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Blair had pouted briefly before shrugging her shoulders. She didn’t mind too much that Lyra didn’t want to go on stage. Jamie held out her hand towards the pinkette, so if she took it, she would be led to where the siblings would be standing. “Blair would have upstaged you anyways.”
Jamie snorted towards the woman as the red headed singer indeed stole the show. The return of the middle sister had little effect on the oldest, besides the glare after taking the kernel. As Mysie seemed to talk to the mentee, Jamie put a hand on her hip.
Mysie seemed to smirk when Lyra accepted their proposal to go and carve pumpkins. They motioned with their hand to get Lyra to follow them. As Lyra found a table, Mysie seemed to follow and flop themselves into a chair near Lyra. The sisters sat near the two, but away from the pumpkins. Mysie looked at them and signed something with their hands. In Stella Sign Language, Mysie asked if the sisters would participate with them."I'm not touching that, it's gross."
Blair says as she looks towards other contestants and their gutting of pumpkins.
Jamie softly snorted as she shook her head. "I'm not an artist. So it'd be a mess."
Mysie rolled their emerald green eyes and picked up their iLac before typing on it;
"I'm thinking of carving a mushroom cloud on my pumpkin…
or a mushroom in general.
What do you think you're going to carve?”
The short haired Faulkner purposely didn’t let their sisters see the text, waiting for Lyra’s response, before they took the phone back and typed more. It took them a quick second for them to erase what they said before putting more down and letting Lyra read it again.
“I’m kidding, I’m going to make the guilds symbol.”
The little redhead was snickering silently as they sat there and picked up a knife and started to get into the pumpkins top to start gutting it. A fat digital clock was put on the table with 00:30:00 on it, instantly going down to 00:29:59 as soon as a button was pressed. Mysie glanced at it before they went back to work gutting the pumpkin. It took a bit, but Mysie was able to get the guts out and used a pen that they materialized from their book of spells to mark up the pumpkin for how they were going to do the carving. To help with getting the shape down, Mysie used Blairs guild tattoo on her right hand.
Jamie and Blair were sitting back and just watching Lyra and Mysie as they carved their pumpkins. Mysie was using their magic to help them carve some of the pumpkin. There was nothing in the rules that said that one couldn’t do that, so of course the youngest Faulkner was going to abuse this. The only thing was Mysie was still carving along with it. By the time the timer went off, Mysie had most of the Luminous Rose guild symbol carved out that it didn’t fully matter that it wasn’t completely carved. It still looked great. They turned the pumpkin around and smirked as they were proud of their creation.
Jamie clapped and looked over to Lyra’s to see what she made. “You two worked well on your pumpkins, they look great.”
She smiles as she walks up between the two of them and ruffles their hairs before she notices something across the way from the pumpkin carving. As she did that, a staff member came up and gave a candy corn kernel to everyone who participated. Mysie handed theirs to Jamie, letting her hold onto it like Blair did.“Hey Jamie! Do you want to… ‘test your courage’ or whatever?”
Blair snorts as she points towards the sign across the aisle. It was pointing towards a maze. Jamie smirks as she glances towards Blair.“I bet I can beat it.”
She chuckles as she lets go of her youngest sibling and their mentee before she makes her way towards the entrance. “Lyra, make sure they don’t cause trouble in my absence.”
She tells her before she jogs into the maze. Jamie was great at mazes, her homecity where she grew up in, in Stella, was nothing but a maze. She made marks in the dirt at corners to let her know when she got to a place as a marker, so if she found a circle, she knew to erase the mark and try the other way. There were decorations of various ghosts and other ghouls, people dressed up as monsters and ‘villains’ to scare the haunted maze participants. One of the rules was to not harm the scare actors. That was almost hard for the redhead to do. It was near reflex to punch them, she managed it regardless though.
Be it by sheer luck, or by the fact that she saw a few people go a certain way, Jamie managed to get her way to the end of the maze. They stood before the gate to the test of courage. A grin was on her lips as she made her way forward. As she entered through the gate, she felt a wave of her magic disappearing again, just like in the Neutral Grounds when she went to get her iLac with her siblings. Was that supposed to be fearful? It wasn’t too bad in her opinion.
She continued forth in the maze before she was met with the sounds of high pitch clapping sounds. Like the sound of pinchers snapping together. She froze as she knew
what that sound was. She didn’t want to go forth and look. They were crabs. The crustaceans that torment the gunslingers dreams sometimes and terrified her to no end. The first time she saw them in Bosco, it freaked her out to no end. Bosco! She ignored the crabs like crazy then! It was for her siblings sake, at least then, so they could get the hell away from Stella, but she could do this! She could face her crab fear once more!
The pinching noise came closer and she quickly moved her feet. Rounding the corner had her face to face with many
crabs. She shuttered and quickly was making her way through the crab isle, running as fast as she could. As hse continued through the courage part of the maze, she nearly tripped a few times. This was absolutely garbage! There were also some ghost illusions happening, but those didn’t seem to bother Jamie. It was the crabs that were getting to the gunslinger more. How did this even know she was afraid of crabs anyways?! Her one irrational fear, being used against her! Was it the gate at the entrance of the Test of Courage maze?! That was the only thing that she could think of! As she passed by a perpendicular part of the maze with a 3 way trail, she spotted something. Risking the crabs following after her, Jamie quickly turned herself around till she got to the corner. What more would she see than the exit!
She cheered in joy as she quickly ran away from the crabs and right towards the exit, literally collapsing at the end after she felt her magic return to her. She kept her head down as she was catching her breath. She couldn’t have her sibling and mentee see her like this.
What did she start doing after she managed to wipe her tears away? Laugh. She started laughing. She stood up as she saw Mysie leading Lyra and Blair to her. The youngest sibling signed something to her, and Jamie grinned. “Yeah! I got a little bored in there and started racing the things for fun! That’s why I’m a little out of breath!”
She calls out as she walks casually back towards the trio, wrapping her arm around Mysie’s shoulder. “Let's go sightseeing around the festival before we get home.”
She raised an eyebrow towards Lyra before a staff member came up to her and handed her another candy corn kernel. “You want to join us still, Lyra?”
The racecar driver costume wearing gunslinger questions with a grin. Her eyes were only slightly red from her crying a moment ago, but she hoped it wouldn’t affect them much since she said she was running.


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Headed out on the road Thursday morning to cover Metal In The Mountains 2021 that starts Thursday afternoon and goes till Sunday night. This festival is a rock, hard rock, and heavy music festival. Everyone is ready to get out and get loose. With all the crazy things going on people still need their music therapy. More that a dozen bands are scheduled to play each day. Metal fans come for all over the surrounding areas to see some local and international recording acts from all over the country.
Alright let’s get started. There are 2 stages. A main stage and a second stage. Food vendors, band merch and yes free parking. They even have camping so what more could you ask for. Thursday night drew more people than expected. With some of the crowds’ favorites Dying Oath and Byzantin as the headliner for the evening. Byzantin is a heavy metal band from Charleston, WV. They have a progressive metal, dance/electronic sound. The fans were loving it.
The rest of the weekend was amazing. A lot of great bands. Haymaker, The Crowned, King 810, John 5, Attila, RA, Butcher Babies, Soulfly, Flaw, just to name a few. Way too many to name them all. We did during the weekend experience some rain delay and even the last day of the show Sunday they had to call off the last two bands The Lonely Ones and HED PE. Due to the rain, they were unable to play. It was an incredible weekend with lots of great bands and people. All hanging out and enjoying the music we all love. Metal In The Mountains has come a long way and there ready to do it again in 2022. So, make your plans now to attend. I can only imagine the bands they will book in the years to come.

