In the face of escalating health challenges within the UK, one NHS GP (primary care physician), Dr. Phil Cox, is championing an innovative approach to public health. With statistics pointing towards a dire future—5.5 million adults are expected to have diabetes by 2030, with 2/3 of the UK population battling high cholesterol—Cox sees a unique solution in exercise, specifically through Reduced Exertion HIIT (REHIT).
“As an NHS GP who also works in elite sport, I have a passion for using exercise as medicine,” Cox shares, highlighting the scientifically proven benefits of exercise in improving conditions like diabetes and high cholesterol. Yet, he acknowledges the significant challenge in boosting activity levels across the UK.
This, Cox believes, is where CAROL comes in. CAROL Bike is the only bike fully optimized for REHIT—making it simple, effective, and safe. Research shows only 5% of people dedicate enough time to exercise, but with just 3×5-minute REHIT sessions per week, CAROL Bike offers the shortest, most effective solution.
REHIT on CAROL is scientifically proven to deliver superior health and fitness benefits in 90% less time compared to regular cardio.
CAROL Bike's potential in public health
Cox’s enthusiasm for CAROL Bike isn’t just theoretical; he’s putting it to the test through a research project aimed at exploring REHIT’s effects on cholesterol and blood sugar levels.
“Early studies are very promising,” Cox notes, envisioning a future where CAROL Bike’s short, effective workouts are accessible in everyday spaces, potentially easing the enormous pressure on the NHS. “I can envisage a time when these incredibly short workouts are available in most workplaces, shopping centers, GP surgeries, supermarkets and other high traffic areas.” He adds, “It’s easy to fit in a quick 5-minute workout, especially if you don’t need to shower after your workout!”
Cox sees CAROL Bike not just as a piece of fitness equipment, but as a cornerstone in the future of public healthcare. The potential for exercise to be a universal prescription for health is an exciting one—one that Cox and CAROL both will continue to research and advocate for.
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About the property
- Condo1230 sqft
- Half Baths0
- Minimum Stay7 nights
Condo, 2 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, (Sleeps 4) One Queen; Twin Beds
Serene Hawaiian Oceanfront Condo; two private Bedrooms and Baths. Livingroom and Master Bedroom on ocean side-opening onto a Lanai with a priceless view of the Pacific Ocean.
Plumeria, hibiscus flowers, banyan trees,palm,and indigenious vegetation surround the entire condo complex offering a dreamlike reality while you relax in this tranquil environment. At night, the surf pounds the rocks off the shore - reminding all of us we are part of creation.
Michael & Susan Egan
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- May 5, 2018
About Michael & Susan Egan
Mike born in Wash.DC; raised in Oakland,Calif.Bishop O'Dowd Highschool; Susan-born and raised in San Francisco, Calif. Lincoln High School. Raised 3 Hansom men and all love to travel. Susan being part Hawaiian, loves owning and caring for the Kona Condo - Sharing it with people who love the Islands and it's people. Our family hopes you enjoy our Hospitality and care for our Hawaiian home as your own. Thank you.
Michael & Susan Egan purchased this Condo in 1993
Why Michael & Susan Egan chose Kahaluu-Keauhou
We have a collection of music and CD Player for your pleasure; an informative Library with books on the Hawaiian Islands; Adventures; Art; and plenty of fiction to take to the beach. Our place is furnished Hawaiian Style with pictures and artifacts. We have swimming equipment; fins; beach shoes, boogie boards; fishing poles; toys for the kids.You are stepping into a Hawaiian home when you stay at our place.
Pool / Spa
Local Services & Businesses
Sports & Adventure Activities
Check-in: 4:00 PM
Check-out: 11:00 AM
100% refund if canceled at least 60 days before arrival date. 50% refund if canceled at least 30 days before arrival date. You must contact the owner directly to request cancellation.
Right on the ocean
We always like staying at the Surf and Racquet Club, as you can see the ocean and hear the waves crashing. This unit is very nice, with lots of snorkel gear to use and beach stuff too. Boogie boards and games and lots of paperbacks.
Amazing View, Comfortable stay
We had the pleasure of staying in this beautiful unit. Loved having dinner on the lanai watching the sunsets. Breakfast watching dolphins and whales. Comfortable bed and furniture. The kitchen had everything we needed. Nice to be able to lay out on the lounges on the lanai. The pool is big and enjoyed the water exercise on Tuesdays and Thursday's. BBQ's are right outside the front door, big covered area with many tables. Will be back!
A home away from home!
Our family stayed for one week in this wonderful property. The owners were incredibly helpful and hospitable, they communicated with us promptly and had everything in the property we could ask for - spacious bedrooms, clean bathrooms, well equipped kitchen, linen closet stocked full with extra supplies such as body boards, beach chairs, coolers, picnic sets.
The owners knew we were travelling with children and suggested a wonderful itinerary of the big island, on their recommendations we snorkelled on exclusive beaches and saw turtles, dolphins, whales as well as amazing lizards, birds and other wildlife.
Each evening the kids cooled off in the property pool and we would enjoy cocktails on the lanai overlooking the stunning ocean sunsets.
Cant wait to come back one day - hopefully soon :)
The pictures do not do it justice
This condo is in an excellent location. Close to the best snorkeling beach, Kahaluu, and grocery store is one mile away. Kahaluu is rated the number 1 snorkel beach in the world by Islands. com. Kahaluu Beach has an abundant amount of fish, very nice coral and resident turtles, and on the other side of the beach you can learn to surf or paddleboard. The view from the lanai is stunning--looking out over the ocean and during sunsets. It is right across from the barbeque area, which is really convenient. It is nice to be on the ground floor and have grass right from the lanai. This is a quiet area and the condo was nicely decorated Hawaiian style. Very clean and the queen master bed was comfortable. Lots of amenities--body boards, 4 lawn chairs, coolers, sunhats, and flippers sized for a man. The kitchen is fully equipped and has lots of spices. The owners were very friendly, even sending typed suggestions for places to go and restaurants. If you are worried about the lack of comments, don't be. They owners have had this place since the 90's. There is a hand written guest book from hundreds of previous guests and they all gush about how amazing the condo and location are. This condo looks much better in real life than the pictures. The pool and tennis courts are very beautifully maintained as are the grounds. The condo even has lots of fiction books and books on what to do in Hawaii--including the "blue book". My only problem was having to leave this condo as it really felt like home.
We recently stayed at this property in Kona. I would highly recommend it. The owner sent us a CD with pictures of the property and an amazing list of places that they recommended. As a result, we ate at wonderful restaurants and saw parts of the island that only a local would know. The property was clean and well-maintained. The location was perfect....we saw whales and spinner dolphins every morning. It was an easy ride to downtown Kona and also close to a nice grocery store. Everything was as pictured in their review.
Handicap - Easy Access-First Floor OceanFront Condo,Three Professional Tennis Courts, Beautiful Pool with Recreation Center.
Additional information about rental rates
Please take care of this property as if it is your own. Seasonal Rate for Summer May 1, 2015 to August 1, 2015 includes Nightly cost; cleaning fee; and 13.25% for Hawaii transient and excise tax.

