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My third placement was on a new acute medical unit. This new unit opened on the week I started this placement so I had to opportunity to work on and use the brand new equipment (for some reason this brought me so much joy!). I was, admittedly, very nervous to start this placement as I had no previous experience of hospital work and I felt like I would have to start right back from the beginning again. However, I had no reason to worry! I was surrounded by a fantastically supportive and friendly team and developed a wonderful relationship with my mentor.
For this placement I would usually work three long shifts a week. Although these long days were tiring, especially combined with the travelling to and from my shifts, I had enough days off during the rest of the week to focus on my online work. Below I have outlined a rough guide to what my shifts on this unit were like.
06:00 – Wake up! I would get ready and head downstairs for breakfast.
06:30 – Leave for the shift! It took me around thirty minutes to drive to the hospital. As this placement was over the winter months I had to allow for my car to defrost!
07:00-07:15 – Park up and walk over to the hospital. Most mornings the temperature was down to the minuses so I would do a hasty speed walk to warm myself up!
07:15-07:30 – Drop off my things and head to the Nurse’s station for handover from the night staff.
08:00-10:00 – After handover I would usually work alongside the healthcare assistants to help the patients with their breakfast, washing and dressing. I would also complete the morning medication round with the nurse I was working with for the day.
10:00-11:00 – I would take all of my patient’s observations and follow the doctor for their rounds.
11:00-11:30 – Break time! By this time I would usually be really hungry so I would have a sandwich and some fruit to keep me going until the afternoon!
11:30-19:00 – It is hard to give a more accurate time scale as each day on this unit was so different. This slot was quickly filled with jobs that needed to be completed. For example; admitting new patients, completing any tasks requested from the doctor, completing documentation, carrying out patient observations, discharging patients, accompanying patients to scans, liaising with members of the multidisciplinary team, assisting with patient meal times and answering patient’s call bells. I would get another half an hour break during this slot too!
19:00-19:30 – This time was always the busiest! Trying to get our handover sheets ready whilst still finishing off the last jobs of the day!
19:30-20:00 – Give handover to the night staff, wish them a good shift and head home!
20:00-20:15 – Walk back to my car, tired from the day only to find my car all icy! So I would sit in my car while it defrosted and reflect on my day before driving home.
20:15-21:30 – Drive home, have a snack, make my lunch for the next day, shower and be in bed as fast as possible!
The experience I gained during this placement was amazing. I finally had exposure to the hospital environment and nursing unwell patients. I was lucky to meet and work alongside the most caring, approachable and knowledgeable nurses, healthcare assistants, pharmacists and doctors. They were all so welcoming and made me really feel like a part of the team. I was also able to spend some days in the Special Care Baby Unit and in resus and the minor injuries department of A and E. My only wish was that this placement was longer! I had just really settled into this placement and it was already time to leave. I hope I will get the opportunity to liaise with this team on my future placements.


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UPDATE May 28: The Plumas County Sheriff’s Office announced that Bevan was taken into custody without incident in a city within Sonoma County. Due to the ongoing investigation no further comment was made. The sheriff’s office extended its thanks to those agencies that assisted in the apprehension.
The Plumas County Sheriff’s Office announced tonight that it is on the lookout for Joshua Stephan Bevan, 49, the suspect in an attempted kidnapping of two young girls in the Portola area Monday evening, May 25.
The sheriff’s office received a report of the suspicious circumstance today, May 26. In a press release issued tonight, the sheriff’s office reported that upon further investigation it was determined an attempted kidnapping of two juveniles had occurred. The suspect reportedly followed the victims around town and contacted them at three separate locations throughout the night. During the contacts, the suspect attempted to coerce the victims into his vehicle by telling them he knew one of their relatives and stated the relative asked him to give them a ride home.
Through the investigation the suspect was identified as Joshua Stephan Bevan of Portola. He is described as a white adult male, 49 years old, approximately 5’5” tall, weighing approximately 140 lbs, with brown hair and hazel eyes.
Bevan is reportedly driving a white 1994 Lincoln sedan with California license plate # 6KSL420.
If you know the whereabouts or see this suspect please immediately call the Plumas County Sheriff’s Office at 530-283-6300 or dial 911.


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- Susan Stafﬁn-Metz (Women in Engineering Proactive Network)
- Elaine Weyuker (AT&T Labs)
The Mid-career crisis
Women in technical fields face challenges that their male counterparts do not. Women are expected to balance home life, children raising, growing their careers and often supporting ailing family members. Women are more likely to experience stress related illness. In attempting to satisfy all of these needs in their lives, they often loose touch with their personal needs and end up having a reduced quality of life.
In this interactive session, panelists and attendees shared their personal accounts of their mid-career crisises, the challenges that they faced, and how they overcame them to find success. Here’s a solution oriented summary of the topics discussed.
You cannot do everything
Society pressures us to juggle many things. Sometimes this is not possible. If you attempt to juggle everything that life throws at you, you may struggle. Decide what you would like to focus on, and be awesome at it. If you’d like to focus on building a successful career, do not be afraid to hire a maid or nanny. Just because you are not doing everything yourself does not mean you’re a failure. You are doing yourself and those around you a service by making sure that you stay healthy.
Mentors are important
Sometimes we are the only woman on our team. Sometimes it’s hard to find people near you for advice. One powerful way to avoid feeling alone is to find a mentor. Seek out and make use of a mentor. Mentors can span your entire career. They provide perspective on your situations that you may not find elsewhere.
If you’ve having trouble finding a mentor, leverage the resources around you such as the Systers program.
Live to work or work to live?
Some people live to work. Other people work to live. Do not assume that you have to follow the path laid out in front of you to be successful. It’s OK to not work late every night. Even if you have other priorities in your life, your contribution is still valuable.

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After a collaboration in, “Mr. Lova Lova” in which he featured Tiwa Savage, Nigerian music star, Duncan Mighty has continued to pour accolades on the female artist.
In an exclusive interview, Mighty said one of the greatest collaborations he has done in recent time is the lova lova with Savage, adding, “During the recording of this song, I was amazed by the talents of Tiwa.”
“Tiwa, you too get talent. She delivered the song in a second. In a single song, you get the African, Caribbean, American and European taste.”
Mighty also praised star boy, Wizkid, saying after the fake love duet with him, things turned around for his music.
He says that his duet with wizkid goes beyond music but a family affairs. Star boy is a brother.

