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The Corporate Media Gaslighting Campaign That Failed
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden at the Queen Theater in Wilmington, Del., on Nov. 16, 2020. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Sen. Kennedy: Media's Soft Treatment of Biden 'Undermines Democracy'
By GQ Pan
November 18, 2020 Updated: November 18, 2020
The media's soft treatment of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is harmful to democracy, said Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.).
Kennedy appeared on Fox News Nov. 17 to share his insights on Biden's first press conference since being projected by media as the winner of the White House race. Kennedy said he's been following the media coverage of presidential campaigns, and that it took a "special kind of stupid" to not be able to see the "disparate treatment" between Biden and President Donald Trump.
"I think the toughest question that Mr. Biden has been asked is, does he support children and prosperity, and probably the second toughest question is, does he like ponies," Kennedy told Fox News' Tucker Carlson. "This is very dangerous for our democracy."
Kennedy argued that when politicians "hide the truth" in order to hold onto power, it is a journalist's role to hold the politicians accountable and safeguard the truth. "And in doing so, journalists can't pick sides," he said.
"Too many of our journalists have started picking sides, and it will ultimately undermine their profession and democracy. Because without truth, there is no trust. Without trust, there is no democracy."
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) in Washington in a file photo. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images-File)
Kennedy's comments came after Joe Biden fielded questions from reporters on Nov. 10, the first time since the election. Almost all the questions focused on Trump and the Republican Party's refusal to acknowledge the legitimacy of the election results.
NBC News correspondent Mike Memoli asked Biden: "It's now three days after you were projected as president elect, the president himself has said he has won this election, his own administration has not moved forward to give you access to what you need to begin the work of your transition.
"I wonder if you have a president who may well be watching right now and how do you expect to be able to work with Republicans when so many have thus far refused to even acknowledge your victory?"
"I just think it's an embarrassment, quite frankly," Biden replied.
Trump has repeatedly criticized media for their unwillingness to ask Biden tough questions. In September, Trump said at a White House press conference that the questions his Democratic challenger received were "meant for a child."
"You didn't ask questions like that. Read the questions. They were like meant for a child. Those questions were meant for a child," Trump told reporters. "Smiles on faces of reporters, not like you and you. There were smiles on the reporters. What do you think? Take a look at those questions that they asked him. They were not meant for a grown-up. They were meant for a child."


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News, commentary, and analysis of current events in Honduras where cultural forms intersect with political interests, with links to the work of Honduran writers and scholars.
Sending Hondurans Home?
The Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, has sent a letter to Elaine Duke, the acting head of the Division of Homeland Security (DHS) stating that the situations in Central America that prompted the issuing of Temporary Protected Status (TPS)to citizens of those countries allowing them to register and remain in the United States no longer apply. While Tillerson's letter is not determinative, it does make it easier for DHS to end the TPS program for the 57,000 Honduran citizens living in the United States with this status.
Temporary Protected Status is grantable to a country's citizens if one of three conditions are met:
- There is an on-going armed conflict such as a civil war
- There is an environmental disaster.
- Other extraordinary and temporary conditions
A person granted TPS cannot be removed from the US and can obtain permission to work and travel.
Honduras was granted TPS because of the devastation caused by hurricane Mitch, which destroyed approximately 70% of the infrastructure of Honduras in 1998. The ability of Hondurans to request TPS status was granted in January, 1999. Permission to remain under that status can be extended by 6, 12, or 18 months by the DHS Secretary. Renewals since have continued to cite the continuing series of environmental and medical disasters in Honduras, and the lack of recovery in things like the housing market. Current permissions for Honduras run out on January 5, 2018. 60 days prior to the expiration, the DHS Secretary must either renew or announce the expiration of the status for that country. That means that today, the DHS Secretary must announce either the renewal or expiration of TPS for Honduran citizens.
Honduras sent a delegation to Washington, DC last week to work for extension of the TPS. They met with members of Congress, and members of the Executive branch, although the only named meetings were with James Nealon, former US Ambassador to Honduras and now Acting Under Secretary of the Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans of the DHS. They also met with Thomas Shannon, Under Secretary for Political Affairs at the State Department. They returned claiming optimism that the TPS would be extended.
Tillerson's recommendation that conditions supporting the granting of TPS for Central Americans and Haitians no longer exists is contradicting the Honduran authorities who felt they had more than made their case last week in Washington, DC.
The DHS statement on renewal of the TPS is due today.
Posted by RNS at 10:40 AM
Labels: DHS, James Nealon, Rex Tillerson, Thomas Shannon, TPS
RNS said...
The Washington Post reports the DHS wants to delay its decision on Honduras "because it needs more time" while Twitter says DHS granted a stay until 5 July, 2018, a six month extension similar to what John Kelly, then head of the DHS, gave Haiti when it came time for its renewal. Nicaragua's TPS eligibility was cancelled today.
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Care: Yellow-napes are reported as living up to 90 years, so this bird is a lifetime investment – make sure that your children or a good-natured neighbor love the bird too because they just might inherit him. Good nutrition, including lots of fruit and vegetables, and lots of playtime and exercise will keep your Amazon in good shape for a long time.