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- 1 What is an Arizona form 140?
- 2 How do I pay my TPT bill online?
- 3 Is there still a 1040EZ tax form?
- 4 What kind of printer do I need to print AZ form 140?
What is an Arizona form 140?
Form 140 – Resident Personal Income Tax Form — Fillable Form. The deadline for filing and paying state individual income taxes has moved from April 15 to May 17, 2021. You may file Form 140 only if you (and your spouse, if married filing a joint return) are full year residents of Arizona.
What is the EZ tax form?
IRS Form 1040EZ: Income Tax Return for Single and Joint Filers with No Dependents was the shortened version of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form 1040. This form was for taxpayers with basic tax situations and offered a fast and easy way to file income taxes.
Can I file my TPT-EZ online?
Filing a transaction privilege and use tax return electronically at www.AZTaxes.gov . Making an electronic payment. Learn how to complete the department’s new TPT-EZ form for reporting TPT tax liabilities for only one business location.
How do I file AZ TPT taxes?
Electronic filing options for withholding tax and transaction privilege tax are available through AZTaxes.gov ….It is also the fastest and most accurate way to file a return, and taxpayers can expect the following benefits:
- Individual taxpayers recieve their refund faster.
- Taxpayers make fewer errors.
How do I pay my TPT bill online?
To file and pay online, a business must be registered on www.AZTaxes.gov and use Automated Clearance House (ACH) Debit, e-check, or credit card as a payment method to comply with electronic funds transfer payment requirements. Visit E-Services for Business for more information or contact one of our accountants or CPAs.
Where do I send my Arizona Form 140?
Arizona Department of Revenue
AZ Form 140 (2020) If you are sending a payment with this return, mail to Arizona Department of Revenue, PO Box 52016, Phoenix, AZ 85072-2016. Include the payment with Form 140.
Where can I find a 1040EZ tax form?
Get the current filing year’s forms, instructions, and publications for free from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
- Download them from IRS.gov.
- Order by phone at 1-800-TAX-FORM (1-800-829-3676)
Where can I get a form 1040EZ?
Is there still a 1040EZ tax form?
Form 1040EZ is no longer used, but Form 1040 and Form 1040-SR are important for taxpayers to be familiar with. Here’s a guide to what is on these forms and what has changed from previous tax years.
How do I file TPT taxes in Arizona?
How do I file AZ TPT?
Online Filing: The Arizona Department of Revenue’s online taxpayer service center website is www.AZTaxes.gov. It provides taxpayers with the ability to file their TPT tax returns, pay taxes, conduct other transactions, and review tax account information. Enroll your business at www.AZTaxes.gov.
When to use the 140ez tax form in Arizona?
2018 Arizona 140EZ Tax Forms and Instructions. You can use Arizona Form 140EZ if: Your taxable income is under $50,000. You are a full year resident of Arizona. You are single or married filing jointly. You were under age 65 and not blind.
What kind of printer do I need to print AZ form 140?
Today’s laser, bubble-jet, or ink-jet printers are generally acceptable. Color printing is not required, however, we recommend that you read the first few pages of the Arizona Form 140, Arizona Form 140A, or Arizona Form 140EZ instructions booklet for updates regarding the printing of your 2017 Arizona state tax forms.
What is the form 140 for income tax?
The instructions for filing form 140ES, the income tax form for estimated income tax, which self employed persons need to file.
When is the deadline to file Form 140?
Department of Revenue Form 140 – Resident Personal Income Tax Form — Fillable Form The deadline for filing and paying state individual income taxes has moved from April 15 to May 17, 2021. Personal income tax return filed by resident taxpayers.


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Forza Horizon 4 is apparently a massive hit with fans. Playground Games has announced that over two million players have taken part in the game‘s first week!
In addition, studio director Gavin Raeburn shared a few fun facts including:
- More than 4.6 million hours of Forza Horizon 4 gameplay have been watched across Mixer, Twitch, YouTube and Facebook as of Oct. 9***
- Players have logged more than 822.7 million miles – that’s probably not covered under manufacturer warranty
- The community has settled in quite nicely living the Horizon Life, purchasing more than 4.1 million properties and owning more than 74.4 million cars
- More than 377.7 million roads discovered – you’ve been looking for miles and miles and miles…
If that’s not exciting enough, Raeburn also announced that the ever-popular Route Creator will be coming to the game on October 25th!

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Perforay 01 is an abstract geometric light artwork, purposed to be used as an ambient wall lamp. The piece is powered by a thin Electroluminescent panel (EL panel) which transmits a soft, elegant and subtle glow in the ambience through the perforated aluminium sheet.
When the EL panel is switched off, it has a pinky color, as shown in the picture.
Dimensions: 52 x 52 x 4.5 cm
Materials: acrylic, wood, EL panel, reclaimed aluminium sheet.
Stavros Kotsakis is an autodidact Greek light artist and luminaire designer based in Gothenburg, Sweden.
He has been driving his own lighting design studio named Studio Lampent since 2011.
With the purpose to explore the endless adventures of light while interacting with fascinating materials, Stavros is designing a series of exclusive handcrafted luminaires which can add a genuine warmth and character to an interior.
Stavros has made two solo exhibitions in Greece and Sweden and has also participated in several art/design flea markets. His lamps have been also featured in Month of Design festival (Slovenia), 3 days of design (Copenhagen), and Stockholm Design week.

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Doguet's Long Grain White Rice - 20 lb.
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Rice also complements other healthy foods, such as vegetables, lean meat, seafood, poultry and beans. Due to its nutrient profile, it is highly digestible and non-allergenic. It is gluten free for those individuals who are sensitive or intolerant to gluten.
- 100% USA grown
- Non-GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms)
- Kosher certified
- Complex carbohydrate
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Here I am finally getting around to taking some photos of recent work! This residence has been an on-going collaboration with Minty Architecture and Design, ie. my architect sister. We have worked with these clients over several years through different design and building stages - it has been great seeing how this home has progressed. Earlier this year, I worked with the clients on their furnishings for the dining and living areas - here are the results.
Photographs by Charlotte Minty.


