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Letter from the Executive Director
||AJRR Executive Director
Jeffrey P. Knezovich, CAE
As announced during last month's newsletter, we are in the process of migrating our platform and consolidating efforts from the California Joint Replacement Registry (CJRR) and AJRR into one platform. Our continued growth and ability to provide expanded services comes down to our ability to adapt to the growing big data environment and being able to support orthopaedic quality initiatives. For all of these reasons, we will be updating and enhancing our platform over the course of the next year. This digital transformation effort will result in a completely new and innovative solution architecture. The results will provide a uniquely different environment that is secure, scalable, and highly adaptable to meet the evolving and changing needs of the health care industry.
This evolution facilitates AJRR's expansion and support of quality initiatives such as the government's Comprehensive Care Joint Replacement (CJR) model, as well as, insurers quality distinction programs. These changes foster a powerful environment to collect patient-reported outcome data directly from the patient using the device of their choosing, and the capability to capture outcome data from third party vendors collecting data on behalf of participating providers. Most importantly, AJRR is launching a new reporting and analytics platform that provides a user-friendly interface that allows participants to run a multitude of comparisons and drill-down functionality against national benchmark data including risk adjusted patient outcome data.
Each month in
The Register, I will provide an update on our efforts and what it means to you. We're feverishly working away to be able to all be on one platform by January 1, 2017, with future enhancements coming in the first half of 2017. To be extremely transparent during this process, we are providing ongoing communications to help address any issues that you may have. The following resources are available to you now that might address some of your questions:
We are extremely thankful for each and every institution that provides data to the largest Registry of hip and knee arthroplasty procedures in the United States. Just hitting the half million mark of procedures this past month has been an exciting milestone and we intend to continuously enhance and improve our platform so it can grow and expand with us.
Welcome to the AJRR, Reagan Bayer
||AJRR Director of Project Management and
Ms. Reagan Bayer
We would like to welcome Ms. Reagan Bayer to the AJRR staff. She started in the newly created position of
Director of Project Management and Business Analysis on August 22.
Ms. Bayer received her Bachelor of Arts in History from Wayne State University in Detroit, MI. She went on to graduate with a Master of Business Administration from Western Governors University in Salt Lake City, UT. Ms. Bayer's project management experience goes back almost 15 years.
Most recently, Ms. Bayer worked as the Sr. Director of Strategic Program Management at the YMCA of the USA (Y-USA). At Y-USA, she developed and implemented a robust change management plan to support the business process transformation from a highly manual, disparate business process to a fully automated, custom developed, self-service, web-based training portal. She has received the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute.
We look forward to leveraging Ms. Bayer's skills and experience to coordinate and lead the work efforts to expand our role as a quality Registry and build technology capacity.
2016 Reporting Launched for AJRR PQRS and Meaningful Use Platform
Our collaboration with AOA and AAHKS this year adds extra measures, bringing our total to 38 PQRS and custom measures. AOA's quality improvement program Own the Bone supports the expansion of the platform by including two additional PQRS post-fracture measures. The AAHKS partnership adds four additional custom measures documenting process and outcomes for hip arthroplasty patients.
To access the AJRR Orthopaedic Quality Resource Center, click here. On September 7 at 1:00 p.m. EDT, AJRR and CECity are providing an overview on the benefits of the platform in the form of a webinar. Register for it here.
Register Today for the 26th AAHKS Annual Meeting
The American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (AAHKS) 26th Annual Meeting is only two months away. Register now to secure your attendance.
Each year, the Annual Meeting attracts more than 1,300 attendees. The 2016 meeting will be held from November 10 - 13 in Dallas, Texas. Some of the topics covered will include
implant design, outcomes, surgical techniques, and complications of primary and revision total joint arthroplasty (TJA) for hip and knee surgeons, and the latest socioeconomic issues in health care. Special courses are also offered for residents, non-physician team members, and hospital administrators. The topics of these courses are as follows: the 8th Annual Resident Arthroplasty Course, the 8th Annual Orthopaedic Team Course, and the Business of Total Joint Replacement: Surviving and Thriving.
In addition to courses, relevant orthopaedic organizations will have booths at the meeting. Our staff members will be at a booth, providing information about the National Registry and offering dashboard demonstrations to interested attendees. Be sure to stop by to grab a hard copy of our 2016 Annual Report!
If you would like to register and plan your trip to the AAHKS Annual Meeting, click
2017 ISAR Annual Meeting in San Francisco
The 6th Annual International Society of Arthroplasty Registers Congress, the Annual Meeting of the International Society of Arthroplasty Registries (ISAR), will be held from May 20 - 22 in San Francisco, CA. The conference will be held at the PARC 55 San Francisco hotel. Each year, the AJRR and the California Joint Replacement Registry (CJRR) sends representatives to present research and display posters. The 2016 featured meeting topics include: cost effectiveness/health care economics, translating research into clinical practice, innovations in registry statistics/methodologies, electronic health records and big data analytics transforming the future, and the most up to date clinical findings from international orthopaedic registries. Also, attendees that arrive early are able to go to a Napa Valley wine tasting on May 19. The California Joint Replacement Registry (CJRR) Annual Meeting will also be held in San Francisco during this time.
To register for the 6th Annual International Society of Arthroplasty Registers Congress, look for a sign up link on the ISAR website this fall.
CJRR Q & A Webinar Next Week
The California Joint Replacement Registry (CJRR) is in the process of finalizing the merger into the AJRR with a planned completion date of January 1, 2017. There will be changes for both CJRR and AJRR participants, but we are working to make it as seamless as possible. If you have any questions or concerns about this transition, attend our CJRR Q & A Webinar on Wednesday, September 14 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time. During the webinar, California Program Coordinator Phil Dwyer and the AJRR executive staff will answer any questions you may have. If you are unable to attend, a recording will be made available afterwards.
To register for this webinar, click here.
Half Million Procedures Milestone Reached
As of August 2016, we've reached the milestone of 500,000 hip and knee procedures within our system. This brings us closer to our goal of collecting 90% of all hip and knee replacement procedures performed in the United States. We have over 800 participating hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, and private practice groups, and data from nearly 5,500 surgeons.
We began with 15 pilot hospitals in 2010. In six years, we've increased our participants by more than 50 times. About a million hip and knee procedures are performed in America; we currently increase at a rate of about 4,000 procedures a week, so although we have had tremendous growth, we still have a long way to go.
For a press release announcing this milestone, click
Authorized Vendor Profile
AJRR Vendor Since:
Q-Centrix aims to measurably improve the quality and safety of patient care in the U.S. through the use of its market-leading technology platform, Q-Apps, coupled with the industry's largest and broadest team of nurse-educated, quality information specialists. Processing in excess of one million quality data transactions annually, Q-Centrix is a comprehensive quality partner to hundreds of hospitals, providing quality data management solutions, including quality data capture, surveillance, measure calculations, analysis, reporting, and improvement solutions. Ultimately, Q-Centrix empowers clinical teams to focus on data-based quality improvement initiatives rather than simply reporting the data.
- Client-specific registries
- Commercial health plans
- Custom protocols
- National registries
- Mortality reduction
- Peer review
- Regulatory measures
- State-specific registries
- Concurrent review of regulatory measures
- Concurrent review of registries
- Custom quality protocol surveillance
- electronic Clinical Quality Measures (eCQM)
- Infection prevention
- Readmission reduction
Integration with AJRR:
The greatest barrier to Registry participation is the data abstraction and reporting. Q-Centrix has a team of more than 600 nurse-educated, quality information specialists who work remotely to abstract and report Registry data including the AJRR's. Thanks to their deep bench of quality expertise and unique technology platform, Q-Apps, Q-Centrix helps hospitals break down this barrier to participation more efficiently than any other organization.
83% of the Q-Centrix team of 600 nurse-educated, quality information specialists have 10+ years of experience within a hospital. Their combined experience equals more than 5,000 years within a hospital environment.
A full list of AJRR's Technology Partners can be found
2014 Annual Report
has a wealth of information on procedural and component data. Figure 27 (pictured above) contains some interesting findings.
Dislocation and infection were the leading causes of early revision procedures following total hip arthroplasty. A peri-prosthetic fracture around the prosthetic joint was a close third, while other mechanical complications of prosthetic joint implants and mechanical loosening of prosthetic joints had significantly fewer incidences among AJRR patients.
Slides with all the tables and figures from the 2014 Annual Report can be found on our
AJRR staff has once again begun hosting introductory webinars for those who are interested in joining the Registry and would like a basic overview of what we offer. If your institution resides in one of the CJR metropolitan statistical areas, this webinar should be of special interest to you! A demonstration of the new dashboards will be provided. Introductory webinars will be held at the following times this year:
- September 28, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. CT
- October 12, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. CT
- November 16, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. CT
To register for one of these sessions, click
Patient-Reported Outcomes Informational Webinar
Our Analytics team hosted an informational webinar about the AJRR Level III/patient-reported outcomes (PRO) platform on both December 9, 2015 and January 6, 2016. Recommended PRO measures were discussed, as well as the reasons for why starting a PRO data collection program is beneficial. Our Director of IT demonstrated how to use the new dashboard system, and along with the Analytics team, fielded questions on how to get started reporting.
To listen to a recording of the webinar, click here. To view the slides, click here.
Recordings and slides from all other previously held webinars can be found on our
Our Newest Hospitals
We've welcomed these participants into the Registry since the last volume of
#741 - Mercy Hospital Fort Smith in Fort Smith, AZ
#742 - Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith in Fort Smith, AZ
#743 - Advocate Eureka Hospital in Eureka, IL
#744 - Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, IA
#745 - Tradition Medical Center in Stuart, FL
#746 - Martin Medical Center in Stuart, FL
#747 - Martin Hospital South in Stuart, FL
#748 - Northside Medical Center in Columbus, GA
#749 - Regional Hospital of Scranton in Scranton, PA
#750 - Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital in Brockton, MA
#751 - Wake Forest Baptist Health - Lexington Medical Center in Lexington, NC
#752 - Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston - Salem, NC
#753 - Wake Forest Baptist Health - Davie Medical Center in Bermuda Run, NC
#754 - Fresno Surgical Hospital in Fresno, CA
#755 - St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Mishawaka, IN
#756 - St. Mary's Hospital in Athens, GA
#757 - St. Mary's Medical Center in Langhorne, PA
#758 - Mercy Medical Center in Dubuque, IA
#759 - St. Agnes Medical Center in Fresno, CA
#760 - St. Mary's Hospital in Waterbury, CT
#761 - Johnson Memorial Hospital in Stafford Springs, CT
#762 - Mercy Medical Center of Sisters of Providence in South Hadley, MA
#763 - Saint Francis Healthcare in Wilmington, DE
#764 - Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, FL
#765 - St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital in Greensboro, GA
#766 - St. Joseph Plymouth Medical Center in Plymouth, IN
#767 - Gottlieb Memorial Hospital in Melrose Park, IL
#768 - Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, IL
#769 - Mercy Hospital and Medical Center in Chicago, IL
#770 - Mercy Medical Center - Mason City in Mason City, IA
#771 - Mercy Medical Center - Clinton in Clinton, IA
#772 - Mercy Medical Center - New Hampton in New Hampton, IA
#773 - Mercy Medical Center - Sioux City in Sioux City, IA
#774 - Baum Harmon Mercy Hospital in Primghar, IA
#775 - Oakland Memorial Hospital in Oakland, NE
#776 - Dunes Surgical Hospital in Dakota Dunes, SD
#777 - Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, MD
#778 - Holy Cross Germantown Hospital in Germantown, MD
#779 - Mercy Health Muskegon in Muskegon, MI
#780 - Mercy Health Saint Mary's in Grand Rapids, MI
#781 - Mercy Health Hackley in Muskegon, MI
#782 - Mercy Health Lakeshore in Shelby, MI
#783 - Mercy Health Southwest in Byron Center, MI
#784 - Mercy Medical Center in Springfield, MA
#785 - Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County in Burlington, NJ
#786 - Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in Camden, NJ
#787 - Saint Michael's Medical Center in Newark, NJ
#788 - St. Francis Medical Center in Trenton, NJ
#789 - Mount St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston, NY
#790 - St. Mary Hospital in Amsterdam, NY
#791 - Albany Memorial Hospital in Albany, NY
#792 - Mount Carmel East in Columbus, OH
#793 - Mount Carmel West in Columbus, OH
#794 - Mount Carmel St. Ann's in Westerville, OH
#795 - New York-Presbyterian/Queens in Flushing, NY
#796 - Genesis Hospital in Zanesville, OH
#797 - St. Luke's Medical Center in Phoenix, AZ
#798 - Tempe St. Luke's Hospital in Tempe, AZ
#799 - Mountain Vista Medical Center in Mesa, AZ
#800 - Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center in Windber, PA
#801 - Clovis Community Medical Center in Clovis, CA
#802 - Confluence Heath in Wenatchee, WA
#803 - Cape Coral Hospital in Cape Coral, FL
#804 - Gulf Coast Medical Center in Fort Myers, FL
#805 - Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers, FL