The world would be a better place to live without the various stereotypes in our society.
Recently over the past decades television shows have shown off a lot of stereotypes. Some shows like "Family Guy, The Big Bang Theory, and 2 Broke Girls" have shown off stereotypes threw comedy. Did you know that a stereotype is a thought that can be adopted about a specific type of person of group of people? These thoughts are sometimes made into beliefs that are not always accurate. In a way stereotyping is a kind of like judging a book by its cover. Well in this paper it will show how stereotyping is harmful, not good, and the different types of it.
In a way stereotyping is discrimination to a person or a group of people. In literature stereotypes were brought up to be clichéd or predictable to curtain characters or curtain situations. (Throughout history storytellers have drawn from stereotypical characters and situations, in order to connect the audience with new tales immediately). (Wikipedia). Because stereotypes simplify and justify social reality, they have potentially powerful effects on how people perceive and treat one another. ("Stereotype." Wikipedia Foundation). So for example "all African Americans like fried chicken or eat watermelon." This is a stereotype to African Americans because not everyone eats or like those things.


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Features
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 Add, delete, rename, empty, and drop tables
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Zhang Zhongjing (张仲景), the Traditional Chinese Medicine Sage
Category: Remedies Tags: ancient chinese culture / China / traditional chinese medicine
Zhang Zhongjing (A.D.150-219) was a well-known physician of traditional Chinese medicine during the Eastern Han Dynasty. His masterpiece, 'Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Disease' is the oldest clinical textbook in the history of medicine. (Mpopeye/Wikipedia)
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By Wilma Oakes, May 1, 2017
Zhang Zhongjing (A.D. 150-219) was a well-known physician of traditional Chinese medicine during the Eastern Han Dynasty. His masterpiece, Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Disease, is the oldest clinical textbook in the history of medicine, with complete explanations of "theories of traditional Chinese medicine, methods of diagnosis and treatment, prescriptions, and medical herbs." (lĭ, fă, fāng, yào (理, 法, 方, 药) in Chinese)
In the Song Dynasty, the Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Disease was completely reorganized into two books named Treatise on Exogenous Febrile Diseases (Shāng Hán Lùn, 伤寒论 in Chinese) and Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber (Jīn Kuì Yào Lüè, 金匮要略,in Chinese). Zhang Zhongjing was a doctor with both a benevolent mind and heart.
The ancestor of all prescriptions
Zhang Zhongjing was studious and meditative from his childhood. Before the age of 10, he read lots of medical books. His master, Zhang Bozu, was an extremely well-known doctor of traditional Chinese medicine at the time.
After decades of hard work, Zhang Zhongling wrote all 16 volumes of Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Disease (Shāng Hán Zá Bìng Lùn, 伤寒杂病论 in Chinese), which is a medical masterpiece based on his personal experience in clinical practice and the large amounts of information collected by him. It systematically expounds causes, pathological mechanisms, as well as treatment principles, laying a solid theoretical foundation for future development of each clinical subject.
The prescriptions in Treatise on Exogenous Febrile Diseases, such as Ma Huang Decoction (also called Ephedra Decoction), Gui Zhi Decoction (Cassia Twig Decoction), Chai Hu Decoction (Chinese Thorowax Decoction), Bai Hu Decoction (White Tiger Decoction), Qing Long Decoction (Green Dragon Decoction) and Ma Xing Shi Gan Decoction (Gypsum and Licorice), have been confirmed to be highly effective through countless clinical tests over thousands of years.
They provide a basis for the development of prescriptions in Chinese medicine. Later, another eminent doctor in the Han Dynasty named Hua Tuo read Treatise on Exogenous Febrile Diseases and praised the book as one that can really save lives. Treatise on Exogenous Febrile Diseases is known as "the ancestor of all prescriptions."
Diagnosis like God
Once, when Zhang Zhongjing travelled to Luoyang for work, he met Wang Can, one of the "Seven Scholars of Jian'an" in the history of Chinese literature, and found an epidemic disease hiding in his body. He then said to Wang Can: "You have been sick and should be treated as early as possible; otherwise, your eyebrows will fall off at the age of 40 and you will die.
Now, if you start taking Wu Shi Decoction, you will survive." Nevertheless, Wang Can did not believe Zhang Zhongjing's words. Twenty years later, his eyebrows began to fall off slowly and after half a year, he died.
With both a benevolent mind and heart
It is said that when Zhang Zhongjing took office at the age of 50 in Changsha as a government official, he always kept his clinical practice in mind, and tried to help people wherever he could. He allocated two days every month (the first day and the fifteenth day) to see patients.
The origin of dumplings
Dumplings are a traditional favorite of Chinese people. The following story is about how they were developed.
After he retired, Zhang left Changsha and went back home. On the shore of the White River in his hometown, he saw many impoverished people suffering from starvation and frostbite. Their ears were even frostbitten. He built a shed on a vacant lot in Nanyang, Dongguan.
Then he set up a cauldron and began to hand out remedies to the poor people at the winter solstice. The name of Zhang Zhongjing's remedy is called "cold-dispelling dumpling soup" (qū hán jiāo ĕr tāng, 祛寒娇耳汤 in Chinese). The recipe involves simmering lamb, pepper and some cold-dispelling herbs together, and then cutting up the cooked stew.
Minced stew was placed onto some pastry and folded into the shape of an ear. Once the dumpling was fully cooked, the soup was distributed to the patients. Each patient was given two ear-shaped dumplings and a bowl of soup.
Upon drinking the soup, the patients were healed and their festered ears were cured. Zhang Zhongjing kept handing out the soup until New Year's Eve. On New Year's Day, people celebrated not only the New Year, but also their recovered ears.
They made New Year food in the shape of ears and called it "dumplings" (jiāo ĕr or jiăo zi, 娇耳 or 饺子 in Chinese), so as to commemorate the time when Zhang Zhongjing built the shed and treated patients.
Zhang Zhongjing was not only an outstanding doctor of traditional Chinese medicine, he was also morally upright. He saved countless lives by carefully treating each patient, regardless of their status.
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- you will have remote access to a pc attached to the device. and i am ready to help via skype chat and voice.
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Challenge : Our UAV/UAS team is working on the development of different products based on legacy space and aviation technologies which will help increasing the reliability and safety of UAV/UAS operations as they become the norm. These products will then have to withstand thorough test and validation campaigns that, along with the associated tools, need to be planned, developed and executed.
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The form and surface finish of rolling elements is critical to the running performance and noise characteristics of any contact roller bearing. Taylor Hobson have a range of Form Talysurf systems which are suitable for measuring the form and surface finish characteristics of rolling elements. For details see the Form Talysurf links below. Also of critical importance is the roundness and waviness of the rolling elements. Typically these features are measured using roundness instruments the link below for more information.
Taylor Hobson have also developed a special fixturing device called a ball unit which can used with any Form Talysurf Inductive system to measure the surface finish of cylindrical and ball rolling elements. It works by using a friction pad to rotate a rolling element over a stationary inverted inductive gauge. The gauge range used is very small so the inductive gauge can be set to a high resolution setting and as such it can achieve very low surface finish measurements (<6nm Ra is feasible).


