warm and to feel safe. African pygmy hedgehogs, having originated as desert animals, have very little tolerance for cold. If they are allowed to become seriously chilled (temperatures lower than 70 degrees Fahrenheit) they may try to go into hibernation. Unlike European hedgehogs, the African varieties of hedgehog are not meant to hibernate and this could result in serious illness, a coma, or death. Many houses do not fall below this temperature, but if you find that your house is cooler than this, or you notice your hedgie being cold and sluggish, you will need to look into setting up an under tank heater, heat lamp, or some other source of warmth.
Hedgehogs also need someplace to hide to be happy. This can be as simple as a small box or a towel to burrow under, or as fancy as a custom nesting box or a hedgehog sized sleeping bag. Some words of caution: Wood needs to be painted with a non-toxic, child-safe paint so it does not become waterlogged or rotted, and fabric needs to be checked for strings which could be ingested or wrap around a foot or leg.
As part of your hedgehog's shelter, you will need to consider bedding. Some no-nos are corn cob or clay cat litter, as both of these can cause a blockage in the intestine if eaten, and cedar, as it can cause breathing problems. If you use another form of wood chips make sure they aren't exceedingly dusty, but otherwise both aspen and pine chips can work well. Other options are recycled newspaper (Yesterdays News and Carefresh), Pelleted prarie hay (Mountain Meadows), and Pelleted aspen (Gentle Touch).
While some hedgehogs can become litter box trained, it largely depends on the individual hedgehog. Watch and see if yours is one who chooses to use one corner of it's cage regularly, or consistently goes to the bathroom while running on it's wheel (a common behavior). If so, you can just scoop the corner it uses out, or put a small pan there or under the wheel. Litter pans are nice because you can change them frequently while changing and scrubbing the entire cage less often.
All living things need fresh, clean water to live, and hedgies are no exception. Either a water bottle or dish is fine, as long as you are able to keep it full and clean. Some hedgies will jam bedding under a bottle and drain it, while others will end up filling a bowl with their bedding. You and your hedgehog will have to figure out what works best, just make sure your hedgies has water at all times!. No matter what method you use, make sure you don't give your hedgehog any water to drink that you wouldn't pour yourself a glass of, hedgehogs are small animals and have less tolerance for chemicals than we do.
No argument is more freqently visited amongst those who keep hedgehogs than that of what is best to feed them. There are several commercial hedgehog foods on the market (8 in 1, Brisky's, L'Avian, Select Diet) but they can be hard to find, and not all of them are the best choice of nutrition for your pet. What a hedgehog needs as it's main diet is simple to provide as long as you are willing to do a little label reading. Most commonly these requirements can be met by a mix (around 3 foods is best) of high quality cat food, and many hedgehogs have lived healthy and long lives on this kind of diet. While it may sound complicated to begin with, there are really only two basic steps to remember:
All hedgehogs should get occasional treats from the table. Unspiced chicken, tuna and salmon are big favorites, as are bits of cooked egg and many fruits and vegetables. Cottage cheese and yogurt are okay, but other dairy products should not be given as they can cause an upset stomach. With any new treat give only a small amount to begin with, just in case it doesn't agree with your hedgehogs digestion. Treats of mealworms or crickets are enjoyable, but not necessary, and should never be given in large amounts due to the high fat content. You don't have to feed insects live, but it can be fun watching your hedgie hop around after it's lunch!! Which leads to our next, and possibly most important topic...
Everyone needs something to do. In the wild most of an animals time is taken up with basic survival concerns, such as finding shelter, food, and water. Once we take an animal into our home, put it in some form of cage, and provide food and water for it, it no longer has to spend it's time finding these things. An animal left to sit with no affection and nothing to play with will quickly become miserable. A variety of food is an important part of stimulus. So are places to explore (various tubes and boxes), toys to play with (cat balls, tp tubes, ferret toys), and exercise (time to run or a solid surface wheel in the cage). The most important kind of stimulus for a good pet is play, handling and affection from their owner. Time spent handling your hedgehog will make all the difference between an animal that is nothing more than something to feed and clean up after and one who will be your friend for the rest of it's life.
One of the nicest things about hedgehogs as pets is that they do not require extensive maintenance other than regular grooming! This mostly entails regular nail clipping and the occasional bath. Nails can be clipped either with small animal nail scissors or human nail clippers. You can either have someone else hold the animal or hold it gently in your lap or against your body. (this will take some practice, don't worry, you'll get the hang of it!) Gently hold one foot and clip each nail just a little (about 1/8 inch) above the pink quick. It is almost inevitable that once in a while you will cut one too short. While it's unlikely that a hedgie is going to die of a cut quick, it is always a good idea to have corn starch or some form of styptic powder or pencil around to stop the bleeding.
Some hedgies refuse to unroll to get their nails cut, which leads us to the other part of good hedgehog maintenance, the bath. Hedgehogs, unless they are particularly messy, do not need regular baths, but an occasional one with a gentle dog or cat shampoo (preferrably tearless) will help your friend smell wonderful, and can be a great aid in nail clipping as hedgehogs will almost always unroll in water. Make sure that after you give your hedgie a bath you wrap it in a warm towel and snuggle it until it is dry so it doesn't get chilled. Another possibility is to gently blow dry it with a hair dryer set on low. Some hedgies just love this, others don't, so you'll have to find out what works best for you and your pet.


