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(a) Requirement for Governors and Location.
Car safeties, and counterweight safeties, where furnished, shall be actuated by a speed governor.
The governor shall be located where it cannot be struck by the car or the counterweight in case of over-travel and where there is adequate space for full movement of governor parts.
(b) Tripping Speeds.
(1) Car Governors.
Governors for car safeties shall be set to trip at overspeeds as follows:
(A) At not less than 115% of rated speed.
(B) At not more than the tripping speed listed opposite the applicable rated speed in Table 3. Maximum tripping speeds for intermediate rated speeds shall be determined from Figure 3.
(2) Counterweight Governors.
Governors for counterweight safeties, where provided, shall be set to trip at an overspeed greater than, but not more than 10% above, that at which the car speed governor is set to trip.
(c) Sealing and Painting.
Governors shall have their means of speed adjustment sealed after test. If speed governors are painted after sealing, all bearing and rubbing surfaces shall be freed of, or kept free from, paint and a hand test made to determine that all parts operate freely as intended. Seals shall be of a type which will prevent readjustment of the governor-tripping speed without breaking the seal.
(d) Governor Overspeed and Safety Switches.
(1) A switch shall be provided on the governor and operated by the overspeed action of the governor. A switch shall be provided on the governor when used with a counterweight safety. Every car safety shall be provided with a switch operated by the car safety mechanism when the safety is applied. These switches shall, when operated, remove power from the driving-machine motor and brake before, or at the time of, application of the safety. The governor overspeed switch and the safety switch may be the same switch on rack and pinion safeties.
EXCEPTION: A period of five years from the effective date of these orders will be allowed during which the overspeed switch on existing governors may be omitted where the governor is of a type not designed to operate a switch.
(2) The setting of the car governor overspeed switch shall conform to the following requirements:
(A) The car governor overspeed switch shall open in the down direction of the hoist at not more than 100% of the speed at which the governor is set to trip in the down direction.
(B) The switch, when set as specified in Section 1604.20(d)(2)(A), shall open in the up direction at not more than 100% of the speed at which the governor is set to trip in the down direction.
EXCEPTION: Rack and pinion safeties.
(3) Switches used to perform the functions specified shall be positively opened and shall remain in the open position until manually reset. Switches operated by the car safety mechanism shall be of a type which will not reset unless the car safety mechanism has been returned to the "off" position.
(e) Governor Ropes and Tripping Mechanisms.
(1) Material and Factor of Safety.
Governor ropes shall be of iron, steel, nickel-copper alloys (Monel Metal, or the equivalent), phosphor bronze, or stainless steel, of regular lay construction, and shall be not less than 3/8-inch in diameter. Tiller rope construction shall not be used.
The factor of safety of governor ropes or governor-tripping mechanisms shall be not less than five.
(2) Replacement of Existing Governor Ropes.
Replacement governor ropes shall be of the same size, material, and construction as the rope originally furnished by the hoist manufacturer, except that a rope of the same size but of either different material or construction may be employed provided there is conformance with the requirements of Section 1604.20(g) and a test is made of the car or counterweight safety and speed governor with the new rope to demonstrate that the safety will function as required by Section 1604.19(b).
(3) Governor Rope Clearance.
During normal operation of the hoist, the governor rope shall run free and clear of the governor jaws, rope guards, or other stationary parts.
(4) Splicing Governor Ropes.
Governor ropes shall not be lengthened or repaired by splicing.
(f) Design of Governor Jaws.
Type B and C car and counterweight safeties shall be actuated by a governor equipped with rope-grip jaws which will permit the governor rope to pull through the jaws. The maximum tension in the governor rope to cause it to slip through the governor jaws shall not exceed 1/5 of the rated ultimate strength of the rope.
Governor jaws shall be of such shape and minimum length that no appreciable damage to, or deformation of, the rope shall result from the stopping action of the jaws in operating the car or counterweight safety.
(g) Design of Speed Governor Sheaves and Traction Between the Speed Governor Rope and Sheaves.
The arc of contact between the governor rope and the governor sheaves shall, in conjunction with a governor-rope tension device, provide sufficient traction to cause proper functioning of the governor.
Governor-sheave grooves shall have machine-finished surfaces. Governor tension sheaves shall have machine-finished grooves for rated car speeds of more than 200 feet per minute. Machined governor-sheave grooves shall have a groove diameter of not more than 1 1/8 times the diameter of the governor rope.
The pitch diameter of governor sheaves and governor tension sheaves shall be not less than the product of the diameter of the rope and the applicable multiplier in the following list, based on the rated speed and the number of strands in the rope:
No. of Rated Speed Strands Multiplier 200 feet per minute or less 6 42 200 feet per minute or less 8 30 Over 200 feet per minute 6 46 Over 200 feet per minute 8 32
(h) Governor Marking Plate.
A plate shall be securely attached to each governor and shall be marked in a legible and permanent manner with letters and figures not less than 1/4-inch in height, indicating the following:
(1) The speed, in feet per minute, at which the governor is set and sealed to trip the governor rope-grip jaws.
(2) The size, material and construction of the governor rope on which the governor jaws were designed to operate.


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Social media can be cruel, especially when a pack of teenage girls gang up on a peer and spread insults based on speculation, assumption and gossip. Most of it, of course, is fueled by the need to build their reputations.
So here was Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler(notes) on Sunday with a sprained MCL in his left knee, tears welling in both his eyes according to SI.com. He was trying to deal with an onslaught of questions about his injury, manhood, heart and worth as a player. His crime? Sitting out most of the second half of the Bears' NFC championship game loss to the Green Bay Packers; something some of his fellow NFL players found despicable.
This was, perhaps, the NFL's first player-on-player social media attack.
Whether Cutler should've played on that knee is a debate that will rage forever on Lake Michigan. In my opinion Cutler did nothing wrong. I'm not in the position, or of the mindset, to question anyone's toughness, let alone a professional football player though.
Other NFL players could be, perhaps, and that's where this knee injury went from story to tsunami in 140 characters or less.
It was heated. It was interesting. It was, you could say, insightful.
[Related: Cutler sprained MCL vs. Packers]
Never before, have we had such raw and direct access to the real-time thoughts of NFL players. After decades of listening to athletes claim fans and media are too rough, it turns out we've got nothing on them in the venom department. Accurate or not, what they did to Jay Cutler was straight up cold.
Cutler is not even worthy of being in the locker room with the team? Really?
Don't blame the old mainstream media this time – this was a player-fueled hit.
The twirling twitter feeds of Sunday afternoon changed the story dramatically. You can lament that in our instant gratification world things like facts, perspective and patience have died. That's true.
It isn't going away though. You might as well accept it. This is the start of the new normal. Until the next new normal, which isn't likely to slow down or soften the commentary.
Even two years ago, Cutler and the Bears would've at least had until the postgame media session to explain the injury and circumstances around the benching. Questions would've been asked, some fans still would've been angry and perhaps a columnist would've ripped away. It wouldn't have gone down like this though. Time and facts would've lessened the heat of the moment.
[Related: Y! Contributor: Cutler is no Bear]
Sunday, Cutler was getting assailed within seconds of being taken out of the game – his aloof facial expressions, apparent disinterest in the game and history of not connecting with fans didn't help any, of course.
The NFL isn't prepared for this stuff. Teams pride themselves on secrecy. Ex-players-turned-analysts almost always fall back on tales of the "rub-some-dirt-on-it" days. The league still clings to its archaic and unreliable system of defining injuries: doubtful, questionable, probable, etc.
It was announced in the press box (which was then relayed out by media) that Cutler was "questionable" (whatever that means). That left a couple of obvious queries: who's asking and who's answering the "question."
Winston Churchill's line is "a lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to put its pants on." In this case, it was the sentiment that Jay Cutler was a quitter that whipped around the globe instantly. The official medical prognosis could wait.
Inside Solider Field fans read and passed on twitter comments from the NFL players via their smart phones. With each minute, the rhetoric grew increasingly heated. I was sent word of a new twitter account "@JayCutlersHeart" had been created, one of many springing up to mock the player. I immediately re-tweeted it out to my followers; participating in the game of one-upmanship.
Cutler got beat up by the Pack prior to the public's attack.
(Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)
Most challenging for Cutler is this: whether he should've played is neither truth nor lie, it is opinion. That's more difficult to battle. By the postgame, Cutler was no longer able to explain himself with the facts – few seemed to care about the Bears saying it was a doctor's decision or teammates speaking up for their QB. It was no longer about what happened, but why did it happen. Cutler was in defense mode and wasn't prepared for it – offering a meek "no comment" to the criticism.
The questions by reporters were more aggressive than they would've been pre-twitter because journalists could lean on the opinion of NFL players to frame things. No sports reporter is going to toe-to-toe in a debate with Brian Urlacher(notes) on the toughness of a player unless he can cite Jones-Drew, Sanders and the others.
"Players around the league you said, right?" Urlacher said when asked about the Cutler criticism. "Yeah, love jealous people when they're watching our game on TV while their season is over."
Fair point but that's where we've landed. Twitter has allowed a voice to emerge from the couches – be it the average Joe or the NFL pro. Everyone is empowered. It's unfettered, it's immediate and in it's brevity it offers very little opportunity for perspective.
You're gutless or you're not. You're a quitter or you're not. Black. White. Sent.
One thing you learn as a writer is that some of your best lines are the ones you delete. That doesn't always work in social media.
There is an undeniable badge of honor that comes from playing in the NFL. What's surprising is that there doesn't appear to be a universal appreciation for, or respect among, the participants though.
Jones-Drew and the others weren't willing to hold their thoughts and give a fellow player the benefit of the doubt, let alone a couple hours for an explanation or medical report.
They just drilled him – the seventh grade overtaking the National Football League.


