(Raleigh, NC) – Alliance Health, in collaboration with Wake County, has developed and opened a new service in Raleigh to help people who are experiencing a behavioral health crisis. Much like the physical health urgent care facilities that are becoming common in our communities, a behavioral health urgent care center provides rapid assessment of an individual's situation, routine intervention, and referrals for follow up services.
This service targets people living in Wake, Durham, Cumberland and Johnston counties who have Medicaid or no insurance. Individuals with private insurance and those who do not qualify for other public funding will pay an out-of-pocket fee.
The new center in Raleigh, located at 319 Chapanoke Road. Suite 120, is open for adults and children Monday-Thursday from 8 am to 8 pm, on Fridays from 8 am to 3 pm and on Saturdays from 8 am to 1 pm. It is operated by Monarch, a member of the Alliance Provider Network that also offers a variety of other behavioral health services at locations across the state.
Visitors to urgent care have access to psychiatrists, nurses, social workers, and other clinical staff in a safe, respectful environment. Center staff see people in a variety of situations, including people who need a medication refill to remain stable but face a wait to see their regular provider, people in acute psychological distress, and people seeking urgent assistance with a substance use disorder. It can also be used by school staff to get quick help for youth in distress, and by parents who are required to get psychiatric assessments for children before they are allowed back in school but face a long wait for an appointment at a traditional mental health practice.
A visit to the center averages about two hours, and begins with a nursing assessment and a drug and alcohol screening to assess whether an individual is physically stable, followed by a crisis assessment to determine what services are appropriate. Staff also conduct an assessment of social determinants, such as housing, food security and social support, to determine whether an individual needs to be connected with other services to maintain stability.
Alliance opened a similar urgent care center in Durham in summer 2017. It served more than 1300 people last year, with 90% seeing a physician/prescriber on the same day. Only 6% of individuals with Medicaid seen at the Durham center had an emergency department visit in the following 30 days.
"Alliance is committed to giving people access to services when they need it and in the most appropriate settings," said Dr. Margaret Brunson, Alliance Director of Hospital Relations. "The behavioral health urgent care is an innovative way to de-escalate crises, address social needs, and prevent unnecessary use of higher levels of care.
This level of care is not suited for drug/alcohol detoxification, people with urgent medical needs, or when it is clear that hospitalization is required. In those cases, a hospital or one of Alliance's Crisis and Assessment Centers is more appropriate. Locations of these facilities are available on the Alliance website at AllianceHealthPlan.org. Alliance also provides an Access and Information Line staffed by clinicians 24/7 at (800) 510-9132.
Alliance Health is the managed care organization for publicly-funded behavioral healthcare services for the people of Durham, Wake, Cumberland and Johnston counties. Alliance works with a network of almost 2200 private providers to serve the needs of 471,000 Medicaid-eligible and uninsured individuals within a total population of 1.8 million.


