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We have had success using these cartridges for full-flow applications at kitchen sinks. The housing needs to be mounted remotely (usually in the basement below the kitchen sink) since it really will not fit under the sink. We conservatively project a capacity of 4000 gallons reducing arsenic from 50 ppb to 10 ppb using adsorption.
We strongly recommend following this cartridge with our 20" jumbo carbon cartridge. It is advisable to change the carbon cartridge annually and perform 6 month testing on the arsenic levels in order to establish the life of the arsenic removal cartridge.
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In our comfortable and supportive atmosphere, we offer a highly personalized approach tailored to each of our client's individual needs.
Counseling works to solve current problems and change unhelpful thinking and behavior. We are "problem focused" (undertaken for specific problems) and "action oriented" (therapist tries to assist the client in selecting specific strategies to help address those problems), and can be directive in its therapeutic approach. Counseling will be tailored to fit the unique needs and situation of each client. Each of our counselors has extensive experience working in a variety of settings and have an enormous amount of skill in helping adults, families, children and adolescents find the solutions they need. Psychotherapy can be helpful in treating a variety of problems such as – PTSD, ADHD, Depression, Anxiety, Trauma, Autism, Protracted Grief, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Family Problems, Learning Disabilities, and many more concerns.
EMDR is a progressive therapeutic technique used to help resolve stress, anxiety, and traumas from minor to complex issues, happening either as a child or an adult. Starting in 2004 the Practice Guidelines of the American Psychiatric Association, the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense, the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, and the World Health Organization all recommend the use of EMDR for the treatment of trauma. The goal of EMDR is to decrease the long-lasting effects of distressing thoughts by engaging the brain's natural adaptive information processing mechanisms, thereby reducing present symptoms. EMDR can accelerate therapy by resolving the impact of your past injuries and allowing you to live more fully in the present.
We provide extensive psychoeducational assessments for individuals ages 8+. These comprehensive evaluations often meet the documentation guidelines for most schools and major universities.
Psychoeducational testing is often necessary to accurately diagnose and define the particular challenges a person is facing. Tests are often requested by pediatricians before prescribing medication for ADHD. Our testing can provide a better understanding of strengths and weaknesses, and an accurate diagnosis, helping to inform appropriate educational placements, programming, interventions, and accommodations. Psychiatrists and family physicians often seek to test to assist in diagnostic clarification and treatment planning. While many assessment tools just try to answer the question,"Is there a problem or what is my diagnosis?" We want to understand all about you or your child, both the strengths and the areas for growth. We can help you understand what the struggle is, and then we can help with an extensive plan for enhancing your child's strengths and managing their areas for growth so that they can be on a path to success for life.

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The production of module content is central to Open University teaching. Inter-professional teams comprising academics, technologists, planners and media production specialists work together to create content with 'gold standard' academic, accessibility and production standards.
But quality comes at a cost. The production outlay for each module means that each course has to have a 5 to 10 year 'shelf-life' for return on investment. The lengthy lifecycle made sense in an age of stable knowledge. But in an era where knowledge is deep, specialist and with a short lifespan, it becomes untenable. A key question is how should professional practice in the Open University evolve to facilitate agile and responsive module production?
To answer this question an academic team, led by Dr Angela Coe from the Open University Science Faculty, have been rethinking and experimenting with the production of a Science module (S309). This has only been possible through the work and inspiration of an innovation team from the Open University Learning & Teaching Solutions led by Nick Watson, Stewart Nixon and Kristoff vanLeeuwen who initiated a project known as 'Driving Disruptive Innovation (DDI)' and then agreed to work with the S309 to try out this new production process. I was introduced to the team via my colleague Dr Sam Smidt who has been instrumental in initiating innovation aligned with the University's Learning & Teaching ambitions. I met with Angela, Stewart and Kristoff to hear about the DDI/S309 experiment in March 2015 and to find out how the joint academic and LTS-innovation team have changed the production process, not only by evolving professional practice, but by shifting how they think about module production.
One way to understand innovation and change in professional practice using Cultural Historical Activity Theory. Activity Theory (AT) views human activities, such as the production of module content, as complex, socially situated phenomena. From an AT perspective, production activities are outcome-oriented, and driven by the motives of the production team. These motives give each activity a direction, purpose, and meaning (Engeström 2005, p. 312). Motives and activities are rooted in past experiences: the way module teams work now is influenced by how they worked in the past but also impacts how they plan future practice. In an inter-professional team inevitably there will be multiple motives and individuals have to negotiate the relationship of their own intentions with the emergent motives of the community. For example media specialists may have to redefine production standards or academics may have to rethink how they work as a team. These differing motives give rise to tensions in the system as a whole (Nardi 2005). From these conflicts it is possible to identify opportunities for innovation through the ways in which the system evolves from present to future practice.
Professional practice for module production involves team members (subject) creating the module design and content (object) using technological and conceptual tools (such as learning designs underpinned by pedagogic theory). Labour and actions are divided amongst the people within the team (roles). Each tool-mediated action is enabled or constrained, by the (implicit and explicit) rules that govern the broader social context of the Open University community.
The Open University module production process is organized by production teams of academics and media specialists and is governed by established rules and roles. Individual academics draft module content and send the text to a team of media specialists from 'Learning and Teaching Solutions' (LTS). The LTS staff generate images, format text and assemble these as educational resources. These resources are passed back and forth from LTS to the academics for fine-tuning until a final version is agreed. The production process typically spans several months and can be labour-intensive.
The S309 team aimed to improve production efficiency by devising a new workflow. Previously academics focused on writing text which was formatted by the media staff. Instead of delivering draft content to the LTS team, the Science academics now write text directly into an open, online platform (Open edX), formatting text themselves, under the guidance of LTS staff.
This change in workflow has dramatically altered the rules of production. Rather than working in separate buildings on campus, the team now works within a common online environment. The module leader – and everyone involved in module production – can observe how the course is developing in real time, noting any problems, gaps which helps with planning necessary amendments and additions. For the first time academics can directly view production progress – they now can read which themes have been 'covered' by others and how these topics have been written and presented. This change in workflow has not only impacted the rate of production, but necessitated a redefinition of media production rules.
Inevitable tensions surfaced as new forms of practice conflicted with the existing rules of production. Academics and LTS staff worked together to negotiate and define new rules around production standards. One example is the 'gold star' production standards which are a defining feature of Open University content. Media production staff conceded that 'full production quality' of video was not always necessary. They agreed that, in some circumstances, TV quality camera shots could be replaced with webcam video, as long as the media adhered to accessibility. These changes had significant impact on the roles and division of labour. Academics now edit educational resources directly within the open, online environment.
This shift for academics from writing individual sections of a module to working on a common object means that the academics and media specialists now work together around the module resources (as a 'mediating artifact'). The group work together in real time, rather than passing the resource back and forth from the academic team to the LTS team. The module leader's role has changed from 'managing and chasing' to 'inspiring'.
Academics still retain responsibility for the educational quality of the module in terms of content knowledge, pedagogy and assessment. What is new is that they now write content directly into the online system. Should amendments become necessary during module presentation, academics can intervene and support student directly, rather than waiting for the next round of module production.
This change in their role has led academics to investigate and expand their practice. When they focused on writing the academics felt they had little opportunity to experiment with different approaches to teaching and module production. Now they carry out trials, testing content resources before the final version is embedded into the online environment. The academics described this change as moving from 'tinkering with content presentation and formatting' towards 'creating assets and activities for student learning'. Academics described how their thinking around learning design has shifted from 'how to put books onto the web' towards reconceptualisation of pedagogy ('I want to teach students online so how can do I do this differently rather than using print media?').
LTS staff also described changes in their roles. Media specialists conventionally acted as quality control gatekeepers for the visual aspects of the content (text, artwork, video production). Their role has changed from 'policing' to 'enabling', or, in their words, 'doing more of the good things and less of the blocking things'. They now advise academics on media production and provide training.
The LTS staff work with and learn from the Open edX community. They described how they learn from viewing open code. At the same time they use their expertise in distance education to teach other media support staff within Open edX.
One of the defining features of the innovation is the use of new tools (applications) within the Open edX platform. Viewing new applications helps the team rethink practice. New apps include a system for uploading photos from mobile phones, an 'HTML cleaner' polishes each of the webpages, various tools enable new forms of feedback to be given to students. Moving outside the normal work environment and using new tools has changed the rules and roles of production. The team have given up on meetings and instead hold workshops to enable people to share expertise (e.g. how to create a table using HTML).
The S309 team were enthusiastic about Driving Disruptive Innovation, describing it as 'liberating'. Others from different departments want to get involved. But we can only discover the real benefits for the Open University through a systematic exploration of the process of innovation and how practice is evolving.


