At Domin, we are using cutting-edge technology to bring the hydraulics industry into the 21st century by designing and manufacturing world-class hydraulic servo valves that are both reliable and high performing.
In Motorsports, servo valves control the flow of hydraulic fluid used to actuate the brakes, steering, and gears in a vehicle, all of which are integral to the vehicle’s functionality and performance. When racing, every fraction of a second counts so the gears, steering, and breaks need to work smoothly, quickly, accurately, and repeatedly to ensure optimal performance.
When a driver changes gears, if the valve is not reliable, this could cause a misalignment in the gear shift which slows the car down and increases the driver’s lap time.
Likewise, in a braking zone, the driver relies on the vehicle’s brakes to slow it down and bring it to a stop. If the servo valve that controls the brakes is too slow to respond, the vehicle may not be able to slow down quickly enough, and the driver may overshoot the corner or collide with someone else.
When racing the car around tight tracks within millimetres of your competitor the slightest error in steering can cause loss of track position, slower cornering, or even worse skidding into a gravel trap.
In Motorsports, the primary goal is to win, and only the most reliable and high performing vehicle will take first place on the podium, so it is essential that the servo valves used to control the vehicle’s movement are top of the range.
Traditional two-stage servo valves technology is the current ‘go to’ for motorsport, yet we’ve identified various design flaws in this technology that make it the less desirable option compared to Domin’s groundbreaking servo valve technology, and here’s why:
One of the many downsides to traditional two-stage servo valves is parasitic loss. To overcome this, valve manufacturers resort to reducing the size of pressure openings in the valve which increases the risk of debris in the oil causing blockages and contamination. This then leads to the valve malfunctioning.
Further blockages can also occur when the vehicle is racing due to the flapper nozzle technology which has poor chip shear performance making the valves unreliable.
As blockages are so frequent in traditional two-stage servo valves, motorsport vehicles often need to be assembled in clean rooms to mitigate the risk of blockages and contamination.
In contrast, Domin’s use of direct drive technology completely removes the need for the first stage where most blockages occur, without compromising on the size, performance, or quality of the valve.
Damage and Repair
Pressure seals to atmosphere, which are prone to damage, are very common in traditional two-stage servo valves. The use of these means increased maintenance and downtime of the valves which is not ideal in motorsports.
Domin’s valves, on the other hand, are designed in a way that completely removes the need for pressure seals to atmosphere. This reduces maintenance time and increases the reliability of the servo valve.
Size and Weight
Traditional two-stage valves used for motorsport are particularly light, however, unlike Domin valves, they do not operate with onboard electronics. Instead, a separate centralised electrical circuit is used to create the drive for the valve which increases the weight and size of the overall hydraulic system.
Although Domin servo valves are marginally heavier than traditional two-stage valves, we use modern onboard electronics with localised position sensors which remove the need for an additional unit, reducing both the weight and size of the overall hydraulic system and making the car lighter, more aerodynamic and higher performing. Furthermore, the valves have the capability to be controlled digitally, reducing the complexity of the central control system.
At Domin, we are continuously looking for ways to optimise performance across a range of industries and will continue to drive positive change within hydraulics across the globe.
If you are looking for a way to improve the reliability and performance of your hydraulics system within the motorsport industry, please contact our Sales team. We can help you improve the performance of your vehicle’s steering, gears, and brakes, making it faster than ever before and ensuring success on the track.
Want to learn more? Check out our article on Rugged & Reliable Servo Valves for the Timber Industry.


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Stir in flour, onion and pepper until blended. Pour the mushroom sauce over the green beans. Top with the sauteed onion slices and fresh bread crumbs. You can cook Holiday Green Bean Casserole using 7 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Holiday Green Bean Casserole
- It’s 2 cans of cream of onion soup.
- It’s 1 package of frozen cut green beans.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of milk.
- You need of Generous splash Worcestershire sauce.
- You need 1 container of French fried onions.
- Prepare To taste of pepper.
- Prepare To taste of salt.
No holiday meal is complete without a green bean casserole. It goes perfect with your mashed potatoes and your holiday turkey and will keep you warm and cozy on a cool evening. No holiday meal is complete without a green bean casserole. It goes perfect with your mashed potatoes and your holiday turkey and will keep you warm and cozy on a cool evening.
Holiday Green Bean Casserole step by step
- Add the soup, milk, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper to a medium sized casserole dish. Mix well..
- Add the green beans and half the fried onions. Mix until smooth..
- Cover the dish with foil. Bake in a 350 degree oven for about 20 minutes or until bubbly around the edges..
- Cover the top with the remaining fried onions then bake for an additional 5-10 minutes, sans the foil. Let rest for a bit then enjoy!!.
Drain beans and pour into a large bowl of ice water to stop from cooking. Fresh mushrooms, onion, and herbs with frozen green beans, sour cream, and cheddar cheese make this a delightfully tasty twist on the traditional casserole. I developed this recipe, longing for a 'no cans' version of the classic dish. I made this one year for my husband's family at Christmas time, and now they ask for it every year! In a mixing bowl, combine the drained green beans and soup.

