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media rips tom brady and wife gisele for anti-inflammatory diet
MEDIA RIPS THE BRADYS OVER THEIR DIET
ONE MORE PROOF THE MEDIA IS CLUELESS
"Eating an anti-inflammatory diet is basically eating a diet heavy in plants and low in junk food. And that's about as far as the science goes. Anything more is overkill." Cherry-picked from Belluz' piece we are discussing today
As I sit here and type this, Tom Brady of the New England Patriots is getting ready to lead his team against the upstart Kansas City Chiefs — a team that has now won ten games in a row after starting 1 and 5. Growing up in Kansas, I have been a Chiefs fan for as long as I can remember, although there were some lean years when I was young. Can the hottest team in the NFL pull through and beat the Patriots — especially considering the game is at Foxboro? We'll find out Saturday at 3:30. Much of it depends on whether KC's vaunted defensive front can put some serious pressure on Brady.
Tom Brady is arguably the greatest quarterback of all time. You might not like him, but you can't debate his four super bowl rings, three Super Bowl MVP's, two NFL MVP awards, 11 Pro Bowls, numerous passing records, and more division titles than any other Q in the history of the game. His wife Gisele — a Brazilian of German descent — has been the world's highest paid supermodel over the course of the past decade. Needless to say, a family with this sort of curriculum vitae lives under a microscope. The latest aspect of their life to be brought to the public spotlight is their diet.
Just the other day, Vox published an article by Julia Belluz called "Most 'Anti-inflammation' Diets are Overkill. Tom Brady's is a Case in Point". There have been any number of other authors publishing similar (yesterday was "My Husband and I Tried Gisele and Tom Brady's Ridiculous Diet" from Woman's Day). Most of this is the result of an interview he did for Boston's Sports Radio 97.3 (WEEI) back in October. Along with ripping Frosted Flakes, Coca Cola (he correctly called it "poison"), and the FOOD PYRAMID, Brady had this to say (I'm cherry-picking)…..
"Much of my diet is based on an acid-alkaline principle, which for me does reduce inflammation in my body. When you run around and take hits all day for a living, that's a really positive thing for me. I would love to encourage all my teammates to eat the best way they possibly can, to have high school athletes do the same. I think we've been lied to by a lot of food companies over the years, by a lot of beverage companies over the years. But we still do it. That's just America, and that's what we've been conditioned to believe. We believe that Frosted Flakes is a food. … You just keep eating those things, and you keep wondering why we have just incredible rates of disease in our country. No one thinks it has anything to do with what we put in our body."
Although I can't really argue with what he's saying here, this led to an interview with the family's personal chef (Allen Campbell) over at BOSTON.COM. Of course Campbell avoids feeding the Bradys processed foods, SUGAR, and white flours (their children — ages 6 & 3 — eat the same thing they do). Among other things, he also avoids serving them NIGHTSHADES (tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, eggplant, etc). It's not difficult to see that the Brady's diet is essentially a PALEO DIET. Interestingly enough, Dr. David Seaman prescribed a similar diet in the pain journal Practical Pain Management several years ago, promoting something similar as a way to solve Chronic Pain caused by Inflammation (HERE). About their diet, Campbell stated……
"80 percent of what they eat is vegetables. I buy the freshest vegetables. If it's not organic, I don't use it. And whole grains: brown rice, quinoa, millet, beans. The other 20 percent is lean meats: grass-fed organic steak, duck every now and then, and chicken. As for fish, I mostly cook wild salmon. It's very different than a traditional American diet. But if you just eat sugar and carbs—which a lot of people do—your body is so acidic."
Again, sounds pretty good to me. I do think, however, that Campbell might benefit from a lesson in mathematics. If 80% of their diet is vegetation and 20% is lean meats, I'm not sure how much grain they are really consuming. My personal opinion is that the GRAINS and beans (lectins) might be more inflammatory for the Bradys than the nightshades — unless they have an actual nightshade sensitivity. Although you can get tested for this in several different ways, the best is one than anyone can do on their own, and it doesn't cost them a thing —- an ELIMINATION DIET. Nightshades can be extremely good for you — even anti-inflammatory — if you are not sensitive to them (most people are not). However, I have treated any number of patients for which nightshades are a nightmare. This is especially true in those with chronic, severe, all-over joint pain.
Belluz is not too hip on diets like the Bradys. After sharing with us that there is not much science backing these sorts of "restrictive," diets, she lets us know that for the average person, "cutting out junk food tends to be enough to do the trick." On some level I would agree with her. At the very least it's a FANTASTIC START. But who is 'the average person' here in America? They are are sedentary, OVERWEIGHT, fighting some sort of AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE, DEPRESSED, and extremely INFLAMED (take THIS simple test to see if you have too much Inflammation). The Brady's are different. They aren't average in any sense of the word.
Each relies on their body to make a living. And while Gisele has "retired" from modeling, Tom has said that he wants to continue playing professional football until he's 45. Although I personally believe this is wishful thinking, more power to him. The only way he could conceivably accomplish this is by taking extraordinary care of his body. Think about it this way. With the tens of millions of dollars Brady makes each year between football and endorsements; if an ultra-strict diet can extend his career by even one year, he has paid for their personal chef and organic food a thousand times over. Worst case scenario, he missed out on some ice cream sundaes — eating in this manner is not going to somehow make him worse.
The biggest problem with Belluz' article is not about what the Brady's are doing with their diets, but the terrible advice being promoted by some of the experts she used to refute them — namely one Christopher Cannon, a Harvard cardiologist.
"Many of the popular diets out there — Mediterranean, low-carb, low-fat — all help reduce inflammation. In any of these diets, people are cutting out saturated fat, doughnuts, french fries, all the bad things that promote inflammation. So that helps reduce inflammation very quickly."
Belluz goes on to talk about the basic principles set forth in a book that Cannon wrote a decade ago called The Complete Idiot's Guide to Anti-Inflammation Diet. Much of his advice is great. Some of it is terrible. For one, he actually tells readers to, "eat only unsaturated fats." This goes hand in hand with him telling readers that LOW FAT DIETS are equal to LOW CARB DIETS (not surprising once you grasp THIS SAD FACT). We've KNOWN FOR QUITE SOME TIME THAT SATURATED FAT is not the great pariah is has been vilified as, and that following such advice is dangerous. It is the low fat / fat free era that helped dramatically speed up the demise of our national health (HERE).
Other advice like, "eat lots of whole grains" sounds like a revival of the Food Pyramid — or our government's recommended diet — DASH. Because of hybridization, GMO, and OTHER FACTORS, grains — and particularly WHEAT and CORN —- are nothing like they were 100 years ago. And never forget that grain is what you feed farm animals to make them fat. And as for his advice to, "eat plenty of fruits and vegetables" — vegetables are distinctly different than fruits (HERE), and depending on what you are trying to accomplish with your diet (weight loss or ANTI-CANDIDA are two that come immediately to mind), you might want to all but totally avoid fruits — at least for awhile.
On top of all this, Cannon is one of the researchers — a true industry insider who has heavily promoted any number of drugs, including EZETIMIBE / VYTORIN — whose stated mantra, "lower is better" when it comes to cholesterol, actually changed governmental guidelines (HERE). On his Amazon biography he goes on to talk about the, "benefit of lowering of LDL cholesterol to even lower levels than the currently revised guidelines using a new type of cholesterol-lowering medication in addition to statins." As you can see from THIS POST, the lower-is-better thought process is another of the ideas that puts serious amounts of money in Big Pharma's pockets, even though it goes directly against the "EVIDENCE".
For those who want to understand why a Paleo Diet is the best overall diet for controlling inflammation, helping create your own personalized EXIT STRATEGY for getting out of pain or solving your chronic illnesses, or even LOSING WEIGHT and building lean body mass, all you need to do is follow THIS LINK (here is more about "WHY PALEO?")
We can't all afford a personal chef, but eating healthy is MORE AFFORDABLE THAN YOU REALIZE. Instead of bashing Tom and Gisele for the way they eat, we might all take a couple of lessons. For those of you who are truly struggling with Chronic Pain and Chronic Inflammatory Degenerative Diseases or Autoimmunity, HERE is the post you need to read.
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Indian Packaging Giant Essel Propack Establishes New "Gateway to South America" Plant in Valle del Cauca
Indian packaging company Essel Propack is putting a factory in Villa Rica, adding its second facility in Colombia with the aim to increase sales in the Andean nation while also reaching further into the rest of South America.
The Mumbai-based company specializes in making tube packaging for the likes of Colgate-Palmolive, Procter & Gamble, and Unilever, and says it will have the capacity to manufacture 180 million tubes per year in its new Villa Rica plant, located in the department of Valle del Cauca about 100 miles south of Cali.
Along with the output of its already-established location in Santander de Quilichao, the firm believes the expansion will allow it to double its production in the country, according to a company statement.
"Our new plant investment, known as Essel Colombia SAS, is a significant strategic event for our continued long-term growth and development here in Colombia and throughout the South American continent," said Ted Sojourne, the firm's regional vice president, according to Pharma Biz. "This facility is built with an infrastructure that will support the future capacity expansions and growth. We have now established our gateway to South America."
Many of the tubes produced in the Cali plant, which is being set up in a special economic zone, will be exported for sales in Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela, said the company. Outside of Colombia, Essel Propack's only other Latin American operations are in Mexico, where it maintains one facility.
The tube-maker is a subsidiary of the Essel Group, which reports a value of $2.4 billion USD and sales of some six billion tubes per year. It operates a total of 21 facilities in 11 countries, including Colombia.
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Influence maximization in social networks has been widely studied motivated by applications like spread of ideas or innovations in a network and viral marketing of products. Current studies focus almost exclusively on unsigned social networks containing only positive relationships (e.g. friend or trust) between users. Influence maximization in signed social networks containing both positive relationships and negative relationships (e.g. foe or distrust) between users is still a challenging problem that has not been studied. Thus, in this paper, we propose the polarity-related influence maximization (PRIM) problem which aims to find the seed node set with maximum positive influence or maximum negative influence in signed social networks. To address the PRIM problem, we first extend the standard Independent Cascade (IC) model to the signed social networks and propose a Polarity-related Independent Cascade (named IC-P) diffusion model. We prove that the influence function of the PRIM problem under the IC-P model is monotonic and submodular Thus, a greedy algorithm can be used to achieve an approximation ratio of 1-1/e for solving the PRIM problem in signed social networks. Experimental results on two signed social network datasets, Epinions and Slashdot, validate that our approximation algorithm for solving the PRIM problem outperforms state-of-the-art methods.


