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Celebrating the Release of The Obsidian Dagger
The Obsidian Dagger (Celtic Mythos, Book One)
is now available for sale
Light Messages Publishing is excited to announce the official release of The Obsidian Dagger,book one in the new YA fantasy series, Celtic Mythos, by Brad A. LaMar.
The Indianapolis-based authorand Light Messages Publishing will be celebrating the launch of The Obsidian Dagger on Saturday, February 23 from 4:00 pm-7:00 pm at Indy Reads Books in Indianapolis, IN. Among other activities for readers, Mr. LaMar will be signing copies of The Obsidian Dagger, the first book in the new young adult fantasy series, Celtic Mythos. Guests will also have the opportunity to have their photo super-imposed on the book cover in a virtual "book cover contest."
In this exciting new release, when a mad witch with a magically crafted and frightfully powerful Obsidian Dagger threatens to obliterate humanity and overtake the magic clans of the Celtic Isles, destiny forces 17-year-old American, Brendan O'Neal, and his younger sister, Lizzie, to intervene. Joining the desperate princess of the Leprechauns, Dorian, and her two loyal companions, Rory and Biddy, they embark on a dangerous and wondrous adventure across Ireland and Scotland to thwart the witch and save mankind.
Little does Brendan know that stopping the witch is only the beginning. Battling the witch's mutated forces of magical beings, the heroic band in The Obsidian Dagger will have to reach deeper into themselves than they ever thought possible to find the strength, courage, and will to see their quest through to the end. Brendan will soon learn that the lines between reality, mythology, and divinity are more blurred than he ever imagined.
The Obsidian Dagger is Mr. LaMar's debut novel and has been met with great enthusiasm by test readers, reviewers, and booksellers.
When he's not fighting evil witches and wizards, Mr. LaMar is an educator who resides in the Indianapolis Metropolitan area. He has taught science to middle school students for 12 years and works with teachers facilitating professional development and school improvement. He is married to Lori, a beautiful and supportive woman, and together they're raising Evan and Paige, two intelligent and wonderful children.
The Obsidian Dagger is available everywhere books are sold. We especially thank Indy Reads Books, Robots and Rogues, and That Book Place for their extended support of Mr. LaMar and The Obsidian Dagger.
To request a review copy or to schedule author interviews, readings, signings, or other author events (virtual or live), please email Elizabeth Turnbull from Light Messages Publishing at elizabeth [at ] lightmessages [dot] com.

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I've been reading the book "Time Traps" by Todd Duncan, and will probably do a full blown book review on this one when I get it finished, but for now let me share a few highlights. This was originally published 10 years ago in 20o4, with an update in 2006, so it is a bit dated when it comes to talking about technology, however, the theme throughout the book is absolutely timeless! The way we choose to spend our time can either control us, or we can control it.
He continues, "We laugh because we can relate all too well. But who wants to live in the "bonds of frustration forever"?
Maximizing time feels good, no matter how it is enjoyed. Wasting time feels bad, no matter how it is wasted. We need to find a way to work in a way that is ultra productive while we are working, so that we can enjoy time away from our business and invest in our family, personal growth and stay both mentally and physically healthy.
As the owner or manager of your company, or of a team within your company, it is vitally important for you to prioritize where your time is spent. Even though you may not formally wear the title of CEO, and don't dress in an Armani Suit on a daily basis, your responsibility is to run your company just as a Chief Executive Officer would. Your job is to forecast sales, work on the infrastructure of your business, be the "Rainmaker" and create ways to bring in revenue to your company, and to create the culture of your workplace.
As entrepreneurs who have worn all of the hats in our company, we can easily get sucked back into tasks that are not the best use of our time: making copies, sweeping the sidewalk, getting the mail, going to the bank, etc. Not that these are not important jobs that need to be done, it is just that if you are not spending your hours on your top priorities, you will be putting in an extraordinary amount of hours and most of that time is spent just spinning your wheels instead of concentrating your efforts on bringing in business.
If I want it done right, I have to do it myself.
No one will work harder for me than I will.
I cannot expect another person to take responsibility for my career.
I am the only one I can truly trust with my livelihood.
I don't know about you, but I can completely relate to each of the four bullet points above. It may come in baby steps, but we can learn to give over control to many of our day-to-day responsibilities so that we can spend our most valuable resource, our time, on things that will bring the most back to our company.
Utilize the skills of people already on your staff. You probably have some very gifted people who are already on your payroll, but you may not be using their "hidden" skills in the most productive way possible. Just in the past few weeks, one of our part time staff members has become my "right hand" when it comes to Facebook Posts. This is something that I had done alone for many years, and only occasionally had asked our staff members for ideas and help. She really stepped up to the plate and has gathered photos, and written copy for upcoming posts. This has been tremendously helpful to me and freed me up to do other things.
Ask for advice from members of your Mastermind Group. In just this past week, the following subjects have been discussed within our group: Asking for ideas for renaming an existing store, searching out sold-out products for customers, advice for hiring staff members, sharing photographs with other members of the group for upcoming publications, sharing resources for marketing materials, etc. We have a fabulous and very diverse group of entrepreneurs in our group. Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you! If you haven't started a Mastermind Group yet, today is the day to do this! Call one person that you respect and that is in the same field that you are in (and I would recommend not in your geographical area), and start your group. The other members will come over time. I consider this to be one of the best investments of time you can spend in your business.
Hire an assistant. Even if you can only afford to bring someone in for 10-15 hours a week, bring in someone who is organized, and will help you to remain focused on what you need to do to build your business. Find someone who is fired up by organization, and is highly productive. They will help to keep you on your toes! Maybe you could bring in someone just to coordinate your paperwork, pay bills and reconcile your bank statements. This could probably be done in just a few hours a week, but it would relieve you from that pressure so you can do other things.
I know this may feel like putting a Band-Aid on a gaping wound, but we must all start the healing process somewhere. When spending time with other retailers and entrepreneurs, one of the most descriptive words I hear over and over is "overwhelmed". Let's begin to take steps to get our time traps under control, and learn to prioritize our most important tasks.
Before I go, here is the Link to purchase "Time Traps" by Todd Duncan. I think you'll enjoy it as much as I have!


