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October 15, 2021 - Winnipeg, MB: Lafarge Canada continues to demonstrate their commitment to keeping sustainability at the forefront of all its operations. Working with Efficiency Manitoba, Lafarge Canada’s Dawson Road location installed energy-efficient machinery and LED lights at the facility - saving nearly half a million kWh of electricity over five years.
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Lafarge's role as a builder of progress is dedicated to empowering communities with local, affordable housing and infrastructure solutions and support essential human rights, such as education, health and making a living. Learn more about howHabitat for Humanity Kingston Limestone Region and Lafarge Canada collaborated on a project to combine sustainable solutions with much needed homes that will help local families live in safe, stable housing.
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Geocycle Canada wins Green Business of the Year award
Geocycle Canada won the Green Business of the Year award in the competition run by the Richmond Chamber of Commerce as recognition for their efforts at the Richmond Cement Plant. Overall, the Richmond Cement Plant expects to recycle 80,000 mt of waste in 2020 by co-processing waste that would otherwise be landfilled.
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One of my favorite recipes to make in the fall was Paula Deen’s Pumpkin Bars. It is really more of a cake than a bar, but they were delicious and I knew they were one recipe I wanted to adapt them to be gluten free.
I recently spent some time tweaking the recipe making it gluten free and the gluten free version turned out so good.
I want to clarify though that when I say I tweak and adapt a recipe, that it takes time and it is not always easy. I have received several emails recently asking how I adapt my favorite recipes to be gluten free. I wish I had a magic formula, really I do. My answer is it takes time. It takes trial and error and a few disasters.
I read a lot of gluten free books and cookbooks and get ideas of what might work, but it doesn’t always work. Yes, sometimes it does and I have a great recipe to post, but often I have to start over and try again. This is the reason that I only post a few times a week. It takes time to recreate my recipes to be gluten free.
Don’t get me wrong, I love adapting my family’s favorite recipes and posting about them. I love the challenge, and I love it when I finally get it right and my family can’t tell that a favorite food is gluten free, but it is not always easy.
There are a few things I have found that make some recipes more adaptable than others, and I hope to share some of those over the next few weeks and months.
But I want to make sure that you know that my goal is not to discourage anyone from gluten free baking. My goal is to help show you that gluten free food can and should be good. You can and should enjoy it. And with a little work you can recreate some of your favorite foods to be gluten free.
Now back to the pumpkin bars. These would be perfect not only for fall, but for the holidays. You could easily serve these to a large group and I doubt anyone would know that they are gluten free. I hope you enjoy this pumpkin recipe as much as my family did.
Gluten Free Pumpkin Bars
A classic pumpkin bar made gluten free.
- 4 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 15-ounce can pumpkin
- 1 cup rice flour
- 1/2 teaspoon xanthan gum
- 1 cup cornstarch
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 3/4 confectioners’ sugar ( or a little more )
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Using an electric mixer at medium speed, combine the eggs, sugar, oil and pumpkin until light and fluffy.
- In a separate bowl stir together the rice flour, cornstarch, xanthan gum, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and baking soda.
- Add the dry ingredients to the pumpkin mixture and mix at low speed until well combined.
- Spread the batter into a greased 9x13 cake pan.
- Bake for 30 minutes.
- Let cool completely before frosting.
- For frosting, in a mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese, butter and vanilla.
- Gradually beat in enough confectioners’ sugar to achieve desired consistency.
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 483Total Fat: 23gSaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 16gCholesterol: 68mgSodium: 372mgCarbohydrates: 68gFiber: 1gSugar: 50gProtein: 3g
Nutritional values are approximate and aren't always accurate.
You Pumpkin Bars look great! I have been in a pumpkin mood also, making pumpkin doughnuts and pumpkin pancakes. Personally, I think pumpkin is a great ingredient in gluten free baked goods, as it adds so much flavor and moisture.
Your frosted gf pumpkin bars look so delectable!!
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Thank you! I am glad that you found my site.
Your pumpkin bars look really yummy!
I wonder if you could use fresh pumpkin puree instead of the canned puree.
I see lots of giant pumpkins for sale for just $2. I’m a bit sick of making pumpkin soup and would love something different like this for a change 😉
I think homemade pumpkin puree would work fine in this. I hope you enjoy it!
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I love pumpkin, and your pumpkin really looks amazing. I am a big foodie and I love tasting different kinds of dishes, so I am trying my hands in the kitchen as well, I tried this recipe too it tasted good but didn’t look as good as yours.
I am glad that it tasted good and that you enjoyed it.
Since I am not allowed to have sugar or cornstarch, I substituted Stevia for sugar, and tapioca starch for the cornstarch. It turned out perfect!The pumpkin bars were so moist. I am so glad to have found your site! Thank you for sharing these recipes. It is so nice to be able eat eat food that is so tasty and won’t make me sick.
I am so glad that you were able to adapt this to work for you. We love these and am so happy that you do also. Thank you for reading!
I made these today for a Thanksgiving meal. My family and I had Thanksgiving dinner at a friend’s house and she has to be on a gluten free diet. I was pleasantly surprised. These came out GREAT! I have never eaten gluten free anything to my knowledge and had read that some gluten free baked goods have a bitter after taste so I was a bit worried. These tasted like regular pumpkin cake. They were moist and very tasty. My friend loved them. The kids loved them also. Thanks for a great recipe.
I am so glad that you all liked them. We love them and I agree these are one of those gluten free things that anyone would enjoy. Thanks for letting me know how much you liked them.
What is xanthan gum and do I really need to use it in the recipe?