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Gloves Off: Blatter “Served Too Long”, Hammam
The gloves are off in Qatar’s escalating feud with FIFA President Sepp Blatter.
Asian Football Confederation chief Mohamed bin Hammam, a Qatari national unlikely to act without at least tacit government backing, lashed out on Monday, charging that Blatter had served too long as head of soccer’s world governing body and needs to be replaced.
Bin Hammam’s remarks are the latest sign that he may be preparing to challenge Blatter in May when the 74-year old FIFA president is up for re-election if no other credible challenger emerges. “I did not make up my mind yet,” Bin Hammam told the Associated Press. “I would rather wait and see.”
Bin Hamman has suggested in the past that his ambition was to become FIFA president, but has always left unclear whether he feels that the May election is the right time to do so.
“I’m actually seeking to see competition within FIFA for the post. I would prefer to see two candidates proposing themselves, or maybe more than two proposing themselves to the congress of FIFA,” Bin Hammam said.
“Competition is good for the organization, whether president or any other posts. Competition is the best way to make the organization vibrant and alive.”
FIFA and Qatar have been at loggerheads since the world body last month awarded Qatar the hosting of the 2022 World Cup. Blatter supported by UEFA President Michel Platini has been pressuring Qatar to move the 2022 tournament from June/July to January because of the oil-rich emirate’s extreme summer temperatures and to allow other Gulf states to co-host the world’s biggest sporting event.
Bin Hammam has rejected the suggestions of both Blatter and Platini, but hinted in the Associated Press interview that he and Qatar were reserving final judgement until after the May election of a new FIFA president.
“We in FIFA should stop acting on behalf of people who are going to be in power in the future,” he said. “There will be a different executive committee in FIFA which will be in power that day. Let them decide what is best for 2022,” Bin Hammam said. “Why are we rushing? Why are you in hurry to decide something for 2022?”
Qatari rejection of Blatter’s pressure forced FIFA last week to issue a statement quashing talk of holding the Qatar World Cup in the winter rather than the summer because of the Gulf state’s scorching summer heats. The statement acknowledged that such a proposal could only come from Qatar itself and that no such suggestion had been put forward.
The FIFA statement was in part prompted by fears that a change in the terms of Qatar’s successful bid in which it beat Australia, the United States, Japan and South Korea, could force it to cancel Qatar’s victory and hold a new bid for the hosting of the 2022 World Cup.
The dispute over whether the tournament should be held in Qatar’s average temperatures of above 40 degrees Celsius has divided European club soccer. England Football Association General Secretary Alex Horne sided with Bin Hammam, warning that switching the Qatar tournament from June/July to January as a ‘logistical nightmare’ because it would require a winter break in the Premier League.
On the other hand, Philipp Lahm, who captained Germany at last year’s World Cup, said it would be “madness” to stage a summer World Cup in the Middle East and FIFA’s inspection team said conditions were a potential health hazard to players and supporters.
Qatar has insisted that the fierce summer heat will not be a problem as all its stadiums will be air-conditioned.
In the Associated Press interview, Bin Hammam charged that Blatter, who has been in office since 1998, had contributed to perceptions of FIFA as corrupt and non-transparent.
The awarding of the bid to Qatar has been tarnished by unproven allegations of illicit deals to enhance Qatar’s chances of winning as well as the Gulf state’s almost unprecedented spending spree for its campaign that while legal has raised questions about loopholes in the FIFA rules governing the bidding process.
“Everybody is going to accuse us today as corrupted people because maybe people see Mr. Blatter has stayed a long time in FIFA. Thirty-five years in one organization is quite long time. No matter how clean you are, honest or how correct you are, still people will attack you. You are going to be defenseless. That is why I believe change is the best thing for the organization,” the Associated Press quoted Bin Hammam as saying.
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Yang Hyun-seok purchased 461,940 shares of YG Entertainment’s stocks (average price 43,305 won)
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YG Entertainment announced on the 23rd that general producer Yang Hyun-seok has purchased 461,940 shares of the company’s stock (average price 43,305 won) since the 18th. The total purchase amount was 20 billion won, which increased general producer Yang Hyun-seok’s shareholding from 16.8% to 19.3%.
Executive producer Yang Hyun-seok expressed his firm commitment to the growth of the business and company being prepared this year while improving shareholder value through this share purchase.
YG Entertainment signed a contract with BLACKPINK for group activities in December last year. Additionally, BABYMONSTER, which has been receiving a lot of attention from fans around the world since its debut, has officially released its second new song on February 1st and its first mini album on April 1st. YG plans to accelerate BABYMONSTER’s full-fledged domestic and overseas activities with this detailed roadmap.
After completing their second large-scale Japanese tour scheduled for early March, TREASURE will begin preparing new songs and launch various projects to expand the global market by the end of this year.
As general producer Yang Hyun-seok, who discovered singers such as BIGBANG, 2NE1, and BLACKPINK and developed them into world-class artists through training, is directly at the forefront of creating a new era, major projects are expected to gradually become visible.
A YG Entertainment official said, “We are setting a goal to announce at least one new group within this year by starting a project to discover and nurture global rookies selected through local auditions not only domestically but also overseas.”
He continued, “This year, we will secure new growth engines through various artists’ activities and target the global market to continuously enhance shareholder value,” and added, “General producer Yang Hyun-seok’s share purchase is the beginning of this will and effort.”


