Modern gadgets are great we really would be totally lost without a lot of them especially in the kitchen. Waste disposal units are one of those gadgets you barely notice yet you use every day. Only when it goes wrong do you realise just what an essential item your garbage disposal unit is.
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There are plenty available, which is great because you have a good choice. However, on the other hand, it does make it hard to find the right one for you. Typically, you end up spending longer than you would like weighing up all of the options.
To get around this issue we have done a lot of the research for you and narrowed the choice down to a just a few models. We know these units work well and offer great value for money. High on our list is the Badger Insinkerator.
As well as telling you all of the specs, we have searched out customer reviews and user tips and tricks.
InSinkErator – A Firm You can Rely Upon
Before we get into the specifics, we want to tell you a bit about the firm who makes the Insinkerator 5. There long history and experience is what peaked our interest in their products.
John W Hammes, who was working as an architect at the time, founded the firm in 1927. He is credited with inventing the in sink waste disposal unit.
It took him ten years to perfect the device, so in the meantime he made and sold hot water dispensers. When he launched his In-Sink-Erator, which is a play on the word incinerator, he already had a loyal customer base. In 1968, they became a division of Emerson Appliance Solutions, which allowed the firm to reach a bigger, global, market.
OK now you know a bit about the company you can see that they have been in the industry for many years. The fact they still produce and sell so many garbage disposal units is strong indicator that they make very good products.
Insinkerator Badger Specifications
- Price – ~$80
- Dimensions – 7 x 7 x 13 inches
- Weight – 14Lbs
- Horsepower – 0.50 HP
- Voltage – 120
- Grind chamber – galvanised steel grinding system
- Motor – half horsepower Dura-Drive Induction Motor
- Batteries – not required
- Warranty – 2-year warranty for parts including in home service
What the Reviews Say about the Badger 5 Disposal
Out of the 800 reviews, we saw 414 gave this waste disposal unit full marks another 160 gave it four out of five stars.
Easy to install – it is easy to install the Insinkerator Badger 5 disposal unit. The company developed the Quick Lock sink mount, so you simply have to twist off your old disposal unit and twist on the new one. All of the tools you need to carry out the installation are included in the box.
However, the power cord is not included, so you will need to buy that. If you are replacing an old unit with a Badger 5 garbage disposal unit, you can use the old cord.
Effective – this disposal unit really can cope with any food waste. It is fast too because it uses a one stage grind system.
Easy to keep clean – it is easy to keep the Inksinkerator garbage disposal clean. You just need to periodically turn it off and disconnect the power, place the stopper in the sink and fill the sink halfway with warm water and ¼ cup of baking powder. To complete the cleaning process you only have to turn the power back on and run the disposal unit.
Fantastic warranty – unusually for a modern warranty house calls are included. This means that if your disposal unit breaks down you get it repaired for free.
There is no need to remove the unit and post it back to the manufacturer and no call out charge. InSinkErator has a network of 1,500 service agents, which means you rarely wait long for a repair.
Affordable – despite the quality of the product this is still an affordable under sink garbage disposal unit.
Dishwasher compatible – this unit is compatible with modern dishwashers. It is easy to plumb your dishwasher into the system.
Issues with a faulty casing – there has been an issue reported with this model. The main problem seems to be hairline cracks developing in the casing. The warranty is great, but once it has run out finding a replacement is difficult. You need to bear in mind that not everyone had this issue, but it was defiantly mentioned in the reviews.
Overall, the Badger Insinkerator 5 is a very good unit to add to your kitchenware. You get a lot for your money. The fact it is so easy to install means that you do not need to go to the expense of hiring a plumber to install it for you.
You can buy it for a great price from Amazon, by following the link below!


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Free agent quarterback Peyton Manning completed a trip to Denver and Arizona over the weekend, and it reportedly not expected to visit any other teams. That could change, of course, but it appears the Broncos and Cardinals have emerged as the clear front-runners in the chase for Manning, this after a dozen teams contacted his representatives last Wednesday to make a push for him.
A decision could come as soon as tomorrow.
Manning visited for more than six hours at each team's facilities over the weekend, and returned late last night to his off-season home in south Florida. He met with the Broncos on Saturday and then the Cardinals on Sunday. Manning has indicated that there are no additional trips planned, and speculation now centers on Denver and Arizona as the teams in the best position to sign the soon-to-be 36-year-old quarterback.
Give credit to Manning for not drawing the process out, especially if he makes his decision this week. The last time there was a free agent with such a big name on the open market was in 1993, when Eagles free agent defensive end Reggie White was available. But White dragged his search out for several weeks, and made half a dozen trips before finally settling on the Packers. It took more than five weeks for White to settle on the Packers, where he signed on April 9.