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Inside The LanCool Dragon Lord PC-K62 Advanced Mid tower Case
Since all the rear panel goodies should be fresh in your mind from the outside image, here's a look from the inside. Most notable is the same VGA locking system I had in my PC-B70, which I really like both its looks and functionality. Just above this mechanism you can see the padlock loop hanging off the back of the chassis for those who need to lock up their hardware. The last thing I want to cover here is the padded rails at the bottom that keep your PSU off the floor of the chassis. In case you put the chassis on the carpet, air can still be drawn into the PSU from inside the PC-K62.
The motherboard tray is set up from the factory ready to accept a full ATX motherboard. The stand offs are already there. Looking around the tray, you will find four wire management holes; two at the bottom, and two on the right side. Something found in a lot of the newer chassis' is the CPU cooler back plate access hole. A nice tray in my opinion for a budget builder's case!
Another look at the floor of the chassis shows a few things. One, there is a plastic rail placed to aide in containing all the PSU wires as they leave the PSU on their destinations to the appropriate component. The right side, or front of the chassis, allows for four 3.5" hard drives to be mounted in a screw-less fashion and slide into the rack. Lastly, we get a glimpse of the front intake 140mm fan.
Stepping back a bit allows the 5.25" drive bays to be seen. The top two have a more simplified screw-less mechanism than did my PC-B70, but the two included devices work just as well as the ones I had seen before and are just as simple to use. Just remove the front bezel and the correct front clip in vented panel, squeeze the screw-less mounts clip to unlock it, swing it left, slide in the drive and snap the lock back into place. The bottom three bays need the use of screws to mount drives in those.
Removing the rear panel gives a good look at the inside of the rear of the motherboard tray and just how you need to route the wires to get them where they need to go. From the outer edge of the support under the tray to the panel is just under ½" of room to route wiring.
Prepping for the installation, I removed the vented plastic front bezel. This allowed me to also gain access to the intakes fan filter that snaps in and out for easy cleaning. As far as removing the vented front sections, there is a tab on either side to release and they slide right out to allow optical drives to show through.
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You should always be careful when clicking links on the internet, it doesn’t take long to find yourself in a situation where your personal information can be potentially at risk, however, you should be particularly careful about clicking on links today as there’s one doing the rounds on social media that’s crashing smartphones. Just clicking on the link will cause anybody’s phone to crash, so it’s best to be prepared.
The link is simple and self explanatory, crashsafari.com, and it performs as advertised. Clicking on this link will cause Safari to crash, and also Google Chrome, it achieves this result by writing countless characters in the address bar every second ultimately exhausting memory and causing the browser to crash.
It’s just four lines of code and it’s working on both Android smartphones and the iPhone, not only can it crash Safari and Chrome, it can even cause the smartphone to reboot. Some have found that it’s working on desktop computers as well but it depends on how much RAM and CPU the computer has free.
On its own this link isn’t really malicious, it doesn’t steal any user information or pumps in malware, it just crashes the device and the browser. Annoying is what it really is, so you best keep an eye out since people are circulating this link through social media by disguising it with a short URL. You’ve been warned.
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Adopted both Sadie (49108 Sophie) & Lia (50241 Bella) from Premier Pups. They are not from the same litter but are “Best Friends Forever”!! Our house is no longer boring! It is full of love & playfulness, sometimes too much… ha-ha. Sophie just turned 6 months and Lia is now 4.5 months old. We made a great choice getting our puppies from Premier Pups. Healthy & growing fast, well 5 LBS now, close to their full adult size. They wish everyone a Merry Christmas 2016
We absolutely love our Bella, formerly Goldie. She will turn 3 years old this January 19th, 2016. She is a perfect addition to our family and greets everyone with her bone when they come in the house. She loves to be outside and was quite amused playing in the snow for the first time. She loves the car and travels with us everywhere we go, from the cabin in WI to seeing Grandma and the other residents at the nursing home. She is a very big hit with the ladies at the home!!! She is great with the grandkids and makes sure she cleans up any snacks they might drop on the floor. We always say she can't handle her licker because her tongue is always liking someone or something. I can not thank Premier Pups enough for allowing me to buy my sweet Bella. She came to me at a very difficult time. I was recovering from a very complicated back surgery and she helped me heal and stayed by my side for companionship. Still to this day where ever I sit or lay down she is right by my side.
Me and my girlfriend got mia on June 20 2018. It was the best decision we ever made. Mia is healthy, playful and shows a lot of affection. She is our siberian Husky best friend. Premierpups have an excellent customer service and provide all information needed before and after the puppy arrive. 100% recommended :)
We loved getting our little guy from PremierPups! Everyone was really helpful and the communication was great, I enjoyed the follow-up calls as well, as it ensured me that they really cared for their puppies. Bucky has been with us for about 3 months now and we couldn't be happier! He adjusted very quickly and loves playing outside, meet new people and follows us everywhere we go. We love our sweet guy - thanks to everyone at PremierPups for all the help :)
We picked up Chloe almost 2 weeks ago. She had her first vet appointment today and they said she is very healthy. She is the cutest tiniest puppy with the sweetest personality. The people at Premiere Pups have been great about calling to check on our girl and answering any questions we have. I would definitely recommend them and I have. We love our Chloe. She is perfect for our family.
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Module code: LLMP 5210
The module examines the law relating to the pollution of the atmosphere. The topics covered include: common law liabilities for atmospheric pollution; stationary sources of atmospheric pollution; the statutory nuisance regime as it applies to emissions of fumes etc; the Clean Air legislation, in particular the prohibition on the emission of dark smoke, chimney heights and smoke control areas; Air Quality Management; development control; environmental permitting; alternative control models, in particular tax incentives and emissions trading schemes both at the domestic and EU levels.
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You are a part of human nature,
Not everybody enjoys your company.
I learned to cry, to eat, to speak, to watch, to write, to listen…
Until one day, I learned to recognize your voice,
Which is part of my own.
I see you when I am concentrated on what I am meant to do.
Sometimes I see your shadow, even when I stand in crowds of people.
No words to be said,
And I long for you.
Some people can’t stand silence.
Is this because they are afraid of hearing
how loud you can be in their hearts?
As in the gap between Yin & Yang,
So in the gap between one thought and the next,
Although we hardly notice you.
You taught me to like being with myself,
And to appreciate honest friendships in the world.
Maybe you won’t be the one I most want to be with
In my dying moments
I wouldn’t have got to know myself better.
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Thank you for saying #ImThere
This summer, we celebrated National Blood Week (19th – 25th June) by showing that by being a blood donor, you are able to save lives while going about yours.
We showed how you can be here and be there. So, once the donation is made, you can carry on with your day-to-day life while simultaneously providing life-saving treatment in all kinds of situations – whether that be to a person in an oncology ward battling cancer, or another lying on an operating table having emergency surgery. By simply giving blood, you are there.
In the next year, we need 200,000 new blood donors. And to ensure a good mix of blood types to reflect those in the general population, 40,000 black donors are urgently needed. During National Blood Week, over 10,500 new donors came forward to register. Almost 1,000 of those were black donors.
Mike Stredder, director of blood donation, said, “We were so pleased by the public response to National Blood Week, and our campaign to recruit more donors – especially black donors.
“The reason that we’re appealing for more black donors specifically is because of the growth of sickle cell disease: the fastest growing genetic blood disorder in the UK.
“To treat the disease effectively, we need to closely match the blood of the patient with the donor. Sickle cell is more prevalent in people with an African or Caribbean family background, so we need to ensure that the blood we collect for these patients is also taken from people with similar heritage.
“The campaign has gone some way in bridging this gap between supply and demand, but the need to recruit more donors – particularly more black donors – is still there.”
As committed blood donors, please do encourage friends and family to sign up as blood donors. You can also help to support us by using the hashtag #GiveBlood and sharing your reasons for donating.
If you’re eligible to donate, please make an appointment online or call 0300 123 23 23. As always, thank you for your continued support. Thank you for being there.