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Why Europe may be longing for Labour
Sarah Helm in Brussels on enthusiasm for the discreet charm of Tony Blair
Sunday 03 March 1996
Europe's political elite - and not just the socialists - have made it clear that they are sick and tired of the stubbornness of Tory attitudes towards Europe, which is retarding the growth and development of their union. They like what they have heard and seen of Mr Blair and Robin Cook, the shadow foreign secretary. In particular, they like what they hear about Labour's ideas of stake-holding."It seems to match many of our ideas about social partnership," says Michael Hofman, international secretary general of the SPD, the German opposition socialists.
"Blair's views on partnership between trade unions, industry and government seem to be much closer to what is already the European mainstream," says a senior aide of Wim Kok, the socialist Prime Minister of the Netherlands. "It will be a relief to have someone the other side of the water to whom we can talk."
Such comments suggest that for the Europeans Mr Blair represents a mysterious new species: a British politician who they might be able to understand. Furthermore they say he is "charming" and speaks good French. Not that the discussions at Lisbon will be all sweetness and light, though. While the comments this week on Mr Blair's European credentials, were very positive they were followed by a big "but".
Labour's platform so far has been more flexible than the Tories, though it is still not flexible enough for the most determined European integrationists. But this is no longer the mood of the moment. Federalism is generally out of fashion, and shades of Euro-scepticism are breaking out all over the EU. By arguing against major new integration, Mr Blair can hope to pre-empt federalist smears from the Tories back home, which could damage his election chances, while also arguing that his programme is in keeping with the European zeitgeist.
His policies set out so far on Europe have been cautious, to say the least. Labour has said it would accept qualified majority voting in four new areas: industrial, regional, social and environmental policy - but no more. It would accept the social chapter, but will give no new powers to Brussels over justice or immigration policy or defence. On the single currency Labour remains equivocal, but insists that its attitude is more constructive than the Tories'. The decision on European monetary union, says Labour, must be based on an economic assessment of the benefits, nearer the time.
"Labour's attitude to Europe is dramatically different from the Tories," says Pauline Green, leader of the socialist group in the European Parliament. "They want Europe to be a success. The rest of Europe is quite desperate for a Labour government which will take a constructive approach."
Pierre Muscovici, senior adviser to Lionel Jospin, the French socialist leader, agrees that Labour seems far more pro-European than it used to be. But he says, suspiciously: "We don't yet know Blair's attitude to the big questions - on the long-term question of developing European government, he is quiet". Mr Blair may appear to be personally pro-European, but his partners know that Euro-phobe British public opinion could still hold him back. "We are hopeful, but in Germany we are not expecting a sudden 180 degree turn," says Mr Hofman.
There are those, in the most pro-European wing of the Labour Party, who say Mr Blair could even emerge as the new socialist leader for the EU as a whole. But on the Continent it is clear that if Britain does not join EMU, it will remain an outsider. "If Blair is to play this leading role there must be no ambiguity about his pro-European beliefs," says Mr Muscovici.
For his part, Mr Blair goes to Lisbon this week not just to listen to what the others think of him, but to make some demands of them. He wants his socialist partners to take Labour's views on European reform into account, ahead of the British election.
The Lisbon meeting of the Party of European Socialists has been carefully timed, just three weeks before the launch of the IGC in Turin on 29 March. With eight of the EU's 15 member states governed by socialists - though one of their number, Felipe Gonzales, faces defeat in the Spanish election today - what the Lisbon meeting decides will strongly influence the rolling reform conference beginning in Turin. Labour knows it is vital for its voice to be heard at an early stage in the IGC. It may well be a Labour government which will sign the conclusions, at the completion of the conference, in the summer or autumn of 1997 - a general election must be held by April 1997 at the latest.
Another more secret meeting of European socialists also takes place in Brussels next week, in which Robin Cook, who is extremely active on the European stage, will take part. This meeting, largely of finance ministers, will be the first of a series discussing a common socialist strategy on EMU. If Labour wins next year, Mr Blair will almost immediately have to take the decision on whether Britain should join or not. "We need them to take the Labour Party into account. It is no good negotiating without thinking of us. We will be the ones doing the signing, " said a senior Blair aide this week.
There are already signs that Labour is having its voice heard. Inside the Commission itself the party has a key ally in Neil Kinnock. When the Commission debated its programme for the IGC this week, it was Mr Kinnock who led for the two British commissioners, while, significantly, Sir Leon Brittan, the senior partner, kept quiet. Mr Kinnock argued forcefully for the Commission to tone down its more federalist demands - and, say Commission sources, succeeded.
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- 4 #FreeTheNipple: Women in Iceland bare breasts in solidarity with trolled student
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Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino has drunkenly boasted of Harry Kane’s potential to become the best striker in world football, as the North London club prepare to take on Real Madrid, AC Milan and hosts Bayern Munich in the pre-season Audi Cup.
Tottenham Hotspur have signalled their intention to finally rid Emmanuel Adebayor from their wage bill by fly-tipping him outside their White Hart Lane ground, with a sign around his neck saying: ‘Please Feel Free To Take’.
Tottenham Hotspur star Ryan Mason has discovered much to his surprise that his club’s badge bears an uncanny resemblance to an intricate speed nob.
Senior officials at Arsenal are locked in discussions about whether or not to add the club’s recent Barclays Asia Trophy success to the list of honours displayed on their website.
Sources at Tottenham Hotspur have said that the club are planning on freezing unwanted striker Emmanuel Adebayor in carbonite until a suitable buyer can be found to take him off their hands.
Southampton fan Mark Carmichael has spoken of his regret in getting Toby Alderweireld’s name tattooed on his left arm just days before the on-loan defender decided instead to join Tottenham Hotspur.
Guangzhou Evergrande have asked Tottenham Hotspur to refund them for the purchase of Paulinho after chairman Kang Bing watched a YouTube clip of the Brazilian’s performances over the 2014/15 season.
The streets of North London are today awash with joyous Tottenham Hotspur fans after midfielder Paulinho completed his £10 million move to Chinese giants Guangzhou Evergrande.
Featuring player-hungry Manchester United, saintly Harry Kane, car-botherer Arturo Vidal and more
Tottenham Hotspur have once more fallen victim to a Real Madrid transfer assault, after the Spanish giants announced the signing of mascot Chirpy for an undisclosed fee.
‘Hi fellow Gooners. Here’s my handy guide to the festering world of shit’.
Tottenham Hotspur chairman Daniel Levy is prepared to offer potential suitors a free handjob as a ‘sweetener’ in any potential naming rights deal for the club’s new stadium, it has been revealed.

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Toronto's Shinsedai Fest to Screen Anime Films, Shorts
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The third annual Shinsedai Cinema Festival will screen two anime films and a series of anime shorts at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto from July 21-24.
The anime titles that are confirmed are:
Midori-ko, directed by Keita Kurosaka. Kurosaka was profiled on the Animation World Network website, which describes Midori-ko as a 35mm feature-length film "about 21st century Tokyo, which has turned into a city of weird creatures and ghoulish human beings. The main character is a 29 year-old female whose encounter with a strange creature transforms her life."
Man-Eater Mountain, directed by Naoyuki Niiya. Previously screened at Zipangu Fest in London in 2010, this 28-minute film is a kamishibai (paper theater) drama told through still drawings. The story involves police being led to a mountaintop by a serial killer, where they confront their darkest desires.
- CALF Animation Special, a program of short films by animators Atsushi Wada, Mirai Mizue, Kei Oyama and TOCHKA. CALF, a Japanese independent animation label, previously presented programs in the UK.
Tickets for the festival go on sale on Monday, June 27. This year's event is the first to offer the Kobayashi Audience Award, a CAD$1,000 prize.