I have a post for my food facts series on xanthan gum planned soon. Xanthan gum gives gluten free baked goods texture, it helps replace the characteristics of gluten. In a recipe like this it helps it rise and stay together. I have never made this recipe without xanthan gum, most cakes will turn out dry and crumbly if you leave out the xanthan gum. I hope that helps.
What if I do not have cornstarch or regular flour? Should I double the rice flour or can I use tapioca flour instead to thicken it?
You need the starch, so I would try tapioca, it might change the texture some though.
Thanks! This was actually a very last minute comment on my part b/c I made them tonight. I used the tapioca and actually made cupcakes since my pan was a little too big and they turned out great. Got lots of compliments, thanks!!
I am so glad to hear that they worked for you that way. Thanks for letting me know.

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CLOAK have released a brand new song!
The song, titled Forever Burned, is taken from the band’s upcoming album To Venomous Depths, which is set for release in November.
Listen to Forever Burned here:
You can also view the track list and artwork (created by Adrian Baxter) for the upcoming album below:
1. To Venomous Depths / Where No Light Shines
2. Within the Timeless Black
3. The Hunger
4. Beyond the Veil
5. Death Posture
6. In the Darkness, the Path
7. Forever Burned
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To Venomous Depths is set for release on 10th November via Season of Mist.
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The owner of a local cafe said to me the other day how she wished the days were 48 instead of 24 hours long. The demands on our time are never-ending. How do we manage to find time to write as we lead such busy lives. Here are some helpful tips from the guest author Kate Moretti of Writers in the Storm online publication.
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EVERETT — The Boeing Co. is taking more production work in-house.
The work — making actuation systems to move wing flaps on 737s and 777 classics — will be split between Boeing’s existing Portland, Oregon, plant and a new factory in Sheffield, United Kingdom. The move will “enhance production efficiency and reduce cost in its supply chain,” the company said in a statement released Friday.
Like all airplane manufacturers, Boeing has relied on a global supply chain for decades. The aerospace giant aggressively outsourced production on its 787 Dreamliner program, which led to costly and lengthy production delays and other headaches.
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The company expects to spend about £20 million ($24.9 million) to open Boeing Sheffield, its first manufacturing site in Europe. It will employ about 30 people and recruiting could start in 2018. Boeing has not said when it expects the 25,000-square-foot plant to open. It will operate as part of Boeing Commercial Airplanes’ (BCA) Fabrication operations.
The expansion is a “step-change in our engagement and a further example of Boeing’s commitment to grow here,” Sir Michael Arthur, president of Boeing Europe, said in Friday’s statement.
The company plans to build the new plant near the University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, a collaboration between the school and Boeing.
“The expanded fabrication capability will grow our existing operations and strengthen our global services,” said Jenette Ramos, a BCA vice president and head of its Fabrication operations.
Boeing Sheffield will make the actuation systems with Boeing Portland, which is actually located just outside the city in Gresham, Oregon.
Bringing the work to Oregon won’t add jobs, but it will help keep the roughly 1,600 people working there employed, Boeing manager Don Hendrickson told The Oregonian.
“As we gain in productivity each year, if you don’t bring new work in then your size shrinks,” he said.
Outside the U.S., BCA Fabrication also has operations in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Melbourne, Australia.
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One could be forgiven amid the protests and continuing coronavirus crisis for forgetting that in Washington, DC, this week, Congress is looking into serious allegations that Barack Obama’s Department of Justice was spying on the Trump campaign. In normal times, it would be the biggest news story in America, and Wednesday’s shocking admissions by former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein would be an absolute bombshell.
The key moment came in questioning from Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who asked, “If you knew then what you know now, would you have signed the warrant application?,” referring to a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant renewal concerning Trump campaign aide Carter Page.
“No,” testified Rosenstein, “I would not.”
And just like that, it became clear that the national torture of three years of the Russian collusion investigation simply should not have occurred. The problems were myriad. In Rosenstein’s words, the FBI “was not following the written protocols, and that significant errors appeared in applications.” What has emerged from the recent inspector general’s report and this testimony is that the Obama administration’s efforts to investigate and prosecute Trump administration officials wasn’t based on facts, but negligence or malice.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) laid bare why the actions to undermine the Trump campaign should shock and dismay any American. “By any measure what the Obama/Biden administration did in 2016 and 2017 makes everything Richard Nixon even contemplated pale in comparison.” This includes propping up the falsehood-ridden Steele dossier, which was paid for by the Clinton campaign, clear violations of ethics by Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, and the FBI attempting to entrap Michael Flynn, who has since been exonerated.
What is becoming completely clear is that the Department of Justice wanted to prevent, then destroy, a Trump presidency. These were not open-minded officials being led by the facts; they were manipulating the facts and hiding exculpatory evidence to bring down Trump and his associates.
And the news media played along like a karaoke machine, making brave heroes of James Comey, Rod Rosenstein and Andrew McCabe, who of course inked a juicy deal with CNN after being fired for lying under oath, something that Democrats usually insist is, you know, a crime. Flynn almost went to the slammer for allegedly lying to the FBI. McCabe sits on panels about FISA reform at NYU Law School after his transgression. That really says it all.
Rosenstein is just the first of many witnesses sought by the Senate Judiciary Committee in its review of the Russia investigation. It is vital that Comey and McCabe, as well as other figures, such as former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and former CIA Director John Brennan, appear in front of the committee.