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1903 Steinway & Sons Model A-2 Grand Piano #109789 | Satin Ebony
Measuring approx. 6’2″ in length, the Steinway & Sons Model A, Style II Grand Piano has long been a coveted musical instrument. These parlor grand pianos were first built in New York during the late 19th and early 20th century and later were re-introduced in 2005.
Steinway & Sons Model A-II Grand Piano #109789 was built in 1903 at the New York Steinway Factory and was restored by us here at Chupp’s Piano Service. This parlor grand piano features a round arm cabinet with double moldings along the base of the case. The piano sits on Victorian Ice Cream Cone style legs and features a carved pedal lyre. The cabinet was refinished in a rich satin ebony lacquer and has been freshly hand rubbed by our piano refinishers.
The piano’s action was fully rebuilt with new dimensionally correct parts. This includes new German Renner wippens and new hammers, shanks, and flanges. Exacting action regulation and voicing has been completed to ensure a light, responsive touch and rich, full, Steinway quality of tone. The keyboard features the original ivory keytops which have been restored.
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As piano rebuilding specialists we specialize in the full restoration of vintage Steinway, Mason & Hamlin, Baldwin and other fine makes of pianos. We are also an authorized Kawai piano dealer offering Kawai grand, upright and digital pianos. Located in the heart of Northern Indiana, we are conveniently located between Chicago, Detroit, and Fort Wayne. Our work is of the finest quality and we are confident that our pianos speak for themselves! Contact us today for more information and to set up a private selection appointment. [Toll-free: 1-888-831-5820.]
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SOLD: 1884 Steinway Model D Art Case Concert Grand Piano | Rosewood – Restored
Steinway Model D Concert Grand Pianos are the standard by which other concert pianos are judged. This very rare and stunningly gorgeous Rosewood Steinway & Sons D #52626 was manufactured in 1884 at the New York Steinway factory. Fully restored, this piano features a new solid spruce soundboard, fully rebuilt action, original ivory keytops and much more. This piano's art case cabinet is in a figured Brazilian Rosewood veneer that is sure to make it a visual and musical centerpiece in any room it is placed in. Measuring just under nine feet in length, this concert grand piano is a fine example of golden era piano craftsmanship. Includes the original matching stool. This piano has been sold.
SOLD: 1924 Steinway Model D Concert Grand Piano | Ebony – Restored
This fully restored, concert ready Steinway & Sons Model D Grand Piano features legendary Steinway quality tone and a smooth, fully regulated action. Features a new solid spruce soundboard, a new custom fitted pinblock, a fully rebuilt action and much more. This instrument is perfect for your home or high-level professional setting. This is one of several vintage Model D Concert Grands that we have recently had the pleasure of fully rebuilding.
SOLD: 1918 Steinway Model A3 Grand Piano | Quartersawn Oak – Fully Restored
Steinway Model A3 Grand Pianos have long been considered to feature one of the finest scale designs ever crafted by the Steinway & Sons company. Steinway Model A3 #188826 was built in 1917, during the height of the golden era of the piano industry. This 6' 4 1/2" 'Stretch A' features a very rare and unique Quarter Sawn Oak cabinet. This instrument has been fully rebuilt to top concert standards with a new solid spruce soundboard, custom fitted pinblock, German Renner action parts and much more. It is a simply stunning instrument and it is ready to play in our facility today. Steinway Model A3 #188826 is one of three exceptionally rare instruments featuring Quartersawn Oak that we have or are in the process of having fully rebuilt. Have questions? Get in contact with us today! This piano has been sold to a client in Marysville, Ohio.
SOLD: 1926 Mason & Hamlin Model AA Grand Piano | Ebony – Fully Restored
Mason & Hamlin Model AA #34630 was built in 1926 at the company's factory in Boston. Measuring 6'2" in length, this instrument is a living example of 'golden age' piano craftsmanship. Featuring an expertly refinished satin ebony cabinet, a fully rebuilt action, and a new solid spruce soundboard, this instrument features a full, powerful tone and a responsive touch. This piano is one of several concert level Mason & Hamlin Grands we have available today. Pictured with an optional Jansen Artist Bench. This piano has been sold to a client in Indianapolis, Indiana. [Interested in a restored Mason & Hamlin Model AA? View #41019 here. ]
SOLD: 1917 Steinway Model A-3 Grand Piano | Ebony – Fully Restored
Built in 1917 at the New York Steinway & Sons Factory, Model A-3 #186423 measures 6'4 1/2" in length. Representing the finest in 'golden era' piano craftsmanship, this 'stretch A' grand piano has been fully rebuilt. The square arm cabinet has been refinished in satin ebony with a flamed mahogany inner rim. Restoration includes a new solid spruce soundboard, new custom fitted pinblock, a fully rebuilt action, a closed pore refinished cabinet and much more. Contact us today for more information on this or any other piano we have in our facility!
SOLD: 1917 Steinway Model O Grand Piano | Rare Brazilian Rosewood – Fully Restored
Modern Style Cabinet in Rare Brazilian Rosewood
Built during the 'golden age' of piano manufacturing, this 1917 Steinway & Sons Model O Grand Piano is one of the most unique and rarest pianos we have ever featured. Featuring a modern Sketch 380 Sheraton cabinet and spade legs, this Model O was originally specially ordered in a figured Brazilian Rosewood. This is the only modern styled New York Steinway in Brazilian Rosewood that we have ever come across. This special Steinway has been expertly restored to ensure it returns to its rightful status as a concert level instrument. Interested in learning more? Get in contact with us today. This piano has been sold to a client in Los Angeles, California.
SOLD: 1922 Steinway Model A-3 Grand Piano | Polished Ebony – Fully Restored
Steinway Model A-3 #214713 was built at the New York Steinway Factory in 1922 and has a rich musical history. Purchased and owned by pianist Vladimir Leyetchkiss, this piano served as his personal instrument. This Steinway has undergone an extensive rebuilding process to ensure it returns to its rightful concert ready status. Showroom. Contact us today for more information on this or any other piano we have for sale. This piano has been sold to the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University.
SOLD: 1915 Steinway Model A-3 Grand Piano | Louis XV Art Case – Ready to Restore
Ready To Restore: This vintage Art Case Steinway Model A-III was built in 1915 at the New York Steinway & Sons Factory. Constructed during the height of the roaring piano industry, this instrument sits in ready to restore condition. This concert level instrument is in excellent structural condition and is a perfect candidate for a full restoration. This piano is in 'ready to restore' condition and can be tailored to your specific tastes.[Contact us today for additional information.]
1904 Steinway Model A-2 Grand Piano | Circassian Walnut – Art Case – Restored
This Steinway & Sons Model A, Style II Grand Piano is a fine example of historic Steinway Factory quality. The art case cabinet is in a rare cut of Circassian Walnut with an incredibly detailed grain. Built during the golden era of piano-making, this rare 6'2" instrument has undergone an extensive piano restoration process. Featuring a stunning art case/crown jewel style cabinet, a new solid spruce soundboard, custom-fitted hard maple pinblock, and a fully rebuilt action, this instrument is of concert-level quality. The piano’s action has been fully regulated and tone regulation has been performed. This piano truly is a work of art both visually and as a world-class musical instrument.
1915 Steinway Model A-3 Grand Piano | Satin Ebony – Restored
Steinway Model A-3 #170293 was built in 1915 at the New York Steinway & Sons Factory. This 6'4 1/2" Grand Piano has been expertly restored to a high-performance standard. This instrument features a beautiful satin ebony cabinet, nickel plated hardware, a fully rebuilt action, a new pinblock, a new soundboard and much more. This instrument has been expertly restored and is ready for your home! Pictured with an optional Jansen Artists Bench. [Contact us today for more about this instrument.]


