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Vladimir Kush
15" x 18.5"
Limited Edition Giclee Canvas: 325
The painting
depicts the morning of the world. The newly born light illuminates
everything around with the slightest of pink tones. It fills every
space, forcing every living cell to flutter. Two essences – masculine
and feminine – are united in a tiny nutshell. According to Tao
religion, this is a union of yang and yin, which represents two
opposites. From the force of yang comes the heavenly part of human
soul, from the force yin comes its earthly part. The world fits inside
a tiny nutshell microcosm, a part of the big world. According to
Plato, there exists a mutual link between every person and the
universe. The universe, or macrocosm, is a gigantic living organism,
and the human, a microcosm, is a miniature universe. A tree is a
symbol of the start and continuation of life.


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All er Nuthin': An Uncompromising 'Oklahoma!' Gallops Onto Broadway
This review appears courtesy of The Broadway Blog.
Like a high school reunion where you reacquaint yourself with old flings and someone actually looks better than they did before, the nipped and tucked "Oklahoma!" reboot deserves a page among The Best Plastic (Theater) Surgeons in America.
Of course, that implies that director Daniel Fish's reimagining is only external, which doesn't do this "Oklahoma!" justice. Music supervisor Daniel Kluger, through new orchestrations and arrangements, has unearthed psychologically complex relationships among this band of settlers in turn-of-the-century "Indian Territory."
Most theatergoers are familiar with the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic via summer stock productions or the 1955 film starring Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones. The original Broadway run lasted more than 2,000 performances and featured a cast of nearly 50 performers. This version opts for a lean ensemble of 12, and, for the most part, the chorus isn't missed, except for Act II's opening dream ballet.
Dreams are a recurrent theme in Hammerstein's book, which was based on Lynn Rigg's short-lived play "Green Grow the Lilacs." Oklahoma wouldn't enter the union until 1907, but homesteaders migrated west with hopes of a better life, taking advantage of the 1889 Land Run, in which settlers quickly flooded the territory upon President Benjamin Harrison's declaration that the land would be theirs free and clear if it could be improved within five years.
Gone are the dainty petticoats when we're introduced to Laurie Williams (Rebecca Naomi Jones) and her Aunt Eller (Mary Testa). Instead, we see two weatherworn women tackling the daily grind of farm life. Their land provides employment to farmhands, including the reclusive Jud Fry (Patrick Vaill), whose uncomfortable presence doesn't go unnoticed by Laurie.
Curly McLain (Damon Daunno), a charming cowboy, has also taken a liking to Laurie, which creates simmering tension between the two unlikely suitors. Most productions have depicted Jud as a prairie thug — more stalker than love interest. But lingering glances and a catch-your-breath kiss between Laurie and Jud dangle the possibility that if their disparities weren't so striking, there might be a future.
Fish's adaptation, which premiered at Bard SummerScape in 2015 and returned with a limited run at St. Anne's Warehouse last fall, is jarringly atmospheric in its new Broadway home. Scenic designer Laura Jellinek has covered most of Circle in the Square's interior in unfinished plywood, with a muted mural on the far wall and racks of shotguns throughout.
The neutral ambiance provides a blank canvas for Scott Zielinski's dramatic lighting design, which vacillates between blindingly bright and washes over the theatre like the harsh sun on the flat plains, to chromatherapeutic saturations that punctuate emotional shifts in character. A judiciously used live video feed further escalate the tension.
The sparsity and technology are particularly effective in the smokehouse scene, where Curly visits Jud's modest living quarters. Their heavily amplified conversation, delivered in nearly a whisper, foreshadows the latter's demise, which will undoubtedly shock both R&H purists as well as those seeing the work for the first time.
"Oklahoma!" still delivers plenty of humor thanks to a secondary storyline featuring Ado Annie (a fiery Ali Stroker), who can't say no to whichever man catches her eye, and her suitor Will Parker (James Davis). One of those romantic tangents is Persian peddler Ali Hakim, yet another object of Ado Annie's ever-fleeting affections, portrayed with dry swarthy humor by Will Brill.
The onstage orchestra, featuring mandolin, pedal steel, banjo and acoustic guitar, reimagines Richard Rodgers' score with a multi-faceted homage to the Grand Ole Opry tinged with rockabilly recklessness. Daunno sports a guitar rather than a lasso, and while it might be easier to imagine him playing a gig in an underground Bushwick bar rather than herding cattle, his endearing swagger still captivates.
If there's one misstep in this "Oklahoma!" for a new generation, it is the dream ballet that opens Act II. Agnes de Mille's original choreography offered a provocative psychological exploration of the musical's lead characters. Distilled to a solo performance by an efficient but emotionally lacking solitary dancer (Gabrielle Hamilton), choreographer John Heginbotham is unable to harness the expansiveness of the original, nor reimagine its intent, which is otherwise so successfully achieved.
At play's end, a horrible tragedy befalls this burgeoning community, escalated by an alteration to the original script that has Nokies (R&H traditionalists) shaking in their cowboy boots. In spite of its impact, Aunt Eller reminds us that it's just another day on the prarie. "Oh, lots of things happens to folks," she tells Laurie. "Sickness, er bein' pore and hungry even — bein' old and afeared to die. That's the way it is—cradle to grave... You gotta be hearty, you got to be. You cain't deserve the sweet and tender things in life less'n you're tough."
After all, territory folks should stick together.
Circle in the Square
1633 Broadway, NYC
Matthew Wexler is The Broadway Blog's editor and chief critic. Read more of his work at www.wexlerwrites.com.

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Fri. February 5th 2016 @ The Vogue Theatre (All Ages)
Tickets at: Live Nation
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Years of hard work in the studio and on the road have translated to major success for LOGIC, the 25 year old rapper from Maryland. LOGIC´s 2015 has been highlighted by the November 13th release of his sophomore album THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY debuting number three on the Billboard Top 200, selling 135,000 copies first week. THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY follows the release of LOGIC´s 2014 debut album UNDER PRESSURE which was critically acclaimed by press outlets such as MTV, HUFFINGTON POST and XXL MAGAZINE. Career highlights include four national headline tours, two European tours, national television appearances on Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel. 2015 festivals include Governor´s Ball, Lollapalooza, Firefly Festival, Soundset, Pemberton and Wireless Festival. With a devoted fanbase built through strong digital marketing, millions of mixtape downloads and touring, Logic is currently preparing for his fifth national headline tour, THE INCREDIBLE WORLD TOUR.


