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New frontier in the treatment of anemia
Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute (LFKRI), New York Blood Center - NYBC, New York, USA.
Erythropoietin (EPO) and its recombinant forms are used for the treatment of anemia, thanks to EPO’s ability to stimulate the differentiation of red blood cell (RBC) precursors into mature RBCs. Patients who may benefit from EPO therapy include those who develop anemia consequent to chronic kidney disease, AIDS, cancer chemotherapy or hematologic disorders (multiple myeloma, myelodysplastic syndromes). Alternative therapeutic options are needed for patients who show poor EPO response or develop other forms of EPO-non-responsive anemia, including hemolysis, sepsis and genetic bone marrow failure.
The recent identification of a key pathway that controls erythroblast survival has paved the way for the formulation of novel therapeutic strategies for those patients who cannot benefit from EPO therapy. Using human CD34+ hematopoietic stem cell (HSC)-derived erythroblasts and P38α conditional knock-out mice, Hu and co-workers demonstrated that the mitogen-activated protein kinase P38α acts as an intrinsic brake during anemia recovery, by self-restraining erythroblast survival and limiting potential excessive erythropoiesis led by erythropoietic signals. Importantly, P38α loss in mice accelerates the recovery of hemolysis and chemotherapy-driven anemia by reducing erythroblast apoptosis. This mechanism is mediated by P38α deficiency-induced activation of JNK, which serves as an EPO-independent pro-survival signal. JNK prevents Cdk1-induced degradation of the epigenetic silencer Ezh2. In turn Ezh2 stabilization decreases the expression of the pro-apoptotic BCL2 family member, Bim, thus promoting erythroblast survival. In parallel, JNK maintains high P53 levels, by increasing protein stability, thus exerting an anti-tumor function. Therefore, in cancer-related anemias, P38α inhibitors, as well as JNK activators, would have the dual benefit of promoting erythropoiesis, by suppression of a pro-apoptotic pathway and activation of a pro-survival one, and also counteracting tumor progression, by increasing P53 levels (in patients with non-mutated P53).
Hu P, Nebreda AR, Hanenberg H, Kinnebrew GH, Ivan M, Yoder MC, Filippi MD, Broxmeyer HE, Kapur R. “P38α/JNK signaling restrains erythropoiesis by suppressing Ezh2-mediated epigenetic silencing of Bim”. Nature Communications 2018 Aug 29;9(1):3518. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-05955-2.

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Q I'd like to know where to find more information on heirloom tomatoes, like how each kind tastes, what the difference is between an heirloom and a normal tomato, their history, and maybe which ones are worth the money. Oh, and could you maybe share a recipe that shows them off?
A Two heirloom authorities, Craig LeHoullier and Carolyn Male (we spoke to them when the term first surfaced years ago), divide heirlooms into four categories. They are quoted on www.tomatofest.com site:
• Commercial heirlooms: Open-pollinated varieties introduced before 1940, or tomato varieties more than 50 years in circulation.
• Family heirlooms: Seeds that have been passed down for several generations through a family.
• Created heirlooms: The result of crossing two known parents (either two heirlooms or an heirloom and a hybrid) and dehybridizing the resulting seeds for how ever many years/generations it takes to eliminate the undesirable characteristics and stabilize the desired characteristics, perhaps as many as eight years or more.
• Mystery heirlooms: Varieties that are a product of natural cross-pollination of other heirloom varieties.
They also point out that all heirloom varieties are open-pollinated but not all open-pollinated varieties are heirlooms. Open-pollinated means you can plant the tomato's seeds next year and get the same tomato. Hybrid tomato seeds will not reproduce the same tomato. To grow that hybrid tomato, you must buy and plant new hybrid seed each year.
As to tastes, they vary from the yellows and orange types that are generally low in acid and quite sweet (too much so for my taste), to some of the striped kinds that are like sweet/tart candy, to the reds and pinks that taste like old-fashioned tomatoes, that is, lush, round and full to delicately decadent, to the over-the-top plushness of the blacks, which remind me of rich roast beef and red wine.
Remember, though, that just because it's an heirloom doesn't automatically mean it has great flavor, but you stand a better chance of it with these babies. My leanings of the moment are toward the dark purplish ones with green around their core. Called, "black tomatoes," many of the ones I end up liking originate in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Of course, all of this is a game of chance because what tastes good in my area might be pap where you live. Ask for samples before buying.
A book that will tell all, including well-researched history is "The Heirloom Tomato: From Garden to Table" by Amy Goldman (Bloomsbury, $35). Amy has been working with heirlooms much of her life. The book embraces the gardener and the cook with taste descriptions, recipes and growing information. But for a recipe to use right now, here is a good way to show off the final harvests of these gems.

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TABLE III. RS103 levels for suffix letter A PIN's.
14 kHz to 200 MHz
200 MHz to 450 MHz
450 MHz to 1 GHz
1GHz to 12 GHz
Transient voltage limits (output): In accordance with MIL-STD-461 (methods CE106 and RE103),
voltage spikes generated by time delay relays shall not exceed 42 volts during the following time
periods starting at the instant of opening of the relay coil circuit:
PIN's with a suffix letter W: 50 microseconds.
PIN's with a suffix letter A: 500 microseconds.
Monitoring of spike voltages shall be by a device (such as a memory type oscilloscope) that can detect,
measure, display, and record 0.25 to 1000 volts over the applicable time durations specified herein.
Switches used to control the time delay relays during voltage-spike measurements shall not be EMI
Time current relay characteristics at 25C: 6/ Relays shall sustain five applications (make and carry
only) of power concurrently on adjacent poles at each of five different current levels for the time
durations shown in table IV. Separate relays shall be tested at 28 V dc and 115/200 V ac, 400 Hz, 3
phase. Cooling time between successive applications shall be 30 minutes. The test shall be performed
on both normally open and normally closed contacts of each relay. There shall be no failures or
evidence of welding or sticking, and relays shall pass contact voltage drop at conclusion.
TABLE IV. Time-current relay characteristics at 25C.
CAUTION: Compare with time-current
characteristics of associated
circuit protective device.
Environmental data (relay installed in bracket and socket assembly M12883/50 and secured in mounting
Temperature range (operating): -70C to +125C.
Maximum altitude rating: 80,000 feet.
6/ Not applicable if the MIL-PRF-83536/9, /10, /11 relay being used is qualified to the time current relay
characteristics at 25C requirements of MIL-PRF-83536.


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Large hand made Snowman similar to OLAF home made
This ever so cute 14 inch snowman is waiting for a home. He is home made from all new materials and minky swirl as his snow. He is really lovely to hold and play with due to the swirl texture.
Home made by Janns Family Embroidery
from an original pattern from dolls and daydreams.com

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Small town America. A town of roughly 18,500 people. There is a nice downtown with quaint shops, a true homey feeling.
And yet, there is something that divides this town.
For years, decades even, the town has displayed a nativity scene during the holidays on P.T. Barnum Square, a triangle piece of land right smack in the middle of the charming downtown. It is where almost all the town events occur. It houses pizza joints, our special ice cream shop and a bridal store among others. I am constantly over there since my gym is right across the street.
The nativity has been an icon to the downtown area, and now, now it is the source of the resident split. This year there is a new nativity:
I am not going to lie, it is beautiful. Funded by a GoFundMe and several residents, it sits right in front of the Christmas tree. Although breathtaking, it is huge. I mean big, bordering on massive. I think it is because of this reason that certain residents became not irate, but annoyed that other holidays weren’t being represented while the nativity just grew bigger. One resident, an Atheist, decided to submit an application to display a banner on P.T. Barnum Square:
Well, this caused quite an uproar on the local Facebook pages and within the town itself. This is where true colors showed. This was when I realized we are a town that is divided. There is only love if, if you are a Christian, according to many residents.
A good number of residents didn’t understand why the Atheists would want to put anything on the Square… after-all, they do not celebrate anything. A few told the anonymous Atheist banner submitter to move out of Bethel, that they do not belong there. With all the recent antisemitic news, I, a Jew, began to feel uncomfortable in my own town. People were becoming just downright cruel.
But where this is dark, there is light, right?! Some of us religious minorities spoke up. Inclusion! If you can have a creche on a public, town-owned, piece of property, why not have other things?!
We discussed a possible Menorah (Hanukkah candle holder) and a Kinara (Kwanzaa candle holder). Those of us that wanted inclusion were renewed with honor and strength in the possibility of displaying our faiths, of increasing the knowledge of them to the majority of the town residents who are Christian.
But, the town realized that with all this, they needed a rule. In the first meeting held for the Atheist banner, the room was divided. Majority felt it wasn’t needed, that it was a way for the Atheists to call out themselves (because a nativity on the green doesn’t scream Christianity?!). They thought it ruined the holiday spirit of Bethel, ruined the Christmas feeling of Bethel. Back and forth, back and forth… the good news was that after this first meeting, many people understood the Atheist resident’s desire in the banner, the need to include every member of this town regardless of religious belief. By the second meeting, the banner was approved. A committee has now been formed to look at the long term guidelines to displaying things on the Square. It has been about 2 weeks since the approval and the only thing on P.T. Barnum Square is the creche & lit Christmas tree. Where is the banner?
I had mixed feelings on all of this. I am Jewish by birth. I am not religious by any means but I take pride in my religion/ethnicity. I light the Menorah every year. I make challah and will bake Hamentaschen for Purim. I love my given Hebrew name (Shalva Maera). I also married a Catholic. He is not religious either which is good because there were no arguments when our daughter was born of which religion to raise her. I have respect for all religions and their practices. I am a very fair and just person. So where did I stand?
I think the nativity is beautiful. It is a great symbol for those that are Christian and deserves to be displayed. But where to display it? The town owns the Square. By displaying a religious symbol on something that is town owned, is this not overstepping the separation between church and state? If the town committee starts allowing all religions to display things during the holiday, what happens when we run out of room on the Square? Are the nativity and banner grandfathered in at their size and everyone else’s displays become smaller?
Ultimately, I am with a minority group of residents concerning a certain solution. Because the land is town owned and because it is not a big piece of land to start displaying everyone’s holiday, I believe it should just be left empty. Leave the walkways and benches. Leave the foliage and landscaping. Leave it to its natural beauty. Move the nativity to one of the many churches.
If you can’t include everyone, then include no one.