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There is a large body of evidence that has now demonstrated that delayed cord clamping (DCC) has benefits for term and preterm infants. [1
]. These benefits include reductions in morbidities such as intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) and mortality in preterm infants and improved developmental scores at 4 years of age in term infants. One important group that has not been included is the nonbreathing, non-vigorous infant. It may be important to determine whether an infant has started to breathe before the umbilical cord is clamped. This has been suggested in a number of small studies where infants who breathed had less blood retained in the placenta and higher hematocrits [4
]. Preterm infants also take longer to establish breathing than term newborns, placing greater emphasis on the determination of breathing before the cord is clamped [6
]. One epidemiologic study suggested that term newborns that take longer to breathe after their cord is clamped have a higher rate of admission to the NICU and increased mortality [8
]. Another observational study of preterm infants demonstrated higher rates of IVH and bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in infants that were not breathing during delayed cord clamping [9
Animal work suggests that positive pressure ventilation in anesthetized preterm lambs during DCC eliminated fluctuations in cardiac output and cerebral blood flow compared to early cord clamping [10
]. One hypothesis is that in response to the lungs inflating, the placenta provides the additional blood supply needed to fill the pulmonary vascular bed. The venous return from the lungs then enters the left atrium and provides the needed preload for left ventricular output and cerebral perfusion. The result is increased blood volume and stable perfusion, particularly to the brain [11
]. This is critical particularly in preterm infants that have limited cerebral autoregulation (Figure 1
The challenge with translating physiology into evidence lies with the ability to include infants that require resuscitation into randomized controlled trials of delayed cord clamping. Various trials have had significant protocol violations, including the largest trial (Australian Placental Transfusion Study, APTS, n
= 1500) in which over 25 percent of infants that were randomized to delayed cord clamping actually received immediate cord clamping [2
]. The major reason cited was due to concerns for the infant. Unfortunately, infants that need greater resuscitation are more likely to have greater morbidity including IVH and death [12
]. Despite a number of smaller trials and animal data suggesting DCC could reduce IVH, the APTS trial showed no difference in IVH. Facilitating a placental transfusion in this population could have greater benefits than only the included vigorous preterm infants that have been included in previous trials. Respiratory support, in the form of positive pressure ventilation or continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) could be given to all infants undergoing DCC or only to those who fail to establish spontaneous respirations. Alternatively, more invasive strategies such as endotracheal intubation may be provided.
There are several completed and ongoing trials investigating ventilation with an intact umbilical cord. Since there is significant heterogeneity with respect to the population (term versus preterm) and feasibility studies, we will discuss these in their respective sections.
2. Feasibility Studies in Preterm Infants
There are several recently completed feasibility trials involving resuscitation with an intact cord. The first pilot study by Winter et al. sought to determine whether ventilatory support with continuous positive airway pressure or positive pressure ventilation was feasible during 90 s of DCC in infants at 24 to 32 weeks gestation [13
]. A total of 29 infants were enrolled and all completed the protocol without any adverse outcomes.
Blank et al. recently completed a feasibility trial using a colorimetric CO2
detector to manage when cord clamping was performed [14
]. The trial enrolled 44 infants and the median time to cord clamping was 150 s and 138 s in vigorous and non-vigorous infants, respectively.
Knol et al. completed a feasibility study to demonstrate whether infants <35 weeks could be placed on a specialized bed equipped with respiratory function monitoring long enough to achieve physiological targets before having cord clamping. These targets were set as a heart rate >100 bpm, spontaneous breathing on continuous positive airway pressure with tidal volumes >4 mL/kg, and SpO2
≥ 25th percentile and fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO2
) <0.4. They were able to achieve these targets in 33/37 infants. The median time to cord clamping was 4 min and 23 s after birth [15
Pratesi et al. completed a pilot feasibility study comparing 3 min delay with resuscitation when needed to intact umbilical cord milking four times. Infants with delayed cord clamping had a higher 5 min Apgar, but a lower admission temperature [16
3. Completed Randomized Controlled Trials
To date, there are three randomized controlled trials involving resuscitation with an intact cord (Table 1
). The first trial by Duley et al. randomized infants to immediate cord clamping (<20 s) or at least 2 min of delayed cord clamping with resuscitation when needed [17
]. The median gestational age was 28 weeks. There was no difference in any outcomes, but a trend for decreased mortality with delayed cord clamping emerged. However, only 59 percent of the infants randomized to delayed cord clamping reached the 2-minute time point.
Our group performed a randomized trial and compared initiation of ventilation immediately after birth compared to no ventilation at all for 60 s with an intact cord in preterm infants <32 weeks (n
= 150) [18
]. We also conducted a second randomized clinical trial in term babies at risk for resuscitation (n
= 60), comparing resuscitation with an intact cord to usual care [19
]. Neither study found any clinical differences. However, in our preterm trial, over 90 percent of infants began breathing before 60 s with gentle stimulation in both groups. If spontaneous ventilation in humans mimics the improved and stable hemodynamics found in the animal model, this may explain why positive pressure ventilation had no value.
4. Ongoing Randomized Controlled Trials
There are three ongoing trials involving resuscitation with an intact cord (Table 2
). The first trial, VentFirst (NCT02742454, proposed n
= 940) aims to determine whether ventilation during delayed cord clamping of up to 120 s reduces the incidence of intraventricular hemorrhage compared to delayed cord clamping with no respiratory support for 30 s in non-breathing infants or 60 s in spontaneously breathing infants of 23–28 + 6 weeks gestation at delivery. The trial currently has about n
= 200 infants (personal communication) with an expected completion of June 2023.
Ashish et al. have recently completed a single center trial in Nepal (Nep-Cord 3 trial, n = 231, NCT02727517) in depressed term neonates to compare delayed cord clamping of greater than 180 s with resuscitation with early cord clamping (<60 s). The primary hypothesis is that delayed cord clamping improves oxygen saturation, heart rate, and Apgar scores in the first 10 min of life compared to early cord clamping.
Blank et al. are conducting a similar study (Baby DUCC, Australian Trial Registry #12618000621213) in non-vigorous infants (n = 120) greater than or equal to 32 weeks gestational age. Infants will receive delayed cord clamping with resuscitation until at least 1 minute after the colorimetric CO2 detector has indicated gas exchange or at 5 min of life they will receive immediate cord clamping. The primary outcome in this trial will be the heart rate at 60 and 120 s. The trial has enrolled 30 infants and is expected to be completed in 2021 (personal communication).
Knol et al. are conducting a multicenter trial of time-based clamping (n = 660, ABC2 NCT03808051) 30–60 s after delivery depending on the condition of the infant) compared to physiological-based cord clamping in infants less than 30 weeks gestation. The outcome is a composite outcome of intact survival (survival without grade 2 IVH or higher, or necrotizing enterocolitis).
Nevill et al. are studying preterm infants that are not breathing well by 15 s of life and randomizing them to breathing assistance or just stimulation until 60 s of life. The primary outcome is the need for a blood transfusion.
Lastly, Pratesi et al. are proposing a multicenter trial (PCI-Trial, NCT02671305) comparing intact umbilical cord milking to delayed cord clamping for 3 min with assistance when needed in premature infants <30 weeks. Their primary outcome is a composite outcome of severe IVH, BPD, and death with a sample size of 202 infants.
5. Challenges with Resuscitation with an Intact Cord
There have been two surveys to report parental and provider assessments of performing resuscitation with an intact cord. Thomas et al. evaluated term and preterm newborns that received resuscitation with an intact cord [20
]. The majority of clinicians in their study (86%) rated the resuscitation trolley as the “same”, “better”, or “much better” than conventional equipment. In a second survey involving term infants done by our group, we found that only 41% of neonatal providers and 32% of maternal providers found the process of resuscitation with an intact cord as positive or strongly positive [21
]. One-third felt that the cord was too short for access and they had poor access to the baby. Twenty-five percent also felt that they had difficulty accessing equipment. On the other hand, for both surveys, the majority of parents felt that the experience of bedside resuscitation was positive. This was probably because they were able to visualize and or touch their newborn immediately after delivery and throughout the resuscitation.
In practice, many of these concerns are still a challenge. With many of our studies on resuscitation with an intact cord currently facing challenges with maintaining a sterile field (there is not a commercially available sterile T-piece), providing adequate temperature (a chemical mattress had to be used on top of the resuscitation bed), and only one provider had access to equipment. A patient could not have oxygen or ventilator pressures easily adjusted. In addition, there was not an available display for monitoring the patient viewable to the provider. A new purpose-built resuscitation table has been developed to attempt to overcome some of these issues [15
Neonatal resuscitation with an intact cord is an exciting possibility to ensure every newborn receives a placental transfusion. Several important clinical trials in both term and preterm infants will help answer the question as to its clinical benefit. There are a number of logistical issues that will need to be improved before this becomes standard practice, but it holds tremendous promise.

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ALBUQUERQUE — Plant a blue flag on the Capitol’s fourth floor.
Albuquerque congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham will be the next governor of New Mexico, seizing the office after eight years of Republican occupancy with a resounding victory Tuesday night and vowing to lead a transformational top-down turnaround in a state that showed its desire for change with a considerable voter turnout.
Riding a wave of Democratic enthusiasm that swept several Democrats into statehouse seats, Lujan Grisham thumped Republican congressman Steve Pearce, according to unofficial results from the Secretary of State’s Office.
Offering a largely moderate message of enhanced investment in public education and an emphasis on clean energy production, Lujan Grisham, a 59-year-old Los Alamos native with varied experience as a state Cabinet secretary, made good on a nearly two-year campaign to put the top job in Santa Fe back in the hands of the state’s majority party.
The governor-elect, emerging in an electric blue suit into a packed ballroom at 10 p.m. to boisterous extended cheers at Hotel Albuquerque, soldiered through an election night speech in which “technical difficulties” left her without her prepared material on the teleprompters.
“This is what governors do,” she said, laughing. “I’m just gonna speak from the heart. Does that work for everyone here?”
The buoyant crowd of hundreds filled the brief moments of dead air with chants of Lujan Grisham’s initials. What else was there to say?
“Gone are the days where anyone talks about New Mexico not being in first place,” Lujan Grisham said. “Gone!”
When the speech finally appeared, 22 minutes into Lujan Grisham’s ad-libbed remarks about the economy and education, she urged the scrolling text on the screen to move faster. “I already did this [part]; I did this! I did it from memory because I know what I’m doing,” she laughed.
“Let’s get to work,” the governor-elect concluded, over the opening strains of U2’s “Beautiful Day.”
The second Latina to be elected governor in the U.S., and the first as a Democrat, she will enter office with both legislative chambers controlled by Democrats, the first time New Mexico has had a so-called trifecta of one-party control since Barack Obama’s first term as president.
Pearce conceded shortly before 9:30 p.m., congratulating Lujan Grisham in a phone call.
“We could work together for the future of the state,” he said, adding the congresswoman “ran a very good race.”
Exuberant Democrats framed the Lujan Grisham victory — and those of many other prominent Democrats up and down the New Mexico ballot Tuesday — as a cathartic response to what they described as the chaotic presidency of Republican Donald Trump and the listless governorship of two-term Republican Susana Martinez, who will leave office with her popularity diminished.
“Susana Martinez was really from Texas,” said Kathy Economy, a former federal employee in Albuquerque. “She wasn’t looking out for the benefit of New Mexico. Michelle is a New Mexican who understands how to get New Mexicans up from the third-to-last or last-place or whatever it is in all the categories.”
As of 10:15 p.m., statewide turnout of more than 600,000 was approaching 50 percent of the total registered voters and had surpassed the vote total in the 2014 and 2010 midterm elections.
Lujan Grisham was routing Pearce by more than 20 percent in Bernalillo County, the state’s most populous and her home turf as a three-term congresswoman, unofficial results showed. In heavily Democratic Santa Fe County, Lujan Grisham was lapping Pearce by a 4-to-1 ratio.
An unprecedented boom in the state’s southeastern oil patch, and thus greater leeway in the state budget, could make for Lujan Grisham’s first test as governor, forcing her to dig in with legislators to strike a balance between new spending and stashing away the fossil fuel revenue.
Amid ever-greater anxiety over the state’s reliance on oil and gas, the Democrat struck a moderate pose in her campaign by voicing support for the state’s workhorse industry while also proposing methane mitigation rules and committing to clean energy benchmarks, a boon to advocates who argue the state should lead on initiatives to counter global climate change.
Lujan Grisham has vowed to significantly increase the state’s minimum wage and ultimately index it to inflation, part of her vision of a New Mexico that can measure up to regional rivals like Colorado with their comparatively more robust economies.
Under Lujan Grisham, New Mexico could become the next U.S. state to legalize recreational marijuana. She has said she will sign into a law a “balanced, responsible” approach to legalization, calling on the Legislature to send her a bill that includes workplace and roadway regulations and childproofing protections for edible products.
Whether legislators, even with Democratic majorities in both chambers, can unify behind a legalization plan remains to be seen.
The governor-elect has argued vehemently the state is in position to deliver a “moonshot” on education, asserting she will push for greater investment from the state’s $17 billion Land Grant Permanent Fund.
Such a constitutional amendment, which would require voter approval, has been stonewalled in recent legislative sessions. Lujan Grisham’s victory likely foreshadows a prolonged showdown with the powerful state Sen. John Arthur Smith, a conservative Democrat who chairs the Senate Finance Committee.
On the campaign trail, she also proposed pulling from the state’s other multibillion-dollar endowment, the Severance Tax Permanent Fund, to fund apprenticeships.
Her win bodes well for the state’s majority party as the 2020 U.S. Census approaches. If sizable Democratic majorities hold in both the state House and Senate, it would be the first time since 1980 that one party in New Mexico controlled both chambers and the governor’s office during a census and all-important redistricting process.
“Our unity can overcome any challenge,” Lujan Grisham said. “Our hard work can build a movement to change peoples’ lives for the better.”
The state’s first open gubernatorial campaign since 2010 was marked by nasty turns down the stretch. Pearce broadcast an advertisement savaging a man dying of cancer because he appeared in a commercial praising Lujan Grisham; the man died only weeks later. The state Republican Party mocked Lujan Grisham’s makeup in a televised forum, likening her appearance to Richard Nixon’s infamously sweaty televised debate performance in 1960. Lujan Grisham, in turn, tarred Pearce as a liar, arguing his consistent attacks about her ownership stake in a health care consulting firm amounted to baseless personal smears.
For all that, both candidates, able to present themselves as moderate, occupied some of the same political turf. Lujan Grisham struck a centrist posture from the start, calling for relatively modest increases in health care and educational spending that could pass muster in the Legislature and spurning leftist enthusiasm on other issues. She said the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency serves a valuable role in national security, for instance, and maintained the popular “Medicare for All” health care reform proposal is more liberal fantasy than achievable policy.
Attendees at the Democratic election party said they were eager for Lujan Grisham to follow through on the minimum wage, the environment and education.
“We’re all winners, in general, because every step [Democrats] take, we take it forward, the state,” said Anita Rios, an early childhood educator from Silver City.
Lujan Grisham is scheduled to be sworn in Jan. 1.
Staff writer Robert Nott contributed to this report.
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Tropical depression number six has formed off the coast of Africa. At 500 PM, the center of newly formed Tropical Depression Six was located near latitude 13.8 North, longitude 24.7 West. The depression is moving toward the west near 15 mph (24 km/h), and this track with a gradual turn to the west-northwest is expected for the next two or three days. On the forecast track, the depression will be passing just south of the Cabo Verde Islands tonight and Saturday. The depression should then be moving over the open eastern Atlantic on Sunday and Monday.
Maximum sustained winds are near 35 mph (55 km/h) with higher gusts. Strengthening is forecast, and the depression is expected to become a tropical storm tonight or Saturday.