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Port Authority buses to get smart card fare boxes
30 March, 2009
category: Contactless, Financial, Transit
Port Authority buses in Pittsburgh, Penn. will start getting new fare collection boxes this summer as it prepares to implement a cashless smart card system. The transit agency has told its contractor, Scheidt & Bachmann USA Inc., to begin upgrading buses with the fare boxes, which will include equipment to read and process the smart cards, rechargeable passes similar to debit cards that can be swiped at the fare box.
The current fare boxes are nearly two decades old and accept only cash or paper tickets.
Because the new cards will require additional software programming and testing, that part of the system won't be fully operational until late 2010, said an authority spokesperson. The new boxes would still take cash. The system could be extended to other regional transit agencies, allowing the same card to be usable on other buses.
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Connecting to Airbnb via iCal
Connecting Tokeet to Airbnb is best done via API connection, which allows you to manage calendar updates, rates, and messages from the Tokeet platform. For more info, please see the Connecting Airbnb with Tokeet article.
In some cases, an iCal (calendar link) connection with Airbnb is necessary--for example, if you are unable to verify your Airbnb account in Tokeet. Here's how you can connect to Airbnb via iCal.
Export Tokeet Calendar to Airbnb
In Tokeet: Navigate to Channels > "Add Channel"
- Select "Unknown" from the pulldown menu
- Click "Add"
- In the "Exported Calendars" section of the page, click "Add"
- Select Tokeet rental
- Click "Select"
- On the subsequent page, copy your Tokeet calendar URL for this rental
- Scroll down and click "Activate Connection"
In Airbnb: navigate to "Manage Listings"
- Find the listing you'd like to edit and click "Manage listing"
- Above your listing preview, click "Availability"
- Click "Availability Settings" in your calendar view
- Under "Sync Calendars", select "Import calendar"
- Paste your Tokeet calendar's URL in the Calendar address (URL) field
- Name your calendar
- Click "Import calendar"
Import Airbnb Calendar into Tokeet
In Airbnb: navigate to "Manage Listings"
- Find the listing you'd like to edit and click "Manage listing"
- Click "Availability"
- Under "Sync Calendars", select "Export calendar" and copy the Airbnb calendar URL. Example:
In Tokeet: navigate to Channels > "Add Channel"
- Select "Unknown" from the pulldown menu
- Click "Add"
- In the "Imported Calendars" section of the page, click "Add"
Complete required info:
- Give your calendar a name
- Calendar URL: paste your Airbnb iCal URL
- Select Rental which will be updated with events from your Airbnb calendar
- Click "Import"
Repeat this process for all your rentals. In order for iCal connections to work with two-way synchronization, you will want to both export a Tokeet calendar into Airbnb and import an Airbnb calendar into Tokeet.
What to Expect Next
- Tokeet will import all of your Airbnb Bookings; all of these will show up in the "Inquiries" section of Tokeet
- All imported Airbnb bookings have status of Confirmed in Tokeet.
- Tokeet will import manually blocked dates from Airbnb; these are labeled as "Airbnb Hold Event" on your Tokeet calendar.


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In his recent book Rage and Time , Peter Sloterdijk has attempt to assert - as the solution to what one might call the "antinomies of the Welfare State" - an "ethics of gift" over against mere egotistic market exchange. His proposal brings us unexpectedly close to what can only be called the Communist vision.
What Sloterdijk proposes is a kind of new cultural revolution, a radical psycho-social shift based on the insight that, today, the exploited productive strata is no longer the working class, but the (upper-)middle class: they are the true "givers" whose heavy taxation finances the education, health and general well-being of the majority.
In order to achieve this change, one should leave behind statism, this absolutist remainder which has strangely survived in our democratic era: the idea, surprisingly strong even among the traditional left, that the State has the unquestionable right to tax its citizens, to determine and seize through legal coercion, if necessary, part of their product. It is not that citizens give part of their income to the State - they are treated as if they are a priori indebted to the State.
This attitude is sustained by a misanthropic premise strongest among the very left which otherwise preaches solidarity: that people are basically egotists, they have to be forced to contribute something to the common good, and it is only the State which, by means of its coercive legal apparatus, can do the job of ensuring the necessary solidarity and redistribution.
According to Sloterdijk, the ultimate cause of this strange social perversion is the disturbed balance between eros and thymos, between the erotic-possessive drive to amass things and the drive (predominant in premodern societies) to pride and generosity, to that mode of gift-giving which brings honour and respect. The way to reestablish this balance is to give full recognition to thymos: to treat those that produce wealth, not as a group that is a priori under suspicion for refusing to pay its debt to society, but as the true givers whose contribution should be fully recognized, so that they can be proud of their generosity.
According to Sloterdijk, the first step is the shift from the proletariat to the voluntariat: instead of taxing the rich excessively, one should give them the (legal) right to decide voluntarily what part of their wealth they will donate to common welfare. To begin with, one should, of course, not radically lower taxes, but open up at least a small domain in which the freedom is given to givers to decide how much and for what they will donate - such a beginning, modest as it is, would gradually change the entire ethics on which social cohesion is based.
But do we not here get caught in the old paradox of freely choosing what we are already obliged to do? That is to say, is it not that the freedom of choice accorded to the "voluntariat" of "achievers" is a false freedom that relies on a forced choice? If society is to function normally, the "achievers" are free to choose (to give money to society or not) only if they make the right choice (to give)? This is just the first in a series of problems with Sloterdijk's proposal - problems that are not those identified by the (expected) leftist outcry:
- Who, in our societies, really are the givers (achievers)? Let us not forget that the 2008 financial crisis was caused by the rich givers/achievers, and the "ordinary people" financed the state to bail them out. (The exemplary instance here is Bernard Madoff, who first stole billions and then played the giver donating millions to charities.)
- Getting rich does not happen in a space outside the state and community, but is - as a rule - a violent process of appropriation which casts doubt on the right of the rich giver to own what he then generously gives.
- Sloterdijk's opposition of possessive eros and generous thymos is all too simplistic: is authentic erotic love not giving at its purest? Just recall Juliet's famous lines: "My bounty is as boundless as the sea, / My love as deep; the more I give to thee, / The more I have, for both are infinite." And is thymos also not destructive? One should always bear in mind that envy (resentment) is a category of thymos, intervening in the domain of eros, thereby distorting "normal" egotism - that is, making what the other has (and I don't have) more important than what I have.
- More generally, the basic reproach to Sloterdijk should be: why does he assert generosity only within the constraints of capitalism, which is the order of possessive eros and competition par excellence? Within these constraints, every generosity is a priori reduced to the obverse of brutal possessiveness - a benevolent Dr Jekyll to the capitalist Mr Hyde. Recall the first model of generosity mentioned by Sloterdijk: Carnegie, the man of steel with a heart of gold, as they say. He first used Pinkerton detective agents and a private army to crush workers' resistance, and then displayed generosity by way of (partially) giving back what had been seized. Even in the instance of Bill Gates, how can one forget his brutal tactics to crush competitors and gain monopoly? The key question is thus: is there no place for generosity outside the capitalist frame? Is each and every such project a case of sentimental moralist ideology?
We often hear that the Communist vision relies on dangerous idealization of human beings, attributing to them a kind of "natural goodness" which is simply alien to our egotistical nature. However, in his bestselling book Drive , Daniel Pink refers to a body of research in the behavioural sciences which suggests that sometimes, at least, external incentives (money reward) can be counterproductive: optimal performance comes when people find intrinsic meaning in their work. Incentives might be useful in getting people to accomplish boring routine work; but with more intellectually demanding tasks, the success of individuals and organizations increasingly depends on being nimble and innovative, so there is more and more need for people to find intrinsic value in their work.
Pink identifies three elements underlying such intrinsic motivation: autonomy, the ability to choose what and how tasks are completed; mastery, the process of becoming adept at an activity; and purpose, the desire to improve the world. Here is the report on a study carried out by MIT:
"They took a whole group of students and they gave them a set of challenges. Things like memorizing strings of digits solving word puzzles, other kinds of spatial puzzles even physical tasks like throwing a ball through a hoop. To incentivize their performance they gave them 3 levels of rewards: if you did pretty well, you got a small monetary reward; if you did medium well, you got a medium monetary reward; if you did really well, if you were one of the top performers you got a large cash prize. Here's what they found out. As long as the task involved only mechanical skill bonuses worked as they would be expected the higher the pay, the better their performance. But once the task calls for even rudimentary cognitive skill a larger reward led to poorer performance. How can that possibly be? This conclusion seems contrary to what a lot of us learned in economics which is that the higher the reward, the better the performance. And they're saying that once you get above rudimentary cognitive skill it's the other way around which seems like the idea that these rewards don't work that way seems vaguely Left-Wing and Socialist, doesn't it? It's this kind of weird Socialist conspiracy. For those of you who have these conspiracy theories I want to point out the notoriously left-wing socialist group that financed the research: The Federal Reserve Bank. Maybe that 50 dollars or 60 dollars prize isn't sufficiently motivating for an MIT student - so they went to Madurai in rural India, where 50 or 60 dollars is a significant sum of money. They replicated the experiment in India and what happened was that the people offered the medium reward did no better than the people offered the small reward but this time around, the people offered the top reward they did worst of all: higher incentives led to worse performance. This experiment has been replicated over and over and over again by psychologists, by sociologists and by economists: for simple, straight-forward tasks, those kinds of incentives work, but when the task requires some conceptual, creative thinking those kind of motivators demonstrably don't work. The best use of money as a motivator is to pay people enough to take the issue of money off the table. Pay people enough, so they are not thinking about money and they're thinking about the work. You get a bunch of people who are doing highly skilled work but they're willing to do it for free and volunteer their time 20, sometimes 30 hours a week; and what they create, they give it away, rather than sell it. Why are these people, many of whom are technically sophisticated highly skilled people who have jobs, doing equally, if not more, technically sophisticated work not for their employer, but for someone else for free! That's a strange economic behavior."
This "strange behaviour" is, in fact, that of a Communist who follows Marx's well-known motto: "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" - this is the only "ethics of gift" that has any authentic utopian dimension.
Whatever problems there may be with such experiments, they definitely demonstrate that there is nothing "natural" about capitalist competition and profit-maximization: above a certain level of satisfying the basic survival needs, people tend to behave in what one cannot but call a Communist way, giving to society according to their abilities, not according to the financial remuneration they receive.
Slavoj Zizek is a professor at the European Graduate School, International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, University of London, and a senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. He is the author of dozens of books, including most recently Demanding the Impossible and Less Than Nothing: Hegel and the Shadow of Dialectical Materialism.


