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A selection of books for biomedical engineering. Some are in our reference collection (and cannot be checked out but you can make photocopy or scan pages) and some are available online. Scanners are also available in the Spidell Technology Center.

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I'm going to the late show at Yoshi's tonight. Due to some nightmarish logistics of our far-flung party, we're just going to eat at Yoshi's.
Per the attached thread, the food is supposedly much better. Paul recommended the crab cakes, and the sushi is rumored to be "very good production line."
Can anyone recommend any other dishes there? I'm especially interested in where to turn on the menu if I'm disappointed by the first few pieces of sushi. I wouldn't mind a good sake either.

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Great news here at Coffee With Kenobi! We have joined the Blog Talk Radio network, and could not be more excited. Here is an excerpt from the official press release:
Great news from our friends at Jedi News, just in time for Star Wars Day!
We’re releasing a new Jedi News app today which gives folks the opportunity to be in touch with us on the go and grab the latest news, podcasts and event coverage on their mobiles and tablets.
Who would have thought that ten years after what we all thought was the LAST Star Wars movie that we’d be watching a teaser trailer for a NEW Star Wars movie?! It’s pretty wild, right? Well, here we go – the new teaser is upon us….
It looks like more people will be able to see the teaser for Star Wars: The Force Awakens this holiday weekend than was initially thought. Check out this tweet from the Official Site!
Have you ever dreamed of being on a Podcast, and sharing your insights, passions, and ideas with Star Wars fandom? Now is your chance, as Coffee With Kenobi presents a contest to be eligible to win a chance to share a cup of coffee with Dan Z & Cory Clubb! Read more

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Going with tradition, Team USA saved the biggest and best fireworks for
the end of the night, holding on to win a tightly contested match won in
-At 20-19 in the first set, Phil Eatherton came in for Riley Salmon as a
blocking sub. With David Lee serving and Clay Stanley, Ryan Millar and
Eatherton blocking, Spain set a ball to their left side, which went off
Stanley’s block and kept in play on Spain’s side. Spain then set a ball
to their right side, where Millar, blocking as an outside with Eatherton
in the middle, made a huge stuff to end the rally and give USA some more
-In the 3rd set, Ryan Millar, again taking advantage of an opportunity
in unusual circumstances, found himself as an outside hitter in
transition and took a tight set and wiped it off the Spanish block and
out of bounds for a USA point.
-Everyone got in the match for USA.
The matches are being played in Telefonica arena, built early this
decade in hopes of hosting the 2012 Olympics, which were awarded to
London. Madrid is now one of four cities pinning its hopes on hosting
the 2016 games. Chicago, Rio de Janeiro, and Tokyo are the other three.
Telefonica Arena would be the venue for basketball if Madrid is awarded
the 2016 Games.


Tampa needs more strippers to handle Republican party convention
The Republican party is having their presidential convention in Tampa this summer. Tampa, not Tampa Bay, which is not a city but a general metro area and body of water. I believe their NFL football team is named the Tampa Bay Buccanners and not just the Tampa Buccaneers, as a knockoff of the Green Bay Packers. But, anyway, back to the point of the column.
There will be a lot of strip club action at the convention. A lot. In fact, strip club owners are stating they will have to hire extra dancers. This is of course amusing because the Republican party is the party of family values, or in other words, anti-gay, anti-atheist, anti-Muslim and anti-contraceptives. This is a party consumed with the sex lives of others, especially gay men. Also strangely, being family values is anti-labor and anti-environmental. Who knew?
Now, I know that the average Republican visiting these strip clubs won't necessary be on the Rick Santorum theocratic wing of the Republican party, but are probably more likely to be somewhat libertarian social moderates. But, some of them will be social conservatives who visit these clubs.
Also, how many of the more theocratic types will visit gay strip clubs or gay bars? Remember, under former Republican Chairman Michael Steele, the Republican party spent thousands of dollars on a bondage and lesbian theme nightclub. Of course I don't envision any Republicans with prostitutes in their hotel room, do you?


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This Sunday at 8 PM I am thrilled to perform a full concert livestream from the Maltz Performing Arts Center!
This beautiful performing arts center, located at Case Western University, offers a Livestream experience beyond anything I have been able to do from my home computer. With its professional sound, multiple camera angles, and a stunning “backdrop,” The Silver Hall Concert Series at the Maltz Performing Arts Center has been offering an incredible line-up of our favorite Cleveland acts since the beginning of August. I am proud to be part of this series and I would love for you to join me (virtually) for my first performance at the Maltz PAC. BONUS: They are providing me with a beautiful Steinway & Sons baby grand to perform one of my new songs on!

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The hydroelectric power produced by the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams (completed in the early 1900s) was, at the time, a significant source of electricity for nearby Port Angeles and other small towns in the area.
Unfortunately, they also had a negative effect on the wildlife habitats of the Elwha River.
In September 2011 deconstruction began on the Elwha Dam as part of a three year project to remove both dams and restore the Elwha River to a free-flowing state. By opening up more than 70 miles of the river and its tributaries it is hoped salmon populations will increase dramatically and the ecosystems return to a health they haven't seen in a century.
Read more about the Elwha Dam removal in YES! Magazine's Winter 2012 Issue!
The struggle to bring back endangered salmon draws one community into a new commitment to the well-being of its watershed
How the tribes of the Klamath River stood up for the salmon—and won.
Northwest communities doing the nitty-gritty work of making sustainability happen.