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Council Chair Explains That Humanities Are a Necessity
The Humanities Are Essential
By Townsend Ludington
Amidst a culture addicted to the antics of celebrities real or fake, whether they are White House party crashers, wacky politicians, lionized (or maybe it's tigerized) athletes, or money magnates craving to make the next billion bucks, it is a pleasure to read an article such as "Humanities efforts net grants" in the Dec. 8 issue of The Herald-Sun.
The piece highlighted two local projects that the North Carolina Humanities Council will support: documentation of "a centuries-old public arts celebration, the Fiesta de la Posada," as well as of "a traditional African American gospel choir of the Zion Grove Church of Christ." Additionally, the Humanities Council is funding an examination of the photography of the well-known North Carolinian, Hugh Morton, whose pictures powerfully capture the history and culture of our state.
Granted we are only talking peanuts from the point of view of the big spenders, but such projects are the sorts of humanistic endeavors that help us to understand ourselves, our histories, and the things that give meaning to our lives. It may be briefly entertaining to hear about morally corrupt couple who are carrying on in an attempt to win a spot on a "reality" show – itself a fake – but what truly matters are the beliefs and traditions wrapped up in a Fiesta, or in the music of a gospel choir, or in the images of a skillful photographer.
Too often the humanities: history, literature, philosophy, the visual arts, music – all that we term the liberal arts – are considered of minor significance, add-ons to our daily lives where practical matters seem all-important and are what make things work.
A week or so ago I had coffee at a local cafe with some friends: a doctor, two engineers, a scientist and an editor. I asked them what they thought was the role of the humanities given a widespread concern these days that the humanities are becoming less and less relevant as we emphasize science, technology and business more and more. All of these people, accomplished in their various fields, asserted the humanities were what grounded their lives and provided understanding about what it means to be a person. To the scientist "humanities" mean not simply entertainment, although that is okay, but learning about community and the obligations we have to each other that we have to relearn and relearn, while history reminds us of our mistakes large and small as well as our successes.
It is not a how-to manual or a stock prospectus that helps us to understand greed or evil or mortality. Rather, it is someone such as the poet Robert Frost, who wrote about the cruel barrier that grew between a young wife and her husband when he buried then1 dead infant right outside their small farmhouse. Frost it was, the lonely individual, who came upon two roads that diverged in the woods and later wrote, "I look the one less traveled by,/ And that has made all the difference."
Or it is the splendid writer Langston Hughes speaking of rivers and musing, "My soul has grown deep like the rivers." Or it is the South African novelist Nadine Gordimer, winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize for literature, who has written:
"People make the mistake of regarding commitment as something solely political. A writer is committed to trying to make sense of life. It's a search. So there is that commitment first of all: the commitment to honesty and determination to go as deeply into things as possible, and to dredge up what little bit of truth you with your talent can then express."
Whether we find the tools through literature, philosophy, history, or another of the humanities, we need what only they can provide, the means to comprehend the world, however strange it may often seem, in which we exist. Such understanding is what can lead toward a common humanity.
Townsend Ludington is chair of the North Carolina Humanities Council and professor emeritus of American studies and English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.


text: A few things have happened recently that remind me of our 2 dimensional nature. I guess firstly, I should explain what I mean by this, as we aren't literally 2 dimensional. We are very temporal- we can only see this moment. Some people can guess the future, but no one really knows with 100% certainty what will happen next. We do our best to plan and be prepared and vigilant. Sometimes our planning works out to our advantage, sometimes it fails us. In a very small nutshell that is the human experience. God sees and knows all. He surpasses time. He created time. He knows exactly what we're going to do next. It's easy for Him to craft our lives and our paths. Down here, we can either trust in Him to lead us, or rage against Him without any patience. It's very hard to trust in something unseen and to patiently wait on the unknown. You might be going through a hard time. Maybe you are constantly struggling, or maybe you are waiting on something. You feel like your life is on hold until you have this or know that or complete such and such. I understand. I can totally relate. I feel like most people can. A devotional I read recently reminded me of Jacob/Israel. Here he is, suffering famine in the land of Canaan. He has lost his favorite son and is at the verge of losing his other son Benjamin. He has no idea what God has been up to. That God has carefully orchestrated all things, so as to provide for Israel food in famine and a chance for his family to flourish. We see this story knowing how everything turns out. A God's eye view, if you will. If only we could keep in mind the lesson this story teaches us in our own lives. It doesn't matter what you're going through or how long you've "waited". God knows exactly when He will bring you out or up or on to the next thing. His timing is perfect and there is no uncertainty. Trust in God, he is Sovereign and will lead you out. It sounds easy in words, but very hard to live out.


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If you're looking for a way to level up your doubles game, without long hours and weeks of practice, then this is for you.
The Tennis Tribe is a place for recreational, and competitive USTA doubles players to discover easy tricks and tips to win more matches. These strategies are so simple and effective, you can implement them into your match tomorrow!
My name is Will and I started The Tennis Tribe to help people (and myself) get better at doubles. Here's a little bit about my tennis experience and background.
I live in Austin Texas and am constantly trying to improve my doubles game. I'm fascinated by the strategy of doubles and think most players don't take the time to think about what they're doing on the court. That's where I try to help 🙂
We have several regular contributing writers at The Tennis Tribe.
Chase Bartlett was the men's tennis captain at St. Edward's University, an NCAA DII tennis program. He won the 2018 DII Regional Championships (image right). In 2020, he will play for DI University of Montana.
He currently has UTR rating of 12. Chase also has coaching experience at the Austin Tennis Academy, where he competed as a junior tennis player.
Chase writes most of our singles strategy content.
Hanlon has played tennis for over 20 years and is a former DIII player. He was known for his excellent lobs in college along with a rock-solid backhand.
Hanlon currently lives in Birmingham Alabama where he works as a public relations specialist.
He writes long-form content for our Tribe Talk area of the website and manages our social media profiles
When I started playing 4.5 USTA tournaments, I noticed that every single team did the same thing. People were scared to get passed up the line, and as a result, almost no one ever poached or attacked at the net in doubles matches.
I knew since I didn't have 20 hours a week to practice, I'd have to play smarter than most people to win matches. So I started playing differently than everyone else. While playing a match in Austin, Texas, I told my partner to hit all kick serves out to the backhand. I started poaching and faking on every point.
The result??
I found that we won about 2 out of 3 points doing this. Yes, I did get beat up the line, but for every one of those, the opponent would miss two. We kept doing this and won the match, literally giving our opponents a down the line backhand on over half of our service points.
Since then I've had dozens of people tell me they "hate playing me" because of how I play at the net. Some people have told me I'm crazy, but I actually think it's a completely reasonable way to play. Although it may not look this way, every single move I make at the net is very calculated based on my knowledge of my opponent and tennis in general.
In the story above, I knew a down the line backhand is a much more difficult than a crosscourt groundstroke, so I poached a lot on the ad side to make them hit a lower percentage shot. I decided to create the Tennis Tribe as a way to share my strategies with others and connect doubles players with each other to share their own ideas.
Since 99% of tennis players play the exact same way, being different creates an effective competitive advantage. A combination of tilting the odds in your favor and manipulating your opponent into what you want them to do will transform you and your partner into "the team no one wants to play." I've used these tactics to win dozens of matches against players more skilled and talented, and you can too.
Many doubles lessons that people teach aren't effective anymore. Tips like "don't hit at the net player" or "cover the alley" are used by so many doubles teams, that everyone knows exactly what to expect.
That's why The Tennis Tribe teaches you to do the opposite. You'll start thinking about and playing tennis differently from everyone else. When your opponents see you poaching and faking every single shot they'll start missing returns and get frustrated. The key to making this work is being aware of your opponent's strengths and weaknesses, and forcing them to hit low-percentage shots that make them uncomfortable so they beat themselves.