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How to Get a Bargain on Wearable Fitness Tech
In 2016, wearable fitness tech has been huge with the popularity looking to continue into 2017 and beyond. Increasingly technology that tracks and records fitness and activity levels have been the most prominent items selling with the likes of Fitbit and Garmin being at the forefront.
Some major global employers like BP and eBay have even started encouraging staff to wear Fitbit and similar wearable tech to track their activity levels.
Staff who wear fitness trackers like Fitbit are offered a discount on their health insurance. Other corporations like Coca-Cola are encouraging their workers to sleep more using technology such as the Misfit Shine Fitness + Sleep monitor.
It's a Buyer's Market for Wearable Fitness Tech on eBay
With the huge rise in popularity in fitness wearable tech, there has been a large increase in supply on eBay. I did a search for the popular Fitbit Charge brought in over 1400 listings while a similar search for the Misfit Shine Fitness + Sleep had over 200.
With this jump in supply, it's a buyer's market when it comes to wearable tech on eBay. Style and fashion are important for brands such as Fitbit and Misfit so you know there are deals out there for discontinued or older models.
For example, the Misfit Shine Fitness + Sleep 2 sells new for around £80-100 whereas you can buy older models on eBay for less than £50. Second hand items can be bought for even cheaper!
I've also seen a big change in prices for the Fitbit Charge – you can buy second hand or pre-owned units for around £60 which is half the cost of the high street (£120-£130). Admittedly there is more risk involved buying on eBay however if you are using a reputable dealer or seller you should be fine.
If you're a bit more serious about running and fitness, the Garmin Vivomsart HR + may be a good option.
Like the FitBit Charge, the Vivosmart HR includes a built in heart rate monitor to track your fitness levels and output for resting and in the gym. This is great for seeing if those gym sessions are having a positive effect.
If you buy new online or on the high street, expect to pay upwards of £170. However there are some fantastic deals on eBay:
A quick search brought up some boxed Garmins selling for under £90-100. At these prices, you'd be crazy to buy new!
Grab an eBay Bargain for Wearable Fitness Tech
Wearable fitness technology is popular now and is only going to get more so. That means there will continue to be big bargains available as new models and styles are released all the time.
Instead of trying to buy new, why not look at some of the options I've listed above? You could save a heap of cash and get some stylish wearable tech at the same time as well as tracking your fitness, heart rate and sleep quality.
P.S. Have you found some awesome bargains on wearable tech? Why not leave a comment and let us know your top tips.


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Catasauqua baseball coach Steve Bradley said after a recent win over Salisbury that he knew Tyler Correll had plenty of offensive potential.
The senior infielder delivered over and over again for the Rough Riders during the last week.
Correll had the key hit last Monday in a 5-4 victory against Salisbury, ripping an RBI triple against Falcons ace Justin Aungst to put the Rough Riders ahead for good. He finished 2-for-3 with two RBIs, hitting the ball hard in all three of his at-bats.
Pius X couldn't corral Correll on Wednesday. He went 5-for-5 and drove in eight runs as the Rough Riders rolled to a 14-6 win over the Royals.
Thanks in part to Correll's hot bat, Catasauqua began Monday challenging for a Colonial League playoff berth. The Rough Riders started the day leading the North Division, a game ahead of Northwestern and Pen Argyl in the loss column.


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To start off, hCG, stands for Human chorionic gonadotropin. It is a pregnancy hormone approved from the U.S Food and Drug Administration to treat infertility in both men and women.
This diet craze started in the 1950s, when Dr. A. Simeons introduced the use of hCG injections combined with a strict 500-calorie-a-day, high-protein diet to treat infertility. It should be noted that people with excess weight may be less fertile than healthy weight individuals. For these overweight or obese individuals simply losing weight will increase their fertility and increase their chances of pregnancy.


