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METS: Sloppy pitching gives the Miami Marlins an edge over the New York Mets
JUPITER, Fla. >> Giancarlo Stanton homered Tuesday on an 0-2 fastball over the plate, a pitch he's likely to seldom see this season.
The Miami Marlins slugger hit his first homer of spring training in a 7-5 victory over the New York Mets.
Stanton had 37 homers last year and led the NL in slugging. Because he's one of only two returning starters from opening day 2012 following an offseason payroll purge, he expects teams to pitch around him a lot.
"With less than two outs, they're probably going to fool around with me a little bit more," he said.
Stanton got a pitch he could handle against Hansel Robles. Matt Downs also homered off Robles.
Casey Kotchman hit a grand slam in his first at-bat of spring training against Mets starter Jenrry Mejia. Kotchman had been sidelined for the past week after he ran into a pop-up machine during drills and needed four stitches to close a cut on his left ring finger.
Mejia required 30 pitches to get through his one inning and allowed five runs. The right-hander, battling for a spot on the roster, was making his first appearance of spring training.
"I'm sure he was a little anxious," manager Terry Collins said. "These young guys have to get ready. When you're trying to make a club, you've got to get ready to pitch. It's a little different when you're a 10-year veteran. It's another thing when you're trying to impress the manager. He just threw way too many balls in the middle of the plate."
Mets prospect Cory Mazzoni pitched three hitless innings.
"He has been everything I heard about him," Collins said. "Very impressive."
Ricky Nolasco, the Marlins' likely opening day starter, pitched two scoreless innings in his first outing.
Stanton said he wants to reduce his total of 143 strikeouts last year and realizes that will mean taking a lot of pitches. He's mostly happy with his pitch selection so far in spring training.
"I've felt good," he said. "Today was the first time I was swinging at things I shouldn't have, but I felt good."
Manager Mike Redmond said that while patience at the plate is important, he's eager to see Stanton swinging, especially at this time of year.
"His at-bats have been good," Redmond said. "You want guys to be aggressive because you have to find out where you are. If you just go up there and take, you never seen where you are.
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You wouldn't mind making your first mortgage payment of $100,000, nor would you mind making your first down payment of $10,000 on a new vehicle, but would you struggle to make a payment of $13,000 for one kiss?
A man in Saudi Arabia paid his wife $13,000 so that she can forgive him for making out with their Ethiopian maid, According to the Saudi Gazette.
The man's six-year-old daughter reportedly saw her dad kissing the maid and she went and informed her mother. It was initially reported that the two were engaged in an affair.
But a close source to the family said, "The kiss was not a love affair, it was but a kiss."
The furious wife was getting ready to call the police when neighbors intervened to stop her and to mediate a deal between her and her husband. According to the deal, the maid's sponsorship will be reassigned while the husband is restricted to recruit maids over the age of 50.
Tell us what you think. Is the $13,000 worth it? Is it unfair and do you feel sorry for the maid? Do let us know what you think!
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November is Adopt a Senior Pet Month!
Nov 12 2015
If you're thinking of adopting a pet from your local animal shelter, we'd like to start by thanking you. And in the spirit of Adopt a Senior Pet Month, we'd like to ask you to consider some of…
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National Diabetes Month was created to raise awareness of the disease in humans, but as canine and feline diabetes are also on the rise, it's a great time to learn about diabetes in pets. …
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BOO! Candy is flying off the store shelves. Costumes are being planned. Trick or Treat routes are being mapped out. Halloween is almost here and parents and children alike anticipate a big night. But…
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Feeling guilty about going to work and leaving your furry best friend alone at home all day? Are you thinking of bringing home another dog to keep her company? Before you run off to your local breeder…
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It is very common to hear about dogs with jobs. They do police work, search-and-rescue, work as service dogs, and even join the military. But what about cats? It turns out our feline friends have some…
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Rethinking Macroeconomic Policy »
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Volume/Issue: 2010/03
Series: IMF Staff Position Notes
Author(s): Olivier Blanchard , Giovanni Dell'Ariccia , and Paolo Mauro
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 February 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781455224982.004
Keywords: Bank credit, Bank regulations, Bank supervision, Central bank role, Economic policy, Economic stabilization, Financial crisis, Financial intermediation, Fiscal policy, Inflation targeting
The great moderation lulled macroeconomists and policymakers alike in the belief that we knew how to conduct macroeconomic policy. The crisis clearly forces us to question that assessment. In this paper, we review...


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It looks like WinMerge 3 is taking a lot longer than expected, so I think it makes sense to keep WinMerge 2.x alive for a while longer. At least until we get more traction on WinMerge 3.
Let's set a goal for WinMerge 2.16, so we know when it's done.
I think the goal should be to this: Release a 64 bit version of WinMerge.
I've been running a local version of WinMerge in 64 bit for almost a year now.
It runs just fine in 64 bit, but we are missing two things.
1. The plugins are not converted to 64 bit.
2. We don't have a 64 bit installer.
For the plugins I know some will say, just drop them and be done with it.
But I think our plugins is one of the features that make WinMerge stand out as a more useful tool than other compare and merge tools.
We have some plugins in C++ and some in VB6.
The C++ plugins should be fairly simple to compile in x64.
The VB6 plugins will have to be rewritten or dropped.
I suggest we drop the current VB6 plugins, unless someone volunteers to rewrite them.
Instead I suggest we try to adopt the approach that the xDofDiff Plugin has taken (see http://freemind.s57.xrea.com/xdocdiffPlugin/en/index.html for info on xDocDiff Plugin).
xDocDiff has long been the most popular 3rd party plugin for WinMerge.
It is unfortunately also build in VB6.
xDocDiff is built using xdoc2txt (see http://www31.ocn.ne.jp/~h_ishida/xdoc2txt.html for details, and for those who don't speak Japanese Google translate is your savior http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww31.ocn.ne.jp%2F~h_ishida%2Fxdoc2txt.html)
In version 2.0 of xdoc2txt there is a C++ example which could easily be extended into a WinMerge plugin.
To distribute xdoc2txt with WinMerge, we would need to contact the author and get his permission.
We would also need to contact the author to see if he can provide a 64 bit version of xdoc2txt. Without a 64 bit version, it's pointless to even try this.
If anyone would like to take on this project or have a better idea, then please let me know?
For the installer, I see several options.
1. Improve the InnoSetup installer to distribute 64 bit.
2. Improve the WiX installer to:
2a. Deliver a 32 and a 64 bit installer as separate msi files (Windows Installer does not support both in the same msi).
2b. Create a WiX bootstrapper to deliver both 32 and 64 bit in a single executable.
2c. Drop support for 32 bit and deliver only a 64 bit msi file.
I'd really like to improve the WiX installer to where it can replace the InnoSetup installer.
I think I will even take on this project myself.
Option 2c is the easiest, but dropping 32 bit support is somewhat controversial. What do you all think?
Alternatively, 2b is the easiest to figure out for our users. There will only be one executable installer to download and run, but creating a WiX bootstrapper is a non-trivial piece of work. But WiX bootstrappers are using WPF, so maybe there is a WPF programmer out there who'd like to take on this part?
We may end up starting with 2a and then we'll see what happens after that.


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Barry Zito Surprises Wounded Warrior
Throwing out the ceremonial first pitch can be intimidating for someone without a baseball background, so Barry Zito and the San Francisco Giants did something special for a Wounded Warrior who was being honored at a recent home game.
Zito surprised military veteran Shelby Hatch, who was injured while on deployment in Afghanistan, with a pitching lesson before she stepped on the mound in front of a sold-out crowd at AT&T Park.
