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Novelette (16 000 words)
Genre(s): Trans, Contemporary, Romance, Erotica
Stuart Leandro knows he’s washed up, both on the big screen, and in his marriage. Then, when things take an even bigger turn for the worse one night, he winds up blind drunk and lost in a foreign city.
Thankfully, someone’s there to rescue him before his face ends up plastered all over the tabloids.
Wary of the motives of the reclusive stranger who brings the fading star into the quiet shelter of a hip but isolated loft, Stuart nonetheless can’t deny his curiosity… Or his attraction. Tim is unlike anyone the actor has ever met, but underneath the mystery and quiet attempts at invisibility, Stuart discovers someone whose life has been intertwined with his own for years.
Neither could have predicted that Tim’s act of kindness would lead to one of the most intense encounters of their lives—but, are they willing to weather the media storm their extraordinary relationship will cause?
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The government has taken an initiative to create 1,440 agricultural entrepreneurs to transform Subsistence level agriculture into commercial farming.
The plan has been taken with a view to maximising farm production reducing cost of production through mechanization of agriculture with easy supply of inputs and irrigation facilities.
The Ministry of Agriculture has proposed a project titled “Sustainable Agricultural Development in Dinajpur Region” to the planning commission.
The total implementation cost has been estimated at Tk 65.31 crore.
The project, when implemented, will increase cropping intensity by 4 percent through extension of modern agricultural technology.
By expanding eco-friendly production technology, the high-value crop yield in the project area will increase by 12 percent and land fertility will rise by 5 percent while through training on harvesting and management including soil health, the stakeholders may reduce the loss of high-value crops by 10 percent.
An official of the Planning Commission said that the Project Evaluation Committee (PEC) meeting was held on April 25 this year after receiving the proposal from the Ministry of Agriculture.
The project has been recommended for presenting in the next meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC).
On approval, it will be implemented by the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) by June 2027.
According to project proposal, there is a great opportunity to increase crop production with intensity of crops through the application of modern technology in the high and medium high areas of the vast plains of Dinajpur region.
Due to the impact of climate change and industrialisation, the agriculture in this region is being gradually threatened.
On the other hand, due to socio-economic reasons rich farmers are keeping aloof from agriculture leaving it to the marginal, small and middle class farmers.
The lack of capital and inputs at the right time also result in low yield.
The project has been proposed to contribute to the achievement of food security through the development of commercial agriculture by utilising the regional possibilities, opportunities and organisational strength of producing and marketing crops at high nutritional prices by encouraging educated women and youths of the country.
The main activities of the project are - Technology demonstration, 1,224 soil health protection technology, 2,380 special technology demonstration, construction of five farmer centers, construction of 155 non-electric cooling chambers, eight polynets or shed houses, 92 motivational trips, 2,135 field days, 12 agricultural technology fairs and in-house training .
Planning Minister MA Mannan said, “The project is aimed at producing high-value crops, diversifying crop production, producing safe crops, processing agricultural products, creating women and young entrepreneurs, commercialising agriculture and expanding modern technology and activities to meet national nutritional needs in Dinajpur region of Rangpur Division.”
He also said, “Dinajpur region is one of the most promising agricultural regions of the country. The regional project area has been selected based on the agricultural nature of the region, agricultural diversity, agricultural environment and potential.”


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Oregon DHS Breaks the Law by Failing to Keep Foster Care Provider from Hiring Criminals, Misspending $2 Million
Public records show high-level state officials were unwilling to crack down on foster care providers, even renewing state foster care contracts despite reports of abuse, uncleanliness, starvation and fraud. Will Governor Brown do what she says and crack down on unsafe and illegal foster care providers?
Foster care scandal deepens: 'Every single staff person has a criminal record'
By Denis C. Theriault / The Oregonian / OregonLive
Back in February 2009, the head of Oregon’s child welfare programs emailed her boss with worries about Portland foster care provider Give Us This Day.
“At a site visit last week, numerous concerns arose (on top of the fact that they aren’t licensed) — the most serious of which is that every single staff person has a criminal record,” Erinn Kelley-Siel wrote to the Department of Human Services’ director, Bruce Goldberg.
“I know you’ve had extensive involvement in the past with issues concerning [Give Us This Day] — are you currently in discussions with them?” continued Kelley-Siel, who later led the department from 2011 to 2015. “I want to make sure our activities support yours. Thoughts or suggestions on how to proceed?”
The department eventually stopped placing children at Give Us This Day — but not until almost seven years later, after allegations emerged that the provider had misspent nearly $2 million in state funding.
Sen. Sara Gelser, who’s pushing for tougher oversight of Oregon’s child welfare system, released Kelley-Siel’s email amid hundreds of pages of records in advance of a key legislative hearing next week on her proposals.
The details revealed in those records show senior officials knew of significant troubles at Give Us This Day years earlier than previously reported. And they knew of problems in time to have avoided the money issues and allegations of abuse that arose later.
The records also add to disturbing questions about state officials’ willingness and ability to crack down on troubled providers.
Just months after the 2009 discussions about Give Us This Day, department leaders announced a review of their handling of abuse cases — following high-profile allegations that caseworkers in Washington County had ignored reports of abuse allegations for more than a decade. Oregon has paid millions of dollars in settlements involving abuse, in some cases fatal, over the past several years.
Costly allegations: Click here to see a list of the state’s 12 most expensive abuse settlements.
“We need a very significant culture change,” said Gelser, D-Corvallis, who’s working up bills that would give officials more power to investigate abuse claims and close providers accused of neglect.
“All of the right things were being said in public. But behind the curtain, decisions were being made to sacrifice the safety of kids,” Gelser said. “That’s not a red flag. That’s a giant neon sign.”
Give Us This Day’s financial troubles were first reported by Willamette Week in September. Later that month, a former Give Us This Day employee sat before the Senate’s human services committee and said the provider failed to provide food and clean bedding, rewrote reports, tolerated mold and rodents, and let workers use improper force.
Gov. Kate Brown ousted the Department of Human Services’ interim director in November and announced a review of Oregon’s foster care system.
Brown later told lawmakers her review would focus on abuse investigations, licensing practices and how the department shares warning signs. An advisory group, including lawmakers and advocates, is set to meet for the second time this month, a spokeswoman for Brown’s office said.
Last month, after changes by Brown’s handpicked human services director , officials pulled kids from a Clackamas County provider, Youth Villages, amid complaints of supervision so poor that teenagers were allowed to engage in sexual contact. Youth Villages announced last month it was closing the residential program in question.
Another provider, the Scotts Valley School south of Eugene, received a letter from the state that mentioned children enduring hunger, bedbug bites, vulgar nicknames such as “orphan whore” and punishment that involved silently facing a wall for 12 hours a day.
Gelser said the latest documents on Give Us This Day, which she obtained in a public records request, put an exclamation point on her argument that state law must change to help stop further abuse.
One of Gelser’s bills would tighten licensing requirements and financial rules, and give regulators the power to suspend a provider’s license over abuse claims and other safety violations. Now, providers can keep their license if they’re “substantially” in compliance, even if regulators have repeatedly confirmed abuse and neglect.
For example, messages sent between 2009 and 2014 show back-and-forth discussions over licensing, abuse complaints, worries about poor care and supervision, problems with cleanliness and hunger, and “concerns about financial management and cash flow.”
Despite those concerns, officials in June 2013 recommended keeping the state’s contract with Give Us This Day — swayed by the provider’s “willingness to take almost any child any time” and its “experience with children and families of color.” Officials have repeatedly said they turned to Give Us This Day because it accepted troubled children other providers turned away.
“That is not an acceptable reason,” Gelser said Thursday. “Those decisions impacted the safety of every other licensed provider. It gutted the power and the authority of the licensing agency to actually hold providers accountable.”
Gelser warned of another possible hit from Give Us This Day: penalties over Medicaid fraud.
On Nov. 13, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a subpoena for all state records dealing with Give Us This Day since 2007. Gelser said officials may have broken the law by paying Give Us This Day despite knowing “on multiple occasions” that it lacked a license.
She said the inquiry could come with “a big bill” and, potentially, federal criminal charges.
“I hope people are held accountable,” she said. “Kids were hurt.”
— Denis C. Theriault

