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|Publication number||US6707859 B1|
|Application number||US 09/638,458|
|Publication date||Mar 16, 2004|
|Filing date||Aug 14, 2000|
|Priority date||Dec 14, 1998|
|Also published as||CN1295749A, EP1062757A2, WO2000036782A2, WO2000036782A3|
|Publication number||09638458, 638458, US 6707859 B1, US 6707859B1, US-B1-6707859, US6707859 B1, US6707859B1|
|Inventors||Pasi Kinnunen, Sami Salonen, Outi Rikola, Anu Virtanen|
|Original Assignee||Nokia Corporation|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (8), Non-Patent Citations (1), Referenced by (35), Classifications (13), Legal Events (5)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
This application is a continuation of international application serial number PCT/FI99/00999, filed Dec. 2, 1999.
The invention relates to a receiver and a reception method in a data transmission system wherein a signal to be transmitted can comprise information transmitted in a frame form by using several different transport formats and in which method the transport formats used at a given time are indicated in the frame. The invention relates Particularly to how errors can be detected in indicating a transmission rate.
Requirements set to data transmission systems are on the increase. This relates particularly to wireless data transmission systems, such as cellular radio systems that are to provide more and more accomplished services, such as different data and video services, for example.
Conventionally, wireless data transmission systems have only been used for transmitting speech. The increasing number of different services to be transmitted particularly in wireless systems means that a system must be capable of transmitting over a radio path signals with different capacities, such as speech at a data rate of 8 kbit/s and data at a rate of 64 kbit/s. In addition, it is also necessary to transmit signals that have different quality levels, the signals typically requiring also different data rates simultaneously. A typical example is a video connection wherein image necessitates a high data rate and quality level while voice allows to be transmitted at a lower data rate and quality level. Hence, the data transmission system should be capable of operating efficiently in an environment where transmissions of several different data rates, quality levels and service types are transmitted.
It is typical of digital data transmission systems in particular that signals are transmitted in a frame form. A frame comprises a plurality of time slots. In systems where data can be transmitted by several different transport formats it is necessary to indicate in each frame which transport format is used in the frame. The different transport formats are often implemented by variations either in the size of the data part of a time slot or in the coding used in connection with transmitting the data. In principle, the transport format can vary frame by frame or time slot by time slot.
Since the quality of signals varies, it is obvious that different coding is used for signals of different types. Hence, the depth of channel coding, for example, varies according to different signals. This can be exemplified by speech and video connections, on which a coding depth of the length of one frame is typically used for speech, and a channel coding depth of the length of k frames, where k>1, is typically used for video. The transport format and coding depth used at a given time are indicated by transport format indicators TFI that are transmitted over a dedicated control channel.
When one or more services with the same channel coding depth is/are transmitted over one radio link, coding of the transport format indicators can be implemented over the same time period as data, as is the case in the prior art solutions. The coding of the transport format indicators must then be carried out according to a service using the smallest coding depth in order to avoid additional delays on the radio link. The problem with the prior art solution is that the transport format indicators cannot utilise the same interleaving as the data that has a greater coding depth. Thanks to interleaving, the bit error ratio BER of the data decreases; this does not, however, apply to the transport format indicators.
For the above reason, transport format indicators may be more susceptible to errors than data bits. If the transport format indicators are erroneous, the demultiplexing of services and the setting of transmission rates are carried out erroneously at the receiver. The input of a viterbi- and turbo-decoder receives random bits, which means that the contents of a frame processed erroneously cannot be decoded in a correct manner.
An object of the invention is thus to provide a method and an apparatus implementing the method such that the problems mentioned above can be solved. This is achieved by a reception method in a data transmission system of the invention, in which system a signal to be transmitted can comprise information transmitted in a frame form by using several different transport formats, in which frames also information on the transport format used is transmitted by means of transport format indicators, and in which system the information to be transmitted is coded by using a coding depth depending on the properties of the information to be transmitted, at least some of the coding depths being multiples of a given basic coding depth TK. In the method of the invention, when a signal is received which is known to contain information coded by using a coding depth of n*TK, if it is detected that n−x frames have been received, where a positive integer x is lower than n, in which frames transport format indicators have been identified indicating that the frame comprises the information coded using the known coding depth n*TK, and x frames wherein the transport format indicators do not indicate that the signal comprises the information coded using the known coding depth n*TK, it is inferred that the x frames in question have been received erroneous.
The invention further relates to a receiver in a data transmission system wherein a signal to be transmitted can comprise information that is transmitted in a frame form by using several different transport formats, in which frames also information on the transport format used is transmitted by means of transport format indicators, and in which system the information to be transmitted is coded by a coding depth depending on the properties of the information to be transmitted, at least some of the coding depths being multipies of a given basic coding depth TK When a signal which is known to comprise information coded by using a coding depth of n*TK is received at a receiver of the invention, the receiver of the invention comprises means for detecting that n−x frames have been received, where a positive integer x is lower than n, and means for identifying from the frames the transport format indicators indicating that the frame comprises the information coded using the known coding depth n*TK, and means for detecting that x frames have been received in which the transport format indicators do not indicate that the signal comprises the information coded using the known coding depth n*TK, and means for inferring that the x frames in question have been received erroneous.
The preferred embodiments of the invention are disclosed in the dependent claims.
The invention is based on the idea that when it is known that a service whose coding depth is n frames is about to be received, and that frames which should, according to the number of previous frames, include said service are about to be received, and when such transport format indicators are detected according to which the frame does not include said service, it can be inferred from this that an error has occurred in the reception.
Several advantages are achieved by the method and arrangement of the invention. Since errors can be detected in reception already prior to decoding, decoding errors can be decreased by setting the erroneous bits to zero since bits set to zero cause a smaller error than random erroneous bits do.
The invention is now described in closer detail in connection with the preferred embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which
FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a telecommunication system to which the invention can be applied,
FIG. 2 shows the structure of a second mobile telephone system used as an example,
FIG. 3 illustrates the structure of the mobile telephone system used as an example in closer detail,
FIG. 4 shows an example of a frame structure used in the system of the invention,
FIG. 5 illustrates an example of the coding of transport format indicators, and
FIG. 6 shows the structure and operation of a transmitter-receiver pair.
The present invention can be used in different mobile telephone systems that allow a signal comprising information to be simultaneously transmitted at several different transmission rates and quality requirements. It is irrelevant which multiple access method the system uses. For example, CDMA, WCDMA and TDMA are feasible multiple access methods. FIG. 1 illustrates a digital data transmission system to which the solution of the invention can be applied. The figure only shows part of a cellular radio system which comprises a base station 100 having a duplex connection 102 to 106 to user equipment 108 to 112. The base station is further connected to a base station controller 114 relaying the connections of the terminals elsewhere to the network. In the simplified example of FIG. 1, a signal to be transmitted on the duplex connections 102 to 106 between 108 to 112 the user equipment and the base station can thus comprise information that is transmitted using several different transport formats. Signals are transmitted in a frame form, and in the frames, also the information on the transport format is transmitted by means of transport format indicators. The information to be transmitted is coded using a coding depth that can be dependent on the transmission rate, desired quality of the signal, maximum delay and transmission direction of the information, for example.
Hereinafter, the use of the invention will be described in a mobile telephone system using a broadband code divisional multiple access method implemented by direct sequence technique without, however, restricting the invention thereto. Hence, a proposal for the IMT-2000 mobile telephone system advanced by ARIB (Association of Radio Industries and Businesses) in Japan is a system in accordance with the invention. The examples are based on the description of the WCDMA system, which can be further studied in the ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) specification “The ETSI UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA) ITU-R RTT Candidate Submission (Tdoc SMG2 260/98, May/June 1998)”, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Referring to FIG. 2, the structure of a mobile telephone system of the invention will be described. The main parts of the mobile telephone system include a core network CN, a UMTS terrestrial radio access network UTRAN, and user equipment UE. The interface between the CN and the UTRAN is called Iu, and the air interface between the UTRAN and the UE is called Uu.
The radio connection network comprises radio network subsystems RNS. The interface between the subsystems is called Iur. Each radio network subsystem RNS comprises a radio network controller RNC and one or more nodes B. The interface between the radio network controller RNC and the node B is called Iub. The coverage area of node B, i.e. the cell, is denoted by C in FIG. 2.
Being rather abstract, the description in connection with FIG. 2 will be further clarified by a more detailed example of the cellular radio system in FIG. 3. FIG. 3 only comprises the most essential blocks, but it is obvious to those skilled in the art that a common cellular radio network also comprises other functions and structures that need not be explained here in greater detail. It is also to be noted that FIG. 3 shows only one structure by way of example. The details in the above-mentioned systems developed by the ARIB and ETSI organizations, for example, may differ from those shown in FIG. 3, the differences being, however, irrelevant to the invention.
Typically, a cellular radio network thus comprises a fixed network infrastructure, i.e. a network part 300, and user equipment 302 that can be positioned fixedly, located in a vehicle or portable. The network part 300 comprises base stations 304. A base station corresponds to node B in the previous figure. A radio network controller 306, in turn, communicating with several base stations 304 controls these base stations in a centralized manner. The base station 304 comprises transceivers 308 and a multiplexer unit 312.
The base station 304 further comprises a control unit 310 controlling the operation of the transceiver 308 and the multiplexer 312. The multiplexer 312 places the traffic channels and control channels used by several transceivers 308 over one transmission connection 314. The transmission connection 314 forms the interface Iub.
The transceivers 308 of the base station 304 communicate with an antenna unit 318 implementing a duplex radio connection 316 to the user equipment 302. The structure of frames transmitted on the duplex radio connection 316 is defined system-specifically and it is called air interface Uu.
The radio network controller 306 comprises a group switch 320 and a controller unit 322. The group switch 320 is used for switching speech and data and for connecting signalling circuits. A radio network subsystem 332 comprising the base station 304 and the radio network controller 306 further comprises a transcoder 324. The transcoder 324 is usually located as close to a mobile services switching centre 328 as possible since speech can then be transmitted in a cellular radio network form between the transcoder 324 and the radio network controller 306 using as little transmission capacity as possible.
