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An Innovative Manufacturing Incubator and Commercial Makerspace is coming to RI. A group of business and community leaders are creating a place that will provide shared workspace, manufacturing and rapid prototyping equipment, tools, expertise and business development services to make things and grow businesses collaboratively.
Any individual, business or organization can participate no matter where you are located. TinkerBristol will provide affordable access to a wide variety of equipment otherwise unavailable to a single individual or small business, including everything from traditional metal, wood-working, and electronics tools to 3D printers, laser cutters, and CNC machines.
Also available will be sewing, chemical-work, composites, and CAD stations. Dry, wet, and hooded work areas will be included. Rhode Island has a rich manufacturing heritage and is a center for excellence in marine trades, jewelry, clothing, and advanced composites among others.
TinkerBristol organizers want to build on this made-with-skilled hands tradition and support a new generation of makers, thinkers and tinkerers; those who will start and grow businesses, those who will improve products and advance technology, and those who will learn and pass along skills. The plan is to create an innovative and collaborative environment that serves the Rhode Island community, which is why your feedback and participation is critical.
Whether you are an entrepreneur or hobbyist, an established business or a start-up, a retiree or a teenager, this will be your home for making things. A place to meet and swap ideas. A place to tackle and solve problems. A place to create new products, launch new businesses, grow existing ones, teach new skills and create new jobs.
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The Emerging Leaders Program provides participants with the new knowledge, know-how and connections to help the grow their businesses, create jobs, and strengthen communities. Over 2,500 small business owners around the country have completed the program.
The program is free of charge and will run from March, 2017 to September, 2017. This innovative program is an intense seven month program that offers approximately 100 hours of training per participant and provides the opportunity for small business owners to work with experienced professionals and develop connections with their peers, city leaders, and financial communities.
The emerging Leaders executive-level training series uses a copyrighted curriculum called the StreetWise Steps™ to Small Business Growth. The curriculum gives small business owners, an opportunity to gain knowledge and experience through a combination of 1) executive education; 2) practical tips based on "real-life" business experience, and; 3) advice from business leaders that can be readily applied.
in class. Module 1: Business and Strategy Assessment. Module 2: Financials.
Module 3: Marketing and Sales. Module 4: Resources- People, Accessing Capital and Government Contracting. Module 5: Putting it all together- Strategic Growth Plan Presentations. The average time out-of-class time commitment is three hours for each class, though some sessions demand up to six hours of preparation time. All the instructional approaches - classes, CEO Mentoring Groups and self -paced learning are interconnected and of equal importance. Classes meet roughly every other week during the evening from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. so as to not take the owner away from their daily business commitments.


AsBAA's Board of Directors is elected every other year during a live member's vote at the annual general meeting (AGM). The Board of Governors is made up of volunteers that represent each sector of the AsBAA membership. AsBAA's new board of directors is due to be elected at the association's Annual General Meeting (AGM) June 11, 2019.


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'IT'S ALL SECRET … UNTIL YOU GET THE BILL'
How Medifees and its subsidiary MediSkore are poised to bring transparency to healthcare.
by Susan Belknapp, Senior Writer, California Business Journal
By Susan Belknapp, California Business Journal
Can you imagine ever purchasing a car, home, or even a coffee maker without having a clue what it costs? Most consumers would never dream of making a major purchase without having some insight into price. Usually, the price is one of the first things a shopper sees and it wouldn't occur to most people to commit to buying anything without having at least a ballpark idea of what they're spending.
Once we are aware of the basics, we can make informed decisions, factoring in our personal priorities for luxury or economy and how much we are willing to spend on higher-end variables. There is one industry, however, that is one of the costliest for individuals and the United States economy and we not only have no choice on what we spend, the cost is deliberately kept from us. That industry is healthcare.
All under wraps
"There is zero price transparency in healthcare," says Dr. Gail Tasch, co-founder of Medifees.com (MediVerity Inc), a web site she created with healthcare tech innovator Hugo Gallegos for price and quality comparisons on medical procedures and treatments. "If you call a clinic or hospital and ask, 'I want to have this procedure, can you tell me about how much it will cost?' They won't tell you. But you'll get the bill. I'm a physician and cannot find out the room rate for a night in my own hospital and I work here."
After a few different personal experiences with urgent care and her daughter needing regular labs, Tasch decided she wanted to comparison shop for basic services and realized she couldn't. Medicare and Medicaid give ranges for services covered but it can vary dramatically by region and it's difficult for consumers to access or understand the information.
"As a physician, I think it's very important for people to know what they're committing to pay," she says. "If you're buying anything, whether it's a shirt or shoes or a new car or appliance, you start shopping to find out what people are charging and then you make your decision. With healthcare, you can't do that. Some cosmetic surgery or elective procedures will tell you how much they're charging but not many. I've gone to one urgent care facility and paid $75 and gone to another and paid $900 — for the same issue."
"It's all secret," she says. "Until you get the bill."
Dr. Gail Tasch, co-founder of Medifees.com (MediVerity Inc)
A niche is discovered
Once Tasch recognized the need, she called Gallegos, who had gone through similar experiences and he immediately recognized the need too. Together, they began the long process of attempting to determine not only how the system worked but downloading a free Medicare data set to be able to create a user-friendly way to access and understand it.
They began researching the history of healthcare pricing and how it's been monitored and divulged to consumers. Gallegos began designing the algorithms while they sought to purchase the data, another elusive step.
"There are other services available out there but they don't have the critical data," Gallegos says. "You can put in your zip code and it will give you a price quote but it doesn't help you. There needs to be a site where you can say, 'I need to go to a doctor visit for shingles.' One might charge $125 for a 15-minute visit and one might charge $350 for the same. Deductibles are going up. They used to be $250, $500 and $1,000 but now they are $5,000 and even $6,000. Those fees are coming out of pocket until the deductible is met. Knowing the price is a big deal to people with high deductibles."
Insurance adds to issue
One might think the insurance companies covering the procedures would provide checks and balances on the system but that isn't the case at all. Tasch cites a New York Times article she found early in their research about secret deals that exist between health plans and hospitals and these deals are again, part of the problem. Insurance companies have different deals in different markets.
"Our goal is to have the 'rack rate,' the base rate they charge, private insurance charges, and what Medicare/Medicaid would pay," Tasch says. "There are so many different fees for each situation. Medicare/Medicaid are published now but it is difficult to find exactly what you need, there are so many ways hospitals get around the low reimbursement."
Tasch and Gallegos say that price transparency alone doesn't mean much without an objective method for tracking quality. To this end, they acquired MediSkore.com, which is a physician-referral platform powered by a patent-pending scoring metric algorithm system that scores practitioners.
MediSkore is not just another arbitrary Google or Yelp feedback rating, but more of a FICO for practitioners. Doctors are scored from the moment they get their medical degree.
"Doctors are scored on a wide variety of factors, including training, education, publication, malpractice judgments," Gallegos says. "Every one of these fields are given a negative or positive. Though we compare it to a FICO, it's much more complex, but highly advanced system for compiling data on practitioners that begins as soon as they graduate medical school."
Other physicians can refer based on the score so it will be used as a physician referral network. If a GP needs to refer a patient to an orthopedic surgeon, for example, that specialization can vary widely because there are so many procedures an orthopedic surgeon might perform. If they need one who ranks high for hand surgery, for instance, they can find one immediately.
Healthcare tech innovator Hugo Gallegos
The priority to getting to the next stages is purchasing the data. Tasch and Gallegos have a crowdfunding campaign scheduled to be launched in the fourth quarter of 2018. They intend to scale from Medifees' minimal valuable product (MVP) using Medicare data to developing a healthcare price- and quality-transparency tool box by aggregating payer claims data and implementing our proprietary scoring metric technology — unless acquired A-round financing is required in the foreseeable future.
One of the great values that these initial steps are likely to drive is the snowball effect toward industry-wide transparency. Once the veil is lifted from one segment, others will be pressured to do same in order to compete. Like the technological evolution that healthcare was slow to adapt to but has now finally embraced, price transparency will come with pioneers like Tasch and Gallegos at the forefront of this movement.
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The kidnappers that killed the Anglican priest, Rev. Anthony Jata'u, in Gusau, Zamfara State are demanding for a ransom of N10 million for the release of his family.
Late Anthony Idris Jata'u was abducted on Thursday night by kidnappers along with his wife, three children, and two sisters-in-law. He was killed and his body dumped by the roadside, where it was found on Saturday.
"The bandits shot at the car he was driving and dragged him and the occupants out as the vehicle skidded off the road. His body was recovered two days later, but his family members were taken away," a source said.
An anonymous source from the Diocese of Sokoto, who confirmed the development to Punch newspaper, said that the kidnappers have demanded a ransom of N10 million for the release of the victims.
"May God draw near them in comfort, and bring the freedom and justice that are so urgently needed. We pray too for the church led by the Reverend Jata'u, for all those suffering persecution for their faith, and for the whole nation of Nigeria, that Jesus Christ would light the path away from violence and towards peace," he added.