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The one thing all dog owners seem to agree on is that their dogs love the taste of Bil Jac Dry Dog Food. Dogs tend to get a little pickier about dry food as they get older, but this doesn’t seem to be the case when you are feeding them Bil-Jac dry dog food formula. So, what is in Bil Jac Dog Food that makes it so tasty? By-Products! While, the advertisers of more expensive premium brands boast how their dog food contains no by-products, Bil-Jac does just the opposite. The very first ingredient is Chicken By-Products (Organ meat only). Now, the way I see it, by-products in the form of organ meat cannot possibly be bad, especially if you’re a dog. When an animal eats in the wild, do you suppose they carefully eat around the insides and pick out only the flesh? Of course not! Dogs in the wild eat the entire animal, organs and all. Those by-products are full of natural nutrition and vitamins that your dog is likely to not get enough of from the meat of an their kill, alone. By-Products may get a bad-rap based on other unhealthy grains, scraps and harmful ingredients they be contained in the processing of the food, but this isn’t the case with Bil-Jac which contains only organ meat. In addition to by-products, Bil-Jac does contain some real chicken meat, as well as vegetables, molasses, salt and plenty of essential vitamin supplements like Niacin, B12, Folic Acid, etc., etc. What you won’t find in the ingredients of Bil-Jac Dog Food is any of the dreaded corn, wheat and grains that really don’t belong in a dog’s diet. What’s wrong with by-products if they’re in the form of natural organ meat? The answer is, absolutely nothing. In my estimation, not only is Bil-Jac an extremely healthy food, but dogs love it because it contains the natural by-products their bodies want and need. It seems to me that some of the uppity, higher-class dog food companies are spending so much time making their dog food fit for human consumption that they are forgetting it’s not for us – it’s for our dogs. Bil-Jac is a 5-Star Dog Food.

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Our headline event for the festival will be Pitmaster Bill Dumas from Stiles Switch BBQ, Austin Texas who will be cooking for Perth fans and followers. Stiles Switch BBQ has been rated in the Top 5 Texas BBQ restaurants now for a number of years and this will be the first time in Australia that a Texas restaurant has released their Head Pitmaster to cook for an Australian event in this format.


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Researchers have found high levels of arsenic at Mountain Island Lake, Charlotte’s main source of drinking water, downstream from Duke Energy Corp.’s coal-fired Riverbend Steam Station in Gaston County.
Pore water samples collected from lake sediment were taken during the summers of 2010 and 2011 by researchers from Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment. They found samples containing up to 250 parts per billion of arsenic — which the researchers says is roughly 25 times higher than the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency standards for drinking water, and nearly twice the agency’s standard for aquatic life.
The discovery is part of a study by the Nicholas School that found high levels of arsenic, selenium and other toxic elements in lakes and rivers across the state that are downstream from power plant “coal-ash” settling ponds.
About 600 power plants in the country produce about 130 million tons of coal ash and other coal-combustion residues every year during the energy-generation process. More than half of the waste is stored in settling ponds and landfills.
“In several cases, we found contamination levels that far exceeded U.S. Environmental Protection Agency guidelines for safe drinking water and aquatic life,” Avner Vengosh, the school’s professor of geochemistry and water quality, says in a statement released today.
The study was published in Environmental Science & Technology, a peer-reviewed journal. The Duke University team collected and analyzed more than 300 water samples from 11 lakes and rivers for the study. Samples with the highest levels were found in coal-ash pond effluents above Mountain Island Lake, in French Broad River in Asheville and in Hyco and Mayo lakes.
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Saturday’s game against Queens Park Rangers was one played in terrible conditions, but despite that, your support was as fantastic and it was superb to see, particularly in the closing stages when we were chasing a winning goal, how your backing drove the team on.
The match also marked the first time this season that we have fielded an unchanged side, only reiterating the manager’s belief in his group of players.
Come full time, I think a draw was probably a fair result and a reflection of the game as a whole, but after having led for so long and the determined back-to-the-wall efforts the team put in defending our lead, we were all a little disappointed come the final whistle.
That said, if someone had said before the Sheffield Wednesday game that we would take four points from a possible six, we would have certainly taken it.
As I have previously said, this league has improved since we were here two years ago and the quality of the opposition and the players, many of which have played at Premier League level, is extremely impressive alongside the huge monies being spent by the big clubs.
The competitiveness, ups and downs and twists and turns of the league results week-in, week-out means that in my opinion, consistency is what we must aim to achieve as has been the case with Wolves this season.
With this in mind, I have made the following observations. Firstly, Cardiff have only scored one Championship goal in October, but are still second in the league.
Middlesbrough, with no wins in their last five games, are still only five points off the top six, while Sheffield Wednesday have suffered four defeats in five games.
Leeds had lost their last three games before the weekend, Reading have only had one win in seven Championship games with four defeats and for QPR, Saturday’s match was their fourth draw in five games and they have not won away since February.
Finally, prior to Saturday, Hull had gone 25 away games without a win, Sunderland have taken four points from their last ten games and have no wins in 11 and Burton have endured three defeats in last four games and have gone five matches without scoring.
Every team in the Sky Bet Championship will have a bad patch this season and it just so happened that ours came at the start of the campaign.
What we now need to do is to achieve consistent performance levels and results, but we must remember that there are still 99 points to play for between now and the end of the season and l truly believe that we have a squad capable of climbing up the league between now and then.
As always, l urge everyone to come along and get behind the team to help us achieve this on a weekly basis as your support can make all the difference.
Finally, l was made aware of Queens Park Rangers’ website’s comments on ‘Three Players To Watch’ prior to the weekend’s game.
l put this down to mind games however – the players certainly should take no notice of articles such as this and should perhaps even take it as a compliment, particularly as David Wheater as he arguably played one of the best games of his time at the club on Saturday.
One way or another, their claims about our players’ weaknesses were left unfounded come the final whistle and that is testament to the hard work that the team put in at the training ground.
This, coupled with the superb efforts of Karl Henry alongside the return of Josh Vela and Sammy Ameobi – three players who have felt like new signings in recent weeks – has me confident that the results will continue to come as we head towards the end of the year.
Elsewhere, we expect to hear the verdict on the ACV later this week and I will update you all as and when we have news.
We also have a number of offers available for supporters including £10 free personalisation on home shirts and any tickets purchased this week for midweek performances of our upcoming pantomime costing just £10 per person.
For more information on the above, please visit Bolton Central or call 0844 871 2932.