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How do I let others know about Social Inclusion Week?
We have now designed two main flyers / posters for Social Inclusion Week, which you can use to share via email/ Facebook/Twitter etc, along with a poster for Social Inclusion Week Event holders to use and edit.
We have also created "printer friendly" flyers posters.
Please see below to download the official Social Inclusion Week 2015 flyers and posters.
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Might be a blog post, or a rant, perhaps a poem that sounds out of sync. We’ll see…Continue reading
Poem: paper-thin apologies
This is a poem I wrote tonight. I wasn’t planning to, neither did I think I was going to write one at all. But I did, and I wanted to post it on the blog. Not the best thing I’ve written, yet not the worst either. Enjoy.
Submerged with all these fears
They look through her like glass
Eyes stained with cruelty and spite
You find your way through the cracks
Of her broken mind
Like the river of tears
That fills her eyes
And runs down her face
I Passed My Course!
This post is going to be more upbeat and positive than the last few (or perhaps I should say ten?)
Yes, still got a lot of things on my mind currently which has been very challenging and awful for my mental health, but I’m still trying to get through life with gratitude and strength.
So, that being said: I passed my course!
Not entirely surprised, I did have a good feeling about taking the exam, so that was nice.
Excuse the lateness of my recent posts on the blog. A lot is on my mind, so bear with me.
Have a great evening, everyone.
Journey Of Acceptance
Do you ever hear or see something that leaves you in a deep train of thought for the rest of the evening? That’s so me tonight.
I think I’ve managed to navigate my emotions to a happier place, for the time being. How long that will last, who knows, but I appreciate it and try to embrace it.
Emotions can be so complex and hard to navigate, process and understand in a logical way. Truth be told, that has been me many times.
As I’m getting older, the appreciation for my strength during the darkest of times has only increased. It reminds me that life is a journey, and healing of any kind takes a lot of patience.
Wasn’t planning to talk about this, but I felt compelled to.
All I can say is: take your time, it’ll get better.
That’s all for today, stay safe.
A Day For Thinking Less
A peaceful day, hasn’t really consisted of much except cleaning and watching movies, but I’m cherishing every minute of it.
Sometimes you just need a day or two to get your energy back after a busy week.
It’s the simple yet rewarding moments of each day that I’m learning not to take for granted, because you never know when those will come to an end.
This is a bittersweet month for many reasons, and I’m definitely finding myself more emotional as the days go by. As the 19th marks five years without my grandmother; that’s one of the hardest things about May, and that date haunts me every month, it hurts despite knowing that she’s free of pain and suffering.
All that gives me comfort is that I have an incredible guardian angel in the sky, who looks after me from afar.
Nostalgia is a strange thing, emotions times ten.
Happy Friday, to all of you. I hope it’s been a good start to your weekend.
Found myself taking naps a lot during the day, I felt like it was needed, and now here I am, making another late night addition to the blog. This has been such a wonderful Friday, a good one indeed.
As it’s Good Friday, I definitely wanted to spend some time reflecting, nurturing my mind and soul with mindful thinking and it’s very beneficial, in a lot of ways.
I feel so blessed to have my family and friends in my life, they are the most important people ever, when things change and we can see each other again, in a more consistent way, things will definitely improve for the better.
Inspiration In Drafts
Looked at old notes earlier, that I previously wrote and saved to my phone and it’s kind of bittersweet. It’s not very often that I do that, mainly because I end up missing certain people.
Nostalgia is tough sometimes, some memories leave a lasting impression on your mind. Whether that’s good or bad, I don’t know.
Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all. That’s something I was told a while back, and it’s very true, at least for me.
Although, I do wish I had been slightly more mature than I was years ago, maybe it would have changed how things turned out. The “what if” still haunts me to this day.
Earlier tonight, I found myself wanting to reach out to someone in particular, who I haven’t spoken to in about three years, and a part of me has always wanted that person back in my life.
They were one of my closest friends, we had a complicated connection from the start, but I’ve always been curious about how things would be now, if we had remained close, especially since we’re both older and wiser.
Perhaps, in the near future, we’ll be able to reconnect.
Time definitely heals a lot, but not everything, as much as we would like for that to be reality. I feel like I’m starting to lose my train of thought now, so maybe I should leave it at this for the moment.
Need to get some sleep, but I’ll be back with another post tomorrow afternoon or late evening. Tomorrow is Friday, so glad.
Have a wonderful rest of your Thursday.
Creativity is both a blessing and a curse.
Well, I’m not completely good at writing. I love it with a passion, despite the competitive nature of the craft.
The freedom to openly express your train of thought, it is a wonderful part of the whole process. There are good days, blank days, sometimes you have no direction.
I’m not a perfect writer, nor do I claim to be. It’s complicated, like most hobbies and interests.
Being an introvert and poetic isn’t very helpful either. One day at a time, I’m hoping to appreciate my work more, and to worry less about everything.
Being a self-proclaimed perfectionist is a challenge. You won’t stop until you’re different from everyone else.
the art of mind
I never thought my life would be so influenced by the internet, and it feels surreal talking about it, because I don’t consider myself an established blogger/writer as of yet. And to whoever does follow my blog, thank you for motivating me to continue. They say writing is like putting a flower garden together, you help it all grow into something beautiful and worthwhile. I would add a “read more” link but it’s nice to express simply because I enjoy it. Although, a bit of traffic is never a bad thing! Unless you’re a driver, (oops sorry). On another note, I really would love to hear what YOU think. Like for example; what makes a writer great? if anything, what does a good blog contain? I’m hoping to hear opinions, because yours will mean a lot. As a writer, I want to progress, I want to be relatable and be able to reach people in the sort of depth that really connects us. Do I want to be a full-time writer? Of course I do. Will I achieve that? I don’t know yet. Regardless of what life throws my way, I will always write for the sake of creativity and self-expression. It’s amazing how simple words can unite and guide us. I’m not sure where to end this, but perhaps it is eternal, metaphorically speaking.
Love; a sacred archive of past emotions, the morning sun to our gray beginnings
you were and you still are the object of my affection until oxygen ceases my brain
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Over my holiday I was approached by a good friend and asked if I would be intersted in working on a magazine style blog with him.
I was really gobsmacked and immediately said yeah ! The last few weeks have been busy getting prepared and getting guest bloggers onboard.
Last Sunday the blog was launched 🙂 Please check it
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The lion roared as a finale where RAP transformed the booth into a performative space. Audience had the chance to take a photo with the Merlion as part of Yue Han’s piece, or even play the role of tourists, buying postcards. Justin’s wearable Merlion suit got people to decide its gender by signing their names with their red, blue or green markers. Audience were then presented with Singapore’s folklore and culture through Ezzam and Daniela’s works, while the works by the rest of the artists simply merged into the space, which had become some sort of a Tourism Board Center.
Do check out some photos of the finale. Oh, and also check out for Elinore and Jes’ interview which are coming up next ->


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Nursing, especially in hospice and palliative care, remains an in-demand profession in the San Francisco Bay Area. As services expand and our population ages, hospice, and home health organizations need nurses more than ever. And now, one of the leading Bay Area-based home health care providers is hiring! Pathways, an established not-for-profit organization that provides …
Browse previous blog posts by month and year of entry. You'll see all the posts for that time period.

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Eaton Crescent is a late-19th-century semicircular terraced crescent. The semi-circular, private communal garden forms the setting for Eaton Crescent housing. It was originally surrounded by low stone walls with railings, some of the walls are partially extant.The garden is informally planted with grass, shrubs and trees. The lime trees are probably original.It is valuable as part of 19th-century town design and it lies within the Clifton conservation area.
The private communal garden was originally formed to be part of the central house in the crescent - Stratheden House. However all other houses in the crescent have a right of access written into their deeds.
Late-19th-century semicircular, private communal garden forming the setting for Eaton Crescent housing. The original low stone walls are partially extant. It is valuable as an illustration of late-19th-century town design.
The current, informal planting consists of grass, shrubs and trees. The lime trees are probably original.
It is situated within the Clifton conservation area.
- Garden Wall
- Description: Original low stone walls.

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It's Christmas Eve in Dinosaur Cove and Tom and Jamie are hoping for snow. There's just time to go and visit their dinosaur friend, Wanna, in their secret world of real dinosaurs, and wish him a merry Christmas. But when they emerge from the cave, the Jurassic jungle has disappeared and there's snow everywhere! And what's that in the distance? It's a herd of woolly mammoths - the boys are in the Ice Age!
Jamie, Tom and Wanna set off on a snowy adventure with blizzards, avalanches, a sabre-tooth cat, and a young woolly mammoth that needs their help to get back to its herd. As they search for the lost herd the boys come across another unexpected discovery - something so amazing they can hardly believe it.
This double-length story is something that readers can really get their teeth into and is non-stop adventure from the first page to the last.

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The Mormon Channel recently posted this cover of “I’m Trying to Be Like Jesus” by Emily Brown, and it’s pretty much the best primary cover we’ve ever heard. Here’s the video:
Yeah, we knew you’d love it. They’ve even provided a free download which you can find here.
We know it’s going on our iPods.
More of Emily’s music can be found on her Sound Cloud.
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Hey Blog. How's your Easter/Passover going for ya? I hope it's going swimmingly.
Today is April 8th and today in Geek History...
1942 Douglas Trumbull, special effects artist on 2001: A space Odyssey, Close Encounters, and Star Trek The Movie is born today.
1943 Joack O'Halloran, known as Non the menacing but mute member of the trio Kryptonia super villains is born.
1946 Tim Thomerson, the guy that played Jack Deth in the Trancers films and Gene/Jean in Quark is born in Coronado California.


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Spains unemployment has soared to record levels this summer, despite the fact that summer is traditionally the period where, what with beach bars, hotels and whatnot, unemployment drops due to temporary summer work contracts.
A further 53.500 people lost their jobs last month to June, about 1% of the total, bringing the total number of unemployed up to 5.693.100 across the nation at the beginning of this month, or 24.63% of the active workforce.
53.28% of all youths are out of work, and there are 1.737.600 households which have not one single person in employment.
In Andalucia, there are 1.36 million people unemployed (out of a total population of around 8 million).
Meanwhile, the Junta de Andalucía has announced that it will spend 200 million euros to create 11,000 jobs over the next year and a half. This breaks down into 100 million improving education centres across Andalucia (pity they sacked all the teachers), 90 millions for reforestation and environmental improvement projects, and 10 millions to rehabilitate elderly homes.
None of which, I notice, actually helps create long term employment. More sticking plaster politics from the geniuses in Seville, whose only concern is that their builder buddies aren’t seeing many large contracts come their way.