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A chop shop is a business, often mimicking a body shop, that illicitly disassembles stolen motor vehicles and sells their parts. Chop shops are often linked to car-theft rings as part of a broader organized crime enterprise.

In the United States, the federal Motor Vehicle Theft Law Enforcement Act of 1984 and Federal Anti-Car Theft Act of 1992, as well as U.S. Department of Transportation regulations issued under those acts, require automobile manufacturers to label many different auto components (with some exemptions for new automobiles with selected anti-theft devices). A 1999 study commissioned by the U.S. Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice estimated that parts marking reduced the rate of professional car theft (with "between 33 and 158 fewer cars" being "stolen by professional thieves per 100,000 cars that were marked between 1987 and 1995"), inhibiting chop-shop operations.

See also
Carjacking
Motor vehicle theft
Pawn shop

References

External links

 Criminal Resource Manual 1369: Chop Shops (18 U.S.C. § 2322)
 Multi-State Chop Shop Operation Disrupted - Criminal Enterprise Leader Among Those Convicted (FBI)

Organized crime activity
Motor vehicle theft
Auto parts suppliers

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THE FOODIE INC was created by Michelle Jones, a seasoned traveller who enjoys exploring new places, meeting the people and experiencing the culture, scenery and of course the amazing local food and wine. Michelle, a truly passionate foodie and avid photographer, she especially loves travel and food photography – hence THE FOODIE INC tagline "love food love travel".
As a regular traveller, both overseas and within New Zealand, Michelle believes the local food, wine and produce are an important component of those journeys. THE FOODIE INC hopes to inspire you to explore New Zealand's amazing food landscape for yourself.
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Every year, U.S. News and World Report convenes a panel of nutrition experts to analyze 35 diet plans and come up with a list of the best diets. They evaluate the safety and nutrition of each diet, how easy or tough it is to follow, whether it promotes weight loss, whether it protects against various diseases, among other criteria. Top honors on the just-released 2015 list goes to the DASH Diet, which was developed by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
While the 10 top diets (listed below) vary slightly in the exact foods they emphasize and objectives, we noticed they all share key tenets that we've extensively reported on in the past. Here, based on the best diet list, are 10 rules that define an effective, healthy diet.
Although some diets require slightly more "grunt work" than others, such as meticulous label reading or tallying nutritional points for everything you eat, they must not require a degree. For any good diet, you'll have to spend time preparing meals instead of grabbing takeout. And while you'll have to start taking a harder look at the nutritional info on packaged foods before tossing something in your cart, buying more fruits, veggies, fish, and lean organic meats is a simple — and, yes, practical — rule for any good diet.
The main goal of most of these diets is to help you lose weight at a healthy rate and keep the pounds off. But even with those that have other primary objectives — such the top-ranked DASH Diet, which was designed to lower blood pressure, and the TLC Diet, which aims to lower cholesterol — weight loss is a highly likely result. That's because rather than having you drastically cut calories or eliminate entire specific food groups such as carbohydrates or fats, these diets encourage eating a range of nutritious whole foods and keeping your daily caloric intake in check (usually 2,000 to 2,500 calories for men).
Because following these diets requires you to really learn about nutrition and think critically about what you eat, they equip you with the proper tools to help you continue to eat right for the long haul. Even if you waver slightly from a structured diet, or if you allow yourself to indulge guilt-free over the holidays or while on vacation, you'll know what you need to do to get your eating back on track.
By and large, these diets all fall in line with the USDA dietary guidelines for daily intake of fat, protein, carbohydrates, salt, and key nutrients such as fiber and calcium. The fact that the U.S. News' top 10 diets match up so well with ChooseMyPlate means that they're well-balanced and not stripping you of essential nutrients. That's a far cry from many fad diets like 32nd-ranked Atkins, which cuts carbs to way below the recommended amount and encourages eating twice as much fat.
All good diets should shun added sugars, found in everything from candy to condiments to cocktails. Added sugars are highly caloric, have zero nutritional value, and have been shown by several studies to be the number-one reason why so many Americans are fat. Instead, good diets push fresh fruit, which offer plenty of natural, non-harmful sugars to satisfy your sweet tooth, along with stockpiles of key vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and fiber to full you up and keep you from pigging out on other, less-healthy foods.
All good diets should place heavy emphasis on eating lots of vegetables. By and large, vegetables offer a huge amount of nutrients for being very low in calories.
There's a heated debate right now over whether grains, even whole grains, are a necessary part of a healthy diet. Some doctors and dietitians say we don't really need them and that they may even be toxic. And one of the main tenets of the super-popular Paleo Diet, which was ranked a lousy 34th on this list, is to avoid grains altogether. However, one notable thing that the most effective diets have in common is they embrace whole grains as important sources of fiber, B vitamins, iron, and other important nutrients. According to these meal plans, getting ample whole grains and reducing intake of highly processed grains like white bread and pasta is key to a healthy heart and brain and even a svelte physique.
Some of these diets, such as DASH, explicitly stress limiting your intake of salt, which, if consumed to excess, can increase blood pressure and risk of cardiovascular issues. Others don't single out salt specifically. However, by promoting whole foods over salt-laden packaged and processed products, every one of the diets, whether directly or indirectly, will have you curbing your sodium consumption considerably.
When evaluating these diets, the experts dug deep into the science supporting their effectiveness at staving off chronic conditions like diabetes and the number-one killer of Americans, heart disease. Every single one of the top 10 here has some research to back its health benefits. These perks come directly from all of the health-promoting nutrients in the diets' plans. They also come indirectly as an additional benefit of weight loss, since it's well established that keeping excess pounds off reduces risk of diabetes, cardiovascular issues, and a host of other serious diseases.
None of these diets claims to be the magic bullet for weight loss or improved overall well-being. They all recommend regular vigorous physical activity as a complement to more healthful eating. The Ornish Diet even advocates yoga and meditation to build whole-body strength and reduce stress, both of which can help you lose weight over the long-term.


Nice trime! Congrats! I received one as a Christmas present. I knew it was a small coin but was surprised at how small it really is!
One of my top five bucket lister, that one and a seated half dime is what I plead for every time I get a small silver signal!
I found one of each within a couple weeks of each other and just after digging a seated dime. I see lots of posts from users saying these coins are on their bucket list.
My own bucket list includes an IHC, maybe a 3-ringer, (all mine are pre-CW pistol balls) a Mercury dime and other more contemporary coins like a war nickel.
My main source is a field by my house but I haven't dug anything of note for several weeks other than a shield nickel.
Lately I've been thinking I may have gotten all the good stuff from there.
I'm suffering from detect-stration. It's a condition caused by not finding anything good after riding high on digging bucket listers. It usually hits hard about a week after a killer find.
I made that up, of course.
Nice Trime! Still looking for my first, Congrats!