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The BD7: 500.1 to 530.5 MHz AKG WMS4500 D7 Set is a reference multichannel wireless microphone system providing high channel quantity, reliability, and easy setup. The Vocal Set D7 includes a HT4500 Hand-Held Transmitter featuring a D7 reference dynamic vocal microphone, which combines the subtle and open sound of a condenser capsule with the powerful resonance of a dynamic microphone; a SR4500 Wireless Stationery Receiver with a frequency of BD7: 500.1 to 530.5 MHz, 50mW of transmission power that provides maximum ease of use with an automatic setup function and scan of the radio frequency environment; a D5 WL1 Premium Dynamic Vocal Microphone Head for lead and backing vocals delivers powerful sound even on a noisy stage; a Stand Adapter; a 19“rack mount kit; LR6 batteries; and whip antennas.
With high audio quality, the WMS4500 package is a reliable workhorse in huge installations and on tour. An optional network remote control allows frequency co-ordination and monitoring of multi-channel systems via PC software System Architect, Apple iPhone/iPad/iPod or via Soundcraft Vi consoles.
The SR4500 Wireless Stationery Receiver provides maximum ease of use with an automatic setup function and scan of the radio frequency environment. The rehearsal mode supports the engineer during sound check with information on the systems signal quality. The programmable status monitor shows all relevant system information on an illuminated multicolor LED ring. Its precise battery life readout in hours is a valuable advantage in wireless applications.
The HT4500 is an analog reference wireless handheld transmitter that connects to a choice of 4 different microphones to cover a wide range of applications. The dipole-antenna design ensures reliable transmission even when a single pole of the antenna is completely covered by the user's hand. The pilot tone continuously sends transmitter data, including the mute switch position and remaining battery life to the receiver. The HT4500 offers an extended battery lifetime of 15 hours with 2 standard AA alkaline batteries. With integrated charging contacts, the optional BP4000 battery pack (sold separately) can be charged inside the transmitter. The readout of its exact battery life in hours is a valuable advantage in wireless applications.
The D5 WL1 Premium Dynamic Vocal Microphone Head for lead and backing vocals delivers a powerful sound even on a noisy stage. Its frequency independent supercardioid polar pattern ensures maximum gain before feedback. The D5 WL1 stands ensure a crisp sound that cuts through every mix. It is designed to fit the HT 4500 Handheld Transmitter.
AKG SR 4500 Rack Mount True Diversity UHF Wireless Receiver
The SR 4500 from AKG is a compact, all-metal, true diversity, UHF wireless receiver, ideal for use as a part of a WMS 4500 wireless system. The receiver has 8 UHF bands that are each 30 MHz wide, providing up to 1200 selectable frequencies. If several frequency bands are used, the receiver allows up to 70 channels to operate simultaneously.
The receiver has a large backlit color display for ease of operation and monitoring. Auto setup, rehearsal, and environmental scan functions make it easy to get up and running on a clear frequency, while tone code squelch and battery status monitoring features let you keep tabs on connected transmitters. An output connector is provided that allows control of external devices. An integrated data interface lets you monitor and control the receiver on a PC HiQnet system via System Architect software.
- True diversity receiver with all-metal case
- Available in eight UHF bands 30 MHz wide each, with up to 1,200 selectable frequencies
- Using several frequency bands allows up to 70 channels to be operated simultaneously.
- Transmitter battery status monitoring and tone code squelch
- Auto Setup, Environment Scan, and Rehearsal functions for quick and easy setup
- Backlit, programmable color display and jog wheel with selectable warning signal for ease of use
- Output for controlling external devices
- Integrated data interface for controlling and monitoring from a PC via System Architect
AKG HT 4500 Wireless Handheld Microphone Transmitter
The AKG HT 4500 is a professional-quality wireless handheld microphone transmitter that can be used as part of a WMS 4500 wireless system. Ideal for a wide variety of applications, there are 6 different interchangeable mic elements available, including dynamic and condenser cardioid and hypercardioid capsules. The mic operates on a 30MHz UHF band and has up to 1200 selectable frequencies with several preset frequency banks for quick matching to a receiver.
The transmitter has an RF output power of up to 50mW for maximum resistance to interference and dropouts. The mic has a backlit display and a pilot tone system that sends transmitter status data to a receiver, including mute switch position and remaining battery life. The mic can operate for up to 15 hours on standard AA batteries, or up to 12 hours on the optional BP 4000 battery pack. The BP 4000 has an integrated Smart battery Management System, and the mic has charging contacts for easy recharging on an optional charger.
- Up to 50 mW RF output for maximum immunity to interference and dropouts
- Operates for up to 15 hours on AA size dry batteries, 12 hours on optional BP 4000 battery pack with integrated Smart Battery Management System
- 30MHz wide UHF band, up to 1200 selectable frequencies
- Choice of six interchangeable microphone elements
- Backlit display and jog switch for ease of use
- Charging contacts for easy battery charging on optional charger
AKG D5/WL1 Supercardioid Dynamic Microphone Capsule
The AKG D5/WL1 is a supercardioid, dynamic microphone capsule designed to mount on the D5 handheld transmitter. The supercardioid polar pattern is most effective at eliminating off-axis noise and feedback. The capsule features a dual shockmount for enhanced protection against handling noise. The D5 handheld transmitter is a rugged handheld microphone with the sonic characteristics necessary to cut through loud stage performances.
- The supercardioid polar pattern provides a focused pickup pattern for enhanced feedback and noise suppression.
- The rugged D5 features a dual shockmount capsule for enhanced protection against handling noise.
- Patented AKG Laminated Varimotion Diaphragm accurately reproduces vocals.
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Studies: Newer HIV Drugs More Tolerable for Many
October 27, 2008
Patients on newer HIV drugs did well and had fewer side effects that stopped treatment, according to several studies presented Sunday in Washington at the 48th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. The company-funded studies could support extending first-line approval to HIV drugs now used for treatment-experienced patients failing therapy.
In a Merck & Co. study of 563 treatment-naïve patients, half the participants took Merck's integrase inhibitor Isentress plus Truvada, and the other half took Sustiva plus Truvada. After 48 weeks, 86 percent of Isentress patients had achieved an undetectable viral load, compared with 82 percent of Sustiva patients. Serious side effects were reported for 44 percent of Isentress patients, leading eight patients to stop the treatment. In comparison, 77 percent of Sustiva patients had serious side effects, leading 18 to discontinue the regimen.
A new Pfizer report analyzed older data from a 48-week study of 417 patients who took either Selzentry plus Combivir or Sustiva plus Combivir. In both groups, 68 percent achieved an undetectable viral load. Just 4.2 percent of Selzentry patients stopped taking it due to side effects, compared with 14.2 percent of Sustiva patients. The analysis included only patients screened to ensure that Selzentry would work on their virus, a strain found in 50-80 percent of patients. The drug blocks HIV strains that infect cells through the CCR5 co-receptor.
A four-year Schering-Plough Corp. study involved 205 treatment-experienced patients taking the firm's CCR5 entry inhibitor vicriviroc. Patients had sustained viral suppression and improved CD4 cell counts, and less than 5 percent developed infections. However, 14 patients developed AIDS complications and 13 got various cancers.
10.26.2008; Linda A. Johnson
This article was provided by CDC National Prevention Information Network. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.

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RN - Lactation Consultant - Mother/Baby
Company: Carle Health
Posted on: November 18, 2022
The staff Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional caregiver who
assumes responsibility for a group of patients for a designated
time frame and provides care to these patients via the utilization
of the nursing process, nursing trends, technology, financial and
human resources within the philosophy of the institution. The
Lactation Consultant serves as the Hospital's expert resource on
human lactation. Facilitates the development and maintenance of
skills necessary to insure optimal care of the breastfeeding dyad.
Utilizes the critical thinking in the delivery of patient care
including assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of
patient outcomes. Revises plans of care as indicated. The Lactation
Consultant functions as a member of the multi-disciplinary
healthcare team as a consultant, educator, and mentor to patients,
nurses, and healthcare professionals.
Diploma (Not HS) in Nursing
CERTIFICATION & LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS
Registered Professional Nurse (RN) License Illinois upon hire and
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2013 20th Working Conference on Reverse Engineering (WCRE) (2001)
Oct. 2, 2001 to Oct. 5, 2001
Arie Van Deursen , CWI
We investigate the relationship between reverse engineering and program comprehension on the one hand, and software process on the other. To understand this relationship, we select one particular existing software process, extreme programming (XP), and study the role played in it by program comprehension and reverse engineering. To that end, we analyze five key XP practices in depth: pair programming, unit testing, refactoring, evolutionary design, and collaborative planning. The contributions of this paper are (1) the identification of promising research areas in the field of program comprehension; (2) the identification of new application perspectives for reverse engineering technology; (3) a critical analysis of XP resulting in research questions that could help resolve some of the uncertainties surrounding XP; (4) a discussion of the role comprehension and reverse engineering can play in software process design.
and Phrases: Software process, reverse engineering, pair programming, unit testing, refactoring, evolutionary design, collaborative work.
Arie Van Deursen, "Program Comprehension Risks and Opportunities in Extreme Programming", 2013 20th Working Conference on Reverse Engineering (WCRE), vol. 00, no. , pp. 176, 2001, doi:10.1109/WCRE.2001.957822