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Professor Katherine Mcmahon (Microbiology 425, Environmental microbiology)
The questions below are all fair game for the final exam. I will select roughly half of the content for the actual exam. The actual exam will also include 5-8 multiple choice questions (not listed here).
For guidance on how much detail to provide in your answer, I am listing the approximate number of lines I would expect you to use on the actual exam, to answer the question. The last page of this document has line numbers to use for calibration purposes.
1. Imagine that after graduation you secure a job at an environmental remediation firm as the resident (micro)biologist, mainly because you took Microbiology 425 and have expertise in environmental microbiology. They hire you to advise a team of ecologists, engineers, and chemists on a range of pollution cleanup and mitigation projects. The first big project you are assigned to is an oil spill that just occurred because an oil tanker sank in Puget Sound, Washington.
a. The engineers propose spraying a chemical dispersant called Corexit on the oil slick because they read about its use for the Deep Water Horizon spill cleanup. The ecologists disagree because they think it is too toxic to wildlife.
i. Explain to both the engineer and the ecologist the purpose of the dispersant (6 lines).
ii. The team wants your advice on whether the dispersant will actually work and to provide evidence from past studies about its effect on microbial processes. Outline the technical report you would provide to them. (20 lines)
iii. Specifically, the team wants to know whether the oil and dispersant degradation rates will be comparable to those reported for the Deep Water Horizon spill. Compare and contrast the conditions at the location of the current spill vs the DWH, in order to answer their question. Focus on conditions that are relevant to the microbes. (15 lines)
b. You are given a large research budget to study the effects of the oil spill on the microbial communities in Puget Sound. Outline THREE datasets that you would collect and briefly describe how you would collect them. (30 lines)
c. Describe the results you would expect to obtain from your studies. Specifically, which organisms do you expect to be enriched in water affected by the spill? (10 lines)
d. Identify at least three genes or pathways you would expect to find enriched in Puget Sound after the spill. (6 lines)
e. One of the ecologists asks whether the team should expect to find a lot of Methylomonas in the water, since he read that this genus was enriched after the DWH spill. Answer her question and explain your answer. (10 lines)
f. One of the engineers asks why oil spills cause dissolved oxygen depletion. She learned about biological oxygen demand in her class on wastewater treatment but doesn’t understand why oil would have the same effect as sewage. Explain the mechanism of hydrocarbon-mediated DO depletion to her. (15 lines)
2. Imagine that you just joined the laboratory of a famous oceanographer who up until recently has not employed many of the more modern molecular techniques to the study of marine microbes. Thus, she is unfamiliar with the strengths and limitations of various molecular methods. She is funding you as a PhD student to study the role of polyamines in the ocean because a recent analysis of metagenomic data showed that genes encoding polyamine transporters were abundant in many marine samples. While doing some background reading, you learn that polyamines are found in marine phytoplankton.
a. The PI asks you to analyze some unassembled metagenomes and tell her which of the major heterotrophic marine bacteria have polyamine transporters in their genomes. You know this is not possible to do without gathering additional data. Explain why this is the case. (8 lines)
b. Propose a workflow that could be used to generate the information your PI is seeking, assuming no budgetary constraints. (15 lines)
c. Now that you know which marine bacteria carry polyamine transporter genes, your PI wants to know which of these bacteria are actively using polyamines, in water off the coast of Georgia. Propose a workflow that could be used to generate the information your PI is seeking. (15 lines)
d. Now imagine that a new undergraduate researcher joins the lab. He has never taken a course in environmental microbiology or marine microbiology. The PI asks you to explain the concept of the Microbial Loop to this new lab member. Outline how you would do this, using the polyamines as an illustrative example. Feel free to draw a diagram if you think it would help. (12 lines)
3. The nitrogen cycle in freshwater lakes is complex. In temperate eutrophic lakes such as Lake Mendota, which thermally stratify during the summer, ammonium accumulates to high concentrations in the hypolimnion. When the lake turns over and mixes in the fall, the ammonium is distributed throughout the water column and persists at concentrations ~ 1 mg-N/L until ice forms. During the winter under the ice, much of the ammonium is gradually converted to nitrate.
a. Identify the individual steps in the conversion of ammonium to nitrate. Write the balanced reactions. (6 lines)
b. Nitrite concentrations under the ice rarely rise above 20 uM. Predict which groups of nitrite oxidizing bacteria would be found under the ice in the winter: Nitrospira or Nitrobacter. Justify your answer. (8 lines)
c. The dissolved oxygen concentrations under the ice tend to be high when the ice forms, but they become depleted during winter leading up to the spring thaw (but not to the point of “hypoxia”). Outline the processes that are leading to this oxygen consumption in the context of the carbon cycle under the ice. Compare and contrast this with what is happening in such lakes during the summer. (15 lines)


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Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay Simon Hannah Pluto £16.99
Former Tory leader William Hague said the government’s recent exam U-turn fiasco threatened to be another poll tax — 30 years after a mass campaign of civil disobedience saw off the hated tax and forced Margaret Thatcher out of office. As the Covid-19 crisis engulfs working class communities, Simon Hannah’s very readable book reminds us that resistance doesn’t always start or come through trade union action. By placing the poll tax movement in the context of a history of revolt and resistance, Hannah illustrates how and why an over-confident Tory establishment was defeated. “A duke would pay the same as a dustman.”
That was Tory boast when it introduced its new local government tax. After the 1980s, when the rich got richer, the reaction of ordinary people was furious and organised. Introduced in Scotland in 1989 — one year before England and Wales — millions of people formed anti-poll tax groups, unions and federations, pledging not to pay. Thousands of ordinary people conducted their own defences or those of fellow campaigners in the courts through the system of lay representatives called ‘McKenzie friends’. Invasions of courtrooms followed and people organised to block the bailiffs who were sent to follow up nonpayers and seize their assets.
The anger exploded in the ‘Battle of Trafalgar’ on 31 March 1990, when some 200,000 people fought back as riot police attacked the peaceful protest. The mass campaign that confronted the poll tax fatally wounded Thatcher. Hannah has no truck with the leaders of the Labour Party — who told people to pay the tax — or the TUC, which failed to fight it. After Trafalgar Square, support for the Tories fell sharply. But the Labour Party, led at the time by Neil Kinnock, allowed John Major to win the 1992 election. Some 11.5 million people voted Labour — three million less than the number of summonses, warrants and benefit deduction orders issued for poll tax non-payment.
Labour did not call a single demonstration. Not one Labour council voted against implementing the tax. But continued protests finally saw the tax scrapped. Hannah, who argues it was a social movement, not a single issue campaign, looks at strategies on the left. Militant Labour, central to the Anti Poll Tax Federation from the start, relied on mass nonpayment. Other activists argued against relying solely on nonpayment and called for unions to organise strikes to stop the tax. The key was resistance. Non payment — including fines and jail — turned into collective class resistance. It united those unable to pay with those who fought the injustice of it.
Above all, Hannah shows why the movement struck a blow for all those who said it was impossible to fight back. Victory for the poll tax campaign shows how real change comes from a movement built from below and outside Parliament.
A quietly evocative film
Remaining true to Egypt’s revolution
A photo book that captures a fashion revolution
Shadow of #MeToo hangs over new BBC thriller


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The 22-year-old left-back spent the first half of the season on loan with Cardiff City and joined Saint-Etienne in the second part of the season.
Nkounkou established himself as a regular in Saint-Etienne’s starting line-up and the Everton loanee netted six goals while racking up eight assists in 19 appearances.
The left-back is on his third loan spell since joining Everton in 2020 and he admitted that he is looking for stability in his future.
Nkounkou is set to enter the last year of his contract with Everton and the player refused to rule out a permanent move to Saint-Etienne in the summer.
“I want a lot of things for my future”, Nkounkou was quoted as saying by French outlet Foot Sur 7.
“Stability to start with, because I’ve moved around a lot.
“Staying at Saint-Etienne could also be a very good solution.
“We mustn’t neglect this club.
“We’ll see what else I can get.”
Nkounkou has an option to buy clause in his loan deal and it remains to be seen whether the Ligue 2 outfit will be his permanent destination in the future.

