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Daniel Monks is a film maker, dancer and actor. He starred in Melbourne's Malthouse Theatre's 2017 production of the Elephant Man.
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Milk - film directed by Gus Van Sant written by Dustin Lance Black
Capote - film directed Bennett Miller written by Dan Futterman
Anomalisa - directed and produced by Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson
Transparent - TV show created by Jill Soloway

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EPA and DEM Sign Two-Year Agreement on Environmental Goals; EPA Also Announces $60,000 in grants for Smart Growth in Rhode Island
Release Date: 09/12/2001
Contact Information: Peyton Fleming, Press Office, (617-918-1008) Gail Mastrati, DEM, (401-222-4700 ext. 2402) Stephanie Powell, DEM, (401-222-4700 ext. 4418)
BOSTON - Rhode Island's efforts to preserve open space and revitalize its urban centers were given a major boost today when state and federal officials announced a partnership agreement worth nearly $6 million between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the R.I. Department of Environmental Management.
At a press conference today at the State House, Regional Administrator Robert Varney of EPA-New England and DEM Director Jan Reitsma announced the Performance Partnership Agreement (PPA) between EPA and DEM that awards the state about $5.7 million to implement clear environmental goals over the next two years. EPA officials also announced the infusion of $60,000 in federal funds for smart growth efforts in the state. Governor Lincoln Almond was on hand for the press conference.
In addition to its focus on smart growth, the partnership agreement between EPA and Rhode Island focuses on clean air, protecting the state's water resources and restoring ecosystems. Specific goals in the PPA include:
- Conduct 80 inspections of exterior lead paint removal projects by June 2003.
- Enter into 18 settlement agreements for Brownfield sites and clean 60 acres of contaminated land by July 2003.
- Help Rhode Island develop a Greenhouse Gas Action Plan, including specific reduction goals, by Dec. 2002.
- Restore anadromous fish to the Kickemuit, Blackstone and 10 Mile Rivers.
- Restore 500 acres of habitat in Boyd's Marsh, Allen's Cover, Potter's Cove and Lonsdale Marsh on the Blackstone River.
"This agreement provides a framework for cooperation between the EPA and DEM that will enable us to more efficiently use our resources, as we continue to work with private groups and municipalities to protect our quality of life and natural heritage," Governor Almond added.
"This agreement brings a progressive approach to environmental protection and management by integrating state and federal programs into a coordinated environmental strategy," Reitsma said, noting this is the fifth partnership agreement reached between the two agencies. "Both DEM and EPA have committed their resources toward meeting specific environmental priorities and have set clear performance targets to measure our progress so we can be held accountable for reaching these goals."
The EPA grant awards announced by Almond and Varney support the agreement's emphasis on protecting rural areas and revitalizing abandoned urban properties. Rhode Island, which ranks fifth in population among the six New England states, ranks second in the amount of smart growth funding received from EPA, totaling $422,000 over the past three years.
DEM will receive $40,000 from EPA to develop an urban design manual that will help state and local officials, developers, planners and the public develop properties in a way that protects the environment while bringing city buildings, brownfields, and urban areas back to life. The Urban Environmental Design Manual will promote the reuse of existing buildings and infrastructure to lessen the pressures on open space in undeveloped parts of the state. Reitsma pointed out that the manual will be available on the internet and also will be incorproated into the curriculum of the Planning Institute , which is being developed under the auspices of the Governor's Growth Planning Council.
Another $20,000 is being awarded to a non-profit group, Grow Smart Rhode Island, which will use the money to research the location and nature of the state's hundreds of brownfield sites and to identify funds and other incentives that could help bring these sites back into productive use. One of the incentives the group will research is an environmental insurance program, which could make it easier to redevelop brownfields by protecting developers against cost overruns and lost collateral during the clean-up process. Grow Smart will be working on this project with DEM and the RI Economic Development Corporation.
"Redeveloping brownfields is a very efficient and practical way to boost our economy, strengthen our urban and town centers and reduce development pressures in our rural areas," said Scott Wolf, executive director of Grow Smart Rhode Island. "Achieving this vision requires new state financial incentives, better site monitoring and regulatory streamlining."
Grow Smart Rhode Island, a coalition of organizations, is creating the inventory of brownfields and incentives for clean-up in order to raise awareness on the key role of cleaning up brownfields in bringing cities a new economic vitality and preserving open space. Through their work with DEM and RI-EDC, and by educating the public, the organization hopes to encourage more funding and attention for brownfields projects in Rhode Island.
At today's press conference, Governor Almond unveiled a colorful, annotated map of the Woonasquatucket River that is meant to highlight the historic, natural, and recreational resources of this 18-mile river.
"The Woonasquatucket River is not only the centerpiece of the Providence renaissance," Varney said. "It is also part of a 51-square-mile watershed filled with natural resources and beauty. This map, printed by EPA, will go a long way towards helping residents and visitors to Rhode Island appreciate and take advantage of this important environmental resource."
The map grew out of the efforts of the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council, which was formed as part of the river's designation in 1998 as one of 14 American Heritage Rivers.
Almond also unveiled the newly published South County Design Manual, which was developed by DEM as part of the South County Technical Planning Assistance Project with $100,000 in EPA funds. The design manual lays out design scenarios for eight locations in South County and shows the application of creative land use techniques. The two-year project was a collaborative effort between south county communities, planning board members and local residents, and also includes publications on model land use ordinances, farming and forestry protection strategies, the transfer of development rights,, and a rapid site assessment guide. The materials are available online at http://www.state.ri.us/dem/programs/bpoladm/suswshed/sctpap.htm
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From the beginning of 2019, the Center for Global Health (hereinafter referred to as the CGH) has been tasked with developing a Concept for a new State program for healthcare development for 2020–2025. The main coordinator for the development of the project was appointed the chief analyst Almat Dzhuvashev. The first stage included holding organizational meetings in a brainstorming format with the participation of heads of departments of the Ministry of Health and the Republican Center for Health Development, chaired by Minister of Healthcare Yelzhan Birtanov, where the main problems of the healthcare system, vision, goals, objectives, key directions were identified.
As the next stage CGH formed a number of working groups on major areas, such as diseases of the health system, oncology, reproductive and sexual health, respiratory diseases, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, gerontology, neurology, mental health, children's diseases, endocrinology, public health, HIV, tuberculosis, hepatitis, trauma. On the basis of the RCHD, the working groups worked through each of the areas for three days. The working groups were created from the number of medical workers from all regions of the country and from all levels of the health care system - primary health care, hospital, medical universities, as well as representatives of NGOs and other public organizations, while the groups were formed not only of doctors, but also of average medical workers. As a result of the work of all the working groups, proposals were submitted to the healthcare development programme for 2020–2025, which were subsequently analyzed and systematized. The result and the result of this activity will be the presentation to the authorized body of the Concept of the State Program for the Development of Healthcare for 2020–2025 with goals, objectives, main indicators and deadlines for the implementation of the program.