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Draught, or draft, is the water depth to which a ships hull is immersed in a given condition of load. It is traditionally measured from the top of the keel (or otherwise lowest fairbody point) to the waterline, and denoted by the capital letter T. As numerous varying draught definitions can be applied to vessels with prominent appendages (such as large skegs or keels), or which operate in numerous modes (such as semisubmersibles), it is important to carefully define reference points and use the "correct" draught term for the context.
Design draught (or design draft) is the anticipated draught of the completed ship, when loaded. The design draught is usually considered as either an operationally restricted draught, or the for the full load departure (as opposed to load line) condition. Early in the design spiral, this may even be an aesthetic choice or a rounded guess. This is because the design draught is dependant upon an accurate and complete weight estimate.
See also Load Line Condition
Loadline draught (or loadline draft) is the maximum permissible draught allowable under a vessels International Load Line Certificate. This draught will be indicated by a Plimsoll mark for all vessels subject to load line conventions. The loadline draught is considered for a vessel at level trim and heel, as the plimsoll mark is afixed to the vessel at midships.
Marks draught is the draught at a standard location along the vessel. Typically, vessels will have fore and aft draught marks (though some may have more) on both the port and starboard side. The marks draught is measured at one of these points, and is unique to that position. With marks draughts from both sides of the vessel, the heel can be determined. With marks draughts from two longitudinal positions, the trim can be determined. The draughts indicated will be to the vessels reference line, which typically is the navigational draught at that location.
For a given condition of load, the corresponding maximum draught (or maximum draft) is measured from the bottom of the keel, centreboard, or otherwise lowest appendage to the depth of the waterline.
For a vessel loaded to the loadline draught (maximum permissible), the navigational draught (or navigational draft) is the distance from the waterline to the lowest projection (appendage, hull, etc.) of the vessel (i.e., the maximum draught at the loadline draught). This represents the minimum water depth the vessel can transit, at level trim, not inclusive of shallow water effects.
Scantling draught (or scantling draft) is the draught at which the ships scantlings have been designed for. When classed, this is the draught for which the vessels compliance is evaluated to and is subject to the regulations of the society. Scantling draughts are generally only provided in publications for vessels whose load lines are different than the design draught; i.e., a large tanker, or a vessel with narrow draught range (such as a naval ship). Classification generally calculate scantling draught as 0.85 x least-moulded-Depth.
For offshore oil and gas platforms, the transit draught (or transit draft) is the draught of the rig while being towed or moving under its' own power. This has particular meaning to semisubmersibles, which are often deballasted to the top of the pontoons while underway.
Drilling draught (or drilling draft) is the draught at which a drilling platform is designed to be maintained while drilling operations are underway. The vessels pontoons are submerged to reduce motions induced by the seaway, leaving enough of a gap between the deck and the sea for typical environmental conditions.
Survival draught (or survival draft) is the draught at which a drilling platform is designed to be maintained during storm conditions. In this operational mode, no drilling is underway and the rig is deballasted to increase the air gap, protecting the platform from waves slamming the underside of the deck.


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Elegant Heart-shaped Red CZ Inlaid Leather Women's Bracelet
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The color of this bracelet is noble, elegant and charming, which is very popular. Inside the heart-shaped diamond, there comes a tiny little ring, representing the love and devotion.

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New KTSZ3H Temperature Switch from SENSIT s.r.o.
We answer requirements of the railway industry by meeting all requirements of railway standards, including the fire protection standard EN 45545. We have supplemented the input signal of the temperature switch with the PT 100 input.
Supplemented properties of the KTSZ3H temperature switch
- Input: Pt 100/3850, Pt 1000/3850, Ni 1000/6180
- Power supply: 7 to 36 V DC / V AC
- Temperature adjustment range: -50 to 250 °C (step 0.1 °C)
- Hysteresis: adjustable
The KTSZ3H temperature switch meets requirements of railway standards
- Shock and vibration test: category 1, class B in accordance with EN 61 373
- Insulation test: 4 kVDC for 1 minute in accordance with EN 50155
- Electromagnetic compatibility: in accordance with EN 50121-3-2
- The plastic box and PCB materials meet a set of requirements for the R 24 materials according to the table 5 for the fire hazard level HL1-HL2-HL3 of the EN 45545-2:2014 standard.


Software framework for training a machine learning model to reproduce first-principles energies and then using the model to perform configurational sampling in disordered systems. It has been developed with an emphasis on multi-component solid-state systems such as metal and oxide alloys. At present, Quantum Espresso, VASP and OpenMX can be used as first-principles energy calculators, and aenet can be used to construct neural network potentials.
Open-source software for building computational physics applications. Common C++ auxiliary modules required for various methods in computational physics such as the quantum Monte Carlo method are prepared. This software helps to build reusable codes and to reduce development time for complex computational science applications. It also supports parallel programming based on MPI or OpenMP.
An open-source framework for execution management of numerical simulation. By registering target simulators, information at the time of execution (parameters, date and time, hostname, version of simulators, etc.) and calculation results are saved automatically on database. Job submission and browse of job status can be performed efficiently from web browsers.