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In a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat, add the ground beef and cook for 2 minutes. Next, add the onions, chili powder and cumin, and stir together. Add the cocoa, garlic and jalapenos, mix together and cook for 2 minutes. Next, add in the ranch-style beans, cayenne pepper and oregano, and cook for another minute. Add the black beans, diced tomatoes, tomato sauce and broth, cover and simmer for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
Garnish with sour cream, shredded cheese and chives if desired.
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Lunch At The Hanger On The Wharf
Hannah and I went out to lunch today at the Hanger On The Wharf. We had a great view and I snapped some pictures. I don’t know that the pictures really capture the fog and just how nice everything seemed today.


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Making this drink requires a little bit of artistry but the final result is worth the flair. Try using Strawberry syrup for a festive pop of color and a touch of berry sweetness.
- 1 oz Frangelico
- 1 ½ oz White Chocolate Godiva Liqueur
- ½ oz Heavy Cream
- Syrup Lined Martini Glass
- Chill the martini glass in the freezer for 10 minutes. Remove the glass from the freezer and hold it at a slight angle by its stem.
- Hold a squeeze bottle of chocolate syrup about 4 inches above the top of the martini glass. Gently squeeze the bottle and move it in circles over the martini glass for about five seconds. The circling motion will make the chocolate coat all the sides of the glass instead of settling to the bottom.
- Place the martini glasses back in the freezer while you build your cocktail.
- In a cheater tin, add Frangelico, White Chocolate Godiva Liqueur and Heavy Cream. Fill the cheater tin halfway with ice and shake for about 8 seconds.
- Strain the cocktail into the already garnished martini glass, and serve.


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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — For the second time in eight months a Rockwood restaurant has been cited for birds flying in the facility during a health inspection. The violation is one of nearly half a dozen critical violations at the eatery.
Mountain Top Grill & Bar, 2475 Westel Road, Rockwood — grade: 74; follow-up: 93
The Mountain Top Grill on Westel Road in Rockwood, right off Interstate 40 scored a 74 during a recent inspection. That is a passing score. Any grade below 70 is considered failing. The restaurant has already had a follow-up inspection.
The health inspector says birds were flying around inside the building which could create some sanitation issues. The restaurant had the same problem in July during an inspection.
Food temperatures were also off. Calzones were not hot enough. The proper temperature for hot foods is 135 and above to kill bacteria and prevent foodborne illness. The calzones were 120 degrees.
Also in the kitchen, an employee didn’t wash their hands between glove changes and no reminder about eating undercooked food was found on the menu. All restaurants that serve either raw or undercooked foods, or unpasteurized juices and milk, are required to post a consumer advisory on the menu.
The inspector returned eight days later and all the original violations were corrected. The follow-up grade is a 93.
Top scores of the week:
- Shoney’s, 120 Sharon Drive, Dandridge — 100
- Burger King, 6825 Maynardville Highway — 100
- Aladdin’s Cafe, 7025 Kingston Pike — 100
- Bojangle’s, 5916 Middlebrook Pike — 100
- Hello Tea House, 722 S. Gay St. — 100
- Pizza Hut, 516 Winfield Dunn Parkway, Sevierville — 99
- Westside Cafeteria, 700 Westside St., Athens — 99
- Taco Bell, 144 E. Broadway Blvd., Jefferson City — 99

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SANTA MONICA’S CANARY
Santa Monica’s Canary
This Wednesday, 5/23, a special meeting of the Planning Commission will consider whether the
Village Trailer Park on Colorado should be closed or not [Agenda Item 5-A]
Roughly, for those still not knowing of it, here is the story of this Park:
From ~the early ‘50’s, various people seeking to live in Santa Monica, spent thousands of dollars—all the money they had, in many cases—to buy compact, efficient-living, now-rare and uniquely-built trailer homes on 109 rent-controlled pad sites in what was earlier an awesomely beautiful, nearly 4-acre treed property, unobtrusively nestled in the City’s old east-end.
A future-thinking town, aware that these homes are part of its rich wartime history, and also part of its declining housing stock for those of low income, in ‘88, by action of its City Council, in seeking to protect that resource, zoned the land mobile-home-use only.
As years passed, the Park’s owner & management company [it is alleged] variously abused these homeowners, and opportunistically, as some died off, effected the removal of nearly half of the trailers and the fine trees on the land.
By ~’06, an ambitious-seeming developer had come along and plans had begun to end the Park-management business so money could be made constructing some large buildings on the land, once residents and their remaining trailer homes had been removed from it.
At first, the City [apparently] said “No, you can’t just ignore our zoning wisdom, break the legal space-rental agreements you have with your home-owning residents, offering them in the process nothing for their purchase costs and over-time accrued home worth, and then simply seek to toss them [so to speak] into our already crowded streets like that !”
“Yes, we can !”, [maybe] said the owner/developers’ astute lawyer.
Fearing the expense of a suit, the City thought again, and agreed to consider the planned development.
Five more years passed, yet more trailers were destroyed, and mostly silence prevailed about laws being violated and harms being caused, to both lives and to the City’s housing-zoning aims.
Then the DA design plan morphed some, and Park residents were brought closer to facing the loss of their homes and savings and a forced relocation to places nothing like or at all equal to what their tarnished, but still beautiful Park afforded them.
Finally, a City review of the progressed plans for the development was begun…
That review, this Wednesday, should tackle some serious concerns.
Years back, it became clear that traffic volume in this small city was becoming a problem. Since bigger buildings generally mean more people coming to them, and more vehicles generally needed to bring those people to those buildings…
Maybe see you at the meeting.
David Latham, VTP resident