Another fantastic moment with an MLB player that puts the real heroes into perspective.


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Charges injection investigation at metal/dielectric interfaces by Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy
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Numerical Simulations for Sensitivity Analysis of the Electrostatic Force Curve on Charge Localization in 3D
2018 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Dielectrics (ICD), Jul 2018, Budapest, France. pp.1-4, ⟨10.1109/ICD.2018.8514685⟩
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Sensitivity analysis of the electrostatic interaction between the atomic force microscopy probe and a thin dielectric film with 3D-localized charge cloud
Journal of Applied Physics, American Institute of Physics, 2019, 125 (4), pp.045305. ⟨10.1063/1.5060655⟩
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Handling Geometric Features in Nanoscale Characterization of Charge Injection and Transport in thin Dielectric Films
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Characterization of the Electrical Behaviour of Thin Dielectric Films at Nanoscale using Methods Derived from Atomic Force Microscopy: Application to Plasma Deposited AgNPs-Based Nanocomposites
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Dependence of the Field and Charge Distribution at a Semicon/Polyethylene Interface on the Press-Molding Process Derived from Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy
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Charge injection phenomena at the metal/dielectric interface investigated by Kelvin probe force microscopy
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Interface properties in dielectrics: A cross-section analysis by atomic force microscopy
2018 12th International Conference on the Properties and Applications of Dielectric Materials (ICPADM), May 2018, Xi'an, China. pp.1135-1138, ⟨10.1109/ICPADM.2018.8401246⟩
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International Symposium on Functional Electron Systems (FPI 12), Jul 2015, SEATLE, United States
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Journal of Applied Physics, American Institute of Physics, 2015, 117 (5), pp.055501/1-9. ⟨10.1063/1.4907213⟩
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2020 IEEE 20th International Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO), Jul 2020, Montreal, Canada. pp.242-245, ⟨10.1109/NANO47656.2020.9183494⟩
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Following its two-year thematic preparatory process, the 5th World Water Forum highlighted a wide range of water-related issues through over 100 sessions during the Forum week, organized under six themes and 23 topics. Sessions discussed possible solutions to some of the most important challenges facing mankind in the 21st century, which represent a wealth of information and data on current and future water-related issues. The thematic presentations made during the Forum week can be found in the CMS.
The thematic process for the 5th World Water Forum followed a "pyramid" approach: all themes, topics and sessions ultimately led to the achievement of a clear set of experiences, recommendations and commitments for action on bridging water divides among actors, sectors and among the present and future generations.
The programme framework was developed by the programme Committee and specified the aim, themes and topics. 6 themes were identified:
Thematic Coordinators identified for each theme: their role was to develop within a thematic consortium the respective theme, topics and sessions to identify and share experiences and actions bridging the gaps between actors, sectors, regions and generations of relevance for the theme and to formulate recommendations, commitments and actions to further build these bridges.
Topic 1.1Adapting to Climate Change
Theme 1:Global Changes & Risk Management
Topic 1.2Water-related Migration, Changing Land Uses and Human Settlementsand water
Topic 1.3Managing Disasters
Topic 2.1Ensuring Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for All
Theme 2
Advancing Human Development and the MDGs
Topic 2.2Water for Energy, Energy for Water
Topic 2.3Water and Food for Ending Poverty and Hunger
Topic 2.4Multiple Use and Functions of Water Services
Topic 3.1 Basin Management and Transboundary Cooperation
Theme 3
Managing and Protecting Water Resources and their Supply Systems to Meet Human and Environmental Needs
Topic 3.2Ensuring Adequate Water Resources and Storage Infrastructure to Meet Agricultural, Energy and Urban Needs
Topic 3.3 Preserving Natural Ecosystems
Topic 3.4
Managing and Protecting Surface, Ground, Soil and Rainwater
Topic 4.1
Implementing the Right to Water and Sanitation forImproved Access
Theme 4
Governance and Management
Topic 4.2
Improving Performance Through Regulatory Approaches
Topic 4.3
Ethics, Transparency, and Empowerment of Stakeholders
Topic 4.4
Optimizing Public and Private Roles in Water Services
Topic 5.1
Sustainable Financing for th Water Sector
Theme 5
Topic 5.2
Pricing Strategies as a Tool for a Sustainable Water Sector
Topic 5.3
Pro-poor Financing Policies and Strategies
Topic 6.1
Education, Knowledge and Capacity Development Strategies
Theme 6
Education, Knowledge and Capacity Development
Topic 6.2
Water Science and Technology: Appropriate andInnovative Solutions for the 21st Century to Address the Needs of Society
Topic 6.3
Using the Assets of Professional Associations and Networks to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals
Topic 6.4
Data for All
Topic 6.5
Water and Culture
2nd Thematic and Regional Coordinators Meeting - Feb 08
1st Thematic & Regional Coordinators Meeting - Nov 07
Meeting 5-6 NovKick-off Meeting - March 07
Thematic Development: Roles and Responsibilities
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Tough Mudder
Tough Mudder is like that fat-free frozen yogurt that tastes so good you can't believe it's actually good for you: a race that's as physically challenging as it is a rollicking good time. Except when it's not, as when 2011 participants at the original Bear Creek location in Allentown, PA, were surprised with an obstacle requiring them to eat a habanero pepper and then jump into a pool of ice water.
Indigestion and freezing temperatures are consistent with the spirit of Tough Mudder, a 10–12-mile obstacle course series that bills itself as "probably the toughest event on the planet." It started in Allentown in 2010, the brainchild of former British Special Forces officer, Will Dean, and has since added events in cities across the U.S., Canada, Europe, Japan, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand – recruiting more than a half million participants along the way.
Expect obstacles like the Berlin Walls (a series of 12-foot walls), Funky Monkey (incline monkey bars greased with butter and mud), and Electroshock Therapy (live electrical wires). Fortunately, Tough Mudder is a team event that's more about camaraderie and finishing together than it is about winning, so you'll have support along the way. And a beer waiting for you at the finish line.
More Information: Anyone with $90–200 can sign up. [June 1; toughmudder.com]
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Pettitte finds groove, but bats fall short in Boston
Offense can't overcome early deficit after lefty settles in at Fenway
BOSTON -- The Yankees checked in for their first visit of the season to Fenway Park on Friday, refreshed from the All-Star break and ready to attack a pivotal part of their schedule that may define how realistically they view their playoff chances by the end of the month.
Unfortunately for the Yankees, the brief respite did not cure many of the problems that ailed their first half. Andy Pettitte got off to a rough start before settling in, their offense sputtered and they absorbed yet another injury as the Red Sox posted a 4-2 victory.
"This ain't easy," said Pettitte, who served up early homers to Jacoby Ellsbury and Jonny Gomes in a losing effort. "It's a tough lineup. Those guys are good over there. They can hit the ball. You're trying to battle as best you can."
The defeat dropped the Yankees a season-low seven games behind the division-leading Red Sox, who improved their American League-leading record to 59-39. Boston has won five of seven meetings with New York this season.
It was not the start that Yankees manager Joe Girardi was looking for, particularly as New York heads into a 10-game sprint that pits them against the Red Sox, Rangers and Rays, clubs with better records than the Bronx Bombers.
"It's one night. You can't make too much of it, but obviously this is an important stretch for us that we're in, and we understand that," Girardi said. "The next three teams we play are all in front of us, and that's really important, so we need to play well."
Red Sox left-hander Felix Doubront limited the Yankees to three hits over 6 1/3 innings, permitting two runs (one earned), and three Boston relievers held New York to a pair of hits in the late innings as Koji Uehara earned his ninth save.