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Home Durham county England Peninnes- The wild open Space and its Beauty
David Field
Pennines, a significant highland mass that forms a relief "backbone" or "spine" in the north of England and extends south from Northumberland to Derbyshire. The highlands have a short, steep western slope and fall slightly to the east. They are surrounded to the east, west, and south by the Vale of York, plains of Lancashire, Cheshire and the valley of the River Trent. In the north, Tyne Gap and Eden Valley separate the Pennines from the Cheviots and the mountains of the Lake District.
The Pennine system is often mistakenly called a chain, but it's barely a range. Its hills are divided into numerous short fields by valleys (commonly referred to as valleys), which are retreated in all directions. The Pennines form a northern and southern divide that govern the course of all major rivers in the north of England. The Pennines are divided into two main sections by a gap created by the Rivers Aire (east-flowing) and Ribble (west-flowing).
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Amazing Natural Beauty
Upper Teesdale is located in the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, affectionately referred to as "England's Last Wilderness." If you want to enjoy the wind (and sometimes the rain) in your face, the vast, wild & beautiful moors, the spectacular waterfalls, and the fascinating geology, you will love the Upper Teesdale Valley. And after a long day in the mountains, relax and explore the charming, historic market towns and villages whose Norman castles and manor houses attract attention and interest.
For many people, Teesdale is a river valley somewhere in northeastern England with vague associations with lead mining and shipbuilding. For those who have run or ridden in Teesdale, it is a beautiful area full of interest. It is an area explored along the Teesdale Way and Pennine Way and crossed by numerous paths and trails. The Walney to Wear and C2C bike routes run from coast to coast, and the region is home to countless outdoor competition events every year.
The northern part of the Pennines is more full and generally higher than the southern one. The most top points in the north section are Cross Fell (893 m), Whernside (737 m), Ingleborough (723 m) and Pen-y-Ghent (693 m) m]). In the southern part, altitudes over 600 meters (2000 feet) are rare, except for Kinder Scout (2,088 feet [636 meters]), part of the Peak District of Derbyshire.
The geological structure of the Pennines consists of limestone and Millstone Grit with some local slates. In the drier areas moorland dominates, while the wet, peaty areas are predominantly covered with cottongrass. The tops of the hills are rounded or almost flat, but geological structures and glacial activities have helped to create a beautiful landscape in the valleys. Water Action has developed remarkable underground caves and streams in the limestone of the Pennines. These caves and chasms include the Ingleborough Cave near Clapham, Gaping Gill (over 107m deep) and Rowten Pot (111m deep).
Pennines Map
The creek that drains Malham Tarn (stream) disappears underground and reappears at the foot of the cliffs at Malham Cove. A notable underground watercourse in Derbyshire is the River Wye, which goes into Plunge Hole and then crosses Pooles Hole near Buxton. There are only a few lakes in the Pennines, but reservoirs in Millstone Grit provide water to West Yorkshire and Lancashire's producing regions.
The economy of the Pennines is based mainly on the sheep breeding and the removal of limestone. In the valleys, there are numerous small market towns, including Hawes, Muker, and Grassington. Tourism has become an important economic factor, supported by the designation of the Peak District, Yorkshire Dales and Northumberland National Parks. The Pennine Way, a 400-kilometer walk through the Pennines hills, opened in 1965.
There are numerous prehistoric remains, such as the large stone circle at Arbor Low Hill. Hadrian's Wall, an ancient Roman defensive line against the peoples of Scotland, stretches from east to west along the northern edge of the Pennines.
The Pennines are the major watershed in northern England for much of their length, dividing east and west. The rivers Eden, Ribble, Dane and tributaries of the Mersey (including Irwell, Tame and Goyt) flow west towards the Irish Sea. On the east side of the watershed spring the rivers Tyne, Tees, Wear, Swale, Ure, Nidd, Wharfe, Aire, Calder and Don in the region and flow east into the North Sea. However, the River Trent rises on the western side of the Pennines before flowing along the southern end of the mountains and on the east side. Along with its tributaries (mainly the Dove and the Derwent), it drains both the eastern and western sides of the southern end to the North Sea.
With a height of less than 900 meters, the Pennines are often referred to as Fells, with most of the mountainous terrain to the north. The highest is Cross Fell in East Cumbria (893 m), while other main peaks in the North Pennines include:
Great Dun Fell (848 m)
Mickle Fell (788 m)
Burnhope Seat (2451 m) (747 m)
The main Yorkshire Dales are
Whernside (736m)
Ingleborough (723m)
High Seat (710m)
Wild Boar Fell (708m)
Pen-y-Gent (2,274m). 693 m).
The main peaks in the Forest of Bowland include
Ward's Stone (561 m)
Fair Snape Fell (521 m)
Hawthornthwaite Fell (479 m).
Although the terrain is lower to the south, the main peaks of the South Pennines and Peak District are the
Children's Scout 636m
Bleaklow 633m
Black Chew Head 542m
Rombald's Moor 1319ft. 402m and Winter Hill 1,496ft. (456 m).
The area contains many Bronze Age establishments and sign of Neolithic settlement (along with henges such as Long Meg and Her Daughters or stone circles).
The Pennines were controlled by the Brigands' tribal group, which consisted mainly of small tribes living in the area working together in defense and foreign affairs. The brigands developed an early form of the kingdom. During the Roman era, the brigands were dominated by the Romans, who exploited the Pennines for their natural resources, including the wildlife found there.
The Pennines were a significant obstacle to Anglo-Saxon expansion to the west, though it appears that the Anglo-Saxon traveled through the valleys. During the Dark Ages, the Pennines were controlled by Celtic and Anglo-Saxon empires. It is believed that the northern Pennines were under the control of the Kingdom of Rheged.
During the Nordic period, the Pennines were settled by Viking Danes in the east and Norwegian Vikings in the west. The Vikings influenced place names, culture, and genetics. When England was united, the Pennines were incorporated into the country. Its blend of Celtic, Anglo-Saxon and Viking heritage resembled much of the rest of the north of England and its culture developed along with the lowland neighbors of northwest and northeast England. The Pennines were not an independent political community, but were divided between neighboring counties in the northeast and northwest of England; Much of it was in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
The Pennine climate is generally temperate like that of the rest of England, but the hills have more precipitation, stronger winds, and colder weather than the surrounding areas. Higher elevations have a tundra climate. Due to the altitude and distance from the coast, the Pennines experience more snow than the surrounding lowland areas. Unlike lowland areas in England, the Pennines can have pretty severe winters.
The northwest is one of the wettest regions in England, and much of the rain falls on the Pennines. The east side is drier than the west side – the rain shadow protects the northeast of England from rain that would otherwise fall there.
Precipitation is essential for the biodiversity and human population in the area. Many cities are located on rivers that flow from the hills, and in the northwest of England, the lack of natural aquifers is compensated by reservoirs. In the Yorkshire Dales and the Peak District, the water has formed canyons, caves and limestone landscapes. In some areas, rainfall has contributed to poor soils, resulting in part in moorland that characterizes much of the field of distribution and In other areas as well where the land has not been damaged, lush vegetation has developed.
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What you should know about the Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan
Members of the Indian Border Security Force patrolling near the fence at the India-Pakistan International Border at the Budwar post of the Arnia sector in May 2016. PHOTO: EPA
Sep 30, 2016, 3:42 pm SGT
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The Himalayan region of Kashmir has been a flashpoint between India and Pakistan for more than six decades.
Since 1947, the two nuclear-armed neighbours have fought two of their three wars over Kashmir. Both claim the Muslim-majority territory in full but control only parts of it.
In the latest tensions, India conducted surgical strikes on alleged terrorist launch pads in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir on Thursday (Sept 29) after the Indian army received information about planned attacks on major Indian cities.
Here's a quick look at the dispute over Kashmir:
1. Why do India and Pakistan distrust each other?
India and Pakistan were created out of the bloody partition of British India in 1947. The tensions before and after the drawing of new borders uprooted 14 million people and erupted in mob violence that killed as many as one million Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs. The two countries have fought three wars since independence.
Pakistan's founders believed India saw the subcontinent's partition as temporary and hoped to absorb the territory that had become Pakistan at the first opportunity.
India, on the other hand, has been frustrated by what it sees as Pakistan's support for terrorists that continue to strike inside its territory, particularly in Kashmir.
2. What's so special about Kashmir?
Two of the three wars between India and Pakistan were fought over Kashmir - in 1947 and 1965. At the time of partition, India and Pakistan courted the subcontinent's various princely states to join their respective fledgling nations. The Hindu ruler of Muslim-majority Kashmir couldn't decide which new country to join. Pakistani irregulars invaded, India intervened, and the two countries fought to a stalemate.
Almost 70 years later, the two sides remain in a tense standoff along a de facto border known as the Line of Control, one of the most heavily militarised zones in the world. The border is about 700 km long.
3. Who controls what in Kashmir?
India controls about 45 per cent of Kashmir, with one state, Jammu and Kashmir, making up the southern and eastern portions of the region. Pakistan controls about 35 per cent, with three areas - Azad Kashmir, Gilgit and Baltistan - making up the northern and western portions of the region. China occupies about 20 per cent of the territorry on the Aksai Chin plateau in the west.
4. Why is there insurgency in Kashmir?
Armed resistance to Indian rule began in the Kashmir valley in 1989. Muslim political parties claimed that the 1987 elections to the state's legislative assembly were rigged against them, and they formed militant wings. Some groups demanded independence for the state of Jammu and Kashmir and others supported Pakistan.
Pakistan gave its support to the movement, calling for the issue to be resolved through a UN-sponsored referendum. But India maintained that Pakistan's support of the insurgency consisted of training and supplying weapons to militant separatists and repeatedly called for Islamabad to stop what it called "cross-border terrorism".
5. What lies ahead?
India is contemplating non-military responses, including perhaps building dams or expanding hydro-electric projects along important rivers flowing from India to Pakistan. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration is also suggesting it could revoke the "Most Favoured Nation" trading status which India granted to Pakistan in 1996 - an act that was never reciprocated.
It's likely that tensions will remain high between New Delhi and Islamabad. "We are entering the worst period for India-Pakistan relations in over a decade," predicts Dr Shashank Joshi, a fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in London.
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Finnish Prime Minister concedes election defeat
Alexander Stubb congratulates the opposition Centre Party after projection showed his party coming second in the polls.
Alexander Stubb lost the election that was mainly focused on how to lift Finland out of its three-year economic slump [Reuters]
Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb conceded defeat in Sunday's general election, which saw the opposition Centre Party and its leader Juha Sipila come out on top.
"It seems as though the Centre has won. Congratulations," Stubb told Finnish public radio and television YLE.
Projections by YLE showed the Centre Party winning 46 of 200 seats in parliament, while Stubb's conservative National Coalition Party was seen taking 37 seats, the same number as the Social Democrats.
The right-wing eurosceptic Finns Party was seen taking 35 seats.
Voters were disgruntled with Stubb's four-party left-right government coalition, which has been paralysed by internal discord and unable to push through any real policy changes.
Centre Party leader Juha Sipila, a 53-year-old IT millionaire and newcomer to politics, is expected to become the next prime minister.
Tradition dictates that the largest party takes the post of prime minister and forms a government with the other largest parties to obtain a majority in parliament.
In an election that was mainly focused on how to lift Finland out of its three-year economic slump, Sipila campaigned heavily on his business know-how.
He has vowed to created 200,000 private sector jobs over 10 years.