From past few weeks, Xiaomi has been teasing the launch of its new budget-oriented smartphone, and various sources revealed that it is the Redmi 5. The Xiaomi Redmi 5 is the successor of last year’s Redmi 4 which was a huge hit in the Indian market. The phone comes with a modern design that includes an 18:9 display on the front. The specifications, design and that pricing make it the best phone that you can get under Rs 10K. Once again, Xiaomi has shown why it is called the budget smartphone king.
XIAOMI REDMI 5 – THE DESIGN AND SPECIFICATIONS
Starting off with the front, one of the very first things that you are going to notice regarding the design is that display on the front. It is for the very first time that the Redmi series (Not the Redmi Note series) is getting an 18:9 display. The screen has rounded corners which sync perfectly with the curved edges of the body. Since the phone has an 18:9 display, there are no capacitive touch buttons as they are replaced by the on-screen buttons, just like Redmi Note 5 and Note 5 Pro. The earpiece, front camera, sensors and an LED flash are present on the top.
Fron the rear, the phone looks the same as the Redmi Note 5 with a single camera, LED flash and fingerprint scanner. In fact, the rear camera is the same as the one present on the Redmi Note 5. So, you can just take the Redmi 5 as a variant of Redmi Note 5 with a less powerful (but a capable!) processor. The micro USB port is present on the bottom with two grills on either side, one of which is a speaker while the other is the primary mic.
The Xiaomi Redmi 5 is the slimmest Redmi phone ever with a thickness of 7.7mm. This makes it 11% thinner than the Redmi 4 which is 8.65mm thick.
NOW, THE SPECIFICATIONS
As Xiaomi says, the Redmi 5 is truly the worthy successor to the Redmi 4. Talking about the specifications, the Xiaomi Redmi 5 features a 5.7-inch 18:9 display with an HD+ resolution (1440x720p) and a pixel density of 282ppi. Under the hood, there is the 1.8GHz octa-core Snapdragon 450 processor along with the Adreno 506 GPU. It is a very capable processor which is built on the same 14nm process as the Snapdragon 625. There are three different variants of the phone – 2GB + 16GB, 3GB + 32GB and 4GB + 64GB.
There is a 3,300mAh battery which Xiaomi claims can give the same battery life as the 4,100mAh battery of Redmi 4.
On the rear, there is a single 12MP camera which, as mentioned above, is the same as the sensor on Redmi Note 5. The sensor has a large 1.25μm pixel size and f/2.2 aperture. On the front, there is a 5MP camera for selfies that is packed with an LED flash. The phone supports dual SIMs, but it is worth mentioning that unlike the Redmi 5A, the Redmi 5 has a hybrid slot. So, you have to swap your second SIM if you want to add a microSD card.
AND FINALLY, THE PRICING
Here are the prices for the different variants –
- 2GB RAM + 16GB ROM – RS. 7,999
- 3GB RAM + 32GB ROM – Rs. 8,999
- 4GB RAM + 64GB ROM – Rs. 10,999
The phone will be available exclusively from Amazon and Mi.com, and the first sale is happening on March 20.
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Where to get started with ROS 2
ROS is released as distributions, also called “distros”, with more than one ROS distribution supported at a time. Some releases come with long term support (LTS), meaning they are more stable and have undergone extensive testing. Other distributions are newer with shorter lifetimes, but with support for more recent platforms and more recent versions of their constituent ROS packages. See the distributions list for more details. Generally a new ROS distro is released every year on world turtle day, with LTS distros being released in even years. We currently recommend one of the versions below:
Get ROS Noetic Ninjemys on Ubuntu Linux
(Recommended for Latest ROS 1 LTS)
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(Recommended for ROS 2 LTS)
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(Recommended for Latest ROS 2)
If this is your first time using ROS, we highly recommend that you use a Tier 1 operating system as listed by REP-2000 for your desired ROS Distro.
Important Notes on Installation
ROS is a complex piece of software that work’s closely with your computer’s operating system and system libraries. As such, we build and test each ROS distro with only a handful of the latest operating systems, we call these operating systems, “tier 1”. Each ROS distro is built and tested for these tier 1 operating systems only, other operating systems may require significantly more work to run a particular ROS distro. In practical terms this means that you’ll get the best experience if you use a the tier 1 operating systems we recommended. For example, ROS 2 Humble Hawksbill works best on Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish, and Windows 10. If you try to install ROS on any other operating system you may run into issues, and we do not recommend this for new users. For more information about ROS distros and their tier 1 operating systems please read REP-2000.
If you plan on using the Gazebo simulator with ROS we recommend that you consult the Gazebo documentation for the recommended version of Gazebo for your ROS installation. Not all ROS and Gazebo versions are compatible, other versions are compatible but require that you build from source. Using the recommended combination of ROS and Gazebo will greatly improve your overall experience. No matter what combination you decide on, you’ll need to use ROS/GZ bridge to connect the two pieces of software.
If you are a new user and would like to install the latest version of ROS or ROS 2 on any operating system other than the listed tier 1 operating system we highly recommend that you install the recommended tier 1 operating system in a virtual machine and then install ROS inside of the virtual machine. Alternatively, if you are familiar with Docker, you can also use ROS in a Docker container.
There are several mechanisms in place to provide support to the ROS community, each with its own purpose: package documentation, Q&A forum, discussion forum, package index, and of course the issue trackers. It is important to pick the right resource to reduce response time, avoid message duplication, and promote the discussion of new ideas.
Documentation for core ROS packages as well as package specific content is hosted on docs.ros.org. On this site you can find the core tutorials and documentation for the project as well as generated API documentation for individual packages.
If the documentation doesn’t address your problem, Robotics Stack Exchange is next. Take heart: it is very likely that someone else has faced the same problem before, and that it’s covered among the more than 60,000 questions at ROS Answers. Start by searching for questions similar to yours; if your question isn’t already asked, post a new one. Be sure to check the guidelines on how to prepare your question before posting.
To stay up-to-date on the latest developments within the ROS community, you’ll want to join the ROS Discourse forums. These forums are the place for announcements, news, and discussions of general interest. The ROS Discourse is not the right place to ask troubleshooting questions or report bugs; please use the other support resources listed above instead.
Open Robotics hosts a community Discord server where ROS, Gazebo, and Open-RMF users can meet with each other, chat, and coordinate on open-source development. If you are looking to connect with ROS users this a great place to start.
When you want to find out information about a specific package the index is the best place to start. It connects you to all the important locations relevant to a package. In addition to the official documentation for ROS packages, the wiki contains two key resources you should consult: the Troubleshooting guide and the FAQ. Solutions to many common problems are covered in these two pages. If you have ever used PyPI you should feel right at home on ROS Index.
When you’ve identified a bug (e.g., as a result of a discussion at Robotics Stack Exchange), or when you want to request a new feature, head to the issue trackers. Links are provided in the packages metadata available on ROS Index. When reporting a bug, be sure to provide a detailed description of the problem, the environment in which it occurs, any detail that may help developers to reproduce the issue, and if possible, a debug backtrace.


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The first shipment of MGC Pharmaceuticals’ (ASX:MXC) medical cannabis epilepsy product, CannEpil, have arrived in the UK for distribution.
The news comes following the signing of distribution agreements that will give it access to an established network of over 5,500 pharmacies across the UK and seven months after the UK made changes to allow specialist doctors to prescribe medical cannabis to patients.
The distribution agreements signed with Grow Biotech and IPS Specials will provide MXC with “immediate access to large UK medical cannabis market.”
As part of the agreements, Grow Biotech and IPS will be able to import and distribute MXC’s proprietary products including CannEpil and CogniCann.
Both CannEpil and CogniCann are Investigational Medicinal Products (IMPs).
CannEpil is targeting the relief of symptoms of epilepsy and CogniCann is targeting alleviating the symptoms of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
The agreements come just days after MXC announced it has signed two new distribution agreements in Australia.
Ideal partners to take MXC’s products forward in expanding UK market
The next steps are for the products to be registered with the relevant authorities and MXC says that “initial prescriptions for CannEpil have already been received” by the distributors.
The medical cannabis market in the UK represents a significant market for MXC globally.
It is estimated that the medical cannabis market in the UK will reach EUR8.8 billion by 2028.
Between them, Grow Biotech and IPS, have a distribution network of over 5,500 pharmacies in the UK and an onsite pharmacy that can fulfil prescriptions direct to a patient’s door.
The parties will manage the process of importation through to delivery – also providing MXC with the logistical support on the ground.
Importantly, Grow Biotech will also “provide educational support and product information to UK prescribing doctors to support the products’ reception in the UK market”
MXC says that the parties “are ideal partners to facilitate the company’s expansion into the UK market, as they were the first to import a bulk shipment of medical cannabis to the UK.”
“Partnering with Grow Biotech and IPS places us with proven experts in importing medical cannabis products into the fast-growing UK market,” said co-founder and CEO of MXC Roby Zomer.
Following its first bulk import, Grow Biotech and IPS have seen increasing demand.
“In the last two and a half months since our first bulk import of medicinal cannabis, Grow Biotech and IPS have seen increasing numbers of prescriptions for patients in the UK,” said Hari Guliani, COO of Grow Biotech.
“We are excited to be able to offer MGC Pharma’s range of products in the UK market, which provide new options to the limited range currently available for doctors in the UK,” said Guliani.
The agreement with the parties is exclusive and is for an initial five-year term.
This content is produced by Star Investing in commercial partnership with MGC Pharmaceuticals. This content does not constitute financial product advice. You should consider obtaining independent advice before making any financial decisions.
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EMS Scope of Practice
National-EMS-Scope-Practice-Model_Change-Notices-1-and-2 (December 2017)
Model EMS Clinical Guidelines
The Model EMS Clinical Guidelines are provided by the State of Wyoming, Office of Emergency Medical Services (OEMS) and National Association of State EMS Officials (NASEMSO). These guidelines are designed to be used by Emergency Medical Services and their Physician Medical Directors in determining a standard of care for patients. They can be used as a basis for developing services’ protocols for EMS practice. They are not a “stand-alone” document but rather should be used in conjunction with the Rules and Regulations for “Wyoming Emergency Medical Services Act of 1977:, W.S. 33-36-101 (2018 Revision), appropriate curriculum, and other relevant documents from the Office of EMS.
Safe Transport of Children
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation initiated a project in September 2008 titled “Solutions to Safely Transport Children in Emergency Vehicles.” The major objectives of this project were to:
- Build consensus in the development of a uniform set of recommendations to safely and appropriately transport children (injured, ill, or uninjured) from the scene of a crash or other incident in an ambulance;
- To foster the creation of best practice recommendations after reviewing the practices currently being used to transport children in ambulances;
- To provide consistent national recommendations that will be embraced by local, state, and national emergency medical services organizations, enabling them to reduce the frequency of emergency transport of ill, injured or uninjured children who may be transported in an unsafe or inappropriate manner.