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Discipline: A branch of knowledge, typically one studied in higher education.
As with many stories, the story of legal writing does not have a clear beginning or end, nor does its character manifest itself in a single, clear dramatis personae. The story of legal writing can trace its beginnings to the earliest civilizations that used writing as a form of communication. Ancient Egyptians engaged in written legal transactions as early as the 6th Century B.C. A constitution written over two centuries ago forms the basis of our system of laws. Court decisions written hundreds of years ago form the basis for our common law system and are still used as tools to educate law students on legal doctrine. Legal writing has been a core component of law school curricula for several decades, but the character of legal writing as a discipline is relatively new.
The discipline of legal writing is unique in that it encompasses both the teaching of legal writing and the scholarship of legal writing. The focus of the discipline has shifted and morphed over the course of the last 30 years. The early scholarship on legal writing focused heavily on a single facet of legal writing’s character—the teaching of legal writing. Descriptions of legal writing programs, suggestions for more effective instruction, and critical evaluation of how legal writing was and should be taught dominated our field. These early works were essential to opening a discourse about legal writing. In the discipline’s early stages, the discussion of legal writing did not move far from pedagogy.
As with any character, the discipline grew and took on new features. As a reflection of the changes taking place in the discipline, scholarship on legal writing developed and the discipline began to find a new voice. While the discussion continued to include the teaching of legal writing, scholars began pulling from other disciplines; infusing theories and practices from English composition, literature, and education to create a discourse and a unique pedagogy focused specifically on legal writing. As we developed our voice, by inviting other ideas and scholarship into the conversation, the discipline created new “rooms” to discuss specific concepts related to legal writing. This growth helped to bring recognition to legal writing as a discipline. At this point in its development, the character of legal writing became multi-dimensional.
As the character of the discipline grew and matured, this segued into the professionalization of the field. When law schools first began teaching legal writing, the focus of many law schools was to provide legal writing instruction for the lowest cost possible. As a result, many of those teaching legal writing were not necessarily invested in legal writing as a profession or a discipline. There was little or no job security. There was no form of advancement available for legal writing faculty. The discipline rose to address these concerns.
In its next phase of development, scholars and practitioners of the discipline examined the impact of job security and professional support on legal writing teaching. Professionals dedicated to the development of the legal writing discipline began to find permanent homes on law school faculties. Law schools began to see the value of legal writing faculty who dedicated their efforts to and studied legal writing. This professional permanence was essential to the continued development of the discipline and to the next arc in its story.
The early voices and rooms dedicated to specific aspects of the discipline matured from germination to sprouting and production. Scholars of the discipline expanded from dissecting the practice of teaching legal writing and began to focus on law as rhetoric. Progressively, the teaching of legal argument had led to curiosity about rhetorical devices and narrative techniques. The importance of plain or accessible language became a key component of effective communication. The intersection of legal writing and storytelling emerged as an important area of the scholarly discourse. The discipline’s character developed and created new and emerging sub-characters within the story.
The discipline continues to stem new and varied sub-characters and sub-plots within the story of legal writing. It includes areas such as understanding visual rhetoric as a part of writing, examining contracts and other documents from a narrative perspective, applying cognitive science and neuroscience to explain what happens when readers interpret legal writing, understanding how bias impacts writing, and appreciating how rhetorical devices in writing impact the reader’s understanding of concepts and, ultimately, the law.
The discipline of legal writing is now more than simply a subject taught in law school. Legal writing, while still closely tied to pedagogy, now invites greater discussion about the impact of legal writing beyond the walls of the legal writing classroom. It is a way of thinking about how legal writing impacts society, policy, and community. These discussions challenge and stimulate our intellectual curiosity and enhance the teaching of legal writing.
When the inaugural editor of this Journal posed the question, “What is legal writing?” thirty years ago, the answer was both the same and different as the answer is today. Legal Writing is a profession. And, while legal writing is still the specialized way in which we communicate the law to society, legal writing is also a unique and thriving scholarly discipline. And as a discipline, it requires applying thought to resolve and shape ideas and policy when other logical forms of reasoning such as mathematics or the scientific method do not apply. The discipline’s story now looks to the future—to its next arc, new plots, and new characters.
Oxford Living Dictionary, Discipline, https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/discipline (last visited Jan. 16, 2018).
Encyclopedia Britannica, Egyptian Law, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Egyptian-law (last visited Nov. 9, 2017).
There’s some indication that legal writing instruction was taking place as early as the 1930s. See, e.g., Harry Kalven Jr., Law School Training in Research and Exposition: The University of Chicago Program, 1 J. Legal Educ. 107 (1948). The 1994-95 LWI Survey showed that all law schools had at least a single semester of legal writing in their curricula, and most had a full year. See Jill J. Ramsfield, Legal Writing in the 21st Century: A Sharper Image, 2 Leg. Writing 1, 4 (1996).
While some of the earliest scholarship on teaching legal writing dates back to 1921, the 1960s saw a move toward scholarship that was more than a description of how schools teach legal writing. See James R. Elkins, Teaching Lawyers to Write: A Chronological Bibliography, 22 Leg. Stud. Forum 778 (1998).
Linda L. Berger, Linda H. Edwards, & Terrill Pollman, The Past, Presence, and Future of Legal Writing Scholarship, 16 Leg. Writing 521, 525-26 (2002).
Id. at 526-27.
See id. at 527.
Id. at 530-31.
See, e.g., Stewart Macaulay & Henry G. Manne, A Low-Cost Legal Writing Program–The Wisconsin Experience, 11 J. Leg. Educ. 387 (1959).
See, e.g., Marjorie Dick Rombauer, Regular Faculty Staffing for an Expanded First-Year Research and Writing Course: A Post Mortem, 44 Alb. L. Rev. 392 (1980); Willard H. Pedrick, N. William Hines & William A. Reppy, Jr., Should Permanent Faculty Teach Legal Writing? A Debate, 32 J. Legal Educ. 141 (1983); Gerald Torres, Teaching and Writing: Curriculum Reform as an Exercise in Critical Education, 10 Nova L.J. 867 (1986).
See Berger et al., supra note 5, at 553; Berger infra note 21.
See J. Christopher Rideout, Storytelling, Narrative Rationality, and Legal Persuasion, 14 Leg. Writing 53 (2008).
See Joseph Kimble, Plain English: A Charter for Clear Writing, 9 Cooley L. Rev. 1 (1992).
See J. Christopher Rideout, Applied Legal Storytelling: A Bibliography, 12 Legal Comm. & Rhetoric 247 (2015).
See Steve Johansen & Ruth Anne Robbins, Art-iculating the Analysis: Systemizing the Decision to Use Visuals as Legal Reasoning, 20 Leg. Writing 57 (2015); Michael D. Murray, Visual Rhetoric: Topics of Invention and Arrangement and Tropes of Style, 21 Leg. Writing 186 (2016).
See Susan Chesler & Karen J. Sneddon, Once Upon a Transaction: Narrative Techniques and Drafting, 68 Okla. L. Rev. 263 (2016).
See Lucy A. Jewel, Old School Rhetoric and New-School Cognitive Science: The Enduring Power of Logocentric Categories, 13 Leg. Comm. & Rhetoric 39 (2016).
See Lucy A. Jewel, Neurorhetoric, Race, and the Law: Toxic Neural Pathways and Healing Alternatives, 76 Md. L. Rev. 663 (2017).
See Sherri Lee Keene, Stories That Swim Upstream: Uncovering the Influence of Stereotypes and Stock Stories in Fourth Amendment Reasonable Suspicion Analysis, 76 Md. L. Rev. 747 (2017); Brad Desnoyer & Anne Alexander, Race, Rhetoric, and Judicial Opinions: Missouri as a Case Study, 76 Md. L. Rev. 696 (2017).
See Michael R. Smith, Levels of Metaphor in Persuasive Legal Writing, 58 Mercer L. Rev. 919 (2007); Carrie Sperling & Kimberly Holst, Do Muddy Waters Shift Burdens, 76 Md. L. Rev. 629 (2017).
Linda L. Berger, Studying and Teaching “Law as Rhetoric”: Between Reason and Power, 16 Leg. Writing 3 (2010) (citation omitted).

