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Welcome, everyone, to the fourth episode of Macro Photography --- where I take you with me to discover and capture small, beautiful photos that most people would walk past without a thought. At the end of this video, don't forget to cast your vote for the shot you like most from today's adventure. I'm your host Jay, and let's get started...
And today, we are at a car show! This car show has a variety of cars to choose from. It's mostly demoing the new 2017 cars but lucky for us there are also exotic cars, motorcycles, and old style hot rods to practice some macro photography with. A car show is a great place to shoot photos of different cars. You can take your time to find the right angle you want. I'm going to be focusing mostly on the details of the car instead of just taking photos of the overall car. Details such as the headlights, the hood, the wheels, the curves and sharp angles of the car frame. Alright, let's see what kind of fun we can do here. Start the music...
Alright, we had some nice cars to photograph. Now let's start going through the photos. Up on my screen I've created my folder structure. We'll speed this up and start picking out my favorite photos for you to vote on.
Okay, we are done. I took 463 macro photos and have narrowed it down to 42 macro photos that I liked. So let's take a look. I believe this one was the new MX-5 headlight. I liked the sharp angles on this Lamborghini. Here's a different view of the Lamborghini. I liked the colors and headlight on this Porsche. And here is the firebird hood. The wing of the firebird. I liked the hood of this car. Here is the front of a motorcycle. This is the back wheel of a Polaris Slingshot three wheel motorcycle. This backend of a hotrod would make a good poster. Here's the side front. And here is headlight view. And one more of the flames. This is a nice old ford photo that would look good hanging in a garage. Here's a different color ford. I didn't notice at the time I took this but the hood is popped up. I thought the big bubble headlights looked interesting with this car. A better perspective of the firebird with other cars in the background. Some more headlights. Again with the sharp angle's of the Lamborghini. Back to a side view of the Porsche. Here I was trying to get some other cars in the background for other colors. This is a corvette. And this is the side of one of the motorcycles. And the last photo of the motorcycle.
Alright, there you have it, here are my 3 favorite photos from this adventure --- and I want to hear from you. Which one do you like most? Cast your vote by leaving a comment below, or clicking the poll to let me know. I'm going to give you my favorite pick out of these three as a free download, so you can do whatever you want with the photo. Enjoy, guys, and don't forget to like and subscribe to my channel for upcoming macro photo adventures.


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Greene & Co. have been helping people find new homes for 35 years. 50 people work out of five branches; West Hampstead, Belsize Park, Crouch End, Kensal Rise & Queens Park and Maida Vale.
The agents know their stuff, the branches work well as a joined-up team and everyone’s exceptionally good at getting what their clients want. They’ll be a perfect fit with us.
Every year Hamptons sell or let over 15,000 properties, helping more than 120,000 people search for their new home. Every eleven minutes we let a new property, every 27 minutes we agree a sale.
And joining us will swell Hamptons’ London coverage to 40 offices and a 90 strong network that stretches across the South.
Lesley Cairns, Managing Director of Hamptons International, said: "We are excited to announce that Greene & Co will be fully joining the Hamptons International team.
"It is a recognised business in the area and has strong local connections, which is why we are looking forward to bringing their energy and ethos into our company, as we look to expand and diversify our offering.
“Hamptons is an established brand, that has been around for over 150 years. As we look forward to the next 150 years and what that looks like, we want to make sure our offering is consistent and that our customers have the very best exposure, network and opportunity."

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Insolvency is a financial condition in which the total liabilities of an individual or enterprise exceed the total assets so that the claims of creditors cannot be paid. There are essentially two approaches in determining insolvency: insolvency in the equity sense and under the balance-sheet approach. Insolvency in the equity sense denotes the inability of the debtor to pay his debts as they become due in the ordinary course of business. Insolvency under the balance-sheet approach means that the total liabilities of the debtor exceed his total assets.
Insolvency is distinguished from bankruptcy in that bankruptcy denotes a particular legal status to be determined and declared by judicial decree. For an individual or a corporation to be declared bankrupt, certain additional requirements, such as committing an act of bankruptcy, for example, are necessary. Thus, insolvency, although an essential factor, is not the sole ingredient necessary in determining bankruptcy.
- Encyclopædia Britannica. "insolvency. (2011).". Referenced 2011-11-15.
- Bankruptcy and Insolvency by Charles Holt Carroll, 1869 (Chapter 29 of Organization of Debt into Currency and Other Papers)
- The Insolvency of the Fed by Philipp Bagus and Markus H. Schiml, February 2009
- Can a Central Bank Go Broke? by David Howden, September 2009
- Can the Fed Become Insolvent? by Robert P. Murphy, November 2010
- Insolvency at Wikipedia

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text: Alberta Ferretti, known as the ‘uncrowned queen’ of the Italian fashion industry, founded the Alberta Ferretti clothing brand in 1974. Alberta Ferretti soon became a renowned women's fashion designer and soon after, became the owner of her own company. Her exquisite couture gowns made with delicate fabrics, combined with intricate designs soon brought her talent into prominence. Ferretti’s sense of choosing feminine, unique and delicate materials, skillful draping and the use of jewels and embellishments is what makes her clothing style unique. The Alberta Ferretti Collection has been worn on the red carpets by such actresses as Sandra Bullock, Scarlett Johansson, Uma Thurman, Emma Watson and Diane Kruger.

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On August 14, 2020 Aditya Puri, Managing Director of HDFC Bank, launched digitally the 1st of its kind card, ‘Shaurya KGC(Kisan Gold Credit) Card’, a tri color themed card for Indian armed forces personnel, i.e, Army, Navy, Air force and Para military forces and their families. It will benefit over 45 lakh users. The product is aimed largely towards armed forces personnel from semi-urban and rural communities. The product is based on the Kisan Credit Card (KCC) guidelines by the government.
- This launch is part of the HDFC Bank’s ‘Har Gaon Hamara’ initiative to provide banking facilities to customers in the rural and under-served areas of the country.
Benefit of Shaurya KGC Card
i.The card will provide finance for agricultural needs like production of crop, post-harvest maintenance and consumption needs.
ii.The users can also avail this funding to purchase farm machinery, irrigation equipment or construct storage structures among others.
Features of the Card:
Life Cover– The Card comes with the life cover of Rs 10 lakh as against Rs 2 lakh for an average card
No physical Presence– It requires simple and easy documentation that does not require physical presence to accommodate the nature of the user’s job and availability.
Product can be Availed by – It can also be availed through HDFC Bank e-Kisan Dhan app or by calling toll-free number 1800 120 9655.
The card was launched in the presence of Rajinder Babbar, Business Head, Rural Banking Group, HDFC Bank.
Note– HDFC Bank has already disbursed over 5 lakh agri-loans and has set up 12 Krishi Dhan Vikas Kendras across India.
Recent Related News:
i.Liberty General Insurance launches 1st of its kind innovative service ‘Liberty Assure’. The Motor(car) insurance customers who avail this service, are not required to pay the ‘Compulsory Deductible’ cost for each claim.
ii.FamPay, India’s first Neobank for teenagers, in partnership with IDFC First Bank launched India’s 1st numberless card, FamCard. FamPay with National Payments Corporation of India(NPCI) developed this card. This card is accepted across the RuPay payment network of merchants.
About HDFC Bank:
Headquarters– Mumbai, Maharashtra
Chairman– Deepak S. Parekh
Tagline– We understand your world

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TUSCON, Ariz. – The Buckeyes are tied for second place after wrapping up the first round of the Mountain View Collegiate on Friday. The team shot an overall score of 279 (-9) in the first round.
Caley McGinty and Jillian Bourdage both fired a 68 (-4) in the first round and they are tied for third place. Bourdage tied her career-best round.
Kary Hollenbaugh carded a 71 (-1) and is tied for 18th place after 18 holes of play.
Lauren Peter finished the day even (72) and is tied for 31st place heading into round two.
Aneka Seumanutafa shot 76 (+4) in round one and is tied for 73rd.
The Mountain View Collegiate continues March 18-19 with 18 holes each day.


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Baymont Inn & Suites Montgomery is a 2-star venue placed about 2.2 km from Eastdale Mall. The hotel opened its doors in 1996 and was remodeled in 2011.
The property is located 10 km away from Rosa Parks Library and Museum. Such tourist places as a museum and a theater are fairly close by.
Dannelly Fld airport is about 25 minutes by car.
This excellent hotel comprises 47 guestrooms with high-speed internet, a private safe, flat-screen television, a mini-fridge and ironing facilities. They also include bathrooms with a bathtub, a shower and a hairdryer.
Eat & Drink
Guests can dine at the steakhouse Outback Steakhouse located 250 meters away.
Business travelers can make use of a business center, a meeting room and a photocopier offered on site.
Wireless internet is available in the entire hotel for free.
Public parking is possible on site for free.
Year renovated: 2011.
Number of rooms: 47.
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Vanilla Polar Bear Milkshake
We recently bought some honey in one of those cute honey bear bottles and we made these yummy Chocolate Chip Cookies with Honey. Stella and Mitch loved the honey bear bottle SO much that I decided to use the bottles for something else….