Give students starter code for this assignment because there are many required classes in this project.
This also gives students practice reading existing code and determining how to add to it to accomplish their goal.
Additionally, this is a good opportunity to introduce students to unit testing, as the solution requires many inter-dependent classes.
For the full assignment, visit Stanford's nifty assignment page.
Note from the CS Teaching Tips Team: visit the Wikipedia entries for genetic algorithms and Traveling Salesman Problems for more information.
Choose an appropriate Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that fits course goals.
Have students try to find John Smith in n cities when teaching web development to help students understand the importance and hierarchy of file structure through narrowing down search locations.


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Updated: May 9, 2015 at 01:18 p.m.
Dante Fowler's season is over before it began.
In a crushing turn of events for the Jaguars, the team's first-round pass rusher has been lost for the year with the torn left ACL he suffered during Jacksonville's first rookie minicamp session on Friday, a source close to the situation told NFL Media columnist Michael Silver. The team later confirmed the injury.
Fowler was carted off the field after tumbling to the ground during 11-on-11 drills. The No. 3 overall pick grasped at his left knee before trainers descended to examine him and ultimately cart the defender away.
"Brutal," was the word general manager David Caldwell texted Silver, not understating the blow to a Jaguars defense that hoped Fowler would help them flip the switch.
Fowler was paired up against rookie offensive lineman Watts Dantzler when the knee bent awkwardly below him.
"I went to apologize to him (Fowler) and he was like, 'You're good, man. It's just football,'" Dantzler told ESPN's Michael DiRocco.
Hailing from Florida, Fowler was already talked about as a Defensive Rookie of the Year candidate, with NFL Media's Daniel Jeremiah calling him a pass rusher who "plays as hard as anyone in this draft class."
The rookie was set to see major time at Jacksonville's Leo position, furnishing this young defense with a high-motor edge rusher capable of blowing up the pocket. After the Jaguars finished sixth in the league last season with 45 sacks, Fowler was being counted on to help tug this long-lost club out of oblivion in the AFC South.
Instead, Jacksonville's season is off to an inglorious start.


China, it sounds like the sort of book I ache to read if not own; handwritten or not as you say. Let's face it; I just love books, period. This one does sound pretty special though. I do appreciate that she wrote it as a very special gift for people who had been close to her and supported her through the writing of the Harry Potter books, but surely later it could be put out in a facsimile edition or something? I suggest we ALL send pleading letters to JKR suggesting that she allow it to be released eventually with part of the proceeds to go to her favourite charity. Like she did with Fantastic Beasts and Quidditch Through the Ages. From what I saw on Amazon it reminded me a little of William Blake's illuminated books. I think if I owned a special book like that I would really want it to be available so other people could share it and love it.
Elizabeth, that's a really great thing to say. I too would definitely want to share a special Potter book like that with all the fans in the world.
I really would love to have the harry potter books coontinue to the future ABOUT how lily,james and albus severus potter lives are. It could be a book like you could create enemies for the children when they attend hogwarts and the reason the other children are enemies are because the are jealous of harry's children and that they ... (get the idea) also the book could seperate each of harry's children into their own book creating some difficult times for them and it also tells how they overcome or deal with the difficulties. So basically as I have read the comments most readers agree it would be nice if JKR could write something new. BUT I MUST TELL YOU I LOVE THE HP BOOKS.THEY ARE FANTASTIC!
I would like something on the four founders. The beginning of Hogwarts.
How about this to pick up 19 years later? Dudley Dursley ends up with a child who is a witch/wizard (we know he has recessive genes for this). Of course Dudley is a little slow on the uptake, but Petunia is appalled by her freaky grandchild and treats him/her accordingly. Then the child gets his/her Hogwarts letter...Dudley's child meets his/her second cousins at Hogwarts. It could be like "the Parent Trap" where Dudley's child and Albus both have Lily's eyes, but hate each other, until they find out about their relationship and the estrangement, then conspire to reconcile their parents. I have to admit that I miss the Dursleys. I wonder where they hid out and if they ever learned to appreciate Harry. Maybe JKR could write a bunch of short stories about the characters and their interconnected lives covering periods of times before and after HRH's years at Hogwarts. BTW, it appears that Petunia actually knew how to get onto Platform 9 and 3/4--she was there with her parents to see Lily off in Snape's memory.
Elizabeth- Great idea! I send in a request for the Tales of Beedle the Bard to be published. I am sure she could raise a large amount of money for charity if she allowed it to be published for that purpose.
JKR had a complete story in mind and she has told it. I agree with the person who said prequels and sequels rarely live up to the originals. I think that, with the exception of the encyclopedia, JKR should leave Harry's world alone and go on to other stories. With her abilities, I'm sure she could create other worlds as fascinating as Harry's. She's told his story; now she needs to tell someone else's.
I would be so happy just to have more Harry Potter, though I think she should not only go int James the first and Harry's son, but also into Dumbledores past, The tales of the Weasleys, and what happened in between the 19 years that JK skipped in the seventh book.
I think JK should leave the lives of Harry's friends, family, and fellows be.
However, i would still like to see more books from The Wizarding World.
Please JK, we want to understand Harry's world even better.
China, Elizabeth and all of you other Beedle freaks : check out the Amazon contest and the hope to get your hands, er, white gloves - on the book!
I think this contest is a brilliant idea, and as someone on a different website said it is truly amazing that people get so excited about a contest where the price is to get to read a book... only Potter fans are as amazing!
Good luck to you, it should be interesting to read all the submissions. I hope they'll at least publish the finalists..
Diane from Ithaca, JKR said somewhere that the Dursleys survived and that Harry and Dudley remained on Christmas card terms. She also said that Harry would drop in to visit them from time to time with his children, but that the kids absolutely dreaded these visits. I guess while Harry and Dudley aren't exactly comfortable with each other, they view each other as "family". Sorry I can't point you in the direction of the interview or article where I read this. It might even have been mentioned in one of the articles here.
I think that JKR did toy with the notion of giving Dudley a child who turns out to be a witch or wizard but thought maybe that was too cruel. Quite right too. Most unfair on the poor child. Can you just IMAGINE Petunia and Vernon's reaction? They'd give Dudley hell over it.