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When I told one of the evening counselors that I was having a panic attack, he made it obvious that I was bothering him while he was trying to watch a football game. I\'m not one to complain about anything, usually, but I had never experienced anything like I was experiencing, and I was legitimately worried I was going insane. All I wanted was to call my parents, but I was not allowed to do so until the designated time. We were only allowed a five-minute phone call, as there were only two phones and many patients.
I simply just wanted help for my panic attacks, and I wanted to be in a familiar setting with familiar people. I really felt out of place, as well as trapped. The majority of the staff was very helpful and friendly with navigating the twelve steps, but I really think that their management puts a lot of pressure on them to prevent AMA\'s and push the extended program for financial profit. So much so, that I think this actually interferes with their effort to help rehabilitate the patients.
I also would have enjoyed other options besides the 12-step model. It wasn\'t very helpful to many of the patients I talked to. There is also a strict fraternization policy, which I understand to an extent, but it wasn\'t allowed for members of the opposite sex or those in different cabins to talk with each other, at all. As someone who feels more comfortable around the opposite sex than my own, I felt that this was disadvantageous to my recovery there. I think that there should have been more free time in the day to relax, as we were up from 5:30a to 10p, with a pretty packed schedule. Going through withdrawal nearly my entire stay, there were several times when I just wanted some time to take a nap. TV privileges are often taken away as punishment for the mistakes of one or a few roommates, and the staff is very strict about cleanliness. Most of this didn\'t really bother me, but I just wanted to mention this to anyone thinking about going here or sending a loved one here. You will have to do chores and be present at every activity. If you are sick, you have to go see a doctor and get a bed-pass for the day, and the doctor wasn\'t always at the facility.
I think that\'s about it. Overall, I can see this facility working for some. It just didn\'t work for me. Counseling and NA, as well as SMART recovery groups helped me to eventually get clean. I was able to stay clean for close to a month after leaving Bradford, but I was not willing to go back after relapsing. In a way, I\'m glad I went here because I became determined to get clean with an alternative method than have to come back here. Best wishes of success and serenity to anyone struggling with addiction.