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Daily press, 2019-11-14, 08:30 AM
thyssenkrupp equips new metro stations in Egypt’s capital Cairo
- thyssenkrupp Elevator has delivered 57 escalators to four new metro stations in Cairo and will install 12 more
- The company also services 116 elevators and 316 escalators in 36 metro stations and five service buildings in Cairo
- Since 2004, thyssenkrupp Elevator has made sure that commuters can travel with ease along one of Africa’s first subway systems
thyssenkrupp Elevator makes sure that passengers of the Cairo metro reach their destination fast and safe by providing the subway system with 69 escalators as well as servicing and maintaining 432 elevators and escalators. With its three lines, the metro of Cairo is one of two subway systems in the whole of Africa. In the course of its continuous expansion, new stations are constantly built – such as Haroun el Rashied Station, Alf Masken Station, and El Shams Club Station. In all of these new stations, over 40 state-of-the-art escalators by thyssenkrupp Elevator ensure smooth travels.
Moreover, thyssenkrupp has installed 17 escalators at the newly built Heliopolis Square Station while a deal has just been closed for additional 12 escalator units for the new El Nozha Station.
“thyssenkrupp Elevator is really proud to be part of the Cairo metro’s rapid development. Especially in a metropolis like this, an efficient transport system and increased access is crucial for countless people but also many businesses. With our mobility solutions, we deliver and secure reliability, comfort, and maximum efficiency for the people of Cairo”, says Peter Walker, CEO of thyssenkrupp Elevator. “We put service at the heart of our business.”
thyssenkrupp Elevator has a very strong service organization, working closely with its customers. Almost half of thyssenkrupp Elevator’s employees, around 24,500 people, are service technicians, offering innovative, digitalized products and services across 150 countries.
The Egyptian capital perfectly demonstrates the need for contemporary urban mobility in the continent’s megacities. The metro of Cairo was opened in 1987. In 2009/2010, about 805 million passengers used it. Until 2020 the number will raise to approximately 2.2 billion per year. To cope with the demand for seamless inner-city transport, Cairo metro continuously expands.
Cairo metro and thyssenkrupp Elevator share some history: Since 2004, the company has been servicing the subway as a subcontractor. All in all, 116 elevators and 316 escalators in 5 service buildings and 36 of the existing 64 stations are maintained on-site by thyssenkrupp’s qualified staff. The maintenance works usually take place between 1.00 and 5.00 a.m. when no trains are moving.
Cairo has worked hard to modernize its public transport systems through the past decades. Poor public transport always has a negative impact on citizens - not only mentally and socially, but also in terms of economic development. A future-oriented public transport allows a much- needed, fast and efficient city mobility that improved the way people live and move. Mobility solutions by thyssenkrupp Elevator pave the way to a prospering future – in Cairo as well as in Cincinnati or Stockholm.
Especially at places like the Egyptian capital with an exceptionally high population growth, it is critical not only to cope with the demands, but to realize a future-proof approach. The mobility solutions by thyssenkrupp Elevator offer the required levels of reliability and technical sophistication that fast-growing urban centers urgently need.
Elsewhere in the Middle East region, thyssenkrupp has recently supplied more than 1,200 elevators, escalators and moving walks to the upcoming metro stations in Riyadh and Doha. The company has also delivered more than 390 units including elevators, escalators, and moving walks to the Doha airport and is responsible for the operation and maintenance of 90 passenger boarding bridges there. It is also currently servicing almost 800 units for the Dubai metro.
Press images can be downloaded here.
thyssenkrupp Elevator brings together the Group’s global activities in passenger transportation systems. With sales of €7.6 billion in fiscal 2017/2018 and customers in 150 countries, thyssenkrupp Elevator built its position as one of the world’s leading elevator companies from scratch in a mere 40 years’ time applying thyssenkrupp unique engineering capabilities. With more than 50,000 highly skilled employees, the company offers smart and innovative products and services designed to meet customers’ individual requirements. The portfolio includes passenger and freight elevators, escalators and moving walks, passenger boarding bridges, stair and platform lifts as well as tailored service solutions for all products. Over 1,000 locations around the world provide an extensive sales and service network to guarantee closeness to customers.
thyssenkrupp is a technology group with traditional strengths in materials. Over 160,000 employees in 78 countries work with passion and technological know-how to develop high-quality products and intelligent industrial processes and services for sustainable progress. Their skills and commitment are the basis of our success. In fiscal year 2017/2018 thyssenkrupp generated sales of €42.7 billion.
Together with our customers we develop competitive solutions for future challenges in their respective industries. With our engineering expertise we enable our customers to gain an edge in the global market and manufacture innovative products in a cost- and resource-friendly way. Our technologies and innovations are the key to meeting diverse customer and market requirements around the world, growing on the markets of the future, and generating strong and stable earnings, cash flows and value growth.