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Welcome Megan Horvath to our Eugene Team
Oregon Pacific Bank Announces New Hire in Eugene Market
Oregon Pacific Bank is thrilled to announce the addition of Megan Horvath as Vice President and Commercial Relationship Manager. Megan is a talented addition to the Bank's growing Eugene commercial lending team. Megan will be assisting businesses and nonprofit agencies in the Eugene and Springfield area with their borrowing and cash management needs.
"We couldn't be happier to have Megan join our team," says John Raleigh, EVP, Chief Lending Officer for Oregon Pacific Bank. "Megan joins us with a tremendous amount of banking experience and local area expertise. Not only will she strengthen our existing relationship banking team, Megan will help us to succeed in our mission as a community bank to create a better financial future for our clients and the community we serve."
Megan joins Oregon Pacific Bank with a wealth of experience in the banking industry, including previous work as a credit analyst, manager of credit service, and project manager. With a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and finance concentration from University of Oregon, Megan has both the technical knowledge and local experience to meet the needs of the Eugene and Springfield business community.
"I find value in helping my clients solve problems and troubleshoot to find creative solutions," Megan says, when asked what she enjoys about her career in banking. "Working closely with local businesses, assisting them to their end goal, and helping others achieve success is what I am passionate about. This is why joining a community bank feels like such a good match. I enjoy working with a smaller team that I can get to know, have input, be able to make decisions, and feel like I have a voice that matters within the organization."
Outside of work, Megan is an active member of the local community. Most important to her is the work she has done with St. Vincent De Paul of Lane County as a member of their Finance Committee for over 9 years. Megan is also a very proud mom of two kids, ages six and three, with the oldest starting ballet just this last year.
To learn more about Oregon Pacific Bank and their local employees, visit www.opbc.com. You can visit the Bank's local Eugene branch and meet Megan Horvath at 59 E 11th Ave in downtown Eugene or by calling 541-363-4804.
Lori Gates Announces Retirement from OPB
After 34 years, Lori Gates, Florence Branch Manager, has announced her retirement from Oregon Pacific Bank. Although her last day at the Bank is still to be determined, it will be sometime during the first half of 2023. This will allow ample time to find, train, and prepare Lori's replacement to take on all duties and responsibilities. When Lori started …
OBA Presents Presidential Award to Amber White
From the Oregon Banker's Association Press Room: News | | Oregon Bankers Association | Salem, OR During the Oregon Bank Leadership Symposium held in December, the Oregon Bankers Association (OBA) announced that Amber J. White, CPA, executive vice president and chief financial officer at Oregon Pacific Bank was the recipient of the OBA Presidential Award for her leadership as chair of …


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Hidden object game. Hostile Makeover - A Fashion Murder Mystery Game provides players with exciting gameplay based on the interesting Crime of Fashion Mystery novel. Be ready to assume the role of the main character, Lacey Smithsonian, reporter for the Eye Street Observer and solve a murder. A supermodel Amanda Manyille is killed and it is up to you to find suspects, and decide who was interested in the death of the model. All the events of the game take place in Washington D.C. the main gameplay is about searching for clues and interviewing a list of suspects. The players will track down clues, solve puzzles and fulfill other kinds of tasks throughout the gameplay. There is a possibility to earn money to purchase new fashions for special abilities.
Hostile Makeover - A Fashion Murder Mystery Game is an exciting game designed with nice graphics. The players will visit varied places across Washington D.C. searching for clues and trying to solve the case. The sound system features quite common to the game genre effects and relevant background music. All in all, you will enjoy playing the game due to its storyline, graphics quality and sound system.
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 The pharmaceutical industry is a vital component of health-care systems all over the world engaged in discovery, development, manufacture, and marketing of medicines for human as well as animal health. Pharmaceutical industries also have many environmental problems, like the other chemical industries. The pharmaceutical industry is based primarily on the scientific formulation, research, and development of drugs, that is, helpful in the prevention or treatment of diseases and disorders. The manufacturing of APIs and formulation processes involves the use of various chemicals which includes various corrosive and irritant agents such as acids, bases, oxidizing and reducing agents, solvents, and many more which can be found sometimes at very high concentrations and are hazardous to health of persons performing the various processes during manufacturing and formulation of API and medicines. The effective management of the chemical risks linked to the handling of these agents is mandatory for the safety of the workers in the industry, ethically and also legally as per the rules and guidelines of various acts regulating the functioning of the pharma industry. This article provides a comprehensive review of various chemical hazards generally encountered by the pharmaceutical industry, its management and regulation in India.
Keywords: Chemical hazards, Industrial hazard, Organic solvent, Hazardous gases, Organic synthesis, Management of hazard, Regulations for chemical hazard, Regulatory agencies for hazards, Workplace safety, Threshold limit value.
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Australia Extends Heron UAV's Afghan Mission
Australia Extends Heron Mission In Southern Afghanistan
(Source: Australian Department of Defense; issued December 11, 2013)
The Australian Government has extended the Heron Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) deployment to Afghanistan providing high resolution Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) support until July 2014.
The Heron RPA has been operating in the Middle East Area of Operations since January 2010, providing ISR support to missions in Uruzgan province and southern Afghanistan.
With the end of Australia's presence in Uruzgan approaching, the Heron detachment will shift focus to support coalition operations in Regional Command South during the final period of transition of security responsibility to Afghan National Security Forces and the Afghan elections scheduled for 5 April next year.
"The decision to extend the Heron RPA and its associated systems reflects Australia's ongoing commitment to Afghanistan and the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) through 2014. It is in line with the previously announced training and specialist contributions the ADF and the Australian Government will make in Afghanistan as our mission moves from Uruzgan to the wider Afghan nation," Minister for Defence, Senator David Johnston said.
"Based at Kandahar Air Field, the Heron will provide ISAF's Regional Command South with a highly capable system over the coming months and continue to enhance the ADF's unmanned aerial system capability, which has grown significantly during the deployment to Afghanistan of ScanEagle, Shadow 200 and the Heron platforms."
Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal Geoff Brown, AO, said that the Heron has provided Air Force with experience and knowledge essential for the use of unmanned platforms in Air Force's future fleet.
"The Air Force has gained immense experience in the use of unmanned aerial systems during the campaign in Afghanistan. The extension of the Heron deployment until July 2014 will continue this important capability," Air Marshal Brown said.
The Heron RPA is capable of medium altitude long endurance flights, using multiple sensors simultaneously to provide high resolution ISR capabilities. Heron RPA can conduct operations in excess of 24 hours, with a maximum speed of more than 100 knots (180 km/h) and at altitudes of up to 10,000 metres.
The Australian Heron Detachment has included personnel from the Air Force, Army and Navy of various specialisations including pilots and Air Combat Officers, payload operators, intelligence officers, imagery analysts, engineers, administration, logistics and other specialist staff.


