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Valley Cellulite Massage & Fascia Blasting
Fascia Blasting and massage – for cellulite reduction
Fascia Blasting
At Valley Cellulite Massage, we offer personalized services to help with crepe skin, wrinkles, fat reduction, weight loss and skin tightening. We can do this through many methods with our skin therapy or massage modalities, but today we want to highlight specifically achieving these goals with a Fasciablasting session. Now that we have multiple versions of the Fasciablaster we are seeing amazing results with weight loss, fat reduction and toning of the skin. In this article we will break down the basics of this amazing secret and provide you with real life results.
As we are a company that works with the body in several ways (i.e. therapeutic massage, cellulite massage and skin therapy), we will touch on the ways in which this device relates to our scope of practice. Keep in mind that this device does so much more than what we will touch on today. We highly recommend educating yourself on the other key factors that this science and technology do, as it is endless.
But what even is fascia? You can't see yours, but everyone has it. Put in the simplest terms, fascia is your body's connective tissue that surrounds muscles and organs. Experts use lots of creative imagery to try and explain it: "it's like the white, fibrous layer of an orange peel"; "it's plastic wrap around your muscles, like a sandwich"; "it's like the compartments of a T.V. dinner." If you're still confused, that's okay, because even researchers are mystified about the extent to which fascia exists in your body.
"We think of fascia like a tissue that supports muscles and tissues," says Charles Kim, MD, assistant professor in the Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care, and Pain Medicine at NYU Langone's Center for Musculoskeletal Care. "You can think of it as a bag of support around a substance."
Every move you make, every step you take, your fascia reacts to you. "If you're dehydrated, suffer an injury, or perform any kind of high impact activity, this can cause the fascia to clamp up and adhere to itself and other structures in the body, such as muscles, bones, and skin," says Ashley Black, inventor of the FasciaBlaster (that thing you're probably seeing all over Facebook) and author of The Cellulite Myth, It's Not Fat It's Fascia. This makes your fascia rigid and stiff, which causes pain, tightness, or just dull soreness. (To be clear, Black treats athletes and regular people using her FasciaBlaster, but she is not a physical therapist. All of the doctors we spoke to for this story said that the FasciaBlaster is one of a handful of effective treatment methods for fascia tension.)
"In modern medicine, we don't have all the explanations or knowledge of exactly what fascia is, but we do know is that some people get adhesions to fascia and tissue, which cause irritation and pain," Dr. Kim says. "Physical therapists use myofascial — which means muscle and fascia — release methods to break up the fascia."
According to Black, foam-rolling, also known as self-myofascial release, might seem like the perfect fix, but this really just compresses your tissue and rolls over the fascia. It's still a great way to make a tense muscle feel better (and you should definitely do it before and after a workout, if you'd like), but Black says you've got to go deeper to target the fascia. "Imagine your hair is messy and matted, and you're just trying to smooth it over with your palms," she says. "Now imagine you have a hairbrush that actually combs out the knots. Which will leave your hair smooth and knot-free?"
The "hairbrush" Black is referring to is, of course, the aforementioned FasciaBlaster, which is meant to rake through deep layers of fascia. She created it so her clients could treat themselves at home. Black has identified 29 different "zones" on the body that people can target with a FasciaBlaster to feel better — but it can be painful and even cause bruising. Before you jump to order one, definitely consult your primary care doctor or physical therapist to make sure it's okay, on the off-chance your tightness actually comes from an injury.
Other hands-on techniques for relieving fascia tension exist, and they use friction and trigger points and are practiced by doctors and physical therapists, says Antonio Stecco, MD, PhD, president of the Fascial Manipulation Association and a faculty member at New York University. Like acupuncture or Chinese foot reflexology, the trigger points don't match up to the body part you're treating, but rather, they are vectors that connect to other muscles. "You never treat the area of pain; we treat the point that corresponds to it," Dr. Stecco says. And it can hurt badly, like a super-charged deep tissue massage.
Stretching can and should also be part of your daily fascia-maintenance routine, because it helps loosen up your fascia, Dr. Stecco says. Not to mention, it's a good thing to do to protect your muscles. You might also want to consider a deep tissue massage, because Dr. Kim says it's the least-invasive way to treat it. (Plus, it feels good.)
If your aches and pains seem sudden or just out-of-the-ordinary, you should definitely consult with a doctor to make sure it's not an actual injury that you're missing. In some instances, athletes (like runners) can develop a condition called "compartment syndrome," which happens when there's "too much pressure on the fascial compartments," according to Dr. Lee. In this case, you'd need surgery to remove them, but that's pretty rare and on the extreme end.
Besides making you feel looser and less sore, Black says that fascial manipulation may also change the way your skin looks. Just as fascia in distress can clamp onto itself and cause soreness, fascia can also adhere to your skin and cause visible dimples. "Fascia adhesions can pull the skin down and force the fat up, causing dents and dimples commonly known as cellulite," Black says. "If the fascia were to lay flat, so would the fat." (There are tons of before and after photos from loyal users on Black's Instagram.)
If you're skeptical, that's normal; any body-manipulation tool that promises instant, visible results is considered sketchy. (And hey, there's absolutely nothing wrong with visible cellulite in the first place.) Dr. Stecco says that fascial manipulation for cellulite could actually be legit, but it's important to note that this is just treating the superficial fascia, so it might not get to the root of your pain. "Any tool that has a large face can affect superficial fascia, because it becomes softer and changes the shape of your skin — if that's what you're after," he says. Like we said, there's no reason to stress about cellulite, but if you feel pain and want to make sure you're taking care of your fascia, then it's definitely not a bad idea to give these releasing techniques a try.
Like exercise and nutrition, whether or not you concern yourself with fascia is about finding the method that makes sense for you. "When you put all the different techniques together, they're very similar," Dr. Kim says. So whether you're blasting or just stretching, it's your fascia and your choice.
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AYRES, LEONARD PORTER
AYRES, LEONARD PORTER (15 September 1879-29 October 1946), a nationally known educator, economist, and statistician, served as Vice President and Chief Economist of the Cleveland Trust bank for 26 years. Born in Niantic, Connecticut, to Milan Church and Georgiana (Gall) Ayres, Leonard was educated in the public schools of Newton, Massachusetts. After graduating from Boston University in 1902, he taught English in Puerto Rico, becoming superintendent of the island's school system in 1906. Returning to the States in 1907, Ayres earned a Ph.D. degree from Boston University in 1910. He was appointed director of the Department of Education and Statistics at the Russell Sage Foundation in 1908 where he applied statistical methods to a number of educational studies including the Education Survey of the Cleveland School System conducted under the auspices of the CLEVELAND FOUNDATION from 1915 until 1917. During WORLD WAR I, Lieutenant Colonel Ayres organized the Division of Statistics for the military.
Ayres joined the Cleveland Trust Company (see AMERITRUST) in 1920 where he edited the bank's "Business Bulletin." While there, he acquired a national reputation for his economic opinions and predictions through his writings. In his book, The Economics of Recovery, published in 1933, Ayres correctly assessed the severity of the Depression compared with past U.S. economic downturns. Reports in his Cleveland years included "The Automobile and its Future" (1921) and "Business in Two War Periods" (1945). During his career, he published seven books, numerous articles and reports.
Ayres returned to active military service as a brigadier general from 1940 until 1942. He died in Cleveland of a heart attack in 1946 and was buried in the National Cemetery at Arlington.