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There is evidence to suggest that navicular drop measures are associated with specific lower-extremity gait biomechanical parameters. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between navicular drop and a) rearfoot eversion excursion, b) tibial internal rotation excursion, c) peak ankle inversion moment, and d) peak knee adduction moment during the stance phase of running. Sixteen able-bodied men having an average age of 28.1 (SD = 5.30) years, weight of 81.5 (SD = 10.40) kg, height of 179.1 (SD = 5.42) cm volunteered and ran barefoot at 170 steps/minute over a force plate. Navicular drop measures were negatively correlated with tibial internal rotation excursion (r = −0.53, P = .01) but not with rearfoot eversion excursion (r = −0.19; P = .23). Significant positive correlations were found between navicular drop and peak knee adduction moment (r = .62, P < .01) and peak ankle inversion moment (r = .60, P < .01). These findings suggest that a low navicular drop measure could be associated with increasing tibial rotation excursion while high navicular drop measure could be associated with increased peak ankle and knee joint moments. These findings indicate that measures of navicular drop explained between 28% and 38% of the variability for measures of tibial internal rotation excursion, peak knee adduction moment and peak ankle inversion moments.
Mansour Eslami, Mohsen Damavandi and Reed Ferber
Karen D. Kendall, Christie Schmidt and Reed Ferber
It has been theorized that a positive Trendelenburg test (TT) indicates weakness of the stance hip-abductor (HABD) musculature, results in contralateral pelvic drop, and represents impaired load transfer, which may contribute to low back pain. Few studies have tested whether weakness of the HABDs is directly related to the magnitude of pelvic drop (MPD).
To examine the relationship between HABD strength and MPD during the static TT and during walking for patients with nonspecific low back pain (NSLBP) and healthy controls (CON). A secondary purpose was to examine this relationship in NSLBP after a 3-wk HABD-strengthening program.
Clinical research laboratory.
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Main Outcome Measures:
Normalized HABD strength, MPD during TT, and maximal pelvic frontal-plane excursion during walking.
At baseline, the NSLBP subjects were significantly weaker (31%; P = .03) than CON. No differences in maximal pelvic frontal-plane excursion (P = .72), right MPD (P = 1.00), or left MPD (P = .40) were measured between groups. During the static TT, nonsignificant correlations were found between left HABD strength and right MPD for NSLBP (r = −.32, P = .36) and CON (r = −.24, P = .48) and between right HABD strength and left MPD for NSLBP (r = −.24, P = .50) and CON (r = −.41, P = .22). Nonsignificant correlations were found between HABD strength and maximal pelvic frontal-plane excursion for NSLBP (r = −.04, P = .90) and CON (r = −.14, P = .68). After strengthening, NSLBP demonstrated significant increases in HABD strength (12%; P = .02), 48% reduction in pain, and no differences in MPD during static TT and maximal pelvic frontal-plane excursion compared with baseline.
HABD strength was poorly correlated to MPD during the static TT and during walking in CON and NSLBP. The results suggest that HABD strength may not be the only contributing factor in controlling pelvic stability, and the static TT has limited use as a measure of HABD function.
Reed Ferber, Denise C. Gravelle and Louis R. Osternig
The effects of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) on joint range of motion (ROM) for older adults are unknown, and few studies have investigated changes in joint ROM associated with age. This study examined PNF stretch techniques' effects on knee-joint ROM in trained (T) and untrained (UT) older adults. Knee-joint ROM was tested in T and UT adults age 45–55 and 65–75 years using 3 PNF stretch techniques: static stretch (SS), contract-relax (CR). and agonist contract-relax (ACR). The 45–55 UT group achieved significantly more ROM than did the 65–75 UT group, suggesting an age-related decline in ROM. The 65–75 T group achieved significantly greater knee-extension ROM than did their UT counterparts, indicating a training-related response to PNF stretch techniques and that lifetime training might counteract age-related declines in joint ROM. The ACR-PNF stretch condition produced 4–6° more ROM than did CR and SS for all groups except the 65–75 UT group, possibly as a result of lack of neuromuscular control or muscle strength.
Ricky Watari, Blayne Hettinga, Sean Osis and Reed Ferber
The purpose of this study was to validate measures of vertical oscillation (VO) and ground contact time (GCT) derived from a commercially-available, torso-mounted accelerometer compared with single marker kinematics and kinetic ground reaction force (GRF) data. Twenty-two semi-elite runners ran on an instrumented treadmill while GRF data (1000 Hz) and three-dimensional kinematics (200 Hz) were collected for 60 s across 5 different running speeds ranging from 2.7 to 3.9 m/s. Measurement agreement was assessed by Bland-Altman plots with 95% limits of agreement and by concordance correlation coefficient (CCC). The accelerometer had excellent CCC agreement (> 0.97) with marker kinematics, but only moderate agreement, and overestimated measures between 16.27 mm to 17.56 mm compared with GRF VO measures. The GCT measures from the accelerometer had very good CCC agreement with GRF data, with less than 6 ms of mean bias at higher speeds. These results indicate a torsomounted accelerometer provides valid and accurate measures of torso-segment VO, but both a marker placed on the torso and the accelerometer yield systematic overestimations of center of mass VO. Measures of GCT from the accelerometer are valid when compared with GRF data, particularly at faster running speeds.
Christian A. Clermont, Sean T. Osis, Angkoon Phinyomark and Reed Ferber
Certain homogeneous running subgroups demonstrate distinct kinematic patterns in running; however, the running mechanics of competitive and recreational runners are not well understood. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine whether we could separate and classify competitive and recreational runners according to gait kinematics using multivariate analyses and a machine learning approach. Participants were allocated to the ‘competitive’ (n = 20) or ‘recreational’ group (n = 15) based on age, sex, and recent race performance. Three-dimensional (3D) kinematic data were collected during treadmill running at 2.7 m/s. A support vector machine (SVM) was used to determine if the groups were separable and classifiable based on kinematic time point variables as well as principal component (PC) scores. A cross-fold classification accuracy of 80% was found between groups using the top 5 ranked time point variables, and the groups could be separated with 100% cross-fold classification accuracy using the top 14 ranked PCs explaining 60.29% of the variance in the data. The features were primarily related to pelvic tilt, as well as knee flexion and ankle eversion in late stance. These results suggest that competitive and recreational runners have distinct, ‘typical’ running patterns that may help explain differences in injury mechanisms.
Christian A. Clermont, Andrew J. Pohl and Reed Ferber
Context: The risk of experiencing an overuse running-related injury can increase with atypical running biomechanics associated with neuromuscular fatigue and/or training errors. While it is important to understand the changes in running biomechanics within a fatigue-inducing run, it may be more clinically relevant to assess gait patterns in the days following a marathon to better evaluate the effects of inadequate recovery on injury. Objective: To use center of mass (CoM) acceleration patterns to investigate changes in running patterns prior to (PRE) and at 2 (POST2) and 7 (POST7) days following a marathon race. Design: Pre–post intervention study. Setting: A 200-m oval track surface. Participants: Seventeen recreational marathon runners (10 females, age = 34.2 [5.67] y; 7 males, age = 47.41 [15.32] y). Intervention: Marathon race. Main Outcome Measures: An inertial measurement unit was placed near the CoM to collect triaxial acceleration data during overground running for PRE, POST2, and POST7 sessions. Twenty-two features were extracted from the acceleration waveforms to characterize different aspects of running gait. Lower-limb musculoskeletal pain was also recorded at each session with a visual analog scale. Results: At POST2, runners reported higher self-reported pain and exhibited elevated peak mediolateral acceleration with an increased mediolateral ratio of acceleration root mean square compared with PRE. At POST7, pain was reduced and more similar to PRE, with runners demonstrating increased stride regularity in the vertical direction and decreased peak resultant acceleration. Conclusions: The observed changes in CoM motion at POST2 may be associated with atypical running biomechanics that can translate to greater mediolateral impulses, potentially increasing the risk of injury. This study demonstrates the use of an accelerometer as an effective tool to detect atypical CoM motion for runners due to fatigue, recovery, and musculoskeletal pain in real-world environments.
Alan Hreljac, Alan Arata, Reed Ferber, John A. Mercer and Brandi S. Row
Previous research has demonstrated that the preferred transition speed during human locomotion is the speed at which critical levels of ankle angular velocity and acceleration (in the dorsiflexor direction) are reached, leading to the hypothesis that gait transition occurs to alleviate muscular stress on the dorsiflexors. Furthermore, it has been shown that the metabolic cost of running at the preferred transition speed is greater than that of walking at that speed. This increase in energetic cost at gait transition has been hypothesized to occur due to a greater demand being placed on the larger muscles of the lower extremity when gait changes from a walk to a run. This hypothesis was tested by monitoring electromyographic (EMG) activity of the tibialis anterior, medial gastrocnemius, vastus lateralis, biceps femoris, and gluteus maximus while participants (6 M, 3 F) walked at speeds of 70, 80, 90, and 100% of their preferred transition speed, and ran at their preferred transition speed. The EMG activity of the tibialis anterior increased as walking speed increased, then decreased when gait changed to a run at the preferred transition speed. Concurrently, the EMG activity of all other muscles that were monitored increased with increasing walking speed, and at a greater rate when gait changed to a run at the preferred transition speed. The results of this study supported the hypothesis presented.
Christian A. Clermont, Lauren C. Benson, W. Brent Edwards, Blayne A. Hettinga and Reed Ferber
The purpose of this study was to use wearable technology data to quantify alterations in subject-specific running patterns throughout a marathon race and to determine if runners could be clustered into subgroups based on similar trends in running gait alterations throughout the marathon. Using a wearable sensor, data were collected for cadence, braking, bounce, pelvic rotation, pelvic drop, and ground contact time for 27 runners. A composite index was calculated based on the “typical” data (4–14 km) for each runner and evaluated for 14 individual 2-km sections thereafter to detect “atypical” data (ie, higher indices). A cluster analysis assigned all runners to a subgroup based on similar trends in running alterations. Results indicated that the indices became significantly higher starting at 20 to 22 km. Cluster 1 exhibited lower indices than cluster 2 throughout the marathon, and the only significant difference in characteristics between clusters was that cluster 1 had a lower age–grade performance score than cluster 2. In summary, this study presented a novel method to investigate the effects of fatigue on running biomechanics using wearable technology in a real-world setting. Recreational runners with higher age–grade performance scores had less atypical running patterns throughout the marathon compared with runners with lower age–grade performance scores.
Karrie L. Hamstra-Wright, Burcu Aydemir, Jennifer Earl-Boehm, Lori Bolgla, Carolyn Emery and Reed Ferber
Hip- and knee-muscle-strengthening programs are effective in improving short-term patient-reported and disease-oriented outcomes in individuals with patellofemoral pain (PFP), but few to no data exist on moderate- to long-term postrehabilitative outcomes. The first purpose of the study was to assess differences in pain, function, strength, and core endurance in individuals with PFP before, after, and 6 mo after successful hip- or knee-muscle-strengthening rehabilitation. The second purpose was to prospectively follow these subjects for PFP recurrence at 6, 12, and 24 mo postrehabilitation.
For 24 mo postrehabilitation, 157 physically active subjects with PFP who reported treatment success were followed. At 6 mo postrehabilitation, pain, function, hip and knee strength, and core endurance were measured. At 6, 12, 18, and 24 mo, PFP recurrence was measured via electronic surveys.
Sixty-eight subjects (43%) returned to the laboratory at 6 mo. Regardless of rehabilitation program, subjects experienced significant improvements in pain and function, strength, and core endurance pre- to postrehabilitation and maintained improvements in pain and function 6 mo postrehabilitation (Visual Analog Scale/Pain—pre 5.12 ± 1.33, post 1.28 ± 1.14, 6 mo 1.68 ± 2.16 cm, P < .05; Anterior Knee Pain Scale/Function—pre 76.38 ± 8.42, post 92.77 ± 7.36, 6 mo 90.27 ± 9.46 points, P < .05). Over the 24 mo postrehabilitation, 5.10% of subjects who responded to the surveys reported PFP recurrence.
The findings support implementing a hip-or knee-muscle-strengthening program for the treatment of PFP. Both programs improve pain, function, strength, and core endurance in the short term with moderate- and long-term benefits of improved pain and function and low PFP recurrence.
Robyn F. Madden, Kelly A. Erdman, Jane Shearer, Lawrence L. Spriet, Reed Ferber, Ash T. Kolstad, Jessica L. Bigg, Alexander S.D. Gamble and Lauren C. Benson
Purpose: To determine the effects of low-dose caffeine supplementation (3 mg/kg body mass) consumed 1 h before the experiment on rating of perceived exertion (RPE), skills performance (SP), and physicality in male college ice hockey players. Methods: Using a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized crossover experimental design, 15 college ice hockey players participated in SP trials and 14 participated in scrimmage (SC) trials on a total of 4 d, with prescribed ice hockey tasks occurring after a 1-h high-intensity practice. In the SP trials, time to complete and error rate for each drill of the validated Western Hockey League Combines Testing Standard were recorded. Peak head accelerations, trunk contacts, and offensive performance were quantified during the SC trials using accelerometery and video analysis. RPE was assessed in both the SP and SC trials. Results: RPE was significantly greater in the caffeine (11.3 [2.0]) than placebo (9.9 [1.9]) condition postpractice (P = .002), with a trend toward greater RPE in caffeine (16.9 [1.8]) than placebo (15.7 [2.8]) post-SC (P = .05). There was a greater number of peak head accelerations in the caffeine (4.35 [0.24]) than placebo (4.14 [0.24]) condition (P = .028). Performance times, error rate, and RPE were not different between intervention conditions during the SP trials (P > .05). Conclusions: A low dose of caffeine has limited impact on sport-specific skill performance and RPE but may enhance physicality during ice hockey SCs.


