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As “the world’s leading art and antique exposition”, I will see myself what TEFAF Maastricht. Among the 270 exhibitors, there are 20 jewelry and watch specialists, from contemporary manufacturers such as Hemmerle and Chopin to specialize in antique galleries. Divided into nine informal sections, spanning the art of 7000 years, of course I will go straight to the high speed joaillerie area.
TEFAF attracts major collectors, both private and institutional, and all exhibitors will exhibit their best merchandise. From the preview of jewelry and watches filled my inbox, which is a beautiful myth
One of my first stops will be Wartski to see the René Lalique beetle necklace, above. The photograph alone caught my attention so I can’t wait to see the real thing, with its outsize luminous-green glass beetles suspended on rows of glossy beads. Made circa 1905, it is a powerful example of how Lalique brought his glassmaking skills to jewellery. The necklace could also be worn over the forehead – quite a party statement.
Made some five years earlier, Epoque Fine Jewels offers the Swallows and Maidens pendant, above, that is so different in both style and technique. Blue enamel swallows delicately dive and swoop amongst undulating and rippling swirls, formed by the golden tresses of two maidens. A baroque-form pearl hangs from its tip, completing this enchanting scene that is loaded with symbolism.
Another London stalwart of the antique jewellery world is S J Philips, which will once again be exhibiting at TEFAF. Nicolas Norton of S J Phillips remarks: “TEFAF Maastricht continues to be an important fair for us as it provides us with a means of meeting new customers who perhaps have never considered buying antique jewellery before.”
While the venerable Bond Street house may have recently moved premises, it still offers wonderful pieces such as a 1930s Cartier New York Burmese ruby and diamond cluster panel necklace, above, that looks just the thing to entice novices into the world of antique jewels. But for sheer scale of fabulousness, a 1920s Bonsai tree and vase clock, below, by Verger Frères has won my heart.
Looking fresh enough to wear tonight, Véronique Bamps offers for sale a charming Castellani gold, natural pearl and diamond necklace, below, made in Rome circa 1880.
Spanning old and new, Ward Landrigan and his son Nico offer both vintage and freshly made Fulco di Verdura and Suzanne Belperron icons. Don’t miss Verdura’s moonstone and sapphire Dogwood cuff, which is reminiscent of those designed for Gabrielle Chanel, who wore one on each wrist. Or the audacious Belperron Saddle Cuff in rock crystal with diamonds, below.
Chinese jeweller Wallace Chan will be drawing gasps with his Birth and Blossom earrings, top of article, which depict Earth and the ocean becoming one. From two pearls – known as Dew of the Sea by the Chinese – burst blossom-green titanium stems with flower buds that end in impressive long emerald drops.
German house Hemmerle graces TEFAF with its exquisite Egyptian-inspired jewels like the bracelet above, with sky blue aquamarine and sapphires and, wait for it, aluminium, smoothly melding the ancient with the avant-garde.
Otto Jakob takes a more realistic look at nature and elevates the humble St John’s Wort into gold earrings, below, rippling with lifelike red enamel stamens and little grains of pollen.
I am a total sucker for gold women’s dress watches from the 1970s and Somlo Antiques of London does them justice with a trio of Omega watches, below, designed by Andrew Grima that pushed the design envelope then and continue to do so now.
Finally, newcomer Elisabetta Cipriani, whose London gallery specialises in jewels by contemporary artists, is welcomed to TEFAF’s Showcase for newer galleries to experience a major international art event. Ai Weiwei’s Rebar in Gold bracelets, below, may well be the most wearable contemporary art at the show.
TEFAF Maastricht 2017 takes place from 10-19 March at the MECC (Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Centre), Maastricht, The Netherlands.


Aerodynamics is a branch of fluid dynamics concerned with the study of gas flows. The solution of an aerodynamic problem normally involves calculating for various properties of the flow, such as velocity, pressure, density, and temperature, as a function of space and time. Understanding the flow pattern makes it possible to calculate or approximate the forces and moments acting on bodies in the flow.
This mathematical analysis and empirical approximation form the scientific basis for heavier-than-air-flight. Aerodynamic problems can be classified in a number of ways.The flow environment defines the first classification criterion. External aerodynamics is the study of flow around solid objects of various shapes. Evaluating the lift and drag on an airplane, the shock waves that form in front of the nose of a rocket or the flow of air over a hard drive head are examples of external aerodynamics. Internal aerodynamics is the study of flow through passages in solid objects. For instance, internal aerodynamics encompasses the study of the airflow through a jet engine or through an air conditioning pipe.
The ratio of the problem’s characteristic flow speed to the speed of sound comprises a second classification of aerodynamic problems. A problem is called subsonic if all the speeds in the problem are less than the speed of sound, transonic if speeds both below and above the speed of sound are present (normally when the characteristic speed is approximately the speed of sound), supersonic when the characteristic flow speed is greater than the speed of sound, and hypersonic when the flow speed is much greater than the speed of sound.Aerodynamicists disagree over the precise definition of hypersonic flow; minimum Mach numbers for hypersonic flow range from 3 to 12. Most aerodynamicists use numbers between 5 and 8. The influence of viscosity in the flow dictates a third classification. Some problems involve only negligible viscous effects on the solution, in which case viscosity can be considered to be nonexistent. The approximations to these problems are called inviscid flows.
Flows for which viscosity cannot be neglected are called viscous flows.Aerodynamic forces on aircraft One of the major goals of aerodynamics is to predict the aerodynamic forces on aircraft. The four forces that act on a powered aircraft are lift, weight, thrust, and drag Weight is the force due to gravity and thrust is the force generated by the engine. Lift and drag are aerodynamic forces. Lift is defined as the aerodynamic force acting perpendicular to the direction of travel of the aircraft relative to the surrounding air, and drag is defined as the aerodynamic force acting parallel to the direction of travel.Lift is positive upwards and drag is positive rearwards. Aerodynamics in other fields Aerodynamics is important in a number of applications other than .
It is a significant factor in any type of vehicle design, including automobiles. It is important in the prediction of forces and moments in sailing. It is used in the design of small components such as hard drive heads. Civil engineers also use aerodynamics, and particularly aero elasticity, to calculate wind loads in the design of large buildings and bridges.Continuity assumption Gases are composed of molecules which collide with one another and solid objects. In aerodynamics, however, gases are considered to have continuous quantities. That is, properties such as density, pressure, temperature, and velocity are taken to be well-defined at infinitely small points, and are assumed to vary continuously from one point to another.
The discrete, molecular nature of a gas is ignored. The continuity assumption becomes less valid as a gas becomes more rarefied.In these cases, statistical mechanics is a more valid method of solving the problem than aerodynamics. Conservation laws Aerodynamic problems are solved using the conservation laws, or equations derived from the conservation laws. In aerodynamics, three conservation laws are used: 1. Conservation of mass: Matter is not created or destroyed. If a certain mass of fluid enters a volume, it must either exit the volume or increase the mass inside the volume.
2. Conservation of momentum: Also called Newtons’ second law of motion. 3.Conservation of energy: Although it can be converted from one form to another, the total Energy in a given system remains constant. All aerodynamic problems are therefore solved by the same set of equations. However, they differ by the assumptions made in each problem. The equations become simpler as assumptions are made.
Note that these laws are based on Newtonian Mechanics, they are not applicable in Einsteinien Mechanics (the latter taking into account Einsteins’ theory of relativity). Subsonic aerodynamics In a subsonic aerodynamic problem, all of the flow speeds are less than the speed of sound.This class of problems encompasses nearly all internal aerodynamic problems, as well as external aerodynamics for general aviation aircraft, model aircraft, and automobiles. In solving a subsonic problem, one decision to be made by the aerodynamicist is whether or not to incorporate the effects of compressibility. Compressibility is a description of the amount of change of density in the problem. When the effects of compressibility on the solution are small, the aerodynamicist may choose to assume that density is constant. The problem is then an incompressible problem.
When the density is allowed to vary, the problem is called a compressible problem. In air, compressibility effects can be ignored when the Mach number in the flow does not exceed 0. 3. Above 0. 3, the problem should be solved using compressible aerodynamics. Transonic aerodynamics Transonic aerodynamic problems are defined as problems in which both supersonic and subsonic flow exist. Normally the term is reserved for problems in which the characteristic Mach number is very close to one.
Transonic flows are characterized by shock waves and expansion waves.A shock wave or expansion waves is a region of very large changes in the flow properties. In fact, the properties change so quickly they are nearly discontinuous across the waves. Flow ahead of a shock wave is supersonic; flow behind a shock wave is subsonic. Transonic problems are arguably the most difficult to solve. Flows behave very differently at subsonic and supersonic speeds, therefore a problem involving both types is more complex than one in which the flow is either purely subsonic or purely supersonic.Supersonic aerodynamics Supersonic aerodynamic problems are those involving flow speeds greater than the speed of sound.
Calculating the lift on the Concord can be an example of a supersonic aerodynamic problem. Supersonic flow behaves very differently from subsonic flow. The speed of sound can be considered the fastest speed that “information” can travel in the flow. Gas travelling at subsonic speed diverts around a body before striking it, it can be said to “know” that the body is there.Air cannot divert around a body when it is travelling at supersonic speeds. It continues to travel in a straight line until it reaches a shock wave and decelerates to subsonic speeds. Mathematically expressed, supersonic flow is hyperbolic while subsonic flow is elliptic.
Another example of the difference between supersonic and subsonic flow is the behaviour in a convergent duct (known as a nozzle in subsonic flow and a diffuser in supersonic flow). Subsonic flow in a convergent duct accelerates and supersonic flow decelerates. Hypersonic aerodynamicsHypersonic aerodynamics are characterized by viscous interaction phenomena, that is, the viscosity of the flow significantly affects the external flow, including shock waves. The curved shock waves chemically alter the surrounding air or gas, creating a partially ionized plasma with their high temperatures (caused in part by significant aerodynamic heating of the body). “Hypersonic” is typically considered to refer to the Mach 5 and faster region of aircraft speed; however, some hypersonic phenomena can exist at speeds as low as Mach 3 (depending on the aircraft and the environment).