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The Spirit of Sacrifice: And the Life of Sacrifice in the Religious State (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from The Spirit of Sacrifice: And the Life of Sacrifice in the Religious State We can not but think that this view of the religious life is not only a true one, but also one which imparts to it a character eminently weighty, elevated, profound, and calculated to inspire souls consecrated to God by solemn vows with more generous aspirations, holier dispositions.We submit our way of looking ...
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Hardcover: 506 pages
Publisher: Forgotten Books (April 22, 2018)
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Conception and Design of a Hardware Simulator for Restoring Lost Biomechanical Function
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Synthesis and preliminary evaluation of n.c.a. iodoquine: a novel radiotracer with high uptake in cells with high ALDH1 expression.
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PURPOSE: Chloroquine has demonstrated high affinity for aldehyde dehydrogenase 1A1 (ALDH1), an enzyme expressed in the highly tumorigenic CD133+ brain tumor initiating subpopulation. The purpose of this study is to report the novel synthesis of a chloroquine analogue, n.c.a. iodoquine, and the in vitro and in vivo uptake in cells with high ALDH1 content. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Iodoquine was synthesized in novel no-carrier-added forms (n.c.a.) for both 125I and 123I. I25I IQ and 18F FDG cell uptake assays were performed in the L1210 and L1210cpa (cyclophosphamide resistant), A549, and MG456 glioblastoma cell lines. Uptake was expressed as a percent of the administered activity. 125I IQ biodistribution studies assessed organ uptake at 1, 4, and 24 hours after IV administration (n= 15 total; 5 mice/timepoint). Radiation dosimetry estimates were calculated using standard OLINDA/EXM software. In vivo imaging of 123I IQ uptake in MG456 glioblastoma mouse model (n=10) was performed with small animal high resolution micro-SPECT. Autoradiography and histology co-localized radiotracer and tumor biodistribution. Uptake in MG456 glioblastoma tumors was quantified with gamma counting. RESULTS: L1210 cpa (high ALDH1) showed significantly higher 125I IQ uptake compared to the parental L1210 (low ALDH1) for all time points through 4 hours (20.7% ± 1.4% versus 11.0% ± 0.5%; 21.3% ± 0.9% versus 11.0% ± 0.4%; 20.6% ± 0.7% versus 9.4% ± 0.3%; and 15.7% ± 0.7% versus 7.5% + 0.4% at 30 minutes, and 1, 2 and 4 hours, respectively; p < 0.001 for all time points). In the CD133+ fraction of MG456 glioblastoma cell line, IQ uptake was significantly higher compared to FDG at all time points through 4 hours (81.5% ± 0.9% versus 1.3% ± 0.1%; 88.8% ± 0.4% versus 1.3% ± 0.1%; 87.8% ± 2.1% versus 1.7% ± 0.2%; and 87.0% ± 2.4% versus 1.8% ± 0.1 at 30 minutes, and 1, 2 and 4 hours, respectively; p > 0.001 for all time points). The A549 lung cancer cell line also showed high IQ uptake through 4 hours. IQ normal biodistribution studies showed rapid renal excretion and very low normal background brain activity after IV administration. In vivo micro-SPECT images showed mild uptake in larger MG456 glioblastomas (n=6) as verified with autoradiography and histology. Gamma well counter uptake in large tumors was 2.3% ± 0.48% ID/g (n=5). CONCLUSION: Iodoquine localizes to cells with high ALDH1 content. Cell assays show high 125I IQ uptake in the MG456 cell line, and in vivo micro-SPECT imaging showed mild 123I IQ uptake in MG456 glioblastomas. Further studies are necessary to investigate 131I IQ as a potential therapeutic agent targeting the highly tumorigenic CD133+ brain tumor stem cell subpopulation.
- Chin, BB; Hjelemand, A; Rich, J; Song, H; Lascola, C; Storms, R; McLendon, R; Reiman, R; Greer, KL; Metzler, SD; McDougald, D; Dai, D; Vaidyanathan, G
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eLearning Experts partners with Blindside Networks
Blindside Networks, the company that started the BigBlueButton project, and eLearning Experts, a certified Moodle Partner, announce a partnership to provide integrated hosting for BigBlueButton to all eLearning Expert customers. “BigBlueButton has impressed us over the years with its ease of use, stability, deep integration to Moodle,” says Kathie Robeson, CEO eLearning Experts. “We’ve seen […]
Blindside Networks partners with eThink Education to provide integrated hosting for BigBlueButton to eThink customers
Blindside Networks, the company that started the BigBlueButton project, and eThink Education, a certified Moodle Partner, announce a partnership to provide integrated hosting for BigBlueButton to all eThink Education customers. “We’ve been impressed with the commercial-grade web conferencing that BigBlueButton provides to the Moodle community,” says Brian Carlson, CEO of eThink Education. “Our partnership with […]
BigBlueButton 1.0-beta released
The BigBlueButton project recently announce the release of BigBlueButton 1.0-beta, which includes polling, improved video dock, emoji icons, and support for Puffin Browser. For more details see BigBlueButton 1.0-beta released.
BigBlueButton 0.9.0 Released
The BigBlueButton project has just announced the released of BigBlueButton 0.9.0 — the twelfth major release of the project. Blindside Networks started the BigBlueButton project in 2008 and we’ve managed each of the core released. We have high standards for each release. In over eleven months of development and over five months of testing, working […]
BigblueButton 0.81 -beta released
We are pleased to announce that BigBlueButton 0.81 has reached beta. This release represents over twelve months of development, with a focus to add features while at the same time making the product easier to use. See the beta announcement for more details.
Updated BigBlueButtonBN integration now supports Moodle 2.3
We’ve updated our BigBlueButtonBN and RecordingsBN Moodle plugins to support Moodle 2.3. Using this integration with Moodle 2.x, you can: Create multiple activity links to on-line sessions within a course Restrict students from joining a session until a teacher (moderator) joins the session Launch BigBlueButton in a separate window Create a custom welcome message that […]
BigBlueButton 0.80 Released!
The BigBlueButton project announced the release of BigBlueButton 0.80 on June 19th. This release marks the tenth release of BigBlueButton. A subset of the core developers Richard Alam, Marcos Calderon, Fred Dixon, and Gustavo Salazar — all full-time employees of Blindside Networks — worked on this release for over a year and did extensive testing […]
BigBlueButton release version 0.71a
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BigBlueButtion version 0.7 Release
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MH TRAVEL: A new name in our portfolio. The outward and return journey per coach is the basic service provided with our festival trip to METALDAYS festival in Tolmin, Slovenia. You will enter the coach at a point of departure of your choice and benefit from meeting many other METALDAYS fans on the road.
So far you can chose between coach trips from Germany, Austria, Netherlands and Switzerland. Though we do not have coach trips from Belgium in schedule before 2015, we would like you to take the offer of our friends ONTOURS.
For booking information please visit our new Ticket 4 You shop.
You arrive in Most na Soči and take the bus to Tolmin.
Bus timetable for Most na Soči to Tolmin
CLICK HERE to plan your road trip.
METALDAYS takes place app. 1Km from the city of Tolmin in Slovenia.
Distances from Tolmin to:
|Ljubljana (SI)||95 km|
|Nova Gorica (SI)||39 km|
|Rijeka (HR)||165 km|
|Zagreb (HR)||240 km|
|Trieste (IT)||104 km|
|Udine (IT)||97 km|
|Villach (AT)||105 km|
|Klagenfurt (AT)||143 km|

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On Sunday, the UAE announced the discovery of new oil fields in the emirate of Abu Dhabi.
Optimism over the success of vaccine development drove oil prices up nearly 20% in November.
Libya is currently exempt from the obligation to cut oil production.
OPEC+ ministers will consider postponing the planned increase in production from 2021.
The weakening of the Norwegian krone in the past year has driven up costs on several development projects.
Компания готовит оптимизацию в трех своих крупнейших подразделениях.


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"Our federal government should be using its legal resources to fight illegal immigration, not the law-abiding citizens of Arizona," she said.
Full story from Fox News
President Trump Has Been Far Too Nice To The Mainstream Media
Donald Trump’s Top 10 Accomplishments in His First Month in Office
Chris Christie Reportedly Taking A Job In The White House


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Road To Festival
Experience the Road to ESSENCE Festival™ - a FREE fun day of live music, celebrity visits, great conversation, cool giveaways and much more at these Walmart stores: www.roadtoessence.splashthat.com
Time: 12 NOON to 6PM each day
*Date, cities and store location subject to change. Performers and speakers scheduled to appear and subject to change.

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text: So another portrait of me. Yeah, this is me. The one to tell you to love your body, yoursellf, your hair and all that comes with it. and the one with me, that’s Winston. My beloved camera, my main means of self expression. Words usually fail me, so I use photography.

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Anniversary of Deadly Fire Calls for Annual Moment of Silence
146 lives were lost in a deadly fire; ASSP wants the tragedy to never be forgotten.
- By Shereen Hashem
- Mar 23, 2021
March 25th is the 110th anniversary of the New York City Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire costing 146 workers’ lives. The deadly accident eventually led to the creation of the American Society of Safety Professionals, a society which is now calling for a moment of silence on this day to reflect on those whose lives were lost.
ASSP encourages companies and workers to observe a moment of silence at 4:45 ET on March 25th – the exact time the alarm was sounded — to pay tribute to the workers who died in the fire while also refocusing on creating safe work environments
“The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire was the deadliest industrial disaster in New York City history, and it inspired our country to address workplace safety in an organized way that didn’t exist before the tragedy,” said ASSP President Deborah Roy, M.P.H., RN, COHN-S, CSP, CIT, FASSP, FAAOHN. “The horrific fire led to a series of laws and regulations that improved workplace safety. It also caused a concerned group of insurance company safety engineers to start what is now ASSP."
The factory fire killed mostly women – as young as 14 years old. The fire exit doors were locked and other doors only opened inwards making it impossible for workers to get out. The fire escape didn’t meet weight requirements, and fire department ladders couldn’t reach the top of the 10-story-building – forcing workers to jump out of windows and take elevators, both routes killing them, according to an article.
ASSP has grown into a global membership organization of nearly 40,000 occupational safety and health professionals whose work through the decades has contributed to dramatic drops in workplace injuries, illnesses and fatalities.
Shereen Hashem is the Associate Content Editor for Occupational Health & Safety magazine.