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Rwanda and Angola sign nine cooperation agreements and abolish visa requirements – KT PRESS
Rwanda and Angola on Friday signed nine different agreements during the first session of the Permanent Joint Commission for Cooperation (JPCC), which will see the two countries cooperate in different sectors including health, energy, education, infrastructure, tourism and justice, among others. .
The first session of the commission was held in Kigali while the second session is scheduled for Luanda in 2024 as the two countries seek to strengthen the ties already existing by then.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Dr. Vincent Biruta and the Minister of External Relations, Amb. Antonio Tete, who led the delegations from each side, said after the meeting that the agreements signed will benefit the citizens of both countries.
The two officials said that Rwanda and Angola already have memorandums of understanding for cooperation in the health, justice, agriculture and health sector, but that under the new partnership , new areas of cooperation will include infrastructure, tourism, finance, education, vocational training, defense. and security, among others.
The agreements signed on Friday include the double taxation avoidance agreement, the extradition agreement as well as agreements on mutual legal assistance, transfer of sentenced persons, cooperation in the fields of agriculture and livestock, local government and health, oil and gas.
Similarly, a cooperation agreement was signed between the National School of Administration and Public Policy (ENAPP) of Angola and the Rwandan Institute of Management (RMI).
Dr. Biruta said the first session of the JPCC marked a milestone in the existing bilateral relations between the nations, pointing out that Rwanda already enjoys valuable and strategic ties with the Southern African country.
“Our partnership is based on strong political will and commitment at the highest level to maintain, strengthen and expand our cooperation in various areas such as infrastructure, energy, agriculture, trade and investment Justice”, said Dr Biruta, adding that the new agreements build on the progress that already exists.
Moving forward, Dr Biruta said both countries will have results-oriented action plans and set realistic timelines as well as effective follow-up mechanisms to ensure that the peoples of both countries fully benefit. of cooperation.
“The government of Rwanda is committed to cementing bilateral cooperation with the Angolan government and to working together to address regional and global coordinator challenges affecting our countries,”
“The Covid-19 pandemic has had negative impacts on our countries’ economies and other social aspects and collaboration among African nations is more important than ever, if we are to regain and sustain economic growth and achieve sustainable development. self-reliance of Africa”, he added.
Leveraging the AfCFTA
Dr Biruta said that the two countries share common strategic interests including contributing to peace, security and stability in Africa and that the renewed cooperation will provide both countries with an opportunity to leverage the benefits of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
Minister Biruta praised the mediation efforts undertaken by Angola to bring peace to the Central African Republic (CAR) as well as the country’s contribution to the normalization of diplomatic relations between Rwanda and Uganda.
For his part, Amb. Tete said he was delighted to be in Rwanda with his delegation, which was not only an opportunity to explore ways to strengthen already existing ties, but also a chance to join Rwandans in solidarity then. that they marked the 28and commemoration of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi.
The Angolan minister said that the genocide was one of the darkest times in the African continent and that countries have a duty to monitor and ensure that what is happening in Rwanda does not happen again anywhere in the world .
Amb. Tete said that in May 2014, Rwanda and Angola established a framework agreement on economic, technical, scientific and cultural cooperation, and an agreement on establishing bilateral cooperation, among other areas.
“The JPCC comes at a particular time when we wish to write a new golden page in our bilateral relations”,
“There is indeed a renewed and mutual desire to strengthen and expand cooperation in the area of common interest, given the potential of the two countries in the political and diplomatic fields, trade and industry, health, justice, agriculture and fisheries. , economy, finance cultural tourism, to name a few,” said Minister Tete.
He stressed that with the leadership of the two Heads of State of the two countries, Angola and Rwanda will work together to explore opportunities to rebuild and strengthen as the economies of both nations seek to recover from the devastating impact of the pandemic.
He urged the technical teams to speed up the implementation and monitoring mechanisms so that the objectives of the agreement are met, adding that a mid-term review will be carried out to assess progress before the Luanda meeting in two years.
At the end of the session, Dr. Biruta said that the cooperation agreements signed are not only for the governments of the two countries, but directly benefit the citizens of the two countries.
Among other things, he said that during the first meeting, the two countries agreed to remove visa requirements for citizens of the two countries holding diplomatic or ordinary passports, traveling from either side, in order to facilitate travel between Rwanda and Angola, while agreements to avoid double taxation will also boost trade.
Amb. Tete reiterated that this decision will facilitate and facilitate the movement of people and goods between the two countries, opening up trade and investment opportunities in both countries, benefiting the combined population of nearly 46 million people in the two countries. two countries.