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Recipe: Gluten Free Salted Peanut Butter Cups
If you haven't had enough sweets yet after Christmas, I have a good recipe for you today. I've made them a couple of times in December and they always disappear very quickly.
Feel free to use either dark or milk chocolate. I prefer dark chocolate but some in my family prefer milk so I've done both.
This is a no-bake recipe, which means it can be whipped up very quickly. I like that because sometimes I just need something quick for a dessert and don't have time to bake something. Plus these little morsels are something extra special with a pinch of Maldon Sea Salt on top.
It's been a busy December for me, so I'm looking forward to slowing down in the new year. I'll be getting 3 new blogs out right away and then will go back to once a week.
My goal for the new year is to work on a gluten free cookbook featuring the foods and baked goods I grew up with-just gluten free.
Would you be interested in a Wheat Free Mom Cookbook? Email me.
I hope you'll stay tuned for more information on this new project for 2013.
Recipe: Gluten Free Salted Peanut Butter Cups
1/2 cup butter or vegan butter
1 cup Kinnikinnick gluten free graham style crumbs
3/4 cup smooth peanut butter
1/4 cup sugar
1 cup gluten free dark chocolate chips
1/4 cup cream or milk
1/2 cup Kellogg gluten free Rice Krispies
Maldon Sea Salt
Line a 24 mini muffin tin with paper liners.
In a small saucepan on low heat, combine butter, peanut butter and sugar. Stir until melted and then add graham crumbs and Rice Krispies. Mix well.
Spoon into muffin tins.
Place in refrigerator until you have the chocolate mixture ready.
In another small saucepan melt the chocolate chips and the cream. Stir well until smooth.
Remove tin from refrigerator.
Spoon melted chocolate over each peanut butter cup.
Sprinkle each chocolate peanut butter cup with a pinch of Maldon Sea Salt.
Place muffin tin in refrigerator to set.
Store peanut butter cups in a sealed container in the fridge.


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'Tour De Revs'
Three West Virginia pastors are on a mission - a mission to alleviate world hunger, as they travel across the country on a bike.
The pastors who serve the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, are biking across the United States on a custom made triplet bicycle constructed from bamboo and will be stopping in Storm Lake on Aug. 4.
The pastors are traveling around 13,000 miles and stopping in 65 cities. They started the tour on May 13 and will complete it on Aug. 20. Pastor Danette Johns with the Western Iowa Synod, based in Storm Lake, says these three pastors have a goal of raising $5 million during the event. Pastor Ron Schlack say although they have a long way to go, the donations are already in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. "We don't know the exact amount of what we've raised but we're having a good time raising it," says Schlack.
Although the pastors say it's been an adventure, they say it's been challenging as well. "You don't realize how hard a tandem or triplet is until you start riding it," he says. Through the ride the pastors say they have had to become quite a team. The Pastors are stopping in each of the ELCA's 65 Synod offices which includes Western Iowa. Western Iowa primarily covers the area west of Interstate 35 serving 164 congregations.
The pastors, Reverend's David Twedt, Ron Schlak and Fred Soltown who are involved in the ride, range in age from late 50's to early 60's and serve a total of seven churches in West Virginia. They supposedly have a reputation for doing the unusual to attract attention to social issues. The idea of a cross country bicycle tour was conceived five years ago and the pastors say they've been making plans for the trip for the past two years and have received some assistance of the local ELCA Synod Hunger Team. The pastors will be riding to Storm Lake from Sioux Falls, SD. Although they aren't riding every mile between stops, Schlack says their goal is to ride 60 miles every day. A support van is available, Schlack says this way they know they'll be able to make their destinations on time.
The public is invited to escort the three pastors on bikes to Storm Lake and are asked to meet at the Buena Vista County Fairgrounds in Alta at 4:30 p.m. on Aug 4. Those who'd like a shorter ride can join the ride at Frank Starr Park where everyone will ride to Chautauqua Park. While in Storm Lake the pastors will be making a presentation on the issue of hunger, both here and abroad and how people of all levels can get involved to help solve the problem. A meal will be served including pork patties, baked beans, chips, bars and a drink.
Schlack says they've been moved by the people's generosity including one woman who donated a bag containing $5.51 in pennies. He says she didn't have very much but wanted to give something too. During the presentation Schlak gives a demonstration of what world hunger is. He asks for five volunteers out of the audience who are supposed to represent the six billion people on earth. Five small boxes of raisins are used to represent all the food produced in the world - he hands four boxes to one person, that person represents all the developed countries, Schlack explains. The last box is divvied up between the remaining people. He says this demonstration sends a very graphic message of how little some have.
"I'm always amazed at how silent a room gets when I do a demonstration. People begin to see how much they have and take for granted every day. It's one of those ah-ha moments," says Schlak. Fred Soltown shares with audience members a "Poverty, Hunger and Justice," Bible which specifically highlights verses related to feeding the poor. "Schlack says the Bible has 2,100 verses that emphasize God's compassion and care for the hungry.
The pastor's first stop was Chicago, the last stop will be in Minneapolis with stops in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Puerto Rico, California, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Texas and elsewhere in between. "We've walked on glaciers in Alaska and followed the coastline in California. We've also seen the beautiful Sedona Valley in Arizona - one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen," says Schlack.
Pastor Soltow has been a competitive runner since high school and has completed five marathons. He began competing in triathlons since 1983 and qualified for the first USAT National Championship in 1985. In 2007 alone he competed in five triathlons winning his division in the National Triathlon in Washington D.C. He says bike riding has become "a strength and a passion." Schlak says Soltow has been their 'taskmaster,' during the trip. "He tells us how hard we have to work and in most cases tells us we're not working hard enough," says Schlak with a chuckle.
Pastor Twedt held a record in the 880 yard run in high school which still stands, has participated in numerous 100 mile bicycle rides; C and O Canal Assault, 168 miles in 16 hours; Lenten Wilderness Sojourn 2007 and Faith in Action Triathlon. Twedt's mother passed away during the tour so left the tour to go to Sioux Falls to be with family. Another pastor took his place momentarily but Twedt will join the group again during group's trip through Sioux Falls.
Pastor Schlak is a facilitator for Healthy Congregations.
Their website www.tourderevs.org offers details of their journey and offers a way for people to donate directly to the ELCA's World Hunger program or other programs aimed at the same issue. According to the ELCA's website their program provides immediate relief for people in the United States and across the world affected by chronic hunger and poverty, assists communities through long-term and sustainable development programs and advocates for justice. To test out the bike, the pastors completed an eight day ride in West Virginia where they were hosted by local churches and food pantries.
They raised several hundred dollars for world hunger during that ride. One of their messages is that if everyone they meet would just give up one speciality drink or a fast food lunch a week and then donate that amount towards solving the world hunger crisis, much progress would be made. In fact they are often quoted as saying that chronic hunger could be ended in the next few decades if it became a priority for both churches and government at all levels.
"Come see these three pastors who have a passion for ending world hunger. Come for an evening of entertainment and giving to a worthy cause," their local organizer says.