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Creating Vya: The Dream of Dry Farming in Long Valley, Nevada describes the rise and fall of the community of Vya with additional information on Northern Paiute lifeways, early explorers, cattle ranching, and the failed Long Valley Water Project. The book includes numerous photographs by John L. Henry.
Flip through the interactive booklet below, or view this booklet and others on our Public Outreach Projects page!
By Erich Obermayr Historic Insight with Sharon A. Waechter Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc.
Far Western recently completed work on the Truckee River Legacy Trail in Nevada County, California. This long-term contract included site evaluations, data recovery, public interpretation, and a series of reports and treatment plans for the California Department of Transportation, the Tahoe National Forest, and the Town of Truckee, California. Dr. Susan Lindström, Zeier & Associates, and Penny Rucks Ethnographic Services worked with Far Western on various aspects of the project.
Sharon A. Waechter and Tammara Ekness-Norton designed 15 trail-side panels, as well as a trail map and brochure.
The Truckee River Legacy Trail has been chosen as one of the three finalists in the Bicycle/Pedestrian Trail category for a Transportation Award from the California Transportation Foundation (CTF). Anne Mayer, Chairperson of the CTF Awards Committee, noted that the finalists “represent the best of the projects, programs, and people who made a positive difference for California transportation in 2014.” The winner will be announced at a luncheon on May 21, 2015.
For more information on the Truckee River Legacy Trail see our featured project page HERE!
See all Finalists for the California Transportation Foundation Awards HERE!
Dr. Daron Duke, Director of our Desert Branch in Henderson, Nevada, and Nicolas Pay of the BLM Caliente Field Office, were recently interviewed on public radio station KUNV 91.5 in Las Vegas as part of our public outreach efforts through the BLM’s Lincoln County (Nevada) Archaeological Initiative (LCAI). Far Western Art Director Tammara Norton arranged for the interview. She and Principal Investigator Sharon A. Waechter have produced several educational products for the LCAI, including a Public Service Announcement that has run on Nevada radio station KDSS and will run on KUNV this fall.

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British Prime Minister Tony Blair said there is no question that Iraq has failed to cooperate with U.N. weapons inspectors. Because of this, he says, the final phase of the showdown over Iraq's weapons of mass destruction has begun.
The prime minister came to parliament to brief lawmakers on his meeting with President Bush last Friday in Washington.
He said the evidence from U.N. weapons inspectors is mounting that Iraq has not accounted for vast stores of prohibited weapons, including nerve gas, biological agents, and warheads.
Mr. Blair said the 12-year effort to get Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to give up his arsenal of weapons of mass destruction is entering, what he called, "the final phase."
"Eight-weeks have now passed since Saddam was given his final chance. Six hundred weeks have passed since he was given his first chance. The evidence of cooperation withheld is unmistakable," Mr. Blair said.
The British prime minister said he and President Bush discussed the desirability of getting the U.N. Security Council to pass another resolution that could authorize military force if the U.N. inspectors continue to report problems.
"President Bush and I agreed that we should seek maximum support for such a resolution, provided as ever, that seeking such a resolution is a way of resolving the issue, not delaying or avoiding dealing with it at all," Mr. Blair said.
He spoke a day ahead of a summit he is going to have with French President Jacques Chirac, who is resisting the idea of using military force against Iraq at this time. France holds veto power on the Security Council.
Meanwhile, the British defense ministry said a Royal Air Force deployment to the Persian Gulf region will be announced soon. British media say at least 60 aircraft could be involved.
Britain is sending 35,000 troops to the area, along with its biggest naval task force in 20 years.


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Schools fare better when left up to local direction
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Are our schools better off in the hands of local residents, or a non-profit group directed by the state?
Senate Bill 5329, currently under consideration, is among the education-related proposals in the Legislature. State senators of both parties from the west side are sponsoring the bill, which passed through committees with a 12-3 vote.
The bill creates a state superintendent district as an established office within the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI). Low-performing schools from the bottom 10 percent of the state would be transferred to the district in an attemp...

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If you have a Sam’s Club credit card , you may be wondering how to pay your bill. Here are a few different options to consider.
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In order to make a payment on your Sam’s Club credit card, you will need to log in to your Sam’s Club account. Once you are logged in, you will be able to view your account information and make a payment. You can also choose to set up automatic payments so that you don’t have to worry about making a payment each month.
How to make a payment
It’s easy to make a payment online, by phone, or by mail. You can also set up automatic payments so you never have to worry about making a payment on time again.
You can make a payment on your Sam’s Club credit card online by logging in to your account. Once you’re logged in, you’ll be able to see your current balance and make a payment. You can also set up automatic payments so that you never have to worry about making a late payment.
To make a payment by phone, call Sam’s Club Credit Services at 1-888-746-7726. When prompted, say “make a payment,” and then follow the instructions. You’ll need to provide your credit card number, bank routing number and checking account number. You can also choose to set up automatic payments by calling Sam’s Club Credit Services.
Paying your Sam’s Club credit card in person is easy and convenient. Simply take your credit card statement with you to any Sam’s Club register and make your payment. You can also use a credit card at any Sam’s Club ATM to make a payment.
Tips for paying your Sam’s Club credit card
Paying your Sam’s Club credit card on time is important to avoid late fees and keep your account in good standing. There are a few different ways you can pay your bill, and the best method for you may depend on your personal finances and payment preferences. Here are a few tips to help you make your payment.
Make your payment on time
To avoid paying interest on your Sam’s Club credit card balance, be sure to make your payment by the due date. You can find the due date on your statement. If you’re not sure when your statement period ends, you can log in to your online account to check.
You can make a payment online, by mail, or over the phone. To pay online, log in to your account and go to the “Payments” section. From there, you’ll be able to enter the amount you want to pay and select a payment date. To pay by mail, send your payment to the address listed on your statement. To pay over the phone, call customer service at 1-888-746-7726.
If you’re having trouble making a payment on time, contact Sam’s Club customer service as soon as possible. They may be able to work out a payment plan or offer other assistance.
Keep your balance low
One way to avoid paying interest on your credit card balance is to keep your balance low. Your credit card company will report your balance to the credit bureaus every month, and if you have a high balance, it could hurt your credit score. So, if you can, try to keep your balance below 30% of your credit limit.
Autopay is the most convenient way to pay your Sam’s Club credit card. You can set up autopay by logging in to your online account and going to the “Payments” tab. Once you’ve set up autopay, your credit card bill will be automatically paid each month on the date you choose. Autopay is a great way to make sure your bill is paid on time each month and to avoid late fees.
In conclusion, there are a few different ways that you can pay your Sam’s Club credit card. You can either pay online, by phone, or by mail. If you have any questions about your account or how to make a payment, you can always contact Sam’s Club customer service.

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For Julia, as it’s the one holiday she would not take
A patio, a quartet unspoken,
Four black backs turned, inviting collusion.
Their quiet contemplation unbroken,
Exhausted, slumped at the table; all in.
Perhaps they’re mourning the soon coming day,
Or maybe ruined the previous night?
Preferring their silence, they do not say,
Allied in muteness in crisp morning light.
Perhaps they’re waiting, to offer their seats,
To the tired and weary, needing of rest?
Who waste time telling tales, left incomplete,
Cease then depart, making space for the next.
Eloquent spaces, with so much to tell,
This all-inclusive is heaven and hell.
Please do leave me your thoughts and comments, in praise or constructive criticism, I appreciate them all and will reply.
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What a wonderful poem Graham. This sight of chairs turned, empty benches is so common these days. I like how you gave them a voice through this.
Thank you Smitha, I’d glad you enjoyed it. The locus came to me some years ago when I thought about poolside tables and chairs on the Med. There are so many anecdotes about how waiters in bars and cafes just wait for the next package of people to come in and out of their lives, but then again, so do the tables and chairs.
You know me so well Mr Parker! Fabulous piece and I feel so honoured for you to have dedicated this to me. Made my eyes all wet! Thank you and I look forward to hearing this live! ❤❤❤
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Hi Julia, I never expected moist eyes, I trust they were happy dew drops 😉