Police in Collierville, Tennessee, are investigating the disappearance of a former professional basketball player and say "there is a high level of concern" in the search to find him.
Lorenzen Wright, 34, who played 13 seasons in the NBA, has not been seen or heard from since July 18 when he visited his ex-wife and their children in Collierville, near Memphis, investigators said.
Collierville police spokesman Mark Heuberger told CNN that Wright's mother reported him missing on July 22. "We're taking it very, very seriously," Heuberger said, "and there is a high level of concern."
"His mom made the report because she felt it was unusual that he did not contact his children for an extended period of time, that's what made her prompt to contact the police," he added.
"This is not like him," Wright's sister, Savia Archie, told CNN Tuesday. "I haven't talked to my brother in nine days. He doesn't go without talking to family.
"I'm trying to keep my faith in the world and that he's not in trouble and hopefully he will come home. He's my big brother. Without him, there's no me."
"Our detectives have talked to a lot of people -- former coaches, players, sports agents -- and continue to follow leads given by the public," Heuberger said, "and we're working very close to the family."
Archie, Wright's sister, described her brother as a loving son, father and uncle. "My sister had a baby shower last Sunday and he was supposed to come," she said. "Something had to have happened."
The 6-foot-11-inch Wright, who lives in Atlanta, was a forward/center for several teams during his professional basketball career. He played with the Los Angeles Clippers, Atlanta Hawks, Memphis Grizzlies and Sacramento Kings. He was with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2008-2009, his last year in the NBA.
Wright, who has six children, completed his degree at the University of Memphis in 2003, according to the official NBA website.
Police are asking anyone with information on his whereabouts to call 901-853-3207.


I was just reviewing the list of attendees at Affiliate Summit East 2013 and was excited to see such a variety of countries represented at the conference.
There were folks from dozens of countries at Affiliate Summit this time around.
Below are the countries represented at Affiliate Summit East 2013, which took place August 18-20, 2013 in Philadelphia.
This is a testament to what a truly international industry we have in affiliate marketing.
During the event, I had a number of conversations with folks who are hoping to see Affiliate Summit take place in their country. We're investigating the opportunities to expand internationally and will share any updates on the Affiliate Summit blog.
Note: this list is based on countries of residence when registering for Affiliate Summit, and it doesn't account for expatriates that attended.