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The 2022 Goodwood moving motorshow is where Volvo decided to pitch the Polestar 5, a ridiculously powerful pure electric Volvo super sedan. But here’s the thing, by focusing on performance, has Volvo neglected the Elephant in the room? The Elephant in this case is… range. That is to say, how many miles does the Volvo Polestar 5 do before requiring recharge? Even Sherlock Holmes would be flummoxed with the prospect of trying to solve such an uncompromising mystery.
So here’s what we do know. The Volvo Polestar 5 is a prototype development mule, a 4-door high-performance GT. Think Audi eTron GT or Porsche Taycan. Details of the Volvo Polestar 5’s powertrains was revealed as it raced up the hill at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
The vehicle is built on an 800-volt electric architecture which houses a dual electric motor capable of delivering 870bhp (650 kilowatts/884PS) and 900 NM of torque. Apparently, Volvo has designed a brand new electric motor, they claim it’s superior to all others in every way.
Volvo doesn’t do boasting, they quietly get on with the job. For the company to chest-beat and brag about the Polestar 5’s performance is very revealing indeed. What Volvo failed to reveal is how much range the Polestar 5 will achieve on a single charge. Which is very revealing indeed.
We do know the Volvo Polestar 5 will have a 103 kWh battery pack, 3 more than the Tesla Model S. The Model S is the benchmark, it does superior performance and efficiency better than any other electric car currently on the market.
So why has Volvo not revealed the Polestar 5’s range? The demonstration run at the 2022 Goodwood Festival of Speed is a publicity stunt, a way to generate interest and get the conversation flowing. Any performance car, by defintion uses more energy be it gasoline or electric.
If the Polestar 5 had briliant range converging with superior performance Volvo would be the first to let everyone about it, they would ring church bells in perfect synchronization up and down the land. They have not for a reason.


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“Better not touch the hull, pal, it’s hot”
Surprised by the voice, Daniel William Fry, who had been running his hand over the ultra-smooth surface of the alien craft, stumbled over backwards landing in the desert sand. In front of him, the circular 30ft in diameter, 16ft high craft that rested lightly on the crushed bramble had no portals, landing gear or flying surfaces of any kind. Daniel had just watched it settle silently before him and after walking around it, was running his hand over the smooth surface.
The date was July 4th, 1949 and Daniel had been installing and testing transducers used for various measurements of rocket motor tests at the White Sands Missile Proving grounds in New Mexico, U.S.A. Having missed the last bus into Las Cruces for the July 4th festivities, he retired to his bunk to read a book on heat transfer, only to have the theory turn into reality when the air conditioner quit. Daniel went for a walk down a desert path in the cool evening air and it was there that the craft landed before him.
The voice was that of Alan, pronounced “a-lawn”, who was remotely piloting the cargo craft and he offered Daniel a ride to New York and back in only 30 minutes. During the ride and subsequent contacts, Alan answered Daniel’s many questions about the physics behind how the craft flew, the pre-history of earth and lessons for humanity.
This book contains three books in one, the first is a biography of Daniel’s life and starts with the chapter “The Making of an Orphan”. The second part is, for the first time ever, Fry’s complete story in one place starting with the “First Contact” chapter. The third section, starting with “Examining Daniel’s Story”, contains the results of years of research into Fry’s story and explores modern evidence, such as Dark Energy, to see if it supports Daniel Fry’s story.
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Once purchased, you are allowed to download the eBook of your choice up to five times. There is no DRM, so please back your eBook up!

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Shenseea has created history becoming the first Jamaican Dancehall act signed with American label Interscope Records.
Interscope has linked up with producer Rvssian’s Rich Immigrants imprint for the deal which has already spawned the single “Blessed” featuring rapper Tyga, and accompanying video which was released earlier this week.
“Interscope always strives to work with artistes that can move culture on a global scale. Shenseea is already doing that,” Interscope’s EVP Joie Manda reportedly said, adding “She represents Jamaica in a loud and truly authentic voice. We couldn’t be any more pleased to partner with her and Rvssian. Many artistes go to Jamaica to learn culture, Shenseea teaches it.”
Interscope Records is owned by Universal Music Group through its Interscope Geffen A&M imprint. It was founded in late 1990 by Jimmy Iovine and Ted Field as a US$20-million joint venture with Warner Music Group’s Atlantic Records.
Artists who have signed to Interscope include Eminem, Ice Cube, The 1975, Madonna, Billie Eilish, Juice WRLD, Børns, Carly Rae Jepsen, Daya, Ellie Goulding, Gwen Stefani, Imagine Dragons, Jamie N Commons, Kali Uchis, J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga, Lana Del Rey, Lil Mosey, Machine Gun Kelly, Maroon 5, OneRepublic, Rae Sremmurd, BLACKPINK, Selena Gomez, Skylar Grey, Tame Impala, U2, will.i.am, X Ambassadors, and Zedd.


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Epistle: Romans 5:1-5
1Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. 3And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.
Boasting in our sufferings.
That seems to go against what we were taught growing up. Another word that comes to mind is “whining.”
But St. Paul’s words to the Church in Rome takes on a different connotation.
First of all, its not about just one of us. It is about all of us. There is a communal “we” in this passage.
We find this in scripture over and over again, and it can be difficult for our individual 21st century brains to comprehend.
Let us remember that God creates us to be community. Even in Genesis 1 when God creates humanity, community exists – “Let US created humanity in OUR image.” (I added the caps).
At the heart of our sinful nature is when we move from “we” and only focus on “me.”
In his letter to the Church in Corinth, St. Paul says that when one part of the body (the church) suffers, all suffer with it, and when one rejoices, all rejoice (1 Corinthians 12). We are in this together.
Boasting is not to focus on how great we are, but how great God is, and will continue to be.
Verses 3-5 are some of my favorites. For me (for us, I should say), there is hope laid out before us. We are going to get through this, and we are going to do it together.
And the verses that follow remind us that God has made a great investment in us, even when we were (and still are) messing up along the way.
That is something in which we can boast.
That is something we can share.
Let us pray: Help us, Lord, to remember that that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because of your love that has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us. We pray this in Jesus name, Amen.