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Police are appealing for witnesses after a lorry driver reported an attempted robbery on the A22.
The driver was heading south through Nutley at around 4am on Tuesday, January 12, when he says he was pursued by a red Mercedes van.
He claims a passenger in the van began to wave an unknown object from the window while its driver attempted to overtake him.
He swerved at the van causing it to drop back before triggering a speed camera.
The lorry driver stopped at a service station at Golden Cross, near Hailsham, a few minutes later and reported the incident to police.
PC Kevin Tyler said, “No items were taken as the driver did not stop, but he was left shocked by the ordeal.
“We would like to speak to anybody who witnessed the two vehicles or has CCTV that covers the A22 between Wych Cross and Uckfield.”
Anyone with any information is urged to contact police on firstname.lastname@example.org or call 101, quoting serial 105 of 12/01.
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Hi! The i3 is not a vPro machine, so it does not have the KVM remote control feature. Here is an excerpt from our technology reference guide:
KVM Remote Control requires Intel Core i5 or i7 vPro processor with Intel integrated graphics. This feature is not available on all Intel Core vPro processors. Consult your Intel or OEM sales representative for assistance in selecting the correct processor model. The following Intel Core vPro processor models have integrated graphics: Intel Core i5 vPro processor models 540M, 520M, 520UM, 540UM, 650, 660, 670, 680; Intel Core i7 vPro processor models 620M, 640LM, 620LM, 640UM, 660UM and 620UM. Check with your Intel or OEM sales representative for processor availability.
Thank you for the response. It was clear and exactly what I needed.
Can this chipset (3450) support KVM ? because it supports AMT 6.0
Hi! There are two parts to your question. First, the chipset. The 3450 is not vPro (Intel AMT is one of several vPro ingredients). The required chipsets for vPro are Q57 (desktop) and QM57 (mobile). The second part is the KVM support. KVM remote control requires Intel integrated graphics as part of your PCs configuration. When choosing your PC, make sure that you do not buy a graphics card, but use the integrated graphics instead.


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Additional investment in Monivent
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Chalmers Ventures has made an additional investment in portfolio company Monivent. Also participating in the share issue totaling SEK 3 million is Almi Invest and private investors. Monivent develops equipment for safer treatment of newborns who have problems breathing. The money will be used to finalize and begin sales of a training product.

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|Age||5 - 65 y.o|
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The Power of Now Oasis is a beautiful purpose-built holistic center, located in peaceful Sanur, right on one of Bali’s best beaches. The eco-friendly yoga centre provides a welcoming space for practice, relaxation, rejuvenation, conversation and fun.