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A delicious pork reduction, rounded and juicy.
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OneSpot Secures $5.3 Million Series A
AUSTIN, TX, Content advertising company that combines content marketing with the power, data intelligence, and scale of online advertising, today announced it has completed a $5.3 million Series A round of financing.
OneSpot, the content advertising company that combines content marketing with the power, data intelligence, and scale of online advertising, today announced it has completed a $5.3 million Series A round of financing. Mohr Davidow Ventures led the investment round with participation from existing and new investors Mack Capital, RSL Ventures, Capital Factory and Bazaarvoice co-founder Brett Hurt. The investment brings OneSpot's total funding since launching its revolutionary content advertising platform to $6.8 million and will help the company aggressively expand its sales and marketing efforts as well as broaden and accelerate product development. Mohr Davidow Ventures General Partner Bryan Stolle will join OneSpot's Board of Directors.
Mohr Davidow Ventures invests in early stage technology startups that redefine or create large new markets, with notable investments such as Rocket Fuel, which recently completed its IPO on the NASDAQ stock exchange, as well as Audience Science, Shutterfly and Visible Measures.
The Series A financing builds on an exceptional year for OneSpot which saw a rapidly growing roster of clients, key executive appointments, and market momentum in the white-hot areas of native advertising, programmatic advertising and content marketing. OneSpot appointed digital content and marketing veterans from Time Warner, Demand Media and RichRelevance to the company's executive ranks, and its client roster grew to include consumer and B2B brands such as Johnson & Johnson, Rackspace, Domo and Remington among many others.
'OneSpot's offering is well-timed with the rapidly increasing demand for solutions that extend the reach of a brand's content and drive business results,' said Bryan Stolle, General Partner with Mohr Davidow Ventures. 'We believe the market will continue to see a shift of brand dollars to both content marketing and programmatic advertising as brands increase their reliance on content-centric programs and look to scale those efforts. OneSpot is a powerful solution for the industry and we are excited to collaborate with and support them as they work to build a great company in an exciting category.'
OneSpot's platform transforms a brand's portfolio of content into standards-based online ad 'spots' which are distributed and retargeted to the right audience at the right time. At the heart of OneSpot's solution is a proprietary Content Sequencing Engine, which uses machine learning and predictive modeling to sequence relevant content 'spots' according to stages in the customer journey - thereby driving business results such as engagement, product consideration and leads.
Key features and benefits of the OneSpot content advertising platform include:
Automatic conversion of text and video content into standards-based ad units
Integration of content meta data, imagery and social sharing activity into ad creative
Programmatic placement of content ads across thousands of sites with available inventory of approximately 36 million impressions per minute
Content sequencing to intelligently place content ads according to customer journey stage
An analytics dashboard that enables customers to track content performance and foster a real-time editorial strategy
'As an industry we're just scratching the surface of how powerful content marketing can be when it's combined with the massive scale offered by the global online advertising ecosystem,' said OneSpot Chief Executive Officer Steve Sachs. 'Having the financial support and domain expertise of Mohr Davidow Ventures will help us execute our vision even more rapidly and broadly - and with the benefit of experience, perspective and relationships of a leading ad tech investor.'
OneSpot marries content marketing with the power, data intelligence, and scale of online advertising. The OneSpot platform automatically turns owned and earned content into online advertising and leverages proprietary technology for programmatic placement - building meaningful online audiences and driving business outcomes. Leading B2C and B2B brands rely on OneSpot to transform their owned media investments and earned media wins into high performance marketing assets. Privately funded and based in Austin, Texas, OneSpot is an AlwaysOn Global 250 Winner and a member of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB). To learn more about OneSpot, visit http://www.onespot.com.
About Mohr Davidow Ventures
For 30 years the Mohr Davidow Ventures (MDV) team has invested in early stage technology-based startups that redefine or create large new markets. The firm partners with exceptional entrepreneurs to build companies where big data, applied analytics, and the reach and power of the web/mobile cloud can be leveraged to drive emerging opportunities in verticals ranging from social commerce to finance to online marketing and consumer-driven healthcare. Leading companies funded by MDV include: Agile; Brocade; Coupa; Genomatica; HealthTap; Hotchalk; Infusionsoft; Kabbage; nLight; ONI Systems; Proofpoint; Rally Software; Rambus; Retention Science; Rocket Fuel; Ruby Ribbon; Shutterfly; Ticketfly; Visible Measures; and Zuckerberg Media. For more information, visit http://www.mdv.com.
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Earth has been witness to mammoths and dinosaurs, global ice ages, continents colliding or splitting apart, comets and asteroids crashing catastrophically to the surface, as well as the birth of humans who are curious understand it all. But how was it discovered? How was the evidence for it collected and interpreted? And what kinds of people have sought to reconstruct this past that no human witnessed or recorded?
In this sweeping and magisterial book, Martin J. S. Rudwick, the premier historian of the earth sciences, tells the gripping human story of the gradual realization that the Earth's history has not only been unimaginably long but also astonishingly eventful. Rudwick begins in the seventeenth century with Archbishop James Ussher, who famously dated the creation of the cosmos to 4004 BC. His narrative then turns to the crucial period of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, when inquisitive intellectuals, who came to call themselves "geologists", began to interpret rocks and fossils, mountains and volcanoes, as natural archives of Earth's history. He then shows how this geological evidence was used – and is still being used – to reconstruct a history of the earth that is as varied and unpredictable as human history itself.
Along the way, Rudwick defies the popular view of this story as a conflict between science and religion and reveals that the modern scientific account of the Earth's deep history retains strong roots in Judaeo-Christian ideas. Extensively illustrated, Earth's Deep History is an engaging and impressive capstone to Rudwick's distinguished career. Though the story of the Earth is inconceivable in length, Rudwick moves with grace from the earliest imaginings of our planet's deep past to today's scientific discoveries, proving that this is a tale at once timeless and timely.
1. Making History a Science
The science of chronology
Dating world history
Periods of world history
Noah’s Flood as history
The finite cosmos
The threat of eternalism
2. Nature’s Own Antiquities
Historians and antiquaries
New ideas about fossils
New ideas about history
Fossils and the Flood
Plotting the Earth’s history
3. Sketching Big Pictures
A new scientific genre
A “sacred” theory?
A slowly cooling Earth?
A cyclic world-machine?
Worlds ancient and modern?
4. Expanding Time and History
Fossils as nature’s coins
Strata as nature’s archives
Volcanoes as nature’s monuments
Natural history and the history of nature
Guessing the Earth’s timescale
5. Bursting the Limits of Time
The reality of extinction
The Earth’s last revolution
The present as a key to the past
The testimony of erratic blocks
Biblical Flood and geological Deluge
6. Worlds Before Adam
Before the Earth’s last revolution
An age of strange reptiles
The new “stratigraphy”
Plotting the Earth’s long-term history
A slowly cooling Earth
7. Disturbing a Consensus
Geology and Genesis
A disconcerting outsider
Catastrophe versus uniformity
The great “Ice Age”
8. Human History in Nature’s History
Taming the Ice Age
Men among the mammoths
The question of evolution
9. Eventful Deep History
“Geology and Genesis” marginalized
The Earth’s history in perspective
Geology goes global
Towards the origin of life
The timescale of the Earth’s history
10. Global Histories of the Earth
Dating the Earth’s history
Continents and oceans
Controversy over continental “drift”
A new global tectonics
11. One Planet Among Many
Exploiting the Earth’s chronology
The return of catastrophes
Unraveling the deepest past
The Earth in cosmic context
Earth’s deep history: a retrospect
Past events and their causes
How reliable is knowledge of deep history?
Geology and Genesis re-evaluated
Creationists out of Their Depth
Sources of Illustrations
Martin J. S. Rudwick is professor emeritus of history at the University of California, San Diego and affiliated scholar in the Department of the History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. His many other books include Bursting the Limits of Time: The Reconstruction of Geohistory in the Age of Revolution and Worlds Before Adam: The Reconstruction of Geohistory in the Age of Reform, both also published by the University of Chicago Press.
"Rudwick's book is authoritative and riveting, and its historical breadth is bound to make geology exciting for readers from both sciences and humanities."
– New Scientist
Here, Rudwick tells the remarkable story of how the history of our planet evolved in the light of new ideas about humans' connection to nature, advances in scientific methodology, and the changing influence of the Christian faith on man's beliefs about Earth's past [...] He succeeds in weaving together a compelling account of how Earth's timescale expanded to magnitudes far beyond those imagined by early scholars, and of the individuals responsible for advancing scientific thinking through their ideas and actions."
– Times Higher Education
"With his talent for encapsulating pre-modern mindsets, Rudwick deftly explains how ideas of natural history were embedded in cultural history [...] Reading Rudwick's prose is a pleasure."
"An engaging read for nonscientists and specialists alike, this book pleasingly illustrates how we came to know more about our world and the many people who played a part in that."
– Library Journal
"Rudwick serves up [...] a wonderfully erudite and absorbing account of the spasmodic progress of chronological earth science."
– Times Literary Supplement
"Earth's Deep History tells the story, not of the earth itself – that can be found in modern textbooks – but rather, the story of how 'natural philosophers' developed the ideas of geology accepted today [...] This book is exhaustive in its survey of past geological and paleontological scholarship, and very detailed, but eminently readable and engaging [...] This is a fascinating story of the development of this exciting branch of science."
– San Francisco Book Review
"Any book on the history of the earth sciences by Rudwick is worth reading immediately, and this may be one of his best. This volume is a detailed narrative of the construction of the historical framework of earth history. It is not a standard recitation of authors, dates, and publications, but a conceptual journey starting in the 17th century. The primary thesis is that the foundations of our modern chronology were built very early by thinkers not conventionally placed in our pantheon of heroic scientists (Archbishop James Ussher is a notable example). These early works "pre-adapted" later generations to think in broad historical terms, eventually developing histories that long precede humanity. Indeed, the book of Genesis itself may have provided the first conceptual model for a natural history. The popular 'science versus religion' theme in the origin of geology has been exaggerated for many reasons on both sides, the author states. Rudwick's descriptions of the personalities and ideas in the development of 'deep history' are fascinating, well written, and novel. His effective dismissal of 'young Earth creationism' in the appendix is classic. Essential."
"Earth's Deep History, a grand sweep from the 17th to the 21st century, is a thrilling story of discovery and debate, insight and interpretation."
– London Review of Books
"This is a gem of a book, representing a distillation of a lifetime's achievement and providing not only a thrilling tour d'horizon but also providing a gripping historical framework that shows how we all stand on the shoulders of giants."
– Simon Conway Morris, University of Cambridge
"Rudwick is the doyen of historians of the earth sciences. It is an unalloyed pleasure to read this summary of a lifetime's research, showing how we have come to understand the intertwined narratives of our home planet and the life that adorns it. With unfailing clarity Rudwick demonstrates how scientific advances meshed or clashed with the expectations of society over the last four hundred years. It is an important story, too, at a time when human intervention promises to change the course of terrestrial evolution."
– Richard Fortey, author of The Earth: An Intimate History

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YOF PURE Nature Print Bra Tops
Delivers strategic support, tailored for medium to high impact activities like cycling, weight training and boxing.
- Crossback design
- Fabric that is super smooth and comfortable
- Material wick sweat & dries fast
- Model : Hanna Height 175cm, Bust 85cm, Waist 63cm, Hips: 85cm. She is wearing Size S.