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Nearly $800,000 In Damages Assessed Following Domestic Violence Leading To Physical And Psychological Injuries
Reasons for judgement were recently published by the BC Supreme Court, Vancouver Registry, demonstrating that civil litigation can be an important tool to help achieve justice following physical assault where criminal repercussions alone fail to address harm caused.
In the recent case the Defendant battered the Plaintiff is a domestic incident. He was charged with criminal assault and plead guilty but was sentenced to an absolute discharge. The civil repercussions, however, were far heftier.

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Love Is in the Air – Bring Some Into the Office
It’s Valentine’s Day. Love is in the air – and if there’s one thing people love, it’s love itself. After all, romance novels are a billion-dollar industry. Billions of dollars in flowers and gifts are being exchanged between significant others as you read this.
Not between employees necessarily, but between employee and employer.
Employees who love their jobs are more engaged, satisfied, and productive. They skip work less, they work better with colleagues, and they are less likely to quit. So why aren’t more companies showing employees the love?
“The resistance to emotion in the workplace goes back to the Industrial Age,” says S. Chris Edmonds, executive consultant, author, and founder and CEO of The Purposeful Culture Group. “Humans were viewed as cogs in a wheel. They weren’t supposed to have a life outside of work, much less experience or express joy at work – or anywhere else. Certainly the post-World War II workplace was influenced by the greatest generation and the baby boomers that followed them, but the influence was a deepening of the workplace as clinical, professional, quiet, and the like.”
Edmonds says that love is a “loaded term,” which may be part of why we don’t associate it with the workplace.
“[The word ‘love’] assumes everyone hugs each other every hour, etc.,” Edmonds says. “The power of expressing genuine appreciation is not about hugging or high fives – it’s about validating others’ efforts and accomplishments daily.”
Edmonds cites a 2014 TinyPulse report that found only 21 percent of employees feel strongly valued on the job. In his eyes, this is a huge problem.
The lack of love in the workplace speaks to the generation gap that currently exists as baby boomers retire and Generation X and millennials move into top roles.
“Most companies don’t quite know how to deal with the millennial generation, who want freedom, flexibility, and a variety of experiences in and out of the workplace,” Edmonds says. “A recent Deloitte study found that companies will attract and retain millennials if they accommodate these desires and if they create a culture that rewards open communications, ethical behavior, and inclusiveness. The companies that do embrace these characteristics are – not surprisingly – viewed as great places to work.”
The Language of Love (in the Office)
It’s not enough that employees love their jobs. They need to know their jobs love them back.
In Positivity at Work, a 2012 book cowritten by Edmonds and Lisa Zigarmi of The Ken Blanchard Companies, Edmonds and Zigarmi describe the way in which positive emotions in the workplace can create psychological safety, boost engagement, and inspire proactive problem solving. The ten positive emotions Edmonds and Zigarmi identify are:
“When leaders use these terms to validate team members’ efforts and accomplishments – and validate team efforts and accomplishments – optimism takes hold,” Edmonds says. “People apply discretionary energy in service to team opportunities, customer needs, and issues.”
If businesses succeed in showing a little emotional appreciation toward employees, the benefits are measurable.
“If companies focus exclusively on results and profits and ignore or minimize the contributions of their people, turnover increases, engagement decreases, and, over time, performance decreases,” Edmonds says. Companies that … create an organizational constitution with a servant purpose beyond making money, desired values and behaviors, strategies, and goals – then live that servant purpose, values, and behaviors – see employee engagement jump by 40 percent, customer service jump by 40 percent, and results and profits jump by 35 percent, all within 18 months of creating a purposeful, positive, productive work culture.”
Of course, just saying it is not enough. While showing employees the love is important, it’s more important to build a corporate culture where such language is appropriate.
“That’s the trick,” Edmonds says. “Sustaining authentic appreciation and care for employees every day.”
Edmonds says the most important step leaders can take is creating healthy work environments where everyone is treated with trust, respect, and dignity.
“That kind of purposeful, positive, productive culture won’t happen by chance. It happens only with intention and attention,” Edmonds says. “Creating and aligning practices to an organizational constitution is the pathway to workplace inspiration. People do a lot of things right at work every day, yet very few get enough praise on the job. When I ask my keynote audiences how many get enough praise at work, only 10 percent or so raise their hands. Expressing authentic praise for efforts and accomplishment helps people feel valued and appreciated.”

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Illustration based on "A song of fire and ice" by GRR Martin
Signed giclee print on canson infinity velin museum rag 315.
Limited to 100, hand signed and numbered by the artist.
A2: 42x60 cm / 16.5x23 in , 100 euros
A3: 29,7 x 42 cm / 11,7 x 16,5 50 euros
A4: 21 x 29,7 cm / 8,3 x 11,7 in, 25 euros
Having and official, signed print from the artist GRRM said "was closest to his image of the Iron Throne" is spectacular. Very pleased.


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Coming off back-to-back 11-win seasons, the South Carolina Gamecocks are poised to break through. After a big Week 2 matchup against Georgia, Steve Spurrier's team has the potential to win out.
The Gamecocks defense has a ton of talent, including one of the best players in the nation...
The junior defensive end is one of the preseason favorites for the Heisman Trophy.
Is South Carolina really a national title contender?
Watch Michael Felder, Adam Kramer and Barrett Sallee predict the Gamecocks 2013 season.
Highlights courtesy of xosdigital.com.

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Sometimes a burger or a heap of nachos is just what the appetite (and budget) ordered. Sometimes nothing less than white linen elegance will do. A Newport place ambitiously named the Place bills itself as "the wine bar and grille at Yesterdays." The latter restaurant describes itself as "an alehouse;" it has 36 microbrews on tap and a menu that skews playful and Caribbean. Oy — a pint, mon.
Yesterdays is the sort of place you go after an afternoon of popcorn at the movies. But we had been watching films at the annual Newport festival, so the Place it was.
Same entrance, different worlds to the right and left. The upscale restaurant — open only Thursday through Saturday — is all ferns, polished brass railings, and leather-cushioned chairs and banquettes. It's kept from getting all men's clubby on us by numerous frosted glass Art Deco hanging lamps. Black-and-white photos of Newport cover the walls. Fanned-out napkins stand upright at each setting like little Sydney opera houses.
The restaurant was originally conceived of as a wine bar, so there are 15 wines by the glass, as well as flights of various samples, and more than 150 by the bottle. You are handed the sister restaurant's menu for the wine list, so the three dozen draft beers are available too.
Temptations among the seven appetizers include grilled lobster pizza ($11.95) with asiago cheese, and a cream sauce to complement rather than obscure the seafood; and a spicy tuna sashimi stack ($9.50), with layers including avocado, mango, and crab salad.
We chose the oyster wontons ($9.25), and the presentation was impressive: Three fat, pinched purses alongside a small salad of mixed greens, topped with chopped tomatoes, were served in a long, black boat of a platter, which made the colors pop out dramatically. The steamed wontons contained oysters, wild mushrooms, and prosciutto, accented with ginger and lemongrass, in a pool of sesame-flavored buerre blanc.
I also tried the soup of the day, which was curry chicken ($9.95). This time the canvas was white: a square bowl with a decorative pile of cilantro over diced tomatoes atop the creamy yellow soup. It could hardly have contained more chicken, and the curry wasn't too hot for my taste, although our waitress scurried to get some water for my benefit.
There were only a half-dozen entrées, which to me usually signals fresh ingredients and well-considered decisions in the kitchen, headed by executive chef Alex Daglis Jr. There are only two meat choices — grilled rack of lamb and sirloin — the rest being seafood. I toyed with the idea of the seafood stew ($25.95), the shellfish topped with grilled wild salmon, but its green Thai curry broth was too similar to my soup. So seafood pad thai it was. I was curious about what would be done with a $24.95 version of a common, inexpensive dish. With a sweet-spicy tamarind sauce and plenty of sea scallops and shrimp, it was tasty and worthwhile. But it seemed designed for people who wouldn't like traditional pad thai. Instead of vermicelli rice noodles, which I especially love in the dish when they're thin yet firm, these were wide, wheat, and cut short — impossible for chopsticks, but just right for forks. I wouldn't recommend it.


Wei Wang received his BSc and DSc in Physics from University of Science and Technology of China, in 1997 and 2001, respectively, and his PhD with summa cum laude in Optics from the University of Electro-Communications, Japan, in 2006. He was a Japanese Government (MONBUKAGAKUSHO) Scholar from 2002 to 2003, Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) from 2003 to 2006, and COE (Center of Excellence) Post-Doctoral Research Fellow from April of 2006. Recently, he took up a lectureship in Department of Mechanical Engineering at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.
Dr. Wang's research interests are around statistical optics, optical information processing, imaging science and their applications to optical metrology and sensing. He has published over 60 papers in journals and conference proceedings, and was awarded the best science paper award of the Japan Society for Applied Physics in March 2007 (its highest research award of Optical Society of Japan). He is a member of the SPIE, OSA, and JSAP.