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FCB NY and LG Launch ‘TV for the Serious Watcher'
What would you do if a main character from your favorite show arrived at your door and personally delivered your new LG TV? That’s what LG Electronics and agency FCB NY wanted to find out in this hilarious real-person stunt, which launches LG's new social platform, “The TV for the Serious Watcher.”
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The European zebra mussel in the Great Lakes, a toxic Japanese dinoflagellate transferred to Australia—such biologically and economically harmful stowaways have made it imperative to achieve better management of ballast water in ocean-going vessels.
Stemming the Tide examines the introduction of non-indigenous species through ballast water discharge. Ballast is any solid or liquid that is taken aboard ship to achieve more controlled and safer operation. This expert volume:
The book addresses the constraints inherent in ballast water management, notably shipboard ballast treatment and monitoring. Also, the committee outlines efforts to set an acceptable level of risk for species introduction using the techniques of risk analysis.
Stemming the Tide will be important to all stakeholders in the issue of unwanted species introduction through ballast discharge: policymakers, port authorities, shippers, ship operators, suppliers to the maritime industry, marine biologists, marine engineers, and environmentalists.
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|1 BALLAST WATER AND NONINDIGENOUS SPECIES||11-21|
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|3 MANAGING BALLAST WATER||32-51|
|4 SHIPBOARD TREATMENT OPTIONS||52-73|
|6 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS||86-92|
|A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS||93-98|
|B COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND ACTIVITIES||99-101|
|C EXPLANATION OF BASIC STABILITY||102-105|
|D ALTERNATIVE SHIP DESIGNS||106-108|
|E GREAT LAKES MARITIME INDUSTRY VOLUNTARY BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE CONTROL OF RUFFE IN LAKE SUPERIOR PORTS, 1993||109-110|
|F CANDIDATE SHIPBOARD TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION||111-118|
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What is the Drug Target for Warfarin?
Warfarin decreases blood coagulation by inhibiting vitamin K epoxide reductase, encoded by the VKORC1 gene. The VKORC1 enzyme recycles oxidized vitamin K1 after it has helped activate several blood coagulation proteins, mainly prothrombin and factor VII. Warfarin prevents this vitamin K1 recycling, (hence depleting active vitamin K1), but it takes 2 – 3 days for the anticoagulant affects to occur, as the remaining active clotting factors must first naturally disappear.
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Warfarin is a mix of two stereoisomers – S-warfarin and R-warfarin. S-warfarin is 2-5 times more potent at producing an anticoagulant response and is predominantly metabolized in the liver by a cytochrome P450 enzyme – CYP2C9. R-warfarin is predominantly metabolized by CYP3A4 (as well as several other cytochrome P450 enzymes including CYP2C9).
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The 2012 Dirt Nitro Challenge is underway and manufacturers are debuting new products at the event, including some new vehicles. Spotted in the pits was this new 1/8 nitro truggy from Team Durango.
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In 2017, during my last year of college, I had the privilege of presenting a thesis at an annual literature conference for my program. My essay was about rebellious children’s books, mostly from the 20th century, and how titles like Harriet the Spy, Matilda, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory allowed children the opportunities to rebel against oppressive adult authority figures, thereby signifying to the reader that there was always the chance for things to one day get better. But nowhere in my extensive research did I ever come across the name of the queer woman who helped bring some of these books to life.
“Oh hell, it just boils down to: you just can’t explain this sort of basic wonderful stuff to some adults,” once wrote children’s book editor Ursula Nordstrom, best known as the editor-in-chief of Harper & Row’s Books for Boys and Girls from 1940 to 1973. Credited with ushering in an era of children’s books that catered to the child’s emotions and imagination rather than appealing to the norms and values of their parents, Nordstrom’s vision helped publish the likes of Goodnight Moon, Where the Wild Things Are, Stuart Little, Harold and the Purple Crayon, The Giving Tree, and Charlotte’s Web. But over a half a century later her legacy, much like many women of her time, has been partly lost to history.
Born in 1910 to vaudeville comedians in Manhattan, Nordstrom took business courses as a young adult and began working as a clerk in the textbook department at Harper & Row in 1931. Described by many as a “painfully shy young woman,” she was promoted to Louise Raymond’s assistant in the Books for Boys and Girls department around 1936. When Raymond announced her retirement in 1940, Nordstrom was the first name on the list to be named her replacement as editor-in-chief of the children’s books sector.
By 1960, she was Harper’s first female vice president.
Having always disliked the glorified, sentimental tone that she believed had come to plague American children’s literature, Nordstrom immediately began seeking out authors who were going to challenge the status quo. (When asked years later by her nemesis Anne Carroll Moore, superintendent of children’s work at the New York Public Library, why she felt qualified to be an editor of children’s books, Nordstrom replied, “Well, I am a former child, and I haven’t forgotten a thing.”) Her motto was that children were “brand new people,” and that there were far too many “bad books for good children” in the publishing world. Thus, she sought to establish a genre of “good books for bad children.”
According to the HarperCollins publishers of today, “Nordstrom took the world of children’s literature into an exciting new era. Under her supervision, for the first time, children’s books dealt with issues such as divorce, puberty, loneliness, alcoholism, race relations, unwanted pregnancy, and homosexuality — and handled these issues with skill and sensitivity.”
“Nordstrom was more than an editor to her authors and artists — she was often their therapist, confidante and friend, and always their creative guardian and greatest champion,” wrote Maria Popova from The Marginalian. “Above all, Nordstrom was a fearless custodian of the child’s world and imaginative experience, to which unimaginative grownups so often lay perilous claim, and of the artist’s creative integrity in the face of growing commercial pressures toward marketable conformity and safe, commodified, politely pedestrian storytelling.”
As a result, the editor’s influence at the height of her success was unmatched. “Ursula’s list begins to resemble nothing so much as a Who’s Who in children’s literature after a while,” said Betsy Bird, once the New York Public Library’s Youth Materials Collections Specialist. “She had this crazy sense of humor that went well with her ability to spot potential children’s literature talent.”
But much of what remains unsaid of Nordstrom’s legacy and success was that she had an advantage over other editors and creatives of her generation, which was that she was a lesbian. “Modern childhood’s most benevolent patron saint turned out to be a childless gay woman living through the height of consumerism in America and yet managing to envision, publish, and defend children’s books that were not forgettable commodities but masterpieces that stood the test of time and enchanted generations,” says Popova. As a result, many of the authors and voices she nurtured and published were also queer, however loud or quiet.
Margaret Wise Brown, author of Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny, since became a celebrated bisexual for her decade-long affair with Blanche Oelrichs, ex-wife of actor John Barrymore. Harriet the Spy’s creator, Louise Fitzhugh, was also a lesbian, which helped bring the queerness of her novel to the forefront and allowed legions of young readers to see themselves reflected in the character. (According to Neva Grant from NPR, “Although Harriet’s sexuality is never touched on in the book, her boy’s clothes and bravado sent a message to some kids who felt different and didn’t know why.”) But one of Nordstrom’s most daring and unfortunately lesser known queer efforts was the publication of I’ll Get There. It Better Be Worth the Trip by John Donovan in 1969.
The first young adult novel to ever discuss same-sex attraction, it was named by Megan McCluskey as one of Time magazine’s Best YA Books of All-Time. “Lauded as one of the first teen novels to openly explore queerness, I’ll Get There. It Better Be Worth the Trip, published in 1969, broke early barriers in the now-thriving queer-YA movement, [which] paved the way for influential and beloved LGBTQ books like Alex Sanchez’s Rainbow Boys and Benjamin Alire Sáenz’s Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe,” she wrote.
“I had for years also said that I wished somebody would write a book that would just give a hint that there could be a romantic feeling between two persons of the same sex,” Nordstrom once justified. “It happens to almost everybody when they’re growing up, a crush on a teacher or something, and they outgrow it or they don’t outgrow it. Unbeknownst to me, John Donovan wrote me a letter and said he was writing a book about the different varieties of love.”
But no amount of queer kinship would compare to Nordstrom’s mentorship of Maurice Sendak, who was gay, closeted, and unsatisfied with life.
“[I have] the sense of having lived one’s life so narrowly — with eyes and senses turned inward. An actual sense of the breadth of life does not exist in me. I am narrowly concerned with me… All I will ever express will be the little I have gleaned of life for my own purposes,” he wrote to her early in his career, before she would help him publish Where the Wild Things Are.
Sendak first met Nordstrom in 1950 when he was embracing his inner Rhoda Morgenstern and working as a window decorator for F.A.O. Schwartz in New York City. Handpicked by the store’s children’s book buyer to meet with Nordstrom, she became infatuated with his sketchbooks and knew they needed to work together. “Preachy parables and books of manners and good deeds didn’t interest her,” wrote Bailey Johnson from Bluum. “She believed that children should read literature that prepared them for the complex and confusing world they were in — and she saw this veracity in Sendak’s work. His naughty and adventurous characters and their fraught emotional journeys were exactly what she was looking for.” In response to the vulnerable insecurities he expressed to her in writing, Nordstrom responded with, “You may not be Tolstoy, but Tolstoy wasn’t Sendak, either. You have a vast and beautiful genius,” adding in a postscript, “Love, fear, acceptance, rejection, re-assurance, and growth. No more for now.”
“I loved her on first meeting,” Sendak said years later. “My happiest memories, in fact, are of my earliest career, when Ursula was my confidante and best friend. She really became my home and the person I trusted most. These beginning years revolved around my trips to the old Harper offices on Thirty-third Street and being fed books by Ursula, as well as encouraged with every drawing I did. We had our disagreements, but she treated me like a hot-house flower, watered me for ten years, and hand-picked the works that were to become my permanent backlist and bread-and-butter support.”
After two decades of publishing books by other people, Nordstrom wanted to try her hand at writing a children’s book of her own. “[She] didn’t believe in simple answers and pat solutions. She wanted to be charmed, carried away, spoken truth to, in books — even if she was, as she put it, just a ‘deadly dull adult,’” explained Kelly Blewett from the Los Angeles Review of Books. Therefore, although she had by that time amassed an ambitious catalogue of “good books for bad children,” Nordstrom still wanted to display her own creative writing talent on the pages of a book that belonged solely to her. The Secret Language, Nordstrom’s only novel as an author, hit shelves in 1960 and was described by the editor as “an unpretentious, simple, rather detailed account” of a young girl’s emotions and experiences while away from home at boarding school.
Nordstrom was infamously modest about the book’s success, even though it was very warmly received, since The Secret Language is surely one of the most queerest children’s books ever written. Of course, sexuality is never explicitly discussed, but the secret language to which the title refers speaks to the language protagonist Martha develops with her new friend Victoria called leebossa. “Now, leebossa is for when you like something. When something is just lovely or when something works out just right, it is leebossa. For anything especially nice, you can say leeleeleeleebossa. But that’s only for something really wonderful. Understand?” Martha explains. Children would obviously be oblivious to it, especially in 1960, but I feel confident in assuring anyone that leebossa is clearly a code word for lesbian.
According to children’s literature historian Leonard Marcus, the editor allegedly wrote a sequel titled The Secret Choice that she finished all the way until the final chapter before claiming she didn’t know how to end it. Openly teasing the sequel in interviews, Nordstrom reportedly burned the manuscript near the end of her career with Harper, although this claim has been disputed. Whatever the case, the struggles she faced writing a second children’s novel undoubtedly represented in some capacity the struggles she faced with her own queerness during a century that denied the existence of queer people.
Once a painfully shy person, Nordstrom kept her private life distinctly private and away from her professional career, although she was in fact a lesbian. Her partner, Mary Griffith, was referred to as her “longtime companion” in Nordstrom’s 1988 obituary, ensuring that ambiguity remained in her personal life even in death. As a result of her fierce attempts to keep her private life separate from her professional life, little else is known on this front. After stepping down from Harper in 1973, she continued with her own imprint as a senior editor, Ursula Nordstrom Books, until 1979.
Although she succumbed to ovarian cancer nine years later at the age of 78, Nordstrom’s legacy, and especially her queer legacy, proudly lives on for those willing to seek it out — just as she did with new talent in children’s literature. As one colleague recalled, “Anyone who called, anyone who got off the elevator, anyone who wrote in, could be seen and heard.” She always answered her own phone and if she happened to hear another ringing, she’d yell, “Answer that! That might be the next Mark Twain.”