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Does Your Business Need To Be Concerned About Patent Trolls?
Patent trolls have been in the news a lot the past few years. Perhaps you have heard about. A patent troll is one type of entity that is referred to as a non-practicing entity (NPE). And NPE is an organization that owns a portfolio of patents but that does not make use or sell the inventions described in its patents. Patent trolls make money by licensing patents in their patent portfolios to other companies. Patent trolls are called “trolls” because they frequently, or almost always, induce companies to license their patents by threatening to sue them for patent infringement.
Responding to Patent Trolls
A patent troll can hijack your small business!
Many businesses have been surprised when they received a cease-and-desist letter in the mail from a patent troll. In these letters the patent troll claims that the business is infringing one or more of their patents. The troll than typically demands that the business license one or more of their patents from the troll in order to continue to do business. The troll will threaten to sue the business for patent infringement if the business does not license the trolls patents (on what are usually not particularly favorable terms).
Businesses threatened by patent trolls have a few options to respond to such cease-and-desist notices:
- they can ignore the cease-and-desist letter and hope the patent troll does not sue them;
- they can pay the demanded licensing fee;
- they can attempt to negotiate a lower licensing fee;
- if it doesn’t greatly affect their business, they may stop using anything resembling the patent the troll is asserting against the business and hope the troll doesn’t sue them for their past use; or
- they can just shut the business is down.
None of these options are particularly attractive. Many people have been trying to get new laws passed that will greatly restrict the ability of patent trolls to see people over questionable patent claims, but right now the law tends to favor the trolls. So, at least in that sense, patent trolls are a concern for every business.
Does This Even Concern You?
Are patent trolls a concern for your business?
But how likely is it that your business will be threatened by a patent troll? First, note that patent trolls are most active in the realm of software and electronic technology. So, if you’re in a business that does not make, use, or sell software or electronic devices, you’re much less likely to be threatened by troll. Second, if you’re a very small organization, you most likely do not deep pockets and are not likely to be of much interest to a troll small organizations can’t pay high licensing fees, and if they are sued in a patent infringement action they might well file bankruptcy.
Patent infringement lawsuits are expensive, typically costing hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars for both sides. So if you’re a patent troll, you might sue Apple or Microsoft, who can afford to pay that much in legal fees, and who can afford to pay millions in damages, but you’re not likely to sue a company that only generates a few hundred thousand dollars a year in revenue.
How can you stop patent trolls?
That being said, it’s always a risk. The bigger you get the more money that you make, the more visible you are, and the more attractive you may be to a troll. If your company can afford the expense, one thing you can do is hire a patent attorney to search existing patents your business may be infringing. If said attorney can identify any such patents, you can take preventative action to ensure that you are not infringing anyone’s patent.
Another thing you can do, is obtain patents on any technology that you are making, using, or selling that is eligible for a patent. Having a patent on the technology is no guarantee that you will not be sued for infringement, but it helps you defend yourself in a lawsuit, and may even give you counterclaims against someone who is suing you.
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Taste of 2015: Citrus Salmon with Basil Butter recipe
Give salmon a flavor boost with basil butter and citrus.
Citrus Salmon with Basil Butter
Serves: 4 / Preparation time: 15 minutes / Total time: 30 minutes
Oil for the grill
4 center-cut salmon fillets, about 5 ounces each
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste (or a multipurpose seasoning such as Morton Nature’s Seasons seasoning blend)
12 to 16 lemon or orange slices at least 1/4- to 1/3-inch thick
Fresh herbs such as basil or dill, optional
Flavored butter (see cook’s note)
Set up grill for indirect cooking and heat to medium, about 350-400 degrees if your grill has a temperature gauge. Try not to have the grill scorching hot. Clean and lightly oil hot grill.
Season the salmon with a generous amount of salt and pepper. Arrange sliced citrus (using 3 or 4 slices if they are small) on the grates. Top with some fresh herbs, making sure to put the sprigs directly on the citrus and not over any heat. Arrange the salmon fillets on top of the lemons. Place a few dabs of the flavored butter on each fillet, using about 1 tablespoon each. (Some of the butter will ultimately drip off.) Cover and cook until fish is opaque in center, about 15 minutes or until fish is just cooked through.
Carefully slide a long spatula under the citrus slices and remove them (with the salmon) to a serving platter or individual plates. Add another teaspoon or more of the flavored butter on top. Serve with additional lemon wedges along with the charred lemons.
Cook’s note: To make the flavored butter, mash together 1 stick room-temperature unsalted butter; 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon zest; 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice; 1 clove garlic, minced; 1 to 2 tablespoons torn basil leaves, 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt or favorite all-purpose seasoning.
If using orange slices for the salmon, substitute grated orange zest and orange juice in the flavored butter and use chopped cilantro instead of basil.
Add a pinch of cayenne pepper if you like.
Adapted from Martha Stewart Living and tested by Susan Selasky for the Free Press Test Kitchen.
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The spending plans from the Republican governor would raise government spending by roughly $255 million for the fiscal year ending in June, or just more than 1 percent of the previously approved budget of nearly $18.3 billion. Deal has asked lawmakers to spend $19.2 billion the following year, which is 5 percent more than the current budget.
After years of hacking away at the state budget, the state’s political leaders believe new spending is possible because tax collections have gradually rebounded for more than a year as salaries and spending slowly increase. Still, a deep economic slump has left nearly 10 percent of workers in Georgia without jobs.
“After several difficult years for both Georgia and its citizens, we are now seeing slow but steady progress in the state’s economic and fiscal condition, and we are guardedly optimistic,” Deal said in a letter accompanying his budget.
Lawmakers in the GOP-dominated General Assembly will review and can alter Deal’s spending requests during their three-month legislative sessions, which started this week. Democratic and Republicans leaders did not
immediately return calls seeking comment on Deal’s plan.
The governor used his State of the State address Tuesday to outline many of his key fiscal goals, particularly in education. Deal’s budget would increase the school calendar by 10 days for children enrolled in state-funded pre-kindergarten classes, restoring half of the days he cut last year to help the program stay afloat. But this extension comes with a price: the state would pay for the extra days by cutting slots for 2,000 pre-K students.
Deal has proposed spending about $258 million to accommodate growth in the state’s K-12 schools and its higher education system. His plan would allot an additional $56 million to increase the pay of the state teachers, a group that took big financial cuts during the recession. Spending on lottery-funded HOPE Scholarships for college students would not change after lawmakers cut the program sharply last year.
To boost the economy, Deal said he wants lawmakers to eliminate taxes that businesses pay on the energy needed to manufacture goods and the construction materials necessary to build significant regional projects.


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Tanzanian music crooner named Foby is here with a brand new song tagged “Taifa Stars”, dedicated for the National team. The song is now available here on wasafimusic.com for the listening pleasure of his fans.
Foby, whose real name is Foby Emanuel, is a Tanzanian musician and songwriter. He is known for his contributions to the Bongo Flava music genre in Tanzania.
Listen to “Foby – Taifa Stars” below;


Start Kids With The White Keys
The wisest first move in learning the piano is to start kids with the white keys. There are thousands of songs that use only the white keys. Kids of different ages have been exposed to different musical influences. Some kids know every Disney song, some don't know any. Find the songs they know and identify which ones use only the white keys. All piano methods start out using only the white keys to prevent the confusion presented by the black keys. To kids, the white keys are a nice, even stairway.
White Keys Are Not Confusing
It is too confusing at first to deal with the black keys, for most children, especially the young ones. Songs on the white keys of the piano in this category might be:
Even many pop songs can be done on white keys only: Star Wars, Indiana Jones, We’re Off to See The Wizard, Somewhere Over the Rainbow.Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star is perhaps the most familiar, after Jingle Bells, for kids starting out at the piano. You’d be surprised to see how delighted a child is to be able to play a familiar song like Twinkle, Twinkle. You could simply show the child the sequence of keys and memorize where your fingers went:
Piano Is Easy
Try a familiar song on the white keys
Most songs have internal repeating patterns of notes that children readily recognize and with which they delight in playing. In a first piano lesson, one of the first things I do is find a familiar song they know and make sure they have memorized at least the first few notes.
This will act as a calling card, so they can play it for people and say, “Look, I can play the piano!” Children’s interest in the piano and self-esteem take a tremendous rise from this tiny accomplishment, playing a recognizable song. To a child, it means they have conquered that big thing called a piano, and enjoyed doing it.


- The Tour de France, the world’s greatest race, runs July 7-29.
- The most advanced performance road bicycles will be on display during the three-week event.
- Curious what a fully loaded Tour bike would be like to ride, I rode one of the fastest for a year.
- The Specialized S-Works Venge ViAS Disc e-Tap shines at high speed, in sprints, on flats and descents, and in windy conditions.
- It isn’t the lightest bike, but with aero wheels, disc brakes, and wireless electronic shifting, it’s at the cutting edge of superbikes.
It’s not every day you get to drive the fastest car or fly the fastest plane, so when a leading bike brand agreed to let me borrow its fastest bike, I got plenty excited.
The California-based Specialized sent an S-Works Venge ViAS Disc, a whole lot of bike that has won stages in the Tour de France and countless other top races. It’s an aero road bike built to do one thing: go fast.
I’ve been riding this impressively equipped Venge — with wind-cheating ZIPP wheels, the novel electronic shifting eTap, and powerful SRAM disc brakes — for the better part of a year.
Swapping my regular bike for a superbike was like going from a Civic to a Corvette. Here’s what it was like.
First impressions: wicked fast, technically crisp, surprisingly comfortable, supremely balanced.
The aero road bike became a thing around the mid-2000s. The new kind of bicycle had a single purpose: to go fast in a straight line.
Engineers tested lightweight carbon-fiber tubes of myriad shapes and sizes to help riders slice through the wind, reduce drag, and go faster. But while the early aero bikes were significantly faster, they handled like time-trial bikes. Over bumpy roads they felt harsh, the handling twitchy. They were not fun to ride.
Thankfully, aero bikes have a come a long way, as has the Venge. Specialized’s fastest offering, which has now seen a few iterations, inspires more all-around riding confidence and feels comfortable for a carbon aero bike.
When Specialized rolled out this version of the Venge, in 2016, it said it was the fastest bike it had ever made, as well as “the stiffest and most aerodynamic.” That meant something, given that Specialized has its own “Win Tunnel” and for years has been making some of the most sought-after bicycles, which have won just about every race you can name, including world championships, the classics, and grand tours. In fact, the current men’s world road champ — and one of the best bike racers of all time — counts a Venge among his quiver.
But let’s be clear: You buy an aero bike to be the fastest on your group ride or the first across the finish line. At least now you can have your speed and enjoy it, too, because the dragster has evolved to Formula One.
When it launched this Venge, Specialized claimed the bike would save a rider a whopping 45 seconds over 40 kilometers (about 25 miles) compared with the Tarmac, the company’s climbing bike, which itself has since been updated.
More stages were won at the 2017 Tour on a Venge ViAS Disc than on any other bike.
Germany’s Marcel Kittel, one of the world’s fastest road sprinters, won a whopping five stages at the 2017 Tour aboard a Venge ViAS Disc. In fact, Kittel made Tour de France history by becoming the first rider in the world’s greatest race to win a road stage on a bike with disc brakes.
All around the Venge is an emphasis on integration of aero shapes that help limit wind resistance.