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You're walking through your living room, trip and twist your ankle. You're not sure if it's broken, but you definitely think a trip to the doctor is necessary. Now you need to make a decision, will you go to the emergency room or an urgent care clinic?
The difference between urgent care clinic and emergency departments?
Urgent care clinics are open later then your doctors office and usually on the weekends and have walk in availability. If you have a simple sickness or injury, during non-business hours, or your regular doctor is unavailable, an urgent care clinic can get you treated in a timely manner.
Hospital emergency departments provide medical care 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They are also equipped with more testing equiptment then an urgent care and staffed to treat more complex or critical needs, including life-threatening situations like a heart attack or stroke.
Which one is faster?
The short answer is "it depends." Most urgent care clinics see patients on a first come, first served basis, so if you're in a rush and have a minor injury or illness, urgent care may be the best choice. 80% of urgent care visits are completed in 60 minutes or less.
In contrast, emergency departments treat the most severe cases first, so you might be sitting around with your sprained ankle on ice for a while if someone comes in that needs immediate medical attention.
Which one is cheaper?
If you have insurance, urgent care is the cheaper option. In fact, it can save you up to 75% the cost of an emergency room visit.
Which one do I really need?
Oftentimes, choosing to go to the ER or an urgent care center is a matter of convenience. If you're still not sure which one you need, here's a basic list of symptoms and the appropriate place to get them treated:
- Traumatic injuries
- Chest pain
- Stroke symptoms
- Loss of consciousness
- Trouble breathing
- Abdominal pain
- High fevers
- Complicated cuts or burns
- Eye or facial injuries
- Poisoning or overdoses
- Sick infants under 6 months of age
- Coughs, congestion, sore throats
- Mild fever
- Minor asthma
- Rashes and allergic reactions
- Pink eye
- Animal and bug bites
- Broken bones or joint injuries
- Simple cuts or burns
- Painful urination
- Skin infections
- Flu-related vomiting or diarrhea
- Strains or sprains
- Minor head injuries
Central Maine Urgent Care is an open clinic facility that provides care for patients of all ages. Whether you are local or from out of town, CMMC will provide expert care for your unexpected needs and will arrange for a seamless transition of information back to your primary care provider. For more information visit https://www.cmmc.org/urgent-care-fast-facts


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Alexandra – who has had hits including ‘Bad Girls’ and ‘Hallelujah’ – put on an exclusive performance for hundreds of guests at the beautiful St George’s Hall. The event was a great success and raised £50,000 to help disadvantaged young people in the North West get into work, training or education.
“It was great to be playing in Liverpool as the people are always so friendly and supportive,” said Alexandra. “The Prince’s Trust is a great cause and does fantastic work with young people across the region. I feel honoured to be able to help in some way.”
The Diamond Ball, which is considered by many to be the highlight of Liverpool’s Christmas social calendar, returned to St George’s Hall for the eighth year running. Since it started, the event has raised over £400,000 for The Prince’s Trust in the North West. The prestigious black tie event included a Laurent-Perrier Champagne reception, followed by a festive four course meal and the opportunity to win fantastic prizes in the raffle and auction. The raffle was drawn by Jennie McAlpine, who plays Fizz in Coronation Street.
North West Development Committee member of The Prince’s Trust and founder of The Diamond Ball, Steve Sealey, said: “I would like to thank Alexandra Burke for singing at tonight’s event and everyone who made the evening possible. The Prince’s Trust can make a real difference to young people’s lives and the money we’ve raised tonight will go some way to getting more young people into work.”
Guests also had the chance to win a £10,000 diamond generously donated by exclusive jewellers and long term sponsors of The Diamond Ball, David M Robinson.
An auction on the evening offered guests the opportunity to bid for an array of exclusive prizes including tickets to the final of The X Factor.
Source: Prince's Trust

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BRITAIN has a health service of two halves. One half saves lives and eases suffering with wonderful new techniques.
The other half is drained by millions who have caused their own problems by too much drinking, smoking and eating.
This two-way split threatens the future of the NHS, as Tony Blair warned yesterday.
The booze-and-fags culture puts terrible pressure on hospitals and demands a bottomless pit of cash, which there isn't.
The National Health Service is revered. Yet so many people don't think of the consequences for it of their lifestyle.
Accident and emergency units are filled with idiots who are paying the price of excessive drinking.
Smoking is responsible for 10 times more deaths than road accidents. Yet still the government refuses to ban it in all pubs and workplaces.
The chief medical officer, Sir Liam Donaldson, insists that a total ban is essential to the nation's health. Still the government mumbles that it will only tinker with the problem.
Some people say it is up to individuals what they do with their health.
If they want to smoke and drink themselves to an early grave, let them.
But the health service IS the government's responsibility. The bed taken by a 60-a-day lung cancer sufferer is not available to anyone else.
The anxious mother waiting to have her child seen at A&E is in line behind drunken louts being treated first.
We have to clean up our act. Not just to make this a decent country. But also for the sake of the health service's future.