Many times in Nevada the adoption process starts off in an adoption agency. However, what many people do not realize is that this is only the first step where the potential adoptive child is found. The adoption must still be validated and finalized in a court proceeding.
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It does not matter how prepared you think you are for your adoption proceeding; you should always have an Adoption attorney at hand to assist you. These attorneys are experienced enough to know when you need to give the court more information, or what exactly you need to do to prove that you are a capable parent. Adoption attorneys can help you with any legal situation that comes up in Sparks.
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Double Game of the Secret Coalitions in Pakistan
While coalition forces are fighting alongside with Afghan National Army and police are inching forward to gain control of areas in Helmand, another coalition – formed by CIA and the Pakistani Military Intelligence Service – the Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI) is making significant progress in eliminating Taliban strongholds south of the border, in Waziristan, sofar considered a safe haven for the Afghan guerillas. The most significant success was the arrest of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Afghan Taliban's operational commander and the top deputy to Mullah Omar. Baradar was captured last week (early February) in Karachi.
It is unclear if the arrests of Baradar represent a true shift in policy regarding the Afghan Taliban, or if the Pakistani government and military have facilitated the arrests in order to secure control of potential negotiations between the Afghan Taliban and the Afghan government, while currying favor with the US. Baradar is said to have been amenable to talks with the Afghan government; his removal from the Taliban leadership would put Pakistan in the driver's seat as the primary broker in any negotiations.
In the past US officials have accused the ISI of knowing the exact locations of members of the Quetta Shura and other senior Taliban commanders. If the Pakistanis have changed their outlook on the Afghan Taliban, then more arrests should be forthcoming.
Few days after Baradar's arrest, the mutually suspicious CIA-ISI coalition presented another success. This time, it was the shadow governor of Kunduz, Mullah Abdul Salam. He was captured with Mullah Mir Mohammad, the Taliban's shadow governor of the northern Afghan province of Baghlan, along with two other Taliban operatives in the town of Faisalabad in the Eastern province of Faisalabad, as they set to meet Baradar, unaware of his arrest, which was kept secret sofar. Salam's capture came as a surprise, being number one on the Coalition's 10-most-wanted list for Kunduz province for several months, NATO believed he was killed in a firefight in September last year, along with 90 Taliban and Central Asian fighters. Back then the Taliban denied his death – a report which now seems somewhat premature…
Apparently Salam managed to escape south to Pakistan. In the Taliban Hierarchy, Salam operated directly under the Quetta Shura, the Taliban's executive council, based in Pakistan's Waziristan province. Mohammad and Salam have succeeded in reestablishing the Taliban in Kunduz and Baghlan over the past two years. The Quetta Shura was led by Baradar before his capture. In the past, the US and other Western countries have accused the Pakistani military of directly aiding the Afghan Taliban, or of looking the other way as the Quetta Shura operates freely. The capturing of two senior leaders apparently confirms this claim, but does it signify a change of wind toward the Taliban, among Pakistan's secret services?
This 7 part Frontline video documentary was produced in 2006. It provides a thorough study of the war fought south of the Afghan border in Pakistan, Four years after, it is valid and relevant. (PBS)
Few days later, on February 17, Sheikh Mansoor, a key al Qaeda military leader in Pakistan was killed in a drone attack. Mansoor was a leader in the Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal group al Qaeda's Lashkar al Zil – the 'Shadow Army'. Another UAV attack was conducted a day later, as supporters gathered for his funeral, killing two additional operatives of the notorious Haqqani group. According to the blog 'The Long War', the US has struck at these external cells using unmanned Predator aircraft and other means in an effort to disrupt al Qaeda's external network and decapitate the leadership.
Such attacks are gathering momentum and success in recent months. Since Dec. 8, 2009, air attacks in Pakistan has killed three senior al Qaeda leaders, a senior Taliban commander, a senior Haqqani Network commander, two senior al Qaeda operatives, and more recently, two mid-level Haqqani operatives. Another terrorist killed in those strikes was Jamal Saeed Abdul Rahim, a 'veteran' Palestinian terrorist, former member of Abu-Nidal group, as a member of the former Abu-Nidal group Rahim participated in the 1986 hijacking of Pan Am flight 73 that resulted in the killing of 22 hostages.
The success of the air campaign comes in parallel to closer cooperation between the CIA and Pakistan's ISI. Following the arrest of two Taliban leaders in Pakistan, another senior Afghan Taliban leader was arrested in a raid in the northwest Pakistan. This time it was Maulvi Abdul Kabir, Taliban's former shadow governor of the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar, who led the group's council in the city of Peshawar.
The announcements of the CIA-ISI successes brought Pakistan's Defense Minister to openly admit, for the first time, the existence of the Afghan Taliban's Quetta Shura. He claimed that Pakistan's security forces had taken on the Quetta Shura and damaged it to such an extent that it no longer posed any threat. Until this admission, the Pakistani authorities flatly denied the existence of any Taliban leadership or the Quetta Shura in Balochistan's capital.
Apparently, ISI decided to offer the CIA a head of a Taliban, as farthest as possible from their border – the one that is least under their control, and having the most access to foreign influence. Nevertheless, they maintained the protection of those closer to home. Taliban influence in Kunduz was limited in the first years after the U.S. invasion in 2002 but in recent years the extremists are growing in power. The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), a grouping of al Qaeda-backed Central Asia extremists, is known to operate in Kunduz with the local Taliban, where they attempt to ambush NATO supply lines from Tajikistan. The region also shares borders with several Central Asian nations, providing Taliban multiple avenues of support as alternative to Pakistan.
By March 5, 2010 unconfirmed reports from Pakistan indicate that a senior al Qaeda military commander and a top Taliban leader have been killed during airstrikes earlier today in the Mohmand tribal agency. Pakistani military officials claimed that Qari Zia Rahman and Faqir Mohammed were among 30 Taliban and foreign fighters killed during helicopter and airstrikes in the Pindyali region in Mohmand. The air strikes came in retaliation to an assault launched by more than 200 Taliban fighters on a military checkpost yesterday, killing a Frontier Corps soldier.
This is not the first time Faqir and Rahman are claimed to be dead. Rahman was reported killed in 2009 during a battle with Pakistani forces and Faqir was claimed killed while transporting weapons in 2008. The current reports of Faqir and Rahman's deaths come as six top leaders of the Afghan Taliban's Quetta Shura, or executive leadership council, have been detained in Pakistan. Mohammed is the leader of the Taliban in the Bajaur tribal agency; serving as the second in command of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, and a close ally of al Qaeda and of its second in command, Ayman al Zawahiri.
Whether the ISI is getting closer to the U.S. still remains a big enigma, but ISI is not the only problem the U.S. is facing in the region – support to the Taliban and other extremist Islamic groups is rapidly spreading into the Pakistani military. Previously considered the exclusive territory of ISI, Islamic terror cells have also made strides into the ranks of the Pakistani Army. Recruitment for the Pakistan army and the extremist organizations occur from the same provinces, sometimes same villages, making the connections much deeper than otherwise appreciated. The extremists are also building on resentments to the government's policy toward the U.S. and its war in Afghanistan.
In January 2010 four officers were facing court martial in Pakistan. Colonel Shahid Bashir, another unnamed colonel, and two former officers, Nadeem Ahmad Shah, a former air force pilot who is now an advocate, and Awais Ali Khan, an engineer who served with the military's Air Weapons Complex, are standing trial on court-martial. These men could be sentenced to death if the charges against them can be proven.
Suspected to be operatives of the extremist Islamic terror group Hizbul Tehrir, the officers were arrested in Balochistan and are being court-martialed in the Pakistani region of Kashmir, on charges they provided the Taliban information assisting terrorist attacks on military establishments inside Pakistan. Among those targets was the Shamsi air base in Balochistan, a known CIA base, from where armed unmanned aerial vehicles operated by the CIA are launched, in pursuit of al-Qaeda and Taliban in Balochistan and Southern Afghanistan. The arrest did not prevent terrorists from pursuing their attacks.
On February 3rd 2010 three US trainers died in a suicide attack in the Lower Dir area, with another terror organization – Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claiming responsibility for the attack. According to the TTP, the foreigners killed belonged to Xe Worldwide – a company supporting CIA operations in Balochistan. TTP also claimed responsibility for the attack on CIA Camp Chapman in Afghanistan, where seven CIA agents were killed by a double agent. The Camp Chapman attack was the heaviest blow the CIA suffered in years, and it may have triggered the changed of wind on the Pakistani side as well.
The attack in Lower Dir was aimed at civilians supporting the CIA operations. Xe Worldwide is traced back to the Blackwater Company, a name causing much tension between Pakistan and the U.S., as its bad reputation draws much resentment among the Moslems around the world and particularly Pakistani people.
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According to the Times that CIA Director Leon Panetta terminated the agency's contract with Xe Worldwide, which was providing ground support for the drones operating at Shamsi base. CIA operations at the base were kept secret until recently. Shamsi is one of several air bases hosting open and secret U.S. operations since 2001. Other bases include Jacobabad, Pasni and Dalbaldin in Balochistan, leased in 2001 to support the U.S. invasion into Afghanistan and Terbela, developed to support CIA drone operations in the Northwest Frontier. At present, at least Shamsi and Terbela seem to be operational – satellite images of both locations are showing considerable development of infrastructure.
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5th Sep 2019 11:22 AM
Hurricane Dorian is creeping up the Southeastern coast of the US and millions of people have been ordered to evacuate as forecasters said near-record levels of seawater and rain could inundate Georgia and the Carolinas.
The storm, which ravaged the Bahamas with more than a full day of devastating wind and rain, had weakened substantially - from a Category 5 storm to a Category 2 - but still had dangerously high winds and threatened to swamp low-lying regions from Georgia to southeastern Virginia as it moved northward.
"We will experience hurricane-force winds, in at least gusts," South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster said at a news conference Wednesday. Even if the hurricane doesn't end up hitting the state directly, he said, "there's still going to be wind and water and if you're in the coastal area, that water can be treacherous."
Dorian appeared likely to get dangerously near Charleston, which is particularly vulnerable since it is located on a peninsula. A flood chart posted by the National Weather Service projected a combined high tide and storm surge around Charleston Harbor of 3.1 metres; the record, four metres, was set by Hugo in 1989.
Stores and restaurants were boarded up with wood and corrugated metal in the city's historic downtown, and about 830,000 people were under mandatory evacuation orders on the South Carolina coast. More than 400 people were in state-operated shelters statewide, and more were expected.
Georgia's coastal islands were also at risk, Governor Brian Kemp said Wednesday.
"We are very worried, especially about the barrier islands getting cut off if we have these storm surges at the same time as ... the high tides," Kemp said.
Duke Energy said Dorian could cause more than 700,000 power outages in eastern regions of North Carolina and South Carolina, and Georgia Power said about 2,800 homes and businesses were already without electricity.
The Navy ordered ships at its huge base in Norfolk, Virginia, to head out to sea for safety, and warplanes at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Virginia, were being moved inland to Ohio.
Weaker but bigger since it slammed the Bahamas with 295 km/h winds earlier this week, Dorian was moving along Florida's northeastern coast at 13 km/h late Wednesday afternoon. Forecasters said it had maximum sustained winds of 177 km/h and was centred about 241 kilometres south of Charleston.
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In a classic case of adding insult to injury, workers at the beleaguered Fukushima nuclear power plant have uncovered what appears to be an undetonated bomb dating back to the Second World War.
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That a bomb may have been discovered near the Fukushima plant isn't shocking. Fukushima was once home to a Japanese military base, and Fukushima Prefectural Archives document airstrikes in the area around the power plant during the war. American forces dropped thousands of bombs on Japan in WWII, launching aerial attacks from China, the Mariana Islands, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and other launching points. The US military air campaign culminated in the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, finally ending the war.
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Gérard Schlosser est un peintre français né le  à Lille et mort le  à Paris.

Biographie

Élève de l'École des arts appliqués de Paris entre 1948 et 1951, où il étudie l'orfèvrerie, Gérard Schlosser étudie parallèlement la sculpture en autodidacte. Il fait ensuite un court passage à l'École des beaux-arts de Paris puis décide de se consacrer définitivement à la peinture, en 1953, après avoir assisté à une représentation de En attendant Godot. Dès ses premières toiles, il fait le choix de la figuration : fragments de corps peints en aplats et cernés de noir. Ces travaux ne sont pas sans rappeler les recherches des artistes du pop art.

C'est en 1970 qu'il a recours à la photographie. Il systématise par la suite ce procédé comme d'autres artistes français associés à l'hyperréalisme ou à la Figuration narrative comme Jacques Monory, Bernard Rancillac, Gilles Aillaud ou Gérard Fromanger. L'usage de l'épiscope qui permet de projeter une image sur la surface de la toile se généralise.

Alain Jouffroy écrit :

Les titres des tableaux assument un rôle déterminant dans ce processus. Chacun d'eux participe à l'identité de ce moment cinématographique : Elle n'a quand même pas de chance avec son mari, Pourvu qu'il n'y ait pas de bouchon à Vienne, Tu as réglé la cotisation ?, Il m'avait dit d'attendre au café du port.

Il décède le  dans le .

Expositions (sélection)

Expositions personnelles

Expositions collectives
 Gérard Schlosser est membre du Salon de la Jeune Peinture jusqu'en 1973.
  : Images du plein air aujourd'hui - Henri Cueco, Jean-Claude Latil, Jean-Pierre Le Boul'ch, Michel Parré, Gérard Schlosser, galerie municipale Édouard-Manet, Gennevilliers.