Brett Gardner said that returning from the All-Star break made it feel like something of a new season, but there was clearly some carryover from the year's opening act.
That frustration was evidenced by Gardner's two-handed spike of his batting helmet following a called third strike in the fifth inning, earning a quick ejection from home-plate umpire Mike Everitt.
"This is a big game, it's the middle of the game, it's a one-run game, and I've got do a better job of keeping my emotions in check," Gardner said. "But today I didn't. I wish I had done things differently and stayed in the ballgame."
Girardi said that he did not agree with the ejection, believing Gardner should have been written up for an equipment violation and fined instead of being tossed from the game.
"Come on. We're not playing here for giggles," Girardi said. "We're playing to win a division and players are going to get frustrated."
Gardner noted that "we've seen other guys do the same thing and not get thrown out," perhaps a reference to the similar display from the Twins' Justin Morneau on a check-swing last weekend at Yankee Stadium.
Losing Gardner stung even more as the Yankees were forced to pull outfielder Zoilo Almonte from the game with a sprained left ankle. Almonte hurt the ankle running to first base in the second inning and is heading for the disabled list, according to general manager Brian Cashman.
"It started hurting right away after the play, but I did try to run on it to see if it would get better," Almonte said through an interpreter.
That was icing on a night when Pettitte struggled with the long ball, seeing his second pitch of the game slugged over the right-field wall by Ellsbury on a get-me-over fastball, then serving up a two-run blast to Gomes in the second inning that cleared the Green Monster in left.
Pettitte settled in after Gomes' shot, retiring 14 of the next 17 hitters, but he would still leave on the short end as Doubront kept the Yankees in check. Pettitte has allowed four runs or more in seven straight starts, tied for the longest such streak of his career.
"It's got to change," Pettitte said. "I can't keep going out there and giving up two, three, four runs in the first inning and second inning. I feel too good."
Gardner manufactured the Yanks' first run in the fourth inning, stealing second base despite being picked off, then swiping third before scoring as Jarrod Saltalamacchia awkwardly threw the ball down the left-field line.
Lyle Overbay and Chris Stewart smacked fifth-inning doubles to produce a more conventional second run for the Yankees, but the Red Sox added an insurance run in the seventh, with the rally starting when Gomes skied a ground-rule double to right.
After an out, Pettitte was done after 95 pitches, handing the ball to Shawn Kelley. The right-hander uncorked a wild pitch that sent Gomes to third, and Jose Iglesias cashed in the run with a single to right field, creating a two-run lead that felt much healthier given the Yanks' struggles.
"We're battling right now, man," Pettitte said. "The guys are grinding and this isn't easy. Hopefully we score some runs and we win the next two games to win the series, and [get] everybody feeling real good about what we're doing."


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Social work is a broadly based profession that seeks to identify and alleviate both the individual and social causes of problems related to meeting basic human needs, and assists people in interacting effectively with one another and with the environment. Consistent with this, the mission of Western Michigan University's Bachelor of Social Work program is to provide a generalist social work education encompassing a broad range of helping skills designed to enhance the social functioning of individuals, families, groups, communities and organizations. The School of Social Work educates social workers to advocate for social and economic justice and personal well-being for all people. The program promotes social and economic justice by teaching students to critically examine oppressive and discriminatory social constructs, policies, practices, attitudes and assumptions.
The B.S.W. program goals stemming from this mission are:
- To provide a professional education that prepares generalist practitioners to enhance, advocate, and support social and economic justice and personal well-being for all people.
- Demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to work effectively with diverse, vulnerable and underserved populations.
- Possess critical thinking skills, embrace social work values, and have the requisite skills needed to formulate and realize a vision of a just society.
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Show Corvettes - Long Beach Arena 1963
Jewels From The Archive - 50 Years Ago
In the early 1960s Corvette owners weren't afraid to hack one up and create a personalized show piece. Below is Bob Nordskog's Barris-restyled 1963 Corvette Sting Ray, "The Asteroid". It's a perfect study (and proof) of how just a simple wheel and tire swap can change a car's attitude. Above we have another radically restyled rarity built by Ron Aguirre. His "X-Sonic" 1956 Vette was a benchmark build. It's regarded as being the first custom to receive hydraulics that actuated both quick and radical ride height change. Ed Roth learned how to blow a show car bubbletop from his buddy Ron, who also created the car's radio control device, which is displayed in front of the X-Sonic. The onlookers' expressions are priceless, and this pair of outrageous spaceships/cars is a refreshing reminder to never be fearful of your creativity!


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If you're like the vast majority of people, your home is your most valuable asset - and selling your home is one of the most important personal and financial steps you can take. The tips and advice in this seller's guide will help you stay on track and get the best deal.
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- sweet little princess lace-up dolls from Yellow Mums (great for fine motor development, but also just really adorable) :) FYI: I printed these out and had them all ready months ago, but Yellow Mums just recently released a fun new (and also free) line of winter clothes for these dolls!
- little pouch made from a bit of fabric, ribbon, velcro, with an unused zipper scrap for the handle
All this for a little girl who loves princesses. :)


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Ward 1, Position 2
Personal Statement
"I chose to live in Fayetteville because of the beauty of the landscape, the rich architectural heritage, the wonderful library, the growing trails network, and the wonderful community of engaged citizens who care deeply about our city and our environment. I felt compelled to run for City Council in order to address our lack of adequate public transportation, pedestrian and cycling infrastructure, the disparity between wages and the cost of living, and the need for safe and energy-efficient housing. I love our City and consider it a great honor to represent the citizens of Ward 1 on the Fayetteville City Council. I strive to be a responsible steward of our natural and capital resources while improving the quality of life for all our residents and visitors. As the third largest city in our State, Fayetteville should be a positive example to help move Arkansas forward. "
Occupation and Education
- Professional Degree in Architecture from the University of Arkansas and is a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Accredited Professional specializing in Building Design and Construction
- Studied Couture Fashion Design at the New York Fashion Academy
- Self-employed designer specializing in homes and apparel
Personal Information
- A resident of Fayetteville for over fifteen years (1991-2002, 2010-present)
- Resides in Fayette Junction neighborhood with her two cats that she adopted from the Fayetteville Animal Shelter
- In her leisure time, she indulges in urban hiking, riding her bicycle, sewing and gardening
Community Service
- Fayetteville Forward Green Economy Group
- Fayetteville Forward Creative Economy Action Group
- Fayetteville Forward Historic and Heritage Resources Action Group
- Fayetteville Alliance of Fashion Designers
- Main Street Fayetteville Board of Directors
Committee Involvement
- Active Transportation Advisory Committee
- Energy Improvement District
- Nominating Committee
- Water and Sewer Committee
- Fayetteville Forward Economic Accountability Council
My Key Issues
- Economic Development (specifically in the Green and Creative Sectors) and Wealth Retention
- Transportation and Inclusive Mobility (sidewalks, trails, transit, and well-maintained roads)
- Sustainability, Waste Reduction, and Environmental Best Practices
- Healthy Communities through active transportation, local organic agriculture, and safe housing and workplaces
- Inclusiveness and Equality
- Smart Growth, preservation of our historic and heritage resources, and cultivating a community that prioritizes people over cars
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...an Italian restaurant. Northern or southern, I asked? "All kinds of Italian food," said the guy overseeing construction. "We don't discriminate."
No ETA on completion. I was walking my dog, and he had urgent business.
784 Washington Avenue, near Sterling
The site was for sale not too long ago: http://www.cpexre.com/system/assets/properties/documents/458/original/784_Washington_Ave_-_Setup.pdf?1352216933
I wonder if they got the $1.2M the owner was asking.
