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If you have a family member who has bone problems, you could also be at risk. Some medical conditions can also make you prone to bone disease. Many types of physical activity can contribute to bone health, but most people are not active enough. When you think of bones, you might imagine a hard, brittle skeleton. In reality, your bones are living organs. They are alive with cells and flowing body fluids. Bones are constantly renewed and grow stronger with a good diet and physical activity. After your mids, you begin to slowly lose bone mass.
Women lose bone mass faster after menopause, but it happens to men too. The amount of calcium that makes up your bones is the measure of how strong they are. But your muscles and nerves must also have calcium and phosphorus to work. If these are in short supply from foods you eat, your body simply takes them from your bones. Each day calcium is deposited and withdrawn from your bones.
Our bodies build up calcium in our bones efficiently until we are about 30 years old. Then our bodies stop adding new bone. But healthy habits can help us keep the bone we have. There is some natural bone loss as women and men age.
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The most common breaks in weak bones are in the wrist, spine, and hip. Broken bones in your spine are painful and very slow to heal. People with weak bones in their spine gradually lose height and their posture becomes hunched over. Over time a bent spine can make it hard to walk or even sit up. Broken hips are a very serious problem as we age. They greatly increase the risk of death, especially during the year after they break. People who break a hip might not recover for months or even years.
Because they often cannot care for themselves, they are more likely to have to live in a nursing home. Too many of us assume we are not at risk for bone loss or fractures. Because there are no obvious warning signs, even doctors often miss signs of the problem. Most of us have our blood pressure and cholesterol checked for heart health. Testing bone density is an important way to check for bone health. The risk of osteoporosis is highest among women.
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It is also higher for whites and Asians than other groups. See "Are you at risk for weak bones? In addition, your calcium and vitamin D intake, level of physical activity, and medications should all be evaluated. When you jump, run, or lift a weight, it puts stress on your bones.
This sends a signal to your body that your bones need to be made stronger. New cells are added to strengthen your bones.
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If you are right-handed, the bones in your right arm are slightly larger and stronger from the extra use. To keep your bones strong, eat foods rich in calcium. Some people have trouble digesting the lactose found in milk and other dairy foods, including cheese and yogurt. Most supermarkets sell lactose-reduced dairy foods.
Many nondairy foods are also calcium-rich. Vitamin D helps your body absorb calcium. As you grow older, your need for vitamin D goes up. Vitamin D is made by your skin when you are in the sun. For many, especially seniors, getting enough vitamin D from sunlight is not practical. Almost all milk and some other foods are fortified with vitamin D. If you are not getting enough calcium and vitamin D in your diet, supplements can be bone savers.
People of all ages need to know what they can do to have strong bones. You are never too old or too young to improve your bone health. Bone growth starts before babies are born. Premature and low-birth-weight infants often need extra calcium, phosphorus, and protein to help them catch up on the nutrients they need for strong bones. Breastfed babies get the calcium and nutrients they need for good bone health from their mothers.
Most baby formula contains calcium and vitamin D. Good bone health starts early in life with good habits. While children and young adults rarely get bone diseases, kids can develop habits that endanger their health and bones. Parents can help by encouraging kids to eat healthful food and get at least an hour of physical activity every day. Jumping rope, running, and sports are fun activities that are great for building strong bones.
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Children need the amount of calcium equal to 3 servings of low-fat milk each day. If your child is allergic to milk or lactose intolerant, talk to your pediatrician about milk substitutes. Children should get at least an hour of physical activity every day. Adults should get at least 30 minutes every day. Teens are especially at risk for not developing strong bones because their bones are growing so rapidly.
Boys and girls from ages 9 to 18 need 1, milligrams of calcium each day, more than any other age group. Parents can help teens by making sure they eat 4 servings of calciumrich and vitamin D-fortified foods a day. At least 1 hour a day of physical activities—like running, skateboarding, sports, and dance—is also critical. In young women, this situation can lead to a damaging lack of menstrual periods. Teens who miss adding bone to their skeletons during these critical years never make it up. Adulthood is a time when we need to look carefully at our bone health.
As adults, we need 1, to 1, milligrams of calcium, depending on our age, and at least 30 minutes of moderate physical activity every day. Activity that puts some stress on your bones is very important. Many women over age 50 are at risk for bone disease, but few know it. Because hormones help protect bones, menopause can lead to bone loss.
Hormone therapy was widely used to prevent this loss, but now it is known to increase other risks. Your doctor can help advise you on protecting bone health around menopause.
Seniors can take steps to help prevent bone problems. Physical activity and diet are vital to bone health in older adults. Calcium, together with vitamin D, helps reduce bone loss. Activities that put stress on bones keep them strong. Find time for activities like walking, dancing, and gardening. Strengthening your body helps prevent falls. Protecting yourself against falls is key to avoiding a broken hip or wrist. All women over age 65 should have a bone density test.
Seniors should also know that recent studies conclude that anyone over age 50 should increase his or her vitamin D intake to International Units IU per day. After age 70, IU per day are needed. You can prevent most falls. Falls are not just the result of getting older. But as you age, falls become more dangerous. Most falls can be prevented.
By changing some of the things listed here, you can lower the chances of falling for you or someone you love. Poor vision increases your risk of falling. You could be wearing the wrong glasses or have a condition such as glaucoma or cataracts that limits your vision. The average American eats too little calcium. And nearly half of us do not get enough physical activity to strengthen our bones. The same healthy lifestyle that strengthens your bones strengthens your whole body. You might not hear as much about bone health as other health concerns.
But healthy habits are good for all your organs, including your bones. Make yourself an exception. Be aware of your risks and work to reduce them. Get help from your family and friends and your doctor, nurse, pharmacist, or other health care professional.
Building healthy bones begins at birth and lasts your whole life. Talk to your doctor about bone health. Together you can evaluate your risks. Some things to discuss include your current health, your diet and physical activity levels, and your family background. Your doctor can look at your age, weight, height, and medical history. From that he or she can determine if you need a bone density test.
If you break a bone after the age of 50, talk to your doctor about measuring your bone density.
Even if you broke a bone in an accident, you might have weak bones. It is worth checking. Your doctor might recommend a medical test called a bone mineral density test. Bone density tests use x-rays or sound waves to measure how strong your bones are.
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Save Episode. Episode Info Episode Info: In Episode 92 of the Real World Wellness Podcast part two of a series on Christine's journey with chronic conditions , she shares what she has learned recently about osteopenia and osteoporosis. Christine explains her recent DXA scan results and what the numbers mean, serious side-effects of conventional osteoporosis medications, important nutrients to include in your diet for optimal bone mass density and what to avoid.
She also recommends specific supplement and food sources of calcium and vitamins K and D and exercises designed for people with osteoporosis. Next episode will kick off a month-long series on perimenopausal hormonal health. Episode Info: In Episode 92 of the Real World Wellness Podcast part two of a series on Christine's journey with chronic conditions , she shares what she has learned recently about osteopenia and osteoporosis. Discover more stories like this. Like Stitcher On Facebook.
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In Ohio's Trump country, a House conservative gets an earful
It was Rep. Jim Jordan's second Presidents' Day visit to the home of Warren G. Harding, but it was the first to be surrounded by protesters. Nearly 200 people had swarmed the building, their signs accusing the congressman of being a pawn of the Koch brothers who wanted to pollute Ohio's streams and rip health insurance away from sick people.
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On Wednesday afternoon, near the start of one of the year's final news droughts, former Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein announced a new campaign: to pay for recounts in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The news went first to the journalist Greg Palast, then on Stein's Facebook page, then in an interview with the Russian propaganda channel RT.

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The International Medical Device Regulators Forum (IMDRF) has issued a new draft document on harmonizing terminology and codes for reporting adverse events for medical devices and in vitro diagnostics.
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Window Ware, is celebrating not one, but two high-profile award nominations at the 2019 G Awards.