Travel Insured International, a leading travel insurance provider, shares a few tips on how to protect your vacation investments in 2017 and why it's important not to take the easy way out when booking a trip.
Being prepared for the unexpected and for personal safety may be the real way to enjoy a stress free vacation in an ever changing industry. An extensive travel protection plan from a third party company would likely cover most of the problems experienced while traveling. Many travelers believe they already have travel coverage with their personal health insurance, credit cards, and cruise/airline/hotel. Though this is somewhat true, coverage through those sources is usually much more limited. Travel Insured International, a leading travel insurance provider, shares a few tips on how to help protect your vacation investments in 2017 and why it's important not to take the easy way out when booking a trip.
Health Insurance – your ordinary health insurance plans may not offer coverage abroad, or they may have very low limits.
Medicare – Medicare simply does not offer medical coverage outside of the United States.
Credit Card – Credit cards usually have some travel coverage built in, but do not offer many of the benefits of a third party travel protection plan.
Cruise line – Cruise lines may offer their own protection plans, but it provides minimal coverage and may not help in more serious circumstances. For example, if you don't book a flight with the cruise line, they may not offer coverage for any flight related issues.
In comparison, a third party travel protection plan offers a much wider range of coverage options and benefits. Unlike most of the other options, a third party protection plan begins while you are still home. Risks might include last minute cancellations due to sickness, severe weather, or even terrorism. If something does in fact happen, you will be reimbursed with a check rather than in credit vouchers toward whatever vendor you may have signed up through. This provides you with the freedom to do what you want with your reimbursed money. A travel protection plan often offers higher benefit limits, primary and secondary options, and covers against bankruptcy or default in case something unexpectedly happens with the tour operator.
Help to find the closest medical facility by U.S standards, and more.
One of the most important aspects of receiving the coverage needed with an insurance plan is to always read the fine print and understand the rules and regulations of the supplier. Be sure to research and compare so you know you are investing in the right plan for the type of trip being planned.