The Local Governance Review will consider how powers, responsibilities and resources are shared across national and local spheres of government, and with communities.
The Scottish Government are inviting people to join a conversation about community decision-making, called Democracy Matters. The conversation will take place over a period of 6 months, ending around November 2018. What they hear will help to inform new legislation.
At the same time, they will be working with public sector partners, such as local councils, to consider if increasing the powers they hold could improve outcomes for people.
And they have produced a short animation explaining what they are doing and how to get involved.
To help cover any costs associated with running community events you can apply for up to £300 from the Democracy Matters: Community Engagement Fund.
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by Natalie Shum | Jan 6, 2023 | Blog
Botox is the number one aesthetic treatment provided worldwide by a large margin, so there is a good chance that you've heard of the name "Botox," even if you are not familiar with what it does. So, what is Botox?
Botox is a brand of FDA-approved injectable neurotoxin from Allergan Aesthetics that is designed to temporarily relax the muscles that cause frown lines. Botulinum toxin, the endotoxin that causes Botulism, is the origin of injectable Botox for aesthetic treatments. Botulism is the reason why you should never eat the contents of a swollen can and why you should never feed honey to infants. Botulinum toxin causes muscle paralysis by blocking the chemical signals that tell muscles when to contract. When used for aesthetic purposes, it temporarily relaxes the muscles involved in wrinkling the face. Other FDA-approved brands of botulinum toxin-derived neurotoxins with equivalent effects to Botox are: Dysport, Xeomin, Jeuveau, and the newest to market: Daxxify. All FDA-approved brands of injectable neurotoxins or neuromodulators are lab-created and administered in miniscule amounts in order to limit muscle relaxation effects to desired areas.
What is the difference between Botox, Dysport, Xeomin, Jeuveau, and Daxxify?
Botox, Dysport, Xeomin, Jeaveau, and Daxxify are different brands of FDA-approved injectable neurotoxins/neuromodulators. Each one is from a different pharmaceutical company, which means the specific botulinum toxin molecule and carrier molecule varies between each brand. Botox is from Allergan Aesthetics and is also the first-to-market brand. Because of this, the term "Botox" is almost synonymous with aesthetic neurotoxin treatments (like Kleenex or Xerox). Botox also has an accompanying "carrier" protein molecule bound to its botulinum toxin. Dysport is from Galderma Aesthetics and has a different constitution ratio, which makes dosing for Dysport different from all other brands. Xeomin is from Merz Aesthetics and is a pure botulinum toxin molecule with no carrier molecule. Jeuveau is from Evolus with a similar protein carrier to Dysport's. Daxxify is the newest to market with a peptide carrier molecule, and is indicated to last up to 6 months. Because the botulinum toxin molecule is slightly different in each brand, dosing, diffusion from point of injection, and effective period varies depending on brand. Price may also vary between brands as well.
How does Botox work?
Botox works by preventing acetylcholine release at neuromuscular junctions, the meeting points between nerves & muscles. When you move a muscle, the brain initiates this process by sending a signal along a nerve to the muscles needed to perform a certain action. The neuromuscular junction is the meeting place between the nerve and muscle where nervous signals are translated into physical movements. By chemically-blocking communication between nerves and muscles, botulinum toxin temporarily relaxes the muscles where it is injected. The amount of neurotoxin injected in aesthetic treatments is very small, so this effect only lasts for a few months. Furthermore, this effect is localized to injected areas. Over time, repeated movement and contraction of muscles in the face can lead to wrinkles. Injection of neurotoxins in these areas prevents muscles from moving, softening existing wrinkles or even preventing wrinkle formation (only with early intervention, aka "preventative Botox"). If lines or wrinkles are visible even without animating the face (also known as "static lines"), Botox treatments can only soften these lines and prevent them from deepening with regular treatment. Botox treatments cannot get rid of static lines; additional adjunctive treatments such as fillers and/or laser treatments may be necessary for best results.
What areas can I treat with Botox?
FDA-approved areas that can be treated with Botox are the glabella (the area between the eyebrows), the forehead, as well as the crow's feet. Dysport, Xeomin, Jeuveau, and Daxxify are FDA-approved for treatment of the glabella. FDA-approved areas are locations that have been clinically tested to be effectively treated by neurotoxins. Other common areas for aesthetic neurotoxin treatments are: the masseters for contouring the jawline/"slimming" the face, the nose for "bunny lines" when you scrunch your nose, DAO to treat downturned corners of the mouth, the upper lip to treat smoker's lines or a gummy smile, a dimple-y chin when smiling, the neck for platysma bands, the calf muscles or trapezius muscles to slim these muscles, the nostrils to treat excessively flared nostrils, the underarms for hyperhydrosis (excessive sweating), and many other uses. Neuromodulators also have many medical applications as well, e.g. for sports medicine, in migraine treatments, TMJD, and more. They can also be hyperdiluted for "micro-Botox" treatments, wherein very small amounts are used to shrink large pores or to give skin a rejuvenated, shiny appearance.
What is a unit of Botox?
Botox is measured in "units," which is an arbitrary measurement to designate the quantity used. All brands of neuromodulators are transported in crystalline or powder form for safety during shipping. When ready to be used, they are reconstituted with saline in order to be injectable. Thus, "units" refers to the active amount of neurotoxin in a given amount of solution, as the amount of saline necessary can vary between different brands and between different intended usages. Unit to unit, Botox, Xeomin, & Jeuveau are equivalent in terms of standard constitution. Units of Dysport differ because it has a different standard constitution ratio; therefore, Dysport units need to be multiplied by 2 – 2.5x in order to be equivalent to Botox, Xeomin, or Jeuveau units. Understanding that the term "units" may mean different dosages between brands is key to getting equivalent treatments when switching between brands.
How much Botox do I need?
Each treatment area has a general standard range of recommended units necessary for effective treatment. This varies due to different anatomy, age, frequency of treatment, desired effect, and skin condition. Your provider can recommend a certain dosage and after 2 weeks, you can reassess to see if you are satisfied with the results. Again, units can also differ between brands, so dosing will vary.
How long does Botox last?
Botox is FDA-indicated to last up to 4 months. Different brands range between 3-4 months, so you can expect up to 3 or 4 treatments a year if treated regularly. Daxxify, the newest neuromodulator to market, is FDA-indicated to last up to 6 months. However, like dyeing your hair, how often you get treated is a personal preference and depends on your budget, lifestyle, and desired outcome.
How quickly does Botox begin to work?
While it differs between brands, neuromodulators usually need up to 2-3 weeks for full, maximal effect to be seen. Effects may begin to be visible as soon as a few days and will increase as time passes. Results will NOT be visible immediately post treatment. This is why it is always recommended to wait at least two to three weeks for reassessments or touchups.
What is the difference between fillers and Botox?
Neuromodulators like Botox and injectable fillers are often mixed up. While fillers and Botox are commonly used together in aesthetic treatments, the term "Botox" is often incorrectly used as a catch-all term for all injectable aesthetic treatments. As previously mentioned, neuromodulators like Botox temporarily relax muscles, which can lead to the softening of existing wrinkles and prevents them from deepening with regular treatment. Fillers are injectable gels of varying thicknesses, usually made of hyaluronic acid, that correct age-related loss of volume in the face or change the natural contours of the face. Filler is intended to change volume and therefore results are immediately visible (but swelling and "settling" may take days or weeks to resolve), while neuromodulators like Botox work chemically to relax muscles and therefore can take days or weeks to fully kick in.
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Who should not get Botox?
The main contraindications for Botox are pregnancy and breastfeeding. Other conditions that make Botox unsuitable are: Lou Gehrig's disease, myasthenia gravis, peripheral motor neuropathy, dysarthria, and decreased lung function, among others. If unsure, please consult with your primary physician before making an appointment for Botox and always be sure to disclose medical history to aesthetic providers as well.
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Scientists, Pants-less Protagonists, and Frank Miller – Geekout 9
Nope. Can't get out of this streak yet! I just don't know real people's names! Sorry, but it's kind of my thing. While yesterday, I didn't know He-Man well enough. Today I'm struggling to remember who Frank Miller is and what works he's done. I'm supposed to name Four Fictional Scientists in Television, Four Video Game Protagonists that Don't Wear Pants, and Two Frank Miller Comic Books.
I'm already having a laugh about that gaming question. The general geekiness and comics questions are normal questions.
Four Fictional Scientists in Television
Wishing this weren't restricted to television, because I know a steely-eyed missile man I'd like to be naming right here. Well, there are more than enough scientists on television, so here goes.
Dexter – Dexter's Laboratory
I've mentioned his sister Dee Dee already, so I might as well mention him as well. The titular character of the series, Dexter is quite the scientist (not just for his age). His lab, experiments, and creations make for some fantastic episodic fun in the show. I don't even know if we're rooting for him to succeed or not most of the time, but he's a wild character for sure.
Samantha Carter – Stargate Franchise
With a Ph.D. in astrophysics, she makes an awesome part of the SG1 team. She speaks nerd with Daniel and military with O'Neill. She may be a military woman first, but her science background is vital at points during the show. While Dr. Jackson may be the one referred to with the title, it's only because her military rank is used instead. Her promotions through the series are also quite useful, since it lets you know where you are in the series when someone calls by rank.
Gaius Baltar – Battlestar Galactica
Being a famous scientist is what got him to safety in the first place, and set him up in a great position with the fleet. He's a very fun character in the show. I don't want to get too far into things, but some of his decisions are quite enjoyable to watch him make! And if you ever play the Battlestar Galactica board game, be careful of trusting this character.
Spock – Star Trek
I wanted to choose one of the many Science Officers from Star Trek, and I figured Spock was as good a choice as any. I think being the Science Officer of the Enterprise would qualify you as a scientist, don't you? I'm not sure how much I need to say about this pointy-eared alien. When you think about it though, you can choose nearly all of the characters in The Federation, since being a scientist is basically a requirement for all of them!
Four Video Game Protagonists that Don't Wear Pants
Some characters I'm having trouble remembering if they wear pants or not, so I'm avoiding them just in case. With cartoony characters either wearing just a shirt or just pants is sometimes a thing! And for clarification, I'm interpreting this as no pants, shorts, skirts, etc. It would be way too easy a question if it allowed dresses and skirts to count!
The pants would only slow him down. Shoes and gloves are all that are required for speed! The Blue Blur has so many games, but his originals are the real classics we all love. If you've never played a sonic game, they're classics of the 2D platforming genre that you should play. They're old games, so most of the gameplay was in replay value. That means the time commitment to "have played it" is very minimal.
Conker – Conker's Bad Fur Day
Now if you enjoy raunchy, inappropriate humor, this is your Squirrel! My introduction to him was in one of my all-time favorite racing games, Diddy Kong Racing. He wasn't so out there in that game, but he ends up in the gutter and down the toilet in his own game (sometimes literally). He was the protagonist of Conker's Bad Fur Day, and I think many parents were surprised the cute red squirrel game was rated M.
Donkey Kong – Donkey Kong Country
Could've gone with Diddy as well, but figured the classic made the most sense. I believe his only article of clothing is a tie. This was a wonderful game from my childhood. I remember going crazy for this game. It was remarkable what they did with the series as well. I still listen to the music from this franchise. The character design for this guy was wonderful. Don't let his lack of pants dissuade you from playing this classic series of games!
Meat Boy – Super Meat Boy
Meat doesn't need pants. Plus, it would get caught in all of the gears and such. Who wants to eat that? This guy is from a crazy platforming game that really is a lot of fun, which I think might surprise some people. You play as a moving, slab of meat sliding and jumping on floors and walls. Yep, it's not a normal game. Fun though!
Two Frank Miller Comic Books
After some thinking, I think he's the 300 guy. That's all I've got. I know I've heard that other stuff was created by the creator of 300, but I just can't recall what it was for. I know the others have to be realistic, gritty stuff, but I don't want to guess.
Surprisingly I never saw this one, but it's on the list of movies I want to see. I may read the comic book. We'll see if I've got the time for it!
Thoughts on possible other works by Frank Miller
My wife was trying to get me to think of what might have worked on (I'm sure she knows plenty!), but I said I didn't want to be giving guess answers. So I'm adding some thoughts here instead of guessing.
I know they've got to be gritty comics. He might have done some Batman comics for DC, since Batman tends to have darker, grittier stories than many other heroes. I could see him writing for one or more of the Defenders characters on the Marvel side; Daredevil, Luke Cage, and Jessica Jones all seem like characters he could work with. And I'm probably even guessing on these lines based on her thinking I would be capable of guessing them.
I'm hoping a future one of these asks for works by Alan Moore, since I could name a few without even trying. I'm really enjoying the open-ended ones though, where I can choose from any franchise I like. The first two questions today are great examples of that!
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RPGs, WW2, and Sci-Fi TV – Geekout 6
I am disappointed that the first prompt for the day only requires listing 2, but I can understand that for many people only 1 is obvious. Let's jump in! Today's prompt is Two Tabletop RPGs, Four Comic Book Characters Alive During WW2, and Six Sci-Fi Television Shows.
I'll warn you in advance that I'm adding an honorable mentions list to my gaming question of the day, since I've got too many to name.
Two Tabletop RPGs
Well here's one that I wish had a larger number. Yeah, plenty of people are going to name one obvious one and have trouble coming up with a second. That's just that outside the RPG community, only one game has risen to the public's mind as much as D&D.
Considering that the Geekout prompts have already challenged me to name Two Dungeons and Dragons Character Classes, it seems like they made this one incredibly simple to get the first. Even people who'd forgotten the game existed would've been reminded five days ago.
As I mentioned in that post, I've been playing this game a looong time. My father got my playing D&D using the first edition advanced books. As years passed, my friends and I moved through Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition, Dungeons & Dragons 3rd edition, Dungeons & Dragons v3.5, Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition, and Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition. Yes, I did play Pathfinder (a.k.a. D&D 3.75).
Here are some of my D&D books that were near enough to grab and take some quick photos. I grouped them roughly by edition, having the 3.0 and 3.5 together.
While you might have thought that my favorite Tabletop RPG (based on the amount of D&D I've played) is D&D. It's not. My favorite game is definitely Exalted. I've been playing in an infrequently played Exalted campaign for years now, and my group gets together to play whenever we're in the same city.
My regular, weekly gaming session is currently an Abyssal Exalted game and the less frequently played one is a classic, Solar Exalted game.
Solar Campaign
In my solar campaign, I play a priest of the Unconquered Sun. As anyone who knows the game would expect, the character is a Zenith caste. He frees slaves, protects innocents, and tries to provide food and shelter to anyone and everyone he can. Driven primarily by compassion and conviction, he's trying to carve out a better world than what exists today.
Abyssal Campaign
Surprisingly, this campaign has had a severe lack of combat considering we're playing Abyssals, which are commonly known as Death Knights. We've been working behind the scenes and are establishing positions where we're likely to behave more like you'd expect from creatures of darkness. Just hasn't happened yet. We find it funny, because our "light-side" game involves much more killing than the "dark-side" one.
Pathfinder – Often referred to as D&D 3.75, this game leveraged the D20 system based on Wizards of the Coast making it an open system for expansion. That means that when D&D went to 4th edition, the people who thought it had gone the wrong way we able to fall back to 3.75. My group was among those, and we enjoyed Pathfinder as it added new life and ideas to D&D 3.5.
Eclipse Phase – A game I've played once that seemed very interesting. It's futuristic, and has some cool mechanics. I've got the book for it, and I'd like to use that to play the game more. It's so hard to get games going (and finding the time to play them requires even more!)
GURPS – I wanted to mention this one despite my not having played it. I know plenty of people who swear by this system. They tend to be the people who play way too many Steve Jackson games already. The name of this system is ridiculous. It's the "Generic Universal RolePlaying System", and yes, people do say "gurps" rather than spelling G-U-R-P-S.
Shadowrun – I've only played a little bit of Shadowrun, but it's also a very cool roleplaying game. It is set in a fictional future society and combines technology and fantasy ideas. There are fantasy creatures like elves, dwarves, etc. in their world, and it's on Earth still. It's set in the future, so technology has advanced some. I've often laughed with people about how off the game is in its technology though. A challenge that anyone imagining the future will run into!
Four Comic Book Characters Alive During WW2
OK. This one is a little tough, since I know my comic book characters mostly through their cartoon, movie, and TV adaptations rather than the comics. I'm fairly certain that my selections here were alive during WW2 in the comic books, but I can't say for certain.
This one should be obvious, so I started here. This is kind of his thing, since he's basically the character made to fight that war. With all of the movies about him, do I really need to say much more? No I'm not including his friend Bucky in the list.
I'd guess he's that old in the comics as well, since he's been around for quite a long time, and he's (as far as I know) often one of the older characters. In the films they certainly have him alive for WW2. In fact, it's quite central to his character's backstory in the films. He's got the tattoo as a reminder of that time period.
Not sure how old Wolverine is to be honest, but given that he doesn't really get much older, it's not hard for him to have been there. At least in his origin movie, he was definitely there for WW2.
I liked this character a lot as a kid, despite the outfits from that period that I now laugh at. He's interesting because the claws are nice, but his real power is just healing. On the surface that might seem super amazing, but keep in mind that is different from impervious. When Superman deflects a bullet, does it hurt? I doubt it. I'd guess that Wolverine feels every cut before it heals closed. Now that would build a not-so-light-side character over time.
Peggy Carter
And we're back to the badass herself, Agent Peggy Carter! Yes, she's probably more of a badass now than she was in the early comics, but she's kicks some serious butt. Obviously around for the right time period, since she was in that time period with Cap.
Six Sci-Fi Television Shows
Well here's a great one for me! I've watched so many sci-fi shows, so I'm going to lump franchises together. I'd have too many to list otherwise.
Is there a more iconic answer to this? I don't think anything else could have come before Star Trek. Sure, Trek and Wars are often compare, but Wars is known for movies and Trek for TV. They may both cross over that, but traditionally that's where each stood strongest.
My favorite of these would surprise many people. I'm a Deep Space Nine fan, which is not a common opinion. It bridged the Next Generation and Voyager gap nicely. So far no Star Trek series has been made that I did not enjoy. I'm not sure if I'm going to watch the upcoming one, since they're planning to have it be streaming only and behind a subscription paywall. If I were watching their full lineup of shows, maybe, but I'm not and won't be.
This is a fantastic, wonderful show that probably could have and should have been one of the greatest shows ever made. Joss Whedon is known for doing ensemble casts well, and this show is a lot of the reason why he's known for that. I'd watch the heck out of this show if it continued, but I don't want it to continue anymore. More than anything else, I worry that this canceled-too-soon show will be made far worse if it were continued at this point.
I did not watch the show when it originally aired. To be honest, I didn't get a good vibes from the marketing of the show during its airing. After it was cancelled, some people made sure I saw the show. I was hooked after watching the first episode. Yes, the 2 hour pilot that Fox didn't air until the show had been marked for cancellation was so good that it along sold me on the show. Most shows take a few episodes before I'm really into them.
Anyway, if you want t good Firefly rant, I enjoy this video. The Firefly rant starts at 1:30.
I'm referring to the reimagined series here, not the original. I tried to watch that one, but just didn't get into the original one. As you'd expect, fans disagree on which parts are good and bad, etc. Through the series, however, I believe the best part is the characters. I may not always agree with the directions a character took, but I love the characters in this story. And if you're a board gamer, I'm a big fan of the board game based on this show. The more popular game, The Resistance, is pretty much based on a mechanic from this board game.
Again I'm talking about multiple shows here. SG1, the original series, is a classic that is loved by the fans. Before the later-season cast changes, it's one of the best shows you'll find within the genre. No, the issues weren't the cast changes themselves, but the show did start going off the rails a bit toward the end. I think they were just getting exhausted for ideas and still trying to keep the show going.
Teal'c, Daniel Jackson, Samantha Carter, Jack O'Neill, "Hammond of Texas", and a wide variety of other enjoyable characters kept that show going strong for a long time. The concept itself is great, and it allowed the series to expand on the idea a few times.
I'll probably bug some people here, but I did not like Atlantis. I watched it at the beginning, but it lost me very quickly. The show seemed to drift from science fiction into fantasy, and that's not what I like in my Stargate. It just didn't feel like Stargate anymore.
And for the show that got cancelled too early, Stargate: Universe, it only received two seasons of content, which in some ways seems deserved. The issue, however, is that the show was great right at the start, and didn't hit its stride until it was nearing its cancelation. Yes, that happens a lot with shows, they get something going and just end. And yes, I'm a big fan of Nicholas Rush in the show.
I didn't watch infinity, so I've not much to say on that point.
My favorite episode of Stargate is definitely the Groundhog Day Episode, "Window of Opportunity", which features a Groundhog Day-like timeloop. In it, Jack starts each loop being asked a question by Daniel while he's eating his bowl of Fruit Loops. The problem is that Jack didn't hear the question the first time, so can never answer that question. The best part is after Daniel suggests that they can do anything, so they decide to go golfing through the Stargate. "Colonel O'Neill, what the hell are you doing?" "IN THE MIDDLE OF MY BACKSWING?!?!"
This must be the least popular of the shows on this list, but Sliders did have quite a few seasons in the 90s. In this show, the main character invents a device that allows people to "slide" between dimensions. He and some others end up traveling together through dimensions as they try to find their way home. It's a fun show that obviously gets off its rails quickly, but there are some good seasons at the beginning if you're interested in some 90s nostalgia.
My wife suggested we watch this series. I agreed, since it sounded interesting. After watching a couple of episodes, she mentioned something about the books. Well, I'd not heard of the book series, so I started reading the books. They're great! I'm currently reading the 6th book, which came out almost exactly a month ago. I'm not reading it quickly, usually a chapter at a time. I think the TV show did the books justice, and I'm really looking forward to what they do going forward.
If you're interested, the first season of the show doesn't follow the books exactly, but is mostly the first half of the first book. Looks like they're pulling in characters earlier than they appear in the books, but this makes sense for a TV show where you need to meet characters sooner. Books can get away with that a little better.
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UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter) is an hardware peripheral which allows serial, asynchronous communication with configurable data format and speed. The UART interface usually works at logic level: the electric signals are generated by an external circuit, following the standards of the communication bus you chose.
In this first post, I'll explain the basic use of a controller; events and interrupts will be covered in a future article.
There are two additional parameters (rx_flow_ctrl_thresh and use_ref_tick) you can use to set the threshold for the RTS signal if hardware flow control is selected and to enable the REF_TICK signal as clock for the UART controller.
The constant values for data_bits, stop_bits… are declared in the uart.h file.
passing as parameters the number of the controller (uart_num) and the struct with the configuration previously defined (uart_config).
You can use the UART_PIN_NO_CHANGE constant if that specific signal is not used or if you want to keep the default pin.
In addition to the controller number, you have to pass the size for the receive and transmit buffers. The parameters about queue and interrupts will be discussed in a future article.
The two buffers must have a size bigger than the corresponding hardware buffers (128). Only for the transmit buffer you can specify size = 0; in this case, the driver will be blocking, that is the execution of the task will be halted until the transmission ends.
This command sends len bytes from buffer. As you're not using a software buffer, it may happens that the command cannot send all the bytes because the hardware buffer is full; the uart_tx_chars method therefore returns the number of bytes actually sent.
This command copies size bytes from the src array to the driver's buffer: the driver will take care of filling the hardware buffer of the controller until all the data is transmitted. The uart_write_bytes() also retuns the number of bytes actually copied in the tx buffer.
The command reads a maximum of length bytes from the receive buffer and copies them in the buf array. The command waits for data the number of specified ticks, then returns the number of bytes actually read.
The framework allows to use a UART controller as a peripheral for standard I/O. Unix streams stdin, stdout and stderr are indeed linked to RX and TX operations on that controller: you can therefore use standard C functions like printf(), scanf()… to write and read from the UART controller.
In the following video I'll show how to work with UART controllers connecting one of them to a USB->serial converter. Both the converter and the esp32 devboard are connected to my laptop: in this way I can send data from the laptop to UART1 via the converter, read it and send it back to my laptop using the UART0 controller.
I think the arrows in the representation of the data flow are not all correct.
There is no arrow that goes into the driver.
Hi luca, thanks for example.
i would like to know if you have ever implementred UART interrupt handler. i am lloking to use UART interrupt directly, however i didnt come across any example or support.