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I made this rustic naked two tier cake for a pair of CrossFit trainers who recently got married! They wanted something simple and let me design it.
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Collagen is really a healthy proteins found in mammal physique issues and will help in different parts of the body, like your hair, palm, and bone. Lots of people encounter an absence of collagen with their entire body, and that’s why they select health supplements of collagen, that gives a proteins with their system, for combating system-relevant troubles. Right here we talk about some issues associated with Revive Collagen.
Three Best Collagen Supplements on the market.
Collagen hydrolysate: it gives you a higher level of health proteins in every use, so you don’t be concerned regarding the poor choices this dietary supplement is tasteless when compared with others. It’s mostly obtained from lawn or cow skin for usage.
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Exotic high pressure behavior of light alkali metals, lithium and sodium
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- Rousseau, B., Xie, Y., Ma, Y. et al. Eur. Phys. J. B (2011) 81: 1. doi:10.1140/epjb/e2011-10972-9
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At ambient conditions, lithium and sodium behave as free-electron metals and adopt highly symmetric close-packed structures. Under high pressure, however, these simple metals undergo a series of complex phase transitions to structures of lower symmetry, along with significant changes of their physical properties. In this review we provide a comprehensive description of these light alkali metals, with a focus on the structural and electronic properties under pressure.

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We know that we showed a long-standing ‘out of order’ notice on one of Main Square car park’s lifts over Christmas. Well, we’ve added to our photo collection, with a hasty picture of a notice on one of the remaining car park lifts. So, of the four lifts in the car park, only two are functioning. Yet the council promised a year or so ago that we’d become a ‘top 100’ town by 2018. (We bet that the council regrets ever saying such a thing… Sadly, the promise was highly implausible at the time; lack of progress since then means that the promise is now totally unbelievable.)
What really annoys us is the ‘apology’ for “ANY inconvenience caused”. Does the council think that that there might be NO inconvenience if its lifts don’t work?
Of course, the council offices have their own ground-level dedicated car park. So no inconvenience there, obviously.


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Music Of The '60s
In North America, Europe and Oceania, the decade was particularly revolutionary in terms of popular music, as it saw the formation and evolution of rock. At the beginning of the 1960s, pop and rock and roll trends of the 1950s continued; nevertheless, the rock and roll of the decade before started to merge into a more international, eclectic variant known as rock. By the mid-1960s, rock and roll in its purest form was gradually overtaken by pop rock, beat, psychedelic rock, blues rock, and folk rock, which had grown in popularity. The country and folk-influenced style associated with the latter-half of 1960s rock music spawned a generation of popular singer-songwriters who wrote and performed their own work. Towards the decade's end, genres such as baroque pop, sunshine pop, bubblegum pop, progressive rock and heavy metal started to grow popular, with the latter two finding greater success in the following decade.
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EMI Administration Simplification
The recent budget saw some welcomed simplification to the strict rules that need to be adhered to for Enterprise Management Incentive(EMI) options to qualify for the generous tax breaks provided by the scheme.
The upcoming EMI changes are:
- From 6 April 2023:
- The requirement for the option agreement to list the restrictions on the underlying shares will be abolished. This will also apply to existing options that have not been exercised by that date.
- The requirement for there to be a working time declaration will be abolished, although the underlying working time requirement will remain.
- From 6 April 2024, the deadline for notifying HMRC of the grant of an EMI option (currently 92 days) will be extended to 6 July following the end of the tax year in which the options are granted.
These welcomed changes to remove some potential administrative pitfalls will reduce the loss of the intended tax advantages which EMI offers. However, it is still important that companies monitor ongoing compliance with all the requirements to be qualified for EMI options.
If you would like more information on these changes, or the EMI scheme generally, please contact Martin Adams at email@example.com.
This insight was contributed to by Martin Adams – Corporate Tax Partner and Chi Duong – Corporate Tax Associate.
This article has been prepared for information purposes only. Formal professional advice is strongly recommended before making decisions on the topics discussed in this release. No responsibility for any loss to any person acting, or not acting, as a result of this release can be accepted by us, or any person affiliated with us.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – His Excellency, the Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio, J.C.D., Archbishop for the Military Services, USA (pictured at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, on Dec. 23, 2019), today issued the following message to the faithful on the escalation of tensions in the Middle East:
“Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
“Disturbing news continues to arrive from the Middle East. Having just returned from there, I know that those deployed recognize the danger and continue to fulfill the demands of their mission for the protection of the innocent and the pursuit of those who cause harm.
“Throughout the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, and, especially, here at the Edwin Cardinal O’Brien Pastoral Center we continue to pray for a just peace. In a special way those whose loved ones are currently deployed hold a special place in these prayers.
“Together let us invoke the Prince of Peace whose birth in Bethlehem we have just commemorated and beg protection and a safe return for all of those in harm’s way.
“We can welcome Pope Francis’ invitation at the Angelus yesterday: ‘in many parts of the world there is news of a terrible sense of tension. War only brings death and destruction. I call upon all sides to keep burning the flame of dialogue and self-control and to renounce the shadow of enmity.’ (Pope Francis, Post-Angelus, 5.I.20.)
Join me in praying that 2020 might be a year for peace.”
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Topic: Student Activities
Students and staff from Twain Elementary School in Wheeling are sending handmade valentines decorations to the inpatient ward at La Rabida Children’s Hospital in Chicago this week. Each classroom chose a child at La Rabida to be the recipient of their artwork as part of the schoolwide kindness project.
Rachel Kekstadt, Twain art teacher, organized the effort after seeing a local grocery store engaging in a similar project.
“Giving students authentic experiences, like creating artwork to make an impact in the lives of other children, makes learning more meaningful,” Kekstadt said. “Students love to create a product and share it with others.”
The artwork will be delivered Saturday, in time to brighten the halls of La Rabida for Valentine’s Day.


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Dutch Eyeworks acquires 45% of TV shingle Stormy
- CUATRO GOES DUTCH. Schreiber, Dominic // Daily Variety;8/17/2007, Vol. 296 Issue 34, p23
The article reports that Dutch television broadcasting company Eyeworks has acquired Argentina's Cuatro Cabezas, the production house behind the hit satirical news show "Caiga Quien Caiga." The deal follows the company's acquisition of Great Britain-based At It Productions. The acquisition will...
- SF Equity Eyes Zoom. Marino, Jonathan // Mergers & Acquisitions Report;9/13/2010, Vol. 23 Issue 37, p7
The article reports that San Francisco Equity Partners is acquiring California-based eyewear manufacturer Zoom Eyeworks in 2010.
- Reality titans tie the knot. Adalian, Josef // Daily Variety;9/25/2006, Vol. 292 Issue 58, p1
The article reports that Eyeworks is offering an eight-figure sum for production company 3 Ball Productions. Eyeworks is expected to take 50% stake in 3 Ball with its founders J. D. Roth and Todd Nelson as the major equity holders. Roth and Nelson will work in partnership to run 3 Ball with...
- Warner Bros. Sets $273 Mil Deal To Buy Eyeworks' International TV Operations. Littleton, Cynthia // Variety Movie Reviews;2/11/2014, p20
The article reports on the acquisition of the international production units of Netherlands-based Eyeworks by Warner Bros. Television Group, as of February 2014. The deal will give Warner Bros. Television access to 14 key territories across Europe, South America, Australia and New Zealand....
- Dutch group Eyes production house. Goodfellow, Melanie // Variety;9/11/2006, Vol. 404 Issue 4, p23
This article reports that Dutch television group Eyeworks has acquired production company Egmond Film & Television. Egmond will be fully incorporated into Eyeworks, and the new outfit will trade as Eyeworks Egmond. CEO Hans de Weer will remain onboard. Eyeworks CEO Reinout Oerlemans, who founded...
- Nana ya! // WWD: Women's Wear Daily;4/25/1997, Vol. 173 Issue 77, p12
Reports that popular female singer Nana Mouskori will start modelling for L.A. Eyeworks advertisements in June 1997.
- GE Acquires Infographic Systems. // SDM: Security Distributing & Marketing;Dec2002, Vol. 32 Issue 12, p19
Reports on the acquisition of Infographic Systems by General Electric Industrial Systems in Connecticut. Provision of electronic access control; Availability of video imaging; Improvement of electronic security.
- CLARIFICATION. // Bank Loan Report;4/19/2010, Vol. 25 Issue 16, p5
A correction to an article on the cancellation of merger agreement between Cedar Fair LP and Apollo Management LP that was published in the April 12, 2010 issue is presented.
- Pricing Update: ENA Sur Trust. Clouse, Carol J. // Private Placement Letter;8/22/2011, p1
The article reports that the acquisition of Panama's Corredor Sur and its operator, ICA Panama SA, will be funded by a 395 million dollars deal.