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The Federal Government and the West African Power Pool have commenced the process for the construction of a second 330 kilovolt transmission line that will further boost electricity supply to the Republic of Benin.
Nigeria supplies electricity to the Community Electric du Benin, the power firm of the Republic of Benin, and the neighbouring country is owing Nigeria several billions of naira as electricity debt.
The new 330KV transmission line being constructed by the Federal Government through the Transmission Company of Nigeria and the WAPP will be ready for use by 2021.
The interim Managing Director, TCN, and Chairman of WAPP, Usman Mohammed, announced the commencement of the process for the construction of the power line during the project’s Environmental and Social Impact Assessment study in Abuja on Friday.
“The second 330KV Ikeja West transmission line to Sakete in Benin Republic is necessary as the first could soon be constrained by the demand for more power from the Nigerian grid increase,” he said.
Mohammed also told participants at the event that Nigeria’s transmission infrastructure was no longer the weakest link in the power sector value chain going by the latest expansion drive at the TCN.
He said the WAPP project was supported by the New Partnership for Africa’s Development and the African Development Bank, adding that the ESIA study would be conducted in six months, after which the construction would take another 24 months and should be ready by 2021.

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In a game of runs that saw the Lakers turn a 20-point 2nd half deficit into a 13 point lead in the 4th quarter, it was the Celtics' final run to end regulation and their shot making in overtime that allowed them to survive the Lakers to win 122-118.
This was a game of superstar performances from some of the best players in the NBA. On the Lakers side, that meant LeBron James and Anthony Davis carrying them all night with relentless assaults in the paint and fantastic effort defensively.
LeBron barely missed out on a triple double, scoring 33 points to go along with nine rebounds and nine assists. LeBron was assertive all night on both ends of the floor, attacking the basket in both the half court and in transition, and making several highlight plays after forcing steals by jumping passing lanes and then throwing down monster dunks.
LeBron finished the night shooting 14-25 from the field, including several huge buckets in the middle of the Lakers huge run to close the 3rd quarter and through the majority of the 4th quarter. But he also only went 3-11 from behind the arc, with several of those misses coming late where fatigue could have played a factor. LeBron played 43 minutes in all, including the entire 4th quarter and all of overtime.
AD was on the court for even longer, logging 46 minutes, including the entire 2nd half and all of OT. Davis had another monster game, however, scoring a team high 37 points on 13-24 shooting to go along with 12 rebounds (4 offensive) and 3 assists. Davis dominated in the paint offensively, often facing smaller Celtics defenders who shot over the top of for finishes from all angles. And, like LeBron, AD was also tremendous in transition, making some highlight plays of his own.
Davis was also 11-15 from the foul line, but with the Lakers nursing a two point lead and trying to hold off the hard charging Celtics, AD missed consecutive free throws with 28.2 seconds left. Those misses gave the Celtics a chance to tie the game and Jayson Tatum obliged with a nifty step back jumper against LeBron in isolation. The Lakers had a chance to win at the buzzer, but Bron's jumper bounced off the iron and the game went into OT.
In the extra period, the Lakers were able to get off to a good start with back-to-back baskets from Russ, whose 20 points and 15 rebounds in the game helped fuel the team's 2nd half surge. But it wasn't to be as the Celtics' defense tightened and they continued their bombardment from beyond the arc, knocking down two of their 19 made three-pointers in the OT to create the separation they needed to fend off the Lakers one last time.
Ultimately, this game is a bitter pill for the Lakers to swallow considering the 2nd run they went on to take control of the game and the fact they had a 13-point lead with 4:25 left in the game, led by five with just under a minute left, and then had AD's free throws to put them up four with under 30 seconds.
But Tatum's shot making - not just on that last shot, but all game - that led to his game high 44 points and the additional scoring punch Jaylen Brown (25 points) and Marcus Smart (18 points) provided were just a bit too much to overcome in this one.
With this loss the Lakers fall to 11-16 on the season, but will look to build on some of their good stretches from this game and carry them over to their matchup with the Nuggets on Friday.