Bedford-based Window Ware, which specialises in window and door hardware, factory tools, fixings and consumables, is nominated for 'Component Supplier of the Year', while Sales Coordinator Hayley Jackson is a finalist for the 'Unsung Hero' award.
The nomination recognises another successful year, with further improvements made to their already award-winning customer service. Despite introducing hundreds of new product lines, welcoming and training new staff and facing product delays from some of the industry's biggest brands, they still managed to successfully improve their renowned service levels.
Whilst this has been achieved in part with key operational upgrades and investments, their success can also be attributed to the dedication of Hayley and the rest of the team. Her nomination for 'Unsung Hero' celebrates her 15+ years as an integral part of the sales team, supporting customers and colleagues with her wealth of knowledge and expertise.
Sarah Binns, Head of Internal Sales and Marketing comments: "Following our G18 'Customer Care' nomination last year, we are absolutely thrilled to once again be in the G Award shortlist for two fantastic awards! With our recent NFA nomination, we're so proud to be recognised by both our industry peers and colleagues, as well as the distinguished panel of G Award judges. We're really pleased to see Hayley recognised too, because she is so well respected and admired by colleagues and appreciated by customers for the support and guidance she provides."
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Missouri officials warned Wednesday that the safety of the state's most vulnerable children may be at risk after abuse hotline calls plummeted since the onslaught of the coronavirus.
Calls have dropped by 50 percent since March 11, according to the Missouri Department of Social Services. Thousands of kids are home during this pandemic and not at school, which means they are seeing fewer people who may notice signs of abuse and neglect and report it.
"This drastic drop we've had in March, it's scary," Sara Smith, deputy director for Missouri's Children's Division, told The Star Wednesday. "We need to be there, community members need to be there for kids."
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…picking up where we left off…and with PERFECT timing!
My next topic was the bullpen. Just…wow…another meltdown Wednesday afternoon.
I know, Chris Sale didn't exactly pitch that well. But at least he left the bullpen with only three innings to give.
Problem is that this bullpen sucks so bad, no one can trust them getting even nine outs in any game.
Why does the bullpen suck so bad? Welp, for starters, they are filled with a bunch of 6th/7th inning guys and have paraded several fringe major leaguers through there all year as well.
The Sox have had 17 guys throw bullpen innings for them thus far this season. And I'm not counting an 18th, Eduardo Nunez, who threw an inning in a lopsided game earlier this year. Truth be told, his stuff may be better than half the stiffs they have thrown out there.
In any event, a couple of these guys may be ok in the 8th inning. But NONE of them belong in the ninth, even with a significant lead.
That's where we go into the departure of the closer for the last three years: Craig Kimbrel. Kimbrel sure as heck had his flaws. And he was delusional about what he wanted for a contract this past offseason. But, by and large, he got the job done over his tenure. He also was borderline unhittable at times…like all of 2017, for instance.
In any event, he knew how to handle the 9th. Sure, he did not pitch well in the 2018 postseason. And I was completely ok with letting him go, especially with the ridiculous contract demands he had.
But then they didn't go out and get SOMEONE else??!
I fully expected them to go out and get a Fernando Rodney type…some dude who would have been cheap enough, but had experience in the ninth closing games. Now, Rodney has been terrible this year himself, but you get the idea.
We all knew Matt Barnes was not a closer. Every time they tried to have him sub in for Kimbrel when Craig needed a blow, he was at least shaky. And most of the time (it seems), he didn't get the job done.
Didn't the Sox brass know this?
Ryan Brasier was a nice story last year. But there is a reason one spends 10 years or so in the minor leagues (and some in the Japanese League minor leagues as well…chew on that for a second). He threw 33 2/3 nice innings in 2018 but most forget that a great deal of them, especially early on, were mop-up, low leverage spots.
And they expected Barnes and Brasier to all of a sudden hold down the fort late this year??!
It's easy to blame President of Baseball Operations, Dave Dombrowski. And we should heavily blame him. After all, he's pretty much never been able to put together a decent bullpen. If he had been able to, we'd probably be talking about the 2013 World Series Champion Detroit Tigers instead of the ragtag bunch of Red Sox that ended up winning it all.
We also have to blame the Red Sox owners, John Henry and Tom Werner. It's amazing how unpopular these guys are even after bringing 4 World Series victories to Boston since they have bought the team.
But they are.
They refused to go over the luxury tax to re-sign Kimbrel…or any other decent bullpen arm.
So they will spend a gazillion dollars on all the other players. But when it comes to that last key piece…nah. We will just throw a bunch of crap against the wall and see what sticks. They apparently loved the idea of the above scenario, along with seeing guys like Colton Brewer in the eighth inning and journeyman (to be kind) Josh A. Smith actually closing games.
That all being said, you know who else deserves some blame?
Manager Alex Cora.
I'm still ok with Cora overall, though he has had some head-scratchers this year (more on that later). After all, we always end up hating every Red Sox manager in the end, right? Well, not Tito Francona. LOVE that guy. And HATE the way he was driven out of town. But I digress…
Anyway, Cora has admittedly done the best he could with this collection of flotsam and jetsam. He mixes and matches depending on who is coming up in the lineup for the opposition. And when Barnes pitches against the best part of the lineup in the 7th inning, it seems he has done ok.
But sometimes Cora gets TOO fine. "Painting by Numbers" with the bullpen-fine. And then when it doesn't work out he is left with some stiff at the end of the game that coughs it up. An extreme example was Brian Johnson in the 17th against the Twins. Johnson stinks. But he is slightly better when he is a starter. But never throw this guy in extra innings. I'd like to see the numbers, but my sense is every time I see him out there in extra innings he loses the game. My opinion, but I think it is closer to fact.
Again, that was extreme, but that's also what you get when you throw all your best guys one inning…then the game gets tied and you have no one left.
But the one I liked from Wednesday was even pitching Barnes. I heard a stat on the radio after the game where Barnes has close to a 10.00 era when he gets zero rest and close to a 2.00 era when he gets at least a day of rest. He pitched Tuesday. So why was he in there Wednesday? With all the analytics these guys use these days, didn't the team (and Cora) know this?
Yes, I understand that a guy like Brandon Workman had already pitched two days in a row. And options are obviously limited, as we have outlined.
But Steven Wright pitched the eighth. Yup, Wright is back after being suspended for the first 80 games.
Listen, Steven Wright is certainly no savior. But he is certainly fresh. The Chicago White Sox are not world beaters. He pitched well in rehab leading up to his activation. He pitched well in relief last year and the team dabbled with him in the late innings.
Why couldn't he go two innings?
Not sure.
He is a starter by trade so should be able to give some length. Not to mention that he is a knuckleballer. It's not like he'd be stressed by going the second inning.
Lookie here, I've spent my "allotted time" on the whole bullpen disaster. Go figure.
As referenced above, a couple more things on Cora. Please stop blaming the schedule for some of your woes. Everyone plays 162 games and has at least some portion of it that is not ideal. (Visions of Josh Beckett bitching about having only a handful of days off during the year…).
If the players don't like the 162 games, do something about it. Sure, the owners want the gates and are likely the driving force behind all of the games. But factor this into the next Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiations then. I have never heard of this being a topic…but maybe it is…I don't really pay much attention to the labor part of the game. If this has been brought up by the players previously, I apologize profusely. But still…stop whining about the schedule. The general public never likes to hear rich people bitching about…anything. Especially about playing a game…a game that most families cannot even afford to go to.
Well, you can complain about the schedule, but do it privately. We don't want to hear the manager whining about it either. Cora is probably trying to protect his players, but still…
Let's move on.
How about some overmanaging folks?! Taking Brewer out with a 3-2 count on a batter? I guess you have to do it if you have someone like Josh Taylor ready to go. Ha! Brewer is a right-hander and Taylor is a left-hander. The batter, Jon Jay bats from the left side. Why wouldn't Cora bring Taylor in from the start? He said something about if the previous batter had gotten a double instead of a single, he would have brought Taylor in at the beginning of the at-bat. But he got a single…but then stole second, so THEN he wanted Taylor…blah, blah, blah…
Brewer,, Taylor, whatever…they probably are the same guy, somewhere between the 12th/13th pitcher on a major league staff and a decent minor league pitcher. The jury is probably still out on both, but they are both beyond prospect status, so they are likely AAAA depth. Except they throw with different arms. I'm just not sure the move was anywhere near necessary. Why bother??