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It is no wonder toddlers need to nap. Tom is a constant ball of energy, every moment he is awake. He bounces and climbs and runs around. He dances, pounces on his blankie and, just when you think he's going to stop for a moment, he's off again, marching down the corridor whilst kicking a balloon and singing his own peculiar version of head, shoulders, knees and toes (he can't do any of the words and only manages 'knees and toes' and 'mouth of the movements). I love every moment of it.
I had a perplexing conversation with a mum I know a few months back. She was lamenting that her 18 month-old son didn't yet have the attention span to sit through an entire tv show. I tried to be sympathetic (because I'm a pushover), but what I was really thinking was 'why?'
Why would she want her kid to sit still? I couldn't be prouder that mine is in perpetual motion. Granted, a bit of peace and quiet is nice sometimes and if Tom was a less good sleeper I might feel differently. He's pretty good at independent play too (RIE completely to credit for that), so it's not too overwhelming.
And anyway, physical play is pretty damn important. Despite the scary figures on childhood obesity, I hope that most of us don't have to worry too much about our kids being fat at Tom's young age (he's currently 17 months old). But encouraging physical play, ideally outdoors, is a way of building good habits right from the start.
There are a bunch of other benefits too. Physical play helps kids to learn about their bodies – what they can do and what they can't. They develop their muscles and gross motor control. They learn to judge risk. They develop better balance and coordination. And they gain important experiences that teach them about the world – because, despite all our intellect and our technology, humans are still physical beings in a physical world.*
Physical play with other people can also be really important. Tom loves to be chased, to be picked up and spun around, to use me or Mr Techno as a climbing frame. He loves when we pretend, very gently, to wrestle with him. He loves me nuzzling him with my head. He isn't great at giving kisses still but will rest his head on mine and stare into my eyes in a physical motion that is just as loving.
There's a great exploration of this in Larry Cohen's book 'The Playful Parent'. I didn't necessarily love the book – it mainly explores play as therapy and seemed to miss some of the joy of playing just because, not because it is a teaching moment or a way to work through big feelings. Though of course play can do both those things too. But I did like most of the book and it had some really thought-provoking things to say about the importance of 'rough-housing' – there's a summary here.
So hurray for running, jumping, wrestling and dancing. And for what they teach our kids.
*Sources and further reading:
http://www.early-years.org/parents/docs/learning-through-physical-play.pdf (warning: opens a PDF)
http://www.skc-ecd.ca/documents/pdf/Bulletins/Parent_Series/Parenting_2011-04.pdf (Another PDF)