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Gunn v. Minton
RESPONDENT: Vernon Minton
LOCATION: District Court of Texas, 48th Judicial District
DECIDED BY: Roberts Court (2010-2016)
LOWER COURT: Supreme Court of Texas
GRANTED: Oct 05, 2012
ARGUED: Jan 16, 2013
DECIDED: Feb 20, 2013
Jane Webre - for the respondent
Thomas M. Michel - for the petitioners
Facts of the case
At the beginning of 1990s Vernon Minton, a securities broker in the past, created the Texas Computer Exchange Network. It was a computer program that made it possible for traders to exercise the trade transactions. The company R.M. Stark & Co. leased this software. After more than one year Minton applied for patent and it was approved and issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on January 11, 2000.
Sometime later Minton brought the claim against the NASDAQ and the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), complaining that their activities violated his rights on the patent. The companies stated that the patent is outlawed if the object that protected had been produced for sale before the granting of the license.
The district court approved the side of the defendant. However, Minton hired the new attorney to prove that his software was produced only for experimental use and this legal exception covered his case. Then he applied for reconsideration. The district trial denied the demand, but the Appeal Court confirmed the claim.
The case brief finds out that Minton brought suit against his first attorneys arguing them for professional negligence that resulted in that they didn`t prove the fact of experimental use exception of his program on the first level of the proceeding. The responder Gunn declared that they hadn`t known the fact of the commercial program distribution. Therefore the trial confirmed the side of the defendant. Then Minton filed an appellation, but the USA Appeal court implemented the practice of to pass the jurisdiction of this kind of litigation regarding patent issues to the federal level trials.
The appellant filed a claim with the purpose to exclude this case the state jurisdiction. But the court refused his application and concluded the validity of the first decision.
Despite on that, the Supreme Court of Texas excluded the Gunn v Minton from state litigation.
The case study was passed to the Supreme Court to resolve whether this subject was under the federal or state jurisdiction. The judges cited on the Grable & Sons Metal Products, Inc. v. Darue Engineering & Mfg., that established the rule that patent case should be revised in the federal courts when it caused some issued that could be resolved without the violation of federal and state authorities. Thus, under judgment in there was no federal subject in Gunn v. Minton and therefore the state court had the capacity to decide the case that was returned for state judicial proceeding.
Do the federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction in any cases that involve patent law, even when the patent issue is not the primary issue in the case?
Media for Gunn v. MintonAudio Transcription for Oral Argument - January 16, 2013 in Gunn v. Minton
Audio Transcription for Opinion Announcement - February 20, 2013 in Gunn v. Minton
John G. Roberts, Jr.:
I have our opinion this morning in case 11-1118, Gunn versus Minton.
Legal malpractice cases typically go to state court.
Patent cases must go to federal court.
So, what about a legal malpractice case that arises out of the lawyer's mishandling of a patent case?
Now, different courts gave different answers to that question, so we granted review of this case from Texas to resolve that conflict.
Now, in most cases, it's pretty easy to tell which cases should go where.
If it's a state law that lets you sue, as in a malpractice case, you go to state court.
If it's federal law that gives you the right to sue, as in a patent infringement case, you go to federal court.
But there is a tiny group of cases where you can go to federal court even though it's the state law that lets you sue.
That's when The Court has to rule on a very important federal issue to decide the state law claim.
We had a case about a hundred years ago that has become the classic example of this.
The claim was that a bank could not purchase certain bonds because they were invalid.
That's a state law claim.
It should go to state court.
But the reason that the bonds were claimed to be invalid was that they were issued by the federal government and the federal government acted unconstitutionally in issuing them.
Now, in that case, we said that the federal issue had such broader significance to the federal system as a whole that the case could go to federal court even though the right to sue came from state law.
But this case isn't like that.
Now, it's true in deciding whether the lawyers were guilty of malpractice, the state court will have to opine on how the lawyers should've handled the patent case, a federal issue, but that will not have a significant effect on the federal patent system.
The patent case itself is over, the plaintiff lost.
Now, he may win his case claiming that his lawyers messed up, but that won't change the result in the patent case, nor will there be any broader effect on federal patent law.
Even if the state court makes a mistake in explaining how the patent case should've been handled, that will not disrupt the uniformity of federal patent law.
If the issue comes up a lot, the federal courts, where actual patent cases are brought, will clear out any confusion soon enough.
If the issue does not come up a lot, it was not an important one for the system as a whole in the first place.
So the state legal malpractice case goes to state court even though it is about malpractice in a federal patent case.
Our opinion is unanimous.