Bob Rosenberry, who has been writing about aquaculture and shrimp farming for 40 years, said in an email that he has retired.
“I’ve had a great run writing about aquaculture and shrimp farming…and have now decided that its time for me to retire. Effective immediately, Shrimp News International is no longer an active entity,” he said. on Thursday.
Rosenberry said that he will retain the name, mailing list, email address, web address and the rights to the 13,000 news items and articles that he has written.
Rosenberry said that he will continue to follow the industry, however, and will be posting information on “The Shrimp List”.
For those interested in the list, the easiest way to sign up is by sending an empty email to firstname.lastname@example.org.
“I wish all of you the very best of luck with your consulting, products, processing, marketing, hatcheries, farms, lives—and balance sheets!” Rosenberry said.
Source : https://www.undercurrentnews.com/2016/04/29/bob-rosenberry-of-shrimp-news-retires/


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Even a correctly maintained furnace won’t operate indefinitely. Learn how long you can plan for yours to work and tips on how to prolong its life span.
A reliable furnace is a crucial utility system for both homeowners and businesses. They run around the clock during the winter months to keep us cozy and happy. This makes it all the more useful to learn how long a furnace typically survives. If you don’t, you may be left without heat when you need it most. Service Max Heating & Air Conditioning and our furnace pros can help you get the most out of your furnace.
Our technicians are some of the most knowledgeable professionals around when it comes to outstanding furnace replacement in Arlington. We provide them with the tools, training and certifications they need to complete all furnace replacement services. With their help, your new furnace will provide dependable warmth for many years to come.
That starts with advice on how long your residential or commercial furnace should live. A qualified technician will share with you that quality furnaces survive for close to 30 years if given consistent furnace maintenance. We’ll provide a few tips below on how you and a dependable service company like Service Max Heating & Air Conditioning can work together to make it happen. If you’re hunting for pro furnace installation in Arlington, we’re here to help. Get in touch with us at 360-255-5857 to schedule an appointment or free consultation!
Yearly Maintenance May Help Your Furnace Last Longer
A dependable furnace can run between 15 to 30 years. On average, many work for around 20 years. Its age will vary broadly depending on several factors like how regularly it is serviced. There are lots of ways you can help your furnace stay in great working condition. Other methods are better left to qualified experts with experience and specialized equipment. Completing all recommended steps will raise the chances your furnace lasts longer.
Here are a handful of other things that affect your furnace’s life span.
Selecting the correct furnace is about more than just a brand or specific model. It’s also about learning the heating requirements for your home or business. Systems that are too substantial will complete more cycles, causing additional wear and tear on key components. But if your heater is too small instead, it will need more time and energy to maintain a comfortable temperature. An experienced heating technician can recommend the most efficient system for your needs.
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Your furnace works best when it does so consistently to sustain the desired temperature. Constantly adjusting the thermostat forces your heating to alter cycles of activity more often. This can result in excessive strain. Your daily schedule is also important. Lowering the temperature when you’re not home is energy efficient and less intensive. After all, why heat an empty home or office? Certain models offer smart technology integration, providing more control over when and how you use your furnace most.
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Consultancy on food safety
It is very important to follow up with international trends and standards in all businesses, especially those in the food industry.
Therefore, to be successful in your business, Activerde clinic offers consultancy services for food safety. This will help your organization have food safety system that will minimize the risk of accidents related to food safety.
Moreover, we help you develop a detailed menu for your restaurants to give your clients a wider variety of dishes to suit different conditions.
Furthermore, if you want to develop healthier menus, we are the best candidates to help you in developing healthy as well as tasty options.


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PORTSMOUTH — The Point-In Time Count (PITC), an annual sheltered and biennial unsheltered count of the homeless population will be held throughout Scioto County beginning at 11:59 p.m. until 12:01 p.m. on Jan. 26.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires that communities receiving Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Grant funding to complete an annual sheltered and biennial unsheltered PITC.
The Scioto County Homeless Housing Continuum (SCHHC) is preparing to actively participate in the annual PITC with a training session scheduled to prepare volunteers on Tuesday, Jan. 19, at 12 p.m. at The Counseling Center’s Second Chance Center located at 526 Sixth Street in Portsmouth.
SCHHC is composed of staff from local agencies that provide housing, such as The Counseling Center, Inc., Operation Safety Homeless Shelter, Sojourner House and Hale House.
Maureen Cadogan, executive director of Operation Safety Net Homeless Shelter, and member of SCHHC, said that all organizations that help to house the homeless must participate in the PITC.
“The Salvation Army has been providing a warming shelter, and have been taking in people that are out on the streets, and so we would need their count as well,” Cadogan said. “The goal is to do all of the unsheltered people that are out in the streets, so it is much more difficult, because we have to locate those people that do not want to be found to include them in the count. The sheltered count is easier because they are in a facility.”
The PITC is conducted on what is considered to be the coldest day of the year, members of the SCHHC and volunteers throughout the community will come together to seek out the homeless in Scioto County.
Thomas H. Leach, Field Office Director of HUD in Columbus, said empowers HUD and their constituents to serve communities more effectively.
“The annual requirement for the Point In Time Count has a number of purposes besides being a requirement,” Leach said. “It helps HUD and our local partners to better understand the demographics of the people we serve. We look for trends, and we look for ways to improve, not only our national policies on ending chronic homelessness, but also for our systems in local communities to make us all more effective.”
PITC are done in communities which receive HUD funding.
“This is not done in every community in the U.S., it is done in every major community and smaller communities that receive funding from HUD,” Leach said.
During the times in which the PITC’s transpire, stations are set up which are designed to meet a host of needs, according to Leach. The homeless population may receive free on site counseling and referrals, haircuts, boots, blankets, hygiene related products, and a variety of other free services.
For more information regarding the HUD PITC annual homeless count visit: www.hud.gov
Reach Portia Williams at 740-353-3101, ext. 1929, or on Twitter @PortiaWillPDT.


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Bangladesh’s elections were not free and fair: US
The United States has said the January 7 national elections were not "free and fair".
"The United States shares the view with other observers that these elections were not free or fair and we regret that not all parties participated," said the State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller in a statement early today.
He said the US notes the Awami League party won a majority of seats in the parliamentary elections, but remains concerned by the arrests of thousands of political opposition members and by reports of irregularities on the election day.
Washington also condemned the violence that took place during the elections and in the months leading up to it.
"We encourage the Government of Bangladesh to credibly investigate reports of violence and to hold perpetrators accountable. We also urge all political parties to reject violence," Miller said.
The US supports the people of Bangladesh and their aspirations for democracy, freedom of peaceful assembly, and freedom of expression.
"Looking ahead, the United States remains committed to partnering with Bangladesh to advance our shared vision for a free and open Indo-Pacific, to supporting human rights and civil society in Bangladesh, and to deepening our people-to-people and economic ties," Matthew Miller said.
The US had been calling for holding free, fair and peaceful elections. The Biden Administration also imposed sanctions against Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and seven of its members in December 2021, and then announced a visa policy for Bangladesh, saying that those undermining democratic elections will face visa restrictions.

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By Jimin Geoffrey
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has described former Chief Judge of the State, Justice Iorhemen Hwande who died three days ago as one who impacted positively not only to his family but the entire society.
Governor Ortom who spoke Monday, January 24th, 2022 at the Makurdi residence of the deceased during a condolence visit on the family said the deceased contributed in making the state judiciary one of the best in the country.
The Governor described death as a mystery and something that is very difficult to get used to, stressing that only God gives and takes life whenever He wills.
He commended the deceased for remaining committed to the service of God after retirement and his active involvement in evangelism, saying he had prepared himself for eternity, pointing out that he served and retired unblemished.
The Governor while praying God to grant the deceased eternal rest and the bereaved family the fortitude to bear the loss, also condoled the family of Professor Ignatius Ayua on the sudden passage of their father in the early hours of today in Abuja.
A relation of the late Chief Judge, Dr Terungwa Azende told the Governor and his entourage that the deceased died last Saturday, three days after he took ill, pointing out that he died from some medical complications.
First son of the deceased, Mr Terhemba Hwande said the family is appreciative of the condolence visit by the Governor and his entourage, saying the demise of their father had proven to the family that he was really loved by many.
On the entourage of the Governor were the state Deputy Governor, Engineer Benson Abounu, Chief Judge of the state, Justice Aondover Kakaan, Chief of Staff to the Governor, Dr Tivlumun Nyitse.
Others were Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General of the state, Barrister Michael Gusa, Judges and other staff of the judiciary as well as other top government functionaries.
Photo Credit: Shimataver Akile.