Rapper Lil Uzi Vert apparently has a thing for clutch purses, this fact of life became apparent to folks on Twitter over the weekend. That’s when Migos brought out their “Bad and Boujee” collaborator to perform his verse in front of a hyped crowd.
Folks in the audience used their smartphones to capture Uzi strolling on stage to join in on the action, but folks watching on social media couldn’t help but notice one of his accessories.
— BernieNotNice (@B_TheRealest) January 29, 2017
@EverythingMigos this dude came out holding a cigarette like a woman, wlkg like a woman, hldg a purse. Wow.
— censored (@glamyourself33) January 30, 2017
— Beast (@nmarino614) January 30, 2017
Why lil Uzi Vert wearin a clutch purse on stage wit the Migos though?
— Bruce Leroy (@iAmLamarZ) January 29, 2017
lil uzi vert comes on stage with a purse
Man Bra’s in japan
“aw so manly”
— Broken Legs Lars (@Larslesorcerer) January 29, 2017
If you’ve followed the career of Uzi Vert, this likely is not the first time you’ve seen him rocking a purse. He also sported the accessory during the XXL Freshmen Cypher which you can watch below.


Latest unemployment figures continued to show a downward trend in Halton as the Government declared levels in the North West to be at a record low.
Data released by the Office For National Statistics showed that the number of Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) and Universal Credit (UC) recipients in the borough had fallen by 31% to 2,276 compared to this time last year.
The Department Of Work And Pensions warned that the exact level of unemployment could not be determined because some of those claiming UC would be in work.
At present, many kinds of benefit such as for housing and council tax are being merged into UC.
Statistics are not yet available to work out how many recipients are in and out of work.
At present 240 Runcorn residents and 220 in Widnes receive UC.
Alan Harrison, of Jobcentre Plus, said: “It’s an improving picture again as far as Jobcentre Plus is concerned.
“We’ve got more vacancies since 2008.
“There’s 114,000 more people in work across the North West than last year.
“That shouldn’t be surprising in an improving situation.
“There are more vacancies on our books now than since 2008 and the majority are full-time.
“With Universal Credit a third are in work that’s why it’s a bonus – it helps people in low-paid jobs.”
He added that problems with UC as it is rolled out were being dealt with and he stressed that no-one will be sanctioned for refusing a zero-hour contract and that for some that sort of work may suit them as second or third jobs.
Mr Harrison said: “I know there are some challenges we are working on.
“These will be ironed out.
“I’m aware of some stories that are disappointing but I’m equally aware of how UC has helped people take low-paid jobs.”


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Jacksonville, Oregon (PRWEB) August 28, 2006
Lillie Belle Farms, Oregon's premier Artisan Chocolate company, is pleased to announce that their berry farm located in Jacksonville has received Organic Certification from International Certification Services under the NOP/FVO guidelines.
After five years of re-building and re-planting their two acre farm with red raspberries, gold raspberries, strawberries, marionberries, boysenberries, and blueberries; Lillie Belle Farms was rewarded for their hard work by receiving their Organic certificates this month. No chemicals, herbicides or pesticides of any kind have ever been used on the farm.
Known nationwide for their inclusions of fresh berries in their chocolates farmer/chocolatier Jeff Shepherd has put countless hours into his land. Asked why he goes to so much trouble to farm his own fruit for his chocolates when it would be much easier to buy it already processed he said, "It is truly a labor of love, and when you eat one of our raspberry or strawberry filled chocolates you can taste the freshness."
"I am excited," he said. "People know we farm organically and we have made no secret about it, but now our stewardship for the land has been verified. ICS was great to wrok with and the inspector called our land "a model of bio-diversity". People can now rest assured that the berries we use in our chocolates are grown under the strictest of organic methods."
"The next step in our process", continued Mr.Shepherd, "is to certify many of our products as 100% organic. It should be fairly easy now that we have certified the farm. We have already secured over 90% of our ingredients from certified organic suppliers and we expect the product certification process to be completed soon"
Combining the fruits of their labors with the finest single origin organic chocolate available, Lillie Belle Farms continues to grow and expand the reach of their outstanding product line.
"We were just picked up by Whole Foods Markets in Northern California, Oregon, and Washington. They recognized the quality and integrity we put into our products and are excited to be carrying our line" said Jeff during a recent interview.
For more information about Lillie Belle Farms Hand Made Chocolates you can visit their website at http://www.lilliebellefarms.com or call 1-888-899-2022

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While we never really subscribed to any one philosophy of homeschooling, the closest we got would have to be the Charlotte Mason method. I was always drawn to her belief in educating the whole child through discipline and exposure to art, music, nature and great writing.
My boys had a heavy phonics background in their time at the local charter school they attended. My eldest finished fifth grade and my younger third when we decided to homeschool. They were both strong spellers.
So when we began homeschooling, I was looking for a spelling program that built on the foundation they had.
What we landed on was Spelling Wisdom by Simply Charlotte Mason. We used the downloadable version, and only printed what we needed.
As described on their website:
Learn today’s 6,000 most frequently used words presented in the writings of great men and women of history.
Instead of lists, students work with short passages from various writings – classic literature, history books, the Bible, poetry, etc.
For example, in Book 2, which is for grades 5-7 this quote by Winston Churchill is used:
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.
And this from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes:
Our visitor glanced with some apparent surprise at the languid, lounging figure of the man who had been, no doubt, depicted to him as the most incisive reasoner and most energetic agent in Europe. Holmes slowly reopened his eyes and looked impatiently at his gigantic client.
Students are interacting with the text, and learning not only spelling, but vocabulary as well.
The publisher’s website gives lots of tips on how to use the books. Very helpful.
After focusing on individual words – spelling, meaning, context – dictation helps cement the learning in the student’s mind.
Drawing on their model of dictation, I remembered an activity that I had used when I taught English as a Second Language for adult learners.
It’s called Running Dictation.
It’s usually an activity done with partners, in which one student is the runner and one is the writer. The writer is seated with pencil and paper, and is on the opposite side of the room from the given passage. The runner goes to the passage, reads a portion of it … whatever they think they can remember, and relate it to the writer. It may be a single word, or maybe a phrase or sentence. The runner holds this information in his head and walks back to the writer, and tells it to them, spelling the words as necessary. Capitalization and punctuation matter! He then walks back to the passage and continues through it. When doing this as a partner activity, the runner and writer switch halfway through the passage.
It’s an outstanding way to teach language. At some point during the activity, a student is reading, writing, speaking, and listening.
I might have had my boys do this together on occasion, but more often, I modified the activity to be done individually.
I would put a blank piece of paper and pencil on the table, and the passage across the room. (My kids actually thought it was fun to put the passage in a different room down the hall sometimes). They would essentially complete the activity as above, but as both runner and writer.
If you are looking for a spelling curriculum that is creative and effective, check out Spelling Wisdom. There are books for grades 3-12. And if you are interested in learning more about the Charlotte Mason method of homeschooling, I found this to be a fantastic resource.