[Harp-L] Neil Young Harvest Moon - Seeking Advice
Tue Dec 25 12:03:53 EST 2018
trying to recreate the harmonica solos of these artists always sounds, to me, pretty weak....it would be like the local band covering "Harvest Moon" having the lead singer perform the song in a Neil Young impersonator's voice.
From: Brian McInnis <bluesharpteacher at xxxxx>
To: harp-l at xxxxx <harp-l at xxxxx>
Sent: Tue, Dec 25, 2018 9:29 am
Subject: [Harp-L] Neil Young Harvest Moon - Seeking Advice
I have tabbed out this solo and others by Neil young,Bob Dylan, Springsteen and others. Over 400 songs tabbed total. please let me know if you are interested.
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A new article, published online in Urban Education, looks at the impact of family, school, and neighbourhood contextual characteristics on the outcomes of children growing up in poverty. Using data on 424 children from seven schools in deprived areas of Chicago, the authors examined four school performance outcomes including children’s maths and reading levels, grades repeated, and behavioural problems. They conclude that the study validates the impact of poverty and other adversities on a child’s school achievement and behaviours.
They found negative associations at the family level; for example, household size and household adversity were significantly associated with the increased probability of repeating a grade, and children not living with their fathers were more likely to repeat a grade or have behavioural problems. There were also negative associations at a community level; for example, low neighbourhood education levels were negatively associated with children’s maths and reading scores.
However, children enrolled in high-performing schools had higher reading scores and higher maths scores compared with those from mid/low-performing schools. The authors suggest that interventions aiming to improve the quality of schools may mediate the negative effects of individual and neighbourhood disadvantages on children’s school performance.
Source: School and Behavioral Outcomes Among Inner City Children: Five-Year Follow-Up (2013), Urban Education.
NFER have released a new report analysing the progress between Key Stage 2 and GCSE of pupils attending academy schools and non-academy schools. The authors found that in 2011 and 2012 pupils at academy schools achieved, on average, higher attainment outcomes and made more progress between KS2 and KS4 than those at non-academy schools when taking into account both GCSEs and non-GCSE qualifications (eg, NVQs).
However, analysis of the 2012 data excluding non-GCSE qualifications show that academy schools (that had held that status for more than two years) had average GCSE scores that were significantly lower than non-academy schools. The authors say that this may indicate alternative entry policies into GCSE and non-GCSE qualifications, or that pupils in academies perform particularly well in non-GCSE subjects.
Longitudinal analysis of GCSE outcomes from 2007 to 2012 showed no significant improvement in the rate of improvement of GCSE results for academy schools over and above the rate of improvement in all schools.
The research took into account other school level factors that may have been associated with a variation in progress, including the proportion of pupils receiving free school meals and with special educational needs, as well as geographical location.
Source: Analysis of Academy School Performance in the 2011 and 2012 GCSEs (2013), NFER.
Encouraging good teachers to work in low-achieving schools makes a positive difference at primary school level, according to a new report from the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance in the US.
It presents findings from a randomised experiment that tested whether transfer incentives can improve student test scores and other outcomes in low-achieving schools. The intervention, known to participants as the Talent Transfer Initiative (TTI), was implemented in ten school districts in seven states. The highest-performing teachers in each district – those who ranked in roughly the top 20 per cent within their subject and grade span in terms of raising student achievement year after year – were identified. These teachers were offered $20,000, paid in instalments over a two-year period, if they transferred into and remained in designated schools that had low average test scores. The main findings of the study were as follows:
- The transfer incentive successfully attracted high-performing teachers to lower-performing schools and retained them in these schools during the two years.
- Transfer incentives had a positive impact on maths and reading achievement at elementary school level (age 6–11). These impacts were equivalent to raising achievement by between 4 and 10 percentile points relative to all students in their home state.
- There was no impact on student achievement at the middle school level (age 11–14) in either maths or reading.
Source: Transfer Incentives for High-Performing Teachers: Final Results from a Multisite Randomized Experiment (2013), Institute of Education Sciences.
New research by Mathematica Policy Research has assessed the mathematics achievement of pupils taught by teachers from two highly selective recruitment and training schemes that run in the US – Teach for America (TFA) and Teaching Fellows. TFA works with graduates from some of the best universities and places them for two years. Teaching Fellows recruits both graduates and professionals looking to change careers, and expects participants to make a long-term commitment to teaching. Both schemes place their teachers in hard-to-staff schools in deprived areas.
The study took place in 2009/10 and 2010/11 in schools identified as having two or more classes that would be teaching the same maths course. At the beginning of the year, pupils in each school (n=8,689) were randomly allocated either to a class taught by a TFA or Teaching Fellow teacher, or to a class taught by a comparison teacher (who entered teaching through traditional or other, less selective programmes). Exams taken at the end of the year showed that TFA teachers produced gains significantly greater than teachers who came through traditional teaching programmes or other alternative but less selective certification schemes, but the effect size (ES=+0.07) was very small. Still, this was estimated to be the equivalent of an additional 2.6 months of school for the average pupil nationwide. In contrast, there were no differences in maths outcomes between Teaching Fellows and their controls.
In the UK, Rebecca Allen from the Institute of Education (IOE) presented findings of new research into Teach First at the BERA Conference. Like TFA, Teach First places graduates with good degrees in challenging classrooms. The IOE study found that the introduction of Teach First teachers produced no school-wide gain in the first year, but in years two and three there were gains equivalent to a boost of one grade in one of a pupil’s eight best subjects.
Source: The Effectiveness of Secondary Math Teachers from Teach For America and the Teaching Fellows Programs (2013), Institute of Education Sciences.
This study published in Journal of Research in Reading examines the correlation between musical skills and reading skills, and investigates whether musical training has a positive effect on reading ability. A total of 159 primary school children from eight classes in Germany participated in the study. Children in the experimental group received special musical training twice a week for eight months, while children in the comparison group had additional training in visual arts to the same extent as the musical training. A second comparison group did not receive any special training for the period of the study. Assignment to the different groups was randomised.
Pre-tests (a standardised test, a questionnaire that explored socio-economic background, and music and reading measurements) were conducted before the training began, and then reading skills and musical ability were tested again immediately after the training had been administered. Key findings were as follows:
- Rhythmical abilities (the ability to differentiate between rhythmic patterns and tone lengths) were correlated significantly positively with decoding skills (both reading accuracy and reading prosody – the rhythm, stress, and intonation of speech).
- Tonal skills (discrimination of pitch and melodic/tonal patterns) were not correlated with reading skills.
- The special musical training had a significant effect on reading accuracy in word reading.
Source: The Effects of Musical Training on the Decoding Skills of German-speaking Primary School Children (2013), Journal of Research in Reading.
The Sutton Trust submitted two questions to NFER’s latest Teacher Voice Omnibus Survey, and the responses have been analysed and published in a new report. One question asked respondents to identify how their school decided which approaches and programmes to adopt to improve pupil learning. The most popular response was that their school used past experience to make these decisions, with 61% of primary teachers and 49% of secondary teachers choosing this option.
However, schools are increasingly using evidence to inform decision-making – 43% of primary teachers and 40% of secondary teachers said that their school made decisions by considering research evidence on the impact of different approaches. This figure was up from 36% in the same survey last year.
The respondents were also asked how the Pupil Premium was spent in their schools. Early intervention schemes ranked most highly as the spending priority in all schools (23%). This was followed by additional teaching assistants and more one-to-one tuition at primary level, and more one-to-one tuition at secondary level. However, 30% of respondents did not know what the main priority was in their school.
Source: NFER Teacher Voice Omnibus March 2013 Survey: Spending Priorities for the Pupil Premium (2013), NFER.


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This thick, lightweight and portable yoga mat with removable carry strap offers a supportive cushion to protect your bones and joints.
COSMOS is a contemporary yoga mat with constellation pattern.
Please treat your yoga mat with love and care. These yoga mats are designed to use with bare feet. Animals love them too! If you have a dog or cat we recommend rolling your mat away as claws can take pieces out of your mat.
The surface may be discoloured by use of fake tans and other tinted creams.
DOIY is a design brand founded in 2008 in Barcelona and is part of The WOW Effect Co. They create unique and creative homewares. The collection contains accent pieces for the home and the kitchen. Each object is exclusive, unconventional, thoughtful and emotional.
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Laserline EPS4012F - 4-Way 18mm Car Audio Front Parking Sensors
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Add rear parking sensors to have both front and rear sensors, the rear sensors will be the same style, size and colour as the rear
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Laserline's latest innovation, 18mm sensors providing a totally flush installation and a superior manufacturer style finish. Sensor housing is adaptable for bumper thickness to enable perfect alignment. The first of its kind, with a patent pending.
Audio front parking system with 4 sensors.
Sensors can be painted to match the colour of your vehicle enabling you to benefit from the system's practicality without compromising on style. Can be installed on all types of vehicles including: motorhomes, passenger cars and commercial vehicles.
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I’ll admit I’m not a Twilight expert. I haven’t read the books. I never caught the vampire craze. I don’t understand why everyone is so crazy for the story of Bella and Edward.
But I’m not oblivious to the fact that millions of people love this story. I understand the Twilight phenomenon. After all, I was crazy for Star Wars for a long time…and it’s the same thing. You get obsessed over something and it becomes who you are. Trust me; I’m never going to judge anyone for loving a movie. If you’re into Twilight….that’s cool with me.
However, not being that familiar with Twilight makes my job hard….as I’ll be interviewing the cast in the next week or so and I really don’t know what to ask besides all the normal questions.
So…I’m officially looking for some help.
If you’re a fan of Twilight and have a good question to ask the cast or author Stephenie Meyer or director Catherine Hardwicke….I want you to email me. Tell me the question and when I speak with them I’ll ask your question and say it came from you.
And when I post the answers here on Collider…you’re name will be front and center. I’m not the type of person to take credit when I didn’t come up with the question.
TWILIGHT is an action-packed, modern-day love story between a teenage girl and a vampire. Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) has always been a little bit different, never caring about fitting in with the trendy girls at her


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These were captured during our boat excursion to the volcanic island of Nea Kameni in Santorini.
It was an awesome ride that brings together all the beautiful sights of the volcanic landscape.
A typical view of the caldera cliffs that can be seen almost everywhere from the boat.
The cliffs around the bay house many species of seabirds. If only those birds could talk, I'm sure they would have interesting stories to tell.
Visitors enjoying the spectacular views along the way and taking photos.
My hubby and I were happy that we made friends on the boat, learned about the history of the island and most of all enjoying the magnificent views from the water together.