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|Radboud University Nijmegen
|Oslo University Hospital
|University of Tromsø
|Singapore General Hospital
|Lund University
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|Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Unit, King's College London
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Breast cancer is the most common class of cancer diagnosed in women worldwide with more than one million cases diagnosed annually, is responsible for >400,000 deaths and is the leading cause of cancer deaths in women. The aetiology of most breast cancer cases is unknown. However, endocrine factors, inherited susceptibility and mutagenic exposures such as X-irradiation are all known to influence risk of the disease.
Histological, immunohistochemical, mRNA expression and genomic analyses have indicated that breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease composed of multiple biological subtypes. We have adopted a pragmatic working classification of breast cancer based on histology combined with immunohistochemistry for a limited biomarker set including estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR) and HER2. This classification is outlined below.
The Wellcome Trust and Breakthrough Breast Cancer have funded this proposal which focuses on triple negative breast cancers.
Classification scheme of breast cancer
• ER-, HER2-, PR- (triple negative)
• ER-, HER2+ tumors
• ER+, HER2+ tumors
• ER+, HER2-, PR+ tumors; ductal-type
• ER+, HER2-, PR- tumors; ductal-type
• Invasive lobular carcinoma
• "Rare" histological special types
We propose to generate comprehensive catalogues of somatic mutations in 500 triple negative breast cancers under the ICGC model by high coverage, shotgun genome sequencing of both tumor and normal DNA. All classes of mutations are expected to be detected including base substitutions, insertions, deletions, copy number changes, translocations and other chromosomal rearrangements. These catalogues of mutations will afford us statistical power to identify cancer genes that are mutated at a frequency of greater than 3% in this class of breast cancer. They will also carry signatures of past mutagenic processes operative in the development of each cancer and thus provide insights into the aetiology of the disease.
Complementary catalogues of epigenomic changes (genome-wide DNA methylation) will be generated for the same 500 cancer samples together with mRNA and miRNA expression profiles. Integrated analyses of these data will be carried out and compared to parallel datasets from other classes of breast cancer as well as other types of cancer.
The ICGC Breast Cancer Working Group will be overseeing this study and others focusing on breast cancer subtypes and is funded through a number of sources including the European Commission FP7 (ER+ve breast cancer) and the Institut Nationale du Cancer (HER2+ve cases) in addition to this Wellcome Trust and Breakthrough Breast Cancer funded proposal on triple negative breast cancer.
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In celebration of my last day at work in the Space Coast in Florida, I've decided to post some images from the Rocket Garden at the Kennedy Space Center to showcase some of the amazing technological achievements NASA and Air Force have achieved over the last 60+ years of Space Exploration. While the Rocket Garden does not feature any of the new spacecrafts such as the Delta II, Delta IV, Atlas V, and SpaceX Falcon 9 vehicles, it does provide the public the necessary reminder of where to we come from and where we're heading in the next 60 years of Space Exploration. If you ever come to the Space Coast, I recommend to look for any upcoming rocket launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station listed under the Spaceflight Now website. If not launches are coming up, a stop at the Air Force Space Museum or Kennedy Space Center visitor center are a must!
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'I thought you were very calm person. Today you are so nervous.' she said.
No. Original me was not. That is the reason I started learning meditation and yoga.
There is another way to calm down.
Turn mobile off. Sit on my chair. A bowl of soup is in front of me.
Cut veggie into small piece. In photo cauliflower.
Place veggie on the bottom of a pot. Add water in the amount just enough to cover the veggie. Heat the pot over low-medium frame.
Having boiled up, add salt ( and veggie soup stock, if you like). Turn the heat lower. Cook until soft.
By stick-blender or food processor, mash veggies into soup.
Add small amount of sesame paste, Saikyo-miso and some milk. Mix well gently.
In hot or cold, serve on a bowl. Pour a bit of cream. Sprinkle muesli and black pepper.
Taste a spoonful of soup. Taste the air inside of throat.
Taste of peace.
'It is not artificial. It is natural color from flower. Don't worry.'
I always said to the people who hesitated to take refreshment
before Dhamma talk in Ariyasom Villa.
It was blue liquid, looked like blue ink.
I pick Butterfly pea flowers
which bloomed one day before.
Over fresh or dried flowers,
pour boiling water.
When the water cool down,
squeeze flowers,
water turn into blue.
Squeeze small lime.
Blue turn into purple.
Magical moment.
Drink purple water.
It's only lime taste
but is spring water of youth.
Butterfly pea water has anthocyanin which is anti-oxidant. Because it has no taste, it can be used as food color.
Japanese has a word 'staying in a cocoon',
which mean neither refusing outside world nor being in laziness.
I'm staying in a cocoon,
don't go out so much, studying books, being in self- yoga practice and meditation.
Face myself.
Without new stimulations from outside world, changes are happening from inside.
Observe it calmly patiently.
When the time comes, will go out
with extending new wings
How looks like?
I have a mint pot. She grows very quick.
I ask her 'may I have some?' She smiles always.
Cut about 5cm above the soil. Receive two twigs with gratitude.
Drain twigs in clear water.
Place some rock sugar or honey into a small pot. Coil the twigs and stuff in.
Pour boiling water. Close the cover immediately.
Pour light green liquid into a cup.
Smily Freshy Greeny.
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My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. 2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
3 We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands. 4 Whoever says, "I know him," but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person. 5 But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him: 6 Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did. 1 John 2:1-6 (NIV)
It is freezing cold here in Iowa. So cold, I can't get it off my mind. Why should the believer avoid sin? Sin is cold. Sin changes things. Yesterday, in spite of a coat and gloves, my fingers turned white and got stiff after a few short minutes in the cold. This morning as I took supper out of the freezer, I thought of the effects of continued cold.
A few weeks ago, I placed soft, room temperature, raw meatballs in the freezer. Today, I put rock-hard, stuck together, frozen meatballs in the crock-pot. The cold of the freezer changed those once pliable meatballs into hard, frozen balls of meat. The change wasn't instantaneous. I can tell because a few of the meatballs are "meat ovals" that got smashed by other food in the freezer. The cold of the freezer changed the soft meatballs into frozen meatballs one layer at a time.
Yesterday my cold finger ached. Being cold is uncomfortable. After continued exposure, the cold damages living tissue and it stops hurting. That is frostbite, and that is bad.
Do Not Let Sin Affect Your Heart
Sin is like the cold, continued sin in the life of the believer changes the believer—bit by bit. The final result of the overexposure is a frozen heart and spirit; a heart that is hard and unfeeling toward others and a spirit that is cold toward God.
That is the danger of unaddressed sin in the life of the believer—a cold, unloving spirit.
Stay close to the warmth of God's love. When the twinge of sin's coldness catches your attention –repent—repent and warm up in the light of God's love. Stay close to the warmth of God's love.
Don't give unaddressed sin the opportunity to freeze your heart.
Father, Thank You for the promise of forgiveness. When sin begins to chill my heart, lead me to repentance. Help me to recognize the coldness of the sin I might easily dismiss. Teach me to stay close to the warmth of Your love for me.
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Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Florida Police Now Confiscating Guns From People With No Due Process
Source: Studio News Network
A 56-year-old Lighthouse Point man in Boward County, Florida had all four of his pistols taken away under Florida's new red flag law. The man did not commit a crime and he was not involuntarily hospitalized and given a psychological evaluation, as required by the baker act. The authorities simply deemed him psychologically unfit based on a few strange behaviors and subsequently confiscated his weapons. A similar fate befell a man in Seattle, Washington, who had his guns temporarily confiscated for staring out a shop window while open carrying. Both men must now prove that they are 'psychologically fit' to get their guns back. These pre-crime red flag laws aren't any different from civil forfeiture where the police can take your property without providing evidence that you committed a crime and the IRS can wipe your bank account for making frequent deposits slightly below $10,000. Yes, the same pre-crime laws that allow police to rob small business owners who run legal establishments, allows them to disarm innocent people and leave them defenseless. These laws are also reminiscent of a not too distant past when states forcible sterilized certain people under the guidance of eugenics theories on the presumption that they were degenerate: genetically prone to crime and poverty. These laws no less promote deep seeded societal prejudices against the mentally ill, and gives credence to the false notion that they are inherently violent. If the thinking behind these laws were taken to its logical conclusion there would be no reason not to eliminate the presumption of innocence across the board. Why not throw people in prison without a trial based on their supposed 'risk' to society? Such thinking would logically lead us to a totalitarian state not much different from Trump's communist friends across the Pacific. Of course gun control advocates don't think logically. It is more profitable for them to use cheap appeals to emotion and scare tactics.
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Polar expedition company Quark Expeditions has recommissioned icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov to offer unique Arctic expedition experiences for the 2015/16 season.
Khlebnikov is a renowned expedition ship, having tied Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen's record for reaching 78° South in 1996. Later that season, Khlebnikov became the first ship to circumnavigate Antarctica with passengers and remains the only passenger vessel on the planet to have circumnavigated the Seventh Continent twice. Originally designed to withstand the harsh Siberian ice conditions, Khlebnikov is able to depart earlier in the season, cutting pack ice through the Northeast and Northwest Passage. It already has the distinction of having transited the Northwest Passage more than any other passenger ship in history.
A true icebreaker, Khlebnikov was purpose-built in Finland in 1981 for crushing through strong sea ice, its ice-cutting capabilities vividly depicted in the new video. Nine years later, it was refitted as a passenger expedition ship, and now features 51 cabins, a dining room, a lounge and bar, heated indoor plunge pool, sauna, theatre-style auditorium, complimentary alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and a Polar Boutique.
In 1992, Khlebnikov joined the Quark Expeditions fleet and served as its flagship icebreaker until 2012.
Andrew White, Quark President, said "A voyage aboard Khlebnikov is one of the most true and rare polar expeditions available to passengers today. Returning passengers and staff alike are delighted to see her back in action and better than ever. Ice-strengthened ships take us to incredible Polar Region destinations in season, but as a purpose-built icebreaker, it offers a pioneering experience few will experience in their lifetime. On it, we're able to visit polar locations inaccessible by most other passenger expedition vessels."
Quark passengers have a selection of four Arctic Khlebnikov itineraries. If taken consecutively, Arctic Icebreaker Expeditions cumulate in an epic, 75-day Arctic circumnavigation – the Arctic Icebreaker: Arctic Circumnavigation – a monumental, historic voyage departing 10 July 2016.
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Membership is available to any strata corporation established under the Strata Property Act. In addition, we offer associate memberships to any person and business memberships to any business.
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|Caseti Dion Double Guillotine Cigar Cutter Review
This is no light weight cutter, heavy hitter for sure. Very well finished, with high polish and contrasting black finishes. Out of the box the double guillotine blades are very sharp as to be expected. There is a high polish spring loaded push button, once depressed sends the either side outwards. Once deployed the cutter can handle up to a 58 ring gauge cigar. Simply squeezing the sides together delivers a nice, even, and crisp cut.
The Dion cigar cutter suggested retail is $60. Though, it can easily be found for less around the $48 mark. It appears to be very well made, but is lacking the lifetime warranty some of us have grown to love and rely on. That said, it has a great feel in the hand and will be something different amongst your buddies at the local B&M.
BEST PRICE CLR found: Caseti Dion Carbon Fiber
Pros - nice heft, aesthetically very pleasing, double guillotine blades
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Zorro (ゾロ, Zoro)? is a Persona in Persona 5.
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Zorro (Spanish for "fox" and "sly") is a fictional character created in 1919 by New York–based pulp writer Johnston McCulley. His true name is Don Diego de la Vega or Diego. Zorro is a Californionobleman of Spanish and Native Californian descent, living in Los Angeles during the era of Mexican rule. He is a masked outlaw who defends commoners and the indigenous people of the land against tyrannical officials and other villains.
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- Persona 5 / Royal: Magician Arcana
- Persona 5 Strikers
- Persona O.A.
- Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth: Magician Arcana
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"A masked swordsman of justice who fought in California against corrupt officials during the era of Spanish rule. He always left his "Z" mark with his rapier wherever he appeared."
Zorro is the Initial Persona of Morgana. The book "Zorro, the Outlaw" can be obtained from Shujin Academy Library and boosts the Kindness stat.
Zorro specializes in Wind skills and recovery, and has access to a bountiful amount of status recovery, HP recovery and even full revival. At level 75 he also has access to Salvation, the strongest healing skill in the game, which fully heals the party and removes all status conditions.
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- William Funnell
- Competing for: United Kingdom
- From: Ockley
- Age: 54
William began riding ponies as a child on the family farm in Ashford, Kent. He was born into a farming and hunting family. When he was not doing farm duties as a child he would ride the family ponies. At age 16 he had the choice of leaving school to start farming, or show jumping. When Cyril Light of the Brendon Stud in Sussex offered him a job as second stable jockey to show jumper Simon Trent, he chose the latter option.
William now has his own yard near Ewhurst in Surrey, where he produces over 40 foals a year in conjunction with The Billy Stud (a joint venture between himself, wife Pippa and Donal Barnwell). He claims to "always" have in excess of 100 horses for sale ranging from four year olds to international show jumpers. William is a regular on the British Nations Cup team and won a team European Gold medal on his first outing to a major championship in 2013.
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2013 European Team Gold medallist with Billy Congo
2nd 2013 Cannes and Monte Carlo GCT Grand Prix with Billo Congo
2012 Donetsk World Cup Qualifier Grand Prix winner with Billy Congo
2nd 2012 Bourg en Bresse Grand Prix with Billy Angelo
2011 La Bagnaia Grand Prix winner with Billy Angelo
2006 and 2008 Hickstead Jumping Derby winner
William has a range of riding attire named after him, from jackets to breeches and blousons
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Users of power tools often assume that they know everything about the safety of power tools. However, power tools can be extremely harmful if not used properly. In 2003, the Consumer Product Safety Commission examined that 400,000 emergency services a year were due to power tools for the shop and interior equipment.
This total does not even include damage caused by tools such as backhoe loaders, lawn mowers, and trimmer. Such statistics show the ominous side of the use of electrical equipment and make it even more apparent that the equipment must be safe. This article is intended to provide consumers with a summary of the basic safety procedures and guarantees related to the use of electrical equipment.
Riverside is occupied with many production facilities that are often prone to accidents with electrical tools. Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) recognizes the high number of injuries caused by electrical equipment every year and has therefore established rules for the operation and safety of equipment. These regulations are covered by Section 5 (a) (1) of the OSHA Act (also known as the General Compulsory Clause), published in Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 1926, under Part I.
This clause employers create a work environment that is free from recognized dangers that can injure or kill an employee. To reduce the risk of injury from a power tool, these OSHA guidelines should be followed by anyone using electrical equipment, not just those working in the workplace.
If you have been injured by a power tool, it is imperative that you contact an experienced injury lawyer to assess your situation.
The term "electrical equipment" generally applies to types of tools powered by one of the following power sources: electric, pneumatic, liquid fuel, hydraulic and powder. However, as electric and portable hand tools become increasingly powerful and popular, the same precautions must be taken when using these devices.
After controlling the government statistics on injuries and deaths, reports accident and newspaper bills, Forbes.com said that the most dangerous are those that include blades, such as circular saws, sewing table, chainsaws, lawn mowers, wood chippers. However, drilling or punching tools would also be hazardous.
People who use these tools must ensure that the tools are equipped with stop functions and automatic protection. However, with all power tools, it is important to find ways to prevent injuries by identifying the right direction with the tools and protective equipment.
As stated in OSHA regulations above, the following general precautions must be taken to avoid injuries caused by the use of power tools:
The cord or hose must not carry electrical equipment. Do not pull on the cord or hose to disconnect it from an outlet. If the tool has a three-pin plug, it must be plugged into a power outlet in three doses. If an adapter is used for the two-pole plug, the adapter cable must be connected to a known ground.
If you use an extension cord, be sure that it is a heavy cable and do not use inside gauge cables outside. Cords and hoses must be kept away from oil, heat and sharp edges. When instruments are not used, they must be disconnected, stored, serviced, cleaned or changed accessories.
People who do not use the power tool must remain at a safe distance from the work area to avoid flying particles. Use a pair of pliers or vice to repair the project so that both hands are free to use the tool.
Do not hold your fingers on the switch while carrying a tool. Blades and blades must be well sharpened, clean and well maintained for optimum and safe performance.
Never use bent, broken or curled blades or knives. Also, the work area must be well lit and clean. Instruction manuals should be followed when lubricating power tools and changing their accessories. Observe a stable position and balance when using power tools.
It is recommended to wear anti-slip shoes. Avoid loose clothing, neckties, jewelry or anything that could be caught in moving parts of powered equipment.
One of the most important measures is to ensure that the moving parts are exposed to the tool and protected, such as belts, gears, shafts, pulleys, gears, drums, fly motors, and chains. However, the most significant risk to power tools is electric shock.
Make sure the tool is correctly grounded before switching it on. Also, it is harmful to use power tools in damp or wet areas, as moisture facilitates the flow of electricity in the body. This is one reason why gloves and rubber shoes are recommended when working outdoors in damp or wet weather conditions.
Look for the best deals
When shopping for your tools be sure to look around and consider what you get with the tool that you wish to purchase look for extras such as additional bits and pieces like extra blades/drill bits/attachments, carry cases, extra batteries in the case of cordless tools. Many of these extras can be very useful in your tasks and can be good value for money over purchasing them separately.
Another value for money options looking for sets of power tools. The best tool prices in Australia would be a great place to start.
Some stores offer many of their tools as part of bundles which are excellent value for money containing two or three tools that complement each other and give excellent value for money. On most sets, you can save at least 20-30% of the cost of buying the tools separately on larger sets you can save enough for multiple tools.
In short, although electrical equipment has been made to make life a bit easier, their risks simply can not be ignored. Because they are designed to force-cut, plan, drill and shred, the protections are included for a reason. Constant vigilance are necessary for the proper use and safety of all power tools.
However, accidents are often and often catastrophic, contact a lawyer if a power tool hurts you to protect your legal rights. The next time you use this powerful tool, read the safety instructions in the operating instructions and consider the important safety precautions described in this article.
Finally, if a device accidentally occurs, you should contact a law firm that has experience of personal injury in your area.


