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Staff working papers
Do Peer Group Members Outperform Individual Borrowers? A Test of Peer Group Lending Using Canadian Micro-Credit DataMicrofinance institutions now serve over 10 million poor households in the developing and developed world, and much of their success has been attributed to their innovative use of peer group lending. There is very little empirical evidence, however, to suggest that group lending schemes offer a superior institutional design over lending programs that serve individual borrowers.
The Canadian Phillips Curve and Regime ShiftingPhillips curves are generally estimated under the assumption of linearity and parameter constancy. Linear models of inflation, however, have recently been criticized for their poor forecasting performance.
A Simple Test of Simple Rules: Can They Improve How Monetary Policy is Implemented with Inflation Targets?The authors evaluate whether an assortment of simple rules could improve how the Bank of Canada implements its inflation-targeting monetary policy. They focus on measuring the correlation between the deviations of inflation from the target and the lagged deviations of rule recommendations from the actual policy interest rate.
Are Wealth Effects Important for Canada?The authors examine the link between consumption and disaggregate wealth in Canada. They use a vector-error-correction model in which permanent and transitory shocks are identified using the restrictions implied by cointegration proposed by King, Plosser, Stock, and Watson (1991) and Gonzalo and Granger (1995).
Nominal Rigidities and Exchange Rate Pass-Through in a Structural Model of a Small Open EconomyThe authors analyze exchange rate pass-through in an estimated structural model of a small open economy that incorporates three types of nominal rigidity (wages and the prices of domestically produced and imported goods) and eight different structural shocks. The model is estimated using quarterly data from Canada and the United States.
An Empirical Analysis of Liquidity and Order Flow in the Brokered Interdealer Market for Government of Canada BondsThe authors empirically measure Canadian bond market liquidity using a number of indicators proposed in the literature and detail, for the first time, price and trade dynamics in the Government of Canada secondary bond market. They find, consistent with Inoue (1999), that the Canadian brokered interdealer fixed-income market is relatively liquid for its size.
Monetary Policy in Estimated Models of Small Open and Closed EconomiesThe author develops and estimates a quantitative dynamic-optimizing model of a small open economy (SOE) with domestic and import price stickiness and capital-adjustment costs. A monetary policy rule allows the central bank to systematically manage the short-term nominal interest rate in response to deviations of inflation, output, and money growth from their steadystate levels.
Measuring Interest Rate Expectations in CanadaFinancial market expectations regarding future policy actions by the Bank of Canada are an important input into the Bank's decision-making process, and they can be measured using a variety of sources. The author develops a simple expectations-based model to focus on measuring interest rate expectations that are implied by the current level of money market yields.
Income Trusts - Understanding the IssuesAn income trust is an investment vehicle that distributes cash generated by a set of operating assets in a tax-efficient manner. The market capitalization of income trusts has grown rapidly over the past two years, reaching $45 billion at year-end 2002.


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ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) – Let's go back in time to a classic local sports moment.
In 1989, Horseheads boys lacrosse upset the state's top-ranked team, Corning East High School at home. But, it was how the game ended that is perhaps most memorable.
With the game tied at five, Horseheads senior goalie, Josh Kurcoba, launched a prayer shot that went in to win beating East, 6-5. It was the first win ever for the Blue Raiders over The Trojans, and its a game that still resonates today.
Coached by the legendary Walt Snopek, Horseheads went on to several successful years in the game. East continuted to be the benchmark in local and state lacrosse, winning their first New Tork State title in 1990. That victory was followed by a state finals appearance in 1989.
Go back in time and watch this classic Horseheads vs. East showdown celebration.

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1061 S. Sun Drive, Unit 1097
Lake Mary, FL 32746
Mon - Fri 10am - 7pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday CLOSED
Closed on:
New Years Day
Memorial Day
4th of July
Labor Day
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day
About Front Running Sports . . .
Front Running Sports (FRS) opened its doors in 2007 with the mission of being the best resource for runners, walkers, and fitness enthusiasts who desire to be outfitted in the proper gear.
Our Mission
Outfit athletes in the proper gear to enable the most effective and injury-free training and racing.
Educate new enthusiasts on how the proper fitting of shoes, apparel and gear will help them succeed.
Create a non-threatening environment for customers to learn and grow in an active lifestyle.
How We Do It
We pride ourselves in our ability to evaluate and fit our customers in the proper shoes and apparel.
Here's what you can expect.
We are going to listen to your needs, analyze your walk and run, and assess your foot style before we recommend a specific type of shoe. Part of this evaluation is Video Gait Analysis. Using video technology we are able to better analyze your foot mechanics thus providing a more accurate fit to minimize the risk of injury.
After the evaluation we will make sure the shoe fits properly using our expert knowledge and experience.
Not all stability shoes are created equal anymore than people's feet are created equal. Therefore we will take the time to ensure that the shoe selected is functioning well for your foot design.
About the Owner . . .
Hello and welcome to the Front Running Sports! I'm April Darrow, owner & operator of the store. I've always loved running, and owning a running store has been a dream come true! Lake Mary has been my hometown since the late 90s, and it is so rewarding to combine my passion for fitness with an active interest in what has become a very vibrant business community.
My journey began in 8th grade when my friends and I decided to go out for the track team. Wow was that eye opening! I was horrible at it, perhaps lacking the focus running track requires, or maybe because at that young age it was difficult to comprehend the commitment required. In my Freshman year of High School a friend introduced me to Cross Country. It didn't take long to realize that this was what I'd been looking for - a sport that relied on individual success to achieve team goals!
I ran all four years in High School, and through the support of great coaching and amazing teammates, I was offered running scholarships to two schools. After a brief stop at Georgia Southern (my first experience with roommates!), I ran for Kennesaw State University. Two experiences I'll never forget are participating in the NAIA National Meet in 1992 and being named to the Peach Belt All Conference team in Women's Cross Country in 1994.
Following college, I continued my amateur running career by turning to road racing. I may be partial, but I couldn't imagine a more special group of friends than the ones I've met in the running community. Some of those friends work for me now, and another was a friend that had the courage and vision to start Front Running Sports in 2007 before he handed me the baton in 2012!
There's no such thing as too many friends though, so stop by to say hi, or come join me for a run. Hope to see you soon!
About Our Team . . .
Tommey ran cross country and played soccer in Junior High and High School. Like many of us, in 2012 Tommey renewed her commitment to a healthy lifestyle by visiting FRS for a new pair of running shoes. After being greeted by the store mascots, some overly affectionate rescue dogs, she knew this would be a fun place to work! Tommey's motto is "run happy and healthy", and FRS gives her the forum to share her passion!
Melissa is an avid runner and enjoys participating in local running events. Combining her passion with running and entrepreneurial spirit, she founded "My Soxy Feet", an athletic sock company. When not out running or working at FRS, she can be spotted at one of the many expos she attends each year to promote her brand!
Cheryl ran track in High School. She loves shoes and dogs so she really fits in at FRS. She's actually done a few 5K's.