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Blue Birds Shaped Trendy Terracotta Necklace Set is made by expert terracotta artisans using organic terracotta clay and natural colors. The golden and blue colored handmade necklace set has an attractive bird design and comes with matching earrings. The set can be carried with all sort of ethnic attire to make you look elegant.
The products are Handmade and intricately designed and hence, each product (even the similar looking ones) is unique in certain ways i.e., due to the nature of the art form and the material used; the design, finish or color shade of two similar looking products may be slightly different. Rest assured, the material used and quality of the products will always be genuine. Actual product might have slight variations from pictures on website due to screen colours & lighting.
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MB Venture Partners
Gary Stevenson, Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Gary Stevenson co-founded MB Venture Partners in 2001 after six years in healthcare investment banking and equity research. At MBVP, he has raised $120 million in committed capital to four funds and invested in more than 50 start-ups, most of which are focused on product solutions for musculoskeletal disease. He also spent seven years in a variety of general management roles with Abbott Laboratories. Gary holds an undergraduate degree in accounting from the University of Missouri. He also received an MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. He is a certified public accountant and a chartered financial analyst. Gary is a board member or observer for several MBVP portfolio companies. Medtronic, Smith + Nephew, Zimmer Biomet, and Wright Medical have each acquired MBVP-funded start-ups. This will be his 18th year to host the MNVC.
CrossRoads Extremity Systems
Vernon Hartdegen, President & CEO
Chad Hollis, Co-Founder and VP of R&D
Headquartered in Memphis, TN, CrossRoads was founded in 2014 by Glen Coleman, Vernon Hartdegen and Chad Hollis. The Company’s mission is to develop and commercialize breakthrough technologies in the orthopedic extremity sector that improve the operating room experience and patient outcomes through simplicity and accuracy for the surgeon, and sustainability and cost reduction for healthcare institutions. CrossRoads’ Staple Compression Plate™ technology is the only technology on the market today to simultaneously offer enhanced stability with continuous compression, optimizing conditions for bone healing in fusion procedures. The Company leverages this technology in a broad range of procedure-specific, sterile-packed implants and instrumentation systems cleared for both lower and upper extremity indications. The Company’s EcoSMART® Instrument Service provides customers with gamma sterilized, reusable instruments for every surgical case and post-surgery recovery and processing of those instruments. EcoSMART® reduces the inefficiencies of traditional reusable instrument trays.
IlluminOss Medical, Inc.
Bob Rabiner, Chief Technical Officer
Mike Mogul, Chairman
IlluminOss Medical, Inc. is a privately held, commercial-stage medical device company offering a unique, minimally invasive technology for the repair and stabilization of fractures in poor quality weakened bone; particularly applicable for osteoporotic and pathologically compromised bone. The IlluminOss system utilizes a light-curable liquid monomer which is infused and contained within a conformal balloon sized to the patient’s anatomy and then illuminated with visible blue light converting the liquid to a strong hardened polymer, creating a patient-conforming intramedullary implant. The cured implant conforms to the shape of the patient’s intramedullary canal, providing rapid strength and stability to the compromised bone. Designed as a stand-alone implant, however should supplemental fixation devices be needed, they can be placed anywhere along the implant. The speed, simplicity and minimally invasive procedure has permitted the majority of patients treated with IlluminOss to return to their daily living activities far sooner and with less use of post-operative pain medications. Used in over 4000 patients in Europe, IlluminOss has been recently launched in the United States for general trauma use. The IlluminOss system is both FDA-cleared and CE marked for a wide variety of anatomical sites, with further indications pending. IlluminOss is headquartered in East Providence, RI.
Bryan Lord, Co-Founder, CEO
Dave Carey, Chief Commercial Officer
Pristine Surgical is dedicated to improving the surgical episode for patient, surgeon and center in endoscopic procedures via our single-use digital visualization platform. We provide consistently clear images with a brand-new endoscope, every time.
Richard Treadwell, President & CEO
Louie Fielding, COO and co-founder
Richard is an accomplished senior executive with more than 25 years of operating experience and a deep understanding of general management in healthcare. He has held functional leadership roles in marketing, business development, engineering and product development. As a founder of two Bay Area-based startups, he has demonstrated entrepreneurial acumen with fundraising, P&L and operating leadership. Richard has achieved consistent excellent results across a broad range of medical device therapeutic areas, including interventional cardiology at Biosensors International, cardiac surgery at Embol-X, pulse-oximetry at Nellcor, orthodontic support at Align Technology/General Orthodontic and otolaryngology at Aardvark Medical. Richard holds an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, as well as an MA in International Relations from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a BS from Stanford University in Engineering (Product Design).