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Mil Dot reticle Usage
The Finnish Defence Forces (FDF) 8.6 TKIV 2000 rifles have custom made Zeiss 3-12x56 Diavari VM/V T* 30 mm telescopic sights with eye safe laser filters mounted. These sights are equipped with first focal plane "FinnDot" reticles (a regular mil-dot reticle with the addition of 400 m – 1200 m holdover (stadiametric) rangefinding brackets for 1 meter high or 0.5 meter wide targets at 400, 600, 800, 1000 and 1200 m). Reticle illumination is provided by a tritium ampoule embedded in the elevation turret.
The reticle elevation has 0.25 mil (0.25 mrad) adjustment intervals (total elevation range = 18.6 mils), while the windage has 0.1 mil adjustment intervals. The FDF thinks 0.25 mil elevation intervals are easier and quicker to use with Arctic mittens and that the difference between 0.1 and 0.25 mil adjustment intervals is negligible for anti-personnel sniping (0.1 mil at 1400 m = 14 cm (0.3437747 MOA), 0.25 mil at 1400 m = 35 cm (0.8594367 MOA)).
All vital screw slots on the telescopic sight are designed to be operated with the rim of .338 Lapua Magnum cartridges instead of screwdrivers.
Sun Optics USA LR4 30 mm Mil-Dot Reticle Long Range Tactical Scope (1.5-6 x 40-Inch)
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6/11 - Lotte 7, Hanhwa 2
6/12 - Lotte 7, Hanhwa 0
6/13 - Hanhwa 5, Lotte 4
The Giants ran their unbeaten streak to nine games before Hanhwa stole the final game of this series. KIA and Samsung are in a tie for third place, but the Giants are only 1/2 game behind them and only four games behind Doosan for second place.
The series started with a quality effort from Lotte starter Jang Won-joon and Hanhwa starter Jose Capellan suffering his eleventh loss of the season. Jang threw seven innings(105 pitches, 70 strikes) of two-run baseball. He allowed seven hits and one walk while striking out six. Hanhwa never really mounted much of a rally against Jang. The only time they got to him was when Hanhwa second baseman Jang Won-seok and left fielder Choi Jin-haeng hit solo homers off of him. Lotte third baseman Lee Dae-ho lead the Lotte offense on Friday. Lee hit a three-run homer in the first inning and added an RBI single in the sixth. Lee finished 3-4 with four RBIs and one run scored. Lotte outfielders Karim Garcia and Jeon Joon-woo also added solo homers.
On Saturday, Lotte starter Song Seung-joon and a trio of Lotte relievers combined to throw a five hit shutout of the Eagles. Song threw seven innings(109 pitches, 66 strikes) and gave up only four hits and one hit batsman while striking out seven. Lotte outfielder Jeon Joon-woo hit another solo homer in the second inning to put Lotte on the scoreboard. Lotte backup first baseman Park Jong-yoon got a rare start and did something with it. Park went 2-4 with a double and two RBIs.
Hanhwa finally put the Lotte Giants back in the loss column with Sunday's W. Hanhwa needed a three-run rally in the third inning and 7 1/3 innings of scoreless relief from their bullpen to get the job done. Hanhwa was facing a 4-2 deficit in the third inning when left fielder Choi Jin-haeng clubbed a two-run homer to tie the game at four. Later in the inning, Hanhwa had two outs and a runner on second when third baseman Song Kwang-min singled to right to score the runner from second and break the 4-4 tie. Hanhwa reliever Huh Yoo-kang earned the W by throwing 3 1/3 innings of one-hit, one-walk baseball. Park Jeong-jin earnd the save by throwing four innings of no-hit, two walk baseball with two strikeouts. Karim Garcia was one of the few bright spots for the Lotte Giants. Karim hit a two-run homer in the second inning to put the Giants on the scoreboard.


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Frequent, small releases help ensure constant communication and tight feedback loops.
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Multiple Georgia Funeral Homes Operating Without a License
Albany, GA — Would you go to a funeral home with an expired license?
“Not if one of my family members got to go. I wouldn’t trust them,” says Cornelius Crawford of Albany, one man who would speak with FOX 31 about this. “Everything you do you’ve got to have a license these days.”
On Wednesday, FOX 31 received a call from a citizen concerned about Meadows Funeral Home in Albany having an expired license. According to Steve Lindsey, Executive Director with the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office, Meadows Funeral Home’s license expired on June 30th and the funeral home has not renewed.
FOX 31 visited Meadows Funeral Home Wednesday afternoon to check on their expired license.
No one there was able to answer questions.
Meadows Funeral Home isn’t the only funeral home in the area listed with a lapsed license. According to the Secretary of State’s website, Lee-Allen Funeral Home Inc., Oaklawn Chapel Funeral Home and Fields Funeral Home also have expired licenses.
FOX 31 went to visit Oaklawn Chapel Funeral Home, which is listed on the Secretary of State’s website at 611 N. Jefferson. It’s no longer a funeral home, but rather accounting offices.
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Distance from Matanzas to Jindrichuv Hradec
Distance from Matanzas to Jindřichův Hradec is 8,585 kilometers. This air travel distance is equal to 5,334 miles.
The air travel (bird fly) shortest distance between Matanzas and Jindřichův Hradec is 8,585 km= 5,334 miles.
If you travel with an airplane (which has average speed of 560 miles) from Matanzas to Jindrichuv Hradec, It takes 9.53 hours to arrive.
Matanzas is located in Cuba.
|GPS Coordinates (DMS)||22° 34´ 36.1560'' N |
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Peer-to-peer lending, however, usually requires a formal application. Most peer-to-peer investors use one of the big P2P platforms (like Funding Circle). That means the platform itself creates and accepts your application. It will probably be the one that analyzes your application and decides whether or not you get approved.
Unlike crowdfunding campaigns, these applications don’t offer much room for your creativity or sales skills. Instead, they ask for basic information and documents:
- Personal credit score
- Business credit score
- Annual revenue
- Length of time in business
In other words, P2P lending is a much more data-driven process than crowdfunding. And if you don’t meet certain minimum requirements, you’ll probably get denied. Even if you do meet requirements, you might get a lower amount than you asked for.
One other thing to note: P2P lending usually has a much faster turnaround than crowdfunding. An online P2P lender can have money in your bank account within a week of your application, while a crowdfunding campaign often takes a month or more.
In crowdfunding, what you owe your backers will depend on whether you choose rewards or equity crowdfunding.
With rewards crowdfunding, you will, of course, have to give backers the rewards you promised. Platforms like Kickstarter make it easy to give backers updates while they’re waiting for these rewards, since the delivery process can sometimes take quite a while (like, say, you’re manufacturing a board game or shooting a movie).
Then there’s equity crowdfunding. As we said above, your backers will get a certain amount of equity in your company, meaning they get partial ownership. The details will, of course, depend on the exact arrangement you come to. But this often means they get a portion of company profits, some decision-making power in the company, and company stock shares.
Note that neither rewards crowdfunding or equity crowdfunding requires you to pay back the money you get. It’s yours to keep. (Yay!)
Peer-to-peer lending, however, operates just like traditional financing. That means if you get a P2P loan, you’ll have to pay back the loan in full―plus interest and fees.
Your P2P lender will put you on a repayment schedule to ensure your loan gets paid back within the loan term (which can be anywhere from a few months to many years, depending on the lender). In many cases, they’ll also require you to make automatic payments from your business checking account.
So with all that said, which should you choose: crowdfunding or peer-to-peer lending?