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Title: Deep Kiss of Winter
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Genre: Paranormal Romance
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Date Published: October 13th, 2009
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR KRESLEY COLE delivers a breathtaking tale of a brutal vampire soldier about to know love for the first time . . . and a Valkyrie aching for his touch.
Murdoch Wroth will stop at nothing to claim Daniela—the delicate Valkyrie who makes his heart beat for the first time in three hundred years. Yet the exquisite Danii is part ice fey, and her freezing skin can’t be touched by anyone but her own kind without inflicting pain beyond measure. Can they conquer an agony of frustration and slake the overwhelming desire burning between them?
NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR GENA SHOWALTER puts a daring spin on a tale of huntress and hunted . . . and concocts a sensual chemistry that is positively explosive.
With only skin-to-skin contact, Aleaha Love can change her appearance, assume any identity. Now she’s an AIR (alien investigation and removal) agent on a mission to capture a group of otherworldly warriors. Only she is held captive when dangerously seductive Breean, a golden-skinned, iron-willed commander, threatens her new life—and for the first time, Aleaha wants only to be herself.
Untouchable by Kresley Cole: (Immortals After Dark, #8)
Solid 5 stars! This has got to be my FAVORITE book in the series so far. I think, mainly because it literally spans from the very first short story that started the Immortals After Dark Series, The Warlord Wants Forever to the very latest in the series at the time (#7). It’s so cool to see the stories of Nikoli and Myst, then Sebastian and Kaderin, all the way up to Conrad and Néomi (there isn’t much mention of the two demon brothers’ stories, but then they were going on elsewhere).
Although, I think you would probably have to have read all the others in the series, in order, to appreciate these instances, but it’s so cool! This is what I love most about Kresley Cole – the overlapping of stories. This story was the ultimate since it spanned the months that the first books took to cover. It’s incredible how she does it so flawlessly, she’s amazing.
As for Murdoch and Danii – could I feel more terrible for them! I truly loved both these characters. But, what a situation to be caught in where you can’t even touch your Bride without burning her! It was really so heartbreaking at times. It was almost as bad, if not worse, as Conrad’s situation. Sometimes, it had me near tearing my hair out trying to figure out how in the world they would get through this.
But, of course, Kresley Cole came through in the end and it was a fantastic ending!
Overall, this is a real treat for all those Immortals After Dark fans. You will get to see all the characters and the previous stories from another perspective and all the while learning of yet ANOTHER romance kindling in the background of all the other tales. Definitely pick this up if you haven’t already, but if you haven’t read the first seven books in the series, I highly recommend you read them first (including The Warlord Wants Forever) to get the most out of this book.
Tempt Me Eternally by Gena Showalter:(Alien Huntress, #5)
** My rating does not reflect this story at this point because I haven’t read this one yet.
I didn’t read this one since I haven’t started the Alien Huntress series yet and I’m a sucker for reading a series in order. I do have it on my to-read list, but I haven’t started yet. But, once I read it, I’ll revise this review/rating.


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Two years ago we were in Portugal preparing for the West African journey and our friend Billy suggested that we should try out the General Grabber X3, a tire which he considers the best on the market. He even went so far as to have a set delivered to us before we left for Morocco (you are a legend Billy).
We were so impressed by the performance of the X3 in the deserts of the Sahara and the mixed extreme terrain of Western Africa that last year we published a review of the X3 in the Overland Journal confirming that these are, in fact, the best mud terrain tires we have ever used!
A few months ago General Tire USA reached out to us and we have since installed a new set of X3's for the Cape Town to Vladivostok journey with the help of General Tire South Africa. The previous set are still in excellent condition and would likely have lasted all the way to Russia.
Those of you who have followed our adventures know that we only work with the best and we are stoked to be setting off on the longest possible overland journey knowing that we have General Tire in our corner and an excellent set of MT's which will serve us faultlessly. Yeehah!!
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HOWLING MOON supplied us with the Tourer 2.4 Roof Top Tent which has housed us snugly for almost three years and has survived a cyclone, Patagonian and Bolivian gales, months of exposure to the sun, ice, humidity and an almost constant insectoid assault. We have slept in this awesome tent every night for 24 months of our travel and have only needed to replace the rain cover and some mozzie netting. Legendary.
MELVILL & MOON took one look at our old seat covers and told us to burn them, they were not up to the job of protecting our seats and providing extra storage. I asked Rob if he was serious that I had to burn the old covers, he looked up at me like one would look at a large child with special needs. I have those days. Our family of four has been unable to break even one zip, or leave a permanent stain, or damage a thread of these indestructible seat covers. Cockroaches will establish communities in M+M products after the apocalypse. If only we could get our hands on some of their luggage and camping gear...
Our Snomaster fridge has not had an easy life so far, it has travelled across three continents and has endured beaten, undulating third world roads, extreme temperatures and unreliable power sources. When we hunker down in a brick and mortar home for a few weeks the fridge is dragged indoors and used as a backup or primary fridge. We have lost the power chords and have broken a remote or two but the fridge soldiers on despite the constant use and abuse.
Now, if only we had space for a Snomaster ice maker…
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In 2012 we took delivery of a box of clothing from Craghoppers, we were off to conquer the planet and they agreed to clothe us, partially. We were young, ambitious and determined. Last month they sent us another box of clothing, including a set of boots for each of us. I have friends whose marriages have not lasted as long as our friendship with a clothing brand. Are we biased? Absolutely, but it is the bias of knowledge and experience. My children have hiked Torres Del Paine wearing Craghoppers clothing and we have swapped and shared articles of clothing as they grew. We still have almost every article of Craghoppers clothing we have ever possessed.
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Conductor Installation Services (CIS) has been awarded a multi-million-dollar contract by Weatherford Kazakhstan to provide conductor driving services in Kazakhstan.
The contract requires CIS, an Acteon company, to carry out up to eight conductor driving operations annually on wells offshore in the Caspian Sea for a number of major operators.
CIS will utilise 90kJ hydraulic hammers to drive the conductors. Two hydraulic hammer spreads, together with drive chasers and drive shoes, have been delivered to Kazakhstan where they will be based throughout the programme.
The first installation operation is scheduled to commence during the next few weeks.


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When we say Captain America: Civil War has the best superhero action scene of all time in it, we mean it. Part of that is the sheer amount of superheroes involved, part of that is the humor, another part is Spider-Man, but a big part is what Ant-Man does. So we talked to the people behind the scenes about how it went…
The Little Prince is one of those stories where, even if you don’t know it, you’ve heard of it. Originally written by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, it’s been adapted into all kinds of different versions. Next year, it’s getting a star-studded Hollywood animated treatment.
The Ant-Man Blu-ray hits on December 8 and, as usual with Marvel movies, is filled with lots of fun extras. A few of those have made it online including multiple deleted scenes, each of which is pretty entertaining and interesting—and one of which is hiding a tease to a major Marvel villain.
Marvel has released a brief deleted scene from Ant-Man before its home release. In it, Paul Rudd’s Scott Lang scouts out Hank Pym’s house in guise of a cable repair guy.
The producers and director of Marvel’s Ant-Man had a difficult problem. You have a character who has to shrink, so how do you do that with modern technology? Do you go the Honey I Shrunk the Kids route and build huge sets? Or is there another way?
Casting news just dropped for director Duncan Jones’ new science fiction thriller, and it’s two of our favorite fantastical leading men. Plus we’ve got a Mute synopsis. Deep breaths.
Marvel’s latest superhero movie, Ant-Man, is very well made. It has some good action and a few really clever bits. There are some funny parts, along with some not-that-funny parts. This movie pretty much gets the job done. But it’s not particularly memorable, or especially amazing.
With the buzz swirling around the start of Comic-Con, it’s easy to forget Marvel Studios has their next big movie coming out just next week: Ant-Man. To help you remember, a viral video has come online setting up the new film and linking to the following one.
The Marvel marketing juggernaut has put out a final international trailer out for Ant Man. In it, Scott Lang wants to call in The Avengers for help.
Peyton Reed’s Ant-Man began screening for press Thursday night and buzz on the oddball Marvel movie was solid. However, if you can’t wait to see it, don’t fret. You can pretty much watch the whole movie right now thanks to a new Japanese trailer.
Did you know that Paul Rudd killed Michael Myers? Also, Halloween 3 really didn't have anything to do with anything? Here is the entire Halloween franchise in two minutes.
The first Ant-Man Easter Egg has been spotted, and it is adorable. Mild spoilers ahead!
He's not in his super suit, but here is our first look at Paul Rudd, unshaven and a little roughed-up, as Ant-Man's Scott Lang.
Michael Douglas has officially signed on Edgar Wright's Ant-Man. And now Marvel is revealing that he's playing Hank Pym, which means Paul Rudd (the lead and younger Ant-Man of this story) is the other comic book iteration of this hero Scott Lang. But wait, there's a twist. Spoilers ahead.
UPDATE: It's official: Paul Rudd is the lead in Edgar Wright's Marvel movie Ant-Man, according to The Wrap. But which version of the size-changing ant-themed superhero is he possibly going to play?
Despite the stigma, there are many people still using AOL email. Some are stuck in a technology timewarp; but not everyone is that backwards. Some notable and presumably intelligent celebrities are reportedly still using their AOL email addresses.
I'm not sure what sort of prototype processor he's running here, but the stuff his computer can do is pretty amazing. It's like a glimpse into the future! Thanks, Paul! [Belmont]