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Following his disqualification from the Lok Sabha, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been served with a notice to leave the government-allotted bungalow...
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New Delhi: In a recent report published by International Labour Organisation (ILO), the report revealed that Indians work for the longest hours and are the most overworked workers in the world. Not only this, the wages thus received by the overworked workers is also the lowest in the Asia Pacific region, second only to Bangladesh.
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In totality, the workers work stretching to over 48 hours a week. The country ranked in the fifth in the world among countries with long work hours, ranked after Gambia, Mongolia, Maldives and Qatar.
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The report further reveals that an average workers works 46 hours a week in China, 36 hours in the United Kingdom, 37 hours in the United States and 36 hours in Israel.
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The minimum statutory wage of an Indian worker is also the lowest in the world, barring some sub-Saharian African countries.
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LA CROSSE, Wis. (WEAU) - Grandad Bluff will be temporarily closed June 11 and is set to reopen June 12.
The closure is due to a new flagpole installation. The flag will be removed June 9, according to City of La Crosse Parks, Recreation and Forestry.
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We can all say that protein is important and necessary in our diets, but the reasons why might be a bit more complex. What does science say about the role of protein in our bodies? What are some advantages of a protein-rich diet for an active person wanting to become stronger?
To answer these questions, let’s go back to the basics and take a look at what protein is, so we can determine why and how it benefits us.
What is Protein and Why Is It Important?
Protein is one of the three major nutrients, along with carbohydrates and fat, in our diets. Proteins are made up of amino acids. Think of them as building blocks that can be broken down and re-assembled in different ways.
Protein and amino acids are the main components of our muscles, bones, skin, tissues, and organs. When we eat protein, our body breaks it down into individual amino acids during digestion and then uses these amino acids to create new proteins where needed.
If we don’t eat enough protein, our body will start to plunder it from within – beginning with the breakdown of muscle.
Benefit #1 – Protein Makes You Feel Full
Protein promotes satiety, or the feeling of fullness, more than both carbohydrates and fat. This can be beneficial for athletes who are often fueling their bodies for long stretches of time.
Protein’s ability to reduce appetite and hunger levels can help reduce calorie intake – a key factor for individuals trying to achieve weight loss.
Benefit #2 – Protein Boosts Metabolism
Along with reducing appetite, eating protein temporarily boosts metabolism. The body uses energy to digest and make use of the nutrients in food. This is called the thermic effect of food (TEF), and protein’s thermic effect is much higher than at of carbohydrates and fat.
Whether you’re an elite athlete working towards an ideal body composition or just someone trying to lose a little belly fat, consider replacing some of your carbs and fats with protein in your daily meals and snacks.
Benefit #3 – Protein Helps Maintain Your Muscles
Since protein is the building block of your muscles, eating adequate amounts of protein helps maintain your muscle mass and prevents muscle wasting. So if you walk a lot, enjoy cycling, or do any sort of exercise to stay active, you need to eat protein.
Athletes and individuals with more muscle need to eat larger amounts of protein daily to maintain their higher muscle mass.
Benefit #4 – Protein Aids with Muscle Recovery and Growth
Not only does eating protein help prevent muscle breakdown, but it can also help build and strengthen muscles. Combining regular activity and exercise with high protein intake promotes muscle growth and strengthening.
High-quality proteins contain all of the essential amino acids and are rich in branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs). Leucine, one of these BCAAs, plays a major role in promoting muscle growth and recovery after resistance and endurance exercise. These high-quality proteins exist in animal-based protein foods such as lean poultry, beef, fish, dairy, egg products, and whole eggs.
High-quality plant-based options include soybeans and tofu. Protein powder supplements are also commonly used by athletes, especially post-exercise when real food sources of protein tend to be less accessible.
Protein shakes are extremely convenient, making them useful for active individuals and athletes who are constantly on-the-go. If choosing a protein powder supplement, whey protein and plant-based proteins such as soy or pea have been shown to most effectively promote muscle growth and recovery.
Benefit #5 – Protein Is Good For Your Body
Protein forms the main building blocks of your tissues and organs. Eating a high-protein diet can help your body repair quicker after injury.
Finally, there is the misconception that high protein intake harms your kidneys. This idea comes from the recommendation for people with poorly functioning kidneys (usually from pre-existing kidney disease) to eat a low-protein diet. However, while protein can cause harm to people with kidney problems, it does not harm those with healthy kidneys.
How Much Protein Should You Consume and How Often?
So now that we’ve covered the many benefits of protein, let’s talk about how much you need, especially if you’re using it to supplement your workouts.
If you’re a moderately active adult, I recommend between 0.5 – 0.75 grams of protein per pound of body weight. If you’re regularly doing resistance training, you’ll want between 0.8 – 0.85 grams of protein per pound of body weight. Eating more than 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight has not shown to have any additional benefit.
Timing of protein intake is especially important for athletes or anyone trying to build muscle. Exercise, especially resistance training, stresses the muscles. Eating protein after a workout helps repair the muscle breakdown that has occurred and further builds upon that muscle.
You should aim to consume at least 20 grams of protein within a half-hour after exercising. Choose high-quality proteins after training and at mealtimes.
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PORT HURON, MI -- Police have released a sketch of a suspect who they say attempted to sexually assault a woman while she was jogging in a Port Huron park earlier this month.
Port Huron Police responded Monday, Nov. 8 to a report of an attempted sexual assault. Officers learned the assault occurred around 5:30 p.m. on that date in the wooded area of Sanborn Park in Port Huron.
A 25-year-old Port Huron woman had been jogging in and around the park when she was attacked by an unknown male, police have said.
There was a struggle and the man fled before completing the sexual assault.
In a Tuesday, Nov. 23 news release, Port Huron Police released the sketch depicting the suspect in this case that is pictured above.
Police described the suspect as a white male in his 30′s with a medium build.
He would have been following a white female wearing a bright yellow jacket in the area of Sanborn Park around the time of the attempted assault.
Port Huron officers, a K-9 unit, detectives and the Major Crimes Unit responded to the scene.
The investigation is ongoing by Port Huron police.
Anyone who may have witnessed the man, has a camera in the area or has any information about this attempted assault is asked to contact the Port Huron Police Department at 810-984-8415 or CAPTURE at 810-987-6688.
Anonymous texts can also be received by texting the keyword CAPTURE and the message/tip to 847411 or by downloading the Port Huron PD app on an Apple or android device.
Tips can also be emailed by clicking on the CAPTURE link at www.porthuronpolice.org.
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OK if you haven't seen her 100Th video yet you might want to go over to the The Pink Stamper's Blog and watch it! There is a great surprise at the end. I am not going to tell you what it is though....you just have to go watch. While you are there check out some of her other videos too! She has some great stuff there.
In the video she made the cutest card with the Hello Kitty Greetings strawberry. I loved this card so much I had to give it a shot. I didn't stamp mine because I made a bunch of them and thought I could stamp them as I use them. I do this often with cards, make a bunch and leave them blank. Then I can add the finishing touches when I actually use the card. Her finished card is wait cuter well because it is finished and because she stamped it and added some cute buttons but I still like mine! lol

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Coincident with the potential arrival of adverse severe weather conditions, involving in some case hailstone, sleet or snow the drivers are reminded to drive safely under these circumstances and always adequate the driving to the surrounding traffic and meteorological conditions.
Severe Weather Events – Hail:
While the overall meteorological conditions consistent with the potential occurrence of Hail storms can be forecast, the exact location of occurrences cannot be predicted and so pose a major threat to road safety, particularly on the high speed motorway /dual carriageway network.
Further, there are no pre-treatment options available to the road operator which can mitigate the effects of a Hail shower deposited on the road surface.
The Road Safety Authority supported by TII and road operators, has issued an advisory Video, (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHagNrOQGYk) which gives advice on driver strategy on encountering a Hail Event.
In summary motorists are advised to:
- Reduce speed with minimal or no braking.
- Maintain a straight line if possible.
For those involved in an incident at a Hail Event, drivers and passengers should be aware that statistics show that exiting the car and going on to the road is potentially very dangerous.
Drivers and passengers are advised to switch on their hazard warning lights, and to remain in their vehicle until all traffic has stopped. When they judge that it is safe to do so;
- the vehicle should be driven to a safe location; or,
- if a vehicle is not driveable, exit from the vehicle and move to the safest available location, preferably behind a safety barrier.