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Regulatory Decision Summary for Riximyo
The Regulatory Decision Summary explains Health Canada’s decision for the product seeking market authorization. The Regulatory Decision Summary includes the purpose of the submission and the reason for the decision.
ATC code: L01XC02
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What was the purpose of this submission?
This New Drug submission (NDS) was submitted to authorize the use of Riximyo (rituximab), a biosimilar biologic drug, for some of the indications and uses currently held by Rituxan (the reference product) in Canada: non-Hodgkin lymphoma (various indications), chronic lymphocytic leukemia and rheumatoid arthritis.
Why was the decision issued?
Riximyo was developed as a biosimilar to the Canadian reference biologic drug, Rituxan (rituximab). The market application relied on comparisons made to demonstrate similarity to the Canadian authorized product, Rituxan.
For the nonclinical and clinical review streams, the sponsor submitted a nonclinical data package which included pharmacokinetic (PK), pharmacology, and toxicology program elements. In vitro primary bio-functional assays were also conducted as part of the analytical comparability package.
The clinical development program consisted of two pivotal studies:
- a pharmacokinetic (PK) study in rheumatoid arthritis patients who had inadequate disease control on at least one and up to three prior anti-TNF treatments. The 90% confidence intervals (CIs) of the PK parameters (AUCT, and Cmax [as point estimate]) were within the acceptance margins of 80.0% to 125.0%. The PK study was supported by additional PK-related data in the patient population. The PK study also provided supportive evidence of no clinically meaningful differences in safety and efficacy, between Riximyo and the reference product.
- a comparative clinical efficacy and safety study conducted among patients with untreated advanced follicular lymphoma. The primary efficacy analysis demonstrated that the 95% CI of the objective response rates (ORR) was contained within the pre-defined interval of -12% to 12%. The safety profiles of the biosimilar and reference products were considered comparable.
The sponsor proposes identical dosage and dosing regimens for the use of Riximyo in the claimed indications as those currently in use by the reference product.
A scientific rationale, provided to support the authorization of Riximyo in the proposed indications held by the reference product Rituxan, was considered in accordance with Health Canadas biosimilar guidance document and is satisfactory.
The final decision for Riximyo was based on comparative analytical and functional, non-clinical, pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) and clinical comparisons in two disease settings.
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My play You'll Not Feel the Drowning, about how to go on living when there's a persistent sense of doom hanging over you, had developmental readings in May and September of this year as part of Custom Made Theatre's new-works program. I am honored to announce that Custom Made has been pleased with the script's progress and has chosen it for further development, including a workshop production!
First, though, another developmental reading of Drowning is happening tonight at 7 PM at the Gallery Cafe on Nob Hill. (the arts editors of the SF Chronicle named this as one of today's critic's picks!) See the Facebook invite for more details.
Then, I'll think about the feedback from tonight's audience, do another round of focused rewriting, and in mid-April of 2017, Drowning will have a 6-performance workshop production at the EXIT Theatre. It will be directed by Gabriel Ross, and Allie Moss will be the dramaturg.
More information about the April workshop forthcoming as I have it (and yes, I will make an effort to post event info with more than an hour to spare before it happens).

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The Vioz gives you breathable insulation and comfort regulation in an athletic fit for changing conditions and stop-and-go mountain activities in autumn and winter.
Waterproof, windproof & breathable Powertex
First up, the extremely-breathable 2.5-layer shell fabric (water column: 10,000 mm, MVTR: 40,000 g/m²/24h) provides reliable weather protection and enables a weight-saving construction. We give it a PFC-free DWR (durable water repellent) finish and welded seams.
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This article seeks to solve everything about the team gun game in PUBG Mobile, so pay attention to this that we have prepared.
What is team gun game in PUBG Mobile?
It's about modifying your strategy depending on the weapon you wield. Keep in mind that the game allows you to wield various weapons, which the more you use and adapt to, the greater opportunities you will have to kill your enemies efficiently, so pay attention because we have a lot about the team weapons game.
Team gun set in PUBG Mobile.
Here you and your squadmates will be tasked with working to take down the enemy team and can be reduced to cheering on a particular player.
The objective is that a player reaches 18 kills, this will allow him when playing to obtain a new weapon that he can use, so the flow of random weapons is constant until obtaining the final weapon, a frying pan, keep in mind that kill with One skillet will win the game.
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You can see the weapon that comes after the next weapon in the weapon slot next to the current one.
Keep in mind that you will not be able to accumulate scores and also that you do not lose a kill if you die.
In your first 10 kills you will have to use mainly assault rifles, then you will have to move on to sniper rifles and pistols.
Another thing to keep in mind is that you will not find ammunition, health items or equipment, here the objective is to go directly to the enemy without wasting time and try to take advantage of it to heal automatically when you are not in combat.
If any player gets the pan, the others will be notified. So we recommend that you check the scoreboard regularly to find out which member of your team with the most deaths and to know which enemy has the upper hand. Help your teammates to accumulated death to ensure collective victory.That's all we have so far about the team gun game in PUBG Mobile. We hope that our article was easy to understand and that you can get as much fun as possible now that you know more that way.
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US Army Vietnam, APH-5 Helicopter Pilot Flight Helmet manufactured by “Land MFG INC.” under contract “DNA 100-68-C-2237”. 1968 dated, and sized “medium”.
The helmet is fitted with a visor adjusted with a four lobe knob, a boom mike marked Microphone Dynamic M-97/AIC having a wire and plug, dated 1968, adjustable internal ear cowls, and chin strap. Finished in its original green issue paint. The outer shell has been painted up with in country symbols, which, while having been added later, are in a paint that is easily removable without causing damage.
Overall looks very presentable.

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DuPage Co. (ECWd) –
The paper trail we have compiled pointing to direct violations of election law by Breuder and the previous COD Board of Trustees, which happens to include the current sitting member Joe Wazniak, appears to point to criminal violations.
Keeping it simple, step by step!
Sec. 9-25.1. Election interference.
(a) As used in this Section, “public funds” means any funds appropriated by the Illinois General Assembly or by any political subdivision of the State of Illinois.
(b) No public funds shall be used to urge any elector to vote for or against any candidate or proposition, or be appropriated for political or campaign purposes to any candidate or political organization. This Section shall not prohibit the use of public funds for dissemination of factual information relative to any proposition appearing on an election ballot, or for dissemination of information and arguments published and distributed under law in connection with a proposition to amend the Constitution of the State of Illinois.
(c) The first time any person violates any provision of this Section, that person shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. Upon the second or any subsequent violation of any provision of this Section, the person violating any provision of this Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (Source: P.A. 87-1052.)
I challenge everyone to read the power point presentation below from Michael Walters and simply ask your self this question.
Did COD use public funds to urge voters to vote for a proposition on the ballot, which was the 2010 referendum?
The claim at the time was this taxpayer funded push to pass a referendum was going to cost the taxpayers $149,650.00 when in reality it was more than double that, which we exposed in this article over 6 months ago. Couple that exposure with this article, this one, this one, and now the information below, it is very clear to everyone.
Taxpayers were abused – election laws were violated!
The most sacred process in our form of government is fair elections. When we allow a public body to go unchecked, not once, but now FOUR times, using our tax dollars in the election process, we have moved from a Republic to a dictatorial regime were laws are a selective option controlled by those in power.
Yes, this has happen FOUR times at COD!
The first two failed attempts are pointed to in the very first slide of the power point presentation (“After two failed attempts at passing a referendum using other firms”). That confirms two previous attempts and this power point represents the third, and I am sure the voters of District 502 are all to familiar with all the flyers used in the most recent April election, which represented the 4th time COD has used public funds related to attempts at influencing an election.
When will the Federal Government or the States Attorney hold these people accountable?