The transcoder 324 converts the different digital coding forms of speech used between the public telephone network and the radio telephone network into compatible ones, for example from the fixed network form into another form of the cellular radio network and vice versa. The control unit 322 carries out call control, mobility management, collection of statistical data and signalling.
A core network CN comprises the infrastructure of the mobile telephone system external to the radio connection network. The units of the core network CN shown in FIG. 3 include the mobile switching centre 328 and a gate mobile services switching centre 330 responsible for the connections of the mobile telephone system to the external world; in this connection, to a public telephone network 336. An interface 340 between the core network CN and the radio connection network is thus called Iu.
Next, by means of FIG. 4, let us view an example of a frame structure used in the system of the invention. Topmost in FIG. 4 there is shown a ‘super frame’ which comprises 73 frames 400 to 406 that are successively numbered from 1 to 72. In this exemplary system, the length of the super frame is 720 milliseconds. It is to be noted in this connection that all numerical values used in connection with the examples only exemplify some feasible values and they are not relevant to the invention. The length of each frame is 10 milliseconds. Each frame, for example frame 404, is divided into 16 slots 410 to 416. The length of one slot 414 is 0.625 milliseconds. Typically, one slot corresponds to one power adjustment period, during which power is adjusted by one decibel higher or lower.
Dedicated physical channels can be divided into two different parts: dedicated physical data channels DPDCH 418 and dedicated physical control channels DPCCH 420. The dedicated physical data channels 418 are used for transporting data 422 generated at the second layer of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) and above it, in other words primarily dedicated traffic channels. The dedicated physical control channels 420 transport control information generated at the first layer of the OSI. The control information comprises pilot bits 424 used for help in channel estimation, transmit power-control commands TPC 426, and transport format indicators TFI 428. The transport format indicators 428 indicate to the receiver the current transmission rate used for each dedicated physical data channel of the uplink.
On downlink 432, the dedicated physical data channels 418 and the dedicated physical control channels 420 are time-multiplexed to the same slot 414. On uplink 430, on the other hand, the channels are transmitted in parallel such that they are IQ-code-multiplexed (I=in-phase, Q=quadrature) to each frame 404, and modulated using a dual-channel quadrature phase-shift keying modulation QPSK.
In the system of the invention, a frame thus comprises transport format indicators TFI 428 indicating the transmission rate and coding depth used in the frame. The transport format indicators are preferably coded by means of a biorthogonal code, i.e. the bits are mapped by means of Walsh functions. Assume that the number of RI bits is NTFI. Consequently, they can be used to express a number of 2N TFI different transmission rates. Assume, for example, that NTFI=6. Hence, (32,6) biorthogonal coding is used, i.e. 32-bit Walsh functions and the binary complements thereof are used to give 64 code words. The TFI field thus takes up 32 bits, enabling 64 different transmission rates to be expressed. FIG. 5 illustrates the coding. Bits 500 are biorthogonally (32,6) coded 502, whereafter the coded 32 bits 504 are depicted onto a physical channel. The above-described is only one example of the way in which the TFIs can be coded.
Assume now that a signal is received which is known to comprise a component coded by using a coding depth of n*10 ms. The invention utilizes the information that the coding depth of said component must remain the same during one coding block. Hence, in this connection a coding block refers to a period of n*10 ms. Set mi is formed from all feasible transport format indicator combinations. From all those feasible transport format indicator combinations indicating that a frame comprises information coded using the known coding depth n*10 ms, set pi is defined. Hence, set pi is a subset of set mi. Assume, then, that a situation occurs in which a component of the kind described above and another component with a smaller coding depth, for example, such as speech whose coding depth is preferably one frame, i.e. 10 ms, are received. When transport format indicators are decoded it is known that the transport format indicator combinations must belong to set pi at least during one coding block. If it is now detected that n−x frames have been received, where a positive integer x is lower than n, in which frames a transport format indicator combination belonging to set pi is identified, and furthermore, x frames are detected whose transport format indicator combination does not belong to set pi, consequently it can be inferred that the TFIs of the frames in question are erroneous. Preferably, x is lower than n/2, i.e. if n frames are received that contain certain TFI information in over half of the frames, i.e. in n−x frames, it is decided that the information in question is correct and the TFI information in the rest of the frames is incorrect.
The data of the detected erroneous frames is set to zero in connection with deinterleaving. The reason for setting the data to zero is that a viterbi decoder and a turbo decoder are less sensitive to zeros than to randomly erroneous bits. If n is sufficiently high, for example 8, and there is only one erroneous frame, the decoder might be capable of correcting the erroneous frame by means of the n−1 frames received correctly since deinterleaving scrambles the successive bits set to zero in n frames.
FIG. 6 illustrates the operation and structure of a transmitter—receiver pair of the invention. FIG. 6 describes a downlink case where the radio transmitter is located at node B and the radio receiver at user equipment UE.
Block 600 discloses the essential functions of the radio transmitter. Different services to be located in a physical channel include speech, data, moving video or still video picture, and the control channels of the system that are processed in a control part 602 of the radio transmitter. The figure discloses the processing of the control channel and data 604 and 606 of two different services. Different services require different source coding means; speech, for example, requires a speech codec. For the sake of clarity, however, the source coding means are not shown in FIG. 6.
In blocks 608 to 612, different channels are then differently channel-coded. Channel coding includes, for example, different block codes, exemplified by a cyclic redundancy check CRC, for example. In addition, convolutional coding and different variations thereof, punctured convolutional coding or turbo coding, for example, are typically used.
Next, a first interleaving can be carried out for some service data at a first and a second interleaver 614 and 615. The purpose of interleaving is to facilitate error correction. Consequently, instantaneous fading on the radio path does not necessarily make the transmitted information unidentifiable. The services are multiplexed together at a first multiplexer 618. Next, a second interleaving can be carried out at a second interleaver 620. The interleaved data and control channel are multiplexed together at a second multiplexer 622.
The multiplexed bits are then spread by a spreading code, mixed by a mixing code, and modulated at a modulator 624 and supplied to radio frequency parts 626, which can comprise different power amplifiers and filters restricting the bandwidth. The analogue radio signal is transmitted via an antenna 628 to the radio path Uu.
Block 630 of FIG. 6 shows the essential functions of a radio receiver. Typically, if not necessarily, the radio receiver in a CDMA system is a RAKE receiver. The analogue radio frequency signal is received from the radio path Uu by an antenna 632. The signal is supplied to radio frequency parts 634 comprising a filter to block frequencies external to the desired frequency band. Next, at a demodulator 636, the signal is converted to intermediate frequency or directly to baseband, in which form the signal is sampled and quantified.
Since the signal is multipath-propagated, the signal components propagated via different paths are to be combined at block 638 comprising, in accordance with the prior art, several RAKE branches. The signal components received by the RAKE branches at different delays are searched for by correlating the received signal with the spreading codes used that are delayed by predetermined delays. When the delays of the signal components have been found, signal components belonging to the same signal are combined. Simultaneously, the spreading coding of the signal components is decoded by multiplying the signal by the physical channel's own spreading code.
The narrowband signal thus obtained is supplied to a first demultiplexer 640 where the control channel DPCCH and the data channel DPDCH are separated. The control signal is supplied to a second demultiplexer 642 where a pilot signal, power control bits TPC and transport format indicators TFI are separated. The TFIs are forwarded to a first decoder 644, which decodes the transport format indicators TFI. The pilot signal and the power control bits TPC 660 are forwarded to the other parts of the receiver.
In this example, like numerical values are used as in the above. As-sume that a signal is received which is known to comprise a component coded by using a coding depth of n*10 ms. In the receiver of the invention, the first decoder 644 is arranged to detect that n−x frames have been received, where a positive integer x is lower than n, and to identify from the frames transport format indicators indicating the information containing the known coding depth n*10 ms in the frame. The decoder is further arranged to detect that x frames have been received wherein the transport format indicators do not indicate that the signal comprises the information coded using the known coding depth n*10 ms, and to infer that the x frames in question have been received erroneous.
From the first demultiplexer 640 the data signal is supplied to a first deinterleaver 646 where a first deinterleaving is carried out, corresponding to the interleaving carried out at the interleaver 620 of the transmitter. Next, the signal is supplied to a third demultiplexer 648 where different services are separated. The third demultiplexer 648 receives information on the transport format indicators TFI from the first decoder 644. Based on this information, the demultiplexer 648 can separate the different services. The data signals of the services are supplied to a second and a third deinterleaver 652 and 654, and further to a second and a third decoder 656 and 658 where the channel coding used in the transmission, block coding and convolutional coding, for example, is decoded. The convolutional coding is preferably decoded by a Viterbi decoder.
If the first decoder has detected an error in the transport format indicators, the data of the erroneous frames can be set to zero at the deinterleaver which deinterleaves the signal of the service in question, i.e. at the second or the third deinterleaver 652, 654.
The features of a receiver in accordance with the invention can be preferably implemented as suitable program steps in a signal processor or a multi-purpose processor or by using suitable separate components. The rest of the parts of the receiver can be implemented by methods known to those skilled in the art.
Although the invention has been described above with reference to the example in accordance with the accompanying drawings, it is obvious that the invention is not restricted thereto but can be modified in many ways within the scope of the inventive idea disclosed in the attached claims.
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Powersil 403 yields a conductive coating
characterized by high elasticity, good mechanical properties and scrub resistance.
34) The use of CNTs in coatings can provide a conductive coating
which has the added advantage of provisions for recoating ability by a further electrodeposition step.
A silver nanoparticle conductive coating
, supplied as a wet dispersion from Cima NanoTech, is then applied to the film in a roll-to-roll process.
Nanoclay was added in concentrations of 2-8 wt% to polyurethane coatings with 35 wt% NCF or nickel-coated graphite (the percolation threshold of these two fillers in conductive coating
was 30 wt%).
The company developed its proprietary SANTE(R) self-assembling silver nanoparticle conductive coating
, which enables high performance transparent conductors in a multitude of markets from large-format multi-touch displays to capacitive sensors, transparent and moldable EMI shielding, transparent heaters, transparent antennas, OLED lighting, photovoltaic and others.
At the low frequency limit, the skin depth of a continuous conductive coating
Kotaki, Wang, and He have developed a conductive material consisting of a curable liquid thermosetting resin mixed with conductive nanofibers such as carbon nanotubes, carbon nanofibers, metallic nanofibers, or nonconductive nanofibers with an electrically conductive coating
, plus a particulate filler.
Specifically, $70 million in revenue will be knocked off the value of conductive coating
sales over just the next couple of years, rising to about $335 million by the end of the decade.
Anywhere you want a transparent conductive coating
, graphene can potentially help out," says Blake.
Slow helium ions can image insulating biological surfaces at sub nanometer resolutions without the need for a metallic conductive coating
, and fast helium ions can image the interior of cells without a significant loss of resolution.
These SG-UTC films are a transparent PET film with a conductive coating
that has been optimized not only for EMI shielding, but color, haze and reflection characteristics.
The electrical contact between the conductive coating
and the electrical measuring device is achieved by a conductive adhesive copper tape to which the wires from the electrical measuring device are soldered.