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Playing Minecraft on your Chromebook is straightforward, easy, and frankly some of the best fun you can have on a Chromebook. You’ll need to download and install it, but that shouldn’t take long — it’s not the biggest of games.
- Can your Chromebook run Minecraft?
- How to play Minecraft on your Chromebook
Want to start exploring a new blocky, voxel world on your Chromebook? Here’s how to get Minecraft up and running.
What You Need
A few dollars to buy Minecraft from the Play Store
Can your Chromebook run Minecraft?
Before we dive into the steps to install and run Minecraft on your Chromebook, we do need to check whether your Chromebook has the necessary hardware for the job. Just like a Windows gaming machine, if your Chromebook isn’t fast enough to run Minecraft, you won’t be able to play it locally — though streaming still remains an option in some cases.
The minimum system requirements to run Minecraft on Chrome OS are as follows:
- Operating System: ChromeOS 111
- System Architecture: 64-bit (x86_64, arm64-v8a)
- Processor: AMD A4-9120C, Intel Celeron N4000, Intel 3865U, Intel i3-7130U, Intel m3-8100Y, Mediatek Kompanio 500 (MT8183), Qualcomm SC7180 or better
- Memory: 4 GB RAM or more
- Storage: Minimum of 1 GB game installation, maps, and other files
If you technically meet these specifications, but you’d like performance to be better when you play, Microsoft has a guide to optimizing Minecraft for Chromebooks, here.
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How to play Minecraft on your Chromebook
To play Minecraft on your Chromebook, you’ll need to buy it through the play store, install it, and run it on your local machine. Here’s how to do it.
Step 1: Make sure your Chromebook is running the latest version of Chrome OS. Update it if necessary.
Step 2: Purchase Minecraft from the Play Store and install it.
If you are looking to set up Minecraft on school Chromebook for an official project of some kind, you can also look into downloading Minecraft Education edition for free.
Note: If you don’t see Minecraft as purchasable through the Play Store web store, try the native Play Store app on your Chromebook. If you still don’t see it, it might be because your device does not meet the minimum system requirements.
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Step 3: Run the game like you would any other Android application right from your Chromebook. This is a specific Minecraft Chromebook edition, so it should work as the Bedrock version of Minecraft you know and love.
You won’t be able to import your worlds or saves from other platforms, so you’ll have to start from scratch. But you’ll have access to Create mode and Survival mode, and you can play cross-platform with friends on Android, Windows, PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch.
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Ryan Swift Joyner is an assistant professor of sound design at Baylor University’s Department of Theatre Arts. He teaches courses focusing on the artistic and technical endeavors that affect everything a theatre audience experiences aurally. Ryan obtained his Master of Fine Arts in Lighting and Sound Design from California State University Fullerton as well as a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Baylor. As an alumnus of the department he now teaches within, he strives to empower current students with the most current knowledge and skills being used in the industry while continuing the legacy of the positive collaborative atmosphere that makes Baylor Theatre unique.
Ryan has provided sound designs for Romeo & Juliet produced by Penfold Theatre Company, Phoenix presented as part of the "Out of the Loop Fringe Festival" for WaterTower Theatre, and was Assistant Sound Designer for A Song at Twilight at the Pasadena Playhouse. A few of his favorite productions as sound designer have been A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Miss Saigon, Urinetown, and Hecuba.


HUMANOID robots will help the Mossman Youth Centre reach out to youngsters.
Douglas Shire Council has gifted two IPads and two Jimu robots to the centre to help close the digital literacy gap for indigenous students.
Mayor Julia Leu said this would help the youth centre run future robotic and coding sessions with local high school students.
“Our digital world is moving rapidly and Council is keen to ensure the Douglas Shire is moving with it,” she said.
“There is no doubt innovation and technology is the cornerstone of our future.
“This is a fabulous opportunity to explore the unbounded digital potential by building robots and problem solving techniques needed for coding.”
The IPads and robots were funded under the State Library of Queensland STEM I AM grant program.
The STEM I AM grant aims to help close the digital literacy gap by promoting activities that may increase STEM (science, technology, engineering & maths) engagements for indigenous students.
Mossman Youth Centre Development Coordinator Sara Harris said the gadgets would engage local kids in the exciting digital space.
“We have many young people come through our doors so we welcome any opportunity to teach them about technology and how it is changing,” she said.
“From our previous workshop in coding at the library, it was identified that our young people are very enthusiastic at taking on board changes and challenges.”