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La catedral basílica de San Bavón (en neerlandés: Kathedrale Basiliek Sint Bavo) es un edificio religioso en Haarlem, en los Países Bajos, construido por los católicos entre 1895 y hasta 1930 para sustituir a la anterior waterstaatskerk en la Jansstraat llamada San José. Esa iglesia fue a su vez construida para reemplazar a la Sint-Bavokerk, la anterior iglesia católica que en  1578  se había convertido al protestantismo tras ser confiscada tras el asedio de la ciudad.

La catedral de San Bavón ahora sirve como la principal catedral de la diócesis de Haarlem-Ámsterdam. Dentro de la catedral, la antigua sacristía se ha convertido en un pequeño museo (schatkamer) que contiene objetos históricos del pasado católico de Haarlem.

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Véase también
 Arquitectura de las catedrales y las grandes iglesias
 Arte cristiano

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Catedrales del siglo XX
Catedrales católicas de los Países Bajos
Basílicas de los Países Bajos
Haarlem
Arquitectura de los Países Bajos del siglo XX
Arquitectura neobizantina
Arquitectura neogótica en los Países Bajos
Arquitectura de 1930
Países Bajos en 1930
Catedral de San Bavón (Haarlem)
Catedral de San Bavón
Diócesis de Haarlem-Ámsterdam
Catedrales neogóticas

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I recently logged back into Second Life after a break that lasted for over a year and a half ... okay I admit it ... I deleted my account which was a really stupid move but my real life was one big mess at the time and I just never thought that I would get back on the grid.
After submitting several tickets Linden Lab restored my account(s) and all is well again in the world of Second Life ... except for MESH. Now for those of you who have already converted over to Mesh this article may not seem relevant but for me and my Classic Avatar everything has relevance.
Don't get me wrong ... I like the way my Avi looks and I have spent both a lot of Lindens and effort to make her as original as possible. Curiosity did get the better of me after a few days of SL window shopping so I decided to check out the Mesh situation for myself.
Firstly I made landmarks EVERYWHERE then I spent another day Demo shopping ... my shops of choice were LAQ and Maitreya and EMOtions to name a few. I also joined a few groups and took advantage of the gifts that were on offer ... I made a folder for all of these items so that I wouldn't forget where I had put them or rather where my inventory had decided to place them.
My next step will be to pay a visit to the closest sand box to do some unpacking and sorting and then back to my home base to try all of my demo items. Home is a simple room with a bed and nothing more ... the cost is only Ten Lindens a week but it's somewhere to park my avi ... for now.
Thank you LL ... it is great to be back.


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Q: cin input not being accepted in while loop Hi I'm trying to use a cin input but on my second while loop, the inputs are not running though correctly.  How would I go about this?
Here's what I have:
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
#include <iomanip>
using std::endl;
using std::cout;
using std::cin;
using namespace std;

int a, A;

int main() {
    int choice, num;

    cout << "State Search" << endl;
    cout << "" << endl;
    cout << "1. Enter the first letter of your desired state" << endl;
    cout << "2. Press 2 to Quit" << endl;
    cout << "" << endl;

    bool done = false;
    while(!done) {
        //user inputs desired choice
        cin >> choice;
        if(choice == a || choice == A)
        {
            cout << "Which State? (enter a number)" << endl;
            cout << "1. Alabama" << endl;
            cout << "2. Alaska" << endl;
            cout << "3. Arizona" << endl;
            cout << "" << endl;

            while (!(cin >> num))
            {
                if(num == 1)
                {
                    cout << "test output 1" << endl;
                }

                else if (num == 2)
                {
                    cout << "test output 2" << endl;
                }

                else if (num == 3)
                {
                    cout << "test output 3" << endl;
                }

            } break;
        } break;
    }
    return 0;

}

Once the user chooses one of the above states using a number I want to display the chosen output.

A: Here is a cleaned up version of what you are trying to do with some inline comment where you were going wrong.
// You only need to include iostream in your example program
// Only include what you need
#include <iostream>
#include <limits>

// You do not need to include all of the std namespace in the local scope
// if you are using the things you want.
using std::endl;
using std::cout;
using std::cin;
using std::streamsize;

int main()
{
        cout << "State Search\n\n";
        cout << "1. Enter the first letter of your desired state\n";
        cout << "2. Press 2 to Quit\n" << endl;

        // Removed all the while(!done) / break; as it is just noise in the current iteration of your program.