The HP Envy 15t is a multimedia-oriented Windows 10 laptop with premium-class features. The Envy 15t packs a high-end 15.6-inch display with IPS wide viewing angles, Full HD or Ultra HD 4K resolution, optional touch-screen, a backlit keyboard, and excellent internal components, all packed in an 0.7″ slim all-aluminum chassis. The laptop is quite light too with its starting weight of 4.4 pounds.
The HP Envy 15t W0Q65AV_1 which is sold directly by Hewlett-Packard is available only with the higher-end 7th Generation Intel Core i7-7500U and i7-7560U dual-core processors, although you can find the same laptop pre-configured with the somewhat slower Core i5-7200U via third party sellers. The 7th Gen Core chips mostly include the Intel HD 620 integrated graphics, but the i7-7560U stands out with its Iris Plus 640 graphics processor. It offers smoother gaming, but it’s still just a basic graphics solution with support for non-demand PC games. Absence of a full-blown dedicated video card makes the laptop clearly a home & home office machine, instead of gaming. So, the laptop is aimed at tasks such as web browsing, movie watching, and casual low-end gaming, but it can also serve well for some advanced tasks like multimedia creation (especially the faster i7-7560U). Flawless multitasking is ensured with the offered 6GB, 8GB, 12GB, and 16GB DDR4 system memory options. As for storage, selection is quite robust. As the basic choice, you can order the HP Envy 15t W0Q65AV_1 with a 1-Terabyte hard drive only. The same drive can be combined with a 128GB or 256GB solid state drive for a balance between storage space and performance. Or you can get the Envy 15t with pure SSD storage for ultimate speed. Available SSD capacities are 256GB and 512GB. A DVD optical drive has been omitted.
Furthermore, the Envy 15t W0Q65AV_1 includes Bang & Olufsen stereo speakers, a 720p HD web camera with optional IR tech for facial-recognition (Windows Hello), 802.11AC Wi-Fi wireless, Ethernet LAN, Bluetooth, three full-size USB 3.1 ports and a compact USB-C 3.1 port, HDMI video output, a media card reader, and a combined mic / headphone connector.
The notebook features a 3-cell 52 WHr battery. According to HP, the battery life is “up to 7 hours”.
It comes with either Windows 10 Home or Windows 10 Pro pre-installed, depending on customers’ choice.
Besides the HP Envy 15t W0Q65AV_1, HP.com also offers basically the same laptop under W9C44AV_1 SKU. Differences between the W0Q65AV_1 and W9C44AV_1 are minor. The former is sold via a page under title “HP ENVY Laptop 15t touch optional”, while the latter is titled “HP ENVY Laptop 15t touch”. This only means the latter page doesn’t enable you to exclude the touch-screen option to lower the price. Another difference is that the W0Q65AV_1 has 6GB as the minimal system memory size option, while on the W9C44AV_1 it’s 8GB.


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With a beautiful structure and environment, and a tasteful lodging for business, leisure or a mixture of both, Goshen Guest House promises an awesome lodging experience. It is located at Km 26, Abuja-Keffi Road, Auta, Lafia, Nasarawa State, Nigeria.
Offering rooms that range from Standard to Superior, Super Deluxe and Presidential Suite, Goshen Guest House has modern in-room amenities such as air-conditioners, cable TV, intercom system and an en-suite bathroom.
The facilities at Goshen Guest House include free Wi-Fi, 24 hours power supply, conference/banquet facilities, free adequate parking space and a restaurant that dishes a wide range of delicacies. It has a fenced compound that is guarded by security personnel.
Additional services offered by Goshen Guest House include laundry/dry cleaning and 24 hours room service.
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Check In: From 1:00 PM
Check Out: By 12:00 PM
Cancellation: Free Cancellation.
Payment: Payment is made at check-in.
Q: Does Goshen Guest House offer free Wi-Fi?
A: Goshen Guest House offers free Wi-Fi to all checked-in guests.
Q: Does Goshen Guest House have a swimming pool?
A: There is no swimming pool in this hotel.
Q: Does Goshen Guest House offer complimentary breakfast?
A: No. Guests will be charged for breakfast orders.
Q: Is there a fitness centre/gym at Goshen Guest House? What type of equipment are available?
A: No. A gym is not available at the hotel.
Q: Does Goshen Guest House have a restaurant?
A: A restaurant is available at Goshen Guest House.

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As a national leader on renewable energy, California has created a new history in the use of solar power, thanks to the triple-digit heat wave in the last few weeks – according to the calculation by San Francisco Chronicle, the Golden State’s solar power plants generated enough electricity for more than 6 million homes on July 12th, 2016.
The figures from California’s Independent Solar Operators Corporation (ISO), which operates the majority of the state’s power grid, indicates that several large solar plants located throughout the state produced 8,030 megawatts of electricity at 1:06 p.m. on July 12, which is more than doubling the amount of solar energy produced in 2014 and nearly 2,000 megawatts higher than the solar peak from last year. Moreover, the number only includes the electricity produced at plants – the rooftop solar panels, which are installed by over 537,000 houses and business in California, can add an additional 4,211 megawatts of electricity to the record number.
“This solar production record demonstrates that California is making significant strides forward in connecting low carbon resources to the grid in meeting the state’s goal of reaching 33 percent renewables by 2020,” says Steve Berberich, the President and CEO of Independent Solar Operator, in a news release, “California continues to lead the nation in adding clean resources to the system and writing a playbook for operating a low carbon grid.”
Where is California Headed with Solar Power?
Solar power has been growing rapidly in this sun-spoiled state in recent years. According to statistics from Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), California installed 3,266 MW of solar electric capacity in 2015, which represents about $7.268 billion of investment in the state. Currently, the 13,241 megawatts of solar capacity in the Golden State is capable of powering an estimated 3.32 million homes, ranking it first nationally. With 52 percent and 73 percent of the nation’s total utility-scale solar PV and solar thermal respectively, California is the undeniable front-runner on solar energy, which has more capacity than the rest of the country combined.
Is this the only natural resource available in California?
Besides solar, California is always active in introducing other renewables into its power system. At the time of record, solar, wind, geothermal and other renewable source provided nearly 29 percent of the state’s electricity needs. For short periods in May 14 and 15 this year, the renewables were serving an impressive 54 percent and 56 percent of total electricity demand, respectively.
However, while solar power can offer considerable advantages, it also has its own drawbacks. Because the electricity is generated from sunlight, solar power tends to peak at noon, where the sun’s radiation is at its strongest, and then drops as the goes down. The problem is that the time from late afternoon (around 6pm) to night is exactly the period when electricity demands peak, so grid operators need natural gas power plants at the ready to take the slack and to fill the gap left by solar power. In addition, KQED Science reported that in spring and fall, when Californians aren’t using so much power, the state’s energy sources (such as solar, wind, nuclear, gas and others) can produce more power than needed, which forces some solar farms to shut down. Now, the state officials are proposing California joins up with neighboring states to share excess energy and avoid switching off solar farms.
Regardless, as Vice President for State Policy at the Solar Energy Industries Association Sean Gallagher notes, the record is a great milestone for California and the solar industry. Hopefully, the other states will take further steps in supporting the development of renewable energy and catch up soon.


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Blackrock Mountain launches on Hearthstone this week!
Blizzard’s insanely addictive trading card battling game, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, is set to get its new Blackrock Mountain expansion this week, bringing a handful of different cards to players over a series of “wings,” in the weeks post launch. The expansion is set to become available on April 2.
Blackrock Mountain differs from other expansions in that they’ll be split into different waves, or wings as they’re being called, that’ll become available in the weeks after launch. The first wing to launch is Blackrock Depths, which launches on April 2. In total the expansion is set to offer 31 new cards, new music, and two new class cards, as well as a new board for players to play on and new legendary encounters.
The expansion can be pre-purchased right now fro around £18 via the in-game store.