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Without the additional cortisol in your system, your body can let go of excess stored fats and let you lose weight that may be causing heart problems and liver problems. This exercise also helps clear out your lymphatic system from toxins and waste and increases the oxygen flow within yourself. Both of these will give you more energy and boost your immune system.
You've probably heard that the tryptophan in turkey is to blame for that food coma on Thanksgiving. The amino acid, found in protein-containing foods, helps produce serotonin, "the chemical that regulates hunger and feelings of happiness and well-being," Mangieri says. On its own, tryptophan may have a calming effect. In a 2006 study published in the Journal of Psychiatry Neuroscience, men and women who were argumentative (based on personality tests) took either tryptophan supplements or a placebo for 15 days. Those who took tryptophan were perceived as more agreeable by their study partners at the end of the two weeks compared with when they didn't take it. (The study was funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.) Other foods high in tryptophan include nuts, seeds, tofu, fish, lentils, oats, beans, and eggs.
When blended with musical sounds, brainwave entrainment frequencies induce specific states of mind, which are the result of those brainwaves, delivering them in pleasing and relaxing audio tracts for use with and without stereo headphones. For example, alpha and theta waves, because they exist at the borders between conscious and unconscious thought, are especially rich and useful for tapping into and stimulating subconscious processes.
Proceedings of the 9th Conference on Interdisciplinary Musicology – CIM14. Berlin, Germany 2014 first group it increases, and for the second decreases. Experimental group did not fall asleep but maintained a relaxation state after the stimulus, while control group achieved unconscious relaxation but the effects did not hold. The STAI “State” indicated that stress increased after the stimulus for control group (see graph A1.2). 14. CONCLUSIONS • Delta (20-200) and theta (20-100) brainwaves are the ones that have greater amplitude (microvolts) in both groups. Results are clearly shown in graphs A1.5 and A1.10. Graph A1.5 Theta Graph A1.10 Delta • Higher frequency EEG waves such as beta waves have less amplitude. This happens because they are not synchronized and have more phase differences in both groups. • An increased alpha parameter is higher in the experimental group, which indicates that they achieved conscious relaxation. In contrast, the control group showed higher delta waves and presented signs of deep sleep during the experiment. Control group also possibly reached REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep halfway throughout the stimulus due theta waves presence in the EEG. • Beta waves are higher in the control group from s = 507 to s = 624 because of unexpected sounds in the stimulus (traffic noise appeared in the original recording). • Both stimuli induced relaxation, but it is important to point out that a person can relax without falling asleep. In this way the binaural stimulus worked better. • It is likely that the control group fell asleep with the nature sounds stimuli because lack of stimulation. • Contrary to what we expected, theta binaural waves didn’t induced FFR in experimental group, although they helped to achieve conscious relaxation. • Delta waves were higher in the experimental group during post-experiment measurements. This suggests that relaxation states were maintained with the absence of stimulus. • Presence of Alpha waves was reduced during deep sleep. This evidence is supported by the control group’s Delta values. • In the absence of stimuli, Delta wave values of the control group decreased, which means that relaxation effects did not prevail. • The effectiveness of an anxiolytic may be measured through the relaxation degree during stimulus and whether its effect endured or not. • For further evaluation of coherence  between brainwaves in both hemispheres and the ERP, the use of a 10-20 EEG system is recommended. • Post-experimental STAI “State” tests results are lower in the experimental group. This means that Theta binaural waves were a better anxiolytic than the stimuli (nature sounds) used in the control group. REFERENCES  Huang, T., & Charyton, C. (2008). A Comprehensive Review of The Psychological Effects of Brainwave Entrainment. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, 14(5).  Berger H. (1929) Über Das Elektrenkephalogramm Des Menschen. Arch Psychiatrie Nervenkrankheiten.  Chatrian GE, Petersen MC, Lazarte JA. (1960) Responses to clicks from the human brain: some depth electrographic observations. Electroenceph. Clin. Neurophysiol..  Ulam, Frederick A. (1991) An Investigation of the effects of binaural beat frequencies on human brain waves. California School Of Professional Psychology.  Notimex. (2013, July 02). México, país con más estrés laboral. El Universal. Retrieved from: http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/ciencia/2013/mexico-pais-mas-estres-laboral-78744.html  American Psychological Association (n.d.). Stress: The different kinds of stress. Retrieved from: http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/stress-kinds.aspx  R. Padmanabhan, A. J. Hildreth and D. Laws. (2005) A prospective, randomised, experimentalled study examining binaural beat audio and pre-operative anxiety in patients undergoing general anaesthesia for day case surgery. Anaesthesia. 60, 769-773.  Loy, Gareth. (2006) Musimathics. London, England: MIT Press.  Atwater, F. Holmes. (2009) Frequency Following Response Study. The Monroe Institute.  Ferraro, Fernando M., Acuña, Marcelo. (n.d.) Formación Reticular y Fibras de Asociación del Experimental Encefálico. Departamento de anatomia facultad de medicina, UBA. Le Scouarnec, R. P., Poirier, R. M. Owens, J. E., Gauthier, J., Taylor, A. G. and Foresman, P. A. (2001) Use of Binaural beat tapes for treatment on anxiety: a pilot study of tape preference and outcomes. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine.  Díaz, M. A., & Comeche, M. I. (2004). Beneficios de la relajación. Retrived from: http://www.psicologiadelasalud.es/beneficios_de_la_relajacion.html  Gómez García, J. (2003). Efectos de la música trance percusiva y la música trance electrónica en el EEG. Tesis Licenciatura. Psicología. Departamento de Psicología, Escuela de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de las Américas Puebla. Retrieved from:
Deep relaxation is another major benefit resulting from the brains cortical frequency following response while using brainwave entrainment. As the brain tends to mimic the rate of frequency it is exposed to, thus allowing it to enter into that brainwave state, this helps explain why this technology can produce benefits commonly found with meditation.
Natural menopause relief is sought out by millions of women who suffer from the symptoms of menopause wreaking havoc on their bodies. Much of this havoc is caused by a diet filled with bad fats, too much protein, and a lack of nutrients. Eating healthily and exercising are your first steps to getting healthy. A diet filled with fruits and vegetables is filled with nearly all of the nutrients you need to be healthy and balanced. Yet, sometimes, we need a little bit of extra help. In this article, we’re going to talk about some herbal supplements that help balance out your hormones and make the symptoms of menopause much better.
The brain is composed of millions of specialized cells called neurons. Neurons send signals to other neurons using electro-chemical messengers called neuro-transmitters that attach to receiving sites located on the neurons themselves. There is a space between the end of the neuron and the receptor called the synaptic gap. As neuro-transmitter chemicals move across this gap, a small electrical charge is created.
Thanks for making Brain Wave the Top-Selling Brainwave Entrainment App in the App Store! * This update includes support for iOS 6, an optimized UI for iPhone 5, and a new ambient forest background. The app is universal, so you get it across all your devices with one app! Includes optimized UIs for iPhone/iPod Touch, iPhone 5, iPad and support for landscape and portrait orientations.
I have been using the Equisync CDs at least 24 minutes 5 days a week. It instantly relaxes me, helps get rid of headaches and even hiccups! I have a stressful job and it helps prevent anxiety; I have not had a chance to check my blood pressure but I feel calmer. I have used other products before but I like the Equisync CDs much better; it is deeper and more relaxing.
The scientists’ findings were staggering. They had predicted that providing organoids with a constant blood supply would allow the organoids to fulfill their true developmental potential, but they needed proof. By injecting a red fluorescent dye (which can only be detected under a specific wavelength of light using a special microscope) into the mouse brains, which could enter the blood stream, they were able to see the flow of blood through the blood vessels and saw that the blood vessels did indeed run throughout the organoids.
This thing blows my mind! The first time I used it I was like "No way!" As I kept using it I discovered that it is literally the only way I am able to fall asleep nights when my mind is so full of thoughts and my anxiety is running rampant! I hate the way sleep aids make me feel like I've been run over by a freight train. I recently switched from using "Deep Sleep" to "Dreamy Sleep" and had the craziest dreams! I normally can't remember my dreams and I was actually able to recall quite a bit of them. Unfortunately last night, I dreamt that I faked the death of my dog last year and I felt like it lasted the whole night so I think I'll be switching back to "Deep Sleep" :( Awesome product though. My *only* complaint is that I wish there were more ambiance options or the ability to use it with Pandora. You can use your own music but I don't have much personal music on my phone so I am limited to using the app's ambiance tracks and they get old after a while. Highly recommend!
With a value of $12.95, This is a deep Theta meditation, with rain and storm in the background, perfect for DEEP meditation and relaxation, which we offer you for FREE today. The MP3 ramps in steps slowly down to 5.5 Hz. Many people may find this session is so deep that they fall asleep during the session. Others may experience lucid visualizations, since this level of Theta is closely correlated with REM sleep. This session also uses a protocol which alternates stimulation between the left and right ears and eyes, which is particularly useful for people who are hyperactive. Best listened to with headphones. To find out more about Brainwave Entrainment click here!
As you close your eyes, this session quickly lulls you down into deep delta sleep, where the body recovers and grows. The session starts at a waking frequency, soon taking you down deep into a delta, with stops at the significant beneficial frequencies such as the de-stressing 10Hz, the grounding 7.83Hz Schumann resonance (SR), and the deeply relaxing 5.5Hz. You’ll soon find yourself in a deep, healing sleep. If you’re particularly stressed, try listening to Power Chill before starting.
The human brain is made up of billions of neurons which need to communicate in order for our brains to function as a whole. The point at which two neurons meet is called a synapse and chemical signals are transported between neurons, across these synapses. Not only were the scientists able to show that the transplanted organoids developed mature neurons, but also that these neurons were able to form synapses with each other, and with resident neurons in the mouse brain.
Given that brainwaves control and connect such a vast range of human experience from thought to feelings to actions, it is easy to see how the deliberate control of brainwaves can affect mood, behaviors, motivation, and even physical health. Brainwave entrainment is a safe, simple, and scientifically proven method for quickly guiding the brain into a beneficial brainwave frequency to facilitate healthy sleep, lower stress, heal emotional problems, and improve physical health.
Only 4 of the participants reported no change as a result of the stimulation. Four years later in a study (1989) by Anderson analyzed LED photic stimulation for the treatment of headaches. There were 60 patients included in the study which involved Variable Frequency Photo-stimulation (VFP) with specialized goggles that contained light-emitting diodes.
Proceedings of the 9th Conference on Interdisciplinary Musicology – CIM14. Berlin, Germany 2014 http://catarina.udlap.mx/u_dl_a/tales/documentos/lps/gomez_g_j/capitulo_1.html  Universidad Complutense de Madrid. (2006). Proyecto de apoyo a la evaluación psicológica clínica. Retrieved from http://pendientedemigracion.ucm.es/info/psclinic/evaluacion/Proyecto Apoyo EPC 2006/INSTRUMENTOS EVALUACION/TRASTORNOS DE ANSIEDAD/EVALUACION GENERAL DE LOS TRASTORNOS DE ANSIEDAD/ESCALA DE ANSIEDAD ESTADORASGO (STAI)/STAI_P.pdf  Universidad Complutense de Madrid. (2006). Proyecto de apoyo a la evaluación psicológica clínica. Retrieved from http://pendientedemigracion.ucm.es/info/psclinic/evaluacion/Proyecto Apoyo EPC 2006/INSTRUMENTOS EVALUACION/TRASTORNOS DE ANSIEDAD/EVALUACION GENERAL DE LOS TRASTORNOS DE ANSIEDAD/ESCALA DE ANSIEDAD ESTADORASGO (STAI)/STAI_F.pdf  Hassan, H., Murat, Z., Ross, V., & Buniyamin, N. (2012). A Preliminary Study on the Effects of Music on Human Brainwaves. International Conference on Control, Automation and Information Sciences (ICCAIS)  Johnson, J., Petsche, H., Richter, P., Von Stein, A., & Fiilz, O. (1996). The Dependence of Coherence Estimates of Spontaneous EEG on Gender and Music Training. University of California Press. Annexes: https://www.mediafire.com/?cayel53iabg620d
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Magic happens with this amazingly deep meditation MP3. Delta stimulation can be very hypnotic, and Sub-Delta (0 – 1 Hz) in particular is theorized to have soothing effects on the limbic system, such as the amygdala and hypothalamus which themselves operate at delta frequencies. These neural structures are associated with emotions, fear, the fight-or-flight response, blood pressure, tension and more. Many people have found success using Delta as an aid in meditation. Using sub-delta to sooth these structures has resulted in amazing success helping health conditions such as fibromyalgia, chronic pain and hypertension (high blood pressure). Its soothing effects on the limbic system may shed some light on this.
To see animal entrainment in action, watch this 1 minute video of a white cockatoo named Snowball entraining (i.e., moving to the beat) with the Backstreet Boys. Snowball can also be seen on YouTube dancing to Stevie Nicks and Michael Jackson, and has even been featured in a Taco Bell commercial. You’ll see why – this bird has serious *star quality*!
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This is the Seagrass Products Inspection at the Supplier factory carried out by our inspectors, surveyors:
- Sampling of Seagrass products
- Tally of quantity of Seagrass products were completely fabricated until time of inspection on-site
- Verifying the Shipping Mark, Packing, Carton condition of Seagrass products
- Verifying the Label, tags
- Verifying the sophistication of Seagrass products (handcraft skilful)
- Verifying condition of packaged inner and outer carton/ bags/ pallets
- Dimension measurement
- Weight checking
- Moisture testing
- Function testing witness
- Material of product and appearance of Seagrass products identifying
- Checking to find out the defects of the Seagrass products
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- Checking to identify the specification of the Seagrass products as per buyer’s pattern samples.
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We would also like to advise you our inspection services for export and import goods for buyer as followings:
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AIM Control’s Pre-shipment inspection (PSI) will be carried out at the goods were packed from 80%-100% (after production). After PSI is completed, we will send you our results of inspection and photos at the site of inspection. (via email)
You and your buyer will review the pre-shipment inspection results to agree for loading of goods or no.
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Church to host drum group performanceSep 21, 2012 Staff
Riverton's United Presbyterian Church, 1101 N. Broadway Ave., will host a drum group performance at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 23, as part of a "cultural Sunday" celebration.
Sandy Iron Cloud, the cultural director for Wyoming Indian schools, will bring the Iron Cloud Family Dancers and the Little Sun Drum Group to perform and be part of the Sunday service.
Organizers say the event is open to the public. For more information, call the church at 856-5181.