        // if you use an int for the choice variable, you will actually try to parse the input
        // as an integer and return 0 if the user inputs 'a'
        // you need to use a char for what you want to do

        char choice;
        cin >> choice;
        // Also your a and A int value do not make sense as they are init to 0
        // (global initialization), I guess what you want to do is compare to the char 'a' or 'A'. You could also transform the input to lowercase and compare only to 'a'.
        if (choice == 'a' || choice == 'A')
        {
                // Use \n not std::endl as it will flush the output buffer
                // all the time. std::endl is a false friend, use it only
                // when you want to present your text to the user.
                cout << "Which State? (enter a number)\n";
                cout << "1. Alabama\n";
                cout << "2. Alaska\n";
                cout << "3. Arizona\n" << endl;

                // We want to wait until we get a correct input and _then_
                // do something with our input.
                int num;
                while (!(cin >> num))
                {
                   // You might want to say something to your user if he doesn't input a correct number here.
                   // This will succeed if the user inputs 4, so you might also want to handle that case differently and ask the user to retry too in that case.
                   // The stream is now in error, you need to reset the state of the stream by clearing the error and emptying the buffer.
                   cin.clear();
                   cin.ignore(std::numeric_limits<streamsize>::max(), '\n');
                }
                // Just showing another way of doing the if / else if dance in C/C++.
                switch(num)
                {
                        case 1: cout << "You chose Alabama" << endl; break;
                        case 2: cout << "You chose Alaska" << endl; break;
                        case 3: cout << "You chose Arizona" << endl; break;
                        default: cout << "I do not recognize the State" << endl; break;
                }
        }
        // if we didn't receive 'a' or 'A' we just quit the program.
        return 0;
}

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July 20, 2010 Arthur Lieber Sports Leave a comment
Baseball, like so much of life, has a romantic attachment to the "good old days." And indeed there were good old days. The norm is to knock modernity; if it's new, it must be tainted, somewhat like steroids.
Well here's something from 2010 baseball that gives me hope, not only for baseball, but also for how individuals in our society with different loyalties can bridge gaps, share knowledge, and see the "greater good" as more important than those of their "tribe."
St. Louis Post-Dispatch sports writer Bernie Miklasz reported on the success of Cardinal hurler Adam Wainwright over the past two years. Wainwright, like most successful professionals, is constantly seeking to improve his abilities. At the All-Star Game in Anaheim, Wainwright ran into another consummate professional, Tim Lincecum, a two-time Cy Young Award [best pitcher in his league] winner in the National League. Last year Lincecum edged out Wainwright even though "Waino" received more first place votes. They would have good reason to harbor professional jealousy. They would have good reason to wish for the other one to do poorly. The both play for teams that could fight for the 2010 National League pennant; conceivably they could even face one another in the seventh game of the National League Championship series.
In Wainwright's first start following the All-Star game, he pitched six shutout innings. Manager Tony LaRussa relieved Wainwright early that day because Waino was working on short rest. Wainwright won the game as the Cardinals eked out a 2-0 victory.
The next day, sportswriter Miklasz wrote:
Wainwright also debuted a new pitch Saturday: a changeup with a grip that he picked up from the Giants' two-time Cy Young winner, Tim Lincecum, at the All-Star Game. While tinkering with the new grip Friday, Wainwright didn't feel comfortable.
So Wainwright sent a text message to former Cardinal Todd Wellemeyer (now a Giant) and asked him to take a photo of Lincecum holding the ball in the changeup grip. Wellemeyer texted the photo to Wainwright, who adjusted his grip to match Lincecum's.
Wainwright estimates that he threw "eight to 10" changeups to the Dodgers. He was pleased with about half of them. "It's a work in progress," Wainwright said.
This is not "your father's baseball." Cardinal Hall of Famer Bob Gibson refused to speak with players from other teams and castigated teammates of his who did. He suffers when viewing today's baseball; every time a hitter reaches first base and starts a conversation with the first baseman, Gibson feels anguish and perhaps sees himself as a relic of days gone by.
It's difficult to disagree with anything about Bob Gibson. He is regarded as perhaps the toughest competitor in baseball history. But perhaps that's the point. It seems that for Adam Wainwright, Tim Lincecum, and Todd Wellemeyer, it may be important to be a friendly competitor than to be the toughest one.
They still compete, with Wainwright and Lincecum at the top of their profession. Wellemeyer might wish ill on anyone; he is always an inning or two of disaster away from ending his major league career. The real "star of this game" is Lincecum, who shared the information (it didn't take unusual fortitude on Wainwright's part to accept the information). Previously,, I didn't know much about Lincecum; resented his mastery of the Cardinals and the fact that he edged out two Cardinals last year for the Cy Young.
A few years ago baseball ignored proper grammar and called today's game, "Baseball like it ought to be." This is obviously an assertion open to interpretation. But as someone who likes the idea of people from different tribes getting along with one another, I want to believe that "baseball like it ought to be" includes fraternization of players from different teams. And if we believe the adage that life can imitate baseball, then wouldn't it be great if soldiers representing opposing countries or factions would see the greater bond that exists between them than the rift between whomever they might be representing. If Wainwright and Lincecum can talk, why can't Netanyahu and Ahmadinejad?
Sharing can be an outgrowth of talking; meaningful dialogue. So I want to thank Tim Lincecum, Adam Wainwright, and Todd Wellemeyer for dropping the bravado and acting like statesmen. Now we need more statesmen to act like modern All-Star baseball players.
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Chill Like Sonny Crockett With Har Mar Superstar's New EP, Personal Boy
by Gerry Lopez August 23, 2017 September 2, 2019
Har Mar Superstar is the rare artist that can explore different genres while remaining sincere to his own artistic vision. His new EP, Personal Boy, produced by BJ Burton and Lazerbeak, is no exception, as he dives deep into the 80's-infused, smooth, electro-R&B of the title track. Demanding a Miami Vice era Michael Mann montage, the song builds slowly and insistently for 7 and a half minutes as Har Mar passionately bares his soul as only he can. The slap bass and hint of vocoder in "Timeback" further serves the cool retro vibe, as the track slinks by. Rounding out the EP is a cover of The Afghan Whigs's recent single "Demon in Profile," starring Har Mar in the music video. While at first, he doesn't seem to stray too far from the original, as the song builds, it shifts into a style that is consistent with the rest of the EP, with electronic drums and synths and even the hint of an 80s dance beat that works surprisingly well with the darkness of the song. The radio edit of the title track at the end, while understandable, feels like cheating as it loses much of the ambiance of the full cut. While this EP is much more subdued than his past work, this chilled out mood, combined with his passionate, often unbridled delivery, results in a fresh take on this style. Get your Sonny Crockett outfit on and brood in style along to this EP.
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In this two-arm trial, community health workers (CHWs) provided integrated FP counseling and services during home visits along with their outreach MNH activities in the intervention arm, but provided only MNH services in the control arm. The contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) in the intervention arm was 15 percent higher than in the control arm at 12 months, and the difference in CPRs remained statistically significant throughout the 24 months of observation. The short birth interval of less than 24 months was significantly lower in the intervention arm. The study demonstrates that it is feasible and effective to integrate FP services into a community-based MNH care program for improving postpartum contraceptive use and lengthening birth intervals.


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Caryospora jararacae – gatunek pasożytniczych pierwotniaków należący do rodziny Eimeriidae z podtypu Apicomplexa, które kiedyś były klasyfikowane jako protista. Występuje jako pasożyt węży. C. jararacae cechuje się tym iż oocysta zawiera 1 sporocystę. Z kolei każda sporocysta zawiera 8 sporozoitów.

Obecność tego pasożyta stwierdzono u żararaki (Bothrops jararaca) i żararaki lancetowatej (Bothrops atrox) należących do rodziny żmijowatych (Viperidae).

Występuje na terenie Brazylii w Ameryce Południowej.

Sporulowana oocysta
Jest kształtu sferoidalnego lub lekko jajowatego, posiada bezbarwną ścianę o grubości 0,7 μm. Oocysta posiada następujące rozmiary: długość 12,5 – 14,4 μm, szerokość 12,5 – 14,4 μm. Brak mikropyli oraz wieczka biegunowego. Występuje pojedyncze ciałko biegunowe o wymiarach 1,2 × 1,0 μm, które  zwykle przylega do wewnętrznej strony otoczki oocysty.

Sporulowana sporocysta i sporozoity
Sporocysty kształtu owoidalnego o długości 8,7 – 11,2 μm, szerokości 7,5 – 8,7 μm. Występuje ciałko Stieda oraz substieda body (SBB). Brak parastieda body (PSB). Występuje ciałko resztkowe sporocysty w postaci około 20 ziarnistości umieszczonych pomiędzy sporozoitami.