In addition, subpoenas set to be issued this week by the committee regarding documents and behind- closed-door testimony from those involved in Operation Crossfire Hurricane, as the botched hatchet job was called by the FBI, must be honored. When Rosenstein confirmed on Wednesday that he never should have signed the FISA request because of bad actions by the DOJ and FBI, he opened the floodgates. We have to see it all.
We live in a world in which progressive pundits offer preening fears on Twitter about “what if Trump loses and refuses to step down?” They imagine bizarre scenarios in which the Secret Service evicts him. And at the very same time, right under their noses, is the honest-to-goodness true story of the Obama administration spying on a political campaign.
It was Shakespeare who promised that the truth will out. Ofttimes, that feels like a dicey proposition. But Wednesday’s hearing was a point for the Bard. Slowly but surely, the truth is being made clear.


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Winter in Romania
Discovering an older way of life and celebrating the holidays in Romania. Part of the fun will be traveling in a few 4-wheel drive cars and stopping for photographic opportunities in the winter countryside. The overall plan is to begin in Cluj-Napoca and head to the Maramures to explore the region's bucolic villages.
Our travels will take us to the Moldova region to experience "The Dance of the Bear," a festival featuring people dressed in bear skins dancing through the town. Moving back into Transylvania, we photograph the Christmas markets and festivals. The medieval architecture and fortified churches bring character to the Romanian landscapes and the tour of the majestic Bran Castle is on everyone's list. Working our way back to Bucharest, we leave Romania after 12 days of discovering the intriguing customs of the holiday season.
The drive times listed for each day will give you an idea of how much time we will be in the car traveling to the next adventure. Our final schedule could be altered due to weather, transportation difficulties or other reasons beyond our control. You can be sure that we will be flexible enough to find unique photographic opportunities on each of our days experiencing winter in Romania.
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Meet you in Cluj-Napoca, Transylvania
- Arrive at the airport and be picked up outside the baggage claim area.
- You will be taken to your hotel in the heart of the city.
- Exploring the Christmas markets in the historic city center.
- Evening introductions and meeting with your fellow travelers in Romania.
Day 2: Friday, Dec 23, 2022
Photographing along the road to the Maramures (4 hrs drive)
- We start by traveling to Maramures, the most authentic region of Romania where there will be plenty of opportunities to photograph the daily life of people, winter landscapes and local traditions. There will be lots of opportunities to stop and photograph the countryside.
- En route, we visit the tallest of the famous wooden churches unique to the Maramures. This UNESCO World heritage site is located in the village of Surdesti. This impressive structure is set in a peaceful location surrounded by a small cemetery with trees.
- Further on we will have a walk in a typical village in the Maramures. You will witness the village way of life, the style of the houses and may see horse-drawn carts.
- Check in for a three-night stay at a family-run, rural guesthouse in the Maramures.
Day 3: Saturday, Dec 24, 2022
Prison Museum, Local Market, the Merry Cemetery of Sapanta and door-to-door Caroling (2 hr drive)
- We travel to Sighet, a nearby town known for its large Jewish community that lived there in past centuries and the location of one of the largest communist prisons. Visiting the prison, now an interesting museum, we'll learn about the communist times and how they impacted the culture of Romania.
- We will walk through the local market and see locals making some last minute purchases before Christmas.
- The next stop is the Merry Cemetery of Sapanta, with its crosses decorated in lively colors and featuring funny poems about the lives of the deceased.
- In the evening you will meet carolers wandering from house to house, some of them dressed in traditional clothes. Caroling is a charming custom, recently listed as part of Romania's UNESCO Intangible World Heritage.
- Return to guesthouse.
Day 4: Sunday, Dec 25, 2022
Experiencing the Magic of a Rural Christmas (2 hr drive)
- The first part of the day will be spent capturing the magical atmosphere of Christmas as villagers go to church for the Christmas Mass. For mass we will go to a monastic complex made of wood. Maramures is called “the land of wooden churches”. The churches are made entirely out of wood, using traditional building techniques and some are listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. We'll look for interesting compositions with the wooden churches, the villages, valleys and mountains hopefully covered in snow.
- Being very close to the border with Ukraine, on past trips we have walked across a bridge and spent a couple of hours in the small Ukranian town on the other side of the border. We will watch the world situation and decide at the time if this is an outing that we want to do. It's an opportunity to have one more stamp in your passport and see just a tiny bit of the country that we have all been watching on the news. Our guide, Daniel, will give us up-to-date guidance on this.
- Return to guesthouse.
Day 5: Monday, Dec 26, 2022
Steam Train and a Village's Traditions (2 hr drive)
- Today you will take part in one of the highlights of the trip, namely shooting the only narrow-gauge steam train in Europe which is still functional today, Mocanita. The train passes through a spectacular landscape of mountains and valleys and with the winter snow adding a touch of magic, you will be sure to get beautiful photos.
- On the way back, we'll stop in a village to see people coming out of church. On this day, there will be the highest number of people dressed in traditional clothes, a lot of the men wearing thick white wool jackets and sheepskin hats.
- A break in the afternoon and a class with Dan.
- Last evening in this guesthouse.
Christmas Festival in Sight-Marmatiei (5 hr drive)
- Each year in the nearby town of Sighetu-Marmatiei the local customs come to life as part of a festival, which you will attend. People from villages all around Maramures gather to display their unique Christmas traditions, by way of caroling, dancing and putting on interesting performances. There will be lots of opportunities to shoot people. Daniel will have excellent suggestions on how to be in the right place for the best photos.
- We will leave the Maramures behind and head to the Bucovina region.
- Accommodation in Bucovina.