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In 1844, French mason Philippe Fougerolle founded the company that still bears his name. The Fougerolle company worked on the design of many large-scale structures and was responsible for developing the construction of the Champlain Bridge.
What do we know about the Fougerolle company?
The company’s story started in France. After finishing work on the Canal du Nivernais, Philippe Fougerolle received the royal engineering seal to work on roads and bridges in Nièvre. With this recognition, Fougerolle received a stamp of approval that let him submit tenders for major projects. From the Mauvages Tunnel to the Tancarville Bridge, Fougerolle had a hand in the construction of many viaducts, tunnels and bridges in France.
Many years later, and thousands of kilometres away in Montreal, it was announced that a toll bridge would be built over the St. Lawrence River. The National Harbours Board invited representatives from Greater Montreal cities and governments to decide on the location of the structure. The design of the plans and specifications and the supervision of the work was handed over to the Pratley de Montréal consulting engineering firm. To enhance the project coordination, the Champlain Bridge construction project was divided into seven sectors, including the access ramps, metal structure and concrete deck. The Fougerolle company from France was hired to oversee the development of the entire project. Five years after the first construction contract was awarded, the Champlain Bridge opened to traffic in June 1962.

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While BMW has been showing concepts
for its Active Tourer
for over a year, they never seemed entirely real. Why would BMW
, a company that has built its image on sporty, rear-wheel drive sedans, move into the five-door, front-wheel-drive market? The answer is still not entirely clear, but the new BMW 2 Series Active Tourer is very real. It launches in Europe later this year and is rumored to come to the US in 2015.
To brand purists, a front-wheel drive BMW may seem anathema to everything the company has built, and the production Active Tourer has clearly been built to provide drivers with a luxurious but utilitarian package first and foremost. It is 170.9 inches long and rides on a 105.1-inch wheelbase, but despite its compact dimensions, its high roof allows for 16.53-cubic-feet of cargo space with the rear seats up or 53.33 cubic feet with them folded flat. Its general appearance is nearly identical to the previous concepts
, except with a blunter nose and cleaner lines. The front end wears BMW's traditional dual circular headlights and naturally, while the profile incorporates the company's traditional Hofmeister kink into the greenhouse's rear pillar. The interior has been designed to be especially useful with a sliding rear seat, adjustable rear backrests, fold-flat backrests and optional features like an automatic tailgate and panoramic sunroof.
Unlike both previous concepts, none of the Active Tourer models at launch use hybrid power. For Europe, the hatchback is going on sale with three engine options. The basic version is the 218i Active Tourer with a 1.5-liter, turbocharged three-cylinder with 134 horsepower that we just previewed in the 2014 Mini Cooper
- good enough for average fuel economy of 48 miles per gallon in the EU cycle when equipped with a six-speed manual. The next step up is the 225i Active Tourer with a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder that makes 228 hp and offers 39-mpg average fuel economy. Finally, there is the there is the 218d Active Tourer with its 148-hp, 2.0-liter turbodiesel and 57 mpg average fuel economy on the EU cycle. A six-speed manual is standard on all of them, but there is a six-speed automatic option for the 218i and eight-speed automatics available for the 225i and 218d. All-wheel drive will be available on future models.
So, how will the market react to this very different vision of Bavarian motoring? At this point, it's hard to say. Hatchback-friendly Europe is more likely to accept this new Bimmer without missing a beat, but North American consumers might not know what to make of it, especially as we haven't truly accepted the company's various wagons and Gran Turismo offerings. BMW is clearly looking to leverage the front-wheel drive expertise it has gained with Mini
, and it's not alone among German premium brands for making such a push - Mercedes-Benz
recently moved to front-wheel drive with its CLA-Class
, although it did so in a vehicle that arguably looks more fitting with the rest of its brand.
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Swiss cheese is also delicious on Triscuits. I like the Cracked Pepper Triscuits and Rosemary and Garlic Triscuits with swiss for an anytime snack.
I realize these are 3-ingredient dishes, but cheese on a cracker?? C'mon, that doesn't really count as a "recipe" in my book!