I guess the only other thing I wanted to say about Cora was that it kills me how he often gives the teams' top players "maintenance days" against good teams when that particular series is sandwiched in-between series' against putrid teams. Why wouldn't he rest them against the bum teams? No idea.
And just Tuesday, he played J.D. Martinez, a DH with a bad back, in the field in soggy conditions and gave Andrew Benintendi a day off. Seemed silly, what with several days off upcoming due to the trip to London. At that point, I did not know that Benny had "leg fatigue" and was going to miss Wednesday's game as well.
But still, there wasn't another option to play the outfield? Brock Holt is banged up yes. But again, that's what happens when you have to carry more stiff pitchers than you want at the expense of bench players.
There it is, the bullpen screwing things up again…
Spring Training Nonsense…
…so the Blowhard has recently written about three of the four major sports teams in the local area, perhaps it's time to cover the remaining one…the Boston Red Sox?
I know, it's early in Spring Training and the team is puttering along (not meant to be a bad thing…just that Spring Training is too long…and…who cares what their record is in the spring anyway?!). But we may as well get a look at all of the players in camp to see what they have. What do we mean by "all"? Welp, every player on the 40 man roster, every player on the non-roster invite list and…every player that has appeared in a Spring Training game as of the day this piece is written. Yup, I did just say that last sentence. Once again, you've been warned.
Of course, the 25 man roster is pretty much already all set. Just a minor tweak here and there, specifically in the bullpen I would say. But it can't hurt to take a look at everyone that is in FLA anyway…because, well, I have nothing better to do at the present time.
Let's get to it, in usual Blowhard fashion, we break down the roster by position (numbers in parenthesis next to the players on the "prospects" line are what each player is ranked by Redsox.com):
Starting Rotation:
Locks: Chris Sale, David Price, Rick Porcello, Nathan Eovaldi, Eduardo Rodriguez
DL: None…yet
Realistic additional competitors for the Opening Day roster: None
Actual prospects on their way to the minors: Darwinzon Hernandez (#4), Mike Shawaryn (#13) Denyi Reyes (#19), Kutter Crawford (#20), Jhonathan Diaz (#30)
Additional flotsam also ticketed for the minors: Chandler Shepherd, Dedgar Jimenez, Kyle Hart
Comments: Doesn't get any simpler than this. There has been some scuttlebutt about Eovaldi ending up in the bullpen, specifically as the closer. But the Sox didn't throw him 68 mil over 4 years to do that, I can make you that promise.
Sale and manager Alex Cora can rave about Darwinzon all they want. But he's quite some time away from the majors. Besides, being #4 on the Red Sox' prospect list isn't anything to be fired up about. What, do they have one prospect on Major League Baseball's Top 100 prospect list? Just one of a hundred on most lists out there. Unimpressive…an understatement, I know. But I suppose we can hold out some hope, at least for him. The numbers on the rest of the "prospects" tell you that we probably don't ever need to talk about them again. But we will see…
Dedgar may not actually be flotsam…yet…since he is only 22. But he isn't even among the Sox' top 30. So I suppose that should automatically give us some pause. Shepherd and Hart are 26, so their time has likely passed.
With the contracts of Sale and Porcello expiring after this season, the Sox better figure something out throughout the year and into the next offseason. I'm hoping that they won't be replaced in 2020 by anyone in the section immediately below. I'm sure they won't…but there's not exactly anything promising coming up from the minors anytime soon either.
Then again, news has come out that Sale and the team are mutually interested in a new contract. We will see what comes of that. It will be interesting to see the particulars if that gets done. Sale has been "underpaid" for years, by baseball standards. He has not exactly been durable, often wearing down in the second halves of seasons. Dominant when healthy, can we expect that going forward? Not sure.
Would I give him a new contract? Hell yes! But would aim for a shorter term. If they could get him at 3-4 years, even if the money is somewhat silly, I'd do it. Once again, not much in the farm system. And a dominant Sale for even 150 innings could be worth it.
Did you also hear though? E-Rod is in the "best shape of his life" and looks electric! He's ready to take the next step! Sigh…those "feel-good" Spring Training stories…gotta love them…
Locks: Brian Johnson
DL: None
Suspended: Steven Wright
Realistic additional competitors for the Opening Day roster: Hector Velasquez, Marcus Walden
Actual prospects on their way to the minors: None
Additional flotsam also ticketed for the minors: Erasmo Ramirez, Josh A. Smith, Domingo Tapia, Daniel McGrath, Josh Taylor
Comments: I am making this an official category for when Sale and/or Eovaldi and/or E-Rod spend their obligatory time on the DL. Maybe Price too, if he needs another "mental break". Hey, he seemed to finally break through in the playoffs last year. But I'm not guaranteeing the page has officially been turned on him heading into this season. Just call me skeptical, that's all.
In any event, none of the aforementioned five starters are likely to get anywhere close to 200 innings, with the possible exception of Porcello. So there will be starts available for this group of guys that aren't really good enough to start but won't have key roles in the bullpen either.
Actually, Wright may be the only one that can be considered for either. But can you ever really trust a knuckleballer? I would as the #5 starter on this kind of team, I will admit. General Manager Dave Dombrowski has thrown his name into the mix at closer. Although Wright pitched well both starting and relieving last year when healthy, I don't think anyone wants closing games to be part of his repertoire. Then again, I wrote this paragraph before his suspension came down. So the point is now moot…until July anyway.
Johnson sticks because he is out of options. And even at 28 years old now, the Sox may want to try to salvage his former status as a "top prospect". Most of the year he will pitch mopup though. He's useless out of the bullpen and has proven that time and time again. If he's on my roster, he is starting games. There is no room for him for that on this team, but he will be the official #6 guy in 2019 I would predict.
Velasquez and Walden have options, I think anyway, so they will be on the outside looking in. I'm sure we will see them at some point. Walden is actually having himself another fantastic spring thus far, for whatever that is worth. I'm sure we will see Erasmo at some point as well. But he's on a minor league deal. So they can start him in the minors.
If we see Smith, Tapia, McGrath or Taylor at any point, that will likely spell trouble. It's doubtful they actually see starts if they are up, but they have been both starters and relievers in the minors, so that is why they are listed here.
Locks: Matt Barnes, Ryan Brasier, Heath Hembree, Tyler Thornburg, Brandon Workman
DL: Carson Smith, Zach Putnam
Realistic additional competitors for the Opening Day roster: Bobby Poyner (#22), Colten Brewer (#23)
Actual prospects on their way to the minors: Travis Lakins (#17), Matthew Gorst
Additional flotsam also ticketed for the minors: Brian Ellington, Trevor Kelley, Adam Lau, Jenrry Mejia, Mark Montgomery, Dan Runzler, Daniel Schlereth, Hunter Smith, Jordan Weems, Ryan Weber
Comments: Sssssooooooo…Craig Kimbrel is no longer here. And for the regular season, that could be kind of important. Machine Gun Joe Kelly is no longer here either. But despite how well he pitched in the postseason last year, I could care less. Because the fact of the matter is he still stinks. Even late season 2017 wunderkind Austin Maddox is no longer here. I think he's out the whole 2019 season, but I can't really find him anywhere.
So this is what we are left with. Yikes!! Kimbrel was not good in the postseason last year and can be shaky at times in the regular season. But he is by far a better option than any of the jamokes on this list. He is still out there. I would consider bringing him back. But that ship has sailed apparently.
Dombrowski has been touting Barnes, Brasier, Thornburg and Wright as potential closing options. Really?
