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The private guards who patrol San Francisco's public housing projects were supposed to help the police. Hired last year under a $1 million contract, armed guards from the security firm Personal Protective Services were charged with maintaining order, preventing trespassers and serving as the eyes and ears of the police in several of the city's most dangerous housing projects. According to the Housing Authority, the guards have fulfilled their mission well, with certain crimes dropping by as much as 60 percent in some communities.The Authority has renewed the firm's contracts through 2000.
But less than a year into the contract, the police have emerged as PPS's most vocal critics, accusing the firm of hiring convicted criminals, using excessive force against residents and supplying uniforms too similar to the cops' traditional blue. "These guys are using tactics I wouldn't allow my people to use," San Francisco Police Capt. George Stasko told the San Francisco Chronicle in July. "They are out there doing what they shouldn't be doing." PPS counters the criticism by pointing to the reductions in crime, suggesting that perhaps the police are primarily concerned with protecting their turf -- and their paychecks. "I know that there is a flavor of that involved in the whole thing," comments PPS Vice President Larry Treat.
Residents are divided. While some applaud the private security force's vigilance, others criticize it for excessive force and potential violations. of civil rights. PPS, originally touted as the solution to the projects' crime problem, is now the target of a federal civil rights probe, a criminal investigation, a licensing review by the state's security oversight bureau and several civil lawsuits seeking damages for beatings, threats and other alleged brutal tactics. While PPS has publicly denied most of the charges, the sheer depth of the firm's legal quagmire indicates that bringing private security into the public sector, in this case at least, may be causing more problems than it solves.
While most cities still rely on public police for public housing security, San Francisco's experiment -- and subsequent struggles -- can tell us much about the future of policing in the United States. As privatization sweeps law enforcement, with security guards assuming many of the duties once considered the exclusive property of the police, the line between public and private police is growing increasingly thin -- and the tensions between them are rising. While security guards still ornament the entrances to supermarkets and office buildings, they have also begun to patrol train stations, airports, government buildings, jails and prisons, even entire communities.
The swift growth of semi-private "business improvement districts" in this decade has helped to place thousands of security guards into public spaces and onto the downtown streets of most major cities. While few security guards possess arrest powers, some now have the right to make trespass arrests, issue traffic citations or access confidential information. Last spring, for instance, the federal government shut down its Office of Personnel Management, which conducted background checks on federal employees, and transformed the organization into a private company. The new firm, U.S. Investigations Services Inc., performs the same duties as its predecessor and receives the same access to criminal and government files.
Already, according to conservative estimates, private security employees in the United States outnumber public police by a margin of 3-1, and the federal government is one of the industry's largest employers. In 1996, Americans spent upwards of $90 billion on private security -- compared to $40 billion for local, state and federal law enforcement combined. With the security industry -- like many other law-and-order businesses -- expected to grow at a clip of 10 percent a year for at least the next decade, the scope and character of law enforcement will be increasingly determined not by public decisionmakers but by the corporations and private citizens who run, staff and hire private security firms.
Bill Cunningham, author of the Hallcrest Report, a 1990 survey of the security industry, sees the trend as virtually unstoppable. "Upwards of 80 percent [of police work] is non-crime, non-emergency," he explained in an interview. "You'd be amazed. There's virtually nothing that the security field can't do if the ground rules and the specifications are laid out."
The problem is that the ground rules are far from clear. While private security has penetrated the public realm, the opposite has yet to happen. For all of its astounding growth and billions in cash flow, the security industry remains virtually unregulated. Private security officers are subject to none of the constraints, like Miranda warnings and Fourth Amendment search and seizure proscriptions, that are designed to protect individual civil rights in the public sphere. Some security advocates view this as an advantage, arguing that security guards can detain and question suspicious-looking characters more effectively than can the public police.
"Private security is not held by the penal code, thus we don't need to follow police guidelines," Stanley Teets explained in an interview last January. Teets owns the currently beleaguered PPS, under fire for its activities in the San Francisco housing projects. "We can approach you and ask you why you're there. We can detain you in order to determine if you have a reason to be there. Police cannot do that."
Civil rights advocates point out that this supposed "advantage" contains enormous potential for abuse. "What they claim is their virtue is also the dilemma for communities that are the subjects of that kind of behavior," says Gen Fugioka, a staff attorney at the Asian Law Caucus in San Francisco, which has worked with alleged victims of PPS's zealousness. "We're really talking about essentially an unregulated industry with people carrying sidearms and nightsticks enforcing their version of justice. It's obviously a problem."
Fugioka says that he has heard complaints from residents ranging from beatings to lengthy, unnecessary detainments. But even these residents, he adds, have mixed feelings about PPS. "They feel torn by the dilemma. They want safety, they want security. But the cost they're having to pay is having to sacrifice some of their rights."
Perhaps the most immediate concern of security industry critics is the lack of screening and training of would-be guards, especially the 5 to 10 percent who carry guns. Yulonda Sullivan learned about this problem firsthand, when a uniformed security guard patrolling a Seattle pier shot and killed her husband last year. At first, Sullivan thought that the man, who wore a badge and carried a gun, was a police officer. He turned out to be a $7-an-hour security guard carrying a 9mm handgun on his first day on the job. He had no security license and had received no training from his employer, Risk Management.
While fatal cases like Sullivan's husband are relatively rare in the industry, lapses in screening and training remain one of the most intractable problems of private security. "Allegations of poor personnel selection practices, little or no training, inadequate supervision, excessive turnover, abuses of authority, and increasing false alarms have surrounded the field of private security for at least two decades," Cunningham wrote in the Hallcrest Report. "Despite the expressed and obvious need, standards or controls for this industry have been slow to develop."
In San Francisco, a police investigation uncovered three PPS guards with past criminal convictions on firearms and misdemeanor battery charges. After the police tried to disarm the guards, the California Bureau of Security and Investigative Services ruled that the guards could continue to carry their weapons since they had completed a required training course, according to the Chronicle. The Bureau is currently conducting a licensing review of PPS as a whole, based on "complaints filed by the police department," says Bureau spokesman Jay Van Rein.
Police often cite the lack of standards and training in the security industry as an argument against privatizing even low-level police work. Security guards may be cheaper, they point out, but you get what you pay for. Many security advocates respond that police criticism is often motivated by pure competitive greed, as security guards begin to encroach on police paychecks as well as police duties. Ron Sonenshine, a spokesman for the San Francisco Housing Authority, suspects that much of the criticism of PPS comes as a direct result of just such a turf war. "I think in the long haul the outcome [of hiring PPS] is probably less expensive for the city because you don't pay police overtime, you don't pay police salaries, you don't have to deal with police unions -- and that's probably why some members of the police department are upset." The San Francisco Police Department did not return calls seeking comment.
In other cities, the source of contention between police and private security lies in the private rather than the public sector. Off-duty security gigs can be one of the most lucrative perks of an officer's badge and, in some cases, police are tempted to use their public power to intimidate private firms. Former New York Police Commissioner William Bratton sees an even more insidious problem in the competition between police and private security guards. "Some cops [see] their primary job as their secondary job," says Bratton, who now heads the private security company CARCO. "The idea [is] that after my tour of duty, I'm going to be going on to my private employment, so I don't want to make an arrest in the last couple of hours. So many cops, their real job is the paid detail. The policing? That's their pension job."
Despite the resistance of some police to the encroachment of private security, the transfer of police work to private security firms will continue to expand whether the police like it or not, according to analyst Cunningham. "There's been a recognition in the past 10 or 15 years by police executives that the security world is here and it's here to stay and it's growing. You can either get on the train and ride it, or you can stand in front of it and get rolled over."
PPS owner Teets couldn't agree more. "Do I think [policing is] going to go to the private sector more and more?" he said last January. "Yes. Do I think the government is going to supply the money for that? Yes. Do I think that's going to happen soon? Yes, I do."