Colonel Sergey V. Petrov, Ph.D., was born at Tsaritsin (now, Volgograd), 15 October 1923. He graduated from the Air Force Special School at Stalingrad in 1941. In 1942, 7th VASHPOL, and 1943, Krasnodar WOW. From 1943to 1946, Petrov was a flight instructor for the 6th Aviation Regiment and then an instructor at Stalingrad Military Aviation College. In 1954, Petrov graduated from the N.E. Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy.
From 1953 to 1984, Colonel Petrov was a test pilot at the Gosudarstvenny Krasnoznamyonnyy Air Force Scientific Research Institute. He flew the Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-19SU rocket-boosted high-altitude interceptor and the MiG 21F, the L-29 Delfin jet trainer, as well as gliders and competition sail planes. Switching to helicopters, he tested the Mil Mi-6 PZh fire-fighting helicopter, Mi-24 "Hind" attack helicopter and the Mi-26. He investigated Vortex Ring State in the Mi-8 and low-altitude autorotations in the Mi-2, Mi-4 and Mi-8. He also flew the aerobatic Yakovlev Yak-18P, the Yak-25 interceptor, the Antonov Ant-2, An-12, An-26 and Ilyushin Il-76 transports.
In 1976, Sergey Petrov was awarded the Lenin Prize, one of the the Soviet Union's most prestigious honors.
Retiring from flight status in 1984, Colonel Petrov continued to work as an engineer at OKB Mil Design.
Sergey V. Petrov died 14 December 1998 at the age of 75 years. He had been awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, and twice the Order of the Red Star. He was an Honored Test Pilot of the Soviet Union.