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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
Erin Jones, Jia Mi , Joseph Capper, Jimmy Lane, Kevin Lambert (all students are in Mechanical Engineering)
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The proposed portable desalination system consists of two modules: wave energy converter module and RO desalination module. In order to fit the portable design concept, a two-body self-reactive point-absorber wave energy converter will be developed to capture the wave energy and drive the high-pressure pump. There is one floating buoy and one submerged heave plate which can achieve self-reactive between the two bodies. A RO module will be adapted with an accumulator to stabilize the system pressure under fluctuated wave conditions.

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PERRY COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT) - People across Eastern Kentucky began filling grocery stores Friday morning ahead of a snow system Meteorologists say will move into the region Friday evening.
Christy Jones and her daughter say they began stocking up on the essentials early Friday to try to beat crowds sure to fill the stores by late afternoon.
"We went to Walmart probably around 10 so we could beat [crowds] and we pretty much beat them because when we left at 11, it was getting wild… And then we went to the Pharmacy and Goody’s to just kind of shop around,” Jones said.
Jones told WYMT snow does not stop her from her day to day operations but keeping a close eye on the road is the best way to stay safe.
“The vehicle I have now is not very good in the snow and ice but the one before was, so I was kind of used to it and I didn't get so scared, but now I do get nervous you know,” Jones said.
Other shoppers said they are stocking up on items like milk and bread but they are not worried about the weather and how it will affect Kentuckians.
"They're used to it you know, they just try to get things together to last a little longer you know a few extra days,” Food City customer Gail Fugate said.
Hazard Food City managers said they are prepared for large amounts of people to come through the store for the essentials. One of the items they are encouraging customers to get enough of is water since much of the county is without.
"We understand about the water shortage too, so we've been ready all week with that you know we haven't run out all week of water… We're just consistently bringing it out so you might see a hole for a minute but we're going to bring it right back out here,” said Food City Manager Renee Chapman.