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Lightweight and a space saver
Was packaged very well. No nicks or cracks in the plastic, good value for the money spent.
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All-in-all, if you have a PlayStation, get this game.
I've played this game before and had to get it again. For a PlayStation game, the graphics are okay, but the game-play is superb. The one-liners are great and finding the hidden remotes are fun.
Young Wizards Ser.: So You Want to Be a Wizard 1 by Diane Duane (2003, Hardcover, Anniversary)
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Leisure Traveling for 21st Century Americans: Mass Tourism as a Cultural Trap
Al. I. Cuza University, Iași
The majority of mass men in the American environment exhibit predictable and similar patterns of behavior as tourists. Pre-Industrial Revolution modes of traveling as liberation and exploration are now thwarted by the leveling effect of globalization and the illusion of information fueled by the all-pervasive mass media. Claims about the role of routine or the quest for authenticity are challenged as genuine motivations for mass tourism. Both the American culture and travel destinations in developing countries have authentic content that is largely ignored in favor of sensationalism and cliché. Excessive regimentation in the US creates the acute need for transcending to which popular culture finds accessible solutions through tourism: an experience of concentrated yet vague exoticism which feels liberating without yielding exploration. Travel destinations are shaped to American standards of material comfort and even adopt western popular culture icons in an effort to supply accessible familiar experiences of western entertainment. Various kinds of difficulty that once stimulated travelers are now relieved by travel agencies, rendering the experience of traveling less personal and more like TV entertainment. Old notions of space, time and reality itself are blurred in favor of a hyper-reality where fiction dominates.
Keywords: mass man; routine; authenticity; sensationalism; exoticism; predictability; material comfort; accessible experience; package holiday; hyper-reality

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Explain the major developments leading up to the rise of the early Islamic empire.
HIS 160 – Middle East Civilization I
In a paper of no more than 5 pages, explain the major developments leading up to the rise of the early Islamic empire. In your argument, be sure to provide reasons for the successful territorial expansion from the last years of the Prophet Muhammad’s life in Medina through the era of Umayyad rule. Your argument should make use of the historical facts, being sure to highlight some of the most significant developments along the way. Your answer should also include a discussion of the continuity and changes in Arabia before and after the advent of Islam.
For this paper, you are not required to do any outside research. You should be able to answer the question utilizing the texts we have read in this class as well as the course lectures and discussions. However, if you do make use of outside sources, be sure to cite them. Unverified websites and Wikipedia are not acceptable sources. As stated in the syllabus, this course has a zero-tolerance policy for plagiarism and academic dishonesty. Anyone found to have engaged in academic dishonesty will be reported to the Honor Council.
4 pages – APA format.


It's time to vote for you 2020/21 Player of the Season!
Our first contender is Alex Lacazette, who finished the campaign as our leading goalscorer in all competitions with 17 goals, while also contributing three assists. Does he get your vote?
Or has Nicolas Pepe's fine form caught your eye most? The Ivorian forward finished the season on a high with a brace at Brighton, bringing his total to 16 goals and six assists.
Bukayo Saka has been one of our leading lights all season, scoring crucial goals against the likes of Chelsea, Newcastle, Benfica and Slavia Prague. The England international finished the campaign with seven goals and seven assists.
His fellow Hale End graduate, Emile Smith Rowe, has made a huge impact since coming into the team on Boxing Day - will he be our 20/21 Player of the Season? The attacking midfielder scored four times, and claimed seven assists.
Our final contender is Kieran Tierney, whose energy and superb displays at left back added so much to the team over the course of the campaign. The Scotland international finished with two goals - memorable strikes against West Brom and Benfica - and four assists.
So who is your 2020/21 Player of the Season? Have your say below - and if you're on the App, click here to vote.
Copyright 2023 The Arsenal Football Club Limited. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source.


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Supreme Court Won’t Block Maine’s Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers – The New York Times
The state included a coronavirus vaccine among the required vaccinations in a regulation issued in August, setting a deadline of Oct. 29. Several health care workers sued, saying the requirement violated their constitutional right to the free exercise of religion.
Judge Jon D. Levy of the Federal District Court in Maine ruled against the plaintiffs.
“Both the serious risk of illness and death associated with the spread of the Covid-19 virus and the efforts by state and local governments to reduce that risk have burdened most aspects of modern life,” he wrote.
The plaintiffs’ “refusal to be vaccinated based on their religious beliefs has resulted or will result in real hardships as it relates to their jobs,” Judge Levy wrote. “They have not, however, been prevented from staying true to their professed religious beliefs which, they claim, compel them to refuse to be vaccinated against Covid-19.”
Judge Sandra L. Lynch, writing for the panel, said the regulation did not single out religion for disfavored treatment. In a 1990 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that neutral laws of general applicability that incidentally impose burdens on religion generally do not run afoul of the First Amendment’s protection of religious liberty. That decision, Employment Division v. Smith, has been the subject of harsh criticism by the more conservative members of the Supreme Court.
What to Know About the Supreme Court Term
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A blockbuster term begins. The Supreme Court, now dominated by six Republican appointees, returned to the bench on Oct. 4 to start a momentous term in which it will consider eliminating the constitutional right to abortion and vastly expanding gun rights.
The big abortion case. The court is poised to use a challenge to a Mississippi law that bars most abortions after 15 weeks to undermine and perhaps overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that established a constitutional right to abortion. The ruling could effectively end legal abortion access for those living in much of the South and Midwest.
A major decision on guns. The court will also consider the constitutionality of a longstanding New York law that imposes strict limits on carrying guns outside the home. The court has not issued a major Second Amendment ruling in more than a decade.
A drop in public support. Chief Justice Roberts now leads a court increasingly associated with partisanship. Recent polls show the court is suffering a distinct drop in public support following a spate of unusual late-night summer rulings in politically charged cases.
The plaintiffs in the case from Maine said the state was an outlier in refusing to grant religious exemptions.
“Almost every other state,” they told the justices, “has found a way to protect against the same virus without trampling religious liberty — including states that have smaller populations and much greater territory than Maine. If Vermont, New Hampshire, Alaska, the Dakotas, Montana, Wyoming, California and the District of Columbia can all find ways to both protect against Covid-19 and respect individual liberty, Maine can too.”