Burger King Corp., the second largest fast food hamburger chain in the world, is to deliver a nationwide customer experience programme called Guest Trac in the UK, in partnership with SMG, a customer insight agency.
In an increasingly challenging market, the customer experience is a vital driver for retaining existing customers and attracting new business. This decision by Burger King Corp. to work with customer insight experts SMG in the UK, follows the implementation of GUEST TRAC in other key Burger King markets such as North America, Spain and Germany. The programme demonstrates Burger King Corp.'s focus on providing world-class customer experience by listening to its customers and acting on their feedback.
The guest feedback programme, which has been rolled out across 489 restaurants in the UK and Ireland, invites guests to complete a web-based survey via a pre-printed till receipt. Guests are incentivised to take the survey with the offer of free fries and a drink with any adult burger purchase. The information collected is fed back to the entire Burger King system in real time and is specifically targeted to the company's operational focus on food quality, cleanliness and speed of service.
Jos Cil, president EMEA, Burger King Corp, comments: "Providing an excellent customer experience to each and every customer, in each and every restaurant is a key priority for us. The Guest Trac programme is a very valuable tool for us to get feedback first-hand from our customers, to measure how we are doing, and to take action in order to address any concerns that our customers might have".
Jeremy Michael, managing director, SMG UK, comments: "Our ability to collect, analyse and action the real data and insight from customers is integral to supporting Burger King Corp.'s core global business plans. With customer service sitting firmly at the centre of its brand values, our detailed analysis enables employees across the company to effectively use the actionable data and support genuine guest feedback to increase loyalty."
After the UK deployment of Guest Trac, the programme is set to be rolled out in other markets, with launches planned across other countries in EMEA, New Zealand and Australia in 2012.