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@property (nonatomic, strong) TopicViewController *topicVC;
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@property (nonatomic, strong) ProfileViewController *profileVC;

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Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) () è l'organismo governativo del Qatar principalmente responsabile della formulazione e della gestione di regole, normative e leggi riguardanti lo sviluppo e la promozione del turismo in Qatar. Questo ente si occupa di gestire le strutture e le attrazioni turistiche, ampliare e diversificare l'offerta turistica del Qatar, incrementare l'apporto del settore turistico nel PIL del paese oltre a contribuire alla crescita e allo sviluppo sociale futuri.

Il lavoro di QTA si attiene alle linee guida definite dalla Strategia del settore turistico nazionale del Qatar 2030 (QNTSS, Qatar National Tourism Sector Strategy), pubblicata a febbraio 2014 al fine di delineare un piano per lo sviluppo futuro del settore.

Visto turistico per il Qatar
I visitatori che arrivano in Qatar con un volo aereo possono richiedere il visto turistico online. Per inviare una richiesta, i visitatori devono:
 Compilare un modulo online
 Caricare i documenti richiesti (scansione del passaporto e fotografie personali)
 Fornire informazioni sulla prenotazione del volo aereo
 Effettuare un pagamento online usando una carta di credito valid
I visitatori che arrivano in Qatar con Qatar Airways possono richiedere un visto turistico per il titolare della prenotazione e per tutti gli accompagnatori che viaggiano con la stessa prenotazione.

Visto di transito in Qatar
I passeggeri di tutte le nazionalità che transitano in Qatar con Qatar Airways hanno diritto a un visto di transito gratuito valido per 96 ore. Si applicano tuttavia alcune condizioni, pertanto i visti vengono rilasciati esclusivamente a discrezione del Ministero degli Interni del Qatar.

Visto per visitatori residenti nei paesi del Consiglio di cooperazione del Golfo
I residenti nei paesi appartenenti al Consiglio di cooperazione del Golfo (GCC, Gulf Cooperation Council) che occupano posizioni in ambiti professionali approvati e i relativi accompagnatori possono ottenere un visto per visitatori residenti nei paesi GCC all'arrivo in Qatar. Questo visto per un solo ingresso, del costo di QAR 100, ha una validità di 30 giorni ed è rinnovabile per altri tre mesi.

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Collegamenti esterni
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 Visti per i visitatori

Economia del Qatar
Turismo in Qatar


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Mason has eight graduate programs listed among top 25 nationally, led by part-time law that is best in nation among publics
March 30th, 2021 / By
Mariam Aburdeineh and Damian Cristodero
Mason has 18 programs ranked in the top 50 nationally and 33 ranked in the top 50 among public universities, according to U.S. News and World Report's 2022 graduate program rankings. Photo by Evan Cantwell/Creative Services
George Mason University has eight graduate programs listed among the top 25 nationally according to latest rankings by U.S. News & World Report, reflecting the university's impact as one of the best institutions for advanced degrees.
The list was led by Mason's part-time law program at the Antonin Scalia Law School, which was No. 1 in the nation among publics, and also included two programs at the Schar School of Policy and Government that were among the top 10 nationally for public universities. Rounding out the list were programs in criminology in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences as well as elementary education and special education in the College of Education and Human Development.
Overall, Mason has 18 programs ranked in the top 50 nationally and 33 ranked in the top 50 among public universities.
"These rankings highlight the quality of our programs, expertise of our faculty, the impact of our research, and the achievements of our students," Mason President Gregory Washington said. "Mason is a destination for the nation's best students and we are very pleased that U.S. News has recognized our graduate programs that provide access to excellence."
Mason is the largest public research university in Virginia, with campuses in Fairfax, Arlington and Manassas. Each of the top 25 ranked programs is based at Mason's Arlington Campus, less than five miles from Washington, D.C. The campus is undergoing a $250 million transformation as part of the Rosslyn-Ballston Innovation Corridor, an innovation district that will be the first of its kind in Virginia, and will house the Institute for Digital InnovAtion where the School of Computing will be located.
U.S. News ranks different programs at different times of the year including rankings for online master's programs, which were released in January, and the annual Best Colleges rankings released each fall.
"The recognition of Mason's outstanding academic programs as among the highest ranked in the nation affirms the experiences of our students that they are well prepared for success," said Provost Mark Ginsberg.
The part-time law program at the Scalia Law School is ranked No. 4 among public and private institutions, ahead of such distinguished universities as Temple, Loyola Marymount, University of Maryland, University of Denver and Rutgers.
"Our part-time JD program enables busy professionals to pursue a law degree in a flexible way without sacrificing on quality," said law school Dean Ken Randall.
Starting this fall, through the increased use of technology, the part-time law program will offer students even more flexibility so students in the first two years of the four-year program can come to campus as few as two nights a week, instead of the traditional five days, Randall said.
"Our advantageous pricing point also makes a part-time legal education possible," Randall added. "We are delighted that U.S. News has recognized Mason's programs that connect students to distinguished faculty and unparalleled opportunities in the nation's capital."
Five of the Schar School's specialties (homeland security, international policy, local government management, public management and nonprofit management) are ranked as the top program in Virginia and two (homeland security and international policy) ranked in the top five in the country among public institutions.
The Schar School's prime location in the heart of U.S. policy provides students with one-of-a-kind professional opportunities that supplement learning from professors with real-world experience in everything from NGOs and nonprofits to lead government agencies like the CIA, National Security Agency and many more.
"In its first five years, the Schar School's rankings have climbed impressively," said Dean Mark J. Rozell. "These rankings are a testament to the quality of a unique multidisciplinary faculty of leading scholars and policy practitioners who are dedicated to training the next generation of policy thinkers and leaders."
Mason's criminology program ranked No. 10 nationally and best in Virginia among public institutions. Internationally renowned for its applied research, the program prepares students to pursue competitive positions in law enforcement, courts, corrections, and other government agencies, as well as advocacy and nonprofit organizations.
In partnership with faculty, practitioners, and lead organizations in the criminal justice system, students learn about how to conduct original scholarship that can make the justice system fairer and more effective.
"Criminology, Law and Society's [CLS] graduate programs are relatively young, so it's especially gratifying to watch their meteoric rise in the national rankings," said Dean Ann Ardis, noting that other top tier programs have much far longer histories.
The recognition is a testament to the research and hard work of faculty and graduate students, Department Chair James Willis said, "and to the department's steadfast commitment to using science and reason to inform policies and practices that best meet what justice requires."
Mason's Special Education and Elementary Education programs ranked in the top 20 nationally, coming in at No. 16 and No. 20, respectively.
With expert faculty instruction combined with experiential learning opportunities with K-12 students in local school districts, the School of Education provides Mason students with the knowledge and skills to improve lives and make a difference in their communities.
"These rankings are reflective of the productivity and impact of our faculty and students," said Interim Dean Robert Baker, adding that students from the College of Education and Human Development are highly sought after upon graduation. "We are unique in that we are not only among the top programs in the country, but we also provide access to excellence as one of the larger programs, as well."
The Best Graduate Schools rankings for business, education, engineering, law, medicine and nursing are based on expert opinions about program excellence and statistical indicators that measure the quality of a school's faculty, research and students, U.S. News reported.
The rankings derive from statistical surveys of more than 2,125 programs and from reputation surveys sent to more than 23,000 academics and professionals in fall 2020 and early 2021.
Below is a preview of Mason's rankings for its graduate programs. It will be updated if additional rankings become available:
Part-time program: 1 among public institutions; 4 overall
Full-time program: 19 among public institutions; 41 overall (up from 42 last year)
Intellectual Property: 10 among public institutions; 26 overall (up from 31 last year)
Corporate Law: 16 among public institutions; 36 overall
Constitutional Law: 20 among public institutions; 41 overall
Contracts: 21 among public institutions; 45 overall
Tax Law: 35 among public institutions; 73 overall
International Law: 36 among public institutions; 78 overall
Trial Advocacy: 33 among public institutions; 90 overall
Dispute Resolution: 42 among public institutions; 100 overall
Criminal Law: 42 among public institutions; 81 overall
Health Care: 108 overall (up from 114 last year)
Legal Writing: 74 among public institutions; 159 overall
Clinical Training: 58 among public institutions; 129 overall
Environmental Law: 70 among public institutions; 136 overall
Among public institutions: 10 (Best in Virginia)
Overall: 10
Among public institutions: 17
Overall: 33 (tied with Georgetown University)
Master's: 21 among public institutions; 37 overall (up from 51 last year)
DNP: 31 among public institutions; 51 overall
Overall: 48 (up from 49 last year)
Homeland Security: 4 among public institutions (Best in Virginia); 7 overall
International Policy: 5 among public institutions (Best in Virginia); 14 overall
Local Government Management: 18 among public institutions (Best in Virginia); 22 overall
Public Management: 18 among public institutions (Best in Virginia); 26 overall (up from 28 last year)
Nonprofit Management: 23 among public institutions (Best in Virginia); 32 overall
Public Policy Analysis: 11 among public institutions; 23 overall
Among public institutions: 36 (tied with University of Virginia for best in state)
BUSINESS (Part-time MBA)
Overall: 68 (tied with William & Mary)
Elementary Education: 17 among public institutions; 20 overall
Special Education: 15 among public institutions; 16 overall
Overall: 93 (up from 102 last year)
Industrial Engineering: 24 among public institutions; 37 overall
Bioengineering: 53 among public institutions; 89 overall (up from 93 last year)
Civil Engineering: 68 among public institutions; 95 overall
Computer Engineering: 46 among public institutions; 76 overall
Electrical Engineering: 52 among public institutions; 85 overall (up from 87 last year)
Overall: 101 (tied with George Washington and Catholic University)
Among public institutions: 76 (tied with Maryland-Baltimore County)
Overall: 117 (tied with Maryland-Baltimore County)
Among public institutions: 127
Antonin Scalia Law School
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Bad News For Big 4: Educated Men Have Decided to Not Work So Hard Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: ESG Compliance Heats Up; Deloitte Disclosures; AI Says It Isn't a Threat | 1.30.23 An Audit Associate at KPMG's NYC Office Has Died Friday Footnotes: Higher Salaries Lead to Higher Fees; EY Auditors Quit; Senator Rags on Greedy Accounting Firms | 1.27.23 Research: Working From Home Frees Up Two Hours a Week, Time Many People Spend Doing Work
News February 17, 2020
Accountants Behaving Badly: Ex-Marks Paneth Partner Going to Prison, Duluth Chamber Thief Faces New Charges, Selling Unregistered Securities
by Jason Bramwell
Plus, an ex-IT accountant in Tokyo was arrested for allegedly embezzling more than 10 million yen, and a Portuguese accountant is accused of having aided illegal immigration and falsified documents.
Prison sentence for $2M Westchester fraud marks former Stamford CPA's fall from grace [Westfair Online]
Steven L. Henning, a former partner-in-charge of a litigation group at Marks Paneth Accountants & Advisors in Manhattan, was sentenced to federal prison for more than four years for operating a $2 million intellectual property fraud in Westchester County, NY.
Steven Henning
Henning was sentenced on Jan. 30 to 51 months in prison and three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay back $938,246 to his victims.
In 2008, while working for Marks Paneth, he formed an intellectual property business that eventually became known as OpportunIP, with offices in Tarrytown and Purchase, NY.
From 2012 to 2017, according to court records, he persuaded two people to invest $2 million in the company. He used phony licensing agreements for deals that did not exist and fabricated bank account statements purporting to show more than $2.5 million in assets he did not have.
Henning moved on to Global Economics, an accounting firm in Chicago where, authorities said, he "continued his charade." Henning was ordered to surrender to the federal Bureau of Prisons on March 23.
Duluth accountant faces additional theft charge [Duluth News Tribune]
Jesse Frye, who is accused of swindling more than $235,000 from the Duluth Area Chamber of Commerce, is facing a second felony charge of theft by swindle after authorities said on Feb. 10 he stole more than $122,000 from an undisclosed business.
Jesse Frye
The thefts allegedly occurred between June 14 and Dec. 27, 2019. Investigators were able to trace the money, in some instances, to "dollar-for-dollar purchases" of expensive items such as a car and a new roof on a residence.
Frye, 39, owner of Eagle Accounting in downtown Duluth, MN, was initially charged on Dec. 23 with stealing from the Duluth Chamber.
The theft was discovered in July during an outside audit of the Chamber's financial record. Chamber officials said they contacted the Duluth Police Department to investigate after a review of 2018 finances "identified discrepancies in the bookkeeping and payroll records completed by the Chamber's bookkeeping and payroll contract service provider."
Sterling man charged with selling unregistered securities [Telegram & Gazette]
Ronald Leger, CPA, was charged on Feb. 10 with selling more than $2.5 million in unregistered securities to Massachusetts investors.
Ronald Leger
Leger is alleged to have been selling investment products known as life settlements as far back as 2010. Leger never registered nor did he register any of his companies with the state Securities Division.
Through his firm New England Alternative Investments Inc., Leger allegedly sold millions of dollars in investments offered by Texas-based Life Partners Inc. to investors in Massachusetts and other states, earning hundreds of thousands of dollars in commissions. The Texas company filed for bankruptcy in 2015, after being ordered by a federal court to pay $46.9 million in penalties and restitution for violations of federal securities laws.
Other accountants behaving badly:
Ex-accountant at IT firm suspected of using embezzled funds for trips [Tokyo Reporter]
Faro accountant arrested for assisting illegal immigration [Portugal Resident]
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While many legal authorities say that contractions don't belong in legal writing, Bryan Garner, a leading authority on legal writing, advocates their use as a way to make legal writing, including opinions and rules, less stuffy and more natural. I searched COCA for 77 contractions and their spelt-out counterparts (there are others, but life is short). Probably the most memorable/unusual was a woman having her first baby and contractions were never more than 10-7 mins apart. Persistent contractions that have no rhythm but are five-to-seven minutes apart or less should be reported to your physician or midwife.
For a list of words relating to Contractions, see the English contractions category of words in Wiktionary , the free dictionary. Do not use contractions in documents that serve very formal purposes, such as legal contracts, submissions to professional publications.
My real contractions felt like I had pulled a groin muscle, in that frontal pubic region. My contractions had been coming and going most of the afternoon and were very strong. I could talk and walk through them when they were 7-8 minutes apart but I have a high tolerance for pain and didn't know at the time that I was feeling contractions.
The more concerning scenario is extremely strong, close together contractions for many hours (like syntoncinon induced ones)… baby's can become distressed if subjected to this. Over the years, contractions have become more acceptable higher up the formality spectrum.
Many writers, especially those who write in formal situations, feel uncomfortable with contractions. It's common to think the first signs of contractions are your cue to come to the hospital, but that's usually not the case. Stay up to date with our latest news and receive new words updates, blog posts, and more.