If you want to operate gaming or gambling machines in Tauranga, you will need a Class 4 or TAB Venue Consent.
The consent applies to:
- new gambling venues
- existing venues that want to increase the number of gaming machines at that venue
- existing gambling venues that began operations any time after 17 October 2001
Applications must be made by a society or trust and cannot be made by an individual. The consent is specific to the venue.
Apply for a gaming licence
Once you have received a gambling consent from Council you must also apply for any gaming licences required by the Department of Internal Affairs.
Tauranga City has a Gambling Venues Policy. One of the aims of the policy is to manage the number of gaming machines in the City, with a level of one machine per 220 people established as the benchmark.
Policy objectives are:
- to control the growth of gambling
- to minimise the harm to the community caused by Class 4 gambling
- to allow people who wish to participate in Class 4 gambling to continue to do so
- to define the parameters for when consent for a Class 4 or TAB venue will be granted.
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V10 Audi R8
Thanks so much for watching, liking, and sharing this episode! This first generation Audi R8 V10 6-speed is one of the last production vehicles with a gated 6-speed manual gearbox. It’s been tastefully modified with an aftermarket wing, wheels, canards, lowering springs, and a glorious sounding exhaust system. This 5.2L V10 powering all four wheels is one of the greatest sounding engines and I hope you guys agree. Enjoy!


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Through my distress and fear of hospitals, along with my distress and trauma for the reason I was in hospital. Every single staff member we met was exceptional in the care they gave to my husband and I.
I will be forever thankful to the staff at Spire for their compassion and for looking after me in the circumstances I found myself in. Mr Burrell and his team were amazing from start to finish, including all the nurses I had contact with. They gave me 100% amazing care and listened to all of my anxiety and fears and all looked after me to the best of their ability. Thank you to all of them.
Mr Burrell was brilliant. The head anaesthetist who came to my room ahead of the procedure, who listened to my deep fears and the way she looked after me (was also brilliant). And the night nurse on Ambrose Ward, called Mary, was outstanding and spent time listening to my emotional feelings. Thank you to them.


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Book Giveaway! The Traveler's Guide to Space
“There is no other book for the popular reader that addresses the many serious challenges involved in deep space travel. Understanding these issues is essential for anyone with an interest in space exploration. The Traveler’s Guide to Space does an excellent job at looking at the whole picture, from space tourists to one-way colonization; from physical to psychological challenges.” — Robert Geller, University of California, Santa Barbara
This week, our featured book is The Traveler’s Guide to Space: For One-Way Settlers and Round-Trip Tourists, by Neil F. Comins. Throughout the week, we will be featuring content about the book and its author on our blog as well as on our Twitter feed and our Facebook page.


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How to Manage the Passing of a Loved One
When a loved one passes away, the last thing we really want to do is sit down and organise the funeral. For many people, this can be a very difficult time emotionally but it is necessary to manage the funeral plans. This is where a funeral service can really help.
Why Use a Professional Funeral Service?
Organising the funeral may be the last thing on your mind but cheap funeral services in Dursley can sit down with you and make the whole process easier. A good funeral service should have the following qualities:
- Empathy: It’s very important at such a difficult emotional time for a funeral service to display empathy and compassion. Though they have a job to do in terms of organising the funeral, this is the last thing that most of their clients want to engage in. Therefore, a good funeral service should always prioritise understanding, compassion, and empathy.
- Efficiency: It’s important to have the funeral arrangements attended to in a speedy manner. Apart from understanding, the people from the funeral service who you sit down with should be efficient in the sense that they get things organised quickly.
The Importance of a Well-Organised Funeral
The funeral is an event where friends and family all have the chance to say their goodbyes and talk about the life of the deceased. It is a way for people to grieve properly. Ensuring that the funeral is professionally arranged by an experienced and empathetic funeral service is essential.

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Galloon Bridge jetty is situated on the eastern passage from the Quivvy
Waters to Crom. Be careful going through the bridge as there isn't a
lot of room for larger boats. This jetty is not recommneded at weekends
in summer season as it is a centre at weekends for all the local PWCs
and water skiers from North and South of the border.