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Whether a fairy tale you share with a grandchild, a top grossing film, that postcard copy or radio script you're struggling to complete, there are five critical steps to successful storytelling
(also known as successful marketing) that works for each:
1. Characters
2. Setting
3. Need
4. Resolution
5. Closure
Let's look at each one as they relate to writing great ad stories…
Characters – You have a choice… make the main character of your message your company,
your product or your customer. Which one do you think matters most?
Setting – If you want a potential buyer to picture how the product would play an important role in their life, help them picture themselves actually experiencing the product.
Need – Why would a person consider purchasing what you want them to buy? Is there a problem they're trying to solve… something they may be missing in life… things they may not even be considering? Don't tell people you have things for sale until you have identified their need.
Resolution – This is your time to remind people that you're the place where conflicts end… solutions are provided… worry stops and enjoyment begins. That's why you're in business.
Not to sell products but to enhance people's lives. Product sales are guaranteed to follow.
Closure – For our "ad story" closure can be a promise, assurance or establishment of confidence.
This doesn't mean "The End" but a stopping point for the current theme before proclaiming… "To be continued".
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Story Steps Persona Profile Worksheet


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Private-label spirits slowly have disappeared from retail outlets, yet as restaurateurs struggle to stand out in a competitive field, the concept has returned with a new twist.
Not only are bartenders turning to spirit suppliers for their own brands of juice, but some are taking the next steps by selecting rare spirits available for short periods or making their own variants. Others are continuing to develop hyper-seasonality as their main focus.
In Tampa, Florida's oldest continuing operating restaurant, The Columbia, has created a private-label spirits line honoring first- and second-generation family members of the 106-year-old Columbia, with Don Casimiro Classic Silver Rum and Chacho Bourbon Whiskey, named for Casimiro's youngest son Evelio "Chacho" Hernandez, a coffee roaster who preferred the American whiskey as his favorite tipple. Both spirits get their own drinks as part of the introduction, an essential ingredient if putting your brand on a spirit is to make any operational sense.
Whiskey-makers for a long time have made it easy for operators to get their own barrel of bespoke spirits, but now some Texas bartenders — Bill Norris of Alamo Drafthouse and David Alan of Tipsy in Austin, Alex Gregg of Anvil in Houston, Michael Martensen of Cedar's Social in Dallas and Jeret Peña of the Esquire Tavern in San Antonio — turned a private barrel tasting at Buffalo Trace into a buying spree meant for the Texas bars. A quarter barrel of each of the four whiskies they selected goes to each city, marked as a Buffalo Trace special selection. Better yet, the barrels then go to select Texas breweries to age the brews.
These are great ways to stand out and build customer curiosity; better, perhaps, is going the final yard. In San Diego, the US Grant's barman Jeff Josenhans is continuing to explore methods of making unique drinks, following up on his cocktail aging practices. Josenhans now is crafting bottle- conditioned cocktails combining methods of fermentation more common in the production of beer and Champagne. Calling them "Cocktails Sur Lie" — based on the wine-making practice of leaving depleted yeast in barrel or bottle to add certain flavors and characteristics — he's adding yeast to bottled cocktails to create natural carbonation, then adding sugar and yeast. The results, offered briefly and set for the January menu, include Mule in a Bottle (garden-flower-infused vodka, ginger, rock candy sugar, California hops and Champagne yeast) and the Smokin' Pumpkin (pumpkin-infused rum, Allspice Dram, applewood-smoked coconut sugar, Laphroiag 15 yrs, saffron, vanilla and ale yeast).
The US Grant's barman Jeff Josenhans crafts bottle-conditioned cocktails he calls "Cocktails Sur Lie."
With efforts like these, the bar continues to be raised at all levels, and even restaurants not previously known primarily for the quality of their cocktails have stepped it up; in New York City, the power-luncheon spot Michael's, more often known as a fine wine and vodka on the rocks sort of place, has inaugurated Mixology Wednesday, where barman Michael Flannery developed a range of autumnal cocktails as a launching pad for the program. Drinks will continue to be seasonally based, and right now, that means refreshers like the Solera Sazerac (Santa Teresa 1796 Rum, brown sugar, Angostura and Peychaud's Bitters with a twist) and the Oaxacan Negroni (Campari, Del Maguey Minero mescal, Dolin sweet and blanc vermouth and grapefruit bitters).
Some operators already are in full winter mode, or at least hinting at it, and homemade spirits can tweak things considerably. Beverage director Francesco Amodeo and bartender Milton Hernandez have joined forces behind the bar at Italian restaurant Bibiana to create 25 new seasonally inspired cocktails made with Bibiana's homemade spirits as a countdown to Christmas. The Samantha (VSOP Cognac, homemade biscotti liquor, lemon juice and orange bitters), the Rosanna (G' Vine Gin, homemade prickly pear liquor, maraschino and grapefruit juice) and the Simona (Blackwell Rhum, homemade vanilla citrus liquor, egg white and nutmeg) show how important thenapplication of custom-made spirits can be. Putting your label on something is one thing; making a mark with it is quite another.


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Founded in 2004, the Brazilian Endowment for the Arts –BEA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit institution located in Manhattan dedicated to advancing Brazilian arts and culture in the United States.
Artwork by Adriana Volpi, exhibited at BEA2
Book event at BEA
GrupoBR at BEA
Literature, Visual Arts, Music, and a series of events to celebrate and to promote the Brazilian arts in New York. >> read more
The Brazilian Endowment for the Arts published along with Companhia Editora de Pernambuco – CEPE, two important books on Brazilian history and culture: Joaquim Nabuco e o Novo Brasil, and O Novo Brasil no Cenário Mundial. Books available in Portuguese only. >> read more
BEA Members have access to the complete list of books available at The Brazilian Library and can make a reservation by phone.
The intention of this contest is to stimulate young writers who are sons of Brazilian immigrants or were born in Brazil and moved to the US as children and are currently living in New York area.
The first place will get a laptop.
Literary Wednesdays is a program developed to advance Brazilian Literature in New York, by inviting artists and intellectuals ...
Learn about BEA Membership benefits.
The Brazilian Library is now the main reference for Brazilian communities and is also a center of reference for studies and research on the arts, history and culture of Brazil.
The collection currently has more than 6,000 titles available for borrowing.
Brazilian Endowment for the Arts – BEA
240 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10022
Phone: 212.371.1556
Mon-Fri: 10:00am – 5:00pm
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1. Wheat flour- 2 cups
2. Oil
3. Paneer (mashed roughly)- 1 1/2 cup
4. Onion (finely chopped)- 1 large
5. Green chilly (chopped)- 2
6. Garlic (chopped)- 6 to 7 cloves
7. Ginger paste- 1 tsp
8. Jeera (roasted)- 1 tsp
9. Black pepper powder- 1 tsp
10. Jeera powder- 1 tsp
11. Garam masala- 1/2 tsp
12. Asafoetida (hing)- 1/2 tsp
13. Tamarind pulp- 1 1/2 tsp
14. Aamchur powder (dry mango powder)- 1 tsp
15. Salt to taste
First heat oil in a pan and add onion, garlic, green chilly. Cook till onion turns translucent. Add ginger paste, all the powders, roasted jeera and cook for 1 minute. Now add mashed paneer, tamarind pulp and salt. Cook for 3 to 4 minutes and keep the mixture dry. Remove it from the flame and cool it in refrigerator for half a hour.
Now make dough with flour, 1 tsp oil and water. Add water in a little amount every time. Do not make the dough too soft. Keep the dough covered for 10 minutes with wet cloth.
Make balls of the dough and roll them into paratha shape. Spread the paneer mixture on one paratha and cover it with another one. Now stick the sides of the parathas well so that the stuffing does not come out. Heat 1 tbs of oil in a flat frying pan and fry the paratha without pressing it hard. After 3 to 4 minutes change the side and add little oil and fry it till it turns brown. Serve it hot with chutney (tomato / garlic/ pickle).