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Cet article présente les effectifs de la Coupe du monde de rugby à XV 1999 des vingt sélections qui disputent la compétition au Royaume-Uni du  octobre au . Chaque équipe donne initialement une liste de trente joueurs. Celle-ci peut-être amendée au fur et à mesure de la compétition si des blessures surviennent.

Poule A

Afrique du Sud

Écosse

Espagne

Uruguay

Poule B

Angleterre

Italie

Nouvelle-Zélande

Tonga

Poule C

Canada

Fidji

France
Les joueurs en gras sont ceux qui étaient titulaires lors de la finale contre l'Australie.

Namibie

Poule D

Argentine

Galles

Japon

Samoa

Poule E

Australie

États-Unis

Irlande

Roumanie

Effectifs

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Below we have listed the five things you must know before having an artificial grass installed in your lawn.
1. Homes and businesses in Sydney are gearing towards using artificial grass as it has been proven to improve the environment and overall beauty and value of a property.
2. Real grass needs a lot of maintenance and proper care. During summer you will need to double your effort on watering and maintenance, and if you are busy, it can be a bit annoying.
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In Sydney having a beautiful lawn, all year round matters to every homeowner. Maintaining natural grass is hard, and it's one of the primary reasons why people are switching to artificial turf.
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Duke of Edinburgh's Award - Diamond Challenge, celebrating 60 years of DofE.
Here's a question: How would you traverse the Cairngorms over 3 nights without recourse to a tent? South to north from Linn of Dee? West to east from Glen Feshie? Using Corrour Bothy, Hutchison Memorial Hut or Bob Scott Hut? As a DofE Gold Assessor this would be my DofE Diamond Challenge, to mirror a Gold Expedition.
The Duke of Edinburgh's Award (DofE) supports over 300,000 young people every year across the UK. Over 30,000 are from disadvantaged backgrounds. Youth leaders supporting DofE participants inspire and guide them to develop skills for life and work, making a world of difference where young people can reach their full potential, whatever their circumstances.
DofE has gone international. Over the last 60 years millions of young people across the globe, from all backgrounds and circumstances, have challenged themselves through their DofE Award. The experience and achieving their Award is setting them up for life, opening doors to new jobs, cementing life-long friendships, broadening interests and stretching horizons.
Celebrating the Diamond Anniversary the DofE presented me with the chance of fulfilling the dream of traversing the Cairngorms in a 3 night / 4 day expedition using bothies or whatever shelter might be available. And if friends sponsor me for the privilege that would allow more young people the opportunity of planning their DofE adventures.
The timing for my expedition narrowed to a small window when my Army Reserve companion would be available and I too could slip away from a busy workload. This meant travelling to the Cairgorms after office hours. So no long walk-in to begin with. The first night had to be within a reasonable yomp from a car park.
51st Highland Division monument on the A9 en route to the Cairngorms.
That, I often mused, probably explains why the El Alamein Refuge Hut is tucked away on the NE flank of Cairn Gorm. The Soldiers of 51st Highland Division would cut away on Friday afternoon, pitch up at the lower car park (in their day the only car park) and then make the 500m ascent over 3½ km to the boulder field beyond the northern spur of Cnap Coire na Spreidhe. It was then a case of identifying, in the late evening gloom and lowering mist, the pile of stones that constitute the Refuge Hut.
This we did on a direct bearing on 350m of pacing. The roof showed signs of renovation and the tightly bolted door opened to a clean floor fit for two. Clearly seldom used. Meal on, quick scoff, heads down. We hadn't calculated on the clouds condensing on the round granite boulders of the roof to deposit laden drips on us; otherwise our sanctuary was sound.
Looking towards Beinn Mheadhoin from El Alamein Refuge Hut.
There is no finer prospect than opening the Refuge Hut door to see the tors on Beinn Mheadhoin (pronounce "Vian"); the remote Munro in the heart of the plateau. After a sedate breakfast we aimed for morning coffee at the Ptarmigan Restaurant (rear door entry for walkers) and lunch on Cairn Gorm itself. There then followed the long descent to Loch Avon (pronounced A'an), and the unique thrill of sleeping under the Shelter Stone.
Descending to Loch A'an and the Shelter Stone below Shelter Stone Crag.
Two English teachers from down south were already encamped with their tent erected under the Shelter Stone. We waited among midges and walked briskly to and fro over boulders to avoid them eating us as we tried to eat our evening meal. The occupants returned from their adventures: swimming the length of Loch Avon! Vicki and Jude kindly collapsed their tent and gave floor space, which we prized no less than the many climbers who huddle here in winter.
Suspecting the English teachers were not morning people, we were on our way at 8 a.m. on the steady ascent to Loch Etchachan before picking up the whale-back ridge to the summit of Beinn Mheadhoin with its line of tors named the Barns of Mheadhoin. It's the descent that often catches people out so we continually checked our route through the various crags on the NE slope as we descended to our final overnight in the Fords of Avon Refuge.
Having arrived by midday and consuming a large lunch, it felt a bit phoney to take such a prolonged rest in what is marked on the map as a Mountain Refuge Hut. So a quick map appreciation and we estimated 4 hours to return from Bynack More by the less trodden southern approach, via more tors, the Barns of Bynack. In fact it took 3½ hours including time for photos and catching up with text messages that flooded in from Aviemore, but we had left our packs to travel light.
The Barns of Bynack from the southern approach.
Despite the hard wooden floor we slept soundly. The Fords of Avon Refuge was built by Fleet Air Arm ratings under training in June 1970 as an emergency refuge. It is on record as having saved a number of lives, being the only shelter for many miles in an area where people seem to excel at getting lost.
Another early start on our final day to scale Beinn a' Chaorainn, and a long trek over the peat hags and moorland of Moine Bhealaidh to Beinn Bhrec, our 5th Munro of the expedition. Now the weather was turning and driving rain arrived as we made the long gradual descent to the shelter of the Caledonian Forest before reaching Derry Lodge for a restful lunch with the sun's return.
Heading through the Caledonian Forest to Derry Lodge and on to Linn of Dee. The Barns of Beinn Mheadhoin on the distant horizon.
Through the Caledonian Forest, somewhat bedraggled after a prolonged shower.
If circumstances dictated a short walk-in, we extended the long peaceful trek out from Derry Lodge to Linn of Dee, detouring to investigate the waterfall and salmon ladder on the Lui Water but the banking and steps were under repair so could not see much. Nevertheless the torrent passing through the gorge here and the force on the River Dee were impressive even with water levels lower than the surge of Spring. It was no hardship to wait for transport at this RV and luxuriate on an expedition well executed.
Of course, I had carried my tent with me. DofE puts a priority on safety and having a Plan B. But essentially it's in planning and doing such expeditions and setting personal challenges that young people gain a sense of purpose, self-confidence, responsibility and resilience. It's also great fun and satisfying to appropriate a genuine sense of achievement.
With continued funding through the Diamond Fund initiative and with the valued contributions of adult leaders, the DofE Award will continue to inspire young people from all backgrounds who are work-ready, well-rounded and ambitious, with the skills that businesses and society needs.
so what route did you take from the Fords of Avon to Bynack More? did you just go straight up?
An area I know very well myself from numerous DofE expeditions over the years (and the odd personal trip for good measure too). Thanks for sharing, and keep up the good work.