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- Prof. Shira Hantman
- Emerita
- Social Work
- +972(0)546780090
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- Social Work
- Gerontology
Prof. Shira Hantman is a graduate of Tel Aviv University Department of Social Work and an expert with over 40 years experience in the field of gerontology. Formally head of the Social Work Department, and then Dean of the faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities, she is currently the Vice President for Academic affairs at Tel-Hai College in the Upper Galilee, Israel. She also chairs several committees in the field of aging, among them the Gerontology Accreditation Committee at Israel's National Association of Social Workers. Prof. Hantman is author of the book "The Sandwich Generation" and has published extensively in the field of gerontology, specifically on the topics of intergenerational family relationships, trauma, Holocaust survivors, Gerontological Social Work and forgiveness.
1. The effect of parental care on sibling relationships in late life families
2. Reactivated trauma in Holocaust survivors
3. Involving older people in teaching Gerontological Social Work
4. Old people as entrepreneurs
Tel Hai College
2002- 2007
Intergenerational relations – 1st year BA students
Social Issues in Aging
2002- 2009
Social Gerontology – 2nd year B.A. students
Second year SW Methods Course
Research Seminar in Aging – 3rd year B.A. students
Social Work with the Aged –3rd year B.A. students
2009 –
Master Program Practicum
Intergenerational relations (Master Program)
Bob Shapell School of Social Work, Tel-Aviv University
1994-1996 - Intergenerational relations in the family
1995-1997 - Second year Social Work Methods Course
1997- Social Work with the Aged – 3rd year B.A.
1998 - First Year Social Work Methods Course
1999 – 2002
Social Issues in Midlife and Aging – B.A. and Master students
Supervision of Master's and doctoral degree students
2000 – Master's Practicum (co-supervisor – Dr. M. Golan) – Developing a support program for community dwelling elderly
2001 – Master's Practicum (co-supervisor – Dr. M. Golan) – Group support program for caregivers. Student Hanna Shneiderman
2004 – Tel-Aviv University - (co-supervisor – Dr. M. Sherer) – "Changing attitudes of children toward elderly people by children's stories". Student Ronit Eisenstadt
2008 – Haifa University (co-supervisor – Pro. Miri Cohen) – "Caring for the aged in the kibbutz." Student Carmela Azulai
2011 – Haifa University (co-supervisor – Dr. Israel Doron) – "Attitudes of the elderly toward the justice system, Michal Segal
• 1996 – Zipora Alon Scholarship, Tel-Aviv University, 8,000 NIS. One year
• 1998 – Israel Cancer Association, PhD Scholarship in cooperation with Prof. Zahava Solomon & Prof. Yoav Horn
• 2000 - The G Sweden Doctoral Fellowship Fund, Tel-Aviv University, 10,000 NIS. One year
• 2000 - Brookdale Institute for Gerontological Research, 5,000 NIS. One Year
• 2007 - UJA Federation of NY, $50,000 in cooperation with Prof. Shaul Kimhi, Prof. Yochi Eshel, Dr. Lihu Zisberg. One year
• 2008 - Templeton Foundation, $22,000 in cooperation with Prof. R. Greene from University of Texas, USA. Two years
• 2008 – Legacy Heritage Fund, $1,300,000. For community projects and research evaluating the programs. Three years
• 2010 – British Council, 25,000£ in cooperation with Prof. Shula Ramon, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, GB. One Year
• 2014 - * פרס הוקרה במשותף עם ג'וינט אשל ישראל לתכנית המיזם החברתי שמעודד גמלאים ליזום פעילות עסקית. ניתן ע"י International Association of Jewish Vocational Services
2013: מענק עידוד בסך 5000 ₪ מקרן המחקר של תל-חי ומיג"ל בגין הצעת מחקר במסגרת קונסורציום שהוגשה ונדחתה ע"י התכנית השביעית של האיחוד האירופאי.
• The impact of ageing societies on public finances in Europe. Research proposal # SSH.2013.1.3-1. Submitted in 2013 to the European commission through consortium headed by Prof. Zofia Wysokinska from Poland. Researchers in Israel: Shira Hantman, Eli Gimmon, Israel Doron, Nir Becker.
• Research grant requested from ISF (Israel Science Foundation). Grant Application no. 1351/14 - נושא Topic: "Entrepreneurs and Non-Entrepreneurs in Later Life: Comparing Characteristics, Attributes and Benefits". Researchers: Gimmon Eli, Hantman Shira, Becker Nir.
IARU "Conference"Cultures of Health and Aging?" 20-‐21June, 2014. Copenhagen, Denmark. "Dare to dream: New venture incubator for older adults."
National Association of Social Workers Conference, Restoring Hope: The Power of Social Work. July 22 -July 25 2012 in Washington, DC. "Is there hope for Holocaust survivors?"
Trauma through the Life Cycle, International Conference, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, January, 2012. "Family dynamics, the Nazi Holocaust and mental health treatment: A shift in paradigm"
National conference of Israel Association of Social work, June, Tel Aviv 2010, "Collaborative teaching model of Gerontological social work: Preliminary findings"
Israel Gerontological Society Biannial 18th Conference, Tel Aviv, 2010
1. Collaborative teaching of Gerontological social work
2. Intergenerational meetings – from theory to practice
CSWE, San Antonio Texas, USA, 2009, "Special session on forgiveness and Aging – Israeli/American collaboration "
IAGG 16th World Congress, Paris, France, 2009, "Special session on forgiveness and aging – Israeli/American collaboration "
Paul Baerwauld School of Social Work, 50th Anniversary conference, Jerusalem, 2009.
"Teaching Gerontological Social Work in communities of practice"
Galilee Research Conference, Tel-Hai College summer conferences, 2006, "Aging in place"
Conference of the European Behavioral and Social Science section of the IAG and the ESA – Research Network Ageing Europe "Values and Norms in Aging", Galway, Ireland, 2006. "Aging and Forgiveness"
Israel Gerontological Society Biannial 16th Conference, Tel Aviv, 2005
1. "Can Holocaust survivors forgive?"
2. Resilience in treating the elderly" workshop given with Prof. Roberta Greene of Austin, Texas
CSWE Annual Conference, New York City, 2005, "Residential Social Workers: Towards a redefinition of role"
Conference of schools of social work in Israel, Haifa, 2004, "On the front line: Social workers in hospitals dealing with terror"
Israel Gerontological Society 15th biannial Conference, Tel Aviv, 2003
1. "The importance of the family to old people"
2. "Institutional services vs. Community services"
International Conference of Jewish Community Services, Jerusalem, 2003, "Intergenerational relations in the family and community"
Amcha Conference on Treatment of Holocaust Survivors, Tel Aviv, 2002, "Recurrent exposure to trauma: Holocaust survivors cope with personal and national stress.
17th World Congress of the International Association of Gerontology, Vancouver, Canada, 2001, "Reactivated Trauma: The Holocaust Survivor Copes with Cancer"
Israel Gerontological Society 14th Conference, Tel Aviv, 2001, "Recurrent exposure to trauma:Holocaust survivors cope with cancer"
IVth European Congress of Gerontology, Berlin, Germany, 1999, "Empowerment of Nursing home residents in light of the Law of Patient's Rights"
Israel Gerontological Society 13th Conference, Tel Aviv, 1999.
1. "Patient's Rights Law: A leverage to the empowerment of the elderly"
2. "Is the kibbutz prepared for the aging of its members?"
International Conference for Social Workers, Jerusalem, 1998, "Teaching social involvement as part of the methods course"
Israel Gerontological Society 12th Conference, Tel Aviv, 1993, "Aged coping during the Gulf War"
Israel Gerontological Society 11th Conference, Tel Aviv, 1990, "Caring for the elderly: Characteristics and problems"
National study day for social workers and nurses, Sheba medical Center, 1986, "Issues in caring for the elderly"
First Israeli Conference on the use of Audio-visual equipment in teaching Gerontological Social Work, Tel Aviv, 1986, "Adding meaning to teaching gerontological social work"
Symposium on Aging in the Jewish World, Jerusalem, 1985, "The Family and the Elderly in a Changing Society"
Israel Geronotological Society 10th conference, 1980, "Caring for the aged at home"
International Conference for Rehabilitation, Tel Aviv, 1977, "A home care program for patients suffering for a terminal illness"
Israel Gerontological Society 9th Conference, 1976, "Homecare programs for the elderly"


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Leading the way for diving in the Red Sea. Located in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt offering recreational dives, equipment and information with PADI, SSi courses for all levels and abilities.
Learn to dive with Planet Divers, an Eastbourne based PADI diving club. Scuba diving training to PADI standards, diving arranged around Eastbourne and abroad.
Resource for people who want to find out about scuba diving in the Philippines. The website includes information about dive sites, scuba diving packages, scuba diving courses.
The closest PADI dive centre to the spectacular El Cabron marine reserve, where they delight their guests with the quantity and variety of marine life. Diving and PADI courses for all levels.
Features information about scuba diving and dive sites. Offers a photo gallery, a forum and also articles.


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We're not ones to create divisions, but it's undeniable that there are two very distinct (and drastically different) groups emerging from the modeling scene. One consists of fresh-faced newcomers that have been dubbed the Insta Girls, and for good reason. Gigi Hadid, Kendall Jenner, Cara Delevingne, Devon Windsor, and Hailey Baldwin have social-media followings in the millions (52 million in Kendall Jenner's case, to be exact), which most labels only dream of—ensuring practically free advertising for a brand with a runway or editorial booking.
These models project the easy, identifiable, squeaky-clean kind of beauty that appeals just as much to preteen girls across America as it does to fashion's elite. Their high-profile appeal also comes from a fair amount of nepotism—most of these girls have parents or family that are no strangers to the spotlight or have wholeheartedly embraced it. This Insta element extends beyond just the runway—a quick scroll through any of their feeds shows sunny L.A. days, red carpets, and furtive snaps of equally buzzy significant others (Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, and Justin Bieber, to name a few…), as well as lots of pictures with each other, because Insta girls that take pictures together stay together and usually get booked en masse for the next Balmain campaign.
The other group that's emerged is a little less glossy and definitely more gritty—but they might be all that more intriguing because of it. The current rebels of the fashion industry are a devil-may-care tightly knit crew of models that party with Alexander Wang on the regular and seemingly defy open-container laws after every runway show. In fact, a quick scan of any street-style blog during Fashion Week will probably show you a steely-gazed Lexi Boling walking arm-in-arm with BFFs Binx Walton, Hanne Gaby Odiele, Anna Ewers, and Issa Lish as they smoke like chimneys and toss back drinks between shows.
They seem to live their model-off-duty lives by the mantra "work hard, party harder"—at least if their Instagrams are any indication, where they post blurry, candid pictures of New York City nights with no apprehension or apology about smoking or drinking with the likes of the Brant Brothers and Cat McNeil. Perhaps it goes without saying that it's a far cry from the carefully curated Instagrams of Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid.
The self-proclaimed "bad girls" of fashion are climbing the ranks with no help from reality TV shows, famous parents, or silver spoons in their mouths (save for the genetic lottery). They hail from the Midwest, from Germany, Belgium, and Mexico, and represent a more diverse look aesthetically and racially. When they date, it's not pop stars or boy-band singers but instead usually within the industry.
It seems inevitable that these two drastically different crews of models would be compared to one another. In fact, it might even work in their favor, as the high contrasts between the two have helped to build the buzz around their personal styles and brands. The rebels of fashion have found an ally and friend in Alexander Wang, whose downtown vibes and party-hearty attitude are a perfect match for their insouciant antics. Meanwhile, the good girls of fashion make up most of Olivier Rousteing's glossy, glitzy Balmain army and the Victoria's Secret runway roster. Whether you want to roll with the good girls or party with the rebels, there's no denying that these models are the ones to watch in seasons to come.