CSPICE_SPKOPN creates then opens a new SPK file, returning
the handle of the opened file.
For important details concerning this module's function, please refer to
the CSPICE routine spkopn_c.
fname a scalar string naming the CK file to open
ifname a scalar string naming the descriptive internal
filename for the CK
ncomch the scalar integer number of characters to
reserve for comments.
cspice_spkopn, name, ifname, ncomch, handle
creates, opens, and prepares for writing the SPK file
'name' returning a scalar integer, 'handle', that refers
Any numerical results shown for this example may differ between
platforms as the results depend on the SPICE kernels used as input
and the machine specific arithmetic implementation.
;; Define the SPK file parameters.
SPK = 'new_spk.bsp'
ifname = 'Type 2 SPK internal file name.'
ncomch = 10
;; create/open the file.
cspice_spkopn, SPK, ifname, ncomch, handle
... write to the file ...
;; SAFELY close the SPK file.
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-Icy Version 1.0.0, 16-JUN-2003, EDW (JPL)
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- Character creation, historicity in new video for Expeditions: Viking
- Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse story trailer, retailer DLC shots up
- Dragon Quest Builders coming this October for PS4, PS Vita
- Yomawari: Night Alone coming to PC, PS Vita this October
- Augs rise up in new Deus Ex: Mankind Divided live-action trailer
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Developer- and Publisher-specific Articles: The Call of Duty Championship presented by Xbox
The Call of Duty Championship, presented by Xbox, kicks off today at the Hollywood Palladium Theater. The tournament, which runs through Sunday, features 32 of the top Black Ops II players in a series of head-on matches for $1 million in prizes. Shooter and eSport fans wanting to follow the action can watch a stream of the final matches at Xbox.com, the Live Dashboard, and Call of Duty’s Facebook page.
Call of Duty fans looking to prove their mettle will get a chance this April as a contestant in a new competitive eSport event, The Call of Duty Championship, presented by Xbox. The tournament will take place in Hollywood, CA between April 5-7 and include $1 million in prizes. Thirty-two of the world’s top four-person teams will compete in head-to-head, live-streamed competitions in Black Ops II. Players interested in signing up can go to the official site, register for an Elite account, and enter their team.


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Congresswoman Dina Titus of Nevada's First District joined Democratic Leaders and members of the House Democratic Caucus today to announce the introduction of the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act. Titus is an original cosponsor of the bill.
"I am proud to be an original cosponsor of the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act, introduced today by House Democrats," said Titus. "This bill reflects the bipartisan compromise reached by the United States Senate and moves us a step closer to a fairer and more just immigration system.
"America is a land of immigrants, a place of opportunity for those who are willing to work hard. This bill will help 11 million undocumented immigrants come out of the shadows, spur our economy, protect our workers, and secure our borders. It will give the tens of thousands of DREAMers in Nevada and others around the country the opportunity to pursue the American dream in the only country they have ever known.
"Now is the time for the House to take up comprehensive immigration reform. It is a moral imperative and an economic necessity that we must get done so the 11 million people who live, work, and raise their families in our country, including over 190,000 people right here in Nevada, can finally come out of the shadows and pursue their American Dream. I urge my Republican colleagues to end their political games, listen to the American people, and get back to work on the issues most pressing to our country."


Heat Pump Amp Draw Question
My first post here, thanks in advance for any help. My wife and I are in the inspection stage of a 5 year old house in Phoenix, and I'm not sure how to read the amperage draw from the name plate. They are both Aire-Flo AFHEAT12B-36 units, 1 for each floor.
I did very basic tests in AC mode, checking compressor amps after running them for 30 minutes and measuring the return and supply air temp differentials. Both seem good - 11 to 12 amps and 15 degrees F differential. The nameplate shows 17.9 RLA and 90 LRA.
My question has to do with heat mode. At start up, amps on both units were about 12, and steadily climbed to 21 amps within 10 minutes. One unit reached 23 amps in 5 additional minutes, then dropped to 0 with a quiet hiss from the compressor which continued to run for about another 5 minutes at (I assume) no load. The other unit ran at 21 amps until I shut it off at the thermostat. I shut down the 23 amp unit, left it for 1/2 hour and repeated the test with the same result. Both units delivered plenty of heat into the house while the compressors were running.
I'm not familiar at all with heat pumps, but 21 to 23 amps on a 17.9 amp system doesn't seem right. The thermostat was still calling for heat (I set it to 80) when the compressor cut out. If anyone can confirm this is likely a defective unit, I'll call in a tech to run proper tests, but I'd like to at least throw it out to you experts for an opinion.
Thanks again for any suggestions.


This month, Dance Gavin Dance released their ninth album, Afterburner. The post-hardcore band released this album via Rise Records. This thirteen song album has fans feeling excited. The band took a bit of a new approach with this album, adding some electric sounds. The band is known for expanding into different genres, but this one may be their biggest push yet. Two songs on the album include features from Andrew Wells and Bilmuri.
The opening song on the album, “Prisoner,” was also the first song the band released from the album. The energetic intro promises the album will not be disappointing. The song even opens with a powerful lyric,
“Do you crave a greater reason to exist?” which puts the listeners in the mind space to actually take in the lyrics and think.
“Strawberry’s Wake” is a perfect example of how the band is mixing their hardcore sound, with melodic singing and a bit of an electric edge. The song also showcases just how well the band works together. The mixture of melodic voices to harsh screams, the groovy bass, the passionate drumming, and the intense guitar that pulls it all together.
“Into the Sunset” is the final song on the album and it features Bilmuri. It has more clean vocals than some of the previous songs on the album but also some of the best lyrics.
“Am I good enough for your love?
Make me believe that everything is good
Don’t shoot a hole up in the sun
Turn it to gold and make it happy again.”
Afterburner is the perfect example of how Dance Gavin Dance is still putting everything into their albums after fifteen years. The band was meant to tour this spring, but it got canceled due to the Coronavirus. The band plans on touring as soon as this is over. Go listen to Afterburner and see how Dance Gavin Dance explores new genres!


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LOS ANGELES – A Huntington Beach man was sentenced Monday to two years in jail for stealing automated teller machines with his truck in Los Angeles County.
Richard Allen Clements, 50, had pleaded guilty to one felony count of grand theft of personal property on Feb. 10 in Los Angeles County Superior Court in Long Beach.
Prosecutors have said that between January and April 2013, Clements stole four ATMs in Signal Hill, Lawndale, Whittier and Los Angeles by wrapping straps around them, then driving off with the machines attached to his truck. The machines held thousands of dollars and the thefts caused more that that in damages.
Authorities identified Clements using surveillance cameras.
Staff writer Lauren Williams contributed to this report.
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NLP TRAINING – A COURSE NEAR HOME
Inspire 360 is the only NLP training school to provide over 6 UK locations for the delivery of the NLP Practitioner Course. We have been offering a variety of NLP locations for the last 9 years which is greatly appreciated by our customers. We realise that as a business we need to provide flexibility for our customers who prefer not to travel to far away from home and have the ability to commute if required.
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Our chosen locations and venues have proved extremely popular with our delegates. Where you learn NLP can make a crucial difference to how well you take on the information. All our venues are fully air-conditioned offer great food and refreshments and are easily accessible by car and public transportation.
The hotels we use offer some great indoor and outdoor spaces so that you are able to move in and out of the classroom to practise your skills and techniques through the training.
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8am: A source told Hasht-e-Subh that the attack took place on Thursday night, 17 September, on a Taliban brigade base in Grishk district of Helmand province. As a result of this air attack, including the commander of the Taliban brigade, 21 other Taliban have been killed. According to the source, in addition to the casualties, a number of facilities were also set on fire in this military center. No one has yet claimed responsibility for these attacks. The Taliban have not said anything about this. It should be noted that the Taliban have accused the US of violating Afghanistan’s airspace from time to time, but they do not confirm these attacks as of American attacks. Click here to read more (external link).