At the LAAD ’11 expo in Brazil Taurus exhibited a version of their Taurus Carbine CT G2 with a quad rail and folding stock. The model that goes on sale later this year in the US lacks side rails and has a fixed thumbhole stock. Taurus needs to bring this model to the USA ASAP.
Also on display was a Taurus grenade / less-lethal-grenade-like-ordnance launcher. It looks smaller than 40mm in caliber.
[Hat Tip: He219 @ MP.net]


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The Nurse Advocates of Advocare work with clients everyday to oversee the management of their medication to ensure that they are not overprescribed medications, or are taking medications that interact with one another. To learn more about what we provide our clients throughout South Florida, visit us HERE. Please read on to learn more about the dangers of taking too many medications.
The point of prescription drugs is to help us get or feel well. Yet so many Americans take multiple medications that doctors are being encouraged to pause before prescribing and think about “deprescribing” as well.
The idea of dropping unnecessary medications started cropping up in the medical literature a decade ago. In recent years, evidence has mounted about the dangers of taking multiple, perhaps unnecessary, medications.
Deprescribing will work only if patients also get involved in the process. Only they can report adverse effects that they sense but that are not apparent to clinicians. And they need to be comfortable weaning from or dropping drugs that they are accustomed to and believe to be helpful.
Yet an increasing number of Americans — typically older ones with multiple chronic conditions — are taking drugs and supplements they don’t need, or so many of them that those substances are interacting with one another in harmful ways. Studies show that some patients can improve their health with fewer drugs.
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text: Jessica Alexander is a vibrant community leader with a strong passion for social justice and economic development. She serves as Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Nova Scotia, and has been active in advocating environmental issues, peacemaking, and team-building for over 25 years on both the east and west coasts. Jessica has a degree in public policy studies from Mount Saint Vincent and a certificate in sustainability leadership from Dalhousie. She actively volunteers for the Canadian Cancer Society, Community Justice Society, her Union local, and the Research Ethics Board for the Nova Scotia Health Authority. She is amply qualified to represent Hammonds Plains-Lucasville in the legislature. Her priorities for the area include improving transportation, sustainable local economic development, citizen engagement, and water protection. Jessica and her family have lived in Nova Scotia for 17 years, and love the quality of life, access to nature, and community spirit present in our community. Jessica has four children with African-Canadian ancestry from a black pioneer family. She works as a public servant, is an avid surfer, cyclist, hiker, and artist.

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Crystal - posted on 08/11/2009 ( 12 moms have responded )
So, as I'm sure most of us (Americans) have been hearing, teen pregnancies, after having dropped 34% from 1991 - 2005, are now up again, at the highest since 1971.
Why do you think this is?
The above article provides links to several studies and other articles. They mentioned that the teen pregnancies began to rise even before the move "Juno" and the pregnancies of Jamie Lynn Spears and Bristol Palin. Do you think the extensive media coverage of these famous teens, not to mention the hit movie about teen pregnancy (plus the MTV show "16 and Pregnant"), glorifies teen pregnancy and makes it look attractive or cool to teens? Or do you think it shows teens what it's really like and helps them make better choices?
The article has a link to a sex ed article - Do you think pregnancies are rising because of our sex education here in the US, compared to other countries in Europe?
There's also a link to a study if a teen watches sex on TV, the better likelihood that they will become teen parents. What do you feel about this?