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As Bolivia’s political struggles intensify, the country’s indigenous filmmaking—which first made an impact in the 1960s—has been invigorated anew. It is currently producing some of the most exciting and innovative work in all of Latin America, as filmmakers fervently resist the otherwise-dominant commercial norms of the region’s conspicuously Caucasian-flavored, Spanish-language film and television programming. They have dared to explore race and identity issues with a confrontational frankness that has forced these debates to the surface and center of the national dialogue. Additionally, they’ve become a most vibrant chronicle and critique of globalization-related and U.S.-specific involvement in the Andes, from the ground up.
The Quechua and Aymara people, concentrated in the states of Potosí and La Paz, respectively, comprise Bolivia’s largest pueblos indígenas; their languages flourishes with literally millions of speakers each, sharing “official” status with Spanish. And yet, the void of mass media and educational materials produced in the mother tongues of its 60-plus percent majority is gaping. This void, however, is being ambitiously filled by a vanguard of visionary collectives from Aymara, Quechua, also Guaraní and the country’s 33 other pueblos, fomenting a new kind of revolution in Latin America—not with guns but through harnessing the newly accessible audio-visual production means of the digital age to give both voice and face to Bolivia’s long-silenced indigenous majority. Additionally, they could directly counter—or at the very least, balance—the tide of foreign-produced, “anthropological” documentaries which have attempted to present or dissect Bolivia’s pueblos indígenas, often without regard or respect for indigenous community protocols and cultural/intellectual property rights.
The seeds were sown as far back as the late 1960s, with the rise to prominence of Jorge Sanjinés, director of the groundbreaking Quechua-language production Yawar Mallku (Blood of the Condor, 1969), starring Reynaldo Yujra—the first certifiable Andean cinema idol (he also directs and produces). The film’s decidedly anti-imperialist bent shone through in its portrayal of Peace Corps workers, dramatizing an alleged Uncle Sam-initiated program to sterilize indigenous women without consent; it helped bring about the Corps’ expulsion and decades-long ban from Bolivia.
The efforts and output of indigenous producers and directors first achieved a national level of synchronization in 1996 under the country’s (indigenous—not government—founded) National Plan for Audiovisual Communication. Pivotal organizations such as CAIB (Indigenous Audiovisual Coordinator of Bolivia) founded by Jesús Tapia, CEFREC (Cinematography Education and Production Center) founded by Iván Sanjinés (son of Jorge Sanjinés), and CLACPI (Latin American Film and Video Council of the Indigenous Peoples) carried the torch by providing professional and aspiring indigenous film and video makers with education, training and practice, as well as distribution services for their finished works—including providing battery-powered video projectors to communities lacking electricity.
"It’s especially important to note the collective nature of this movement,” explains Amalia Córdova, Latin American coordinator for the Film and Video Center at the National Museum of the American Indian. “Each project involves an entire community, with members taking on a variety of audio-visual production responsibilities; sometimes doing the lighting, sometimes the camera work, other times directing or script writing—there’s no one individual with sole authorship or creative control.” Key works among the 100-plus produced thus far under the auspices of CEFREC and CAIB include: 1998’s award-winning Qati Qati (Whispers of Death), La Nación Clandestina (The Clandestine Nation) in 1989 and last year’s Aymaranakan Sarawinakapa (Traditional Aymara Democracy).
The profile of works by Bolivia’s pueblos indígenas is growing far beyond the Andes, especially through the support of the NMAI’s tri-annual Native American Film and Video Festival as well 2002’s touring Ojo del Condor/Eye of the Condor festival. These events have helped to bridge the continental and cultural divide, broadening the Bolivian film and video audience across North America in Native and non-Native communities. “It has been especially rewarding,” says Luna, “to have these opportunities to meet and share experiences with indigenous directors and producers from the United States—Navajo, Lakota and many others.”
Quechua director/writer Marcelina Cárdenas’ Llanthupi Munakuy (Loving Each Other In the Shadows), which has also screened in the U.S. via the African Diaspora Film Festival’s special Latin America program, is a rare dramatic feature produced entirely in the Quechua language (available with English/Spanish subtitles). The movie incorporates aspects of Andean myths to weave a dramatic saga of star-crossed young lovers in the director’s home state of Potosí. “The screenplay comes from specific historical information,” she explains, “presenting the myths and legends of our Quechua existence in a new form of storytelling.” Cárdenas began her communications career in community radio as a teenager. She fashioned herself into an outspoken voice of social justice, saving up to buy airtime from other stations in order to speak out for her community against corruption and the environmentally and socially devastating policies of the government and local institutions. “The authorities would confront me with guns, threatening to kill me unless I’d withhold my findings,” she says, noting that an outpouring of community letters and acclaim nevertheless reinforced her work. At the invitation of CEFREC, Cárdenas began to study video production. “I realized that through this medium my message would reach the community—especially women, who are often illiterate—in its most comprehendible form and additionally, to foster communication among and about all the 36 different pueblos indigenas.”
Patricio Luna’s Ángeles de la Tierra (Angels of the Earth), meanwhile, relates a tale about a young Aymara villager who leaves home for the first time to seek his long-lost brother in the city, only to find that the brother has invested his life and soul in a dominant culture that expresses disdain for indios. It tells the all-too common contemporary tale of the self-“deindigenization” required in order to join a mainstream Bolivian life and economy which still insists that indigenous must mean not only rural and materially poor, but also backward. Even a full-blooded Aymara can conceivably erase his identity by thwarting those presumed conventions—moving to the city, speaking only Spanish, etc.
Identity politics anywhere in Latin America can be challenging to dissect for U.S. residents. In Bolivia, it helps to know for example that, according to the CIA World Factbook, more than 85 percent of the population is of Amerindian extraction—non-white by U.S. (and, for comparison, South African apartheid-era) notions of whiteness requiring a “pure” European bloodline. Bolivia’s full-blooded Native population, which maintains a more “traditional” lifestyle primarily in rural villages and enclaves, exists as distinct and largely apart from mestizos—mixed-race Bolivians of Native and European descent. Like South Africa’s “coloured” population, mestizos comprise an altogether different category from the pueblos indigenas. They are seen as “de-indigenized Natives,” despite both groups’ shared Andean-origin story.
What began as a clash of civilizations—the Spaniards’ arrival in the territories of the Inca—remains so, centuries after both empires have long gone. The colonial mindset prevails in modern times, for example through Bolivia’s Agrarian Reform Law of 1953. Its purpose was to force the cultural, linguistic and physical assimilation of the country’s indigenous peoples into the dominant, capitalist model; breaking up their collectively-held land bases and thereby destabilizing—if not immediately dismantling —each group’s autonomous, sustainable existence.
“ The system gives no importance to us, to our culture, which it sees as being non-conducive to the Western idea of ‘getting ahead,’” says film/video maker Patricio Luna. He notes with clear frustration organized Christianity’s role in this process. “We are the target for many churches and their evangelists who come to our indigenous communities, not in a spirit of equality, recognizing there are many things we could teach them, but to bombard us with their own ways and beliefs—refusing even to acknowledge that we Aymara have our own beliefs which are important to us.”
Luna was cameraman for K’anchariy, the piercing Reynaldo Yujra-directed documentary about the Kallawayas—Aymara spiritual leaders of the Chari community of La Paz. Significantly, the work also confronts the interference and denigration they have experienced from career-Christians. For some of these evangelicals, however, K’anchariy has provoked an opposite response. “After viewing it themselves, some feel even more convinced that we need ‘evangelizing,’” Luna explains, noting that any display at all of traditional religious practices, on film or throughout the community, is pronounced heathen by the churches.
Coca, meanwhile—Andean peoples’ most culturally and spiritually important crop, first made into cocaine by a German scientist—has brought the United States into Bolivia’s tumultuous political process, via “the drug war.” It is not the Pablo Escobar-style cocaine-cowboys who bear the brunt of this policy, however, but indigenous farmers who find their traditional crops destroyed by airborne chemical assaults—with neither viable alternative crops nor economic resources to replace their livelihoods. The seeds of Bolivia’s unrest, therefore, have many sources. Throughout recent years, the pueblos indígenas have become increasingly politicized, organizing huge protest actions from mass marches to regional road blockades.
The cauldron approached boiling when former President Gonzalo Lozada bargained with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to radically restructure the Bolivian economy, in exchange for increased aid. The effects of his crushing 12 percent income tax increase, privatization of the national water system (such that H2O became unaffordable to the lowest-income Bolivians), large scale ceding of mining and timber rights on indigenous-held lands to U.S. and multinational conglomerates, not to mention a proposed pipeline to export Bolivia’s natural gas to the United States and the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas—have all wrought the resistance of indigenous and non-indigenous social movements throughout Bolivia. At the boiling point, the collective culmination of popular and pro-indigenous movements—led by Aymara congressman, MAS leader and former coca farmer Evo Morales—finally succeeded in ousting Lozada on October 17, 2003.
As they continue to demand greater representation in the national political process, indigenous Bolivians have discovered the key is producing their own audio-visual media—from news reports to music videos to dramatic features. They realize this makes their languages and cultures just as alive and relevant in the national discourse. “Originally, I was presenting my works on indigenous themes for our Quechua communities only, but now,” notes Cárdenas, “they are being viewed and discussed among all peoples, not only the pueblos indígenas but the Mestizos, too. Those of the middle and upper classes are also joining in the dialogue.”
As of December 17, 2003, indigenous media makers have had an official on-air slot on Bolivia’s nationally broadcast Channel 7 to present their own programming each week. Entre Culturas, their flagship “edutainment” program, offers everything from Quechua music videos to history lessons on Amazon-based tribes to Aymara-language cartoons.
Patricio Luna describes the next level of progress for indigenous film and video. “[CAIB and CEFREC] are now building our own networks, our own factories, our centers of production, so we can best disseminate our own counterpropaganda,” he explains, with palpable pride
“ Through our films, our videos, the pueblos indígenas of Bolivia will be heard. ”