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In addition, the subclavian vein courses horizontally across the anterior scalene, whereas the phrenic nerve descends vertically on the anterior scalene. The deep cervical muscles are located posteriorly on the neck and are part of the erector spinae and transversospinalis muscles. As such, they are innervated by the dorsal primary rami. The suprahyoid muscles i. These muscles raise the hyoid bone during swallowing because the mandible is stabilized. Digastric muscle.
Has two bellies connected by a central tendon, which is attached to the hyoid bone. The posterior belly arises from the mastoid process, whereas the anterior belly arises from the mandible. Because of the two bellies, the digastric muscle can raise the hyoid bone or open the mouth. The digastric muscle originates embryologically from both the first and second pharyngeal arches; as such, it has a dual innervation [the anterior belly from the mandibular branch of the trigeminal nerve CN V-3 and the posterior belly from CN VII].
Stylohyoid muscle. Attaches from the styloid process, bifurcates around the posterior belly of the digastric muscle, and inserts on the hyoid bone. Mylohyoid muscle. Located superiorly to the anterior belly of the digastric muscle and forms the floor of the mouth. The mylohyoid muscle elevates the floor of the mouth and is innervated by CN V Geniohyoid muscle. Located superiorly to the mylohyoid muscle. The geniohyoid muscle elevates the hyoid bone and is innervated by the cervical plexus C1 not shown in the illustration.
Lateral view of the floor of the mouth, highlighting the suprahyoid muscles the geniohyoid muscle is not shown. Anterior view of a step dissection, highlighting the infrahyoid muscles. The infrahyoid muscles include four pairs of muscles that are located within the muscular layer of the pretracheal fascia, inferior to the hyoid bone hence the name Figure B. Each muscle is innervated by the ansa cervicalis from the cervical plexus ventral rami C1—C3.
Collectively, these muscles function to depress the hyoid bone and larynx during swallowing and speaking. They receive their names according to their attachments. Sternothyroid muscle. Sternum and thyroid cartilage. Sternohyoid muscle. Sternum and hyoid bone. Thyrohyoid muscle. Thyroid cartilage and hyoid bone.
Omohyoid muscle. Has two bellies. The subclavian and common carotid arteries and their associated branches provide most of the blood supply to the head and neck. The external and anterior jugular veins are the principal venous return for the neck, and the internal jugular vein provides venous return for the head. The subclavian arteries branch from the brachiocephalic artery on the right side and directly from the aortic arch on the left side Figure A.
The subclavian arteries course between the anterior and middle scalene muscles, where each becomes the axillary artery at the lateral edge of the first rib. Branches of the subclavian artery are as follows:. Vertebral artery. Arises from the first part of the subclavian artery and ascends between the anterior scalene and the longus coli muscles, through the transverse foramina of C6 to C1. At the superior border of C1, the vertebral artery turns medially and crosses the posterior arch of C1, through the foramen magnum en route to the brain.
Thyrocervical trunk. A short trunk that arises from the first part of the subclavian artery. Branches of the thyrocervical trunk are the suprascapular, transverse cervical , and inferior thyroid arteries. The principal arteries of the head and neck.
The principal venous drainage of the head and neck. The common carotid artery branches from the brachiocephalic artery on the right side and directly from the aortic arch on the left side. The common carotid artery ascends within the carotid sheath, along with the internal jugular vein and the vagus nerve Figure A.
The common carotid artery bifurcates at the upper border of the thyroid cartilage into an internal and an external carotid artery. The internal carotid artery gives off no branches in the neck, but within the skull it provides vascular supply to the anterior and middle regions of the brain, the orbit and the scalp. The external carotid artery supplies the neck and face through the following branches :. Superior thyroid artery.
Arises at the level of the hyoid bone and supplies the larynx and the thyroid gland. Lingual artery. Courses deep to the hyoglossus muscle, becoming the principal blood supply to the tongue. Facial artery. Ascends deep to the posterior belly of the digastric and stylohyoid muscles and the submandibular gland, where the facial artery hooks around the mandible along the anterior border of the masseter muscle.
The facial artery contributes to the blood supply to the face. Ascending pharyngeal artery. Arises from the posterior surface of the external carotid artery and ascends to provide vascular supply to the pharynx and the palatine tonsils. Occipital artery.
Courses posteriorly to the apex of the posterior triangle and supplies the occipital region of the scalp. Posterior auricular artery. Arises from the posterior surface of the external carotid artery and supplies the scalp posterior to the ear.
Maxillary artery. Arises from the external carotid artery, posterior to the mandibular neck and supplies the deep structures of the face such as the infratemporal fossa. Superficial temporal artery. Arises as a terminal branch of the external carotid artery within the parotid gland and courses superficial to the zygomatic arch supplying the temporal region.
The external jugular vein is forward at the angle of the mandible via the joining of the posterior auricular and posterior branch of the retromandibular veins Figure B. The external jugular vein descends vertically down the neck within the superficial fascia, deep to the platysma muscle.
After crossing the sternocleidomastoid muscle, the external jugular vein pierces the deep investing fascia posterior to the clavicular head and enters the subclavian vein. The posterior auricular vein drains the scalp behind and above the ear. The retromandibular vein is formed by the superficial temporal and maxillary veins within the parotid gland. The retromandibular vein divides into anterior and posterior divisions.
The anterior division joins the facial vein to form the common facial vein. The posterior division contributes to the external jugular vein. The internal jugular vein originates at the jugular foramen by the union of the sigmoid and inferior petrosal sinuses and serves as the principal drainage of the skull, brain, superficial face, and parts of the neck.
After exiting the skull via the jugular foramen, along with the glossopharyngeal, vagus, and accessory nerves CNN IX, X, and XI, respectively , the internal jugular vein traverses the neck within the carotid sheath. The internal jugular vein joins with the subclavian vein to form the brachiocephalic vein. Tributaries include the facial, lingual, pharyngeal, and occipital veins, and the superior and middle thyroid veins.
The right internal jugular vein lacks valves where as the left has one valve. Because the right internal jugular vein lacks valves, two pulsations, known as the jugular venous pulse, are observed due to right atrial contraction and closure of the tricuspid value. The jugular venous pulse assists the physician in assessing the cardiac health of the patient. For example, an elevated jugular venous pulse may suggest right-sided congestive heart failure or stenosis of the tricuspid valve.
The cervical plexus of nerves is responsible for much of the sensory and motor innervation of the neck. In addition, sympathetic innervation of the neck and head is via the cervical sympathetic trunk. The cervical plexus of nerves arises from the ventral rami of cervical nerves C1 to C4 and exits the vertebral column between the anterior and posterior scalene muscles.
Branches of the cervical plexus are as follows Figure A :. Cutaneous sensory branches. Pierce the prevertebral fascia at the central region of the posterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle serving various regions of the skin of the neck. The cutaneous branches of the cervical plexus are as follows: Lesser occipital nerve C2. Innervates the skin over the lower, lateral region of the scalp.
Great auricular nerve C2—C3. Innervates the skin over the parotid gland and angle of the jaw this is the only area of the face not supplied by CN V ; also contributes some cutaneous sensation to the external ear. Transverse cervical nerve C2—C3. Innervates the skin over the anterior part of the neck. Supraclavicular nerve C3—C4. Innervates the skin over the lower portion of the neck, upper part of the chest, and the shoulder.
Motor nerves. The deep branches of the cervical plexus innervate muscles. Fibers from C1 form the superior root of the ansa cervicalis. Fibers from C2 and C3 join to form the inferior root of the ansa cervicalis, where it lies anterior to the internal jugular vein and passes upward to join the superior root, forming a loop ansa.
Most of the motor nerves from the cervical plexus branch from the ansa cervicalis, supplying the infrahyoid muscles sternothyroid, sternohyoid, and omohyoid. The cervical plexus also gives rise to the phrenic nerve. Phrenic nerve C3—C5. Courses vertically along the anterior scalene muscle between the subclavian artery and the subclavian vein en route to innervate the diaphragm.
The cervical plexus also provides motor nerves to other cervical muscles, including the scalenes, the longus colli, and the longus capitis. Cervical plexus. B and C. Cranial nerves and autonomics of the neck. The following cranial nerves travel through the neck Figure B and C. Trigeminal nerve CN V. CN V courses through the submandibular triangle to innervate the mylohyoid and the anterior digastric muscles.
CN VII exits the skull, via the stylomastoid foramen, and provides branchial motor innervation to muscles of facial expression including the platysma muscle. In addition, branches within the oral cavity provide visceral motor parasympathetic innervation to the submandibular gland.
Glossopharyngeal nerve CN IX. CN IX exits the skull with CNN X and XI, via the jugular foramen, and provides visceral sensory innervation to the carotid sinus baroreceptor and carotid body chemoreceptor monitoring blood pressure. Vagus nerve CN X. The vagus nerve contains both motor and sensory neurons supplying the gut tube as far as the transverse colon , which includes the pharynx and larynx for swallowing and phonation, as well as sensory innervation from this same region. Important branches of CN X in the neck include the superior and recurrent laryngeal nerves.
In addition, CN X provides visceral sensory innervation from the carotid body chemoreceptor , monitoring blood pressure. Spinal accessory nerve CN XI. CN XII exits the skull via the hypoglossal canal and courses into the submandibular triangle, providing somatic motor innervation to the tongue muscles except the palatoglossus muscle. The sympathetic trunk chain ascends from the thorax into the cervical region, within the prevertebral fascia along the longus colli and longus capitis muscles Figure C.
The sympathetic trunk in the cervical region receives only gray rami communicantes no white rami. The sympathetic trunk innervates the sweat and sebaceous glands, blood vessels, and the errector pili, dilator pupillae, and superior tarsal muscles. The sympathetic trunk gives rise to the following three cervical ganglia :. Inferior cervical ganglion. Fuses with the first thoracic paravertebral ganglion to become the cervicothoracic stellate ganglion at the level of rib 1.
The inferior cervical ganglion gives rise to the inferior cervical cardiac nerves. Middle cervical ganglion. In the upper part, the carotid sheath also contains the glossopharyngeal nerve IX , the accessory nerve XI , and the hypoglossal nerve XII , which pierce the fascia of the carotid sheath. The ansa cervicalis is embedded in the anterior wall of sheath. It is formed by "descendens hypoglossi" C1 and "descendens cervicalis" C2-C3.
The three major fascial layers in the neck contribute to the carotid sheath: the investing fascia , the pretracheal fascia , and the prevertebral fascia. The cervical part of the sympathetic trunk is embedded in prevertebral fascia immediately posterior to the sheath. Carotid sheath The carotid sheath is an anatomical term for the fibrous connective tissue that surrounds the vascular compartment of the neck. Carotid sheath Section of the neck at about the level of the sixth cervical vertebra.
Showing the arrangement of the fascia coli. Carotid sheath is labeled in red. Muscles of the pharynx, viewed from behind, together with the associated vessels and nerves. Muscles of the neck. Platysma Sternocleidomastoid Longus capitis Longus colli Scalene anterior middle posterior Rectus capitis anterior muscle Rectus capitis lateralis muscle.
Rectus capitis posterior major minor Obliquus capitis inferior superior. Mylohyoid Stylohyoid Digastric Geniohyoid.
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Technical Abstract: The quinazolinone, halofuginone (Hal), is a feed additive used worldwide as an antiprotozoal drug to prevent coccidiosis in commercial poultry (Chickens and Turkeys) production. Hal is a halogenated analogue of the naturally occurring quinazolinone alkaloid febrifugine, and was among the top six coccidiostats used in poultry production in the U.S. from 1985 to 1990. The U.S. poultry coccidiostat market increased from 78.7 million dollars in 1985 to 87.5 million dollars in 1990. The U.S. market was estimated to be 100 million dollars in 1993. Hal was again estimated as being one of the top used coccidiostats in 1995-96, having an approximate U.S. market share of 5-10%. The worldwide total coccidiostat market was estimated to be 500 million in 1995-96. The current regulatory method for Hal utilizes a long digest and chemical extraction procedure followed by HPLC analysis. A quick and economical competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (cELISA) method for determining Hal residues in chicken liver tissue has been developed. A cELISA screening procedure would drastically improve sample throughput, decrease the cost per sample and the overall time required to analyze the sample. The cELISA also can drastically decrease organic solvent wastes. During 1997 a large-scale evaluation of the cELISA method vs. HPLC method for determining the Hal levels in chicken liver samples was undertaken. The comparison analysis was performed on chicken liver samples obtained from commercial packing plants sent to FSIS for evaluation of potential Hal residues. Both the cELISA method and the HPLC method analyzed a total of 482 samples. This final data set will be presented and evaluated.