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Multi-level approach to successful water treatment
Upstream and downstream facilities all use water, and may need different methods to handle treatment of used water.
The underlying principle in the Water-Energy nexus is that it takes water to produce energy, and vice versa. As a result, there are many opportunities for water treatment in Oil and Gas facilities – both upstream and downstream. They include water treatment for steam generators, pilot plants, produced water treatment, temporary mobile water treatment until wells are proven, and potable water treatment for remote camps.
Determining the optimal water treatment programs for each of these needs is based on several criteria, starting with each customer’s specific goals such as increasing energy efficiency or reducing costs, and then ranging from solutions to deal with specific water quality issues to addressing logistical challenges that might dictate the need for temporary mobile solutions.
Culligan Matrix Solutions has worked extensively with oil & gas companies to devise solutions that meet a wide variety of needs. Following are some examples of how the combination of experience and innovation has helped these companies achieve their goals.
Higher water quality for higher pressure steam generation
Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) is an enhanced oil recovery process employed to produce heavy crude oil and bitumen, widely used in western Canada and other parts of the world. In a SAGD process, two parallel horizontal wells are constructed a few meters above each other. Steam is then generated and pumped into the upper well to soften or reduce the viscosity of the crude oil. This allows the oil and condensed steam to drain to the lower well.
The steam and the gases flow to the upper well due to the lower density. The condensed steam and crude oil are pumped back up to the surface. The crude oil or bitumen is then separated from the water. This water is treated, topped up with new water, and returned to the steam generators. Treated water is essential for proper operation of steam generators. Conventional steam generators employ low pressure, low quality saturated steam. This type of boiler water treatment includes chemical treatment or softening.
An alternative is the implementation of packaged high pressure boilers, which require higher water quality. This type of treatment may require ultra softening (less than 1 ppm of hardness) and/or membranes.
Culligan designed and installed a PLC controlled water treatment system for the high pressure steam generators in a pilot plant. The system included two pre-filters to reduce sediments in the raw water supply. The 50 gpm duplex alternating softener system was used to provide ultra soft water to the steam generators. The ultra softener system featured primary and polishing softeners in series to meet the customer’s water quality specification for the steam generators.
Generate multiple savings
In other oil and gas applications, naturally occurring minerals such as Calcium, Magnesium and Silica can cause scale in steam boilers and other types of equipment used in refinery operations. Scale deposits in steam boilers can reduce equipment efficiency and increase energy, chemical, disposal and maintenance costs.
Hot lime softening is a traditional treatment technology used to remove hardness and alkalinity from boiler feed water. However, the process used by a refinery posed several challenges:
• First, the refinery was looking to increase the energy efficiency and reduce costs associated with boiler blow down requirements.
• Second, the refinery wanted to lower the hot process softener maintenance and the associated equipment plugging and cleaning that was required.
• Third, the refinery wanted to eliminate handling of lime slurry and related waste disposal costs.
• Finally, the refinery sought to reduce the boiler treatment chemicals associated with the current process.
Culligan proposed a skid mounted water treatment system to achieve these goals. The solution included multi-media filters, a chemical treatment system, a re-pressurization system, reverse osmosis membranes and a polishing softener.
The first component of the solution is the multi-media filters. The feed water is first passed through two multi-media filters. The multi-media filters contain layers of media that remove suspended solids and prepare the feed water for further treatment down the process.
The second component of the solution is a chemical treatment system. Chemical are added to the water to remove silica, which scales reverse osmosis membranes. Furthermore, chemical treatment was also used to reduce free chlorine, which can damage the reverse osmosis membranes.
The third component was a re-pressurization system that increased the feed pressure to approximately 300 psig before the feed water enters the reverse osmosis membranes. The application of pressure to the influent water forces the water through the semi-permeable membrane.
The fourth component was the reverse osmosis (RO) membranes. Osmotic membranes perform the best level of filtration and are barriers to salts and to organic substances including micro-contaminants. Reverse osmosis also eliminates the need for chemical regenerants used in the previous hot lime softening process.
The fifth component of the system is a polishing softener – the final step before the water enters the boilers.
This solution helped the facility increase equipment and process efficiency, reduce boiler treatment chemicals, reduce maintenance costs and minimize waste.
The most significant benefit was the reduction in boiler blow down as a result of the increase in the cycles of concentration from 7.5 cycles to 65 cycles. The energy savings as a result of the reduction in boiler blow down was approximately $165,000 per year. The reduction in boiler chemicals helped the company save approximately $36,000 per year. Furthermore, maintenance and waste disposal savings were approximately $20,000 and $4,300 per year, respectively. The net annual savings from the Culligan solution was approximately $200,000 for this application alone.
Mobile water treatment systems are an ideal solution for fast response, emergency situations, supplemental, or temporary requirements. They are often used to assist oil and gas customers during plant start up and maintenance outages when the plant's water treatment system is unavailable or cannot meet the water production requirements. Examples include situations where wells are not proven and the evaporators are not on-line; in these scenarios, a temporary water treatment trailer is an ideal option.
Mobile plants fulfil a variety of needs and address a myriad of situations such as peak demand, capacity expansion, equipment breakdown, emergency rentals, plant commissioning, and wastewater minimization – any circumstance where production demand for clean water exceeds existing system capacity.
Culligan’s mobile water treatment fleet provides comprehensive multi-level water purification, monitoring, and control in a single solution for oil and gas facilities. The modular system is designed to accommodate a wide variety of feed sources (i.e., brackish water, surface water and seawater). It can be operated in a rugged environment and can be installed quickly to seamlessly provide large quantities of water on demand.
These systems utilize varying technologies depending on the customer's feed water conditions, desired application and final product water quality requirements. Pre-treatment including clarification, multi-media filtration, carbon filtration and softening, is used to prepare feed water for further use. In some cases, anti-scalants and chemicals may be used to address specific feed water conditions and operational circumstances.
The standard mobile offering includes reverse osmosis, which provides an advanced level of filtration and is an effective barrier to salts, micro-contaminants, and organic substances, making it ideal for applications where high-purity water is needed. Culligan’s mobile units are available as containers that can be dropped off at the customer site as well as skid-mounted systems. A standard container produces 200 gpm, and the capacity is scalable to meet the customer's needs.
Effective water treatment programs are essential aspects of oil & gas exploration and refinery operations. Devising successful solutions depends on a relationship between the oil & gas company and a water treatment partner that is rooted in a clear understanding of the company’s goals, the ability to accommodate specific site and water quality requirements, and ready access to the most appropriate – and often multi-level – technologies.


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Soldiers' karaoke tunes cost bar owner $21K
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A Colorado Springs bar owner has been fined $21,000 for violating copyright laws by using songs of artists, including Toby Keith, on her karaoke machine.
Carey-On Saloon owner LaShawn Carey says she was entertaining soldiers just back from Afghanistan when four of them, using the karaoke machine, belted out Keith's "Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue" as the crowd cheered.
Carey says a song monitor in the crowd reported her and she was cited for playing seven songs used for karaoke without paying royalties.
According to the Colorado Springs Gazette (http://tinyurl.com/l3fhvbx ), a bar, restaurant, cafe or other business that plays music to entertain patrons is required to pay licensing fees to performing rights organizations so musicians get paid for their work.


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Chinese language expertise large Huawei has emerged as the highest smartphone model within the second quarter of 2020 registering the utmost quantity of shipments the world over, as per a report by analysis company Canalys. The report claims that that […]
Chinese language expertise large Huawei has emerged as the highest smartphone model within the second quarter of 2020 registering the utmost quantity of shipments the world over, as per a report by analysis company Canalys.
The report claims that that is the primary quarter in 9 years the place an organization apart from Samsung or Apple has emerged because the market chief. Huawei managed to ship 55.eight million handsets worldwide despite the fact that the US authorities ban has affected its worldwide gross sales. Nevertheless, the corporate has strengthened its place in its home market because it now sells over 70% of its handsets in China.
Canalys senior analyst Ben Stanton credit COVID-19 for this.“If it wasn’t for COVID-19, it wouldn’t have occurred. Huawei has taken full benefit of the Chinese language financial restoration to reignite its smartphone enterprise.”
One other Canalys analyst Mo Jia stated this place is vital for Huawei to be in. “Taking first place is essential for Huawei. it’s determined to showcase its model energy to home shoppers, part suppliers and builders. It must persuade them to take a position, and can broadcast the message of its success far and large within the coming months.”
She additionally added that it’s going to be extremely tough for the corporate to keep up this lead. “It is going to be exhausting for Huawei to keep up its lead in the long run. Its main channel companions in key areas, akin to Europe, are more and more cautious of ranging Huawei gadgets, taking up fewer fashions, and bringing in new manufacturers to cut back threat. Power in China alone won’t be sufficient to maintain Huawei on the high as soon as the worldwide financial system begins to get well.”
With regards to Samsung, the South Korean tech large was capable of ship 53.7 million models worldwide within the second quarter of 2020, claims the report. That is apparently 30% lower than the gross sales that the corporate resisted within the second quarter of 2020. As per Stanton, Samsung has a really small presence in China, with lower than 1% market share. The core markets of the corporate, such that are Brazil, India, the US and Europe are at the moment recovering from lockdowns.

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Education Minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal on Thursday, 10 December, said that a decison on postponement of competitive exams will be taken depending an assessment of the situation that prevails next year.
Responding to the question of a student during his live interaction with students, Dr Pokhriyal said that the Ministry is actively considering to increase the number of rounds for competitive exam JEE Main from two to three or even four, if necessary.
At the moment, JEE Main is only conducted twice in a year.
He said that while the Central Board of Secondary Education has already slashed its syllabus by 30 percent, a call on reducing the syllabus of competitive entrance exams or delaying them will be taken depending on the prevailing situation.
Dr Pokhriyal said that since a lot of state boards haven’t reduced their syllabus, the Ministry is discussing the extent to which the syllabus for JEE and other exams are to be reduced “so that a student who has covered 100 percent of the syllabus as well as someone who has covered only 80 percent of the syllabus can attempt the exam successfully.”
Minister Takes Questions From Students
The decision was announced by the minister on his Twitter handle, days after in a high-level meeting conducted by the ministry it had decided to take a call on board exams following suggestions from the student, parent and teacher community.
Dear all, 2020 has been a year of a great many changes like adjusting to #onlineeducation, adapting to #newnormal.
Happy to share that I am going live on Dec 10 to talk about upcoming competitive/board exams with you.
Drop your concerns below using #EducationMinisterGoesLive. pic.twitter.com/E9bigQQRaL
— Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank (@DrRPNishank) December 2, 2020
What We Know About CBSE Boards, JEE Main So Far
The live address comes at a time when the Central Board of Secondary Education has ruled out the possibility of conducting Class 10 and 12 board exams online, while adding that only pen-and-paper written exams will be held.
“The exams, as and when they are be conducted, will be in written mode and not in an online mode. The exams will be conducted following all COVID protocols.”CBSE Statement
CBSE also said that while dates for board and practicals have not been decided, for students who have not been able to attend practical classes, alternative methods will be used to award marks under practicals.
Meanwhile, earlier reports had indicated that the first phase of JEE Main 2021 could be postponed from January to February due to ongoing admissions and the COVID pandemic.