Great news - with Mrs Dorsey and this new italian restaurant next to my apartment, things are looking good for 2014 clearing up those abandoned storefronts!
It's about damn time.
Great to hear. That space has been empty for quite a long time.
That would make two new Italian restaurants within 6 blocks of Washington Ave in 2014.
Do we have a new Court/Smith Street in the making?
Peter Sclafini and co-owner Kristen Hallett envision Ogliastro, at 784 Washington Ave. near Sterling Place, as an upscale restaurant serving pizza and cocktails. They currently operate two Italian restaurants in Park Slope, Bar Toto and Provini, and they said they hope to cater to a similarly chic and grown-up crowd at Ogliastro.http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140205/prospect-heights/artisanal-pizzeria-planned-for-prospect-heights


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I don't think there is a difference.
English Teacher
What's the difference between "stay at home" and "stay home"?
So confusing...
I don't think there is a difference.
I'm not a teacher, so please consider any advice I give in that context.
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So you mean we can use these two expressions whenever we like?
No matter in what kind of context?
Sentences from one version of the textbooks of senior high school in Taiwan:
-->My brother was told to stay home last night, but he went to the movies.
-->My brother should have stayed at home last night.
The word "at" in the second sentence is regarded as a wrong expression and is deleted in the revised version.
From your point of view, "stay at home" and "stay home" have no difference.
Thus, I can infer that the revision is not necessary.
Either expression is acceptable.
Is this what you mean?
No usage preference in a certain context for either expression?
Thanks for your patience.
In the second sentence, you can delete the at and the sentence will mean the same thing. Both are used. BTW, a "stay at home" is somebody who doesn't like to go out much.-->My brother was told to stay home last night, but he went to the movies.
-->My brother should have stayed at home last night.
Which would you prefer, 'she is a stay-at-home mom' or 'she is a stay-home mom?' The first one? Thanks, BMOOriginally Posted by RonBee
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Therefore, there is still "different" connotation for each of the two expressions.
"Stay at home" has something to do with the "willingness" of a person,
while "stay home" only means the condition of a person.
However, without considering the connotation, the expression with at and without at are all fine and acceptable sentences.
Missing out the preposition is not very common in British English.
I would say she is a stay-at-home mom.Originally Posted by bmo
I think it's a difference between BE and AE. In BE we use the preposition. I've only ever heard AE speakers use the expression without the preposition.
In BE we say: I stayed at home last night. I usually stay at school for lunch. I stayed at work late last night. I stayed at a hotel when I was in Brighton. We use a preposition (not always 'at') with the verb stay.
Interesting. I would say (for example), "I am going to stay home tonight."Originally Posted by Lib


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Is there a way to achieve CheckBoxGroup in GXT 3.0?
Please throw some light on this.
Is there a way to achieve CheckBoxGroup in GXT 3.0?
Please throw some light on this.
What have you tried?
GXT 2's CheckBoxGroup.getValue returned a list of checkboxes - is that what you want? The implementation is pretty simple, and can probably be ported directly. However, it usually makes more sense to map each checkbox to a object or a string, and ask some group for a list of those instead. We haven't found a consistent, easy-to-use way to build such a thing, and haven't seen a lot of demand, so haven't build this into the library directly.
Thanks Colin. I went with using Gxt 2.2.5 as I have not seen direct approach of using CheckBox in Gxt 3.0. I would try as you mentioned.
I just declare ui binder with container to hold check box groups. It's working as you said. Thanks.


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- Top performers need to be identified and generously rewarded.
- There is value in having a clear discipline for quickly culling nonperformers.
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Adapted from "The Wall Street Journal Guide to Management" by Alan Murray, published by Harper Business.
Critics call it "rank and yank," and it's a controversial practice.
Former General Electric Co. CEO Jack Welch is the most passionate advocate. He believes that managers should assess their employees every year, and divide them into three categories: the top 20 percent, the middle 70 percent, and the bottom 10 percent.
The top 20 should be showered with praise, affection and various and generous financial rewards. "Sprinkling" financial rewards over a much larger group is a mistake, Mr. Welch argues.
The middle 70 should be given coaching, training, and thoughtful goal-setting, with an eye toward giving them an opportunity to move into the top. Keeping them motivated is the most difficult part of the manager's task, he says. "You do not want to lose the vast majority of your middle 70 – you want to improve them," Mr. Welch says in his 2005 book, "Winning."
As for the bottom 10 percent, "there is no sugarcoating this," Mr. Welch says. "They have to go."
Critics say this forced ranking undermines team work. It encourages employees to engage in destructive and wasteful game-playing designed to ensure they get credit, or others don't.
Stanford professors Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert Sutton are among the most fervent critics. They cited a survey of more than 200 human resources professionals from companies employing more than 2,500 people that found that even the more than half the companies used forced ranking, the respondents "reported that forced ranking resulted in lower productivity, inequity and skepticism, negative effects on employee engagement, reduced collaboration, and damage to morale and mistrust in leadership."
Whether you decide to use forced rankings or not, a couple of basic facts are worth keeping in mind.
The first is that your top performers need to be identified and generously rewarded. It's too easy to fall into a "squeaky wheel" pattern, where financial rewards go to those who make the most noise, or who regularly drum up outside job offers. That's a mistake. If you identify your top performers and reward them up front, before the competition comes calling, you'll be much better off.
The second is that firing employees for performance is a tough thing for a manager to do – tough because it has real human consequences, and tough because it is often an admission of management failure, particularly if the employee is someone the manager hired in the first place. As a result, most managers tend to avoid such decisions. There's nothing magic about firing 10 percent of your people every year. But there is value, many managers believe, in having a clear discipline for quickly culling nonperformers.
If you do have to fire someone, the key to making this event go relatively smoothly is not what you say or do in the final meeting; it's what you have said and done in the months leading up to it.
The best workplaces are built on clear expectations and candid feedback. In such a workplace, firing may be unpleasant, but it won't be a shock. And often, poor performing workers will read the writing on the wall and leave or find another job before a firing becomes necessary.
Jack Welch calls this the first rule of firing: No surprises. "In the ideal situation," he writes, "the last conversation will go like this:
Boss: 'Well, I think you know what this meeting is about.'
Employee: 'Yes, I guess I do. So, what are your thoughts on timing and what's the deal?'"
Mr. Welch's second rule, also a good one is this: minimize humiliation.
Even after firing an employee, the manager remains responsible for helping him or her through the next step. "Build up his confidence," writes Mr. Welch. "Coach him. Let him know there is a good job for him out there, where his skills are a better match. You may even help him find that job. Your goal for the fired employee is a soft landing, wherever he goes."


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Kemp gets green light, comes off disabled list
Hamstring healed and shoulder stronger, outfielder eager to contribute
LOS ANGELES -- Matt Kemp returned to the Dodgers lineup Tuesday, and the Dodgers center fielder is ready for a fresh start after being activated from the disabled list.
Kemp missed 24 games with a strained right hamstring that sidelined him since May 30. He struggled before his injury, though, hitting .251 with two home runs, 10 doubles and 17 RBIs in 51 games. But he belives the time he spent away from the team will prove beneficial.
"I didn't do too well the first month and half of the season," Kemp said Tuesday after getting the green light to return following three Minor League rehab games. "For me this is a new season, a new Matt, and I just want to go out there to contribute and get this team going again."