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Netflix Gives Us A First Look At Duncan Jones' 'Mute'
Posted January 9th, 2017 by Nick Cavicchio
It might be an understatement to say that Netflix gets a lot of attention for their original content. Though most of that attention has fallen on their TV series, the streaming powerhouse has also ventured into feature film production. To some extent, that imbalanced focus is a result of the sheer quantity of TV shows Netflix has produced next to a comparatively small number of films. But unlike their TV productions, which have a nigh impeccable reputation for quality, their film offerings have been more of a mixed bag. While some have certainly had their well-earned accolades, the highest profile offerings have been the fruits of a baffling four picture deal with Adam Sandler (with the two that have been released to date currently holding a combined score of 5% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes).
That may be getting ready to change, though, as 'Warcraft' director Duncan Jones prepares to step into the streaming fray with 'Mute'. Described by Jones as a sort of spiritual successor to his 2009 debut film 'Moon', 'Mute' is a sci-fi mystery that follows a bartender searching for his missing love. Now, Netflix has given us our first look at the film. The latest press release the streaming video titan published for the film includes the following stills:
In addition to the photos, Netflix has also released an official synopsis for the film, which you can read here:
Set in the near-future, Leo (Alexander Skarsgard) is a bartender living in the pulsing city of Berlin. Because of a childhood incident, Leo lost the ability to speak and the only good thing in his life is his beautiful girlfriend Naadirah (Seyneb Saleh). When she vanishes without a trace, Leo's search for her takes him deep into the city's seedy underbelly. A pair of wise-cracking American surgeons (Paul Rudd and Justin Theroux) are the only recurring clue and Leo is forced to take on this teeming underworld in order to find his love.
The Netflix original film is directed by Duncan Jones and written by Jones and Michael Robert Johnson. Stuart Fenegan serves as producer and Charles J.D. Schissel and Trevor Beattie serve as executive producers. The film will launch in all territories where Netflix is available in 2017.
Be sure to check back with ScienceFiction.com for more news on 'Mute' as it becomes available!
Duncan Jones
Nick Cavicchio
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De groengouden tangare (Tangara schrankii) is een zangvogel uit de familie Thraupidae (tangaren).

Verspreiding en leefgebied
Deze soort telt 2 ondersoorten:
 T. s. venezuelana: zuidelijk Venezuela.
 T. s. schrankii: van zuidelijk Colombia door oostelijk Ecuador en oostelijk Peru tot centraal Bolivia en het westelijke deel van Centraal-Brazilië.

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Avibase

Thraupidae
Dier uit het Neotropisch gebied
IUCN-status niet bedreigd


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April 2013 (Volume 22, Number 4)
Centrifuges, not Lasers, the Real Proliferation Danger
Regarding the January Back Page on "The Benefits and Risks of Laser Isotope Separation": It seems strange that you should pick on an inefficient method that had already been tried for years at Livermore. Centrifugal separation is much more efficient and is the reason we are worried about Iran's program.
In the 1970s, Livermore had a large program for isotope separation using copper lasers. At the same time, TRW had a large program using ion cyclotron acceleration of uranium in a magnetized plasma, based on the theory and impetus of John Dawson. It was headed by Don Arnush, who reported to Peter Staudhammer, and the theoretical group was headed by Burt Fried. I am the only survivor. The method made clever use of the fact that a minority species could be accelerated to much larger orbits than the majority species. The experiment was a success, and palpable quantities of U235 could be obtained. Nonetheless, the politicians canceled the program to protect Livermore's status as a national lab. (You can tell I'm incensed about this.)
Years later, the Dawson scheme was revived in several places for the purpose of making medical isotopes, but they all ran out of money. Most recently, Alfred Wong, after retiring from UCLA, formed the company Nonlinear Ion Dynamics LLC, in which he had a new Dawson Separation machine built with superconducting coils. I don't know what became of that. On Wong's website, I see that in 2011 he was working on "charged-fluid centrifuges for separation of large quantities of isotopes."
I wrote up a summary of the Dawson Separation project as a chapter entitled "The Double Helix: The Dawson Separation Process" in the book From Fusion to Light Surfing, Lectures on Plasma Physics Honoring John M. Dawson by Thomas Katsouleas (now Engineering Dean at Duke). This paper is No. 136 in my website below. As far as I know, I am the only one with copies of all the previously classified memos produced in the project.
It would be more fruitful to develop the Dawson scheme for medical isotopes rather than using lasers, which are more glamorous and more attractive to the ill-informed. Furthermore, one cannot discuss proliferation without emphasizing centrifuges.
Nothing Wrong with Fewer Women Physicists
I was shocked by the quote from Kate Kirby in the February APS News in which she says, "Encouraging women to pursue physics is a top priority for us." If you believe that physicists "should" be 50% men, 50% women, and then try to achieve that goal by "encouraging" girls to pursue physics, you are deciding ahead of time what you believe the percentage should be, and then trying to make that happen. This would be the same as if you believed that physicists "should" be 100% men, 0% women, and then tried to achieve that goal by discouraging girls to pursue physics. It is morally wrong to believe that the percentage of physicists who are women should have any specific value. If you believe that in a perfect ideal world, physicists would be 50% men, 50% women, do you also believe that in a perfect ideal world, nurses, elementary school teachers, and secretaries would also be 50% men, 50% women? Nurses, elementary school teachers, and secretaries are 90% women, 10% men. Nobody thinks that's a problem. Nobody says we should encourage boys to enter those professions. If boys are less interested in those professions, what's wrong with that? If physicists are 80% men, 20% women, why would that be a problem? If girls are less interested in being physicists, what's wrong with that?
Jeffery Winkler
Solution to Pioneer Anomaly is Premature
Michael Lucibella's "Top Physics Newsmakers of 2012" in the February APS News listed the culprit for the Pioneer Anomaly as having been found. I think this is premature. Turyshev's paper dealt with only the Pioneer 10 (P10). Much of the data used to calculate the forces are less well known or are unsupported by other data. A lower anomaly occurred during the Saturn encounter of P11. Also, the P11 values were slightly different from the P10 data. The P10 data at the furthest distance flattened and increased which is inconsistent with a declining thermal cause. Although this increase is within error limits, several readings showed the trend. Turyshev et al.'s 2011 paper suggested the Pioneer anomaly may be Earth directed which is inconsistent with a declining thermal cause. The cosmological connection is unexplained by the thermal model. The solar and sidereal diurnal periodicities are unexplained by a thermal model. Anderson 2002 overreaches the uncertainty of the JPL's Horizons data. At the very least we should wait until Turyshev's model is compared to P11 data.
Although Turyshev's paper is probably the last possibility for traditional physics, a new physics cause may still be possible.
John C. Hodge
Editor: Alan Chodos