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I forgot to add the baking powder.
This is why the smashed blueberries and lemon loaf pan cake you see, which I made about a month ago, is flat on top. Never one to make excuses as to why something didn’t turn out, this time I felt not adding the baking powder pretty much guarantees some kind of failure since its sole purpose is to help baked goods umm rise, so it was warranted here. But, it was still delicious and moist, though not something I wanted to post on this blog.
Without baking powder, I’m a sad, weepy cake.
“Why not?” You ask? (I just need an excuse to explain).
If you recall, I mentioned ‘so-so potential posts’ in my last post. This is one of them, but it’s such a delicious cake (or quick bread, since the method is similar), I didn’t want to hold it back based on aesthetics, and making it again just for aesthetics would have been ridiculous. The last thing I need is more cake lying around since I’ve got the willpower of a gnat. Everyone makes mistakes in the kitchen, and this smashed blueberry lemon loaf cake is one of mine.
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you’ve seen plenty of posts with mediocre to awful aesthetic results. I rarely do-over because I want you to see where I messed up, so you won’t (and again, I don’t need extra treats lying around and you can only give so much away). I also suffer from blog stage fright, which means that no matter how many times I’ve made something in the past with a 100% success rate and gorgeousness, it will inevitably fail and/or look like crap when I make it for my blog.
That being said, I annihilated my left wrist last week. I’m okay outside of pain, a feeling of uselessness, and typing with one hand (poke typing). If I hadn’t annihilated my wrist, you would be looking at and drooling over (one can hope, right?) a gorgeous, multi-layered cake loaded with texture and cool flavors, topped with a candle, to celebrate 5 years of blogging. Well, 5 years plus two or so weeks of blogging. I can’t even be on time for my blogiversary.
Apparently, it was not to be, and now it’s my 5 year and three or so week blogiversary, so just one yippee. Celebration over. I’m sorry, but I’m in pain and I’m pissed. I’m constantly injuring myself in such stupid ways, and not being able to cook or bake is always a bummer.
On another note..I want to thank Stacie for sending me a bunch of coupons for free Wallaby Nonfat Greek Yogurt a few months ago. I feel awful that it took me a while to get a post up using Wallaby, but all of the above applies here too. Trust me when I say I’ve fallen in love with Wallaby. If I hadn’t, I wouldn’t have used it in this cake and I wouldn’t be waxing poetic on how custardy, super creamy and all around amazing it is ( I will never shill a product I don’t like). But, the best part is, it’s nonfat and it tastes just as rich and feels just as creamy as any full fat Greek yogurt (yes, I compared), if not more so. In fact, I’m going to go as far to say that this yogurt is similar to a rich pudding or custard dessert. I’m now completely addicted and crave it at least once a day
Whether plain or with fruit in a separate pourable container attached, so you can control the amount of fruit you want in your yogurt, you cannot go wrong with whatever flavor you choose. I’d give it 1000 thumbs up, if I had 1000 thumbs.
Then again, if I had 1000 thumbs it might be a little hard to cook and bake.
Then again, maybe it would speed up my cooking and baking if I had 1000 of every other finger to go with the thumbs.
Unless something radioactive saturates me, or I fall into a pail of neon green gack, I guess I’ll never know; but that’s okay.
Finally, after that pointless digression of drivel, this smashed blueberry lemon loaf cake is a combination of two recipes..This one and This one. I lightened it up with the Wallaby Nonfat Greek Yogurt, and made it a little more healthy with coconut oil. I also added lightly smashed blueberries because, well..I just felt like smashing them before adding them, hoping for the best. It’s moist, fluffy, and delicious, the lemon contrasting beautifully with the sweet, juicy blueberries, and that was minus the baking powder. Don’t forget to add it like I did.
Smashed Blueberries and Lemon Loaf Pan Cake
- nonstick neutral oil spray
- 1¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
- ¾ cup Wallaby Organic Nonfat Greek yogurt
- ½ cup coconut or vegetable oil (Make this cake 100% fat-free using apple sauce in place of oil!)
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups whole blueberries, lightly smashed
- ¼ cup flour for coating the smashed blueberries *
- ⅓ cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice.
- Spray a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan with vegetable oil or any other neutral oil spray then coat with flour and tap out excess.
- Whisk the 1¼ cups all-purpose flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, and ½ teaspoon kosher salt together in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, rub the the tablespoon of lemon zest into the 1 cup of sugar until moist and kind of clumpy, then add to flour mixture..stirring until combined.
- In a medium bowl or large measuring cup, whisk together ¾ cup Wallaby Nonfat Greek yogurt, ½ cup coconut or vegetable oil, 2 large eggs, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract until smooth. Pour the wet ingredients on top of the dry ingredients and stir together until just combined.
- Place all the blueberries in a large ziplock bag. Seal it and press down on the bag with a plate until the blueberries are slightly smashed Open the bag and dump in the ¼ cup flour and seal it closed. Shake until all of the smashed blueberries are coated with flour..like Shake n' Bake. Gently fold the flour coated, smashed blueberries into the batter - making sure they separate and don't clump together.
- Pour the batter into the greased loaf pan and top with extra blueberries if desired. Bake in a preheated 350 F oven, middle rack, until puffed and golden brown on top..about 50 - 55 minutes. A test skewer should come out clean.. a few moist crumbs sticking to it is fine. Let the cake cool in pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes.
- While the cake is cooling, in a small saucepan stir together the lemon juice, zest and sugar. Cook over medium heat until the sugar is dissolved and the mixture is clear.
- Invert the cake onto a cooling rack and place the rack over a baking sheet. Poke a few holes in the top of the cake with a skewer. Pour the lemon syrup over the cake. Let the cake soak and cool completely.
- Stir together the lemon juice and confectioner's sugar until smooth, then pour over the cooled cake. Let set before serving.
I was not compensated monetarily for my review of Wallaby Yogurt, but I did receive the product for free. All opinions expressed are my own.