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It took three years to come together. It's happening at 50 locations over the span of one month. Its main conference, which spans four days, features 35 speakers with attendees from 10 countries. Crossing Boundaries: An East-West Symposium of Print Art only faces one depressing number: attendance and the actual conference. "We were shooting for between 400 and 500 attendees," says Eleanor Erskine, chairwoman of Crossing Boundaries' volunteer steering committee. "The fax machine was just smoking before Sept. 11. Now we're trying to address our locals, because people want to stay near home right now."
In order to whet Portlanders' interest, the symposium is offering day passes to the conference, which begins Wednesday, Oct. 10, and concludes Sunday, Oct. 14. The symposium runs both broad and deep, covering cultural issues, printmaking and collecting. All over the city, galleries have exhibited prints from around the world, with some dating back to the 17th century. PSU is holding shows in six campus locations and will host most of the conference's activities.
The citywide collaboration has a unique regional flavor. Not only do many of the exhibitions feature Northwest artists, the East-West theme acknowledges Asia's influence on Portland. Mark Woolley Gallery is featuring work from Portland's sister city in South Korea, while Froelick Gallery has hung prints by Japanese and American artists (one by Kaoru Saito from Japan depicts a woman in medieval Florence, crossing many borders). "We realized that the boundaries are many more than geographic," says Lois Allen, a member of the steering committee. "There are social, economic and ethnic boundaries that are culturewide." In short, it's an art festival of ideas.
Consider Rae Mahaffey's current exhibition at Bullseye Glass Factory. Sunlight trickling through the window casts a pattern from a series of glass panels. The panels and the prints hanging behind them are an experiment in the similarities between fusing glass and printmaking. Mahaffey has blurred the boundary between the two media, but the sunlight has gotten to the very essence of printing itself. "In its most essential element, a print is an image that is transferred from one surface to another," says Allen. "It can be a dirty handprint on a window or a footprint on the sand. It builds from there."
According featured speaker Susan Tallman, printmaking builds from the basic into two main approaches. The first approach is followed by those who print their own work, normally academics dedicated to the medium as their primary art. The second is followed by those who have their works produced by commercial print shops and combine them with other forms. "There isn't a lot of crossover between the two," says Tallman.
Chris Sperandio is a nationally recognized artist who follows the second approach, making comic books that are printed in Singapore. He and his collaborative partner, Simon Grennan, have also created 3-D prints about people's fears and are dabbling in television animation and web projects. At the conference, he will describe one of print's most important facets: its ability to reach different groups. "The work that I do with my collaborative partner gets people who aren't in the art world involved in the art world," he says. "We also engage large audiences. We are inside and outside the art world."
The steering committee isn't considering a sequel symposium next year. Even though Epson, the Jordan Schnitzer Foundation, PSU, Augen Gallery and other institutions gave them support, they exhausted themselves with this one's extensiveness. "In all honesty, we came out with a very ambitious project with a lot of good ideas," says Erskine.
City Commissioner Charlie Hales has declared October printmaking month.
One-day passes are $90 and are available at the registration tables or by calling 252-5458. Full registration is $250 (students are $125).
An accompanying product fair at PSU's Smith Center Ballroom on Thursday and Friday will include a demonstration of Epson printers and booths from Art Media, Carolyn Staley Fine Prints, Crownpoint Press, Daniel Smith Artists Materials and Dick Blick.


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Well it was just over two weeks ago when I left my little girls and big boy and boarded a plane for Las Vegas, heading to premiere industry event for wedding and portrait photographers. Each year nearly 16,000 professionals attend WPPI (Wedding and Portrait Photographers International) in Las Vegas and this year I was one of them (along with a fantastic group of girls from Brisbane and Bundaberg).
It was an amazing experience to sit, listen and learn from so many of the industry leaders all in one place at the one time. My inspirational highlights were definitely Bambi Cantrell, Jose Villa and Paul Ernest. My other highlight of the trip was ticking off two of my bucket list items. Going in a helicopter and seeing the Grand Canyon. The landing and take off in the Grand Canyon were just amazing and breath taking. Where else can you visit New York, Paris, Egypt, Venice and Greece all within a few hours!


In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, we sat down with four community leaders who’ve made contributions in the fields of community, art, business and policy. Each week, we’ll unveil a video from our series!
The Nappywood 10th Anniversary event will be held this Sunday, Sept 10 from 12 p.m. - 7 p.m. at the Ontario Convention Center. AARP will not be able to join Nappywood’s celebration of hair and beauty but we wish Nappywood much success with the event.
Hispanic Heritage Month, celebrated from September 15 to October 15, is a time to honor the contributions that Hispanics and Latinos have made to advance our history, society and economy. AARP California celebrates the culture and contributions of this vibrant community by offering a diverse menu of events. Events are FREE and advanced registration is required. Check out the calendar below!
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One of the reasons why I am glad to be moving is that the area is changing. It used to be a solid middle class area with no homeless on the corner, no real crime (aside from the one burglar that was behind several break-ins and got caught).
That neighborhood is changing. It began in 2019 when the beggars started showing up on the street corners. I went to the grocery store (Publix) that is about a quarter mile from the house this weekend, and this is what I saw:
Now you might think that the problem I have is that she is black, and you would mostly be wrong. The problem that I have is that she was covered in dirt, braless, wearing slides, and looked like shit with her lack of caring about her appearance. It’s a sure sign that the area is on a downward economic trend.
To make things worse, there is a low income housing development going in about a quarter mile away: it will be a mix of 200 apartments and 150 homes. All what they call “affordable” housing. yay.

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"Bad Mood" is the eigth track from Miley Cyrus' sixth studio album Younger Now. It was released on September 29, 2017 along with the album through RCA Records.
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|Title:||Reinforcement learning of multiple tasks using a hierarchical CMAC architecture||Authors:||Tham, C.K.||Keywords:||Context-dependent learning
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|Issue Date:||Oct-1995||Citation:||Tham, C.K. (1995-10). Reinforcement learning of multiple tasks using a hierarchical CMAC architecture. Robotics and Autonomous Systems 15 (4) : 247-274. ScholarBank@NUS Repository.||Abstract:||A reinforcement learning approach based on modular function approximation is presented. Cerebellar Model Articulation Controller (CMAC) networks are incorporated in the Hierarchical Mixtures of Experts (HME) architecture and the resulting architecture is referred to as HME-CMAC. A computationally efficient on-line learning algorithm based on the Expectation Maximization (EM) algorithm is proposed in order to achieve fast function approximation with the HME-CMAC architecture. The Compositional Q-Learning (CQ-L) framework establishes the relationship between the Q-values of composite tasks and those of elemental tasks in its decomposition. This framework is extended here to allow rewards in non-terminal states. An implementation of the extended CQ-L framework using the HME-CMAC architecture is used to perform task decomposition in a realistic simulation of a two-linked manipulator having non-linear dynamics. The context-dependent reinforcement learning achieved by adopting this approach has advantages over monolithic approaches in terms of speed of learning, storage requirements and the ability to cope with changing goals. © 1995.||Source Title:||Robotics and Autonomous Systems||URI:||http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/81083||ISSN:||09218890|
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In case there was any confusion, this is the official remix to The Weeknd’s hit track ‘Reminder’. Any remix featuring Trinidad James is not the real deal people!
Thugger starts the song off, and I didn’t realize how much he fits the tone of the track! He has a good bop to his verse, keeping it real n—a 100 while still having this melodic approach.
The Weeknd’s part is the same as the original…. I actually thought he might change it up (Silly me).
A$AP’s cool ass has the last verse, and he gives you a good little tongue-twisting verse. A$AP is one of the few dudes in the game that doesn’t sing at all!
This remix is alright to me. I wish The Weeknd would’ve done something to switch up his part a little.
OVERALL RATING (4/5)
Quincy is the creator of Ratings Game Music. He loves writing about music, taking long walks on beaches, and spaghetti that fights him back.