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Kaiser Family Foundation: Medicaid enrollment, spending rises; growth will continue
WASHINGTON Due to the nation’s deep recession, states experienced rapid growth in their Medicaid enrollment and spending last year and expect additional growth, though at a slower pace, in fiscal year 2011, according to a survey of state Medicaid officials in all 50 states released Thursday by the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured.
States reported an average increase in Medicaid spending of 8.8% across all states in fiscal year 2010, the highest rate of growth in eight years and well above their original projections of 6.3% growth. Medicaid directors attributed the unexpected jump to higher-than-expected increases in eligible families due to the recession, which pushed the national unemployment rate above 10% and even higher rates in some states.
For fiscal year 2011 (which runs through June 2011), states budgeted for an average 7.4% increase in spending above fiscal year 2010 –– a slightly slower rate of growth consistent with their expectations that enrollment growth will slow to 6.1%, according to the annual survey of state Medicaid directors.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provided a temporary boost in the federal government’s share of Medicaid costs, providing an estimated $87 billion to states starting in October 2008. ARRA’s increased federal Medicaid support was originally scheduled to end December 2010, but in August, Congress enacted additional relief for states through June 2011 at a reduced level, providing $16 billion over six months.
“The recession swamped state budgets and Medicaid programs, but with the extra federal aid, Medicaid helped millions of additional people as intended during tough times,” stated Diane Rowland, EVP of the Kaiser Family Foundation and executive director of the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. “Looking ahead, states will face new challenges as the federal aid winds down and as they prepare for health reform.”
Aseparate KCMU report released Thursday found that Medicaid enrollment increased by nearly 6 million people between the start of the recession in December 2007 and December 2009. In December 2009, 48.5 million people were enrolled in state Medicaid programs, an increase of 1.6 million over June 2009 and 3.7 million over December 2008, an annual growth rate of 8.2%. State-by-state totals included in the Medicaid enrollment report show every state experienced a year-to-year increase.
Teva receives complete response letter for Neutroval
JERUSALEM The Food and Drug Administration declined to approve a Teva biosimilar, the generic drug maker said Thursday.
Teva said it received a complete response letter from the FDA concerning Neutroval (filgrastim), for neutropenia in patients receiving chemotherapy for cancer. The FDA issues complete response letters when it needs additional information before it can approve a drug.
Neutroval is a biosimilar of Amgen’s Neupogen and is marketed in Europe under the name TevaGrastim.
GSK halts Simplirix trial
LONDON British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline has stopped a late-stage trial of a vaccine for genital herpes, citing disappointing results, GSK said Thursday.
The company said that while the vaccine Simplirix (herpes simplex vaccine) proved to be safe when administered to women as a prevention for genital herpes disease, it did not prevent infection. GSK had been conducting the phase 3 trial in 8,323 women ages 18 to 30 years in the United States and Canada under a partnership with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health.
“We would like to express our gratitude toward our partner, [the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases], for [its] proactive collaboration and substantial contribution in the program, and the volunteers for their participation in the study,” GSK VP and director for late clinical development Gary Dubin said.


Originally Posted by Bob Taulbee
I would be concerned about the wheels working loose. You will be torquing two aluminum wheels instead of one. Aluminum is not the best metal to hold torque. Just my thoughts.
I was thinking that you would cut down rolling mass by 50 % them steel wheels are heavy. And as far as torque semi's do dual aluminum and the ford trucks do have the lock washer set up on lugnuts. I don't think that would be the issue but like Bulla said it might be an issue with wheel studs ?


A subtropical low will develop in the Gulf of Mexico today and that low will move inland just west of Mobile Bay tonight. Winds will the storm will be gusting over 40 mph with gusts up to75 mph. I expect NHC will name the system tonight because the system will be tropical in nature and have winds over 35 kts. If names, it would be Arlene.
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With modern sleeve/micrometer seating DIES, all alignment and interaction should be between the shoulder/taper of the case and the DIE, so we have designed and are now shipping a seating plate for the ZERO, meant to offer a perfectly flat surface to push your cases, with no possible die interference.
This seating plate is precision ground stainless steel, guaranteed to be flat, and has more contact surface than any traditional shellholder could have. It also has no extraction rim, so there is no way for it to be making contact with the seating sleeve that should be actuated by the case itself – which is an easy way to induce runout in the seating process.
NOTES: This works ONLY with the ZERO Reloading Press. If you order it for a different press, you’ll be very disappointed. This also, by design, has no extraction rim. This may result in cases needing to be removed by hand from seating dies when then seated. Some we have tested will freely release from the seating die with gravity, others need to be removed by hand.

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The question: What celebrity broke her hip Saturday (7/17) when she fell out of bed while watching her favorite TV game show, Jeopardy? There was, however, good news Monday from the hospital.
According to her publicist, the 93-year-old actress took a tumble when she reached to answer the phone while watching TV in her bed in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles. Zsa Zsa Gabor had been partially paralyzed since an auto accident in 2002 and has had to use a wheelchair. She also suffered a stroke in 2005.
After surgery for hip replacement on Monday at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Gabor was said to be on the mend.
Gabor is best known for her movie roles, but appeared numerous times on television as well, though never in a continuing role.
Zsa Zsa was the middle of three sisters born in Hungary. Her elder sister, Magda, who did some acting and became a European/American socialite, died in 1997. Younger sister Eva, who also became a Hollywood actress, died in 1995.


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Motorcycle gang refuses to leave residential neighbourhood
Even though the city has ordered them to leave, bikers say they will fight to remain
Members of the Bandidos motorcycle gang who had purchased and been occupying a property in Copenhagen’s Vanløse neighbourhood were supposed to vacate the premises by the time fireworks rang in the new year. The city had served notice that the gang’s use of the home as a clubhouse violated a 1918 housing clause stating that the property can only be used as a family home.
The bikers remain in the home, and have filed an appeal with Natur og Miljøklagenævnet, the environmental appeals board, to overturn the city’s decision to toss them out.
Neighbours who had been looking forward to seeing the taillights of the gangs' motorcycles expressed disappointment at the delay.
“We are obviously annoyed and disappointed,” Mette Fløjborg, who lives across from the bikers, told DR Nyheder. “We hope it will happen, be have always had a ‘we’ll believe it when we see it’ attitude.”
Neighbours remain frightened
Fløjborg says that as long as the bikers remain in the house, she fears for the safety of her two young sons.
She pointed out that her neighbour, Lars Georg Jensen, who has been vocal in his opposition to the bikers being in the neighbourhood, has had his house vandalised a number of times and was the victim of a burglary just a few days ago. Police have yet to connect the Bandidos to any of those crimes.
Two City Council members – Jakob Hougaard (S) and Jakob Næsager (K) – have fought long and hard to get the bikers evicted from the house, and they say that the appeal should not prevent them from being tossed out.
“Usually, appeals do not suspend the process, so the order remains in force, and it is up to the police to enforce the law,” Næsager told DR Nyheder.
Hougaard said that if the bikers failed to move out while the appeal was being considered, the city would take the “drastic step” of starting criminal proceedings.
Bikers not backing down
The lawyer representing the Bandidos member who owns the home said that they are ready for a fight.
“We will take the case all the way to the Supreme Court if necessary,” Michael Juul Eriksen told Dr Nyheder. Eriksen said that he believed that the Bandidos have the right to remain in the house pending the outcome of their appeal.
The saga of bikers in Vanløse has been going on since last July. In October, the gang told neighbours that they would be glad to move out, provided that the neighbours paid them 500,000 kroner.

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This was a long weekend that allowed me to rest a little, at least do something else. I have been working for a month now on the last room of the house that had not yet been renovated. It’s not as much as I can afford it, but it’s a necessity. This large room, the so-called double living room, whose unnecessary separation I undid, widened the openings, was still, until very recently, a real giant closet.
I’m long for the final set, but things are in order. I throw, I classify. One room empties and another fills up so that another can work on it. It looks like my life right now. Everything is in the pipeline. Perhaps this is how my days will always be built because many projects are starting with this novel which encounters surprising pitfalls, but which advances all the same. It may eventually come into being and, I am told, it is expected to be released in January or February 2015. I am not yet sure that I should be happy about that. The doubts are not over with me. I rely on the great forces that are beyond me. The other worksite is certainly this apartment. Then the restoration of my finances, then the real anchoring to my work, then I don’t know what.
There is also this singing class which gives me as much satisfaction as frustration. My voice is rising, but is it the harbinger of winter and complications of all kinds elsewhere in my life that make me doubt it too ? Aren’t I too old and too poor to afford young first class ? As perhaps my grandmother Germaine was, I am an anxious person by nature ?
You just need a big vacation, whisper to me the quiet voice of my reason. And that is the problem, that reason is right. I don’t see how I could do that. No money and I have to survive well, keep afloat what is still flowing a little.
So I continue my work. So releasing this double living room pushes me to want to dream of doing photography again. That’s all it took for fate to send me a good signal. A friend, whom I haven’t seen in a long time, will soon be celebrating his 50th birthday. He contacted me on Facebook because he would like me to take his portrait. It doesn’t take much more than that for me to do watch videos on Craftsy…
I’m made like that, always on one leg, dancing angry menuet. The cosmic saw does the rest, the gestures I make delineate by themselves the architecture of what will be done in my next days, months. People from the past contact me, others, not yet in my present, make a place for themselves. Nothing is lost and nothing is created, they say. So I’m in the middle of a blind rehearsal, and I dream of great horizons.
Whoever lives will see.