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Q: Why Azure AD login is not opening Microsoft Login Page when I am hosting my MVC webapp on App Service?
I have this button on my Login Page and It is taking user to this page. When I am hosting it on IIS it is working fine, but not when I host this web app on App Service.
Code:
The code that gets executed when user clicks on the button:
//Account Controller
public async Task SignInAzure()
        {
            if (!Request.IsAuthenticated)
            {
                HttpContext.GetOwinContext().Authentication.Challenge(new Microsoft.Owin.Security.AuthenticationProperties { RedirectUri = "/" }, OpenIdConnectAuthenticationDefaults.AuthenticationType);
            }
        }

This is what my startup class looks like:
public class Startup
    {
        // Load configuration settings from PrivateSettings.config
        private static string appId = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["ida:AppId"];
        private static string appSecret = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["ida:AppSecret"];
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        private static string tenantId = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["ida:tenantId"];
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        public void Configuration(IAppBuilder app)
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            }
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                System.Diagnostics.Trace.TraceError(ex.Message);
            }
            notification.HandleResponse();
            notification.Response.Redirect($"Account/SignInAzureEmailAsync?email={email}");
        }
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URLs of my Localhost:

Login page url: http://localhost/web/en-US/Account/Login
Login page redirect url: http://localhost/web/en-US

URLs of my app service:

Login page url: https://xyz.azurewebsites.net/en-US/Account/Login?returnUrl=%2F
Login page redirect url: https://xyz.azurewebsites.net/

After clicking on Microsoft login button while hosting it on App Service rather than opening Microsoft login page it is showing the same login page but with different url: https://xyz.azurewebsites.net/Account/Login

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Home > Our difference > Meet The Makers > De Iuliis Wines
De Iuliis Wines
Located in the heart of the Hunter's Pokolbin sub-region, De Iuliis Wines produces wines that are truly reflective of the Hunter Valley's unique terroir. The winery was establised by the De Iuliis family in the late 1980s and is now operated by Michael De Iuliis.
"Dad had a business that serviced the mining industry and he used to drive through Wine Country on his way to and from the mines to see customers and carry out service work. It was on his frequent visits to wineries such as Tyrrell's, McWilliams, Lakes Folly and the like that he developed a deep love for Hunter wines," Mike explains. "He sold a business in 1987 that gave him the funds to buy a property here and plant a vineyard. For a number of years we supplied fruit to Tyrrell's but one vintage we decided to keep some for our own use and the De Iuliis brand was born."
The last few years has seen De Iuliis receive a vast array of awards and great reviews including the Doug Seabrook Trophy at the 2012 Hunter Valley Wine Show for Best Red Wine of Show and a 5 Star Winery rating each year from James Halliday since 2010.
De Iuliis wines are made from historic and new vineyard fruit and their attention to detail and a small batch approach is the secret to their success, while regionality and a modern approach to winemaking ensures unique yet highly identifiable wines with a sense of time and place.
How do you pronounce the name?
De Iuliis is our family name and while we're the first to admit that it is difficult to pronounce – DEE - YOU - LEE – IS, we know our wines are worth asking for.
What does the name mean? And where does it come from?
De Iuliis is our family name. The De Iuliis family immigrated from Italy in the late 1950s. Both my mother and father immigrated with their respective families when they were quite young. Food and wine were an intrinsic part of family life growing up.
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1616 Broke Road,
Pokolbin NSW 2320
Hours: Open 7 days a week from 10am to 5pm
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We have taken the finest green tea leaves and blended them with pomegranate flavor, and organic safflowers to create this unique blend. This combination of healthy green tea and antioxidant-rich pomegranate tastes great served hot or iced cold.
Our Pomegranate Flavored Green tea should be made with cold, filtered water that has been brought to a boil and then allowed to cool for 1 minute (170-180° F). Using one rounded teaspoon of loose tea or one teabag for each cup required, pour the boiling water over the tea leaves. Pomegranate Flavored Green tea should be steeped for 3 minutes. Once the ideal brewing time has been reached, the leaves should be removed to prevent further steeping. Decant and enjoy!