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Disability affects us all...
According to Statistics Canada, 3.8 million Canadian adults (or 1 in 7) have a disability. They estimate that by 2036, the proportion of people with disabilities could be as high as 1 in 5.
Globally, people with disabilities are the largest minority group in the world, representing over a billion people, or 15% of the world’s population, and one that any of us can become a member of at any time. Disabilities can result from an accident, a degenerative illness, a medical condition, or the natural outcome of growing older.
People with disabilities still face many visible and invisible barriers today: attitudinal, physical accessibility, employment, lack of information, transportation, housing, health, and education. One of the most significant barriers is the built environment.
At the Rick Hansen Foundation, we believe that when barriers within the built environment are removed and people with disabilities can live, work, and play to their full potential, the entire community and economy benefits. Accessibility is the key to unleashing the economic potential of people with disabilities. This includes increased employment opportunities, greater disposable income, and lower societal costs.
For three decades we have been committed to raising awareness, changing attitudes, and breaking down barriers for people living with disabilities. While great progress has been made, there is still a long way to go – and the Rick Hansen Foundation intends to create a global movement to remove barriers in the built environment and thereby liberate the potential of people living with disabilities.
Read the Rick Hansen Foundation 2015-2018 Strategic Plan, which sets out our four year plan to increase awareness, change attitudes and, in the short term, be a catalyst for removing barriers in the built environment.

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Costa Rica boasts the highest standard of living in Central America and has a vibrant technology sector, but “postal authorities say that 1 in 5 pieces of mail is undeliverable because they can't figure out where the addressee lives” (LA Times, 2007). This is due to the fact that Costa Rica doesn't have a standardized system of addresses; instead, “official” addresses in this country read like treasure-hunt clues. Take a look at the address for this restaurant in our town:
“50 meters west of the ‘Nacional al Boyero’ monument”.
Most Costa Rican addresses are expressed in relation to the closest community landmark; in the case pictured above, a monument. But to make it even more challenging, sometimes that landmark no longer even exists. Plus, when Costa Ricans give directions, a city block is considered to be 100 meters long regardless of its length. So for the address of the restaurant, it isn’t an exact 50 meters from the monument but rather a half a block.
In Atenas (where we live), the streets aren't named, and virtually none have signs. I haven’t even seen a house with a number. We called for roadside assistance this week to boost the dead battery on our car and it took them 3 hours to find us… and we were at our house!
For those of us that have become reliant on Google Maps, this is a big adjustment when you can’t use it to help you find “125 meters west of the old Coca-Cola plant”.


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- Rated: Unrated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 39 minutes
- Video: Color
- Released: August 5, 2003
- Originally Released: 2003
- Label: Lions Gate
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Packaging: Keep Case
- Aspect Ratio: Widescreen - 1.85
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
- Additional Release Material:
- Deleted Scenes
- Featurette: Making of the Special Effects
- Audio Commentary:
- Gaspar Noe - Director
- Director & Crew
Performers, Cast and Crew:
|Starring||Vincent Cassel & Monica Bellucci|
|Performer:||Albert Dupontel, Philippe Nahon & Jo Prestia|
|Directed by||Gaspar Noé|
|Screenwriting by||Gaspar Noé|
|Composition by||Thomas Bangaltar|
|Produced by||Christophe Rossignon|
|Director of Photography:||Benoît Debie|
Rating: 5/5 -- Noe is a confrontational master, no question. Full Review
...This confrontationalist is a moviemaker worth confronting...
Fails because of its gratuitous rape and violence and also because of its pretentious and intellectually one-dimensional grounds, which make the violence at the end feel even worse.
It is telling that Noé, a filmmaker ordinarily enamored by the grueling underbelly of human behavior, can effectively contrast the nihilism of the climactic events with an almost hopeful tone overlaying the story's origins. Full Review
...A seductive and powerful film...
Sight and Sound
...Moral at a structural level...
Rating: 3/4 -- Noé weaves together the off-putting elements into something that sears itself permanently in the memory. Full Review
After what would normally be the end credits (which run backwards), IRREVERSIBLE begins with a heated hunt through a gay S&M club. It is a chaotic sequence shot from a wildly spiraling camera seamlessly edited together to appear as one single shot and culminating in one of the most violent murders ever portrayed on celluloid. Following this crescendo, Gaspar Noe's (I STAND ALONE) film uses a reverse narrative structure similar to MEMENTO through which the audience learns the motivations for the murder and the relationships of three parties directly involved, the beautiful Alex (Monica Bellucci) and two men who adore her (Vincent Cassel and Albert Dupontel). The frenzied style of the opening gives way to increasingly static camera work throughout leading to an idyllic final shot of Alex, who the audience has long known is a doomed woman, set to Beethoven and alive with color and youthful innocence otherwise absent from this bleak urban nightmare. The film disregards conventional editing by ending each scene with a dizzying camera whirl. Since each scene is intended to look like a single take (although there are seamless cuts throughout), this gives the film the appearance of one continuous shot.
- Theatrical Release: MARCH 7, 2003 (NY/LA)

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HB 481/FN (BR 520) - S. Overly, D. Graham
AN ACT relating to bonds for performance and payment.
Amend KRS 45A.190 to raise minimum construction contract amount requiring performance and payment bonds from $40,000 to $100,000; similarly increase amounts triggering evaluation of whether to require a performance bond for goods and services contracts over $100,000 and construction contracts less than $100,000.
HB 481 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1, S. Brinkman) - Delete all language in the bill and insert the following provision: require the staff of the Legislative Research Commission (LRC) to study the state of small, emerging, and minority contractors in the state; require the study to include recommendations regarding the bonding requirements of the Commonwealth contained in KRS Chapter 45A; require a report to the LRC no later than December 1, 2008; authorize the LRC to alternatively assign the study to an interim joint committee or subcommittee thereof, and to designate a study completion date.
HFA (2/Title, S. Brinkman) - Make title amendment.
Feb 7-introduced in House
Feb 11-to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
Feb 14-posted in committee
Feb 19-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 20-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 21, 2008
Mar 6-floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed


Armed Robbery At RadioShack For iPads
MELBOURNE, Florida — At approximately 9:16 a.m. today, Melbourne police officers responded to a RadioShack located at 1270 North Wickham Road in Melbourne, Florida for a reported armed robbery that had just occurred. Officers conducted a thorough area search – but no suspects were located.
Police say that initial information indicates that a store employee was held at gunpoint by a suspect who entered the store. During the robbery, the suspect tied the employee’s hands together and proceeded to steal an undisclosed number of cell phones and iPads.
The suspect is described as a light skinned black male, 6’ tall, 220lbs and in his 20’s. He was wearing light colored clothing, a white baseball cap and carried a handgun. Police believe that the suspect may have had an accomplice as he was overheard speaking with another male in an unknown foreign language.
Anyone with information that may assist in the investigation of this crime is encouraged to contact the Melbourne Police Department or Crimeline.
The Melbourne Police Department is currently investigating this incident.
If you have any information regarding this crime, police ask that you please call:
Crimeline: 1-800-423-TIPS (8477) or
The Melbourne Police Department’s Crime Tip Line: 321-409-2259