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Journal of Hebrew Scriptures - Volume 13 (2013) - Review
The history of Western political theory, writes George Klosko, begins with the ancient Greeks: this is a common view among historians of political science.[1] The volume under review seeks to challenge this widely held position. The author, Geoffrey P. Miller, is a distinguished lawyer and academic, the Stuyvesant P. Comfort Professor of Law at New York University. Coming from this particular milieu, Miller's work benefits from a field of knowledge with which many biblical scholars, including this reviewer, are only superficially acquainted. Many of his readings of well-worn texts, therefore, are fresh and insightful; biblical scholarship has gained much from Miller's work. However, defending his overarching thesis, which seeks to situate the Hebrew Bible within the history of systematic political thought, is a tall task indeed.
Miller aims to show that the books of Genesis through 2 Kings present a coherent, logical, and sophisticated analysis of the problem of authority (p. 16), that is, a systematic political theory. The Bible's political theory or philosophy,[2] he argues, is hiding in plain sight, within its narrative (p. 16). Miller's ultimate claim is that the Bible reveals a thoughtful and well-structured investigation of political obligation and a sustained argument in favor of an effective but limited government (p. 25). The Bible's author has intentionally encoded this theory in the texts, utilizing the mnemonic, stylistic, and communicative benefits of the narrative form so the audience might decode and remember its theoretical content. One should note, Miller uses the term author throughout the volume for convenience; he recognizes and accepts the complex (and largely unknown) compositional history of the Bible's books. He elects to take a historically informed synchronic approach, locating the final versions of Genesis through 2 Kings in the exilic or postexilic period (p. 24), but he avoids difficult questions concerning the compositional interrelationship of these books within this context, which is either a strength or a weakness, depending on one's stance toward these issues.
The analysis begins in chapter 2 with a discussion of the Eden narrative in Gen 23. This passage, which Miller calls the prolegomenon to the Bible's political theory, presents the reader with a simple model of human society, a political entity that consists of ruler, subjects, territory, and a system of law. This narrative setup raises a fundamental question of political theory: What is the nature of the subjects' obligation to the ruler? Why must Adam and Eve obey the deity? Miller argues that, within this text, the biblical author identifies a number of specific aspects of political obligation that are essential to the author's understanding of politics, e.g., the absolute power of divine revelation and the importance of cosmic order (i.e., natural law). In this initial analysis one finds the exemplar of Miller's narratological method.[3] He identifies major figures, thematic topoi, and plot developments in the text, and then he proceeds to outline, in very systematic fashion, the contributions that the narrative setup apparently makes to the author's political theory. Miller clearly states his own understanding of the hermeneutical relationship between author and reader of text, noting that, while interpretation is the task of the reader, the author controls the setupthe frame in time and space and the cast of charactersthe author can exclude irrelevant factors and focus attention on what is fundamental (p. 9). Miller's discussion of the Eden narrative along these lines is interesting and convincing. The text does seem to be concerned with the political questions Miller brings to the fore. In particular, his discussion of Gen 3 and political subversion is especially insightful. But at other places in Miller's work this methodological approach becomes problematic, an issue to which I will return below.
Having presented the Eden narrative as a prolegomenon, the volume then offers a series of analyses that follow the narrative trajectory of Genesis through 2 Kings. Chapter 3 looks at Gen 411 and the issue of anarchy. Can human society function without government? The answer is no. Chapter 4 offers an analysis of the patriarchal stories. Here the narrative explores the problem of authority in the basic social unit, the family (the matriarchs, though, hardly make an appearance in Miller's analysis). Chapters 5 and 6 examine Exod 115, in which, Miller argues, the biblical author takes on the issue of authority outside the family unit. Miller reads the narrative as a series of case studies: What is the appropriate polity for Israelite society? Nomadism? Dependency? Slavery? Nationhood? The biblical author, obviously, settles on nationhood and uses the narrative of Israel's exodus from Egypt to explore the essential elements of self-governance. Chapters 7 through 10 explore Israel's transition to self-governance and its establishment of sovereign nationhood in the promised land, focusing on the issues of divine revelation, the social compact between deity and people, the giving of law, and finally the nation's external and internal geopolitical relationships. Once sovereignty has been established in the land, the biblical author again uses narrative as a means to test the effectiveness of various types of government. Should the new nation operate under: military rule (cf. Joshua), confederacy (cf. Judges), theocracy (cf. 1 Sam 17), monarchy (cf. 1 Sam 82 Kgs 25)? Chapters 11 and 12 present these case studies and conclude that the biblical author sees monarchy as the best option for national governmentit is a legitimate and highly effective form of rule to which the people have consented. Perhaps anticipating some scholarly resistance to this conclusion, chapter 12 closes with an analysis of the so-called anti-monarchic texts (chiefly Judg 89 and 1 Sam 8), hoping to show that these texts are actually not unfavorable towards monarchy. Chapter 13 wraps up the volume with a brief summary of Miller's argument. The volume also includes a bibliography, scripture index, and an appendix that highlights important prior scholarship (biblical and otherwise).
Miller's work is clearly structured, well-written, and interesting. His strongest arguments emerge when he is able to demonstrate clearly that the narrative is concerned with the sociopolitical issues he explores, and from instances where he is able to use political or legal theory to shed new light on difficult passages. His discussions of competing patriarchal authority (e.g., Jacob and Laban), Israel's consent and Yahweh's giving of law at Sinai, as well as geopolitical claims on the promised land, stand out and deserve special mention. Also, his narratological approach to the text is commendable.
At times, however, Miller's narratological analysis suffers from cases of petitio principii. Not infrequently he assumes that the author is interested in systematically exploring sociopolitical questions, when the narrative itself lacks clear markers to indicate these specific interests. For example, regarding the discussion in chapter 5 there is no doubt that the book of Exodus deals with politics on some levelthe narrative depicts Yahweh/Moses rescuing an enslaved people from the most powerful kingdom on earth. But what exactly in the opening passages of Exodus suggests that the author is exploring the pros and cons of various types of human political organization? Here, Miller's analysis of the narrative setup does not fully justify the political theory he attempts to read in the text. A more pressing political issue in the narrative, it seems to me, is the political struggle between Yahweh and Pharaoh, between the deity of a seemingly inconsequential people and an imperial power, an issue that the volume does not treat in depth.
Sometimes, too, Miller's reading of the narrative is overly selective. To be sure, one cannot treat every line of text, but too often the analysis omits crucial texts, or fails to spot essential political texts in the narrative. For instance, the book of Deuteronomy is mostly left out of the picture. If, in Joshua through 2 Kings, the author is philosophically testing various forms of political organization, what is the narratological significance of Deut 17:1420, given to Moses as part of Yahweh's law, which suggests that monarchy is inevitable anyway? And what does it mean that Moses seemingly knew from the start that the nation and its monarchy would fail to keep the covenant (cf. Deut 28:3637)? Other sociopolitical Deuteronomic texts that have import in the larger narrative are simply not mentioned (e.g., 16:1820; 17:813). Also, not enough attention is given to instances where the narrative itself offers explanatory comments (e.g., Judg 2:1023). The point is, in several places the volume inadequately addresses key sociopolitical aspects of the overarching narrative, or misses interpretive markers that might guide the reader in developing political thoughts from these complex and multivocal texts. These problems ultimately undermine Miller's central thesis that the biblical author intentionally argues for a systematic political theory.
In sum, there is no doubt that the Bible contains political thought (cf. the volume's subtitle, Legal and Political Ideas in the Bible), and Miller's work does a fine job of illuminating much of this thinking. But this reviewer remains unconvinced that the narrative of Genesis through 2 Kings contains a coherent, logical, and sophisticated political theory.
[1] George Klosko, History of Political Theory: An Introduction (2nd ed.; 2 vols.; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012), 1:9. Cf. Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey (eds.), History of Political Philosophy (3rd ed.; Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987), 12. See also Miller, 11.
[2] Miller uses these terms interchangeably, though he employs theory throughout most of the book.
[3] Miller does not use the term narratology. However, his method, which seeks to find sociopolitical content inherent in the text's narrativity, is expressly narratological.