While Kemp went 2-for-12 in three rehab games with Triple-A Albuquerque, the Dodgers received a favorable report on the outfielder's performance from former hitting coach Jeff Pentland, who was in Albuquerque. Kemp returned to Dodger Stadium on Tuesday, where manager Don Mattingly watched him hit against left-hander Ted Lilly, who's on the DL, in a simulated game. Mattingly inserted Kemp into the lineup, batting fifth and playing center against the Giants.
"He was really wanting to be back and be a part of this," the manager said. "We had a pretty good little discussion about it. He feels like he's 100 percent ready to go."
In a corresponding roster move, the Dodgers optioned outfielder Elian Herrera to Triple-A.
Tuesday was the first time the Dodgers' lineup featured Yasiel Puig, Adrian Gonzalez, Hanley Ramirez, Andre Ethier and Kemp.
"Hopefully we can all get on the same page and feed off each other," Kemp said. "Hanley is swinging the bat really good. Puig is doing an unbelievable job. I'm just trying to come in here and do whatever I can to help them win games."
Kemp said his hamstring was healed and his surgically repaired left shoulder was feeling better.
"It's just time to start hitting again," he said.
Kemp was able to strengthen his shoulder in the weight room during his rehab, something he had been unable to do during the season when he was playing every day.
"I feel stronger," he said. "I got to lift a lot more weights because my shoulder is feeling much better. It's just good to get that feeling of being strong. My body feels good."


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LPC Ranked 3rd Largest Apartment Manager!
Apr 10, 2012
The National Multi-Housing Council released its annual ranking of top apartment firms in the United States last week. Lincoln Property Company pulled ahead from the #4 spot in 2011 with 133,425 units to the #3 ranking on the 2012 list with 144,033 units. Congratulations, LPC!


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I propose a toast to these Champagne Shimmer Toasting Glasses from Jen Carreiro! DIY wedding favors and party crafts like these embellished champagne glasses make wonderful DIY wedding gifts and homemade hostess gifts for classy parties.
- Champagne glasses
Martha Stewart Mulit-surface Craft Paints in Glitter
- florentine gold
- peridot + turquoise, mixed together
- tourmaline
- Martha Stewart Craft foam pouncers
- Martha Stewart Craft Paint Stencil Tape
Gold Glitter Glass:
Use your pouncer to create a gradient of color up the glass. Carefully twist and paint your glass. To get the look of the glitter fading up the glass, paint less towards the rim and paint it more towards the base. Turn the glass upside down to make it easier to paint the base.
Personalized Monogram Glass:
In this example you will need letter stickers for your monogram. Start by choosing your letter of the alphabet and placing it on your glass, nice and firm.
To create a box around the monogram, tape it off using Martha Stewart Craft Paint Stencil Tape. Be careful with the curve of the glass. Measure it out if you need to and don't get discouraged if it takes you a few times to tape it off evenly.
Using a smaller size pouncer, start pouncing with the mixed paint.
Apply three coats of paint, with an hour of drying time in between each coat. A good way to check the glitter coverage in this design is by taking a peek from behind.
Once the paint is fully dry, carefully pull the tape and the sticker monogram off. You might even want to softly slide an Exacto knife along the edge of your design and the tape to make a clean break. If any edges pull up – push them right back down. If any paint bled under your monogram sticker, using your nail gently scratch it away. The paint will be permanent once cured.
- If you are using a swirly, thin edged type sticker – you might need to very carefully pull the sticker off before the paint dries, to ensure that the design shows completely and doesn't peel the rest of the paint with it.
Pink Glitter Glass:
Start this design about 3/4″ below the rim to leave room to sip the drink. I taped my line using Martha Stewart Craft Paint Stencil Tape… be careful with the curve of the glass, it might take you a few times to get the tape line straight.
Again, using a pouncer start dabbing the glitter onto the champagne glass. I did two coats of paint, with an hour of drying time in between each coat.
- Just like the gold glass, dab much more glitter paint onto the top of the glass and much much less towards the bottom of the glass. So that it looks as if the glitter is falling down the sides of the glass. When the paint is completely dry, remove the tape – you can even softly run an Exacto knife along your design and the tape for perfect tape removal.
Oven curing the glasses:
Put your project into a cool oven on a baking sheet, making sure that no part of your project that has been painted is touching anything – the pan, the oven or each other.
Turn your oven on to 350* and set a timer for 30 minutes. Your glass will not crack because it is cold and so is your oven, the two will heat up together – this is very important.
- Once the 30 minutes is up, turn off your oven and let your project cool down completely inside the oven. Then it needs to sit for 72 hours before you can use or wash it. This is the best method for this project.
Air curing the glasses:
- After painting, let your project air dry for at least 21 days – no using or washing. After the 21 days is up, it should be ready to use and wash. This method is not recommended for this specific craft. The glitter paint does better with the oven cure method.
Start by cleaning your glasses with alcohol and making sure they are completely dry before you start painting.
- With Martha Stewart Craft Paint, after these glasses cured, they are dishwasher safe.
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More than ever pharmacies need to audit their management processes to eliminate any wasteful procedures or activities.
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The internet has upended how consumers engage with brands for goods and services - professional or commercial.
It is transforming the economics of marketing and making obsolete many of the function's traditional strategies and structures.
For marketers, the old way of doing business is unsustainable.
For pharmacist marketers, this also holds true.
It's all about "touch points".
It has been an eventful year for pharmacy in Australia that once again raised more questions than answers.
The Fifth Community Pharmacy Agreement is in place with reduced funding for professional services and locks the current model of PBS supply to the Australian population in to the antiquated system that is in dire need of an overhaul.
The Guild and the PSA have put out their vision for the future without consultation with the members of the profession and both directed towards achieving their own vested interests.
The PSA paper on the involvement of pharmacists in GP Super Clinics failed to address the key issue of linking supply data in to the professional role of the pharmacist as a clinical consultant. (See next item).
The Guild and PSA conferences continue to forge ahead attracting large numbers but not providing the grassroots with an opportunity to present on their views for the future.
The Early Career Pharmacists show an obvious willingness to be engaged but lack the resources of the employers – both in retail and industry – to make their voices heard.
Don MacPherson is co-founder and President of Modern Survey, a human capital measurement company which, among other things, conducts employee engagement surveys. Their research has shown that recognition and appreciation is the top driver of employee engagement.
Perhaps it seems elementary, but Don says if you want employees who are fully engaged, you need to ensure they are recognized when they do great work and that they know you appreciate their contributions to the organization.
It's early December and while we are working hard to make every post a winner in what should be a big month for community pharmacy, my mind is still mulling over some of the terrific business-building ideas I heard at the Pharmacy Conference.
The recent passing of the MoU legislation presents an even greater challenge to the sustainability of what has been the core business of community pharmacy. Those who attended the Conference were reminded that sometimes the best form of defense is offense. In the context of community pharmacy this might be paraphrased as, if you are not going to win with the game plan that has worked in the past, look to the margins.
As a cancer patient, I am never too far from my doctors and, concerned about their patients, I have heard quite a few sad stories which relate to alternative cancer therapies.
When faced with a diagnosis of an aggressive type of prostate cancer, one man opted to cure himself with mega-doses of the herbal remedy, Saw Palmetto, only to end up in the emergency department of his local hospital two years later.
While quite a few remarkable chemotherapy drugs are based on natural plants, they have been through extensive clinical testing, but for many others, natural does not always mean safe nor does it mean it works.
Pfizer is changing its business model and will no longer distribute through regular pharmacy wholesalers, preferring to deal direct with all pharmacies through its Pfizer Direct distribution scheme, a system that has been running in a limited form over the past three years.