Letter to the editor. The son of Daphne Caruana Galizia, the Maltese journalist assassinated for her reporting, responds to an editorial cartoon published last week in il manifesto.
I want to say thank you for your depiction of my mother. It offers comfort during a time of catastrophe. I did not see her getting inside the car that day, as I remained inside the house when she walked out. But when I look at what you drew, I feel as though I'm seeing that unseen moment forever. It's a way of freezing time to an instant just before the explosion.


Astragalus root has been used for centuries in traditional Chinese medicine. It is a powerful adaptogenic herb and is said to support immune function. Astragalus has gained popularity recently as research has emerged about the possibility that it can protect DNA and increase longevity. Recent research has shown that astragalus may protect the telomeres from degradation.
Flashback to freshman biology: Telomeres are attached to the end of chromosomes. During the DNA replication process, telomeres keep the DNA together (like how the plastic caps on the end of shoelaces keep them from unraveling). Every time DNA replicates, the telomeres get slightly shorter and eventually when they get small enough, the process of cell death begins. Research has linked this process of cell death to aging and cancer.
Astragalus has traditionally been used both as a supplement/natural remedy and in cooking in traditional Chinese culture. It is a tough, starchy root, and can be added to soups or made in to a decoction by boiling the root in water.
I keep Astragalus on hand, both in root form (pictured above) and in capsule form. I don't take it daily but use it in times of high stress or while traveling to counteract the effects of foods I would not normally eat. I know many people who take it daily for its anti-aging effects but haven't tried this personally.
In traditional cultures, it is generally considered safe for use (even regularly or at moderate doses), but because it does stimulate the immune system, I am careful not to overuse with my autoimmune disease. Logically, those who are pregnant or nursing or have any medical condition should consult a doctor before taking this or any supplement or herb. Also, those taking any kinds of medication should check with a doctor to rule out drug interaction before taking. I'm not a doc and don't play one on the internet so check with yours.
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It's out with the chicken nuggets, fries, and burgers, and in with the tofu, black beans, and veggies for Public School 244, in Flushing, New York. Opened in 2008, this school was founded on linking academics to a healthy lifestyle. It is now making headlines for going completely vegetarian.
Ms. Rose Gilbert, a 94-year-old Los Angeles resident, just recently retired from teaching after 63 years of service. While she has not been officially named the country's oldest teacher, she certainly ranks among the most senior.
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We've had a brutal winter on the east coast this year, causing countless snow days especially in the ill-prepared southern part of the country. A few schools that have experienced too many snow days are landing national attention for their proposed way of making up instructional time. Schools near Charlotte, North Carolina, have decided to make up for lost time by teaching on the Martin Luther King holiday, drawing criticism from the NAACP.