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Hey, Bruce, gimme a hollar if you guys decide to go to BBQ for lunch this week? :)
Magic Bullet
I think one of my best purchases in the last few years has to have been my Magic Bullet blender. Ok, so I admit, I bought it in a moment of weakness. The (annoying) advert had been playing back-to-back during an 8 hour overnight WWII session, and I was brainwashed. But I happen to like milkshakes, and I needed a blender. So, for $99? Why not?
I've not been particularly adventurous with it; but I've used it fairly regularly to make shakes-in-the-cup, salsa and queso. It's worked superbly, and my favorite aspect is that when you're done, you drop in 1/4 cup of water, a dash of washing up liquid, put it on the blender again for 5s and you've washed up.
It seems to be a great batchelor kitchen utensil, unfortunately most of the recipies that came with it are aimed at parties and families – maybe they're expecting to sell it mostly to bored housewives?
My kitchen here is a little pokey, and I've still not gotten used to the American variants of various staple foods – bread, baked beans, even milk, are all subtly different. (So I still order the occasional care package from England with Heinz Baked Beans with hotdogs, Angel Delight etc).
Any of you got/used one of these? Any cool ideas for things to do with it?
I've started contemplating moving to a different apartment complex and maybe upgrading to a 2 bed; the complex that Gophur lives in is pretty nice, and it even has the advantage of being a little closer to work ;) Mostly because the kitchen here is *so* pokey. Forget swinging a cat in it, the cat wouldn't fit, never mind yourself.
But in the meantime, the Magic Bullet and Bowflex ads on TV recently have started being replaced with kitchen utensil ads. One that caught my eye is the NuWave infrared, counter-top oven. Just listening to the ad in the background, as they explained the system, I had an idea that I thought would radically improve this system.
I'm curious if any of you have tried either of these products, but I'm also curious how I would go about doing something about my idea? It's not as simple as "make it blue" or something along those lines, it's a concept for a complete system, I guess. I could call them up and suggest it to them, out of the goodness of my heart, but I actually think there might be some money in this idea, and I wouldn't mind seeing some of it.
I also think it has applications beyond this particular oven, possibly microwaves too. Do I need to try and patent it before giving the idea to someone else? How the heck do you go about doing that?
Finally, time off…
I've got 3 days off this week, I'm probably gonna use them to clean up at home, sit on the porch with the cat, I might bother Dana for some transportation tomorrow night. It's not exactly a vacation, but I've needed some downtime for – well, nearly 2 years ;) When I asked Rafter for the time off, he thought I was nuts only asking for less than a week, but hey, it's a reset week so at least two of those days would be a complete waste if I *was* working.
I've been listening to old music, finished Strata by Terry Pratchett, watched 2010 from my Netflix queue, and generally lazed out.
I bought Oblivion from Direct2Drive last week. It's very pretty, but besides that I couldn't really see what the fuss is about. I found it to be rather 2 dimensional and overly simplistic. I can see that a great deal of attention to detail went into things like the sizeable volume of literature in the library of books scattered around, but they were too long for casual reading and too information-sparse to encourage me to do anything but learn you only need to open the book to be done with it.
There were some touches I liked – CTRL for crouch just feels right – but some of the real RPish stuff runs headlong into non-RPish ditches at every turn – the 'speechcraft' wheel that doesn't appear to have any negatives other than time consumed.
Most of the quests I encountered seem fairly bland, the more interesting ones feel were still woefully predictable. I also found an NPC, Darion, with an endless supply of pickpocketable cash (I think its a sign error). After pulling 4000 coins from him, 34 at a time, I bought a house and furniture and wished I hadn't.
I just failed to be immersed, I think. The combat is just blah, and there doesn't appear to be a middle ground between gamer and rper – things are either tediously mindnumbing or epicly overdecorated templates. One quest in Skingard is to spy on some other NPCs. Some careful work went into building that quest, there are numerous little touches that make it quite neat – the way the game engine massages the NPC community to make you question the storyline, and notes you may eventually find from the paranoid guy. But it predictably lacked any actual skill challenge. It's just a template that executes some AI scripts, with very, very, very limited triggers (did you see such an npc at 0600-0659). More simply put – the game engine fails to produce any of the embelishments or nuances in the execution that the quest engine implies.
And that's a total spoiler for me. That was what made KOTOR the only RPG style game I've played to completion, let alone three times.
So am I just being over-analytical or do you have to crank it up to a higher difficulty for NPCs (not monsters) to start behaving a little less robotically and easy to manipulate? (e.g. always equip a weapon before speaking to NPCs you plan to speechcraft, then speak to them again without for a maxed out standing)
Not politics
But I couldn't resist. When I was watching the Lebonese ambassador to the UN give his speech last week, was I the only one that noticed, in his plea to the Israelis for a ceasefire and peace, that he hoped that all parties would come to a rapid and lasting "final solution" for the peace. (I wish I could find a transcript). In any other context, it was just the correct wording. But I couldn't help be wonder if that phrase wasn't … chosen or careless, given the context.
Playmania: Dubious behavia [sic]
When I'm really trying to chill and I decide its time to stop watching TV, and if the cat seems to be in a good mood, I'll leave GSN's PlayMania on. Well, the presenters are always fairly cute.
Each time I watch it I wonder how they make their money. Some of the presenters seem to be permanently waiting for someone to fill the first slot in their player's lounge.
I sensed a scam. If 10 people bid on a puzzle that gives away $100, plus air time, etc, that's a big loss, right?
Tonight they were asking for titles of movie sequels, and nobody seemed to be calling in. I could think of a few (I even had the top one as it turned out). So after about 10 minutes I texted in, as the instructions suggest.
I got my text message saying "We may call u back … you've been billed $0.99". So I waited. When it was obvious people were not going to guess and they were trying to get people to call, I decided to put in a second text, so if I did get thru I might get to try my two favorites (Terminator 2 and Dead Mans Chest).
The girl on the show was just short of pulling hairs to get people to play, crank up the prizes. It seems that whoever was supposed to be bringing people through, tho, wasn't getting the message.
As I sat and waited, they went a whole 5 minutes without any callers showing up.
I happened to be chatting to someone online. Remarkably, he and his wife had both texted in having ideas for answers too (I think she had Shrek 2 in mind having just watched it earlier with the kids). They'd been waiting 5 minutes longer than myself. And they'd texted in on an earlier puzzle and on a previous night.
Here's the thing. None of the callers ever sound like they are on cell phones – atleast, that's what makes me sceptical.
Since they don't get to charge audience ticketing fees, then if they can offer $400 for an answer, they've got to need at least 400 people to text in at 99c each. And that's just to cover the prize. Presumably, they need more like 1000-1250 people to give away that much. And since it shows nationally, it's hard to believe they have a hard time getting so few people to text, so I'd go ahead and gamble that it seems like your odds just of getting your text followed up is around 1:2000. (Edit: My original numbers were off because of a typo in the first result, that'll teach me to change numbers without double checking :)
Boo lag, Hooray beer
I played a little MUD1 last night, while writing the post.
I was within sight of the rank of Legend (44,871 points, only a couple of resets), when I got a little careless during a dwarven genocide spree. I'd obliterated nearly the entire dwarven realm and decided now would be a good time for a refreshing wafer. So rather than stop and rest, I trotted over to where I knew one to be.
There was a long pause between my last command an my arriving in the destination room, and when finally the packets did flow again, and as I was typing 'eat wafer', along came the notice that I was being attacked, had been thumped, and fallen down dead.
Character deleted.
Oddly, aside from being annoying in that "Oh, I didn't win the lottery?" sort of way, it made me remember that I hadn't had a beer in several weeks.
To fork, or not to
So the phases of the moon and stars have swung around once more to that points where my interest in dabbling with one of my old coding projects has been rekindled.
I guess in some senses its like the REM state of coding, clearing up various concepts and notions that I've used and wanting to try them out in a different context and see how they play.
For this particular project, however, I actually have a chance to play with some design considerations that I've never really bothered to persue before…
Nuts and bolts, reaching your toes.
So you're wondering where the TOEs update has been, right? Well tough turnips. What do you think this is, an official blog or something?
My colleague, Gophur, is one of those who frequently questions the relevance that early-day folks like Richard Bartle have on today's games. I hope a few of you spent, at the very least, a short time in MUD1.
If you have, it probably made you ask that same question. Chatting with Bloo, he's made some salient observations of MUD1's lackings as a game. There is nothing that really gives you a sense of areas or points you in directions you might go. His frustration at trying to conjur up the word sequence peculiar to a single scenario, like trying to do a crossword where none of the words overlap and you don't know how many letters long any particular word box is…
MUD1 was, partly, motivated by a desire to get humans into an AI sandbox, using the 'game' aspect as a lure, and it shows, painfully. But its successor, MUD2, is far more clearly a game.
And its this quantum leap that, I believe, that gives MUD its relevance today. It is "multiplayer 101".
So if you haven't already, go play some free MUD1 and then go drop by one of the MUD2s. MudII.co.uk has a "happy hour" free-to-all 6pm-7pm UK time and is based in the UK (so may be a little laggier for US players than Euro players). It gets first mention because it's run by my old friend, Foddy. MUD2.com is run by Viktor, who also runs the free MUD1.
They both allow you to wander around and do their newbie tours for free, but you can't do much else without paying either an hourly fee (30p or 50c depending on exchange rate) or a monthly fee (five quid or $7.50 depending).
But I think either is well worth this unique insight into very early evolution of this genre. And I just find Richard's style of MUD more aesthetically pleasing than LPmuds. I always felt that with most LPmuds the mechanics were always just barely concealled…
C'mon… Mush! Chop to it. I look forward to hearing your observations and thoughts. Although, you may want to spend a few minutes finding a client you are comfortable with. Two I recommend are Clio and Mud2pj.