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By Danie B
As news of Chester Bennington of Linkin Park’s death spreads, fans are mourning in the best way they know how … through music.
The group has been extremely successful releasing seven studio albums, selling over 70 million records worldwide, and earning 2 GRAMMY awards plus the reputation of being one the best bands of all time.
With so much music to choose from, we can debate all day over which Linkin Park song is the best, because honestly, most of them are amazing.
However, here are the 5 songs that many will agree are pretty good and deserve to be mentioned when talking about their best work.
In The End
Somewhere I Belong


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A mortgage down payment in Canada – Know the requirements before taking the plunge
Are you a resident of Canada who is wondering about getting a house? Are you looking to upgrade your property? Are you wanting a house in order to cancel the rent payments that are adding to your budget and are increasing your monthly payments? If answered yes, you should be aware of the fact that you require paying down a certain amount while taking out a home mortgage loan so as to grab the best competitive rate on the home mortgage loan. If you’re not able to pay down this amount (which is usually 20% of the loan amount), you might have to pay the PMIs or the Private Mortgage Insurance payments so as to help reduce the risk of the lender. Although the amount that is required as down payment depends on the individual properties and the lenders, there are some other factors like credit score and DTI ratio that can change the interest rates on the mortgage loan. Read on the concerns of this article in order to know the details of mortgage down payment in Canada.
What actually is a mortgage down payment?
A mortgage down payment is a specific amount of money that a borrower has to deposit towards the purchase of a new home in the market. This particular amount is relative to the value of the home that you’re about to purchase and the bigger your down payment is, the bigger will be the mortgage loan that you will be approved and the interest rates will also be affordable. This is because the larger down payment results in smaller interest payments throughout the term of the loan.
What are the down payment requirements for getting a Mortgage in Canada?
The minimum down payment that is required in Canada is 5% of the total loan amount and the typical down payment that ranges from 5%-20% of the price of the home. As per the TD Canada Trust Home Buyers Report, 30% of the prospective homebuyers have at least 20% of the loan amount in order to avoid the Private Mortgage Insurance payments. In the year 2012, the home purchase prices above $1 million and this will require 20% of the loan amount. The mortgage default insurance, referred to as CMHC insurance, protects the lender in case the borrower defaults on the mortgage payments as well as offer other mortgage options, such as a reverse mortgage brokers provide. In case of a conventional mortgage lender, the down payment might be lower than 20% of the loan amount.
What factors are influenced by your down payment?
The amount that you pay down at the beginning of the mortgage loans shapes three important factors throughout the life of the mortgage. What are they? Check them out.
The home price that you can afford within your budget: As the minimum mortgage down payment of a mortgage loan in Canada is 5%, this is the benchmark that is used to determine the maximum affordability. For instance, if you’ve saved $30,000 for the down payment on the mortgage, the maximum mortgage amount that you could afford would be $30,000/5% which is equivalent to $60,000. You should calculate your mortgage affordability and down payment through a mortgage calculator.
The mortgage monthly payments: The mortgage down payment will also let you calculate the amount that you have to pay towards the mortgage loan. The larger your down payment, the lower will be the amount that you might have to pay on the mortgage loan. Therefore, you should save for the exact amount and then ensure getting a mortgage that is within your means. Some people feel it is better to use a CMHC Mortgage Calculator so they have an idea of their costs.
Apart from the home price and the monthly payments, the amount that you might have to pay towards the mortgage insurance will also be determined with the amount that you can pay down. Save as much money as possible and then take the plunge into the mortgage market bandwagon. Help yourself choose the best mortgage loan and maintain the payments so as to avoid a hit on your credit score. For More Details Please Contact Glen so they have an idea of their costs. contact Glen and we will refere you to one of our great lenders that would be ideal for you specific situation.

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I may never forget the Holocaust but how can I remember it if I wasn’t there?
The survivors can’t remember all alone. Especially as they get older, their numbers are dwindling and, as Melabev put it, a lot of them physiologically literally can’t remember anymore.
But truthfully, the Holocaust is full of untold stories of people who died along with every single person who ever knew them. There is no one to remember them individually and so they are only part of our collective remembrance. It is our job to remember them.
And so we do it. We all join the band of the surrogate memory-bearers so that the survivors can have some peace of mind, knowing that although we don’t understand, we will try and although we can’t remember, we will never forget.

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Isaac gets his wish as 34th Street beckons
Congratulations to Isaac Lancel-Watkinson, who has just been cast in Miracle on 34th Street at The Liverpool Playhouse.
The talented young actor, who is in Year 7 at our Senior Boys’ School, will appear in the magical Christmas production from Saturday 7 December to Saturday 4 January.
It’s the latest acting success for Isaac, 11, who has recently been part of the critically-acclaimed Mame in Manchester. The show has received excellent reviews including critics’ choice in The Times, Sunday Times and Sunday Express.
Incredibly, among this string of theatre performances, Isaac is still keeping right on top of his school work and his musical commitments.
Break a leg, Isaac!
- Hall Road pavilion continues to take shape
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Bryan Lee O'Malley, also known as Radiomaru, is the creator of the Scott Pilgrim series. He is originally from Ontario but now lives in Los Angeles, LA. He was married to fellow comic book creator Hope Larson from 2004 to 2014.
O'Malley's first solo graphic novel was Lost at Sea, published in 2003 by Oni Press. His next books were the Scott Pilgrim series, which he worked on from 2004 to 2010. His following project was a series so far only titled Seconds, which was released in 2014. He is currently writing the comic book series Snotgirl, which is illustrated by Leslie Hung and published by Image Comics.
O'Malley also helped Edgar Wright work on the Scott Pilgrim vs. the World film. Both he and Larson make an uncredited cameo in the film as Lee's Palace Bar patrons. Bryan also designed some of the artwork in the movie like the sketch of Ramona's hair, the clipboard drawings of Crash and the Boys and Ken and Kyle Katayanagi and Ramona's cat Gideon on Scott's mug at the beginning.

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The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior
This Bible was first published by Crocker and Brewster in
was edited by both Jacob and his brother John S. C. and was 12 mo. and
had 586 pages. It was still being published by this firm as late as
Subsequently beginning in 1878 editions were published by Henry S. Goodspeed and Company as well as other subscription book publishers. These books had 636 pages.
Other editions that were published later and edited by Lyman Abbott and were called The Pictorial New Testament had as many as 969 pages.
Published between 1878-1881. Henry S. Goodspeed and Co., New York
James Robinson, Pittsburgh, Pa.
This Bible was copyrighted in 1878 by Goodspeed (Inscription February, 1880)
O. A. Browning and Co., Toledo (Copyright 1878 Goodspeed)
N. D. Thompson & Co., St. Louis (Copyright 1878 by Goodspeed)
Copyrighted in 1881 (Lyman Abbott was the editor)- 969 pages
Here is an advertising cover which promotes this book. It refers to the Pictorial New Testament in which Lyman Abbott was the editor. This would date the envelope sometime after 1881.