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Overview of micronutrient
deficiency disorders and
By: Darayus P.Gazder
All micronutrients are important for:
Vitamins are organic substances that
are essential for several enzymatic
functions in human metabolism
A compound is called vitamin when it
cannot be synthesized in sufficient
quantities by an organism, and must be
obtained from the diet.
Acts as hormones (vitamin D)
Acts as antioxidant (vitamin E)
Acts as mediators of cell signalling
and regulators of cell and tissue
growth and differentiation(vitamin
Acts as precusors for enzyme
that help act as catalysts and
substrates in metabolism
Vitamins are classified according
to solubility into fat soluble & water
13 vitamins are known, 4 fat
soluble (KEDA) & 9 water soluble
(C, Folate & the B group).
Water soluble-dissolve easily in
water readily excreted from the body.
Fat soluble-absorbed through the
intestinal tract with the help of
VITAMIN A-Vitamin A is a
generic term for many related
Retinol (alcohol), Retinal (aldehyde)
are often called preformed vitamin A.
Retinal can be converted
by the body to retinoic
acid which is known to
affect gene transcription.
Body can convert b-carotene
to retinol, thus called provitamin A.
•Immunity: important for activation of T
lymphocyte, maturation of WBC & integrity
of physiological barrier.
•Vision: integrity of eye & formation of
rodopsin necessary for dark adaptation.
•Red blood cell production
•Regulation of gene expression: vital to
cell differentiation & physiologic processes
• Growth & development
Bitots spots (X1B) are foamy white areas on the white of the eye.
Corneal Xerosis(X2) Keratomalacia (X3)
Clinical evaluation(Skin, Eyes, Growth)
Serum retinol <20 mcg/dL;
Molar ratio of retinol:RBP(Retinol
binding protein) <0.7 is also diagnostic
• Overall mortality is reduced by 23%
• Death from measles is reduced by 50%
• Death from diarrhea is reduced by 40%
TOXICITY- Children and adults ingesting
>50,000 IU/day for several month.
•Vitamin A in excess leads to:
•Dermatitis with xanthosis cutis
•Fatigue, malaise, anorexia, vomiting
•Bone pain & increased risk of fracture
•Xray-hyperostosis of the shafts of long
Vitamin D comprises a group of sterols; the
most important of which are cholecalciferol
(vitamin D3) & ergosterol (vitamin D2).
Humans & animal utilize only vitamin D3 &
they can produce it inside their bodies from
Cholesterol is converted to 7-dehydro-
cholesterol (7DC), which is a precursor of
•Calcium metabolism: vitamin D enhances
Calcium absorption in the gut & renal
•Cell differentiation: particularly of
collagen & skin epithelium
•Immunity: important for Cell Mediated
Immunity & coordination of the immune
Sources of Vitamin D
Sunlight is the most important
Fish liver oil
Fish & sea food (herring & salmon)
Plants do not contain vitamin D3
Human milk deficient in vit. D,
contains only 30-40 IU per liter mostly
Vitamin D deficiency
•Deficiency of vitamin D leads to:
Rickets in small children.
Lack of adequate mineralisation of growing bone
Sign and symptoms-
•Skeletal deformity-bowed legs(genu varum) in toddlers,
knock knees (genu valgum) in older children,
craniotabes (soft skull), spinal and pelvic deformities,
growth disturbances, costochondral swelling(rickety
rosary), harrisons groove, greenstick fractures, bone
pain and tenderness, muscle weakness and dental
Radiologic changes-loss of normal zone of provisional
calcification adjacent to metaphysis.
Widening of the growth plate.
Splaying and cupping of metaphysis.
Generalized reduction in bone density.
Low circulating levels of 25(OH)D3.
Elevated serum alkaline phosphate.
Calcium level may be normal or low
Phosphate level usually are unchanged or low.
fraying in the
and ulna in
AAP: 400IU/day for all breastfed infants, beginning in
1st 2months of life and continue until infant is receiving
>500ml/day of vitamin of formula or vitamin D fortified
Rickets: 1600-5000IU of VitD3 per day
•Hypervitaminosis D – infants-2,000-3,000 IU/day,
adults-10,000 IU/day for several months.
hypertension which manifest as:
Nausea & vomiting
Excessive thirst & polyuria
Joint & muscle pains
Azotemia, nephrolithiasis, ectopic calcification.
Disorientation & coma.
It is a cofactor of the enzyme that catalyzes one
step in the formation of prothrombin.
Needed for the generation of several clotting
factors in the liver.
Source- green leafy vegetables.
Deficiency-coagulation defect due to
hypoprothrombinemia and deficiency of factor VII
resulting in hemorrhagic disease of the newborn.
1mg IM –newborn.
In severe deficiency-2.5 to 5 mg/day parenterally.
Vitamin C - Ascorbic Acid
Humans are among the few species that
cannot synthesize vitamin C and must obtain
it from food
Manufacture of collagen
Helps support and protect blood vessels,
bones, joints, organs and muscles
Protective barrier against infection and
Promotes healing of wounds, fractures and
Citrus fruits, strawberries, kiwifruit,
blackcurrants, papaya, and vegetables
Scurvy – Signs & Symptoms
Small blood vessels fragile
Gums reddened and bleed easily
Scorbutic rosary: Costochondral junction is more angular
and has a sharper step-off
Dry scaly skin
Lower wound-healing, increased susceptibility to
infections, and defects in bone development in
Legs assume a “frog like position”(Hips and knees
are semiflexed with the feet rotated outwards)
Xray appearance of long bones:
1. Ground glass appearance of bones
2. Cortex is reduced to “Pencil Point” thinness
3. There is white line of Fraenkel (An irregular but
thickened white line at metaphysis representing
the zone of well calcified cartilage
Low levels of Vitamin C
Prevented by a diet of Vitamin C
Daily therapeutic dose of Vitamin C is 100-200mg
Daily requirement is 45-60mg/day in children
Thiamin – Vitamin B1
What it does in the body
energy production and carbohydrate and fatty
vital for normal development, growth,
reproduction, healthy skin and hair, blood
production and immune function
Deficiency due to diets of polished rice
Beri Beri- Signs & Symptoms
Develop within 12 weeks
Dry Beriberi peripheral neuropathy
Difficulty walking and paralysis of the legs
Reduced knee jerk and other tendon reflexes, foot
and wrist drop
Progressive, severe weakness and wasting of
Wet Beriberi cardiopathy
Edema of legs, trunk and face
Congestive heart failure (cause of death)
Wrist & foot drop:
Dry Beri Beri
Wet Beri Beri
Deficiency is rare and often occurs with other
B vitamin deficiencies
Several months for symptoms to occur
Burning, itching of eyes
Swelling and shallow ulcerations of lips
Niacin – Vitamin B3
Essential for healthy skin, tongue, digestive
tract tissues, and RBC formation
Processing of grains removes most of their
niacin content so flour is enriched with the
Pellagra – Signs & Symptoms
‘Three Ds’: diarrhea, dermatitis and dementia
Reddish skin rash on the face, hands and
feet which becomes rough and dark when
exposed to sunlight (pellagrous dermatosis)
acute: red, swollen with itching, cracking,
burning, and exudate
chronic: dry, rough, thickened and scaly with
dementia, tremors, irritability, anxiety,
confusion and depression
Dietary counseling: Infants fortified milk formula less than 1yr
Foods that are rich in iron include:
Meat/ Fortified cereals/ Spinach/Lentils and beans
Mild to moderate anemia: 3-6mg/kg/day of iron (3-5 months)
Severe anemia and cardiac decompensation: Start blood
transfusions, packed RBC’s: (2-3ml/kg)
Zinc essential for the function of many enzymes
and metabolic processes
Zinc deficiency is common in developing countries
with high mortality
Zinc commonly the most deficient nutrient in
complementary food mixtures fed to infants during
Zinc interventions are among those proposed to
help reduce child deaths globally by 63% (Lancet,
Zinc Deficiency- Signs & Symptoms
AR disorder (defect of Zn absorption)
Begins within 2-4 weeks of
Perioral/ Perianal dermatitis/
Failure to thrive
Zinc Deficiency- Assessment
No simple, quantitative biochemical test of zinc status
• Can fluctuate as much as 20% in 24-hour period
• Levels decreased during acute infections
Hair zinc analysis
Zinc Deficiency- Treatment
Regular zinc supplements can greatly reduce common
infant morbidities in developing countries
• Adjunct treatment of diarrhea
-10 mg/day for infants below 6 months,
-20mg/day of zinc for 10-14 days(>6months)
Zinc deficiency commonly coexists with other
micronutrient deficiencies including iron, making
single supplements inappropriate
Emperical trial of Zinc supplementation(1ug/kg/day)
is safe and reasonable

