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Momma Kim wrote:K well after my realisation that the roosters are taken to die i am moving closer and closer to going vegan and made this scrummy bolognaise on friday night. It is basic but im not sure of your level of cooking ability so ill try and be detailed.
Got some fry's mince (could prob use any tvp though) for the base.
So i shall begin:
dice onion and mushrooms and saute (trick to make onions scrummy is to do em over med-low heat so they go clear and sweet not black and yuk) and add garlic when onion and mushies almost tender. if you add earlier it may burn. Saute untill garlic is stiking up a storm then put in you slightly defrosted mince and chuck around med-high frying pan with the other stuff untill it too is tender. then add 2 table spoons tom paste (optional just increases tomato flavour) and a can of chopped tomatoes. Then add the gravy packet with a bit of water (say quart to half a cup) and stir till thickened. at this stage you could add marmite to boost vitamin content. season well with oregano, salt, pepper and i used some sweet basil. You could also add more mushies and red wine for a richer meal. Serve on some spaghetti (make sure you put a little oil in when cooking so it not sticky).
Im sure it will make you smile. You can always add corgettes, capsicum etc too to beef it up.
Sasquatch wrote:Get those TVP "nuggets" (dried ones, that or tofu will do...) from an asian/vege supermarket, marinate in your favourite marinade, fry then add to a salad comprising of:
soaked vermicelli rice noodles (cold),
cucumber, radish and mango and carrot; works best if sliced pretty thinly a la julliene.
Dress with a squeeze of lime/lemon juice and a dash of peanut oil. Shit is off the chain, the noodles soak up the dressing and juices from the TVP nuggets and the veges are typically "cool" veges. Had heaps of noodle salads like this in Asia, add a crisp lager and they're fucking perfect for cooling off in the heat...
Any Day Now wrote:Hummus and Kumara Patties
1 onion diced
2 1/2 tsp minced ginger
1 1/2 tsp ground cumin
1 can chickpeas
200 g pot of hummus
1 large mashed kumara
3 tbsp chopped coriander
Pan fry onion and ginger until soft. Stir in cumin, cook for 1 minute. In a processor, process the chickpeas until roughly chopped. Turn into bowl with hummus. Add kumara, coriander and onion. Mix well, shape into burgers and refridgerate 1 hour before cooking.
Lentil Patties
1 c rice
2 c lentils
1 c breadcrumbs
1/2 c pumkin seeds
1/2 c linseeds
1/2 c tomato paste
1 tsp ground chilli
3 tsp rubbed coriander
2 heaped tblsp minced garlic
Put rice and lentils in a big pot with 5 c water and cook until all water is absorbed. once cooked, add everything else and mix well. Mould into patties and fry/bake.
Eggplant Fritters
1 medium sized eggplant
100g chickpea flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp white pepper
10 black peppercorns (ground)
4 small red dried chillis (ground)
water to mix
Slice eggplant thinly. add seasonings to flour then add enough cold water to make a smooth coating batter. Coat eggplant slices thinly with batter and drop into a pan of hot oil, fry until golden on both sides. remove and drain.
Any Day Now wrote:Mediterranean One Crust Pie
This is my familys favourite. kinda complicated, but seriously good. from "vegan cooking" by Nicola Graimes
1 large eggplant cubed
1 red pepper deseeded and sliced
2 tbsp oil
1 large onion diced
1 courgette sliced
2 cloves garlic crushed
1 tbsp fresh oregano (or dried if you dont have fresh)
1 can kidney beans (drained and rinsed)
1 c pitted black olives
2/3 cup tomato paste
2 tbsp semolina
a little rice milk
salt and pepper
for the pastry
2/3 c plain flour
2/3 c wholemeal flour
6 tbsp vegan marge
preheat oven to 180. to make pastry rub flours and marg together in a bowl until you have a mixture that resembles breadcrumbs. Slowly add cold water and mix until you have a dough. Turn onto floured workspace and knead until smooth and elastic. Wrap in gladwrap and chill for 30 mins.
Place the eggplant in a colander and salt, leaving for 15-30 minutes. Rinse and pat dry. Heat oil in large frying pan. fry onions for 5 min until softened. Add eggplant and fry for 5 mins until tender. Add courgette, garlic and oregano and cook for a further 5 mins, stirring constantly. Add kidney beans and olives and stir, then add tomato paste and pepper. Cook until heated through. Set aside to cool.
Roll out pastry onto a floured board and form a rough circle 30cm round. place on oiled baking sheet. sprinkle over semolina, and spoon filling into centre. Gather up edges of the pastry around the filling and leave open in the middle. brush with soya milk and bake for 30-35 mins until golden.


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Dream Life: An Interview With Julie DelpyPosted by: Dan Heaton
Julie Delpy has starred in acclaimed independent and European films and worked with numerous renowned directors. She is best known for her work in Richard Linklater's Before Sunrise, Krzysztof Kieslowski's "Trois Couleurs" movies, and Jean-Luc Godard's Detective and King Lear. She's most recognizable to American audiences by her roles in Killing Zoe and An American Werewolf in Paris. She recently reprised her character from Before Sunrise in a brief scene with Ethan Hawke in Waking Life, Linklater's beautifully animated and complex 2001 film. digitallyOBSESSED! recently talked with Julie about Waking Life, her recent roles, directing a film, and the continual downward spiral of Hollywood cinema.
dOc: Let's start with Waking Life. How did you initially become involved in the project?
dOc: You've worked in the past with so many incredible directors. Who are some directors you've love to work with and haven't yet?
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Wearing a suit isn't just about putting it on, adding some accessories and away you go. There are actually several rules you should follow to ensure you nail your suit look every time, however many gentlemen are not aware of what these rules are.
Being specialists in suits and tailoring, Hemingway have put together 20 rules on wearing a suit that all gentlemen should know from rules on your tie and even your socks…
If the last button is fastened, this can cause the waistcoat or jacket to pull to one side and cause wrinkling and bulging which isn't a great look, so make sure you leave the last button open at all times.
Contrary to the first rule, the button at the top of the shirt should never be open. At the same time, ensure that you're not choking when you fasten it and if you are, then your shirt isn't the right fit or style.
If your suit is dark, make sure your pocket square is a fairly light colour and vice versa. Also, remember that your pocket square acts as a focal accessory to your look so never wear the same coloured pocket square as your suit.
You may think you've found the perfect suit, but ask yourself this - do the shoulders of the suit hug your shoulders or are they bunched up looking like you've got shoulder pads? It's all about getting the fit right and one thing that will determine whether the suit is right for you rests on the shoulders.
By this, we mean make sure that your trousers aren't too baggy and that they aren't too tight either. If the trousers don't fit right, people will notice instantly so make sure that there is just the right amount of room in your trousers.
As the saying goes, less is more and too many accessories is a bad look. Hemingway recommend a maximum of three accessories such as a nice watch, a pocket square and a tie bar and make sure that your accessories aren't too bright.
You may have got the perfect suit, but do your shoes match? With either a black or dark grey suit, you should only ever wear black shoes and with a brown suit, only wear brown shoes. With light grey or navy suits, either black or brown shoes will work best.
Yes, it is actually possible to get your socks wrong when wearing a suit. If you're attending a formal business meeting with clients, your socks should always cover your legs and should NEVER be white or brightly patterned.
Is your tie too short or too long? To determine whether your tie is the right length, it should just reach the waistband of your trousers or be slightly shorter. If it doesn't do either of these, then it isn't the right size and should be avoided.
The purpose of suspenders is to hoist up your trousers like a belt would, so the need to wear a belt as well as suspenders isn't necessary. Just like accessories, don't go overboard and wear both.
If this is the case, then you're wearing the wrong size shirt. Never turn your shirt cuffs up either if you're wearing a suit jacket, so shop around and find the right shirt that fits you well.
Just like pocket square colours and suit colours, the colour of your tie should be in contrast with your suit. This means if you're wearing a dark coloured suit, go for a lighter coloured tie and vice versa.
If you don't remove the stitching, this can lead to your jacket hanging strangely while you walk which is never a good look, so make sure you remove it once you get your suit home.
Think about if you wore trousers that were too long for your legs. This is the equivalent of wearing a tie bar that is wider than the tie, so make sure it isn't too wide.
Generally, thin lapels are more modern and wide lapels are more old-school so however wide your lapels are, make sure this matches the width of your tie for a clean cut look.
A chunky belt with a suit is a big no and drags your look down losing that whole formalness. Also, if it doesn't match the colour of your shoes, this can look a bit odd with too much colour going off.
For a more casual and modern look, opt for a single-button peak-lapel jacket. If you're going for more formal business attire however and really want to pull out all the stops, go for a double-button, notched lapel jacket.
To ensure your suit jacket is the right fit, you should be able to slip your hand between your chest and your jacket when buttoned up. It should feel snug but also with room to move and if there is a gap between your jacket's lapels and your shirt's collar, this shows that it doesn't fit properly.
If your tie knot is too big, it will look out of place. Anything too small however can fail to make a mark, so make sure you get it right with practice. The common tie knot is the windsor knot, so opt for this.
It may not sound pleasant, but if your sweat-glands get activated too easily you may want to consider wearing an undershirt. Opt for a deep neck undershirt so it cannot be seen under your dress shirt.