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When I left Penang for university in the US, I also left Penang Free School before the school year ended. I felt I did so without disrupting much the life of the School: I wasn't editor of the School magazine. I wasn't Break Monitor, Class Monitor, Traffic Warden, House Prefect, or School Prefect. I didn't captain any School sports team. In some subjects, I would usually get close to failing marks — ok, not in "some subjects" but in Art, specifically. Fellow students who were my seniors would routinely reject my writing submissions to school publications for my being too flippant (I had to look up what "flippant" meant the first time I heard back from one editor). School teachers would openly warn me in class for being disruptive, every so often. Fellow students who were my seniors and who trained with me in gymnastics would ask me why I kept coming back as I never seemed to get any stronger, faster, or better.
At PFS I hadn't failed at everything. But I wasn't a remarkable student at PFS. In the eyes of people in charge, I was in the middle of the pack. That felt about right to me as that's where most people are, generally. Where I'd not done well at School, I figured perhaps those things didn't matter.
I'm now Professor of Economics at the LSE. My CV makes plain what that involves. But compared to when I was a PFS student, I have also had to do a few things where I have felt a little more exposed — no longer so much middle of the pack — and that are less obviously associated with my job but perhaps more interesting. These are not typically things that come with being a Professor. So I undertake added risks when I take them on.
Before thousands of graduating university students and their families, for three years as Head of Department for Economics at LSE, I announced the names of fresh graduates and congratulated them as they undertook the last of their university rites. Over decades of teaching and travelling, I lectured to tens of thousands of people — in New Zealand, Beijing, Southeast Asia, the Gulf, and nations in between all the way through to North and South America. CNN, Reuters, Bloomberg, and the BBC tell me they broadcast to hundreds of millions of people worldwide — so I could potentially have spoken to some reasonable fraction of that many people each time I've appeared on TV or radio from London.
My research has, over the years, varied from the extremely mathematical and obscure on the one hand, to the politically more visible on the other. As a consequence, I've gotten feedback on what I do from many different segments of society. Some of my writings have been translated into 18 different languages. What I work on now, the rise of the East in the global economy, gets more than usually varied reactions. Some tell me to hide away this work:
'Americans, as is, are already paranoid enough, just short of trumping up a shooting war with China. Can you please tone down your "research", and better yet file it in your basement and wait for 50 years before publishing them? Please let the world be a more peaceful place.'
counts among the gentler of messages I regularly receive. Other feedback can be slightly more encouraging.
Not that I think I have to be ready for my own shooting war, but I also train regularly in taekwon-do, now as a second-dan blackbelt. Five years after I started taekwon-do here in the UK, I managed to fight my way to being runner-up in sparring at the British championships and I managed to become British champion in patterns.
When I correlate the things I do now that draw for me the greatest sense of achievement with what I'd previously done well at PFS, I'm struck by how orthogonal these two sets of attributes are. At PFS I'd excelled in mathematics and science, but that is now only a small part of what I need to do to be a productive contributing member of the community. What matters more instead? A good sense of of what is artistically compelling and linguistically convincing. A political awareness of what ought to matter to people in international society. Articulatenesss in writing and speaking, and an ability to debate effectively. Physical acuity and a feeling of confidence and security in my own skin.
What is strange is that those characteristics I now find most valuable are the same as those where PFS had challenged me most and found me most wanting, exactly those areas I'd been most dismissive of when I'd been at PFS (they were only "soft skills").
Perhaps PFS does this to everyone, although in different ways. PFS is an educational institution of such deep and profound historical achievement, it ferrets out those areas where you the student need most to build, and then it challenges you there. How you respond — do you turn your back and say it's all meaningless; do you say, let me learn so I can be better — is up to you.
At PFS, as in most of life, you only get one go-round. You can make that one pass-through be everything to you, or you can make it mean much less. On the one hand, this lesson I've learnt about PFS as an institution is awesomely frightening: no one there is going to give you easy answers but you can be sure they'll be there to ask you the hard questions. On the other hand, this realization is staggeringly optimistic: PFS challenges each of us to leave as better people than when we began at the School. And by being a little foolish — admitting we don't know everything even as we don't pander to everything old people say they want us to be — we can each indeed end up a little better.
(This appears in FIDELIS, the 200th anniversary commemorative book of the Old Frees Association.)