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Thursday, 23 April 2009
Tuesday, 21 April 2009
I've moved our monthly crop to a Sunday this month, making room for ANZAC Day on Saturday. Co-incidentally I have been watching the Australian TV Series "Anzacs" on DVD over the last week or so, and it is a timely reminder of the extreme struggles and hardships suffered by those who gave so much, to maintain the freedoms we now take for granted. Lest We Forget.
So, what is a Stampin Crop day??
My informal and relaxed crafting days are held each month at my home in Cherrybrook. I offer use of my extensive collection of stamps and tools (Stampin' Up products and otherwise, such as a Cuttlebug and Sizzix machine), along with tea, coffee and light refreshments. I am also on hand to offer casual instruction, and there is usually a make-n-take or two.
Time: from 10am until 5pm, come when you can, stay as long as you like.
Place: My home in Cherrybrook, book in for address information.
Cost: $10.00 per person
To book: Call me ASAP on 9484 9447 or send an email to firstname.lastname@example.org to reserve your place.
Interested, but can't make it this month? Check the Google calendar at the right hand side for upcoming dates. It's usually every 4th Saturday of the month.
About the photo at the top of this post: I was lucky to attend a regular training day at a fellow demonstrator's home last week, and we each prepared a 'card in a box'. These boxes have all the materials needed to make the sample card designed by each demonstrator, including cardstock, stamps, inks and accessories. We pass them around, making ourselves a card in each style. This gives us a wide selection of samples and ideas for use with the new stamps and accessories in the 2009-10 Idea Book and Catalogue. These days always feel a lot more like fun than 'work', and I certainly enjoyed it. Thanks very much to all the girls who created these cards for us to make, including (back row L-R) Fiona Brown, Dani Fender, (me!), Kim Tonnet, Clare McIllhatton, Carol Dunstan (middle L-R) Joanna Wassens, Beth Stewart (front L-R) Jayne Mercer, Margaret Crawford, Ruth Bradford, Lin Mei Yap. There were a couple more that I hadn't added the finishing touches to, maybe another time.
Friday, 17 April 2009
What I love about the Friends 24-7 set is that it has a mixture of greeting, solid and outline stamps, that all co-ordinate. So, it's easy to make a card with a background made from the solid stamps and add a watercoloured feature, and there are plenty of techniques you can play with using this set. Oh, and it has a matching wheel - Friendly Words!!
In the last card I applied Marker direct to the rubber of the Bird stamp, and in this one I have used the flower sprig stamp to make a panel for colouring. I have used Stazon Black on Confetti Cream, and coloured with Blender Pens and Aquapainters using Watercolour Wonder Crayons. The card base is Naturals Ivory, stamped in Sahara Sand using the Polka Dot background. Then, I tiled the damask stamp (LOVE it!) onto Kraft cardstock again in Sahara Sand, for a tonal effect. To make these sections pop, and to introduce a colour for the watercolouring panel, I mounted them on Not Quite Navy cardstock.
The greeting is from the same set, Here for You (24-7 is on a separate stamp for versatility), mounted on the essential scallop circle punch, with the three cardstock colours to tie it all together visually.
Hope you like it! Some tips on watercolouring coming soon - it's not as scary as it seems!!
Thursday, 16 April 2009
The bottom card using "Good Friend" was inspired by an Inkspiring Stampers team member, Lesley Annabel - thanks Lez! It leapt off the screen at me when I saw it on Splitcoast, and I had to laugh when I saw it was created by my own SU 'sister'! I added a couple of my own touches, but the clean crisp style remains (I hope!) I added more layers of stamping into the panel, and a tab punch made from Good Morning Sunshine DSP, with a snip of white taffeta ribbon. Colours are Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze and Pacific Point. Everyone seemed to enjoy creating them, I hope they inspire you too!
A final note of best wishes to one of my friends and customers, Sabina, who will very likely be having her baby tonight! I delivered her new catalogue today to find her in early stages of labour on her due date, so she'll have something pleasant to distract her anyway!! Can't wait for the news, good luck!!
Sunday, 12 April 2009
The card base is Riding Hood Red (loving this colour, so much I think it will henceforth be known as RHR!) stamped in RHR ink using the Sanded background. Then I stamped the damask stamp in RHR ink on a strip of RHR cardstock. I 'tiled' it, by eye, but you could achieve a similar result using the SAMJ. The stamp is turned upside down for some of the impressions. I think it looks like wallpaper! I mounted this onto some Basic Grey - a much underutilised colour in my collection!
I coloured the Bird stamp with my markers, Ruby Red, Basic Grey, a smidge of Sahara Sand, and stamped onto Very Vanilla. It was initially a quick experiment with this stamp, but I liked it enough to turn it into a card.
I offset a square of Going Grey, again a happy accident in design. I had picked up a scrap that was too small to mat with, just to see how the colour looked, but liked the effect so decided to use it. I have edged the piece with Basic Grey and used my Mat pack and Piercing tool to make the holes.
The greeting is composed of two stamps, one from the new Curly Label Punch Bundle and one from Friends 24-7. I omitted the thank you in the label stamp by colouring with my marker, and added the Here for You with my Stamp a ma jig.
Hope you like it, a bit different for me I think!
The card base is Riding Hood Red, stamped with Riding Hood Red using the Sanded background, and I finished with a greeting from the Fresh Cuts set in Stazon Black and an Antique Brass Jumbo Eyelet and some hemp twine threaded through it.
The image has then been mounted on Kraft, and then Riding Hood Red. The card base is Kiwi Kiss, stamped in Kiwi Kiss using Weathered background. I was then looking at my wall of punches, and an idea popped into my head to make another base piece out of Kraft, to look like a piece of torn notepaper, using the Spiral Punch. I distressed and bent the tabs to make them look real, and dabbed a little Close to Cocoa ink along the 'ruffled up' bits - I hope that makes sense! The greeting is from Life Definitions, stamped in Chocolate Chip.
That completes the first set of cards made with this gorgeous Australian set, Bloom Away. I look forward to playing around with soft colours next. Is this set on your wishlist yet? I hope so!
Friday, 10 April 2009
Thursday, 9 April 2009
This year, we got the first set of stamps designed especially for us that I personally really like! It is called "Bloom Away" and it's a bargain MUST HAVE at just $31.95! There is a Waratah, Gum Blossom and Banksia bottlebrush flower stamp, all drawn in the style of botanic art. Here I have made a card with the Banksia stamp. The base is More Mustard, with a scallop edge backed with a strip of Kiwi Kiss. Then I have added some Old Olive Prints Designer Series paper and some Chocolate Chip scallops to make it stand out. On the More Mustard base I have used my Spritzer tool and Chocolate Chip marker to create a speckled background. The greeting is from the now retired "Live your dreams" set - I love this quote and will miss it!
Now to the image - it is stamped in Stazon black onto Naturals Ivory cardstock, and I have used my Watercolour Wonder Crayons and Aquapainter brush to blend the colours. I love the crayons, as you can build layers of creamy blendable colour, bys scribbling directly onto the stamped image before applying water with the brush. I was pleased with how easy it was to achieve a realistic Banksia colouration. I have mounted it on Summer Sun, then Kiwi Kiss, then Chocolate Chip to make it stand out. Hope you like it! Waratah and Gum Blossom cards to come...
Enjoy your Easter weekend everyone, stay safe if you are travelling!
Monday, 6 April 2009
Here's how it's made:
Kiwi Kiss cardstock base, topped with a Whisper White layer.
Then, there is a piece of Good Morning Sunshine Designer Series Paper - it's a spotty circle pattern in Kiwi Kiss colours, so just right for adding a touch of interest.
Then there is another layer of Whisper White, and I have clear embossed Kiwi Kiss apples from the Tart and Tangy set by stamping first into Versamark ink, and then into Kiwi Kiss dye ink.
The sentiment is from the Cheers and Wishes set, stamped in Kiwi Kiss on Whisper White and mounted on a piece of Kiwi Kiss.
Some white taffeta ribbon finishes it off.
I think she liked it, and it was certainly fun! I also made one with Kiwi Kiss limes from the Tart and Tangy set, maybe I'll show you that one tomorrow!
The base is Chocolate Chip, stamped with En Francais in Chocolate Chip ink. Next there is a layer of Confetti Cream, with distressed and inked edges. Over this is a layer of Old Olive with a scalloped edge. The panel is Glossy White cardstock, and I used Basic Brown ink to stamp the square block. I quickly added clear embossing powder, and heat embossed to give the raised glossy look. I had tried with Chocolate Chip dye ink, but it dries too fast to get a good coating of powder. I might try next time the technique of combining Versamark and dye ink and embossing that.
I then used sponges to add a mix of Old Olive, Kiwi Kiss, Really Rust and Close to Cocoa ink over the background. I matted this layer on Naturals Ivory with more distressed edges, and then on Chocolate Chip.
One card has an oval bookplate from the sadly retired Antique Copper Hodgepodge and the other uses a picture hanger tied with narrow grosgrain snips. The 'for you' is also from the Fresh Cuts set, and 'thinking of you' is from the Three Little Words set, also new to the catalogue this year.
I hope you like them! This set is probably my favourite from the new catalogue and I look forward to playing with it and the co-ordinating Fresh Cut Notes
Sunday, 5 April 2009
So, to confirm, the next Stampin' Crop day will be held on SUNDAY 26th APRIL, at my home in Cherrybrook.
It is a casual day, where you are free to bring along whatever projects and supplies you would like to work with, papercrafts, quilting, cross stitch, whatever! I will provide tea, coffee, light refreshments, use of my stamps and tools, casual instruction, creative advice and a make n take or two. Come along for the whole day between 10am and 5pm , or just for an hour or two. The cost is $10 per person, and bookings are recommended. Call 9484 9447 to put your name down and get location details.
See you there!!


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