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Today I am reading. Muslim Girl by Amani Al-Khatahtbeh. A thought provoking read.
Month: February 2017
Reading slump blues (and how to recover)
As readers, we all know the feeling. Those times when we just don't want to read. We're too tired, too stressed, too busy, physically ill or just not in the mood to read. We even have a name for this phenomenon. We call it a book slump/reading slump. I suffered from a reading slump last year. Let's face it, 2016 was horrible. At least, my 2016 was horrible. It started with the death of celebrities. Then it threw Brexit and Trump at me. Then, if that wasn't enough, the year threw family ill health at me with several family members enduring periods of ill health. It felt like every telephone call, news broadcast, or Twitter sprint brought sad, worrying or anger inducing news. Every contact with the outside world left me depressed and lethargic. This made me open to distractions. Reading was the last thing I wanted to do. On top of this, my enormous TBR list and tbr shelf made reading feel like a chore. So, how did I beat my reading slump. I simply took these steps.
Firstly, I sent a load of books to the charity shop. I gutted my tbr shelf, keeping only the books that I really wanted to read. This meant that I did not feel overwhelmed by my books. Secondly, I took all distractions off my phone and tablet. This left me with more time to read. Thirdly, I limited the time that I spent on twitter. I, also, cut back on times that I check my email. I no longer start my day with email and twitter. This meant that I had more time . This meant that I had more time to read and that I did not start my day feeling discouraged and depressed, more likely to read and write. That's how I got back into the reading habit. Hope it helps.
Bear and Nightingale by Katherine Arden
I was given this book by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. A family grows in rural Russia. Their lives are in constant struggle with the natural world which is beyond their control. They find comfort in a mixture of old 'pagan' beliefs and the newer beliefs of the Christian church. A young woman fights outside pressures to find a path in an ever-changing world. This world is made up of Vasilisa and her family. Vasilisa is a young girl who loves folk tales and lives one. Her empathy with the natural and spiritual world makes her the apex of the conflict between old and new beliefs. This book shares the Fairy-tale feel of Catherynne M. Valente's Deathless and the Brothers Karamazov's (by Dostoyevsky) questioning of spirituality, magic, and religion. I highly recommend this book.


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An Impartial Perspective on Training Cats
Training is a superb way to construct a more powerful bond by means of your cat. Then you are able to look to training solutions. Clicker training isn't your Grandpa's obedience training.
New Step by Step Roadmap for Training Cats
Dogs may just be unruly, or cats could be resourceful. In the event the dog takes a leash during training a level collar or harness has to be used together with the electronic collar. Dogs without the companionship of people or a different animal during the day may be big reason behind barking, Kokes states.
Cats don't like to get held down. Following your cat has eaten, it's time for a different gentle play session. Most cats will place a paw on an object of paper put in front of them, so this is a great place to begin.
Cats also don't handle stress well. If there's more than 1 cat in the home, have several litter boxes out there. It is also helpful to know a bit about training cats.
For clicker training to work, you should give the cat something it's prepared to work for. The cat gets more portable. Most cats succeed in little rooms.
Make utilizing the toilet as easy as possible for the cat. Instead of the technique, furthermore important is how you deal with your cat. Outdoor cats aren't great candidates for toilet-training.
Cats are extremely independent animals which don't crave approval or come when called, therefore it's crucial train them to carry out specific behaviors on cue. They combine different forms of vocalization along with specific body positions or gestures to communicate how they feel. Leash training a cat may sound to be an impossible job, but it's really not so difficult. Evidently, not all cats are excellent therapy cats. Actually, just about all cats wish to use their litter box! If you receive up and do so you're indirectly training your cat. House training cats is vital for happy co-habitation, and it's simpler than you could think.
Most people believe cats cannot be trained, but that simply really isn't the instance. Repeat ten times and attempt giving the cue before the cat provides the behavior alone. It's certainly feasible to train older cats.
If you believe that's impossible, well, it's simpler than herding cats. In a case where the cat is really brain-damaged in some manner, successful toilet-training is most likely from the question. Cats can learn how to do some awesome stunts, with the correct guidance. Industrial cat treats are great for this approach.
In the event the cat demands a lead during training a set collar or harness has to be used along with the electronic collar. Many cats eliminate from the box as they are not satisfied with the box's size, place, or cleanliness.
Let's say you are interested in getting the cat to jump on a chair. If a cat is prepared for a walk is contingent on its personality. Indoor cats are vulnerable to boredom, depression and obesity.
Some cats may want a space smaller than a room (with no chance to pick the incorrect spot) as a way to learn how to use the box. Whenever your cat proves which he or she is able to manage the sights, smells, and sounds, consider venturing to other locales. You must supervise your pet cat when it's harnessed.
With a tiny cunning and some simple trickery (and of course a few healthy treats), you'll have your cat thinking that her or his crate is the cat's meow, in almost no time. Determine why the cat exhibits a specific behavior so that you can supply a better choice. Conductn't conduct training sessions once your cat wishes to have a nap, instead, conduct it after a nap. Cats learn at a rather metered pace," Duno stated. The initial step is to acquire the cat used to her leash.
If at any moment during the training your cat gets confused or does not respond, try to think about a means to make the present step simpler. My cats don't put on a collar. After some days of practicing so, you should clearly show your cat which he should follow you. Leash training cats is easier whenever you have the most suitable get-up-and-go gear.