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We wouldn’t blame Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (NYSE:OHI) shareholders if they were a little worried about the fact that Daniel Booth, the Secretary & COO recently netted about US$1.1m selling shares at an average price of US$42.95. That’s a big dump, and it decreased their holding size by 13%, which is notable but not too bad.
The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At Omega Healthcare Investors
Notably, that recent sale by Secretary & COO Daniel Booth was not the only time they sold Omega Healthcare Investors shares this year. Earlier in the year, they fetched US$36.51 per share in a -US$1.5m sale. That means that even when the share price was below the current price of US$43.71, an insider wanted to cash in some shares. As a general rule we consider it to be discouraging when insiders are selling below the current price, because it suggests they were happy with a lower valuation. However, while insider selling is sometimes discouraging, it’s only a weak signal. This single sale was just 18% of Daniel Booth’s stake.
Omega Healthcare Investors insiders didn’t buy any shares over the last year. You can see a visual depiction of insider transactions (by individuals) over the last 12 months, below. By clicking on the graph below, you can see the precise details of each insider transaction!
For those who like to find winning investments this free list of growing companies with recent insider purchasing, could be just the ticket.
Insider Ownership of Omega Healthcare Investors
Another way to test the alignment between the leaders of a company and other shareholders is to look at how many shares they own. I reckon it’s a good sign if insiders own a significant number of shares in the company. Insiders own 0.5% of Omega Healthcare Investors shares, worth about US$51m. This level of insider ownership is good but just short of being particularly stand-out. It certainly does suggest a reasonable degree of alignment.
What Might The Insider Transactions At Omega Healthcare Investors Tell Us?
An insider hasn’t bought Omega Healthcare Investors stock in the last three months, but there was some selling. Looking to the last twelve months, our data doesn’t show any insider buying. But since Omega Healthcare Investors is profitable and growing, we’re not too worried by this. Insider ownership isn’t particularly high, so this analysis makes us cautious about the company. So we’d only buy after careful consideration. Therefore, you should should definitely take a look at this FREE report showing analyst forecasts for Omega Healthcare Investors.
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Why does henry remember addie?Asked by: Celestino Gerlach III
Score: 4.2/5 (22 votes)
Luc visited him and granted his wish: whenever someone would see him, they would see what they desire the most. This allowed Henry to remember Addie, fulfilling her wish that somebody would remember her. At the novel's end, Addie sacrifices herself to Luc by giving up her soul in exchange for Henry's freedom.
Did Luc really love Addie?
I also think she felt a connection to him, but I don't think she could ever really love him after what he put her through. I think Luc really did care about Addie, just in a really, really, REALLY, strange way. ... He didn't love her, and what he did feel about her was more like obsession and possession.
Who is Henry Strauss the invisible life of Addie LaRue?
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue focuses on a trifecta of characters: Adeline 'Addie' LaRue, a French girl born in the 1700s; Henry Strauss, a bookseller in modern-day New York; and Luc, the devil, holding the ties that bind them all.
Do Addie and Henry end up together?
They end up in an affair which lasts for years, and Addie falls for him. He says he loves her. In 1980, Addie asks Luc to release her from her deal. He says it requires her to surrender, and Addie lashes out at him and they fight.
Is the invisible life of Addie LaRue LGBT?
Addie LaRue is a a bisexual character from The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue.
Who loves Addie LaRue?
In the present day, Addie meets a man named Henry Strauss who can somehow remember her and speak her name. The pair become romantically involved until the day that Addie realizes that Henry only has 30 days left to live.
What happens to Addie LaRue?
She is given eternal life, but no one can remember her (she wanted to "live freely"). As soon as she leaves their sight, they forget her. In present day, Addie survives by stealing and sneaking into others' apartments to sleep.
Who is Remy in Addie LaRue?
Remy is the son of a printer who is fascinated by literature. In Chapter 2, Addie nervously gets ready for her date with Henry. She shows up to the bookstore a little early and meets Bea. Bea tells her that she has a timeless face.
Is Addie LaRue becoming a movie?
January 2, 2021 • Story selection and rights acquired; idea being crafted into usable script; financing and casting attachments sought; aiming for 'greenlight'.
What should I read if I liked the invisible life of Addie LaRue?
- Before the Coffee Gets Cold, by Toshikazu Kawaguchi.
- The Versions of Us, by Laura Barnett.
- Life After Life, by Kate Atkinson.
- How to Stop Time, by Matt Haig.
- Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell.
- The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, by Claire North.
What is the theme of the invisible life of Addie LaRue?
Online Resources. Leaving a mark, being remembered is an central theme to the novel. Eric Kim shares one very short blog on one perspective on wanting to be remembered. Two extremes of length of life are contrasted between Henry's year and Addie's infinite lifeline.
What is the invisible life of Addie LaRue summary?
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab tells the story of Adeline, a girl who makes a Faustian deal for her freedom on the night that she is to be wed. In exchange for her soul, she gets the chance to experience life to its fullest without aging or dying.
What personality type is Addie LaRue?
V. E. Schwab, author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
And, Addie is absolutely a Pisces.
How old is Addie in Addie LaRue?
Addie's story begins in 1714, when 23-year-old Adeline LaRue, a young woman whose dreams surpass the boundaries of her small French town, flees into the woods to escape an unwanted marriage.
How long did it take to write the invisible life of Addie LaRue?
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue was set to become the biggest book of Victoria “V. E.” Schwab's career thus far. She'd spent 10 years imagining Addie, and finally sharing her story with the world would be cause for much celebration.
Where does Addie LaRue live?
Addie flees her tiny home town in 18th-Century France, beginning a journey that takes her across the world, learning to live a life where no one remembers her and everything she owns is lost and broken.
Is the invisible life of Addie LaRue worth reading?
This is a gem of a book. There's an alchemy here that works on the most satisfying level possible. The prose is beautiful and descriptive, bordering on the poetic in some parts, and while A Darker Shade of Magic was all about the world building, Addie LaRue is all about the character building.
Should I read the invisible life of Addie LaRue?
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is truly a book for the aesthetes, with its rich descriptions of art and music, and with the way that the characters react to art throughout. And this is what she's settled on: she can go without food (she will not wither). She can go without heat (the cold will not kill her).
Which book is best to read?
- Animal Farm by George Orwell. ...
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. ...
- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. ...
- Charlotte's Web by E.B. ...
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. ...
- Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. ...
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. ...
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Is there a second Addie LaRue book?
Schwab to talk about her upcoming book, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue! A vibrant novel that is all about living life to the fullest, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue will be available from Tor Books on October 6, 2020.
Is The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue a movie?
Author V.E. Schwab's upcoming novel “The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue” is getting adapted into a feature film. Studio eOne has acquired rights for the movie, which will be produced by Gerard Butler's company G-Base. ... The story follows Addie LaRue, who makes a Faustian bargain to live forever.

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As DeLay raises cash, critics raise questions'98 affidavit alleges he told businessman how to skirt limits; GOP leader calls claims partisan
By TODD J. GILLMAN and CHRISTY HOPPE, Dallas Morning News
July 16, 2004
House Majority Leader Tom DeLay plays politics like some people play hockey – fast and hard. He's deftly able to score campaign cash, but critics question whether he plays by the rules.
In the last half-dozen years, he has created numerous committees that have drawn millions from business interests. A network of current and former aides has moved large sums through these committees to state and federal candidates, sometimes obscuring the identities of the original donors.
This week, Democrats and campaign watchdogs dug out a 1998 affidavit from a southeast Texas businessman who says Mr. DeLay advised him how to skirt money limits. They called it an early template for more recent maneuvers involving DeLay protégés. E-mails also surfaced from Enron lobbyists indicating Mr. DeLay wanted to steer corporate funds to Texas GOP candidates favoring redistricting, despite prohibitions on corporate funds in state races.
Mr. DeLay calls allegations of impropriety baseless and partisan. No federal or state authority has accused him of violating campaign law. Nor has he been identified as the target of any investigation.
"You give us a list of rules, and we'll abide by them," said Jim Ellis, head of Mr. DeLay's Americans for a Republican Majority political action committee.
Critics have a different take on the suburban Houston lawmaker. "You can clearly say that Tom DeLay and some of his former and current colleagues have mastered the dark art of moving campaign money," said Craig McDonald, executive director of Texans for Public Justice, whose complaint against a committee Mr. DeLay created sparked an Austin grand jury investigation into corporate funds in Texas politics.
Freshman Democrat Chris Bell of Houston filed an ethics complaint last month that alleges Mr. DeLay has traded political contributions for legislative favors. The House ethics committee has until next month to decide whether to act.
Thursday, campaign watchdog groups in Austin and Washington called on the committee to hire an independent prosecutor, partly because Mr. DeLay previously had arranged donations to four of the panel's five Republicans.
This week, DeLay opponents latched onto the case of Peter Cloeren, who owns a plastics company in Orange, Texas.
In 1996, Mr. Cloeren, a self-described conservative Republican, had given as much as federal law allowed to East Texas congressional candidate Brian Babin, a Woodville dentist. Then, one day that summer he sat next to Mr. DeLay at a Babin luncheon.
In an affidavit he gave House investigators two years later, Mr. Cloeren said he was frustrated that he couldn't do more for Dr. Babin. According to the affidavit, Mr. DeLay, then majority whip, replied that "it would not be a problem for him to find, in his words, 'additional vehicles,' " and Mr. DeLay told an aide to provide "details of how to funnel additional moneys" to the Babin campaign.
Within months, federal records show, Mr. Cloeren and his wife gave tens of thousands of dollars to out-of-state congressional campaigns and groups. Donors to some of those groups later assisted the Babin campaign.
In 1998, Mr. Cloeren pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor violation of federal campaign law, admitting that he got employees to donate $37,000 in their names to Dr. Babin and reimbursed them. A Beaumont federal court fined him and his company $400,000. Mr. DeLay was not implicated.
Two months later, Mr. Cloeren filed a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission accusing Mr. DeLay of luring him into the alleged donation scheme. In July 1999, the FEC cleared Mr. DeLay, noting Mr. Cloeren hadn't reimbursed anyone, and his claims lacked corroboration.
Democrats on the House Government Reform Committee tried to force an investigation in 1998. When Chairman Dan Burton, R-Ind., refused, they sent their own investigators to obtain Mr. Cloeren's affidavit.
"He said there's ways to get money into the Babin campaign," Mr. Cloeren said by phone this week. "He said his staff would take care of it."
DeLay aides dispute Mr. Cloeren's account. They note that the FEC cleared Mr. DeLay, while Mr. Cloeren has confessed to violating campaign law.
"I find it dubious that this guy's being treated like an innocent lamb and my boss is being treated like public enemy No. 1," said DeLay spokesman Jonathan Grella.
Larry Noble, director of the Center for Responsive Politics in Washington, a campaign watchdog group, was the FEC general counsel who oversaw the Cloeren case and recommended clearing Mr. DeLay in 1999.
He said that even if Mr. DeLay suggested the scheme Mr. Cloeren described – and Mr. Cloeren provided the only testimony to that effect – conspiracy isn't covered by civil laws the FEC enforces.
Still, Mr. Noble said, "He's one of those people who pushes the envelope and plays on the edges."
Mr. Bell said he'll call the Cloeren incident to the ethics committee's attention. "Mr. DeLay continues to try to distance himself from all this nefarious activity, but here he was the instructor for Mr. Cloeren on how to get around the campaign finance laws."
Mr. Grella said the only pattern he sees is the "pattern of baseless charges from Democrats."
The Bell ethics complaint accuses Mr. DeLay of taking $25,000 from Kansas-based Westar Energy Corp. in exchange for legislative favors. And it accuses him of laundering corporate donations through Texans for a Republican Majority, a DeLay-affiliated committee known as TRMPAC that critics say violated Texas law by using nearly $600,000 in corporate donations to help key GOP candidates in 2002 statehouse races.
The victories paved the way for last year's redistricting, which succeeded in ousting Mr. Bell from his newly configured district.
The TRMPAC issue is part of the grand jury investigation. Wednesday, Mr. Bell asked the committee to look into reports that TRMPAC got $50,000 in Enron funds months before the company declared bankruptcy in 2001. TRMPAC officials say corporate money went only for administrative costs, as allowed by state law.
Among other incidents involving DeLay protégés that have raised objections in recent years:
• In April, the National Republican Congressional Committee was fined $280,000 for funneling $500,000 raised by a former DeLay chief of staff to a group run by Mr. Ellis, which used it on anti-Democrat ads. The FEC cleared Mr. Ellis and the former DeLay aide, Ed Buckman.
• A Senate committee is investigating the $45 million that Indian tribes paid former
DeLay aide Michael Scanlon and DeLay confidant Jack Abramoff for lobbying and public relations. Mr. Scanlon has been accused of laundering funds from Indian gaming interests to an Alabama gubernatorial candidate, and has been fined in Louisiana for late reporting of tribal donations to a campaign to defeat a rival casino plan.
Mr. Ellis, head of Mr. DeLay's Americans for a Republican Majority political action committee, said everyone connected to Mr. DeLay is sensitive to the scrutiny his high profile attracts, and is careful to follow the rules.
"One of the things that Democrats aren't used to is that he plays the game like they do. They play hard ... and maybe they're surprised that someone on our side uses the same aggressive tactics they do," he said.
The money trail
Lieutenants of U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Sugar Land, have been connected to a number of political finance investigations in the last five years, but none have been individually cited for any wrongdoing.
Oct. 20, 1999
The National Republican Congressional Committee gives $500,000, its largest contribution, to the U.S. Family Network, solicited by Ed Buckman, Mr. DeLay's former chief of staff. The donation includes corporate money, which restricts its use to nonpolitical purposes, such as administrative costs.
U.S. Family Network transfers $300,000 to the Americans for Economic Growth, run by Jim Ellis, who also heads Mr. DeLay's Americans for a Republican Majority political action committee. Americans for Economic Growth spends $260,000 for two sets of radio ads, one that bashes Democrats and another that bolsters vulnerable House Republicans, regarding Social Security. While the ads are sponsored by the group and partially paid for by the U.S. Family Network, they actually are funded by the Republican Party.
Aftermath: The Federal Election Committee finds in April 2004 that the National Republican Congressional Committee knew that the U.S. Family Network "planned to pass all or part of the $500,000 to a third party to pay for the issue advertisements." The Republican group is fined $280,000 for using corporate money improperly.
Oct. 17 and 22, 2002
The Republican Governors' Association receives two checks of $250,000 each from Capitol Campaign Strategies, headed by Michael Scanlon, who has served as an aide to both Mr. DeLay and U.S. Rep. Bob Riley, R-Ala. Mr. Scanlon currently represents Indian casinos.
The day the first check arrived and over the next two weeks, the governors' group makes five donations totaling $600,000 to Mr. Riley, who seeks to become Alabama governor. Mr. Riley opposes gambling, which also serves Mr. Scanlon's clients' interests. Mr. Riley also doesn't accept contributions from gambling interests.
Aftermath: The Republican Governors' Association failed to disclose the donation received from Capitol Campaign Strategies until May 2004, 16 months after Mr. Riley won the election by a razor-thin margin.
March 29 through April 6, 2002
The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, with Mr. Scanlon working as its political consultant, spends $156,642 as the "Concerned Citizens Against Gaming Expansion" to defeat a proposition on a gambling license that would compete with its casino. The expenditure is not disclosed until well after the election. It ignores campaign disclosure deadlines so that voters can't know until well after the election that the tribe was behind part of the anti-gambling campaign.
Aftermath: On Dec. 12, 2002, the Coushattas are fined $11,240 by the Louisiana Board of Ethics.
Mr. Ellis, a DeLay point man, takes $190,000 in corporate donations from the Texans for a Republican Majority Political Action Committee, founded by Mr. DeLay, and gives it to the Republican National Committee. Corporate donations cannot be used as campaign funds for candidates in Texas.
Within several weeks, the Republican National Committee donates $190,500 to eight Texas House candidates for use in their campaigns. All the races had been targeted for help by TRMPAC.
Aftermath: A Travis County grand jury is investigating the transaction.