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Our practice utilizes state-of-the-art, small volume cone-beam CT (computed tomography) technology that provides highly accurate, 3-D radiographic images for the diagnosis, planning and treatment of endodontic disease. This allows three-dimensional visualization of teeth, bone, sinuses and surrounding structures with minimal radiation to the patient, enabling a level of anatomical accuracy and patient care not possible with 2-D technologies (regular dental x-rays). Cone-beam CT technology allows us to provide innovative, high-quality, patient care.
Dental radiographs are invaluable aids in diagnosing, treating, and maintaining dental health. Exposure time for dental radiographs is minimal. Riverbend Endodontics utilizes Digital Imaging Technologies within the office. With digital imaging, exposure time is about 90 percent less when compared to traditional radiographs. Digital imaging can also help us retrieve valuable diagnostic information.
The doctor carefully chooses which and when radiographs are taken. There are many guidelines that we follow. Radiographs allow us to see everything we cannot see with our own eyes. Radiographs enable us to detect cavities in between your teeth, determine bone level, and analyze the health of your bone. We can also examine the roots and nerves of teeth, diagnose lesions such as cysts or tumors, as well as assess damage when trauma occurs.
Digital imaging allows us to store patient images, and enables us to quickly and easily transfer them to your dentist or insurance company.
The introduction of the surgical microscope has revolutionized the field of Endodontic Microsurgery. We have invested in surgical microscopes that provide unparalleled magnification and illumination for our surgical procedures.
Our success depends on us being able to see the smallest of details – you cannot treat what you cannot see. In addition, we have incorporated the use of high resolution cameras that allow us to record our procedures with clarity and detail.
Riverbend Endodontics uses the most advanced methods available to clean and disinfect the root canal systems.
Our team realizes the importance of your dental health and strives to provide all your endodontic needs in a clean, comfortable and stress-free environment. Dr. Van Nieuwenhuyzen and Dr. Friedl work hard to be known by the quality of endodontic care and total patient comfort they provide at Riverbend.
Thank you for giving us the opportunity to provide you with the highest quality endodontic care available. Contact us today to schedule your appointment!


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The Development and Quality Unit is tasked with planning, management, development and quality operation management, meeting standards of academic accreditation and assessment in the teaching and academic processes in addition to the administrative quality system control and measures to improve performance.
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Officials in Akron, Ohio are investigating and implementing ransomware removal against an attempt to take down several of the services in the city – including 311 – the hotline for public information! Other than this, service such as several municipal agencies and credit card payment services were affected.
This ransomware attack that was detected on Jan 22nd was detected when the IT office in the city of Akron had become aware of some suspicious activities in the network. This is also when the IT office had alerted the police and had begun implementing ransomware removal strategies – such as switching systems offline.
The IT department of the city is now providing ransomware removal services to a large range of city services. This includes the municipal courthouse, taxation departments, building departments, recreation departments and even the credit card payment services. All of these services were naturally halted with immediate effect and the municipal courthouse was also seen using the traditional audio recording devices as it did years ago.
The city yet has to specify what form of ransom has been demanded by the perpetrators, but because investigations are underway, officials are keeping silent. Even the strain of the ransomware is being kept from being made public!
An official spokeswoman of Akron, Ellen Lander Nischt, had released a statement saying that the threat was definitely not a variant of the notorious SamSam ransomware family. What is being made clear, however, is that Akron's officials are very curious in finding out how the threat made it into their systems in the first place. This is why the IT agency of the city has pulled networks offline while they're on the lookout for specific origin points of the problem.
While this incident is still not fixed and is ongoing Ellen Lander Nischt also added in the statement that the relevant agencies have no idea what ground zero was for the ransomware attack. The current intelligence of the city, however, has reassured citizens that they are very well-trained and equipped to take appropriate actions against the ransomware attack.
The city was keen on keeping all the updates of the attack to themselves, but their official statement included how they spent $9 million on technological upgrades in their IT infrastructure since 2016. Is it just us, or that doesn't seem like a lot? Well, let's see how things turn out for them.


My oil paintings in the "Blue Plate Special" series are about the people I grew up with........survivors. Men and women with their grit and determination to make a life for themselves, fighting odds that are stacked against them. These restaurant workers don't get pats on the back. They barely make it from paycheck to paycheck. But they're honorable human beings with the courage and dignity that's reflected in their faces and stances. These people all have a story to tell. I like to think of these figurative paintings as visual novellas. In each portrait I've tried to capture their character and strength. In each oil painting It is as though he or she is saying, "Look at me. I'm real, I'm important".