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Front asked to promote role in reinforcing national great unity bloc
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong attended an online national conference to launch the action plans of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and member organisations to implement the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress, which opened on August 16.
The conference aims to disseminate and ensure the unity and synchronicity in the implementation of the action plans of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and member organisation to successfully realise the 13th National Party Congress's Resolution.
Addressing the event, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said the Front and its members should better perform their key role in building the national great unity bloc.
He said it is necessary to strengthen education of the youth on revolutionary ideology, ethics and cultured lifestyle.
He also underlined the need to pay greater attention to the unique characteristics of each ethnic minority group-inhabited area, while continuing to encourage and gather religious organisations, dignitaries and followers, supporting Vietnamese community abroad, improving the efficiency of citizen protection work, and maintaining national cultural identity.
The leader asked the front and members organisations as well as people from all walks of life to unite and engage in COVID-19 prevention and control.
He expressed hope that the front and its members will effectively implement their action plans to realise the resolution of the 13th National Party Congress, thus fostering the close bonds between the people and the Party and the administration./.
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03. RAINBOW BAND - Nobody
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05. RAINBOW BAND - Where Are You Going To Be
06. RAINBOW BAND - Living On The Hill
07. RAINBOW BAND - Rainbow Song
01. RAINBOW BAND - Talking
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Shadoks Music present a reissue of Rainbow Band's self-titled album, released twice, in 1970 and again in 1971. Both distinct releases are included in this reissue. Denmark's Rainbow Band was formed in late 1969 as a super-group consisting of Peer Frost (ex-Young Flowers), Lars Bisgaard (ex-Maxwells), Carsten Smedegaard (ex-Beefeaters), Bent Hesselmann, and the former jazz players Niels Brønsted and Bo Stief. They played jazz-influenced progressive rock in the style of Burnin Red Ivanhoe and Traffic's self-titled second album (1968). Their rhythm section produced a powerful '60s beat, forcing Peer Frost to squeeze out some of his best guitar solos. The singer Lars Bisgaard was replaced by Allan Mortensen (ex-Tears) at the end of 1970. A Canadian group was already using the name Rainbow Band, which forced the Danish group to change their name into Midnight Sun in July 1971. Melody Maker editor Richard Williams wrote about the album in 1971, shortly after its initial release: "the first time I heard this album, I was immediately seduced by its sense of freshness and space. The styles of playing are superficially little different from those of their brothers in Britain and America, but I find the atmosphere of this music wholly more relaxed and open." The first version of the album, with vocalist Lars Bisgaard, was released in December 1970. The second version, replacing the original Bisgaard version with vocalist Allan Mortensen, came out in mid-February 1971. The third version of this album (same music but new name) came out as Midnight Sun's 1971 self-titled release (AU 5030CD) with a new cover made by "Roger Dean". Beside the new vocals on both Rainbow Band versions, they differ in the songs as well. One song on the first version does not appear on the second version, and two songs on the second version do not appear on the first version. Perhaps one of the best Danish production in the 1970s, produced by Freddy Hansson and Rainbow Band; Musically, it's so fine that it certainly ranks among the five best Danish '70s albums, easily. A fantastic album from beginning to the end - and both version are great. Comes in a heavy gatefold sleeve; Comes as 180 gram vinyl; Includes printed inner-sleeves, Japan protection sleeves a two-page insert with liner notes and many unseen photos; Edition of 600 (numbered).
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Another aspect of the exit sign itself is that there can be no decorations or furnishings around the sign that may block someone's view of it in an emergency situation. The sign must be very distinctive in coloring as well so that there's no doubt where the exit is located.
While this may be the last thing on your mind on a normal day, your emergency lights may be what stands between safety and tragedy. In a fire situation, rooms can fill with smoke quickly and the power can also go out. That leaves tenants in the dark trying to find their way out of a very dangerous situation. Emergency lighting is there to assist when the power is out to help everyone get out safely and securely. It is important that as a property manager in Chicago you have the emergency lighting in your apartment buildings tested on an annual basis. These systems are just like your smoke alarms. They should be monitored for any issues, repaired if needed, and kept out of expiration date.
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Today is the day. Ditch New Year's Resolutions Day.
It could be a New Year's Resolution or a goal or even a mantra.
However you treat resolutions at the beginning of each year, this is the day the majority are abandoned.
We talked a bit about how to chunk bigger goals into small chunks yesterday—and I challenged you to create a new habit by taking on 17-day sprints.
I hope you're going to do it!
Today, I'd like to help you over the hurdle by talking about how to be more productive, which will inevitably lead to your achieving your goals.
Let's take a look at each of them, through the achieving your resolution lens.
We spent a good amount of time talking about this yesterday, so I won't belabor the point.
But do break your resolutions, goals, new habits into easier-to-achieve chunks.
We are creatures who love instant gratification. If you have to go an entire year without any satisfaction, you'll abandon your resolutions.
Instead, break down your goals into tasks—and work to have a result on each task at least every two weeks, if not more.
And then, every morning, your attention should be first on that goal (see morning routine below).
Then you can do the rest of what's asked of you.
We often don't take care of ourselves until it's too late.
Maybe there's been a life-altering doctor's visit or a life event, such as a heart attack or stroke.
Or maybe there's just a threat of those things.
Of course, when we're young, we don't think anything like that will ever happen to us.
But it's incredibly difficult to change 20 (or more) years of bad habits after something like that.
Instead, work right now—this very second—to make your body a priority.
Quite the contrary. You DO have time. You just don't make those things a priority.
If you aren't around later in life, you won't have time for work or play or your hobbies or anything else.
Harsh? Maybe. But taking care of yourself is the most important thing.
You can't be a good partner, parent, employee, employer, friend, coach, mentor, or leader if you don't take care of yourself.
When you take care of yourself, you feel better, which makes you more productive…and more likable.
The moment you look at your phone, open your email, or even read the news, you're letting external factors affect and control your day.
It is crucial that you not allow that to happen very first thing.
I'm not a big rah-rah, meditate, journal your thoughts kind of person, but that's big right now.
Rachel Hollis has created a cult following for people with that kind of stuff.
And you know what? For the people around me who are doing it, it works!
If it's to get up and meditate or journal or exercise or walk the dog or just spend a few minutes thinking about what you want to accomplish for the day, make your morning routine yours.
Then, and only then, can you invite external factors into your life.
Get your brain and your priorities straight. Then open your email.
A couple of years ago, we implemented the daily checkin on Slack for my team.
We can't really have a daily standup meeting, nor do we have the opportunity to see what everyone is doing.
But the checkin allows us to understand the priorities of our colleagues—and it allows me to see if things are progressing appropriately.
Part of that checkin is the three things you have to accomplish that day.
It helps to both get things done and be more productive.
You should decide your daily big three either at the end of each day, or it can be part of your morning routine.
However you handle it, make sure you spend a few minutes once a day figuring out the three big things you need to get done.
And then work to get them done.
In what order will I complete each one of them?
How much time do I need to commit to each task?
And then block the time on your calendar so you can actually get them done.
For instance, I have something big I need to finish by tomorrow, but I have only a 90-minute window today that is without meetings.
So guess what I will be doing in those 90 minutes?
Not email or social media or texting or smaller, mindless tasks.
Nope. It needs to be finished by tomorrow.
By blocking the time, it tells my team I need to focus and it prevents me from filling it with another meeting.
It also reminds me of the importance of the project so I DO work to get it done.
If you follow the tips above, you'll be able to avoid mental distractions.
The, "Oh, shoot. What do I need to do today?" distractions.
And then you need to avoid the digital distractions—email, social, text, Voxer.
I like to put my phone in another room when I'm doing deep work. That way, it's more difficult to quickly check Facebook when my brain needs a little break.
You can also use tools such as SelfControl for Mac or Cold Turkey for PC.
Both of these tools allow you to set a timer, for lack of a better word, and they won't let you access anything but what you're working on.
In today's world, we can't really work without the internet, but it can eliminate the other distractions by blocking them while you're in your deep work mode.
I'm not really sure why I started doing this, but when I was fresh out of college, I created a habit of evaluating my day before I left the office.
I would clean my desk, put away all of the files, get my post-it notes into my task list, outline my priorities for the next day, and take a good look at what I accomplished that day.
I still do that to this very day…may even be more vigilant today because I work from home.
My computer is shut down every night (so my priority can be my family) and my desk is cleaned. I write down my priorities for the next day and I block the time on my calendar.
Of course, I'm not perfect and there are some days that don't get that kind of attention. But boy! You can tell.
I'm not as productive and I tend to waste more time.
So if you want to get more done and achieve your goals this year, take the time to evaluate your day.
I'd love to hear how you achieve your goals, form new habits, crush your New Year's resolutions.