Inert gas rebreathing is a pulmonary gas exchange method for determination of cardiac output and a number of other hemodynamic parameters.
During a rebreathing test Innocor® measures the relative levels of two inert gases - one blood soluble and one insoluble component - over a few respirations (about 5 breaths or 15 seconds).
The method relies on the simple principle that the rate of disappearance of the blood soluble gas from the alveolar space is proportional to the flow of blood perfusing the ventilated parts of the lungs (effective pulmonary blood flow). This is equal to cardiac output in the absence of a significant intrapulmonary shunt.
The blood insoluble gas is measured to determine the lung volume from which the soluble gas disappears and to account for other factors that affect the distribution of the blood soluble gas. The rebreathing bag is prefilled with an O2 enriched mixture typically containing 0.5% nitrous oxide (N2O) and 0.1% sulfur hexafluoride (SF6).
These gases and CO2 are measured continuously and simultaneously at the patient's mouth by a fast responding photoacoustic infrared gas analyzer inside Innocor®.
As opposed to other non-invasive techniques, Innocor® can be used equally well in patients at rest and during exercise. The only requirement is that the patient is capable of following the instructions from the operator.


Fred & George Weasley Are Mega Babes Now And Are You Even Surprised?
The Harry Potter universe is chock-a-block FULL of absolute hotties. Especially after they #nailed puberty.
Matthew Lewis/Neville Longbottom. Case in point.
Nellie would like to know why you haven't got my limited edition t-shirt yet. A portion of proceeds from every shirt sold will be donated to children's charities. Just over a week left to buy. Get yours @represent. Link in my bio.
But Matthew isn't the only HP character that grew into an absolute BABE. Divert your eyes to our favourite red-headed larrikins, Fred and George Weasley.
The twins, whose names are actually James and Oliver Phelps, ditched the orange hair (and hand-me-down robes) for chocolate frog brown hair and well, suits!
Spoiler alert, they're friggin' babes!
Now, let's stalk their Instagram's because #mandatory.