Last week saw a very special anniversary: One of our oldest players celebrated his 80th birthday. Happy birthday, Gerd! We /salute you for your continued enthusiasm and wish you all the best for the years to come.
But the battles didn't pause. Probably because of the relic situation – Midgard owns its relics and the ones of Hibernia, while Hibernia keeps controls the ones from Albion – Sunday evening saw a full scale invasion of Midgard's frontiers. Hibernia's forces established a foothold in Bledmeer Faste and were soon joined by a big Albion attack on Blendrake Faste. The Battle Herald was on site and you can find some impressions in the Facebook Album.
Update 1:30am CEST: Our ISP just informed us that the downtime needs to be extended and that additional outages might follow. The servers might be unavailable until the end of the planned window at 6:00am CEST.
The Internet Service Provider of our European Data Center will carry out a network maintenance on Thursday, 14th of July. During the maintenance Glamorgan and all archived European servers will be unavailable for login or characters transfer.
The outage is supposed to last not longer than 60 minutes and will happen in the window from 0:00 am CEST to 6:00 am CEST.
Update 6:50pm EDT: The account center is back online.
We will be bringing the BioWare Mythic account center offline for a short maintenance today, July 12th at 6:00pm EDT.
We anticipate the account center will be back online within 45 minutes no later than 6:45 pm EDT.
During this time all account center related service will be unavailable, including billing and character transfers.
After a lot of back and forth skirmishes without major lands gains, Sunday evening saw the wrath of Albion renewed, when the troops of Billings and Rescu joined forces to recapture Albions relics which were both held in Hibernia. After gaining a foothold in Dun da Behnn the Albion invaders quickly laid siege on Dun nGed and took it while Hibernia defenders were distracted by a simultaneous attack of Albion on Ailinne Outpost and a Migard raid on Dun Crimthain.
Our new Dark Age of Camelot website has been live for a little over three weeks, and it's time for its first update. We have received a lot of feedback and we are currently implementing some of your suggestions as well as fine tuning our concept. In the not so distant future (aka 'soon ™') you might notice changes like smaller banners, more consistent news blocks and others.
Update - 07/07 7:20am EDT: The account center is now available again.
Update - 07/06 4:40pm EDT: The account center is currently offline.
Update - 07/06 8:30am EDT: The account center is now offline for maintenance. It should be back online no later than 6:30 PM EDT.
Update - 5:40pm EDT: The account center is back online. We'll bring it back offline again tomorrow, Wednesday 6th of July. We anticipate the account center will be back online within 10 hours no later than 6:30 PM EDT.
All Infernal sleeves are now tradable.
Read more about Have a victorious weekend!
After a long discussion the councils in the three realms have decided to extend the opening of the warehouse for one day. While the quartermasters expressed a lot of concern about their shrinking stock of valuable assets, the Champions still were worried about the safety of their kings and were happy to see an increased strength amongst the heroes of their realm. The city guards argued that these merchants attracted some strange and dangerous monsters right to the walls of the city but were drowned out by the loud voice of the treasurer who wanted to continue to count his stacks of coins. In a nutshell: The merchants for the items of the Infernal Invasion and for the Mythirians will stay another day until Friday, 1st of July.
Update - 3:50pm EDT: All servers are back online with version 1.109b and transfers are active.
Update - 9:00am EDT: All servers are now offline for maintenance.
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We will be bringing all servers offline on Wednesday, 06/29, for the implementation of Patch 1.109b and a hard drive update on Ywain. The Ywain cluster will be unavailable from 6:00am EDT / 12:00 CEST on. All other servers will be coming down at 10:00am EDT / 16:00 CEST. We anticipate that all servers will be back online no later than 6:00 PM EDT / 0:00 CEST. Please be sure to check the Herald for updates regarding this downtime.
Several balance changes have been made to ML10 Encounter Weapons.
Master levels no longer require Master Level experience.
A series of repeatable Monster, and Player kill tasks have been added to the following Battlegrounds: Wilton and Molvik. These quests will grant generous amounts of experience and Aurulite as rewards.
Be sure to read the full 1.109b Patch Notes!
We will enable Free Character Transfers from Glamorgan to Ywain with the restart of the servers. If you have characters on Glamorgan, please read the Character Transfer Guide to be prepared.
If you want to build a new house on Ywain, please check which server of the cluster has lots in the location you are looking for. We recommend not to transfer to Ywain1.
If you transfer your guild, make sure to withdraw the collected guild taxes before the transfer. Realm Points, Bounty Points and Merit Points will get stored on the guild leader, the guild money won't. In order to withdraw the money, just click on it in the /social window.
We'll see you in the Frontier!


Abstract: Tetrabenazine was approved by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in US as the first drug to treat chorea associated with Huntington's disease in 2008. A convenient two-step method for synthesis of tetrabenazine with water as reaction medium was proposed. The process was started with 5-methyl-2-hexanone via Mannich reaction to afford 3-dimethylaminomethyl-5-methyl-hexan-2-one. The intermediate was reacted further with 6,7-Dimethoxy-3,4-dihydroisoquinoline hydrochloride at 90℃ catalyzed by triethylbenzylammonium chloride(TEBAC) in water to form the target compound. The influences of various reaction conditions on the yield were investigated. The optimal reaction conditions (temperature, time, molar yield) were as follows: Mannich reaction, reflux for 5 h, 55 %; amine exchange, 90 ℃ for 4 h, 68 %. The chemical structure of the target product with 98 % HPLC purity was characterized by 1H NMR, IR, MS and elemental analyses. The process is much of industrial value because of cheap and available materials, milder conditions, shorter reaction time, simple operations and environmental friendliness.
LI Xiaomin, CHEN Zhengping, LIU Chunyi, TANG Jie. A novel process for synthesis of tetrabenazine[J].CIESC Journal, 2012, 63(2): 567-571.
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We continue to train, to improve our techniques and to improve our personal brands ... It is time to take a new step and relaunch this new challenge of level 2. To reach level 2, it is necessary to have a certification level 1 and a minimum of 6 dives. checked in.
The program aims to improve the techniques and knowledge already acquired and to introduce new modalities, in particular the one we will put into practice in greater depth.
Is it possible to make a free fall underwater? Come to discover it!
A practical part of a minimum of 2 sessions during which we will practice STA (static apnea) and DYN (dynamic apnea) where we will develop safety techniques, relaxation techniques.
A practical part in a natural environment of 2 sessions: we will continue our learning and our training in natural environment and we will discover the importance of a good companion for the water and the security in apnea. We will improve our techniques and our relaxation to reach a maximum of 30 m safely.
During the course, we will improve our brands in the different specialties of apnea ... 2.5 minutes STA (static apnea), 50 m DYN (dynamic apnea) and (CWT) constant weight between 20 and 30 m.


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package com.chijsh.marvel.repository.character;

import com.chijsh.marvel.api.model.Character;

import java.util.List;

import rx.Observable;

/**
 * Created by chijsh on 8/1/16.
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public interface CharacterDataStore {
    Observable<List<Character>> getCharacters(int limit, int offset);
}

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This orange ribbon awareness bracelet has an orange string wrapped around a sterling silver plated chain. The bracelet has two charms: an orange ribbon charm as well as a heart charm that says "Together We Can Make A Difference". The bracelet is 8 inches and comes in a gift box with cotton insert in a beautiful white drawstring organza gift bag.