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|817th Air Division
817th Air Division FB-111A at Plattsburgh AFB[note 1]
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|United States Air Force
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|Strategic Air Command
|817th Air Division emblem (approved 29 January 1958)[1]
The 817th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Strategic Air Command, assigned to Second Air Force, at Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire, where it was inactivated on 30 June 1971.
The division was activated in early 1956 to provide a single headquarters at Pease in anticipation of the move of the 509th Bombardment Wing to join the 100th Bombardment Wing there. The division also commanded the Pease host unit, the 817th Combat Support Group. As the Boeing B-47 Stratojet began to be phased out in 1965 and 1966, the division became an operational headquarters for dispersed Boeing B-52 Stratofortress wings in the Northeastern United States. In 1970 two of its wings began converting to the General Dynamics FB-111. It was inactivated in 1971 and its mission, personnel and equipment were transferred to the 45th Air Division.
The 817th Air Division was activated by Strategic Air Command (SAC) at Portsmouth Air Force Base, New Hampshire in February 1956 in anticipation of the move of the 509th Bombardment Wing to Portsmouth[note 2] from Walker Air Force Base, New Mexico.[2] Its mission was to assume operational command of the 509th and of the 100th Bombardment Wing, which had been activated at Portsmouth one month earlier. In June the division also assumed base support functions through its 817th Air Base Group, which was manned from the inactivating 100th Air Base Group. Through the 817th group, the division also controlled the special weapons at Portsmouth, which were managed by the 11th (and after 1957) 41st Aviation Depot Squadrons. The division initially supervised and directed the organization and training of the two wings, which were equipped with Boeing B-47 Stratojet bombers and Boeing KC-97 Stratotankers.[1]
Once its assigned wings were combat ready, the division mission was to maintain a force capable of immediate and sustained long range offensive bombardment and air refueling operations anywhere in the world.[1] Starting in 1960, one third of each wing's aircraft were maintained on fifteen-minute alert, fully fueled and ready for combat to reduce vulnerability to a Soviet missile strike. This was increased to half their aircraft in 1962.[3]
In 1965, the 817th was assigned wings located at other bases for the first time. In March the 301st Air Refueling Wing at Lockbourne Air Force Base, Ohio was assigned. The 301st operated EC-135s of the Post Attack Command and Control System (PACCS) in addition to its KC-135A tankers. However, this assignment lasted only six months before the 301st was transferred to another SAC division.[4] In June, the 380th Strategic Aerospace Wing[note 3] at Plattsburgh Air Force Base, New York was assigned as the division's third B-47 wing.[5]
The B-47s of the division's three wings also began to be phased out in 1965. The 509th Bombardment Wing prepared for inactivation. However, this plan was altered, and instead in 1966, the 509th converted to Boeing B-52 Stratofortress and Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft.[2] The 380th wing made a similar conversion to B-52s and KC-135s the same year.[5] The 100th wing became non-operational in April 1966.[6] With only a single operational wing stationed at Pease, the division transferred its base support functions to the 509th wing and became an operational headquarters.[7] In June, the 100th wing moved on paper to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, where it was reassigned to the 12th Strategic Aerospace Division and assumed the mission, personnel and aircraft of the 4080th Strategic Wing.[6][note 4] The 817th gained a third dispersed B-52 wing in September 1966, when the 416th Bombardment Wing at Griffiss Air Force Base, New York was assigned.[8]
The division's wings deployed B-52 and KC-135 aircraft and crews to SAC units in the Pacific that were involved in combat operations during the Vietnam War for Operation Arc Light and the Young Tiger Task Force.[1] At times, its wings became nonoperational because all their operational resources and most of their support elements were deployed to the Pacific.[9] In July 1968, the 17th Bombardment Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio replaced the 380th wing for a year, but in July 1969 the 17th and 416th wings were transferred from division control, while the 380th returned and the 99th Bombardment Wing at Westover Air Force Base, Massachusetts became was also assigned. The 99th wing assignment returned the PACCS mission to the division. This lasted until the departure of Eighth Air Force from Westover to replace the 3d Air Division as SAC's command element in the Pacific in 1970, eliminating the need for an airborne backup of the numbered air force command post.[9][10] This move also resulted in the 817th being reassigned to Second Air Force.[1]
The 509th wing lost its bomber aircraft in 1970 as it prepared for conversion to the new General Dynamics FB-111.[2] The 380th wing had also begun conversion to the FB-111 when the division was inactivated in June 1971 and its mission, personnel and equipment were transferred to the 45th Air Division, which was simultaneously activated at Pease.[1][5][11]
- Constituted as the 817th Air Division on 24 January 1956
- Activated on 1 February 1956
- Inactivated on 30 June 1971[1]
- Eighth Air Force, 1 February 1956
- Second Air Force, 31 March 1970 – 30 June 1971[1]
- Portsmouth (later, Pease) Air Force Base, New Hampshire, 1 February 1956 – 30 June 1971[1]
- 817th Air Base Group (later 817th Combat Support Group): 15 June 1956 – 1 March 1966
- 817th Medical Group: 1 March 1959 – 1 March 1966[12]
- 509th Air Refueling Squadron: 5 January 1958– 1 May 1958[1]
- 4018th USAF Dispensary: 15 June 1956 – 1 March 1959[13]
- Boeing B-47 Stratojet, 1956–1966
- Boeing KC-97 Stratotanker, 1956–1966
- Boeing EC-135 1965, 1969–1970
- Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, 1965–1971
- Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, 1966–1971
- General Dynamics FB-111 1970–1971[1]
- Col James W. Chapman Jr., 1 February 1956;
- Brig Gen Walter E. Arnold, 23 February 1956
- Brig Gen Jack J. Catton, 6 July 1959
- Brig Gen A. J. Beck, 24 July 1961
- Gen Robert B. Miller, by 31 July 1963
- Maj Gen Robert W. Strong, by 30 June 1965
- Col William T. Cumiskey, by 30 June 1966
- Brig Gen Morgan S. Tyler Jr., by 31 August 1967
- Brig Gen Eugene Q. Steffes Jr., 1 February 1970 – 30 June 1971[1]
See also
- List of United States Air Force air divisions
- List of USAF Bomb Wings and Wings assigned to Strategic Air Command
- List of B-52 Units of the United States Air Force
- List of B-47 units of the United States Air Force
- ^ Serial 69-6506. Modified as an F-111G and transferred to Tactical Air Command. Later transferred to the Royal Australian Air Force and assigned serial A8-506
- ^ On 7 September 1957, the base was renamed Pease Air Force Base. Mueller, p. 467
- ^ The 380th was designated a strategic aerospace wing because it had operated SM-65 Atlas missiles until March 1965. See Ravenstein, pp. 205–206.
- ^ The Air Force Historical Research Agency Factsheet for the 817th Air Division includes U-2, WU-2 and DC-130 aircraft as division equipment in 1966. However, the 100th wing did not operate these aircraft until it moved and was reassigned.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Factsheet 817 Air Division". Air Force Historical Research Agency. 11 October 2007. Archived from the original on 30 October 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
- ^ a b c d Ravenstein, pp. 275–277
- ^ "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index. 1 April 1975. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
- ^ Ravenstein, pp. 144–146
- ^ a b c Ravenstein, pp. 205–206
- ^ a b c Ravenstein, pp. 142–144
- ^ Mueller, p. 467
- ^ Ravenstein, pp. 223–224
- ^ a b Ravenstein, pp. 141–142
- ^ "Factsheet 3 Air Division". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- ^ "Factsheet 45 Air Division". Air Force Historical Research Agency. 5 October 2007. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ^ See Mueller, p. 469
- ^ See "Abstract, History 4018 Dispensary, Portsmouth AFB Jan–Jun 1956". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 10 July 2014. and subsequent histories
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.
- Mueller, Robert (1989). Air Force Bases, Vol. I, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982 (PDF). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-53-6.
- Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947–1977. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-12-9.