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If you dive into Warren Hoffman's The Great White Way: Race and the Broadway Musical expecting it to be a catalog of minorities on stage, you might want to take a second look at the title. Hoffman's book does indeed cover shows like Show Boat and Flower Drum Song, which focus on the experience of minorities in this country, and it takes a look at all-black productions of traditionally white shows like Hello, Dolly! and Guys and Dolls. But Hoffman is quick to point out that an understanding of race and the Broadway musical can't possibly be complete without an attempt to understand Whiteness on stage as well. Hoffman asks readers to consider not only what shows like West Side Story (which place white characters in opposition to characters of other races) might have to say about being white, but also to focus on shows like The Music Man and 42nd Street, which white audiences have typically seen as "not about race." The Great White Way provides an enlightening experience with the potential to open the reader to radical reconsideration of classic and contemporary shows alike. Continue reading


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The time has come – you're ready to sell the business you've built over the course of years or decades. Every business owner has their own reasons for selling. You may be ready to retire or move to another city. You may simply be looking for a new challenge or venture. Your sales may be down and your business may need new capital or management to continue competing.
Whatever the reason, selling a business involves more than simply putting up a "for sale" sign on the front window. Preparing for a business sale with a winning strategy will net you better-qualified buyers and a significantly more profitable transaction.
With the right steps, you could get the best possible value for your business, one that reflects all the hard work you've invested into growing your company.
How Do You Prepare Your Business for Sale?
First, you'll want to get a business lawyer involved as soon as possible. You should never go into a business purchase transaction without legal representation. A business attorney can help you not just execute the sales agreement, but also position your company in a way that makes it more appealing to potential buyers. The sooner you get started with counsel, the better.
Your reasons for selling your business will play a big role in shaping your business purchase transaction. After all, one of the first questions an informed buyer will ask is why you're selling. The negotiations will proceed differently if you're selling because your company is losing revenue versus selling a profitable company from which you're retiring.
Second, you should determine what would be a successful outcome from the business sale. Is your goal to sell above a certain price, stay on board as a consultant, ensure your company maintains its original vision, or protect the jobs of your employees? Your lawyer can help you establish baselines for success then target those goals in your strategy.
When Should You Sell Your Business?Theoretically, you can sell your business immediately – as soon as you make the decision that you want to sell. But if you sell right away without getting your company's affairs in order first, you could be leaving a lot of value on the table.
Think about selling a business similar to selling a home. According to a study by the National Association of Realtors, homes that are staged to be attractive to buyers sell faster and for more money than those that are not staged. The same goes for businesses.
By taking the time to prepare your business for sale, you can address and overcome your company's weaknesses to make it as attractive as possible to prospective buyers. This could take just a few months or more, depending on what types of adjustments are needed. The difference could mean hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars.
You can also time the sale of your business with other opportunities in your industry. For whatever reason, your industry may be booming – that could be a high-value time to sell. Conversely, if you're still profiting in an "endangered industry" that's shrinking in demand or value, you may want to sell sooner rather than later.
Your attorney can help put together an action plan for selling your business that takes into consideration your personal motivations, time limits, and sales goals.
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Every business is different and yours will benefit from a tailored approach. Your lawyer can help you get through the steps below to set your business sale up for maximum success.
To get your business positioned for its best chance at success, call the Philadelphia offices of Holmes Business Law at 215-482-0285 or use our contact form to get started now.
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7 Secrets to Making the Most of a Disney Vacation
Updated: Feb 25, 2020
We love #Disneyland and #CaliforniaAdventure in Anaheim, California! We love #WaltDisneyWorld in Orlando, Florida too! We visit these parks any chance we get so we've picked up a few #TipsAndTricks along the way that we wanted to share. We created a great checklist of things to bring on your next Disney vacation that is included at the end of this blog. After years of family trips to Disney we know what to bring (and not bring, haha). So be prepared for a great Disney day by downloading our free packing list today.
Tip #1 Cut Down the Cost of Tickets
Well in advance of your Disney vacation you can be saving up credit card rewards points that will save you big bucks on your tickets. We love our Disney Rewards credit card from Visa and we use it for all of our monthly purchases. They usually have a special bonus for signing up. That isn't even an affiliate link I added there; I just like you and want to give you the inside scoop on the best way to get discount tickets! Our Visa card usually yields enough points to pay for about half of our family's tickets if we take one Disney trip per year. Of course you should pay your balance off each month so you are not racking up debt. When you are planning a trip to any of the Disney Parks or a Disney cruise you can call Visa to redeem your rewards points and they will send you a rewards card that you can use to pay for your park tickets or a portion of your park tickets or cruise. You can also check the special offers available on the official Disney website to see if there are package deals available for the time you are traveling.
Tip #2 Pay Less Per Day
The more days you visit the parks the less you pay per day. We generally visit the parks for at least 4 days in a row so that the cost per day is very reasonable. We have a trip planned to Walt Disney World in December where we will be visiting the parks for 7 days! We originally planned 5 days but then realized it would only cost an extra $120 for our family of 6 to visit the park for 7 days instead of 5 days. Check the Disney Park tickets website to see what the cost for tickets for your family would be. You might also consider something like the CityPASS that allows you to visit more than one attraction in a city. On our most recent trip to southern California we bought the CityPass and we were able to visit Disneyland for three days, Legoland for one day and Sea World for one day. By clicking the link below (or near the bottom of our Shop Page) you can find out how CityPass can save you money in cities all over the world. This is an affiliate link so I could potentially make a small commission at no cost to you if you click the link and it will help me to keep bringing you great Disney blogs. Thanks!
Tip #3 Choose Trip Dates Wisely
Visit the parks when it's cooler and less busy. This is our best tip for having a happy and magical vacation. Crowded parks combined with heat really put a damper on fun. Proven fact: kids and parents alike will have melt downs from high heat and over-crowding so avoid it if you can. Of course if your only option is to go in the middle of the summer then by all means go. A day at Disney is still better than a day not at Disney. However, if you have flexibility in your dates then choose days that are less crowded and cooler. You can search online for Disney crowd prediction calendars to see what days will be less crowded. Generally all school breaks are high traffic times. Our favorite times of the year to visit Disney are late fall, early winter (when they have Christmas decorations up) and early spring. Our most recent trip to WDW was in December of 2018. If you scroll through the photos below you can see highlights. Just click the arrow on the right side of the first photo and it will scroll through all 9 photos.
Tip #4 Reducing Wait Times
Install the official Disneyland App or Disney World App on your mobile device before you go to the parks. Spend less time in lines by using the mobile app to find the shortest lines in the park. Fair warning though, everyone is using this app so check the lines for yourself when you walk by rides. If you walk by a ride that was closed and just opened back up you should jump in that line because it will be extremely short. Likewise, if you walk by a ride that has a very long line you might want to keep walking and check your app for lower wait times so you can return to that ride later. Also, definitely take advantage of the FREE fast pass systems that allow you to bypass long lines in all of the parks (explanations for each park are below). In the summer of 2018 Disney introduced the Play Disney Parks App that has interactive features that make waiting in lines a lot more fun so they seem shorter. Lastly, there is a new feature called Mobile Ordering on the official park app that allows you to order food throughout the parks on your mobile device and save time in food lines.
FASTPASS at Disneyland and California Adventure works differently than WDW. Our strategy at the Disneyland parks is to have a runner that gathers our FASTPASSES throughout the day. We send one person (the runner) to the most sought after FASTPASS first thing when we get into the park. The FASTPASS runner must have the park ticket for each person that is going on the ride because you feed the park tickets into the machine to get the FASTPASSES. Each person riding has to have entered the park that morning (they can't be sleeping at the hotel). You can get another FASTPASS after your return time for your current FASTPASS arrives or 2 hours after you obtained your current FASTPASS. Return times are strictly enforced so be sure to return to the ride during that return window so you can take advantage of the shorter wait time.
FastPass+ at Walt Disney World is a little different than at Disneyland. At WDW you book your passes online up to 30 days in advance of your stay. If you are staying at a WDW resort you can book the passes up to 60 days in advance. You can select up to 3 FastPass+ passes per day in advance and they will be linked to your ticket or magic band. After you scan your first FastPass+ in the park you can modify your next pass for the day on your mobile device and try to get it for a time close to when you will be done with your first pass. After you use your 3 pre-selected passes you can obtain another FastPass+ in the park for that day. You can get extra passes at one of the in-park kiosks or on your mobile device. After your first additional FastPass+ is done you can get another pass and so on. Therefore, you'll want to book your top 3 priority rides for the advanced FastPass+ and try to make those reservations early in the day (or modify them when you are in the park to be earlier) so that you can get as many other passes as possible. ***Note: Please see our Blogs for each of the Disney World Parks to see which 3 fastpasses we recommend that you book for each park.