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Book groups continue to be a popular activity combining reading, learning, and socializing, and they are a great fit with services offered by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.
The very first step in finding support for your book group needs through the Library is to have a library card. If you don’t have a card, you can get one either in person at any Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh location, or apply for a card online. (If you have a card from another public library in Allegheny County, you don’t need to get a separate Carnegie Library card. Your county public library card will work just fine to check out physical materials or eBooks and eAudio.)
Having a card allows you to borrow your book club selections instead of buying copies each month. Getting a card only takes a few minutes, and it’s free if you live in Pennsylvania. You can find more details here or apply online here.
Once you have your library card, you can use it to check out or request a book from any library in Allegheny County. You can also use the card to find eBooks and eAudio through Libby (the app for OverDrive) or hoopla. To find out if we have a book in our system, you will want to search our online catalog. The easiest way to see if we have what you’re looking for is to type the title in the search bar, click on the word “Keyword” and select “Title” from the drop-down menu, then hit “Enter.”
You can also search by author, or use keyword if you can’t remember the exact title. The catalog will not only show you if we have the book in print, but also if the book is available on CD, in large print, or as an eBook or eAudio by OverDrive/Libby. If there are no copies currently available to check out, you can request the book directly from the catalog page.
Some county libraries have established discussion kits, which are bundles with multiple copies of a book that you can request to check out for your group. These kits are available in the catalog and can be found by doing a title search for a specific book, or keyword search using “book club kit” or “book club” to see what’s available.
Struggling to find a good book to read for your group? Carnegie Library can help in that regard as well. The Novelist Plus database is a great resource for book groups. To access it, go to the Library’s website at carnegielibrary.org, click on the word “Search” on the top right, type in “Novelist Plus” and hit “Enter.” Be sure the box for “Search the Site” is marked. Next, select the option for Novelist Plus, and enter your library card number to log in. Once in the database, you’ll find book group resources (under Quick Links) as well as descriptions of titles, read-alikes, and short book reviews.
You can also type in the title of a book to find a synopsis, reviews, and read-alikes.
Prefer a more personalized approach to recommendations? Use the Library’s materials match form to request book group selections provided to you by our staff. By completing the form, you can tell us what types of books your group likes, what reading experience you’re looking for, and also what you don’t want to read. We’ll use this information to make individualized suggestions of materials your book group can find in the Library or virtually as eBooks or eAudio.
We can help you, too, if you’re scheduled to host the next meeting and you’re not sure how to get the conversation going. Our Book Group Connections (BGC) service provides background material to enhance your discussion. Each kit includes author biographies, author interviews, book reviews, discussion questions when available, and any supporting information, like historical background, to add insight and understanding. Digital kits are free and can be requested by emailing email@example.com. Be sure to include the title of the book you are discussing, the date of your discussion, and contact information.
Finally, if you’re not yet in a book group or you’re looking for another discussion opportunity, Carnegie Library has numerous book discussion groups that meet at various branches as well as virtually. Go to the Library’s events page and search for “book club” for more information.

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Mexico is a historically and culturally rich country and this is reflected in its infrastructure. Mexico has a lot to offer everyone, with both historic antiquities and contemporary highways. Mexico currently has the most advanced infrastructure in all of Latin America as significant infrastructure investments made by the government.
The nation of Mexico is proud of its infrastructure. The nation's progress and development are reflected in its contemporary infrastructure. Mexico has a promising future, and infrastructure will certainly have a significant role in it.
Follow us, to have insights into a diverse and evolving Mexico infrastructure to understand its role in shaping the country's future.
Mexico's infrastructure may be widely divided into the following classes:
Mexico has an extensive network of roads, highways, railroads, airports, and ports. The country has one of the busiest airports in Latin America and one of the largest highway networks in the world. High-speed rail is also expanding in Mexico, linking business hubs and important industrial cities.
Mexico has a massive energy sector, which includes oil, gas, electricity and renewable power. The country is a major exporter of oil and gas and is investing heavily in renewable energy such as solar and wind power.
The country’s modern telecommunications infrastructure offers millions of Mexicans with high-speed Internet and cell phone services. The country has several data centers and other telecom infrastructure.
Mexico has a huge and well-maintained water and sanitation system that provides clean water and sanitation services to most residents. However, there are still a few challenges in this sector, particularly in rural areas.
In recent years, the Mexican government has invested heavily in infrastructure. Some of the important Mexican projects that have been finished or are currently underway in Mexico include:
The new airport is located outside of Mexico City and is anticipated to be one of the largest in the world. As of 2023, seven airlines are using the airport, and have an initial capacity of 20 million passengers.
This new railroad will connect the Yucatan Peninsula with the rest of Mexico. It is predicted to be one of the longest passenger trains in the world.
This new transportation route will connect the Gulf of Mexico with the Pacific Ocean. Shipping time and overall costs between Asia and North America are predicted to decrease.
Mexico’s infrastructure positively influences the economic system within the following approaches.
The infrastructure sector gives jobs inside the construction and operations sector. For example, the construction of Felipe Angeles International Airport is expected to create more than one hundred and sixty thousand (160,000) jobs.
Infrastructure investment boosts monetary growth by increasing demand for services and goods. For example, the Mexican government authorities estimate that the Tren Maya railway will generate more than $15 billion in monetary benefits over the next 30 years.
Investment in infrastructure helps to reduce poverty by creating jobs and improving access to necessary services. For example, the extension of rural roads linked farmers with markets and improved their incomes.
Mexico is investing heavily in infrastructure, especially in public-private partnerships, connectivity, green infrastructure, and sustainability.
PPPs are joint agreements between the government and the private sector to finance, design, implement, and execute infrastructure tasks. PPPs have come to be the desired model in Mexico, particularly in the hydropower sector.
Mexico is increasing its network of highways and roads to enhance communications and facilitate mutual trade between cities. It is also modernizing its ports and investing in rail and air infrastructure.
Mexico practices sustainability measures and environmental regulation and emphasizes the promotion of sustainability through the use of environmentally friendly materials in construction and production, and the integration of green areas into urban spaces.
Mexico is at risk of natural disasters such as earthquakes and hurricanes. The state can invest in infrastructure to better cope with these challenges, keeping residents safe.
Mexico is promoting the development of smart cities that incorporate sustainable technologies and practices to enhance the lives of urban area residents. This includes projects within the areas of mobility, energy efficiency, and digital services.
Mexico's proximity to the United States makes cross-border infrastructure vital. Cross-border initiatives such as bridges and buying facilities are expected to be highlighted.
Mexico's tourism industry is a critical part of the financial system. Investment in infrastructure associated with resorts, hotels, and tourist attractions can retain to attract tourists.
Mexico faces a number of challenges and demanding situations in its infrastructure development efforts, along with:
Mexico's huge size and geographic diversity make it hard and highly priced to build and maintain infrastructure in all parts of the country.
Mexico's cities are growing rapidly, and the government is struggling to keep up with the demand for infrastructure services.
The Mexican government has a restricted budget for infrastructure investment, which means that it needs to prioritize carefully and leverage private sector investment.
Corruption can add to the costs and delays of infrastructure projects and initiatives.
As Mexico continues to build, innovate, and invest in its infrastructure, the potential for growth and development is endless. With a commitment to sustainable solutions, connectivity, and resilience, the future of Mexican business is promising. As a part of our commitment to Mexico's growth, SIXM is proud to offer specialized Mexico Manufacturing Consulting Services. Together we plan for tomorrow.


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First instar nymphs of Monellia caryella (Fitch), Monelliopsis pecanis Bissell, and Melanocallis caryaefoliae (Davis), were exposed to temperatures of 25, 30, 35, and 40° C for up to 9 days. Test aphids were observed for growth, maturity, natality and mortality at each temperature. For three species mortality was low at 25° C but development was slowed; at 30° C mortality increased slightly but development and natality was optimum; at 35° C mortality was greatly increased and maturity was not attained; at 40° C first instar aphids did not survive beyond one day. In further testing with hourly observations at 40° C, M. caryella had 100% mortality after 6 h-exposure, M. pecanis had 100% mortality after 9 h, and M. caryaefoliae survived for 11 h and was the most tolerant of 40° C.
The Effect of Temperature on Survival and Development of First Instar Monellia caryella, Monelliopsis pecanis, and Melanocallis caryaefoliae (Homoptera: Aphididae)
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W. L. Tedders, C. C. Reilly, B. W. Wood; The Effect of Temperature on Survival and Development of First Instar Monellia caryella, Monelliopsis pecanis, and Melanocallis caryaefoliae (Homoptera: Aphididae). Journal of Entomological Science 1 April 1992; 27 (2): 135–142. doi: https://doi.org/10.18474/0749-8004-27.2.135
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Yes, you can contribute to an IRA after you retire, but you'll need to have a certain amount of “earned income” to do so. Yes, you can contribute to an IRA after you retire (with caveats). For contributions to a Roth IRA, make sure you can contribute to a Roth IRA right from the start. Contributing to an IRA or Roth IRA during retirement has benefits, depending on your particular situation.
Additionally, you may even be able to include gold in your IRA, allowing you to diversify your retirement portfolio with Gold in your IRA. However, you can still contribute to a Roth IRA and make cumulative contributions to a Roth or traditional IRA, regardless of your age. First, make sure that you actually have the taxable compensation required to make the traditional IRA or Roth IRA contributions you're considering making.