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Despite ideological differences, India’s right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party seems to have found communist comrades in China.
In the first-ever visit by a BJP president, Nitin Gadkari will lead a group of party delegates on a five-day tour of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou starting Thursday, according to party officials.
“The goodwill visit to China at the invitation of the ruling Communist Party is aimed at promoting party-to-party contact at the highest political level,” the BJP said in a press release.
The Chinese expect the visit to lead to further strengthening of ties between the China’s ruling and India’s main opposition parties.
Just last week, at a dinner hosted in honor of Mr. Gadkari, the Chinese Ambassador to India Zhang Yan recalled former Prime Minister and BJP founder Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s visit to China in 2003, saying “the two countries greatly benefited from the historic visit.”
However, not everyone in the BJP is happy about the visit, especially after delegates at the party’s national executive meeting in the northeastern state of Assam earlier this month slammed China’s “overpowering expansionist design” in Arunachal Pradesh, calling it a “malicious claim over the state”.
“We have our differences; but the visit is important for the two great parties to exchange their views on issues of mutual concern,” said Shrikant Sharma, BJP’s national media advisor in New Delhi, in defense.
Mr. Sharma explained that the visit will change the party’s ties with China’s Communist Party, help the BJP understand China’s development of rural areas, and techniques to process bamboo and agricultural products.
Ashok Tandon, media advisor to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, echoes similar views.
“BJP has the potential to be back in power; hence it is vital to promote party-to-party understanding with neighboring countries,” he said.
Mr. Gadkari will be accompanied by his wife and senior party members including general secretaries, Thawarchand Gehlot and Vijay Goel, secretaries Sudan Singh, Arti Mehra and Laxman Kova, political advisor Vinay Saharasbuddhe, and foreign affairs cell joint convener Vijay Jolly.
“I am very keen to visit the local neighborhood community to learn about party building at grassroots level in China,” said BJP President Mr. Gadkari in a statement.