Michal, you capture so much in all your paintings, her eyes say it all, as they do in every watercolour you do. Hugs and Love.
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Gorgeous, gorgeous Michal, I love the colour scheme, what a beautiful, beautiful portrait of a lovely girl!! L&F, Christel.
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A Research On Microbes - The Aliens Of Earth
For centuries, humans have been vastly mystified by the immensity of the universe beyond the surface of the Earth. In fact, human's ardent fascination with the heavens had even inspired them to explicitly design specialized technologies, such as the telescope, to study the expanse of the unknown. Though the telescope and its curved lenses did wonders to magnify the universe in the sky, no early innovator would have been able to guess that that same piece of polished, convex glass will also one day be utilized in the magnification of another, universe: one that exists on the Earth itself. Despite coinciding on the same planet, this universe had actually managed to remain undetected by man for millions of years. However, thanks to the invention of the microscope and the vigilant eyes of early scientists, a world of microscopic, alien beings will finally be discovered for the first time. Eventually, this initial discovery of microbes will spark some of the most significant discoveries in world history following the 1800s, and only by examining the discovery itself, other discoveries in microbiology after the initial discovery, and the effects of those discoveries on the world can the significance of the first sightings of microbes be effectively realized. In order to understand the importance of a discovery, one must first study the discovery itself and slowly watch as it evolves into the great influence it is today. However, such tasks will be impossible if one is unaware of what the discovery even is. In this case, that discovery is a microbe, which can often be confused as being the same object as a 'microorganism'. According to the Cambridge Dictionary, a microorganism is 'a living thing which on its own is too small to be seen without a microscope' (Cambridge). However, though they do contain genetic information and are capable of adapting to their environment, similar to the capabilities of a living organism, modern scientists have already long established that viruses are not actually alive due to its inability to reproduce without a host. Though, the word 'microbe' also has a similar meaning of being an object too small to be seen without a microscope, it is important to know that this term will also be able to encompass viruses, as well as other living microorganisms such as bacteria, blue-green bacteria, and certain types of algae, fungi, yeasts, and protozoans ('Microbes'). Thus, 'microbe' will be the main term used throughout this paper to describe these remarkably miniscule bodies.
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The first recorded discovery of a microbe was accomplished in 1665 by a scientist named Robert Hooke, who published its descriptions in his book of objects examined under the microscope, titled Micrographia. In this specific case, the object in which Hooke had been examining was a spot of mold, found on the sheep skin cover of a small book. After the examination, Hooke wrote, 'These spots appear'd, through a good Microscope, to be very pretty shap'd vegetative body, which, from almost the same part of the Lether, shot out multitudes of small long cylindrical and transparent stalks'. Based on his description and the accompanying drawing of the microbe, microbiologists today can classify Hooke's specimen as the micro-fungus Mucor, which is more commonly known as 'bread mold'. However, similar to all other discoveries in the science world, this new idea of a microscopic organism will not be easily accepted as a discovery until someone uncovers the right evidence to convince the world of its validity. This evidence eventually came after a series of curious experimentation made by a common shopkeeper named Antoni van Leeuwenhoek. Due to a cold and his inability to taste the potency of spices, Leeuwenhoek quickly became intrigued by the concept of taste which led him to inspect all kinds of taste related things, including a homemade concoction of pepper infused water.
'On 24 April 1676, Leeuwenhoek scrutinized some 'pepper water' that had been sitting for three weeks and was astonished to see many very small organisms that he called 'animalicules' or little eels. They were actually bacteria'. After the discovery, Leeuwenhoek quickly wrote letters to the Secretary of the Royal Society with concise descriptions about his experiment and sighting of micro-sized eels. Surprisingly, this position of secretary actually belonged to the original discoverer of microbes himself, Robert Hooke, who enthusiastically repeated Leeuwenhoek's experiment. Originally, Hooke was unable to see any 'animalicules' in his replication of the experiment. However, after leaving the pepper water for another five to six more days, Hooke finally found what he was looking for and wrote his confirmation of Leeuwenhoek's findings in a report which states, 'I examined again the said water; and then much to wonder I discovered vast multitudes of those exceeding small creatures, which Mr. Leeuwenhoek had described'. In the end, both Hooke and Leeuwenhoek were credited with the honor of being the first to discover the universe of microbes because they both held major contributions in the act of persuading the science community into acknowledging the existence of such alien beings. In addition to the initial discovery of microbes, examining how that initial discovery inspired other discoveries is also necessary to recognize the growth and long-term significance of the initial discovery. Unfortunately, this growth in the study of microbes will prove to be difficult to instigate because though the existence of microbes will have been known for two hundred years by the 1800s, the only studies ever done on them were to identify their morphology and taxonomy. Eventually, this will all start to change when some scientists begin to discover the connection between microbes and their role in causing disease, and one of the biggest contributors to this important revelation was a biologist named Louis Pasteur.
In 1855, Pasteur decided to lodge himself in a research project on fermentation problems at a local sugar beet distillery, a project that would eventually lead him to his first encounters with microbes. After two years of study, Pasteur announce that 'the yeast used in the process of fermentation was a living microbe and necessary for successful fermentation'. He continued by explaining how he found no yeast microbes in the vats of failed fermentation, but actually found a plethora of yeast killing microbes instead. Thus, proving the importance of yeast in the process of fermentation. From the distillery problems and the discovery of yeast-killing microbes, Pasteur decided to end his fermentation research with a conclusion stating that, 'microbes were living, and sometimes harmful, organisms'. Despite his difficulties to finish the study, criticism of Pasteur's work will soon form in the science community, stemming from the centuries long belief that fermentation was not caused by any yeast microbe, but were actually the result of spontaneous generation, the 'belief that some living things can arise suddenly from inanimate matter'. At the same time of this criticism, scientists were also having a debate involving the ideas of spontaneous generation and another, opposing idea called biogenesis, which is the belief that 'living cells can only arise from preexisting living cells'. For the purpose of protecting his research, Pasteur decided to join the debate and prove to the world that yeast microbes were the actual cause of fermentation. To do so, Pasteur must first prove that the concept of spontaneous generation is incorrect and collect enough evidence to support his claim. This was done through a strategically designed experiment involving s-necked flasks and open flasks filled with sterile, boiled beef broth. After being left out for a few days, the open flasks were expectedly contaminated with microbes while the s-necked flasks remained sterile which, Pasteur explained, was because 'the s-shaped curve allowed air to pass into the flask; however, the curved neck trapped airborne microorganisms at the bottom of the curve, preventing them from contaminating the broth'.
From this experiment, Pasteur concluded that though air carries microbes that can contaminate solutions, the air itself is not capable of spontaneously generating microbes because though the s-necked flasks were opened to allow air to enter, no microbes were able to spontaneously generate from the air in the s-necked flask and contaminate its broth. By falsifying spontaneous generation and proving that fermentation was caused by yeast microbes, Pasteur also proved the conclusion part of his research which states that microbes, such as the yeast killing microbe, can sometimes be harmful. This will later lead Pasteur to develop the germ theory of disease which claims that some harmful microbes can be the cause of certain diseases capable of killing animals and plants. However, this too was a commonly criticized idea because there are many who still believes that diseases in animals were caused by an imbalance in the amount of 'humors' or certain fluids in the body. In order to eliminate criticism, Pasteur decided to conduct another research project involving diseased silkworms to find evidence in support of his new theory.
However, more convincing evidence will actually come from a German physician named Robert Koch, who decided to study a much deadlier disease that commonly infect livestock instead, specifically a strain of anthrax in cows. In the 1870s, Koch announced that he was able to identify the bacterium that causes anthrax and even developed a method to grow the anthrax bacteria in his lab. After injecting healthy cows with the lab grown bacteria, the injected cows also developed anthrax. This is clear evidence in support of Pasteur's germ theory because it shows that harmful microbes, such as the anthrax bacteria, can really infect and sometimes kill the animal it infected. Unfortunately, humans, who are also animals, were no exception to these harmful microbes. Following the verification of the germ theory, Koch and Pasteur were also able to find other important discoveries based on that theory. While Koch developed a four-step method to identify other pathogenic microbes, Pasteur was busy developing some of the world's first synthetic vaccines which uses microbes grown in lab-controlled cultures to create vaccines for fowl cholera, anthrax, and even rabies, which unlike the others is actually a virus caused infection. Additionally, Pasteur also began encouraging the action of heating liquids, or Pasteurization, to prevent the growth of harmful microbes in milk, wine, juice, and various liquid products to hinder spoilage and the spread of pathogens. Aside from Pasteur and Koch, other scientists were also starting to base more research on the germ theory as well, resulting in discoveries ranging from proof that proper sanitation is crucial in fighting contagious diseases, to the development of antiseptic methods that reduces deaths in surgery and labor.
By the 1900s, further research on dangerous microbes will even lead to the development of actual forms of treatment for microbe caused diseases, apart from just vaccines to prevent them. An example of such treatment are two drugs, commonly found in mold, that is effective in treating bacterial infections. Those drugs are more commonly known today as sulfa drugs and penicillin and the discovery of these treatments will eventually start, ' a rush to find other natural, and eventually synthetic, antibiotics; the development of viral vaccines, including those for polio and yellow fever; and the birth of molecular biology'. Even so, it is important to remember that none of these discoveries would have been possible if scientists never knew microbes existed in the first place. By being the foundation for all revelations in the field of microbiology, the initial discovery of microbes is therefore also indirectly responsible for the impact of all those revelations on the world. From the foundation of the germ theory to the first development of vaccines and antibiotics, scientist know today these revelations are extremely important to the world and the people living on it because over half of all human diseases are caused by microbes. In fact, some of those diseases are so devastating that they are still being mentioned history books today, including the bubonic plague bacteria that killed about one third of Europe's population in the 1300s, the small pox virus that killed 20 million Native Americans during the colonial era, and the Influenza Pandemic of 1918 that killed between 30-50 million worldwide during World War II (CNN). In addition to humans, microbes are also proven to be responsible for causing diseases in animals and plants as well, resulting in a devastating economic impact on 'the poultry, sheep, silkworm, and swine industries as well as the vinegar, wine, and beer industries; often spoiling production'.
If more research on microbes had been done earlier, perhaps more deaths could have been prevented. Even so, it is better late than never, because although humans did spend 200 years completely unaware of the potential of microbiology, their enthusiastic need to satisfy the humanly innate sense of curiosity had led them to develop even better technologies at an even faster speed than ever before. Now, another 200 years later, the science of microbiology had advanced so much that some diseases, such as polio and small pox, are even eradicated, while others, such as yellow fever, are greatly reduced. Moreover, the majority of microbe caused diseases today are also preventable by vaccines, and even treatable by antibiotics or antiviral drugs. Therefore, despite the threat of outbreaks constantly being mentioned in the news about dangerous new microbes such as the Zika, Ebola, HIV/AIDS, or the yearly flu viruses, the human's growing bank of knowledge and constant passion to explore will allow them to persevere even in a universe of aliens.
In conclusion, by examining the initial discovery of microbes, other discoveries in microbiology following the initial discovery, and the effects of those discoveries on the world, one can clearly understand how that first discovery of a microbe became responsible for some of the most important discoveries in the world since the 1800s. When a person is asked to name a favorite food, often times that person will take a long moment to think about an answer because there are so many types of foods to choose from. Likewise, when the world is asked to name a discovery that it considers to be the most important, the obvious reply will be an infinite number of opinions from an infinite source of people. However, history has proven that diseases related to microbes can potentially be some of the deadliest and most devastating, capable of generating as many casualties as those in World War I during just one outbreak alone. Therefore, if the universe of microbes had continued to remain undiscovered, imagine how many total lives would have been lost to an enemy that is a hundred times smaller than a mere ant. Included in the incalculable number of losses, imagine how many of those people could have been the geniuses who discovered some of the greatest ideas and technologies in the modern world. Moreover, imagine how many future geniuses may have to lose their lives if the universe of microbiology, similar to the universe in beyond the skies, had never developed and expanded to the size it has today.
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The national bowel screening programme started in the Hutt Valley and Wairarapa District Health Board (DHB) areas in July 2017, with the roll-out expected to be completed in 2020.
The national programme follows a pilot programme by the Waitemata DHB. You can find out when the programme will start in your DHB. You will be contacted within two years of it starting in your DHB.
A pilot is a small-scale study to find out what works and what needs improving and to identify any problems with a programme before it is used on a larger population.
The information from the Waitemata pilot programme has been used to plan the national programme, eg, the pilot screening age starting at 50 has been changed to 60 in the national programme.
New Zealand has one of the highest rates of bowel cancer in the world. More than 3000 New Zealanders are diagnosed with bowel cancer each year and more than 1200 die from it.
Bowel cancer occurs when normal cells on the inside of your bowel become abnormal and grow out of control. These cells can turn into a polyp (growth) and some polyps may grow into a cancer over time. There may be no warning signs of bowel cancer in the early stages.
Find out more about bowel cancer symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment.
Bowel screening is for people who don't have any symptoms of bowel cancer. If you have any bowel symptoms that concern you, talk to your doctor straight away.
Why is bowel cancer screening only for 60 to 74-year-olds?
In the pilot, about 80% of cancers detected were in people aged 60 to 74 years. This means screening is being offered to those most likely to have bowel cancer or an advanced polyp detected by a follow-up colonoscopy.
As a colonoscopy is an invasive procedure that carries some risk, it is important to ensure that the benefits of screening outweigh any potential harm. Your doctor will help you decide if a colonoscopy should be carried out.
What will happen when I have my bowel cancer screening?
When it is your turn to be screened, you will receive a letter inviting you to take part. You will also be sent a kit that allows you to collect a faecal (poo) sample at home. It includes a tube that you send by freepost with your poo sample inside.
The sample will be tested in a laboratory for the presence of tiny amounts of blood that you can't see when you look at it. If blood is found it may be an early warning sign that something is wrong with your bowel.
If there are any concerns with your sample, you will be notified and booked in to have a colonoscopy.