Switch Rider is available at all of the Disney Parks and you should definitely use this. If you have a child that doesn't meet the height requirements for a ride you can obtain a Switch Rider pass (ask a cast member by the ride entrance). With Switch Rider both parents can ride the ride without waiting in the long line twice. When the second parent returns to the ride they get to go in the FASTPASS or FastPass+ return and they can take 2 other guests to ride with them. So we use fast passes for the first parent/kid group and the Switch Rider plus the 2 guest passes for our second parent/kid group. Our older kids love this feature because they get to ride the best rides twice - once with Dad and once with Mom.
Summer is right around the corner. Are you ready for the heat? Disney fans love these cooling towels and water misters for the parks. And don't forget the sunscreen. These are great products for summer at home too! These are Amazon links and if you purchase something I get a small commission at no cost to you. You get the same regularly low Amazon prices. Thanks!
Tip #5 How to Save Money on Food
Food at the Parks: When we eat at a Disney park we sometimes share bigger entrees or we order side dishes or smaller items. We found a great side cup of macaroni at Flo's Dinner in California Adventure that was almost enough to make a meal and it only cost $3. At Eight Spoon Cafe in Animal Kingdom in Disney World they serve a Baked Mac & Cheese with Pulled Pork that we loved for only $6.49. The kid's meals are great in all of the parks and fill our kids up for much less than an adult meal. Pizzas are always great for sharing so we order those when we can. We also love the Disney Parks corn dogs so we eat those fairly often. We try to avoid extras things like ice cream since they don't fill you up. But sometimes a churro or bucket of popcorn looks too good to resist. We actually love the souvenir popcorn buckets from Disney and we use them at home all the time so a popcorn purchase is always a must for us on every trip. On our most recent trip to Disney World we discovered that they will refill the souvenir popcorn buckets for only $2. So we ate a lot of popcorn on that trip!
Bringing Snacks: We bring lots of our own snacks and drinks into the parks (check online to see what is allowed, pretty much anything but glass containers is allowed). Bringing your own snacks is a great way to save $$$. Our kids think we are cheap... we think we are frugal, haha! Disney food is awesome! We love to eat meals in the park but we try to limit ourselves to buying one quality meal per day or two smaller and less expensive meals per day. We eat a large breakfast at our hotel each morning to get our tummies full. Then we stock up our park bags with snack packs of chips and granola bars. High calorie snacks are actually the best choices because you get pretty hungry walking all day in the parks. We also bring in 20oz bottles of Coca-Cola and bottled water too. The restaurants in the park will give you free cups of ice water so we get those at mealtimes but the bottled water or water bottles are a great way to get a drink while on the go. To save time we grab snacks from our snack stash on our stroller just before we get in line for a ride. That way we can eat our snacks while we wait in line instead of stopping to eat snacks. You can shop some of our favorite Disney snacks straight from Amazon by clicking the links below. Again, we could earn a small commission at no cost to you. Thanks!
Tip #6 Relax and Be Happy
Every parent has made the mistake of being in such a hurry that we snap at one of our kids or our spouse. I see people do it all the time in the parks and it really turns a magical day into a rotten day. The child's face shrinks and the adult walks off in a huff. It's so much better to keep your day sweet, full of laughter and packed with great memories by chilling out a little bit and stopping to admire the views or take a photo with a character. The best way to ensure everyone feels like they have a say is to have each person in your group pick 2-3 rides that they really want to do. Be sure you get to those rides and you can consider everything else to be icing on the cake. It's okay to save some things for next time too. That way you have even more to look forward to on your next visit. We don't say good-bye at the end of a Disney trip. Instead we say, "See ya later Mickey!" Your kids will remember the fun they had if they can remember their parents were having fun too; so relax and be happy.
Tip #7 Take Too Many Photos
Your days will go by quickly and you'll forget all the things you did unless you take a lot of photos to remember your trip. I've been known to take 100-200 photos in a day but even if you don't want to take that many you should take more than you think you need. Trust me, you'll treasure these photos of your kids and they will treasure the memories too. When I get home from any trip one of my favorite things to do is download my pictures right away and look through them all. Then a few weeks later I will start to work on a Shutterfly photo book of our trip. You can make a beautiful photo book to remember your trip for years to come. If you go to www.shutterfly.com you can receive a gift for signing up. They often put their books on sale so be sure to check your email for discount codes before you order your newest book. Our most recent trips to Disneyland and California Adventure were in 2018. If you scroll through the photos below you can see some of the highlights. Just click the arrow on the right and it will take you through all of the photos.
Other Disney Blogs
For specific information on each of the Walt Disney World Parks you should check out our Animal Kingdom and Epcot blogs. Other WDW blogs are coming soon! We'll let you know which Fastpasses you will want to pre-book, which attractions are our favorites in each park, our dining recommendations and where you can get free drink refills in each park.
Lodging Options
I want to do an entire blog post about lodging options but I had to include a few links here so I don't forget about them. I recently found a great way to book a Disney Vacation Club (DVC) resort without joining the DVC. It's called the DVC Rental Store and they have Orlando options, Southern CA and 3 beach resorts. It's not a frugal lodging option but it is a great way to enjoy a fabulous vacation and live like a DVC owner without the commitment. There's also a company in Orlando called Incredible Vacation Homes that rents large luxury homes. If you have a large travel party or you just want a luxurious place to stay this could be a great option for you. Of course, if you want a less expensive way to enjoy a larger space than a hotel room and/or you have a large party you can check out VRBO through the link below or on our SHOP Page. VRBO is also a great way to rent out your own home when you are away on vacation. Just a note that VRBO is an affiliate link so I could make a small commission at no cost to you if you sign up. Thanks for your support of Destination Families!
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Free Packing List
We have created a free download with our Disney Parks checklist (see below). This list includes all of our 10 essential items for every family trip and our 10 essential items for Disney Parks. Some of the first 10 essential items will be necessary on your way to Disney such as movies and pool stuff (if you stay at a hotel) but those items can be left in the hotel on your actual park days. Some of the items on the essentials list like snacks, a great camera and first aid supplies should be on your list of things to bring into the parks each day. All 20 items are good to bring along on most any family trip but they are particularly great on a Disney trip.
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Our normal porgrammes of events is subject to covid restrictions. We are running Zoom demos and In-house workshop opportunities.
The Club comprises a membership, Members and Members with Exhibiting Rights. The cost to join is the same for both. Membership is open to all over 18, but if you wish to exhibit you have to have Exhibiting Rights. To become a Member with Exhibiting Rights, you will be required to present at least five original works, mounted but not necessarily framed, together with proof of study, such as a sketch book or similar. Work will be assessed by members of the Council. Dates for assessment are twice a year before our Exhibitions, and dates will be notified in avance to members. If the date is inconvenient, members are invited to approach a Council Member for a special request assessment, when the Council will do its best to accommodate such a request.
What we do
The Isle of Wight Art Club meets each Tuesday afternoon during the winter months at the Riverside Centre in Newport from 2pm - 4pm. A refreshment break half way through the afternoon provides an opportunity to meet other members. There is limited free parking with number plate recognition at the Riverside. You will need to sign in, giving your car registration. If you drive in and leave because you cannot find a space, please ensure you still enter your registration at Reception. There are several car parks nearby with pay machines.
We have a mix of workshops and demonstrations during the winter months. The workshops are in three parts: live model for portraiture, still life and an area for you to do your own work. The demonstrations are provided by professional guest artists covering a variety of media. During the year there are also several one-day study days arranged by the Club featuring professional artists both local or from the mainland. The numbers for these are limited to 16 and generally cost £40-£60 per person. A £10 deposit is required.
During the summer we organise "Plein Air" sessions on Tuesday mornings at 10am at a variety of outdoor locations, including local beauty spots and places of interest, providing many painting/sketching opportunities. These run from the first Tuesday in May through to the beginning of October.
Winter and Summer Programmes are published on the website prior to the start of each season and hard copies will be available at the Riverside Centre at our Tuesday meetings.
The Club stages at least two exhibitions of Members' work each year.
An elected Council meets bi-monthly to manage the Club's affairs.
Other benefits available to Members and Exhibiting Members are:
- In house professional artist on hand to give advice if required
- Once a year opportunity to sell your unwanted artist materials
- Regular Email Newsletter
- Discount with SAA
- Invitations to Private Views
- Summer and Winter critiques
- Priority booking on coach excursions
The Club subscription is £35 per year payable by standing order on 1st January. For new members joining between 1st October and 31st December the fee will be £10. This is payable in cash at the Club accompanied by a completed Application for Membership form and Bank Standing Order for membership the following full year. Members who have not paid their subs by the 31st January will need to re-apply and if necessary join a waiting list. If you need to send a cheque please make out to IWAC and post to Di Hanson, 5 Park Close, Ryde PO33 2FS.
Please download and complete the application form, and post to the Membership Secretary (address on form).
Our preferred method of payment is direct to our Bank Account as follows:
Payee: Isle of Wight Art Club. Sord Code: 52-30.04. Account Number 30658640. Please put your name as as reference.
Note; You can now also pay by credit or debit card as we have our own terminal, this is much preferred to cash or cheque. at the Riverside Centre any Winter Term Tuesday afternoon from 2pm-4pm. £10 part year membership from 1st October 2021 to 31st December subject to a standing order for the £35 yearly subscription from 1st January. Cheques payable to "The Isle of Wight Art Club".
We hope you decide to join the Club, where you will find like-minded, mixed ability, enthusiastic and friendly artists.