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The 5th Turkish Para-Badminton International (ENESCUP 2019) was held in Antalya (Turkey) from March 25 to April 1
The tournament was attended by 278 para-badminton players from 41 countries, who played 22 sets of medals.
According to the results of the competition, Irina Borisova (Arkhangelsk Region, SS6) won the silver medal in the individual competition and bronze medals in the mixed and pair competition.
In the semifinals, Irina defeated Maria Bartusz with a score of 21-13, 21-15, and in the final match she lost to Oliwia Szmigiel / 20-22, 21-12, 21-16
In the women's doubles (WD SS6) Irina Borisova, in a pair with St. Petersburg representative Ulyana Podpalna, won bronze medals.
In a mixed event (XD SS6) Irina competing with Canadian Wyatt Lightfoot shared bronze awards with a pair from United States and Poland. The winners in this class were the representatives of Brazil and Poland, and the silver awards went to India and Poland.
Konstantin Afinogenov won a bronze medal in the mixed in the class XD WH1-WH2 with the Turkish female athlete Emin Seikin. All other places on the podium were taken by the representatives of China.
Immediately after the end of the competition in Turkey, the Russian national team will head to the international tournament in the UAE - 2nd Fazza-Dubai Para-Badminton International 2019, in which 273 athletes will take part.

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The expression of recombinant proteins incorporated into the cell wall of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (yeast surface display) is an important tool for protein engineering and library screening applications. In this review, we discuss the state-of-the-art yeast display techniques used for stability engineering of proteins including antibody fragments and immunoglobulin-like molecules. The paper discusses assets and drawbacks of stability engineering using the correlation between expression density on the yeast surface and thermal stability with respect to the quality control system in yeast. Additionally, strategies based on heat incubation of surface displayed protein libraries for selection of stabilized variants are reported including a recently developed method that allows stabilization of proteins of already high intrinsic thermal stability like IgG1-Fc.
Filamentous fusion phage: novel expression vectors that display cloned antigens on the virion surface
Antibody-ribosome-mRNA (ARM) complexes as efficient selection particles for in vitro display and evolution of antibody combining sites
Secretion efficiency in Saccharomyces cerevisiae of bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor mutants lacking disulfide bonds is correlated with thermodynamic stability
Identification and engineering of human variable regions that allow expression of stable single-chain T cell receptors
Directed evolution of stabilized IgG1-Fc scaffolds by application of strong heat shock to libraries displayed on yeast
Directed evolution of Her2/neu-binding IgG1-Fc for improved stability and resistance to aggregation by using yeast surface display
Stability assessment on a library scale: a rapid method for the evaluation of the commutability and insertion of residues in C-terminal loops of the CH3 domains of IgG1-Fc
Yeast arming by the Aga2p system: effect of growth conditions in galactose on the efficiency of the display and influence of expressing leucine-containing peptides
Optimizing antibody expression by using the naturally occurring framework diversity in a live bacterial antibody display system
Construction of a stability landscape of the CH3 domain of human IgG1 by combining directed evolution with high throughput sequencing
Playing catch-up with Escherichia coli: using yeast to increase success rates in recombinant protein production experiments
Dual display of proteins on the yeast cell surface simplifies quantification of binding interactions and enzymatic bioconjugation reactions
Molecular Determinants for Protein Stabilization by Insertional Fusion to a Thermophilic Host Protein
Two-faced Fcab prevents polymerization with VEGF and reveals thermodynamics and the 2.15 Å crystal structure of the complex
Validation and Stabilization of a Prophage Lysin of Clostridium perfringens by Using Yeast Surface Display and Coevolutionary Models
Deep Mutational Scans as a Guide to Engineering High Affinity T Cell Receptor Interactions with Peptide-bound Major Histocompatibility Complex.
Progress in Ameliorating Beneficial Characteristics of Microbial Cellulases by Genetic Engineering Approaches for Cellulose Saccharification
Strong Enrichment of Aromatic Residues in Binding Sites from a Charge-neutralized Hyperthermostable Sso7d Scaffold Library
Directed Evolution of Stabilized Monomeric CD19 for Monovalent CAR Interaction Studies and Monitoring of CAR-T Cell Patients.
Directed Enzyme Evolution and Encapsulation in Peptide Nanospheres of Quorum Quenching Lactonase as an Antibacterial Treatment against Plant Pathogen.
Bacteriophage: Phage Therapy
Phage therapy uses bacterial viruses (bacteriophages) to treat bacterial infections and is widely being recognized as an alternative to antibiotics. Here is the latest research.

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The young singer and songwriter of the urban genre coming out of Venezuela, Louis releases his latest single titled “Respétenos”. The single is now available on all digital platforms.
Luis Ramón López López, better known as Louis, is a young Venezuelan singer and songwriter. At only 17 years old, he is already being catalogued as “The Future” and “The Promise” of urban music coming out of Venezuela. Today he releases his first single of 2023 titled “Respétenos”. This song was written by Louis, Tomas Claro, Miguel Puche, Eduardo Puche, Diego Fernandez, and Anthony Lopez and was produced by Puche, Red Fingers and Culprit. With this song, Louis highlights his artistic versatility of interpreting and integrating rap verses at the same time, while telling a story of overcoming personal and professional challenges, conveying the message that not everything good comes at the moment, but that it takes time to achieve it, following the lyrics of the song “no será un día menos un mes, pero lo que sé es que nunca me desespere”.
“Respétennos is a song that describes how I see myself in the future and what I am currently living as well. It is also a protest against two-faced people,” commented the young artist.
The single is accompanied by a music video directed by Jose J. Sanchez and filmed in his native Venezuela where Louis can be seen performing the song surrounded by a group of friends in the neighborhood.
Louis is currently working on new music which is expected to be available soon.


Latest Galaxy S7 Leak Shows Off The MicroSD Card Slot And Gives Us A Quick Look On Video
Samsung’s Galaxy S7 is set for its official announcement on Sunday, but today yet another leak has come out, this time showing off the microSD card slot. The image above was obtained by Android Authority through an anonymous source who has had hands-on time with the S7.
According to that source, Samsung is planning to pack the S7 with Android 6.0 Marshmallow out of the box, a 12MP rear camera, 2,800 mAh battery, microSD support, and water resistance. They also note that USB C will not make an appearance on this device, rather with microUSB hopefully for the last time.
The images also show a design which we’ve seen in previous leaks and renders and clearly it’s still just as much of a fingerprint magnet as the S6 was.
The video below also gives us our first look at the software on this device which looks very similar to that of the S6.
Overall these leaks confirm most of the leaks we’ve been seeing over the past two or three months and with the device being announced this weekend, it’s very likely that this is a final product. Stay tuned this weekend for our coverage on the device this weekend!Source: Android Authority


May 18, 2010
WILMINGTON, N.C. - The Pepperdine women's golf team opened the 2010 NCAA Championships in a tie for 14th place after shooting a 9-over 297 on Tuesday.Play will continue at the par-72 Country Club of Landfall with single rounds on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Pepperdine is tied with Texas A&M and Tennessee, while USC leads the tournament at 282. The Waves have finished in the nation's top 10 in eight of their previous nine trips to the NCAA Championships (including a ninth-place result last season) and are three strokes out of the top 10.
Junior Taylore Karle (Scottsdale, Ariz./Laurel Springs Academy) led Pepperdine with a 1-over 73, good for a tie for 30th place. She was 4-over after her first five holes but recorded four birdies and just one bogey the rest of the way.
Sophomore Lisa McCloskey (Montgomery, Texas) and freshman Danielle Kang (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) are both tied for 49th place after 2-over 74s. Kang had three birdies and McCloskey had two.
Sophomore Kaitlin Drolson (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif./Torrey Pines HS) is tied for 72nd place with a 76 and sophomore Jessica Wallace (Langley, B.C., Canada) is tied for 101st place with a 78.
The Waves had a slow start at the 2009 NCAA Championships, as they were 17th after the first round before rising to ninth at the end.
Top Team Scores: 1. USC 282; 2. Purdue 284; T3. Arizona State 288; T3. UCLA 288; T3. Duke 288; T6. Alabama 289; T6. Florida State 289; 8. TCU 292; 9. Auburn 293; 10. Virginia 294; 11. Oklahoma State 295; T12. Vanderbilt 296; T12. Arizona 296; T14. Pepperdine 297; T14. Texas A&M 297; T14. Tennessee 297; 17. San Jose State 298; 18. Texas 299; T19. South Carolina 300; T19. Stanford 300; 21. Oregon 302; 22. New Mexico 303; 23. Kent State 307; 24. Tulane 311.
Top Individuals: T1. Jennifer Johnson (Arizona State) 67; T1. Maude-Aimee LeBlanc (Purdue) 67; T1. Jennifer Song (USC) 67; T4. Brianna Do (UCLA) 68; T4. Kim Donovan (Duke) 68; T4. Cyna Rodriguez (USC) 68.
Pepperdine Scores: T30. Taylore Karle 73; T49. Danielle Kang 74; T49. Lisa McCloskey 74; T72. Kaitlin Drolson 76; T101. Jessica Wallace 78.