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PTSD can have significant effects on the brain. This is because PTSD triggers a prolonged and extreme stress response, which affects neurotransmitters and hormones in the brain. These changes can disrupt daily functions such as sleep, concentration, alertness, and decision making. They also trigger an increased production of cortisol – a hormone released by the body in response to stress – which has been found to reduce grey matter volume in certain areas of the brain associated with emotion regulation and memory formation. PTSD sufferers often report decreased activity in their prefrontal cortex – an area of the brain associated with problem solving and self-regulation – causing them to struggle with controlling impulsive behavior or making rational decisions. In general, PTSD can lead to a wide range of cognitive problems related both to short-term functioning (such as impulse control) as well as long-term issues (like memory).
- The physical changes in the brain caused by PTSD
- The long-term impact of PTSD on cognitive abilities
- Differences in brain activity between those with and without PTSD
- Mechanisms behind traumatic memories and flashbacks
- Relationships between PTSD, depression, and anxiety in the brain
- Treatment approaches targeting the neurobiology of PTSD
- Potential future research directions for understanding how PTSD impacts the brain
The physical changes in the brain caused by PTSD
One of the most pervasive results of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is the physical changes that can occur in the brain. Individuals who suffer from PTSD may experience a shift in how their brain handles emotions, stress and arousal. As a result, many individuals with PTSD struggle to process information effectively due to their inability to regulate emotions, often displaying severe difficulty controlling impulses or accepting new relationships.
In addition to these emotional issues, there have been studies exploring potential structural changes caused by PTSD. These studies suggest that long-term exposure to stress hormones such as cortisol can cause significant damage to regions of the brain associated with memory formation and decision making. It has also been observed that parts of the prefrontal cortex – an area responsible for regulating anxiety – are less active when exposed to triggers associated with a traumatic event. This decreased activity could lead to increased reactivity among those suffering from PTSD which is why it is so common for people with this disorder to become easily overwhelmed or overstimulated by seemingly normal circumstances.
Some research suggests that sufferers may experience more difficulty forming new memories due to structural abnormalities found within different regions of the hippocampus – a part of the brain responsible for processing incoming data into coherent thoughts and images. It has even been proposed that repeated cycles of trauma can contribute towards decreased grey matter in certain areas relating specifically towards emotion regulation and fear acquisition which can explain why individuals with PTSD are typically unable withstand large crowds or other stressful social situations without becoming uncomfortable or anxious.
The long-term impact of PTSD on cognitive abilities
PTSD can have a far-reaching impact on cognitive abilities. One study has found that people with PTSD scored significantly lower than their non-affected counterparts on tests measuring memory, attention, executive functioning, and processing speed. Those affected by PTSD also showed deficits in tasks which required multitasking or switching between different activities quickly. Interestingly, the study did not find any significant differences for verbal skills such as reading comprehension and vocabulary.
The long-term effects of having PTSD are well-documented. In one large study of more than 1000 individuals suffering from war related post traumatic stress disorder, an association was found between the severity of symptoms experienced and diminished ability to perform complex mental tasks. This includes difficulty making decisions, concentrating on information provided to them as well as understanding how memories are linked over time.
Those who suffer from PTSD may be at increased risk of developing neurodegenerative diseases later in life such as Alzheimer’s disease or dementia due to the reduced cognitive flexibility often associated with the condition. Those affected by PTSD tend to be more prone to substance abuse which adds another layer of complexity when considering its long term effects on overall brain health and function.
Differences in brain activity between those with and without PTSD
The effects of PTSD on the brain can vary drastically from person to person, however one commonality amongst those with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a difference in brain activity compared to those who do not suffer. In particular, research has demonstrated increased activation of both the amygdala and the medial prefrontal cortex in individuals with PTSD when faced with threatening stimuli. This suggests that people suffering from PTSD are more likely to experience intense fear reactions, as well as being less able to interpret and rationalize their emotions.
This heightened level of arousal and fear response results in greater depletion of serotonin and norepinephrine than those without PTSD. Brain scans have found decreased concentrations of these neurotransmitters in areas associated with decision-making, fear extinction learning, problem-solving abilities and emotional regulation – meaning individuals are more prone to impulsive behavior or feelings like depression or anxiety when faced with challenging situations.
Researchers have also noted an increase in inflammation markers among individuals suffering from this condition which could contribute to changes in cognitive functioning by interfering with neural communication pathways between regions within the brain. These physiological alterations could explain why some people experience long-term difficulties coping after experiencing traumatic events – indicating just how severe the effects of PTSD on the brain can be.
Mechanisms behind traumatic memories and flashbacks
Traumatic memories and flashbacks are a core symptom of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This phenomenon occurs when intense psychological or physical trauma is not sufficiently processed, leaving the affected individual with persistent intrusive thoughts. These intrusive memories can be triggered by environmental cues associated with the traumatic event, such as sounds or smells, causing the person to experience intense distress similar to what they felt during the trauma.
From a neurobiological perspective, this phenomena is thought to be caused by changes in brain regions involved in memory formation and encoding. Specifically, research has suggested that PTSD patients show structural changes in areas of medial prefrontal cortex as well as disruption of connections between hippocampus and amygdala, regions responsible for regulating emotions related to memories. It is believed that these alterations lead to increased activity within brain networks responsible for recalling memories from storage in the long term memory network – an overactive recall process that leads to overwhelming flashbacks.
There is evidence suggesting that abnormalities in neurotransmitters such as dopamine may play a role in PTSD symptoms related to difficultly coping with stressors through weakened cognitive control. These disruptions could further contribute to more frequent flashbacks due compromised executive functioning which interfere with one’s ability generate strategies for calming themselves down from distressful stimuli.
Relationships between PTSD, depression, and anxiety in the brain
PTSD, depression, and anxiety can have a powerful impact on our brains. In fact, recent research has found that these conditions often occur together in the same individuals. When an individual is experiencing PTSD symptoms they may also experience elevated levels of depression and anxiety due to the close relationship between these conditions.
Research has also revealed that there are neurological changes that occur in people with PTSD when compared to those without this disorder. For example, imaging studies have shown differences in prefrontal cortex activation among those with PTSD versus those without the disorder. This finding suggests that the regions of the brain responsible for executive functioning–such as decision making–may be impaired in people with PTSD due to chronic stress exposure leading to dysregulated emotions and behavior problems.
The link between PTSD and other mental health issues like depression and anxiety can often lead to a negative feedback loop where symptoms become more severe over time without proper treatment intervention. Individuals struggling with any or all of these conditions may feel overwhelmed or unable to cope effectively, leading them further into a state of mental distress which requires specialized care from professionals trained in managing traumatic events and their associated symptoms.
Treatment approaches targeting the neurobiology of PTSD
Trauma-focused treatments such as Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), are very promising. CPT uses cognitive restructuring, while EMDR integrates elements of exposure therapy with visualization, body awareness, and memory processing to reduce the strength of traumatic memories. Neurofeedback training is another approach that has become increasingly popular in recent years. This type of treatment involves using EEG data to teach people how to regulate their own brain waves. Neurofeedback can be used to target various patterns associated with PTSD, such as high resting heart rate or excessive startle response.
Medications may also provide a beneficial complement to psychological treatments for those suffering from PTSD. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), like sertraline or fluoxetine, have been shown to help reduce symptoms such as anger and hyperarousal by targeting areas of the brain associated with fear regulation and emotional control. Research has also found that anticonvulsants like topiramate can have positive effects on reducing nightmares, flashbacks, intrusive thoughts, irritability and impulsivity levels among trauma survivors.
In addition to conventional pharmacological approaches, more experimental treatments are currently being explored. These include deep transcranial magnetic stimulation (dTMS) which uses magnetic fields applied directly over specific regions of the brain involved in emotion regulation and stress responses; ketamine infusions which act on glutamate receptors that alter brain plasticity; and virtual reality therapies where individuals confront fearful situations in a safe environment provided by specialized technology. With these novel techniques continuing to emerge, there’s an increasing array of interventions for treating individuals living with PTSD at various stages across multiple disciplines.
Potential future research directions for understanding how PTSD impacts the brain
PTSD, or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, is a serious mental health condition that can have drastic effects on the lives of those affected by it. However, one area of study that has yet to be fully investigated is how PTSD actually impacts brain functions and cognitive processes. By developing a better understanding of this topic through further research, we may be able to develop more effective treatments for this debilitating disorder.
Potential future studies looking into the effects of PTSD on the brain could take many forms. For instance, researchers could look at differences in neuronal activation patterns between individuals with PTSD versus individuals without it. Examining differences in gray matter volumes between these two groups may provide insight into how traumatic events can cause changes within the neural systems themselves. Comparing functional connectivity networks among individuals both with and without PTSD could help shed light on how trauma alters communication pathways in the central nervous system.
By exploring various aspects related to how PTSD affects brain function, we may be able to gain a deeper comprehension of this complicated phenomenon so as to create better therapies and interventions for its sufferers moving forward. Through employing modern neuroscience techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans and electroencephalograms (EEGs), innovative investigations into post-traumatic stress might lead us down a path towards greater understanding and improved treatments for this often devastating diagnosis.

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2 Certificate Programs in Dance in Toronto, Canada 2023
A certificate is a document that indicates mastery of a particular skill or discipline. Because certificate programs vary broadly in terms of content and length, strong variation is to be expected from one certificate program to the next.
The mission of the Dance Education Program is to provide high quality professional advancement in the theory and application of dance education for teachers, Chief Executive Officer, performing artists, and research scholars in the fields of dance and education.
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean.
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The Milwaukee Brewers made a tough decision to non-tender their organizations all time leader in ERA Brandon Woodruff. Recently he underwent shoulder surgery and his ability to pitch in 2024 is up in the air. Between his health, entering his final year of team control, and being projected to make more than $11.00 MM next year he was non-tendered and is officially a free agent.
After news broke about Brandon Woodruff being non-tendered fans had several reactions on social media. Here are a few.
Milwaukee Brewers fans react to Brandon Woodruff non-tender.
• 10 years in the org
• 2x All Star
• 5th in Cy Young voting
• Multiple huge Postseason outings
• One of the biggest HRs in franchise history
• Amazing human
One of the best starters in Milwaukee Brewers history. Thank you 53 💙💔 pic.twitter.com/lyCc9yo02P
— Ryan (@BrewPackOnYT) November 18, 2023
As much as it sucks it makes sense.
He wasn’t gonna take a 2 yr/15 million contract.
No reason to pay him 11 million to sit around (as bad as that sounds)
If the Brewers were confident he would be back in 2024 he would be back.
— Brewer Sooner (@BrewerSooner) November 18, 2023
The Woodruff release just makes me sick. This team has gotta turn the guys they can’t sign into prospects. To get nothing now versus what they would’ve gotten without the injury…
— JZilla (@zillmerjsh) November 18, 2023
Good – dude has too much injury history to be worth the investment he wants. I’m sure he’s a great dude and family man but his time as a brewer is over.
— Lou – TrapLawwwd (@GoodLuLuHart) November 18, 2023
Baseball can be cruel.
Brandon Woodruff will go down as one of the best starting pitchers in Brewers franchise history. An unfortunate break for such a competitor and good teammate.
— Jack Stern (@ByJackStern) November 18, 2023
This man needs to make a couple phone calls pic.twitter.com/G9vS7XDnoy
— Antonio (@TheAntOrtiz) November 18, 2023
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Local Historic Districts
The City of Holland is home to four local historic districts – Holland Historic District (1986), Holland Historic District Addition (1994), Washington Boulevard Historic District (2001), and Keppel’s Village Historic District (2010). A local historic district is a historically significant area that is recognized by a local unit of government and protected under a historic district ordinance.
Properties located within the local historic districts must receive a Certificate of Appropriateness (CoA) for all work that will affect the exterior of a historic resource. More information can be found here.
Historic District Timeline
October 1871 – On the same weekend as the Great Chicago Fire, Holland experiences a devastating fire that destroys most of the housing stock and businesses within the surrounding area. Surviving structures included 190 W. 9th Street, 236 W. 9th Street, and 238 Washington Boulevard, all now within the Washington Boulevard local historic district.
1871-1930 – Period of Significance for Holland Historic District. This is when the greatest amount of neighborhood growth and construction occurred.
1983 – Holland Historic District successfully nominated to the National Register of Historic Places.
1986 – City of Holland Historic District Ordinance established, Historic District Commission formed.
Holland Historic District designated as first local historic district with approximately 186 properties (Ordinance 903).
1987 – City of Holland becomes a Certified Local Government, a partnership with the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) for communities that make a commitment to historic preservation at the local level.
1990 – Holland Historic District Addition, expanded to the east and south of previous boundaries, successfully nominated to the National Register of Historic Places.
1990 – Holland Downtown Historic District successfully nominated to the National Register of Historic Places.
1994 – Portion of Holland Historic District Addition added to local historic district ordinance, approximately 114 properties (Ordinance 1114).
1999 – Five landmark properties identified and added to the district (Ordinance 1235). Four of which were subsequently included in the Washington Boulevard Historic District.
2001 – Washington Boulevard Historic District added to local historic district ordinance, approximately 187 properties (Ordinance 1446).
2006 – Van Raalte Farm Home Lot added to local historic district ordinance, including the homestead and surrounding 30 acres (1446).
2010 – Keppel’s Village Historic District added to local historic district ordinance, six Veneklassen brick houses and one noncontributing property (Ordinance 1548).