The claim is that Pfizer wishes to develop stronger relationships with pharmacy and key stakeholders and therefore has to change its business model, including the method medicines are provided to community pharmacy.
To that end, Pfizer have decided to establish a dedicated pharmacy field force, increase the size of the customer service team and distribute prescription medicines directly to community pharmacy.
The announcement has shattered the aspirations of pharmacy wholesalers who have immediately downgraded their anticipated sales by 9-11 percent.
Share prices of Sigma and API have fallen in line with their sales downgrade and Sigma is expected to reduce its terms of trade again to offset this development.
PJ Online, the UK pharmacy publication has published a recent news item relating to dispensing errors. It is actually part of an ongoing commentary that started when UK pharmacist Elizabeth Lee was prosecuted for an error that resulted in the death of a patient.
She did not dispense the prescription (but was pharmacist in charge) nor could a court determine who had actually dispensed the prescription.
Elizabeth Lee was working long hours due to the fact that two pharmacists were not on duty and management had not replaced them.
She was working 10 hour shifts under near impossible safety conditions in a corporate chain environment.
D-Day for Pfizer discontinuance of wholesalers is 31 January 2011.
The impact for Pfizer on some pharmacies will be significant, but the most severely affected will be small to medium sized pharmacies that do not have the ability to create suitable buffer levels within their inventory for some products.
Curiosity forced me to do some research to find whether Pfizer had instituted a similar system anywhere else in the world and yes, it happened in the UK back in 2006, but did not happen in the US because of the sheer number of dispensing points.
This event passed us by because it did not seem significant for Australian pharmacy at that time.
In the last update for i2P I wrote an article titled "Planning for Pfizer Changes".
One of our readers, Mike Lazarow, placed the following comment:
"Interesting article and well balanced. My concern is to take the story to its probable conclusion.
A number of other ethical manufacturers follow Pfizer's lead and the viability of the wholesaler is threatened.
The CSO is withdrawn and the wholesalers are forced to drastically reduce trading terms and delivery service.
Where will average Joe Pharmacist be now?
Up the proverbial creek I would suggest!"
I agree with him wholeheartedly, and there is no straight forward response to Pfizer's strategy.
Pfizer has carefully thought out its processes and I believe that while the immediate impact on community pharmacy will be little more than an irritant, the loss of the services of a major wholesaler would be highly detrimental to the entire community pharmacy market.
Wholesalers need to develop their own "fight-back" campaign and it may have to be guerrilla warfare for some time. They will be supported by pharmacists, but they need to get out early in the New Year and start swinging.
I searched some of my own early experiences in community pharmacy, to find some parallels
During the "silly season" I have found that the impact created by Pfizer in imposing Direct to Pharmacy (DTP) distribution had its roots in some very serious problems that impacted Pfizer back in 2006 in the UK.
These problems set up a train of events that are still unfolding.
They are of global consequence and I have put together a fairly long reference article that I invite you to print out, share with a colleague or use as a basis for your pharmacy strategy over the next five years.
I believe the issues are of paramount importance.
While we in Australia have been vaguely aware of activities such as parallel importing of drugs, the Internet sale of prescription drugs without a prescription, the manufacture of "fake drugs" and their introduction into the regular supply chain, we have generally been ignorant (as pharmacists) of the massive damage and disruption borne by drug manufacturers.
Added to the above are the ongoing attacks on Pfizer intellectual property in the form of drug patents and the growth of generic equivalents.
It is a company that feels it is under siege.
In 2006 these activities had grown to such an extent that Pfizer in the UK was forced to take action to protect its market base, and introduced one measure -Direct to Pharmacy (DTP) distribution.
Wholesalers are directly in the firing line of the recent decision by Pfizer to deal direct.
Pfizer is the largest manufacturer globally and its impact on wholesaler turnover is thought to be of the order of 17-20 percent downwards.
This has caused the National Pharmaceutical Services Association (NPSA) to rally its members to undertake an intense lobbying effort and persuade government to only allow drugs to be listed on the PBS if their manufacturer makes supply through CSO accredited wholesalers at ex-manufacturer prices.
The Pfizer move, initiated in December 2010 was obviously timed so that an industry response could not be quickly mounted, given that Christmas, school holidays and a parliamentary recess ensured that many-decision makers would not be in place to help plan any campaign.
The NPSA is trying to organise a forum of stakeholders through Nicola Roxon and this would obviously involve the Pharmacy Guild of Australia (PGA) that is deeply troubled by the potential downstream problems that would emerge a few years into the future.
It will be interesting to see whether government will exploit this problem to reduce PGA political power down a "notch or two".
Important lessons have been learnt on the importance and complexity of brand management for all in business from two recent high profile Australian case studies.
The decision by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia to raise its variable interest rates by .45% on 2 November, being 20 basis points above that of the Reserve Bank of Australia, drew immediate, voluble and emotional responses from the Australian Federal Government and all sectors of the media.
We were interviewed extensively and repeatedly by the Australian media on the business implications for the CBA and its brand.
In essence, we contended that the character of the decision had been previously and repeatedly made public by statements of the chief executives of the four major banks. It was evident that individually and collectively they were endeavouring to educate clients and the public at large.
That will not be possible in future because the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has determined that such public utterances could be deemed to be collusion between the major banks and will be the subject of legal action.
Hence, in future the public will be less informed and the doctrine of "no surprises" has been trashed.
Our analysis of the situation was that the decision of the Commonwealth Bank, which was subsequently followed by its competitors, did not and has not changed the opinions held of the banks per se, by many Australians. The most common phrases used about banks are:
* "Banks are greedy"
* "Banks are uncaring"
* "Banks are bastards"
So, in the short term the Commonwealth Bank of Australia will be less popular. That, in isolation, will not be sufficient cause for a significant and sustainable loss of business and market share.
The recent decisions by CBA and the three other major banks have simply intensified, rather than changed the opinions held of the banks. So now, currently many Australians believe and express:
* Banks are more greedy than previously thought
* Banks are more uncaring than previously thought
* Banks are bigger bastards than ever
Criticism from Wayne Swan, the Federal Treasurer has seemingly been dismissed by the bank corporate leaders. Rightly so. This is a man who did not comprehend the concept of "the real cost of capital", and is arguably financially illiterate.
Business leaders need to protect the inherent value of their brand names.
References by Australian politicians of bank super profits totalling $21 billion have to put into perspective. One mining company, BHP Billiton, recently recorded a total annual profit of $16 billion.
Whatever happened to the philosophy and practice of recognising, celebrating and rewarding success? The four major Australian bank chief executives should be lauded and supported for leadership which contributed to stability and relative national economic buoyancy.
The ongoing problems of Qantas and the trauma with the A380 aircraft and its Rolls-Royce Trent 900 series engine is another matter.
It is not the single instance but rather the serial nature of multiple problems which are inflicting damage on the brand names of Qantas, the A380 and Rolls-Royce.
My quote in an early interview in "The Age" newspaper in Victoria generated a lot of subsequent interest in other international media, including from Britain, The United States of America and New Zealand. It was:
"Where are Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman when you need them?"
It was a light hearted reference to the movie "Rain Man", and the statement by the autistic character Raymond Babbitt that Qantas had never had a crash, or a casualty and had the best safety record of all airlines.
Sadly, the subsequent further instances of problems with the A380 aircraft and the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 series engines did change the opinion of many people. It was understandable that statements about Qantas having the best safety record were or could be qualified by first the question:
"How safe is it flying with Qantas?"
It would have followed that the issue was subsequently elevated with the question:
"Is it safe to fly with Qantas?"