Day 7: Wednesday, Dec 28, 2022
Painted Monasteries and a Steam Train (2 hr drive)
- You can start the day with a sunrise shoot from the hotel's balcony overlooking the town in the valley and the mountains.
- Next, we'll explore the Painted Monasteries for which Bucovina is so famous. Most of them date from the 15th and 16th centuries and are majestic examples of Byzantine art. You will visit two of the most famous ones, also UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Moldovita Monastery and Sucevita Monastery. Not only will you be able to capture the impressive architecture and colorful exterior frescoes of the churches, but also their locations in a beautiful natural settings.
- Later in the day you will have a shoot of Mocanita Hutulca, another of Romania’s steam trains. As the train travels through villages, forests and by the river, you can capture it in motion.
- Accommodation in Bucovina
Day 8: Thursday, Dec 29, 2022
Voronet Monastery and Travel Through Moldova (3 1/2 hrs drive)
- A visit to Bucovina’s most famous Painted Monasteries, Voronet Monastery, known for its unique shade of blue. Worth-admiring are also the stunning paintings, which gave the monastery the nickname of “the Sistine Chapel of the East”.
- We will then travel through the region of Moldova so the next day we can be in position to attend one of the most fascinating winter festivals in Romania.
- In late afternoon we will have another class with Dan.
- Accommodation in Bacau/Darmanesti.
Day 9: Friday, Dec 30, 2022
Dance of the Bear (4 hrs drive)
- Every year on this day, groups which perform various winter holidays rituals gather at this lively popular festival. You will be able to witness and photograph people bringing to life customs from all across the country, including the impressive “dance of the Bear." During the bear dance both men and women, young and old, put on bear skins, dance and stroll through the town in a surreal display of color and liveliness. You will have abundant opportunities for taking unique shots and learning about this very special custom.
- In the afternoon we will travel to Brasov over a mountain pass and look for interesting landscapes and photo stops.
- Accommodation in Brasov.
Day 10: Saturday, Dec 31, 2022
Bran Castle and New Years' Eve in Brasov (2 1/2 drive)
- What a better way to end the year than by visiting the famous Bran Castle, known for its association with Dracula. You will now have the chance to learn its true story and uncover its mysteries. Due to its location, perched on top of rocks and surrounded by the forest, you will also photograph the imposing medieval monument from a distance for a stunning winter opportunity.
- Later in the day you will have the opportunity to capture the picturesque natural landscape in the vicinity of Bran and Brasov, an area with many traditional houses scattered around the hills and country roads bordered by wooden fences.
- Evening will bring more shooting to capture the beautiful architecture in the city of Brasov and to explore the Christmas market with its festive atmosphere.
- We will gather with thousands of people in the main square and count down to the New Year, welcoming 2023 with live concerts and fireworks.
- Accommodation in Brasov.
Day 11: Sunday, Jan 1, 2023
Traditional Transylvanian Village and Time for Photo Editing (2 1/2 hr drive)
- On the first day of the new year we will travel through the countryside to a traditional 800 years old Transylvanian village. We will wander through the streets, admire its colored houses and visit its UNESCO World heritage site fortified church.
- Accommodation in Brasov.
Day 12: Monday, Jan 2, 2023
Landscape near Sinaia and Return to Bucharest (3 hr drive)
- We will return to Bucharest. On the way we may stop for landscape shots of the Carpathian Mountains and to photograph one of the most beautiful castles in Romania, located in the town of Sinaia.
- In Bucharest, you will have some time to explore the city in the afternoon and having a final celebration dinner with the group.
- Accommodation in Bucharest.
Day 13: Tuesday, Jan 3, 2023
Bucharest and Time to go Home
- You will be transferred from your hotel to the airport in Bucharest. Time for your flight home. What a great beginning for the year!
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Dec 22, 2022-Jan 3, 2023 — Winter photo workshop to rural Romania and Transylvania with Dan Burkholder. Explore the charming villages as they celebrate a traditional Christmas and New Year's. The full cost of the trip is $4850. Balance is due Nov 18, 2022.

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Razali, Azziddin Mohamad (2013) Analysis, design and control of grid connected three phase pulse width modulated AC-DC converter. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
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The increasing penetration of line-commutated power diode and thyristor rectifiers into the grid power system is becoming a problem in transmission and distribution lines due the harmonic and reactive currents they inject to the grid system. Therefore, three-phase pulse width modulation (PWM) ac-dc converters are becoming more and more attractive for replacing the line-commutated rectifiers in the utility-interface applications. With a proper control technique, the PWM ac-dc converter is able to reduce the harmonics in the line currents. This leads to the achievement of almost sinusoidal input currents and provides controllable de-link output voltage, unity power factor operation and regeneration capability. These features are not necessarily achieved under non-ideal operating conditions such as unbalanced, distorted and disturbed grid supply. -- This thesis investigates a virtual flux control for reducing the number of sensors in the direct power control (DPC) and the voltage oriented control (VOC) of a three phase PWM ac-dc converter. The use of input ac voltage sensors to measure the grid voltage for synchronization and estimation of input instantaneous active and reactive powers is avoided by applying a virtual flux concept in the new proposed control schemes. The virtual flux control technique is used to extract the grid voltage information from the converter switching states, de output voltage and line currents. -- A virtual flux direct power control (VFDPC) utilizing an improved virtual flux estimator and a newly designed switching look-up table, is proposed in this thesis. The switching look-up table is developed based on the instantaneous power derivative method which relies on the sign and magnitude of the change in instantaneous active and reactive powers. In this way, the switching table is able to choose the best converter voltage vector in order to ensure smooth control of active and reactive powers. -- Furthermore, a new virtual flux oriented control (VFOC) technique is proposed so that the ac-dc converter operates with a fixed switching frequency. The VFOC control structure is developed by using a newly derived mathematical model of the three phase ac-dc converter incorporating the estimated virtual flux components. Subsequently, the proposed VFOC is able to include the decoupling network and feed-forward control components to enhance the converter performance during the grid and load disturbances. -- It has been confirmed through simulation and experiment that the proposed VFDPC and VFOC are able to produce three phase sinusoidal input currents with low total harmonic distortion, near unity power factor and adjustable de-link output voltage under balanced and non-ideal conditions of the input voltage supply.