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Deriving and validating performance indicators for safety mobility for older road users in urban areas
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This thesis derives and validates Performance Indicators for Safe Mobility for Older Road Users in Urban Areas. Performance Indicators are objective, auditable parameters, which when used as a set can provide additional information to decision-makers about the operation of the transport system. Great Britain, in common with many countries across Europe has an ageing population. The proportion of older people who hold a driving licence and have the use of a car is also expected to rise, with future generations of older people travelling further and more frequently than previous generations. Older road users are already over-represented in traffic fatalities, particularly in urban areas. Measures to protect older road users from risk in traffic will be of crucial importance as the population ages. However, against this background the need remains for them to access key facilities such as shops, leisure activities and health care. Maintaining independent mobility is essential in maintaining mental and physical health. Traditionally, outcomes-based measures such as accident or casualty figures have been used to monitor road safety. Techniques such as hotspot analysis have identified locations on the road network where accident numbers are high, allowing modifications to road infrastructure to be designed and implemented. Using outcomes measures alone however, it is difficult to ascribe improvements in accident or casualty figures to particular policy interventions. Moreover, the effect of road safety interventions on other related policy areas mobility being one is impossible to assess without access to detailed, disaggregated exposure data. To make fully informed policy decisions about infrastructure design and how it affects older users, a better understanding of the linkages between safety and mobility is required. Performance Indicators offer the possibility to look at these linked policy objectives within a single framework. Focus group data was used in conjunction with the results of previous studies to identify the infrastructure features which present a barrier to older users safe mobility in urban areas. These included factors which increased risk, such as wide carriageways, complex junctions and fast-moving traffic, and factors which hindered mobility, such as uneven or poorly maintained pavements, poor lighting and traffic intrusion. A thematic audit of infrastructure in a case study city (Coventry) was undertaken, in order that the incidence of such infrastructure could be recorded. It was found that in many areas of the city, safe mobility for older road users was not well provided for, with the majority of locations having barriers to safety and/or mobility for both drivers and pedestrians. The audit data was then used to calculate a set of Performance Indicators, presented via spider graphs, which describe the degree to which the infrastructure caters for the safety and mobility of older drivers and pedestrians. The spider graphs allow for easy comparisons between the different geographical areas, and also between the different policy areas, allowing policy priorities to be identified. The calculated Performance Indicators were validated using case studies collected from the focus group participants. The case studies identified features that affected travel habits by causing a change of route or change of mode, providing evidence of the link between infrastructure design and safe mobility for older users. The results of the Performance Indicator analysis were then compared to accident figures, in order to identify differences between the two approaches, and to understand what policy implications would result from a monitoring framework that used Performance Indicators for safe mobility, rather than outcomes-based measures alone. One implication of the Performance Indicator approach is that it may identify different areas for priority action from those identified by accident or casualty figures. A location which does not have high accident numbers may nevertheless perform poorly on a Safety Performance Indicator measure. This is because older users who feel at risk make different route or mode choices to avoid the infrastructure, the lower accident rate being explained by lower exposure to risk. Conversely, measures to promote independent mobility for older users may increase their accident involvement, not because the environment becomes more risky, but because the exposure of older users to risk increases, because they are willing and able to walk or drive in an area they previously avoided. The thesis concludes that infrastructure design does not currently cater well for the needs of older pedestrians and drivers, and that a framework which incorporated Performance Indicators could make more explicit the trade-offs between safety and mobility, and between different categories of user. This additional information would enable policy makers and practitioners to make more informed decisions about how to prioritise competing objectives in complex urban areas.
Publisher© L.K. Rackliff
NotesA Doctoral Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy of Loughborough University.
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Mold growth can be sneaky, especially when you live where there is a higher humidity level, as the Commerce, GA area. For mold to grow, it only requires a little food and water, and it will flourish. It’s not a surprise to find mold growing in the basement or behind baseboards or drywall after a flood, but there are some unexpected and hard to detect areas it can grow. Check these unusual places for mold in your home.
- Refrigerator drip pans are one place easy to forget because it’s out of sight. Food and moisture collect in the drip pan and creates a perfect environment for mold.
- The gasket around front-loading washing machine doors creates another perfect mold-growing environment. There is lint to eat, and the gasket often stays wet.
- Window sashes and seals, where dust and dirt collect and add some condensation and mold will grow.
- The brick crevices of the chimney collect dirt, debris, and water where mold can flourish.
- Places where dishes are stacked, such as grouted tile. The grout and cracks will stay wet, especially if dishes are washed daily, and create a nice mold-growing environment. This may not be visible until it’s grown out of control.
- Air conditioners trap pollen and dust, good food for mold, and moisture from the air and mold can grow in the AC drain pans and ducts.
- The rubber seal around your dishwasher is another mold-growing culprit to watch.
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I have a 1970 blazer and I believe it has the stock springs on it. I am looking for an extra 1" of lift in the front and was curious if the zero rates worked with the stock springs because they arch upward rather than downward like you see in the rear springs. The teck guy at off road design said he doesn't think it should be a problem. Any opinions? Anyone have zero rates on the upside down springs?


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Blockchain may emerge an effective solution for the several oversights, and regulatory problems that are glaring the cannabis industry, and the advantages have no co-relation with Bitcoin.
The key question that may strike the mind of all cannabis consumers at some juncture is how they would come to know what they are purchasing is exactly what is written on it? In the last few years, blockchain holds several answers to various issues of the cannabis industry, and it has no apparent link with cryptocurrency.
As blockchain has become a transparent and decentralized digital ledger and has discovered support in the cannabis industry, especially in the monitoring, genome data, and tracing. The genetics of a strain is usually saved in a smart contract which carries out a relationship with cryptographic code. After this, one can add crucial information at various processing phases.
Leading companies like TruTrace Technologies (OTC: TTTSF), LA-based Paragon, and Australia-based Parsl lead the seed to sale tracking innovations. Meanwhile, leading supply chain integration organization, Coin.io, has allied with cannabis producer Mile High Labs based in Colorado. These companies offer B2B solutions that seek to deal with two major issues familiar in the cannabis industry: modify the inventory tracking system and offer cannabis to buyers with precise information of particular product’s lab test report, packaging date, and cultivar.
The lab tests highlight the crucial information about the processes and ingredients available in all the batches of cannabis from all people involved in the growth, production, and dispensary stage. It is important to test the cannabis for the presence of harmful heavy metal, growth of mold, contaminants, pesticide clubbed with terpene and potency levels. The testing needs and labeling may not be the same in states and may prove to be harsh. It may involve plenty of moving parts when transferring information from a dispensary’s in-house sale system to the state’s tracking system.
From the perspective of a buyer, all the moving parts may prove to be tricky to assemble at one location. However, with the help of a QR code or a similar tag may prove helpful in feeding all the relevant data to a smartphone. Consumers also want to obtain details about how precisely and exactly the testing was carried on their respective products. It is because when Oregon’s cannabis testing system was audited earlier in the year 2019, it was discovered that it lacked a proper and effective verification procedure for cannabis testing reports.
In a huge country like Canada, where recreational cannabis is now legal, some leading IT companies are eyeing to revamp the nation’s approach towards cannabis inventory. IBM has suggested that blockchain technology holds key solutions and may offer a transparent, tamper-proof system to monitor the BC’s bud right from seed to sale stage.
“Blockchain is rapidly becoming a world leading technology enabling the assured exchange of value in both digital and tangible assets, while protecting privacy and eliminating fraud,” the IBM report explains.
Meanwhile, several experts claim that CBD products are beneficial for health. CBD products are defined as a non-psychoactive constituent of the cannabis market, and it does not may you high, unlike the THC products. You can find CBD products everywhere right from skincare products to pharmaceuticals. These days you can easily access the various CBD infused foods and drinks from your nearby departmental stores.
Several studies have been carried out on CBD, which highlighted the safety of CBD in the medical sector. It has boosted the interest of customers in these products. Now people are keen to introduce CBD products in their daily life amid its several benefits. Recently, the demand for CBD products has spiked, and the CBD industry has caught the attention of many entrepreneurs. The moment the government relaxes the regulation around the CBD market, the industry may witness a boom that may last for several years.