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A bling offensive
At last, an explanation for silver's microbe-busting prowess
By A.B.B. | SEATTLE
SILVER has long been known as more than bling. In the fifth century BC Hippocrates noted its ability to preserve food and water. In the late 19th century silver-nitrate eye drops were administered to newborns to prevent conjunctivitis (though this remedy has since been replaced with an antibiotic). Today silver is routinely found in wound dressings and catheters to treat or prevent infections. Yet, despite its widespread use, the source of silver's antibacterial properties has remained shrouded in mystery.
Now Jose Morones-Ramirez, from Boston University, and colleagues think they may have cracked it. As they report in Science Translational Medicine, silver fights bacteria in a number of ways.
First, silver ions (as atoms stripped of some of their electrons are known) help, through a process known as the Fenton reaction, to convert hydrogen peroxide into molecules called hydroxyl radicals. Radicals are unstable and readily react with cellular components, damaging them. Indeed, an excess is thought to contribute to ageing-related illnesses in humans. However, the researchers found, concentrations of silver ions low enough to leave human cells unscathed nonetheless appear to wreak havoc on bacterial ones.
Using a dye that glows in the presence of hydroxyl radical, Dr Morones-Ramirez treated the bacterium Escherichia coli with silver nitrate (a source of silver ions). The E. coli glowed, and then promptly bit the dust. But when the bacteria were first bathed in a chemical which mops up the hydroxyl radicals, they survived. This points to silver's effect on the production of hydroxide radicals as the explanation.
Second, for proteins to function correctly, they must be folded in the right way. This can happen when sulphur atoms sprinkled around the protein pull together the bits of the molecule where they happen to reside to form a so-called disulphide bond. The researchers showed that silver ions disrupt this process, too, in a number of proteins that make up bacterial cells. They achieve this by reacting with chemical structures known as sulph-hydryl groups, which are instrumental in forming disulphide bonds.
Most intriguingly, perhaps, silver seems to enable certain antibiotics to kill bacteria that have developed resistance to them. The researchers arrived at this conclusion after seeing what happened when they injected antibiotic-resistant E. coli into the bladder or peritoneal cavity of mice and then treated the animals with a range of antibiotics. Neither the drugs nor the silver ions were sufficient by themselves to rescue the mice. When combined, though, the cocktail proved lethal to the bacteria. The bugs even fell to vancomycin, an antibiotic that normally leaves E. coli unfazed.
The researchers suspect that, at least in the case of vancomycin, silver works its magic by allowing the antibiotic to sneak into bacterial cells through the holes silver ions poke in the cell membranes. Drug-resistant superbugs are a growing worry. Though some believe the threat they pose to public health to be exaggerated, having a weapon against them is wise. Unfortunately, nature is fighting back. Silver-resistant strains of at least two other bacterial species, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Salmonella typhimurium, have already been isolated.
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Kid's Toy House Summer Camp
July 9, 2019 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
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An event every day that begins at 9:00 am, repeating until July 12, 2019
What kid doesn't dream of making their very own house for their special toys?? Dollhouse, fire station for their favorite toy trucks, home for their favorite toy animals… we'll help each child transform an unfinished wooden house into the toy house of their dreams.
In this camp well be painting, working on "blueprints," printing wall paper, and building furniture to complete their individual visions. Well even have some activities to help them get those wiggles out!
Camp runs July 9-12, 9:00am- 12:00pm
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About the Visual Resources Collection
Found within this collection are streaming videos, accompanied by descriptions, that have been captured by Professor Rhodes throughout various locations in Latin America. The videos are grouped by location, Bolivia and Panama, and then further by the dance company involved or a more specific location, such as venue.
Browse the Visual Resources Collections:
- Ballet Folklórico de Bolivia
- Ballet Municipal de Sucre
- El Alto Entrada Universitaria
- Gran Poder Parade
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(Telegraph) – Hannah Witheridge, 23, and David Miller, 24, were found dead on a beach on the southern island of Koh Tao on September 15.
Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul said on Tuesday that she had approached hotels suggesting that they hand out wristbands to help identify tourists that get lost or into trouble.
"When tourists check-in to a hotel they will be given a wristband with a serial number that matches their ID and shows the contact details of the resort they are staying in," she told Reuters. "So if they're out partying late and, for example, get drunk or lost, they can be easily assisted.
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Inbound Marketing Is Exactly What Marketers Want
Over the last few weeks, I've discussed the principles of how inbound marketing works. Hopefully, you understand how crucial an effective content distribution strategy is. Today, we're going to see how well these principles sync up with what actual marketers want.
But first, let's recap the six elements of an effective content distribution system:
- Content usage
- SEO (search engine optimization)
- Landing pages
- Lead scoring
- Automated prospect nurture programs
- Smart content
- Marketing automation tool
HubSpot, a leading marketing automation company, has done some nice survey work. Here is a chart of top marketing priorities of marketers of small- and mid-size companies:
Let's take them one at a time:
Survey Goal 1: Increase number of contacts/leads.
Inbound Marketing: Creating and using content in combination with good SEO and landing page practices will do this. Check ✔
Survey Goal 2: Convert contacts/leads to customers.
Inbound Marketing: Lead scoring, automated prospect nurture programs and smart content will do this. Check ✔
Survey Goal 3: Reach the relevant audience.
Inbound Marketing: Content usage and SEO best practices will do this. Check ✔
Survey Goal 4: Prove the ROI of marketing activities.
Inbound Marketing: Most marketing automation tools have plenty of reports to assist in this area. Check ✔
Survey Goal 5: Increase revenue from existing customers.
Inbound Marketing: Smart content can help greatly. Check ✔
Survey Goal 6: Reduce the cost of contact leads and customer acquisition.
Inbound Marketing: It's hard to imagine any other system, whether outbound marketing, direct mail, telesales, direct sales or any other method, providing as much bang for the buck as effective content distribution. Check ✔
Marketing isn't complicated. Once we agree on where we're going, then all we need is a roadmap to get us there.
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Join me next week as we discuss what specific inbound content distribution steps need to be done to achieve your inbound marketing goals.
Very much alive and now officially an industry curmudgeon, strategic growth expert T. J. Tedesco can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or 301-404-2244.