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NUFC Fans Forum told by club that it is not in crisis and relegation won’t happen
Monday saw the latest meeting of the NUFC Fans Forum at St James Park.
No sign of Steve McClaren at the meeting but club officials, headed by Lee Charnley, dismissed allegations that Newcastle United was in crisis.
Accepting that the club had failed this season as a higher league position was accepted, fans were told that survival would be achieved thanks to the ‘quality in the squad’ as well as some of the 26 Premier League matches so far being ‘positive indicators’.
Asked about the clearly lopsided squad that Newcastle now have, with so few options up front and at the back – but loads of midfielders – the club claimed that the team had ”strong options in most positions’.
Extracts from the NUFC Fans Forum meeting minutes on Monday night (22 February):
Craig English (CE): “The aim at the start of the season was top eight but we’re miles away from it. Where does the club feel it has gone wrong this season?”
The club stated it is collectively reviewing all areas on an on-going basis in order to identify problems and learn from them. The club had previously stated it would not achieve all of its aims within two transfer windows but given its transfer activity to date, it absolutely accepted a higher league position was expected at this stage.
Paul Loughlin (PL): “With 12 games to go, is the club in a crisis?”
The club disagreed but understands its current league position and acknowledged it was very disappointing.
The club explained that the squad’s recent training camp in La Manga, Spain, was designed to help find solutions on the pitch in the final 12 games of the season. The camp was wholly focused on training and recovery, as well as a game.
The club appreciates the work required to move up the table and remains confident that it will remain in the Premier League at the end of the season.
David Maudlin: “What is that belief based on?”
The club believes the quality in the squad and some of the team’s performances this season are positive indicators, but acknowledged that performances had not been consistent.
Craig English: “Do you not think the squad is a bit lopsided?”
The club reiterated its belief that the squad now has strong options in most positions, but did look to strengthen in other areas in January.
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Award-winning author Tim O’Brien will make an appearance at the OCCC Keith Leftwich Memorial Library in October to lead a discussion of his book, “The Things They Carried.”
The book is the newest title announced for the OCCC Reads! 2014 list, said Tricia Sweany, electronic services and reference libririan.
Sweany said “The Things They Carried” is about O’Brien’s personal experiences in the Vietnam War.
She said the book chronicles the lives of O’Brien and his platoon back in the U.S., the hardships they had to endure and the toll it took on them, as well as their loved ones.
O’Brien will be on campus on Tuesday, Oct. 28, to lead the discussion of his book, Sweany said.
“This will not be your average book discussion,” she said.
“The book is said to touch on the value of life, friendship, and the expectation of society, leaving the reader with a greater insight into the lives of these soldiers.”
Sweany said “The Things They Carried” also has accompanying learning resources available to add to the experience in the classroom.
“We encourage faculty to come in and pick up copies for their class,” Sweany said.
The goal of OCCC Reads! is to encourage people to pick up a book they haven’t read and to bring everyone together to engage during Humanities Month in October, she said.
For more information, visit www.library.occc.edu or call Sweany at 405-682-7564.


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People in Oxfordshire are being urged to avoid visiting A&E departments in the county unless it is an emergency, as NHS staff continue working under high demand.
Emergency departments are facing mounting pressure and remain extremely busy, according to Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Sam Foster, the Trust’s Chief Nursing Officer, said: “Our Emergency Departments, especially at the John Radcliffe Hospital, are extremely busy at the moment.
"We strongly advise that unless it is an emergency, you use the NHS 111 online service which can offer you quick advice on the best way for you to get the care you need.
"There are alternatives available to A&E if do not need urgent care – your local GP, pharmacist, or Minor Injury Unit can also provide medical help."
Those that come to emergency departments when it is not necessary are being told they will risk waiting a long time before being seen, as patients are seen in order of priority.
To help alleviate the pressure, the trust is also asking families to help their loved ones home from hospital if they are able to.
Lily O'Connor, Director for Urgent Care in Oxfordshire, said: "Delays in discharging medically-fit patients from hospital mean that we are unable to use those beds for new patients coming in.
"None of us want to see lengthy ambulance waits at the 'front door' of our Emergency Departments, which mean that paramedics are unable to respond to other 999 calls in the community. We want patients who need treatment in our hospitals to be where they need to be.
"We will always support people to get home with appropriate care packages if needed - there are criteria in place to make sure care is given to the right people."
In September 2021, the trust renewed calls for people to think about dialing 111 instead of coming to hospital as staff dealt with both the pandemic and high demand from other emergencies.


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It has been all over the news for the past couple of weeks. The long, disappointing lines people fall into each day in different areas just to get an NBI Clearance — a requirement in getting a job or traveling abroad, among others. It’s time consuming and for others, it’s annoying. But that is about to come to an end as DOJ announced that starting January 24, an NBI clearace online application system will be available.
In a press release dated January 23, 2014, the Department of Justice announces the availability of a new way to apply for an NBI Clearance through eClearance — an online Registration system. Following the new implementation of a new NBI system, the NBI eClearance system promises to “implement solutions to progressively eliminate queues and simplify processes” said DOJ secretary Leila de Lima.
By simply heading to eClearance Registration page, you’ll need to fill out all the details requested and then you’ll be required to proceed directly to any of the 55 sites nationwide for payment, biometic enrollment, taking of picture and the release of your NBI Clearance. [via]
Update: The New NBI eClearance Application System: A Solution or Just a Hype?