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Pulsar 590: How to Pair with the Anycom 200/250 Bluetooth USB Adapter
How do I pair the Pulsar 590 with the Anycom 200/250 Bluetooth USB adapter?
Configure the PC Bluetooth:
- If the Bluetooth icon in the System Tray is red, then you need to start the Bluetooth dongle. Right-click the icon and then click Start the Bluetooth Device.
- When the Bluetooth icon in the System Tray is white, right-click the icon and then click Bluetooth Setup Wizard.
- In the Bluetooth Setup Wizard, select "I know the service I want to use...", and then click Next.
- On the Bluetooth Service Selection screen, select "Headset," and then click Next.
- Put the Pulsar 590 into pairing mode.
- Select "Show audio devices" from the drop-down list to limit your search to just audio devices (you won't see other types of Bluetooth devices). The system will search for your headset.
- Select "590Plantronics" and then click Next.
- In the Bluetooth Passkey box, enter the passkey of "0000" (four zeros), and then click Pair Now.
- Click Finish. A message box appears telling you that a Bluetooth High-Quality Audio connection has been created.
- Click OK. The Bluetooth icon in the System tray should now be green, meaning that there is a Bluetooth connection.
- Double-click the Bluetooth to view your connection.
- In My Bluetooth Places, right-click the 590Plantronics, and then click Disconnect.
- Open your media player and start streaming music
- In My Bluetooth Places, right-click the 590Plantronics again, and then click Connect.


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This specific class, “Tacos and Table Salsas y Margaritas” was inspired by the cooking styles and recipes that dominated Jona’s childhood. Growing up in Mexico, Jona was exposed to a multitude of ingredients and unique flavors that he brings into his recipes at Cooked.
A couple weeks back I was fortunate enough to swap my screens for the sand. The local Chicago workout community, aSweatLife, hosted their monthly #TrainersConnect event at North Avenue beach, and I was stoked.
Sharecare’s research got us thinking about what we could learn with our own data here at Cooked. After all, we provide fully prepared meals to thousands of people throughout the midwest and eastern United States every year. We reviewed order information across some of our top volume states from January 1st, 2019 to July 31, 2019.
Our juice cleanse provides a total of 18 juices, which allows for 6 different juices each day. Here is what my daily (more or less) juice schedule looked like over the three days, and which juices I came to call my favorites.

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Madrid, for second consecutive year is hosting the 9th edition of CULTOURFAIR, the only international B2B high-end cultural tourism trade show, opened its doors on October 3rd at the Hotel Princesa Plaza, venue of the event.
The inauguration of the event was held on Sunday, October 2nd, with a welcome reception offered by the newly opened and brand new Hotel Thompson Madrid.
The general director of tourism of the "Comunidad de Madrid", Mr. Luis Martín, together with the general director of the Hotel Thompson, Mr. Carlos Erburu, and Ms. Charo Trabado, CEO of MITM Events, welcomed the more than 100 participants hailing from 23 countries.
On October 3rd, a press conference was held, chaired by Ms. Charo Trabado, CEO of MITM Events, who was accompanied by Ms. Carolina Toledo, Deputy Director General of Tourism of the "Comunidad de Madrid", Mr. Christophe Berger, Director of VisitMalta Incentives & Meetings of the Malta Tourist Office and Mr. Francisco Fuentes Santamaría, Head of Service, Consumption, and Promotion of the Valladolid Provincial Council.
During the press conference at the event venue on the morning of Monday, October 3rd, Charo Trabado, CEO of MITM Events, assured that "For this edition of CULTOURFAIR, once again and with the aim of strengthening the projection of previous years, a worldwide promotional campaign has been carried out in 150 countries directly and through our high-impact media partners."
During her speech, the Deputy Director General of Tourism of the "Comunidad de Madrid", Carolina Toledo "we have already fully recovered international tourism. 3.3 million international tourists have visited the Comunidad de Madrid so far this year." He also thanked Ms. Charo Trabado for holding CULTOURFAIR in Madrid and the success of the event for the second consecutive year.
Mr. Christophe Berger, director of Visit Malta Incentives & Meetings, stated that "In recent years we have worked very hard to increase connectivity between the two countries. In fact, 2019 was a year of maximum connectivity. We had direct connections from most regions of Spain and had a record number of 116,296 visitors. We are very pleased to participate in CULTOURFAIR as a Guest Destination, it is a good opportunity to show the great cultural wealth that Malta has."
The presentation ceremony ended with the words of Mr. Francisco Fuentes Santamarta, head of Service, Consumption, and Promotion of the Valladolid Provincial Council, stated that "wine is culture, and Valladolid is wine. Valladolid has five designations of origin and is home to an important oenological and cultural offer, as well as many luxurious hotels and venues."
CULTOURFAIR aims to position high standing cultural tourism and for this it has selected 50 specialized buyers from more than 300 registered companies from 48 countries, organizers of: luxury trips, events (sports, musical, wine, gourmet, etc.), MICE, city-breaks, heritage, gastronomy, folklore, religious, etc. All of them executives with decision-making power.
During the two intense days of the event, around 2,000 business meetings were held that will have an estimated medium and long-term economic impact of more than 200 million euros. The event has the support of the "Comunidad de Madrid", which, thanks to the effort and continuous synergies that have been created, has already become a true bastion of cultural tourism. This 9th edition of CULTOURFAIR has Malta as Guest Destination; The Maltese archipelago, located in the heart of the Mediterranean and formed by the islands of Malta, Gozo and Comino, which has an incalculable cultural wealth, takes advantage of the ideal setting to show the cultural tourism sector its virtues.
CULTOURFAIR has the support and sponsorship of leading tourism companies: Hotel Princesa Plaza, Hotel Thompson Madrid, Hotel Intercontinental, Hotel VP Plaza de España, Heritage Malta, Golden Mile of Wine – Province of Valladolid, GoldDriving, Club of Course, AIBG , IBEA, Essential Flamenco, Excelencias Group, Iberia Express, Zamora City Council and Promotion of tourism on the island of Ibiza.