Barnes is barely an 8th inning guy. Brasier had like 30 great innings last year, and most of his earlier appearances were low leverage, though he did pitch well enough in the postseason, I will allow. Thornburg has missed the better part of the last two years with injury. We've already talked about Wright…and he's no longer an option now anyway.
Not ideal. And completely uninspiring.
The way the "locks" have been summed up thus far, looks like 11 spots. Wright was my eleventh initially. But his suspension allows Workman to get one of the last spots. Why? Out of options, velocity supposedly up, blah, blah, blah. Now who is #12? Who knows? Poyner or Velasquez I suppose would be the front runners…or Walden if he keeps doing what he's doing. He is becoming Mr. March, I guess? A DL stint or two could affect things of course.
I can't believe Carson Smith is back after he got hurt (again) last season by throwing his glove against a wall or something and then blamed Cora for pitching him and/or warming him up too much. I guess that shows you how much demand there was for him. That being said, if he ever gets healthy, he could possibly be an asset. Same goes for Putnam. But we won't see them until the summer I would bet, at the earliest.
Lakins got some buzz for a possible call up late last year, but as a #17 prospect, I am not sure we can be too excited. The fact that Poyner and Brewer are listed in the Top 30 is scary enough. Gorst isn't even listed as an "official" prospect, but I put him here because he jumped up three levels last season and pitched fairly well…including 20.1 scoreless innings in his middle stint in AA in Portland.
The last group? Mejia is interesting enough. But he hasn't pitched essentially since 2015 with his own suspensions. Worth keeping an eye on for now, but that's about it. Weems is interesting only because he spent the first 5 plus years of his minor league career as a catcher. Now is 26 years old, but has only pitched for 3 years. Many of the rest of the names listed here have some major league experience. But I don't think any of us should be excited to see them in a Sox uniform this summer. They can help the Pawtucket Red Sox all they want though.
Next: The bats
Random Nonsense…
…whatever comes to mind…
*Not much writing about the Boston Celtics thus far this season. Tough to do when the Boston Red Sox had their World Series run. Not to mention all of the New England Patriots drama, before and during the season. Plus, you know, they are winning games per usual, despite the whole different feel of this season.
The Celts started off slow, to the tune of 10-10. A number of reasons for that. But I would say it was mainly because they had a full complement of players and they were all still feeling out their roles. Gordon Hayward was back after missing the whole season. Kyrie Irving missed the playoffs and now he was back. Everyone else important returned. Unless you count Greg Monroe, Shane Larkin or Abdel Nader as "important". That's up to you.
So now the C's are 18-11. Are they hitting their stride? Not entirely sure.
I've always thought this season that if everyone on the roster is healthy and playing, there are simply "too many mouths to feed". During this recent 8 game win streak, coach Brad Stevens hasn't had all of the guys healthy. Al Horford, Jaylen Brown, Aron Baynes and Gordon Hayward have missed time with various maladies.
This has always made Brad's job "easier". He has been able to juggle guys in and out when the rotation is smaller. This has been one of his biggest strengths. Also his ability to "coach up" players.
When all the established players are healthy? Who knows? My view is that it remains to be seen if now they are ready to roll.
Hayward and Brown have seemingly accepted coming off the bench…for now. But it appears that guys like Terry Rozier and Brown have been chirping about playing time. At least that's what the rumors have been telling us. Can't believe every rumor. But where there is smoke there is fire. Those two (plus Jayson Tatum), in particular, led the charge in the playoffs last season with Kyrie and Gordo out. So their egos were inflated in turn.
Many people do not like Marcus Smart…or his game really…or his offense to be more specific. But since adding him and Marcus Morris to the starting lineup, things have worked out pretty well. They are nice complements to the other starters. Morris is a guy that I thought would be a problem…chirping about playing time and/or coming off the bench. But he seems to have been a model citizen this year.
If all of these guys just suck it up and play together and accept their roles, the sky could be the limit. I'm not sure I buy that they will all season though. Long way to go. Let's see what happens.
*The Boston Bruins have also been neglected in this space. We should probably give them some props for where they are in the standings despite all the injuries.
The team has used 12 defensemen in 32 games this year. That's…a lot.
Combine that with goalie Tuukka Rask's poor start, that sounds like a recipe for disaster. Actually, Tuuks has played better since he has been back from whatever his personal issues were. Which is timely, since Jaroslav Halak has cooled off a bit from his hot start. But combine all this with an offense that has just one line that works (when everyone is healthy) and a bunch of underachieving (not as talented as we thought?) kids…and how are they even in the playoff mix?
The fact of the matter is though that there needs to be more offense. Hard to believe I am even saying this when coach Bruce Cassidy's forwards threw up some pretty good numbers last season.
But players like Ryan Donato, Danton Heinen, Anders Bjork, JFK (I don't feel like typing his full name) and even Jake DeBrusk just haven't gotten it done this year. Jake has 10 goals, but they seem like a quiet 10 goals.
These guys in particular really need to step it up. The rest of the dudes (besides the one top line) are made up of 4th line types…Noel Acciari, Sean Kuraly, Joakim Nordstrom, Chris Wagner and yes, David Backes. We've seen entirely too much of Colby Cave.
David Pastrnak, Brad Marchand and Patrice Bergeron make up an explosive line. But they are going to need some help at some point. And by "help", I don't just mean "David Krejci playing to the level of his contract" help.
*Joe Kelly 3 for $25?? Yikes! He made himself 10-15 million for a few weeks in October. Good for him. But I bet he was looking at something like 2/10 or 2/12 without that great run.
Kelly was wildly inconsistent during his time in Boston. I've said it a gazillion times: He's the only guy I know that throws 100 mph and never missed bats…until the playoffs, that is.
Thanks for the ride last fall Machine Gun. But I won't miss you. We can find someone exactly like you for a lot less money. Wait, we already have Heath Hembree!!
*Craig Kimbrel wants 6 years and 100 mil. Good luck man!
Kimbrel had a fine career in Boston, do not get me wrong. He was unhittable in 2017 and good enough in 2016 and 2018. But he was not good in the 2018 playoffs. And that's kinda important.
So feel free to move on bud.
But make no mistake, no matter what Dave Dombrowski or Alex Cora say, the Sox will not enter Spring Training with Matt Barnes and Ryan Brasier as the closer candidates. Those guys ain't closing. There will be more arms added, including at the very least a Brad Boxberger or Fernando Rodney-type guy that has had success in the big leagues closing games. For better or worse.
Add in an all of a sudden hyped up prospect Travis Lakins and there will be other options.
But thanks for the memories Craig…and more importantly, Machine Gun…


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River Skimmer keeps downtown waterway clear of debris
The day after a storm blows through the city, the Milwaukee River looks more like the parking lot after a game at Miller Park than a scenic stream.
Food containers, beverage cups, plastic bottles and bags, straws, a large blue plastic barrel and assorted trash mingle in the current flowing past downtown bridges and boat docks.
There are tree branches, trunks and stumps bobbing at the surface of the coffee-colored water, surrounded by urban flotsam and jetsam as small as a golf ball and as large as a lawn chair.
Sweeping it all up is the work of the River Skimmer, a city-operated vessel that's done the task a few days a week with little fanfare since 1998, collecting 60 cubic yards of trash in an average week - three Dumpsters worth - just from a stretch of the river downtown.
The River Skimmer might get more of a workout in the future, expanding to five days a week next year and adding cleanup of downtown stretches of the Menomonee and Kinnickinnic rivers, thanks to a proposed boost in funding from the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District.
The district's dollars also would enable the boat to extend its season, starting in April rather than May, and ending in November rather than October, said Peter Topczewski, MMSD water quality protection manager.
The district contributed $25,000 to Skimmer operating costs in 2008 and 2009. The commitment could grow to more than $99,000 next year, under a preliminary district operating budget.
Extra sweeping is needed to remove more debris and improve water quality, Topczewski said.