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Your editorial Sept. '99, p.6 missed the really critical section of the legislation (S.B. 880). The bill also contained provisions amending Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990. This was done by redefining the hazard posed by fuels. Now "...a flammable substance when used as a fuel ever hear of a nonflammable fuel? ... solely because of the explosive or flammable properties of the substance, unless a fire or explosion caused by the substance will result in acute adverse health effects from human exposure eliminates environmental effects! to the substance or its combustion byproducts, other than those caused by the heat of the fire or impact of the explosion."
Non sequitur! What a piece of sophistry! Now think and believe three impossible things before breakfast! Anyone seen the Red Queen being chased by Big Brother lately?
Our "representatives" in Congress have subverted a carefully crafted piece of protective law and regulation (aided and abetted by some chicken-hearted action by the EPA!) by turning it upside down to produce a meaningless piece of arrant nonsense. The 112(r) list divided substance of concern by toxic or blast/heat effects.
Looks like a complete abrogation of the mandate to protect the health, safety and general welfare for the protection of the marginal welfare of a particular microscopic minority.
Interestingly, this was done in the face of a long history of death, injury and destruction caused by "the heat of the fire or impact of the explosion." I haven't heard of victims of unburned fuel or byproducts of combustion. I'm sure the two firefighters in Albert City, Iowa, weren't. I suspect the fragments of the propane tank, and the now legally harmless heat of the fire and impact of the blast were the proximal causes of their death Ñ not fuel or byproducts of combustion.
This was neatly smoke-screened in all the RTK right-to-know and anti-terrorism hype. When was the last time anyone heard of that being the problem? I'm much more concerned about inadequately trained people dealing with very dangerous materials without proper process safety and regulation. Voluntary standards are not worth the paper they are printed on, as the propane industry has shown with its accident history.
Think of this as a public health problem, or are we going to go the way of the Kansas Board of (non)Education? What's next, another attempt to make pi equal to three, or repeal the law of gravity?
Wade Whitlock, MPH
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Gerald F. Connell, ChE is a consultant, retired after 30 years with Capital Controls Group, Severn Trent Service Inc., Colmar, Pa. Mr. Connell is author of "The Chlorination/Chloramination Handbook," published by the American Water Works, and a forthcoming "Chlorination/Dechlorination Handbook" to be published by WEF.