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I recently went along to The Entrance for a girlie weekend, and I tried really, really, hard to get up nice and early for a sunrise. Sunrises are pesky things, taking place sooo early in the morning when your bed is at it’s warmest and cosiest. Needless to say, I was only able to dream of sunrises, and instead chose to wander to the beach for some lovely sunsets. In this photograph, to the right, you can see another photographer and her son with their tripods taking shots of the big waves that were rolling in.
10 sec exp using The Black Glass. :)

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SHARES in Royal Mail yesterday slipped below below 400p for the first time since its IPO last October.
The shares bottomed out at 397.90p before closing on 400p, a fall of 3.47 per cent, after rival UK Mail issued a revenue warning because of a decline in parcel volumes.
That’s a year-low for the stock, which has attracted much controversy for its transition to a public company. About 60 per cent of the business was sold at 330p a share, raising £2bn for the Treasury.
But critics claimed it had been significantly undervalued when its share price soared 38 per cent on its first day of trading.
The IPO is now the subject of an investigation headed by former City minister Lord Myners, into whether taxpayers were ripped off as a result.
Meanwhile, Parliament’s business, innovation and skills select committee this week launched an inquiry into competition within the postal sector. It has called for evidence to be submitted by interested parties no later than 24 October.

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Disabled vehicle pushed off northbound lane on South Grand Island Bridge
- 444 Letter: SAFE Act does not prevent citizens from owning guns
- 386 Voter restrictions are shameful attempts at limiting turnout
- 285 Backlash growing to plans for charter schools to take over struggling city schools
- 197 Letter: Toles cartoon misrepresents Obamacare as a 'big success'
- 185 Man kills woman, self on Allentown street

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Working out is great for your body and brain. A study in Mental Health and Physical Activity (2011; 4 , 65-69 suggests that people who exercise at least 150 minutes a week reported 65% better sleep quality. They also said they fell asleep faster and had less daytime tiredness.
In addition to helping people fall asleep faster, there is solid evidence that exercise helps people fall asleep more quickly.
And getting a good night’s sleep affects athletes in profound ways. The amount of sleep an athlete gets impacts their reaction time, attention and focus, physical recovery and injury proneness.
For more information on how exercise improves sleep see this John Hopkins article.

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Shoreline Community College now has a Community Standard Statement, a strong affirmation that the campus is a place where all people can come to learn and work in a supportive environment.
“It is our core value that everyone who comes to this campus feels respected and supported,” President Cheryl Roberts said. “This happens when we are open to learning and willing to walk with others on their journey.”
The Community Standard Statement effort began a year ago following incidents of hate and intolerance demonstrated through defacement of posters for the Project Pride and the Muslim Student Association, two student body association-sponsored clubs. The incidents brought immediate responses from President Roberts, who called together employees and students to discuss potential courses of action. Out of those discussions, a committee was formed to create and implement a community standard regarding intolerance.
“The committee included voices from across campus and reflected thoughtful and diligent work and commitment,” Roberts said. “This was an iterative process in shaping the statement that involved the college community through forums, department and division meetings and an online survey.”
When the committee was formed, Roberts asked members to work in four areas:
- Develop a Community Standard Statement
- Establish a Community Standard Policy
- Develop a college-wide respectful and inclusive community campaign
- Develop a protocol to respond to acts of hate and intolerance
“We have completed a legacy piece of work that will be the touchstone for creating the learning and working environment that supports our deeply held values of excellence in education, equity, inclusiveness and self-reflection,” Roberts said. “I am grateful for the committee’s willingness to craft each piece of this work together.”
Now, communications and materials that put the Community Standard Statement front and center will be created and distributed across campus. The statement is also an important element of the college’s campaign for the federal Title IX that will launch in late December.
“I am confident we have put together the key pieces necessary to create the environment we all aspire to as a college community,” Roberts said. “This will be a conversation we continue with new students, employees, and visitors as they enter the college, as well as inspire us to put these words into action in the work we do each day.”
Community Standard Statement
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly…” Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Shoreline Community College is a place for students, employees, and the community to pursue excellence in education in an environment dedicated to equity, inclusiveness, and self-reflection. We value respectful, dynamic interactions and lively discussion. We strive to create an environment where everyone is supported and valued. Shoreline Community College does not tolerate hateful, violent, or discriminatory actions that target any person or group based on their beliefs, customs, identity, or affiliations. When one of us is diminished, all of us are diminished.