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Blair Witch Project
The "Blair Witch Project" is the most profitable movie in American history. Made at a cost of $30,000, it returned $48 million in its first week of wide release. Its huge box-office success, threadbare production values and offbeat approach to the horror genre have generated widespread discussion. What does "The Blair Witch Project" mean for movie-making in general? Furthermore, what does its dark theme tell us about the mood of the American society, particularly among the youth who have catapulted it into success?
Before discussing these questions, it would be worthwhile to consider the film as film. Made by two neophyte directors, 35 year old Daniel Myrick and 30 year old Eduardo Sanchez, it depicts in self-referential fashion--but importantly, absent any sense of irony--the making of a student documentary in the woods of Maryland where according to legend a homicidal witch dwells.
The student director Heather (Heather Donohue) is accompanied only by Michael the cameraman (Michael Williams) and soundman Joshua (Joshua Leonard). With packs on their back, they descend into the forest on Halloween looking for interesting footage to use in their film, most particularly a cemetery where victims of the witch are buried--mostly children. Heather is a compulsive film-maker and takes shots continuously, including bags of marshmallows in a supermarket where they have stocked up for the hike, and of a dead mouse on the side of the trail. The two young men occasionally get annoyed at her, but she insists that she is serious about her documentary and wants to get in as much footage as possible. She is in control not only of the film--perhaps overly so, but of their safety as well. She has a map that they keep referring to as they make their way deeper and deeper into the gloomy autumn woods.
Not too long after they have entered the depths of the forest, they begin to notice spooky piles of stones on the ground and stick figures hung from the branches of trees. At night in their tent they hear indistinct cries outside in the distance. Although nobody ever sees their source, they are continuously on their minds. Heather takes it all in stride since all of these elements will only help to make her film more interesting.
The mood of the film changes drastically when it is discovered that Josh the soundman has thrown the map into a brook as a gesture of defiance against the overbearing Heather. At first the three head due south in hopes of running into a settled area, but after a sixteen hour hike they end up exactly where they started out from. At night, after pitching their tent, they again hear the eerie cries from within the forest, which seem closer now.
The three young film-makers eventually succumb to the dark forces of the forest and the film purports to be based on their footage, which survived them. An elaborate website (www.blairwitch.com) has been created to fill in details that were left out of the theatrical release. But in keeping with the mock documentary spirit of the film, the website assumes that the events depicted in the film actually took place.
"The Blair Witch Project" is really not a movie about ghosts, witches and monsters. It is about insecurity and it is very good at capturing the genuinely creepy fears that everybody has about being lost in the woods. It is a noir version of the scene in "The Wizard of Oz" when Dorothy and her companions are beset by hostile trees in a dark, haunted forest. In a July 11, 1999 interview with the NY Daily News, co-director Myrick says, "What [we] were going after was identifiability. . .Do you identify with the fear? Being lost in the woods, everyone's felt that."
Working on a shoe-string budget, the directors and cast improvised the dialog. They also worked in tense conditions not unlike those that the film's characters found themselves in. A Newsweek article on the film reports that "Though the actors would pass an occasional jogger, they began to feel cut off from the safety of the civilized world."
Since the film has captured the imagination of the public despite lacking all of the accoutrements of blockbuster films--no film track, no special effects, no stars--many journalists and academics have looked closely at it to try to figure out what it reflects about American society.
In an August 31, 1999 NY Times article on "The Blair Witch Project" and "Sixth Sense", another blockbuster horror movie, Robert Sklar, a New York University professor on the editorial board of the left-wing film magazine Cineaste, speculated that its popularity might be driven by unease about the millennium. People are "spooked by all the things that are coming up at this time." He added that the horror genre has always been cyclical, and that its moments of highest popularity have coincided with moments of extreme social and cultural dislocation.
"The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" and "Nosferatu" were popular as silent films in Europe following the real horrors of World War I and Hollywood horror films such as "Frankenstein" and "Dracula" made their mark in the early 1930's, when Americans were struggling with economic depression. In the 1950's, as Americans were troubled by the atomic age and the cold war, films like "The Day the Earth Stood Still" and "The Invasion of the Body Snatchers" depicted alien invaders, giant bugs and nuclear experiments gone awry.
According to an August 22, 1999 article in the British Independent newspaper, Todd Boyd, a professor of critical studies at the University of Southern California's School of Cinema and Television, believes that new interest in the horror genre is linked to America's geopolitical climate. When the enemy was more clearly defined, as in the case of the former Soviet Union, then the monsters in horror movies could be more clearly and logically. With the collapse of Communism, he maintains, "You see the US in a bit of disarray in terms of self-representation ... The evil is not so clear in our imagination."
Boyd views the crude hand-held camerawork and lack of even rudimentary set designs as an attempt to control the technology that had been the province of Hollywood experts. "By having fear 'in our own hands' rather than waiting for it to be evoked by visual or aural cues, we reassert some measure of power in an age of cynicism and impotency."
What such commentaries on the film seem to miss, however, is the importance of the forest in defining the film's attitude toward the supernatural. The forest, as much as the witch lurking within it, is a terrifying force, not unlike Moby Dick or Stephen Spielberg's Great White Shark in "Jaws." This is not the Arcadian ideal depicted in a Audubon Society calendar, but a hostile and unpredictable entity that can gobble you up with no warning.
The young film-makers probably did not have this history in mind when they sat down to write the scenario for "The Blair Witch Project," but for as long as humanity has considered its environment, the forest has often appeared as some kind of hostile force that needed to be subdued. Such fear of the woods had much to do with European hostility toward the American Indian who seemed not only at home there, but who felt no need to tame it. It is appropriate, therefore, in such mythology for a witch to reside in the forest since such a creature not only represents defiance of civilized Christian values, but a belief that we are part of nature ourselves.
Engels writes in "The Dialectics of Nature": "Thus at every step we are reminded that we by no means rule over nature like a conqueror over a foreign people, like someone standing outside nature -- but that we, with flesh, blood and brain, belong to nature, and exist in its midst, and that all our mastery of it consists in the fact that we have the advantage over all other creatures of being able to learn its laws and apply them correctly."
While I am writing this review, helicopters and trucks are spraying Malathion over the five boroughs of New York City in an effort to kill encephalitis-bearing mosquitoes. While city government officials claim that the insecticide is "harmless," they urge New Yorkers to remain indoors while the spraying is in progress. Since the virus was early in August, mosquito experts around the country have been surprised and befuddled that St. Louis encephalitis has turned up so far north and east.
But the environmentalist Rachel's Weekly (www.rachels.org) cites scientists who attribute northern migration of plants and animals to global warming. As northern regions become more like the south, mosquitoes that carry diseases such as malaria, yellow fever, dengue fever, and encephalitis extend their range, and move to higher elevations --thus threatening larger human populations with exposure to serious infectious diseases.
Perhaps the insecurities about the forest in "The Blair Witch Project" are an unconscious projection of such real-life horrors, bred by a capitalist system run amok.