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Groupe Mpower Why You Should See Obstacles as Opportunities
Every entrepreneur experiences obstacles from time to time because that's just what life is like. Going into business for yourself is an exciting time in your life and one in which you have high hopes for the future. But, as life often does, it will throw obstacles in your path that you need to deal with and this is when despair can quickly set in. Maria Skitzis of Groupe Mpower, New Jersey, recently saw an article in Entrepreneur magazine that expressed her thoughts on the matter to a T.
In this article one of the main investors on the hit series Shark Tank talks about how she got her start as an entrepreneur and how all her best decisions were made in the moment and most often after what some would call major setbacks. Barbara Corcoran began as an entrepreneur at the 'ripe old age' of 22 way back in 1973 on the advice of a friend who said she'd be great in real estate. That day, without further thought, Barbara quit her job waitressing and went out and found a position renting apartments in New York City. She loved it so much she changed her residence from New Jersey to the Big Apple and the rest, as they say, is history.
"I think about all the times in my life when things didn't go as planned and I had to, on the spot, devise a plan B. It was either that or throw in the towel. In looking back, plan B probably worked better than plan A ever would have, or could have, and I can now be grateful for the opportunities that arose from those obstacles. I can't begin to tell you how many times I had to make the choice to be held back by a stumbling block or simply step over it and find an alternate path. Those are some of the best moments in my own career and why I can identify with what Barbara said in that interview," Maria Skitzis muses.
Also, there is another similarity between Barbara's path and that of Maria Skitzis. Not only did both entrepreneurs need to rise above an obstacle to see an opportunity but both had to act quickly and decisively without giving way to thought. Just as Barbara acted in the moment on the advice of an acquaintance, so too has Maria Skitzis had to quickly change directions without giving further thought to the matter. She says it's those split second 'on the fly' decisions that have brought him some of the biggest successes of his career and looking back, she is thankful to have been presented with what others call obstacles. To him they are opportunities of the best kind.


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Improved Skirt and Trouble with Post
As I promised, I have improved on the skirt I made the other day. I found that the waistline was extremely messy as the material had been rather hard to work with. I just cut out a strip of black fabric, folded over the edges and folded it over the top, simple but extremely effective! I absolutely love the result. Makes it look so much neater!
Now i'm working on my next project. I have a few halloween things in mind to make (although I'm not sure If I really have enough fabric in the right colours) and also all those Christmas items still in mind along with a few other projects.
But before that I think i'm going to play my new Sims 3 game I bought with a voucher I got for my birthday. I actually had quite a shock when it arrived yesterday. It had been sent to my mums house, as I'd forgotten to change the delivery address, and she'd nicely sent it on to me by recorded delivery with some other post as well.
We've always had a problem with our post, our postman just drops everything off downstairs despite tesco telling him it doesn't belong there but he really doesn't care. I went downstairs yesterday to see if there was any post for us and found my package on the floor and torn open. Even the letters inside had been opened and then put back in. We're wondering if it was someone searching for some form of identity to steal as my new game and all the other post was safe and sound. Luckily for us we found Ash's passports (they'd been sent off to student finance) safe in tesco.
Both these packages had to be signed for (the sims game recorded delivery and the passports on special) and we'd been in all day, yet no one had even rung our doorbell. Obviously we're really not very impressed with Royal Mail at the moment.
I told my mum about it and she immediately got on the phone to complain to them, hopefully something will come of it.
But at least nothing was stolen, so now I get to play Sims before carrying on with a bit more sewing 🙂
Till next time!!


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TF is good people!
Thanks friends, all of you that have helped me grow in this game, for the quest help, for the epic 1,5 help, and for the 2.0 help.
Special thanks to the 2 groups that came to south ro after the raid last night for my final hit. And Ven's wiz for the help in sky for the final turn in.


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WEST POINT -- Cadet Tevin Long was sentenced to 30 days confinement and booted from West Point after pleading guilty to drug charges during a court-martial proceeding Monday.
Long, a member of the class of 2017 and a former football player for Army, also must forfeit all pay and allowances.
Military judge Lt. Col Steven Neill pronounced the sentence following a day-long proceeding at West Point.
Long was among six cadets charged in November with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and wrongful possession and distribution of controlled substances, both violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Long was scheduled to be arraigned on the charges Monday.
But after he agreed to plead guilty to certain specifications under both charges, they proceeded with a sentencing hearing.
Prosecutors asked for a year of confinement, while his defense team argued that he has begun the process of rehabilitation and can better use his experience to help others avoid the same pitfalls.
Long made an impassioned plea to the judge to let him go forward with his life.
"I do not know how I will ever forgive myself for squandering this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," Long said before the judge considered his sentence.
Long, a Texas native, came to West Point as a quarterback but was switched to defense, playing safety and cornerback. He started five games in 2015, his last season with the team.
He blamed injuries suffered playing football for turning him to drugs.
He pleaded guilty to conspiring with other cadets to bring controlled substances, including oxycodone and alprazolam, onto the West Point campus.
One other cadet charged the same time as Long is awaiting a court-martial, too, while four others are awaiting a decision by West Point brass as to how to proceed with their cases.
This article is written by Michael Randall from The Times Herald-Record, Middletown, N.Y. and was legally licensed via the Tribune Content Agency through the NewsCred publisher network. Please direct all licensing questions to email@example.com.


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Valentines Day Spending Up
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COLUMBIA - Mid-Missouri businesses expected to see a boost in Valentine's Day sales Tuesday.
A recent survey released by the National Retail Federation reported an expected 8.5 percent increase in Valentine's Day spending by the average American. Last year, Americans spent about $116. This year they're expected to spend $126, with men spending an average $80 more than women.
Columbia's My Secret Garden flower shop reported an increase in spending this year. Owner Ruth LaHue said customers purchased larger, more expensive arrangements rather than more arrangements.
Several local restaurants including Sycamore and Bleu said they're completely booked for Valentines night. Others including Sophia's and CC's City Broiler don't take reservations, but both said they expect waits.


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Airbons saves your wallet
From now on, after every meal: do not forget to spin the fortune wheel! :-)
Read this article in: Deutsch, EnglishEstimated reading time:2minutes
Eating out is a fine thing, but it also drains the wallet. So how about someone who pays for your food? That doesn't exist? It does! - The solution is called Airbons!
The app, which picks up the bill at a restaurant with a 1 in 32 chance, was released in September 2015. The startup was founded by the entrepreneurs Tobias Tadysiak, Rado Dymek and Simon Cordes in Munich. The principle is quite simple: You have dinner at a restaurant that cooperates with Airbons, and pay your bill, as usual. Then you photograph the receipt with the app and spin the wheel of fortune. Now, there's a chance that you win a refund of a part of or even the whole bill. Once you've collected 10.00€ on your account, you can transfer the money to your bank account. The highest win so far has been 174,00€! Occasionally, special promotions with cooperation partners take place.
On the rooftops of Mannheim
Through a cooperation between alugha and Airbons, our new video "Never pay for your meal again? - "HollywooTodi" checks airbons out" came to life. The video is the most elaborate on hoTodi ever. It was the first time we filmed action and fight scenes with our in-house production. Matthias Schaudig aka Supermat was in charge of direction, cut and cinematography. Additionally, he played the customer who finds himself on the rooftops of Mannheim as a result of bold fights against security guard, Manuel Ding (our 2D/3D Media Designer). Manuel, your Matrix look was breathtaking! Alugha CEO Bernd Korz was the producer. Sascha Weber and Arthur Rewak also played a part in producing the video, and they gave it the final touch. For the first time behind the camera: our holiday jobber Tessa Funk. I, a working student, also gave my debut performance - namely as the waitress who is left behind bewildered by the fleeing Supermat. But it seems as if Supermat learned from his mistake. Because from now on, after every meal: do not forget to spin the fortune wheel! :-)
As always, the multilingual video is available on alugha in German and English!