The Alpine A290 is set to kickstart the French firm's push into the mainstream market next year with an electric hot hatch based on the Renault 5.
Previewed here in ‘Beta’ concept form, it promises to be a more usable accompaniment to the widely-acclaimed – but highly impractical – A110, without compromising its sporting character.
Although the A290 Beta features an FIA-approved racing chassis and two motors mounted on the front axle, the production car will share the 5’s CMF-BEV platform. Renault has already touted the dynamic potential of the architecture, which mounts the battery pack under the car to lower its centre of mass and improve handling. It also features Independent multi-link suspension features at the rear.
Alpine has further fettled the platform to ensure it’s playful at low speeds and becomes more stable with acceleration. “The main thing is agility,” said design director Antony Villain. “And we know when we switched to EV, we have heavy batteries, but we want to find exactly the same driving philosophy: agility and pure pleasure.”
To this end, Alpine has added hydraulic bump-stops to the Renault 5’s suspension set-up, improving the A290’s ride and enhancing handling adjustability. Similarly, the torque vectoring on the production car’s single front motor has been set up to simulate a mechanical differential, boosting stability under braking and traction as you accelerate out of a corner.
The A290’s short wheelbase and wide track – the whole car measures 4.05m long and 1.85m across – make it inherently stable and agile, according to product boss Charlie Biardeau.
He added that A290 uses the same four-piston brakes as the A110, albeit tuned to blend naturally with the regeneration of the production car’s single front motor.
Biardeau explained Alpine is targeting a feeling of “transparency” through the brake pedal, with various strengths of regeneration. These may include a ‘one-pedal’ drive mode, maximising the motor braking so you can drive the car solely on the accelerator pedal – a boon in urban traffic jams.


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Big news this morning as Disney is revealing details about Walt Disney World’s 50th Anniversary! We previously shared a new nighttime spectacular called “Disney Enchantment” is coming to Magic Kingdom on October 1. Now, we’re learning the debut date for the highly anticipated “Harmonious” debuting at EPCOT!
As shared by Disney: “Joining “Disney Enchantment” on Oct. 1 will be “Harmonious” at EPCOT, one of the largest nighttime spectaculars ever created for a Disney park. This new show will bring the globe together at World Showcase Lagoon in a celebration of Disney music that inspires people worldwide. It’s a grand, powerful tribute to the stories and songs that unite us, embracing new technical magic that incorporates pyrotechnics, choreographed moving fountains, lighting and media in new ways. “Harmonious” will invite you to travel the globe through new interpretations of classic Disney songs as you’ve never heard them before, reimagined in more than a dozen languages by a diverse group of 240 artists from around the world.”
We’ll keep you posted as we learn more about this breaking news!


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Description: Buckwell Farmhouse
Date Listed: 30 January 1967
English Heritage Building ID: 171446
OS Grid Reference: TR1905763058
OS Grid Coordinates: 619057, 163058
Latitude/Longitude: 51.3244, 1.1427
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5273 STURRY HOATH ROAD
TR 16 SE 4/584 30.1.67
Circa 1800. Two storeys red brick. Hipped tiled roof with wooden eaves bracket
cornice in front, probably added and brick modillion eavee cornice at sides.
Three sashes with glazing bars intact. Doorcase with engaged columns, deep
entablature and projecting cornice.
Listing NGR: TR1798661966
Source: English Heritage
Listed building text is © Crown Copyright. Reproduced under licence.

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Obama Reverses Global Gag Rule
Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email.
Barack Obama's doing a lot of a good in his first days in office, and this is no different:
President Obama signed an executive order Friday striking down a rule prohibiting U.S. money from funding international family-planning groups that promote abortion or provide information, counseling or referrals about abortion services.
The order comes the day after the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion in the United States.
It reverses the "Mexico City policy," initiated by President Reagan in 1984, canceled by President Clinton and reinstated by President George W. Bush in 2001.
The policy, referred to by critics as "the global gag rule," was initially announced at a population conference in Mexico City.
This kind of stuff makes me optimistic ... hesitantly optimistic ... but optimistic nonetheless.


Hi - I have recently been struggling with my WLAN connection after I have restarted the system. The WLAN I have at home doesn't show up on the availble networks list. I connected to the LAN and at the same time the WLAN shows up again. I'm running an Acer Travelmate 2304WLMi. I appears as if for some odd reason my WLAN connection does not automatically get on as it has done for the past 20 months I've been using the system. I found on thread: "TechSpot OpenBoards > Hardware & Tweaking > Storage & Networking > Wireless Lan Card Cant Detect Network " a good workaround to my problem but I still lack an explanation to what goes wrong. The problem is: The WLAN power goes to "Off" when (re)starting the system. The solution is: To use Acer's ePowermanagement and simply turn "On" the Wireless LAN power. Can anyone give me a hint to what I should do to revent the power on my WLAN card to go "Off" and cause this problem.


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Yesterday I sat down and got to work on three cards that I needed. I pulled out an older slab of "My Mind's Eye" paper and got started. I needed to make a card for a 3 year old, a 12 year old and a brand-new baby!
For card #1, I kept it simple since it was for the 3 year old (pictured to the right). I knew that I would be using "Just the Ticket" from PTI because the invitation that my son got for the 12 year old's party, was in the shape of a ticket. Of course you all know how much I love to follow a theme. So...I decided to use the same supplies on all three cards. I'm a little bit obsessed with the ticket stamp set lately anyway, if you haven't noticed. I also paired it with the PTI star set as well.
When I first bought "Just the Ticket" I couldn't figure out why I didn't like what I was making and how things were turning out until I realized that I was trying to stamp it all onto white paper. If you look at any kind of ticket like this, they are all printed onto colored paper; usually pink, blue or brown. Since I have been doing it like this, I have really liked the results. The finishing touch is a die-cut ric-rac border and a bit of baker's twine.
Card #2 is very similar to card #1 so I won't go into much detail. In fact, it is very similar to the St. Patrick's day card I made a few posts down.
I did stamp a few black stars at the bottom and then added a bit of glossy crackle accent glue to each of the three circles.
Card #3 is just a tiny little card. I needed something simple and quick to tuck into a baby gift. I was kindof "done" making cards at this point, especially since I was trying to do it off the kitchen table which meant making it in my bedroom so I had stuff strewn all over my bed. All I really wanted to do was go to bed, which wasn't an option at that point.Again, pretty straightforward, but it is kind of fun to see how easy it is to change the look and still use the same stamp set. Of course, this particular card uses all of the same elements as the others, but they really do make it feel different. I still have some other projects that I have made but haven't share yet, so stay tuned. Thanks for fluttering by!
P.S. I hope you are all enjoying the arrival of spring. I know I am.