Just two months after the election Boris Johnson’s administration is in crisis.
The division within Boris Johnson’s Cabinet was hardly a secret.
But with Sajid Javid’s resignation the chaos of this government is out in the open.
Johnson’s advisor Dominic Cummings has won the battle to take absolute control of the Treasury and has installed his stooge, Rishi Sunak, as the Chancellor.
But Javid’s departure ultimately shows Boris Johnson’s weakness.
Javid has decided the best way he can “level up” is by leaving Johnson’s team.
Johnson is dependent on an unelected advisor, Cummings, with no experience of government.
Today a swathe of Cabinet ministers in key posts like transport and environment have walked away or been sacked.
He cannot even keep onside his Chancellor, meant to be his closest confidante.
We have four weeks until the first Budget of the 2020s.
And now we have as Chancellor Rishi Sunak, who Cummings thinks he can control.
Sunak, like Javid, is a banker who worked for a bank that caused the financial crisis.
With Javid it was Deutsche Bank. With Sunak it’s Goldman Sachs.
Sunak may have experience in investment banking and in a hedge fund but he doesn’t have the experience or the strength of character needed to reverse a decade of decline.
This Government has been speaking about wanting to open “a new chapter”.
The news today shows what this “new chapter” is going to look like.
A bumbling, blustering Prime Minister leading a fumbling, erratic administration.
A Tory leadership struggling to keep control of its own affairs while being too weak to tackle the real challenges like climate change and social care.
While the rest of us feel the pain of ten years of cuts the government is focused on in-fighting.
This is the start of a government falling apart.


Surface complexes of Monomethyl Phosphate stabilized by Hydrogen Bonding on Goethite (α-FeOOH) Nanoparticles
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This study was funded by the Centre for Environmental Research in Umeå and the Swedish Research Council.
Submitted Article.2012-03-072012-03-072012-03-08Bibliographically approved


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Some people say that the South Bay Expressway costs only the person who chooses to ride on it, but people pay for it whether they ride it or not. Public funds are an integral part of this barely traveled road. The cost of the road, $635 million, was paid partly with private funds, but $140 million came from a low-interest federal loan. Additionally, in order for the toll road to be viable, two “gap connectors” had to be built at the northern end. The San Diego Association of Government’s website states that the gap connectors cost $160 million. This money came from a combination of public funds, including sales tax (TransNet, the half-cent local transportation tax) and federal highway funds. Recently, the City of Chula Vista asked for $27 million in stimulus funds to build an interchange at Rock Mountain Road.
The City of Chula Vista also subsidized South Bay Expressway. According to a 2007 Union-Tribune article, the City spent $19.5 million on tollway-related projects, including direct payment of toll costs. (Chula Vista city manager Jim Sandoval was contacted twice but did not respond to questions.)
Chula Vistans may be supporting the South Bay Expressway through local taxes in the future. In December 2008, South Bay Expressway sued Chula Vista for $10 million, alleging breach of contract. When asked if the suit was resolved, Hulsizer said that South Bay Expressway and Chula Vista were reaching an “amicable” agreement.
Ironically, while the City was being sued, Chula Vista’s Mayor Cheryl Cox nominated the South Bay Expressway for a Transportation Innovation Award, and when Forbes magazine called Chula Vista one of the ten most boring cities in the USA, Mayor Cox countered that the South Bay Expressway is the city’s third-best attraction.
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There is no doubt that the South Bay Expressway has been affected by the economic downturn, in particular foreclosures in Chula Vista. However, between 1995 and 2003, Hulsizer was the general manager of another toll road, the 91 Express Lanes in Orange County, that performed poorly even though the economy was strong. Owned by the California Private Transportation Company (CPTC), the 91 Express Lanes ran in the median of State Route 91, the Riverside Freeway.
According to a 2006 background paper prepared for California senator Alan Lowenthal, chairman of the California Senate Transportation and Housing Committee: “Although usage of the [Orange County] toll road increased from 1995 to 1998, the toll road experienced only one profitable year (1998). The CEO of CPTC suggested in a newspaper article that the company would not turn a profit until 2004 unless the company could refinance its debt or find a buyer.”
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Senator Lowenthal’s report concludes, “The long-term implications for the state, for local communities, and for individual users relying on privately-operated transportation facilities as California continues to grow are murky at best.”


I have a MAJOR problem with this. They call it the TV championship. Great. Awesome. It supplements the X Division championship and having gimmick titles is a good thing. It makes them more special than Vince's midcard title. But why is it consistently defended on PPV, but they gave up on tv defenses? Seriously, TNA needs to stand behind its own product and let the TV title be defended exclusively on impact.


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Asset utilization Asset utilization is the ratio of a bank’s total operating revenues to its total assets, measuring the bank’s average yield on all of its assets.
Joint facilities utilization board Joint facilities utilization board refers to a joint board that evaluates and reconciles component requests for real estate, use of existing facilities, inter-Service support ...
Underutilization Underutilization as part of the affirmative action process, this report is used to determine whether certain members of protected groups are being inadequately
Utilization management Utilization management review and analysis of health care programs to determine cost control methods. Involves reviewing claims for potential utilization problems.
Capacity Utilization Capacity Utilization is a company or economy’s capacity represents the maximum amount of output it can produce. The rate of capacity

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Plant-based Dessert Recipes
Many dessert recipes are full of animal fats but can be lightened up into lighter plant-based dessert recipes without sacraficing flavor or texture! Check out these 6 Healthy Holiday Recipes that you will love making!
How to make Dessert Recipes Plant-based
1. Consider fruit based treats. Fruit add lots of flavor and are packed with nutrition and fiber! They also provide moisture and a great texture to recipes!
2. Be mindful of your sweetener. Many traditional recipes can be just as tasty with the sugar cut by 25% without a noticeable difference. Honey, maple syrup, sorghum molasses, agave and stevia can be less processed options. A few of these are high fodmap so take that into consideration if you have IBS. You can also add flavors like citrus peel, vanilla or other flavoring extracts, spices like cinnamon, cardamon, nutmeg, clove, anise, allspice and clove to make some of your lighter versions even more flavorful.
3. Use healthy fats. Plant based fats that include nuts, soft margarine such as Earth Balance with small amounts of coconut are healthy options. If you like to use butter in holiday sweets, use them sparingly and savor them! Balance saturated fats to about 1/3 of fat intake of your day. That means eating a higher amount of polyunsaturated omega 3 fats and monounsaturated fats!
4. Choose smaller portions and take time to enjoy them more! Almost anything can be worked in within reason! Make your dessert count! Sit down to eat it. Don’t do other things while you are eating them and savor it to its fullest!
I am excited to share one of our family’s favorite cookies and it has a new makeover! I replaced regular flour with almond meal and the butter with soft, tub margarine, Earth Balance and it is just as good as ever! I also have some delightful dessert recipes that some of my registered dietitian nutritionist friends and one food science friends have created in their kitchens! Some of these are gluten free, lower in fodmaps, vegan and low in sugar. I hope will sweet ideas will bring you lots of joy and health this holiday season!
I love being able to serve these holiday cookies on this vintage cookie plate and table scarf!
Plant-based Dessert Recipes
Almond, White Chocolate, Cranberry & Macadamia Cookies
With a little bit of alterations, my son’s favorite holiday cookie becomes gluten-free. Almond meal is used in place of white flour and soft tub margarine is used in place of butter and a flax egg replaces the egg. If you want it to be vegan, find some vegan chocolate chips!
Makes 10-12 cookies
1 cup almond flour (I used Bob’s Red Mill but you can also make your own in the food processor)
Flax egg: Made by mixing 1 tablespoon ground flax with 2 1/2 tablespoons water
3 tablespoon powdered sugar
1/8 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/4 cup cranberries
1/4 cup macadamia nuts
1/4 cup white chocolate
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper. In a medium bowl, add almond flour, powdered sugar, salt, vanilla and mix well. Cream with butter and stir well. Mix in flax egg. Add cranberries, macadamia nuts and chocolate and stir carefully. Add spoonfuls of dough on cookie sheet. Bake for about 8-10 minutes. Take out cookies and allow to cool before removing.
Here is Emily Hein, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and owner of Zen and Spice’s heavenly Raspberry Chocolate Cheesecake Bars!
Lauren Grant, who is a food scientist and owner of Zestful Kitchen shares her delicious Mini Pear and Almond Tarts with a Whole Wheat Crust!
If a holiday cake is your sweet treat, Lauren Pincus, Registered Dietitian from Nutrition Starring You has made a special, delicious Nutty Apple Cake!
The creamy texture of pumpkin pie sitting on top of a crispy gluten free crust tastes like heaven from Kelli Shallal, Registered Dietitian from Hungry Hobby’s kitchen!
I love pecan pie and but it can be a high source of calories during the holiday season. EA Stewart, The Spicy RD shares this delicious Pecan Tart that is gluten free, vegan and can easily be made low fodmap! She made them in these sweet little skillets but they can easily be made in some white ramekins or even clear custard cups!
Here are a few more tips on making plant-based dessert recipes!
Along with some holiday dessert ideas, you may also love a few healthy brunch ideas!
As an Asheville Nutritionist and licensed dietitian, I love helping people find lifestyle medicine components that work for them! And nutrition is a large piece of this puzzle. You can find out more about the ways that I help my clients, here.
Staying fit for the Holidays!
Here are some exercise tips from Michelle Kuehne, the personal trainer from Specialized Physical Therapy to stay fit to put up those holiday decorations. If you are going to use a ladder this season, this is a great exercise to help improve your climbing abilities and balance!
Using a step or small stool, step up with one foot while raising the opposite knee to parallel for a 3-5 second hold. Repeat on each side 10-15 times.
Holidays often revolve around something sweet to eat and these plant-based dessert recipes will hit the spot and become some of your new favorites! As a registered dietitian, I love sharing healthy ways to help my clients live more enjoyable lives! I would love to hear about some of the ways that you have created a favorite healthy holiday dessert lighter! If you are new to my blog, welcome! You can find out more about me here!