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While the major cryptocurrencies haven’t been able to gain ground following Monday’s Tether-induced turmoil, the market has been stable in the past few days, and the top coins managed to hold up above their short-term support levels.
After yesterday’s slightly bearish session, overnight, Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Ripple all drifted the narrow ranges that developed during the week, and most of the smaller coins also turned lower, even as volatility remains relatively low.
The total value of the market dropped to $207 billion, but it’s still well above the bear market low, and the segment avoided a major technical breakdown that was looming after last week’s selloff. That said, the long-term picture is still bearish in the case of most of the majors, and our trend model is also on sell signals across the board from a short-term perspective.
On another negative note, Ripple and Stellar also joined the decline yesterday after showing strength this week, and the segment is still missing a bullish leadership.
BTC/USD, 4-Hour Chart Analysis
While Bitcoin dropped below the very narrow post-spike trading range, it continues to trade above the primary support level near $6275, and well above the lows from last week. We maintain our short-term sell signal on the coin, as it failed to recapture the $6500 level, and although the long-term signal is still neutral for BTC traders still shouldn’t enter positions here.
Further resistance levels are ahead near $6750 and $7000, while above the key long-term support zone near $5850, a weaker level is also found near $6000 and the next major zone is between $5000 and $5100.
Ethereum Dips Below $200 as Ripple Tests Long-Term Zone Again
XRP/USD, 4-Hour Chart Analysis
As Ripple’s relative strength faded, the third largest coin quickly gave back most of Monday’s gains, and now it trades right at the key long-term support/resistance zone between $0.42 and $0.46 zone. The lack of bullish follow-through is a negative sign for the whole segment and it gave another confirmation of the still apparent selling pressure on the majors.
With that in mind, traders still shouldn’t enter positions here, even as XRP remains above the recent triangle consolidation pattern, with strong resistance ahead at $0.51, $0.54, $0.57, and with further resistance zones found near $0.375 and $0.35.
ETH/USD, 4-Hour Chart Analysis
Ethereum showed no sign of relative strength this week, and the coin is back below the $200, although the decline also lacked momentum so far. The second largest digital currency is clearly above the next strong support level at $180, with further levels just below that near $170 and $160.
ETH remains on sell signals on both time-frames given the dominant broader declining trend and the short-term weakness, and odds still favor the test of the bear market low in the coming weeks, with strong resistance levels still ahead at $235 and $260.
IOTA/USD, 4-Hour Chart Analysis
Most of the smaller altcoins are also under clear selling pressure, with the likes of Monero, IOTA, EOS, and NEO all drifting lower in the past couple of days. Litecoin also followed the broader market lower so far today, and the coin is already testing the key $51 level, as we expected after showing weakness earlier on this week. A move below primary support would warn of a test of the bear market low near $47 with the next major zone found at $44.
LTC/USD, 4-Hour Chart Analysis
With that in mind, traders and investors should stay away from the coin until at least s short-term trend change, with strong resistance levels ahead near $56, $59, and $64.
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Disclaimer: The analyst owns cryptocurrencies. He holds investment positions in the coins, but doesn’t engage in short-term or day-trading, nor does he hold short positions on any of the coins.

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Using My Own Education
This year is different from the previous three in my teaching experience, because for the first time I’ll actually be teaching the thing I studied as an undergraduate: computer science. I took my first course (6.001) in this subject in 1997, when I was 19 years old. Today, just for perspective, I decided to look at the materials and notes I have from the course. I’m not expecting that my AP Computer Science students will be able to do what we did, but it’s nice to see how the course approached students with no prior programming experience. (By the way, 6.001 is available via OpenCourseWare if you did want to teach it verbatim.)
So here’s what jumped out at me, from the day 1 lecture notes:
Computer science is not really about computers, but rather is primarily focused on the concept of processes, and on ways to describe them.
Processes deal with Imperative or “How to” knowledge, as opposed to Declarative or “What is” knowledge.
In talking about “how to” knowledge, we will distinguish between a process, which is an actual mechanism by which a computation is executed and a procedure, which is a means of describing a process.
Our need to describe processes leads to a need for a language in which to execute that description, with its own vocabulary and rules of syntax and semantics…
Once we have developed this language for describing processes, we will want to use it to describe large and complex processes. To do this, we will need some solid engineering tools for controlling complexity.
And in that short space, we learn the concerns of the subject, some essential vocabulary, and the motivation for the techniques we will study. This is why the academic world comforts me.
We continued, in this first lecture, to learn that the three main components of any language are: primitives, means of combination, and means of abstraction. Examples of each were given (in Scheme, the chosen LISP dialect) and rules for evaluation were reviewed, culminating in code for a squaring function, which was then used to build a sum-of-squares function.
I didn’t do quite that much in the first week with my students. I’ve taken an approach that’s a bit more hands-on: Here’s a Hello World, let’s modify it. This comes at the expense, I think, of understanding at a fundamental level what the computer is doing. (I’m defining “fundamental level” here as registers in a processor. That’s probably about as much as you’d ever really want to break it down when learning about software, but which I recognize is just a convenient point of abstraction for all the hardware design — also “fundamental” to computation.)
Anyway, beause Java is a compiled language, I had to introduce the concept of compilation. (And I couldn’t resist raising the question of where this program-that-makes-programs, the compiler, came from… what is the ur-compiler?) It’s difficult, since my own understanding of computer science is so grounded in how I was taught, to know what the effect will be of approaching it from another starting point. My biggest concern is that I want to teach my students how to understand computation, not just how to write code. But learn Java they must, and so I’m going to forge ahead with explaining data types. At least checking in with this foundation of my own understanding will help me stay grounded as I field the inevitable questions and digressions.


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Wal-Mart seeks employees
August 23, 2012 4:42PM
Updated: September 25, 2012 10:49AM
Wal-Mart is hiring about 85 people to work at its expanded Bedford Park store, 7050 S. Cicero Ave., which is expected to have its grand opening this fall. The retailer said it has set up hiring kiosks inside the store, and applicants can also go to http://careers.walmart.com.
The kiosks will accept applications during store hours, from 6 a.m. to midnight, seven days a week. The company is filling full-time and part-time positions.
Moraine to hold job fair Sept. 27
Moraine Valley Community College will hold a job and internship fair from 2 to 5 p.m. Sept. 27 at the Moraine Business and Conference Center, 9000 W. College Parkway, Palos Hills.
The registration fee for businesses that want to take part is $100, and registration forms can be downloaded from the college’s website, morainevalley.edu/jrc. For information, call (708) 974-5313.
Chicago-area jobless rate eases
The unemployment rate in the Chicago metro area was 9.2 percent last month, down from 10.8 percent in July 2011, the Illinois Department of Employment Security reported Thursday. Year over year, the metro area added 30,200 jobs.