Alan Joyce, the Managing Director of Qantas is to be congratulated. He made himself readily available to media, was open, expansive and reassuring in his public statements.
Jill, Kate and I extend to you and yours the full and true spirit of Christmas. Enjoy the fellowship and sense of family.
Your and our contributions to peace, harmony and understanding will, hopefully, make for a better world and 2011.
Barry Urquhart
"Is social media a fad or is it the biggest shift since the Industrial Revolution?" asks Erik Qualman, author of Socialnomics. Consider these statistics he presents, and my analysis of them, and then decide how connected you should be. Hint: Your company website alone is no longer enough!
As of 2010, Generation Y -- those born between 1980 and 2000 -- outnumbers baby boomers. And 96 percent of them have joined a social network! There was no initiation, no dues, no recommendations. Just a few taps on the keyboard and voila! Instant connection to friends and family, immediate information sharing, finding the kid who sat next to you in kindergarten story-time.
I am coining the word "enterprise pharmacist" to describe a non pharmacy owner, yet one who is a pharmacist operating out of his own business model, to provide a consumer professional service for a fee.
The venue to provide the service can be various – GP super clinic, Medicare Local, commercial office location or a community pharmacy.
I believe the best place is a community pharmacy provided the pharmacy proprietor sees the opportunity to associate with and promote the service for mutual benefit.
The enterprise pharmacist runs like any normal service business with the appropriate business registrations, insurances and proper planning.
The business plan for such a venture should include a detailed budget and a marketing strategy – and it is the latter component that will win success with a carefully balanced range of primary health care services.
Water prices have risen, but Australia is using less water according to the 4th Edition of the Water Account Australia, released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
The average price of water nearly doubled from $0.40/kL in 2004-05 to $0.78/kL in 2008-09.
There was large variation in the average price paid for water in 2008-09 with households paying $1.93/kL and agriculture $0.12/kL.
Australian marine scientists have expressed disquiet over the continued worldwide spread of large, dead zones in the ocean.
Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg and Associate Professor Mark McCormick of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies have recently published scientific articles, which raise concern about the impact of large areas of ocean emerging which are so low in oxygen that fish and other sea life cannot survive.
Dr Reuben Bolt today became the first Indigenous student to graduate with a doctorate degree from the Faculty of Health Sciences. His research into Aboriginal identity is set to deepen the way Indigenous people are understood in Australia and the rest of the world.
Australia's national body dedicated to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research, the Lowitja Institute, has a new board member – UNSW's Professor Lisa Jackson Pulver.
A joint Australian/UK study published this month in the British Journal of Criminology has shown that decriminalisation of all drug use in Portugal did not lead to increases in drug-related harms.
The authors, Dr Caitlin Hughes of the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at the University of New South Wales and Professor Alex Stevens of the University of Kent, report on the first independent, academic study to assess the effects of the Portuguese policy.
The TGA has approved the first prescription-only fish oil capsules for secondary prevention of myocardial infarction (MI).
Omacor (Omega-3-acid ethyl esters 90), manufactured by Abbott in 1g dose capsules, was approved by the TGA last Monday as a Schedule 4 prescription-only adjuvant treatment for patients with a history of MI, in addition to standard antihypertensive treatments.
It is difficult to accept that taking extra sugars in your diet does not contribute to weight gain or an adverse lipid profile, particularly when the funding source is a grant from the Corn Refiners Association in the US.
Corn is the source of high fructose corn syrup which has found its way into almost every processed food you can think of, but mostly through soft drinks.
It is often attributed as the major cause of the obesity epidemic prevalent in most western economies.
Garvan diabetes research has been recognised by the Diabetes Australia Research Trust, which announced that several Garvan scientists would be receiving significant research support over the coming two years.
With Australia facing its third wettest year on record and the world on track to be the hottest year in a decade, extreme weather conditions are set to continue, according to a study led by Queensland University of Technology (QUT).
In fact, Australians are being warned to brace for more killer hot weather in the future with a study of the 2009 southern heatwave giving other states an insight into how to cope with the lethal effects of climate change.
The Victorian based Pharmacists' Support Service (PSS), an independent incorporated association supported by the official bodies of pharmacy, is expanding its service to South Australia from 15 December 2010.
Australian babies and young children are increasingly exposed to toxic flame-retardant chemicals emanating from cheap imported carpets, furniture, foam mattresses and electronic goods, a new scientific study indicates.
Research at the CRC for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE) shows that levels of bromine-based flame-retardant chemicals known as PBDEs may be rising in the Australian indoor environment, and that children are the group most exposed.
An array of underwater cameras, moorings and sensors will be deployed at the Mertz Glacier in east Antarctica this summer for the first time since a major iceberg calving event.
In January last year, 78 kilometres of the Mertz Glacier tongue broke off after being hit by another 97 kilometre-long iceberg.
A team of nearly 40 Australian and international scientists will depart Hobart today on the Aurora Australis for a month-long voyage to the glacier to measure the impacts of the calving eventVoyage Leader and Oceanographer with the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, Dr Steve Rintoul, said the Mertz Glacier region is one of the few places in the ocean where dense, salty water forms at the surface and sinks 4 or 5 kilometres to the sea floor.
With Australia facing its third wettest year on record and the world on track to be the hottest year in a decade, extreme weather conditions are set to continue, according to a study led by Queensland University of Technology (QUT).
In fact, Australians are being warned to brace for more killer hot weather in the future with a study of the 2009 southern heatwave giving other states an insight into how to cope with the lethal effects of climate change.
QUT researcher Jim Reeves led a joint research project to investigate the impact and response to the 2009 Melbourne and Adelaide heatwaves, which killed more than 400 people in just two weeks.
Australian scientists have discovered that changes to a gene involved in brain development can lead to testis formation and male genitalia in an otherwise female embryo.
Lead researcher Professor Andrew Sinclair of the University of Melbourne and the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute said the breakthrough would improve diagnosis and clinical management of patients with disorders of sex development (DSD).
These conditions occur when the testes or ovaries do not develop properly in the embryo, causing genital abnormalities in one in 4500 babies.
UNSW has joined forces with some of the country's top hospitals and medical research bodies to form one of Australia's biggest advanced medical treatment and research centres.
The Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC), to be located in Randwick, will integrate research, training and clinical expertise to provide cutting-edge treatments to the community.
A council has been formed to implement the collaboration from mid-year.
UNSW Medicine will join with the Prince of Wales Hospital, the Royal Hospital for Women, Sydney Children's Hospital, the UTS Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health and four research institutes – the Black Dog Institute, Children's Cancer Institute Australia, Neuroscience Research Australia and the Eastern Heart Clinic – to form the centre.
Campus Pharmacy has been assisting the flood relief efforts at The University of Queensland by providing much-needed food and fruit to the dedicated staff and volunteers helping with the cleanup.
With a BBQ setup at UQ Sport, Campus Pharmacy cooked and distributed more than 400 sausages between Monday, January 17 and Tuesday, January 18.
Pharmacist Tuyet Pham was joined on the grill by her husband Mike Sultan and niece Linh Esmail, a UQ pharmacy student.
A $200,000 CSIRO coastal glider is bound for Queensland to be deployed in Moreton Bay to investigate the impact of the recent flooding on marine ecosystems.
Dr Andy Steven from CSIRO's Wealth from Oceans Flagship says the glider's deployment is part of a research program to monitor the extent of the flood plume into Moreton Bay and assess its effects. "This disastrous flood also provides us with a rare opportunity to understand how our marine ecosystems respond to massive inputs of fresh water and sediments," Dr Steven says.
"The glider will generate three-dimensional maps illustrating the impact of the flooding on the marine waters receiving the flow of the Brisbane River."