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Then and Now: The Dunbar Hotel
Then (left): The Dunbar Hotel on 15th Street between U and V. Pictured here ca. 1950, it was originally completed in 1902 as the Portner Flats. The Portner family sold the apartment building in 1945, and it reopened as the Dunbar Hotel, Washington's leading elite black hotel. The Dunbar declined after the City's other hotels integrated, and the building was razed in 1974. Image from the Smithsonian Institution.
- WMATA is considering scrapping the Metroway BRT
- Here's why it'd be wrong to shut down Metro east of the Anacostia River
- Is our next president going to care about transit and street safety?
- Metro is proposing service cuts, again. Will riders ever see the benefits?
- Metro's plan for late-night bus service isn't much of a plan
- Marriott is moving its headquarters to downtown Bethesda so it can be in a denser place that's closer to transit
- Without more information, riders shouldn't accept Metro late night cuts


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Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (Smeda) held a training seminar on Energy Management System and Renewable Energy in Sarhad University of Science and Information Technology here with Manager, Smeda, Rashid Aman Khan as chief guest on the occasion.
Those present on the occasion were included Vice Chancellor, Sarhad University, Dr. Saleem-ur-Rehman, Management Associate, Industry Support and Environment & Business Sustainability Cell (IS&EBSC), Smeda, faculty members and students at large.
Speaking on the occasion, Manager, Smeda, Rashid Aman Khan said they are taking first step regarding linking academia and industries. In this connection, the authority will involve some students of the university with industries for capacity building on energy.
He elaborated the concept of the energy audit management campaign and said that though project is industries specific, but academia has to play major role in this regard. He said that the project will go a milestone in the development of academia and industry linkages in the province.
IS&EBSC, Smeda Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had launched energy audit management campaign and has joined hands with various universities on matters relating to efficiency and renewable of energy.
He assured the students that the final year engineers will be given priority wherever any such project initiated in future. He said that the university concerned will give recommendations to involve them in future projects. The initiative, he said will not only help in capacity building of young engineers, but will also generate employment opportunities for them.
Management Associate, IS&EBSC, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Engineer Hidayatullah Khattak said that like Punjab and Sindh, they had also started activities in the province and will conduct energy consumption audit of the industrial units and introduce measures for the promotion of energy conservation.
He highlighted the achievements of Smeda regarding energy saving in different industrial sectors. The seminar also focused on various potential forms and viable renewable energy resources including solar, biomass and micro hydel.
Vice Chancellor, Sarhad University, Dr. Saleem-ur-Rehman thanked Smeda for organising the seminar to enlighten the students with the issue of energy effi-ciency and management. He said that our university will wish to work with SMEDA in future.


Ville Platte man found guilty in armed robbery
A Ville Platte man was found guilty Wednesday in a 2011 armed robbery at a St. Landry Parish truck stop and casino that netted more than $11,000, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Arinskie Tryvon Orlandeze Jones, 24, was found guilty on one count of interference with commerce by robbery after a jury deliberated for more than four hours. He faces up to 20 years in prison, but a sentencing date hasn't been set yet.
Jones had been indicted with two other men in October 2012 in the robbery at the Tiger Trax Truckstop #7 and Video Joker II Casino. The other two defendants already are facing sentencing.


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The Stables of Como, South Yarra
Never would I have guessed such a gem's so well hidden behind those plain tall boarders. If it's not for the friends who brought me there, I'd have totally missed it even if I'm just an inch away or circling around it. I swear I breathed in magic when I was welcomed to what was in there. I could feel Alice and The White Rabbit presence, almost hear them playing in the back garden, however subtle they tried to be, and if I'm not wrong, the Mad Hatter was invited over that morning too. Thank you so much for taking me to this place y'all know I'll easily fall in love with.


No fewer than 25 persons have died of diphtheria disease in Kano.
Kano Commissioner for Health, Dr Aminu Tsanyawa, confirmed the outbreak of the deadly diphtheria disease in the State.
Diphtheria’s symptoms, according to medical experts, include sore throat, cough, drooling of saliva, change of voice, neck swelling, abnormal breathing, fever and mouth odour.
Confirming the outbreak of diphtheria in Kano, Tsanyawa said: “Presently, the Kano state rapid response team has been reactivated and indexed an action plan to check the spread of the deadly disease in the state.
“Right now, we have presented a budget for this to the government and it has been approved.’


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Car dealer groups and the valeting industry could face staff shortages next year as UK employers will not be able to hire non-UK residents for certain key roles.
Car wash assistants, vehicle valeters, parts sales executives, car sales executives, delivery drivers and cleaners are all classed under the Home Office’s immigration system as “lower skilled”.
This means any EU citizens coming to the UK after January 2021 will not qualify to be sponsored by a dealer group, garage or valeting company.
The new immigration system will not apply to EU citizens already living in the UK by December 31, 2020.
They and their family members are eligible to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme and have until June 30, 2021 to make an application.
Heath Evans, Assured group managing director and chairman of the Association for Contract Valeting (ACV), said that while the industry may not grind to a halt on January 1, there will be “considerable difficulty” meeting staffing demands in 2021.
Evans told AM: “Between 80-90% of all the labour in the valeting industry is from the EU, specifically Romanian, Bulgarian and Czech nationals.
“Many have already returned home due to struggling to gain financial assistance from the Government during the pandemic.”
Evans said that while there will be labour available from those that gain settled status in the UK, he said this will be a shrinking pool that all sectors of UK industry will be looking to recruit low skilled workers from.
He added: “The appetite for UK nationals to take on a valeting job which can be hard work in cold and wet conditions is non-existent.
“Part of this comes down to pay, but in order to increase wages above minimum wage, that would mean we would have to charge dealer groups more for services because there is no room left to manoeuvre as margins are so low already.”
Evans added that the pressure on finding enough staff for valeting work will force some "difficult conversations" between suppliers and dealer groups as charges will have to increase to compete for staff.
Some automotive roles are eligible for sponsorship
Automotive retailers can apply to become a sponsor at a cost of up to £1,476 to recruit for certain eligible roles, but this process can take up to eight weeks.
Once registered, sponsor status lasts for four years.
Positions eligible for sponsorship for the ‘skilled worker’ route include senior positions like chief executives, managing directors, sales directors, marketing directors, HR managers, garage managers, IT managers and office managers, subject to meeting the 70 points required to gain a UK visa.
Other roles that have been confirmed as eligible for sponsorship include vehicle technicians, mechanics, vehicle body repairers and paint technicians.
The 70 points can be made up through a combination of having a job offer from a sponsor, having the correct qualifications for the role, meeting minimum salary requirements and possessing intermediate English language skills.
Steve Nash, Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) chief executive, said the independent sector and franchised dealer sector has been recruiting technical roles from the EU to help fill the skills shortage in the UK.
He said: “We have been asked to check and match equivalent skills from talent from the EU in recent years.
“The independent sector had primarily recruited technicians from the EU to fill a skills gap and then the franchised dealer sector in turn has also recruited from those already in the UK.”
Nash said that while it will still be possible for UK automotive businesses to recruit for these roles, he does expect the points based immigration system and registering as a sponsor to impede recruitment next year.
He added: “Recruitment isn’t going to be impossible, but it will be impeded by this additional admin and motor retail and aftersales departments are already time poor as it is.
“What really saddens me is that apprenticeship recruitment has dropped by 87% during COVID-19 in the UK and so the combination of that and the new immigration system will create further difficulties for the aftersales sector down the line.”
Nash suggested that perhaps vehicle manufacturers’ aftersales departments could take on the role of acting as a sponsor on behalf of dealer groups in order to help source specific talent from the EU and the globe.