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8th December, 2006
I've heard that it's possible to go by boat from Phuket to Koh Lipe (One boat from Phuket to Lanta and then another from Lanta to Lipe). On the info I got there's 15 minutes to change boat in Lanta. Does anyone know if this trip is possible to do in one day due to the short time to change boat? Who operates the ferries?
Another thing I wonder is if it's possible to go from Lipe to Langkawi in the morning (there are boats on the afternoon, but then I would miss a flight to Bangkok).
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"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine to shine a spotlight on upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
Between Shades of Gray
By Ruta Sepetys
Philomel, to be released March 22, 2011
Lina is just like any other fifteen-year-old Lithuanian girl in 1941. She paints, she draws, she gets crushes on boys. Until one night when Soviet officers barge into her home, tearing her family from the comfortable life they've known. Separated from her father, forced onto a crowded and dirty train car, Lina, her mother, and her young brother slowly make their way north, crossing the Arctic Circle, to a work camp in the coldest reaches of Siberia. Here they are forced, under Stalin's orders, to dig for beets and fight for their lives under the cruelest of conditions.
Lina finds solace in her art, meticulously—and at great risk—documenting events by drawing, hoping these messages will make their way to her father's prison camp to let him know they are still alive. It is a long and harrowing journey, spanning years and covering 6,500 miles, but it is through incredible strength, love, and hope that Lina ultimately survives. Between Shades of Gray is a novel that will steal your breath and capture your heart.
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If you watch this video, I think you'll get a good understanding of what this book is going to be: Heartbreaking. Ruta Sepetys has made me cry already...and I haven't even picked up the book yet. I can't wait to check out this debut author's work!
What book are you waiting on this Wednesday?


3% increase in energy efficiency per year - how do we get there?
September saw the launch of the Three Percent Club, a coalition of countries, businesses and international organisations committed to driving a three percent improvement in global energy intensity each year. Launched at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York, the Three Percent Club seeks to address the fall in the annual improvement in energy intensity to just 1.3% in 2018, and International Energy Agency research showing that the right efficiency policies could deliver over 40 percent of the emissions cuts needed to reach the goals of the Paris Agreement, without requiring new technology.
So how do we achieve this annual level of improvement in energy efficiency? Improving energy efficiency fundamentally comes from three things;
improving the efficiency of existing assets – the buildings, processes and systems we already have – through improved energy management (without significant investment into new equipment).
improving the efficiency of assets and systems through investment into energy efficiency, investment that can either be purely driven by the desire to improve efficiency (retrofit), normal end of life upgrades (renovation), or investment in new facilities such as buildings and industrial processes.
changing the mix of the economy to more energy efficient goods and services.
To improve energy management of the existing assets we need to improve training in energy management and increase appreciation of the value of good energy management in the C-suite. Systems such as ISO 50001 can help do this. Policy measures should encourage the use of ISO 50001, through mechanisms such as Ireland’s Large Industry Energy Network, the US’s Superior Energy Performance programme or Sweden’s programme for Improving Energy Efficiency in Energy-Intensive Industry which provides a waiver on energy tax for companies that implement ISO50001 and other measures. We also have to recognise that in many organisations energy management is under-staffed and so the use of newly emerging AI systems to optimise energy use in buildings and processes will become more attractive as they get cheaper and more capable.
Clearly we need to increase the rate of investment into energy efficiency in all forms but we also need to improve the quality of energy efficiency investments. Quality is improved by using standardised, state of the art, project development methodologies such as the Investor Confidence Project’s Investor Ready Energy Efficiency™ to develop projects that perform better. We can increase the depth of savings from investments by adopting integrated design techniques, an approach that is still woefully under used.
We also have to recognise that there are limits to how far any building or process can be improved by retrofitting. End of life renovation provides an opportunity to improve efficiency, an opportunity that is often missed or under-used. Once a major renovation happens the fundamental level of energy efficiency is locked in for a long period, twenty to thirty years or even more. It is critical that we make the most of each and every one of those opportunities to maximise the improvement in energy efficiency. This requires several things; policies that drive maximum efficiency, and building capacity in the C-suite to ensure customers demand the highest levels of efficiency. A third important factor would be banks and financial institutions lending for these kinds of projects working to ensure higher levels of efficiency than simply ‘business as usual’ are achieved. Banks such as ING commercial property division already do this by providing assistance and refusing to lend to low performing buildings. ING and other financial institutions see this as a risk reduction strategy, a way of generating additional business and a way of having an environmental impact. For building and industrial process owners just building a new facility to legal requirements (either planning requirements or even current best practice) and claiming it as energy efficient is not good enough, owners need to demand the highest levels of efficiency and low carbon energy supply – this does not mean untested technology, just using existing technology in the best way.
We need to build capacity on the demand side, the supply side and in the finance community. We need to ensure the C-suite knows what is possible and actually demands high quality energy management programmes, high quality investments into efficiency and the use of integrated design. Leading companies including Johnson Controls, Schneider Electric and 3M have achieved more than 3% improvement in energy productivity per annum year after year, in some cases for several decades so it can be done. We also need to build capacity in the financial sector to understand, evaluate and invest into energy efficiency.
Changing the mix of the economy to more energy efficient goods and services is another area that we should not forget. Dematerialisation and integration of devices e.g. smart phones replacing cameras, radios and just about everything else, helps. Switching to renewable energy supplies greatly helps as the inherent inefficiency of thermal power stations – driven by the laws of thermodynamics – is replaced by direct generation with no thermal processes with their massive losses.
The Three Percent Club is a way of focusing attention on the problem with a clear target against which progress can be measured. EnergyPro supports this new initiative fully – if you want to support it too you can sign up here.


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Case history: A 49-year-old teacher presented to his GP with lethargy and lower limb weakness. He had noticed polydipsia and polyuria, and had experienced weight loss albeit with an increase in central abdominal fat mass. He had previously undergone cholecystectomy and colonic polypectomy. He took no regular medications.
Investigations: He had hypercalcaemia 3.34 mmol/l with PTH of 356 ng/l and hypokalaemia 2.7 mmol/l and was admitted for intravenous fluid therapy and potassium replacement. Renal function was normal and phosphate level measured low at 0.42 mmol/l. A contrast enhanced CT Chest/Abdomen/Pelvis imaging revealed a well-encapsulated anterior mediastinal mass measuring 1742 cm × 1142 cm with central necrosis, compressing rather than invading adjacent structures. A neck ultrasound revealed a 242 cm right inferior parathyroid lesion. The patient underwent biopsy of the mediastinal lesion and immunohistochemistry was positive for synaptophysin and CD56 with weak patchy staining for PAX8; Ki67 was 3%. Histology was consistent with an atypical carcinoid-likely thymic. His serum cortisol was 2612 nmol/l. Inadequate cortisol suppression to 575 nmol/l from an ODST was demonstrated and ACTH was elevated at 67 ng/l. Pituitary MRI was normal and remaining anterior pituitary biochemistry was unremarkable. On review of the previous CT imaging, the adrenals appeared normal but a pancreatic lesion was noted adjacent to the uncinate process with internal calcification. The admission was further complicated by an increase in urine output, to 10l/24 hrs with significant thirst, for which a water deprivation test was conducted. Desmopressin was administered at 1700 hrs without significant response.
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A 18FDG-PET demonstrated high avidity of the mediastinal mass with additionally active bilateral superior mediastinal nodes. The pancreatic lesion was not FDG avid. On 68Ga-DOTA-PET, the mediastinal mass was moderately avid, and the pancreatic mass showed marked uptake with additional peripancreatic lesions likely representing lymph node involvement.
Treatment: Intravenous fluids successfully treated hypercalcaemia. Metyrapone was initiated at 250 mg QDS and uptitrated to 500 mg QDS, with therapeutic cortisol concentration aimed between 100–200 nmol/l. Genetic testing due to MEN-1 phenotype was requested and he was referred urgently for thoracic MDT review and surgery.
Conclusions/Discussion: The underlying unifying diagnosis is clinical MEN-1 with concurrent paraneoplastic Cushing’s syndrome most likely secondary to the large thymic neoplasm, complicated further by nephrogenic DI due to multiple electrolyte disturbances.