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Ebola Preparedness
Posted on Oct 16, 2014 in Uncategorized
Nothing is more important than the health and safety of our employees, physicians, patients and communities. Our Ebola Virus Response Planning Team has taken significant steps to prepare for the screening, isolation and treatment of Ebola patients, with an unwavering commitment to help ensure the safety of our nurses and other frontline staff.
Based on current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines, we have policies, procedures and action plans in place at hospitals, care centers and patient call centers across our Northern California network. Our Ebola Virus Response Planning Team widely distributed and reinforced these policies and action plans for our frontline health care workers. Our work to repeatedly train and drill continues.
Our multidisciplinary team consists of infection preventionists, infectious disease specialists, and critical care, emergency department and emergency preparedness experts. The team closely monitors this rapidly evolving situation and any emerging guidelines from federal, state and local agencies, including the WHO, CDC and CDPH. Team members will continually update our policies, procedures, action plans, human resource protocols, training and drilling, as new learnings arise from other parts of the nation or world.
In addition, we are actively engaging with local, state and federal elected leaders as well as public health officers, and other health care systems to share action plans and best practices. This work continues to help ensure a coordinated community response to the Ebola virus.
Sutter Health has taken multiple steps to prepare for the Ebola virus disease. For example:
- An Ebola Virus Disease Action Plan: This plan establishes a unified framework for our organization's preparation and response to the Ebola virus.
- An Ebola Virus Disease Emergency Operations Plan Policy and Procedure: This plan details the necessary steps to triage, admit and care for a patient known or suspected to have the Ebola virus.
- Ebola Virus Disease Screening Protocols: As a first step toward identifying the Ebola virus, our protocols call for proactively screening for fever and asking patients about their travel history and symptoms. These screening protocols are in place at entry points to our network, including emergency departments, hospital units, urgent care centers, primary care doctors' offices and surgery centers, as well as through our home health care professionals and call center representatives.
- An Ebola Virus Disease Emergency Department Guide: It outlines specific roles and responsibilities for emergency department staff to help prevent the spread of the disease to health care workers, patients and visitors.
- Approved Ebola Virus Disease Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Register and Instructions: Clinicians must wear specific PPE at all times when caring for a patient suspected of having the Ebola virus. As of today, equipment includes gloves, gowns, shoe covers, eye protection and face masks. To help ensure the safety of our staff, we are providing training and instructions on how to properly don, doff and dispose of PPEs, using a buddy, monitor and checklist system. We will continually update our procedures and practices as new learnings arise. Our hands-on training specific to the use of PPE starts with employees most likely to care for an Ebola patient and extends to other personnel, as appropriate.
- Ebola Virus Disease Response Training: Preventing the spread of any infectious disease is ongoing in our care centers. Doctors, nurses, clinicians and staff participate in emergency drills. Across our network, we're actively training all admitting and clinical personnel to identify and isolate a potential patient with Ebola virus. We've also begun more in-depth training for those most likely to provide care and treatment to a patient with Ebola virus. Depending on individual roles and responsibilities, employees receive training in the form of hands-on practice, tabletop and in-depth drills, demonstrations, online tutorials, town hall meetings, informational videos and materials, and frequent updates.
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Happy Wednesday everyone! We made it to Hump day and the best way to spend it is with our trusty live artists, enjoying some genuinely entertaining live shows! Two of them await you today right here at the Dirty Grind Independent Artist Community, as well as the staff and all the other patrons 😀 Hope to see you there and around the grid!
5 pm Bearsheart
Bearsheart will treat you to a great show thanks to her diverse influences, spanning genres from Americana to African drumming, roots to rock, folk to funk and much more. With singer-songwriters like Linda Ronstadt and Mary Chapin Carpenter as inspiring figures, you can be sure her performance will be original and unforgettable.
7 pm Twostep Spiritweaver
From Blues to Bluegrass, Beatles to Bach, Grateful Dead to Van Morrison and all the music inbetween, Twostep Spiritweaver weaves his way through all of it. He may play 30 minutes of pure blues followed by 30 minutes of sweet ballads and love songs, or he might just start playing to see where the music takes him.
Field Trips!
1 pm Field Trip: The Vinnie Show @ Bonaventure!
8 pm Field Trip: The Vinnie Show @ Mystic Muse!


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Andropause is a condition exclusively for middle-aged males that is synonymous to menopause in women. It manifests itself as an imbalance in androgen and testosterone which results to some abnormalities in an otherwise healthy body. Andropause has been characterised as a silent affliction: while the symptoms and manifestations are mild, it can have a lasting effect on men if ignored.
All men normally experience a decline in the bioavailability of their testosterone as they age. In fact, the levels of testosterone in the body normally drop by 10% for every 10 years the man ages starting at age 30. However, some men experience it earlier than others and at drastic declines. That's what makes andropause a big problem: a radical drop in the levels of testosterone produced by the body can affect its performance in some important functions like:
Blood cell production
The production of lipids and carbohydrates
Serum protein production by the liver
Impact of Andropause in Our Normal Functioning
As you could see, these are all very vital processes that keep us healthy and strong. Lipids and carbohydrates are important to the body, which are synthesised by the liver from the food we eat. Deterioration in the body's ability to produce means that we are not getting what we actually need from the food that enters our body. This manifests itself as fatigue since our body is not producing enough carbohydrates to fuel our activities.
The reduced capability of producing blood cells can have lasting impacts as well. Anaemia is just one effect of this, among others.
Erectile dysfunction can also be a problem especially if it comes too early for the man. This can result to issues in relationships, as well as in the man's appreciation and confidence in himself. It can also result to depression as a result of the man's reduced self-esteem and appreciation.
Testosterone has been touted in several studies as being responsible for maintaining the balance between the breaking and regenerating of bone tissue. Ideally, this occurs in equilibrium but as men grow older, their bodies experience a reduced bone density by 15% between 40 and 70 years old. This means that andropause in men significantly raises the risk of osteoporosis brought about by weaker bones. Osteoporosis is a serious and debilitating condition and, since it is caused by lower testosterone levels, makes androgen something that should not be ignored.
Diagnosis and Treatment
Fortunately, the medical technology of the current age makes it possible to diagnose and treat andropause for men. Diagnosis is facilitated by measuring the unbound testosterone in our bloodstream. These are the testosterone that are not bound to either globulin or albumin, and are the culprits behind the symptoms of andropause.
Once identified, andropause is then treated using hormone replacement therapy. This therapy consists of either natural or synthetic hormone medication, a great number of which is now available worldwide like Viagra. Most people prefer the natural hormone replacement medication since it does not have side effects, although the medication takes effect slower than synthetic medication.
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One Program, Four Certifications. This practitioner certification program is scheduled for runs in Singapore and Malaysia every year.
Neuro-Linguistic Programming Master Practitioner
NLP is an innovative approach to understanding and appreciating human experience, communication and behavior. NLP is known to have helped many people achieve breakthroughs in their performance, relationships, education, coaching, business, therapy and in themselves.
What you will learn
Remedial & Generative Change Works
Remedial & Generative Change Works explores the different types of change work and coaching scenarios so you truly master understanding of this professional field.
Quantum Linguistics
Quantum Linguistics equip you with more advanced linguistic patterns and techniques so you can clear problem states instantly, resolve problems immediately, embed commands for maximum influence, explore negotiation tactics, mediate, destroy negative decisions and help others de-identify with negative models.
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Meta Programs provide knowledge into personality types and better understanding of self and others so we may deal more effectively with others to enhance relationship and results in interaction.
Complex Meta Programs
Complex Meta Programs get into greater depth with the inner workings of people. Useful in leadership, parenting, coaching, sales, negotiations and education functions.
Quantum Physics
Quantum Physics explores the M-Field and our relationship with the universe and how this knowledge can help you attract more success in your life.
Values provides the answer to what lights the fire within. Beyond learning and understand about Values and how it affects our life and results, you will learn how to shift values hierarchy which will create transformational change.
Parts Integration
Parts Integration – With parts within ourselves, we become crippled to action. Parts are conflicts within ourselves and this happens when a part of you wishes to do something but another part of you wants something else and the two parts are conflicting. Many people lack action due to these forces fighting within themselves and hence, the lack of positive results. This technique will enable you to act positively and get rid of the conflict within you and others.
Clare Graves Values Levels
Remedial & Generative Change Works explores the different types of change work and coaching scenarios so you truly master understanding of this professional field.
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Prime Concerns is yet another mind-blowing technique that helps to uncover deep desires and wants. Knowing Prime Concerns and its Intervention allows you to focus your resources to obtain states of ecstacy.
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Sleight of Mouth is a series of communication techniques that will help you win communication encounters.
Advanced Submodalities
Complex Meta Programs get into greater depth with the inner workings of people. Useful in leadership, parenting, coaching, sales, negotiations and education functions.
Advanced Strategies
Advanced Strategies get into design and installation so changes and enhancements within a person is maximized.
Personal Breakthrough
Values provides the answer to what lights the fire within. Beyond learning and understand about Values and how it affects our life and results, you will learn how to shift values hierarchy which will create transformational change.
Time Line Therapy™ Master Practitioner
Time Line Therapy™ enables you to get rid of unwarranted negative emotions and phobias and eliminate limiting decisions so that your life is not burdened by issues of your past. With Time Line Therapy™ techniques, you can insert your goals in your future, and achieve them.
What you will learn
Taking Detailed Personal History
Taking Detailed Personal History helps you to uncover deep seated issues and root causes of problems.
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TLT Negative Emotions #1 & #2
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Well it looks like Tsipras isn't a complete idiot and made a "new" bailout agreement that is pretty much the same as the old one that was voted down in that ridiculous referendum:
I was expecting this guy to continue being a complete idiot, not come to any agreement and was expecting, as a result, Greek banks running out of cash. He exceeded my low expectations. Yay!
As I said before, Greece WILL have austerity... it was just a question of whether it will be an orderly or disorderly one. It seems that now that they've had a taste of disorderly austerity (which the banks limiting withdrawals), making a deal doesn't look as bad.
Of course this agreement means nothing unless Greek parliament ratifies the changes needed to keep up their end of the bargain.
Now it will be interesting to see if Tsipras still has his job a week from now. And we'll also see whether or not the majority of Greek politicians show themselves to be idiots by blocking the needed changes.