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We utilize a "best-in-class" approach to everything we do at TopGolf, and it starts with our interview process. One of the ways we can support an environment and culture where people feel connected, motivated and successful is to share that culture with our candidates from the moment they meet us.
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Beauty in the day: he talks to us. We often don't understand what he's saying, but he's also pretty animated, so us educated folk are generally able to decipher his antics. Today he had a few words for the Librarian. He seemed interested in her vest, and she leaned down to let him in'vest'igate. He motioned to her zipper, which he then grasped, and pulled up to her chin. She thanked him with a smile, and he left, exhibiting pride in a job well-done.
Sometimes love is letting someone zip you up.


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In a live tree, the fibers (running up and down) carry nutrients and moisture up the trunk and branches to the leaves. After being cut, the tree begins to dry out, just like a flower will wilt after it is picked. As the tree's fibers dry, they shrink in thickness or diameter, but almsot none lengthwise. This shrinkage, characteristic of all woods, is critical to understanding the effect of moisture on wood flooring.
Wood fibers are dimensionally stable when the moisture content is above the fiber saturation point (usually about 30 percent moisture content). Below that, wood changes dimension when it gains or loses moisture. Different woods exhibit different moisture stability factors, but they always shrink and swell the most in the direction of the annual growth rings (tangentially), about half as much across the rings (radially) and only in minuscule amounts along the grain (longitudinally). This means that plainsawn flooring will tend to shrink and swell more in width than quartersawn flooring, and that most flooring will not shrink or swell measurably in length.
Because wood flooring will shrink in dry environments and expand in moist environments it is important to consider the relative humidity at all stages: milling, storing, transporting, and the site or installation. Once milled, the flooring should be stored in dry, well-ventilated warehouses before shipment to jobsites. Flooring should be loaded and unloaded in good, dry weather, never in damp, rainy weather in which it will absorb moisture and swell.
Before wood is delivered, the jobsite must be checked to determine if it is ready. The structure should be fully enclosed, with doors and windows in place, and interior climate controls (heating or air conditioning) should be operating for at least 48 hours to stabilize the moisture conditions of the interior. Wood flooring should NOT be delivered until plastering and painting are completed and dried. Moisture evaporates from damp walls and the flooring will absorb some of it. Exposing the wood to unwanted moisture will cause it to expand. If the flooring is installed in this 'expanded' state, unacceptable cracks may develop as it dries.
Once at the jobsite, the wood should be set indoors and spread over the sub floor. The wood should be allowed to acclimate for at least four days. Moisture contents of both the flooring and the sub floor must be checked and recorded before installation begins.
Wood flooring will perform best when the interior environment is controlled to stay within a relative humidity range of 40 to 50 percent and a temperature range of 60 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit. Fortunately that's about the same comfort range most people enjoy. The best way to maintain moisture during the heating season, and thus minimizing normal cracks, is by installing a humidifier to your furnace controlled by a humidistat set at 40 to 50 percent relative humidity. Alternatively, you can add some humidity by boiling a pan of water on the stove, opening dishwasher after rinse cycle, turning off bathroom exhaust fan, and just live with small cracks during the heating season.