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Not all dog training tools were created equal
When people enter into a life with a dog whether it be a puppy, rescue or adopted they tend to pick which methods they choose to train their dog be it "force free", "purely positive", "positive only", "balanced" or "gentle".
There is a gross misconception out there that ALL behavior issues, behaviour modification or inhibition can be taught with any method you decide to choose or side with. This is untrue. It would be like asking a chef what cooking methods and utensils they will use to cook dinner and dessert. I'm sure they will say it depends on what you want cooked.
You wouldn't cook a cake in a toaster or ice cream in an oven. In dog training there is many behaviors you CAN train and modify using different methods but there is also plenty of behaviors that can only be trained using certain methods or tools.
Why am I telling you this? Because people tell me all the time their dog has brain damage, is dumb, doesn't listen, ignores them, untrainable, not focused and other trainers or vets have said it can't be done. It's just that you haven't used the correct method to modify behavior. Case in point, you cannot teach inhibition using positive reinforcement. This means if you want to teach your dog to NOT bite you CANNOT teach NOT to bite using positive reinforcement. All great dog trainers should not only teach the dog what TO DO but also teach what NOT TO DO.
There is 4 quadrants of operant conditioning in dog training. Those are Positive Reinforcement, Negative Reinforcement, Positive Punishment and Negative a Punishment.
If you choose to only use one of those quadrants but still struggling to cease behavior then seek out a canine behaviourist who can help.
- Paul
The "Fix-It" Bug
Something I hear a lot around the traps and with clients is about "fixing" dogs. A lot of this started with the very successful TV show The Dog Whisperer with Cesar Milan and other well known shows. For all the great things that show did identifying the owners part in the whole process and the importance of exercise for your pet, the show also had a negative impact on people's beliefs when it comes to their dog and their dogs issues.
The show staff, producers and alike had a great message. The message was more about growth, development, energy and body language and the impact that has on you and your dogs relationship and just how important exercise is, however the other message the show had was that Cesar Milan, just one guy had somewhat supernatural abilities, skill set and finely tuned knowledge that he could take any dog with any issues and transform the dog in moments from aggressive to calm-submissive or high anxiety to relaxed in only a matter of minutes.
It sounds great doesn't it? So great in fact that so many people and trainers bought into it, trainers popped up all over the place and clients had unrealistic expectations of what was capable with their dog because according to them all you need to do is cultivate your skills and your mind to a high enough level that you too could affect change to that level and magnitude.
The problem with this is dogs are not robots and do not work on a level where it doesn't matter what genetic make up, what baggage the dog comes with or what trauma the dog has had that they can be transformed into something completely different than what it is and it what it can be.
Dogs are very complex creatures and deserve far more credit than most people give them. What I've been seeing a lot lately is owners who have put unrealistic expectations and unrealistic pressure on themselves and their dogs.
Because of the TV show and good editing that so many of us have been infected with the "fix" belief when it simply is not always the case.
I'm far from comparing dogs to humans but it would be like saying that you with all your past experiences, attitudes, trauma, challenges and even your genetics could be perfect, issue-free without any ongoing baggage.
I'm not saying these dogs cannot be helped, of course they can but you can do all the training in the world, hire as many trainers as you like and visit as many training schools looking for the quick "fix" model but when it's all said and done your dog will still be themselves, they will still have their quirks, their personality, their tendencies. They can transform and come in leaps and bounds but they will still be themselves. They can be the very best they can be but will not be perfect or completely "fixed". This will take time and effort, not just one session. You may only need one/two sessions with a good trainer to see results but ultimately it's up to you to keep the training ongoing.
This is not the case with all dogs but some dogs especially if they have missed out on their critical period of development. They call it critical for a reason. This is not a negative or let down to hear this. It's simply a reality check and to really think about what your expectations are and ensuring they are healthy and realistic. Expectations that do not put extra pressure on you or your dog.
Your goal should not be to "fix" your dog but to rather make them a better version of themselves and to bring out the very best that you possibly can. If you feel you have done all you can then consult a trainer or behaviourist for further help to ensure you get the maximum benefit out of the training and give your dog maximum chance at making a comeback.
I've seen some amazing turn arounds in dogs and some will come further than others but it all comes back to what their limits are and what your skills are to help bring out the best in them.
Just like us, we are all different and all individual but we all strive to be the best that we can be. Dogs are no different.
Critical Period of Development
The Critical socialisation period in your dog starts at 3 weeks of age and ends around 16 weeks of age. We call this the critical period. Whoopty Do, But what does it all mean?
Well it's basically a developmental stage which the environment influences can have a profound and long-lasting effect upon later behaviour, physiology and emotional reactivity in your dog.
This is the time that your puppy must be exposed to a variety of stimuli to develop normal physiological, psychological and social capacities.
Learning during this time is far more permanent than any other time.
You're probably thinking, but I get my dog at 8 weeks so how am I supposed to socialise the puppy from 3 weeks? Well the answer is simple. Ask yourself "Where did you purchase your puppy from?" "Does your breeder really take into account this critical period of socialising", Ethical and reputable breeders WILL take into account this critical period and WILL socialise your new puppy usually in a home environment with other animals, noises, people and stimuli.
When you purchase your puppy from a backyard breeder, puppy factory or someone who is ignorant to breeding you run the risk of purchasing a dog with permanent behaviour problems for the rest of its life, some of which won't show until later in the dogs life.
This is why when buying a puppy, the breeder is actually very critical to the upbringing of your new dog.
As the dog gets older, the socialising becomes less effective. I'll give you an example. When you purchase your puppy at 8 weeks of age and you socialise with a few dogs, a few cats, a few tools and a few people, your puppy is likely to generalise and all dogs, all cats, all tools and all people should be fine.
If you start socialising your dog from 12months of age to dogs, cats, tools and people then the socialising will be more specific. For example your dog will be fine with your dog, fine with your cat and fine with all the people who visit on a regular basis BUT may still be reactive to other people, cats, dogs and tools that the dog has not been socialised with.
If you adopt a dog, how can you tell if their "fears" or lack of social capacities is due to lack of socialisation in the critical period or due to a negative experience the dog has had?
Well this is a general rule and there are always exceptions but basically the more general the fear, the more likely to be lack of socialisation. For example if your dog is afraid of cars, motorbikes, trucks, bikes, skateboards then it's likely your dog did not have sufficient socialising when he/she was younger.
If your dog is afraid of tall men only or afraid of just motorbikes then it's likely your dog experienced something negative to do with that stimulus. When I hear the term "my dog was abused because he/she is afraid of ALL men, it's usually a case of lack of socialising rather than abuse. Of course this all general but something to think about.
In closing it's far more critical to socialise your puppy from the get go. Do not wait for things to happen. Think about all the things your dog may be exposed to in his/her life and socialise now whilst you will have the maximum effect on the dogs learning.
Dogs Off Leash is a privilege
This may upset a few people but it needs to be said. Having a dog off leash is not a right. It's a privilege. It's a privilege you can give to the dog once you have trained and have effective control over them. If you do not have effective control and you've taken no measures to train them off leash then they need to stay attached for both their safety and the safety of others.
I'm not referring to off leash dog parks although my opinion on those is for another blog point.
I witnessed yesterday a poor young girl and her mother attend an on lead only kids playground. They hopped out of the car and were walking towards the playground when a large black Rottweiler and White Fluffy came barreling after them. These dogs were under no control and off lead within the confine of the playground. You can see by the attached photo that dogs need to be under both effective control and/or on lead when kids are present. There were kids present.
The fear this young girl had and her mother is something I'll never forget. I cannot imagine what was going through their mind. They were helpless.
I went to help them and just as I did the owner finally caught up with her black dog and dragged them away via the collar. She didn't even have a leash with her. She never had any intention to leash her dog in the park what so ever. She finally dragged the dog after 80m back to her car and fluffed around to find the lead and then tied her dog up around the drink fountain so no kids or other dogs had access to get a drink the entire time she was visiting the park. Meanwhile the dog was digging down to get access to the surrounding dogs near the grounds.
She said that everyone gives her a hard time but the dogs need to run. What dogs actually need is training and to be under effective control. We run classes for $15 every weekend, Work Shops for $49, 1:1 for $99 and our premium in home 1:1 services. There is a price to suit everyone and no excuse not to seek help and give your dog the amazing privilege to be free and off lead
These two girls will no longer visit the park and it's a real big shame that people don't take more responsibility with their dogs. It could have ended far worse than it did and it could have been easily avoided.
If you haven't got control leash your dog. If you don't it's disrespectful to families, other people and especially people who spend money and sacrifice things to have well trained dogs.
*Post script - She only put one dog on leash and let her other dog still run free even AFTER all this occurred.