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NEW YORK (AP) — Baltimore Orioles manager Buck Showalter is happy to be in the Bronx, even with the all the distractions of Derek Jeter's final game at Yankee Stadium.
Nelson Cruz had two of his four hits in a six-run fourth inning and the Orioles eliminated the Yankees from postseason contention with a 9-5 victory Wednesday in Jeter's next-to-last home game.
"Not everywhere you play in the postseason is going to be a friendly environment, so it is good to have that kind of emotion going on before you get there," Showalter said of the boisterous, sold-out crowds this week.
Jeter went 0 for 4, ending a seven-game hitting streak and dropping his average to .253.
Baltimore, headed to the playoffs for the second time in three seasons, remained three games behind the Los Angeles Angels for the best record in the league.
"We've got an outside shot of catching Anaheim," Showalter said. "But you don't ever take some satisfaction out of" eliminating a team.
The Orioles followed their 17-hit night Tuesday with nine more hits to support Bud Norris (15-8).
Trailing three runs early, Baltimore broke out for six in the fourth, sending 11 batters to the plate. Cruz started it off with a single against Shane Greene (5-4) and got the team's last hit of the inning.
Ryan Flaherty had a two-run double, David Lough an RBI triple, Nick Markakis singled in a run and slugger Adam Jones added a safety squeeze with the third baseman playing deep.
"It's great to play in this environment," Flaherty said, "especially headed to the postseason, where the weather is cold and the wind blows in like it did today."
Norris gave up a run in each of the first three innings despite getting seven of his first nine outs by strikeout. He allowed a leadoff homer in the second to Stephen Drew then fanned five straight, a string stopped in the third inning with Chase Headley's long ball.
Norris improved to 9-1 against the division in 14 starts. He allowed three runs and five hits in six innings and struck out nine.
"I heard a lot about the AL East being the division, and it's true," Norris said. "Playing against these teams really elevates your game."
The Yankees missed the playoffs in consecutive years for the first time since 1992 and '93. The only other time New York missed the playoffs during in the retiring captain's 20-season big league career was in 2008.
"It's disappointing. It's frustrating," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "This is not where you want to be at this time of year."
Jeter was given an extended ovation after he tapped out to first base in the eighth but he remained seated in the dugout and did not come out for the curtain call. The game ended when Brett Gardner struck out looking with Jeter on deck.
Orioles: Showalter said he exchanged texts with suspended 1B Chris Davis. Serving a 25-game ban following a positive test for an amphetamine, Davis reported to the Orioles complex in Sarasota, Florida, and will play in instructional games. Davis could return late in the postseason.
Yankees: Girardi said Carlos Beltran (elbow) will not play the rest of the season. He will monitor Jacoby Ellsbury (hamstring) but it seems unlikely he will play in Boston.
Baltimore's RHP Kevin Gausman (7-7) and New York's RHP Hiroki Kuroda (11-9) are scheduled starters in the series finale.
Jones went 2 for 5, his eighth mulithit game against New York this season.
Stars were out to say goodbye to Jeter, though. Former teammates Tino Martinez, Gerald Williams and Cecil Fielder were on hand as was Mo Vaughn, the 1995 AL MVP with Boston. Willie Randolph, a former Yankees co-captain and coach, caught a foul ball behind home plate.
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Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic targets for diabetic kidney disease.
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Diabetic kidney disease has a high global disease burden and substantially increases the risk of kidney failure and cardiovascular events. Despite treatment, there is substantial residual risk of disease progression with existing therapies. Therefore, there is an urgent need to better understand the molecular mechanisms driving diabetic kidney disease to help identify new therapies that slow progression and reduce associated risks. Diabetic kidney disease is initiated by diabetes-related disturbances in glucose metabolism, which then trigger other metabolic, hemodynamic, inflammatory, and fibrotic processes that contribute to disease progression. This review summarizes existing evidence on the molecular drivers of diabetic kidney disease onset and progression, focusing on inflammatory and fibrotic mediators-factors that are largely unaddressed as primary treatment targets and for which there is increasing evidence supporting key roles in the pathophysiology of diabetic kidney disease. Results from recent clinical trials highlight promising new drug therapies, as well as a role for dietary strategies, in treating diabetic kidney disease.
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Candidates who fail to clear Personality Test can get recruited for top posts in the government sector/PSUs.
UPSC earlier proposed the central government and ministries to recruit from the list of candidates who make it to the interview but fail to get picked..
Why did Roman Saini leave IAS?
Saini quit from services to teach students for free. The 24-year-old wants to ensure he get past the various academic hurdles that stand in the way of youthful ambitions. Four years ago, he launched a YouTube channel with his friend Gaurav Munjal, the former CEO of Flatchat.
Do IFS officers get bungalows?
Benefits of IFS officer The type of accommodation depends on the City and the respective country. ( For Example in New York City Indian Diplomats live in Apartments which are about 1500 Sq. feet, In Nepal you get about 1800 Sq. of residence within Embassy compound and in Dhaka, you get a whole bungalow.)
Which is the highest post in IAS?
Cabinet SecretaryThe highest ranking civil servant is the Cabinet Secretary. He is ex-officio Chairman of the Civil Services Board; the chief of the Indian Administrative Service and head of all civil services under the rules of business of the Government of India.
Is English necessary for IAS?
yes ,English Language compulsory for the IAS Exam. English language speaking is the very important for the any candidate.
Who is powerful DM or IAS?
Power and responsibilities The job profile of both IAS and IPS services is very broad and both are posted on very powerful posts, but IAS is much more powerful as a DM. An IPS only has the responsibility of its department, but an IAS (DM) has the responsibility of all departments of the district.
Who is IAS Deepak Rawat?
Deepak Rawat is a firebrand IAS officer from Uttarakhand in India. He is also one of the most popular IAS officers on social media.
Are IAS officers happy?
“IAS officer gets a lot of power, responsibility and authority point IAS officer do enjoying a lot. As far as happiness is considered it’s the state of mind. Whether you become the IAS officer or not it has nothing to do with the happiness. Don’t make a Biryani by mixing happiness with the job .
Which is best cadre for IAS?
According to an RTI reply from the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), of the 370 IAS officers of the joint secretary rank and above in the central government, 33 are from the Assam and Meghalaya cadre — the maximum for any of the 26 IAS cadres in the country.
Do IFS officer get car?
We get good houses when posted abroad and we are able to save enough money to buy a good car. If we go out for meetings, then an Embassy/Consulate vehicle is available in case the officer doesn’t have a personal car. We get diplomatic license plates even on personal cars.
Is UPSC interview difficult?
As of now, the IAS interview panel consists of eminent personalities from different fields and is headed by a chairman. … This along with the fact that you would be competing with best of the best; makes the IAS Interview one of the most difficult stages to crack in the civil services examination.
Which post is higher IAS or IFS?
The IFS officer salary structure is also higher than the IAS officer salary structure due to higher allowances. IAS/IPS officers, in contrast, spend their early career in district headquarters and sub-divisional towns which may be in remote areas.
What are the ranks in IAS?
Final rank Allocated for IAS, IPS, and IFS in 2017 (UPSC Rank Wise Post – 2017)ServicesLast RankIAS629IFS717IPS792IRS (IT)8591 more row
Is IAS a good career option?
IAS is one of the prestigious and popular career choices among many aspirants preferring to make a career in the government sector. What makes it a popular career choice is the fact that along with monetary compensation, the job of an IAS officer offers several perks and privileges that no other job can offer.
Which post is best in UPSC?
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Is 1 year enough for UPSC preparation?
Yes, 1 year is sufficient for IAS preparation without coaching. If you do focus study then you can clear this exam in your first attempt. Preparing for UPSC itself is a full time job ,during preparation you need to work hard daily at least 6-8 hours. … The upsc is focusing on current affairs in prelims and mains.
Can a average student crack IAS?
If your question is “Can an average student crack IAS?”, YES! … So, aspirants should keep in mind that “Grades do not define intelligence” and remove the blockade that an average student cannot clear the UPSC exam.
Is physical fitness required for IAS?
There is no height, weight and chest girth minimum requirement as such for candidates for the IAS, unlike the technical services. Those who have myopia with macular degenerative changes will be declared unfit for service in the IAS. … People with a squint in the eyes are fit for service.
Is IAS or IRS better?
An IAS is the administrative head of almost all the departments in the Central and State Governments. The facilities and perks an IAS officer gets are superior to that of an IRS officer’s. … For instance, an IAS officer can become a Commissioner in about 16 years whereas an IRS officer can take about 20-22 years.
Can an IAS officer get home cadre?
Generally, an IAS/IPS officer cannot get his home cadre. However, there is a very slim chance of it. This is possible only if you get a very high rank and then there are vacancies in your home state for your category in that year. In addition, you should have given your first preference as your home state.
Do all IAS become DM?
On an average, the DM posting is given to the IAS Officer for 4 to 5 years only in the whole career as an IAS Officer. Some IAS officers never get an opportunity to become a DM at their career. … A DM is only a coordinating officer for all the state government departments.


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Coleus Redhead, Dichondra and Cordyline
This one never even had a wilt during the intense heat because they are in very large containers, less chance of the soil drying. I am going to try to invest in a couple more larger containers for next year.
Supertunias Bubblegum and Bordeaux
Not all Supertunias perform like these two! Even the Supertunias need a little trimming and fertilizer this time of year.
This is a basket that I put together early in the season, never had a chance. The Japanese beetles ate everything in it, Sweet Caroline sweet potato vine, beautiful geranium and Cranberry Crush superbells. It is just starting to revive for the fall season.
When I first planted this I did not have much hope for it being a great container. However, it has become my favorite, Caladium Aaron with Orange Guinea Impatiens. I really like this caladium, more petite and stronger than many of the other varieties. It hangs on the fence under my neighbor's old lilac tree.
This is the one hanging basket that I purchased at Home Depot. Each year I have brought home one of their tuberous begonia baskets and so far they have not disappointed. Many of the other with overgrown plantings have not been a good investment.
Mystic Illusion Dahlia and Phantom Petunia
I have a couple of other plants in here but I can just imagine how spectacular this would have been in a larger container. It dried out quickly and needed daily watering, sometimes more.
I love hayracks on a little shed, but oh what a chore it is to keep the plants alive. The soil dries out too quickly and I had to pull the zinnias and put in the superbells. I am totally rethinking this one for next year, how about cactus?
These are the nasturtiums in my veggie garden growing up an obliesk. They are infringing somewhat on my peppers, but I hate to pull them out.
I should have just stuck with the Algerian Ivy, the impatiens hardly bloomed all season.
This is a plant that likes the heat, formerly a houseplant but being used more and more in the outside garden. We wintered this over inside from last year.
Coleus Sedona and Blackheart Sweet Potato Vine
I have kept it pretty simple this year, no more than three types of plants in a container. We all know that some of those multi-flowered containers begin to show stress half way through the summer. It is always upsetting to see some of the lovely plants in an expensive container drying up when the rest look fine. I am almost ready to go to the single plant look if it withstands the high temperatures!