The city Department of Public Works owns and operates the boat with an annual budget of $45,000, said Ghassan Korban, DPW coordination manager. Other partners include the Milwaukee Water Works, with an annual contribution of $2,000, and the Milwaukee Community Service Corps, which provides the crew of workers who accompany boat captain Scott Cassavant on his sweeps.
The Port of Milwaukee provides fuel and maintenance services and stores the boat in winter.
As the Skimmer cruises the river, crew members use nets to scoop up small items off to the side of the boat. They carefully scan the surface for dead fish and animals floating near restaurants with outdoor seating.
A metal v-shaped frame at the front of the River Skimmer opens like a gate as the boat approaches a floating mat of debris. Every piece in its path floats onto a metal conveyor belt that drops the trash onto the floor of the boat.
The Skimmer removed 788 cubic yards of trash in 2008 and 865 cubic yards in 2007, not counting the picnic tables and trees that it tows away.
"It never ceases to amaze me what comes out of the river," Cassavant said as he maneuvered the boat Wednesday toward another log.
Though they focus on removing plastic trash and tires, dead fish and animals, the crew goes out of its way to clear boating hazards, Cassavant said. Nets and ropes might damage propellers, but a log might sink any small craft that crashes into it.
In mid-September, they found a 40-foot tree floating, roots up. Most of it was submerged and unseen. The crew tied it to the boat and towed it out of harm's way, disposing of it at the Port of Milwaukee, Cassavant said.
All trees, logs, picnic tables - and even telephone poles found in the river - are towed to the Port of Milwaukee. Trash and small debris are unloaded directly into Dumpsters at a DPW property on the Kinnickinnic River.
"This year, we've been finding more debris from construction sites," he said. "And we've picked up more than the usual number of plastic barrels."
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iOS 12 does not formally pop out till q4, however you'll check out it early… if you are brave sufficient.
As with earlier variations of the instrument, Apple has made iOS 12 to be had for obtain as a public beta so customers can test it out, familiarize themselves with its many new options, and assist record any insects that can have slipped in the course of the cracks.
Although the general public beta of iOS 12 is most commonly solid, it isn't ultimate code reflective of what'll are available a couple of months, which means that some options do not paintings correctly, and it nonetheless crashes right here and there.
We do not counsel putting in iOS 12 to your major iPhone. As an alternative, set up it on a spare iOS tool (assuming you've gotten one) in case one thing is going improper. This is not a evaluation of iOS 12 — we will have one q4 — however we have now had our arms at the beta lengthy sufficient to understand which key options you'll sit up for.
And boy is there so much to be excited for.
Dashing up older gadgets
Traditionally, the worst factor about updating your iPhone or iPad to the most recent model of iOS is that it virtually invariably operates slower. Whether or not it is an older processor that may't stay up or an inadequate quantity of RAM, new updates continuously sluggish outdated to the purpose the place you might be worse off, regardless of what number of new options there is also.
In iOS 12, Apple says it is made such things as opening apps and showing the keyboard a lot sooner and from what I have observed, the OS feels speedier evidently on older gadgets just like the iPhone 6 and iPad Air 2.
Apple's senior vice chairman of instrument engineering Craig Federighi mentioned at WWDC apps will release as much as 40 % sooner, the keyboard will seem as much as 50 % sooner, and the digital camera will release as much as 70 % sooner when swiped open from the lock display screen.
That is nice information if you are nonetheless putting onto an older iOS tool and wish to squeeze just a bit extra lifestyles out of it.
FaceTime will get a large improve
Apple's FaceTime is already nice, and shortly it will be even higher with fortify for as much as 32 other people in a bunch video name. It is not going you'll be able to ever be FaceTiming with that many of us directly, however the possibility is there if you wish to have or want to.
Along with with the ability to video-call a couple of other people, you'll additionally make an look as an Animoji, Memoji, or observe results (like stickers that transfer along with your head) all the way through the FaceTime. I've to confess, appearing up as a Memoji on a FaceTime is lovely fun.
Team FaceTimes additionally are not restricted to video calling. You'll be able to select to sign up for a FaceTime name with video or audio.
Then again, within the present public beta, we discovered staff FaceTimes to be very buggy and laggy. I spotted some critical latency all the way through a video name with two colleagues who have been toying with Memoji and Animoji over their faces, in addition to the filter out results. It is not possible to mention if those are problems that'll pop up when iOS 12 is launched, nevertheless it indubitably turns out like Apple has some critical paintings to do at the again finish between now and September if staff FaceTime goes to release and not using a hitch.
New Animoji and Memoji
Everybody mocked Animoji when Apple offered them along the iPhone X, however the global turns out to have begun warming as much as them.
Becoming a member of the 16 current Animoji are 4 new ones: ghost, koala, tiger, and T-rex. The brand new Animoji have simply as many issues of articulation because the outdated one, plus two new tactics to animate your cool animated film avatar: tongue and wink detection.
The brand new Animoji are good deal of amusing, however Memoji are a miles larger deal — and, individually, extra entertaining. Memoji paintings similar to Animoji, excluding they appear to be cool animated film faces of people, and you'll customise them. It is roughly loopy what number of choices there are for designing a Memoji and it is lovely simple to design your personal from inside the Messages app.
Like Animoji, Memoji are restricted to iPhone X customers since the characteristic makes use of the front-facing TrueDepth digital camera device to trace your face. But when the rumors are proper and Apple releases 3 new iPhones, all with the face-tracking sensors, extra other people will be capable of get in at the amusing.
Something's evidently: Memoji are already method cooler than the AR Emoji on Samsung's Galaxy S9 and S9+ and could be candy sufficient to bury Bitmoji.
Smarter notifications
Since Nougat, Android has controlled notifications some distance higher than iOS via letting them be grouped in combination as an alternative of showing them as person entries.
In iOS 12, Apple has fine-tuned notifications so they are tidier, and, because of this, much less aggravating to have a look at. For starters, notifications at the moment are grouped via apps and thread. They seem to your lock display screen like a stack and tapping on them expands them.
Notifications will also be delivered "quietly" to Notification Middle so they do not interrupt you. Those notifications would possibly not seem at the lock display screen, make any sounds, or show any banners, however they'll nonetheless be found in Notification Middle while you actively take a look at it. I set a particular Gmail account that I most effective use for on-line buying groceries sign-u.s.and, let me inform you, I like now not seeing those emails are available all the way through the day.
iOS 12 additionally has a few different helpful notification upgrades. Siri will recommend you progress notifications out of your lock display screen to Notification middle if you do not have interaction with them; I did not see any tips all the way through my transient time trying out the preview model of the instrument, even though.
Notifications additionally help you click on on a hyperlink or customized button to head at once to the content material, however once more this wasn't operating correctly within the beta. I attempted clicking on a hyperlink to the Wall Side road Magazine from a Twitter notification, nevertheless it most effective introduced me to the tweet.
Finally, iOS 12 lets in positive apps you might have authorized to play a valid even if your tool is locked, muted, or has Do Now not Disturb became on. Those "crucial signals" will assist in case of an emergency and Apple says shall be for "apps in classes like healthcare, public protection, and private safety."
Display screen Time
Whether or not we admit it or now not, maximum people are hooked on our gadgets and simply can not to find the psychological energy to position our damned telephones down.
That is the place iOS 12's Display screen Time characteristic is available in. The settings characteristic is a one-stop store to peer how a lot time you might be spending to your iOS tool. It presentations detailed data on what sorts of apps you might be the use of all day and the way continuously you utilize them.
It is precious data if you want laborious statistics to disgrace your self into being much less addicted for your tool. However it may be overwhelming to have a look at as a result of there may be such a lot knowledge stuffed in on a unmarried display screen.
I am not going to lie, it used to be just a little horrifying to peer knowledge on such things as how repeatedly I picked up my iPhone in someday (now and again 200+ instances an afternoon), which notifications I interacted with essentially the most (e mail from Outlook), and the way lengthy a few of my utilization classes have been.