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On Tuesday Sept 4 we left our beloved Aitutaki to sail for Palmerston atoll. Seas were rather rough--3 to 4 meters--and the motion was unpleasant but we flew along, making 100+ mile days. This morning we sighted Palmerston, and in a strong northeasterly sailed up to the anchorage, which today was a lee shore with big swells breaking. The local people always come out to meet you and guide you to a mooring, but the voice on the radio suggested we make a decision first before he came out. Tired as we were, we knew that putting the boat on a lee shore like that, with the reef less than a hundred yards astern of these moorings, was unwise. Two boats were leaving as we arrived, and no other boats remained. The signs all pointed to: keep going, it's safer at sea.
So we did. But when we mentioned on the radio that we had brought some corn flour because we'd heard the island needed some, the man on the radio said, "I'll be right out!" He drove his boat through reef surf and thanked us, saying "The island is out of food!" So if any cruising boats are headed that way, please load up on some basics--flour, sugar, can goods, and if anyone can find a spark plug for a 15-horsepower Yamaha outboard plus a volleyball (??) there will be 40 or 50 grateful people awaiting. Evidently their supply ship is late.
We're making good progress under fair skies toward Niue, 400 miles from Palmerston. Supposedly a weather trough was due to hit today (hence our desire to ride it out in a decent anchorage) but it may have been what we sailed through last night and this morning. If the wind doesn't cooperate we'll just heave to--plenty of sea room out here. But the skies look awfully nice now, and we're hoping the 7-day weather window following that trough is open.
This area is known for being the South Pacific Convergence Zone, so dodging the troughs and small tropical systems makes better passages. Sometimes, though, you just have to take your lumps. I remember one other time heading out to sea to face some bad weather because getting to safe harbor was not possible. It was in the Gulf of Alaska, and the night was rough but here's the thing: you can't hit a rock at sea.
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A triple mahjong game with beast style. You can eliminate just 3 of same tiles. Those tiles can be chosen which have at least 2 surrounding sides open.
Release Date: 26 March 2023 , Platform: Web browser (Desktop and Mobile),
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WASHINGTON -- President Bush said on Thursday he would veto any legislation granting $10 billion in loan guarantees to Israel before next year, portraying himself as a champion of world peace.
Bush said that he would take on the politically influential pro-Israel lobby and its supporters in Congress and place his personal prestige on the line.
At issue was Bush's contention that Congress should delay for 120 days consideration of Israel's request for $10 billion in loan guarantees to finance housing, jobs and roads for Jewish immigrants from the Soviet Union because immediate action might undermine a Middle East peace conference.
U.S. supporters of Israel say the funds are urgently needed to help deal with the influx of refugees.
"There is too much at stake for domestic politics to take precedence over peace," Bush said.
"Quite simply, a 120-day delay is not too much for a president to ask for with so much in the balance. We must give peace a chance, we must give peace every chance."
Bush was sending a signal that he would not compromise on the issue, administration officials said.
"I'm convinced that this debate would be counterproductive to peace, and I owe it to the members of Congress to say it as forcefully as I can," he said.
"I'm going to fight for what I believe, and it may not be popular politically. ... But that's not the question here, that's not the question ... whether it's good 1992 politics," he said, slamming the lectern with both hands. "What's important here is that we give this process a chance."
Bush said he would not agree to unconditionally support the loan guarantee request, as many legislators want, to win the delay. "Absolutely not," he said. "That would undermine everything."
Administration officials said Bush's strong language was prompted by bleak assessments of his congressional support on the issue, a mass lobbying effort by pro-Israeli forces and anger over comments from defiant Israeli Housing Minister Ariel Sharon, who said on Wednesday that "the U.S. administration has capitulated to the Arab demands. I am sorry to say that President Bush may have not understood what kind of Arab trap he is falling into."
Bush spoke as hundreds of Israel supporters spent the day lobbying members of Congress to oppose the president's request for a delay and to indicate the depth of feeling among U.S. Jews about the issue.
"We're up against very strong and effective, sometimes, groups that go up to the Hill," Bush said. "I heard today there were something like a thousand lobbyists on the Hill working the other side of the question. We've got one lonely little guy down here doing it," he said in a joking reference to himself.
In Jerusalem, officials expressed shock at Bush's statement, and privately condemned it as unjustified. But they said that most senior Israeli officials still favored avoiding a major clash with the United States.
In recent days, government moderates have pressed Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir to accept Bush's offer to compensate Israel financially for any costs associated with the delay.
So far, Shamir has resisted such a settlement, though he has said publicly that he does not want a confrontation with Bush.
Bush says he has taken a strong stance on the loan guarantees because he thinks a divisive congressional debate on the topic now could frustrate his plans to convene a Middle East peace conference next month, one of the major components of his vision of the "new world order" that emerged from the Persian Gulf war.
Senior administration officials said he intends the delay to show Israel's Arab adversaries that the United States is no longer reflexively pro-Israel. "If we granted the guarantees now, it would show them that nothing has changed," said one.
In addition, Bush is determined to show that he, not Israel or its supporters in Congress, sets U.S. foreign policy, administration officials said. "We are the United States of America," Bush said. "We have got our policy."
The question of the guarantees go to a major issue that a peace conference would have to face: Israeli control of Palestinian territories. U.S. policy has long opposed Israel's practice of building settlements in the territories, thereby solidifying its control over the land.
Administration officials say that the loan guarantees would allow Israel to expand its settlements on the Palestinian territories.


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Los Angeles Soccer: Qualcomm Stadium
The anticipated friendly between Guadalajara and Real Madrid is a done deal, set for Wednesday, July 20, at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, with kickoff at 8 p.m. The game comes four days after Real meets the Galaxy at the Coliseum.
Guadalajara also will face Barcelona, on Aug. 3 in Miami Gardens, Fla.
The match is part of the 2011 World Football Challenge series of exhibitions this summer in North America. The schedule so far (all times Pacific):
- July 13: New England Revolution vs. Manchester United (England) at Foxborough, Mass., 5 p.m.
- July 16: Galaxy vs. Real Madrid at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 7 p.m.
- July 18: Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Manchester City (England) at Vancouver, British Columbia, 7 p.m.
- July 20: Guadalajara (Mexico) vs. Real Madrid (Spain) at Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, 8 p.m.
- July 23: Chicago Fire vs. Manchester United (England) at Chicago, 2 p.m.
- July 24: Galaxy vs. Manchester City (England) at Home Depot Center, 1 p.m.
- July 30: Barcelona (Spain) vs. Manchester United (England) at Landover, Md., 4 p.m.
- Aug. 3: Barcelona (Spain) vs. Guadalajara (Mexico) at Miami Gardens, Fla.
- Aug. 6: Barcelona (Spain) vs. America (Mexico) at Arlington, Texas, 1 p.m.
In addition, Manchester United will meet MLS's best in the league all-star game on July 27 in Harrison, N.J.
Guadalajara, the original Chivas, is one of Mexico's two biggest clubs, seen as an instrument of Mexican loyalty because of its policy of fielding only Mexican players. It's coming off a fine Clausura campaign in which it knocked off top seed UANL Tigres en route to the semifinals.
Real Madrid, one of the world's great clubs, is expected to hold preseason camp in Los Angeles -- it's manager Jose Mourinho's favorite summer venue; he previously brought Chelsea and Inter Milan to train at UCLA, and Real Madrid caused a sensation on campus last year.
Mexico's roster for its end-of-March friendlies, including the March 29 date in San Diego, has been released, and sure enough, Carlos Vela and Efrain Juarez are on it.
No surprise: The pair did their penance following the fallout from their roles in an "unauthorized" party after a victory last September over Colombia in suburban Monterrey.
Vela, a forward who plays for West Bromwich Albion in England on loan from Arsenal, and Juarez, a defender on the books at Celtic FC in Scotland, were tagged with six-month suspensions, which kept them out of only one match, Jose Manuel de la Torre's debut as head coach last month in Atlanta.
Both return just as preparations begin in earnest for the June 5-25 CONCACAF Gold Cup, and that's no coincidence. The suspension, along with fines to other players, sparked a player protest that led to national teams director Nestor de la Torre's resignation; substantial punishment, deserved or not, was never an option.
They're among 23 players, nine based in Europe -- yes, Manchester United's Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez and Racing Santander's Giovani Dos Santos are included -- headed to California for friendlies March 26 against Paraguay in Oakland and March 29 against Venezuela at Qualcomm Stadium.
Also back is defender Ricardo Osorio, from Monterrey, who is aiming for his first appearance since last summer's World Cup. Osorio's gaffe in the round of 16, his last game for Mexico's national team, helped Argentina to a 3-1 victory.
Veteran goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa (America), defenders Rafa Marquez (New York Red Bulls) and Francisco Javier Rodriguez (PSV Eindhoven), and winger Andres Guardado (Deportivo La Coruņa) are in their first camp with de la Torre, a former national team midfielder who guided Guadalajara and Toluca to Mexican Primera Division titles.
Mexico's national team is coming to Southern California in March, just not to L.A. El Tri will face Venezuela in San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium on March 29 at 8 p.m. Tickets go on sale Friday through Ticketmaster.
It's the third date on the team's annual U.S. tour, organized by Soccer United Marketing, the marketing arm of Major League Soccer, and it comes on a FIFA international-fixture date, so, theoretically, Mexico will have access to its biggest stars, such as Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez and Giovani Dos Santos, who play in England.
Jose Manuel “Chepo” de la Torre will make his debut as Mexico coach in the tour opener, Feb. 9 against Bosnia-Herzegovina in Atlanta.
Mexico has played 19 games at Qualcomm since the early 1990s, going 13-2-4 and averaging about 40,000 in attendance, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune. El Tri last played in San Diego in June 2009, a 0-0 draw with Guatemala.
Mexico's 2011 U.S. tour (all times Pacific):
Feb. 9 vs. Bosnia-Herzegovina at Atlanta, 5 p.m.
March 26 vs. Paraguay at Oakland, 2 p.m.
March 29 vs. Venezuela at San Diego, 8 p.m.


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Hajin: Intense clashes between protesters and forces are going on, in Hajin area of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district.
According to reports a patrolling party of government forces was moving along the area when they came under intense stone pelting.
It could not be confirmed whether the patrolling party belonged to Army or Jammu and Kashmir Police, however sources say that it was ‘Army moving through area on a routine duty’.
Tear gas cannisters have been used by forces to disperse protesters, reports said.
More details are awaited.