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A new innovation for stone texturing
Taking a new approach to textured stone materials, North Carolina Granite Corp. has invested in an innovative machine from Pellegrini of Italy. The unit, which is called the Water Storm-Master, can provide a unique waterjet-textured surface, and it can also provide traditional finishes such as flamed, bushhammered and sandblasted.
The machine uses a high-pressure waterjet directed at the surface, which produces cavities of variable depth. The level of texture depends on the structure and composition of the material being processed, and the process can be used on thicker slabs as well as thin stones, since the structure of the treated material does not suffer any loss of strength from the process, Pellegrini reports.
The working head has a nozzle system with six orifices, and the number of orifices in use can be adjusted as needed depending on the desired texture or the hardness of the material being processed. Additionally, the texture can vary based on the slab feed speed.
North Carolina Granite Corp. was one of the first companies to invest in this new technology, and company CEO Bob Ferris described the unit as "an integrated factory in itself." The machine is equipped for automatic loading and unloading to minimize labor, and all of the operations are controlled by computer. The operator, acting with a PC keyboard, can control all nozzle unit parameters -- the travel speed of the nozzle, the water pressure, the nozzle rotation speed, the rotation direction and the distance of the nozzle from the stone surface. The jets of water exit at a constant angle, and the waterjet has a greater effect when rotating clockwise. Meanwhile, a counter-clockwise motion is effective for softer stones.
The nominal pump operation of the machine is 30,000 psi, which is lower than a typical waterjet pump and serves to limit wear to the pump components, Pellegrini reports. All of the pump components that make contact with the water are made from stainless steel, including the pump head, and the machine also has a lubrication system with a heat exchange system to control the oil temperature.
Ferris said that installing the machine not only added speed to this sector of its operations, but it also provided a "signature texture" for architectural work. Stone can be flamed and then treated with the waterjet to enhance its color as well as provide texture, and the effect can be subtle or aggressive, depending on the client's needs. Because of the many factors involved in creating a specific texture, North Carolina Granite saves the parameters it uses for each project processed on the machine, so it can replicate the finish if replacement stone is needed at a later time.
To maximize water use, the Water Storm-Master has a filtration unit with two filters, a precompression unit and a 5,000-liter tank for filtered water. A soundproof cabin covers the processing machines, and operators can view the process through safety glass.
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Q: What happens when I jiggle my staff? I've just got my first staff, and a new button has appeared in the combat UI, allowing me to jiggle it. If I were to do so, what would happen?

A: When you jiggle your Cheffstaff in combat, it will deal a predetermined amount of damage to your enemy.
Some staves will have additional effects, such as reducing monster levels, etc.


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· limitToFirst - This method is used to returning the specific number of items starting from the first one.
· limitToLast - This method is used to returning the specific number of items starting from the last one.


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Deep structure and reticulate evolution in a large polyploid genus: ITS and trnT-trnF data help crack the Bluegrass (Poa) puzzle.
POA, known for taxonomic difficulty, polyploidy and apomixis, is widely presumed to have evolved reticulately. Comparison of phylogenetic analyses of nuclear ribosomal ITS and trnT and trnF chloroplast DNA sequences revealed both ancient and recent reticulation events, while deep structure in the genus is largely stable. Five major clades are congruent between the ITS and TF trees, with only minor differences in structure and included species. These clades are, for the most part, consistent with morphological data and the existing subgeneric classification. A sixth clade present only in the ITS tree represents a novel grouping of species, and includes the circumboreal-arctic P. arctica species complex , two sect. Oreinos species, south Asian species, and most New Zealand species sampled. Additional incongruencies between the ITS and TF analyses provide evidence for the hybrid origin of the following taxa: 1) P. annua, an infrasectional polyploid hybrid; 2) P. abbreviata, an intersectional polyploid hybrid; 3) P. trivialis, a putative intersectional diploid hybrid; and 4) P. subg. Arctopoa, a putative intergeneric hybrid.


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Q: MinGW-Clang's libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll is missing? When I try to run rubenvb's Clang 3.2, I get:

The program can't start because libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll is missing from your computer.
  Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem.

I can't find the DLL anywhere... what package am I missing/how do I fix this?

A: You need to download a gcc package also, that build of Clang doesn't come with a C++ library or anything. It was mean to be used in combination with a gcc package. From here:

Here you will find the latest Clang compiler releases. Currently, it
  is a functional compiler for 32-bit for C and C++. Clang is
  currently made to function with the gcc-dw2-4.6* package. I also
  provide 64-bit builds, but these are only useful for C. Compiling C++
  to 64-bit object code will result in linker errors. You can still use
  if for its better diagnostics and static analysis. To use it, you
  should extract the Clang package in the same directory as the gcc-dw2
  package, do that the ddirectories overlap. This ensures the C and C++
  headers are found by Clang. To use clang, just replace "gcc" with
  "clang" and "g++" and "clang++". Clang currently imitates GCC as a
  frontend, and all options GCC accepts, Clang accepts. Some options
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Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide and Tribute to Maria Jacobsen in Solvang
By the initiative of the Friends of Maria Jacobsen committee, on Sunday, April 29, 2018, a special tribute was held at Bethania Lutheran Church in Solvang honoring the life of Danish missionary Maria Jacobsen who saved thousands of Armenian orphans during the Armenian Genocide and later founded the Bird's Nest Orphanage in Jbeil, Lebanon, to house and care for the young orphans.
On behalf of H.E. Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian, Prelate, Rev. Fr. Movses Shannakian participated in the commemoration.
The day began with a worship service, followed by a memorial service in memory of Maria Jacobsen in front of the bust sculpture in the church courtyard. Opening remarks were delivered by organizing committee Chair Dr. Garbis Der Yeghiayan. Fr. Movses offered a prayer in memory of Maria Jacobsen and delivered his remarks stating "On this beautiful day, we have gathered here to join in prayer for the souls of our holy martyrs and to renew our pledge to persevere in our cause until we reach a just resolution of recognition, reparations, and justice. We are thankful to the nations and states that have recognized the Armenian Genocide as the irrefutable fact that it is, and to organizations and people like Maria Jacobsen who opened their hearts and arms to aid the Armenian people," he said.
Pastor Chris Brown from Bethania Lutheran Church conveyed his message, stating "We are all brothers and sisters and children of God, no matter Armenian or Danish. Genocide and crimes against humanity shall never go unpunished and we must stand united in times of trials and tribulations."
The service ended with singing of "Cilicia." The attendees were then treated to a fellowship lunch hosted by the organizing committee.
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You know how people, when in an argument, will say, "Get a life"? Um, yeah, I got one and have been struggling to write since my life took an unexpected, yet very happy turn. Life with Allan is fun, busy, never stop with lots of eating to break up the monotonous tone. A couple of weeks he mentioned he hadn't seen a post of any kind and told me to get on it. Then he asked about it last week and tonight I thought he might hold my dinner hostage if I didn't write, so finally, I am sitting down to mark this off my to do list.
Where to start? Do I snark on how Reese Witherspoon got mouthy in Atlanta and got her tush thrown in jail? Or the ever klassy Kim Kardashian and the divorce proceedings that lasted well past her marriage? Do I comment on how stupid I think the brothers in Boston were last week when they decided to take their hatred out on their adoptive country?
For now, since I have missed out on so many opportunities dealing with current events and pop culture, I will just hit the highlights in my world.
Allan offered to donate him to the vet. . .
I was talked into joining a fantasy NASCAR league, I don't know the first thing about this so called sport but really, how hard is it to turn left?
Who knew you could bet on golf?
Allan is taking me to Vegas this week, my first trip, his tenth. . .
Life is good, I am a very lucky girl and have been spoiled to death by him. There are days where I pinch myself because if you had asked me after the October debacle that things would work out I would have laughed but I guess sometimes you have to go through a bunch of crap to get to the good stuff.
The snarky, pessimistic girl is still here but for once, I am making sure that I enjoy the good times. But I will say the best line ever uttered to a police officer goes to Reese Witherspoon. . . you may have won an Oscar sweetie, but not everyone cares or knows who you are. . . bless her heart.
I will try to post while in Vegas because I really want to document this trip and I have to collect a few slapper cards. . .
Disclaimer:This post is for some of my Nashville ladies, this is no way implies that these ladies are better than my other Nashville ladies though. I love you all, I just happened to warn these special friends that the pictures I took would end up here. . .
I read Bloom by Kelle Hampton earlier this month, between the tears, laughter and sweetness of Hampton's words and pictures; I finally figured out how to describe those precious friends I have in Nashville.
So, to borrow from Hampton, these people, these wonderful friends are a part of my net. The net that catches me when I fall or have a bad day. They make me laugh uncontrollably and accept that I am quite silly. With a simple, one sentence email from any of them, I know I need to rally the troops, tell them I love them and offer up virtual hugs until we can get in the same zip code. And then? Amid the talk, laughter and my silliness, ample hugs and I love yous.
They were there for me when I was dealing with female problems and had to have Charlie and Dexter (the only two things to come out of my uterus and yes, I named them) removed. I always joke about their mother hen tendencies but even now, having not seen them daily for two years, having them all cluck around me makes me quite happy.
We talk about our lives, our jobs, family and normally the stories of how I consistently pick the wrong man. I take Chandler out of this list because I am still quite protective of him. What happened between us could not be helped. As much as I like to fix things and make them all better.
We also talked about dreams, possibilities as well as a very wild trip that Cherry and her family took the other month. These ladies have been my net for a good portion of my life in Nashville. I have a motley crew of friends and each one means so much to me. Who can say that their BFF opted out of a quiet evening reading Harry Potter in order to sit in the ER while I was freaking out. Or the moment Jorge dumped me without me seeing it coming, two sweet friends came running with food, wine and hugs.
I have been very lucky and blessed to have so many friends that have always willing to catch me as I was falling. What ever happens in the future, what zip codes we life in, you will all mean so terrible much to me. I will be there for hugs, love and food.
I love each of you and my Queen, my life would be princess less had you not adopted me into your royal court. I owe so much to you. My only suggest is when we go traipsing out is to maybe cut the conversation for a bit until we make the right turns. And mom, I know my way around Nashville, it is just kind of difficult when you get the Queen and I together.
To my ladies, I love you each. You may tease me all you like because if you didn't it would mean you no longer cared.
Oh dear, a weekend running around Nashville with friends equals a tired Amy. I got lots of quality time with The Queen, Stace, Son, Cherry, Shy, Ruby Tuesday, Lady and DebDo. I also got some snuggles, a bite or two and giggles out of the two little Es.
In typical fashion, I was under dressed for Highballs and Hydrangeas but I rocked my pink Coach wedge hills. The band was really good, playing all those favorite dance songs from the 60s. It was quite a workout.
And I counted it as one of my workouts for the weekend because let's face it, dancing in three inch wedges and sweating for over an hour and a half is a workout.
I believe the sound of the whole evening was laughter. We laughed at old stories, new stories and rehashed some of my um, bad choices. I think it was more about laughing about me and the situations I manage to get myself into.
A sad moment, I was in Green Hills, at Crows Nest but never managed to stop over at the mall. It is a sad day when I can't make it over to the mall. I may need to see a shrink about that.
I had a wonderful Sunday with Aulisio, meeting up for brunch. This is something that doesn't really happen in Chattanooga. I miss it.
And then back to the Queen's to wrap up a couple of projects as well as visit some more.
Working out last night was interesting. . . we really stepped it up but wow, my legs are not happy with me right now.
Wookie has made it clear that I am on the naughty list. Some can food and snuggles later and he kind of got over my traveling. Kind of, sort of. . .
I am a bit tired and I have a cute post that I would like to work on but that will have to wait until tomorrow. The sleep is winning out.
Oh sweet Tuesday, sometimes you take forever to get here. This post is brought to you by novicane, temps and multiple dental visits.
I feel like my life revolves around going to the dentist. What was supposed to be my last visit for a nice long time last month ended up being rescheduled. . . then I forgot about that appointment. Life happened and I finally got back there today only to learn that the lab still messed up my crown. Seriously?
I have a brand new temp on the tooth and if the stars align, I hop on one leg while curling my tongue, I just might get the permanent one next week.
For good measure, the dentist opted to numb me up to deal with this troublesome tooth. . .back on the soup diet again.
Chattanooga is in love with the roundabout even though most people don't understand them. I had the pleasure of driving through one that is still an all sides stop last night. Apparently dude in Camry didn't think he should have to stop, neither did the two cars before him. He didn't like me laying on the horn but I am a bit like a New York taxi driver, you cut me off, almost hit me or anything that might seem unpleasent to me and I will lay on it until you turn red.
We may have found the answer to mom's health issues and it all has to do with how she sleeps. She took her first sleep study last night and they said it was terrible. I think I shall start calling her Darth Vadar. . .
It is great to know that it isn't her heart but it is scary to think that in just a few short months she went from doing most of the yard work to walking across the house or running errands caused her to feel really out of breath and tired. That is not my mother. In fact, had she been feeling better a few weeks ago I could only imagine how clean she would have gotten my place to look.
Changing my meds seems to be working in terms of weight. Currently I have dropped 23 lbs only, umm, let's see, 50 to 60 more to go. Why can't my Dyson help me out with this issue. I am also going to through some money at the isse and take on a personal trainer at the Y. I need someone pushing me, yelling at me. I want to be in my little clothes this summer. I have some things to prove to myself.
I haven't been eating a ton due to being sick and that horrible dark hole that is trying to get me to crawl into it. I don't want to go there but I see myself retreating. Friends, don't worry, I will get out of the funk, you just have to let me feel it, work through it and accept it.
I found the cutest Lilly Pullitzer patchwork dress on ebay that I most have. . . This is going to be the year of cute clothes, no back fat, more writing, visiting Sonia in Baltimire as well as a visit to Chicgao to visit Candy, I may not make a ton of money but I want to get out there, walk around, emerse myself and write. Oh and hit a few restaurants that make me giddy.
After we get mom's breathing/sleeping situation handled, we will then be planning our girls trip down to St Pete. This isn't my kind of trip, but mommy loves it, Robin loves it and somewhere in the mix of things I am allowed to drink at night.
Some mornings I wake up thinking it was all a bad dream and then I remember it wasn't. I have good days and bad days. It is more about understanding that those feelings buried deep last summer never went away. I miss him. I should have done better than I did.
Each day will get a bit better and my pain is so silly compared to his mom and sisters as well as the kids. I pray for them daily,.
I talked to Bubba tonight, what a mess he is. Love him but we both joke how we both dodged that bulliet. He's happy and doing well. I am so proud of him. Of course he lectured me about choices, I highly believe Bubba and Chandler would have had quite a few laughs at my expense.
The crude that I have had for over two weeks now, still here, Maybe it could take me to dinner and a movie, send me tullips at work. A girl can dream.
And now I am off to slumber land. Wook deserves and early bedtime and that means Snuggles!
Thank goodness for taking an extra day off after vacation. . .the crud that decided to setup camp last week opted to hang with me through vacation and still refuses to leave. It's back to work I go tomorrow and I hope that it goes fast.
I strongly advise to never go on vacation when you are sick. Sinus junk, sure but when you run a low grade fever the whole time, it makes running around a city a bit of a challenge.
My normal fast paced walk was nonexistent which irritated me to no end and having a very stuffy head made getting my bearings tough as well.
Oh and that lovely fever that stuck with me all weekend? Any type of physical exertion caused me to sweat which isn't a great look on me. . .
And this post has officially taken forever to write, time to go to bed and hope that tomorrow I am not as stuffy and snotty.
Oh sweet vacation, where did you go? It seems like only yesterday I was watching the clock, ready for Friday to end and the vacation to begin.
The good news is football is starting, the weather got a bit cooler and I have been cooking up a storm this weekend. I even cleaned up the kitchen, did a load of laundry and all that is left to deal with is the trash. I am thinking that is something I will deal with tomorrow. . .
I am still trying to play with the layout/design of the blog only because I see others and think that theirs' are so much cooler than mine. For now I am digging the header but that came with this particular layout. There are some other things I can add with this layout so I need to read up before I really start playing with them. I am also thinking of doing a separate page that kind of focuses on cooking. I love to play with recipes, challenge myself and of course, I have a thing for Williams Sonoma. So that just might be a good spot to put all of that and for the foodies out there, you too can drool over some of the gadgets that I drool over.
I did have a moment this weekend when I did get a bit blue and it all has to do with not being in a relationship. But for the time being, I just don't want to get out there, the thought of going through the whole first date thing kind of makes me ill at the moment.
But tonight I am going to strive to get to bed early, wake up early tomorrow and deal with emails that I haven't read in a week. Should be interesting. I am hoping that I am super busy at work this week since that seems to help the days go by quickly. I need to look at my auto draft for fantasy football and get that all set and then. . .I guess I will put my clothes up and the suitcase back into the corner. For now the suitcase it taunting Wookie which means he is extra cuddly.
Hope your Monday is a good one and I hope I survive my first day back to work.
I am in St Pete, taking a break from the sun and fun with mom and Bird to share my less than graceful ability when walking. This time at the beach has been relaxing but between the sunburn and shoulder aching, I have to say, this never happens when I hit NYC or DC. . .
Our second night in town, we headed to a restaurant down in Pass-A-Grille, apparently they like to name the places every few miles around here. This area is at the end of St Pete Beach and gives my mom another place to search for shells, take pictures and enjoy the ocean. As she headed up to the fishing pier, I followed with Bird right behind me. The path is a group of rocks, mostly flat and it looked easy to climb up, as if they were steps.
I am still not sure how it happened but I guess I slipped on the sand and my lack of traction on some very old flip flops. I managed to protect my phone and myself when I fell but I took the brunt of the fall on my right shoulder when I caught myself (you know, so I wouldn't bust my face open).
Other than a few scrapes on one shin, some soreness on both shins, I got away with really only hurting my pride. This is yet another mishap when it comes to me walking, further proving the point that I lack grace to make it from point A to point B.
While I have been enjoying a Jack and Diet while on vacation, I can't even contribute my little fall to the libations. It was all me, just trying to do what many normal people do daily without incident. Good times.
It is interesting writing from here; I am sitting at the outside bar at our resort listening to Buffet, the breeze keeping me cool and writing. At least I can say I doubt I will injure myself as I sit here. Now I am going to figure out how I can parlay writing into a fulltime gig so I can support myself that way. . .