Display screen Time additionally has a "Downtime" atmosphere that permits you to limit which apps you'll use all the way through a suite period. For instance, you'll set iOS 12 not to mean you can take a look at e mail apps between 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. since you're off paintings and it can most likely wait till tomorrow.
There may be additionally an "App Limits" characteristic that permits you to set points in time for whole app classes (i.e. social networking, video games, leisure, productiveness, and so on.), however within the beta it isn't essentially the most intuitive to make use of. You'll assume App Limits would additionally help you set app limits for person apps, nevertheless it does not. To restrict apps, you want to click on to your tool title to carry up its Display screen Time stats, then make a choice the app you wish to have to restrict from the "Maximum Used" phase. What I do not perceive is why there is no option to straight away restrict any app you have got put in and why the app classes limits and person app limits are not in a unique position.
Display screen Time additionally supplies myriad tactics to regulate limit content material and privateness. That is excellent for fogeys who wish to lock down their children' gadgets so they are now not doing such things as staring at irrelevant content material.
I like that Apple is in the end including those detailed experiences so we will be able to all quantify our virtual dependancy and perhaps give up observing our gadgets such a lot. However on the similar time, all the way through my iOS 12 utilization, I will be able to honestly inform you I noticed the numbers, were given freaked out, however went again to my outdated tactics. Not anything modified. However perhaps you might be extra disciplined than I'm.
Tweaked Apple apps
Apple made over a few its personal apps that experience long gone years with out getting any love.
The Shares app has a brand new design and in case you are living within the U.S., UK, or Australia, you'll be able to be in a position see make a choice business-related information tales populated from Apple Information. Oh, and the Shares app is in the end to be had on iPad, too.
The Voice Memos app has a contemporary coat of paint as smartly. Like Shares, the app's additionally on iPad model. It is much less cluttered, audio recordings are synced by the use of iCloud to your whole Apple gadgets, and I love that there are controls for skipping again and ahead 15 seconds.
Apple Information on iPhone has a brand new "Browse" tab to assist with finding new supply and the iPad model of the app has a to hand new sidebar to assist with navigation.
Apple Books (previously referred to as iBooks) has been redesigned. There is a new "Studying Now" display screen so you'll dive again to the place you left off to your e-books in addition to uncover really helpful connected content material. There may be additionally a lovely new "E-book Retailer" tab that presentations new releases and trending books in addition to bestseller charts. In a similar way, there is a devoted tab for paying attention to all of your audiobooks and purchasing new ones.
Should you use CarPlay, you'll now — in the end — use a map app instead of Apple Maps, comparable to Google Maps or Waze. CarPlay additionally helps third-party audio, messaging, voice calling and automaker apps.
The Footage app could also be extra Google Footage-like in iOS 12, which is superb. A few of my favourite new options come with the facility to spot faces in footage after which recommend sharing them to the known other people, a listing view of the media varieties (footage, movies, lengthy exposures, timelapses, and so on.), and progressed seek.
There may be additionally a brand new Measure app that makes use of augmented fact to simply help you, smartly, measure issues. Getting a dimension is tremendous easy — you draw traces between the issues you wish to have to measure — and iOS calculates the period. It is a excellent app to get a coarse sense of the period of one thing, however you'll't depend on it for an actual dimension, no less than now not within the public beta.
More potent safety and privateness
Apple has all the time mentioned it believes in sturdy privateness and safety, and in iOS 12 it is taking a good harder stance.
You realize the ones aggravating proportion buttons that normally seem above or underneath web page articles? Neatly, it sounds as if, they may be able to be used to trace your surfing — whether or not you click on on them or now not. Apple has mentioned Safari will start blockading the ones buttons' skill to trace you.
So far as I will be able to inform this hasn't but been added to Safari within the iOS 12 beta. Safari didn't steered me in any respect after I clicked on a proportion button.
Moreover, iOS 12 has a characteristic referred to as "protection in opposition to fingerprinting." Mainly, Safari does a host of items within the background to make your tool more difficult to spot each time it visits a web page. Such things as customized fonts and plug-ins can now not be utilized by advert tech to spot particular gadgets.
Safari's additionally in a position to mechanically create and autofill passwords in Safari and iOS apps — as a result of we are all too lazy to get a hold of sturdy passwords although we all know higher than to make use of 123456.
There are a couple of alternative ways Apple's upgrading safety in iOS 12, however one in reality helpful one that stands proud: One-time use authentication codes which can be texted to you mechanically display up to your keyboard's AutoFill so you do not want to manually kind it in or reproduction and paste it.
Siri Shortcuts
There is no option to say this properly: Siri is dumb when in comparison to Amazon's Alexa or the Google Assistant.
In iOS 12, Apple's made some development to make Siri extra clever. It is nonetheless nowhere close to as good as the contest, however it is an development.
With Siri Shortcuts, you'll create a customized voice command and assign it to an motion. For instance, I created a shortcut the place a "display me the inside track" voice command opens Apple Information to "see tales from Nowadays."
Apple says Siri Ideas can even be capable of counsel shortcuts for you according to such things as location, time of day, and process (strolling, operating, riding, and so on.).
The characteristic is straightforward to make use of, however because it stands within the beta, there may be simply now not so much you'll do. Siri used to be additionally sluggish to procedure the customized voice instructions, however that can be fastened within the ultimate instrument construct. I am lovely excited for Shortcuts, nevertheless it continues to be observed how helpful they'll be; builders must replace their apps with the Shortcuts API to ensure that customers to create their very own shortcuts.
iOS 12 is a whale
It is probably not a sweeping redesign, nevertheless it is going with out announcing iOS 12 is gonna be large. The sheer tweaks and enhancements is greater than I will be able to spotlight on this first preview unencumber.
Apple's in reality doubling down under-the-hood adjustments and it presentations. As I mentioned previous, the general public beta model of iOS 12 isn't relatively able for high time and you put in it at your personal chance.
After staring at nearly ever iOS 11 replace run directly right into a wall, over and time and again, it is nice to peer Apple tightening the nuts and bolts of its greatest platform as an alternative of resting on its laurels whilst its major competitor, Android, leaps forward.
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Director of Training and Development
Reports to: CEO
Employment Status: Full Time
The Director of Training and Development is responsible for the strategic development, execution and success of the SLT workout both in studio and on-line (SLT at Home). You will oversee a team of corporate and regional master instructors as well as 150 instructors company-wide in an effort to develop and maintain SLT's premium workout.
You will be responsible for departmental organization, efficiency and oversight, workout innovation, instructor recruiting, instructor training, ongoing instructor development, and quality control. You must be organized, decisive, detail-oriented, hard-working and interested in managing a large team of instructors and corporate/regional staff.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead strategic planning for the SLT method, trainings and cross-regional team
- Oversee the day-to-day functioning of the instruction portion of the business both in studios and on our digital offerings
- Communicate regularly with the 150+ instructor team
- Oversee studio schedule optimization and strategy
- Oversee instructor recruiting to ensure we are bringing on the best talent
- Oversee training and onboarding program strategy, execution and efficacy
- Oversee instructor review, continuing education and quality control
- Ensure constant improvement in teaching style, routine creation and class experience
- Oversee department budgets and expense reporting
- Lead and motivate corporate T&D team, master instructor team and instructor teams in all regions; build studio-level culture rooted in teamwork and accountability
- Create and manage SOPs related to teaching the SLT workout (both in-studio and digital offerings)
- Create and implement innovative product offerings
- 3+ years experience in fitness or relevant industry
- Bachelor's Degree required
- Experience with the SLT brand and product preferred
- Strong management and leadership skills
- Excellent strategic thinking skills with a balance of analytical and creative capabilities
- Strong interpersonal and presentation skills
- Ability to give direct, constructive, motivational feedback including criticism
- Highly organized and a skilled multi-tasker
- Highly adaptable to change
Work Requirements
- Ability to work flexible hours including weekends and holidays
- Travel as required
- Must be able to move and/or lift heavy items, up to 50 lbs.