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A place full of history
From the earliest times, the bank of the river Cher has attracted men both Roman & Gallic settled down here.
In Véretz, the romans built a castrum, cultivated the plateau and build an aqueduct still visible (at the garden’s entrance).
The Middle Ages
The first known Lord over the land of Véretz was called Josselin (1190). At that time, the Lordship depends of the Bishop of Tours. The dominion is then taken over by the Coron family (13th century), and afterwards, in by William Trousseau, whose son, Pierre Trousseau, was chamberlain of Philip VI of Valois.
The Hundred Years’ War
The Cher passage was defended by the castle. The location was excellent and tried to prevent the English invading forces who took hold of the area and fortified themselves for a long term occupation which ended in 1360 with the Treaty of Bretigny.
In 1361, the castle was dismantled. At the height of the Hundred Years War, the Lord of Véretz, Pierre d’Avoir, is already a powerful figure whose name is associated with those of Du Guesclin, Pierre de Chevreuse, etc. and other well-known families.
In 1407, Véretz belongs to Jean de L'Isle, who died at Agincourt in 1415.
But in 1424, Touraine was again occupied and the new Lord of Véretz, Hugues de Chalons, Count of Tonnerre, also dies in combat. His widow, marries George de la Trémoille, who had been an Army General Lieutenant, and dies in 1481 without descendants.
At this time, the "noble hostel" of Véretz, looks like a ruined house. The Trémoille family does not live there anymore, since they prefer to stay at the castle of Thouars.
The abbot of Rancé
The abbot of Rancé spends part of his youth in Véretz and inherits along with his brother when Monsieur de Rance dies in 1653. Unconcerned about the duties of his religious vocation, his life was mundane and sumptuous. Upon the death of the Duchess of Montbazon to who he was very close, he gives up the pleasures of hunting to retire to La Trappe in1661 as an abbot.
Before leaving his domains, he had sold them to the abbot of Effiat and the duke of Mazarin. Before his death (1698), the Abbot of Effiat welcomed in Véretz illustrious visitors like François de la Rochefoucauld and Madame de Sevigne.
The Duke and Duchess of Mazarin
The Duke of Mazarin, Armand-Charles, grand master of artillery, governor of Brittany, Alsace,etc., only owner of Véretz. He marries Hortense Mancini (one of Cardinal MInistre’s nieces) in 1654. In fact, she does not live often in Véretz, as she spends much time abroad. The Duke, however, stays several times at Véretz and makes some works there. He dies at Meillerave in 1713.
The Dukes of Aiguillon
By successive marriages, the land is passed to the Marquis Armand Louis of Richelieu. Due to his marriage with Anne Crussol in 1718, he’s bestowed the title of Duke of Aiguillon by the King.
Among its most illustrious guests at that time, were come across the Princess Louise-Elisabeth de Bourbon-Conti. She was a great friend of the Duke and of Cerceau’s father, who was young Prince de Conti’s tutor. The second bell of Véretz’s church has as a godmother, the Princess of Conti.
From 1736 to 1780, many renovation works and improvements were made, in the interior and the exterior, by the Duke d’Aiguillon and his son the Duke of Emmanuel d’Aiguillon, General Lieutenant of Britain and Foreign Minister of King Louis XV.
All these changes were made by the greatest artists at that time (notably the great religious painter, Jouvenet, de Rouen) and the landscape designer, Blarenberghe. The second stage works of the castle of Véretz include the definitive layout of the park, the mazes, the terraces, digging two lakes and opening paths in the forest, as it comes out in the gouaches of the painter Blarenberghe.
Madame de Sévigné, host of the castle of Véretz
Madame de Sevigne spent the night of the 13 September 1675 in the castle of Véretz (Véret, she wrote). She had been invited by the owner, the Abbot of Effiat (St. Mark's brother), who had been sent into exile to Touraine, as well as Vineuil D'Olonne and Vassé, because of having addressed the King with too much freedom.
She was traveling from Paris, to her castle Rochers in Bretagne, and had descended the Loire river by boat from Orleans. In a letter dated September 14, 1675, she wrote to Madame de Grignan as follows: "I slept last night in Véretz. Mr. Effiat knew about my trip, he came to pick me up from the bank of the river. Everything in his place is beautiful, nice and wonderful, this country is truly charming, more than anything in the habitable world ... ... . I could go on and on "

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Unusual Animals: Regalecus Glesne
[The king of herrings or giant oarfish, an oarfish of the family Regalecidae, is the worlds longest bony fish. Rarely sighted, it is found in all the worlds oceans at depths of between 300 and 1000 meters. Most sightings have been in the north Atlantic, with most specimens found either dead or dying in shallow waters.
The king of herrings is neither a true herring nor a close relative. According to the Great Book of Animals, its name comes from its crownlike appendages and from being sighted near shoals of herring, which fishermen thought were being guided by this fish. It is scaleless, ribbon-shaped and silvery with a long, red dorsal fin.
Its total length has been documented to reach 17 m (56 ft), and it can weigh up to 300 kg (661 lb). Its length and bizarre appearance are presumed to be responsible for some sea serpent sightings.
In May 2010, a dead 3 m specimen was found off the coast of Sweden. The last time one had been reported in Swedish waters was in 1879. On December 10 2010, a live specimen of four meters was found on the south coast of Sinaloa state in Mexico. One of the fisherman who captured it said it might be the devil and feared it might swallow them.
On April 6 2011, a live specimen measuring 3.5 m was found off the east coast of Taiwan, nearly a month after the devastating tsunami hit Japan in March. Taiwanese fishermen believed that it surfaced to the shallow water because of the earthquake in Japan. They gave it the nickname: Earthquake Fish]. – Wikipedia


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Long ago in theatre school, I developed what I came to call my “bullshit filter.” I had four or five different teachers all teaching you their own method of acting Some of them were in direct conflict with one another. In such a situation it is necessary to pick and choose what works for you. I came to know it as the “bullshit filter” because one teacher in particular gave me advice that contradicted his own previous advice. I had to filter out what was being purported in sheer octogenarian passion, and recognise what came from real wisdom of the ages. It is still an invaluable tool. It allows me to listen to someone and understand their point, observe whether the point comes from ignorance or experience, and deal with it accordingly.
Sometimes, however, the bullshit filter is wrong. I dismiss something as rubbish that is really brilliant. Thankfully, I forget about it, and my subconscious is able to process it more thoroughly than my thinking brain can. I discussed this principle in my Primer on Metaphors. Your subconscious mind can work on a problem, and often solve it on its own, only if you’re not thinking about it consciously. Recently, I’ve begun calling this process “feeling about” things. Ideas may change your feelings. Even a minute change from the right idea can have huge implications when dealing with incoming information.
I recently read a book called The Choose Yourself Guide to Wealth, by James Altucher. Altucher is a successful entrepreneur, author, and speaker. His books, The Power of No, and Choose Yourself, have changed thousands of lives. He gives great advice! He really does. Many times did I smile and nod while reading his words.
Which is why it struck me as so odd every time he repeated, “Don’t follow my advice.”
Wait – what? I shouldn’t follow your – but, it’s a self-help book! I’m in it for the advice!
Altucher’s advice tends to be completely “against the grain”. He tells you: never buy a house; never go to college; quit your job; write down ten bad ideas a day; never invest more than 30% of your capital (no more than 2% in any one thing); never do anything on a to-do list. Then he tells you not to follow any of it.
I used to be a very cognitive person. When faced with a choice, I would rarely go with my gut; instead, I would actively think, weigh the pros and cons, and choose the optimal side. Sometimes, I was right; it would feel good. Sometimes I was wrong. On some level, I always knew what my gut wanted me to do, but I would ignore that feeling. And that feeling is… let’s say, almost never wrong. You know that sinking feeling you have, when you leave home, that you’ve forgotten something? And how often was that feeling actually wrong? For me, it has always been correct (not to say that I always have that feeling when I forget something, I forget things places all the time, but never mind that). That’s intuition. Intuition speaks directly to our heart, from our spirit*. If we act “impulsively” or “intuitively” the brain doesn’t need to get involved. The brain obeys the heart. But the brain can get involved, and interpret the signals. This can be good, or bad. Everything in balance, yeah?
Now, I am more in tune with my feelings, my spirituality. I have learned that a “good feeling” about something is worth much more than a positive analysis. So when I get that feeling of “I forgot something”, I know I forgot something. I then make the decision (impulsively) whether to scour my apartment for the thing, or go on with the knowledge that I don’t have everything that I need, and the faith that it will work out anyway. I do what I feel I should do.
What Altucher is doing when he says to dismiss his own ideas, is tricking us into feeling about his advice, rather than thinking about it. He doesn’t know anything about your life. No advice is universal. And trying to shoehorn advice onto a life that doesn’t fit can hurt a lot. He recognises this. He must have gone through it himself, with his own self help books. So he gives our minds a shortcut to forgetting our advice, by dismissing it outright. The sediment of his wisdom is allowed to coalesce at the bottom of our mind-tanks, where the subconscious can chew on it and send its droppings back up to conscious thought.
The end result is we recognise his advice will not work for us out of the box. We, like he did, will have to come up with our own method of self-improvement. His real success is if we recognise that this one book was insufficient, and we need more ideas from more people to find what’s right for us, how to craft our own lifestyle to make us the best we can be.
Maybe buying a home is exactly what you need. He calls it a bad investment, but who knows? it might be perfect for you.
I now think about purchases in terms of: is that worth more than 2% of my total capital? If so I might not buy it. But I might also get a feeling like: this is going to be worth it, even though it’s worth 10% of my capital. This makes a lot more sense when you consider I only have currently about $1,200 to my name.
He talks about creating scarcity to drum up demand. Having forgotten about his advice, I was able to transfer that advice from being about a product or service, to being about me. I am the only product or service I have, basically, so in making myself scarce, I make myself more valuable.
“Don’t follow my advice” turns out to be his best advice. It just makes the whole book gentle. And that’s what we need, us reading these self-help books. You can’t strong-arm someone to self-improvement. You can bring a neurotic to the water of emotional balance, but you cannot have him drink it without dissolving a purifying tablet in a BPA-free bottle.
Thanks for reading. But don’t follow my advice! =]