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The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said Thursday it had indicted a man in connection with the death of Argentine soccer player Emiliano Sala in a light aircraft crash last year.
“The UK Civil Aviation Authority launched a criminal prosecution against David Henderson in January 2019 for crimes related to the fatal light aircraft accident over the English Channel,” said CAA Director Richard Stephenson in a statement posted on the regulator’s website.
“It will be inappropriate for the CAA to say anything further until the case is closed.”
Henderson, 66, appeared in Cardiff Magistrates’ Court on September 28 and was released on bail on Cardiff Crown Court on October 26.
Sala’s mother, Mercedes Taffarel, welcomed the news but was “disappointed that this has resulted in another significant delay in the investigation into Emiliano’s death today,” according to her law firm, Hickman and Rose.
“His mother remains desperate to learn the full truth about how this could have happened and urges the CAA to continue their prosecution as soon as possible so that an investigation can be conducted into this and the like Detecting deaths prevented, “said Daniel Machover of Hickman and Rose.
Sala, 28, died when the plane landed in the canal with him and pilot David Ibbotson on January 21, just days after coming from Nantes to Cardiff City.
It had been Cardiff’s record signing after a £ 15 million ($ 19 million) fee was agreed with Nantes during the January transfer window.
After Sala traveled to Cardiff to close the deal, he returned to France to collect things and say goodbye to his teammates.
On his return to the Welsh capital to attend his first training session, the tragedy struck.
Initial searches for the player and the pilot were suspended in the days following the disappearance of the single-engine Piper Malibu aircraft.
However, a crowdfunding drive backed by thousands of donations including soccer stars like Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe helped start a private search.
On that particular search, Sala’s body was recovered from the rubble in February, but Ibbotson’s body was not found.
Two months after Sala’s body was discovered, his father Horacio Sala died of a heart attack in Argentina.
British aviation accident investigators concluded in March that Ibbotson was not licensed to fly the aircraft or at night and that he lost control and was flying too fast to avoid inclement weather.
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Department announced that both the pilot and Sala were affected by carbon monoxide poisoning prior to the crash.
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$200M Wells Fargo team jumps to Steward Partners
Steward Partners hired two advisors from Wells Fargo, marking the latest gains for the fast-growing independent firm affiliated with Raymond James.
Advisors Corrado Spezzacatena and James Galbraith III joined Steward Partners' office in Morristown, New Jersey.
Since its founding in 2013, Steward Partners has picked up a number of wirehouse advisors and added new offices in nine states. The Washington, D.C.-based firm continued its hiring spurt through this year. Just last month, Steward Partners hired two brothers, also from Wells Fargo, who managed $500 million in client assets. They work from the firm's newest office in Newtown, Connecticut.
Spezzacatena and Galbraith were drawn to Steward Partners and Raymond James for the platform and what they say is the greater flexibility offered by the independent business model.
“Moving firms can be a daunting task but we couldn’t be happier about this and what it means for our clients,” Spezzacatena said in a statement.
Both Spezzacatena and Galbraith had been with Wells Fargo since it acquired A.G. Edwards, the regional brokerage firm where the duo previously worked. Spezzacatena started working at A.G. Edwards in 2002, according to FINRA BrokerCheck records.
Galbraith first registered with Lehman Brothers in 1992. He moved his practice to A.G. Edwards in 1996, according to BrokerCheck.
A Wells Fargo spokeswoman was unavailable to comment.
The advisor losses are the latest for Wells Fargo where head count has fallen steadily since a fake accounts scandal came to light nearly two years ago and resulted in heightened regulatory scrutiny and hefty monetary penalties.
The bank recently reported having 860 fewer advisors for the second quarter of 2018 than it had at the end of the third quarter of 2016 when Wells Fargo was first buffeted by scandals on its consumer banking side.


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Lakers Injury News: Avery Bradley set to return, Kendrick Nunn up in the air
While his impact this season has waned and has been largely negative, there are areas where the Lakers lacking Avery Bradley hurt them. For all its flaws, effort has never been a problem for Bradley during his multiple tenures with the Lakers.
In that sense, the Lakers sorely missed Bradley, no better showcase than Sunday’s loss to the Pelicans in which the effort was never apparent. Although he was improved in Tuesday’s loss to Dallas, there is currently one area where Bradley could add value.
Bradley’s sudden appearance on the injury report was surprising and caused him to miss four straight games. Ahead of Tuesday’s game against the Mavericks, head coach Frank Vogel provided an update on how Bradley was injured and how his status is changing.
“I’m just not sure of the exact terminology behind it,” Vogel said. “Something happened, I think, in that last Golden State game that led to some swelling. Until the swelling goes down, he’ll be out. But it’s not something that’s supposed to be long term. It’s still day to day. He was out in the field working, he was sweating yesterday and he’s getting closer.
The signing of DJ Augustin and continued solid play from Austin Reaves and Malik Monk might limit some of Bradley’s minutes, but in the short term, their presence helps absorb at least some of what Bradley brings to the table.
DJ Augustin signing a clue to Kendrick Nunn’s status?
The signing of DJ Augustin was surprising both in terms of player signed and position. Not a dire need for the Lakers — at least as much as other positions — Augustin’s signing came as a surprise.
One theory could be that the team could become increasingly pessimistic that Kendrick Nunn won’t return at all this season and Augustin could at least provide something long term.
Nunn recently began another build-up process with hopes of returning in late March, but Vogel said Tuesday that Nunn’s signing and rehab were unrelated.
“We just don’t know about Kendrick,” Vogel said. “We’re still hoping he comes back and is able to speed up and do it painlessly and the MRI gets back to where we want to see him. It hasn’t happened yet so until we saw him on the floor again, we need help in that position with that skill set.
At the current rate of Lakers play and based on Nunn’s rehabilitation throughout the year, the Lakers could be completely out of the qualifying race by the time he returns. If he even comes back.
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Dutch marine construction firm Van Oord has returned to fellow unmanned surface vessels (USVs) maker Demcon for a larger autonomous platform suitable for challenging offshore conditions and weeklong survey operations at sea.
Van Oord had previously ordered electrically powered survey vessels for hydrographical inspections in inland waters, called the DUS V2500. However, with this order, the contractor is moving towards unmanned offshore surveys. Demcon said the new vessel, which can fit into a 20-foot container, can be used in support of dredging operations, installing offshore windfarms and constructing maritime infrastructure.
“The autonomous offshore inspection platform is with 6 m in size a magnitude larger than the DUS V2500 model, must be able to sail at sea for several weeks and will incorporate new autonomous applications for unmanned offshore operations,” noted Fedor Ester, managing director of Demcon.
The vessel will be delivered to Van Oord within one year. After delivery, Demcon said it would continuously upgrade the vessel and its autonomous navigation system software. “This way, together with Van Oord, we will be improving the autonomous navigation and increasing the vessel’s range of applications over its lifetime,” the company added.


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Built in 1912 (Works No 972) it was shipped to Fiji for use on the extensive 2 foot gauge rail system used by the Colonial Sugar Refining Company on the island of Viti Levu.
It arrived at the Statfold Barn Railway (SBR) in October 2012, having been converted to diesel power in 1995, the modifications resulted in parts of the firebox and boiler being cut away.
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Moorcroft Police Report
November 2 - 8
November 12, 2020
On November 3, police were contacted regarding a theft from a vehicle. Officer met with the victim and took the information on items stolen.
On November 4, police assisted a juvenile driver who ran out of gas.
On November 5, police issued a 30-day notice for junk ordinance violation.
On November 5, police were contacted in reference to suspicious behavior. Officer met with the complainant and report was taken.
On November 7, police were contacted in reference to an animal disturbance, barking dogs. Officer contacted the owners regarding the complaint.
On November 8, police were contacted regarding shoplifting from the Dollar General. Investigation is continuing.
Stats: One animal issue, nine crosswalks/school zone, one junk ordinance violation , one motorist assist, four house watches, 37 extra patrols, 33 business checks, three traffic warnings, four finger printings, one shoplifting, one suspicious activity, one petty theft
Citations Issued: Ralph G. Mathews, Moorcroft, WY, Junk Ordinance Violation; Brandon A. Bedford, Fort Worth, TX, Speeding 62/30; Seana J. Metzler, Casper, WY, Speeding 44/30; Karen Hardy, Gillette, WY, Speeding 44/30; Domingo S. Gutierrez, Seattle, WA, Speeding 54/30; Carmen A. Mlodzinski, Hilton Head Island, SC, Speeding 44/30


text: Home > MCQs > Support and Movement Support and Movement Welcome to your Support and Movement 1. Both bones and cartilage consist of living cells embedded in the matrix of protein called Fibrinogen Keratin Collagen Myosin 2. A glenoid fossa serves as a point of articulation of: Pectoral girdle & fore limb Pellvic girlde & hind limb Neck Pelvis 3. An increase in plant girth due to the activity of vascular cambium is called Primary growth Secondary growth Vascular cambium 4. At distal end humerus forms hinge joint with Tibia Radius Ulna Fibula Both Radius and Ulna 5. Both bones and cartilage consist of living cells embedded in the matrix of protein called Collagen Keratin Fibrinogen Chondrocytes 6. A state of physiological inability to contract is called Muscle farigue Tatny Cramp Tatanus 7. Which of the following statement is incorrect? Bone is where most blood cells are made. Bone serves as a storehouse for various minerals. Bone is a dry and non-living supporting structure. Bone protects and supports the body and its organs. 8. Which bone protects the brain? The cranium The skull Facial Facium 9. What makes bones so strong? Silica Cartilage Blood and marrow Calcium and phosphorous 10. What is the function of a tendon? To link bones to bones To link muscles to bones To link muscles to ligaments To bind the cells in compact bone closer together 11. These muscles are controlled by the autonomic muscle system and are involuntary. Ligaments Smooth Tendon Skeletal 12. A band of tough, inelastic fibrous tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment. Ligements Tendon Belly Origin 13. Muscles that extend or straighten a body part. Flexors Extensors Cardiac All 14. A sarcomere is a section of a myofibril. gets shorter when it contracts. has striations. All of the choices are correct. 15. During muscular contraction actin and myosin filaments slide past each other. calcium ions (Ca++) are involved. ATP supplies energy. all of the above 16. Which is NOT a function of muscles? cause movement produce heat absorb nutrients maintain posture Please fill in the comment box below. Name Email Phone Number Time's up Leave a ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment.