The 26-year-old from the Isle of Man has won 15 Tour stages in three years and is aiming to win the points classification's green jersey in Paris on July 24. But the 2011 Tour, which celebrates 100 years since the race first visited the Alps, takes place over a tough route that will challenge Cavendish to the full.
Ahead of Saturday's 191-kilometre stage from Passage du Gois to Mont des Alouettes Les Herbiers, he said: "I can tell you now the ignorance of some people is going to be if I don't win four, five stages, it's going to be seen as a failure. To win four, five stages, that's not a normal thing. That's an incredible thing to do."
He added: "You have to be happy as always with one stage of the Tour de France. One stage of the Tour de France can make a rider's career."
Cavendish is adamant he is unfazed by the expectation and his only focus is crossing the line first.
He said: "I always set my own standards and goals. The way to win the green jersey is to win a lot of stages. I'll try to do both."
Saturday's first stage in the Vendee region of western France features an uphill finish and favours top one-day racers like Philippe Gilbert, Fabian Cancellara and Thor Hushovd, rather than out-and-out sprinters like Cavendish.
Cavendish believes it is possible he will be in contention for the stage win - and with it the race leader's yellow jersey - but some of his HTC-Highroad team-mates are better suited for the stage.
That includes Australian Tour debutant Matt Goss, who in March won the Milan-San Remo classic. Rather than feeling threatened by Goss' presence on the team, which could dilute his own chances of success, Cavendish is pleased.
He added: "He's a different sprinter to me. It adds to the strength of our team. It doesn't matter who crosses the line first, we just want to win."Reuse content


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According to a report by Russia’s Interfax agency on Wednesday, Russia and India are exploring options to expand the usage of the Northern Sea shipping route, which passes through the Arctic, including the possibility of constructing processing facilities. Alexei Chekunkov, Russia’s minister for the development of the Far East and the Arctic, held discussions with Indian officials during his visit to India, with a focus on the “reliable and safe” transportation of goods via the Northern Sea Route, using Russian and Indian ports.
Chekunkov stated that “the cost of delivering a container from Vladivostok to India is a third lower than the cost of shipping a container from Moscow,” as per Interfax. India, which has not explicitly denounced Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, was the largest purchaser of Russian oil after China in 2022.
Russia aims to turn the Northern Sea Route, which is the shortest shipping route between East Asia and Europe, and runs along its northern coastline, into a significant shipping lane, and has invested substantially in the region’s infrastructure. The shipping route is not utilized in winter because of the thick ice, but Moscow intends to begin year-round shipping by the end of this year, encouraged by the warming of the Arctic.


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Young athletes receiving free heart screenings
LAPORTE, Ind. -- The sudden death of 17-year-old Jake West due to an unknown heart condition shocked the LaPorte community. Now doctors are stepping up and offering free heart screenings to young athletes.
The LaPorte Heart and Vascular Center is giving free heart screenings to any LaPorte athlete over the age of 15.
"When you are in competitive sports, the discharge to the heart is high, in other words the heart is stressed," said Dr. Rishi Sukhija, Cardiologist with Indiana University Hospital.
Dr. Sukhija says that although heart disease is uncommon for this young age group, a 15-minute heart exam can pick out athletes who might be at risk for heart disease and start early treatment.
"We want to screen these individuals and identify these individuals so that they can be treated and hopefully prevent sudden deaths and save precious lives," said Sukhija.
Doug Hynek performed the tests on the athletes.
He says first they do a limited echocardiogram
"This rules out anything that would stand out quickly to us," said Hynek. "The heart function, the heart structures, the valves, looking at the thickness of the heart muscle."
Then an electrocardiogram.
"We look at the electric activity of the heart," said Hynek.
All at no cost to the athletes or their parents.
"It's a free screening right now, and just awareness," said Hynek.
The screenings are on a first come first served basis. They will continue through November 2.
They have a total of 250 slots and as of this afternoon, they only have 4 available left.
For information about the heart screenings, contact the LaPorte Heart & Vascular Center at (219) 326-2626.


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There were earlier reports about the much hyped Tamil Thriller ‘Dhruva Natchathiram” that is directed by Gautham Menon with Suriya in the lead role . But now the things are almost over. Now Suriya has declared himself that he has made an exit from the much-anticipated Gautham Menon project, Dhruva Natchathiram and it has been announced officially now. As he felt that film maker Gautham Menon was taking too much time to start the project.
Surya said that he only do films if he like the story and his quite impressed with Gautham`s story, . But he waited for six months and the script and the screen play is not yet ready and he said that therefore he is pulling out the project as his wait is going in vain. He also added that This is not the first time he is having such an experience with Gautham. In the past, Earlier they together have launched another film called `Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikaalam` That too has got a similar experience and had to pull out after eight months. ‘Dhruva Natchathiram’ was launched in May. Menon had also cast few actors for the film and even shot a few scenes.He also said that that he can no longer wait for Gautham Menon to pen the complete script and feels that they are heading an opposite direction in their ideologies. And hence it would not be possible to work with Gautam again. Now Suriya will move to his next project, a film with director Lingusamy which will start shooting from November.


After years of getting dinged by IT managers for selling systems management software that just does Windows, Microsoft has released a version of Systems Center Operations Manager with native Linux and Unix support.
Systems Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 release candidate was rolled out this week at Microsoft Management Summit 2009 in Las Vegas. The software will become available later this quarter. Microsoft did not disclose pricing.
One expert said the lack of interoperability with platforms other than those sold by Microsoft is one of the biggest knocks against the System Center management suite. For years Microsoft famously ignored Linux and Unix, and IT shops would use separate software – and often people - to manage Unix and Linux servers. Microsoft also could not compete with the large systems management vendors, such as IBM, CA, and Hewlett-Packard, which do sell software products capable of cross-platform management.
"Data centers are typically very heterogeneous," said Andi Mann, an analyst at Enterprise Management Associates in Boulder, Colo. "If you can standardize on a single management tool, it's going to make you more efficient."
At MMS 2009 this week, Microsoft partners, such as HP, disclosed add-ons and bundles that will let System Center customers manage third-party hardware and software more easily. Hewlett-Packard said today its HP Insight Control suite integrates HP ProLiant and HP BladeSystem servers with the System Center console, so IT managers can monitor and manage servers using System Center.
Microsoft's goal for System Center is to give IT managers the ability to manage their entire infrastructure -- both physical and virtual, hosted and on premise -- with one set of tools, said Larry Orecklin, Microsoft's general manager of System Center and virtualization marketing.
Vendors with similar visions include BMC Software, HP, IBM and Symantec, but no one vendor will ever do it all. "It's great to have a single-source vendor, but there's always room for niche vendors," EMA's Mann said.


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The growing geopolitical swell has added an additional dimension to Eritrea Relations with Russia. Find out more.
The significance and importance of Russian relations with Russia Eriterian relations has become more relevant with the changing circumstances, particularly in countries such as Norway as well as Canada, Norway United Kingdom, Canada and in the United States.
Eritrea Russia Relations Eritrea Russia relations have been witness to some peculiar aspects of global geopolitical developments. The president of Eriteria Isaias Afwerki has recently been in contact with his Chinese foreign minister, and there was a report that the Eriterian government is trying to avoid the Sanctions by negotiating with Russia. There have been several attempts from Eriteria to be closer to Russia over the last few years.
The Establishment of the Diplomatic Relations
Relations between the Russo-Eriterans were never as vital as Eriteria isn’t a major factor within the diplomatic circles. In during the Cold War as well, Eritrea’s role in Eritrea Russian Relations was not a priority to any major power. But, in the modern world, it has gained importance due to the large countries having relationships with smaller ones.
China has also done the same with many countries , and now Russia may be looking at the same possibilities with Eriteria. Recently the Russian ambassador of the United Nations had member the delegation from Eriteria and demanded help to lift sanctions on Eriteria. United Nations Sanctions on Eriteria.
Anti Eriteria Sanctions according to they are referred to by the Russian minister has been referring to the sanctions, were issued on the United Nations after the reports of human rights violations been reported of an allergenic human rights violations of Eriteria.
The New Dimension of Eritrea Russia Relations
The Sanctions were introduced on Eriteria in 2009, after it was discovered by the Eriterian government is trying to destabilize the governments of the African Union. The Sanctions were introduced in 2011 as well, after Eriteria was accused of harboring terrorists to undermine an African Union. A summit in Adisababa was tried to be shattered from government officials from the Eriterian government. In light of the new dimensions in the relationship between these two countries, Russia is requested to restore normal relationships with Eriteria with Ethiopia, Somalia, and some African Union countries.
The most recent trends in this region have suggested an indication that Eritrea Russia Relations could end the decades of Eriterian isolation from the world scene. The country’s economy is yet another issue which the Eriterian government desperately needs help in order to improve its economy. Two ports are located in Eriteria which could be important in terms of economic and strategic importance to Russia. Eriteria has diplomatic and trade relationships with United Arab Emirates.
There were controversies between both the US and Europe regarding lifting the Sanctions concerning Eriteria. Foreign experts in the field of foreign policy are suggesting that the US might be an additional country to China due to Sanctions.
The normalization of Russian Eriterian relations has led to growth in Eriterian economics and geopolitical landscape. These developments are in the pipeline for Eriteria. In the meantime, there is a sense that the US is also focusing on the growing Eritrea relations with Russia and is working on its potential. For more information, visit Russia In Discussions with Eritrea to Set Up a “Logistics Center in the Red Sea Coast
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A worker draws near you and describes that his / her doctor instructed the worker to make use of “CBD oil” to support a condition that is ongoing. You might be not really acquainted with the definition of and move to Bing. You type, “What is CBD oil?” After after the many promising website link, you see the terms that CBD is “a naturally occurring cannabinoid extract,” making clear that you’re coping with a cannabis-derived product. What now ?? Should you enable the worker to check out the doctor’s recommendation, once you understand given that CBD comes from cannabis? As cannabis decriminalization continues on https://cbdistillery.org a state-by-state foundation, and brand new and products that are unfamiliar the marketplace, companies increasingly ask Employers Council for help with the character of these products and if they must or should really be allowed for usage by employees.
Should this be the very first which you be aware of CBD, a short description can help. As previously mentioned, CBD ( “cannabidiol”) is just a naturally occurring extract that is cannabinoid which originates from either cannabis or hemp flowers. Generally, so that as often marketed, the user will not experience the “high” that is brought on by the chemical tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which can be the active substance present in cannabis and commonly tested for less than medication screening policies. CBD oil is claimed to support many different medical problems anxiety that is including infection, and insomnia. Further, the FDA has authorized its use within medicine utilized for epilepsy. Therefore, numerous workers may think about CBD products, such as for example natural oils, to be medication and as a consequence “legal.”
Even though it is typical to hear that CBD services and products don’t contain THC, you can find CBD products that do in reality have traces of THC. THC is regarded as a managed and unlawful substance under federal legislation. Whether employers must tolerate its usage for medical purposes is determined by state legislation, but the majority states give employers discretion that is broad banning it from their workplaces. Talk to legal counsel to ascertain respect to medical cannabis to your accommodation requirements when it comes to states where you conduct business, as rules differ.
On a situation degree, CBD use is decriminalized in states which have legalized the usage medical and/or leisure cannabis (including Colorado, California, Nevada, Montana, and Arizona). There are additionally some states, such as for instance Utah and Wyoming, which have laws and regulations that specifically permit the use of limited levels of hemp (instead of cannabis) extracts, including CBD.
This question is a more difficult one and the answer is not entirely clear on a federal level. The illegality of which was reaffirmed at the end of that year in January 2017, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) made a rule that included marijuana extract (which includes CBD) in the scheduling of marijuana. Nevertheless, in 2018 the DEA circulated a interior directive stating that “products and materials which can be created from the cannabis plant and which fall outside of the Controlled Substances Act CSA concept of marijuana are not managed beneath the CSA” and that such services and products might be offered and distributed “without restriction.” Even though this memo is taken by some as confirming the legality of CBD, it will not definitively suggest that CBD just isn’t contained in the “CSA concept of marijuana,” that could still add CBD. This really is particularly the situation within the circumstances where CBD may carry traces of THC.
Lately, the 2018 Farm Bill, introduced in to the Senate, may potentially eliminate all prohibitions from CBD that is derived particularly from hemp, considering that the bill would “legalize” hemp and its own derivatives (in the place of cannabis, a associated but different plant). Some state that this can resulted in full-scale legalization of CBD. Whether or not the Farm Bill becomes law continues to be become seen.
Can my business ban it?
Often, this real question is asked when you look at the context of whether or otherwise not a manager is needed to provide for making use of marijuana as an accommodation that is reasonable the ADA. Generally, companies don’t have to accommodate making use of marijuana because the substance is unlawful under federal legislation. Nevertheless, you can find courts, such as for example in Massachusetts, which have declared that companies have to at the very least think about the accommodation of off-duty utilization of medical marijuana. Using the increased legalization of marijuana, it will be possible that more courts will start interpreting the ADA (as well as its state-specific comparable legislation) to require organizations to take into account an employee’s off-duty utilization of medical cannabis being a reasonable accommodation. But, one must keep in mind certain requirements that the accommodation perhaps not (a) current an undue hardship or (b) provide a primary danger to your worker or even the other workers at work.
In considering the utilization of CBD as an acceptable accommodation, there clearly was inadequate guidance offered to employers to attain a definitive summary. Therefore, the reasonableness associated with accommodation will most depend that is likely CBD’s legality under federal legislation, because it does with cannabis. provided law that is current it is not likely that an manager could be penalized for refusing to permit CBD as an acceptable accommodation unless a federal court has opined otherwise or a situation legislation especially calls for employers to take into account the usage CBD and/or medical cannabis as a reasonable accommodation for a impairment. However it is essential to bear in mind that future appropriate changes, such as for instance passage through of the 2018 Farm Bill, could impact this analysis. For instance, if stated Farm Bill legalizes hemp-derived CBD, businesses may at the very least look at the usage of CBD as an accommodation that is reasonable. Needless to say, if its use presents a hardship that is undue or perhaps is a primary danger into the workplace, it might never be an acceptable accommodation underneath the ADA.
Should my business ban it?
At the moment, the decision resides utilizing the company unless a court that is federal state legislation suggest otherwise. But, companies may think about particularly prohibiting the clear presence of THC in your body in place of banning all products that are cannabis-related including non-THC CBD oils. Because its legal status in the federal degree is uncertain, it’s possible that some courts may need that an employee’s utilization of CBD be viewed as an acceptable accommodation underneath the ADA. Companies Council continues to monitor developments in this regard and publish them for consideration by its account.
In addition, in taking into consideration the usage of CBD by workers, companies must think about just exactly how allowing the substance might influence employee drug evaluation. Currently, there aren’t any typical tests for non-THC CBD. Nevertheless, because CBD can include trace levels of THC, CBD could theoretically bring about a test that is false-positive for cannabis. Consequently, to prevent a dispute that is potential conflict around a false-positive outcome for cannabis, in the event that real substance of concern for the manager is THC, a manager can particularly prohibit the current presence of THC within the body (as opposed to “marijuana” or cannabis services and products, generally speaking). Thorough employers may also go right to the degree of warning the workers that the utilization of items containing traces of THC could also lead to good test outcomes, that could lead to a unsuccessful drug test.

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A Review Of Sensor Recycling
Oxygen sensors are located in the exhaust system of vehicles, where they’re revealed to sustain and also other harmful gases such as HC, CO as well as NO2. These materials can pollute the sensing unit as well as prevent its capability to function successfully. Oil, fuel and also coolant contamination can trigger damages also. Excessive residue accumulation in the sensing unit’s ceramic components can raise feedback time and also subsequently reduce its capacity to detect oxygen efficiently.
The presence of lead in low quality gasoline likewise lowers the life expectancy of oxygen sensing units. Direct exposure to silicates and also silicones additionally prevents their capacity to operate appropriately. Since the sensor’s feature is to establish the very best ratio of fuel and also air blend in the car’s exhaust system, contamination can cause the gas combustion engine to run rich (with unburnt gas) or lean (with excess oxygen). This can lower the cars and truck’s gas mileage.
As a result it’s necessary to maintain proper health and wellness of the sensing unit to lessen gas usage. Getting a new censor is the most obvious course of action to take when the old sensing unit is harmed. Yet acquiring new sensors, particularly the wideband ones can be expensive. Nevertheless, we’re exploring the opportunity of ” reusing” the sensors by cleansing them.
Disclaimer: Please note that cleaning oxygen sensing units is NOT encouraged and also we can not assure that the cleaned sensing unit will function; but in this item we’ve tried to take into consideration approaches to reuse sensors as opposed to buying substitute sensing units.
So, please attempt the procedure at your very own danger. Will the sensing unit function correctly after being cleaned up?
Since it’s subjected to high warm in the exhaust system, the primary contaminant will most likely be a thick finishing of baked carbon on the sensor pointer, which won’t dissolve conveniently in any type of solvents. One technique to eliminate the carbon residue is by using a blow torch (such as lp) to heat the sensor suggestion. Hold the lantern to the tip till it is about to redden. After that swiftly submerse the suggestion into water.
Next off, strike pressed air to cleanse the pointer. This will certainly cause the down payment to break up. We recommend you to duplicate this numerous times up until the residue is gone. You can attempt the CRC brand name QD digital cleaner to do away with oil and also fuel contaminants.
This is a special cleanser that does not leave any residue after it dries out. Preserve a risk-free distance between the cleaner nozzle and also oxygen sensing unit while you’re spraying. Bear in mind to use handwear covers and also safety and security goggles to protect your eyes as well as hands.
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Author: Robert Ryan
Published: May 30th, 2016
Age Recommendation: 12+
Where is the line between movies and real life? Perhaps there isn’t one.
In Dracula Lives, Amazon bestselling author Robert Ryan once again takes us where no one should ever go.
Deep in the wilds of New England, a man who worked on the 1931 Dracula still lives. Haunted by the experience ever since, he has built an exact replica of Castle Dracula and become obsessed with bringing the movie vampire to life. But when one sets out to make monsters, there are risks—as Adam Quinn is about to find out. A lifelong fan of Dracula and the classic horror films from Universal Studios, he is invited to the castle. It’s a horror lover’s dream: the chance to find out what it was like to work with Bela Lugosi, Dwight Frye, director Tod Browning, and all the others. But dreams can turn into nightmares…
The castle awaits. Enter freely and of your own free will.
The writing was good, with smooth descriptions, and a vast knowledge of old movies and their productions. I admit that at times this drug on a bit too long for me, and I began to lose interest, but I did glean one or two facts that were interesting. There were moments I began to wonder where the plot was. Sure, there was the visit, but then it quickly melted into the obsession over these old movies. It took a bit of time before it became clear that Markov's latest attempt at the perfect horror movie involved more than just Quinn's knowledge or acting skills. To get the perfect shots, Markov would have to strive for real terror. There was also a twist with the supernatural, and as I suggested above, it was a nice blend between the technology of today and the classic monsters of yesterday. It also made the idea of "Dracula Lives" a cool idea. Instead of just Vlad the Impaler popping back up from the grave, there was a unique idea that I think readers may enjoy.
The characters, though useful, weren't as interesting as I'd hoped. The only one that stood out, to me, was Markov as we watched his unhealthy obsession tear up his real life. Quinn and Johnny, both, seemed flat to me; though they served their purpose in bringing the epic movie, that Markov slaved over, to a conclusion.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
He lived directly behind the neighborhood movie theater, and his mother took him to everything from the time he was barely out of diapers. When he reached the ripe old age of about six, he couldn’t wait for the Saturday creature features. Atomic mutants running amok, the monsters of Ray Harryhausen, Roger Corman’s Poe films, and the unabashed frightfests of William Castle were among the early influences that warped his writer’s muse into a breeding ground for—to borrow a line from Morbius in Forbidden Planet—his “Monsters from the Id.” In Castle’s The Tingler, when Vincent Price told us all to scream because the Tingler was loose in the theater, you better believe he screamed. On the literary front he soon discovered Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft and Robert Bloch, among others, and followed the trail they blazed into the “ghoul-haunted woodland of Weir.”
It seems he has always been drawn to scary stories.
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The Audemars Piguet museum is housed in the old building where Audemars Piguet was founded in 1875. It is one of the most popular horological museums among serious collector’s, because the collection is so far-ranging, that almost every important complication is on display.
To show me around was AP Museum Director & Curator, Martin Werhli. During the tour we went room to room, viewing every piece of this truly amazing collection. Each room and each piece with its own story. Martin explained the historic and chronometric importance of every timepiece in the collection, whether it was the world’s smallest minute repeater or the first ever Royal Oak Offshore. Telling a story of rich watchmaking tradition, that began 250 years ago in the heart of fine swiss watchmaking – the Vallée de Joux.
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