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Lion statues cleaning, Old Marylebone Town Hall
Monumental lion statues cleaned at Old Marylebone Town Hall.
The king of beasts – and regarded as a symbol of valour, nobility, strength and gravitas – lions have been a recurring sculptural detail in British architecture since the 19th century.
As part of the recently completed four-year refurbishment of Old Marylebone Town Hall, Thomann-Hanry® were commissioned to clean the imposing lion statues flanking the flight of steps at the entrance to the building.
An outstanding example of Edwardian Graeco-Roman classicism, Marylebone Town Hall was designed by Sir Edwin Cooper and built between 1914 and 1920. Since then, it has become one of London's most iconic civil wedding venues, the backdrop for high profile weddings including those of Sir Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith. Along with Sussex Place and the Taunton Centre, this Grade II Listed building also forms an integral part of the London Business School campus.
Statues cleaning
Having surveyed the requirements of the project, Thomann-Hanry® cleaned the Portland stone statues using the steam-based DOFF system. This process was ideally suited to the removal of the various surface coatings which, over time, had become bonded to the stonework. Avoiding the use of chemicals, non-abrasive DOFF cleaning allows the operator a high level of control over both temperature and pressure – removing a variety of contaminants including paint and biological matter such as mosses, lichens, and algae.
These variable temperature and pressure considerations are key when cleaning monumental stonework, enabling a sensitive and flexible clean and thereby avoiding the risk of damage to important historic statues.
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"By the early 21st century the nature of warfare had changed. Unmanned drones patrolled the skies above the battleground.
In the year 2023, humanoid drones were deployed to the front lines – a new breed of soldier: stronger and faster than their human counterparts.
Autonomous by design, they operate by a code – a code of war." – Robert Glickert & Daniel Casey
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Book Reviews -- Operation Iceberg: The Invasion and Conquest of Okinawa in World War II-An Oral History by Gerald Astor
Ambrose, Stephen E., National Forum
GERALD ASTOR. Operation Iceberg: The Invasion and Conquest of Okinawa in World War II -- An Oral History. New York, N.Y.: Donald I. Fine, Inc., 1995. 496 pages. $24.95.
The Battle of Okinawa, which began on Easter Sunday, April 1, 1945, and lasted for three months, was a descent into hell. At no place, at no time, was combat worse than on Okinawa -- not at Gettysburg, not in the trenches in World War I, not on the Eastern Front in World War II, not on Iwo Jima. Losses were dreadful: 12,520 U.S. dead, 36,631 wounded; 110,071 Japanese soldiers killed, 7,401 captured (almost all badly wounded); and 140,000 Okinawan civilians dead.
The raw figures only hint at how savage and bestial the fighting was, on each side. Combat is the most extreme experience a human being can go through -- those of us who have never been in combat can only try to imagine it -- and on Okinawa the combat was continuous and shocking in its assault on human sensibilities.
The closest we can come to the combat experience is to read about it in eyewitness accounts from the men who were there, on the ground or on shipboard or in the air -- there as privates or seamen or pilots, not as generals or admirals. In Operation Iceberg, Gerald Astor takes us there. He has done hundreds of interviews with U.S. soldiers and sailors, plus some with Japanese combatants, and has woven them together in a narrative that will immediately take its place as one of the classics in the literature of combat.
Astor, a World War II veteran himself, is the author of three previous books on the conflict based on oral histories. He is a master of the genre. He gets the veterans to talk to him in a straightforward, honest manner, no matter how brutal the story or experience. In this book, he moves from the destroyers undergoing kamikaze attacks, to American pilots trying to shoot down the Japanese planes, to the Army and Marine troops ashore, with an ease and skill that are enviable. This is oral history at its best -- direct, illuminating, capturing sights and sounds and feelings and actions that never make it into official reports or more formal military histories.
Sergeant Joe Budge told Astor:
Heavy artillery or mortar fire can be seen in any war movie, but it is usually toned down because nobody would believe the size of the explosion one is expected to live through. …


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(another) FF takes Land Speed Record at 367mphSubmitted by Royce on 05-Oct-09 7:26am
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Interesting site, improvement of steering effort promised. Anyone who understands steering geometery, is it likely to work as well as stated?
different brakingSubmitted by vholder on 21-May-07 3:08pm
Hi, found this website when looking up brakes. Interesting idea on making steering better?
FF Mailing ListSubmitted by jbond on 22-May-06 8:05am
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Andy Tribble's FF pixSubmitted by andytribble on 05-Aug-05 4:48pm
In this collection there are some shots of work in progress on the FFMZ, plus a few more shots of the Coda that appeared at Beaulieu '05. Also, in a heap up against a fence, a Quasar bodyshell and other parts including (if you look closely) some Quasar panniers.
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over at The Mod Squad and Hosting is my
Good Friend Judy Woodland. Judy is
asking us to use our Acrylic Blocks for our Background
and I love making them.
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Gina K is the Sponsor so I thought it only
right to use her stamps and paper.
I have an addiction to Lindy's Magical's
so thought I would incorporate one colour on this card.
You can vaguely see I have used my acrylic block
three times inking with Tim's Distress Abandoned Coral
onto watercolour paper.
As the outcome wasn't too pronounced
I thought I would put some Hags Wart Orange Magicals
onto my craft mat spritz it with water to activate
and then press the acrylic block
onto it and transfer that to the first inkings.
With leftovers I smooched around the edges
and got a softer colour.
I then heat embossed my image from
Gina K's Springtime Silhouettes
(I know it's an oldie but still love that set)
with WOW Chocolate Caramel Pearl
which has a lovely chocolate colour and shimmery gold
depending how you look at it.
My sentiment is from Gina's Smile inked
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