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Forced Oscillations of Nonlinear Hyperbolic Equations with Functional Arguments via Riccati Method
By using integral averaging method and a generalized Riccati technique, sufficient conditions are established for the oscillation of solutions of forced nonlinear hyperbolic equations with functional arguments.
Forced Oscillations of Nonlinear Hyperbolic Equations with Functional Arguments via Riccati Method,
Applications and Applied Mathematics: An International Journal (AAM), Vol. 5,
3, Article 11.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.pvamu.edu/aam/vol5/iss3/11
Ordinary Differential Equations and Applied Dynamics Commons, Partial Differential Equations Commons


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Jeco Two Kids Outdoor/Indoor Water Fountain
Spot on Value!
Two playful kids and dog are the center of this delightful indoor/outdoor fountain. The figures feature a painted bronze finish that has been painted to create aged, weathered nuance.
- Water fountain with pump
- 2-4-gal. capacity
- 6.1’ power cord with 110V output
- Two children with a water wheel design
- Bronze finish
- Polyresin / fiberglass
- Dimensions: 18.5” x 13” x 26.5”


Audio driver keeps turning off - Dell OptiPlex 1070
NOTE: You didn't have my model as an option. This is NOT the 745, but 1070! About 30 seconds after the audio ends, the audio driver turns off with a faint, thump or pop. When playing audio again, the driver comes back on with a pop (rear speaker port) or a loud thump (front port) - even if the speakers are muted. I've tried headphones, headsets and external speakers. I've reinstalled Windows 10, reinstalled / updated audio drivers, changed audio settings galore, updated BIOS and Dell sent a tech out to replace the motherboard.


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The first Semi Final will take place tonight 9pm CET Stockholm time. There are 18 countries taking part and only 10 of them will qualify for the Grand Final on Saturday.
The Semi Final 1 will take place tonight 9pm CET Stockholm time. There are 18 countries taking part and only 10 of them will qualify for the Grand Final on Saturday. Have a look and judge yourself. The Eurovision Song Contest is the biggest TV show in the world with more than 150 millions watchers worldwide.
Editor in Chief of eurovisionlive.com
About me: Due to the fact that my parents are musicians, I have a gained a great enthusiasm for music. Since 1979 my interest in the Eurovision Song Contest has grown enormously. My first ESC I joined was in Dublin 1995. Six years later I founded the website eurovisionlive.com in the year 2001. The most fascinating part for me is the original idea of the Eurovision Song Contest – the peaceful contest of the European countries. I am very happy that I have the chance to contribute my little part for the greatest music show in the world.


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April 30, 2020
Congratulations to the MPA Middle School students who participated in the Stock Market Game! MPA had fifth grade teams take second and eighth place. A round of applause for second place team Evie R., Olivia C., Kelvyn B., Nico B., and Beckett S. and eighth place team Maggie M., Julia A., Marcel S., and Anna D.! Learn more about the Stock Market Game here.


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Although its returns have dipped, many Singaporeans still turn to T-bills to invest their spare cash. These are debt securities issued and backed by the Singapore government with a maturity of 6 months or a year. They are issued through an auction process and investors can apply through POSB, DBS, OCBC, and UOB ATMs, as well as through Internet banking.
Investors interested in T-bills increased last year as its yield rose, peaking at 4.4% in December.
More from OMY: Singapore 6-month T-bill highest since 1988
Despite the demand fluctuating between 3.65% and 3.93%, demand remains strong, with the 11 May auction receiving S$12 billion in applications for the S$5 billion offer.
According to Eugene Leow, DBS senior rates strategist, he expects to “see a semblance of stability as (the) market gravitates towards a Fed pause.”
Another analyst, Shawn Sng, said that T-bill yields have peaked and will unlikely go back above 4%.
More from OMY: Latest 6-month treasury bill yield dips to 4.2%
“We can expect them to hover around the current mid-3% range or even slightly lower,” he said. “Once the Fed decides to cut interest rates, we should see a more pronounced decline in T-bill yields.”
Experts say that although there’s still value in low-risk options like T-bills, investors should be more selective with their investments as their yields decline since there is little benefit to holding on to very low-yield savings for the long term.
Analysts are also urging people to hold cash, although not too much.
“The first piece of advice I would give investors is to build an emergency fund,” stated StashAway CEO Michele Ferrario.
“Last 15 months have been tough for markets and no one can know for sure what the year ahead may look like.”
Before investing, Singaporeans must get an idea of their own risk appetite, and diversify their investments. Ferrario also advised people to not time the market. Instead, they should make regular investment contributions to smooth out market volatility.
More from OMY: How To Invest In Singapore: A Beginner’s Guide


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McClatchy CEO Gary Pruitt was one of four panelists at a Stanford symposium Monday night to address (what else?) the future of news. The NYT's Bill Keller, Harry Chandler of the LAT Chandlers and Google VP Marissa Mayer joined the discussion.
You can find a short video exerpt at the Stanford site here, or by clicking the image above. I'm told they will soon post audio of the whole session, which ran about 90 minutes; it's worth hearing, too.


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Presentation on theme: "Point of Wounding Care. 90% of all firefight casualties die before they reach definitive care. Point of wounding care is the responsibility of the individual,"— Presentation transcript:
90% of all firefight casualties die before they reach definitive care. Point of wounding care is the responsibility of the individual, his buddy, the, and the Tac Medic.
Point of Wounding Care Causes of death in a firefight: –Penetrating head trauma 31% –Uncorrectable torso trauma 25% –Potentially correctable torso trauma 10% –*Exsanguination form extremity wounds 9% –Mutilating blast trauma 7% –*Tension pneumothorax 5% –*Airway problems 1%
Point of Wounding Care Primary causes of preventable death –Hemorrhage from extremity wounds –Tension pneumothorax –Airway problems
Point of Wounding Care Historically, firefight injuries result from more traumatic mechanisms such as penetration, blast, and burn as compared to a higher incidence of blunt force trauma seen in the civilian pre-hospital environment. We have also seen that for firefight casualties who survive the initial injury event, approximately 15% die from potentially correctable causes before reaching a definitive care facility: exsanguination from an extremity wound (9%), tension pneumothorax (5%), and airway occlusion (1%).
Point of Wounding Care There needs to be a shift in our thinking, the days of not providing self aid and laying there and yelling “Medic” are over. We must have the ability to assess our own wounds, provide self or buddy aid if needed, and continue the mission if able. The bottom line is a capability at the point of wounding, who is equipped and trained to decrease preventable firefight death. This strategy will increase the unit’s effectiveness and it’s survivability. If we could make some minor changes in our common medical skills training, we can improve the survival rate of 15% of all firefight deaths.
Self aid/ Buddy aid Rapid Casualty Assessment Control Hemorrhage Treat penetrating chest trauma Maintain airway Package casualty for transport
Breathing Tasks Place an occlusive dressing, or an Asherman Chest Shield, on a penetrating chest wound Relieve a tension pneumothorax (as necessary) by needle chest decompression in an already existing penetrating chest wound.
1 ea. Trauma Dressing (commonly referred to as the Israeli Dressing), NSN 6510-01-492-2275, unit cost approximately $4.20. 2. 1 ea 4” Kerlix (NSN 6510-00-105-5807, unit cost $0.70) 3. 1 ea Combat Application Tourniquet (NSN 6515-01-521- 7976), unit cost $18.00 4. 1 ea Nasopharyngeal Airway (NPA) (unit cost approximately $2.50) 5. 1 roll 2” tape cost @ $1.50 6. 1 Pair exam gloves cost @ $.65 8. Weight 1 lb 4 oz
Combat Lifesaver Training Combat Lifesavers are primarily shooters, they are not junior medics. They should be trained to provide Lifesaving Care as the tactical situation permits. We know what the most common causes of preventable death are. They should be trained to treat these conditions.
Combat Lifesaver Tasks Rapid Casualty Assessment Control Hemorrhage Treat penetrating chest trauma Maintain airway Initiate Saline Lock Package casualty for transport
IV Infusion Tasks Combat Lifesaver Initiate an IV infusion with a saline lock in a casualty suffering from hypovolemia
Evacuation Tasks Package a casualty for evacuation using an improvised, Sked or Talon litter SKED Litter
Point of Wounding Care The only place in the continuum of Firefight care where we can directly influence survivability is at the point of wounding. By training every Team member to provide point of wounding care we can save more lives.