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How to win at Kingdom of Legends
Every player desires to get a big prize, so we will tell you about how to win at Kingdom of Legends slot more. Especially for you, our experts have conducted numerous studies.
Below is a detailed description of only those strategies that increase the chances of the winning. You no longer need to develop your methods. Just read this article and apply the new knowledge to practice. You will certainly be lucky to get the maximum number of prize coins and, possibly, to break the progressive jackpot. By the way, we have a tip of the tester, so it is worth getting acquainted with his recommendations. This article will be useful especially if you desire to break the jackpot.
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If you decide to choose this slot machine, then you will get ready for spending the time. But it is worth it. The game process will have to spend a lot of time. Before the first spin, set limits for yourself that you will not neglect. They are described in detail in the article "How to win at the Kingdom of Legends slot", so we will not dwell on the limitations. But about the choice of rates should be told in more detail.
You should remember that the size of the bet depends on what part of the accumulative jackpot will be credited to the account when the coveted symbol combination falls out. Of course, it is better to play at the highest rate, and then the main prize will be entirely yours. But I would recommend not to get carried away and use a medium-sized bet. Then the probability of victory will increase. Do not forget that the game has a non-standard way of forming prize combinations, so first test the slot in demo mode and only after you proceed to the real game process. This slot will involve you, and it won`t regret!
Hidden parameters and settings of the slot (data from testing)
- Volatility is 11,85 out of 20 (high).
- Cycle length is long.
- The rating of the slot machine for the wagering is 3,48 out of 10.
- The frequency of falling of the bonus is statistically, every 243rd spin (0,41%).
- The probability of a hit (any winning) is 33,80%
- Distribution of the winnings is 45% in the usual spins and 55% in the bonus feature.
- The maximum payout during the tests was 247x.
- The average winning from the bonus was 94x.
- The RTP of 94% does not allow you to get a positive mathematical expectation.
Secrets of the slot machine
- The rate. The particular importance is a bet in this slot machine. The more it is, the larger the reward can be broken. But because there are no pay lines in the slot and you should choose medium-sized bets. This way you will avoid losing the bankroll and be able to control it. Maximum rewards are only available if you put 50 coins for a spin. Choosing such a bet, you should have more than 50 thousand coins on your account. So, think carefully, whether it is worth taking the risk.
- Progressive Jackpot. With each bet is deducted a certain percentage on account of the accumulative jackpot. You can get the whole grand prize or a part of it. Depending on the combination of the dropped symbols and the size of the bet. It is impossible to influence the frequency of the loss of the main prize. You will need to make more than 500 free spins if you intend to pick up the jackpot. Note that the most significant win is extremely rare. The remaining combinations of symbols, which bring only a particular part of the jackpot, drop out more often. But still, they will also have to wait a long time. But the payment that you get in the end is worth it.
- Free Spins. Free games will be launched often, especially if you play at the lowest rates. But then the winnings will not make you happy. It is recommended to select a medium-sized bet and wait for the activation of free spins. After the completion of the prize rotation, it is better to pause or reduce the stake by 50-60 spins. Affect the outcome of free rounds will be difficult.
- Playing the odds. Do not risk with big prizes and increase the winnings more than three times in one round. Be careful and save your rewards for bets. So, you will be able to win more. Consider that the slot can offer to increase the small prize to an incredible size, but do not succumb to the temptation.
- Limits. Before you start the slot, you need to set limits for your bankroll. You must stop betting on losing more than 1/3 of the score that was before the first spin. And it is necessary to stop right after the big jackpot is broken. Save the won coins, because often the slot stops giving out big rewards.
- Use all strategies that are disclosed in the secrets of the slot machine, while you are playing for free in the demo mode slot.
Important to remember!
- The bet must be the maximum if you want to collect the entire progressive jackpot.
- If the account has less than 50 thousand coins, you will play at low rates.
- Choose the rate according to the number of credits in the account.
- Progressive Jackpot is rare.
- In the free spin mode, you will be expected to win big wins, but only if you play at high stakes.
- Do not take a lot of chances in the game.
- Limits for bankroll will help you to avoid losses.
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Jake Locker ahead of schedule in recovery from surgery
- Titans quarterback Jake Locker had Lisfranc surgery in November.
- The fourth-year pro is ahead of schedule in his recovery.
- He%27s expected to be ready for the season opener on Sept. 7 at Kansas City.
Then he challenged himself to get back on the field sooner than anyone expected. Heading into a critical season, the fourth-year pro knew it was important to see as much action as possible in a new offense under a new coaching staff.
Yet he also wanted to do it for his teammates.
"I want the guys on the team to know that it means something to me, and that I am going to do everything I can to be in the field," Locker said. "… Hopefully it helps to create a culture that we're all going to try and work that way."
As the Titans kicked off organized team activities on Tuesday at Saint Thomas Sports Park, Locker took part in team drills for the first time since November, when he had surgery on his right foot to repair a Lisfranc injury.
Locker, who took part in individual drills during a minicamp in April and was cleared for more activity, is ahead of schedule in his recovery. The Titans initially believed he wouldn't be this far along until late June.
On Tuesday, he moved reasonably well, although he appeared to maneuver with a slight limp during the portion of practice open to media. Teammates later said his passes were on target – as was the message he sent by participating in practice.
"It's always good to see your starting quarterback out there, running the offense," tight end Delanie Walker said. "But it didn't surprise me. That is Jake. He's a fighter, he is going to compete. He is a leader and that shows leadership."
Barring a setback, the Titans plan on Locker being the starter in the season opener on Sept. 7 at Kansas City. There are nine more OTA sessions before training camp begins in late July.
"I think that people heal differently," Locker said. "Some people heal faster, slower, whatever it is. I take pride in the fact that I'm going to do everything I can to exceed expectations. My goal was to be back out here as quickly as I can. … I felt really good. It felt good moving around."
With a new offense expected to feature more downfield passing, the Titans need Locker at his best and his healthiest. He missed 14 of a potential 32 starts over the past two seasons because of injuries.
Locker is still getting comfortable with the new offense, his new coaches and his new teammates. The quarterbacks room alone has two new faces in veteran Charlie Whitehurst and rookie Zach Mettenberger. There's also Tyler Wilson, who signed with the Titans late last season but did not see any action.
Mettenberger, a former LSU star, was a highly-touted prospect going into the NFL Draft last month, but a knee injury and some off-field red flags left him available to the Titans in the sixth round.
It didn't sound as if Mettenberger's presence threatened Locker, who said he would help the rookie as much as possible.
"I have been so fortunate to have guys that have done that for me," Locker said. "That is part of your responsibility as an NFL player, to educate the guys that come in after you and help them feel comfortable as well."
Coach Ken Whisenhunt said he's getting more comfortable with Locker each day as well. He's glad to get more time on the practice field with the 2011 first-round pick than he thought he would at this stage.
"It's a credit to Jake for working hard. Obviously, it was good to get him out there with the team. That was an important piece of it," Whisenhunt said. "I respect the way that he's come in here and worked. … There's no substitute for getting to work on the field."
Reach Jim Wyatt at 615-259-8015 and on Twitter @jwyattsports.