Re: .308 230 grn Hybrid Berger?
For that bullet weight and barrel length, I would be looking at US869 and Retumbo. I use Retumbo to get 2900 with 240smk's in a 27.5" kreiger 300rum.
"I'm interested in rifles, but only accurate rifles are interesting". Col. Townsend Whelen


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Home > Regions > UK > Massimo Tosato on Schroders Global Investment Trends Survey 2015
Massimo Tosato on Schroders Global Investment Trends Survey 2015
By: Jonathan Boyd | 19 May 2015
Massimo Tosato, executive vice chairman at Schroders, describes the worrying overconfidence amongst investors globally that was highlighted in the findings of the manager’s latest Global Investment Trends Survey.
This special supplement considers developments in SRI/ESG/Sustainability as it relates to both equities and fixed income. It also looks at measurements around adoption of related factors into investment processes.


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Amy Poehler reveals the cover of her forthcoming book 'Yes Please'
Amy Poehler reveals the cover of her first bookPlay Video
Taraji P. Henson Kicks Off American Black Film Festival in NYC
White House Applauds Caitlyn Jenner's 'Tremendous Courage'
Tracy Morgan Focused on Recovery After Tragic Accident
Caitlyn Jenner 'Doesn't Have Any Secrets'
As a veteran of beloved television series like "Saturday Night Live" and "Parks and Recreation" and major motion pictures like "Mean Girls" and "Baby Mama," Amy Poehler, actress, producer, comedian extraordinaire, has some advice to dish — and we can't wait to read it.
On October 28, 2014, Dey Street Books will publish Poehler's highly anticipated literary debut, "Yes Please."
True to form, Poehler's first foray into publishing will tackle a variety of topics, from friendship and parenting to advice on love and life, all done with her inimitable wit.
Here is an exclusive first glimpse at the cover of "Yes Please":

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Scully Horse Lover Western Shirt - rwPL-856C
Sparkle in the show ring with our Scully Leather Horse Lover Western Shirt with beautiful, intricate horse embroidery at front and back accents.
Cream shirt.Fold-over collar.
Full snap-front closure.
Contrast piping throughout for a retro vibe.
Long sleeves feature six-snap cuffs and embroidered arrows.
65% polyester, 35% rayon.
Hand wash cold, hang to dry.

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Some early stages of procedural generation in Hex world. I’m using Manhattan distance with voronoi to define biome borders. At the moment I have fields, deserts, and swamps in the world being generated with different terrain. This is still early stages, but an interesting test. The recording software im using is still a piece of crap, so expect stuttering.
Ultimately the procedural gen is looking cool, but is bogged down by that whole entropy thing that follows it like a curse, 100 million ways to make the same bloody thing.
Some progress on the new world manager for Hex World. Allowing me to dynamically load in world chunks to allow for the support of significantly larger levels. Hopefully this can be done in time for the imagine cup world finals. The recording software is twitchy as all hell and slow as shit, so it is all better than it appears, still not where it needs to be though. Refactor, rework, refactor etc etc.
Here is a video of the chunk loader set to load a tile per frame, slowing it down and visualising what it is doing. In the above video the chunk loader was set to create half a chunks tiles per frame. This whole thing may need some threading at some point, but getting threading to work with unity requires a certain level of self hatred to put your self through that hell. In other words expect that soon.
Image below of a 128 x 128 chunk world (16384 total chunks) in reference to the player and his total loaded space,which is a 4 x 5 chunk space. So yeah, way more space.
I’ve needed to create some better systems to manage world shifting in the game. And have managed to do so with a system that buries all the back ground code made to communicate with the world manager in an abstract world shifter class object.
Here is a video showing 3 kinds of world shifters I have made with this system. The first is a sphere shifter, second a volume shifter, and the third is a pulse shifter.
I’ve gotten a little tired of how uniform the whole world looks with these perfect tiles. I want to create a tile system that will better reflect the environment you are in. If you are in a grassy field then you should not be getting tiles that are perfect in shape, but a little jagged. But if you are inside of a house you may want perfectly shaped tiles.
So I need to create a procedural system that can create tiles as jagged as I want them for a scene, while still keeping all the tiles perfectly interlocked. In order for me to do this I shift each vertex within a certain sized circle based on how jagged I want the hexagon. Then make sure that any other hexagons who share vertex positions apply the exact same offset.
The application of this new procedural approach worked really well, letting me have complete control over how the tiles are formed and creating a nicer aesthetic for more natural environments. Below are some tile generations at no offset, some offset, and max offset.
Have been working hard on Hex World these past few weeks and have finally gotten the world manager system created that can handle the dynamic nature of the world, a variety of tiles that have unique behaviour, and some simple tools that has helped me create a simple level to test everything out in.
The video below shows how the world manager can maintain different tile stack compositions and handle the recreation of tiles, the grouping of tiles to move as one, and a bunch of different world tiles with different behaviour. There are grass tiles that sink in when stood on and be destroyed, pressure switch tiles that can be activated, mine tiles that can blow up when stood on or wired up to a pressure switch tile, and jump pad tiles that can launch the player up as well as some others.
I’ve came up with an idea for a game after playing Legend of Zelda A Link Between Worlds and messing around with the sand rod. The sand rod is an item that can force sand to rise and form into platforms to walk on. What I want to do is create an entire world based on this concept.
What I have been experimenting with is a form of world consisting of hexagon shaped tiles that can shift up and down to form new terrain or create visual effects, such as craters or waves.
Here are some early concept videos of the kind of effects I could make.
Was messing around with Unity to create a looping world. Bit of a difficult thing without just using dead land and teleporting the player unknowingly to the other side of the world. What I got set up is a series of terrain cells that stitch together and store objects locally, meaning objects move locally to there cell and not the world. They then trade object references with one another whenever they try to cross borders and change the objects local reference. Below is a video where you can see all of this working, including the player jumping around in the object hierarchy on the right and the world shifting to keep the cell with the player in the centre. The effect was pretty cool, and a fun experimentation with Unity’s terrain system.