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|Library of Congress Subject Heading:||Interconnected electric utility systems--Automation; Electric current converters--Design and construction; Pulse-duration modulation.|
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Our Cape Town flights begin on Signal Hill and end at the Sea Point Promenade. Few days of the year the wind allows for flights to launch from Lions’ Head and land between Camps Bay and Clifton 4th Beach. Signal Hill and Lion’s Head form part of the Table Mountain National Park and are known for spectacular views over the city and ocean.
On the day of your flight, our pilots will meet you at the Signal Hill car park. After launching you can sit back and relax in your harness while you soak up the view of beautiful Cape Town. An adrenaline rush will kick in when you spiral down to landing. In-flight videos and photos are available for you to reminisce your paragliding adventure.


HWA have confirmed that McLaren F1 driver Stoffel Vandoorne will be joining the team for the fifth season of Formula E.
The news came ahead of the official Formula E pre-season testing. Vandoorne will complete the opening day of running at Circuit Ricardo Tormo. He will then travel to Austin to compete in the US Grand Prix.
Vandoorne will partner 2018 DTM Drivers’ champion Gary Paffett. The switch will give him another chance to prove himself after 2 poor seasons in Formula 1 with McLaren.
Vandoorne said “It won’t be easy. My objective is, therefore, to become competitive in the series as soon as possible and to make a good impression.”
Super excited to join HWA in Formula E and start this new challenge together! And it’s straight to business! Testing starts tomorrow here in Valencia! pic.twitter.com/NE3U7Hzmm5
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We arrived at Kibbutz Yizrael at about 4:30 am local time after about 27 hours of traveling. Tired but exited about the coming events. After a breakfast and brief orientation, we travelled by van to the dig site where we helped prepare the dig site by clearing brush and erecting sun shades. Afterwards we toured some of the discoveries from earlier digs. One of the most fascinating was a winepress located atop a hill in the fertile Jezreel Valley. Its central location allowed easy import of grapes from adjacent fields and facilitated quick transfer of the finished product to nearby housing complexes. The press is similar to the one Naboth the would have used in 1 Kings 21. Workers placed grapes into a large square recess and then stomped them to pulp; allowing gravity to carry the juices to a fermentation tank further down the hill where it stayed until bottling. Afterwards, the remaining grape mush was mixed with water and fermented to make cheaper lower quality wine.
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JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli warplanes struck Syrian army positions overnight, just hours after a bomb on the occupied Golan Heights wounded four of its soldiers, the military said on Wednesday.
The overnight bombing raids came after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Israel would act "forcefully" to defend itself following the Golan attack, which left one soldier severely wounded.
"The IDF targeted several Syrian army positions which aided and abetted the attack against IDF personnel yesterday," a military statement said, with a spokeswoman confirming the air force had staged bombing raids on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights plateau.
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Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Lambert Wilson, Maya Sansa, Laurie Bordesoules, Camille Japy, Annie Mercier, Ged Marlon, Stephane Wojtowicz.
Director: Philippe Le Guay
If you ever had really, really high opinions of actors prepare to shed them while you watch Lambert Wilson and Fabrice Luchini vie to be top dog (chien?) in this pleasant comedy of friendship, embarrassment and betrayal. And if you know your Moliere backwards, there’s the added enjoyment of watching the leads act their way through large chunks of ‘The Misanthrope’.
Writer-director Philippe Le Guay created his screenplay from an original idea from Luchini who, playing an actor who quit his profession at the peak of his acting career (if only more real-life thespians would follow suit!), now lives hermit-style, on a small island off the Atlantic coast of France.
Enter Lambert, currently a major small screen star as TV’s ‘Doctor Morange’ (the short excerpt we see during the film is witty, cruel and every bit as convincing as most real small screen medical series), tracks down his former friend to see if he can be persuaded to join him on stage in Moliere’s ‘The Misanthrope’.
Cue scene after scene of him failing to agree to the project, cue amusing and well acted sequence of the rival pair rehearsing the show and, most pungently, taking cruel and bitterly envious swipes against each other…
The leads’ compelling performances carry the essentially slim show while Le Guay callously sends up rival thespians, giving the best (and most viciously apt line) to Luchini when he sums up the theatre as “a dirty business with vulgar people”.
Ah, well, that’s Show Business!
(And who says the movies don’t teach you anything? I now know the French have no native word for ‘vasectomy’ and repeat the English word with a Gallic accent.)
France 2013. UK Distributor: Curzon Film World/Artificial Eye. Colour by Eclair.
105 minutes. Not widescreen. UK certificate: 15.
Guidance ratings (out of 3): Sex/nudity 1, Violence/Horror 0, Drugs 0, Swearing 2.