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The fight has been a long time coming, and many even brushed it off as a match that would never happen. But, it is now official; Floyd Mayweather Jr will be going head to head with Conor McGregor, and the boxing world is aflame with speculation, predictions, and a whole heap of expectations.
Already betting websites are all but exploding with excitement and anticipation, and boxing fans are rushing to get in their bets well in advance. The fight is set to go down on August 26 2017, taking place in Las Vegas at the T-Mobile Arena. The pre-fight show is already being hyped as an occasion not to be missed, so if you plan to be present for this event, best get your tickets now before they're sold out.
However, as always, when a big fight goes down bet makers start scrambling to get information on odds, and dig for tips on the smartest bet to make. And this fight is no different.
Fluctuation In Odds
Conor McGregor had an impressive fight at UFC 205, in which he emerged victorious over Eddie Alvarez. This was back in November, and it was one of the many occasions in which speculation was given to a match-up between McGregor and Mayweather.
It was also the first time odds were assigned to the fight between the two, put forward by online bookmaking and pokies website Bovada. In their view the fight was massively in favour of Mayweather, and the odds given saw Mayweather with an enormous advantage of -2250, and McGregor at a much less favourable at +950.
These were early days, however, and the fight had not even been made official By the time was made official, the odds had adjusted and brought the two closer together, with the advantage dropping to –800 and +500. Still a significant enough display that many would give little thought about where to put their money.
Fantasy Turned Reality
Many still can't even believe that the fight is a reality, and some are still assuming that the whole fight will be revealed to be some sort of hoax. After all, it need not be mentioned that McGregor is not a professional boxer, and has virtually zero experience in the ring. An MMA fighter he may be, and a good one at that, but there is an enormous difference between MMA and professional boxing. And this is not even taking into consideration that Mayweather has a perfect record of 49 wins.
These is the primary reason for the odds being so in favour of Conor, with many assuming that McGregor would barely stand a chance. But there may be many surprises in this match-up yet. McGregor is certainly the younger of the two fighters, and he doesn't exactly have the physique of a slouch.
A Fight For The History Books
Whatever the outcome, this is certainly a fight that people will be talking about for years to come. A match-up that many thought was completely impossible turned into a reality. Be sure to get your bets in before fight day.


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FOSM meets once or twice each term with all meetings beginning at 7.00pm. Meetings go for approximately one hour, and are held in the Senior School Music Room with everyone welcome. Please consider becoming involved in the FOSM Parent Support group as an excellent way to support your son and the Music Programme at Scotch College.
The next FOSM meeting is to be held on Tuesday, 4 September. The AGM will be on Tuesday 16 October. Any enquiries please email email@example.com.
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I Love Backlight
I've been fascinated by tons of backlight photos over flickr & 500px users. In my opinion, backlight images creates more impact on the subject mood.
The backlight can be a natural or artificial source of light. When artificial, the back light is usually placed directly behind the subject. Backlighting helps to provide separation between the subject and its background. Backlighting will cause the edges of his or her hair to glow if he or she has fuzzy hair. This gives an angelic halo type effect around the head.
For the image above, i wasn't planned to shoot that day until we made a stop at local grocery. While waiting for my wife to buy some stuff at the grocery, i realised that there is good quality of light from the sun and i see there's a good spot just in front of the car park. It takes just second for me to ask my daughter to just stand at the point i want it to compose. I took several shots and it came out this image which is the one i'm satisfied the most, although it there was distraction from the leave in front with the lens flare. The catchlight on the eyes added bonus as we actually in the shade area. We couldn't stay longer as the mosquitos keep on dining at my feet. The pose of my daughter was not posed by me, it was her spontaneous pose while i'm keep on shooting.
Posted on February 20, 2013, in Headshot, Human Interest, lightroom, Uncategorized and tagged backlight, backlighting, child, children, iffah, kids, portrait, portraiture, sun. Bookmark the permalink. 1 Comment.


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Sky High: The True Story of Maggie Gee
An intimate first-person narrative carries this story of Gee, who, as a child, dreamed of becoming a pilot, and went on to become one of just two Chinese-Americans in the Women Airforce Service Pilots. Radiant acrylic and colored pencil illustrations convey Maggie's desire to take to the sky, as well as her cultural heritage. While serving, Gee is once even mistaken for an enemy pilot ("I felt like an exhibit at the county fair... the amazing Chinese American WASP"), and the book ends with her plane soaring above sherbet clouds: "Now I tell these stories to my children and grandchildren, and my tales must seem as far away to them as China." A triumphant story of determination. Ages 9–12. (Aug.)
Release date: 09/01/2009
Genre: Children's


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I recognize Kurt Vonnegut as the name of a great writer. Unfortunately I have yet to read one of his works.
Today I took a step away from hearsay, and one step closer to Kurt's work, when I was introduced to this letter written in response to the students from Xavier High School who invited him for a visit.
I particularly liked this following suggestion, "Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what's inside you, to make your soul grow."
As a bonus, I also found a gem in the comments sections from Jay Raskin (aka Jay Philosopher), who summed up a memorable moral-of-the-story from "Mother Night": "Be careful who you pretend to be, because you are who you pretend to be."
Who are you pretending to be? What are you currently practicing? And what does your practice and pretending say about who you are becoming?
When I go to thinking about make-believe and make believe, I looked around to see the ways others described them. The following, written by Joy Bullen, "Moving on From Make-Believe," caught my eye in the search results. It was moving and worth a read.