- Position based in New York, NY
To apply, please send resume to [email protected]
Reports To: Marketing Team
Employment Status: Part Time/Non-Exempt
As a freelance graphic designer for SLT, you will create and prepare materials for final production, including but not limited to: presentations, emails, print, web, social media and signage. You're a critical thinker, and you enjoy bringing conceptual ideas to life in concrete, tangible ways. You love the challenge of new, creative visual identities and you're not dependent on constant direction.
- Version multiple sizes and iterations of deliverables from one marketing approved design
- Take high level direction to complete projects quickly and efficiently
- Maintain high standards of quality for final files, accurate archiving and project organization
- Work cross-functionally with various departments and stakeholders
- 2+ years graphic design experience
- Self-starter who can work independently, meet deadlines and deliver accurate, error-free artwork
- Expert-level experience with Adobe Creative Suite
- Knowledge of print production, pre-print file management, and RGB and CYMK color theory
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Positive attitude able to manage multiple project timelines in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to receive performance feedback professionally and constructively
- HTML skills preferred
To apply, please send your resume and portfolio to [email protected]


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Bring in your school notebooks, backpacks, pencil cases, etc. and personalize them with washii tape, handmade buttons, and fabric paint while snacking on chips and watching a back-to-school movie.
Participants will choose the movie from a list:
- Footloose
- High School Musical
- School of Rock
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off
- Clueless
- Do you have a suggestion? Email Margaret at email@example.com with your movie title suggestions!
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'Technology Manifesto' sets out vision for utilising digital technology and big data in the UK
'Technology Manifesto' from think tank Policy Exchange sets out why and how the government could move towards building 'the world's most connected and digitally skilled society.'
The report urges government to get everyone in the UK online by 2020 (10 million are currently unable to use a search engine or send an email) and digitise 95% of government transactions by 2015. While current progress in digitising government will save around £1.7 billion each year after 2015, the report estimates that if this process was sped up, that figure could be as much as £24bn a year. 'By 2020 a digitally transformed government could be up to 8% more efficient than if it continued doing business as usual,' it says. The report also advocates making Ordnance Survey open data as the current licence agreement prevents many public sector bodies from releasing valuable datasets.
To help enable some of these initiatives, the report proposes creating an Advanced Analytics Team in the Cabinet Office, responsible for identifying big data opportunities and helping departments to realise them. The formation of a Data Ethics Committee would guide government in new uses of data and establish a Code for Responsible Analytics, the report added.
Data Protection legislation needs to be updated to take into account of the 'internet of things' (ie data collected about people through online-connected devices such as mobile phones or healthcare devices) where in many cases, it will impractical to gain prior written consent for data collection. 'Legal clarity is needed to ensure the safe and fair use of citizens' data, whilst also encouraging innovation,' the report explains.
Lastly, the report recommends promoting a greater awareness and education in digital and online skills throughout society. As well as ensuring all citizens are able to use the internet, it proposes that all civil servants receive training in quantitative analysis and digital skills. And to ensure that the million technology jobs that are likely to arise by 2020 are adequately filled, it recommends that immigration policy is changed to attract more technology talent to the UK from overseas, such as reinstating the two-year post-study work visa for STEM students.


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£28+ per hour | 6 months plus+ | Parking
This role will involve working at the design stage on a variety of prestigious and challenging building projects for an Architectural Precast Cladding Specialist based just west of Birmingham, West Midlands.
The successful candidate will be part of a highly skilled team who are responsible for developing general arrangement and manufacturing drawings for a wide range of structures and structural elements of large flooring and precast concrete contracts.
This is a varied role from modelling & draughting in the office, site surveys & inspections to meeting the Architect.
– Knowledge of modern building techniques, structural details and materials
– Detailing experience in precast/reinforced concrete desirable
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I'm the husband of a BP wife. Have been married to her for 30yrs.
After she lost control in Jan 2012,and was in hospital were the decided she was bi polar type 1. I have found out she's knew she was a manic depressed perosn as teenager and treated for it. Never told me about this keep it from me. So I wonder what all else see has keep from me? Has been using drugs most of her life nd addict for 10 to 15years. I didn't see this as she was just sick all the time. They now say she was sick to get drugs. Doctor shopping they call that much I now know. Made up all kinds of stories about stuuf myself, her daughter and others have done, talks to god, things people are going are in the house that someone is going to kill her, she better that everone else, or done what their doing and it wasn't good enough for her. I just can't even remember it all.
Right now she's 2 months out of hospital on meds (the right ones hopefully) I'm wanting to stay with her and support her with all this. they tell me next to no chance of beating addiction on her own, put only 15 to 18% with my support not good odds. She claims to be to embarrassed to talk to her doctors bout thing and is ok with them just working on addiction, is afraid they will commit her, So again I wonder what all I don't know about.
I realize I can't do it for her, but don't think she reallly trying.
It's like a game to her and she's just playing along till she can be in control of the game.
The doctor and all can't help her if she can;t face it and tell the truth to them. I planto give her some time don't know how long or how long is right? there just to much to tell it wood be a book or 2 maybe 3 or more.
Glade I found this forum. Good to know I'm not hte only one. But sad to know so many are going thru this and the law is protecting the the person doing all the harm to other. Her lies go as far as telling the drug enforcement task force 3, 4, maybe 5 different stories and lying them off her back some how.
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$369,900, 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,134 Sqft 1 Garages
About This Property
Absolutely gorgeous remodeled corner/end unit with easy access to bus routes, CU, shopping, & the East Boulder Rec Center! Renovation opened the floor plan & boasts beautiful spacious kitchen/eating area with pantry and built-in desk, stainless steel appliances, breakfast bar, custom lighting, stacked stone gas fireplace, wood style ceramic tile flooring, new bathroom vanities & fixtures, vinyl windows, COAX and USB wiring, newer carpet, & more! Large laundry & full size washer/dryer included!
Essential Information
Community Information
Clubhouse, Pool, Common Recreation/Park Area
Interior Features
Eat-in Kitchen, Open Floor Plan, Walk-in Closet, Washer/Dryer Hookups
Window Coverings, Electric Range/Oven, Dishwasher, Refrigerator, Clothes Washer, Clothes Dryer, Microwave, Disposal
Gas Fireplace, Gas Logs Included, Living Room Fireplace
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Evergreen Trees, Deciduous Trees, Level Lot, House/Lot Faces NW
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Next to your subscriber list building and social media marketing efforts only one thing rivals in importance — a well thought out content strategy. You will attract more prospects when you establish a trusted source of information. The best way to accomplish this is through a regular posting of articles that best reach the needs of your community.
According to an infographic by Right Mix Marketing, social influence is enhanced by 41.67 percent when blog posts are shared:
A blog has the ability to answer the most pressing questions. Some other benefits pointed out by Hubspot:
But what type of blog is the best fit for your business — personal or business?
The right focus and message delivers the image and essence of your business whether you have a personal blog which is focused on you as the Expert; or, a specific company website which is focused on your business. Which format is right for your brand? Neil Patel, content marketing expert, writes it this way:
If, for example, you are building your persona as a public speaker, then writing from your own expertise can greatly enhance your following and opportunities to sell your services.
An increasingly savvy online audience is searching beyond the standard sales approach and may avoid blatant advertising. When you provide high value information you become a trusted resource your audience wants to visit — especially when you provide a perspective that caters directly toward your visitor's personal needs and desires. This will lead to your content being shared which in turn grows your business.
Whether you decide to build your personal brand or a company name there are a few things to consider first before you start blogging:
The next phase after building content is to attract thought leaders in your industry. This will come naturally if you provide both the quality and uniqueness of what you have to offer. This process also helps to build relationships with other high-level blogs. Additionally, with good content, your blog could become syndicated like this blog has at Business 2 Community-Yahoo and Entrepreneur.com and increase your visibility many fold.
It goes without saying that a self-hosted WordPress website is the best choice when building a blog — there are thousands of free and paid templates to choose from. A unique domain name will also help you become more easily recognized by your community.