Since mine is a few years old, here are a few favorite striped dresses for ya at all different price points. I included different shapes and fits, too, so that ya snag one that best matches your body type and favorite style.
This look is the quintessential example of layering on layering. Tights under dress, vest over dress, boots over tights. It's like this perfect little cocktail concoction from your closet. When you're mixing multiple color schemes, patterns, textures, etc (black, white, brown, turquoise, and stripes, fur, beads), make sure some pieces tie it all together. Here, I made sure the faux fur was around the same shade o' tan-brown as my boots, so from top-ish to bottom, things were cohesive. Then, the pop of turquoise is just a fun statement pop.
This look is a little more trendy than the first, so it's great as a daytime look in a more stylish setting versus running errands around town or a quick coffee date (which is more suited for Look #1). Another option: get these same boots – which are $33.75 with code STYLE – in black, and pair with this vest (which is super popular and ALSO on sale) on top. PRESTO – totally new look!
I describe my personal style as two parts girly, one part edgy. I'm ALL into the badass vibes, so throwing on a leather jacket is my go-to when it comes to edging up a more feminine or classic look. This comes into play here…ALL I did was throw on a leather jacket and BOOM, badass. The sweet ride nearby helped a bit, too. 😉 But it goes to show how versatile a simple, classic striped dress can be; simply throw on a layer or specific accessory and the entire look + vibe takes a turn.
I got this specific jacket at Burlington, but this one is on super sale right now, and this one is a *gorgeous* alternative if you're looking for a really slimmed down fit.
Another more badass option could be black heeled boots and a classic denim jacket. Heeled black boots AND a black leather jacket sends you a weeeeee bit too close to biker territory, so I like adding the blue jean jacket to keep things casual. (This jean jacket is so classic – it's on sale AND an EXTRA 25% off with code MORE!
How would you wear a striped dress?
Are these sorts of "how to wear" tips helpful for ya? I really think this sorta piece is a MUST in your closet, cos it just works with so much, and for so many different occasions. You can dress it up, dress it down, play it softer and more subdued (more neutrals, less layering, etc) or more loud and fun (with more statement pieces, adding color, etc). And speaking of stripes, my absolute favorite striped long sleeve tee – as seen on Instagram! – is on sale for $14. You best believe I bought it in black, too, and I could legit wear it every. single. day.
AND LASTLY, President's Day means long weekend (#bless), and with it comes loads of SALES (aka my favorite shopping word, in case that wasn't clear 😉 ). Here's what's happening this weekend – happy shopping!
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Kawhi Leonard to Sign With L.A. Clippers
Posted 11:50 PM, July 5, 2019, by Associated Press, Updated at 12:06AM, July 6, 2019
A person familiar with the negotiations says the Los Angeles Clippers will be landing Kawhi Leonard as a free agent after they acquire Paul George from the Oklahoma City Thunder in a massive trade for players and draft picks.
George will be traded for at least four first-round picks, according to the person who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity early Saturday because none of the moves have been finalized. And Leonard made his decision to sign with the Clippers after the team swung the deal to land George, the person said.
ESPN, which first reported the trade, also said the Thunder were getting Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Danilo Gallinari from the Clippers.
Leonard going to the Clippers means that for the first time, a reigning NBA Finals MVP will be changing teams before the following season. Leonard was also being pursued by the Los Angeles Lakers and the Toronto Raptors, the team he led to last season's NBA title.
The most the Clippers can offer Leonard is $142 million over four years, which is the deal he is expected to sign. Players can sign with new teams as early as noon Eastern on Saturday.
"New adventure in OKC," Gallinari tweeted.
Leonard is entering his ninth NBA season, is a three-time All-Star, a two-time champion and one of only three players in league history to win the NBA Finals MVP award with multiple franchises.
Notoriously a man of few words, at least publicly, Leonard is generally considered to be the best two-way player in the NBA — dominant on the offensive end, airtight on the defensive end.
His game-winning, four-bounce-off-the-rim jumper to beat the buzzer in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against Philadelphia was perhaps the signature moment of this past season's playoffs.
And he just turned 28 last week — still very much in his prime.
So, too, is George.
The 29-year-old — who is owed roughly $105 million for the next three seasons — spent the last two years alongside Russell Westbrook in Oklahoma City. George averaged a career-best 28 points last season even while dealing with shoulder issues, and the Thunder couldn't get out of the first round in either of those seasons.
Going to the Clippers and pairing with Leonard means he'll have a real chance of being on a contender.
The Lakers didn't wait long before starting to move on from their quest for Leonard. Danny Green announced that he is signing a two-year deal with the Lakers, meaning he, too, is leaving Toronto.
"Kawhi has made his decision. Seems like the announcement is out," Green said in a video he posted to his social media accounts. "It's time for me to make my announcement … I will be teaming up with new teammates in LA, the Los Angeles Lakers."
Green said he enjoyed Toronto and that it was unfortunate how free agency turned out for that city, the Raptors and for Canada.
"LA, here I come," Green said.
Here comes Leonard — a Southern California native.
Leonard was, by far, the biggest name left on the free agent market. The other marquee names in this class like Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Klay Thompson and Kemba Walker all made their decisions known relatively quickly.
And like Durant, Irving and Walker, he's changing addresses.
His lone season in Toronto was the best of his career, answering every question about his health after a leg issue limited him to only nine games with San Antonio in 2017-18. Leonard averaged a career-high 26.6 points in the regular season — and was even better in the playoffs, averaging 30.5 points for the Raptors in their run to the title.
"Last year, a lot of people were doubting me," Leonard said after the NBA Finals. "They thought I was either faking an injury or didn't want to play for a team. That was disappointing to me that that was out in the media, because I love the game of basketball."
The Raptors took a major chance in acquiring Leonard last summer, since they weren't on his original list of preferred teams when he told the Spurs that he wanted to be moved elsewhere after spending his first seven seasons with them and helping them win the 2014 NBA title. DeMar DeRozan was the biggest piece that Toronto gave up in that deal, with Raptors President Masai Ujiri making the biggest move of his career.
It delivered a title. But that wasn't enough to make Leonard stay in Canada for the long haul.
"He's the best two-way player in the NBA," Ujiri said during the NBA Finals.
Leonard was simply dominant in the postseason, posting 14 games of 30 or more points. Only Michael Jordan, Hakeem Olajuwon and Kobe Bryant had postseasons with more 30-point games — Jordan had 16 of them in 1992, Olajuwon had 16 in 1995 and Bryant had 15 in 2009.
The Raptors made clear: They considered Leonard the top player in the game, and he performed at a level worthy of that moniker.
"Obviously, we have the best player in the league and the best player in these playoffs in Kawhi Leonard," Raptors forward Pascal Siakam said after Toronto won the title.
They'll have to defend the title without him.
It's a massive blow to Toronto's chances of back-to-back titles, and obviously puts a damper on the Lakers' offseason quest as well — even though they will finalize a trade Saturday to bring in Anthony Davis from New Orleans and landed the sort of shooter than LeBron James craves by adding Green.
"I'm going to come out and play the right way," Leonard said last month. "I'm not trying to make headlines."
Try or not, he's part of the summer's biggest headline now.
And he may be about to make the Clippers contenders as well.
Lakers Reach Out to Kawhi Leonard, Who Has Talked to Magic Johnson
Anthony Davis Is Coming to Lakers in Exchange for Ball, Ingram, Hart, and 3 First-Round Picks
Toronto Raptors Capture First NBA Title, Beat Warriors in Game 6
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L.A. Clippers Player Kawhi Leonard Named 2019 AP Male Athlete of the Year
Clippers Beat Lakers 111-106 in Christmas Day Game
Kawhi Leonard Leads Clippers to 112-102 Victory Over Lakers in Season Opener
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Ex-Clippers Player 'Big Baby' Davis Gets Community Service, Must Pay $104K for Assault Outside WeHo Nightclub
LeBron James, Anthony Davis Nurse Injuries But Hope to Play Against Clippers for Christmas Day Game
Advocates Suing Over Proposed Clippers Arena in Inglewood Push for Affordable Housing
Red Sox Manager Alex Cora Fired Over Sign-Stealing Scandal
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'I Got My Wish': Canadian Teen With Stage 4 Cancer Meets LeBron James on Christmas
NBA Postpones Nets-Lakers Media Sessions; Status of Thursday's Game in China Unclear
Team Says It Broke Record for NY to L.A. 'Cannonball Run' With Average Speed of 103 MPH
Proposed Clippers Arena in Inglewood Might Adversely Impact Traffic: Report
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Rahal steht für:
 Raħal Ġdid, Paola, Malta

Rahal ist der Familienname folgender Personen:

 Bobby Rahal (* 1953), US-amerikanischer Rennfahrer
 Elias Rahal (* 1942), libanesischer Erzbischof
 Graham Rahal (* 1989), US-amerikanischer Automobilrennfahrer
 James J. Rahal (1933–2011), US-amerikanischer Mediziner


Celebrating Motherhood: When love takes you in and everything changes.
To all of the nay sayers out there who are afraid to take a risk beyond themselves.
Amen sister! Couldn't have said it better myself!
Rob, this post reminds me of something you told me years ago....you challenged me to "go for something so big that only God could make it possible". God is using you to inspire us all and He is being lifted up! You get the byproducts of His blessings because He is so good.
So you keep on seeking that which only God is possible of doing.


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