Notes et références

Annexes

Filmographie
 1978 : Michel Lancelot, Gérard Schlosser, Peintres de notre temps, 30 min, production Antenne 2 INA
 1995 : César Sunfeld, Gérard Schlosser. C'est jamais la même chose, 12 min, production Objectif Lune
 1998 : Claude Guibert, Gérard Schlosser, 13 min, Encyclopédie audiovisuelle de l'art contemporain, production Imago
 2008 : Philippe Monsel, Gérard Schlosser, 23 min, Secrets d'alcôve ECA Production

Monographie
 Alain Jouffroy, Gérard Schlosser, Éditions Frédéric Loeb - Paris, 1993, 272 p.
 Bernard Noël, Gérard Schlosser, Éditions Cercle d'Art - Paris, 2008, 246 p.
 Amélie Adamo, Nicolas Pesquès, Gérard Schlosser : Rétrospective 1957-2013, Paris, Somogy Éditions d'Art, 2013, 104 p.

Liens externes

 « Gérard Schlosser » à la galerie Laurent STROUK
 Exposé pédagogique sur le site du CNDP

Peintre français du XXe siècle
Peintre français du XXIe siècle
Peintre figuratif français
Peintre de la Nouvelle figuration
Peintre hyperréaliste
Artiste contemporain français
Naissance en juin 1931
Naissance à Lille
Décès à 91 ans
Décès en août 2022
Décès dans le 12e arrondissement de Paris


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The emotional impact of the ASRM guidelines on fertility patients during the COVID-19 pandemic
The recommendation to cancel new treatment cycles has a significant emotional impact on fertility patients.
Jenna Turocy, M.D. Alex Robles, M.D., Daniel Hercz, M.D., Mary D'Alton, M.D., Eric J. Forman, M.D. Zev Williams, M.D., Ph.D.
Objective: To survey fertility patients' agreement with ASRM recommendations during the COVID-19 pandemic and the emotional impact on them.
Design: An online survey was sent to current fertility patients
Setting: New York City academic fertility practice at the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic
Patient(s): Fertility patients seen within the last year
Intervention(s): None
Main Outcome Measures(s): Patient agreement with the ASRM recommendations during the COVID-19 pandemic and the emotional impact rated on a Likert scale.
Result(s): A total of 518 patients completed the survey for a response rate of 17%. Fifty percent of respondents had a cycle canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Of those who had a cycle cancelled, 85% of respondents found it to be moderately to extremely upsetting with 22% rating it to be equivalent to the loss of a child. There was no difference on the emotional impact based on the type of cycle cancelled. Fifty-five percent of patients agreed that diagnostic procedures such as hysterosalpingograms should be cancelled while 36% of patients agreed all fertility cycles should be cancelled. Patients were slightly more likely to agree with the ASRM guidelines if they have an upcoming cycle cancelled (p = 0.041). Of all respondents 82% would have preferred to have the option to start a treatment cycle in consultation with their doctor.
Conclusion(s): Given the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic, the physical, financial and emotional impact of this unprecedented threat cannot be underestimated in our fertility patients.
Key Word(s): COVID-19, novel coronavirus, ASRM, mental health, infertility
The current outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has led to sweeping changes in healthcare practice and clinical recommendations (1). As the number of infected individuals requiring hospitalization increases, several medical societies have put forth guidelines to limit the strain on the healthcare system. These primarily include the suspension of non-urgent medical care and elective procedures.
On March 17th, 2020, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) published recommendations calling for stopping the initiation of any new treatment cycles, including ovulation induction (OI), intrauterine inseminations (IUI), and in vitro fertilization (IVF) (2). In addition, ASRM recommended strong consideration should be given to suspending all embryo transfers, whether fresh or frozen. In light of these recommendations, fertility centers across the United States have had widespread cycle cancellations for patients planning or undergoing fertility treatment.
At this time, little is known on the impact of COVID-19 on pregnancy, transmission, and fetal wellbeing, but preliminary data looks promising (3-6). As more information is gathered, guidelines will likely continue to evolve. However, fertility treatment is often a time-sensitive issue, particularly for patients with advanced reproductive age or diminished ovarian reserve. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) infertility is defined as "a disease of the reproductive system defined by the failure to achieve a clinical pregnancy after 12 months or more of regular unprotected sexual intercourse (7)." The indefinite postponement of fertility treatment can lead to an irreversible ability to conceive with their own gametes in certain patient populations. According to ASRM, 74,000 babies were born from almost 280,000 ART cycles done in the U.S. in 2018 (8). Thus, the recommendations from ASRM could have a sweeping impact on a large number of patients. Furthermore, the uncertainty of this pandemic can also have a significant psychological, emotional, and financial burden on all patients, particularly as patients face the possibility of losing their insurance.
The purpose of the present study is to survey patients at a large academic fertility center in New York at the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic to determine the extent of the emotional and psychological impact this situation imposes.
An 18-item survey was constructed to assess fertility patients' reactions to the initial ASRM recommendations during the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey was sent to all patients seen at a New York academic fertility practice between December 2019 to May 2020. The survey was sent using Qualtrics platform and all respondents were anonymous with no unique identifiers collected. The survey was initially sent as a quality improvement project to guide the practice in its management of patient expectations and future treatment. The study was later approved by Columbia University Institutional Review Board for research and publication purposes.
The data were collected over a 48-hour period, including demographic characteristics of respondents such as age, sex, parity and prior fertility treatments. Patient agreement with ASRM recommendations and its emotional impact was rated on a Likert scale. Ordinal data such as responses rated on a Likert scale were analyzed using Mann-Whitney Wilcoxon testing and responses were compared using Fisher exact or chi-square test as appropriate, with significance at p<0.05.
The survey was sent to 3100 patients. A total of 518 patients, 92% female and 8% male completed the survey for a response rate of 17%. The average age was 37 (range 23-52) [Table 1]. Of the respondents, 24% had children and 66% had previously done at least a one fertility treatment previously. Of those who had completed a prior fertility treatment, 38% were intrauterine inseminations (IUI), and 39% were in vitro fertilization (IVF) and 23% were embryo transfers (ET).
Fifty percent of respondents had a cycle canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Of those who had a cycle canceled, 5% had a timed intercourse (TIC) cycle canceled, 23% had an IUI cycle canceled, 10% had an IVF cycle with planned fresh embryo transfer cycle canceled, 27% had an IVF cycle with plan to freeze all embryos, 3% had an egg freeze cycle canceled and 30% had a frozen embryo transfer (FET) cycle canceled. Of those who had a cycle canceled, 96% found it to be upsetting and 4% found it not upsetting. 22% found it to be extremely upsetting where extremely upsetting was defined as the equivalent of the loss of a child. There was not a difference on the emotional impact based on the type of cycle canceled.
Emotional impact of cancelled fertility cycles due to COVID-19 on patients. Extremely upsetting was defined as the equivalent of the loss of a child.
The degree of agreement or disagreement of patients with the ASRM recommendations is shown in Figure 2. Fifty five percent of patients agreed that diagnostic procedures such as hysterosalpingograms should be cancelled while 36% of patients agreed all fertility cycles should be cancelled. Patients were slightly more likely to agree with ASRM guidelines if they had an upcoming cycle cancelled (P = 0.041). 40% of those patients agreed all fertility cycles should be cancelled compared to 30% without cancellations. There was not a significant difference based whether they had any children.
Fertility patient's agreement or disagreement with ASRM's recommendation to suspend the initiation of new fertility treatment cycles and procedures.
Of all respondents 82% would have preferred to have the option to start a treatment cycle in consultation with their doctor. Given an option, 52% would have chosen to start a new cycle, 24% would not have and 24% were unsure (Figure 3). Of those who had a cycle canceled 86% would have preferred to have the option to start a treatment cycle in consultation with their doctor. Given an option, 58% would have chosen to start a new cycle, 20% would not have and 21% were unsure.
Fertility patients' desire to start a new cycle during the COVID-19 pandemic
This study provides feedback on the new ASRM guidelines from patients in what is currently the most significantly impacted area in the U.S. This information may be helpful in the context of the many considerations necessary in formulating policies to maximize our ability to care for patients, while minimizing the spread of disease and conserving healthcare resources.
Our survey was conducted in New York City, at a time when it was considered the epicenter of the pandemic and days after New York State had been placed in a "state of emergency" requiring all non-essential businesses to be closed and all elective surgical procedures to be cancelled. In addition, public health initiatives have urged all people to practice "social distancing," limiting travel and outdoor activity in an effort to prevent, contain, and mitigate disease propagation. Despite the current situation, our survey demonstrated that 49% of respondents report that they would choose to start a new cycle under the current COVID-19 circumstances. Moreover, 85% of respondents reported having their fertility cycle cancelled was moderately to extremely upsetting, with 22% of those equating the cycle cancellation as the equivalent to losing a child. A diagnosis of infertility is associated with significant emotional and psychological consequences in both men and women (9, 10)underscoring the emotional burden that treatment cancellation can add. During this time of uncertainty and fear, the widespread cancellation of fertility treatment cycles may add to the emotional impact already inherent in the infertile population.
There are limitations to this study. First, responses from patients in other parts of the country that are not so significantly impacted from COVID-19 may differ from our data. Secondly, our response rate was 17%. Due to the anonymity of the survey we do not have information on the non-responders and do not know if they share the same opinions as our responders. It is possible that those who responded had the strongest opinions. Lastly, the situation with COVID-19 is very fluid. As we gain a deeper understanding of the long-term impact of the pandemic and see how the situation evolves on a local, national and global scale, patients' feelings may change.
Patients have a mixed opinion regarding the ASRM recommendations concerning fertility treatment at the current time of the COVID-19 epidemic and many were very upset by the cancellation of fertility treatment cycles.
1. Center for Disease Control. Interim Guidance for Healthcare Facilities: Preparing for Community Transmission of COVID-19 in the United States. Available at cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/healthcare-facilities/guidance-hcf.html. Accessed on March 27, 2020
2. American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Patient Management and Clinical Recommendations During The Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic. Available at https://www.asrm.org/news-and-publications/covid-19/statements/patient-management-and-clinical-recommendations-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic. Accessed on March 27, 2020
3. Liu D, Li L, Wu X, Zheng D, Wang J, Yang L, et al. Pregnancy and Perinatal Outcomes of Women With Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pneumonia: A Preliminary Analysis. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2020;
4. Fan C, Lei D, Fang C, Li C, Wang M, Liu Y, et al. Perinatal Transmission of COVID-19 Associated SARS-CoV-2: Should We Worry? Clin Infect Dis 2020;
5. Schwartz DA. An Analysis of 38 Pregnant Women with COVID-19, Their Newborn Infants, and Maternal-Fetal Transmission of SARS-CoV-2: Maternal Coronavirus Infections and Pregnancy Outcomes. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2020;
6. Chen H, Guo J, Wang C, Luo F, Yu X, Zhang W, et al. Clinical characteristics and intrauterine vertical transmission potential of COVID-19 infection in nine pregnant women: a retrospective review of medical records. Lancet 2020;
7. World Health Organization, "The International Committee for Monitoring Assisted Reproductive Technology (ICMART) and the World Health Organization (WHO) Revised Glossary on ART Terminology," 2009
8. American Society for Reproductive Medicine. More than 74 Thousand Babies Born from Assisted Reproductive Technology Cycles Done in 2018. Available at https://www.asrm.org/news-and-publications/news-and-research/press-releases-and-bulletins/more-than-74-thousand-babies-born-from-assisted-reproductive-technology-cycles-done-in-2018--record-90-of-babies-born-from-art-are-singletons/. Accessed on March 27, 2020.
9. Hasanpoor-Azghdy SB, Simbar M, Vedadhir A. The emotional-psychological consequences of infertility among infertile women seeking treatment: Results of a qualitative study. Iran J Reprod Med 2014;
10. Fisher JRW, Hammarberg K. Psychological and social aspects of infertility in men: An overview of the evidence and implications for psychologically informed clinical care and future research. Asian J. Androl. 2012;
Micah J Hill 9 months ago
Authors, we had a question from a reader yesterday, that somehow dropped off the site. They were wondering if you could post the full 18 questions here that you gave to patients?
Alex Robles 9 months ago
Yes. Here are the questions:
2. Sex (Female, Male, Other)
3. Do you have any children? (Yes, No, Prefer Not Answer)
4. Have you done fertility treatments before? (Yes, No, Other)
5. Did you have an upcoming cycle canceled due to the Covid-19 Pandemic? (Yes, No)
6. What type of cycle was canceled? (Timed intercourse cycle (TIC) Intrauterine insemination cycle (IUI) IVF cycle with plan for fresh embryo transfer IVF cycle with plan to freeze embryos Egg freezing cycle Frozen embryo transfer cycle (FET) Other)
7. How do you feel about your treatment cycle being canceled? (Extremely upsetting should be viewed as the equivalent to the loss of a child) (Not upsetting at all, Minimally upsetting, Moderately upsetting, Very upsetting)
8. Please let us know if you agree or disagree with ASRM's recommendation to cancel upcoming... (Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Undecided, Agree, Strongly Agree)
- Fertility Treatment cycles
- IUI cycles
- IVF cycles with plan for fresh embryo transfer
- IVF cycles with plan to freeze embryos
- Egg freezing cycles
- Frozen embryo transfer cycles
- Elective surgeries such as hysteroscopies and laparoscopies
- Non-urgent diagnostic procedures such as HSGs
16. Would you prefer to have the option to start a new treatment cycle in consultation with your doctor? (Yes, No)
17. If you had the option, would you choose to start a treatment cycle now? (Yes, No, Unsure)
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It bears saying that next to no details have been let loose… However, you can expect a brand new Car Bomb album to drop early next year! This will be the band's follow up to the excellent 2012 album, "w^w^^w^w". This is most definitely something to look forward to.
Furthermore, the band will be joining Meshuggah on their 25th anniversary trek of Europe. To put things into perspective – If you missed the USA 25th anniversary tour, you missed out. So if you have a chance to hit this show in Europe, you really should.