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No need to call an upholsterer when you want to change the color or pattern on your occasional chairs or dining chairs. Here’s how to make your own pattern to create simple chair covers.
Do you have any furniture in your house that you mostly love, but it just needs a little updating? I do because I’m a sucker for garage sales, estate sales, and generally anything with a little history (and a low price tag) to it.
I got these sweet little chairs from Craigslist a couple of years ago, and immediately fell in love as soon as I sat in one. These might be the most comfortable chairs I own. I even loved their quaint rose pattern, although it doesn’t fit any of my decor.
I knew I could fashion chair covers for them someday, if I ever felt the need.
Fast forward a couple of years, and although I still love the chairs’ original upholstery, I can’t deny anymore that they need a little update to fit in with the rest of my living room.
(This is mostly because my best friend and design eagle-eye, Jana, tells me so whenever she comes over.)
When I decided to do a Spring Refresh on these dated accent chairs, my first thought was, “but I hate sewing, and I don’t have a pattern.” Jana assured me that she would help, if I would finally do something about them.
I grudgingly agreed and we put our unskilled heads together and came up with a plan. I didn’t want to just start stapling new fabric to the chairs (my usual M.O. includes either staples or hot glue) because someday I might want to use them in their original state again.
So I decided to make simple slipcovers for them, which turned out to be easier than I expected.
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How to Make Your Own Simple Chair Covers
This project worked out to be relatively easy because my chairs are a classic L-shape. The L-shape also works great for parson style dining chairs. If you have a different style you’re trying to update, you can still use these steps, but the measurements might not be as simple.
Also, if you’re looking for custom slipcovers that you don’t have to make yourself, give this shop a try: August Blues (That’s not an affiliate link, I just really love her stuff.)
1. Measure the Chairs
First you’ll need to measure your chairs to get an idea of how much fabric you’ll need.
Keep in mind that if your fabric has a big pattern to it (called a “repeat” in design lingo), you’ll want to match up the lines as much as possible, so you may need to buy extra fabric to move your pattern around.
I measured from the bottom of the back of the chair, all the way up and around and down to the front. Then I measured each side “L” pieces. Then I had to figure out how to fit all those pieces onto one cut of fabric.
2. Pick Fabric
Then you need to pick out the fabric. You can use almost anything, but I chose heavy duty upholstery fabric because I wanted them to retain their shape and stand up to wear and tear from the kids and dog. Not to mention my rowdy guests.
When you’ve picked your fabric, pick up a spool of thread to match. (Use heavy duty if you’re using upholstery fabric.)
3. Make a Pattern
Next, create your pattern. This doesn’t need to be technical or intimidating. It’s just a way to get your measurements onto your fabric. Mark your measurements on the back side of the fabric with pencil or chalk.
Be sure to line up any lines and designs in your fabric that you want to meet up at the seams. My fabric has only a subtle pattern, which isn’t why I picked it, but it ended up being a lot easier to work with. Score!
Remember to leave a couple of inches along the bottom of the chair so you can hem the whole piece.
4. Cut the Fabric
Now cut out your pieces. When cutting out your pattern, make sure to leave about an inch around every edge for seam allowance. (That’s the edge that ends up on the inside and keeps the seams from unraveling.)
Ok, sadly that was the easy part. This is where it gets interesting…
5. Fit and Pin the Pattern
Now lay your fabric upside down on your chair. Use straight pins to pin the fabric pieces together around the edges of the chair. Keep your pins as close to the chair as possible so you can get a nice tight fit, and use lots of pins (about every couple of inches).
You may need to tuck the fabric a bit as you follow the contours of your chair.
6. Sew it Together
Use your sewing machine to stitch the whole line you’ve made with your pins, pulling each pin out as you go. Don’t worry about the bottom edge just yet.
Even better, talk a good friend into coming over to help you do the sewing!
7. Fit and Adjust
Now try fitting the cover right-side up onto your chair. If there are any areas that seem too tight or loose, you will need to restitch those. That sounds annoying, but it’s really not so bad.
Hopefully you’ll just be making minor adjustments at this point.
8. Hem and Trim
Once your cover fits well, you’ll want to hem the bottom of the whole “skirt.” Simply fold the fabric over twice toward the inside and stitch along the bottom.
That will give you a nice clean edge, without a lot of fuss. (If you like more fuss, you can add a pretty piece of trim to the bottom to finish it off.)
Finally, put your cover on, tuck in the extra fabric along the bottom of the seat back, and straighten everything out.
And you’re done! It looks like you have brand new chairs, for only the price of a few yards of fabric, and without having to search for a pattern.
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Finishing Off the Spring Refresh
I love my new chairs, but I felt like they needed a little spot of color, so I threw my Easy DIY Placemat Pillows on them, which just happened to be the perfect size and shape.
Then I added a lovely garden stool from HomeGoods, which tied the whole vignette together and brought just the right amount of color to that side of the room.
Then, because I stole the pillows from the couch, I just had to pick up a new Ikat pillow from World Market to pull everything back together.
Now the whole room has a soothing blue vibe, without the red and yellow rose chairs to break up the theme. Plus, if I ever change color schemes, I can go back to the roses, or just make new slipcovers.
In the meantime, I’m enjoying my new Spring theme, and hoping the weather cooperates soon. How about you? Are you ready to try this kind of refresh on a piece of your furniture?
Let me know if I missed anything in my instructions, or if you have any questions along the way.
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- Measure your chairs from the bottom of the back of the chair, all the way up and around and down to the front.
- Measure each side “L” pieces.
- Choose your fabric. Keep in mind any repeat in the fabric pattern.
- Pick up a spool of thread to match.
- Mark your measurements on the back side of the fabric with pencil or chalk.
- Leave a couple of inches along the bottom of the chair so you can hem the whole piece.
- Cut out your pieces, leaving about an inch around every edge for seam allowance.
- Lay your fabric upside down on your chair.
- Use straight pins to pin the fabric pieces together around the edges of the chair.
- Use your sewing machine to stitch the whole line you’ve made with your pins, pulling each pin out as you go.
- Put your cover on, tuck in the extra fabric along the bottom of the seat back, and straighten everything out.
- Enjoy your new chair covers!
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Top 5 Furnace and Heating Problems in Clearwater
We have discussed common air conditioning problems, now we’d like to outline common furnace and heating issues Columbus homeowners often call Stevenson Service Experts about. Although there are quite possibly hundreds of reasons why your Columbus home’s furnace or heating system may need to be repaired. Below is a list of the top five issues that may cause your furnace or heating equipment to break down:
1. Thermostat malfunctions producing no heat, fan spinning or comfort problems
2. Air circulation problems from fan motors, belts and bearings, causing furnace excessive heat or poor heating control
3. Dirty or clogged filters that cause airflow and comfort problems
4. Pilot light or furnace ignition issues, resulting in intermittent or no heat
5. Lack of maintenance may cause unexpected breakdowns, poor comfort or escalated energy costs (not to mention homeowner frustration!)
Every one of these common issues can be fixed by a professionally qualified, ACE-certified technician. Technicians from Stevenson Service Experts can quickly diagnose the problem area and make the needed repairs. Having a maintenance plan could advert nearly all heating problems that leaves your home with no heat or low comfort levels. During a tune-up, all the components are checked and serviced so they run correctly and at peak efficiency during the heating season. Important items like Carbon Monoxide checks, ample combustion air, equipment clearances, and equipment safety are also key elements to the tune-up process. Remember – safety first! Never forget that furnaces of any age can pose safety hazards from combustion or gases, this is particularly the case if a ACE-certified technician has not maintained the equipment on a scheduled basis.
Contact Stevenson Service Experts of Columbus at 614-334-3192 to schedule an appointment today if you would like a technician to check out your furnace system.