Review date: 05 Jul 2014


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Microsoft’s Halo franchise development director Frank O’Connor sat last week on a panel at the Future of Television East conference last week. It was there that he sat down with some folks who work with Harold Goldberg of NY Videogame Critics Circle and spoke of the future of a Halo movie. Why hasn’t a Halo movie been produced yet, Goldberg asked? O’Connor said: “It was the lawyers, … When they went behind closed doors with the contracts, things fell apart.” O’Connor noted that the fact that Microsoft owns all rights to Halo was the breaking point, as that meant that “The problem was that the movie company couldn’t make any money beyond the movie.” But what about the future? Does O’Connor have confidence in the future of a world with more Halo? Yes. “There will be a Halo movie.”
O’Connor is a person who has the utmost confidence in the Halo series and knows exactly what it’s worth to whoever wants to work with it. To a high level network executive that approached him after his panel at this conference that said to him “We want to do something with Halo,” he simply replied “Bring piles of money.” To that the executive rightly said “for Halo, we will.”
Good news? At least good vibes for those who still want the movie, stuck for a while now here in pre pre pre production heck. O’Connor said that once they’ve gotten past the lawyers, Microsoft would be happy to allow any great director put their own vision to work on a Halo movie, “If Danny Boyle wants to make a Danny Boyle-style movie, that’s great. Let Danny Boyle be Danny Boyle. We would not constrain a director.” That’s what I like to hear.
He noted that there’d be a possibility of a Halo project working on a HBO or Showtime network, “We’d love to see Halo as a television series. Look what HBO did with Band of Brothers or even Rome. Something like that would work because the Halo universe is so vast.”
But most importantly, he wants to speak to your mom, “There will be a Halo movie. We don’t need a movie. But we’d like a movie. We’d like the moms of gamers to see the movies because they would love our characters. Maybe we’ll even fund it ourselves.”
Now just to keep you pumped up, lets look at this fan-made movie trailer made by fans for fans (NOT by Microsoft), and let your brain run wild with the possibilities once a project like this gets greenlit:


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Public reporting of hospital quality of care could improve the care patients receive through at least two pathways. First, patients (or their physicians) could send patients to higher quality hospitals (i.e., the selection pathway). Alternatively, hospitals themselves could have behavioral responses to the metrics and may improve quality of care in response to public reporting (the change pathway). A key question is, how well does public reporting of quality of care actually improve outcomes.
This is the question that a recent Health Affairs paper by Bayindir and Schreyögg (2023) aim to answer. The authors begin with a nice summary of the disappointing results to date of hospital value-based purchasing in the US:
Quality of care of German hospitals public reporting has led to modest improvements in health outcomes at best, (Ryan et al. 2012) and improvement has been very slow. (Levine et al. 2016, Chassin 2013) In addition, different payment models have not been effective in achieving quality improvements.(Papanicolas et al. 2017, Frakt et al. 2018) The Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program, which adjusts Medicare payments to hospitals according to the quality of care provided by the hospitals, has not led to meaningful quality improvements and has negatively affected safety-net hospitals.(Hong et al. 2020, Carroll et al. 2021) Furthermore, among the fifty-four models launched by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation since its inception in 2010 with the aim of reducing costs while preserving or improving the quality of care, the vast majority have led to neither cost savings nor improvements in quality.(Smith 2021) The ineffectiveness of the implemented policies has prompted criticism of the limitations of measure-focused approaches in achieving quality improvement.(McWilliams 2020)
In Germany, the vast majority of individuals (88%) are covered by statutory health insurance–which is financed independent statutory health insurance funds–whereas only 9% is privately insured. The system is finances through an income tax. All employed people earning less than a set threshold (i.e., the opt-out threshold), individuals receiving welfare benefits, and pensioners have mandatory statutory health insurance. Dependents are insured free of charge. High income and self-employed people can choose between statutory health insurance and private health insurance. Most relevant to this paper is that Since 2004, all German acute care hospitals have been obliged to report structural, process, and outcome indicators as part of a national quality monitoring program [see Pross et al. (2017)] for more details). German hospitals are reimbursed on a per-admission basis using diagnosis-related groups (DRGs), similar to the U.S.
Using 2012-2019 quality reporting data from the Federal Joint Committee (Gemeinsamer Bundesausschuss, G-BA) and staffing information from the Federal Statistical Office of Germany (Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder), the authors examined whether a hospital’s change in quality categories from one year to the next was associated with the hospital’s baseline quality category. This approach aims to test if quality metrics work through the “change pathway”. The authors also perform a difference-in-differences approach hypothesizing that hospitals in monopoly or oligopoly markets would be less responsive to low quality measures than hospitals in more competitive markets.
Using this approach, the authors find that:
On average, significant shares of hospitals of low and high quality moved to the average quality category for all indicators we considered. However, in general, low-performing hospitals were more likely than high-performing hospitals to become average quality. This supports the hypothesis that low-quality hospitals are more likely to engage in quality benchmarking, whereas for high-quality hospitals, preserving reputation and altruistic motives are also important. Becoming understaffed as a result of an increase in patient demand did not explain the decline in the quality of high-performing hospitals…We examined whether quality improvement was associated with an increase in patient volume and did not find a significant association
While the results do seem to show that quality metrics can be used to improve quality at hospitals, some of this phenomenon could just be regression to the mean. Nevertheless, it would be interesting to learn more about why quality metrics seems to have a larger impact in Germany than in the US. The authors claim that “intrinsic motivation” may play a large part in this as the German quality measures are not linked to value-based reimbursement, whereas in the US there is this linkage. Some could interpret this results as showing that quality measures do work; others that value-based payment does not work, but quality reporting is helpful. Regardless, more research is needed.