Nothing was eloquent for the 26-year-old since his brush with the UFC in August 2017. Simon has been given a chance for a UFC contract on , however his split decision conquer Donavon Frelow wasn't enough to convince the supervisor to offer him a bargain, so he wound up taking a handful of fights on the regional arena and catching the Legacy Fighting Alliance bantamweight title before getting the short-notice telephone to fight Merab Dvalishvili in UFC Atlantic City.
Both meet on the main card of UFC 234 on Saturday in Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia, and Simon has his eye on Yahya's spot in the rankings.
In obtaining the Yahya fight, Simon not merely received a higher-ranked opponent than Ramos, but his management was also able to secure him a brand new four-year UFC contract once the plan was originally to finish his own prior bargain with the Ramos fight and negotiate from there.
Still, it stung to miss from this opportunity to match up with a fellow up and comer which Simon believed he was destined to fight after beating Jackson in UFC 227.
The forward-thinking Simon is always peaking at the rankings, attempting to work out who is next for himthough he's not looking past the consistently reckless Yahya, a veteran of 3 6 fights who's won seven of his past eight and his past three by entry.
However, it'so those credentials that have in what a triumph on Saturday can mean for him and his next reservation Simon stoked up.


To avert disaster, the first thing people need is more information to form a clearer understanding of the profound changes that are taking place.
That means building the global scientific network to monitor changes in the ocean's vital signs: pH, temperature and dissolved oxygen. The effort can start with a bare bones network in the most vulnerable sites like the Pacific Northwest of the U.S., the sub-Arctic, and the coral triangle. Carefully designed research at these sites will help local communities understand what is at risk and how best to mitigate the harm.
Scientists know that climate change has a long, built-in, lag time, which means it will keep getting worse for decades even as people reduce carbon emissions. But ocean acidification is different. Cutting carbon dioxide emissions will very quickly slow changes to ocean pH. That fact should give people some hope.
No one wants fishing communities and economies to see their way of life disappear. The faster people understand how ocean acidification poses a threat to that way of life, the better our chance of protecting it.
This Op-Ed was adapted from a post to the NRDC blog Switchboard. The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher. This version of the article was originally published on LiveScience.