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We are a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing novel cellular immunotherapies for various forms of cancer, including both hematological cancers and solid tumors, as well as orphan inherited blood disorders. Cellular immunotherapy has the potential to transform medicine by harnessing immune cells, principally T cells, to attack and eliminate harmful diseased cells in the body. Unlike traditional small molecule and biologic therapies, which are predictably metabolized and eliminated from the body, cellular immunotherapies are unpredictable and uncontrollable. We are using our proprietary Chemical Induction of Dimerization, or CID, technology platform to engineer and then control components of the immune system. By incorporating our CID platform, our product candidates may offer better safety and efficacy outcomes than are seen with current cellular immunotherapies.Read more Conference Call


text: Brad Anderson writes: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to get OTP R11B-4 to compile on Solaris 10 (x86, 32bit). I've > placed the needed packages on the system so far: > gcc 3.4.6 > openssl-0.9.8e > make-3.81 > and their dependencies... > > Also, I received an 'ar' error in ./configure, so I added Solaris binutils to > the path. > > Any insight would be appreciated. > > Cheers, > Brad > > > Here's what I'm getting: > > gcc -g -O2 > -I/export/home/root/installs/erlang/otp_src_R11B-4/erts/i386-pc-solaris2.10 > -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DUSE_THREADS -D_THREAD_SAFE > -D_REENTRANT -D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS -DHYBRID -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -Wall > -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -DUSE_THREADS -D_THREAD_SAFE > -D_REENTRANT -D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS -Ibeam -Isys/unix -Isys/common > -Ii386-pc-solaris2.10/opt/hybrid -Ii386-pc-solaris2.10 -Izlib -Ihipe > -I../include/internal -I../include/internal/i386-pc-solaris2.10 -c > hipe/hipe_x86_glue.S -o obj/i386-pc-solaris2.10/opt/hybrid/hipe_x86_glue.o > Assembler: > "/var/tmp//ccdhWGox.s", line 1 : Syntax error > Near line: " .section ".text"" > "/var/tmp//ccdhWGox.s", line 8 : Illegal mnemonic etc You MUST use the GNU assembler if you want HiPE support on x86. Sun's x86 assemblers are and have always been broken beyond repair. That means using a gcc that's been configured to use gas. If you don't want to install or build a fixed gcc, then you can avoid this error by doing ./configure --disable-hipe before building OTP. /Mikael


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Information Systems
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department Head Anantha Chandrakasan announced on Jan. 21, 2013, the appointment of Professor Gregory Wornell for the Sumitomo Electric Industries Professorship of Engineering. Greg Wornell is a recognized leader in the fields of signal processing and information theory.
Victor Zue, the Delta Electronics Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT and the director of international relations for the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL), has been named the 2012 recipient of the Okawa Prize. Zue was honored for his "pioneering and outstanding contributions to speech science and conversational spoken-language systems."
Gregory Wornell, professor of electrical engineering and computer science at MIT and principal investigator in the Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE) has teamed with former RLE member Dr. Maryam Shanechi, who has recently earned her doctorate in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, Prof. Emery Brown of the Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department at MIT, and neurosurgeon Dr. Ziv Williams at Massachusetts General Hospital to develop the first instance of an "intelligent" Brain-Motor Interface, which uses specially designed advanced neural decoding algorithms to decode in advance a sequence of planned movements from neural activity in the premotor cortex.
The MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department held a reception, October 18, to celebrate the official launch of the new SuperUROP undergraduate research program. Members of the inaugural class of the SuperUROP program, sponsors (and donors), MIT administrators who contributed to its implementation, and EECS faculty mentors and guests, joined EECS Department Head Anantha Chandrakasan in the Stata Center R&D Dining area to celebrate. Read more and view photos of the event and the 6.UAR class held just before the reception.
Muriel Médard, professor of electrical engineering in the EECS Department at MIT and principal investigator in the Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE) has led a team to develop a new way to guarantee more reliable wireless reception. The team has improved wireless bandwidth tenfold by eliminating resending of dropped packets of data, often the source of network clogging. Read more in the Oct. 23, 2012 Technology Review article by David Talbot titled "A Bandwidth Breakthrough. A dash of algebra on wireless networks promises to boost bandwidth tenfold, without new infrastructure."
Calling it a glimpse into the future, technology news website CRN has hailed MIT EECS/CSAIL faculty and the new Wireless@MIT center as the source for seven new technologies that will impact (favorably) our daily lives. Read more...
AN MTL/RLE SPECIAL SEMINAR, Thirty Years of Texas Instruments' Digital Signal Processing: What's Next?, Gene Frantz, TI Principal Fellow & Fernando Mujica, Director, System Architectures Lab, Texas Instruments, Inc. Monday, October 22, 2012 4:00pm (Refreshments at 3:45pm) 37-252, Marlar Lounge
SIGGRAPH 2012 Student Research Competition included Ahmed Kirmani, Andrea Colaco among five winning teamsAndrea Colaco, MIT Media Lab graduate student and EECS graduate student Ahmed Kirmani were one of five finalist teams in the ACM Student Research Competition at SIGGRAPH 2012 held in Los Angeles, CA, August 5-9, 2012. Colaco and Kirmani's work is titled "CoDAC: Compressive Depth Acquisition Using a Single Time-Resolved Sensor."


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Odisha, a principal maritime state has a coastline of about 480 Kms extending from Bahuda Mouth in Ganjam District in South to Bichitrapur (Talashari) in Balasore District in North. The coastline traverses six coastal districts of Odisha, viz. Balasore (80 km), Bhadrak (50 km), Kendrapara (68 km), Jagatsinghpur (67 km), Puri (155 km) and Ganjam (60 km). It is endowed with conducive, unique, natural and strategic port locations. Every stretch of coast is a variety of ecological niches and habitats. The advantages for development of sea ports in Odisha includes for availability of a vast hinterland generating cargo, comprising of other developing Eastern and Central Indian States. Establishment of mining-based Industrial Houses located in the hinterland of the state offer long term potential for cargo which need seaport facility in Odisha. Port locations and the perennial riverine systems of Odisha are ideally situated to adapt to the current development in technology, in the areas of communication, automation, cargo handling and ship technology. It is in this perspective that the Government of Odisha, by evolving an integrated strategy intends to implement its vision in port sector.
Cargo Potential
Total traffic at all major and non major ports in India were recorded as 885 million tons of which contribution made by non major ports was about 35%. The total cargo handled by Indian Ports is expected to increase to 2080million tons by 2030. The Odisha state share of cargo is expected to increase to 475 million tons, i.e. about 23% of total cargo to be handled (2080 million tons) in major and non major ports in India by the year 2030.
Port scenario in Odisha
Government in Commerce & Transport (Com) Department have identified the following 14 (Fourteen) potential Sites for the development as minor ports, out of which 13 locations are notified for development of minor ports under Indian Ports Act. Besides above, steps are being taken to develop a Riverine Port on River Mahanadi near Paradip.