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For most of us, being fit, healthy and happy is an important factor in our lives. But, as we age, getting a good night's sleep and keeping the weight off is harder than it once used to be. More often than not, this arduous task of staying healthy, refreshed and fit is blamed on our metabolism. Terms such as "fast metabolism" and "boost your metabolism" are common when we look for wellness solutions to sleep and weight loss. Luckily for us, we can "boost our metabolism" through a healthy diet, exercise and sauna use.
The next time you feel like complaining about having a slow or fast metabolism, remember that you have power to change it!
Steve Daffer has 31 years of experience in the wellness, spa and aesthetics industries, as the founder of Sybaritic, Inc. and Wellness-USA LLC. In 1989, he was the world's original inventor of multi-sensory wellness systems – called PODs today – and holds more than 110 U.S. and worldwide patents. The company and factory are located in Minnesota, focused on U.S. manufacturing of new wellness technologies.
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How to Make your Cooling System More Efficient this Summer
While you can't do anything about the heat outside, you can achieve lower air conditioning bills by preparing your cooling system and your home for hot weather. A well-maintained cooling system and a house that resists heat gain will put you on the fast track toward summer energy savings. Prioritize the Cooling System Getting your…Read More


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Following the bodacious success of OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood, and the launch of NOT A HERO, developer Roll7 is excited to announce the release of OlliOlli2's local multiplayer mode, Combo-Rush!
Combo-Rush is an immense new way to play OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood on PlayStation 4. With four new gnarly modes across ALL worlds and spots, this is a game-changing update that will let Skaters seriously duke it out to become the true King of Olliwood.
Roll7 Director and OlliOlli2 Producer, Tom Hegarty, is over-the-bloody-moon with Combo-Rush's release, "OlliOlli2 has always been about lauding it over your friends, now you can laud it over them in person, right up in their face… If I could come up with a decent skating pun, I would."
Players can battle it out over four unique Game Modes…
TIME: Rack up the beefiest score in a set time!
RACE: Clash against your mates in a quick race to the end!
ONE-SHOT: Think Daily Grind – but without the practice!
SCORE: Set the target score and pray you don't sloppy that massive combo.
Combo-Rush lets players use every new ramp, epic hill, grind, launch, Level and Spot to give players the ultimate choice in how they play.
All of this is wrapped up in a tournament format, Skaters select a tournament length then each round is scored until the winner is crowned.
And don't forget… If you're tied at the end of the tournament with your friend-soon-to-be-enemy, Skaters will then meet in 'Sudden Death' – a random One-Shot level to determine the winner… The skating stakes have never been higher!
OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood is currently available for £9.99/$14.99 on PlayStation 4.
Combo-Rush will be rolling out as a patch for all PS4 players today!


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Video surveillance is a new addition to the portfolio of security service providers. "This enables us to offer our customers a much wider range of services from a single source," says Hans Wetzlar: "Even the sight of a camera can deter potential perpetrators. The inhibition threshold increases. In our experience, this means less damage to property and less theft." And if 'someone dares', the course of events is completely documented.
While searching for a reliable video surveillance system, the security expert quickly came across Kruse Sicherheitstechnik in Salzkotten. The idea to develop mobile "video guards" arose from this cooperation.
The compact housing of the video monitor contains a great deal of technology: four high-resolution HD cameras are attached to the 6-metre-high trailer, which can record a range of up to 200 metres using motion detectors. "When it comes to technology, we rely on Dahua Technology's products and solutions - and with good reason. The heart of this control station is the DSS server, which receives all signals from the video trailers. The advantage over other providers is that Dahua Technology's licenses are provided free of charge - regardless of whether a 4-channel or a 64-channel recorder," says Tobias Vieth of Kruse Sicherheitstechnik.
Two different camera types are mounted on the trailers: Two wide-angle fixed cameras and two Dahua Starlight series PTZ cameras. They can zoom to certain objects. The Starlight series has very good night vision and a high-performance infrared illuminator - allowing people to be seen from up to 300 metres away.
"The feedback from our customers is consistently positive. Our video guard allows significantly better surveillance at the best price. With Dahua Technology at our side, we are well prepared for the future," says Hans Wetzlar.
Dahua Technology remains on a growth course in Germany, Austria and Switzerland with a comprehensive benefits programme for its specialist trade partners, offering reliable on-site support, permanent customer advisors, dedicated project support and technical support from Germany. These comprehensive services, according to the company have contributed to the fact that within a short period of time a three-digit number of specialist trade partners have decided to cooperate with Dahua Technology.