Probably the best Michael Jackson Impersonator I have ever heard! Sure there are better dancers and lookalikes (whole package), but as a vocalist unbelievable!
He went on to win the Romanian Voice and I found him by accident….what do you think? I mean English his not his first language either!
As Michael is no longer with us #rip then this is the next best thing! As he can sing songs like him and we can hear what new songs would have sounded like had he sung them. A bit like when Freddie Mercury passed they had to find a stand in. BTW I do like that Judges stare 35s in! Like a lion hunting its prey!
If you wanna know what the judges said here is the unofficial version with English subtitles.
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text: end of my saturday and my feet are in desperate need of a good rubdown and i’ve realized i have chocolate on my toes and in my hair and of course my little white top is speckled as i foolishly made chocolates without my apron. it felt more like spring than summer and i was told i should’ve been born in the south because i love to sit out on my front porch and watch the world go by and i even sold a batch of truffles to a lady met at the workshop for her son in the air force in europe. i am a run-on sentence and yet nothing is escaping my lips. my throat is tired and my knees are weak and my big soft comforter beckons. i don’t know if i even want to dream tonight, i just know i want the coolness of the pillow against my cheek and the warmth of my thoughts and imagination wrapped around me softly.


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ACE Inhibitor: Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) A type of drug used to lower blood pressure.
Complete blood count: Standard set of measurements of the white blood cells and red blood cells.
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A Contractor's Experience with HögforsGST
A customer of HögforsGST, Vehmasputki, is involved in HVAC contracting, among other related projects. Jani Manner, who works at Vehmasputki Oy, has followed the implementation of HögforsGST's HybridHEAT system, which he says has been easy.
Vehmasputki operates mainly in Pori, but also elsewhere in Satakunta province. The company employs about fifty people.
“We do plumbing and cooling, among other things, to serve our customers in many ways,” says Manner.
- A property next to Pori Market Square was renovated in cooperation with HögforsGST. We carried out a heat recovery of the exhaust air in the building and refurbished the heat distribution technology, says Manner.
HögforsGST offered a really good alternative in equipment delivery for the Vehmasputki’s project. The system was also easy to install due to the finalized documentation.
- HögforsGST has a complete solution for this type of building, so there was no point in planning the project from scratch. On top of that, the system was easy to install, according to Manner.
Hardware that saves energy
Manner states that the five-year guarantee HögforsGST offers is not something to be taken for granted. According to him, the use of equipment saves energy and thus money, which is important to the end customer.
- I recommend cooperating with HögforsGST to condominiums and contractors. Delivery of the systems is easy and a five-year warranty is a big deal, Manner sums up.


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Being able to read opens doors, and learners are being encouraged to read and so boost their prospects through the annual CNA Readathon.
THE more you read the more you know - this is the tagline of this year’s CNA Readathon, which was launched at Hlakaniphani Junior School in Soweto on 22 June.
ReadingCNA Readathon encourages kids to readThe annual campaign was first held in 1988. It will run this year until 8 September, International Literacy Day.
Excitement was clear on the faces of learners as they danced on the dusty ground with CNA Readathon ambassador Hlubi Mboya, who plays Nandipha in the popular soapie, Isidingo.
Dressed in their blue and gold uniforms, the children provided the entertainment. They sang and performed poetry to thank the campaign organisers for coming to make a difference in their community.
Learners also read aloud from the journals written by other students in past Readathons. A similar journal writing competition is being held this year.
Bertus Matthee, the national director of Read Educational Trust, said children needed to read regularly to improve their fluency and gain more knowledge. “Today’s knowledge economy depends on literacy and numeracy. The Department of Education agrees, and this campaign will serve as a channel for the department’s core literacy messages.”
Each year the campaign had a different theme; however, this year the theme was a continuation of last year’s theme because of the “huge response from readers”, Matthee explained.
The focus of this year’s campaign is to promote book clubs in schools. Book clubs encourage a love of reading among many people.
MattheeBertus Matthee: children should read regularlyBlank journals will also be given to schools around the country, as part of Readathon. Learners will be encouraged to write down their day to day personal experiences in the journals. When they are full, the journals can be handed in at any CNA store.
The best entries will be published by the retailer, the official sponsor of the campaign. In addition, a percentage of book sales during the months of August and September will go towards providing needed books in school libraries.
Hlakaniphani Junior School accommodates six to seven hundred learners from Grade R to Grade 4, said Amanda Mushi, a maths teacher at the school.
“It is very exciting that our kids will be encouraged to read. Not being able to read can be a restriction to great opportunities,” said Mushi.
Babalwa Somthunzi, a Grade 4 learner at Hlakaniphani, already enjoys reading. With a shy smile she explained that she was busy reading Jim’s Trumpet.
A fellow learner, Simphiwe Vanga, also in Grade 4, was happy the Readathon people came to his school to encourage them to read. “They also gave us journals so that we can write good and bad things that are happening to us,” he said.
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This mesh scarf could have been used by a particularly glamorous water maiden (a German Nixe or Nixie) to snare passing fishermen and women. The basic stitch is based on Barbara Walker’s Mermaid Mesh, but with tendrils at the short sides that gently wave like seaweed. The light bamboo yarn lends a light crunchy softness perfect for warding off the cool breath of the night – or overactive air conditioning.
This pattern is worked lengthways; you will have more than 160 stitches on the needles at any given time. Circular needles are strongly recommended to accommodate this large number of stitches.
Tendrils are cast on at the beginning of their rows using the cable cast on method and then immediately bound off in knit.