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Alburnoides petrubanarescui, is a fish species of the family Cyprinidae, known from Iran. It can be differentiated from its cogenerates by differences in fin ray and vertebral counts, together with other morphological characters.

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Further reading
GHASEMI, Hamid, et al. "Ichthyofauna of Urmia basin: Taxonomic diversity, distribution and conservation." Iranian Journal of Ichthyology 2.3 (2015): 177–193.
AZH, Z., I. SOURINEJAD, and Y. KEYVANI. "MORPHOMETRIC AND MERISTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF A NEW SPECIES OF ALBURNOIDES GENUS, ALBURNOIDES PETRUBANARESCUI, FROM ORUMIYEH LAKE BASIN, IRAN." (2012): 43–51.

Alburnoides
Fish described in 2009
Fish of Iran

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Isaiah 19. Oracle on Egypt.—This is one of the most difficult chapters in the book. It falls into two sections, Isaiah 19:1-17 and Isaiah 19:18-25. If Isaiah 19:1-17 is in the main from Isaiah, it probably refers to an anticipated conquest of Egypt by Assyria. Three possibilities are then open: (a) the defeat of Egypt by Sargon at Raphia in 720 B.C. (pp. 59, 71); (b) the occasion which called forth the similar prophecy in Isaiah 20; (c) the early part of Sennacherib's reign, when Judah was planning an alliance with Egypt. It is true that no Assyrian king ruled over Egypt till 672, when Esarhaddon did so (p. 60). But it is better to regard the cruel lord and fierce king, into whose power Egypt is to be delivered, as an Assyrian rather than a native ruler, even though it is difficult to fix the precise historical occasion to which the prophecy belongs. But its Isaianic authorship is by no means unquestioned. No agreement, however, has been reached as to its date if non-Isaianic. The cruel lord would probably be a Persian king. Cambyses (529-522), Xerxes (485-465), and Artaxerxes Ochus (359-338) have been suggested. Isaiah 19:18-25 forms an appendix. Its tone is strikingly different from that of the earlier part. In the former part of the prophecy the tone is both threatening and sarcastic towards Egypt, while in the latter it is very sympathetic. Stylistically the passage does not resemble Isaiah's work, and it is most difficult of all to account for the very circumstantial details into which the prophet enters, if it is Isaiah's. The main objection to a post-exilic date has been the reference to a pillar in the land of Egypt as a sign that Egypt will turn to God. Since pillars are forbidden in Deuteronomy 16:22, it is urged that the prophecy must be earlier, while this is confirmed by the fact that the altar would conflict with the Deuteronomic law of a single sanctuary (Deuteronomy 12). But the pillar may have merely a memorial character, and be mentioned here because pillars were so numerous in Egypt. And in spite of Dt. a temple was actually erected in Egypt in the second century B.C. The date is very uncertain, especially since the text and meaning of Isaiah 19:18 are quite unsettled. The view that this verse refers to the temple founded at Leontopolis about 160 B.C. is dubious, though the variation in the text may have expressed later judgment upon this temple.
Isaiah 19:1-17. Yahweh rides on a cloud (cf. Psalms 104:3, and, if the cherubim originally represented the thundercloud, Psalms 18:10) and enters Egypt. He strikes dismay into her and her gods, for He is about to judge them. He afflicts Egypt with civil war; Egypt's intellect is paralysed, so, incapable of wise counsel, she has recourse to the idols and occult arts. In spite of this she falls under the sway of a tyrant. The Nile, here called the sea (cf. Isaiah 18:2)—for it was more like a sea than a river when it overflowed its banks—will dry up, and the canals on which the country depended for its system of irrigation will also be dry. The land will be barren, vegetation fail, the fishermen and weavers be thrown out of employment. The princes and counsellors of the king have become foolish; how can they boast their descent from ancient sages and kings? Pharaoh is twitted with the helplessness of his advisers, the chief caste has caused Egypt to go astray. Yahweh has mixed a draught for the leaders, consisting of a spirit of infatuation which makes them incapable of directing the people aright. The people, thus misdirected, go astray like a drunken man. No one, either high or low, can render effective help. As Yahweh smites Egypt with blow after blow, she is filled with terror like a woman, and the very mention of Judah will dismay her, since the author of her trouble is Judah's God.
Isaiah 19:2. Egypt was divided into small provinces, which were very jealous of each other and constantly at feud. When the central power was weakened, they easily drifted into civil war.
Isaiah 19:7. The text is probably corrupt; the LXX is quite different.
Isaiah 19:9. Linen was worn by the priests and used for bandaging mummies. Cotton was worn by the non-priestly classes.
Isaiah 19:10. The pillars of society may be the upper classes or the labourers, but perhaps we should read "they that weave it," i.e. the fabrics mentioned in Isaiah 19:9.
Isaiah 19:11. Zoan is Tanis in the N.E. of the Delta, once the chief commercial city of Egypt. It was the capital of Egypt during the Hyksos dynasty (pp. 52, 54), and also under Rameses II and other important Egyptian kings.
Isaiah 19:13. Noph is Memphis, a city on the left bank of the Nile, shortly before it branches to form the Delta. It was founded by Menes, the first monarch of the 1st dynasty, and was for a long time one of the most important cities of Egypt.—tribes: render "castes."
Isaiah 19:15 b. Cf. Isaiah 9:14.
Isaiah 19:18-25. Five cities in Egypt will speak Hebrew and swear fealty to Yahweh. One shall be called "city of the sun." There will be an altar to Yahweh in Egypt, and an obelisk to Him at its border, which shall witness for Him; and He will send a deliverer from their oppressors, so that they will worship Him with the animal and vegetable offerings and perform vows to Him. Then He will treat them as He had often treated Israel, smiting them for transgression, and healing them when they repented after their chastisement. Then a highway will lead from Egypt through Palestine to Assyria, that there may be free intercourse between them; for not only Egypt but also Assyria will serve Yahweh, and Israel will be united with these two empires as the third member of the league.
Isaiah 19:18. Herodotus reckons the cities of Egypt as 20,000. Five is thus a very small proportion. These cities are apparently inhabited by Hebrew-speaking Jews. The Jews in Egypt nearly all spoke Greek, and the LXX translation was made because they were unable to read the Scriptures in Hebrew.—The city of destruction: the text is uncertain. There are two Heb. variants—Heres, "destruction," and Heres, "sun." The former is also rendered "lion," and the reference supposed to be to Leontopolis, where Onias IV built a Jewish temple in 170 B.C. The translation, however, seems far-fetched: the rendering "destruction" does not suit the favourable tone of the prophecy; it may be a correction made by Palestinian Jews to express the anticipated doom of the Egyptian temple. Similarly the LXX, "city of righteousness," may be a deliberate Alexandrian alteration to secure sanction for the Egyptian temple. On the whole it seems best to read "city of the sun"; in that case Heliopolis (i.e. sun-city) is meant. Leontopolis was situated in the district of Heliopolis.
Isaiah 19:19. The altar is intended for sacrifice, and thus the author rises above the limitation of sacrifice to the Temple at Jerusalem. The pillar is probably simply memorial, and in that case does not conflict with the prohibition of pillars in Dt. It is placed at the border of Egypt to testify of Yahweh to all who enter the country.
Isaiah 19:23. Assyria probably means Syria (Isaiah 11:11*).
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One think as if it is possible to live without love and conscience; others speak: Love!
; the third aspire to the truth, justice, conscience.
But in the Love and Conscience Rule the World offer the main word and.
Here the main nervous point of all moral life, here the uniform center of infinite number of the circles describing all our life, all our acts, all our relations in this small, as well as the point should be, and.