Printer control-panel problems
The following table lists common printer control-panel problems and suggested solutions for resolving them.
|Control-panel settings do not work correctly
|The printer control-panel display is blank, even when the fan is running.
|Fans might run while the printer is in standby mode (off). Press the printer power switch to turn on the printer.
|Printer settings in the software program or printer driver differ from the printer control-panel settings.
|Confirm that the settings in the program and printer driver are appropriate. The program settings override the printer-driver and control-panel settings, and the printer-driver settings override the control-panel settings.
|Control-panel settings were not correctly saved.
|Select the control-panel settings again, and then press OK. An asterisk (*) should appear to the right of the setting.
|If the printer is on a network, another user might have changed printer control-panel settings.
|Consult the network administrator to coordinate changes to printer control-panel settings.
|Unable to select tray 3 (optional 500-sheet input tray)
|Tray 3 does not appear as an input tray option on the configuration page or on the control panel.
|Tray 3 appears as an option only if it is installed. Verify that tray 3 is installed correctly.
|Tray 3 does not appear as an option in the printer driver.
|Verify that the printer driver configuration recognizes tray 3. See the printer driver Help to set up and configure additional trays. See Opening the printer drivers.
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The South-East Asia community has been set up to bring together Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) members based in Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam
There are around 1,000 IFoA members in this vibrant part of the world.
We would welcome anyone with an interest in the actuarial profession in South-East Asia, or with plans to relocate to this region, to get in touch with us.
AICT/CAS Joint Property/Casualty and Health Actuarial Seminar
This grand annual event is the first joint international seminar organised by the Actuarial Institute of Chinese Taipei, AICT and Casualty Actuarial Society, CAS.
The content is quite rich, including one and a half day seminar (Seminar) and a half day workshop (Workshop). The joint seminar especially invites experienced lecturers from overseas and focuses on the important issues in line with the needs of the industry in the fields of health insurance, property insurance, IFRS 17, etc. Topics that will be covered include pricing long term health insurance product, the applications of FinTech, block chain and data science to both areas of health insurance and property insurance, as well as cyber Insurance, cat risk and modeling and IFRS 17 related issues. The "IFRS 17 Reserving and Risk margin" Workshop held in the afternoon on the 27th is a technical session, which will continue the discussion on IFRS 17 from the morning session. This workshop aims to provide attendees with an in-depth practical understanding through live demonstrations and hands-on practice.
Date: 26-27 September 2018
Seminar Venue：CHANG YUNG-FA FOUNDATION International Convention Center
Registration deadline: September 10
Joint Regional Seminar – Registration open!
The Joint Regional Seminar (JRS) is an annual event co-organised by the IFoA, Actuaries Institute Australia and Society of Actuaries with the support of the local actuarial societies in the region.
The JRS will be held on
For more details, please contact Pat Kum
Who's Who in the South-East Asia community
The IFoA's regional office is in Singapore and Caryn Chua, the IFoA's South-East Asia representative, is the main contact person. Contact number: +65 8838 5848
|Marie Lee, is the IFoA’s Regional Coordinator. Contact number: +65 8778 1784.|
Local actuarial societies in this area include:
- 18 October 2017
For information regarding regional societies, please contact the Senior Stakeholder Relationship Manager, Kirstie Smith.


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- Can you develop a sensitivity to caffeine?
- At what age should you stop drinking coffee?
- What age group drinks coffee the most?
- Is caffeine linked to anxiety?
- Can caffeine affect you as you get older?
- How long does it take to get caffeine out of your body?
- Can caffeine affect you hours later?
- How can I stop being sensitive to caffeine?
- How long does 200mg of caffeine last?
- Why does coffee make me itchy?
- Does drinking water dilute caffeine?
- Can coffee cause anxiety hours later?
- How do you flush caffeine out of your system?
- How long until caffeine is completely out of your system?
Can you develop a sensitivity to caffeine?
People with heightened hypersensitivity to caffeine can’t tolerate small amounts of it without experiencing negative side effects.
This isn’t the same thing as an allergy to caffeine, though.
A variety of factors causes caffeine sensitivity, such as genetics and your liver’s ability to metabolize caffeine..
At what age should you stop drinking coffee?
Major health organizations like the American Academy of Pediatrics suggest that children under the age of 12 years should not eat or drink any caffeine-containing foods or drinks. For children older than 12 years, caffeine intake should fall in the range of no more than 85 to 100 milligrams per day.
What age group drinks coffee the most?
In 2020, people aged 70 and over drank about 2.18 cups of coffee per capita in the United States, making it the age group that drank the most coffee on average that year. U.S. coffee consumption for respondents between the ages of 25 and 29 stood at roughly 2.15 cups a day.
Is caffeine linked to anxiety?
Caffeine is a stimulant — and that can be bad news for someone with anxiety. Caffeine’s jittery effects on your body are similar to those of a frightening event. That’s because caffeine stimulates your “fight or flight” response, and studies show that this can make anxiety worse and can even trigger an anxiety attack.
Can caffeine affect you as you get older?
As you age, your body’s ability to break down drugs and natural products is reduced. However, it turns out that caffeine is not affected; in fact older folk break caffeine down slightly faster than young people.
How long does it take to get caffeine out of your body?
The level of caffeine in the blood peaks about 1 hour later and stays at this level for several hours for most people. Six hours after caffeine is consumed, half of it is still in the body. It can take up to 10 hours to completely clear caffeine from the bloodstream.
Can caffeine affect you hours later?
“The time it takes for the caffeine level to drop by half is an average of five hours. After ten to 15 hours there is no longer enough left to have an impact.”
How can I stop being sensitive to caffeine?
To treat caffeine sensitivity, a person should be aware of how caffeine affects their health. For example, people who experience insomnia or anxiety may require sleeping aids or antidepressants. Instead of taking medication to treat the side effects of caffeine, they can reduce their consumption of it.
How long does 200mg of caffeine last?
In the average adult, the half-life of caffeine is about 5-6 hours. This means that once take a dose of caffeine, you’ll break down about half of that caffeine after 5-6 hours. So if you take in 200 mg of caffeine at 9 am, you’ll still have about 100 mg left in your body between 2 and 3 pm.
Why does coffee make me itchy?
When they consume caffeine, their body produces an antibody called immunoglobin E. The antibody prompts their cells to release histamine, to try to flush out molecules it has mistaken as harmful. These molecules are called allergens. This results in inflammation, which can lead to hives, itching, and swelling.
Does drinking water dilute caffeine?
“Drinking water is not going to dilute the caffeine in your body, [because, at that point,] you’re worried about the effects on a cellular level,” she says.
Can coffee cause anxiety hours later?
These effects can kick in as soon as 45 to 60 minutes and last as long as 4 to 6 hours, but are rarely dangerous. Side effects can vary from person to person as it depends on their tolerance, sensitivity, and how much caffeine they’re used to. Body mass and genetics also contribute to this.
How do you flush caffeine out of your system?
What you can do to feel betterNo more caffeine. Don’t consume any more caffeine today. … Drink plenty of water. Caffeine is a diuretic, which means that you need to drink extra water to make up for what you’re peeing out. … Replace electrolytes. … Take a walk. … Practice deep breathing.
How long until caffeine is completely out of your system?
Caffeine’s stimulatory effects are usually noticeable within the first 45 minutes of intake and can last 3–5 hours ( 3 ). Moreover, it can take up to 10 hours for caffeine to completely clear your system ( 3 ).

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Why Choose Rehab at Southern Regional
Southern Regional is your best choice for your outpatient rehabilitation
in south metro Atlanta. Our team of professional therapists work with
you every step of the way to create a specialized plan for your recovery.
We provide comprehensive physical, occupational and speech therapies for
outpatient needs to help patients with their recovery from a wide range
of injuries and illnesses.
We provide the latest techniques, comprehensive therapies and equipment
in a spacious gym. Our personalized treatment plan and individual therapy
sessions will help get you back on track and return to your normal daily life.
We are dedicated to making your rehab experience as convenient as possible.
We offer flexible scheduling and convenient hours to fit your lifestyle.
Once you have a physician referral, you can schedule your own appointments
by simply calling (770) 991-8070. Pre-certification is usually required
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When you arrive, you'll have access to convenient parking or you may
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Cross Borders operates across Bridgend, Neath Port Talbot and Swansea offering accommodation and support to women who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. All the women supported have alcohol and/or substance misuse issues in addition to other complex needs.
Staff help the women to overcome their issues and to gradually build their independent life skills, enabling them to move into their own accommodation and to prevent future experiences of homelessness.
For more information about the project, or to request referral information, please contact us:
Cross Borders Women’s Project
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Tel 01792 323 954
This service is managed from Swansea and support is provided seven days a week on a satellite basis with on call provision out-of-hours.