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The Milky Way's Most Recent Meal was a Galaxy it Gobbled up 8-10 Billion Years ago
A central aspect of galactic evolution is that they must eat or be eaten. Dark energy strives to push galaxies apart, but gravity tries to pull them together. As a result, galaxies tend to form into local groups. As these superclusters of galaxies become more isolated due to cosmic expansion, they gravitationally turn on each other, and in time the largest galaxies of the group will consume the smaller ones. The Milky Way is one of the larger galaxies in our local group, and so it has consumed smaller galaxies in the past. But piecing together the history of these galactic meals is a real challenge.
But thanks to the Gaia spacecraft we're learning quite a bit, as a recent study shows. The results were published in the Astrophysical Journal and reconstructs when the last major galactic merger with the Milky Way occurred.
The globular cluster NGC 2808 is possibly GSE's remnant core. Credit: NASA, ESA, A. Sarajedini, and G. Piotto
Based on earlier observations, we know that many of the remnant stars from galactic collisions end up in the halo of the Milky Way. This is a roughly spherical collection of stars that surrounds our galaxy. The most recent merger seems to have been with a small galaxy known as Gaia-Sausage-Enceladus (GSE), which happened about 8 – 10 billion years ago. But not many details have been known about this merger. For example, did GSE orbit the Milky Way before colliding, only to be ripped apart by our galaxy's tidal forces, or was the collision more direct and head-on?
To answer this question, the team used Gaia observations of stars in the halo of the Milky Way and combined that data with a survey of the outer edges of the Milky Way known as the H3 Survey. This gave the team a good understanding of the position and motion of halo stars. They then created numerical simulations of various hypothetical collisions between GSE and the Milky Way. They found that the model which best fits is a galaxy of about half a billion stars that collided with the Milky Way opposite to our galaxy's rotation. That is, a more direct collision. Based upon this model, about half of our galaxy's halo stars, and about 20% of the dark matter halo came from this one collision.
The merger with Gaia-Sausage-Enceladus accounts for most of the Milky Way's mass increase over the past 10 billion years. It was a big breakfast for our galaxy's cosmic day. Later on, the menu are other meals, including those of the small and large Magellanic clouds, both of which are approaching the Milky Way. Then, of course, there is the grand meal to come, when the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies collide in about 5 billion years.
Reference: Naidu, Rohan P., et al. "Reconstructing the Last Major Merger of the Milky Way with the H3 Survey." The Astrophysical Journal 923.1 (2021): 92.
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High indoor comfort is nevertheless achievable, because thermo-active component systems enable these buildings to be heated and cooled with very small temperature differences – mostly in combination with natural, renewable heat sources or heat sinks. Because the temperature differences between the indoor air and the heat sources for heating or cooling are very low, these are known as low-exergy systems.
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US Code / 2018 US Code / Title 16. Conservation / Chapter 1. National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores / Subchapter XLVI. Shenandoah National Park and Great Smoky Mountains National Park / 16 U.S. Code §403h-14. Authorization to transfer additional lands for scenic parkway
Subchapter XLVI. Shenandoah National Park and Great Smoky Mountains National Park
16 U.S. Code §403-1. Addition of lands to Shenandoah National Park
16 U.S. Code §403-2. Exchange of lands within Shenandoah National Park
16 U.S. Code §403-3. Addition of lands to Shenandoah National Park; administration
16 U.S. Code §403. Establishment; boundaries
16 U.S. Code §403a. Acceptance of title to lands
16 U.S. Code §403b. Administration, protection, and development; Federal Power Act inapplicable; minimum area
16 U.S. Code §403c-1. Respective jurisdiction of Virginia and United States over lands in Shenandoah Park
16 U.S. Code §403c-3. Criminal offenses concerning hunting, fishing, and property
16 U.S. Code §403c-4. Forfeiture of property used in commission of offenses
16 U.S. Code §403d. Lease of lands within Shenandoah National Park and Great Smoky Mountains National Park
16 U.S. Code §403e. Acceptance of title to lands; reservations; leases; rights-of-way and easements
16 U.S. Code §403f. Great Smoky Mountains National Park; extension of boundaries
16 U.S. Code §403g-1. Exchange of lands
16 U.S. Code §403g. Establishment; minimum area
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16 U.S. Code §403h-10. Notice to Governors of North Carolina and Tennessee; application of sections 403h-3 and 403h-4 to subsequent lands accepted
16 U.S. Code §403h-11. Further additions for construction of scenic parkway
16 U.S. Code §403h-12. Entrance road to Cataloochee section
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16 U.S. Code §403h-14. Authorization to transfer additional lands for scenic parkway
16 U.S. Code §403h-15. Conveyances to Tennessee of lands within Great Smoky Mountains National Park
16 U.S. Code §403h-16. Reconveyance of rights-of-way and lands for control of landslides along Gatlinburg Spur of the Foothills Parkway; conditions
16 U.S. Code §403h-17. Elimination of lands from Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Gatlinburg Spur of the Foothills Parkway
16 U.S. Code §403h-3. Hunting, fishing, etc.; rules and regulations; protection of property; penalties for violating laws and rules
16 U.S. Code §403h-4. Forfeiture of property used in commission of offenses
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16 U.S. Code §403i. Secretary of the Interior authorized to purchase necessary lands
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16 U.S. Code §403k-1. Laws applicable
16 U.S. Code §403k-2. Addition of lands to Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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16 U.S. Code §403k. Boundary between Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Cherokee-Pisgah-Nantahala National Forests
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Upon publication in the Federal Register of an order of transfer by the Secretary of Agriculture, the lands so transferred shall be a part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and available for the scenic parkway as authorized by section 403h–11 of this title.
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How To Download Videos From Hulu The Easy Way
Steve Campbell February 18, 2011 18-02-2011 2 minutes
<firstimage="//static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/14906_hulu_graphic.jpg"> Every once in a while, you come across a video that you think is so great that adding it to your favorites just isn't good enough, so you seek to download it. This is relatively easy if you're on YouTube. There are dozens of apps out there capable of getting the job done (YouTube Downloader is my personal favorite). A lot of the time, all you need is the URL of the video you want.
Hulu's an entirely different story. They've gone to great lengths to protect their videos from downloaders, primarily because Hulu is home to a lot of television episodes and clips, rather than user-uploaded content. Is it impossible to download videos from Hulu? No, but a lot of the time, it's just frustrating enough to cause you to give up prematurely – until now at least.
How to Download Videos from Hulu
You're going to need two programs to start downloading and watching Huluvideos on your computer. The first is StreamTransport, the program you will use to locate, capture, and download the videos you're looking for. The second, which you should have anyway, is [NO LONGER WORKS] VLC Player, because, well, it plays everything. There are other programs out there that will be able to play your downloaded videos, but this one is simply the best.
Now that you have those programs installed, I can walk you through the process of snaking Hulu videos.
The first thing you're going to want to do is run StreamTransport. We'll be using the program's built-in browser to locate the videos you're interested in on Hulu.
Open the program and click on the button at the very top that says Visit Hulu. The top half, browser part of the application will take you to Hulu's homepage. From there, navigate to the video you would like to capture and play it. Take note of how long the video is because you're going to need that information in a second.
Once your video starts playing, you will see a list of items in the bottom half of the app. This can vary from video to video, but at least one of the items should be listed as the same duration as the video you're playing. Click an item that meets that criteria and click the Download button to start downloading the video. If your video doesn't start downloading in a few seconds, you may need to try one of the other items.
Your download will start in a new window, leaving you free to go back and add more videos to your download queue. Multiple videos can download simultaneously.
After a download is finished, click on the Locate button and you will be taken directly to the folder with your downloaded files. As I alluded to earlier, videos will be in the FLV format, but you should have no problem playing them with an app like VLC player.
While this method still doesn't compare to the various strategies you could invoke to easily download videos off YouTube, it is fairly straight forward and pretty simple to execute. StreamTransport certainly makes the whole process easier, especially since it has a built-in browser.
Do you have any tips to add? What do you think of this method?
Explore more about: Download Management, Hulu, Online Video.
I used StreamTransport for about a year and LOVED it. But in the last 5 months or so, Hulu has changed it's links and encoding so that StreamTransport can no longer capture them. And it appears the program is no longer updated, so . . . other options?
Wloudermilk
I CANT GET ANYTHING IN STREAMTRANSPORT TO SHOW THE DURATION TIME WONT WORK FOR ME
after mtv.com changed their flash player a month ago, I can't download anything. it ends up crashing in the streamtransport browser while the videos play fine on IE and firefox.
also, I've experienced a few hulu videos that streamtransport doesn't even detect, and its always the same ones no matter how often I restart.
Wisco
Stream Transport is broken now.
What about a simple screen capture utility? Granted, one has to babysit it, but it works for everything. There is a very good one, that allows for picking the size of captured frame and of course it grabs audio to. Free for private use, called BB FlashBack Express.
Can you confirm that it works for Hulu
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FoxReal YouTube FLV Downloader Pro will download Hulu videos, but it is not free. There is a free version, although I'm not sure if it works as well as the pro version. I got the pro version from the Giveaway of the day website at the end of last year.
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Sadly, I think StreamTrasport is out of development, but it still works. Sometimes you have to mess with it, exit, restart, etc., try messing around in the app, then back to the videos. You can't get anything higher than 720 x 480, which is not bad on a 24" screen, and you need a subscription to get that. It's probably just a matter of time before Hulu catches up with it. Then, there is really nothing else out there that can grab Hulu. I've looked at everything. ST is the only one that can do it.
You're right about that. I too have looked at everything and unfortunately this is the best we've got. It takes a bit of messing with at times, but I've had a high success rate with it.
Supermanflies
doesn't seem to work on a Mac
Sorry to hear that. Unfortunately I didn't have a Mac to test it on. If anyone knows of a good substitute for Mac users please share.
BadaBing
nope you can't
Whateveryouwant
Used to ne much more useful. More and more videos from Hulu won't download completely, and the software hasn't been updated in ages.
Seems to work in US fine. Having issues getting some of the higher resolution versions of the video to play, so its not exactly HD, but then Hulu never was. CBS.com works fine, too.
can we use in countries where it is not allowed??
You have to use something like Quick Hide IP, mask your IP as from US
Nice response, Rga. Thanks!
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Batagai (; en yakuto: Баатаҕай) es una localidad urbana (un asentamiento de tipo urbano) y el centro administrativo del Distrito Verkhoyansky de la República de Sajá, Rusia, ubicado en el río Yana. Según el censo de 2010, su población era de 4.369.