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In the Spirit
BELLEFONTE — Out with the old, in with the new.
If you're purchasing liquor or wine in Bellefonte, there's a new store in town. The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board officially opened the doors of its new Bellefonte location on Tuesday. The new store is located at 178 Buckaroo Lane, right next door to the new Weis Markets.
The downtown Wines and Spirits shop officially closed its doors on Monday night.
"We outgrew our store in town," explained PLCB director of retail operations Dale Horst. "We about doubled the size of the store. We were able to work in about 25 percent more product. There's over 2,300 different kinds of wines and spirits in this store."
According to Horst, when the PLCB started looking for a new location, the open spot on Buckaroo Lane practically jumped off the map.
"This store offers the customer convenience, being located next to a major supermarket … I'm very pleased. This is our new branding package that we've been working on over the last two years. We've either re-located or remodeled up to 60 stores already in the last two years. In the next five to 10 years, we'll work our way through the whole portfolio of stores."
In addition to outgrowing the store in downtown Bellefonte, there was always the issue of parking. Without a large parking lot or garage nearby, customers had to jockey for a parking spot. That won't be the case at the new location, where parking is plentiful.
"That's one of the improvements here. Customers want one-stop shopping. This gets them about as close to one-stop shopping as we can," Horst said.
The store offers 1,500 wine products and 900 spirits products, spread out over 4,555 square feet of space.
The store will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and from noon to 5 p.m. on Sundays.
"We're still confined by legislative law that only 25 percent of our stores can be open on Sundays. We are actively trying to select the correct stores to be open on Sunday. If we're located next to a seven-day-a-week, 24-hour supermarket, then we try to open the store on Sunday," Horst said.
The new store officially opened its doors on Tuesday morning. Shoppers liked what they saw from the new location.
"It's bigger, it's a new building, it's very, very nice," said Ken McMullen of Zion. "They have more room here … it was crowded downtown."
McMullen said that he likes the fact that the store is right next door to a supermarket.
"When we go to Myrtle Beach (S.C.) that's the way it is there. You get everything in the supermarket," he said.
McMullen was shopping with his wife, Joan.
"I think this store is great," she said. "It really looks nice."
During the grand opening, shoppers sampled cheese from Weis Markets and wines from Subarashii Kudamono Co., Inc.
Holly Harter of Hazelton poured samples of the signature Asian Pear Wine. She, too, was impressed with the new store.
"I love it, I think it's wonderful," Harter said.
The Asian Pear Wines and Spirits will be available year-round in the Bellefonte location. Previously, the wines and spirits were only available at the North Atherton store, Harter explained.
"We're part of the premium program here in Pennsylvania," Harter said. "This is a perfect location. You can come here, get your wine and then go next door and get your cheese, get your baguette and you're good to go. We're very excited to share our wines with the people of Centre County."
For more information about the store, visit www.finewineandgoodspirits.com.
What: Wines and Spirits Store
Where: 178 Buckaroo Lane
When: Store hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Saturday; noon to 5 p.m., Sunday.
More info: www.finewineandgoodspirits.com
Chris Morelli is the managing editor of The Centre County Gazette.
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text: This colorful activity gym is loaded with great features including a tummy time bolster, peek n' see mirror, brightly colored play mat and four plush play pals. Little ones learn to reach and bat as they enjoy each toy's unique play feature including a leaf-shaped teether, clacker rings, crinkle fish and rattle. Fold down the gym's arms with a simple twist of the wrist using our exclusive Twist & Fold technology. It's the perfect take-along for big adventures or for turning little spaces into big fun!


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#143 - American Muslim and The Tempest with Laila Alawa
Shaun talks with the unabashed, uncensored, and unstoppable founder of The Tempest, Laila Alawa.
#142 - Birdman (2014)
Brian and Shaun discuss, in one contiguous take, Iñárritu's 2014 Best Picture winner.
#141 - Ramp Your Voice! with Vilissa Thompson
Disability activist Vilissa Thompson talks with Shaun about intersectionality, representation, and the intense labor of trying not to fulfill stereotypes.
#140 - Pacific Rim (2013)
Brian and Shaun continue to alienate the world by disliking Guillermo Del Toro's robots vs. monsters epic.
#139 - Costume Design with Lynn Falconer
Shaun talks to Lynn Falconer, who's dressed Nicolas Cage and Kate Beckinsale, among many others, about what a Costume Designer does, being a collaborative loner, and vintage stores.
#138 - Mexican American with Gerry Maravilla
Independent filmmaker and champion of inclusive representation Gerry Maravilla talks with Shaun about being Mexican American, both in the world of film and in the political reality of the current United States.
#137 - Tibetan American with Jigme Ugen
Shaun speaks with the President of the Tibetan National Congress, Jigme Ugen, about the history of Tibet's struggle with China, what it's like to be a refugee, and the sorry state of Asian-American representation in entertainment.
#136 - Magnolia (1999)
Shaun forces Brian to watch one of his very favorite movies- P.T. Anderson's 1999 epic- for the first time.
#135 - Anti-Blackness with Bernard Hayman
Shaun speaks with activist, writer, and Fulbright scholar Bernard Hayman about anti-Blackness, why it's useful to distinguish it from a broader term like "racism," and how easy it is to be passively anti-Black in America.
#134 - The Brothers Bloom (2008)
Brian and Shaun take on Rian Johnson's sophomore effort, the con artist romantic comedy (con rom-com) The Brothers Bloom.


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The Holy Nobleborn Prince of Serbia Lazar (Lazarus) lived during the XIV Century – at a time when the Turks, having conquered neighbouring lands, prepared an invasion of Serbia.
Afterwards there began war with the Turks. At the time of the Kossovo Battle the wounded king was taken prisoner and on orders of Sultan Bayazet was beheaded with a sword on 15 June 1389. The body of the holy king Lazar was buried at a nearby church. In 1391 his undecayed relics were transferred to the Rovanetz monastery. The monastery was destroyed by the Turks in 1683, and the relics of king Lazar were transferred to the monastery of New Rovanetz on Mount Thruzh.
He was the founder of the Monastery of St Panteleimon on the Holy Mountain, as well as numerous other monasteries and churches.
From the Divine Liturgy celebrated today 6/28/2018
Troparion – Tone 3
Longing for the beauty of God's glory,
you were found pleasing to Him while yet in the flesh
and by good deeds multiplied the talents entrusted to you.
Having suffered greatly, even to the shedding of your blood,
you received the crown of martyrdom from Christ.
By your prayers, O Lazar, entreat Him to save us who sing to you.
Kontakion – Tone 8
Your flock glorifies you as a valiant champion of true piety
and a glorious martyr, O most wise Lazar.
Since you have boldness before Christ our God, entreat Him to grant peace to those who praise you,
that we may cry: "Rejoice, O praise-worthy Lazar!"


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Back around Christmas time, I Instagramed a picture of some really fun note cards I bought at Target in the craft/scrapbooking isle. I wasn't sure what I was going to do with them, but I knew I couldn't pass them up at only about $4 for an entire notepad.
Last week I posted about my burlap monogram wall art, and luckily I had some leftover supplies from the project. I had an extra burlap canvas (because they came in a 3 pack) and I had some extra burlap ribbon as well. Since I didn't want to spend any money for this project, I figured why not use the materials I had on hand!?
This project was SO simple and took just about 5 minutes. All I did was glue my ribbon in a vertical arrangement and glue the note cards in place. My full tutorial is posted on Twelve O Eight, so make sure to check it out!
So what do you think?? If your looking for a quick and easy piece to hang on your wall or even to lean on a shelf, I would totally suggest this project. You can even do the same thing with family photos as well:)


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Playing card trick explained
Posted on January 03, 2012 by Amy Tolmie
Categories: Primary, Secondary, 16-19s,
There's been a small surge in sales for schoolswork playing cards over the last couple of days, so I thought I would flag up a couple of useful videos.
Here's the explanation. See the previous post for the trick without the explanation.