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Ghana pushed its foreign reserves up to $5.8 billion as gross rate in August 2013, the central bank has said.
The current reserves have 3.2 months of import cover, according to the Bank of Ghana (BoG).
Ghana’s foreign reserves were at a stock position of $5.3 billion (3 months of import cover) at the end of December 2012, said the BoG.
Ghana Business News
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Kerala Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Limited (Milma) has decided to remove the imprint ‘fresh and pure’ from its milk sachets with effect from November 1. Milma will market its product with a brand new packaging from that date and will display a new tagline, ‘Let’s grow’.
The cooperative milk marketing body was directed by the High Court a few months ago to remove the phrase ‘fresh and pure’ from its packaging after a consumer took up a case on the issue, contending that Milma milk contained skimmed milk powder. Milma had claimed that milk powder was being added to maintain the SNF (solid not fat) content in the milk as required by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India. The milk, produced by different breeds of cattle and procured from various centres, did not conform to the stipulated SNF norms. Milma authorities had also explained that the tagline ‘fresh and pure’ had been displayed as part of the National Dairy Development Board marketing scheme.
Along with the introduction of the new packaging, Milma has decided to withdraw its Jersey brand of milk from the market. A senior official of the milk marketing body said that the step was being taken as it was difficult to sell milk belonging to jersey breed of cattle alone. The Ernakulam region of Milma will introduce homogenized toned milk in the market, at Rs.35 per litre. The particular variety was not available in the region earlier.


June 19th, 2014 by Adam Armstrong
HP And DreamWorks Bring How To Train Your Dragon 2 To Life
DreamWorks Animation and HP have collaborated for over a decade on various animated movies. The release of How To Train Your Dragon 2 is the culmination of years of technical innovation. The movie was the most ambitious work from DreamWorks so far consisting of 700 million digital files that utilized for than 400 terabytes of data, over 130,000 individual, computer-generated frames, 270 billion pixels, and 90 million render hours with servers processing an average of 500,000 render jobs per day.
In order to support all aspects of the film's production, HP provided their latest-generation HP Converged Infrastructure including:
HP Z800 and Z820 workstations with HP DreamColor monitors
The HP Z workstations are all about performance. Coming with 24 CPU cores, 5760 NVIDIA CUDA Processing cores, 512GB of memory, 15TB of capacity, 7 PCIe slots, running on windows 7 professional, and Thunderbolt 2.0 connection, the HP Z workstations produce 10.4 Teraflops of computing power. The Z workstations are combined with HP DreamColor monitors that has over a billion onscreen colors, HP integration engine, and 4K input support.
HP BladeSystem c7000 a mix of HP ProLiant server blades and scalable converged storage featuring HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage
HP has recently announced enhancements to their HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage. Now the array is now available in all flash configurations featuring 1.92TB MLC SSDs. The updated indexing feature and built-in Gen4 ASIC to support primary CPU are key to enabling rapid inline data services that takes the effective scale of the array from 460TB raw to more than 1.3PB of equivalent usable capacity.
HP Networking, Utility services, and HP managed Print Services
These HP services allow the studio continuous availability and performance while reducing network complexity, meeting the peak demand while staying within the studio's budget and existing footprint, and predictable print-cost with near-flawless print device uptime.
The work HP does with DreamWorks not only allows the production of animated films, it advances technology for both the consumer and the enterprise market. The culmination of this technology can be seen in How To Train Your Dragon 2 that is in theaters now.


GEO High Waist Riding Tights - Black/Orange
Product can feel tighter than lightweight leggings
The GEO range from Scorching North are designed for ultimate high waist comfort without compromising on durability.
Made from 320+ GSM, 4-way super-stretch microfiber fabrics these technical leggings are heavy enough for year-round riding but flexible enough to keep you comfortable even on long rides. Combining the latest in sportswear technology with practical in-saddle design such as asymmetric seams, hold-up silicone inside waist band and of course a pocket for your phone, the Scorching North GEO leggings are ideal for everyday riding, hacking and yard work. The full silicone printed seat design of these leggings matches that of cotton breeches but they are much lighter and easier to care for. With antimicrobial treatment they are easy to keep clean and fast drying.
Super comfortable high-waist cut
Manufactured from microfiber 320+ GSM polyester/elastane
Breathable, easy care and fast drying
Full seat silicone grip for confident saddle contact
Elasticated ankle cuffs
Side pocket that fits even a large cell phone
Suits riding in temperatures 8°C – 25°C
Why choose Scorching North?
Scorching North have one mission: to make high spec, technically advanced riding wear that stands out. All Scorching North riding tights are made from heavier weight fabrics for hard wearing practicality. These are not just Yoga pants with sticky patches.
320+GSM Microfibre Blend Polyester, Elastane/Spandex.
Cut: High waist with hold-up silicone inside band.
PU Silicone on inside leg and seat panel.
Pull on design, no zips or buttons.
Machine wash cool. Do not tumble dry. Do not use fabric softener. Wash inside out.