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As brilliant as he is irreproachable throughout his career as a footballer, Cristiano Ronaldo is gradually chipping away at his legend. And squandered, according to a more than controlled end of career, the respect he had managed to impose.
“Sunday the king plays.” At the heart of a summer period polluted by rumors of departure – and carried out on his side, far from the preparatory Asian tour of Manchester United -, Cristiano Ronaldo wanted to put the dots on the i. Against Rayo Vallecano in a friendly last Sunday, the king was back.
But the image of the adulated king, above all undisputed, seems to be gradually crumbling. Over questionable choices and attitudes at the twilight of the career of the Portuguese, 37 years old. The symbol of Ronaldo, that of the model of exemplarity and professionalism, even becomes shaken by former legends of the game, or by his own coach. That it seems further and further away, the Madrid climax of “CR7”.
A departure from Real as a tipping point
Going back a few years, it is probably the episode of his departure from Real Madrid that seems to set the tone for the progressive downgrading of the legendary striker. Not supported by his club regarding his problems with the Spanish tax authorities in 2017, not considered at his fair value – financially as well as human – by its president Florentino Pérez, Ronaldo prefers to slam the door. After nine staggering seasons in Spain, 16 trophies (including four Champions Leagues) gleaned and 450 goals in 438 games.
“I felt inside the club, especially from the president, that I was no longer considered as at the start, he conceded afterwards in France Football. The first four or five years, I had the feeling of being Cristiano Ronaldo. Less afterwards.” Left to try his luck in Italy to continue to maintain his myth as much as to restore his self-esteem, the fivefold Ballon d’Or will never shine like before.
There will be these three seasons with more than 25 goals (28 in 2018-2019, 37 in 2019-2020 and 36 in 2020-2021), these two titles of champion of Italy too, but the child of Madeira does not manage more about being the super impactful player he was. And will eventually find a new way out, a sort of headlong rush, returning to Manchester United.
Jorge Mendes knocks on every door, no one answers
Like his rival and best enemy Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo is obsessed with winning the Champions League first. He will never have succeeded at Juve, and will now be content at United to be able to play it. Still the best scorer in the history of the competition, the insatiable scorer does not want to see his position as sovereign of the C1 slip through his fingers. His first Mancunian season allows him to play it, and to add six units to his list of 140 goals in the queen of European cups.
But the Reds Devils, sixth in the Premier League 2021-2022 despite the 18 domestic goals of “CR7”, only hang in the Europa League. Unthinkable at first glance for someone who has only played in the Champions League since the 2002-2003 season. And who therefore hastens to look for a way out.
Supported this summer in his mission by the super-agent with the most influential address book in the world of football, Ronaldo is sent to the four corners of Europe by Jorge Mendes. Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester City, Chelsea, Atlético de Madrid, Naples, Sporting Portugal, Bayern Munich and even the intimate enemy, FC Barcelona, all the big cars go there, as long as they are qualified for the next C1.
Rumors are rife, Ronaldo denies them. “Impossible not to talk about me for a day,” he quips on social networks. Still, the damage is done. And that his popularity rating, even in Manchester, where the prince began his fable, is withering.
“Sometimes you have to step back to move forward”
So at the slightest misstep, the The people’s voice don’t miss the opportunity to come across the man, so long blameless. Unable to stay until the end of MU-Rayo Vallecano last Sunday after spending his first 45 minutes of pre-season with the Mancunian jersey, Ronaldo is caught by the goal of a supporter in flagrante delicto, leaving Old Trafford then as his boyfriends finished playing the club’s last warm-up game before the start of the Premier League season.
Erected as the example of professional commitment par excellence, Ronaldo is no longer there, is only the shadow of the one who commanded the respect of all. “If he wants to leave, Manchester United should facilitate his departure, puts bluntly a former legend of the Red Devils, Gary Neville, not tender with his former partner in the show Overlap. Every press conference that Ten Hag makes is polluted by “The Ronaldo problem. If a player becomes the dominant factor, a distraction for the manager at press conferences, there’s only one thing you can do. We all know that. Sometimes you have to step back to go forward.”
Coming to Manchester to breathe new life into it, Erik ten Hag took the risk of publicly criticizing the casual attitude of his star. No player is above the lot, tried to admit the Batavian. But ten Hag knows it well: Cristiano Ronaldo, thanks to the best version of himself displayed during 20 seasons of a mostly brilliant career, will always remain apart. Otherwise, what’s the point of being the king.


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The Old Port of Cannes will, for the sixth year running, welcome the largest open-air filming studio. Preparations will begin on 16 May with the installation of technical equipment.
The Mayor of Cannes and TF1 Production have renewed their partnership for the filming of this latest series of the programme ‘Ninja Warrior’, in which participants overcome a succession of obstacles, hosted by Christophe Beaugrand, Denis Brogniart and Iris Mittenaere. As in previous years, the event will be held on the Pantiero Esplanade from 27 May to 2 June. The public will be able to attend the filming of the programme – strictly adhering to the health guidelines – to discover the candidates ready to give their best.
The 2020 edition was a great success
The filming of the programme took place from 5 to 25 September with 180 technicians and 200 candidates present, and resulted in 2,500 overnight stays for the hotel industry in Cannes. Hosting the event at the port demonstrates the competence of the Cannes teams in organising large spectacles. Encompassing the Old Port of Cannes, Le Suquet, and the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès at the same time, this space becomes something of a real open-air studio. It also offers adequate logistical support for this large-scale filming event.
Economic benefits for Cannes
The programme, which attracts several million viewers, helps to energise the city, bring about direct benefits for the local economy, and is a chance to boost the recovery of the events sector, which is increasingly suffering from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.


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The new partnership between the Anchorage Police Department and cellular service providers is helping police officers improve the reliability of communications tools during emergencies.
The division is now equipped with cellular devices that support FirstNet, a communications platform designed for public safety. In an emergency, the first responder can bypass general public transportation to communicate more effectively with other emergency personnel.
“This is the government's system for public safety,” said Anchorage Police Director Justin Dorr. "Public security through FirstNet has bandwidth reserved for us only, and it allows us to prioritize existing commercial handset bandwidth.
“If the first responders need to use their mobile phone, it will pass,” he said. “Even if there are some very big events, everyone is using their mobile phone and overloading the network.”
The collaboration was achieved by AT&T, which won the bid for the service and will make changes - including the installation of a new cellular tower in a remote area of Alaska - to enable the deployment of a dedicated wireless public safety broadband network.
“It's critical for first responders to be able to get the job done,”said Shawn Uschmann, director of external affairs at AT&T. "In an emergency, there are two characteristics - called 'priority' and 'preemptive strike' - which puts the first responder in a leading position.
“There are a lot of things to worry about,” he said. "Communication should not be one of them."
According to reports, FirstNet started rioting in Southcentral, Alaska, before the earthquake on November 30, although the incident helped to emphasize the demand for this technology. Uschmann said the contract will be implemented in the next 25 years.
"What I experienced was to use that phone to contact people who didn't belong to the system. Sometimes the phone didn't pass, and even the text was delayed," Dole said. “Contacting people through FirstNet phones, I have instant communication with these people.”
Doll added that he wants to make sure that people know that there are a lot of people in the department on the spot to help them as needed.
“Our society is accustomed to instant personal communication,” he said. “So our first responders have the same access.”