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With the help of Ontario Chiropractic Association (OCA), this issue discusses ways to help refocus your intensions on a happier healthier you.
Spring is the season of renewal, and that applies to more than just your garden. It's a perfect time to rediscover all that the great outdoors has to offer. There's something for everyone. Remember though, easy does it. If you've taken the winter off from exercise, it's easy to cause an injury when you get started again, whether you're gardening, spring-cleaning or playing tennis. So make sure you warm up and stretch before any activity, and don't try to do too much at once. Each new activity puts stresses and strains on your body, so ease into it.
There will be lots of beautiful days ahead to get everything done. Before jumping into any exercise routine, it's a good idea to consult a chiropractor or fitness professional about what's best for you and your body. Work with these experts to discuss your fitness goals and develop a balanced workout program. Let them know if you are training for a specific sport or if you have an old injury you could aggravate.
Talk about any dietary considerations to enhance your fitness, and what types of cross training (or varying activities) they would recommend.
Whether you want to lose weight, out-jog your neighbour or win gold at the Olympics, the following are the key elements of a well-balanced fitness program:
Talk to a fitness professional about which exercises will address your needs and, above all, are safe for you to do. A chiropractor may be able to guide you in selecting activities that will limit aggravation of old injuries. It's essential to always use the right techniques for any sport or fitness activity. Check with a trainer or health club staff for the recommended way to use weights and other equipment. What does fitness do for my back? Exercising regularly has great benefits for your body –including your back! Weight bearing activities such as hiking, brisk walking, stair climbing and dancing all strengthen your bones, and may help protect you against osteoporosis (a serious disease that results in deterioration of bone mass, especially in older people). If you have strong abdominal muscles, this too will benefit your back. An oversized waistline leads to weak muscles in your abdomen, which means your organs and lower spine are not being held correctly inside your body. This may lead to back pain. Exercise doesn't have to be vigorous to be beneficial. Even a little activity three times a week can go a long way to improving your overall health and well-being.
Dr. Shin graduated from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College in 2008 with a 4-year Doctor of Chiropractic degree. He earned his Bachelor of Science with Honours in the Life Sciences and Bachelor of Education degree from Queen's University in 2002 and 2003. He is currently in private practice at KIROMEDICA Health Centre a multidisciplinary clinic located in Toronto. Dr. Shin has been in private practice in the Toronto area since graduation and makes this his home.
His area of specialty focuses on spinal health along with physical medicine & rehabilitation.


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FAQs for Lighthouse Window Cleaning
A. I have a 24 foot ladder which accommodates most second story windows. I also use a 15 foot extension pole for harder to reach windows.
Q. What is included in a basic window cleaning job?
A. A Squeegee is used on all windows inside and out. Frames are wiped down and loose debris is removed from tracks. Screens are removed and brushed clean.
Q. How much does Lighthouse Window Cleaning charge for homes?
A. Prices vary based on amount of ladder work, size and shape of windows and degree of dirt. A general price is roughly $100 per 1000 foot of home. A 2000 foot home would be roughly $200.
Q. Does Lighthouse Window Cleaning come to my house to do an estimate?
A. I try to give accurate estimates over the phone based on square footage and elevation of your home. I avoid driving around for estimates as it uses excess fuel and time. I can provide the best value when my time is spent in production. Upon arrival to clean your home, we will agree on a price that is fair before I begin work.
Q. Does Lighthouse Window Cleaning clean tracks?
A. I will use a vacuum or cloth to wipe tracks which is included in each job. If tracks require additional attention, I will include additional cost in the estimate.
Q. What other services can Lighthouse Window Cleaning perform?
A. I can do high dusting, chandeliers, knock down cob webs, remove wasp nests. Other services include gutter cleaning and solar panel cleaning.
Q. Is Lighthouse Window Cleaning insured?
A. Yes, I Have $1Million liability with a local provider.
Q. How long does it take to have my windows washed.
A. Most homes up to 3000 square feet can be completed in one day.
Q. How many people will come to my home?
A. This depends on the time of the year. Lighthouse Window Cleaning is a family business. In the winter months I do most of the work myself. My kids join me in the summer months. Usually, No more than three workers will be on the job. As the owner, I am present on all jobs.
Q. Does Lighthouse Window Cleaning do commercial work?
A. I have many commercial accounts. These include retail and industrial buildings. Call me for local references
Q. Have you ever worked on high rise structures?
A. No, I do not have equipment to work on buildings more than two stories. I can provide you with references of companies that can provide this service.
Q. How far in advance do I need to call to set up a window cleaning?
A. Two weeks is reasonable. I stay booked year round so best to call early as possible to lock in a date.
Q. How did you start Lighthouse Window Cleaning?
A. I took a leap from my corporate management job to pursue the long term goal of self employment. The combination of my business degree from Humboldt State, 10 years of management and the skill of cleaning windows has proved to be a combination of success.
Q. How did you come up with the name; Lighthouse Window Cleaning?
A. As a Christian man, I believe our lives should shine the light of Christ. "In Him was life and that light was the light of man" Johnn1:4.
Q. What areas does Lighthouse Window Cleaning serve?
A. Lighthouse Window cleaning serves the communities of Rocklin, Loomis, Newcastle, Penryn, Granite Bay, Lincoln, Roseville, antelope, Citrus Heights. Auburn, Colfax, Lake of the pines. Most of my business is within 50 miles from Rocklin. I have clients as far as Lake Tahoe. Additional travel cost is added for jobs more than 30 miles from Rocklin.
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I wonder what George Orwell would have written if 1984 was 2010? Could he have imagined this world of iPods, iPads and Facebook? In his allegorical Animal Farm, Orwell uses farm animals as archetypes to provide a powerful picture of communism. In watching tonight's council meeting on the streaming video provided on the municipal website,
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Last weekend I made the trip down 71 to Columbus and visited my friend Brad. We picked a great weekend as the weather was beautiful. We hiked, we skated, we bar crawled, and we took a trip down memory lane(also known as High Street). Brad had the chance to show me a Columbus I hadn't seen before - partly because it didn't really exist the last time I was there and partly because many of my previous CBus trips were campus-centric. I've always had a blast in The Capitol, and I should have snapped some more photos, but the important and best thing was catching up with one of my oldest friends.
This was a good teaser trip too because I'm going to explore Columbus a little more in depth on a Knight Foundation trip there next month called Akron2Columbus.
We started our day at Scioto Audubon Park. This was a cool view from a platform on an old water tower.
"Water Tower on Blue Sky"
"Brad on a Rock"
"Brad on a Water Tower"
"Water Tower"
"16 Bit Bar"
Great beer selection and free vintage arcade games - that is pretty hard to beat.
"Land Grant Brewing"
We made up our own rules and played this game at Land Grant Brewing. The beers here were good but I wish they had more selection on draft - no porters or stouts in the winter? Come on.
Brad also planned it so we could meet up with a couple old friends - pictured here at Seventh Son Brewing. I had a few truly amazing beers here.
The next morning we went for a walk for some coffee - and hiked our way back.
"City Park"
"Brad on the Rocks"
I'll be sure to snap many more photos on my next Columbus trip....