Geografía
Batagai se encuentra a poca distancia al oeste del río Adytcha. El cráter de Batagaika se encuentra a 10 km al sureste y la Cordillera Kisilyakh a 40 km al noreste de la ciudad. [11]

Historia
El estatus de asentamiento de tipo urbano fue otorgado a Batagai en 1945.

Estado administrativo y municipal
En el marco de las divisiones administrativas, el asentamiento de tipo urbano de Batagai sirve como centro administrativo del distrito Verkhoyansky. Como división administrativa, está, junto con dos localidades rurales, incorporada dentro del Distrito de Verkhoyansky como el Asentamiento de Batagai. Como división municipal, el asentamiento de Batagai se incorpora al distrito municipal de Verkhoyansky como asentamiento urbano de Batagai.

Transporte
Batagai es servido por el aeropuerto de Batagai.

Referencias

Localidades de Sajá

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Shah had not recovered completely, said local BJP unit.
New Delhi: After addressing a rally in Malda, West Bengal, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah on Tuesday decided to return to Delhi. He was to address rallies in Birbhum, Jhargram, Nadia and South 24 Parganas as well but ill health forced Shah to cut short his visit to the state.
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"Amit Shah will fly back to Delhi. The four other rallies will be held as per schedule without the (BJP) president. While I will lead the rally in Jhargram, the rally in Birbhum will be led by senior leader Smriti Irani," said Ghosh.
Sources in the state BJP said Shah hadn't completely recovered from swine flu and had high fever even when he was addressing the Malda rally. He was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi last week after being detected with swine flu.
Meanwhile, Irani would lead two rallies at Nadia, South 24 Parganas district on January 24.
Before heading for Delhi, Shah declared in Malda that he had come to "sound the bugle for 2019 polls".
"I am here in Bengal to sound the bugle for 2019 polls. The country's future depends on this election and most importantly, Bengal's future depends on this election. We will dethrone Trinamool Congress. Trinamool Congress is stopping BJP from taking out the Rath Yatra," said Shah, launching an attack on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress.
Apart from this, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Brigade rally, scheduled to be held on February 8, has also been cancelled. However, the Prime Minister will be holding three other rallies in West Bengal in January.


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Q: How read values from Waveform (DBL) 1d Array and compare it with a double value in Labview I want to stop my measurement (right side od the VI) when the user defined stop voltage has arrived in the measurement. But I do not know how I can read the voltage value from the waveform (DBL) 1d Array and compare it with the user typed stop voltage? Hope someone can help me with that. I have attached a snippet of my VI. You can use that like a VI in labview
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A: You can index the 1D waveform array to get the individual elements and then use the 'Get Waveform elements' node from the 'Waveforms' pallet to get the actual value. You would then have to check these against your Stop Value, either by constructing a 1D array of DBL or just picking one element.
Is there a reason you are using the waveform output from the DAQ read vi? If you change this to a double 'DBL' then you can wire this up directly to your <= function. A 1D array of type double could be wired up to a graph if needed (I am guessing the indicator 'Measurement' is a graph).

A: You can use the Waveform limit tester to check if everything is below your Threashold.
Here's a codesample how it works.