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It's officially hot. Hot as in I don't want to do anything that involves moving, all I want to do is sit in front of the fan. Fortunately, a light, refreshing summer drink can do much to make the heat more tolerable. Especially if that drink is prepped, sitting in the fridge, just waiting for you to drink it.
I currently have three such drinks in the fridge. All are easy to prepare, and best chilled — meaning you make them, and then drink them over the next week. So long as you don't add sugar, this is also quite a healthful way to quench your thirst.
You can do this with a few branches of fresh mint, or with mint and lemons.
Speaking of mint, the guys from Moshav Geulim have been selling bouquets of long, straight mint stalks at the Tel Aviv port farmer's market. Speaking of the farmer's market, it's now open starting 3 p.m. Tuesdays for the summer, on top of the usual 8 a.m.-3 p.m. on Fridays. The vase in the photo is the Israeli design team Pickel:Pampanel's bikini vase.
My friend Aviv makes very good iced teas with cinnamon bark, lemon verbena, cardamom pods and a few other spices. You can make this with any mix of pie spices (cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, etc.) and/or lemony herbs (lemon balm a.k.a. lemon geranium, lemon verbena, lemon grass, kaffir lime leaves). I made a very nice pitcher of tea in my French press with 5-6 pieces of cinnamon bark, two small sprigs of lemon balm and a cardamom pod. I've also made nice teas with cinnamon, a cardamom pod and a clove or two. I've found you can use the same pieces of cinnamon bark, cardamom and cloves in up to four batches of tea, if not more, before the sweetness in the spices completely disappears.
Put your herbs/spices of choice in a glass container, infuse in hot water, add sugar if desired, and let cool. Keep in the fridge until you want a cold drink.
Infuse the herbs in hot water, add sugar (or stevia) if desired, let cool and then refrigerate.
This is the most classic way of making iced tea, but don't expect it to come out tasting like Lipton's (I still haven't figured out what weird chemicals they're putting in their tea to make it taste the way it does, aside from massive amounts of sugar). Infuse two tablespoons of your favorite tea leaves in about two cups of hot water, add a pinch of baking soda (this prevents bitterness), let seep for about 15 minutes, strain out the tea leaves, add sugar if desired (say, about two tablespoons), and dilute with two cups of cold water (at least — depending how strong you like your tea). Refrigerate. Some people like adding lemon, but I don't.
I like making this with Thai tea — "black tea powder," which comes seasoned with spices and full of orange food coloring. I store it in the fridge, and add a swirl of sweet cream (15% fat) to each glass before serving. Coconut cream works, too.
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I love the lemon in water. I do the same thing thru summer.. have mint growing in my backyard. cute bikini vase.
It's great, isn't it? Thanks.
That vase is genius! gotta get one.
Thanks for making great iced tea! BTW I like your portfolio, going over the photos ….
Hi Alice, that's a French Press. It's traditionally used for making coffee, but it works well for teas, too.


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As we were all bombarded by social media with photographs of all the celebrities outfits from NYFW, I want to turn your eyes into runways and my favourite collections. For those of you,who not necessarilly, fell in love with the Sixties structure, Seventies ease and brash Eighties, I have bad news! Runways were packed with staples from those decades. So while New York Fashion Week is over, I'm leaving you with this small summary which might be an inspiration to your future outfits.


Visual Studio WebTest Viewer is a portable tool which reads VSTS WebTest XML into familiar tree structure.
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Well we're all set to go, our Sherpas have finished stocking the South Col and are now taking a rest at EBC. We're aiming for a date soon after the 19th as the next good weather window for the summit. Everest was summited first this season by the Sherpa line fixers on the 11th, and there have already been a few summits after them. Next week we should be up there if all goes to plan. Everyone is well and healthy at EBC. We'll update you on the summit push.