DHL has signed a Partnership Agreement with the China Development Institute (CDI), a leading think tank in China, to research and develop innovative logistics solutions nationwide.
As a Global Research Partner of the DHL Innovation Initiative, CDI will provide in-depth strategic knowledge and resources for the two parties to jointly deliver solutions in the areas of Urban Logistics, Sustainable Supply Chain, Auto ID Application, Supply Chain Optimization to administrative and business organizations.
The Australian Self Medication Industry (ASMI) has issued a media release to coincide with the installation of their newly-elected president, Lindsay Forrester.
Primary health, the turf that ASMI lay claim to in the non-prescription area is about to take off in 2011 with many supportive federal government initiatives set to be funded or rolled out.
Various points are made in the media release, one being support for expanding the role of the pharmacist.
I am wondering whether the role is fully understood by the industry at large, so i2P recruited Mark Coleman to comment on the ASMI media release and the implications for pharmacy.
The media release follows and Mark's comments flow on from that.
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The Day of Archaeology always falls on the day I don't work so my post is never really about the day itself, but I happened to be updating my job description this week (alongside managing 4 student volunteers and releasing 2 new articles). It had not been updated since Internet Archaeology switched to open access towards the end of last year, so having worked on that just this week, I thought I'd share it.
I am an inveterate 'to do' list maker (I'm currently using Google Keep to organise myself) and one of the few editorial blogs I follow is that of the Scholarly Kitchen. A particular post from 2014 continues to chime with me, and it's their list of 82 things that publishers do. So combine these lists at will dear reader, and you get a flavour of what can and does arise in a typical day for me at Internet Archaeology!
The Editor is responsible for editing, managing, maintaining, producing and promoting Internet Archaeology, an international, open access, peer-reviewed digital journal for archaeology, hosted by the University of York.
- Produce, edit, develop and publish the Internet Archaeology journal to a high academic standard
- Promote the journal and its content
- Develop and sustain the journal in its open access form
- Ensure the journal is accessible to all users, optimising its technical performance and archival permanence as well as developing new functionality
- Ensure all content is accurate, timely, and supports the journal's core values and objectives
- Responsible for day to day running of journal, resolving any issues that arise to maintain quality, content, and production schedule
- Responsible for editing and planning of each journal issue, including the soliciting of new content
- Steer the editorial, technical and open access development of the journal
- Investigate opportunities for development and growth and ensure that the established goals are met
- Describe, implement, and regularly review author guidelines and journal policies
- Provide editorial and technical advice to authors on the preparation and submission of content
- Responsible for progressing submissions from proposal stage through to publication, including peer review
- Responsible for design, creation and maintenance of journal web pages
- Represent and promote the journal online, via the web, social media and in person at conferences and seminars, both within and beyond the University
- Collaborate with the Archaeology Data Service (ADS) on integrated initiatives and publications
- Oversee and support the journal's digital archiving process with the ADS
- Seek to maintain awareness of new developments in open access, digital scholarly publishing, related digital initiatives and technologies and implement best practice
- Build successful and productive relationships with Advisory Editors and other key external stakeholders
- Progress articles from proposal stage through submission to publication
- Manage the refereeing process
- Liaise, feedback and collaborate with journal Advisory Editors, authors, referees and copy editors over development of drafts
- Edit, proofread and check all text, bibliographic and other associated material for articles, ensuring content complies with editorial policy, housestyle and other guidelines
- Maintain journal guidelines and advise authors on best practice for all components of articles, including copyright requirements and licencing
- Assign DOIs to all published content and deposit bibliographic data for citation linking
- Promote content on social media, email lists, newsletters and via press releases as required
- Solicit new content and liaise with potential new contributors
Design / Technical
- Design and develop content for online usage
- Mark-up content to current HTML specifications and ensure the website functions effectively
- Develop journal design and housestyle, updating when required
- Ensure journal architecture is robust and that it facilitates discovery of content (via internal and external search)
- Ensure layout is clear, effective, and accessible
- Prepare images for online presentation and create graphics where required
- Perform technical updates to webpages as required
- Liaise with ADS staff on technical and archival requirements where needed
- Develop special interfaces for articles when required
- Develop and maintain journal RSS feed
- Monitor and review site usage, including traffic statistics, Altmetric data, forum comments, e-mail traffic and comments, visitor survey data, etc. and make improvements where indicated
- Be conversant with and make use of in-house computer hardware and software
Open Access
- Devise the journal's open access policy, its implementation and development
- Advise authors on costs of open access publication, and assist authors in the preparation of funding applications where required
- Seek to maintain awareness of new developments in open access publishing and implement best practice
- Manage and maintain metadata for journal's listing in DOAJ
- Manage and promote the open access institutional membership offer, liaising with external agents where needed
- Seek out additional ways to support the journal in its open access form
External relationships
- Establish and maintain beneficial links with other archaeology organisations and seek out potential joint publication and other initiatives
- Represent and promote the journal on the web, via social media and in person at conferences and seminars, both within and beyond the University
- Cultivate new contacts as Advisory editors and other journal supporters
- Respond to queries relating to the journal and its content
- Attend Executive and Management meetings
- Support the directors and administrator in budget/resource management
- Make efficient use of shared ADS infrastructure and resources
- Support the journal's administrator to develop, co-ordinate and promote advertising and marketing opportunities in and on behalf of the journal
- Supervise temporary staff, volunteers and student placements
- Present at archaeological and digital/publishing conferences as well as workshops/other external training courses as required
- Lead seminars on digital publication within the Department
- Other such reasonable duties as may from time to time be required by the journal Directors
And no, I don't have an assistant or a clone…but I'd find either most helpful!


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At this outstanding site, an astronomer presents the story of quasars, profusely illustrated with telescope images and astronomical data. You can learn how distant and powerful quasars are, and how they appear at first glance to violate special relativity. This site was produced at the University of California at San Diego.
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Lipid Classification System
The LIPID MAPS® Lipid Classification System is comprised of eight lipid categories, each with its own sublassification hierarchy. All lipids in the LIPID MAPS® Structure Database (LMSD) have been classified using this system and have been assigned LIPID MAPS® ID's (LM_ID) which reflects their position in the classification hierarchy. LMSD can be searched by lipid class, common name, systematic name or synonym, mass, InChIKey or LIPID MAPS® ID with the "Quick Search" tool on the home page, or alternatively, by LIPID MAPS® ID, systematic or common name, mass, formula, category, main class, subclass data, or structure or sub-structure with one of the search interfaces in the LMSD database section. Each LMSD record contains an image of the molecular structure, common and systematic names, links to external databases, Wikipedia pages (where available), other annotations and links to structure viewing tools. In addition to LMSD search interfaces, you can drill down through the classification hierarchy below to the LMSD record for an individual lipid.
Classification Updates (updated on April 20th, 2018)
Lipid - wikipedia page
- Fahy E, Subramaniam S, Murphy R, Nishijima M, Raetz C, Shimizu T, Spener F, van Meer G, Wakelam M and Dennis E.A.,Update of the LIPID MAPS® comprehensive classification system for lipids. J. Lipid Res. (2009) 50: S9-S14.PubMed ID:19098281.
- Fahy E, Subramaniam S, Brown H, Glass C, Merrill JA, Murphy R, Raetz C, Russell D, Seyama Y, Shaw W, Shimizu T, Spener F, van Meer G, Vannieuwenhze M, White S, Witztum J and Dennis E.A.,A comprehensive classification system for lipids. J. Lipid Res. (2005) 46: 839-861.PubMed ID:15722563.