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The montane life zone in Jasper Alberta is warm, dry and found only on the very bottoms of Jasper's Athabasca and Miette Valleys. Douglas Firs stand on Jasper's south facing slopes, the furthest north in Alberta this species grows. Warm chinook winds sweep through Jasper Park valleys in winter, melting snow and making forage in the extensive grasslands easy for elk, moose, deer and sheep. When Bears wake in spring, they roam in and out of the montane, and in Jasper's beautiful fall, feast on red-and-orange buffalo berries for weeks at a time in the fall. Jasper wolves and cougars move through the valleys in search of food while bald eagles and osprey nest near the rivers, close to the pike and mountain white fish they feed their young.Jasper Alberta's montane is also where humans live. The community of Jasper, the Canadian National Railway, Jasper Park Lodge, the Yellowhead Highway, 2 large campgrounds, a power station, pipeline, garbage transfer station, sewage waste plant, and a number of chalets and lodges all dot Albertan montane landscape. More than 2 million people will visit Jasper Park's montane every year, while another 1 million drive through it on the Yellowhead Highway.Jasper Wildlife, like humans, use Jasper's valley bottoms as transportation corridors and rely on the montane for food and shelter. This creates concern that human use for hiking for example, in the valleys is adversely impacting wildlife corridors, fragmenting Jasper's ecosystem and giving animals less and less room to live. Parks Canada actively studies Jasper's wildlife corridors using cameras with infrared triggers to better understand where wildlife roams in Jasper and how human use, especially the creation and use of unofficial trails, is affecting them.Parks Canada is committed to maintaining a high quality hiking trail system in Jasper for everyone's enjoyment. The use and creation of unofficial trails is displacing wildlife from their natural habitat, however. Please use only officially trails while hiking, horse-back riding, mountain biking or cross country skiing in Jasper's montane.
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A friend who shares my birthday asked me last week what I was doing for mine – he's in a band and has gigs even further oop north than I currently am so that wasn't an option.
I realised that our birthday was almost upon us and I didn't have any clue. So I started to have a think and decided if Birmingham City were at home I'd see if another friend wanted to come along.
They were and that friend (yes, I have more than one) said it sounded like a good idea and to leave it to him.
Within hours he'd bought our tickets, actually quite good tickets, posted a pic to my Facebook, and I've been wandering around with a stupid grin on my face ever since.
As I'm going to be down there anyway now, I also asked a couple of other mates if they'd be able to make it out for a drink with us on the evening, and one has already come back to say yes. I know there's another birthday that weekend back home, but I'm hoping a few more can make it as well.
Then the gig buddy sent me a message asking me if I'd like to go out the night before. It's Mother's Day in the UK on the Sunday, so me and Rufus might spend the night at Mom's and Dad's. So, after not having any plans at all, the weekend is now fully booked.
And I'm getting a bit good at weekends too.
The one just gone I took off. We didn't make it to the Moonraker festival on Saturday, but we did go walking locally instead. It was nice to see Carol and for Rufus and Sam to meet each other. I think they got on all right, even if Rufus was a bit naughty at times.
Yesterday I went to visit Mom and Dad. We've not been down there for a month, thanks to snow and flu and stuff. They think Rufus is "growing up" a little now.
I've already been working today, but now I need to stop grinning and get on with it. My work is a lot more spread out this week after last week, and I intend to stick to the schedule if I can.
I'm editing a novel today. And probably tomorrow too.
Am a proper giddy kipper now, though. 😀


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Parivartan Blood Donation Camp at Jharia Thana
Raunak Keshri is the founder of 'Parivartan' which keeps organizing the Blood Donation camps in various parts of Jharia City. It is no need to say that what is the benefit of donating blood. Lets here the same by Raunak Keshri:
Health Benefits of Blood Donation
Anti-cancer benefits
Healthy heart and liver
Weight loss
New blood cells
Some people has bad myth of donating blood that people who will donate blood will have weakness. It is completely a myth.
So rush to the Venue and donate blood for poor who need it.
Donate blood Parivartan Blood donation camp Jharia Thana 17-02-2015, Wednesday Please support the camp
* Parivartan Blood Donation Camp at Jharia Thana


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The features of MBT Fora Men Shoes Black which belong to MBT are as followed: they encourage you to carry your weight more efficiently, promoting better posture, and creating a pleasant feeling of walking on a sandy beach. MBT Chapa Black Shoes features a perforated EVA insole provides added cushioning with antibacterial treatment to reduce odor. This activates a large number of stabilizing muscles throughout the whole body when walking or standing. Masai Sensor (Masai Barefoot Technology)creates a pleasant feeling of walking on a sandy beach or soft moss.


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Loja, 24 Calle Rafael Pérez del Álamo
Loja, 24 Calle Rafael Pérez del Álamo
Parking next to the municipal pavilion of Loja. Right next to the pantry restaurant where asking for a drink you get very good tapas for free and right next to it is the bonachera bakery where you can buy bread and sweets typical of Loja such as their donuts or cinnamon buns.
Id : 147091 - Créé le 13 08 2019 par RaulyAna
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