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Updates on Taiwan New and Existing Chemical Registration
Nadine He
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The long-awaited amendments of Taiwan's New and Existing Chemical Registration Regulation were promulgated in March 2019. This webinar will mainly examine the notable amendments in the revised regulation and introduce approaching standard registration of the 106 priority existing chemical substances. In addition, questions that companies pay close attention to will get addressed during the webinar.
Revision of Toxic and Chemical Substances of Concern Control Act
Introduction to the Chemical Registration in Taiwan
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May 30th, 2019 Chinese 10:00-11:00
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Dr. Wei-I Hung
Environment Resource & Information Co., Ltd
Dr. Hung earned his Bachelor's, Master's, and the Doctor's degree in Chemistry from Chung Yuan Christian University (including 1 year exchanging research program in Peking University). Dr. Hung possesses more than 10 years' experience in Academic and Industrial research and development. With more than 20 scientific thesis publication, Dr. Hung's professional field covers from polymer materials to photoelectronic elements.
Dr. Hung has become the Assistant Vice President of Environment Resource & Information Co., Ltd since year 2017 and works as the Director of the Chemical Registration (consulting and system maintenance project) Project under TCSB. His main missions include inter-project coordination, policy consulting with industries and TCSB, and also dossier review.
Mr. Sheng-Cyuan Tony Wang
Mr. Wang earned his Bachelor's and Master's degree in Chemistry from National Tsing Hua University, and National Central University, respectively. Mr. Wang has more than 3 years of academic experience in biochemistry and biophysics featured on proteomics before he started the career in field of environmental and chemical managing consultant 5 years ago.
Mr. Wang has become the project manager since the Taiwanese Chemical Regulation Project implemented in the year 2014. He has participated in every improvement and amendment in Taiwanese chemical registration regulation. In addition to project management, he also takes part in dossier review.
Japanese Session:
Ms. Beiqi Lu
REACH24H Consulting Group
Ms. Beiqi LU is experienced in providing regulatory consultancy for Japanese enterprises with compliance issues related to global GHS, China HazChem registration, Taiwan new and existing chemicals registration, China new chemicals registration, etc.
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Ms. Nadine He
Regulatory Analyst / Senior Editor
ChemLinked, REACH24H Consulting Group
Ms. Nadine He is a regulatory analyst and editor in ChemLinked. She focuses on the research of policies and regulations in regards to chemical management in Asia Pacific countries and regions. She provides global chemical industry up-to-the-minute regulatory news.
REACH24H is an internationally renowned technological services company with the headquarter in Hangzhou, China and branches in Ireland, the United States, and Taiwan. The company has a number of internationally certified toxicologists, specialized safety appraisers, and risk assessment experts. By creating a 24-hour global consulting service network and a technical experts team, REACH24H provides one-stop international market entrance services. Our services cover a broad range of industries such as industrial chemicals, agrochemicals, cosmetics, food and food contact materials, and consumer products. Service content includes product notification and registration, regulatory information, news and compliance warning, training seminars and open courses, as well as Internet-based supply chain management software.
"Value in Compliance" is REACH24H's mission statement. Founded in 2009, REACH24H has provided technical supports for governments, associations and social organizations, served over 6,000 well-known companies and completed tens of thousands of projects from product notification, registration to consulting. To remove trade barriers and promote global trade integration, REACH24H has offered outstanding technical services. REACH24H is continually abided by a healthy, green, and sustainable development philosophy by adhering strictly to compliance service. Through assisting companies in carrying out risk assessments in advance, we can provide the most effective solutions and the most reliable support to our clients and vanguard people's safety and well-being.
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Taiwan: Inclusion of Registered New Chemical Substances in TCSI
Introduction of 2019 Amendments on Chemical Registrations in Taiwan
Revision Measurements of New Chemicals and Updates on Standard Registration of Existing Chemicals in Taiwan-late 2018
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Only 20 days left to participate in the ENERGY GLOBE Awards
The ENERGY GLOBE Award was founded in 1999 by the Austrian energy pioneer Wolfgang Neumann and is one of today's most prestigious environmental awards. Goal of the Award is to present successful sustainable projects to a broad audience, for many of our environmental problems already have good, feasible solutions. Projects which conserve and protect our resources or that employ renewable energy can participate. With a global call for participation ENERGY GLOBE invites outstanding sustainable best practice projects to participate in the annual competition. From all over the world, some 800 projects and initiatives are submitted annually to compete for the award which is presented as:
National (country) ENERGY GLOBE Awards:
Distinguish the best project submission from a country (e.g. ENERGY GLOBE Germany, ENERGY GLOBE Argentina). National winners receive an ENERGY GLOBE Certificate which is presented by partner organisation (if available) in the respective countries. In some countries the National Award is splitted into categories, and the winners not only get the certificates but even the popular trophies. Find out more.
Any national winner can become winner of an international ENERGY GLOBE Award or of the ENERGY GLOBE World Award.
International ENERGY GLOBE Awards/World Award:
The international ENERGY GLOBE Award distinguishes the best projects in the five categories earth, fire, water, air and youth. The 1st prize in each category is endowed with 10.000 Euro.
By audience and/or online voting the ENERGY GLOBE World Award winner is selected from among the five category winners.
The international ENERGY GLOBE Awards are presented annually in the realm of a televised ceremony. Such ceremonies have already taken place in Japan, Canada, and (a special honor for the environmental prize) in the Plenary Hall of the European Parliament in Brussels, in the Czech Republic, in Rwanda, etc.
Prominent guests who presented awards have included Kofi Annan, Mikhail Gorbachev, the Presidents of the EU Commission and EU Parliament, Peter Falk (Columbo), Robin Gibb (Bee Gees), Martin Sheen, Nigel Kennedy, Dionne Warwick, etc. Find out more.
Since 1999 over 6000 projects were submitted - see more in the ENERGY GLOBE's Project Database.
Projects can be submitted online, by e-mail or by snail mail, find all details under Participation.