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The Council has landscaped the commanding site, which offers a view southeast to Cape Kidnappers, with paving, a bench seat, grassed areas and planting.
Visitors to this historic location climb up a flight of steps onto the original reservoir which, built in 1890, is dug into a grassed mound. No longer used, it held 1.5 millions litres of water.
The water tower, originally erected in 1910, has been preserved as a distinctive landmark. Toppled in the 1931 earthquake, it was rebuilt by J.J. Niven and Co.
With a capacity of 34,000 litres, it provided water pressure for Bluff Hill houses until 1988.
The rectangular concrete tank was built in 1908. It has a capacity of 1.4 million litres and is still used to supply water to Bluff Hill homes. Built between 1931-33, the round tank can hold 5.7 million litres.
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Immad is the CEO and founder of Mercury Bank - one of the fastest-growing fintech companies today, backed by Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, Naval Ravikant and many more top-tier investors. Ian is the CEO and founder of Fintech Today, a community and content company focused on the fintech startup ecosystem.
So embedded finance when non financial companies are embedding financial products into their offerings.
And then fintech is when embedded fintech is when financial companies are implementing the various products from fintech companies into their services. So I guess the wanted to ask, first of all, I mean, Immad, you brought this up as something really important.
How do you think about this in the context of in the context of Mercury, in the context of the industry in general, how will things go and is embedded financial fintech more important or they equally and it totally depends on whose world you're speaking from.
I mean, this is, I think, one of the fundamental shifts, like, I mean, nowadays, I guess people outside fintech probably see a lot of Challenger banks, right? There's a lot of Bank for this Bank for that. I actually just invested in a Bank for people speaking a specific language in the Us. I'm not saying just in case that guy wants to keep it secret, but my point is there's tons of these kind of branded Bank. There was like two of them that just got funded. They're doing like teen banking just last week as unicorn valuations. And the reason there's been all this nation, especially in the Challenger Bank space, but across a bunch of Intech things, is because there's this underlying products, which in the case of banking, are called banking as a service products in the Chase, there's ones for lending, there's ones for insurance. And those things have really dropped the barrier to entry to become a Fintech company in the space.
So it's real fundamental shift before 2017, these things didn't really exist. And to become a tech company you'd have to raise five to 10,000,000 dollars. And even then, you'd be lucky to get a product in market. Now you can raise a million dollars, get a product in market, get real users, get real traction and quickly prove out, like, whether that's the best product market fit or not. So I think that's, like, probably the most fundamental change.

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Earlier on Saturday, the organizing committee of the 2018 World Cup, also dealing with the Confederations Cup, informed that Russian low-income citizens, including families with many children, orphans and disabled people, will be able to visit the Confederations Cup matches for free.
President Vladimir Putin will attend Saturday's Group A opener in Saint Petersburg's Krestovsky Stadium between Russian Federation and Oceania champions New Zealand.
New Zealand tried to play the ball out of defence but gave it away, and a couple of quick passes from Aleksandr Yerokhin and Poloz allowed Denis Glushakov to run through on goal.
Russian Federation went ahead in the first half of the Group A encounter through what was credited as an own goal from the New Zealand defender Michael Boxall, and Smolov wrapped up the victory in the 69th minute. The European champion opens its Group A program on Sunday against Mexico in Kazan.
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Changing habits, at its core, is simply a process of changing what’s normal for you.
This is something I’ve done myself a gajillion times over the last 7-8 years:
- not smoking became my new normal (lots of pain for a month or so)
- running became normal
- eating vegetarian became normal
- later eating vegan became normal
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3.8.14- racked one bucket into the cask and primed at 3.4 volumes of CO2. Flavor was very good, though strong for a cask beer. Mash temp at little lower than I wanted, and S-05 is a bit more attenuative (even more so than I thought).

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“Top Chef” alum Kuniko Yagi’s newly opened Pikunico in Downtown Los Angeles specializes in Japanese fried chicken, or karaage.
But this traditional fry gets a twist.
Speaking by phone from her fast-casual restaurant in L.A.’s mixed-use ROW complex, Yagi – she appeared on season 10 of the Bravo culinary competition series – said she “created this hybrid” picnic food by combining the crunchiness of southern-fried chicken with Japanese flavors.
The daily lunchtime crowd at Pikunico (whose name is a playful combination of “picnic” and “Kuniko)” can experience the chef’s southern-inspired karaage in a basket, rice bowl or golden turmeric bun with pickled daikon, watercress, alfalfa sprouts, lemon aioli, jalapeno and miso jam.
Yagi said she asked her baker to add turmeric powder to the buns not because it’s pretty, which it is, but because of its health benefits. And that’s not her only attempt at taking the high road when it comes to ingredients.
“I don’t want my creation to be about delicious food that’s not good for you,” she said. “So I’m using organic brown rice flour, free-range chicken that comes from 5 blocks away, California extra-virgin olive oil and other things like that because I want people to come back.”
Yagi stumbled into the culinary world after her marriage ended. A former banker, she had immigrated to Los Angeles with her American husband. When they separated, she set out on her bicycle (because she couldn’t afford a car) in search of work.
“I didn’t speak English so the only places that would hire me were Japanese restaurants,” she said.
While working as a server in a noodle shop, she got to thinking about her future.
“This is not a career,” she recalled saying to herself. “Being a chef is a career because it isn’t how old you are but about how well you cook.
“So gradually, I stepped into the kitchen.”
Yagi began her career at the acclaimed Sona, David Myers’ since-closed Michelin-starred restaurant in West Hollywood. She blossomed under his guidance and eventually rose to chef de cuisine. She later served as executive chef of Myers’ brasserie, Comme Ca, before opening and directing the kitchen at the award-winning Hinoki and the Bird.
Pikunico, which she developed in partnership with Kaizen Dining Group, is her first standalone restaurant project since 2014. Already well into her third week, Yagi has been feeling the love.
“It’s great,” she said. “I’m really thankful to ROW because the management team has been emailing the tenants and office workers to let them know we’re open. They come down for lunch, but we realize that people want to drink beer with their fried chicken too. So we’re holding off on dinner until we get our liquor license, hopefully in January.”
Pikunico at ROW DTLA
Where: 767 S. Alameda St., Los Angeles
Hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily
Information: 213-278-0407. www.pikunico.com


The FDA recently released a final guidance, titled “510(k) Third Party Review Program” and known as 3P510k, discussing the factors the FDA uses to determine whether a Class I or Class II medical device is eligible for review by a third party and also how third parties can become accredited to perform 510(k) reviews.
In addition, this final guidance outlines the FDA's process for the recognition, suspension, and withdrawal of recognition for 3P510k review organizations, and explains how those organizations can ensure consistent quality of work.
The guidance includes the following diagram summarizing the 3P510k program:
- Expectations for 3P510k organization reviews of 510(k) submissions, including the policy for early interaction consults
- Requirements and recommendations for recognition and re-recognition of 3P510k review organizations under the 3P510k program
- Content and format of a 3P510k organization’s application for initial recognition and re-recognition
- Process for suspension or withdrawal of recognition
- Leveraging the International Medical Device Regulators Forum’s requirements for Regulatory Reviewers under the Good Regulatory Review Practices and the Medical Device Single Audit Program, as appropriate
In Section V, the guidance discusses six factors the FDA will consider in determining device type eligibility for the 3P510k Review Program.
Section VI describes the manner in which 3P510k review organizations should conduct their review of 510(k)s, as summarized in the graphic below:
In Section VIII of the guidance, the FDA provides recommendations on what third parties should include in an application to the FDA for recognition as a 3P510k review organization.


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After independence, the Scots risk being like guests at a party hanging around and refusing to leave
Mark Carney can forget any ideas of launching a career in stand-up comedy. His speech in Edinburgh today was so dry that it made Mervyn King's lectures look like classic routines by Billy Connolly. Although Carney has a nice line in gently sarcastic asides to reporters when he's taking questions, the main body of the speech was as dry as dust.
Nevertheless, this was one of the most important speeches of the entire referendum campaign. Carney is good at the straightforward explanation of what he terms the dismal science (economics) and in his speech today, without mentioning Alex Salmond's name, he gave Scotland's First Minister a polite, calmly delivered and devastating lecture on the economic facts of life.
Salmond has gone off the idea of Scotland joining the euro, for some strange reason. He now wants my fellow countrymen to carry on using the pound after independence. He wants to make this sound simple, when it is not. As though it is just a matter of the "pound in your pocket" being unchanged. (All very Harold Wilson.) It is a lot more complicated than the Nats pretend.
Carney made it clear that he did not want to be drawn into the politics of independence. If there is a Yes vote, and the Union is a goner, then it is for the parliaments on either side of the border to negotiate a settlement on currency, division of assets, oil, defence and so on.
But Carney explained that a successful currency union involves a banking union. That would mean England and the other Rest of the UK countries agreeing that the Bank of England should remain as lender of last resort in case Scottish-based banks get into trouble. Even George Osborne and Ed Balls agree on one thing. This idea is a non-starter after independence.
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In essence, Carney said, if the Scots want independence and the pound, they had better be prepared to surrender some sovereignty. That's if English voters will wear a deal. Which also raises the question: what the point is of tearing the Union apart if you have to negotiate another one afterwards?
Carney also cited fiscal transfers. Successful unions – such as the US – allow for such transfers from richer parts to poorer parts of the Union. It is inconceivable that any such arrangement would meet with the approval of English voters if Scotland ever got into economic trouble. So the currency union would lack from the start a key feature needed for future success.
Nationalists – tending to be quite parochial – just assume that the English will just accept all this, post-independence. Yet as Alex Massie pointed out this morning on Coffee House, the Nats' case has rested forever on the allegation that the Westminster parliament is a dreadful place which never looks out for Scotland's interests. Post-independence, when the Scots have said goodbye to the Union, the SNP leadership supposes that, suddenly, Westminster – representing the vast bulk of the UK – will be transformed into a font of wisdom and generosity. Want the Bank of England to promise to bail-out the Scottish banks? Sure, go ahead! Arrangements for fiscal transfers? But of course! Knock yourself out.
It is Nationalist naivety of the highest order.
Will the English roll over? It is possible, if unlikely. What seems more likely is that the Scots, if they vote for separation, risk being like party guests who simply will not leave at the end of the night. Their friends enjoyed their company a few hours ago. But now it's 2am. It's time to load the dishwasher and get to bed. The Scots stand there, smiling, talking about leaving while pressing for another drink. They want to go, but they also want the advantages of staying.
Cue humourless Nationalist outrage. Am I comparing the Union to a party in England's house? Isn't this supposed to be a Union of equals? We all own the house. We're entitled to 10 per cent of that dishwasher, and we brought some good wine. And so on.
OK, the hypothetical party is taking place in a venue in which we all have equity. But the point still applies. The Yes campaign rely blithely on assumptions about the English. Its spokesmen never seem to grasp that if they win there will come a point when the rejected Rest of the UK turns around and says to a Scottish government making demands: Are you still here? Didn't you say you were leaving ages ago?
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Most old houses with aluminum windows look pretty dated. Many were the standard color of silver alumina or even more dated bronze brown. The problem is, these and other older colors don’t blend well with modern internal and external color schemes in House Renovations in Balham.
Replacing these windows is a big job and not profitable for most renovation projects. However, there is a very inexpensive way to do it.
Renewing can be a fun or frustrating experience, depending on how well you are prepared for it. And if you are renovating a home, we hope you are pretty well prepared. After all, the last thing you want to do when you’re done is redo something you thought was working well.
In any home, space is an issue. You can never really get enough. And a well-made closet is a fundamental part of the aesthetics of the house. When elegantly framed, your closet can be a huge asset, whether it’s for your precious wardrobe or by your front door to hang coats. Now let’s take it from above.
First, you want to decide the ideal size. 27 inches deep is what you want as a minimum, especially if you plan to hang your clothes.
Now there are companies that specialize in this service, but if you have a limited budget, why not do it yourself?
- Remove mosquito nets or safety screens.
- Clean all surfaces to be painted. that is, any part of the inner or outer frame of lcrenovation that you want to change color.
- Mask all rubber surfaces, glass, and surrounding walls with masking tape and newspaper. Make sure to use proper painter’s tape, anything else will be too messy and you will have a great cleanup job.
- Spray a light coat of metal etching paint. This will adhere to the glossy alumina surface and prevent the paint from peeling off.
- Repeat with a second neckline. This generally dries quickly.
PS Remember to clean the nozzle of your spray can between coats, holding it upside down and spraying until all that comes out is the clear spray gas.
- Do the same as above for the screens. It’s easiest to place paper or cardboard on the floor and support the displays a couple of inches off the ground. Walk around the screens as you spray to make sure you don’t miss any details that appear later.
- Once the etch is dry, apply the first of 3 coats of matte black automotive spray paint in a can. This is very inexpensive and is best purchased from your local automart type store.
- Make sure you allow enough time between coats.
- Watch for drift of wind and dew. You don’t want to give your car a paint job. The cleaning will be done with mineral spirits since it is not a water-based paint.
- Masking takes most of the time, so don’t use too many windows in one day. Try to get help with masking, it’s boring work.
- Matte black gives a much better finish than a gloss; comes close to the brightness of real powder coating.

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“Seeing your husband as a dad will make you fall more in love with him!” Yeah, I mean, that’s true, but you know what’s also true? Adding kids to the family makes you doubt yourself, your partner, your relationship and more.
Let’s think of ways together to shift the norm and give mothers more empowerment through things that are more important than stepping on a scale or getting back into “pre pregnancy” jeans. Moms, we are SO MUCH MORE than that.
To the families who are carrying heavy hearts over the wellness of a child- I see you
Nobody told you what your body was going to look like or how you might feel about your body after giving birth. While it is ok to want to lose the baby weight eventually; resting, healing and bonding with baby should be top priorities.
Momma, today you are in the midst of your matrescence. Whether you became a mother a day, a week, a month or a year ago, you are in your transition. You look different. You feel different.
I remember waiting a few minutes to cut her cord and laying her on my chest expecting her to root and start breast-feeding. She didn’t. I remember thinking her energy seemed low although she had let out a good wailing cry at birth.
I found myself on a birthing ball with my head and hands buried into the bed. Contraction after contraction came and while they gained in intensity, I thought we were still pretty early.

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Title: 'Determined Determination'
Subtitle: Teresian Epistemological Template for Spirituality
Author(s): OFILADA MINA, Macario
Journal: Studies in Spirituality
Volume: 20 Date: 2010
This introductory study to St. Teresa of Jesus’s ‘determined determination’ commences with a panoramic exploration of the principal interpretations made of it. Taking note of the limitations and accomplishes of said studies, the essay, for the first time and in the light of the new concordances of the Teresian texts, makes a philological analysis. Combining philology, through an expert study of the Teresian texts in their original language and making an intelligible rendering in English, the author brings to fore philosophical and theological studies to point out the anthropological and theological poles in Teresian spirituality. In the light of the epistemological focus of this essay, by affirming that Teresa goes beyond cognition and opts for certainty in her critical examination of the spiritual process, ‘determined determination’ is revealed as a key concept which contains all the germ of the Teresian spiritual program. Determined determination is thus Teresa’s template, model, methodical reflection, blueprint for spirituality and is the point of departure for a scientific (epistemological or from certain knowledge) appreciation of the spiritual way.

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According to data from research firm TrimTabs, the amount of government payouts — including Social Security, Medicare and unemployment insurance and programs intended to improve the economic well-being of U.S. citizens — now constitute more than a third of total wages and salaries of the entire U.S population.
This record 35 percent figure — up from 21 percent in 2000 and 10 percent in 1960 — will only increase if action isn’t taken before the majority of baby boomers enter retirement, according to TrimTabs research based on data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
“The U.S. economy has become alarmingly dependent on government stimulus,” Marilyn Schnapp, director of TrimTabs macroeconomic research, told CNBC.
“Consumption supported by wages and salaries is a much stronger foundation for economic growth than consumption based on social welfare benefits.”
Schnapp says the U.S. has only two choices. “Either wages and salaries would have to increase $2.3 trillion, or 35 percent, to $8.8 trillion, or social welfare benefits would have to decline $500 billion, or 23 percent, to $1.7 trillion.”
The National Review’s Mona Charen points to a just-released study by the Department of Health and Human Services delivers harsh news about the Head Start program, which was intended to give poor kids a leg up in education.
The program, Charen says, “would have been worth the $166 billion taxpayers have spent on it since 1965 if a significant portion of Head Start alumni had actually improved their educational outcomes and escape poverty.”
Unfortunately, says Charen, “that did not happen.”
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Best. Friends. FOREVER!
Debra Messing and Eric McCormack look as close now as they did 15 years ago when Will & Grace first came on TV!
And they clearly still call each other on the phone. How else would they have coordinated their outfits so perfectly?!
The two besties both wore black while posing together on the red carpet in LA on Monday night! Debra and Eric were attending an event to honor legendary TV director James Burrows, who was behind the camera on EVERY single episode of Will & Grace!
Also in attendance was their co-star Megan Mullally, as well as dozens of others who have been directed by Jimmy Burrows: Jennifer Aniston, Bob Newhart, Danny DeVito, Beau Bridges and Rhea Perlman!
We absolutely ADORE seeing you two together again!
Ch-ch-check out all the pics of Debra and Eric's mini reunion below!
And want to relive all of the hilarity of Will & Grace in GIFs?!
CLICK HERE to see our gallery, "Will & Grace 15th Anniversary!"
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First video from debut Spoek Mathambo album, Mshini Wam release 3rd quarter 2010.
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Yep. Another file that has been sitting on my Mac for about one and a half years, not because I didn’t like it but just because I forgot about it. I’d been setting up at Yallingup main break for a sunset shoot, but couldn’t shake the feeling that I really wasn’t in the right place. Something kept telling me to head on over to Injidup Point and I decided to listen and jump in the car with only a few minutes to spare to get there.
As I was driving into the carpark I was presented with this scene. A double rainbow as a rain shower was passing. I stopped the car, grabbed the camera and popped off this shot before heading down to the beach. I’m pretty happy now that I took the shot as I reckon its a pretty cool shot. The afternoon glow from the setting sun along with the rainbows is just another visual splendor that I’ve managed to experience at Injidup.
Finally! I made it back to my beloved Injidup Beach, my first trip I think in almost five months. I must admit I really didn’t use the camera too much, I just strolled up and down the beach and soaked up the atmosphere, and as always it was totally relaxing.
The great thing about Inji is that its always changing. This time because its the end of summer and because it was a full moon the tide was right out and there was lots of sand covering the normally really big rocks. Usually these rocks that I’m standing on are being smashed by really big waves and you’d never get a chance to stand on them without being swamped or being swept away. I love this look but personally I can’t wait until the sand is swept away and we get the big seas thumping against the rocks again.
Did Perth get any clouds this weekend at all?
Its great to be back on deck after what’s seems like an eternity of travelling to great spots throughout the Great Southern and South West region of Western Australia gettting some great landscape photographs for the portfolio. It was both great fun and extremely educational. In Esperance and in Albany we had to deal with a number of extremely challenging lighting situations which weren’t easy. So to start off with something simple, I took a photo of this wave after catching up with Dylan Fox and Clint Baker whilst down at Injidup. As many people know Injidup would have to be my all time favourite place to photograph in Western Australia, and I’ve worked out at least another 5 shooting angles at this spot, however, I digress.
I just love this shot as its like you are looking directly into the soul of the wave just before it crashes and disappears into nothing, I think its a pretty special moment. What about you guys? Have you ever just stood there in awe of waves, of their strength and beauty as they come thundering into the coast only to be suddenly stopped by the coast?
Standby for more great australian landscape photos over the next coming weeks as I work through all the photos taken!!!
Thanks for stopping by,
Now days I believe that we all have a spiritual ‘Anchor’ on this earth. Flemming’s is Hawke Dreaming, Neal loves the High Sierra and Lake Tahoe. Well mine is Injidup Pt / Wyadup Rock. I have always been fascinated with it and always felt extremely cleansed when I go there. I have seen whales and their calves there and schools of dolphins swimming through there, not to mention its a great surf spot. My favourite photos of Christian’s are nearly always of Wyadup Pt because I feel such a strong connection to that place.
Well now I have a second place one, that isn’t as far. Its just magic, for the past two weekends I have just sat up on this hill taken a few photos and then just put the camera away and allowed myself to be aborbed in the moment. I’ve felt the last rays of the sun fall on my face, the wind gentley blowing through my hair and the night slowly embracing and soothing me. Okay, okay I know that sounds very hippyish (nothing wrong with hippies) but I’ve really felt clean and soothed when coming away from this place and that is a great feeling.
Does anyone else have a place like this that they like to head out to and just get ‘lost in the moment’?
Anyhow I’m off to Wave Rock tomorrow afternoon for an evening shoot, a star trail shoot and then a morning shoot and then I’m returning on Saturday morning. Wish me luck, apparently its a difficult spot to shoot.
Thank you for reading my blog


Experimental Investigation on the Combustion and Emissions Characteristics of n-Butanol / GTL and n-Butanol/Diesel Blends in a Single-Cylinder MD-CI Engine 2017-01-0719
In this study, the combustion and emissions characteristics of n-butanol/GTL and n-butanol/ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) blends are compared in a single-cylinder experimental diesel engine. The n-butanol was blended with a Fischer-Tropsch (FT) gas-to-liquid (GTL) fuel, at 25% and 50% mass. N-butanol was also blended with ULSD at the same mass ratios. FT fuels are an attractive alternative to petroleum based fuels because they can be used as a drop-in fuel with existing infrastructure. N-butanol is renewable fuel capable of being produced from waste biomass sources.
The investigations were conducted at 1500 rpm and three loads of 2.75, 4.75, and 6.75 IMEP, representative for the research engine. 15% exhaust gas recirculation was utilized along with a supercharger to increase the intake pressure to 1.2 bar absolute. Neat ULSD and GTL, respectively, were investigated as a baseline. For all loads, the combustion pressures increased as the concentration of n-butanol in the blends increased. As a result of the lower cetane number (CN) of GTL, the GTL fuel and blends exhibited lower peak combustion pressures and heat release rates, when compared to the ULSD and ULSD blends.
The low CN of n-butanol led to increased ignition delays for all blends from 1.0 to 1.9 ms. Although there was an observed extended ignition delay for the blends, CA50 occurred earlier for each blend when compared to the neat fuels.
The GTL/n-butanol blends reduced soot by nearly 90%. However, neat GTL showed a considerable increase in soot when compared to ULSD. The GTL/n-butanol blends also produced 20% less NOx when compared to ULSD. At each tested engine load, the 50% n-butanol/50% GTL fuel blend (by mass) resulted in a simultaneous reduction in soot and NOX. The GTL fuel, which lacks aromatics aided in NOX reductions while the oxygenated n-butanol fuel further oxidized the particulate matter.
The results indicate that the n-butanol blends are capable of controlling harmful emission formation while maintaining consistent engine operation. Further studies will include injection timing sweeps and increased injection pressure to control NOX formation.
Citation: Muinos, M., Soloiu, V., Moncada, J., Gaubert, R. et al., "Experimental Investigation on the Combustion and Emissions Characteristics of n-Butanol / GTL and n-Butanol/Diesel Blends in a Single-Cylinder MD-CI Engine," SAE Technical Paper 2017-01-0719, 2017, https://doi.org/10.4271/2017-01-0719. Download Citation
Martin Muinos, Valentin Soloiu, Jose Moncada, Remi Gaubert, Gustavo Molina, Johnnie Williams