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Learn to paint a DIY Fall sign with pumpkins and Cotton bolls. This is the first part in a 5 part series.
Do you love hand painted signs for your Farmhouse or Cottage decor? I have created this painting lesson for you. You are going to love this DIY Fall sign with Pumpkins.
Create an entire sign step by step with this 5 part series. You will paint pumpkins, cotton bolls and take a crack at the lettering.
This is the first of the series. Why make it a series?
Because there is too many steps to make it one post and the video would be just too long.
Normally I would make these longer type posts into a workshop for sale rather than free.
I want to see how it goes this way. You do have to put up with the ads. They are a necessary evil that lets me produce free lessons for you.
But I shall also make this available as a purchasable workshop where you can download each video to keep. There would be no ads on the purchased workshop to get in the way.
The video embedded is a sped up version to give you an over view of the lesson. A real time video you can watch to follow along with is linked at the bottom of this post.
Lets get painting.
First start with a surface. This board I used measures 11.25 x 18. I actually am reusing a piece of pine board from a previous sign I had made.
If you want to find something close in size that is pre-cut I found this nice one on Amazon. You would have to adjust the pattern a bit but it would work great.
Also if you want to use a pine board like I did then your local building center store like Home Depot, Lowes or a lumberyard will cut a 1 x 12 pine board to size for you and you will have more pieces to use for other projects.
Base coat the piece with your background color of choice. On one of these signs below I used Plaid FolkArt Mushroom with Wicker White and on the other I used Boulder with Wicker white.
The back ground is easy enough. Just double load your 2 inch craft brush with your color of choice and white.
Brush the double loaded brush across the surface horizontally. The colors will blend as you stroke. Do not over blend, you want the variations in color for interest.
Note: you can do a solid color if you prefer
Related: Paint a Faux Wood Background
Let the background dry. You can speed it up with a hair dryer. Keep the blow dryer set to a low heat setting and keep the it back about 6 to 10 inches. Heating the paint is not a good thing.
Transfer the pattern to the surface using graphite paper. I used white graphite for this project.
Related: How to Transfer Patterns
Start with the very back pumpkin. The under painting of the coral pumpkin is Pure Orange.
Just fill in the segments with a #12 flat brush.
Let that dry.
Next up we will base paint the cotton bolls.
Use the 3/4″ scruffy brush that comes in the brush multi-pack. Load it with Boulder or Mushroom.
Related: Basic Brush Strokes
Tap lightly onto your surface, follow loosely the shapes of the pattern lines. Twist and turn the brush as you tamp on the paint. (see video linked below)
and that is the first portion of the DIY Happy Fall sign.
Get the pattern here
- Plaid Folk Art craft acrylics and Multi Surface:
- Wicker White
- Butter Pecan
- Boulder or Mushroom
- Burnt Umber
- Pure Orange
- Fire Coral
- Surface of Choice:
- I used a 1 x 12 pine board cut to 18 inch length
- Sealer: Varathane Spar Urethane (water base) in sheen of choice. I typically use Satin or Semi-Gloss
- Donna Dewberry One stroke Brush Set
- Base coat sign with background. Use a double loaded 2 inch brush and blend colors as you stroke the paint on the wood surface.
- Let Dry
- Using pattern transfer the design
- Paint under color of orange pumpkin
See next post or video for next part of this lesson.
Happy Fall Painting!
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All BBA federal and University help is prepared by the University of Michigan workplace of school funding.
The University of Michigan participates within the Federal Direct Lending Program. The government is the financial institution for many federal loans offered through the University of Michigan. The complimentary Application for Federal Student help (FAFSA) could be the application when it comes to Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loan and Federal Perform learn help.
NOTE: The FAFSA is finished for the year that is academic.
- Although we recommend you submit your FAFSA by March 31 each scholastic 12 months, you are able to use following this date.
- Students whom finalize the FAFSA will immediately be provided the Federal Unsubsidized Loan.
- No extra application is essential to get this loan.
- A Master Promissory Note (MPN) must certanly be finished prior to the loan shall spend for your requirements.
- You truly must be enrolled at the very least half-time (in a diploma system) to get loans.
- Work research: on the basis of the FAFSA however immediately provided to pupils whom qualify to get it. You have to contact Ross school funding to request work research funds.
Procedures to utilize for Federal Educational Funding
1. Complete the Free Application for Federal scholar help (FAFSA) on the web. You have to finish a FAFSA each scholastic 12 months to get aid that is federal.
- Make use of the University of Michigan Title IV class Code 002325 to apply for help in the Ross School of company.
- All students are eligible for $20,500 per academic year ($10,250 per term) in Federal Direct Unsubsidized (Stafford) Loans upon completion of the FAFSA. See details below.
- All pupils asking for federal loans must submit an application for the FAFSA each educational year. A scholastic 12 months includes the Fall, Winter, Spring, summertime or Combined Spring/Summer terms. Continue reading “You need to be a U.S. Resident or permanent resident in order to use for federal loans.”