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Mid-Michigan clerks break down absentee ballot voting
All across the state, clerks will be sending out requested absentee ballots Thursday.
MID-MICHIGAN (WJRT) - Michigan voters now can cast absentee ballots for any reason thanks to new voting procedures established in 2018.
“Perhaps the silver lining of 2020 is that our voters will have several options to cast their ballots this year,” said Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson.
All across the state, clerks will be sending out requested absentee ballots beginning Thursday. More than 2.39 million Michiganders have already requested absentee ballots this year.
“Midland’s already broken records. This is the most absentee ballots issued for one election” said Midland City Clerk Erica Armstrong.
Benson said voters can also vote early in person by requesting an absentee ballot from their local clerk’s office and filling it out in the clerk’s office.
“Absolutely, you can come in and fill out your application if haven’t already filled one out or been mailed a ballot. You can pick up here in our office. We are recommending because we are still working with social distancing precautions that if you are able to, you can take it home or to your car, but we have stations available here in our office as well,” said Armstrong.
“They can fill it out in the clerk’s office or in some cases, like today for example, we had a number of people who came in and we do the proper recording to make a record of it, but they decided they wanted to take it home and they would bring it back at a later time,” said Flint City Clerk Inez Brown.
“We are anticipating by next week to have mailed out to our current voters 11,000 absentee ballots,” said Grand Blanc Township Clerk Cathy Lane.
She is asking people to be patient.
“If they have already requested a ballot, stay home, you’ll get it in the mail,” Lane said.
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Those of us who ignore the mental health advice and watch eleventeen hours of subscription television news each day are only too aware of the Presidential election. For some of us, it’s a perfectly alluring blend of drama, comedy and cut-throat competitive action. No, I’m not being flippant about that; following a Presidential election can be the world’s greatest spectator sport.
Like all spectator sports, you need to be familiar with the rules, understand the language of the commentary team and know the candidates. Unfortunately, you can’t learn everything you need to know from The West Wing boxed set (although it’s a decent place to start, or a terrific refresher course.)
As in the Australian system, there are two major parties. One is to the right of centre; the other is a fair bit further to the right of centre. The incumbent is President Barack Obama, a Democrat, which is the least extreme of the two parties and is symbolised by a donkey. The Democrats are roughly equivalent to the ALP. The more extreme conservative party is the Republication party. They’re known as the Grand Old Party, or GOP, which is roughly equivalent to the Coalition, but with a bit more extreme.
President Obama was elected President four years ago, just about the time the Global Financial Crisis was rewriting the rulebook for the world. His job, to rebuild America’s economy and reputation while fighting the unwinnable war in Afghanistan, was next to impossible, and many Americans see his progress as disappointing. President Obama is phenomenally popular…in Australia, but we’re not allowed to vote. Go figure. His running mate, who will be Vice President if he wins, is the incumbent VP Joe Biden.
Governor Mitt Romney of the Great State of Massachusetts is an entirely different can of tuna. He and Mrs Ann Romney are the Senior Ken and Barbie of American politics. Mitt is independently wealthy, but we’re not quite sure how much moolah he has because he’s hiding his tax returns, but his estimated worth is around $200 million dollars. He has Masters in Business and Law. The Romneys have five sons, all adults. Mitt and his family are practising Mormons. Romney’s Running Mate is Paul Ryan, an even more conservative Republican.
American politics is more conservative than Australian politics, and that could be the problem for the Republicans. How conservative is enough, how much is too much? The spectrum is not infinite, and eventually, the Republicans will move so far to the right that they’ll run out of room to move.
Since Obama’s election four years ago, we’ve seen what can happen when the far right wing of America’s populace get together to oppose the “radical” left. They have a Tea Party, backed by a “fair and balanced” television cable news network. For hard-line Tea Partiers, the standard Republican platform is not conservative enough, but thankfully, the impact of the Tea Party peaked early, fuelled by rage at President Obama’s very existence and egged on by Sarah Palin and the entire Fox News Network: he’s African American, intellectual, and according to Tea Partiers, he’s also possibly Muslim, Kenyan, Indonesian, Alien, Socialist, Communist, Elitist, progressive, Satanist and The End Of Life As We Know It.
A selection of banners from Tea Party rallies during the past four years.
After the GOP Convention in Tampa this week, we’ll have a better idea of where that sweet spot might be – because Fox News will tell us. It’s early days, yet we can be sure that from the safety of our Australian lounge rooms, much of it will sound ridiculous:
"Corporations are people, my friend... of course they are. Everything corporations earn ultimately goes to the people. Where do you think it goes? Whose pockets? Whose pockets? People's pockets. Human beings, my friend." —GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney to a heckler at the Iowa State Fair who suggested that taxes should be raised on corporations as part of balancing the budget, Aug. 11, 2011
"[My wife] drives a couple of Cadillacs." –Mitt Romney, campaigning for president in Michigan (February 2012)
"I believe in an America where millions of Americans believe in an America that's the America millions of Americans believe in. That's the America I love." –Mitt Romney (January 2012)
"We have a president, who I think is is a nice guy, but he spent too much time at Harvard, perhaps." —Mitt Romney, who has two Harvard degrees (April 5, 2012)
"I'm not familiar precisely with what I said, but I'll stand by what I said, whatever it was." —Mitt Romney (May 17, 2012)
Still, it could be worse. Todd Akin, a Senator from Wisconsin. All but the most moderate of Republicans are “Pro-Life”, which actually means they are against abortion. The further to the right you move, the less wiggle room there is in the argument. Senator Akin was asked whether women who were pregnant as the result of being raped should have access to legal abortions. Here’s his answer:
“Well you know, people always want to try to make that as one of those things, well how do you, how do you slice this particularly tough sort of ethical question. First of all, from what I understand from doctors, that’s really rare. If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. But let’s assume that maybe that didn’t work or something. I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be on the rapist and not attacking the child.” – Senator Todd Akin (August 2012)As well has being factually wrong, it’s also grossly insulting to all women. In fact, some American commentators have referred to a Republican “War On Women”, an emotive catchall phrase to describe various unrelated policies that all seem to restrict the rights of women. These include funding cuts for organisations that perform medical abortions, victim support for women who’ve been physically, mentally or sexually abused. Related issues include workplace discrimination, equal pay for women, public funding for family planning, contraception and sterilization.
Of course, the Republicans have no problem with women. They chose Sarah Palin – a “hockey mom” who served half a term as the Governor of a minor state - as the Vice Presidential candidate just four years ago. Perhaps they’ve learnt something since then. Michelle Bachmann was a nominee to be the Republican candidate to run against President Obama. She dropped out of the race early on, but she left her mark on the political landscape.
"I don't know how much God has to do to get the attention of the politicians. We've had an earthquake; we've had a hurricane. He said, 'Are you going to start listening to me here?' Listen to the American people because the American people are roaring right now. They know government is on a morbid obesity diet and we've got to rein in the spending." —Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann, suggesting at a presidential campaign event in Florida that the 2011 East Coast earthquake and hurricane was a message from God (Aug. 2011)
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Gov. Palin didn’t ramble uncomfortably about a ‘lifestyle’ or use the opportunity to reiterate her opposition to marriage for gay couples. She didn’t use the opportunity to express opposition to any gay rights legislation. Gay Democrats are pouncing on her use of the word ‘choice’ in talking about gay people. But, when asked the direct question by Charlie Gibson in a previous interview whether people choose to be gay, she said she didn’t know. Again, I think that’s where the vast majority of Americans are on this issue-they simply don’t know whether people choose to be gay.
We know that people don’t ‘choose’ their sexual orientation and we’ll continue educating all Republicans about that issue.
The don't seem to want to face the fact that this woman belongs to a church that promotes "conversion" therapy for gays. Of course she believes it's a choice.
So, she really didn't mean what she said -- they sound like John McCain himself making excuses for her various screw ups.


Recently Huawei unveiled the Huawei Honor 7 at a high price of Rs 22,999. The features of that phone are pretty high-end features like that pretty looking metal body and many others. Today, they launched another exciting flagship that offers exceptionally great features at a very low price tag. Huawei has introduced the Huawei Enjoy 5 for 999 Yuan (somewhat around $157) and has got superb features.
The phone was expected to get named under the Honor category, initial name was Honor Play 5X, but got named as this. The phone comes with a MediaTek MT6735 SoC with quad-core CPU and a wide 5-inch screen.
The device comes with superb features and specifications. It is packed with a 2GB RAM and a 16GB memory that can be expanded to up to 128GB. The massive 4000mAh battery makes it last for LONNNNG! It has got 4G LTE Connectivity and runs on Android 5.1 lollipop.
Weighing in at 160 gms and measuring 143.1 x 71.8 x 9.7 mm, the smartphone carries a price tag of RMB 999 ($158). This comes just days after the Chinese company announced the Honor 7 smartphone for the Indian market.


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18 Mar The Quebec Gay Archives were there!
Last week, that is, from March 14 to 18, the École Polytechnique de Montréal held the 2022 edition of its diversity week in engineering.
At the request of the Poly-Out 2SLGBTQIA+ committee, the Quebec Gay Archives lent the panels of our Histoires des communautés LGBTQ2S+ au Québec exhibit for the event, which were displayed in a high traffic space called the tunnel.
We are happy to have contributed to the success of this event. This is in line with the AGQ’s mandate to: “disseminate any record that documents the history of LGBTQ2S+ associations and individuals, to fight discrimination and prejudices against LGBTQ2S+ communities, and to promote the diversity and inclusion of LGBTQ2S+ people” (article 1.6, General regulations of the Quebec Gay Archives).
Once more, the Quebec Gay Archives can claim loud and proud, “Mission accomplished!”