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MM is a 45-year-old housewife. She came to us for problems of backache and severe pain during her periods (her story in another article). As with all patients we read her meridian energy using the AcuGraph (below). Only 3 of the 12 meridians were normal (green), 5 meridians were split and 4 meridians were low.
From our experience, those with low or split bladder meridian (BL is blue, arrow) may have problems of frequent urination at night. (See our previous article: http://ejtcm.com/2011/03/25/low-or-split-bladder-meridian-may-result-in-frequent-urination/). In addition, she also had low KI (kidney) and SP (Spleen) meridian energy. The significance of this is explained below.
We asked MM if nocturia was also her problem. Her answer was YES – urination 3 to 4 times each night. It is indeed a nuisance having to waking up so often, besides depriving her of a good sound sleep. We suggested that MM take the herbal tea, A-Kid-6, for 2 weeks to try and resolve her problem.
We got to met MM again 2 months later and she told us her nocturia was resolved after taking the herbal tea. Listen to what she said below:
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM ) View of Bladder Function
TCM views the kidney and bladder as an interrelated pair that controls water in the body. The function of the bladder – i.e. storage and discharge of the urine, depends upon Kidney Qi. If Kidney Qi is sufficient the bladder will function normally and urination is well controlled.
If Kidney Qi is deficient the bladder becomes dysfunctional. Disharmony of the Bladder meridian can lead to problems such as difficult urination, incontinence (inability to control proper urination), painful eyes, runny nose, nose bleeding, nasal congestion, pain in the head, neck, back, groin and buttock.
According to Steven Clavey (in Fluid physiology and pathology in TCM) nocturia is due to exhausted kidney yang or spleen and kidney yang deficiency. However, in cases where the symptoms are less severe, nocturia can be due to Bladder qi deficiency.
Acknowledgement: We record our sincere thanks to Dr. Adrian Larsen, President of Miridia Technology Inc., USA, for his generosity in providing a unit of AcuGraph 3 for our research at CA Care.
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The implementation of digital signal processing algorithms and availability of the digital systems have become more widespread since last two decades due to easy availability of digital systems. Earlier analog processors were used to perform the signal processing due to unavailability of digital processors.
The digital signal processing became feasible to be performed in real time in the recent times due to hardware implementation of the algorithms developed in signal processing. It is all because of the requirement of higher level computations in the signal processing especially for the real time applications.
The demands for the high level computation systems combined with the performance of the VLSI architectures which led to the development of VLSI Digital signal processors such as TMS320(1982) and DSP56001(1987). The developers are left with enormous specific architectures of DSP with the ease in development of VLSI designs.
The most common and usually employable DSP techniques are the FFT computing, FIR and IIR digital filters. These techniques require the three basic operations i.e. multiplication, storage and addition and these operations can easily be performed with the VLSI oriented architectures for Digital signal processing architectures.
The architectures developed through the VLSI implementation for DSP applications generally make use of parallel processing, multiprocessing, array processors, RISC i.e. Reduced instruction set and pipelining for the very high processing.
The architectures developed for the Digital signal processing applications are tested and brought to the real time implementation through VLSI only. The most commonly and preferably used hardware for the implementation of DSP algorithms in VLSI is the FPGA. FPGA implementation of the digital signal processing algorithms makes it possible to develop a VLSI architecture for the high computation processing and multiprocessing at the real time.


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Creating joyful communities for those living with dementia
By Minnie Lamberth
It’s just before 10 a.m., and you can already feel the energy building in the room as people make their way into the a large gathering area at Montgomery’s First United Methodist Church. Friends share hugs, delivered with lots of smiles and, often, a hot cup of coffee. As attendees settle into their spots at a table, the activities begin. For the next four hours, they will enjoy a fast-paced time of fellowship and enrichment.
This is the essence of volunteer-run respite ministry that helps individuals living with the challenges of memory loss enjoy friendship and social time, while their caregivers get a break for their own errands and activities. More than a dozen churches across the state have drawn from the model launched in Montgomery in 2012 and brought it to their own communities.
Katie Holland was directed to the Montgomery program when she began looking for a way to support families in the Wiregrass affected by Alzheimer’s disease. “I went to visit, and I could not believe what I saw when I got there,” Holland says. The activities – from group games, art projects to balloon volleyball – were engaging, the room was upbeat and active, and there was a lot of laughter.
“I left crying. I couldn’t believe how much joy was in the room.”
At the time—this was 2015—Holland was serving as director of a ministry for older adults at Dothan’s First United Methodist Church. She was also living with the same issues that other caregivers were experiencing. “My dad had Alzheimer’s,” she says.
As Holland began to explore possibilities, she initially contacted a dementia educator, Robin Dill, who had launched a respite ministry at a church in Georgia. Dill directed her to a program closer to Dothan being run by Daphne Johnston at FUMC Montgomery.
When Holland walked out after that first visit, she told herself, “We need this in Dothan.” It took about six months to get the ministry off the ground. But by the start of 2016, Holland had changed roles to become director of a respite ministry that today operates Monday through Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Her work as director is supported by a room full of trained volunteers who enjoy coffee time, games, exercise, art projects, community service and other activities, along with a family-style meal shared with participants living with dementia.
Holland also recognized that the engagement of volunteers met another need. The church already offered events for fellowship, she says, “but we didn’t have a great hands-on ministry. This was something that is active and meaningful for the volunteers. They love it.”
Importantly, the respite ministry draws from a pool of 150 volunteers who choose which days they are able to attend, and together they share the commitment of serving around 15 participants while enabling caregivers to take those four hours for their own errands or appointments.
Programs similar to Dothan’s respite ministry have a template to follow through the faith-based, volunteer-run model of care promoted by the non-profit Respite for All Foundation.
“Respite ministries typically start with one part-time or full-time staff member, and they are supported by a team of trained volunteers that are the key to making the program sustainable,” explains Johnston, who turned her knowledge and experience running the Montgomery program into the Respite for All Foundation. Johnston now works full-time to encourage churches and organizations to implement this respite ministry model.
A model for any size church, community
“Churches have free space that is available during the week, and they have an army of volunteers willing to serve if given the vision,” Johnston says. Because respite ministry is a social model, she added, no medicines are administered and no medical staff is needed – which is also important to making this ministry sustainable. In addition, a tuition fee of around $40 a day for participants keeps the ministries viable, though generous donations typically cover attendance for those who are unable to pay. Through the Respite for All Foundation, Johnston provides training, mentoring and other resources for local church leadership, respite directors and community volunteers to help launch and run new ministries.
This model works for churches and communities of all sizes, she said. For example, the SALT Respite Ministry started in Demopolis in 2018 at the First United Methodist Church there after a member had visited Montgomery, learned about the program and brought the idea back home. SALT, which stands for Senior Adults Living Triumphantly, operates one day a week, on Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and draws from 25 active volunteers that serve around 10 participants.
Renee Robbins, acting director, has been involved in SALT from the beginning. “My mom had lived with me for two years with cancer and Alzheimer’s,” she says, explaining her personal connection. “I thought, how could I not do this?” For caregivers and participants, “It’s a lifesaver for a lot of them.”
Because Demopolis is a small town, Robbins usually knows the participants and the caregivers involved in the ministry. “I love it,” she says. “Even though my mom’s been gone for five years, I’m doing this for her – and for myself.”
Shepherd’s Place Adult Day Respite in Fairhope provides support for individuals living with a variety of cognitive impairments, serving participants that range in age from 50 to 95. “We are the only adult day program that is social based in Baldwin County,” says Caroline Bishop, who has served as director since 2021. The program Bishop leads is open Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and incorporates similar activities, such as games, coffee time, art and music. “We sing everything from ‘Amazing Grace’ to ‘Mack the Knife’ to ‘Pistol Packin’ Mama,’” Bishop says. “I like to say, Shepherd’s Place is where strangers end up becoming friends and friends end up becoming family.”
Caregiver support groups are often part of respite ministries like these. As an expansion of this support, the respite ministry in Dothan recently opened a caregiver resource center, Rosemary House, in an adjacent building. The name is a tribute to the herb of memory that is part of the Respite for All logo.
Caregivers drive in from all over the Wiregrass to attend Respite Ministry, Holland explains. “They don’t want to ride around for four hours after their appointments.” The new center, which held its grand opening on Nov. 7, is a place for caregivers to land while their loved one is participating in the respite program. It also serves caregivers in the community that aren’t involved in respite. For example, conversations with trained staff can help caregivers navigate the different emotions they are experiencing. There’s also a shop with items that promote connection with loved ones who are living with dementia. Rosemary House is open four days a week, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Dementia-related diseases create difficult situations, Holland notes. “It’s hard to put the face of hope on it. But that’s what respite is about. There is hope for this journey.”