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Ladies and gentlemen, we are gathered here today to pay tribute to those dear friends who are sadly no longer with us.
While their spirits – and channels with millions of followers – remain, their presence is elsewhere. We laughed and we cried. We spammed and we subbed. We PogChamp’d and we OmegaLUL’d. But the days of seeing their faces on Twitch are now behind us.
This year, the streaming world was shaken by a series of popular personalities leaving Twitch for rival platforms. Sparked in August by the departure of their most followed streamer and arguably the biggest name in gaming, Tyler ‘Ninja’ Blevins, many more of Twitch’s star content creators followed suit, jumping ship for likes of Mixer, Facebook Gaming, and YouTube, in search of bigger deals, more freedom, and fresh starts. While Twitch managed to renew deals with the likes of Ben ‘DrLupo’ Lupo and Tim ‘TimTheTatman’ Betar late in the year, many of its standout names had already flown the nest by then.
Despite losing streamers who attracted audiences well into the tens of thousands, Twitch remains the top dog in the streaming world by a long way. And those that have left are seeing significantly lower viewership figures than before.
But which names have we lost this year? Why did they leave? And will they be missed?
Ninja is no stranger to breaking ground. Surfing on the initial tsunami of popularity that Fortnite created in 2018, he rapidly became one of Twitch’s biggest streamers by some margin. He amassed over 14 million followers, averaged anywhere between 50,000 to 100,000 viewers, and his stream alongside NFL player JuJu Smith and superstar rappers Drake and Travis Scott peaked at over 600,000 viewers.
Related: Everything you need to know about Ninja
His success shone a light and made streaming, and gaming in general, mainstream. With appearances on talk shows and game shows, and big advertising deals with brands like Adidas – it seemed Ninja was untouchable.
However, in August, he shook things up once again. His shock move to Microsoft’s relatively unheard of streaming platform, Mixer, put the power back into streamers’ hands. It gave them the power to negotiate better deals and contracts, using the prospect of leaving for a rival platform as leverage. This saw the likes of DrLupo and TimTheTatman remain on Twitch, but for bigger, better deals.
In the months following his move to Mixer, it became more and more apparent why Twitch’s most successful star had given them the cold shoulder. Toxic chats, lack of freedom and wanting to push the industry forward for his fellow streamers all added up to his departure.
He broke records on Twitch, the likes of which will not be broken for a long time. But by leaving, he helped those who were staying.
And although he might be playing into a much smaller crowd on Mixer now, he wants you to know that he’s happier now than he ever was and that quite simply, he doesn’t care about his viewer count.
Like Ninja, former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive pro Michael ‘Shroud’ Grzesiek can also say he was the most followed active streamer on Twitch, albeit for a matter of days, when he gained and then quickly lost that title to Turner ‘Tfue’ Tenney.
However, despite being a stalwart of Twitch for a number of years and reaching the milestone of seven million followers, Shroud became the next star to leave the platform and follow Ninja to Mixer.
— Michael Grzesiek (@shroud) October 24, 2019
Like Ninja, Shroud has seen a drop in viewership since moving to Mixer and hasn’t managed to attract a lot of his Twitch community over to his new platform. Despite this, Shroud still claims it’s the best move for his career.
Shroud currently has just over 890,000 followers on Mixer.
Another huge name to depart from Twitch was Jack ‘CouRage’ Dunlop. The former Call of Duty caster, who is now a prominent content creator with 100 Thieves, left the platform to sign an exclusive deal with YouTube Gaming, becoming their first marquee streamer.
While YouTube is home to countless successful content creators, the signing of CouRage signals a real push from YouTube to grow as a streaming site too.
When explaining why he left Twitch, CouRage cited the pressure of keeping up your sub count as one of the main reasons. Similarly to Ninja and Shroud, he also put it down to wanting to “grow as an entertainer” and felt like Twitch was not a suitable place for him to do so.
In the same way that CouRage was the first big scalp for YouTube, Jeremy ‘Disguised Toast’ Wang was the first for another rival streaming platform: Facebook Gaming.
Big news, I’m moving.
Excited to reach more people around the world, continue to give back and lose bets to chat.
— Disguised Toast (@DisguisedToast) November 22, 2019
While perhaps not as recognisable a name as the three above, Disguised Toast is still an extremely popular streamer and is a member of Offline TV, the collective of content creators that features a number of other big Twitch streamers including Imane ‘Pokimane’ Anys.
Disguised Toast had a substantial following of over 1.3 million people on Twitch, but gave it all up to move to Facebook Gaming. He’s kept relatively quiet about why, but what we do know is that he took the $20,000 budget Facebook gave him for an announcement video and donated it all to a children’s hospital.
While not the biggest streamer out there, Soleil ‘EwOk’ Wheeler is certainly an influential and recognisable name in gaming circles. The teenager made headlines in July 2019 when she became the first female and the first deaf person to join esports organisation, FaZe Clan.
But in another shock move, EwOk revealed in November that she too was making the move to stream exclusively on Mixer. While this would’ve been less of a loss for Twitch in terms of viewership, to see a young and inspirational person – who was named in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 in the gaming industry – leave for another platform is a blow.
— Ewok (@Ewok) November 14, 2019
The Fortnite streamer now has a following of over 100,000 people on Mixer.
With over half a million Twitch followers, Gonzalo ‘ZeRo’ Barrios is one of the biggest Smash Bros. streamers out there. However, in early December he announced that he would be leaving to stream exclusively on Facebook Gaming.
The pro player, who has won numerous Smash Wii U titles, echoed the sentiments of those who left before him by saying that a new platform would allow him to grow quicker and “explore other options.”
While not a megastar name like Ninja or Shroud, ZeRo is one of the main faces of the large Smash community and has flourished on his new platform. His debut stream on Facebook received over a million views.
Are we going to lose anyone else?
There’s a good chance of it, yes. While some Twitch loyalists such as Guy ‘DrDisRespect’ Beahm have vowed that they would never leave the platform, many of Twitch’s big names have been linked to moves away.
Towards the end of 2019, Twitch made a real statement by securing deals with three names who had been rumoured to be heading to rival platforms: TimTheTatman, DrLupo and Saqib ‘Lirik’ Zahid. It was a strong and positive response to the threat that the likes of Mixer, Facebook, and YouTube now pose to Twitch.
However, the superstar names know their worth now and those further down in the pecking order could see these less-crowded alternative platforms as opportunities to grow faster with less competition.
Whether the trend will continue into 2020 remains to be seen, as Twitch is still the undisputed giant of the streaming world. But as the list of streamers leaving increases, its margin at the top could begin to fall away.


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On Monday, the White House issued the following statement: "Today, Vice President Kamala Harris will announce a historic $1.5 billion investment to help grow and diversify the nation’s health care workforce, and bolster equitable health care in the communities that need it most during the COVID-19 pandemic and in the years to come. "
Harris announced the BidenAdministration would be investing $1.5 billion from the COVID-19 relief package in efforts to tackle the shortage of healthcare workers in high-risk and underserved communities.
The funding is allocated to the National Health Service Corps and Nurse Corps and the Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery programs. These all offer scholarships and loan repayments for health care students and workers if they pledge to work in underserved and high-risk communities.
"Thanks to the American Rescue Plan, this funding will support over 22,700 providers—the largest field strength in history for these programs and a record number of skilled doctors, dentists, nurses, and behavioral health providers committed to working in underserved communities during a moment when we need them the most," The White House wrote, adding, "This additional funding will further support the expansion of the primary care physician and dental workforce in underserved communities through community-based primary care residency programs in family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, internal medicine-pediatrics, psychiatry, obstetrics and gynecology, general dentistry, pediatric dentistry, or geriatrics."
"Our administration's goal here is to address the urgent shortage of doctors, nurses and behavioral health providers in both urban and rural areas," she pressed.
Regarding the White House's COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force, Harris said, "The President and I asked members of our task force to advise us not just on COVID-19 disparities, but on how we get at the root of all the disparities in the health care system that we face. And earlier this month, in their final report, the task force laid out clear priorities for our administration and for our nation."
"COVID-19 did not invent health disparities. Just ask any health care professional, and she will tell you: Health disparities existed long before this virus reached our shores. Health disparities stem from broader systemic inequities," Harris also noted. "What COVID-19 has done is expose these disparities, and it has exasperated these disparities."


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Orders that let a president flex his muscles but never be king
The executive orders used so extensively by Donald Trump last week stem from the second article of the US constitution. It places executive authority in the presidency after Article One granted the right to pass laws to Congress.
There are four areas in which the president has scope to issue edicts from his desk: to direct foreign policy, command the armed forces, make directives on implementing laws and set administrative rules.
In reality, however, he is heavily constrained: America’s founding fathers were determined the republic would not grant “king-like” powers to any one man.
Moreover opponents can go to the courts to overturn White House orders, a frequent occurence.
Many executive orders have nevertheless gone down as historic turning points.
George Washington, who issued


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Phil, we agree that there is a place for law in war, and the reasons you give are excellent ones; but there are a series of complicated line-drawing puzzles, and I’d like to hear where you draw the lines. Let’s consider two cases:
1. a) A tank commander must decide whether to fire into a mosque where enemy soldiers have taken cover. Or b) an Air Force officer must decide whether to order an air strike against an al-Qaida safe house in a crowded neighborhood in Baghdad.
2. a) A squad of American soldiers must decide whether to detain an Afghan villager who local witnesses say has transferred weapons to al-Qaida fighters. b) Months later, military officials must decide whether to release this person or continue to hold him.
Both sets of decisions are governed by international and domestic law—and I don’t dispute the claim that it may well be in the interests of the United States to comply with international law (though I think this claim is more complicated than others do).
Let’s now compare case 1b and 2b. As I understand it, currently the military vets bombing targets with military lawyers. Do you agree that this is a sensible practice? If so, why not use military judges rather than military lawyers ? Wouldn’t judges be more credible? And then why not civilian judges rather than military judges? Wouldn’t civilian judges have more credibility still (and, according to Deborah, wouldn’t they do a better job because they are so good with facts and law)? Now let me ask this question from the other direction. If you think that civilian judges should review the detention decision in case 2b, why not have civilian judges involved in the bombing decision of 1b (or civilian federal magistrates, if you want, who could issue kill warrants in the same way that they currently issue search warrants)?
Let’s return to 1a and 2a. If we think civilian judges should be involved in cases 1b and 2b, or even just 2b, why not have them involved in the two (a) cases? True, we wouldn’t expect them to ride on the tanks or set up shop at air bases. But we could easily have them review the cases after the fact. Indeed, a soldier who blows up a mosque for no reason or for a bad reason could be tried by a military judge for violating the laws of war. But if we prefer to have civilian judges review detention decisions, why not have a civilian judge conduct the trial of the soldier who destroys the mosque? After all, we don’t trust the military, do we? Isn’t this distrust of the military, or at least of the executive that controls it, the entire basis of Boumediene ?* Why not require that targeting decisions—of all kinds, even at the rifle level—be reviewed by civilian judges after the fact, allowing the civilian judges to convict soldiers of violations of the law of war or domestic law?
And, as my air-strike example is supposed to illustrate, I think the distinction between operational and post hoc breaks down. If I am a soldier and I know that I can be put in jail for blowing up a mosque, then I will want operational legal advice for ambiguous cases, even if I don’t need a warrant. The Army currently supplies operational advice to air commanders but not to tank commanders. Why does this make sense, exactly? Or does it?
Now, one could make the “this is a new kind of war” or “this is not a war at all” argument, and say that the United States can’t detain people without civilian-judge level due process, indefinitely, in a nontraditional war with no foreseeable end without destroying its reputation for caring about the rule of law. But if this argument is correct, it applies equally to the targeting decision. It is, after all, even worse to drop bombs on houses and blow up mosques than to detain people indefinitely, and so if civilian judges are necessary to establish credibility for detentions, then they should be necessary to establish credibility for targeting. The arguments that various people have made in favor of Boumediene ‘s result does not offer any principled basis for giving military judges or lawyers any role at all, in any type of “military” decision in our current nontraditional quasi-war, except to the extent where logistics require an on-site, in the midst-of-hostilities legal determination, and even then subsequent civilian judicial oversight should remain available after the fact.
Perhaps your view is that civilian judges can handle military detentions because they handle civilian detentions all the time. But civilian judges also handle civilian killings all the time (for example, police killings). The relevant consideration is not the act itself but the reasons for it: Can civilian judges handle military judgments as to the necessity of detaining one person and killing another? Does their experience with law enforcement prepare them to evaluate the political and national security reasons for detaining one person and killing another?
*Correction, June 25, 2008: This post originally misspelled Boumediene. Apologies to those who thought that the post concerned the former president of Algeria .