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There is a lot of truth to Paul’s statement, especially when the love of money is combined with greed, plus a certain amount of pride and the necessary decision-making power and control to determine unilaterally how the money is spent.
Regarding the ambition for and the abuse of power, there is also a lot of truth to the popular saying “absolute power corrupts absolutely”.
Add to those truths the feelings of entitlement engendered from the pride of having been born and remaining resident in the beautiful BVI, despite the hardships. Then consider having laboured with much sacrifice for 20 years or more for a particular cause — such as toward the betterment of the country and its people for a meagre and unsatisfying salary — and you have the perfect setting for losing faith and yielding to temptations that could lead to corruption and the consequential sorrows that Paul is referring to.
Under similar circumstances, the same outcome that has recently occurred at the governmental level could occur in the case of unilateral management of the assets of an institution, a ministry, a department, an agency, a business enterprise and even a church, or any other corporate body. The propensity for wrongdoing in such cases increases over an extended period of time.
Sometimes the feelings of self-sacrifice, entitlement, frustration and the perceived ungratefulness of the beneficiaries of the service rendered are so great (and the anxiety for a supposedly well-earned payback is so urgent) that the said individual Assets Manager could become blind to wrongdoing to the point of considering himself or herself completely innocent under any circumstance.
If there are other complications or commitments involved, the said person may even be willing to take risks to satisfy his/her immediate needs, which may or may not result in getting caught in illegal action.
So what are the lessons to be learnt from the foregoing truths and possible scenarios?
1) Based on the mismanagement of public funds in the past, the management of public assets in general (especially liquid assets) should never be placed in the hands of a particular individual with absolute decision-making power and control. This is to safeguard against that individual falling into the temptation of wrongdoing or corruption. Those duties and responsibilities should perhaps be handled separately and be subjected to strict bilateral control and oversight. That principle would advise against having the Premier exercise or assume the dual function of Premier and Financial Secretary.
2) No individual manager of public assets or of assets owned in common by a particular group of persons should be allowed to have absolute power and control over the management of the said assets for an extended period of time without frequent and effective oversight by a higher fiscal body. Implementation of that principle could minimise the tendency to gradually develop naturally occurring feelings of entitlement that could surreptitiously lead to a lack of transparency, mismanagement and/or corruption.
Had such common-sense principles been put in place in the past, trillions of dollars that have become available to different administrations for public use in the last two decades alone would have been invested in providing the BVI with the first-class infrastructure that we should have had by now. Instead, investments for improvements to our roadways, water system, electric power system, sanitary sewer system, communications system (including the internet) etc., have all been sacrificed in exchange for satisfying other less important needs; for wasteful spending on vote-getting projects and on unnecessary travel expenses and legal fees, as well as for some unknown causes.
Despite the findings of the COI report, let us assume that some type of local government established through the election process would eventually prevail over the COI-recommended direct UK rule. Under that assumption, it is very likely that stringent corrective actions would still be required by the UK government, possibly consisting of oversight measures that would be both necessary and advisable. Such constraints and probable power-sharing efforts designed to improve governance while avoiding pitfalls of the past would also seek to minimise local governmental corruption.
And since financial management has been the main catalyst for poor governance and wasteful spending in the past — involving perhaps a few designated Financial Secretaries with varying degrees of decision-making power and control — most likely, the focus would be on providing tangible improvements in that area. By way of corrective action, an alternative to UK direct rule could be to establish a Local Fiscal Control Board that would have responsibility for the management of our multi-million dollar yearly budget, with UK government oversight. The members of the said Board would be appointed by the local and UK governments.
Although this alternative fiscal management measure might not be a panacea for the assurance of good governance and in particular for completely avoiding local governmental corruption, it could be helpful for controlling it to a certain degree. The truth is that in places where this fiscal control mechanism has been used in an admittedly beneficial manner to the served population, corruption at a lower level has still occurred. Additionally, some amount of occasional friction has occurred between the Board and the local government due to differences of opinion on procedural and budgetary matters.
However, as an alternative to direct UK rule, which would be a lot worse in terms of the lasting hurt it would cause especially to image of the BVI, as well as to the short and long-term negative effects it would have on the local economy, it may be worth the while to give that fiscal control mechanism a try.
In the final analysis, a shared government would be much better for the country than having a partially suspended constitution and no local self-government at all. This could happen if the UK government becomes adamant about imposing its sovereign will by direct rule over the will of the majority of the people of the BVI in fulfilment of the recommendation of the COI Report.
Should the will of the majority of the people of the BVI — as expressed in new and fair elections — favour the continuation of the status quo, then shared government for a period to be mutually agreed upon could represent a win-win situation for both sides; hopefully completely discarding even the idea of direct UK rule.
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ATLAS Institute’s “Quantified Self”
April 29-May 1: Interactive multi-media theatrical production that aims to inform people about digital privacy, data sharing and the future of our data-driven society. Free (reservations required). Black Box Theater in the ATLAS Institute, CU-Boulder, 1125 18th St., Boulder; atlas.colorado.edu.
Denver Performing Arts Center’s “The Realish Housewives of Cherry Creek”
May 3-22: Parody of the reality TV shows, set locally. $29-$46. Garner Galleria Theatre, Denver Performing Arts Center, 13th and Curtis streets, Denver; 303-893-4100 or denvercenter.org.
Denver Performing Arts Center’s “Shakespeare After-Fest”
April 29: Scenes and snippets from the Bard, as well as other activities. Free. 13th and Curtis streets, Denver; 303-893-4100 or denvercenter.org.
Hoarded Stuff and square product theatre’s “This Aunt is Not a Cockroach”
April 29-May 5: Original piece about two neighbors living in the desert. $12-$15. Wesley Chapel, 1290 Folsom St., Boulder; 800-838-3006 or notacockroach .brownpapertickets.com.
Steel City Theatre Company’s “Love, Loss and What I Wore”
May 5-7: Five women reminisce about universal bittersweet, poignant and sometimes hilarious memories. $7-$10. 241S Santa Fe Ave., Pueblo; 719-994-8298 or sctcpueblo.com.
Stories on Stage’s “Welcome to Austenland”
May 1: Actors perform stories by author Jane Austen. $15-$28. Su Teatro Cultural and Performing Arts Center, 721 Santa Fe Drive, Denver; 303-494-0523 or storiesonstage.org.
Vintage Theatre Company’s “Sunset Boulevard”
April 29-May 29: When a faded star from a bygone era meets a struggling screenwriter, she is sure a return to the big screen will follow. $28-$34. 1468 Dayton St., Aurora; 303-856-7830 or vintagetheatre.org.
Visionbox Studio’s “An Evening with Tennessee Williams”
April 29: Scenes and short plays by the playwright. 910 Santa Fe Drive, Denver; visionbox.org.
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There have been many changes like Martin Luther King Day was created to honor Dr. King and the many ways his work reminds us that we can all work for equality and respect within our communities. There is much more to do since many schools and neighborhoods remain segregated with black and brown people experiencing inequality in the quality of education and housing. I can continue to seek ways to make connections with people outside of my community and within my community to support people who are not being treated with respect. This means listening to people when they express concern about their lives. Then working with them personally and with others politically to create spaces where everybody is treated as an individual who can make a meaningful contribution to society.
Specifically this means, giving to organizations who work to build low income housing, tutoring students who are falling behind in schools and also giving my time to be with people who may look differently or have had different experiences in their lives than I have had.


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On Cancer - April 23, 2015Should I Consider Multigene Panel Testing?
Doctors and researchers have established that the genes we are born with may increase our risk of developing certain types of cancer. For some people, becoming aware that they carry a cancer-causing genetic mutation may spur them to take preventive action. Women with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations may pursue surgery to help prevent breast cancer, for example.Read more
On Cancer - February 26, 2015
Surgery is the most common treatment for people with rectal cancer, but an operation is just the first step when it comes to restoring quality of life. It’s common for people who’ve had sphincter-preserving or colostomy surgery (the two major types of surgeries for rectal cancer) to experience lingering side effects related to bowel, bladder, or sexual function, some of which can be permanent. Read more
Meet Thoracic Surgeon David Jones
David Jones is a surgeon who cares for patients with cancers of the chest, including lung and esophageal cancers. As Chief of the Thoracic Surgery Service, he shares his thoughts on the future of treatment for these diseases and offers insight into the strengths of the Memorial Sloan Kettering surgical team. In addition to seeing patients in Manhattan, Dr. Jones will soon be practicing at MSK's new ambulatory cancer care facility opening in West Harrison, NY in October 2014.
On Cancer - July 14, 2014Meet Medical Oncologist William Tap
William Tap is Chief of Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Sarcoma Medical Oncology Service. Learn more about how he chose a career in providing cutting-edge treatment to people with different types of soft tissue sarcoma and why patients benefit from coming to Memorial Sloan Kettering for treatment.Read more
On Cancer - July 17, 2014Hsp90: A Very Promising Target for Cancer Therapy
Drug discovery is “a long, complex effort,” says chemical biologist Gabriela Chiosis, a member of the Sloan Kettering Institute’s Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program. She should know. The journey to the discovery in her laboratory of how a small molecule can be used to block the activity of a cancer-promoting protein began more than a decade ago.Read more

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The risk of mortgage application fraud fell in the second quarter of 2019 thanks to a decrease in interest rates. According to CoreLogic’s National Mortgage Application Fraud Risk Index, fraud risks on mortgage applications decreased by 11.4% year over year last quarter. At the same time, shares of refinance transitions increased from 31% in Q1 to 35.5% in Q2.
The risk levels from refinance segments decreased anywhere from 12% to 30%, according to CoreLogic. Because these rate-driven refinances increased, it impacted fraud index scores positively. The risk for the purchase segment remained the same as in Q1, according to the report.
Out of the 10 metros most likely to have the greatest number of mortgage application fraud reports, there were only three that saw a spike in reports last quarter. The remaining seven saw reports decline.
The Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York, metro had the biggest increase in fraud reports, up 61% in Q2. McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas, also had a large uptick in fraud reports, with 35% in Q2.
Here are the top 10 metros at the highest risk of mortgage application fraud in Q2: