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Glossary of Terms
nephropathy – A failure of the kidneys.
nerve – A group of long thin specialized cells that carry sensations, information or instructions throughout the body.
neuron – A nerve cell.
neuropathy – 1. A type of nerve damage. It is a condition where the lining around the nerves has become damaged and is now exposing the nerve. The person will feel different uncomfortable sensations like: Pain, numbness, heat, cold, stinging, and pins and needles.
neurotransmitter – A substance that transmits nerve signals from one nerve cell to another.
niacin – also called Vitamin B3 – A water-soluble vitamin found in meat, eggs, milk and certain vegetables. It is necessary for proper central nervous system function, creation of energy in the body and the removal of toxic substances from the body.
niacinamide – A vitamin that is made from niacin. It acts in the body like niacin but doesn’t cause the body to have the flush or itching reactions associated with niacin.
nitricum acidum – Comes from nitric acid and reduces cravings for starches like breads and pasta.
NSAIDs – Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are medicines that are widely used to relieve pain, reduce inflammation, and bring down a high temperature. They’re often used to relieve symptoms of headaches, painful periods, sprains and strains, colds and flu, arthritis, and other causes of long-term pain. Side effects depend on the specific drug but largely include an increased risk of gastrointestinal ulcers and bleeds, liver damage, heart attack, and kidney disease.
nutrient – A substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life.
nux vomica – Extract from a nut that discourages general overeating.
opthamology – The area of medicine that deals with the eye and the things that can be wrong with the eye.
oral hypoglycemic agents – Medications commonly given by doctors to forcibly lower a person’s blood sugar levels.
organ – a part of an organism that is typically self-contained and has a specific vital function, such as the heart or liver in humans..
organic – 1. Made by a living thing.
2. Food or products raised or made without the use of any unnatural or man-made chemicals.
orinase – Brand name for Tolbutamide, One of a class of drugs (sulfonylureas) that are given by doctors that force the pancreas to create more insulin than it would naturally be able to create.
osteoporosis – A disease that causes the bones to weaken and become easily broken.
P.A.B.A. – (PABA – 4-Amino Benzoic Acid) An abbreviation for a substance that is used by bacteria in the intestines to create folic acid. It is also useful as a nutrient itself for the creation of red blood cells and to improve the use of protein in the body.
palliative – Treating only the symptoms of a disease, relieving pain and symptoms without providing a cure.
pancreas – An organ in the body that produces hormones as well different substances that help digest food so that the body can use the nutrients from the food.
pantothenic acid – (Vitamin B5) – A water-soluble vitamin found in meat, nuts, liver, whole grains, egg yolk and green vegetables. It is vital for making cholesterol, red blood cells and certain brain chemicals. The body also uses it in turning fats and carbohydrates into energy.
parasthesia – A sensation of tingling, pricking, or numbness of a person’s skin. These sensations may come and go or may be going on all the time depending on the cause. This type of symptom is usually associated with neuropathy. Many drug companies will list this as a side effect of their drug instead of saying their drug causes neuropathy.
pectin – Fiber that can be dissolved in liquid. It is also used as a thickener for making jam.
peripheral – Referring to the outer parts of the body such as the arms or feet.
permeable – Allowing liquids or particles to pass through.
PH – An abbreviation for a scale that measures different substances based on how they react to other chemicals.
It basically monitors the presence of two different types of molecules.
One type could be called the “acid” type of molecule. The other would be called the “alkaline” type of molecule.
If there are more of the acid molecules or the acid molecules in a substance are stronger than the alkaline molecules then the substance is considered acid.
If there are more of the alkaline molecules or the alkaline molecules are stronger than the acid molecules then the substance is considered alkaline.
An acid steals certain atoms or molecules from a substance, which causes the substance to break down.
An alkaline forces certain atoms or molecules into a substance, which can make it unstable so it breaks down.
A very strong alkaline material with a very high level on this scale will cause skin burns and break down materials in a way that to the human eye looks very much like what an acid does.
What makes them opposite to each other is that when you take an acid molecule and an alkaline molecule and put them close to each other, they combine and neutralize each other. If you have an equal amount of acid and alkaline in a substance, the substance will be neutral and the acid or alkaline molecules will not react to other chemicals.
An example of this is when you take Baking soda (Alkaline) and Vinegar (Acid) and combine them, they fizz (chemical reaction) and what you have left is neutral and is no longer acid or alkaline.
The scale ranges from 0 to 14. 7 is considered neutral The lower a material is on the scale, the more acidic it is. The higher the number on the scale, the more alkaline it is.
pharmaceutical – Dealing with drugs or their production.
phaseolus vulgaris – The Latin term for White Kidney Bean.
phosphorus – 1. A vital mineral needed by the body. Teeth and bone contain phosphorus. It is very abundant in nature and can be found in dairy product, meat, fish, eggs, grains and green leafy vegetables. Many of the B vitamins can only be used by the body when phosphorus is available. It is also used by the body to maintain the pH level in the body and is used in many different chemical reactions.
2. An extract from phosphorus that fights chocolate cravings.
phyto-Insulin – A substance that is produced in a plant that acts like insulin when taken into the body.
pitika root – Large climbing plant found throughout forests in India. It contains many substances that are considered to help the Diabetic condition.
plaque – Substance that has built up on the surface of something such as a tooth, the inside wall of an artery or on the skin.
plasma glucose – blood sugar – The amount of sugar in the form of glucose in the blood.
Pregabalen – (generic name of Lyrica) – originally FDA approved as an anti-epileptic drug, also called an anticonvulsant. It works by slowing down impulses in the brain that cause seizures. Pregabalin also affects chemicals in the brain that send pain signals across the nervous system. Lyrica is used to treat pain caused by fibromyalgia, or nerve pain in people with diabetes (diabetic neuropathy), herpes zoster (post-herpetic neuralgia), or spinal cord injury.
Some of the side effects of Lyrica are dizziness, somnolence, dry mouth, edema, blurred vision, weight gain, and difficulty with concentration/attention, neuropathy, vertigo, incoordination, tremor, abnormal gait, headache, speech disorder, and twitching.
protein – One of the many substances found in food such as meat, cheese, fish or eggs, that is necessary for the body to grow and be strong. They are essential to the structure of all living cells. It makes up one of the 3 major classes of food.
pterocarpus marsupium – The Latin term for Indian Kino.
pterostilbene – The active part of Indian Kino that helps repair the cells of the pancreas that make Insulin.
reaction – 1. A change in the appearance, feeling or function of the body as a response to something. It can be a material the body is allergic to, or a poison, or a substance that creates a known effect on the body like menthol that can have a cooling effect on the skin.
2. The process of chemicals, molecules or atoms changing or combining into different forms.
retina – The area at the back of the eye that receives light and translates the light into nerve signals.
retinopathy – A condition involving damage to the blood vessels of the retina that can cause loss of sight or even total blindness.
rhus toxicodendron – Extract from green plants that combats milk and dairy cravings.
riboflavin – also called Vitamin B2 – A water-soluble vitamin that is found in animal meat, dairy products and green leafy vegetables. It is necessary for the break down of fat, helps the body use iron, boosts the immune system and allows the eye to adjust to different amounts of light.
RN – (R.N.) Abbreviation for Registered Nurse.
saccharum – A type of sugar that reduces sugar cravings.
salacia reticulate – Latin term for Pitika Root.
salmonella – A type of bacteria that can cause food poisoning.
Salt —1. A white crystal used in food to add flavor.
2. Any crystal that is formed by combining an acid and an alkaline material.
selenium – A mineral that is needed in small amounts by the body for many chemical processes. It plays a role in the immune system and preventing damage to the cells by toxins in the body. It works together with Vitamin E to do many of its functions.
side effect – [In Medicine] An unwanted, harmful, or uncomfortable effect that is created by a drug or other type of procedure or action on the body such as chemotherapy or surgery.
silicon – A mineral found in Whole grain, alfalfa, green leafy vegetables and roots. It strengthens the link between certain tissues of the body giving them more strength and can stop the effects of aluminum on the body.
silver sulfadiazine – An antibacterial cream that is used for burns to keep the area from getting infected.
simple sugar – A basic sugar unit that can’t be broken down into a more basic sugar. Glucose is an example of a simple sugar.
smooth muscle tissue – Muscle cells that are flat or round instead of in long strings like normal muscle. This type of muscle is used for lining, such as in blood vessels, or for other purposes such as the iris of the eye or the bladder.
sodium ascorbate – A chemical form of Vitamin C.
soluble fiber – This fiber comes from some fruits and vegetables. They slow down the passage of waste in the digestive tract which is believed to help control cholesterol and sugar levels in the blood by slowing down the rate that they are absorbed into the body. They become gummy and at least partially dissolve in water.
sorbitol – A sweet white crystal that comes from plant alcohol. It is made from certain berries or made chemically in a laboratory. It is used as a sweetener in foods.
starch – A complex sugar that is white in color and exists, in large amounts, in potatoes and certain grains such as rice.
statin – (Statin drug) A drug that is given by doctors for the purpose of lowering cholesterol. It does this by stopping the body’s ability to create cholesterol.
stroke – A sudden block or break in a blood vessel in the brain that causes serious damage to the brain and can result in: loss of consciousness, partial loss of movement, loss of speech, loss of sensation or death.
If there is partial loss of movement or sensation, it usually occurs on one side of the body.
The side of the body that loses ability to move or feel is determined by which side of the brain the break or block of the blood vessel occurred in. If the left side of the brain has the damage, then the right side of the body will be reduced in ability because the left side of the brain controls the right side of the body and the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body.
strontium – A mineral that can be found in grains, leafy vegetables, spices and roots that can influence the body by making it create more bone tissue. This has the result of strengthening bones and making them more dense.
sugar – 1. [Basic function] A molecule that is used in the chemical processes in a cell to provide energy for that cell or other cells of the body.
2. [Common usage] Any of the many forms of sugar whether simple or complex.
sulfa drug – A common name for any drug that starts with the prefix sulfa. These drugs usually contain a specific molecule as part of their chemical structure. Most drugs with this label are antibiotics. They are not widely used today because many people are allergic to them and most bacteria are resistant to them.
sulfonylureas – A class of drugs that are given by doctors that force the pancreas to create more insulin than it would naturally be able to create.
sulphur sublimatum – Comes from sulfur and fights cravings for anything sweet.
symptom – 1. A feeling of illness or physical or mental change that is caused by a particular disease.
Nausea can be a symptom of food poisoning. The symptoms he showed were: tiredness, irritability and nervousness.
2. Any single problem that is caused by and shows a more serious and general problem.
systolic blood pressure – measurement of the pressure in your arteries when your heart beats.


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Modular Bakery and Hardware Store #modular #brickadelics
This is a great layout combining the modular buildings and the Christmas village. I'll have to do a better job arranging mine!
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Quick Facts of Dayton Callie
|Full Name||Dayton Callie|
|Net Worth||$3 Million|
|Birthplace||Newark, New Jersey, America|
|Height||5' 8" (1.73 m)|
Dayton Callie is an actor and screenwriter better known professionally in several famous television shows. He was born in 1946 in Newark, New Jersey, USA, and his best starring role is in many other popular television shows. In “Deadwood,” he played Charlie Utter, and in “Fear the Walking Dead,” he played Jeremiah Otto. Similarly, He also features in several other shows, often in small or supporting roles.
Love Life Of Dayton Callie
Dayton Callie, a 75-year-old actor was previously married to Susan Peyton. In January 1966, he and his ex-wife Susan exchanged wedding vows, which is exactly a half-century ago. Unfortunately, the sparkles of his married life is still hidden behind the trees, with no details about the intimate aspects exposed. The former couple had two children from their marriage. Nickie Callie, one of their children, is engaged to Eddie Rodriguez.
Dayton and Susan were unable to maintain their bond and were divorced for an unexplained reason. However, there has been no word about when and how did they finish their marital life. Further, he enjoyed on-screen romance as Wayne Unser in the television series Sons of Anarchy. His plot revolves around his ex-wife, Della Unser, and their two daughters in the film. He is currently single and content, with no knowledge of his romantic interests.
So How Much is Dayton Callie’s Salary and Net Worth?
Dayton Callie‘s net worth is around $3 million as of early 2021. Not to mention, he successfully earned this lucrative sum of money based on his steady success in the acting field in the entertainment industry since 1984.
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To date, he has worked on several films and a few voice acting projects. Further, His primary source of income is his acting career though he also earns a steady amount of money from his involvement in different brands and advertisements. Currently, Callie is enjoying his blissful life with his enormous fortune in the USA.
Dayton Callie’s Early Life and Background
The hardworking and fabulous actor, Dayton, was born in the beautiful city of Newark in New Jersey but later relocated to the Los Angeles area. Back in the days, he served in the US Navy during the Vietnam War. To seek a career in acting, he retired from the navy.
Also, his ascension into the mainstream film industry was not easy. His first paying acting role took him eight years to land. Further, the actor has also participated in several free theater productions in New York. At New York University, he acted in 28 student films.
Dayton Callie’s Debut And Career
In the 1984 ‘Playboy Channel‘ joint film ‘Preppies,’ the fabulous actor made his first movie debut as a breakdancer. He made cameos in an episode of the CBS sitcom ‘Kate & Allie‘ and the TV movie ‘At Mother’s Request‘ three years later. Furthermore, he appeared in single episodes of the NBC sitcom ‘Valerie’s Family‘ and the series ‘Adam-12‘ and had an uncredited role in the film ‘Alien Space Avenger‘ in 1989. The next year, he made cameo appearances in various TV shows and the CBS television movie “Return to Green Acres.”
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In the 2016 horror film ‘Abattoir,’ he played a pivotal role. In the first scene, he appears as ‘Jebediah Crone,’ a real estate reporter investigating a haunted home. Darren Lynn Bousman, the film’s director, wrote the screenplay with Dayton in mind, but his character had less screen time. They previously collaborated on the film ‘Alleluia! The Devil’s Carnival.’ In 2018, he starred in the crime drama ‘City of Lies‘ as Lieutenant O’Shea. In 2013, he also voiced ‘Archer’ in the adult animation series ‘FX’ and ‘Left 4 Dead 2‘.
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Construction sites are inherently dangerous. They feature heavy equipment, tools, debris, and construction materials. No wonder so many people slip, trip, and fall at construction sites.
One instance that can help a slip, trip, or fall victim at a construction site is workers’ compensation. However, if you are a bystander or visitor, workers’ compensation will not apply; you must demonstrate negligence in order to recover compensation through a legal claim. If you are injured in one of the many Pensacola construction site slip and fall accidents, you should consult an attorney to learn about your legal options.
The term slip and fall sounds innocuous, but they can have serious, even deadly, consequences. In fact, falls are one of the most dangerous types of workplace injury. They can lead to:
TBIs are one of the most dangerous results of a slip and fall injury. TBIs happen when an outside force causes damage to the brain through direct or indirect impact. Minor TBIs, also known as concussions, may not seem like significant injuries. However, the damage from TBIs is cumulative, so a concussion can lead to severe problems. Getting prompt medical care after a slip and fall accident on a Pensacola construction site is vital.
Most people on construction sites are workers. As a result, workers’ compensation will cover their injuries. Florida’s workers’ comp coverage allows you to recover for your injuries without proving that someone did anything wrong. As long as you are an employee who is injured at work, workers’ compensation should cover your injuries.
The downside of workers’ comp is it limits potential recovery amounts that people can recover for their medical expenses and a portion of their lost wages and loss in earning capacity. However, the recovery is is different under a tort claim system.
The exception is if someone outside your employer’s control created the dangerous situation that led to your injuries. In those instances, you may have a premises liability or other negligence lawsuit against the wrongdoer. A Pensacola attorney who handles slip and fall accidents at construction sites could explore various potential remedies.
If you are not an employee or your employer does not own the construction site, you may have a viable civil claim for your slip and fall accident. These claims allege that someone was negligent for failing to keep their property safe or adequately warn of hazards.
The first question is whether your slip and fall was because of an unsafe condition. If the answer is yes, then the next step is to identify who created that unsafe condition. In most circumstances, the property owner will have direction or control over that person. So, you may have a claim against the property owner or manager. However, you may also have claims against whoever created the unsafe conditions.
Having multiple potential avenues of recovery can be essential. Slip and fall accidents can lead to severe injuries, with exorbitant medical bills, time away from work, and even a potential loss in earning ability. They can also cause emotional trauma, extensive recovery periods, and tremendous changes to your family dynamic. Finding additional potential defendants can increase your ability to recover after a slip and fall accident at a Pensacola construction site.
Construction site accidents can be a challenging area of personal injury law. The mode of recovery depends on the individual’s relationship with the property owner. In some instances, the remedy will be a personal injury lawsuit. In other cases, the remedy is a workers’ compensation claim. The best way to determine which remedies are available for you is to consult a qualified attorney. An Emmanuel Sheppard & Condon lawyer can provide you with more information about Pensacola construction site slip and fall accidents during an initial consultation.

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Challenger in robotic process automation (RPA) establishes a reputation as an innovator, gets acquired by Nintex
In 2020, Kryon Systems, an Israeli startup that created the industry’s first full-cycle RPA platform, got rid of its high-profile Madison Ave. PR agency and hired Chameleon to lead its U.S. PR efforts. Chameleon created a multi-faceted PR campaign with a focus on the company’s innovation, commitment to customers, and unique corporate culture.
Results of the two-year engagement include:
The media coverage and awards caught the attention of larger automation firm Nintex, who acquired Kryon in February 2022 for $100 Million.


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The St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners approved a tuition-reimbursement policy for county employees.
Spearheaded by Commissioner Don Eaton, the program allows county employees to receive reimbursement up to 100 percent of tuition cost per semester at an accredited college, university or trade school.
The course must be for credit or extended-education purposes.
County administrator Pat Yoder said the classes must be relevant to the line of work in which the employee is hired to perform.
The opportunity is available, as well, for an employee seeking to fulfill specific requirements for a degree program in which the employee is currently enrolled.
Reimbursement is limited to $3,500 per calendar year, per employee, and available only if the employee earns a grade of C or better.

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|Thinking Outside The GMO Box|
Forbes - 10/15/2013. By Beth Hoffman - Genetically Modified Organisms. Some argue they are the way to “feed the world” and that an exploding population will require them. Others see GMO technology as part of a corporate plot to take over fields and drive farmers into debt, while everything from pesticide use to allergies are on the rise because of them. And while that discussion is one we must have, the GMO debate is also distracting us from less sexy interventions which have worked to dramatically reduce hunger and malnutrition.
|Monsanto buys a food prize|
Jim Hightower - 10/14/2013. By Jim Hightower - As Lily Tomlin has noted, "No matter how cynical you get, it's almost impossible to keep up."
|The True Food Prize Goes to the Haitians|
Common Dreams - 10/14/2013. By Salena Tramel - The Iowa state capitol is vibrating with activity this week in preparation for the World Food Prize Laureate Award Ceremony that is set to take place on Thursday. The 2013 World Food Prize credits Monsanto in the fight against hunger through sustainable agriculture – yet there is a disconnect between the spirit of the prize and the U.S. agrochemical giant’s actual practices. Organizers of the Food Sovereignty Prize aim to bridge this gap by honoring grassroots social movements in their own ceremony that will take place on Tuesday in New York City.
|FDA’s Culture of Fear Threatens Food Safety|
Write to Farm - 10/14/2013. By Brian Snyder - You really have to hand it to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). They have accomplished a feat in the last 10 months that Secretary Tom Vilsack and his United States Department of Agriculture have not been able to do after five long years of trying ... uniting America’s farmers of all stripes to stand up for each other and speak with one voice.

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It seems for illustration The countdown to The adjacent iPad uncover has been stretched retired a spot more, though not by an earth-shattering magnitude of time. So far, we’ve heard rumors of a precocious March aliases early April reveal, but that apt won’t happen, according to a caller study from Apple insider Mark Gurman.
In his latest Bloomberg report, Gurman says The adjacent Apple tablets should get in early May, and he cited The speeding up of accumulation astatine Apple’s suppliers. Interestingly, production-related challenges apparently pushed backmost The motorboat of The caller slates crossed The Pro and Air lineups.
“Apple had planned to merchandise The caller iPads by The extremity of March aliases early April, but The institution has been moving to decorativeness package for The devices,” says The report. “The screens in The latest models besides require analyzable caller manufacturing techniques, which person contributed to The delay.”
All 4 iPad trims will trust connected The caller M3 silicon, which already powers a fistful of Mac machines. The biggest change, however, is reserved for The iPad Air, which has only been sold in a azygous size. This year, Apple is reportedly readying a 12.9-inch type of The tablet.
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- We now cognize erstwhile Apple is adding RCS to The iPhone
- Apple conscionable announced The dates for WWDC 2024
- 5 phones you should bargain alternatively of The iPhone 15 Pro Max
- Does The iPhone 15 person an overheating problem? Here’s what we know
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Gurman had antecedently stated that Apple's next-generation tablets would get in precocious March aliases April. Of The March 26 rumor, Gurman took to X, formerly Twitter, to opportunity it was "not true."
The DOJ has sued Apple complete The iPhone. Here’s what it intends for you
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If you're reference this article, chances are you person an iPhone. It's besides rather apt that your friends and family members besides usage an iPhone. The iPhone is the smartphone of prime for millions of group in The U.S., and now, The Department of Justice (DOJ) is suing Apple complete The iPhone monopoly it has established complete The years.
UPS worker accused of nabbing $1.3M worthy of iPhones and different Apple gear
The desirability and precocious worth of iPhones and different Apple devices make The cogwheel a celebrated target for criminals looking to make a accelerated buck.
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Adrenaline kicked into overdrive when the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company shredded the stage of the Irvine Barclay Theatre on Friday with brute power, dizzying energy and unlimited stamina in a program dedicated to Southern California's preeminent choreographer, Donald McKayle. The four works included a world premiere tribute to McKayle, "Mighty Fortress," set to Bach's Cantata No. 80 by company artistic director Kevin Ward.
With such potent music--and tackling no less a subject than talking to God--this 25-minute, eight-part suite could have used a shot of divine intervention: The choreography proved scattershot, with little cohesion, save for the dancers continually gazing heavenward. Dressed in Ward's white costumes, the dozen performers were certainly kept busy enough--leaping, skipping, falling backward--but fluidity and sense of purpose were lacking.
Amid the perpetual motion, however, there were moments of beauty: A male trio--Ricardo J. Garcia Cruz, Daniel Marshall and Alvin J. Rangel--offered nifty handstands; a deftly executed pas de deux by DeShona Pepper and G.D. Harris featured a brazen one-arm lift; and Monnette Bariel's vigorous solo saw her hoisted overhead as if in a sacrificial rite. Another highlight was the phenomenal Sheri "Sparkle" Williams, a 28-year company veteran whose exuberance and technique awed in her pristine solo.
Indeed, Williams opened the program as the sole woman in McKayle's seminal 1959 work, "Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder," a chain-gang opus that addresses oppression. Performed by companies around the world, Dayton premiered it in 1987. It is testament to McKayle's genius that his taut choreography, cutting an emotional swath, remains vital today.
Emotions also soared in "Children of the Passage," made for the company by McKayle and Ronald K. Brown in 1999. Previously reviewed, the dancers joyously let loose to the live, raucous sounds of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band.
Completing the program: Bebe Miller's West Coast premiere, "Aerodigm" (2002), an abstract exploration of flight that failed to take off,with arbitrary prancing aggravated by a nonsensical voice-over and unflattering costumes.


Bootable USB Flash Drive Creation
- Linux Distributions
In order to put a KaOS ISO image onto an USB flash drive, you will need a drive capable of storing 3.3 Gb, a system with USB ports and some specialized software.
Make sure the system where you will boot the USB flash drive from, has USB ports and can boot USB flash drives. Before following any steps, make sure the device is plugged in but not mounted.
Unetbootin and Rufus are NOT compatible with KaOS.
Universal USB Installer (correct EFI installation for modern hardware)
Option for Windows is Universal USB Installer. Open the Universal USB Installer executable.
Step 1, Select your USB disk.
Step 2, Select the “Reinstall or Update?” tick box, this will initilize the disk.
Step 3, Select the option that states “Select a Distrubution to put on…” from here select “Try and unlisted ISO…”
Step 4, Click on the “Browse” button, select your downloaded KaOS ISO file, then Click the “Create” button.
You can now boot into this USB via the EFI options in your BIOS.
From Windows command line
You need to download dd which is a common program with the primary purpose of low-level copying of raw data.
Once installed, open the command prompt and type (substitute the correct path):
dd.exe if=/path/to/the/downloaded/iso of=/path/to/the/USB/device
If your distribution provides ISOImageWriter then that is a well tested alternative GUI to use.
- Click the folder icon and browse to the directory containing the ISO
- Select the USB Drive to use and click Create
Using the command line
In order to create a bootable USB flash drive, you will need
coreutils (which provides
dd). Most GNU distributions have
coreutils already installed.
To use dd, open a terminal and write (substitute the correct path):
sudo dd if=/path/to/the/downloaded/iso of=/path/to/the/USB/device
To check if the creation of the bootable USB stick was successful, use
fdisk as root to check it. You should see an asterisk (*) like this in your USB line:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 697 713728 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS
Again, Unetbootin and Rufus are NOT compatible with KaOS.


Ladies and gentlemen,
People, sheltering in piles of rubble. Children, living in constant fear of the next bomb attack. Women who can no longer find food to feed their babies. The situation in Aleppo is horrendous, it is unbearable.
But Aleppo is only one striking example of the suffering and distress experienced by thousands upon thousands worldwide. At the current time, more than 60 million people in the world have fled their homes, their lives threatened by war, violence and persecution. Millions of children cannot go to school. People are dying because their most elementary needs ‑ food, healthcare, clean drinking water - are not being met. Elsewhere, people are imprisoned with no hope of a fair trial. They are abused, tortured, killed because of their opinions, religion or out of sheer tyranny.
Human rights are being trampled upon. Not everywhere, but much too often and in far too many places in this world. It seems almost ironic that we have come here today to celebrate human rights. We are marking the 50th anniversary of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the United Nations’ central human rights covenants.
There are two aspects which, for me, are to the fore here. Firstly, we are showing that we stand by our clear commitment to the principles contained in the covenants. And secondly, we are here because we know, as Egon Bahr put it, you have to take the world as you find it. But you mustn’t leave it that way! For this reason, this celebration is also an opportunity to be clear about our job of calling a spade a spade when violations come to light and standing up for human rights worldwide.
After all, there is no denying that our world is out of joint. We are witnessing a power struggle over the international order and this struggle is manifesting itself in crises and conflicts all over the world. Of course, we, the Western democracies, have to make our voice heard in the search for order. At the same time, we need to listen to other young players on the world stage and give them space to pursue their legitimate interests. But, ladies and gentlemen, there is one thing which is not up for negotiation. There is one thing which we simply must ensure: namely, that the huge achievement of human rights, which the international community bestowed upon itself after the horrific world wars of the 20th century, is not today called into question. I see the danger of human rights being eroded and it is a danger we need to avert. There can be no international order without human rights as its cornerstone!
That is why I would like to thank you for coming to the Federal Foreign Office in such large numbers. I extend a very warm welcome to this event which we are hosting together with the German Institute for Human Rights, the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection and the Forum Menschenrechte (Human Rights Forum).
“Without peace there will be no justice; without justice there will be no sustainable peace.” This is how the so-called North-South Commission led by Willy Brandt put it. More than 35 years ago.
And today, a glance at the trouble spots of our world leave no doubt that there is no contradiction between security and human rights. Where distress and a lack of justice are the order of the day, conflicts escalate. Where human rights are being trampled upon, desperation takes root - desperation which gives rise to bitterness and more violence. Many states justify oppression citing the danger of terrorist attacks. Often, their repressive measures create an atmosphere in which conflicts cannot be resolved peacefully.
The truth is that development, security and human rights are mutually enhancing. Thus we need to be clear that if we want to shape a more peaceful and just world, we have to put the respect for human rights at its very heart.
For this very reason, we have, for example, built a vocational training centre in northern Sri Lanka. After years of bloodshed during the civil war, Tamil and Sinhalese young people are meeting to train together. I visited this project last year and anyone who sees the young people there understands that reconciliation can work if we give the young generation better prospects for the future, particularly in the post-conflict phase.
This project is just one of many in which we are putting the spotlight on work to promote both peace and justice.
In Ukraine, we are, for instance, helping the UN Monitoring Mission to look at the human rights situation in eastern Ukraine and in Crimea.
What is more, we want to encourage human rights activists to keep up the good work! That is why my French colleague Jean-Marc Ayrault and I agreed that our countries will this year for the first time award a Franco-German Prize for Human Rights to pay tribute to outstanding dedication. We also want to encourage more people to engage in this important sphere.
For our work, the United Nations and its principles and instruments, such as the covenants we are paying tribute to today, are our point of reference, our benchmark! It is an encouraging step that we have now finally firmly anchored our goal of a more peaceful and just world with Agenda 2030. The Agenda is based on rights. It is the focus of our shared action. Also during our G20 Presidency next year, we will put global justice on the agenda!
After all, it is clear that if we want to make progress on this enormous global challenge, we need to tackle it together. That is why we are coordinating closely with our long-standing partners in Europe and North America but also with new partners.
I am thinking here, for example, of Tunisia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar. I am thinking of Brazil with which we have moved forward on the right to privacy. Or of Namibia which together with us, Brazil and Finland sponsored a resolution on the right to adequate housing in the Human Rights Council.
I am delighted that so many guests from the Diplomatic Corps have joined us today to celebrate this anniversary, as representatives of long-standing and new partners. A very warm welcome to you!
The need to stubbornly pursue work to promote human rights is one that also exists at home ‑ in Germany, in Europe.
In our democracies, too, we must guard against the disregard for essential rights, as the journalist Martin Klingst underscored in his new, thoughtful book “Human rights”.
As he points out, when governments violate basic human rights, they are mostly doing so out of fear ‑ the fear of losing security, power, identity or culture. And on a regular basis these fears are instrumentalised against those who think differently, are foreigners or belong to minorities. Nor is this scaremongering something alien to democracies, as Klingst continues. Yet without the rule of law and the respect for human rights, democracy is neither thinkable nor existent.
Klingst’s words sound a clear warning! And this is exactly what we discussed last month at the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting.
After all, also within the OSCE, we are seeing how states are trying to restrict the scope and validity of human rights and fundamental freedoms once more.
In some European countries and in many countries worldwide, civil society is struggling in the face of restrictions ‑ whether in the form of NGO laws or state repression.
In the midst of the refugee debate, we are seeing impressive examples of all-embracing civic engagement here in Germany. But we are also seeing a resurgence of populism, hatred and violence. We must not sit idly by. We need to take a clear stand against this development.
This is a call that goes out to each and every one of us. Governments, international partners, civil society!
One thing is for sure, only if we succeed in anchoring the ideals of the human rights covenants in people’s minds, will we be able to ensure they are implemented in the long term.
Key momentum in the struggle to preserve these rights has always come from civil society. I am talking here of committed initiatives and non-governmental organisations which today uncover injustices in many parts of the world ‑ often with great courage and at great risk.
This is impressive work! That is why I am so pleased that many representatives of civil society are here with us today. I would like to thank you for your important work! You also have the job of keeping an eye on what we are doing. So, I urge you to stay active. When you need to, don’t be afraid of speaking uncomfortable truths!
High Commissioner, we are particularly honoured that you are celebrating this anniversary with us. As the voice of the United Nations, you serve to remind us that noble words must be translated into action, that the promises contained in the covenants must be implemented.
That is what we must work together to achieve today and in the future!
Thank you very much.


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Magtech is a consummate manufacturer that makes high quality components. At their state of the art facility in Sao Paulo they gave this round a bullet with a uniform core and jacket, as well as a new and reloadable brass casing, non-corrosive Boxer primer, and clean burning charge of smokeless propellant. There’s little wonder why boxes that say “Magtech” on them can be found on every continent. (Except maybe Antarctica.)
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The waterfront used to be a natural and lively region within a bustling city. Land and water came together in a natural way and provided an environment that was attractive for lingering and enjoying leisure activities. Meanwhile the river provided a means of transportation and the hinterland supplied us with food and water.
Wet and dry areas, fresh and salt water, plant and animal diversity: the city was appealing, a highly pleasant place to be that was healthy to live in and resilient. Not being overburdened, the environment could adapt easily to new developments.
On the way to the future, our lives were made easier by technology. Almost without thinking, we abandoned our links with the river and with nature. The city became more urbanised, and more built-up. It was as though the old valuable assets had drifted further and further away on the waters of the river.
Things are busy in cities now, and that won't change. By 2030, 80% of the global population will be living in delta cities and coastal areas. Climate change means our cities are sometimes too warm and sometimes too wet, severely impacting society and the economy. The choices we make now will affect our lives later.
The symbiosis between the forces of nature, the multifunctionality and the use of the water-rich locality is at the heart of resilient, attractive and healthy cities in delta areas. Building with Nature in the city embraces the river again as the lifeline it once was. And that is urgently needed.
BwN in the city makes intelligent use of all the wonders that nature offers us, and the ingenious systems involved. We use willow trees to break waves and prevent flooding. Tidal parks mitigate flood risks. These solutions are based on extensive knowledge or extensive research and proven experience.
The smart component is the inclusion of ecological and leisure value in risk management: with solutions of this kind, animals and plants flourish and give cities extra allure. They make life, work and leisure pleasant and healthy. Now and in the future.
Natural embankments and breakwaters, areas of land that can be submerged: discover how to use Building with Nature in the city.


MediaTek recently announced its latest flagship processor, the Helio G90 and the Helio G90T. The new chips are the first SoCs in their gaming-focused G-Series lineup.
The G90 and G90T feature an octa-core Arm Cortex-A76 and Cortex-A55 cores clocked at up to 2.05GHz. It is paired with a Mali-G76 3EEMC4 with speeds of up to 800MHz with support for up to 10GB LPDDR4x RAM.
The new chips will come with MediaTek’s new “HyperEngine” game technology, which boosts gaming performance of smartphones. It supports HDR10, dual camera arrays of up to 24MP + 16MP, and Cat-12 4G LTE connectivity with download speeds of up to 1Gbps. There’s also a “rapid response engine” designed to accurately sense touchscreen input to eliminate or lessen lag.
There’s no announcement yet on when we’ll see the Helio G90 and G90T, but it’s highly likely to be on an entry-level flagship or an upper midrange smartphone. Either way, both MediaTek and Qualcomm are on their way to secure a space in the gaming market.


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KIDAPAWAN CITY – The regional office of the Land Transportation Franchise and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) in Central Mindanao has denied it issued new tariff rates for passenger vans, multicabs, and other public utility vehicles (PUVs) plying Cotabato-Davao routes and warned against any fare adjustment.
LTRFB-12 Director Paterno Reynaldo Padua warned drivers against charging excessive fees lest they would face sanctions.
He issued the statement after he received several complaints from passengers, especially those riding in vans.
Jake, an employee at the University of Southern Mindanao (USM) in Kabacan, Cotabato, said he was surprised when he rode in a van for the Kabacan-Kidapawan route and was charged P70 when it was supposed to be only P60.
An additional P2 for every kilometer is charged, the matrix showed. The distance between Kidapawan and Kabacan is 30 kilometers.
To clarify matters, especially to van drivers and operators, Padua said he will distribute fare matrix to all PUVs.
The matrix has not been changed since 2017 even if oil prices have drastically increased.


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Deena Mayer Dump Trucks January 22nd, 2018 - 11:52:01
There are several used dump trucks for sale in the market these days. On the other hand if you are clueless on where you can find the best deals there are some guidelines that can help you in getting them for after all it is also considered as investment. Before you get it you should determine first the main purpose of your truck. There are several kinds of dump trucks. Therefore you should just choose the one that can give you the purpose. For an instance if you own a small construction business then it is not ideal to purchase big dump truck. Instead just stick to the standard truck.
Large capacity trucks come in various forms including transfer truck and pup and super dump trucks. They also come in different dumping styles including side dump and the more common end dump. Another type of dump truck is the semi trailer truck which is designed to maximize its payload capacity via a truck and trailer combination. It also offers the capacity for greater maneuverability in reverse. Articulated trucks have a hinge between the cab and the dump bed box which minimizes the stress on the truck frame. Steering is via rack and pinion which allows for easier handling on rough terrain. Some of the large capacity trucks are not even designed to run on normal roads. The mammoth off-road trucks can be bigger than a house and used for very large earth-moving jobs such as highway construction. The commercial dump truck is a vital piece of equipment to any construction company. The buildings that we work in and the houses where we live are just some of the structures that have been constructed through the help of these dependable commercial trucks.
Nowadays dump trucks are becoming an important portion of the automobile industry. This is because they are known for their high quality and performance as well as unique coverage. That is why many entrepreneurs are looking for used dump trucks for sale. One of their main reasons is for them to improve the transportation in their business. They are very ideal for transporting loose materials as well as other materials very easily. The wide ranges of trucks do have a lot of uses and benefits. Dump trucks are actually intended to collect the dust and garbage. It can help to keep the environment clean. All types of these trucks are equipped with a hydraulically operated box. The box is always open at the back and rear end. This is very helpful in lifting the deposit. Most of the people who are interested in buying them consider it as an efficient automobile.
On uneven and rough terrain conditions the weight of the payload can cause undue strain and fatigue on the frame. Such work conditions are better handled by an articulated truck. An ADT has a hinge between the cab and the dump box yet unlike the semi trailer designs the cab is a permanent fixture and not a separate vehicle. As you can see the design of the various types of commercial dump vehicles greatly affects the trucks ability to function in different hauling and dumping situations. Being familiar with the different designs is imperative if looking to purchase a dump truck in an unstable economy. Study the different types do your homework and select the best truck for your business!


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Tell us about the sustainable and eco-friendly practices at the vineyard: We practice what I call “nature-positive” farming, which emphasizes biodiversity, native lifeforms, species coexistence and resource conservation. The practice transcends easy categorization, and they are rigorously responsive to the daily life of the land and the resource needs of the region. Linne Calodo’s nature-positive farming begins with no-till, permaculture and polyculture practices. The agricultural floor is managed through careful plant selection via hand-removal, mowing and grazing. Soil health is managed through mulching, organic compost additions and animal grazing, including 48 head of sheep. Ziggy, the resident llama, helps protect the herd from predators. All viticulture is performed by the full-time, in-house Linne Calodo vineyard team.
Our aim is to produce world-class wines that are rooted not in buzzwords or checklists, but rather in an authentic relationship with the environment. like the principles of biodynamic and organic, but I don’t like the way they create tribes. Form ideas on your own, do positive things. Build off your successes and failures. Keep learning. I like to think of it as a balancing act.
Tell us about the varietals you make: My wife, Maureen, and I were early drivers of the Rhône-variety blend movement in Paso Robles when we started Linne Calodo in the late 1990s. The winery’s two estate vineyards—Linne Calodo Estate and Stonethrower Vineyard, both in the Willow Creek District AVA—are planted to Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre, Graciano, Grenache Blanc, Viognier and Picpoul Blanc.
In addition to classic Rhône varieties, Linne Calodo is a champion of dry-farmed Zinfandel-driven blends that reflect the terrain and heritage of Paso Robles.
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Kanye West is doing his part by using his resources to help those in need. According to Us Weekly, following the tragic murder of George Floyd, the rapper has set up a college fund for his six-year-old daughter, Gianna.
Additionally, Kanye pledged to cover legal costs for the families of Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor, who were also killed by police in recent months. On top of that, US Weekly confirms that he also donated to $2 million to organizations linked to the death of all three victims. Surprisingly, however, he has been relatively quiet about the Black Lives Matter movement as of late.
His wife, Kim Kardashian, on the other hand, has been much more vocal. "For years, with every horrific murder of an innocent black man, woman, or child, I have always tried to find the right words to express my condolences and outrage," the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star wrote in a May 30 Instagram post. "But the privilege I am afforded by the color of my skin has often left me feeling like this is not a fight that I can truly take on my own. Not today, not anymore."
Kanye certainly causes controversy when supporting Donald Trump and wearing a MAGA hat, but it's good to see him contributing his wealth to anti-racism organizations and the families unfortunately affected by police brutality.

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All work on the boat was stopped for the last 6 weeks owing to me nearly cutting off my thumb with the table saw. It’s nearly better now, and work is resuming.
The delay got us well into better weather so we’re turning our attention back to the topside. There’s hardware to re-bed, teak to repair, and more sanding, priming, and painting. The mizzen mast has to be painted, repaired, and installed (hopefully with new WiFi and VHF antenna).
And if all that goes well, the 40hp Perkins Diesel needs more than a little love to get it going. As far as we know, it hasn’t run in at least 6 years. Also, there’s the small detail of needing a propeller.
The timeline to have all the above done (and many other smaller projects) is June 1st, which is the start of hurricane season. After two hurricanes barely missed us and another weaker hurricane caused a lot of (undue) stress aboard the Shanti last year, we have no interest in pressing our luck.
We’re going to try and motor over to Mobile Bay and then up the Tombigbee River to the Tennessee River towards Chattanooga, TN, where we plan to hide out and continue working on the boat through the end of hurricane season. It’s a beautiful area, and we have family up there to visit.
There’s a lot to do, and we intend to be very busy, so that means lots of pictures and lots of updates. Eventually.

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I opened a jar of Ragu mozarella alfredo sauce and it was watery/oily at the top. Safe or unsafe to eat?
I think it is fine, but has separated from sitting for a long time. Stir it up and give it a little taste. If there are no off-flavors, then use the jar.
Thank you. I cooked it for a long time just to be sure and ate it. There was a watery ring around it after I cooked it but I think it's ok.
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Dr. Joanna S. Fowler, a senior chemist and Director of the Radiotracer Chemistry, Instrumentation and Biological Imaging Program at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, was awarded the National Medal of Science at a White House ceremony on October 7, 2009. She is one of nine researchers named by President Barack Obama to receive the nation's highest award for lifetime achievement in science. The National Medal of Science was created by statute in 1959 and is administered for the White House by the National Science Foundation. The annual award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to science and engineering. Nominees are selected by a committee of Presidential appointees based on their advanced knowledge in, and contributions to, the biological, behavioral/social, and physical sciences, as well as chemistry, engineering, computing and mathematics.
NIDA grantee Dr. Margaret L. Brandeau, of Stanford University, was elected a Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS) at the INFORMS annual conference, October 20-23, 2009, "For expanding the recognition and understanding of OR/MS in healthcare and for developing methods to inform public policy and to improve the effective control and treatment of disease and the distribution of critical resources."
Dr. Carrie Oser received the American Sociological Association (ASA) Alcohol, Drug, & Tobacco section, Junior Scholar Award, 2009.
Dr. Vivek Shetty of UCLA received the Laskin Award for the year's most outstanding article on Comparative Effectiveness Research, a subject of high priority in the Obama Administration. The article was published in the Journal of Oromaxillary and Facial Surgery. This NIDA-funded research is paving the way for a bill on methamphetamine and associated oral/dental consequences that the US Congress is considering.
Lawrence S. Brown, Jr., MD, MPH, FASAM, Executive Senior Vice President, Addiction Research and Treatment Corporation and Principal Investigator for the Infections and Substance Abuse Study (CTN 0012) has been named Addiction Physician of the Year by Karen M. Carpenter-Palumbo, Commissioner of the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) in New York. This award is given to "a physician who has earned widespread recognition from his/her peers, and whose work reflects the highest level of professional conduct and dedication to serving individuals and families suffering from alcoholism and/or substance abuse."

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Center Parcs Conferences and Events team commissioned James Pembroke Media to create a brand-new magazine that could be sent out to prominent businesses in the UK. The publication's role was to provide industry-related articles and enticing design to inspire workplaces to take their corporate events to the forest. This reflected the brand's core message that spending time in nature boosts productivity and creative thinking. The design therefore had to match this message, with an easy-to-read, image-led layout, harnessing the use of bold typography to help navigate the reader.
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As the mobile industry gears up for the next big technological shift in mobile communications, 5G, an interim technology has been emerging to help fill in the generational gap. That technology is called LTE-Advanced, and while it’s not a term the general public is familiar with, if you’ve been paying attention to mobile carriers in Europe and Asia, you’ve likely noticed them bragging about these new “Advanced” 4G capabilities.
EE calls it 4G+, while Vodafone is describing it as 4.5G, but no matter what moniker carriers apply to LTE-Advanced, they’re all promising it will herald a big boost in network performance. But what is LTE-Advanced exactly, and how will it improve your mobile experience?
Defining LTE-A is a bit difficult because it’s not a single technology. It’s really more a grab bag of different techniques and upgrades designed to improve coverage, capacity and resiliency on mobile networks. The LTE-A standard includes new advanced antenna technologies designed to send more signals to your phone; interference mitigation techniques, allowing carriers to pile new small cells into their networks; and higher orders of modulation that can boost the efficiency of your connection. But the big-ticket item in LTE-Advanced is a technology called carrier aggregation, which provides an advantage that’s much easier to market to their customers: faster speeds.
Carrier aggregation essentially lets a mobile operator combine two or more downlink transmissions (each known as a carrier) into a single super-connection. Operators are deploying LTE all over the spectrum map, but in most cases those frequencies aren’t contiguous. With carrier aggregation, an operator like EE is taking the 20 MHz of 1.8 GHz spectrum from its original LTE network and combining it with 20 MHz it owns way up in the 2.6 GHz band. The result is a connection that will support up to 300 Mbps, double that of what each individual carrier could support on its own.
That’s a tremendous benefit to consumers, especially those with a craving for speed, but keep in mind some LTE-Advanced networks are more advanced than others. Operators can only bond together the 4G spectrum they have at their disposal. For instance, Vodafone is combining a 10 MHz carrier with 20 MHz carrier, creating a network with a theoretical limit of 225 Mbps. Depending on their spectrum situation, some operators are gluing together two 10 MHz carriers or a 10 MHz and a 5 MHz carrier. The result is a lot of different LTE-Advanced network with different top speeds.
Regardless, any LTE-Advanced network is going to provide an improvement over its predecessor, so if your service provider has performed the upgrade, it’s worth your while to take advantage of it. To do that you’ll need a newer smartphone, tablet or modem. There are a number of devices that can support carrier aggregation today, but only a handful that can handle the high speeds of the more powerful LTE-A networks coming out this year. Among them are the Samsung Galaxy S6, S6 Edge and Note 4; the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus; the HTC One M9; the LG G Flex 2; and Huawei Ascend Mate 7 and Honor 6. Multiple smartphone chipsets with LTE-A support are now in the market, and in the coming year, we’ll see a lot more devices boasting 300 Mbps speeds out of the box.
And don’t forget those other items on the LTE-Advanced menu. It will be much harder for operators to explain the benefits of a technology like enhanced inter-cell interference coordination (eICIC) to their customers, but it will benefit those customers just the same. SK Telecom is using eICIC to deploy dense clusters of small cells in the places where data demand is highest, ensuring customers can get a connection even when the network is most congested. Deutsche Telekom is testing an antenna technology called 4×4 MIMO, which will double the number of data streams sent from the tower to the device. That feature not only will boost speeds even further (DT is boasting speeds up to 580 Mbps), but an additional benefit of multiple antennas will be improved performance at the edges of cells — those areas of the network where calls drop and our data speeds suffer the most.
So, yes, we’re seeing the first LTE-Advanced networks today, but it’s safe to say they’re going to advance much further in the future.
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Kevin Fitchard who is a journalist covering the mobile industry and wireless technology. He most recently wrote for Gigaom.


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Parada is the Spanish word for 'Bus Stop' or 'Trolley Stop".
Although there are no actual numbers on the bus stops in Santurce, locals all refer to areas along Ponce de Leon Avenue as belonging to a 'parada'.
This is a remnant of the old trolley line from the early 1900's which had numbered 'paradas' along Ponce de Leon Avenue starting with #1 in Old San Juan and ending with #40 in Rio Piedras.
The establishment of the trolley system lead to the expansion of the city beyond the walls of Old San Juan and eventually lead to the area between stops 20 and 25 as the theater and shopping district of San Juan. In the 1960's, 'Stop 22' was celebrated as the 'Times Square of San Juan'.
As television evolved in the 1970's - there was no need for so many theaters. In the 1980's the stores moved to the shopping malls and businesses relocated to the Hato Rey business district. The area was largely abandoned until its renaissaince as…

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Fearing its latest round of bonuses would create negative headlines and trigger a backlash, Barclays decided to act. But rather than rein in fat-cat remuneration, it came up with a novel way to head off public anger - turn off televisions in branches so ...
ALLIANCE TRUST, one of Scotland's oldest investment houses, has painted an upbeat picture for investors in 2014 despite the ongoing geopolitical uncertainty.
Bank of England governor Mark Carney will be drawn into the growing scandal over currency manipulation on Tuesday when MPs allege the Bank's governance has been inadequate.
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's fourth-biggest grocer Wm Morrison is expected to report its lowest annual profit in five years on Thursday and could also detail plans to sell about 10 percent of its freehold property and return surplus cash to shareholders.
A major technology festival, described as "truly the Greatest Show and Tell on Earth", is heading across the Atlantic to London's Olympic Park.


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Updated 27/04/22: Prince Harry discusses differences between mental health discussions in UK and US
On a new episode of LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman’s podcast, Masters of Scale, Prince Harry compared mental health talk in the US and the UK, and the importance of seeing mental health work as mental fitness.
'You talk about it here in California, "I'll get my therapist to call your therapist." Whereas in the UK, it's like, "Therapist? What therapist? Whose therapist? I don't have a therapist. No, I definitely don't, I've never spoken to a therapist,"' he told Hoffman.
The royal, who is now a father-of-two, also spoke about the need to shift the language surrounding mental health.
'Why do we keep calling it "PTSD?" Why do we keep calling it a "disorder"? If you're going to turn around to someone and label them with a "disorder", that's them screwed for the rest of their life,' he said. 'Why are we not calling it "PTSI?" It should be an injury. And if you're telling someone that they've got an injury, then guess what they're going to do? They're going to try and get better.'
Updated 21/05/21: Prince Harry Went To Therapy Following An Argument With Meghan Markle, Royal Reveals
Prince Harry and Oprah Winfrey have discussed their own experiences of struggling with their mental health in the first episode of their new five-part docu-series, The Me You Can't See.
In the first episode, Prince Harry explained that his reason for getting therapy was healing from past trauma, which mainly revolved around losing his mother Princess Diana in a tragic accident when he was 12-years-old in 1997, the mass outpouring of grief from the public which impacted his own ability to grieve and the media harassment of his mother which he witnessed 'every day' as a child.
The royal said he did not speak about his mother's death at all in the years after she died, and silently suffered with his grief.
Every time I put a suit and tie on and had to do the role... before I even left I was pouring with sweat and my heart rate was racing. I was in the flight or fight mode. Panic attacks, severe anxiety and from 28 to 32, was a nightmare time in my life. Freaking out every single time I jumped in the car or every time I saw a camera. I would feel like my body temperature was 2 or 3 degrees more than everybody else in the room, I would convince myself that my face was bright red and that everybody could see how I was feeling but no one would know why because it was embarrassing.
Prince Harry continued to explain how he would rather 'drink or take drugs' to mask the pain rather than admit and confront the way he was feeling and said the happiest times in his life were his 10 years in the army when he could be 'normal' and treated the same as everybody else.
In the second episode, the Duke of Sussex opened up about starting therapy and committing to treating his mental health, which he decided to do after meeting his then girlfriend, Meghan Markle.
'I knew that if I didn't do the therapy and fix myself then I was going to lose this woman who I could see spending the rest of my life with,' he told Winfrey.
Prince Harry, who recently celebrated three years of marriage with his wife, told the cameras that it was the Duchess of Sussex who said he needed to seek therapy following an argument the couple had.
'In that argument, not knowing about it, I reverted back to 12-year-old Harry. The moment I started therapy, probably in the second session, my therapist said: "That sounds like you reverting back to 12-year-old Harry."'
He said it was then through therapy that he realised he had never processed the pain he experienced at 12-years-old and that is why he found himself reverting back to that age. He then explains how the harassment his wife faced when their relationship was made public brought back the trauma of witnessing his mother experienced, which the couple opened up about in their frank interview with Oprah earlier this year.
Rounding off his experience with therapy and tackling his own mental health, Prince Harry said he is a 'better version of himself' and that therapy has equipped him to combat any recent issues he and Markle have faced, including the reaction to the interview with Winfrey, which he noted how his wife was 'crying into her pillow in the night' before the interview aired in anticipation of next-day headlines.
The Duke reflected upon his happiness with his family - including the upcoming arrival of their second child, a daughter - and is seen on the swing with his son, Archie while discussing how one of his son's first words was 'Grandma Diana' and how a photograph of her is placed in his son's room.
'It's the sweetest thing but at the same time it makes me really sad because she should be here,' the 36-year-old explained.
Also opening up about their experiences in the documentary are Winfrey herself, Glenn Close and Lady Gaga who bravely opened up about the 'total psychotic break' she experienced after she was sexually assaulted.
Updated 18/05/21: Meghan Markle stars in trailer for Prince Harry and Oprah's mental health docu-series
Days before Prince Harry and Oprah Winfrey's Apple TV mental health docu-series, The Me You Can't See, premieres a trailer has been released for the series and stars Meghan Markle.
Oprah and the Duke of Sussex are seen in conversation, discussing the pervading stigma around mental health conditions and addressing the global mental health crisis.
We then see some of the contributors for the docu-series including Lady Gaga, basketball player DeMar DeRozan, actor Glenn Close and Oprah herself talking about their own experiences of suffering with their mental health.
Prince Harry is also expected to speak about his personal experience of struggling with his mental health and can be seen looking visibly emotional in the trailer. Later on in the clip he is seen at home and accompanied by his wife, who smiles at a laptop screen wearing a slogan T-shirt which reads 'Raising The Future'. The T-shirt is designed by parents and kidswear British label, Mère Soeur, and costs £27.
The brand's founder, Carrie-Anne Roberts, shared her reaction at the T-shirt being worn by the Duchess of Sussex on Instagram and naturally, she was thrilled:
The Me You Can't See arrives on Apple TV on May 21.
Updated 11/05/21: Prince Harry and Oprah Winfrey's highly anticipated upcoming docu-series focusing on mental health now has a release date.
The project, which has been co-created and executive produced by the media mogul and the Duke of Sussex, is set to explore issues of mental health and emotional wellbeing by focusing on the personal stories of high-profile people, reports The Hollywood Reporter.
According to a press release shared on Monday, the multi-part series will see the two stars guiding 'honest discussions about mental health and emotional well-being while opening up about their mental health journeys and struggles'.
'Now more than ever, there is an immediate need to replace the shame surrounding mental health with wisdom, compassion, and honesty,' a statement from Winfrey reads in the release. 'Our series aims to spark that global conversation.'
The multi-part series is set to feature a celebrity line-up including, Lady Gaga and Glenn Close, as well as mental health advocate and speaker Zak Williams, Olympic boxer Virginia 'Ginny' Fuchs, celebrity chef Rashad Armstead.
The project will be titled, The Me You Can’t See, and will premiere on May 21 on Apple TV+.
Original story, 2019: Prince Harry And Oprah Winfrey Are Launching A Mental Health Documentary Series Together
The Duke of Sussex has announced he is partnering with the television mogul to create and produce a mental health documentary series for Apple TV which will launch in 2020.
Kensington Palace said the multi-part series, which has been in the works for a few months, will focus on mental illness as well as 'mental wellness' and will aim to inspire viewers to discuss mental health conditions and what we need to do to thrive openly.
'I truly believe that good mental health – mental fitness – is the key to powerful leadership, productive communities and a purpose-driven self,' the Duke of Sussex said in a statement. 'It is a huge responsibility to get this right as we bring you the facts, the science and the awareness of a subject that is so relevant during these times.
'Our hope is that this series will be positive, enlightening and inclusive – sharing global stories of unparalleled human spirit fighting back from the darkest places, and the opportunity for us to understand ourselves and those around us better. I am incredibly proud to be working alongside Oprah on this vital series which we have been developing together for several months.'
Prince Harry, along with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, has long been an advocate for reducing the stigma surrounding mental health conditions and encouraging a more open conversation around an issue which affects so many people.
In 2017, he launched Heads Together through the Royal Foundation and he has also spoken publicly about his own mental health, including when he had to seek support and therapy after struggling himself.
Aside from Winfrey's gravitas in the television world, the businesswoman is also a spokesperson for mental wellness, regularly touching on it in her Super Soul Conversations series. She too has discussed how conditions including clinical depression and schizophrenia have affected 'several people close' to her and encouraged the need for speaking openly about mental health.
Winfrey was invited to attend the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in May and later described it as a 'cultural moment' and an event which left her feeling like 'anything is possible through the power love'.
She has also spent time with Meghan's mother Doria Ragland, who she invited to her house last year and gifted a basket of kumquats!

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Many new homebrewers start out by making ales as they are currently very fashionable and relatively straightforward to make. Brewing a lager presents a nice challenge for the beginner to intermediate level homebrewer and offers the opportunity to further refine and hone your homebrewing skills. Here are some helpful tips for those looking to brew lagers for the first time or those looking to improve upon their lager homebrew process.
Considerations for Pitching Yeast
Lagers ferment at a much colder temperature than ales which presents a new challenge to homebrewers accustomed to only making ales. Depending on the recommendations for the yeast you decide to use, you will probably need to ferment your lager at a temperature between 45o-55oF. Fermenting lager at room temperatures will lead to extra production of esters which can give a fruity or even spicy flavor to the beer. Good lagers are light in both body and flavor, so flaws such as this are much more noticeable than they are with ales.
Due to the lower fermentation temperature, it will take longer for your beer to ferment if all other conditions remain the same. To counteract this longer fermentation time, most lagers will require you to use at least two times as much yeast as you would for an ale of the same original gravity.
Many homebrewers pitch into room temperature wort. Since lagers require you to pitch a lot of yeast, there really isn’t a reason for you to pitch it warm, especially since this can cause excess production of esters. Instead, chill your wort to the temperature recommended by the manufacturer of the yeast strain you’re using before pitching the yeast. It’s also a good idea to aerate your wort before pitching the yeast (check out this video tutorial for aerating wort with compressed air) as this will speed up the fermentation process and improve your beer’s flavor.
Yeasts commonly used for lagers will produce more diacetyl which gives off a butterscotch type flavor. The best way to ensure that all diacetyl is removed from your beer is to turn up the temperature near the end of fermentation. Raising the temperature to anywhere between 60o-65oF and letting it sit for 1 to 3 days should be more than adequate conditions for the yeast to reduce the amount of diacetyl in your lager.
Patience Is a Virtue
“Lager” is derived from a German word meaning “storeroom” or “storage.” “Lagering” is the stage of making a lager after fermentation is complete where the beer is stored at cold temperatures (33o-35oF) for a long period of time. A simple rule of thumb for deciding how long lagering should last is one week for every 10 points of original gravity (a 1.040 lager should sit for 4 weeks). This time will help to clean up your lagers of the various aromas present at the end of fermentation for the crisp, clean taste associated with lagers.
Brewing a lager for the first time can be a daunting process especially if you are a relative homebrew beginner. Hopefully, this article has given you some constructive ideas for improving your lager homebrew. Please let us know if you found this helpful and share your own tips in the comments as well as pictures of any lagers you’ve made with your Synergy Home Brewing System.