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Undefeated Showcases Cold-Weather Fabrics for Fall 2018
Expect sporty essentials with prominent Undefeated branding
Tomorrow sees Undefeated launching the first delivery from its Fall 2018 collection. The assembled seasonal looks showcase a wide range of sporty essentials, crafted with heavier fabrications for the cold weather months ahead. They include a hoodie and matching pants in warm pile fleece, a corduroy snap-button jacket with a nylon quilted lining, and a coach's jacket in heavyweight raw denim. Assorted hoodies, crewnecks and tees round out the range. Check out the full lookbook below and expect the goods to drop tomorrow at Undefeated stores and undefeated.com.
Release Date: 8/17/18 (Friday)


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Innovative and Sustainable:
A 74-Year-Old Foundry Steps into the Future with 3D Printing
ExOne Case Study
Swiss iron foundry Eisengiesserei Mezger expands services with ExOne 3D printer
Taking center stage inside Eisengiesserie Mezger AG's new building, stands an ExOne
S-Max Pro™ 3D printer. The company is now using cutting-edge 3D printing technology to produce its cores and molds. With its patented binder jetting technique, the 3D printer creates the sand products from a single piece and in a completely automated process.
A total of 45 employees at the foundry produce around 2,500 metric (2,268 tn sh) tons of cast parts each year for customers primarily in the mechanical engineering sector. The foundry also supplies parts to customers in the gas and water supply sector, as well as in engine and tool manufacturing.
In this case study, you'll learn why Eisengiesserei Mezger:
- Touts production speed as the decisive factor for entering into 3D printing
- Regards the importance of sand 3D printing and how it elevates Eisengiesserei Mezger to a technology partner
- Believes automation is a competitive advantage in a high-wage country and in the foundry industry with labor shortages
- Values the sustainability aspects of the production materials in minimizing waste and disposal costs
"Our foundry focuses primarily on prototypes, limited-run series and replacement parts for national and international customers. Speed in production is the main factor here and one of the reasons we decided to use a 3D printer."
Silvio Camponovo, CEO of Eisengiesserei Mezger AG


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re·turn (rĭ-tûrn)
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v. re·turned, re·turn·ing, re·turns
1. To go or come back, as to an earlier condition or place: She returned to her office after lunch.
2. To revert in speech, thought, or practice: I returned to my knitting after answering the phone.
3. To revert to a former owner.
4. To answer or respond: I said hello to him, and he returned in kind.
1. To send, put, or carry back: We return bottles to the store.
a. To give or send back in reciprocation: She returned his praise.
b. To give back to the owner: He returned her book.
c. To reflect or send back: The echo was returned by the canyon wall.
3. To produce or yield (profit or interest) as a payment for labor, investment, or expenditure.
4. Law
a. To submit (an official report, for example) to a judge or other person in authority.
b. To render or deliver (a writ or verdict, for example) to the proper officer or court of law.
5. To elect or reelect, as to a legislative body.
6. Games To respond to (a partner's lead) by leading the same suit in cards.
7. Architecture To turn away from or place at an angle to the previous line of direction.
a. Sports To hit or send back (a tennis ball, for example) to one's opponent.
b. Football To run with (the ball) after a kickoff, punt, interception, or fumble.
a. The act or condition of going, coming, bringing, or sending back: After my return, we can discuss this matter further.
b. The act of bringing or sending something back to a previous place, condition, or owner: the late return of a library book.
a. Something brought or sent back.
b. returns Merchandise returned, as to a retailer by a consumer or to a wholesaler by a retailer.
c. Something that goes or comes back.
3. A recurrence, as of a periodic occasion or event: the return of spring.
4. Something exchanged for that received; repayment.
5. A reply; a response.
a. The profit made on an exchange of goods.
b. often returns A profit or yield, as from labor or investments.
c. Output or yield per unit rather than cost per unit, as in the manufacturing of a particular product.
a. A report, list, or set of statistics, especially one that is formal or official.
b. often returns A report on the vote in an election.
c. Chiefly British An election.
8. Games A lead in certain card games that responds to the lead of one's partner.
9. Sports In tennis and certain other sports:
a. The act of hitting or sending the ball back to one's opponent.
b. The ball thus sent back.
10. Football
a. The act of running back the ball after a kickoff, punt, interception, or fumble.
b. The yardage so gained.
11. Architecture
a. The extension of a molding, projection, or other part at an angle (usually 90°) to the main part.
b. A part of a building set at an angle to the façade.
a. A turn, bend, or similar reversal of direction, as in a stream or road.
b. A pipe or conduit for carrying something, especially water, back to its starting point.
a. The key or mechanism on a machine, such as a typewriter, that positions the carriage or printing element at the beginning of a new line.
b. A key on a computer keyboard or keypad used to begin a new line or paragraph in a text editor.
14. Chiefly British A roundtrip ticket.
15. Law
a. The bringing or sending back of a writ, subpoena, or other document, generally with a short written report on it, by a sheriff or other officer to the court from which it was issued.
b. A certified report by an assessor, election officer, collector, or other official.
16. A formal tax statement on the required official form indicating taxable income, allowed deductions, exemptions, and the computed tax that is due. Also called income tax return, tax return.
1. Of, relating to, or bringing about a going or coming back to a place or situation: the return voyage; a return envelope.
2. Given, sent, or done in reciprocation or exchange: a return volley; a return invitation.
3. Performed, presented, or taking place again: a return engagement of the ballet; a return tennis match.
4. Returning or affording return or recirculation: a return plumbing pipe; a return valve.
a. Reversing or changing direction.
b. Having or formed by a reversal or change in direction; returning on itself, as a bend in a road or stream.
in return
In repayment or reciprocation.
[Middle English retornen, from Old French retourner, from Vulgar Latin *retornāre : Latin re-, re- + Latin tornāre, to turn in a lathe; see TURN.]
re·turner n.
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The Caretaker of Lorne Field
Dave Zeltserman, Overlook, $23.95 (240p) ISBN 978-1-59020-303-3
Zeltserman's superb mix of humor and horror focuses on Jack Durkin, the ninth generation of firstborn sons in his family who have daily weeded Lorne Field to purge it of Aukowies, bloodthirsty plants that could overrun the world in weeks if not attended to. Though Jack takes his job seriously, no one else does: his oldest son doesn't want to follow in his footsteps; his wife is tired of living poorly on his caretaker's salary; and the townspeople who subsidize him are increasingly skeptical of purported menaces that no one has ever seen because Jack diligently nips them in the bud. With his support dwindling, Jack finds himself driven to desperate measures to prove that he's truly saving the world. Zeltserman (Pariah) orchestrates events perfectly, making it impossible to tell if Jack is genuinely humankind's unsung hero or merely the latest descendant of a family of superstitious loonies. Readers will keep turning the pages to see how the ambiguous plot resolves. (July)
Reviewed on: 05/03/2010
Genre: Fiction


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Extreme Heat Mapping
Citizen Science Project to Collect Real-Time Extreme Heat Data This Summer in Worcester
Did you know that air temperatures in cities, particularly after sunset, can be as much as 22°F warmer than the air in neighboring, less developed regions? This is due to the so-called Heat Island effect, where dark impervious roof and pavement surfaces absorb and then slowly release the heat.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, the EcoTarium museum of science and nature, and the City of Worcester are collaborating to gather data to map the hottest places in the city to better plan community resiliency related to heat waves, which is an increased threat due to climate change, especially for vulnerable communities.
On a hot summer day of 2019, with temperatures projected to approach or exceed 90F, Worcester citizen scientists drove around the city, with sensors attached to their cars, to collect the data that will later be analyzed by CAPA Strategies company, to create a heat vulnerability map. The specifics of the program can be found here: FAQ and the Flyer.
Questions? To learn more about the methodology and process, check out CAPA HEAT WATCH. For all other questions, please contact Stephen McCauley, Co-Director of The Global Lab and Melbourne Project Center, Assistant Teaching Professor, Interdisciplinary and Global Studies at WPI (mccauley AT wpi.edu) and Seth Tuler, Associate Professor, Interdisciplinary and Global Studies Division at WPI (stuler AT wpi.edu).
The data collection day took place on Tuesday August 20th, 2019.
See the August 22, 2019 article "Hot, hotter, hottest: Citizen scientists help create heat map of Worcester" article by Telegram and Gazette for more information.
This webpage will be updated with new information as it becomes available.