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Some of the more common differential diagnoses of galactorrhea include pregnancy or a terminated pregnancy; central nervous system (CNS) disorder such as pseudotumor cerebri, tumors, or neurocutaneous disorders; certain medications such as oral contraceptives, opiates, tetrahydrocannabinol, atypical antipsychotics, or amphetamines, among numerous others; nipple stimulation; and chest wall irritation from infectious or mechanical causes (Greydanus, Matytsina, & Gains, 2006). Some common differentials of primary amenorrhea include pregnancy, constitutional delay, genetic disorders, CNS tumors, and chronic illnesses such as Crohn's disease, sickle cell anemia, and cystic fibrosis (Bielak & Harris, 2008).
The initial diagnostic evaluation of DK in the office included a pregnancy test that was negative and a urinalysis that was unremarkable. At a community laboratory a complete blood cell count was obtained, as well as levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, estradiol, and prolactin. All of these values were within normal range except that DK's prolactin level was markedly elevated at 276.9 ng/mL (normal values for a Tanner IV-V female: 3.2-20.0 ng/mL). This finding of hyperprolactinemia, in conjunction with DK's history of headaches and absence of menarche, suggested a pituitary prolactinoma, a type of adenoma or benign growth. In consultation with a pediatric endocrinologist, additional blood work was ordered, including a complete metabolic panel, AM cortisol level, and growth hormone levels. These values were obtained to evaluate general health status as well as to assess adrenal, pituitary, and gonadal function to determine possible effects of the likely adenoma on these other endocrine functions. This additional blood work also explored the possibility of other types of hormone-secreting tumors. Results indicated that DK's growth hormone production was slightly suppressed, but the extraordinarily high levels of prolactin continued to point to prolactinoma as the diagnosis.
Blood work was not sufficient to make a definitive diagnosis of prolactinoma, so a head magnetic resonance image (MRI) was obtained. A neurosurgeon reviewed the MRI and noted a 16 x 11 x 12 mm partially necrotic mass rising from the sella turcica and slightly compressing the optic chiasm. The diagnosis of pituitary macroadenoma was established without a pathologic analysis. Because of the compression on the optic chiasm, DK was referred to a neuro-ophthalmologist for further evaluation. His findings revealed very slight visual field defects in the right nasal area as well as mild atrophy of the right optic disc.
Although rare in children, a prolactinoma is the most common type of pituitary adenoma (Colao et al., 1998). It is characterized by secretion of varying levels of prolactin by the anterior pituitary gland (Casanueva et al., 2006, Pena and Rosenfeld, 2001, Singh and Aggarwal, 2005). These tumors are uncommon, although the exact incidence is unclear because of variation in reporting and lack of consensus about the age range which is considered pediatric (Webb & Prayson, 2008). Most data suggest that the overall in incidence is 1% to 10% of all childhood brain tumors (Webb & Prayson). Prolactinomas are designated as microadenomas if they are less than 10 mm in diameter and macroadenomas if they are greater than 10 mm (Cannavo et al., 2003). By this definition, DK had a macroadenoma. There is a higher incidence of all prolactinomas among females but a higher incidence of macroadenomas in males (Singh & Aggarwal).
The etiology of prolactinomas is not entirely clear, but research suggests that they may occur as a result of a genome change that causes mutated pituitary stem cells. Environmental factors may then permit the growth of these mutated cells. There is a familial tendency to prolactinomas, which supports a genetic component in the etiology (Casanueva et al., 2006). The tumors generally are benign, but they may have significant impact on the quality of life of children because of the possibility of frequent, severe headaches and the potential effects on growth and development, especially puberty and menarche (Singh and Aggarwal, 2005, Webb and Prayson, 2008). As noted with DK, children may present with delayed puberty, delayed menarche, headaches or visual disturbances.
The management of DK's prolactinoma required specialized care from a variety of providers including an endocrinologist, neuro-ophthalmologist, neurosurgeon, and cardiologist. It was an excellent opportunity for the NP to work collaboratively with these specialists, coordinate multiple appointments and referrals (including insurance authorization), provide support to the family, help answer the family's many questions, and obtain clearance from the endocrinologist and neurosurgeon for unrestricted activities and sports. Because this disorder is not encountered frequently, it was a tremendous learning experience for the NP.
A variety of management options exist for a prolactinoma. Treatment often depends on the size of the lesion and the type of symptoms (e.g., increased intracranial pressure or damage to structures like the optic disc) it may be causing (Singh & Aggarwal, 2005). The mainstays of management are medical, surgical, and/or radiation (Casanueva et al., 2006).
Prolactin secretion by the anterior pituitary is under hypothalamic inhibitory control exerted by release of dopamine. Recent data suggest that the first-line approach to adolescent patients with prolactin-secreting macroadenomas is dopamine-agonist medications because they are effective and act very rapidly (Chanson & Salenave, 2004). These medications have a high affinity for dopamine-2 receptors, so they are useful in conditions in which excess prolactin is secreted. Dostinex (cabergoline), the medication prescribed for DK, has a long half-life and is usually prescribed once or twice weekly. Adverse effects of the medication may include dizziness and nausea (http://www.fda.gov). Dopamine-agonists such as Dostinex (cabergoline) and bromocriptine significantly improve prolactin levels in 90% of patients and cause a reduction in tumor size in 60% of patients (Howell, Wasilewski, Mazewski, Hudgins, & Meacham, 2005).
Although dopamine-agonists are the usual treatment for prolactinomas, some patients experience intolerable gastrointestinal adverse effects, such as severe nausea, or other adverse effects, such as extreme lightheadedness (United States Food and Drug Administration, n.d.). In some patients these medications are ineffective in reducing the tumor mass. In these situations, surgery becomes an option (Colao et al., 1998). Surgical treatment of both microadenomas and macroadenomas is considered a very effective treatment, with a 91.3% initial remission rate for microadenomas and a 53.2% initial remission rate for macroadenomas (Kreutzer et al., 2008). Some prolactinomas, especially in men, require both surgery and follow-up radiation (De Menis et al., 2001).
Because the use of dopamine agonist medications generally has been so successful, radiation therapy has become the last treatment of choice for primary management of prolactinomas. Radiation continues to be used postoperatively for other types of adenomas, such as growth hormone-secreting adenomas (Chanson & Salenave, 2004) and in conjunction with surgery for males with prolactinomas (De Menis et al., 2001).
DK immediately started taking Dostinex, 0.25 mg twice weekly. After 4 weeks of dopamine-agonist treatment, DK's prolactin level decreased from 276 ng/mL to 3.3 ng/mL, with the only adverse effect being minor lightheadedness. Soon after she started taking Dostinex, DK was evaluated by a neurosurgeon to determine if surgery would be needed as an additional or alternative option to medication. The surgeon believed that medical management alone would be effective and surgery could be avoided because DK had no further galactorrhea, significant improvement in her headaches, and a marked decrease in her prolactin level. Despite the elimination of surgery as an option, DK's mother expressed continued stress and anxiety about her daughter's care and prognosis.
Because DK had such a dramatic response to Dostinex, her dose was reduced from 0.25 mg twice weekly to 0.25 mg weekly. The NP assisted the family in establishing a regular day and time each week to take the medication because compliance was an important component of this management. A repeat MRI 2 months after the initial diagnosis revealed a significant reduction in the tumor size from 16 x 11 mm to 11 x 5 mm. The neurosurgeon was confident that medical management was effective and the possibility of surgical intervention was eliminated for DK.
DK continued to be followed by pediatric endocrinology every 4 to 6 months. After the first four months of therapy, DK achieved menarche and has had menses every 18 to 20 days. Her menses are heavy and accompanied by dysmenorrhea but no management plan has been implemented except ibuprofen prior to onset of menses. The endocrinologist discouraged the use of oral contraceptives to improve dysmenorrhea and regulate cycles while DK was taking a dopamine-agonist medication.
After approximately 18 months of therapy, DK's prolactin levels increased to 32 ng/mL, so she resumed her previous schedule of twice-weekly medication. By this time generic cabergoline was prescribed instead of trade Dostinex. A repeat MRI showed that the tumor had decreased from an initial size of 16 x 11 x 12 mm to 8 x 4 mm. A small residual adenoma remained, but the necrotic fluid had reabsorbed.
After 2 years of treatment with cabergoline, new research raised concerns about this medication causing problems with cardiac valves (Drug Information On-Line, n.d.). The research suggested that problems might occur with higher doses of cabergoline used to treat Parkinson's disease, not the small dose that DK was taking. Nonetheless, DK was referred to a pediatric cardiologist for evaluation. Both her electrocardiogram and echocardiogram were normal. Because long-term effects were not known, the cardiologist suggested a follow-up visit to a cardiology clinic in 5 years and continued monitoring of the literature for other potential adverse effects of cabergoline.
Around the time of the cardiology visit, DK reported blurry vision in one eye and failed the vision screen at school. She returned to the neuro-ophthalmologist for re-evaluation and was found to have near normal distance vision and normal visual fields with no further atrophy of the optic disc. DK was reassured that her vision concerns were not related to the prolactinoma, and she was given a mild prescription for glasses to be used for distance work in school. DK's concerns suggested that there continued to persistent anxiety related to the tumor.