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We will be following Shelley Sund's health and fitness journey for the next 12 months as she goes from empty-nester to healthy goal setter! We are so excited to document her progress and share her journey with you. This is #ShellysStory.
In her words…
My name is Shelley Sund, an "almost" 50 year-old Bangor area mom of 2 and wife to a Bangor High school teacher. As of this fall, my husband and I are now labeled "empty nesters" with no teenage mouths to feed, rides to give, sports to follow and rooms to clean. I would lie to say that it has been easy as we are not used to a quiet house and more time on our hands. We have been preparing for the physical abandonment, but we knew we also needed to focus on a priority shift….ourselves. This included our health, our eating habits and our fitness.
I've always been an active person. Through grade school and into college I played basketball, soccer and softball. I am great at group participation where I can hide in the corner and do my thing. I am also very competitive. I like to win but I am horrible at pushing myself. I don't exercise at home and I am not a fan of long walks to running for fun and, for that, I am not the shape I once was – I'm overweight or as my family is known for "big-boned".
Before starting my path at Wilcox, I had gym anxiety. I want to join the right gym where I can get great instruction and support, but the right centers are not in our budget. We have 2 kids in college at the moment and I could not imagine spending any money on myself. It would seem selfish.
The experience that I have experienced over the last 4 weeks at Wilcox has been amazing. From the first moments of meeting Paige and discussing my commitment, going over my personal fitness goals, and defining my future successes – I was hooked. The motivation and professionalism of the staff creates such a great, welcoming environment. Never would I imagine that I would look forward to working so hard for myself.
I need to define my "healthy spirit" – the product of my health body and mind. I need to find a sense of wholeness, a sense of knowing me, and a sense of something far greater and more wonderful than what my body looks like or my day-to-day lifestyle. I need to make myself a priority and commit to focus on my personal successes.
My goals are to feel healthy, sleep better, find a balanced/consistent schedule of work and exercise, (honestly) lose some weight and learn to maintain a healthy/future lifestyle.
Right now, my goal is to have a LONG TERM goal! I need to make my life about me! I need to find my healthy spirit…. and now I know that I am on the right path.
"I'm committing to me!"
INCREDIBLE. Sometimes the even smallest step in the right direction be the most impactful step of your life. We are beyond excited to support Shelley along her health and fitness journey and we are so excited she has given us the permission to share her story with you. We hope Shelley's story will inspire you and motivate you to commit to healthy living – whatever that means to you.
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Martin Peres writes to the Nouveau mailing list this morning, "Just saw the bitching on Phoronix about lack of fan management in nouveau (no offence Michael, it was justified ;)). Since it has been working flawlessly for more than a week on my desktop, I decided to let you guys know about it and ask for testing."
This power management code for thermal support is currently hosted on Gitorious. This DRM branch supports controlling "PWM" (Pulse Width Modulation) fans with a speed between zero (off) and 100% speed.
Some NVIDIA graphics cards don't use PWM-type fans but rather can only be toggled on and off. Code has been written for these more basic fans, but it hasn't yet been tested for lack of hardware. Fortunately, those fans tend to be in low-end graphics cards anyways where they aren't as noisy.
There's also I2C-accessible fans in high-end NVIDIA graphics cards, but all that the Nouveau driver can do is launch the respective hwmon driver. The hwmon Linux interface currently doesn't let other kernel drivers access the I2C chip methods, but the Nouveau developers are working with the hwmon team to enable such support.
For now, this working fan management support is mostly about PWM fans. This should work for NVIDIA GPUs up to (but not including) the NVA3. The fan speed can be controlled via the sysfs interface. The Nouveau kernel driver supports disabling fan management (the fan runs at 100% continuously), manual fan management, automatic fan management, linear fan management, or even thermal management to target a particular GPU temperature.
On top of the fan management call for testing, Martin also says that soon he will have some power management code ready for testing! Another long sought after Nouveau feature. Hopefully this comes with GeForce 400/500 "Fermi" re-clocking support and I will be happy.
See this mailing list message to find out how to test the Nouveau fan management support. With a bit of luck we could see this support land in the Linux 3.2 kernel.


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The Eleventh IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (IEEE PerCom 2012 – www.percom.org) is pleased to announce travel grants for students to attend the conference and co-located events (Workshops, Ph.D. Forum, WiP, Poster, Demo sessions, etc.) to be held in San Diego, California on March 18-22, 2013. Funds for this travel support have been provided by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) – www.nsf.gov.
This funding is available only for full time students attending US colleges and universities (not necessarily US citizens or permanent residents). Minority and women students from diverse institutions are particularly encouraged to apply. Although student authors will be given priority for travel awards, however, this is not a requirement. Post-doctoral students may also be considered for support on a case-by-case basis. To be eligible, US based students (henceforth referred to as "you") must apply via EDAS no later than February 8, 2013.
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Promising Outcomes of Original Grant:
Our original project investigated how the LRRK2 mutation, the principal genetic cause of Parkinson's disease (PD), alters brain activity involved in movement control and sleep quality. In line with our original hypothesis, we observed that pre-clinical models with the LRRK2 mutation slept less and had more powerful sleep spindles, a form of brain wave involved in maintaining sleep and forming memories. These observations suggested that specific connections in the brain associated with the control of sleep are affected by the LRRK2 mutation and that changes in these brain waves could serve as biomarkers (measures of disease activity) in those with PD for early diagnosis and treatment.
Objectives for Supplemental Investigation:
Our follow-up investigation builds upon and extends our previous study in three ways. First, the present study replaces the LRRK2 genetic pre-clinical model used in the previous study with a much-improved "knock-in" (genetic insertion) pre-clinical model that should produce more reliable disease symptoms. Second, the new study tests whether a novel drug, a LRRK2 kinase inhibitor (drug that blocks LRRK2 function), can reverse changes observed in the LRRK2 pre-clinical models, such as the previously identified enhancement of "sleep spindles" -- such a result would suggest that kinase (protein) inhibition is an effective route toward treatment. Finally, motivated by evidence that circadian rhythms (internal body clocks) are disrupted in Parkinson's, the present study now includes 24-hour neural recordings to observe any changes that occur throughout the day that are caused the LRRK2 mutation.
Importance of This Research for the Development of a New PD Therapy:
Parkinson's disease results in profound changes in the connections within and between brain regions. These changes alter sleep quality and sleep-associated brain activity. The present study will investigate the effectiveness of a new drug at reversing the impact of LRRK2 protein expression on the sleep spindle, a type of brain wave involved in sleep maintenance and memory consolidation. If successful, results from this experiment would suggest a novel drug treatment for those with PD who carry LRRK2 mutations. Furthermore, this study may identify surgical targets for deep brain stimulation (surgical technique that delivers electrical pulses to brain cells to decrease symptoms of PD) and new biomarkers of the progression of the disease.


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1 x grey felt cloche hat
1 x knitted turban in black
1 x same knitted turban in tobacco
2 or 3 or 4 (I forget) patterned or plain scarves
I must point out that I was quite cheery at this point because deep down I felt like my hair wouldn't fall out, I just couldn't see it happening. And shopping always makes me happy.
My consultant told me "you'll definitely be a glamorous hats and scarves woman", I thought "I'll definitely be a wig woman", but I smiled pleasantly and agreed, feeling mortified at the thought of my boyfriend seeing me bald. The hats were purely for home use (I'm going to admit it - the scarves were for bed time, I couldn't bear the thought of him seeing me bald. Stupidly it turns out, since he is the only one I'm truly comfortable with seeing it now).
Asos order arrived, I sent the cloche hat back, I can't get to grips with the whole scarf thing, and the turbans remain untouched in my hat n scarf drawer. Turns out I am naturally pre-disposed to the humble bobble hat. I live in the same two - one is an old faithful, the other is an on-loan from best friend Katie - she is never getting it back.
I keep them either on my head or by the front door so I don't freak out the post man/delivery boy/unexpected guests, They're like a comfort blanket, and when it comes to comfort, fashion is as superfluous as Richard Keys and Andy Gray.
Comfortable, slouchy, misshapen, classic bobble hat(s), I thank and love you.