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NEWARK, Del. (ECU Media Relations) – Jada Payne posted her third-straight double-double with 25 points and a career-high 17 rebounds, as the East Carolina women's basketball team never trailed in a 68-58 road win at Delaware on Sunday afternoon at the Bob Carpenter Center.
Payne shot 8-for-15 overall and now has four double-doubles in the Pirates' first five games of the season and 15 for her career. Senior forward I'Tiana Taylor recorded her first double-double of the season with 11 points and 11 rebounds, while chipping in three assists and two blocks. Junior point guard Khadidja Toure scored a career-high 18 points on 6-for-11 shooting, including 5-for-7 from three-point range and snared three streals.
East Carolina (5-0) played stingy defense from the opening tip, as Laramie completed a three-point play at the 7:38 mark and connected on a floater two minutes later to push the lead to 7-1 at the first media timeout with 4:47 to play. The Pirates pushed their lead to as many as 10 with the score 18-8 after Payne executed a three-point play of her own with 58 ticks remaining on the clock.
Holding an 18-12 going into the second quarter, ECU continued the efficient shooting performance and remained active on the defensive end, as Payne earned her double-double with approximately four minutes remaining in the period on her 10th rebound.
Taylor made a layup with 2:37 remaining to force Delaware (2-1) into calling its first timeout with the Pirates holding their largest lead of the half, 37-22. Toure sunk three shots from beyond the arc in the quarter, with the final conversion coming as the halftime buzzer sounded to give her team a 40-24 advantage heading into the locker rooms.
ECU shot 15-for-35 (.429) from the field, 4-for-9 (.444) from three-point range and 6-for-11 (.545) at the foul line in the first half, while the Blue Hens went just 7-for-26 (.269) from the floor, missed all five attempts from deep and connected on 10 of 13 (.769) free throws.
Toure drained her fourth three of the contest on East Carolina's first possession of the second half, before the Pirates generated their largest lead of the game at 21 points with 8:53 after a Taylor layup made it 45-24. Delaware would come alive as ECU went through a cold spell that lasted 5:38 until Taylor's bucket with 1:00 left in the quarter.
Holding a 54-40 lead, the Blue Hens stormed back by cutting its deficit to single digits, as Payne's layup with 5:32 left on the game clock marked ECU's first basket of the fourth quarter.
Delaware crept within two points on an Alecia Bell layup with 2:25 to go in the game, but Toure's fifth three-pointer, followed by a steal and layup, pushed the Pirates' lead back to seven, 64-57, with 1:23 remaining. Three more Payne free throws and one last by Toure capped the 10-point victory.
ECU shot 24-for-60 (.400) overall, 6-for-17 (.353) from beyond the arc and 14-for-28 (.500) at the free throw line, while Delaware finished 17-for-52 (.327) from the floor, 1-for-8 (.125) from three and 23-for-33 (.697) at the stripe.
East Carolina returns to action against Creighton on Thanksgiving Day with the first of three games at the Lone Star Showcase in Austin, Texas on Nov. 26 at 8:30 p.m. (ET).


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Slazenger Cricket Batting Tee
This Slazenger Cricket Batting Tee is perfect for practising your shots. Perfect for use with soft or hard cricket balls and set at a height suitable for practising your forward drives, this is decorated in a solid colouring throughout and finished with the Slazenger branding. Ideal for using on your own or with others.
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- Grain-free.
- All natural.
- Added Inulin (chicory root) & omega-3 & 6 fatty acids.
- Made of 97% proteins.
- Hypoallergenic formula.
- Promotes supple skin, as well as a shiny, silky coat.
97% of the proteins in this adult dog food recipe for all breeds comes from duck, fish and legumes.
This adult dog food recipe provides a lower glycemic index than our regular recipe.
Our adult dog food recipes are made in small portions to ensure freshness and quality.
Duck, Tapioca, Duck meal, Fish meal, Whole peas, Pea protein, Whole chickpeas, Canola oil (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), Pea fiber, Green lentils, Ground whole flaxseed, Dicalcium phosphate, Sea salt, Natural flavor, Potassium chloride, Chlorine chloride, Inulin (prebiotic), Zinc proteinate, Iron proteinate, Glucosamine hydrochloride, Yucca schidigera extract, Chondroitin sulfate, Vitamin E supplement, Copper proteinate, Manganese proteinate, Niacin supplement, Vitamin A supplement, Calcium D-pantothenate, Riboflavin supplement, Thiamine mononitrate, Vitamin D3 supplement, Vitamin B12 supplement, Pyridoxine hydrochloride, Calcium iodate, Folic acid, Sodium selenite, Rosemary Extract. May contain traces of peanuts.
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Crude protein min 28.00 %.
Crude fat min 16.00 %.
Crude fiber max 5.50 %.
Moisture max 10.00 %.
Calcium min 1.20 %.
Phosphorus min 1.00 %.
Potassium min 0.60 %.
Sodium min 0.30 %.
Omega-6* Fatty Acids min 2.50 %.
Omega-3* Fatty Acids min 1.00 %.
Glucosamine* min 400 mg/kg.
Chondroitin sulfate* min 300 mg/kg.
*Not recognized as an essential nutrient by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles.
Calorie Content
The calculated metabolizable energy is 3468 kcal/kg, 486 kcal / cup of 250 ml.
Suitable For
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Product Size
5 lb (2.27 kg), 10 lb (4.54 kg), 23 lb (10.43 kg).
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By Jung Sung-ki
Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) has begun final-phase negotiations with the Indonesian government over the construction and sale of three 1,300-ton, Type-209 submarines valued at $1.1 billion, the company said Tuesday.
Korea's biggest arms sale is expected to be completed by November.
Previously, a $400 million deal with Indonesia to sell 16 T-50 Golden Eagle supersonic trainer jets, jointly built by Korea Aerospace Industries and Lockheed Martin of the United States, was the biggest weapons sale.
"We have launched talks to sign a contract with Indonesia's defense ministry," the shipbuilder said in a statement.
DSME's Communication Director Jeong Seong-dae told The Korea Times, "Both sides have long discussed the sale of Korean-built submarines, and now we are in the final stage of fine-tuning detailed requirements and contract terms," said Jeong.
DSME competed with submarine powerhouses Germany, France and Russia to win the status of preferred negotiator.
The diesel/electric propulsion sub is built with technical assistance from German's HDW.
The ship measures 56 meters in length and 5.5 meters in width. It can submerge to a depth of up to 250 meters and has an underwater endurance of about two weeks.
The sub, with a capacity of 33 sailors, has a surface speed of 11 knots and can cruise submerged at 22 knots.
The South Korean Navy operates nine Type-209 submarines fitted with torpedoes and submarine-to-surface missiles.
DSME has been building 1,800-ton, Type-214 submarines following a government order in 2008.
Korea plans to build 3,000-ton KSS-III heavy attack submarines beginning in 2018. DSME and its domestic rival Hyundai Heavy Industries will cooperate for the development of the new submarine to be equipped with a domestically-built vertical launching system (VLS).
A VLS is a modern type of missile-firing system used aboard submarines and surface vessels of several navies around the world.
When installed on an attack submarine, a VLS allows a greater number and variety of weapons to be deployed in comparison to using only torpedo tubes.


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Oru Kayak Inc. launches its first, flagship product, an incredible lightweight folding kayak, on Kickstarter November 14th.
The Oru Kayak is an elegant, robust, 12' long boat—that quickly folds up into a compact, easily portable case. Its design utilizes principles of origami to derive incredible structural strength from simple, lightweight materials.
Oru Kayak Inc. is dedicated to unlocking the wonder of the great outdoors—especially for city dwellers. The Oru Kayak's on-the-water performance is suited to both novice and experienced kayakers, and it is the most portable, storable kayak on the market. Apartment dwellers can stash an Oru Kayak in a closet, or car trunk. Sailors can keep a couple on board to paddle to shore. Travelers can check the Oru Kayak onto a jet. And backpackers can hike an Oru Kayak to remote, untouched waters.
Founder Anton Willis, an architect and product designer, describes the design as based in both necessity, and unexpected inspiration. "When I moved into a small apartment in San Francisco, I had to put my kayak into storage. Reading an article on recent advances in origami got me thinking…What if you could make a real boat out of origami? What if you could take a boat with you everywhere you wanted to go?" Four years and countless paper models, 25+ prototypes, many rounds of user feedback, and hundreds of test rides later, the Oru Kayak is ready to launch.
The design and engineering of the patent-pending Oru Kayak are brilliantly simple—it is made of a single, seamless sheet of double-layered plastic. A proprietary pattern of folds transforms the flat sheet into a sleek, minimalist watercraft. Packed up, the Oru Kayak is the size of a large artist portfolio. Five minutes of assembly later, it is a strong, durable watercraft—ideal for exploring bays, lakes, or rivers.
The video below is a demonstration of how the kayak looks when folded, how it unfolds and assembles and what it looks like out on the water.
The word 'oru' means 'to fold' in Japanese. The Oru Kayak was a finalist in the 2010 ID Magazine Annual Design Awards.
Founder Anton Willis is Bay Area architect and designer. Previous projects have included award-winning products and spaces. He designed and built San Francisco's Curiosity Shoppe, worked at the Studio for Urban Projects, and consulted at IDEO. He won Metropolis magazine's Next Generation Prize in 2007 (for Lunar-Resonant Streetlights), founded design collective Civil Twilight, and was featured in the documentary 'Brilliant Simplicity.' He is a frequent speaker on design. Anton has a Masters of Architecture from UC Berkeley and a BA from Brown University.
Kickstarter.com is a funding platform for creative projects and products— everything from films to design and technology. Kickstarter is full of ambitious, innovative, and imaginative projects that are brought to life through the direct support of others. Since launching in 2009, over $350 million has been pledged by more than 2.5 million people, funding more than 30,000 creative projects.
The Oru Kayak will be available for pre-order for $800.00 on Kickstarter for 30 days from November 14-December 13. Pre-orders placed on Kickstarter will ship in Spring 2013.
Oru Kayak Specifications:
- Kayak: 12' long (3.7 m), 25" wide (.64 m)
- Weight: 25 pounds (11.3 kg)
- Assembly time: 5 minutes
- Case dimensions: 33" x 29" x 9" (84 cm x 74 cm x 23 cm)
Image courtesy of Oru Kayak