My husband has worked on cars almost all of his life. He and his father were owners of Jerry's Front End and Brake shop until they closed the doors in the late 90's. Nick also worked for the local dirt track on weekends to make a little extra money.
They spent many days not only servicing customers cars, but as I can remember, were always piddling on a race car in the side bay. Nicks father had a few race cars as he was a member of Carolina Vintage Stock Car Racing Association ( CVSCRA). One of his race cars was given to a museum. I'm not sure what happened to the others, but there was a last one and the only one I remember. A 1949 Ford.
Nicks dad raced this car until he was in his 70's. After each race, he would pull it into the home garage and fix the dings and tune it up. Nick and his dad would often be under the hood getting it ready for the next race. His dad passed away about 10 years ago. The race car has sat in the garage waiting for new life ever since. It became dusty, weathered and stalled.
The day came this past weekend. The car had a buyer. Nick wanted to get it running so the buyer would be satisfied in the purchase. He worked for a few days getting her running. She was alive now. The sound of the motor would make the hairs on the back of your head stand up.
When the buyer arrived, I was able to snap a photo of Nick under the hood one more time.
She was running like a charm, or like a race car sitting for ten years would sound awaking from a long hibernation. Vroom vroom! Sounded nice but I'm the weird one and liked the smell.
The car was cranked, the money was swapped and it was loaded on a trailer. The buyer said he liked the way it looked. He doesn't plan to paint it to anything different. He also plans to put it back on the track come November.
It will race again and I'm sure Nicks dad is looking down and smiling. It was sort of sad to see it leave as all the brothers stood by watching but it was time to let go.
Sad, yes...but time. It's nice to have all those great memories, though!
A bit sad yes, but nice that the car will be on the race track once again.
I hope your race car likes it's new owner :) That's a neat old car.
Finally I got in. For a day all I got was ERROR 400 or something and I REally wanted to read this one. I wasn't disappointed you did a great job of showing the feelings that I could imagine Nick had. What a great looking car. I had friends who had '49's and they would run just stock. I can imagine the power of that old V8 after Nick and his dad put some time into it.
Loved this one and great pictures of saying good bye and the last time under the hood to work that throttle and hear that ENGINE!
SWEET! It brings back lot of memories of seeing drivers who were also their own mechanics!
Had trouble accessing this. Blogger wouldn't let me in. Saying goodbye to old cars is always difficult. This one was special indeed. Glad it has a new home and that your husband got it's motor humming once again.