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During his Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame induction speech, Roy Halladay joked that one of the ways to get Vladimir Guerrero out was to throw four balls and then try to pick him off.
Roop Chanderdat finally feels like he has the recipe for a winning hockey team.
Jordan Szoke knows what you’re thinking.
In what has been the bluntest talk yet about the future of the Calgary Flames, president of operations Brian Burke said the much-loved NHL team will leave the city if they don't get the new arena they've been seeking.
You may find them in the gym at midnight, long after their children have been tucked into bed.
OTTAWA — Never a dull moment.
Outdoor sports fans are having a tough week in Southwestern Ontario, washed out by heavy rainfall that might not be over yet.
The Maple Leafs kids were more than all right during the 2016-17 season.
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Top 9 Kp Duty Skin Care
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DERMAdoctor KP Duty Body Scrub, 16 Fl Oz
KPAway Keratosis Pilaris Treatment – Acid Free KP Cream, Lotion Made With Organic Coconut Oil, Baby Friendly, Paraben Free, For Rough & Bumpy Skin (16oz)
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- DEVELOPED BY A BOARD CERTIFIED DERMATOLOGIST – Created to help his own keratosis pilaris (“chicken skin”), he now uses it daily with exceptional results.
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KP Elements Keratosis Pilaris Body Scrub & Exfoliating Skin Cream Set, 12 fl oz. total – All-Natural, Soothing, Healing Ingredients
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Alpha Skin Care Renewal Body Lotion | Anti-Aging Formula |12% Glycolic Alpha Hydroxy Acid (AHA) | Reduces the Appearance of Lines & Wrinkles | For All Skin Types | 12 Oz
- ANTI-AGING FORMULA: Our unique anti-aging body lotion is specially formulated with the optimal balance of 12% Glycolic Alpha Hydroxy Acid (AHA) and a ph level of 4.0. Glycolic Alpha Hydroxy Acid (AHA) is an ingredient derived from natural sugar cane which encourages collagen production and reduces the appearance of lines and wrinkles for a younger looking you.
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- VITAMINS & NUTRIENTS: Our specially selected vitamins and nutrients are combined with our anti-aging ingredients to enhance the benefits you’ll see and feel from our products. Vitamins and nutrients moisturize and soothe your skin while our anti-aging ingredients work to reduce the appearance of lines and wrinkles.
- DIRECTIONS: Apply to desired areas of clean skin. Do not rinse off. May be used morning and evening. For daytime use, we recommend also applying a sunscreen to areas of skin that are exposed to the sun. First time users should do a patch test.
ALPHA SKIN CARE, Naturally powerful anti-aging formulas for real results to reveal younger-looking skin now. We have a rich history of offering products that deliver high quality and proven results. Our skin and hair care products are embraced and respected by both consumers and medical professionals. ANTI-AGING DAILY ROUTINE: Following an effective anti-aging skin care routine promotes cellular turnover and skin renewal to achieve a balanced, glowing complexion. Our four step routine – cleanse, renew, moisturize and protect – is clinically proven to reduce the appearance of lines and wrinkles and fade dark spots caused by aging and sun exposure. CLEANSE: A cleanser is the most basic step in any skin care routine. Our face wash and toner naturally cleanse the skin and restore ideal pH levels to reveal a fresh, soft complexion. RENEW: Lifting away dull, dead skin cells is key to renewal. Our anti-aging products gently polish skin, allowing ingredients to quickly penetrate so new healthy skin can emerge. MOISTURIZE: A daily moisturizer helps to nourish and improve your skin’s health. Our moisturizers hydrate your skin quickly, leaving it feeling smooth and refreshed for hours. Create your healthiest skin ever with our naturally powerful ingredients.
DERMAdoctor KP Duty AHA Moisturizing Therapy for Dry Skin, 4 oz.
Touch Keratosis Pilaris & Acne Exfoliating Body Wash Cleanser – KP Treatment with 15% Glycolic Acid, 2% Salicylic Acid, Hyaluronic Acid – Smooths Rough & Bumpy Skin – Gets Rid Of Redness, 8 Ounce
- EXFOLIATING BODY WASH FOR CLEAR SKIN: A foaming, sulfate free keratosis pilaris & acne body wash made with 15% glycolic acid and 2% salicylic acid, proven to exfoliate and clear your skin. Formulated with a pH of 3.5 to allow for more “free acids” to work on your skin. The Original KP Exfoliating Body Wash. No harmful beads or alcohols.
- SMOOTH SKIN WITH NO REDNESS: Our Keratosis Pilaris treatment has two key ingredients: glycolic acid (AHA) that exfoliates away surface bumps and oil soluble salicylic acid (BHA) which goes deep into your pores and hair follicles to target the source of KP and acne, reducing inflammation and redness.
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- NON-DRYING FORMULA: To prevent dry skin from making things worse, we use an optimal blend of surfactants and humectants to give you a deep cleanse while preventing your skin from over drying. Hyaluronic acid helps the skin reduce moisture loss and gives your skin a soft after-feel.
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DERMAdoctor KP Duty High Potency Daily Body Peel
10% Glycolic Acid Face Wash – Exfoliating, Non Drying & Foaming AHA Cleanser – Perfect for Anti-Aging, Skin Tone & Texture, Acne, Wrinkles, Pores, Blackheads – Sulfate Free, Oil Free, Low PH – 6 oz.
- GLYCOLIC EXFOLIATION FOR CLEAR SKIN: A foaming and sulfate free exfoliating facial cleanser made with 10% glycolic acid to exfoliate, brighten, & revitalize your skin without dryness. Our mild yet effective gel cleanser removes makeup with ease & works great with just your hands or Clarisonic brushes.
- POWERFUL ALPHA HYDROXY ACID (AHA): Our glycolic acid face wash has a low pH of 3.5 for more “free acids” that help fight the effects of aging, reduce blemishes, and promote healthy glowing skin with no irritation. Best cleanser for fine wrinkles, acne, pores, uneven skin tone & texture, blackheads, & hyperpigmentation.
- NON DRYING & NO BREAKOUTS: A blend of gentle surfactants and humectants gives your skin a deep cleanse with no dryness. This anti aging exfoliating face wash is suitable for all skin types including acne prone, oily, dry, or combination. Can be used as a daily cleanser or just occasionally for an exfoliating kick.
- REDUCE IRRITATION & REDNESS: Aloe Vera, Green Tea & Chamomile combine to make your cleansing experience as pleasant as possible. Aloe Vera & Chamomile acts as a soothing anti-inflammatory and anti-irritant and green tea contains powerful antioxidants (flavonoids & caffeine) to protect your skin.
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CeraVe Body Wash with Salicylic Acid | 10 Ounce | Fragrance Free Body Wash to Exfoliate Rough and Bumpy Skin
- [ ESSENTIAL CERAMIDES ] Formulated with with three essential ceramides (1, 3, 6-II) that help restore and maintain its natural protective barrier
- [ PATENTED TECHNOLOGY ] Utilizes patented MVE controlled-release technology to help replenish ceramides and deliver long lasting moisturization
- [ SKIN SMOOTHING FORMULA ] Salicylic Acid Helps exfoliate and soften – essential in smoothing rough skin while Niacinamide calms skin
- [ MICROBEAD FREE ] No harsh microbeads that can irritate skin and damage the environment
- [ GENTLE ON SKIN ] Paraben free, non-comedogenic (won’t clog pores), non-drying, non-irritating and fragrance free
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October mid-atlantic tour
Debbie and Josh Paxton hit the road in October visiting some old haunts and new venues.
11 Atlanta GA
13 Aberdeen NC
15 Martinsville VA
17 Ashland KY
18 Ellicott City MD
19 Winchester, VA
20 Pittsburg PA
Visit the Calendar page for venues, times and details.
All hail the queen
It is with great sadness and gratitude that the musical community of New Orleans reflects on the life and mourns the passing of Leigh Harris. Known to many as Little Queenie, Leigh was a guiding force for me and is surely responsible for more than a little of my acceptance and success in New Orleans. She will be missed by everyone who was lucky enough to hear and feel and know her. The Gershwins could very well have written this song especially for us. It was my good fortune to record it with her in 2000.
French Quarter Fest 2019
Debbie Davis and Josh Paxton
Private Function, Washington, DC
"Debbie Davis is generally recognized as possessing one of the most beautiful voices in a city filled with talented singers. Her warm, full voice illuminates the nooks and crannies of these songs with an emotional resonance that reminds listeners of such mistresses of restrained passion as Astrud Gilberto and Betty Carter. She’s also capable of letting that big voice carry her into mainstream pop territory, where her saucy delivery is more reminiscent of numerous big band vocalists and the great Cass Elliot. Every gesture is priceless."
John Swenson, Offbeat Magazine.