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Big Brother star Sam Kay swaps reality TV for the recording studio, as she teams up with 90s house icon Angie Brown and rapper Pablo on debut single “Show Me”.
Although Sam first rose to fame after appearing on the UK version of the popular reality tv show, acting was never the main agenda for the 29-year-old performer. In fact, Sam’s passions have always swung more towards singing. Avid X-Factor fans may remember a 17-year-old Sam gracing their tv screens as Princess Jasmine to sing ‘500 miles’, complete with roll-up yoga mat as a makeshift magic carpet.
A few years later, Sam would again make headlines after her on-screen feud with X-Factor judge, Cheryl, who suggested Sam would make a better stand-up than a singer. “I had this fire in my belly from that point on”, says Sam, refusing to be batted down by the ex-Girls Aloud singer’s remarks.
Now, 2 years on, Sam has just released her debut single ‘Show Me’ – a fun-loving, floor-filling house number, complete with a brand new music video. Shot in 8 hours, the video sees Sam embrace her easy-going attitude, as she soaks up the night (and the odd drink!) with close friends.
Talking about the track, Sam explains “I love to take people on a journey with my music, whether that’s moving them emotionally or simply moving them onto the dancefloor – and that’s what I hope “Show Me” will do.
Coming off the back of this, Sam will also be featuring on Dennis G’s (“Sambuca”) upcoming album, set to be released sometime in 2018.
Watch the video for ‘Show me’

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Results and Discussion

n = 111 - 7 were excluded because they were too old, 1 was excluded because she was not Caucasian.
Of the remaining sample (n = 103, 60 female/43 male), 52 were in the experimental group and 51 were in the control group.
Participants had a mean age of 19.7 years (s.d. 1.5), ages ranged from 17 to 24 years.

control group 72.5%
experimental group 71.2%

Chi-Square comparing percentage of correct identification
Chi squared df 1 = .03, p = .9, Phi = .016.
Recording a verbal description had no observable effect on identification accuracy.

False positive identification
control group 71.4%
experimental group 46.7%
Chi-Square comparing the ratio of the percentage selecting the wrong face (misidentification) to the percentage indicating “not present” across the experimental and control conditions.
Chi squared df 1 = 1.83, p = .2, Phi = .251.
There was also no signifiacnt effect of providing a verbal description on rates of false positive identification.

Independent sampless 2 (Condition) x 2 (Correct vs. incorrect/miss) analysis of variance

Significant main effect of accuracy, F(1, 99) = 5.04,p = .03, partial eta squared = .05.
No significant main effect of condition (p = .8) and no significant interaction (p = .7).
Participants who chose correctly were more confident than participants who were incorrect. However, this is a small effect, accounting for only 5% of the variance in confidence ratings.

The Stirling University leg of the Schooler & Engstler Schooler (1990) replication did not not find any evidence of verbal overshadowing effect when the verbal description is provided immediately after viewing the robbery video, with a subsequent 20 minute filler task before providing an identification response.

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Welcome to Nickelodeon Hotels & Resorts. Located in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic and Riviera Maya, Mexico. Nickelodeon Resorts are the first 5-star family destinations dedicated to infinite play and limitless luxury. You and your family deserve an all-inclusive Caribbean escape where you can get pampered one minute and Slimed the next… Where there’s a stylish suite with your name on it… And where SpongeBob himself is making sure you have the BEST DAY EVER!
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Everything you need to know about the Nickelodeon resort in Riviera Maya

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Book Group Goes to Yahoo Group Format
In order to make access easier to members of the UUFF Congregation to find out what the Book Group is discussing each month we’ve set up a UUFF Book Group Yahoo Group. All you need to do to join the Book Group’s Yahoo Group is to click on the icon below. Then you’ll be able to access the database of upcoming books, suggest books for the group to read, make comments on past discussions and be reminded when the group is meeting.
If you need any more information about the Book Group contact Nancy McShane at email@example.com or call 479-442-2114.
Click on the links below to check the catalog of area libraries.
- Bella Vista Library
- Bentonville Public Library
- Fayetteville Public Library
- Rogers Public Library
- Washington County Library
Planned books for 2014
JUNE 19, 2014 – The Maid’s Version by Daniel Woodrell. (The author is so good let’s read more).
Based on a true story, this slim volume reimagines the horrific night when dozens were killed in a mysterious explosion at an Ozarks dance hall, the night “all hell came callin’.” Years later, in the summer of 1965, our narrator’s grandmother tells him her version of that night’s events and, eventually, the boy’s father encourages him, “Go on and tell it.” The result is a story of hard times and hard people, of secrets, betrayals, and revenge. The murky, resilient truth of that night ripples across the family’s future, unfolding on the page like a mash-up of Faulker, Flannery O’Connor, Johnny Cash, and the bible. This is an entirely original, brutal, and darkly elegant book, and Woodrell is a storyteller at the top of his game.
177 pages. Kindle – $11.04; HB – $18.54; PB – $11.87; CD audiobook $18.80; Audible audio edition $12.99. BVPL – 1 copy; BPL – 1 copy; FPL – 3 copies; RPL – 1 copy; WCPL – 6 copies, 1 electronic book, 1 audiobook
JULY 17, 2014 – Silent Spring by Rachel Carson. (A non-fiction book for Earth Day).
Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring was first published in three serialized excerpts in the New Yorker in June of 1962. The book appeared in September of that year and the outcry that followed its publication forced the banning of DDT and spurred revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. Carson’s passionate concern for the future of our planet reverberated powerfully throughout the world, and her eloquent book was instrumental in launching the environmental movement. It is without question one of the landmark books of the twentieth century.
400 pages. Kindle – $8.52; HB – $16.62; PB – $11.34; Audible audio edition – $22.03. BVPL – 1 copy; BPL – 1 copy; FPL – 2 copies; RPL – 1 copy; WCPL – 3 copies
AUGUST 21, 2014 – Loving Frank by Nancy Horan.
I have been standing on the side of life, watching it float by. I want to swim in the river. I want to feel the current.
So writes Mamah Borthwick Cheney in her diary as she struggles to justify her clandestine love affair with Frank Lloyd Wright. Four years earlier, in 1903, Mamah and her husband, Edwin, had commissioned the renowned architect to design a new home for them. During the construction of the house, a powerful attraction developed between Mamah and Frank, and in time the lovers, each married with children, embarked on a course that would shock Chicago society and forever change their lives.
Elegantly written and remarkably rich in detail, Loving Frank is a fitting tribute to a courageous woman, a national icon, and their timeless love story.
384 pages. Kindle – $8.99; PB – $11.88; CD Audiobook – $31.69; Audible audio edition; $19.09. BVPL – 2 copies, 2 electronic books; BPL – 2 copies, 2 electronic book; FPL – 1 copy; RPL – 1 copy. 1 electronic book; WCPL – 3 copies, 1 CD audiobook, 1 electronic book.
SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 – Escape From Camp 14: One Man’s Remarkable Odyssey From North Korea to Freedom in the West by Blaine Harden (Non-fiction)
North Korea’s political prison camps have existed twice as long as Stalin’s Soviet gulags and twelve times as long as the Nazi concentration camps. No one born and raised in these camps is known to have escaped. No one, that is, except Shin Dong-hyuk.
In Escape From Camp 14, Blaine Harden unlocks the secrets of the world’s most repressive totalitarian state through the story of Shin’s shocking imprisonment and his astounding getaway. Shin knew nothing of civilized existence—he saw his mother as a competitor for food, guards raised him to be a snitch, and he witnessed the execution of his mother and brother.
Harden’s harrowing narrative exposes this hidden dystopia, focusing on an extraordinary young man who came of age inside the highest security prison in the highest security state. Escape from Camp 14 offers an unequalled inside account of one of the world’s darkest nations. It is a tale of endurance and courage, survival and hope.
234 pages. Kindle – $8.00; HB – $20.29; PB – $10.24; Audio CD $23.55; Audible audio edition $16.48. BVPL – 1 copy; BPL – 3 electronic copies; FPL – 1 copy, 1 downloadable audiobook; RPL – 1 copy, 1 downloadable audiobook; WCPL – 1 copy, 2 CD audiobooks, 1 downloadable audiobook.
OCTOBER 16, 2014 – Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy by Donald B. Kraybill. (A non-fiction book-to-film. We will meet at 5 p.m. to view the film then at 7 to discuss the film & the book.)
On Monday morning, October 2, 2006, a gunman entered a one-room Amish school in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania. He opened fire, killing five girls and leaving the others critically wounded. He then shot himself as police stormed the building. His motivation? “I’m angry at God for taking my little daughter,” he told the children before the massacre.
The story captured the attention of broadcast and print media in the United States and around the world. By Tuesday morning some 50 television crews had clogged the small village of Nickel Mines, staying for five days until the killer and the killed were buried. The blood was barely dry on the schoolhouse floor when Amish parents brought words of forgiveness to the family of the one who had slain their children. The outside world was incredulous that such forgiveness could be offered so quickly for such a heinous crime. Of the hundreds of media queries that the authors received about the shooting, questions about forgiveness rose to the top. Forgiveness, in fact, eclipsed the tragic story, trumping the violence and arresting the world’s attention.
288 pages. Kindle – $10.49; HB – used from $.01; PB – $14.64; audiobook CD $41.75; Audible audio edition $13.69. BVPL – 1 copy; BPL – 0 copies; FPL – 1 copy; RPL – 1 copy; WCPL – 1 copy, 2 DVDs, 1 audiobook.
NOVEMBER 20, 2014 – The Jungle: The Uncensored Original Edition by Upton Sinclair (A Banned Book).
For nearly a century, the original version of Upton Sinclair’s classic novel has remained almost entirely unknown. When it was published in serial form in 1905, it was a full third longer than the censored, commercial edition published in book form the following year. That expurgated commercial edition edited out much of the ethnic flavor of the original, as well as some of the goriest descriptions of the meat-packing industry and much of Sinclair’s most pointed social and political commentary. The text of this new edition is as it appeared in the original uncensored edition of 1905. It contains the full 36 chapters as originally published, rather than the 31 of the expurgated edition. A new foreword describes the discovery in the 1980s of the original edition and its subsequent suppression, and a new introduction places the novel in historical context by explaining the pattern of censorship in the shorter commercial edition.
368 pages. Kindle – $.99; HB – $17.99; PB (unabridged) – $3.00; PB (mass market) $4.46; Audiobook CD $23.28; Audible audio edition $2.99. BVPL – 1 electronic audiobook; BPL – 2 abridged copies; FPL – 3 copies (3 copies of Cliff Notes); RPL – 3 copies; 3 ebooks; 3 digital audiobooks; WCPL – 1 copy, 1 audiobook
DECEMBER 18, 2014 – The Annual Dirty Santa Holiday Party – Choose a book that has meaning to you; it could be a favorite as a child, a book that changed your outlook or just one of your favorite books. It can be a copy off your own shelf or you can buy it new or used online or from one of the area’s great used book stores. Wrap it and put it under the tree. We’ll share holiday food & drink then unwrap the books—the giver letting the group know why the book is important to them. Always a great load of fun—everyone is invited.