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the Mosby Woods neighborhood
Our Home in Fairfax, Virginia
Our homes are tucked into woodsy streets bordered by Route 50 and Interstate 66. We are an active, inclusive neighborhood with a friendly neighborhood association, fun annual events, and lots of dog walkers, bike riders, and spontaneous sidewalk gatherings. Welcome home!
There are several beloved annual events we’ve organized for years, and new ones recently launched.
We can keep moving our community forward by listening to each other and always learning.
Mosby Woods is the largest neighborhood in the city of Fairfax. Learn about the land, the builder and original sales, and major happenings over our 60+ year history.
- City considers proposed traffic management on Fair WoodsThe City Council has been discussing proposed transportation plans along Fair Woods Parkway. The project is described as making Fair Woods a “neighborway.” The traffic management changes are under consideration — not approved — and are available for review onContinue reading “City considers proposed traffic management on Fair Woods”
- Shop, sell, mingle at May 13 yard saleCome on out to the annual neighborhood yard sale Saturday, May 13 from 9AM to 1:30PM. If you would like to participate and be added to the map, please reach out to Sharmane Medaris by May 8th. You can alsoContinue reading “Shop, sell, mingle at May 13 yard sale”
- Join neighborhood cleanup this SundayThe creekside front entry has been tackled, and now we’re moving on to the rest of the neighborhood. Join the community on Sunday May 7, meeting at Dale Lestina Park at 11 AM. The cleanup is aiming to cover theContinue reading “Join neighborhood cleanup this Sunday”
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MEDIAONE GLOBAL ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED
Previous company name
RAJMATA INVESTMENTS AND FINANCE
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The company is an India-based firm engaged in the business of movie production, distribution, and Tele serial production. It was incorporated in 1981 and has its registered office located in Andhra Pradesh, India.
The company is primarily engaged in producing, or producing and distributing motion pictures, videos, television programs, or television commercials. It recently produced the International Feature Film, “Provoked”. It also has produced serials in Tamil, Kannasa, Hindi, and Telugu in popular channels. In addition, it distributes movies produced by popular entertainment companies across the Globe. Furthermore, the company organizes events promoting arts and entertainment as well as acquiring old theaters and convert them to modern multiplexs for movie screening.
The Company is engaged in the production, distribution, and exhibition business in the sector of entertainment.
Description and history
The Company is engaged in the production, distribution, and exhibition business in the sector of entertainment. Earlier known as Rajmata Investments and Finance, it got its present name with effect from Jul. 17, 2006. The Company was incorporated in 1981.
Television serials in Tamil, Kannada, Hindi, and Telugu are produced and telecasted by the company in popular channels like Jaya TV, Raj TV, and Kalaignar TV. Recent productions include Alaipaayuthe, Kanna Moochi, Theem Tharkita in Tamil. It has recently produced the international feature film Provoked. Events promoting arts and entertainment are organized to identify talented young artists.
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Phone: +91 44 42148005
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Buffalo Bill Show
Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley were American Superstars - They were easily the most famous Americans of their time - in the 1880’s and 1890’s
They were more famous than Theodore Roosevelt
The year is 1917
Come with us and experience a celebration of William F. Cody’s life
100 years ago...
Two Years in the making, this tribute to Buffalo Bill is a multi media event (large projected images from archives at the Buffalo Bill Grave and Museum).
with original songs from Jim Salestrom.
Colorado crooner salutes Buffalo Bill
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Sean Clancy
May 28, 2018
Music and stories about a Wild West raconteur who made a living being a legend were part of the curriculum for elementary pupils at eStem Charter School in Little Rock on a sunny morning last week.
Colorado singer-songwriter Jim Salestrom, who has toured and recorded with John Denver, Dolly Parton and others, performed folk songs interspersed with tales of the larger-than-life William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody.
“He was our first superstar,” the 62-year-old Salestrom said before performing the first of three sets for the pupils. “He had this incredible rodeo called Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and he played all over the world. He was friends with kings and queens and princes.”
Cody was born in the Iowa Territory in 1846 and claimed to have delivered mail for the Pony Express when he was 14.
He was a scout in the Third Cavalry and also hunted bison for the Army and the Kansas Pacific Railroad.
In 1872, he led Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia on a well publicized hunting expedition in Nebraska. Cody cut a dashing figure in printed reports of the hunt, Salestrom says.
“All the newspapermen came from New York and Chicago and wrote about him. He was so popular. People were reading about this guy in buckskins who gave his horse and rifle to the grand duke.”
Started by Cody in 1883, Buffalo Bill’s Wild West was a sprawling touring show featuring 650 performers and included American Indians, cowboys, Cossacks, buffalo, horses, a Pony Express ride and a re-creation of Custer’s Last Stand with Lakota tribesmen who were at the original battle. Lakota chief Sitting Bull also toured with the show, and sharpshooter Annie Oakley performed with Cody for 16 years.
“He had cowboys and Indians and everybody got along,” Salestrom told the students as a slideshow of Cody’s exploits played behind him. “Nobody had any problems because he was such a good leader and he was so good to everybody.”
The show, which made stops across the United States and Europe, carried on for three decades. In November 1910, it made a one-night stand in Argenta (now North Little Rock). For a month each year for 25 years, Salestrom says, the show played to crowds at Madison Square Garden in New York.
At the time, there could have been a pretty impressive six-degrees-of-separation game with Cody, as he hobnobbed with the likes of Thomas Edison, Mark Twain and Bram Stoker, the latter of whom (it is believed) based the American character Quincy Morris in the novel Dracula on the cowboy showman. Cody “gave the public a taste of the real West, which was quickly disappearing,” Salestrom said. “He gave them a taste of what it was like. He also put a face on the American West and America as a country for a lot of people in Europe.”
Last year, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Cody’s death in 1917, Salestrom organized a one-man show for schoolchildren, featuring songs, stories and rare videos of the Wild West show. He worked with curator, author and historian Steve Freisen of the Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave in Golden, Colo., to create the tribute.
Salestrom, who was born in Omaha, Neb., has been a musician most of his life. He was 15 when he formed the band Timberline, which was signed to CBS-Epic Records and recorded The Great Timber Rush in 1977. The album was produced by Bones Howe, who also produced the 5th Dimension and The Association.
After Timberline broke up, Salestrom started a solo career and worked as a sideman. He has been an on-and off member of Parton’s band since 1979. He played banjo and sang backing vocals on Denver’s album Different Directions and performed with Denver at concerts. He was a member of the Wild Jimbos — with Jimmy Ibbotson of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Jim Ratts of Runaway Express — and had a novelty hit with their version of John Prine’s “Let’s Talk Dirty in Hawaiian.”
His recent solo albums include Music From the Mountains and Shady Pine.
Salestrom’s sets at eStem were mixed with Cody facts, popular folk tunes and adlibbed songs played on a Martin acoustic guitar. His affection for Denver was evident as he sang “Take Me Home, Country Roads.”
The third group of children he played for joined in quickly and unprompted as soon as he started singing Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land.”
“Oh, you know this one,” he said.
He also nodded to Arkansas’ folk and country roots with a version of “The Battle of New Orleans,” written by Jimmy Driftwood of Timbo.
“Everybody from The Who to Dolly Parton has cut that song,” Salestrom said, while setting up for his first performance.
Amaia Lewis, an 8-year old second-grader, was in the audience for Salestrom’s first set on the school’s playground.
“It was good,” she said. “I liked ‘Puff the Magic Dragon.’ It was pretty funny, but it was a good song.”
Salestrom hopes that his music and Cody’s story light a spark in his young audience.
“It would be great if you got just one child at every performance to say, ‘Maybe I can play guitar like that guy,’ or ‘I want to learn more about Buffalo Bill,’ and go to the library and find a book on him.”


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Blue Bird and Peonies
Original Japanese Woodblock Print
Size: Ôban Diptych (two single Oban Sheets fixed together with acid free Tape, 37,5 x 47,7 cm)
The largest collection of original Japanese woodblock prints in Austria.
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Trivia: When Daffy takes away the satchel from the little yellow duck, look at the rock behind him and you can see the initials "P.J." carved into it. This is a reference to the Warner Brothers background artist Paul Julian.
Trivia: When Daffy is putting up boards to prevent the hunter from catching him, two of the boards have the letters "P" and "J" on them. These are the initials of the background artist, Paul Julian.
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Soap stars that pass in the night: Newly divorced Kym Marsh and Jamie Lomas arrive on NTAs red carpet 45 minutes apart to avoid each other
Aside from Coronation Street winning Best Serial Drama at the National Television awards on Wednesday night, Kym Marsh had another reason to smile for the camera.
The 37-year-old actress successfully avoided ex-husband Jamie Lomas on the red carpet, by arriving 45 minutes apart.
Looking glamorous in a floor length sequin gown and heavy make up, Kym still had a man close by her side, in the form of close friend and Corrie co-star Antony Cotton.
Coordinating the carpet: Jamie Lomas and Kym Marsh made sure they weren't in the same place at the same time at the National Television awards
Keeping it separate: Newly divorced Jamie Lomas and Kym Marsh ensured they kept their distance on the red carpet
Jamie arrived by himself, looking rugged in a full beard, and smart black suit with shiny black shoes.
The EastEnders actor deflected press and any questions about his personal life, although it seems he hooked up with new girlfriend Chloe Peers inside as she tweeted a picture with her arms around the actor n the early hours of Thursday morning: 'Me and my boy @jamielomas1 at the #NTAS London! ❤.'
Kym stayed close to Corrie co-star Antony, clutching his hand down the carpet and standing side by side to answer questions together.
Supporting role: Kym made sure her close friend Antony was by her side down the red carpet, happily posing for pictures together
Firm friends: Kym and Antony remained close on the red carpet to put on a united front
Kym and Jamie have been together since 2008 and married in 2012, and filed for divorce in October 2013 following allegations the actress had an affair with Corrie co-star Oliver Mellor.
Despite the drama surrounding their perspective personal lives, both soaps the actors star in scooped awards at the bash.
EastEnders' Khali Best took home the Best Newcomer prize, with Coronation Street winning the coveted Best Serial Drama and Julie Hesmondhalgh winning best Serial Drama Performance.
Standing alone: Kym let her dress do the talking as she posed alone for photographs
Julie said after winning the award for her portrayal of Hayley Cropper, who committed suicide in the soap: 'To leave and then to get this has been really special for me. We are having a farewell Hayley night at G.A.Y. on Saturday.
'I always maintained it was the right thing to kill Hayley off, because it would have been wrong for the story for her to leave in any other way'
Kym Marsh's representative informed the MailOnline that arriving at different times on the carpet to Jamie was not intentional.
Celebrate: Kym joins her co-stars backstage after they won Best Serial Drama
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