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Galina Zapryanova, Olena Surzhko-Harned
The Effect of Supranational Identity on Cultural Values in Europe
European Political Science Review, 2016: 8, issue 4, pp. 647 - 566
ISSN: 1755-7739 (print); 1755-7747 (online)
Does supranational identity have an independent effect on individuals' beliefs about culturally contested issues in their national systems? This article demonstrates that self-categorization in the supranational realm – a seemingly unrelated category to domestic value cleavages – has implications for individuals' views on cultural issues. Traditional theories of international norm diffusion focus almost exclusively on state-level interactions, but our findings provide further evidence to the existence of a more direct mechanism through which norms reach some citizens. A sense of identification with a supranational entity such as Europe makes citizens more likely to espouse the views and opinions promoted by supranational organizations. We use the European Values Study to examine whether supranational identity is associated with socially liberal preferences. Results from the multi-level models indicate that supranational identity exerts a systematic effect on attitudes toward lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights and gender equality. Additionally, while these effects are more consistent in EU member states, supranational identity exhibits a similar impact on social attitudes in non-EU countries such as those in the former Soviet Union.
Cambridge Journals Online: PDF
Marc Debus
Verrückte Verhältnisse? Wahlverhalten und Parteienwettbewerb in Baden-Württemberg zwischen 2011 und 2016
Hermann Schmitt
Critical Elections in the European Union
Christopher J. Williams
Responding to the Extremes: Far Left Parties and Mainstream Party Euroskepticism


Most of us have heard about how coral is in peril; we've heard about warming oceans and acidification and the eerie bleaching of these beautiful and important organisms. At the same time, however, the ocean and its creatures are so far removed from most of us – it's hard to understand what exactly is going on and how we may be contributing.
In this short video by Earth Vision Trust, which premiered on National Geographic's Short Film Showcase, Dr. Joanie Kleypas from the National Center for Atmospheric Research, explains what's going on and why the coral is dying at such an alarming rate. And while it is depressing, the situation is not without hope – as you will see as she describes how humans are helping to save these beleaguered creatures.


The news marks just the second back nine order for a new half-hour this fall, after fellow Alphabet entry "Black-ish."
Video: New Teaser for Season 6 of "Justified"
The final season premieres Tuesday, January 20 at 10:00/9:00c only on FX.
Gwen Stefani, Pharrell Williams Team Up to Perform "Spark the Fire"
Look for said performance on the two-hour Monday, December 1 telecast (8-10 p.m. ET/PT) of "The Voice."
ABC spins the digital numbers for Thursday, November 20.
Discovery spins the numbers for Friday, November 21.
In cooperation with American Mensa, the competition takes place over eight weeks and tests the nation's brightest young minds on their knowledge.
It recognizes trailblazing in the realm of concerts, musical accomplishment, creative innovation and connecting with fans across the United States.
The lucky sweepstakes winner, along with an entourage of his/her five closest friends, will be awarded a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to travel in style to Los Angeles, where they will receive the ultimate star treatment.
Kaley Cuoco, Queen Latifah, Gavin DeGraw, Wayne Brady and Roselyn Sanchez are also on tap for the two-hour special.
Both the Iron Bowl (No. 14 Auburn at No. 1 Alabama) and the Egg Bowl (No. 4 Mississippi State at No. 8 Ole Miss) match a Top 15 team facing an in-state rival currently ranked in the Top Four of the College Football Playoff Rankings.
Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch and Kelly Reilly Join Colin Farrell and Vince Vaughn in HBO's "True Detective"
"Prospectors" and "Highway Thru Hell" return Sunday, December 7 while "Why Planes Crash" is due back on Monday, December 15.
Both series return with new episodes on Sunday, December 7 starting at 9:00/8:00c.
Plus: Emily Beecham, Sarah Bolger and Oliver Stark have joined the cast as series regulars.
A complex person, Sontag fiercely guarded her privacy, despite her boldness in the literary world.
"Awkward" season five and the second half of "Faking It" season two will return in 2015.
In its new format, hosted by leading clinical and forensic psychologist Dr. Kris Mohandie, the series shines a klieg light on a killer's motive, method and thought process.
Bennett and Micucci will both appear in "Wallykazam!" while Beau Bridges is set to turn up in "Bubble Guppies."
Airing prior at 7 p.m. ET/PT is "Super Soul Sunday: Soul-to-Soul," a special edition of the popular two-time Emmy award-winning OWN series that will feature best-of moments.
Netflix Announces Premiere Date for "Nick Offerman: American Ham"
Nick's master class in life, love, woodworking, meat eating and being a man will be available on Friday, December 12.
CBS further spins the numbers for the week of November 3-9.
Steven Weber Swoops Into "House of Lies"
He'll guest as Ray Montinola, a turnaround specialist who jumps in to assist Marty and the Pod, but Marty has different ideas for the so-called savior.
ABC further spins the numbers for the week of November 3-9.
The series premieres on Wednesday, January 21 with back to back episodes starting at 10:00/9:00c.
Get your first taste of the new series, starring Billy Crystal and Josh Gad.
From Mail Order Brides to Obsessed Lovers, Investigation Discovery Explores: What Would You Do for Love?
Look for new series "Mail Order Murder" on Wednesday, December 3 while "I'd Kill for You" returns Saturday, December 6.
NBC spins the numbers for Sunday, November 23.
Fans can find out more about these besties turned lovers during a preview special on Monday, December 15 at 10:30/9:30c.
Brit Marling and James Nesbitt star in the six-part comedy-drama, a biting workplace satire set inside a modern police force.
CBS spins the numbers for Sunday, November 23.
"House Hunters Pop'd" and "Tiny House Hunters" are both on tap in the coming weeks.
"Tiny House Nation" returns for a second season followed by the launch of the new original series "Tiny House Hunting."
Pop's new site - Poptv.com - will go live on Wednesday, January 14 to coincide with Pop's on-air launch of the new network.
Tune in as Lauren sits down exclusively with E! to discuss her businesses, her experience with fame, and growing up in the spotlight.
Filming Begins on BBC America's "The Last Kingdom"
Alexander Dreymon stars in the eight-episode series, an adaptation of Bernard Cornwell's best-selling series of books "The Saxon Stories."
The series returns Saturday, January 17 with two new episodes back-to-back starting at 9:00/8:00c.