Is It Time to Take Your Maintenance Operation to the Next Level?
When you're using maintenance software on a daily basis, it's easy to learn to work within the parameters of your current system without realizing what else you might be missing.
That's what happened to Lisa, an MPulse administrator for a utility district. While things were running smoothly with their older version of MPulse, as she started researching an upgrade to the newest release (MPulse 8), Lisa realized her organization's needs had changed over time.
In the software business, we call this scalability—which simply means your CMMS software can accommodate changes in size or volume as your needs change.
So, Lisa needs not only the newest version of MPulse, but a more robust version.
The good news is that MPulse is easy to scale. We designed our software that way on purpose because we know how things change in the maintenance field.
It's not uncommon for organizations like Lisa's to start with simpler versions of our software, and then once they are up and running, see the benefits of more advanced features or enterprise management capabilities with global settings, global reporting, and enterprise-wide inventory search and transfer.
That's because when your organization grows, maintenance feels the impact. Suddenly you've got more equipment to maintain, additional production to support, new staff members to manage, extra inventory to store, and different safety procedures to perform.
From a customer's standpoint, software scalability is cost effective because you can buy what you need when you need it.
Whether it's adding user licenses or expanding functionality, it's more affordable to scale up your CMMS software instead of starting from scratch every time.
Scalable CMMS software keeps you on top of the increased workload—whether it's more equipment, additional production, new staff members, extra inventory, different safety procedures, etc.
Things change. You can't predict these changes, yet CMMS software scalability ensures you are prepared when they happen.
Have questions? Leave a comment or contact us. We're here to help.


After spending the night sleeping up on top of the sailboat, we woke up around 6am. We ate breakfast, and before leaving the dock to set sail, the whole program sat down for a meeting with the director of ActionQuest. Soon after preparing the boat, the staff helped us set sail for Norman Island. Before we got to snorkel we ate some lunch and took a swim test, which consisted of swimming six laps around the boat and treading water for ten minutes. Before dinner, after seeing a sea turtle and snorkeling for a little bit, we all took showers off the back of the boat. At dinner I read a quote and asked the group "If you could live anywhere in the world right now, where would it be?" This was by far my most favorite part of the day… we were all gathered together, the waves lapping against the boat, and the sun starting to go down. I'm excited for tomorrow and what the day will bring!


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Nathaniel Hawthorne's celebrated muse … and much more
Sophia Peabody Hawthorne is popularly known for the loving and supportive relationship she had with her husband, Nathaniel Hawthorne. Sophia and Nathaniel's love letters, beloved by romantics around the world, attest to an enduring passion between the two. But there is more.
Sophia, one of history's most celebrated muses, was also one of its most fascinating. Historian Patricia Dunlavy Valenti — also Sophia's biographer — appears at The House of the Seven Gables to present a highly anticipated lecture on Sophia on Friday, May 18, at 6:30 p.m.
Sophia broke with tradition. After her husband's death, she strayed far beyond her 19th-century New England roots to become an intrepid traveler and an expatriate. Her capacity to appreciate foreign cultures and her decision to leave her native land permanently are topics that raise a question with contemporary relevance: What exactly does it mean to be an American?
The public is invited to this special evening. The event is free for members of The House of the Seven Gables and for educators registered for the concurrent three-day professional institute. General admission to the lecture is $10 and reservations are strongly recommended. To reserve a seat, visit www.7gables.org, contact dmarshall@7gables.org, or call 978-744-0991, ext. 101.
Patricia Dunlavy Valenti will chat with guests and sign her books,Sophia Peabody Hawthorne, A Life, volumes I and II, following the lecture.
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Balance is key to learning to ride, but once you're there... the urge to pedal and move faster won't be far behind. That's why we created the brand new Cubie 120 - for kids who can't wait to power themselves. A brand new, lightweight aluminium frame and fork has allowed us to build a smaller, perfectly formed bike that's clearly a mini version of mum and dad's bikes. A coaster brake at the rear and light, smooth rim brake at the front - with levers designed specifically for small hands - makes it easy to slow down and stop, even for the most enthusiastic of youngsters. There's a built in rear mudguard, a Hebie chain looper to protect your little one's legs from the transmission, and the saddle features an easy carry handle for those times when it all gets a bit too much and mum or dad has to carry the bike home. If there's a better way to have fun and build confidence at the same time, we don't know what it is.


CMPD's communication to the public on this case has been minimal. The public's relatively quiet response to the shooting compared with the Scott case should not lull the police department into being less than transparent. A family doesn't even know the identity of the officer who killed their brother, father and son – a first in memory if the officer remains anonymous. Without that name, the public cannot know the officer's history of use of force and other salient details.
Diaz apparently sideswiped the undercover officer's car on Albemarle Road. The officer then started following Diaz. At some point, Diaz got out of his car and began walking toward the officer's car.
What happened after that is in dispute. Police say Diaz had a gun and the officer felt threatened. Diaz's passenger says his gun stayed in the glove compartment and Diaz was approaching the officer to apologize.
It is entirely possible that the officer acted appropriately. But with competing narratives in play, as there were with the Scott shooting, police should do what they can, now, to assuage the public's concerns. Many questions would persist even if it's proven that Diaz had a gun in his hand, but it would do much to corroborate the little police have said so far.
The law may not require that. But public confidence – the police department's single biggest asset – does. Silence breeds mistrust.
When the Keith Scott shooting and its aftermath became such a horrible chapter in Charlotte history, Police Chief Kerr Putney promised more transparency going forward. In the name of building public trust, now's the time for Putney to do just that.


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Velcro sticker that attaches to a racket to pick up tennis balls.
The Tennis Picker is a truly simple and elegant product designed by Korean designers Kim Seunghyun and Yu Yunjo.
It is essentially a Velcro sticker that attaches to a tennis racket so a player doesn't have to bend down to pick up tennis balls.
It is a Velcro strip that you can tape to the head part of your tennis racket. To pick up a ball, just push the Velcro against it. Seems like you could make your own pretty easily.
Nice, but looks like designers never played tennis. Much easier ways to pick up the ball without bending. Every player knows that.


This 12" x 12" aluminum sign is a great gift item for proud family members of law enforcement officers. Printed on durable aluminum base with a high gloss finish, this sign features an American flag in Thin Blue Line colors with "In this family, no one fights alone" printed around the flag. Hang this sign over your fireplace or on your living room wall as a constant reminder of your family's support for loved ones working on the force. The sign also makes a great gift for parents or spouses of police officers. Shop for yours today and show pride and support for law enforcement.