A prominent opt-in box will also help you capture new subscribers who can be nurtured with tips, videos, special invitations exclusive to them, ect.
As you publish quality content frequently you'll be able to see more activity on your social networks — be sure to include sharing buttons and let your visitors know right away where they can find your business online.
A blog is a powerful marketing tool that helps establish a recognizable name and opens the doors to connect with other leaders in your niche. For the most part your content should be focused on your target market with a mix of videos, slideshows, and infographics to keep your audience interested and engaged.
Susan Gilbert uses her laser focus knowledge to coach and provide online marketing and social sharing programs for authors, speaker, experts and small businesses. She is the author and publisher of books including "The Land of I Can." Susan combines online marketing with strategic thinking to create successful programs. Working most often with authors and entrepreneurs, she understands promotion at a personal level as a regularly quoted resource in USA Today, Entrepreneur, Inc. Magazine and many more. Follow her Digital Marketing Tips at her blog: www.SusanGilbert.com [Originally published on Susan Gilbert's blog]


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Introduction of SSTR3
SSTR3 (Somatostatin Receptor 3) is a Protein in human that encoded by the SSTR3 gene. And it belongs to the G-protein coupled receptor superfamily (GPCR). SSTR3 encodes a member of the somatostatin receptor protein family. This receptor contains the characteristic seven transmembrane (TM) spanning alpha helical regions, with an extracellular C-terminal, an intracellular N-terminal and range from 362 to 428 amino acids. The biological effects of somatostatins are mediated by a family of G-protein coupled somatostatin receptors that are expressed in a tissue-specific manner. Somatostatin receptors form homodimers and heterodimers with other members of the superfamily as well as with other G-protein coupled receptors and receptor tyrosine kinases. SSTR3 is functionally coupled to adenylyl cyclase. Alternate splicing results in multiple transcript variants.
|Basic Information of SSTR3
|Protein Name
|Somatostatin receptor type 3
|Gene Name
|Homo sapiens (Human)
|UniProt ID
|Transmembrane Times
|Length (aa)
Function of SSTR3 Membrane Protein
Somatostatins are peptide hormones that regulate diverse cellular functions such as neurotransmission, cell proliferation, and endocrine signaling as well as inhibiting the release of many hormones and other secretory proteins. SSTR3 is the receptor for somatostatin-14 and -28. This receptor is coupled via pertussis toxin sensitive G proteins to inhibition of adenylyl cyclase. And SSTR3 associated with diseases include Pituitary Adenoma and Oncogenic Osteomalacia. Gene Ontology (GO) annotations related to this gene include G-protein coupled receptor activity and somatostatin receptor activity. In the recent studys, somatostatin has also been shown to inhibit the growth and proliferation of blood vessels (angiogenesis), by inhibition of endothelial cell growth, resulting in an inhibition of tumour cell growth. Angiogenesis is inhibited by the SSTR3 receptor subtype, and is involved the inhibition of MAPK and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) activity.
Fig. 1 Structure of SSTR3 membrane protein.
Application of SSTR3 Membrane Protein in Literature
This article shows the human SSTR3 is expressed in about 50% of all neuroendocrine tumors and hence it is a promising target for multireceptor somatostatin analogs.
This article finds SSTR3 was overexpressed in MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231, and analyzed for downstream signaling molecules associated with cytostatic and cytotoxic effect. Cells overexpressing SSTR3 displayed inhibition of EGF induced proliferation and enhanced antiproliferative effect of SSTR3-specific agonist in comparison to non-transfected cells.
Authors of this group aim to determine the influence of H. pylori infection and a family history of gastric cancer on the expression of SSTR3 in the gastric mucosa of non-cancer patients with dyspepsia. And they found a decrease in the density of SSTR3 (especially in the antrum) in individuals with H.
This article studied the influence of smoking cigarettes and H. pylori infection on the expression of SSTR3 in patients with functional dyspepsia. And they found the cigarettes smoking and H. pylori infection are independent factors leading to decreasing of the SSTR3 mRNA level in gastric mucosa of patients with functional dyspepsia.
This article shows the infection with H. pylori significantly decreased the SSTR3 level in antrum, especially in females. And they found H. pylori infection-related reduction of the SSTR3 density in the antrum mucosa speaks for the need of eradication of these bacteria in the prevention of distal gastric cancer.
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As a forward-looking research institute as well as a leading customer service provider in the field of membrane protein, Creative Biolabs has won good reputation among our worldwide customers for successfully accomplishing numerous challenging projects including generation of many functional membrane proteins. Please feel free to contact us for more information.


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|Organization Name
|Friends of the Earth
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JOB TITLE: Senior Lawyer
REPORTING TO: Head of Legal
TEAM: Political, Legal and Planning
CAREER STAGE: Band C
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent
LOCATION: London or Leeds office
LINE MANAGEMENT: Legal Interns and/or Volunteers
To provide Friends of the Earth with legal advice and representation in support of our overall aims and objectives, including to: inform and/or develop campaign strategy and tactics, identify and develop strategic litigation opportunities, and/or to help win campaigns.
To provide legal advice and representation to external clients to advance Friends of the Earth's aims and objectives, and to help win campaigns.
• Provide legal services, advice and representation to Friends of the Earth and external clients if required - such as community groups or individuals.
• Lead, be accountable for and/or deliver on agreed major projects
• Recruit and/or manage legal interns and/or volunteers.
• Contribute to the management of the legal team (or agreed projects), including contributing to the development of its strategy, and support or manage more junior members of the legal team.
• Educate and train colleagues, campaigners and activists and target groups on key legal issues.
• Build and maintain relationships to further Friends of the Earth's aims and objectives.
• Represent Friends of the Earth externally to a variety of audiences as a main contact for the legal team, and at the highest levels; including with lawyers, campaigners, local communities, politicians, senior civil servants, and in the media.
• Defend, promote and strengthen environmental law and access to environmental justice, including by applying expert knowledge creatively and in new ways to achieve this.
• Be aware of and follow Friends of the Earth policies and procedures, with particular attention to: Risk Management; Equality, Diversity and Inclusion; and our values.
• Attend training as necessary and update own Continuing Professional Development record.
• Provide expert advice to priority areas of environmental and/or planning law as relevant to current campaigns, and be Friends of the Earth's legal expert in agreed areas.
• Work with fundraisers to grow Friends of the Earth's legal capacity or fundraising success in relation to legal work and the legal internship scholarship.
• Qualified solicitor or barrister, with substantial post qualification experience.
• Currently practicing in England and Wales public law and can demonstrate a depth of expertise (from legal practice or academia) in either environmental or planning law.
• Has conducted environmental cases in the administrative or planning courts, at tribunals, or at planning inquiries, with examples of success.
• Demonstrable experience of having presented complex legal information in various forms to non-lawyers, or to a range of public audiences and events.
• Has dealt with a wide range of people such as: technical experts, local campaigners, general public, politicians, government and other officials.
• Proven research and policy formation, or lobbying and representation skills.
• An understanding of, and commitment to, environmental protection and social justice.
• Current experience of managing staff or volunteers.
• Managed cases in the Appellate, Supreme and/or European Courts or at planning inquiries.
• Knowledge of climate, international environmental and/or human rights laws.
• Knowledge of defamation law.
• In-house experience of providing legal advice.
• Experience of campaigning and the role the law can play in achieving social and political change.
• Successful fundraising experience.
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES (assessed at the interview)
• Ability to successfully manage competing priorities under pressure.
• Organisational and management skills.
• Ability to work with people from a range of professional and demographic backgrounds – including local campaigners and lay-people – and communicate effectively.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including diplomacy and negotiation skills.
• Commitment to Friends of the Earth's aims and values.
• Results driven and an ability to work creatively and think strategically.
• A strong team orientated work ethic.
Apply at: https://jobs.friendsoftheearth.uk/vacancies/588/senior_lawyer/