Landscape lighting in San Jose doesn't have to be a complicated and extensive lighting project. There are certain projects you can do on your own, or you can trust your lighting company experts for your outdoor lights .
The great thing about lighting is the ability to find low-cost and low-energy lighting options. LEDS and solar-powered fixtures are becoming a big hit in recent years, and you won't go wrong with these light options. The other great thing about landscape lighting are the hundreds of options you can install. If you simply wish to brighten a pathway, or highlight your favorite tree, there are plenty of lighting options. Even lighting your outside house walls has become a popular investment. No matter your lighting desire, call your lighting company for helpful suggestions.
During a remodel, landscaping, or custom home building, you should look for a company that specializes in lighting in San Jose. You want a company that has a sole focus of quality lighting products and the best ways to install them. Lighting companies specialize in making your rooms and yards look even more amazing with the right kind of lighting.
The right lighting company should be local, and it should have several years, if not decades, worth of experience. This experience will be vital to helping you decide the best type of product and the best placement of it. Your lighting company will have a variety of products, from functional, accent, and energy-efficient options. The right company will be able to answer every lighting question you may have with friendly and knowledgeable service. Also, don't forget to look for an affordable company with competitive prices, and the understanding that most customers come with a budget. You should never feel pressured to buy something out of your budget, and your lighting company will put any fears about money you may have to rest.
You may not think your bathroom lighting in San Jose should be important, but it's what is going to light up your entire area for everyone to see. Guests will remember your bathroom colors, knickknacks, and theme because they were lit up with beautiful bathroom lights. Choosing your bathroom light fixtures may depend on the size of your bathroom, but there are a few different ideas that may work for just about every bathroom size.
The most common lighting you will find in the bathroom will probably be over or around the mirror. This is where most people spend the majority of their time in the bathroom; checking their appearance and looking at the mirror as they brush their teeth. You can still give your bathroom some flair with attractive sconces, colored lights, or etchings in the fixtures holding up the lights. Keep in mind that this type of functional lighting will typically be the brightest and most noticeable lighting in your bathroom. Be sure it is something you and your family can live with for a long time.
Depending on the size of your bathroom, as well as the wall or tiling design, you can install ambient lighting throughout the bathroom. This might be in the form of recessed lighting located in your shower or bathtub to show off the specific design or color tile you had installed there. Ambient lighting can be whatever color and wherever you would like; just don't expect to use it often for tasks, like you would with the overhead lighting around the mirror.
Accents, in design, color, or lighting, tend to give a bathroom character. They stand out and make a guest remember the details of the room they were just in. Your accented lighting may include colored bulbs, frosted glass in your shower door, or even a small chandelier above your garden tub. No matter your desire, there is the perfect accent lighting out there for everyone.
There are so many options for outdoor lighting, from LEDs to landscape lighting in San Jose. Depending on your need, your outdoor lights can become an essential part of the time you spend outside with your family and your guests. Whether you are throwing a party, showing off your beautiful landscape, or you simply want a relaxing night outside with your family, there is a lighting option for you.
If you have a big backyard and patio, and you like to have people over, then investing in bright outdoor lights will be a great idea. Your guests can enjoy the party well into the night, and your patio can be shown off in all its glory. If you have poolside light, or even lights in your pool, then your family and any party guests can take a swim any time of the night with ease.
When you have put a lot of work into your landscape, you want it shown off all the time, day or night. These landscaping lights can be installed almost anywhere you have a feature to highlight. Lights can be hung in trees or at the base of their trunks. Outdoor lighting can be installed across your beautiful pathway, or even strategically placed in the ground or behind bushes so no one can see the light's source. It is your design, and your decision; consult your lighting company on the best way to make your vision come true.
With all of these extra lights around your home, you may notice your energy bill starts creeping up. When you utilize LEDs throughout your lighting fixtures, you can keep your energy bills much lower, and you are helping the environment. LEDs have to be changed infrequently, as in every few years or more, thus limiting the amount of times you have to change light bulbs and add to the growing trash problem.
The lighting that you use in your home is obviously very important. In addition to providing light so that you can see, the light fixtures that you install will ultimately improve the look and feel of every single space in your home. By choosing the right home lighting in San Jose, you can make your home comfortable and bring out the best in the different elements that make your house special. Check out these tips for choosing the right lighting fixtures for your home.
Place at least one source of ambient lighting into every room.
When you walk into a room in your home, it should feature at least one table lamp, chandelier, or other source of ambient lighting. Your ambient lighting should provide enough light to keep people safe when they move throughout a room. If you find that you are tripping over a coffee table every time you step into your living room, you should rethink the ambient lighting that you are using. Whether you install recessed lighting or a large ceiling fan with a light, you can improve your ambient lighting easily .
Provide task lighting in rooms that call for you to perform certain tasks.
Do you like to spend time reading in your den or cooking in your kitchen? If so, you should think about adding lights designed to help you complete those tasks. Unlike ambient lighting, task lighting won't light up an entire room, but it will give you more than enough light in one specific part of the room so that you can complete whatever task you're working on.
Use accent lighting to put a spotlight on the decorative features in your home.
Accent lighting like track lighting and pendant lighting can be used to shine a light on your home's decorative features. If you have a painting hanging on a wall in your foyer that you love or new granite countertops in your kitchen that you want to highlight, you should install accent lighting to help draw attention to them. It will create focal points for your guests when they enter your home.


/ ins Sulapac, a Finnish company listed among the top-100 hottest start-ups in Europe by Wired Magazine, is pleased to announce that the French luxury house Chanel has decided to shoulder its development, thus becoming its first investor coming from the cosmetic industry. Aiming to tackle the accumulation of non-biodegradable plastics, Sulapac has developed an innovative material which responds to consumers' growing desire to find environmentally friendly products or packaging.
/ins Stora Enso and Sulapac continue to combat the global problem of plastic waste by introducing a demo of a sustainable straw at Slush 2018, a global leading startup event gathering of 20 000 tech enthusiasts. The demo, targeting industrial scale production, is designed to replace traditional plastic straws with renewable ones. The straws are based on Sulapac's biocomposite material – made of wood and natural binders – designed to be recycled via industrial composting and biodegrade in marine environment.
Automated die machining boosts manufacturing capacity /ins With its standardisation strategy and the C 22 UP machining centre from Hermle, the tool and mould making division of the WMF Group has managed to streamline die and tool production processes, thereby creating the scope for services for external customers.
/ ins TAGARNO is now announcing a modified digital microscope solution, promoting ergonomically correct working conditions and new possibilities to inspect large PCBs with plenty of work space beneath the camera.


On November 14, 2018, the IRS released the proposed regulations on hardship distributions. These proposed regulations provided us with insight into how the hardship distribution rules will be changing in 2019. These changes will impact 401(k) and 403(b) plans that offer hardship distributions.
What are the main changes to the hardship distribution rules?
Elimination of the 6 month suspension of deferrals when a participant takes a hardship distribution.
Participant no longer has to take out a loan before applying for a hardship distribution effective 1/1/19.
Ability to include earnings in the hardship distribution calculations for 401(k) plans, but not in 403(b) plans.
Ability to include Safe Harbor Non Elective contributions, Safe Harbor Matching contributions, Qualified Automatic Contribution Arrangement (QACA), Qualified Non Elective Contribution (QNEC), Qualified Matching Contributions (QMACs) as available sources.
Added "primary beneficiary under the plan" as an individual for whom qualifying medical, educational, and funeral expenses may be provided (regulations had previously referenced only a spouse or dependent).
Added a new safe harbor expense reason of allowing participants impacted by losses to their principal residence to obtain a hardship if their residence happens to be in a federally declared disaster area.
Hardship distributions on account of damage to the principal residence that would qualify for a casualty deduction would continue to be allowed and not restricted to a federally declared disaster area. This was clarified in the proposed regulations.
The hardship may not exceed amount of need, adjusted for anticipated taxes and penalties.
The participant must have obtained all other available distributions under the plan.
The participant must represent that he or she has insufficient cash or liquid assets to satisfy that financial need.
The plan administrator may rely on this representation made by the participant.
When does the 6 month suspension of deferrals go away?
The proposed regulation prohibits the use of the 6 month suspension of deferrals for hardship distributions occurring on or after January 1, 2020. However, in 2019 special rules apply.
How should the 6 month suspension be handled on January 1, 2019?
The proposed regulations allow the plan sponsor to decide on any hardship distributions processed in the second half of 2018, as well as any hardships taken in 2019, whether they want to enforce the 6 month suspension.
Hardship distributions processed in second half of 2018 – Should allow participants to restart deferrals on 1/1/19 and not continue the restriction until their 6 month suspension was originally set to end. This is also subject to the rules of the fund company.
New Hardship distributions processed in 2019 – Should not suspend deferrals of the participant for 6 months.
When do the plan documents have to be amended for the new hardship changes taking into effect?
APC will notify you sometime in 2019 when we receive more guidance from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regarding the timeline of adopting the amendment to incorporate the new hardship provisions. Currently, we have no further information pertaining to the plan amendment. However, the IRS will allow plans to start using the more relaxed hardship provisions on 1/1/19 in "good faith" prior to the formal amendment.
Does the plan have to allow additional sources for hardship distributions?
The plan sponsor does not have to allow additional sources such as Safe Harbor contributions, Qualified Automatic Contribution Arrangement (QACA), Qualified Non Elective Contribution (QNEC), Qualified Matching Contributions (QMACs) in the calculation of the hardship distribution.


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Buckley Special Alert
On February 21, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers, a long-anticipated case that clarifies who is protected as a "whistleblower" under the Dodd-Frank Act's anti-retaliation provisions. In a unanimous decision penned by Justice Ginsburg, the Court held that the Dodd-Frank Act protects an individual only if he or she has reported a securities law violation to the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)—internal reports are not sufficient.
Click here to read the full special alert.
If you have questions about the decision or other related issues, please visit our Whistleblower practice page, or contact a Buckley Sandler attorney with whom you have worked in the past.