- Bayindir EE, Schreyögg J. Public Reporting Of Hospital Quality Measures Has Not Led To Overall Quality Improvement: Evidence From Germany. Health Affairs. 2023 Apr 1;42(4):566-74.
- Ryan AM, Nallamothu BK, Dimick JB. Medicare’s public reporting initiative on hospital quality had modest or no impact on mortality from three key conditions. Health Aff (Millwood). 2012;31(3):585–92. Go to the article, Google Scholar
- Levine DM, Linder JA, Landon BE. The quality of outpatient care delivered to adults in the United States, 2002 to 2013. JAMA Intern Med. 2016;176(12):1778–90. Crossref, Medline, Google Scholar
- Chassin MR. Improving the quality of health care: what’s taking so long? Health Aff (Millwood). 2013;32(10):1761–5. Go to the article, Google Scholar
- Papanicolas I, Figueroa JF, Orav EJ, Jha AK. Patient hospital experience improved modestly, but no evidence Medicare incentives promoted meaningful gains. Health Aff (Millwood). 2017;36(1):133–40. Go to the article, Google Scholar
- Frakt AB, Jha AK. Face the facts: we need to change the way we do pay for performance. Ann Intern Med. 2018;168(4):291–2. Crossref, Medline, Google Scholar
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- Carroll NW, Clement JP. Hospital performance in the first 6 years of Medicare’s value-based purchasing program. Med Care Res Rev. 2021;78(5):598–606. Crossref, Medline, Google Scholar
- Smith B. CMS Innovation Center at 10 years—progress and lessons learned. N Engl J Med. 2021;384(8):759–64. Crossref, Medline, Google Scholar
- McWilliams JM. Professionalism revealed: rethinking quality improvement in the wake of a pandemic. NEJM Catalyst [serial on the Internet]. 2020 Aug 19 [cited 2023 Feb 6]. Available from: https://catalyst.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/CAT.20.0226 Google Scholar

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The brain contains white matter, grey matter and black matter. “White matter is composed of bundles of myelinated nerve cell processes (or axons), which connect various grey matter areas (the locations of nerve cell bodies) of the brain to each other, and carry nerve impulses between neurons(ref).” “A 20 year-old male has around 176,000 km of myelinated axons in his brain.” Stretched end-to-end, that would be enough to go around the world more than four times.
Health of white matter in older people seems to be a strong predictor of general functionality and probability of death. A few weeks ago, a report appeared on a “3 year follow-up study of 639 non-disabled older patients (mean age 74.1 (SD 5.0), 45.1% men) in whom brain magnetic resonance imaging showed mild, moderate, or severe age related changes in white matter.” –“The annual rate of transition or death was 10.5%, 15.1%, and 29.5%, respectively, for patients with mild, moderate, or severe age related changes in white matter.” The conclusion of the study was “The three year results of the LADIS study suggest that in older adults who seek medical attention for non-disabling complaints, severe age related changes in white matter independently and strongly predict rapid global functional decline.(ref)”
The relationship between age-related white matter change and serious health problems is multi-faceted. For example, age-related white matter changes stroke death(ref) and such changes negatively affect cognitive functioning(ref).
From an anti-aging viewpoint the three critical questions appear to be 1. What are the typical age-related changes in the white matter? 2. What causes the changes? and 3. What can be done to avert the changes?
As to the first question, one answer is “– the appearance, starting around age 60, of “white-matter lesions” among the brain’s message-carrying axons — significantly affect cognitive function in old age. White-matter lesions are small bright patches that show up on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain(ref). The technical term for the change is Leukoaraiosis, involving “changes in the cerebral white matter that can be detected with high frequency by CT and MRI in aged individuals. It is a descriptive term for rarefaction of the white matter. It is also commonly referred to as white matter hyperintensities (WMH) due to its bright white appearance on T2 MRI scans(ref).” Myelin degeneration appears to be another cause of age-related white matter changes(ref). There appears to be a correlation between Leukoaraiosis and small vessel disease.
As to the second question, what exactly causes the white matter changes is only now being established. An earlier hypothysis is that leukoaraiosis may be associated with decreaserd cortical oxygen metabolism(ref). “The result is consistent with the view that primary cortical hypoperfusion (decreased blood flow) plays a role, at least in part, as a pathogenesis of impaired cortical metabolism in hypertensive patients with extensive deep white matter lesions.” That view is also supported by this study. Whatever the basic cause of leukoaraiosis may be, those who have it seem to have decreased regional cerebral blood volume and, most likely, circulation. One research report colorfully states about the cereberal vascular system “Adding to the difficulties, tortuosities develop in some of these vessels with aging. According to some calculations, hypertensive levels of blood pressure would be required to maintain irrigation through some of these vessels.” Also, it appears that “Vascular dementia in leukoaraiosis may be a consequence of capillary loss not only in the lesions, but in normal-appearing white matter and cortex as well.”
Another earlier hypothysis links the white matter lesions with apoptosis(ref). “Nonetheless, because the number of oligodendroglia within the area of leukoaraiosis is greatly depleted, the percentage of cells caught in the act of apoptosis is actually quite high(ref).” A 2009 report links the vascular-defect hypothysis with the apoptosis hypothysis giving a more complete picture. “We explain the vascular changes in LA (leukoaraiosis) as follows. LA induces apoptosis with loss of oligodendrocytes. Capillaries and neuropil are lost. Increased oxygen extraction from the blood in the deep white matter in LA implies that there are too many cells for the remaining capillaries. Thus, the capillaries appear to die first(ref).” Oligodendrocytes play a central role in the white matter. They are a kind of neuroglia cells that provide insulation of and protection for the axons. Oliodendrocytes play a role in the central nervous system similar the role that Schwann cells play in the peripheral nervous system, a topic I discussed in the previous post on Nerve regeneration.