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Monday, 6 December 2010
Quilty Quarters
I found another pack of pre-cut 6" squares. Paula, owner of Arco Iris A Metro in Portugal, gave them to me about 3 years ago.... which makes them relatively new in my stash, he he. I made this quilt top centre yesterday. I could have had it finished but decided to turn the centres into Cathedral Window style things which slowed me down as I am hand stitching the rolled edges. I shall continue with it today because, if we're lucky, we might have temperatures reaching -5... brrrrrrrrrrrr, I declare another "Snow Day Sew Day" or should I say "Ice Cold Sew Day".... it's actually warmer in my fridge than it is outside!
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Love the cathedral window detail! Well worth the extra effort - IMO
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Definition Essay
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Limosinero, Ma. Ayabelle V.
1. Procrastinate
Surface Meaning - Procrastinator the matter until it was too late. Dictionary Definition - postpone doing what one should be doing. Etymology – 1540's from latin procrastination "a putting off" noun of action from pp. stem of procrastinate "put off till tomorrow" from pro- "forward + crastinus "belonging to tomorrow from cras "tomorrow" of unknown origin. Synonyms - procrastinate means delay.
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* n. Procrastination
* Verb - you keep leaving things you should do until later, often because you do not want to do them. Divide
* Pro-forward
* Cras: tomorrow
* Crastinus: belonging tomorrow
Illustrate - "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days" * Carelessness
* Laziness
Cause and effect relationship
"From people with previous histories of punctuality procrastinate obstinately when faced with a particular type of new job." Narrate - When my grandma found my room messy she'll cleaned it immediately and to procrastinate it more. Describe - a negative attitude
* Brings idleness
* Postponing of work
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Some saying said that, "The best way to get something done is to begin." Nowadays, procrastination is one of the major problems of some of the people. Based on the web, it refers to the act of replacing high-priority actions with tasks of lower priority, or doing something from which one derives enjoyment, and thus putting off important tasks to a later time. Being like that tends a persons to be lazy, they sometimes postpone task to do other priorities. To avoid this, there must be inceptions to be implemented. Let me tell you about the etymology of the word "procrastinate". It comes from the Latin word procastinatus, from pro – forward and crastinus – of tomorrow. Well, from its origin we can now define the word. When we combine the two word...
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Judiciary Hearing on Constitutional Framework for Impeachment. The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing with legal experts to discuss the constitutional framework for potentially drawing up articles of impeachment against President Trump.
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She could not have read it all in the time given. I think some of these profs had a heads up a while back.
I love it when they accuse him of "demanding", when he did no such thing, and what he asked for was not done.
Whenever leftists use the word, "demand", to describe the requests made by R's, they are projecting.
I give her credit for having enough self control to leave her pussy hat at home.
Simple questions for all three:
Do you have any first-hand knowledge of any of the wrongdoing about which you've just articulated your views?
No? Then of what value is your testimony here if the facts are not as the Democrats have claimed them to be?
Each Republican, when called on should shout for his or her five minutes, over and over...."You LOST, Get Over It". Then laugh uncontrollably. TDS is a wonderful thing!
Turley is a democrat but he is fair and loves the Constitution.
They add "for his personal gain" to the call transcript to make their case which clearly there has been no factual evidence of that, only feelings, presumptions, and opinions.
What ??? No reference to Scottish law?
Just wait until Maxine has her Hearings ,LOL
3rd witness is quite inept!
She is a biased extremist dedicated liberal political activist. Not at all an "objective" source.
So.. she talks about the Russians interfering in the 2016 elections and makes no mention of who the President was at the time, what they knew and how they handled the information.
This a an embarrassment to the country. The swamp is trying to cover their asses and realize how close Trump is to exposing their criminal activities. We the people need to stand up and support this administration and provide them the strength to continue the fight. Otherwise.... we are done.
They add "for his personal gain" to the call transcript to make their case which clearly there has been no factual evidence of that, only feelings, presumptions, and opinions.
Probably the personally tested buzz word.
Is there not a law that allows Ukranian corruption to be investigated?
Did the Congress not pass this law?
Is not Trump's inquiry about possible Ukrainian corruption then his act of faithfully executing and upholding the nation's laws?
VERY well put!!!!!
Ping for later.
So.. she talks about the Russians interfering in the 2016 elections and makes no mention of who the President was at the time, what they knew and how they handled the information.
Agree, and the fact that the Dems used the Ukrainians to go after Trump.
They are trying to reintroduce the Mueller conspiracy theory.
Even Schiff made a quick reference to this in an on air interview. i.e. The Russians did it
For me, this is like listening to scientists with grants at stake claiming that if we don't adapt the green new deal, we're all going to die in 12 years.
i.e. it is nothing but noise.
These people are like sportscasters and weather forecasters.
They have an opinion, that often is wrong but they are deemed to really know what the rest of us should believe.
What she read was the MSM false narrative. No less, no more.
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It's been 47 years since the Jackson 5 knocked the Beatles off the charts with "ABC." It's what you could call a groundbreaking moment, and if you've got the tune in your head now, first – you're welcome, second – what a testament to that little song's staying power in our collective imagination.
Those of us in the learning and development space had our own Jackson 5 moment when the 70:20:10 ratio was popularized in the mid-90s (more on this below). And talk about staying power! Although it wasn't fully adopted by the L&D community until 2011, it has become mantra, especially at conferences. After all, who can argue with the Center for Creative Leadership? Certainly not I. However, I might argue for a bit of moderation.
Let's define the terms here. Based on an important survey that asked 200 executives to describe their own learning styles, the Center for Creative Leadership determined that successful and effective managers, as a group, tend to absorb meaningful information through approximately the following ratio of experiences:
- 70% from challenging assignments
- 20% from developmental relationships
- 10% from coursework and training
As a veteran learning strategist and senior learning consultant, I get the opportunity to work with many great companies and competent learning professionals who get the value of the 70-20-10 model for learning. There is not an RFP or client discussion that takes place in which it doesn't come up as the preferred model.
On a recent project, a colleague of mine and I were aligning our learning interventions against the 70-20-10 model to validate a good mix of the modality blend. Much to our chagrined laughter, we realized we were looking at this formula in a different way.
Over the next few weeks, we'll be posting more about 70-20-10, explaining why it's more of a guideline than an actual rule, and identifying our responsibilities as learning leaders – which, uncomfortable as it may be, includes examining some ideas the industry holds dear.
Many people expect solutions to fit into the boxes at the identified percentage. Trouble is, people don't belong in boxes! Maybe my ABCs aren't the same as yours. But we'll always have the song.
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Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences 15 (2011) 2068–2073
A proposed comprehensive framework for formulating strategy: a
Hybrid of balanced scorecard, SWOT analysis, porter`s generic strategies and Fuzzy quality function deployment
Nikzad Manteghia *, Abazar Zohrabib a b
Associate professor, Industrial Management Dept, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran
M.A. Student of Industrial Management, Industrial Management Dept, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran
This paper is proposing a comprehensive framework in order to formulate strategy in organizations. This approach is based on generic strategies as criteria for selecting competitive strategies. In this method, firstly, we have studied Porter`s five competitive forces to determine the nature of competition in the industry. Then by using SWOT matrix, we have formulated initial strategies of the organization. After that, we have allocated these strategies to four BSC perspectives. Then making use of these strategies in the HOQ as "Hows/ alternatives", we subsequently considered generic strategies with the role of "Whats/ criteria" in the HOQ as a criteria for selection of strategies. Finally we performed screening and selection of initial strategies by using fuzzy screening technique. A case study is utilized to show the efficiency of the proposed model.
© 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Keywords: SWOT analysis, balanced scorecard, generic strategies, fuzzy quality function deployment
1. Introduction
Many researches were done for formulating strategy whereby the model offered by Lee and KO (2000) is one of the most famous one. They proposed the combination of balanced scoredcard (BSC), SWOT analysis and quality function deployment (QFD) as comprehensive strategic formulation framework. But they also applied the same concept of Sun Tzu`s art of war (STAW). Sun Tzu described the philosophical concept of strategy. STAW is rooted in ancient China, as applied in battlefield. When preparing a SFF the necessity of using this concept is in doubt (Ip
& Koo, 2004). However in this paper, we have proposed a similar framework, by using Porter`s generic strategies instead of ancient strategies. Generic strategies are very famous as a prominent model in strategic management in modern management and most managerial texts. The other dominant characteristic of generic strategies is the case where it empowers the company to challenge with the Porter's five competitive Forces and prepares the situation to surpass other competitors. These characteristics create the motivation of choosing generic strategy as criteria for choosing and screening competitive strategies which was formulated by SWOT matrix. Although the model proposed by Lee and Ko (2000) applied the traditional QFD method , the proposed model in this paper apply fuzzy
* Nikzad Manteghi. Tel.:+98-711-6279142; fax:+98-711-6281744.
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QFD for decreasing the lack of certainty in data that increases the ability and efficiency of this model in comparison with Lee and Ko`s model. Moreover, as another prominence, in order to increase the ability in strategy formulation, we propose to study competitive situation for the organizations according to Porter's Five Competitive forces. This paper also illustrates how the proposed model can be used to formulate the strategy into function for an educatonal organization. 2. Literature review
2.1. Porter`s Five Competitive Forces
Porter (1998) states that the nature of competition in one industry depends on the basic competitive factors which consist of the following competitive factors such as new sellers threat, the threat of substitute products, the supplier`s bargaining force, the power exerted by the customers in the