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“Public health officials around a century ago decided that tonsillectomy/adenoidectomy surgery was a fine measure to improve the welfare of American children. The reasoning was that tonsils were a gateway to infection….
“The tonsil push in North Carolina started in earnest in 1917 when George Cooper was appointed director of the State Board of Health’s Bureau of Medical Inspection.
“The Sylva Herald [as turned up by local researcher Nancy Sherrill Wilson] included accounts of 84 children having their tonsils removed in 1944, 50 more in 1945 and a 1947 article recounting that ‘Children who attended the clinics were operated on in the morning and remained overnight, sleeping in the gymnasium of the school on cots, under the care of a night nurse.’
“Debates over the effectiveness of tonsillectomies, reason for conducting them and other approaches saw the practice decline going into the 1950s after peaking at around 1.5 million procedures a year [nationally]. Today tonsillectomies are often used to treat sleep apnea….”
— From “A public health strategy and a forgotten public panic” by Jim Buchanan in the Sylva Herald and Ruralite (Oct. 20, 2021)
Remarkable, isn’t it, that such a once-widespread procedure has virtually disappeared? One Red Springs physician estimated he had performed 17,000 tonsillectomies over his 35-year career.
This letter and card from the State Board of Health were sent to parents in Stokes County in the 1920s.

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Hyperfine Structure of Hydrogen Atoms in Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon
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We have observed an ESR spectrum due to atomic hydrogen being composed of a doublet with a splitting of 119 G in a-Si:H samples containing a large amount of hydrogen. Atomic hydrogen is suggested to be located at a tetrahedral-interstitial site either in the bulk region or in the interface between a sample and a substrate.
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- Entrance Fees Changing in 2019
(posted: Apr 15, 2018)
The Park Service announced today that, effective January 1, 2019, Pinnacles National Park will modify entrance fees to provide additional funding for infrastructure and maintenance needs.
24 Hour Exit Option For West Side
posted: February 04, 2005
Although we haven't received the official announcement, FOP has learned that a new automatic gate has been installed, and is functional, on the West Side.
This means that anyone arriving at the West Side before regular West Side closing hours can exit ANY time. No more fines - no more racing down from the High Peaks.
Note! You still CANNOT enter the West Side after standard park closing hours.
More information to follow from the Park.


A New Festival: MedFest’19
We are so happy and pleased that we did organise for the fourth time the International Monodrama Festival, MonoFest, which allowed us to share the beauty and opportunities of Tiyatro Medresesi with the actors all around the world and the audience from Turkey.
It was not only the precious pieces, which made the festival days that were full of performances, workshops and Q&A sessions, unforgettable for us. The true meetings between the actors and the audience that occurred during the meals or at the courtyard, which was peculiar to Medrese, were as valuable as the pieces we watched. We believe that such meetings and encounters serve the aim of the establishment of Medrese in terms of supporting artistic productions.
Therefore, we desire enlarged the scope of the festival that we will organise for the fifth time in 2019.
First of all, we did not restrict the festival that will be held on 13-16 September 2019 and named MedFest but not MonoFest anymore, only with monodrama pieces.
Besides we added a new section to MedFest. The unfinished pieces that are still being rehearsed will compose one of the most significant and vibrant part of the festival. Moreover, the pieces that are just an idea will also be worked on by the actors in the wonderful setting of Medrese. Those “work in progress” pieces will also be performed at the festival.
We believe that MedFest, which will also include “work in progress” pieces that are rehearsed at the inspiring rehearsal halls of Medrese with the collaboration of other Medrese resident artists, will turn into a unique theatrical experience.
We are so excited to share the festival program soon!
Hope to see you at Medrese!


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Another old drawing of mine from a class I had years ago. The deal going on was first we had to completely make a big sheet of paper black using charcoal and then use a kneaded eraser to draw out this statue, but here is the trick, we also had to draw it upside down. Covering that paper with charcoal was so tiring on the arms.
So i played on it on an iphone. wish they had options for guys with long hair but didn’t so i went with Fry’s hair from the show. Yeah i’ve been finding myself to be rather lazy lately, this needs to stop because i have some stuff to work on and some other things coming up.
anywho, watch Futurama, i have been since the show started and still enjoy it


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Banks and credit unions love promotions—most campaigns are built around a certain percentage off or a few months free or other temporary benefits in that wheelhouse. But once you have a customer with a single product from your FI, how do you sway said customer into becoming a devotee?
Here are just a few basic ways to improve your intake of primary-banked.
All right, first things first—knock the obvious one out of the way first. Make your onboarding and transition process smoother, simpler and easier. (And don't be afraid to encourage or incentivize it.) First, ensure the required paperwork—digital or otherwise—is minimal, sensible and non-time-consuming. The last thing you need is to deter a potential customer from making you his or her primary bank by bogging the onboarding process down in hours of writing or typing. If you must include a mountain of paperwork and signings for compliance purposes, just make sure to break it out into manageable chunks so it takes on less of a burdensome perception.
Figure out who your aptest targets for transitioning product and services are—survey your existing one-product customers about their lifestyles, such as car or homeownership, their rosters of credit cards, family makeup, etc., and craft marketing messages that reflect that data—i.e., "Considering consolidating some credit card debt? Open a low-interest refi personal loan with Bank XYZ." The more you know about the customers with whom you have limited share of wallet, the more you can encourage a transition into primary bankhood.
The surest sign you've built a relationship as a primary bank for a given consumer is if they direct-deposit with your institution. And once you're a primary bank, you're likely to increase your product mix in the long run. As such, it's wise to invest in efforts to gain new direct deposits—and don't be afraid to incentivize it. Consider offering fee-free open-loop gift cards, a waived account fee or some form of repayment for a direct deposit signup—something small but meaningful that you can part with without negatively affecting your bottom line.
There's no easier sale than a face-to-face one. You've likely stacked your branch teams with the best and brightest customer reps and salespeople you can find, so the key is getting them face time with your target audience. Consider hosting an event whose invite list is geared directly to customers who only have one product from your institution. No strings attached—just get them into a branch. If your event is impactful, entertaining, enjoyable or informative enough, a return visit is all the more likely. Just don't come on too strong on the first date—warm them up so that they'll be open to a gentle sales pitch on visit two.