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University for the Creative Arts
As a specialist institution, UCA is committed to creative practice and understands research and enquiry to be at the heart of lifelong practice-led pedagogies in the creative arts. UCA researchers represent a broad range of practice as artists, designers, architects, filmmakers, photographers, historians, theorists and curators. Their research leads to the creation of buildings, artworks, installations, books, articles, ceramics, exhibitions, textiles, reports, films, photographs and moving image, and as such they offer a broad understanding of art and design that reaches into allied areas of the media, communication and the built environment.
UCA researchers and academic staff work alongside, supervise and mentor a range of postgraduate research students working toward MPhil and PhD research degrees. Research students are central to the vitality of the research culture at UCA and their work pushes the bounds of creativity and innovation.
The university co-ordinates its research through a number of research centres:
- The Anglo-Japanese Textile Centre
- Crafts Study Centre
- The Centre for Sustainable Design
- Centre for Digital Scholarship


Ubuntu Server 16.04 (64-bit) Install
The "Xenial Xerus" is a long-term support (LTS) edition of Ubuntu, which means Ubuntu Server will be supported for five years. Version 16.04 now supports remote kernel crash dumps and includes LXD, "a new, lightweight, network-aware container manager offering a VM-like experience built on top of Linux containers" . The newest release includes a number of updates, such as:
- Open vSwitch, 2.5.0 (LTS), with support for integration with DPDK (Data Plane Development Kit)
- Ceph Jewel v10.1.2
- Docker v1.10, which requires migration of existing images
- PHP v7.0, which requires modifications to custom PHP extensions
- MySQL v5.7, which requires an update of previously customized configurations
- Juju and Juju UI v2.0beta4
The 16.04 Server image on the disk is install only, with no Live version.
Kali Linux (32-bit) Live
Kali Linux is a Debian-based system for advanced penetration testing and security auditing, including hundreds of tools for pen testing, forensics, and reverse engineering. The kernel also includes the latest injection patches for wireless assessments. Kali Linux is multilingual, customizable, free, and open.


Welcome to the cooperative city
What is the Magazine about?
Solidarity City is new platform of Cooperative City Magazine to promote and strengthen social and solidarity economy practices throughout Europe. Taking Vienna as its starting point, the project aims at mapping initiatives that focus on social inclusion, fair employment, participation, sustainable food systems, ethical consumption and responsible tourism.
CUP4Creativity is a project of the Budapest district of Újbuda, funded by the EU’s Urban Innovative Actions programme. The project builds on the district’s current dynamic as a new cultural centre, by generating new connections between cultural producers, artists, creatives, technology initiatives, businesses
In Scampia, one of the most challenged suburbs of Naples, a popular initiative uses women’s emancipation, art and culture, pedagogy, good food and social capital
Prato Urban Jungle (PUJ), a project launched by the city of Prato, funded by the Urban Innovative Actions (UIA) programme, will regenerate selected districts of
Xavier Matilla, Barcelona’s chief architect and Silvia Casorran Martos, deputy chief architect, visited Budapest at the invitation of Eutropian, the Hungarian Contemporary Architecture Centre –


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Massive Disneyland Attraction Database
The Arthur's Expecter Canoes attraction, magically prancing in the evening moonlight
Arthur's Expecter Canoes
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These antique canoes come complete with a water's-eye view of the animals around the Amazon Rivers of America. It's the coolest way to go around the island without getting any rest!
- If traveling with a tour group, try to queue with someone you're uncomfortable around, because this attraction will definitely make it awkward.
- Vision-impaired guests may ask a cast member for something else to do.
- Guests may get very disenfranchised on this attraction.
- This attraction closes at twilight.
- No texting or churros allowed.
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In honor of Pride Month and Caribbean Heritage Month, join us for a screening of Taboo…Yardies, a 2011 documentary by filmmaker Selena Blake examining the socioeconomic and sociopolitical environment in Jamaica that cultivates violence against gays, lesbians, and transgender people.
Chisholm ‘72: Unbought and Unbossed (Shola Lynch, 2004, 77 min.) is a tribute to Brooklyn’s trailblazing Shirley Chisholm, the first black congresswoman in the U.S., who fought for change and became a popular candidate for president in 1972.
Sweet Micky for President (Ben Patterson, 2015, 89 min.) follows Pras Michel, Brooklyn-born Grammy award–winning rapper and founder of the hip-hop group The Fugees, who ran the presidential campaign of Haiti’s most popular and outlandish pop star, Michel “Sweet Micky” Martelly.
Cimarrón Spirit (Rubén Durán, 2015, 53 min.) celebrates the diverse, resilient, and resourceful masquerade traditions of the cimarrones, descendants of Taíno Indians and escaped enslaved Africans, that exist outside mainstream Dominican society. NYC premier, followed by a talkback with the director and performance by Irka Mateo and Friends.
Celebrating film as an important source material for artists, Studio Screen presents exhibitions-related screenings and conversations that engage the complex intersections of film and contemporary art. The Studio Museum in Harlem is proud to partner with caribBeing—a non-profit organization who builds community through the lens of Caribbean cinema, culture and art—to present Studio Screen: …when they grow up…, celebrating Caribbean Heritage Month.
Kick off our second Heritage Film Series with Sketches from the Underground (US Premier), a love letter to NYC with Caribbean poets and musicians. Musician Lyrikal hosts with performance by spoken word poet La Bruja.


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Embrace the joy of self-care and unleash your creativity with The Painter puzzle. It's more than just a captivating pastime; it's an exquisite window into the world of artistry and the therapeutic benefits it offers. Unwind, relax, and let your mind wander as you immerse yourself in this captivating puzzle. Rediscover the beauty of both art and self-care, one piece at a time.
This piece is simply beautiful. It was challenging and it felt so good to be able to work through it and complete it successfully. I love the vibrancy of the colors as well. The packaging was also gorgeous!
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