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How Does Your Dog Eat His Food?
An oldie but a goodie to start the week – has your dog ever dined at your table? We bet they’ve asked!
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Author(s): Onder G, Liperoti R, Soldato M, Cipriani MC, Bernabei R,
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Abstract OBJECTIVES: To assess the association between chewing problems and risk of mortality in an older population receiving home care in Europe. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: Eleven European countries. PARTICIPANTS: Two thousand seven hundred fifty-five older adults (mean age+/-standard deviation 82.2+/-7.2) in home care. MEASUREMENTS: Data were collected using the Minimum Data Set for Home Care. Study personnel recorded chewing problems (inability to chew food easily and without pain or difficulties, regardless of cause) that presented in the last 3 days before baseline assessment. Data on mortality were collected over a 1-year period. RESULTS: Three hundred ninety-five participants (14.3\%) presented with chewing problems. One-year mortality differed significantly according to presence of chewing problems; 303 of 2,361 (12.8\%) without chewing problems (crude incident rate per person-year (p-y)=0.15) and 80 of 394 (20.3\%) participants with chewing problems (crude incident rate per p-y=0.24) died during follow-up. After adjusting for potential confounders, the risk of death was significantly higher for participants with chewing problems (adjusted hazard ratio (HR)=1.45, 95\% confidence intervals (CI)=1.05-1.99). This association remained after exclusion of participants with cognitive impairment (adjusted HR=1.50, 95\% CI=1.03-2.20) and those with unintended weight loss (adjusted HR=1.62, 95\% CI=1.12-2.34). CONCLUSION: In older adults in home care in Europe, chewing problems are associated with greater risk of mortality.
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Contemporary Classical Music
Classical Music Specialist, Kate Rockstrom, reveals some recently-released recordings that demonstrate why you shouldn’t be afraid to try music that comes under the label, ‘contemporary’.
My current favourite recording is the re-composing of Vivaldi’s Four Season by Max Richter. I’ve never heard anything quite like it and have so far managed to convert more than one of my colleagues, some who have later admitted to having this recording on repeat at home. At times ethereal and at other times exciting, this musician will prove that that sometimes the best thing for an old favourite is to view it through a new lens.
Soon to topple the Richter as my current favourite is the new album from Daniel Hope, Spheres. This blend of well-known composers with more contemporary and lesser-known ones is simply stunning. All the works are intended to give you inspiration and calm you at the same time.
If you are a fan of movies, specifically of Local Hero and Catch Me If You Can, this album should have you quite excited. With classic film scores performed alongside the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Amy Dickson’s Saxophone Concertos will sweep you away.
For something also film related but more experimental, take a look at the new DVD from the Australian Chamber Orchestra The Reef. The beautiful imagery combined with a mixture of contemporary music along with Bach and Beethoven is a work of art.
Finally, Andrew Ford is not only known for his concise and interesting treaties on classical music, but also for his highly fascinating compositions. His most recent release, Learning to Howl , is a combination of works, each completely different from the other even while keeping that particular frission original to Ford’s music. ‘Elegy in a Country Graveyard’ combines spoken word with natural sounds to give you an amazingly evocative aural picture of a graveyard in Robertson NSW.
Kate Rockstrom is a Classical Music Specialist.


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Dental Disease in Pets
We have all been there: you’re ready to snuggle up with your furry friend on the couch and relax before bedtime. You sit down, call her over and she jumps up next to you with her face by your nose ready to give you a sweet little kiss.
And then you notice the smell getting in the way of this beautiful moment. It can be quite strong at times, which makes it hard to want to give your pet all the TLC they deserve. After some thought, you realize it may be time to have her teeth cleaned. At the veterinarian’s office, you may hear your pet has some dental tartar and oral disease of her gums, which is graded on a scale of 1 to 4, with one being mild and four being severe disease.
Dental disease of the gums in pets leads to many problems. The gums (gingiva) become irritated with all of the tartar build up on the teeth and below the gum-line. This causes inflammation of the gums, or gingivitis, and the tissue can start to recede towards the roots of the teeth (gingival recession). This leaves parts of the tooth exposed to harmful tartar and bacteria.
Additionally, the gums also are more likely to bleed when eating due to the inflammation. The teeth can start to become exposed and the roots can become compromised which can be painful. Your veterinarian may recommend that these teeth be removed to prevent further infection and disease.
Teeth that have damage to the root or damage to the nerve may be extremely uncomfortable for your pet. The secondary infection that occurs can be caused by the bacteria and tartar build up, creating the unpleasant smell that comes from their mouth. It may seem cruel to remove teeth, but some pets have difficulty eating and may lose weight due to their discomfort (especially our feline friends).
Most pets do very well after removing damaged teeth if needed, and then cleaning, and polishing those that remain. The thought of anesthesia may also make you nervous, but it is not a very deep anesthetic. The pet mostly needs to just be still for the cleaning and any dental work. Veterinarians typically use local anesthetic blocks (like your own dentist) for any dental work, to prevent discomfort during and after the procedure.
It is also well documented that dental disease can impact the heart by creating a condition called endocarditis, which is an infection and/or inflammation of the interior structures of the heart (such as the valves).
Additionally, dental disease is one of the most common causes of chronic kidney disease, which is a common disease process in older cats. This may seem unlikely, as the heart and kidneys are nowhere near the mouth. However, the bacteria from tartar have access to the body’s highway system, the bloodstream, because of the chronically inflamed and bleeding gum tissue. This makes control of dental disease an important factor in giving our pets the longest and happiest life possible.
Your veterinarian will gladly go over the process of a dental cleaning with you so that you feel as comfortable as possible prior to cleaning up your pet’s teeth (so you can get back to snuggling and nose kisses).


Freeform is ringing in the new year with a new supernatural mystery, Beyond. The series will get a sneak peek on Sunday, January 1 before settling into its regular time slot, Mondays at 9/8c, on January 2.
The mysterious sci-fi drama centers on Holden Matthews, a young man who wakes up after 12 years in a coma who has special powers and people coming after him. Like Holden himself, viewers will be left to try and figure out what the heck happened to him and what’s going on as he’s thrown into the center of chaos.
In addition to the dangerous people chasing him and the woman, Willa, who claims to want to help him, Holden must also adjust to his new life. Going directly from a freshman in high school to your mid-20s can be confusing, especially when it comes to cars and girls. Along for the ride are Holden’s childhood best friend, who now has a wife and a baby on the way, and his little brother, who has gone from 5 to 17.
In these clips from the premiere of Beyond, we see Holden’s nightmares which most likely hold the key to whatever happened to him 12 years ago, and possibly to what’s been happening to him ever since. And in the second clip, we get a full exhibition of Holden’s bad-ass new super powers.
Beyond – Trailer Teaser – Freeform
Beyond – 1×01 Sneak Peek- Holden’s Nightmare – Freeform
Beyond – 1×01 Sneak Peek- Parking Lot – Freeform
Beyond will have a special sneak preview of the first hour on Sunday, January 1 at 9/8c on Freeform. The full two-hour premiere will air Monday, January 2 at 9/8, in the show’s regular time slot. In addition, the entire first season will be available to binge On Demand after the Monday premiere.
(Image and videos courtesy of Freeform)


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Shonar Pahar is about a lonely aged mother Upama (Tanuja) & a 7 year old boy named Bitlu (Srijato) . Upama doesn’t share a healthy bond with her only son Soumya(Jisshu). She befriends Bitlu. The film explores the bond between children and the elder ones with the complexities that are often seen in families due to the generation gap. Rajdeep (Parambrata) is Soumya’s childhood friend and plays a pivotal role in the movie.
Director : Parambrata Chatterjee
Cast : Parambrata Chatterjee, Jisshu Sengupta, Soumitra Chatterjee, Arunima Ghosh, Tanuja, Srijato & Others