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Fredrick Maryland is the perfect small town to get your holiday heart beating. The shops downtown offer one of kind handmade gifts. I enjoy shopping and eating and drinking mulled wine along the canal. Carroll Creek is a 8 plus miles long running through the heart of downtown. The Shawnee Indians, who called the Monocacy River Monnockkesey (which translates as "river with many bends"), named Carroll Creek Walkwaki Methtegui, (which translates as "down in the gully creek"). -source wikipedia
These are a few of my favorite things.
The Doener Bristro is one of my favorite places for dining downtown. They have the best kraut and mulled wine. Northern German style brats with German Kűhne Mustard. #prost


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This video highlights senator-elect, Marsha Blackburn and governor-elect, Bill Lee's thoughts and philosophies regarding agriculture, and provides an excellent, nonpartisan opportunity to hear from each candidate about their perspective on the issues important to Tennessee agriculture.
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Macclesfield Town Under 18s secured the Mid Cheshire League Division One title this afternoon, as goals from Mohammed Duran and Joe Cobey saw off Davenham at Egerton Youth Club.
Played in blustery conditions, the home side went on the offensive right from the first whistle as Cobey burst through the visitor's defence before seeing his powerful drive saved by the feet of Liam Wilson.
With ten minutes on the clock, Kane Nolan's mesmerising run saw him cut inside from the right and his delicate through-ball was ferociously hit onto the top of the crossbar by Jake Hall.
The young Silkmen side were unquestionably dominating both territory and possession - reducing Davenham to speculative efforts which did little to trouble Jack Reynolds in the home goal.
Just before the half-hour mark the dangerous Cobey spread the ball over to the right hand side, where Sam Jordan's tantalising cross was tapped in at the far post by Duran to give Macc a deserved lead.
Four minutes later our advantage could well have been doubled, as Cobey breached the offside trap and was unlucky to see his effort superbly blocked by the advancing Wilson.
Davenham's first real opportunity came right on the stroke of half-time, as Tom Gough's twenty-five yard free quick sailed marginally over Reynolds' bar.
The second period began with Davenham intent on spoiling the party and just four minutes after the restart Gough stormed through on goal before forcing Reynolds' into a phenomenal save low down to his left.
For a time, the match developed into a captivating end to end encounter with both sides intent on playing intricate, attacking football. Despite this, it was the hosts who managed to carve out the best chances as they looked to secure a crucial second goal.
On 63 minutes Kane Nolan left his marker for dead, before cutting in from the right and seeing his powerful drive agonisingly fly inches over the bar.
Twelve minutes later, the commanding Dan Dolling launched an innovative ball over the Davenham backline and this was seized upon by Jordan, who calmly took it over the advancing Wilson but just over the bar in the process.
With eleven minutes left on the clock the game effectively ended as a contest, as Duran was adjudged to have been fouled in the penalty area and the referee pointed to the spot. Up stepped Cobey, who calmly sent Wilson the wrong way to secure the title-winning victory.
Macclesfield Town Starting XI: Reynolds, Nolan, Midgley, Dolling, Kerr, Phillips, Hall, Richardson, Cobey, Jordan, Sass.
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Middle East's Largest Hospital "Jaber Al Ahmad hospital "to be received in few months: Health Ministry
The Health Ministry is coordinating with the Public Works Ministry to receive Jaber Al Ahamd hospital in South Surra within a few months, after which it will be equipped to become operational, Health Minister Dr Ali Al-Obaidi said.
Minister Obaidi said Jaber hospital is considered the largest hospital in the Middle East with a total of 1,168 beds. The hospital also has three helipads, a parking lot with a 5,000 car capacity in addition to 50 ambulances.
The hospital also has a protective shelter. The minister said the hospital is considered an integrated health center. It has five towers of patients rooms at a height of nine floors and each tower can be expanded in the future. He added that the hospital has eight entrances, 150 elevators, a catastrophe center which is considered the first of its kind in Kuwait in addition to a medical mall that is one kilometer long, containing various shops and resting areas for patients and visitors.
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|Ministry of Health
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KD 350 million
|Near To Copmletion
|Langdon Wilson International, USA and Gulf Consult
Arab Contractors & Kuwait Arab Contractors
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Eleven percent of undergraduate students report having a disability, and according to Senator Tom Harkin, one of the authors of the ADA, fewer students with disabilities complete college once they start–41 percent compared to 52 percent of the general population. It's important to support these students while they are in school and after they graduate and embark on their careers. Learn about the ADA, how to receive accommodations in the workplace and where to find internships, jobs and support.
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ChE-FE faculty members granted CHED scholarships
A totalof 30 faculty and non-teaching staff of Batangas State University, three from the Chemical and Food Engineering Department, made it on their way to go on full-time study to earn their doctorate or master's degrees with scholarship privileges given by CHED, which include tuition cost, stipend, book allowance, and transportation allowance.
Included in the list of Approved Nominees for Doctorate Degree was the former Department Chairperson Engr. Mary Rose F. Persincula, while those who made it to the list of Master's Degree were ChE-FE faculty members, Engr. Reggie A. Dueñas and Engr. Rhonalyn V. Maulion, both new master's students.
The said CHED-administered scholarship programwas designed to fulfill the objectives to assist in managing the impact of the K-12 transition period to labor, to upgrade qualifications of HEI personnel during certain opportune time, and to increase the availability of quality graduate programs.