Without going on further about the causes of leukoaraiosis, let me turn to the third question: what can be done to prevent or mimize it? Looking at the causes of this condition it seems that what would help includes:
· Insuring good circulation to the brain. This implies maintaining a healthy vascular system. For practical steps, have a look at my Susceptibility to cardiovascular disease firewall.
· Maintaining healthy oliodendrocytes. This implies continuing regeneration of oliodendrocytes: assuring differentiation of oliodendrocyte progenitor/precursor cells – a partially diffferentiated type of adult stem cell. For a practical approach have a look at the firewall for the Decline in Adult Stem Cell Differentiation theory of aging.
· Maintaining a balanced pattern of oligodendroglial apoptosis. A number of research studies suggest that the effects of TNF-alpha and inflammation often play key roles in initiating unwanted oligodendroglial apoptosis(ref)(ref). “These results demonstrate that aberrant local TNF/p55TNF receptor signaling in the central nervous system can have a potentially major role in the aetiopathogenesis of MS demyelination, particularly in MS subtypes in which oligodendrocyte death is a primary pathological feature, and provide new models for studying the basic mechanisms underlying oligodendrocyte and myelin loss(ref).” Again, practical measures are suggested in the firewall for the Chronic or Excess Inflammation theory of aging. Also inflammatory gene-activation associated with TNF-alpha activation can be inhibited by inhibiting the expression of NF-kappaB, an effect of 36 substances in the combined anti-aging firewall. This topic is discussed as part of the firewall for the Programmed Epigenomic Changes theory of aging.
The bottom line is that the combined anti-aging firewall program should provide protection for the heath of white brain matter in aging individuals. How much protection I cannot say, but it may well be a lot.

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The year 2020 will never leave our collective memory.
In southwest Louisiana, COVID-19, Hurricane Laura, and Hurricane Delta have impacted every aspect of our individual and community lives.
Rebuilding and recovery are going to be the norm for the foreseeable future.
Our business owners and employees are facing professional and personal issues which are forcing them to adapt to a new normal.
At the same time all of us are wondering what is next?
Getting comfortable with the uncomfortable may help in managing the second-to-second, day-to-day, week-to-week, month-to-month ups and downs which are already associated with daily life. Such a mind-set is even more useful since we are contending with amped up problems and issues associated with COVID-19 and post-hurricane life.
While getting comfortable with the uncomfortable, it is beneficial to also think about the opportunities in our present business sector and in the future.
Several weeks ago, Dr. Loren Scott provided his annual insights regarding Louisiana’s economy. Scott’s 39th Louisiana Economic Outlook for 2021-2022 gets to the point in describing the moment, “Without question the crystal ball has never been foggier.”
Yet his initial assumptions about the future of the state’s economy are based on some educated insights.
“Our forecast for 2021-2022 is undergirded by the assumptions that (1) the national economy will recover about 72 percent of the losses in 2020 and will achieve 100 percent recovery sometime in 2022; (2) inflation and interest rates will remain low to aid the economy’s rebound; (3) oil prices will increase from $40 per barrel this year to $48 in 2022 (a most uncertain forecast); (4) natural gas prices will rise from $1.60 per MMBTU this year to $3.10 by 2022.”
What is his conclusion about the state’s economy based on the latter thoughts?
“Louisiana as a whole will leave 2020 with 105,400 fewer jobs than pre-COVID after suffering a devastating hit in 2020-H1 then recovering about 72 percent of those lost jobs in 2020-H2. By the end of 2022, the state will have recovered about 90 percent of those jobs. Summing up across all the regions…we project the state will recover 72,600 jobs in 2021 (plus 3.0 percent) and another 21,500 jobs in 2022 (plus 1.1 percent). This will leave Louisiana about 11,300 jobs short of recovering all jobs lost from COVID-19,” the report states.
For the Calcasieu/Cameron Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), Scott’s insights are encouraging. He notes the economic assets that are already here and others that are on the horizon.
“The Lake Charles MSA contains the state’s largest casino market and one of its largest industrial construction markets, both heavily impacted by COVID-19. The result is Lake Charles lost 7,000 jobs in 2020, the second worst hi (-6.1 percent) in the state. The good news is this MSA has $13 billion in LNG projects underway and potentially $58 billion in the wings. Lake Charles is expected to add 5,000 jobs (plus 4.7 percent) in 2021 and another 2,100 jobs (plus 1.9 percent) in 2022, fully recovering all the COVID-related jobs lost.”
Impacts of the hurricanes are still being researched. How the hurricane and COVID-19 recovery occur is going to be based on good planning in the public and private sector.
Scott’s projections are what the economy can be when health threats are negated and market factors start to resemble what observers are used to.
For our local business owners, who are trying to determine what to do now, the Alliance/Chamber first wants you to know support is available at the SEED Center located at 4310 Ryan St. in Lake Charles.
Our agency wants to thank businesses and people who have not given up, but continue working to survive in unprecedented times.
There are no guarantees, but if there is something we all can agree on, it is that small business owners are the backbone of the economy. As they go, the economy goes.
Easy answers are going to be hard to come by in the coming days. The fabric of our community is based on people who are tough, solid in character, and flexible. We know how to see a problem and work it to finality.
Our moment is stressful, but our economic future can be bright. Let us remember our past wins and use those to propel the community to a stronger, resilient and prosperous future.