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Watch: Teacher brags about using the civil rights movement to force radical gender theory on 8-year-olds
It's getting to the point where homeschooling may be the only way to spare children from the woke onslaught of public schooling. Thankfully, Libs of TikTok is working hard to expose the teachers responsible for the (re)education of America's kids.
Here's a nonbinary 2nd-grade teacher joyfully explaining how they used the Civil Rights Movement to tell 7-year-olds how a man can become a woman. This teacher opened the video by saying, "If you're someone who doesn't agree with, like, kids learning about transgender people, please just scroll and keep your negativity to myself." To which I say, no. I will not keep scrolling. I will keep my negativity to myself, but I won't keep basic biological and Biblical truths to myself. But thank you for the offer.
The teacher explained how the class was comparing the Civil Rights Movement to civil rights that are being fought for today. Which naturally led to the transgender discussion. Which, naturally, 7-year-olds did not understand. So this teacher explained in an, ahem, "age appropriate" way.
"I simply said that a transgender person is born in a boy or girl body and then in their heart they know that that doesn't match who they are, and so, they might then identify by a different gender. It might be a boy who identifies as a girl, a girl who identifies as a boy [...] or someone who feels like neither."
"Why I felt okay sharing this was because they know that I identify as neither. I go by Mx and not Mr or Miss. Also, I told them about the trans teacher that teaches third grade."
Wonderful. Just wonderful. Who would've thought that, in the year of our Lord 2023, the Civil Rights Movement would be used to indoctrinate 2nd-graders with radical gender theory? Wokeism never fails to surprise me.


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If you do not know the medicated oil, let's leave our tips specialist padel, Stéphane Penso tell you about it. An oil used by Thais to prepare your muscles. This medicated oil that we can find ...Read more "
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One supports the guts that came from the different people trying to fight for their country. The negative aspect is just how British infantry approached the local countrymen with arrogance and vicious behaviour.
Brief synopsis from the book cover: Ceylon, 1803. In the royal city of Kandy, a daughter is born to the king’s elephant keeper—an esteemed position in the court reserved only for males. To ensure the line of succession, Phera’s parents raise her as a boy. As she bonds with her elephant companion, Siddhi, Phera grows into a confident, fiercely independent woman torn between the expectations of her family and her desire to live life on her own terms. Only when British colonists invade is she allowed to live her true identity, but when the conquerors commit unspeakable violence against her people, Phera must add survival to the list of freedoms for which she’s willing to fight. Possessed by thoughts of revenge yet drawn into an unexpected romance with a kindly British physician, the elephant keeper’s daughter faces a choice: Love or hatred, forgiveness or retribution?
Story: 4 out of 5 stars Writing: 4 out of 5 stars Character development: 4 out of 5 stars Overall: 4 out of 5 stars
Review: The story is well told and gives you an idea what live would have been like for local population in Sri Lanka during colonial times. The story is full of intrigue and it tells of the story of a young girl who is forced to grow up as a boy because of her parent’s deception to the king. It’s hard to live with the consequences her parent’s deceit but it also means having tremendous freedoms she wouldn’t have had as a girl one of which is being able to care for her loyal elephant Siddhi. When the British invade and the king is overthrown she can finally be herself. The cruel events that happen during colonial rule forge Phera and she turns into a tremendously independent strong woman. Who despite everything is still able to love. The characters are realistic; you feel their love, pain, torment, and anguish. It felt like I was there in the jungle with Phera and her elephant. The writing was so vivid you smell the flowers, the pungent aroma of food being cooked, the moist odours of the jungle after the rains. You hear the chirping of the birds and the sounds of animals moving through the undergrowth. Overall this is a great story set in an interesting location and time. , I would recommend it for fans of historical fiction and woman’s fiction. Fans of Renita D’Silva will also like it.
Review copy provided by NetGalley in exchange for a honest review
I could not put this book down. The essence of Ceylon as it was moving from Kingdoms to British rule and the torment of this disruption are well described in this story. The loving relationship between elephant and carer are important to the story too.


Corporate franchise taxes for small businesses will be suspended for the next year under a resolution adopted Monday by the Louisiana Legislature.
- The suspension runs from July 1 through June 30, 2021.
- It applies to businesses subject to the tax that have up to $500,000 of taxable capital. A first-time initial tax of $110 also is suspended.
- The measure takes effect immediately without requiring the signature of Gov. John Bel Edwards (D).


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Florida State University Panama City hosted the 30th Annual FSU Panama City Golf Invitational on Friday, October 29, at Bay Point Golf Club in Panama City Beach. Proceeds from the invitational benefited the FSU Panama City Promise Fund, which is used to support students, scholarships and campus priorities.
At the tournament, it was announced that going forward the tournament will be known as the FSU Panama City Bobby Bowden Invitational. The renaming is in honor of the late Coach Bobby Bowden, who was a proud participant of the golf tournament and supporter of FSU Panama City for many years.
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Mustard Yellow Teddy Bear
This mustard yellow teddy bear is crocheted with chunky wool and acrylic blend, wearing a white sweater.
NB! Not suitable for children under 3 years old.
Size: 34 cm (13 1/2") from head to toe.
• yarn: 50% wool, 50% acrylic
• polyester fiberfill
• safety eyes
• cotton embroidery floss
Hand wash only! Mild detergent should be used. Rinse thoroughly and squeeze dry. Redistribute stuffing if necessary. Air dry.
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