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This is the traditional Western and Middle Eastern “Cradle of Civilization." It includes the Fertile Crescent, with the Nile River valley to the west and extending east down the Tigris and Euphrates river valleys to the Persian Gulf. The Cradle of Civilization map packs are Firaxis-designed maps of real-world locations.
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The Indus River valley was home to the early Harappan civilization while the Yellow River valley in China saw the rise of the earliest Chinese dynasties. Both these regions are included on the same map.
The Cradle of Civilization map packs are Firaxis-designed maps of real-world locations. You can play random leaders in these settings, or choose leaders appropriate to the history of these areas. The maps can also be opened up in World Builder, where you can even create specific scenarios.
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Category: Locksmiths Category: Locksmiths
Address: 7200 The Quorum, Oxford Business Park North, Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 2JZ
Landline: 01865 4...
Thames Valley Lock and Safe offer a 24 Hour Emergency Locksmith Service for commercial and residential properties.
Whether you are locked out of your home or commercial premises we can help! We cover Oxfordshire, Cotswolds and surrounding areas in the Thames Valley. Offering a full key cutting service, mobile key cutting and keys to code.
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To provide residents with a more flexible option when it comes to disposal of bulky items, the City of Liberty and Republic Services offer a pick-your-own-time bulky item pick up schedule.
Appointments are required! To schedule a collection day, fill out this online form. Republic Services typically schedules bulk item pickups on Thursdays for confirmed appointments.
If you don't see an email confirmation from Republic Services within a couple days of submitting your form, be sure to double check your spam folder. If you don't have a confirmation email in your span folder, call 816-439-4503.
Residents can put out up to 4 cubic yards at the curb or roadway by 7 a.m. on your confirmed appointment day. This can be in many shapes and sizes but equates to 4’ x 4’ x 4’ or 4’ x 6.5’ x 4.5’.
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Yisrael Beytenu Chairman Avigdor Lieberman went on a tirade against the Israeli media on Thursday, saying he was unfairly treated in the wake of recent developments in the corruption case against him.
Lieberman was under investigation for over a decade on allegations of financial impropriety. Last week, Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein announced that the main case against Lieberman would be closed, due to lack of sufficient evidence, but that he would indict Lieberman in a secondary case involving the suspected exchange of confidential investigation material for a promotion. The indictment included charges of breach of trust and fraud, prompting Lieberman to resign from the position of foreign minister.
After delivering a speech at the Israel Association of Entrepreneurs conference in Tel Aviv, the former foreign minister was asked by a member of the audience to comment on the "media persecution" he was subjected to. "In Israel, the most basic rule is that you must not succeed; if you succeed, it means you are guilty," Lieberman lamented, referring to those in the media who have criticized him since he was indicted.
According to the indictment, in 2009 then-Foreign Minister Lieberman promoted former Ambassador to Belarus Ze'ev Ben Aryeh after the latter disclosed sensitive information on the investigation being conducted against him. Despite the damning allegations, the indictment was a far cry from the original draft indictment from about a year ago, which included allegations of money laundering, witness tampering and other counts of fraud and breach of trust.
Following Weinstein's announcement, Lieberman said he was largely vindicated, and denied playing any role in Ben Aryeh's promotion. He also stressed that he had not asked Ben Aryeh to provide him with the sensitive details pertaining to the investigation. Lieberman resigned from the cabinet, saying he wished to have a quick trial that would prove his innocence.
Lieberman hinted Thursday that some members of the Israeli media had rendered a guilty sentence before his trial had even begun and refused to accept that a major part of the indictment was eventually watered down to include only the lesser allegations. "My message, which can apply for any trade — including politics and entrepreneurship — that if you want to succeed, have no fear."
"Channel 10 is blackmailing me and is applying unreasonable pressure on the law enforcement officials who are in charge of my case," Lieberman alleged, referring to the channel's legal correspondent Baruch Kra, who said the allegations in the indictment were damning despite having said the opposite in the early stages of the investigation.
"He [Kra] said in 2010 that if all that's left in the Lieberman case was the so-called ambassador affair he would be the first to say that the charges should be dropped." Lieberman said. He went on to say that Kra had reneged on that promise. "When that happened, when the big case against me was closed he continued to attack all those involved in the case, using blunt threats," Lieberman said.
Lieberman also criticized Yedioth Ahronoth veteran correspondent Nahum Barnea after the latter suggested Lieberman orchestrated the re-appointment of Danny Ayalon as deputy foreign minister (his job was terminated automatically when Lieberman stepped down as minister earlier this week) because Ayalon would make ministry officials speak favorably about Lieberman when the police summon them for questioning (over Lieberman's role in the ambassador affair).
"A respected journalist, who is an indefatigable liar, Nahum Barnea, said in an article two days ago that Danny Ayalon got the boot as deputy foreign minister, and then when the police said they would summon the Foreign Ministry Staffing Committee employees for questioning he was reinstated," Lieberman said. "Barnea wrote this to imply that if Ayalon was fired and then re-appointed his testimony would be distorted in my favor," he continued, before stating that "Ayalon was not fired, he is simply not part of our Knesset candidate list [for the upcoming elections]."
Lieberman also criticized Barnea's reporting on the former's visit to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, during which the former minister's security detail was allegedly rude to a university guard who was from Ethiopian descent and pushed him aggressively. "I would be very happy if Barnea sues me for defamation and for destroying his good name because then the courts, not just myself, would call him the biggest liar in the Israeli press."
Barnea declined a request to comment on Lieberman's accusations.
Channel 10's Kra reacted to Lieberman's accusations on Thursday, saying that "all the news we have reported on Lieberman has been fact checked and confirmed; we would appreciate it if Lieberman could focus his reaction on actual content rather than just floating conspiracy theories."
"We understand that he is disappointed by our unfearful reporting, but that's how things are done in a democracy, and there is nothing he can do about it," he said.
Channel 10 reported that the police have already begun questioning the Foreign Ministry's staffing committee this week, as they said they would do.


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Alkyl group is 1 hydrogen less than the parent hydrcabon example methane is CH4 and methyl is CH3. So general formula of alkyl will be Cn H2n +1 for alkanes Cn H2n +2 and in naming yl will replace ane.
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Hundreds of people from hospitals, universities, and industry gathered today at Harvard Medical School to discuss the transformative power of health care’s latest buzzword, “personalized medicine.” But the day began on a combative note.
In a keynote talk at the Personalized Medicine Conference, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, an oncologist who previously served as a health policy adviser to the Obama administration, called personalized medicine hype, a myth, and unaffordable.
Emanuel, who conceded this wasn’t his area of expertise, argued that medicine’s goal has always been to better target therapies, whether it is choosing the drug to treat a patient’s specific infection or making a decision about how to treat a cancer patient based on the characteristics of their disease. He showed a slide with his own back of the envelope analysis of a single genetic test to support his argument that personalized medicine isn’t significantly extending life and “ain’t saving a dime.”
“If that’s all it means, big deal. Ho hum. Targeting is nothing new,” Emanuel said. “I don’t think that’s a revolution.”
Emanuel’s comments spurred lively discussion and disagreement, as well as evidence that contradicted his arguments, such as a 2009 study that showed using a genetic test to target a colon cancer treatment would reduce health care costs.
“I disagree completely with Zeke Emanuel,” said Dr. John Mendelsohn, past president of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, who discussed that center’s expanding efforts in identifying the genetic fingerprints of tumors and targeting treatments.
Dr. John Niederhuber, executive vice president of Inova Health System in Falls Church, Va. said that he agreeed with one key point of Emanuel’s talk: that personalized medicine was being overhyped, potentially giving patients false hope before the science is ready.
Despite the disagreements, when Emanuel polled the audience about what would be likely to have a larger impact on longevity and reduce medical costs, the audience overwhelmingly voted not for genetic tests or personalized treatments, but for cutting calories, smoking, and other behavioral changes.
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According to Virginia Zoo officials, first-time mother Hitam delivered sometime late Sunday night, August 20, or early Monday morning, and the new baby was discovered clinging to her stomach Monday morning, August 21, by zookeepers.
Hitam came to the Virginia Zoo from the San Diego Zoo, while the father, Bali, came from Howletts Wild Animal Park in England. The baby’s sex has yet to be determined.
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