Sharp to commercialize large-capacity fuel cell for mobile devices
It seems that Sharp has established technology for making large capacity fuel cells for mobile devices such as mobile phones, electronic dictionaries, and laptop computers.
This means that with a fuel cell of the same size as conventional lithium ion batteries, mobile devices can be used continuously for a longer time.
Details are as follows.
World's highest power density achieved in direct methanol fuel cell | News Release: Sharp
According to this release, Sharp is realizing the world's highest power generation efficiency in a fuel cell called "direct methanol type" that supplies methanol directly to the power generation section and chemically reacts with oxygen in the air to generate electricity.
By adopting the "three-dimensional highly integrated stack (laminated) structure" using a thin cell by micro-fabrication newly developed in the power generation section, it becomes possible to convect the air as the basis of power generation smoothly As a result, the power generation efficiency has improved about seven times as compared with the conventional, and this has made it possible to clear the problem of "Is it necessary to increase the volume of the battery because the power generation efficiency is low?" Thing.
This is "three-dimensional highly integrated stack (stacked) structure". Air is convecting smoothly.
And by further pursuing and evolving this technology, it is expected that the battery volume can be reduced in size, so in the future it can be expected to realize a fuel cell that can be used for a longer time with the same volume as the mainstream lithium ion battery in the future I am doing.
Possibility of future direct methanol fuel cell realization. The weight seems to be about one third.
I do not know how long the usage will be longer, but it will be extremely helpful to get bothered by not being bothered by running out of batteries.


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Academic Book Review Format
Before even approaching your paper and beginning to write your academic book review, it is crucial that you have a proper format laid out ahead of time. Taking the little extra time to prepare, even before you start the book, will significantly improve your overall review, and shorten the time it takes you to write that paper.
Before you read your book
Prior to opening the book, you should have a notebook handy to jot down a few questions. Leave a bit of space between each so you can write as you go. This will help you pick out various points throughout the book that you may have missed in your paper later on. Some questions to have would be:
- What is the crux, or overall point of the book, that the author is trying to convey?
- What are some supporting facts and arguments that the author gives to bolster their main point?
- Are there any points that the author missed or failed to substantially support?
- How does the author approach the subject?
- Are the arguments the author makes sensible?
- Are you persuaded? If so, by what?
Structuring your review
Once you have completed the book, you can now use the information you gathered from the questions above to formulate a compelling review based on your overall analysis of the book. Here we will piece apart the elements of a review and explain what should be in each.
Introduction – This is usually the first paragraph, but may span across two paragraphs. The introduction comprises the basic details of the book, and any relevant information. Additionally, you should end your introduction with your thesis, which will be the main argument that you will support during your review. This will transition you to the next portion of your review and allow for a nice overall flow between the elements in the paper.
Book Summary – Here you will summarize the main point of the author, describe the book, and then move on to the next section. If your audience has not already read the book, then you should devote more attention to the summary.
Content – The middle paragraphs, or pages, will contain all of the supporting points for your main thesis. It is much easier to begin one point, give all the supporting facts, and then continue to the next. Additionally, arrange your points so that the last one is a strong point.
Conclusion – Now you simply need to restate your thesis, summarize your points, and point out that, despite the evidence against your thesis, your argument is justified.

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How The Light Gets In
I will be taking my new show to the How The Light Gets In Festival in Hay-on-Wye, one of my favourite towns in the entire world, at the end of May. Hay-on-Wye is the home of my favourite bridge, and my favourite hole in a plank of wood. Come see the show if you live nearby. Tickets available here. How The Light Gets In has an excellent line-up this year, including legends Olga Koch, Stuart Laws, Alex Kealy, Heidi Regan and Gabby Best, so do try to get along to the whole weekend if you can.


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A preparatory school (or prep school) in the United Kingdom is a student selective, fee-paying independent primary school that caters primarily for children up to approximately the age of 13. The term "preparatory school" is used as it prepares the children for the Common Entrance Examination to get them into a private independent secondary schools, including the prestigious English public schools. They are also now used by parents in the hope of getting their child into a good state selective grammar school.
Boys' prep schools are generally for 8- to 13-year-olds, who are prepared for the Common Entrance Examination, the key to entry into many secondary independent schools. Before the age of seven or eight, the term "pre-prep school" is used. Girls' private schools in England tend to follow the age ranges of state schools more closely than those of boys. Girls' preparatory schools usually admit girls from the age of four or five, who will then continue to another independent school at 11, or at 13 if the school is co-educational (as most secondary schools now are). However, as more girls now go on to formerly single-sex boys' schools that have become co-educational, the separation is less clear.
There are 130,000 pupils in over 500 prep schools of all types and sizes. Prep schools may be for boys or girls only, or may be co-educational. They may be day schools, boarding schools, weekly boarding, flexi-boarding, or a combination. They fall into the following general categories:
The Independent Association of Preparatory Schools (IAPS) is a prep schools heads association; one of seven affiliated associations of the Independent Schools Council.
Pre-prep schools are generally associated with prep schools, and take children from reception through to year two. Earlier provision is generally characterised as nursery or kindergarten.
Originally developed in England and Wales in the early nineteenth century as boarding schools to prepare boys for leading public schools, such as Eton and Winchester, the numbers attending such schools increased due to large numbers of parents being overseas in the service of the British Empire. They are now found in all parts of the United Kingdom, and elsewhere.


BMC Industries Inc. has been hit with a lawsuit charging the company improperly forgave a $2.6 million loan to its former CEO, Paul Burke.
The Star Tribune reported that a shareholder filed suit in Hennepin County District Court, charging BMC's board with bailing out Burke last year when he was unable to sell a large block of shares after the price of company stock had dropped. By buying Burke's shares, the suit charged, the board improperly forgave $2.6 million in interest-free loan it had made to him to acquire stock.
Burke last month announced his retirement from the Richfield-based maker of aperture masks and eyewear lenses. At the time he said he wanted to move on to "new personal and professional challenges."
The unhappy shareholder also charged the company with hiding the full extent of financial problems in the company, the Star Tribune reported. Neither Burke nor the company provided a response for the report.
BMC had reported that its 2001 revenue had fallen almost 15 percent compared to 2000 and that its 2000 earnings of $14.9 million had turned into a 2001 loss of $22.6 million. The company had laid off about 40 percent of its workforce in 2001 and had closed part of its St. Paul-based micro-technology operations and had shut down its business making masks for computer monitors. BMC currently employs about 650 people in Minnesota.
Shares of BMC on the New York Stock Exchange which had been as high as $33 five years ago, closed at $1.34, up 15 cents, or 12.6 percent Monday.