This is a true On-Line UPS. It has two power sources and a transfer switch that selects between them. The primary power source is the battery/inverter, and the mains or utility power is the secondary power source. Under normal operation the UPS is always running from the battery and the inverter, while the incoming mains supplies power to the battery charger. This design means that there is no transfer time in the event of a power failure - if the mains goes out, the inverter (and its load) keeps chugging along and only the power to the battery charger is interrupted. The UPS has a rack height of 2U and can be either incorporated into a standard 19 rack set up, or used in a tower configuration. The front panel LCD displays charging and system status information.


hesus monkeys on a calorie-restriction diet were half as likely to get cancer, heart disease and diabetes than their calorie-munching peers. And less disease equals longevity. Indeed, those monkeys eating and aging "normally" died at three times the rate of those nibbling on 30 percent fewer calories.
"There is no question that calorie-restriction dieting increases the life span of any species," says Eric Ravussin, Ph.D., director of the Nutrition Obesity Research Center at Louisiana State University. But the potential for longevity in people is still not clear. However, not everyone is waiting for the final verdict. Lisa Walford, 55, coauthor of The Longevity Diet, has followed a calorie-restriction diet for more than 20 years. She attributes her physical and mental vitality to yoga and consuming fewer calories.
Calorie-restriction dieting is about minimizing calories and maximizing nutrients. The first step is to determine the number of calories you need to maintain your body's "set point," which is the weight your body naturally gravitates toward if you make no effort to lose or gain weight. Then you aim to eat fewer calories, which is where the weight loss enters.
In animal studies, the biggest boon—a 50-percent jump in life span—surfaces when calories are sliced by 40 percent, but the most people can reasonably expect to cut is 25 percent, says Ravussin. Researchers have tried to cut people's calories by 30 percent, but volunteers find the diet unsustainable.
So, what does a 25-percent restriction look like? If you can consume 2,000 calories a day and maintain your "set point" weight, your new goal should be 1,500 calories. A typical day's menu may include a bowl of lentil soup for lunch, and a heaping salad full of colorful vegetables for dinner. The motivation is to eat fewer calories and more nutritional foods.
Obesity increases the likelihood of many diseases such as cancer and diabetes, but being very thin also brings its own health problems and may also put the body under great stress. So, it is important to sustain yourself with enough food that maximizes the most nutrition known to man. By eating dark colored organic produce and sprouted beans like mung, garbanzo and adzuki plus adding quinoa and other whole grains like hulled barley, wheat berries and buckwheat, your body will thrive with these super foods.
To sum up, restricting number of calories consumed along with doing regular exercises will be the sanest course to ensure weight loss acquire physical fitness and lead a long and healthy life. It is unwise to opt for either calorie restriction or physical exercises and renounce the other as both are equally essential.
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Prior to joining ClearViewIP, Jacob worked for various science-related institutions including Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and the Met Office. He graduated with a Master of Physics degree from the University of Southampton with First-Class Honours. He co-authored a paper on the interference of particle decays which was published in the Journal of High Energy Physics.


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