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The U.S., EU, U.K., and numerous other countries have imposed wide-ranging economic sanctions on Russia. However, in order for the sanctions to work as a deterrent force, it all depends on the actions of one of Russia's closest allies: China
On Feb. 4, President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping stressed in a joint announcement that ties between their respective countries know no boundaries. However, Russia's invasion of Ukraine sparked controversy over how far this alliance would go. There’s one crucial question, though: Will China provide Russia with the full support it expects to counter sanctions?
China's policy of shaping the global system in its own image may not be fully in line with Russia's expectations. Likewise, Russia's strategic priorities may not exactly line up with China's long-term strategic interests. In the words of Henry Kissinger: “Foreign policy is the art of establishing priorities,” and the real test of any given policy is not how it begins, but how it ends. The first goal of any strategy is to establish a relationship between the ends and the means. That’s exactly what China will set out to do in the coming period.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine is a game-changer on a geopolitical-global scale. China, meanwhile, has long invested in soft power, both in the United Nations and in its international relations as a whole, all within the framework of its global influence game-plan.
However, Russia’s invasion of its neighbor is disrupting the aforementioned game-plan. Beijing's stance on the Ukraine issue is often described as "pro-Russian neutrality" by observers. But Russia has more aces up its sleeve and can demand a lot more from China. In this context, economic sanctions will also serve as a litmus test of the "bulletproof alliance" between Beijing and Moscow.
As for China, its most important strategic priority is to ensure stable economic growth. Economic growth is, so to speak, Beijing’s holy grail.
China acts in accordance with the concept of "If you stop pedaling, you’ll fall." Beijing became a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001 with the backing of the United States, and it has been benefiting from the global economic system for 20 years.
Thus, China is inconvenienced by the geopolitical risks that would disrupt this flow. Any drawback in growth rates would negatively impact China's defense expenditures and investments in new generation technologies. Of course, there is always the risk that any slowdown in economic growth rates would cause prosperity levels of the average Chinese to plummet.
China has extensive trade relations with the EU, and after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the barrage of sanctions from the EU and Germany's sharp shift in attitude caught Beijing by surprise. This development will push China to tread more carefully. Likewise, by helping Moscow withstand Western sanctions, China would risk crossing the U.S. and EU’s red lines and subject its companies to secondary sanctions.
Beijing is also apprehensive about risking its short-, medium- and long-term economic and military plans. The “One Belt-One Road” project plays a very important role in China's relationship with Europe. There is a risk that the instability in the Eurasian terrain, which includes Russia and Ukraine, would put the project in jeopardy.
The full-extent and ramifications of the wide-ranging sanctions coalition, comprised of the U.S., EU, U.K., Japan, Canada, and Australia, that would bear down on a great power like Russia, will be followed with great interest by China. If a wide-ranging sanctions coalition manages to choke off Russia's economy from the global economy, it could be repeated in the future with another superpower.
The United States, for its part, sees China and Russia as its two biggest threats. This is the main reason why Russia and China are clinging to each other. However, Beijing is a very crucial component of the global economy, and indeed it seems easier to isolate Russia than China. The challenges that sanctions and counter-reactions present for the global economy will be a tough test to navigate for both China and the Western-led sanctions coalition.
In terms of the consequences of the ongoing war in Ukraine, there are both opportunities and risks for China. On the one hand, sanctions will increase Russia's dependence on China, and on the other, the Chinese economy will find itself in a very precarious position due to disruptions in global supply chains, particularly when it comes to the supply of raw materials and food.
This fragility is exacerbated even when viewed through the Ukraine lens. About 30 percent of China's corn imports come from Ukraine. Iron exports from Ukraine to China are also at risk of being disrupted. In a nutshell, the Chinese will be walking on thin ice as they try to juggle Moscow's needs with their own.


The number of pickleball players in the Parksville Qualicum Beach area grows each year, yet there are no designated public courts available in the region.
Players say the handful of makeshift courts are not enough to accommodate the avid fans of the popular racquet sport. The two places pickleball players frequent are the makeshift facilities at the tennis courts and lacrosse box at the Parksville Community Park.
There has been a strong desire from the Oceanside Pickleball Club and the Parksville Oceanside Pickleball Society to have designated pickleball courts built in Parksville. They have gone through two different city councils in the last six years, resulting in a number proposals that include allocating land at Springwood Park to build 12 courts.
There was also a proposal to council on Feb. 3, 2021 to convert the park’s existing tennis courts into eight pickleball courts and refurbish the lacrosse box to allow for nine setup/takedown pickleball courts. A motion was also brought forward by Coun. Doug O’Brien last March 21 to build 16 new courts that can accommodate up to 64 players, and would run adjacent to the green area and skateboard park in the parking lot behind the curling club.
But council in the end declined to fully invest money on new designated pickleball courts at Springwood Park due to the estimated cost and that it would also go against the city’s policy of providing a multi-use sports facility. Council opted to have one of the tennis courts at the Parksville Community Park reconfigured to allow four designated pickleball courts with a fence to separate it from the tennis courts but stakeholders feel it will not be sufficient.
Mayor Ed Mayne calls the current compromise on the multi-use tennis/pickleball courts fair.
The Oceanside Pickleball Stakeholders, representing the pickleball community in District 69, sent a letter to Parksville council to express their disappointment.
Ernie Pallott, Keith Hosking, John Kuzbik, Garry Kaita, Brian Alexander, Tom Staite and Peter Drummond, in a signed letter, indicated the “pickleball community disagrees” with Mayne’s comment.
The group said council has failed to involve the pickleball community in decision-making process which they indicated fell short of collaboration, lacked consistency and transparency.
“Following meetings with the mayor, staff, or both, we sat in shocked surprise that our voice was not presented to council and new decision-making criteria was introduced for council to make decisions,” the stakeholders stated. “Many decisions were not-evidence based and contradictory arguments were made to justify final decisions.”
Pallott said he also hand-delivered a letter to the city asking council to collaborate with them but only O’Brien responded.
“There’s a lot of frustrations,” said Pallott. “It’s been going on for six years. The pickleball community has already doubled in size.”
Pallot, who also represents the Oceanside Pickleball Club, said they had to cap their membership at 270 and has a waiting list for those wanting to join. They’ve been monitoring the number of people playing pickleball in the region.
“We were restricted by COVID-19 in the last couple of years and even last year when we were limited to only 48 players on the court at one time, we had 7,000 playing opportunities and we had a 96 per cent attendance record. The Regional District of Nanaimo, they had somewhere in the 94 per cent participation and usage.”
The city, the stakeholders stated, has spent two years and more than $100,000 on site studies and surface core sampling. They also have spent countless hours in meetings.
“The final outcome falls well short of how all of this started almost six years ago, with a plan for 12 dedicated pickleball courts,” they said.
Pallot also disputed the perception pickleball caters only to older people and clubs.
“If there are no pickleball courts, how can young people go out and play?” Pallot asked. “How can a family, a mom and dad take their kids out and try out pickleball? You can buy beginner paddles and a ball for less than $50. What kind of recreation can you play for $50 for a family? It’s one of the cheapest sports going.”
Mayne said Parksville is already providing courts, and questioned why only the city is addressing the issue. He pointed out that there will be four designated pickleball courts, four shared courts with tennis, and six at the lacrosse box that will be resurfaced. He also pointed out there are indoor courts at Oceanside Place.
“Why are we the only one providing pickleball court for the whole Oceanside,” said Mayne. “What is the Town of Qualicum Beach doing? They should approach the school board as well because they have a tennis court in one of their schools.”


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Police are hunting a man who was seen dousing a car in flammable liquid before it was set alight in Dundee.
The incident, which left the vehicle destroyed, occurred on Charleston Drive just after 5am on Tuesday.
Nobody was inside the vehicle at the time but police believe the incident was targeted.
Detective Constable Steve Smith, from Police Scotland’s Tayside CID, said: “Whilst the motive for this fire has yet to be established we believe that it was, for whatever reason, targeted.
CCTV shows man fleeing scene
“Officers have been checking CCTV and from there a man is seen pouring accelerant over the vehicle before driving off in a dark coloured car.
“He is only described at the moment as wearing dark clothing.”
Anyone with information is asked to contact police via 101 quoting reference number 0409 of June 21.
Alternatively, details can be passed anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
It comes after a number of similar incidents in Dundee recently, including a torched minivan outside a Broughty Ferry veterans’ home.


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