Timing, as they say, really is everything.
As we humans were lucky the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that shook New Zealand in the early hours of Monday 14 November struck in the middle of the night – not the middle of the day – so, too, were animals.
If there had to be a time that would let most animals off lightly, then mid-November was (there never is a good time for a big earthquake, is there?) not a bad time.
We are not talking pāua and crayfish. They took a hammering as their subtidal home was rudely shunted upwards, out of the cool water into the heat and glare of the sun. As a rough guide, the bigger the animal, the better off they were.
The calm before the storm
Let’s paint a picture of what was happening in the marine animal kingdom on the night of Sunday 13 November.
Out in the Kaikōura Canyon, a few whales – the sperm whales and perhaps some beaked whales – were feeding and resting. Spring is a quiet time for whales at Kaikōura, but the previous day University of Otago whale researchers had seen a familiar whale, Jonah.
The usual large pods of dusky dolphins were feeding, resting and playing offshore. Closer to the shore were the two residents pods of little Hector’s dolphins, the adult females heavily pregnant and soon to give birth.
The pelagic seabirds – dozens of species of albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters – were fishing for squid that rise close to the surface at night, or just resting on the water. These birds are fleeting visitors – here for the rich pickings one day, gone the next.
The New Zealand fur seals, too, are close to giving birth. Pregnant mothers were out at sea feeding, as were the males and seals too young to breed. Ashore, in the breeding colonies scattered on rocky shore platforms right along the coast, including at the large Ohau Point seal sanctuary, the first few pups that had already been born snuggled close to their sleeping mothers.
On rocky outcrops on the southern shore of the Kaikōura peninsula, red-billed gulls tucked eggs and chicks under them to keep them warm in the cool night air. In cool burrows amongst sheltering vegetation at the bottom of the nearby cliffs, little penguins dozed as they guarded their eggs and chicks. The lapping of gentle waves played a background lullaby.
High in the Seaward Kaikōura Range, the full moon cast its bright light over the Hutton’s shearwater colonies in the Kowhai Stream and Shearwater Stream. The small shearwaters were all in from the sea, incubating their single eggs at the end of long burrows dug in amongst the tussocks.
When the earth moved
When the first earthquake, near Culverden, struck at two minutes after midnight, the ground ripped apart at 3km a second. The 36km-long Kēkerengū Fault unzipped to the north in just over 10 seconds, and the fracture carried on out to sea on 34km of the Needles Fault.
As the land tore and the mountains began to fall, the noise was horrendous. It would have been even louder and more terrifying in the sea. Undersea earthquakes are the loudest event in the ocean, and a magnitude 4 earthquake is on record as reaching 272 decibels. And sound travels faster and further in water than it does on land.
The sound of the 2011 undersea earthquake off the coast of Japan, which caused a devastating tsunami, was recorded on underwater microphones on the coast of Alaska, hundreds of kilometres away.
In a few week’s time NIWA will be retrieving acoustic loggers that have been recording underwater sounds, especially whales song, in Cook Strait for the last few months; it will be interesting to see what earthquake sounds it recorded.
How did the animals cope? The good news
Professor Liz Slooten, from the University of Otago, says whales that were present would have probably swum away very quickly, and could have gone a great distance in a short period of time.
“Sperm whales and beaked whales don’t like loud noise at all.”
Very loud noises can make whales disoriented, causing them to strand, although there is no evidence this happened at Kaikōura .
Indeed, the sperm whales – and the dusky dolphins – have already returned. The Kaikōura whale watch boat reported seeing Jonah, and other sperm whales, earlier this week.
Prof Slooten is more anxious about the two populations of Hector’s dolphins that live north and south of the Kaikōura township. She describes the little dolphins as stay-at-homes, and says if they fled offshore they could have soon ended up in unfamiliar territory.
She is waiting to hear news of the dolphins, and says at this time of year the females are heavily pregnant, and due to give birth soon.
Gary Melville drives boats for Albatross Encounter, taking tourists out to see pelagic seabirds such as albatrosses and giant petrels, which are at Kaikōura to feed, not to breed, and they never stick around long.
“They’re sort of here today, gone tomorrow,” says Mr Melville.
He says he is not surprised to hear that the seabirds are just as numerous now as they were before the earthquake.
“I don’t think it was any threat at all to our deep seabirds – I’m sure they probably might not even have noticed.”
Department of Conservation (DOC) ranger Mike Morrissey says that the red-billed gull colonies on the rocky reefs of the Kaikōura peninsula, and the little penguins that breed in burrows at the back of the shore there, were incubating eggs or guarding small chicks. They had a lucky escape from the tsunami. It struck at low tide, and generated a wave that didn’t run up any higher than the usual spring high tide mark.
Thousands of New Zealand fur seals breed along the Kaikōura coast. And although a large rock fall landed on part of the well-known Ohau Point seal sanctuary, Department of Conservation ranger Mike Morrissey says that the timing of the earthquake was a lucky break for the animals, coming as it did before most of them were due to give birth.
Mr Morrissey has just returned from a boat trip to survey Ohau Point, and was excited to see hundreds of fur seal pups, just one or two days old, that have been born just 100-or-so metres north of Ohau Point. It’s pretty clear that females returning to give birth in their usual spot have avoided the ongoing falling rocks and instead moved next door.
Meanwhile, Ohau Stream – which is a popular playground for young seal pups and a must-see visitor attraction – is not as badly damaged as first thought. Mike Morrissey reports that the waterfall and stream are still flowing, although the pool at the base of the waterfall is now full of rocks and the track is damaged.
And although Mr Morrissey suspects that a small number of fur seals would have been killed in the rock fall, he says he only found the body of one bull seal, and there was no smell of decomposing bodies.
Hutton’s shearwaters – the bad news
Unfortunately, the news is not so good for the Hutton’s shearwaters. These resourceful little seabirds breed high in the mountains, 20km inland and several thousand metres above sea level.
There are two Hutton’s shearwaters colonies – the largest one up the Kowhai River is home to about 100,000 pairs of birds, which breed in burrows in amongst the tussocks. Mr Morrissey has flown over the colony and says the enormous rock slides are an impressive but depressing sight.
He says rock slides have filled the valley to a depth of 70-80m in places, and he estimates that perhaps 20 percent of the burrows have been destroyed.
The second smaller Hutton’s shearwater colony is at Shearwater Stream on Nicky McArthur’s farm. She says that DOC has flown over the site and thinks that at least 30 percent of the colony, which is on very steep unstable slopes, has disappeared.
“It couldn’t have come at a worse time of year. Laying eggs, both parents in at night, in October or November”, which is the peak of the breeding season.
“As well as the physical habitat that just slid of the side of the mountain, we don’t know what other burrows have collapsed,” says Ms McArthur.
Mr Morrissey says it’ll be many weeks before anyone can safely get into either colony to assess the real extent of the damage, and discover how many birds have survived.
Ms McArthur says Hutton’s shearwaters are considered to be an at-risk species precisely because of the risk of catastrophic events, such as this, affecting the two surviving colonies.
A small glimmer of hope lies down on Kaikōura Peninsula. Over the last few years, the Hutton’s Shearwater Charitable Trust has built a predator-proof fence and translocated chicks there to be the basis of a new insurance population.
Growing numbers of birds are settling and breeding there, and this year there are 16 eggs being incubated. The numbers are still small, but who knows, maybe one day Hutton’s shearwaters will breed right across the peninsula, as they probably did in days gone past.
Hutton’s shearwaters aside, Mr Morrissey says the wildlife of Kaikōura has come through remarkably well – and it’ll be ready and waiting once the roads open and tourists return to town.
Down in the canyon
NIWA research has previously shown that the Kaikōura Canyon is one of the richest, most productive deep-sea habitats in the world. The sediments on the gently sloping floor of the steep-sided canyon were home to dense populations of burrowing sea cucumbers, spoon worms, bristle worms and irregular urchins.
These large numbers of invertebrates in turn supported big fish populations, especially rattails, as well as better-known commercial species such as hoki and orange roughy.
That may have all changed now, since large numbers of massive submarine landslides were triggered by the earthquakes.
Dr Philip Barnes, from NIWA, says these landslides set off a massive turbidity flow of sand, mud and water, hundreds of metres thick, that travelled down the 60km-long Kaikōura Canyon and hundreds of kilometres north into the Hikurangi Canyon.
“We detected a very recent turbidite about 10-20cm thick over a very large region, extending at least 300km from Kaikōura. It is still settling on the seabed from the water column and may not complete this process for some time,” Dr Barnes said.
The exact sources of the submarine landslides is yet to be determined.
While the rich invertebrate life in the sea floor sediments will have been destroyed, events such as this happen every few hundred years and it won’t be long before the new floor of the canyon is recolonised and the marine life there rebounds.


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Energy Imbalance and Prostate Cancer
This is an interesting concept with prostate cancer, and does seem to fit with other observations. This review article found associations with excess (above expenditure) caloric intake and risk of prostate cancer as well as with more advanced cases of prostate cancer. This fits with a few other concepts. First, caloric restriction w/o nutrient restriction has consistently shown life span extension in mammals, and cancer risk reduction across the board may very well be a factor in the longevity. Second, IGF-1, a hormone that has been related to risk of prostate cancer, is increased via insulin and insulin levels would generally increase with higher caloric intakes. You could add a low caloric diet to treatment for prostate cancer.
Nutrition.org — Abstracts: Platz 132 (11): 3471S –

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One of the other perks of getting all of our engagement photos from Inna was the beautiful packaging it all came in. Everything came wrapped in tissue paper, our DVD customized with our smiling mugs and secured in a gorgeous, raw paper case. She graciously included a handful of free prints of some of her favorite shots, which I thought was an especially nice touch. I know I’ve complained before that weddings are expensive, but seriously, the one place I would never skimp is the photography. Feed me mac and cheese from a box at my wedding, I don’t care, but I want beautiful photographs. Inna has been worth it and then some.
I had forgotten, in all the excitement of that day, that Inna had also taken some solo portraits of both Jamal and me. It gave me an excuse to finally update my About page with a new, current photograph of me (I previously had a picture of me at 3 years old. Really.) as well as answers to some Frequently Asked Questions. I feel all official having an FAQ section! But that’s not my exciting news.
You’ll also notice, if you read that new bio, that I included an extra special bit of news: I am now a contributing writer for France Property Magazine! France Property a monthly digital magazine focusing on the French real estate market, from current market conditions, to all the beautiful views money can buy.
It just launched yesterday, and if you’d like to download it you can do so at the iTunes App store (currently only available for the iPad/iPhone). In this month’s launch issue, I’m sharing a gorgeous apartment for sale on the left bank. I am so happy to be a part of this publication; it feels like a natural extension of what I already do. Go check it out!