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Q: How To Prevent - Last Modified Date/Time - to not show on Pages but only Posts I have created a separate plugin for WordPress (that's usually called the site-specific plugin) where I added a function to display the last modified date and time. Well, it works good but I don't want to display the same for PAGES but only for Posts.
What should I modify in this code?
    function wpb_last_updated_date( $content ) {
$u_time = get_the_time('U');
$u_modified_time = get_the_modified_time('U');
if ($u_modified_time >= $u_time + 86400) {
$updated_date = get_the_modified_time('F jS, Y');
$updated_time = get_the_modified_time('h:i a');
$custom_content .= '
Last updated on '. $updated_date . ' at '. $updated_time .'
';
}

    $custom_content .= $content;
    return $custom_content;
}
add_filter( 'the_content', 'wpb_last_updated_date' );

A: You can check which page is being displayed with these conditions:
is_page()     //For pages
is_single()   //for posts
is_singular() //for posts AND pages
is_category() //for categories
is_tag()      //for tags
is_404()      //for 404 page

Try putting code below which have condition to add custom content to only the posts:
function wpb_last_updated_date( $content )
{
      $u_time = get_the_time('U');
      $u_modified_time = get_the_modified_time('U');

      if ($u_modified_time >= $u_time + 86400)
      {
           $updated_date = get_the_modified_time('F jS, Y');
           $updated_time = get_the_modified_time('h:i a');
           if(is_single())
           {
                 $custom_content .= '
Last updated on '. $updated_date . ' at '. $updated_time .'
';
           }
      }
      $custom_content .= $content;
      return $custom_content;
}
add_filter( 'the_content', 'wpb_last_updated_date' );

For a more complete list of template tags check visit:
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A: Hi is_page() function can be used to check whether a page is post or page, so we can use that condition.
function wpb_last_updated_date( $content )
{
      $u_time = get_the_time('U');
      $u_modified_time = get_the_modified_time('U');

      if ($u_modified_time >= $u_time + 86400)
      {
           $updated_date = get_the_modified_time('F jS, Y');
           $updated_time = get_the_modified_time('h:i a');
           if(!is_page())
           {
                 $custom_content .= '
Last updated on '. $updated_date . ' at '. $updated_time .'
';
           }
      }
      $custom_content .= $content;
      return $custom_content;
}
add_filter( 'the_content', 'wpb_last_updated_date' );

Or you can check the current post type and do this, below code will do the filter only for post type 'post'.
   function wpb_last_updated_date( $content )
{
      $u_time = get_the_time('U');
      $u_modified_time = get_the_modified_time('U');

      if ($u_modified_time >= $u_time + 86400)
      {
           $updated_date = get_the_modified_time('F jS, Y');
           $updated_time = get_the_modified_time('h:i a');
global $post;
      if ($post->post_type == 'post')
           {
                 $custom_content .= '
Last updated on '. $updated_date . ' at '. $updated_time .'
';
           }
      }
      $custom_content .= $content;
      return $custom_content;
}
add_filter( 'the_content', 'wpb_last_updated_date' );

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The biggest, most anticipated inter-university competition in the UK; Face Off 2012 is back this Saturday at the Indigo2 in London. The responsibility of choosing the best music & dance act is left in the capable hands of the judges. Joining the veteran judges this year will be guest judge Arjun, who will also be performing on the night.
ARJUN is a London based singer, songwriter and producer. Arjun was chosen as one of MTV's Top 20 Unsigned Acts for 2012 – The MTV 'Brand New for 2012' contest has previously featured artists such as Jessie J and Tinie Tempah. His rework of the Tamil song 'Why This Kolaveri Di' racked up over 3 million YouTube views in one month, and has now reached 5 million views. He is a multi instrumentalist, capable of playing the guitar, piano, bass, drums and flute, on top of singing and beatboxing. This variety truly shows in his work and he has produced music for artists of all genres, including the internationally acclaimed Hindi album by Shivali, 'The Bhajan Project' (released by Sony India). The album went on to reach #10 in the iTunes World Music Chart, and was nominated for 'Best Fusion Album' and 'Best Debut' at the 'Global Indian Music Awards 2011'.
Others on the panel;
Charles Bosco is a composer, producer, arranger, mixing engineer and vocal arranger. He has produced sound tracks for the lucrative South Indian movie industry, to independent music albums for Bollywood, Malaysian & UK artistes. The launch of his own Bosco Studios has given Charles the platform from which to offer a uniquely creative ear to those seeking fine-tuning or fresh ideas.
Ashanti OMkar is a media persona – a Print/Broadcast journalist | compère | consultant | curator. Born in South Asia and raised in West Africa and Europe, she spent her teens in the UK and graduated from The University of London. She works as a contributing editor for BBC Publishing, with UK's biggest circulation film magazine, Cineworld Unlimited, and across many other mediums, including BBC London 94.9FM, as Bollywood expert and Anokhi and Galatta glossy magazines, as London correspondent.
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On Wednesday, a letter circulated in which the SABC's Group Executive: Television, Nomsa Philiso, informed the public broadcaster's service providers and producers that it would not be able to pay them for the month of July "due to the current liquidity challenge experienced".
The authenticity of this letter has since been confirmed in the media by the SABC's spokesperson, Kaizer Kganyago.
It is disappointing that the public once again has to be informed about the SABC's financial challenges through media reports. Furthermore, in the interest of transparency and openness, the SABC ought to have informed Parliament's Communications Committee of its financial distress.
As such, the Democratic Alliance will write to the Chairperson of the Communications Committee, Humphrey Maxegwana, to request that the Committee convenes as a matter of urgency in order to be briefed by the SABC on these latest revelations and to provide a plan of action on how they will resolve it.
The financial crisis at the SABC has a direct impact on job security for many, as reports suggest that five production companies have been affected by the SABC's failure to pay its bills. The SABC's financial crisis has allegedly resulted in some producers having to take out loans to stay afloat.
If the SABC is to support the development of local television and music, it must make sure that they are paid, and on time. These are often struggling artists with families to feed, bills and employees to pay.
It is a matter of public record that the SABC's financial challenges stem from years of mismanagement, corruption and a culture of secrecy. However, it is incumbent on the public broadcaster's new board to play open cards with the public and Parliament on the full status of its financial distress.


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Q: getAttribute on IE9 This works on all browser except IE9, getAttribute return null on IE9, any ideas
function getFlashMovieObject(movieName){
    if(document.embeds[movieName])
      return document.embeds[movieName];
    if(window.document[movieName])
      return window.document[movieName];
    if(window[movieName])
      return window[movieName];
    if(document[movieName])
      return document[movieName];
}

function ChangePlaylist(newval,mymovievarmp3){
    var mp3Player = getFlashMovieObject(mymovievarmp3);
    var newstring = mp3Player.getAttribute('data');
    var broken = new Array();
    broken = newstring.split('?');
    mp3Player.setAttribute('data',broken[0]+'?'+broken[1]+'?'+newval)
}

Using JQuery but still does not work
    var mp3Player = getFlashMovieObject(mymovievarmp3);
    var newstring = $("#mp3Player ").data("data");

A: Try
function ChangePlaylist(newval,mymovievarmp3){
    var mp3Player = getFlashMovieObject(mymovievarmp3);
    var newstring = mp3Player.getAttribute('data');
    var broken = new Array();
    broken = newstring.split('?');
    mp3Player.setAttribute('data',broken[0]+'?'+broken[1]+'?'+newval)
}

I now understand why you escaped things. I think it breaks on the getAttribute() line.
I suggest importing jQuery and use $(elem).data().
Say you have:
<a data-someval="blah" />

Then this:
$("#elem").data("someval");

Should return blah.

A: Try the following code:
 function ChangePlaylist(newval,mymovievarmp3){
     var mp3Player = getFlashMovieObject(mymovievarmp3);
     //previus declaration
     //var newstring = mp3Player.attributes['data'].nodeValue;

     //Although i'm not familiar with getFlashMoiveObject, if that function
     //a reference to the javascript object, the next should work fine.
     var newstring = $(mp3Player).attr('data');

     //If that does not work, then try adding an `id`, or a `class` to the object
     //and then do one of the next:

     //using `id`:
     //var newstring = $('#mp3PlayerId').attr('data');

     //using `class`:
     //var newstring = $('.mp3PlayerClass').attr('data');

     //Also note that `id` and `class` are standard attributes, and so they values can
     //be accessed using regular getAttribute.

     var broken = new Array();
     broken = newstring.split('?');
     //mp3Player.setAttribute('data',broken[0]+'?'+broken[1]+'?'+newval)

     //Update - To set the a value to data attribute:
     $(mp3Player).attr('data',broken[0]+'?'+broken[1]+'?'+newval);
 }

IE have issues getting non standard attributes from elements.
Update:
If you are willing to use another library such as jQuery you can easily do something like
  $('#elementId').attr('data');

And is going to be crossbrowser for sure.
Update 2
I updated the code and explained a bit. Hope it helps you out!
Update 3
The following code can be used to set value to data:
     $(mp3Player).attr('data',value);