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Delicious fast "chocolatey" pudding made with chia seeds. I usually use all xylitol as the sweetener and don't add in any maple syrup or agave, but use what you prefer! Very filling and a great way to satisfy a chocolate-craving. I'd even eat this for breakfast. If you haven't used chia seeds before, I would give this one a try! You can add them to your oatmeal, smoothies, desserts…etc. Make sure you soak them in either water or some other kind of liquid and not just dry, since they soak up liquid and expand many times their size, and you don't want them to soak up liquids in your stomach. They are also a great food for keeping you satiated longer.
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Broadcom Briefing Note
No matter how fast the storage infrastructure is, IT professionals can count on users and application owners to want more. Flash storage goes a long way toward appeasing the appetite for performance. But it is the constant in the performance equation and outperforms the surrounding eco-system that delivers data to the users. For the first time the storage media (flash), out performs its surrounding components. Each component introduces latency. Fixing latency is key to making flash faster.
Step 1: NVMe
The first step in improving flash performance is the introduction of NVMe which is a storage protocol interface that is designed specifically for flash media. Prior to NVMe, flash was either retrofitted to with SCSI or the vendor provided proprietary drivers to by-pass the SCSI protocol stack. Delivering SCSI improved compatibility at the expense of performance, proprietary drivers improved performance at the expense of compatibility. NVMe resolves the paradox by creating an industry standard access method supported by a wide variety of storage manufacturers.
Step 2: NVMe over Fabrics
Fixing the way an application or operating system interfaces with the flash media is the first step. The problem is NVMe, when first introduced, was primarily designed for PCIe based flash devices installed in the server and then later solid state disk (SSD). The problem is the clustering of many applications and operating environments and as a result require shared storage. Additionally, enterprises consider shared storage as the most efficient way to provision storage resources. In fact, more than 90 percent of All-Flash Arrays (AFA) attach through a fibre channel network.
Shared storage systems and networks all continue to use traditional IP and Fiber Channel protocols which essentially leverage a SCSI transport. The problem is flash exposes not only the latency of the storage network but also latency as the result of the continued use of SCSI. NVMe over fabrics allows these various networks to communicate via NVMe instead of SCSI, reducing latency significantly.
Emulex NVMe over Fiber Channel
When IT professionals hear the word "new" they also assume "rip and replace". Emulex, a division of Broadcom, is enabling a crawl, walk, run approach to NVMe transition. Emulex's current Gen 6 fibre channel cards will support NVMe, all that is required is a driver update. Additionally NVMe and legacy SCSI are supported simultaneously so that SCSI SAS/SATA HDDs co-exist with NVMe Flash SSDs.
The dual mode approach is ideal and practical for the today's data center which has very little, if any, NVMe flash storage. Now organizations can implement NVMe flash for specific use cases where the reduction in latency, which Emulex claims to be around 50 percent, will pay off. Then the organization can continue to use SCSI-based flash and even hard disk drives for data that is less sensitive to latency.
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Because of the latency issues flash exposes in the infrastructure, data centers are careening dangerously to complex direct attached storage infrastructures. NVMe of fibre channel addresses the concern by reducing fabric latency by 50 percent potentially eliminating the need for local storage in all but the most extreme use cases. The fact that a data center can move to NVMe gradually as the need arises, while supporting legacy protocols, is the icing on the cake.


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On November 1, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released two final rules for Calendar Year 2020, the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment Systems. The current Administration is focusing on updating payment policies in the healthcare system which impacts health practitioners, including advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), as their payments for services furnished are made under the PFS. Read more.
Amicus Brief Supporting Reinstatement of Injunction Against Travel Ban Proclamation
AACN joined the Association of American Medical Colleges and 33 other organizations in filing an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to reinstate the injunction against Proclamation 9645 that indefinitely bars individuals from entering the United States on the basis of their nationality.
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At Church Watson we have been prosecuting and defending Family Court Appeals for over 17 years and have built a system for handling them with efficiency, making the process as stress-free for you as possible.
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After enduring the litigation process and sitting through an emotionally difficult and likely very expensive trial, it's possible that the Judge in your case issued a ruling that you didn't expect and in some cases is just flat out wrong. When that happens, you are left asking "What now?" or "Can I fix it?"
We wish the answer was simple. Cases involving child custody, child support, alimony and equitable distribution can be appealed to the North Carolina Court of Appeals. While there can be multiple grounds for an appeal, they generally fall into two categories: 1). the evidence presented at trial does not support the Judge's findings or conclusions and 2). the Judge committed an error at law in reaching their final decision. When these mistakes have occurred, you can ask the Court of Appeals for a range of remedies from simply fixing a small factual mistake (like calculation of an amount owed) or for a 'do-over' where the entire case is re-tried.
The process of a family law appeal in the greater Charlotte area is long and full of potential pitfalls, so not all lawyers will take on such a responsibility. At Church Watson we have been prosecuting and defending Family Court Appeals for over 17 years and have built a system for handling them with efficiency, making the process as stress-free for you as possible. Our appellate work is handled on a fixed-fee basis and is determined based on several factors including whether you're filing or defending the appeal and the number of days originally spent in trial. These fees typically range from $7,500 to $15,000. Because there are critical deadlines for appealing an order that can not be missed or extended, it's important that you reach out to us immediately to schedule a consultation if you believe your order was entered in error.
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Brian Custer is the Director of Epidemiology and Policy Science at Vitalant Research Institute (VRI) San Francisco and Vice President of Research and Scientific Affairs at Vitalant. He is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine at UCSF. He earned his MPH and PhD degrees from the University of Washington in Seattle. He conducts research on the epidemiology and health economics of the blood supply and transfusion medicine policy throughout the world, primarily focused on infectious diseases, donor health, and recipient outcomes. He is actively involved in several committees and working groups of AABB, a member of the Transfusion-Transmitted Infectious Diseases Working Party of ISBT, and an Associate Scientific Member of the Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion (BEST) Collaborative. He also serves on the US Department of Health and Human Services Advisory Committee on Blood and Tissue Safety and Availability.
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Health outcomes research methods can provide important insights into blood supply safety and the implications of transfusion practices. My research program blends two areas together: epidemiology and health policy research. The epidemiological methods we use include traditional epidemiology and molecular epidemiology to understand disease in donors and recipients. This combined approach is critical for improving transfusion safety. In parallel, health policy evaluation with a focus on modeling, comparative effectiveness and comparative cost-effectiveness research provides a broader program-level understanding of the costs and consequences of blood safety and transfusion interventions on clinical and public health.
We use traditional and molecular epidemiology methods in studies of donors and donor behavior to gain insights into infections that could be transmitted to recipients through transfusion. We have conducted numerous studies examining risk factors for infection and symptoms associated with infections in donors. In addition, we have assessed donor motivations and compliance with donation eligibility rules. The range of infectious agents studied include: HIV, HCV, HBV, HTLV, WNV, T. cruzi, and bacteria.
The other types of epidemiological studies we conduct are projects that seek to understand clinical and health outcomes in blood donors and recipients. This area of work is wide ranging but the common denominator is the use of study designs, such as cohort or case-control studies, to assess adverse events, including transfusion-transmitted infections or, separately, benefits related to receipt of transfusion.
My other major area of research is in health policy with a specific focus on health economic analyses of blood safety interventions. This area of research has helped to define a growing awareness of the need for rigorous evaluation of the trade-offs and forgone benefits of using health care resources in blood safety in ways that may not maximize the overall health of the population or patients requiring transfusion.


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You May Have Already Written Your Book
By Caleb Breaky
January 4, 2016
Caleb Breakey is the CEO of SermonToBook.com and author of the former Amazon #1 Best-Selling book in Church Growth, Called To Stay. His first book was a finalist for the ECPA Christian Book Award, he's won the prestigious Genesis Contest put on by American Christian Fiction Writers, and he's studied under some of the greats in Christian writing such as Jerry B. Jenkins (Left Behind), Ted Dekker (Circle Series), and numerous others. Caleb is a graduate of the Christian Writers Guild's highest level, and he's taught at all of the major Christian writers conferences across the nation.


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This striking Pebbles bangle has a beautiful hammered texture inspired by pebbles on a beach, shining under water.
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Loving Tan Deluxe Gradual Tan is a luxuriously lightweight lotion giving you a natural looking bronzed glow all year round.
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Here's to hoping everyone has a safe and happy holiday.
Watch out for those drunk next door neighbors setting off fireworks.
Actually, while you're watching them, take some video.
It could pay off in spades down the road.
Later gators,
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