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Q: Drupal Zendesk API Form looking for some help. I want to pass the group id along with all the other zendesk ticket info from a Drupal form. I've tried everything and can't get the group-id to work. Everything else is working. This is what I currently have:
    function zendesk_forms_support_form() {
  $form['name'] = array(
    '#type' => 'textfield',
    '#title' => t('Your name'),
    '#required' => TRUE,
  );
  $form['group_id'] = array(
  '#title' => t('Group ID'),
  '#type' => 'textfield',
  );
  $form['requester'] = array(
    '#type' => 'textfield',
    '#title' => t('Your e-mail address'),
    '#required' => TRUE,
  );
  $form['subject'] = array(
    '#type' => 'textfield',
    '#title' => t('Subject'),
  );
  $form['description'] = array(
    '#type' => 'textarea',
    '#title' => t('Message'),
    '#required' => TRUE,
  );
  $form['submit'] = array(
    '#type' => 'submit',
    '#value' => t('Send'),
  );
  $form['#attributes'] = array('class' => 'zendesk-support-form');
  return $form;
}

AND
function zendesk_forms_support_form_submit($form, &$form_state) {
  $ticket = array(
    'description' => $form_state['values']['description'],
    'requester' => array(
      'name' => $form_state['values']['name'],
      'email' => $form_state['values']['requester'],
      'group_id' => $form_state['values']['group_id'],
    ),
  );
  if (!empty($form_state['values']['subject'])) {
    $ticket['subject'] = $form_state['values']['subject'];
  }

AND THIS IS THE WHOLE LOT!
<?php
/**
 * @file
 * Main file for the Zendesk Forms module.
 */

/**
 * Implements hook_menu().
 */
function zendesk_forms_menu() {
  $items = array();
  $items['admin/config/services/zendesk-form'] = array(
    'title' => 'Zendesk forms',
    'description' => 'Configure Zendesk forms.',
    'access arguments' => array('administer zendesk form'),
    'page callback' => 'drupal_get_form',
    'page arguments' => array('zendesk_forms_settings_form'),
    'file' => 'zendesk_forms.admin.inc',
    'file path' => drupal_get_path('module', 'zendesk_forms'),
  );
  return $items;
}

/**
 * Implements hook_permission().
 */
function zendesk_forms_permission() {
  return array(
    'administer zendesk form' => array(
      'title' => t('Administer Zendesk Form'),
    ),
  );
}

/**
 * Implements hook_block_info().
 */
function zendesk_forms_block_info() {
  $blocks = array();
  $blocks['zendesk_support_form'] = array(
    'info' => t('Zendesk support form'),
    'cache' => DRUPAL_CACHE_GLOBAL,
  );
  return $blocks;
}

/**
 * Implements hook_block_view().
 */
function zendesk_forms_block_view($delta = '') {
  $block = array();
  switch ($delta) {
    case 'zendesk_support_form':
      $block['subject'] = t('Support');
      $block['content'] = drupal_get_form('zendesk_forms_support_form');
      break;
  }
  return $block;
}

/**
 * Form to create a ticket with Zendesk.
 *
 * @ingroup forms
 */
function zendesk_forms_support_form() {
  $form['name'] = array(
    '#type' => 'textfield',
    '#title' => t('Your name'),
    '#required' => TRUE,
  );
  $form['group_id'] = array(
  '#title' => t('Group ID'),
  '#type' => 'textfield',
  );
  $form['requester'] = array(
    '#type' => 'textfield',
    '#title' => t('Your e-mail address'),
    '#required' => TRUE,
  );
  $form['subject'] = array(
    '#type' => 'textfield',
    '#title' => t('Subject'),
  );
  $form['description'] = array(
    '#type' => 'textarea',
    '#title' => t('Message'),
    '#required' => TRUE,
  );
  $form['submit'] = array(
    '#type' => 'submit',
    '#value' => t('Send'),
  );
  $form['#attributes'] = array('class' => 'zendesk-support-form');
  return $form;
}

/**
 * Validate the create ticket form.
 *
 * @ingroup forms
 */
function zendesk_forms_support_form_validate($form, &$form_state) {
  if (!valid_email_address($form_state['values']['requester'])) {
    form_set_error('requester', t('Supplied email is not valid'));
  }
}

/**
 * Submit handler for the create ticket form.
 *
 * @ingroup forms
 */
function zendesk_forms_support_form_submit($form, &$form_state) {
  $ticket = array(
    'description' => $form_state['values']['description'],
    'requester' => array(
      'name' => $form_state['values']['name'],
      'email' => $form_state['values']['requester'],
      'group_id' => $form_state['values']['group_id'],
    ),
  );
  if (!empty($form_state['values']['subject'])) {
    $ticket['subject'] = $form_state['values']['subject'];
  }
  // Get extra fields that are prefixed with zendesk_. Right now the only way
  // to add extra fields is by using form alter though.
  $extra_fields = array_filter(array_keys($form_state['values']), create_function('$item', 'return strpos($item, "zendesk_") === 0;'));
  if (!empty($extra_fields)) {
    foreach ($extra_fields as $field_name) {
      $ticket[substr($field_name, 8)] = $form_state['values'][$field_name];
    }
  }
  // Wrap the ticket array in yet another array and call the API.
  $response = zendesk_forms_api_call(array('ticket' => $ticket), 'tickets.json');
  if (!isset($response->error)) {
    drupal_set_message(t('Your message has been sent'));
  }
  else {
    drupal_set_message(t('An error happened while sending the message.'), 'error');
  }
}

/**
 * Performs a call to the Zendesk API with the given data.
 *
 * @param array $data
 *   The data to be sent to the API endpoint.
 * @param string $command
 *   The command to call at the endpoint. Will be a filename like "tickets.json"
 * or similar.
 * See http://developer.zendesk.com/documentation/rest_api/tickets.html and
 * https://support.zendesk.com/entries/21562288-Creating-a-Custom-HTML-Form-for-Ticket-Submission
 *
 * @return string
 *   The json response string.
 */
function zendesk_forms_api_call($data, $command) {
  $json = json_encode($data);
  $zendesk_key = variable_get('zendesk_forms_api_key', '');
  $zendesk_url = variable_get('zendesk_forms_url', '');
  $zendesk_user = variable_get('zendesk_forms_user_name', '');
  $ch = curl_init();
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, TRUE);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, 10);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $zendesk_url . '/api/v2/' . $command);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "$zendesk_user/token:$zendesk_key");
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST");
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Content-type: application/json'));
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, 'MozillaXYZ/1.0');
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $json);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 10);
  $output = curl_exec($ch);
  curl_close($ch);
  return json_decode($output);
}

A:  $ticket = array(
    'description' => $form_state['values']['description'],
    'requester' => array(
      'name' => $form_state['values']['name'],
      'email' => $form_state['values']['requester'],
      'group_id' => $form_state['values']['group_id'],
    ),

CHANGED TO
 $ticket = array(
    'description' => $form_state['values']['description'],
      'group_id' => $form_state['values']['group_id'],
    'requester' => array(
      'name' => $form_state['values']['name'],
      'email' => $form_state['values']['requester'],
    ),


Kevin Finke has joined the Merchants Bank team as an Assistant Vice President and Business Banker, according to Randy Domeyer, Senior Vice President and Business Banking Department Manager.
Before joining Merchants Bank, Finke worked as a business lender in both Wisconsin and Minnesota. He has a Business Administration degree from Winona State University.
Contact Kevin for your business banking needs today: kjfinke@merchantsbank.com.
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