These Lime Cupcakes with Raspberry Frosting have a fun flavor combo that's perfect for warm weather. The cupcakes have a soft, buttery crumb and a hint of lime. Then we're frosting them with raspberry buttercream made from real berries.
Today I'm sharing these Lime Cupcakes with Raspberry Frosting over on Oh Sweet Basil. I love making cupcakes, and any recipe that uses fresh summer berries is always a plus in my book.
I love experimenting with new flavors in the kitchen, and these are a great change-up to your typical vanilla cupcakes over the summer months.
The lime flavor is sweet & fresh, but never tart. And the cupcakes have a deliciously fluffy & soft texture. Then the frosting is my favorite part. It's creamy, fluffy & bursting with real berries. Plus the bright pink color is too pretty to ignore.
So head on over to Oh Sweet Basil to get the recipe!
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It's been nearly six months since I was shaken to my core by a conversation I had with one of my accounts. We aren't close friends, we don't spend time together outside our overlaps in space and time due to my responsibilities, but there is mutual respect that has been earned by both sides.
One of the seemingly sure-fire marketing ideas to bring people into a bar or restaurant is to run a promotion. Typically, these promos are sponsored by a beverage vendor – liquor or beer – and include some giveaways. Giveaways can be as simple as some koozies and keychains all the way to larger prizes like snowboards, trips to opening day sports games, and even brand new vehicles.
Bar owners typically love these promotions, afterall, who wouldn't? It's free gifts that you get to claim and give away to your patrons. Often, all you have to do is sacrifice $1 or so off each draft or drink of choice. If the event is a dud, then it costs you a few bucks and the few people that showed up got some great swag. If it's a hit, then you reap the rewards and hopefully win over a few new clients.
But do promotions work for bars? Restaurants?
My opinion is mixed. Ongoing promotions do work – I have seen it, but they ONLY work when the bar staff is invested in the promo as well. For example, if a bar is offering race tickets and a special on race day for a sponsored beverage, then a poster on the wall is only going to do so much.
Giving away a snowboard is only as good as the person behind the bar pushing the promo item.
Bar owners and managers seem to want to do promotions on slow nights, which is a bad idea. Slow nights are not going to produce the buzz that is required for a promotion to be successful and therefore make the bar seem more attractive to new visitors.
One-night promotions almost never work and are often a desperate plea for slower establishments to drum up business. I hate to say it, but a great menu and better service will trump any number of promotions, no matter how big the prize.
Here are some tips to keep in mind when putting together a promo schedule.
Make the promotion interactive. Make your customers do something in order to win, or be entered to win. If they earn it, they're going to have more fun and afterall, that's why bars exist – for fun.
Make the promotion ongoing. This does two things – you get people to come back more than once and you reward your sponsor. Rewarding sponsors is a great way to get them to continue to work with you in the future. Getting customers to stay engaged is key to converting them to regulars.
Get your staff behind the promo. There's few things worse than a bar staff not engaged with a promotion that is happening. Posters don't get up, they don't talk it up to regular customers, and they bring down the energy of the whole event. If you want to turn visitors into customers, you are going to do it with service.
If you give it away, they will not come. Just because you have a giveaway, you aren't guaranteed that people will show up or come back.
Focus on your business first. Seems pretty basic, but if your service isn't up to par, don't go spending money or asking your vendors to leverage themselves to put butts in the seats. Have a craft beer bar? Make sure your bartenders know craft beer. Have a sports bar? Turn the sound on.
It's pretty simple, but not easy. Service is everything that giveaways aren't… permanent and difference-making.
Think I'm crazy? Leave a comment – I will reply to all of them.


Where can I find a description of the 911 service provided by Callcentric?
Under what conditions will Callcentric provide me with 911 service?
What happens if my service cannot be re-billed?
Does Callcentric support European / International emergency numbers?
I accidentally said I was in the USA or Canada, now I'm asked for a 911 address; what do I do?
Can I configure multiple 911/E911 addresses on a single account that has multiple extensions/sub-accounts?
How does Callcentric Provision 911 Service?
A setup fee of $1.50 and a monthly fee of $1.50 apply to each Callcentric account requiring 911 service. These fees are used to recover costs directly associated with developing, implementing and maintaining 911 service in compliance with FCC regulations in the US, and CRTC regulations in Canada.
If you added one of the above outgoing plans the 911 fee would be included in the monthly price for the selected outgoing plan.
Under these products you WILL be billed for 911 separately, at $1.50/month plus a one time $1.50 setup fee, if you state that your are in the US or Canada.
You can see our 911 service description here.
In addition, many common questions are answered here in our 911 Frequently Asked Questions.
Callcentric provides 911 service across the 50 states in the US, Puerto Rico, as well as in all provinces of Canada. Callcentric does not provide 911 or any other type of emergency dialing service in other countries.
911 service will only be activated on your account if you are located in the United States or Canada and purchase a paid service that requires 911 service to be activated. This includes if you purchase a rate plan to place outbound calls, or if you purchase a phone number to receive calls.
If you are located in the United States or Canada and have purchased a rate plan for outbound calling, or a phone number to receive calls we must provide you with 911 service as per FCC regulations in the US, and CRTC regulations in Canada.
You will not be able to place a call to 911. You will want to contact us by opening a trouble ticket on your account. A Callcentric representative will be in contact to discuss the exact reason behind the failure to provision.
Many things can cause the provisioning of your 911 service to fail; the most common is an address issue. Should your 911 provisioning fail a Callcentric representative will be in touch with you to discuss the specific issue.
Ideally you do not need to test 911, and we recommend not dialing 911 unless it is an emergency. If you have received an email stating that your 911 service has been activated, then 911 will work should you ever need it.
NOTE: Testing 911 when there is not an emergency can be punishable by law in certain states. We advise you check your local and state laws for more information. If you do choose to test 911, you must immediately inform the emergency response personnel that it is not an emergency and that you are testing your 911 service to make sure it's working.
Dialing 933. 933 provides the ability to receive the exact information that would be delivered to 911 operators when you dial 911. 933 is the best way to make sure that your information was submitted properly and is an entirely automated process.
Dialing your local PSAP (Public Safety Answerring Point) through their local numbers. You may find these numbers through your local phonebook or city/state registry. If you do dial these numbers please make sure to indicate that your call is a test, as you will be occupying the time of individuals who provide public safety services.
If you have conerrns about 911, not answered in any of the other 911 FAQs, then please open a trouble ticket on your account.
Callcentric provides 911 service to all customers for a minimum of 20 days after services have failed to be re-billed or cancelled. You will receive a warning notification when your 911 service has been disconnected due to cancellation of services or failure to re-bill. Once you have received a notification that 911 service is no longer active on your account you will not be able to place calls to 911 any longer.
No. Callcentric does not support emergency dialing to numbers such as 100, 101, 102, 112, 999, or other emergency dialing. We recommend that you keep a basic traditional phone line or cell phone available to make emergency calls; and that you label all phones/computers connected to the Callcentric service as not supporting the local emergency number dialing.
1 - You can provide a valid US/Canada address so that your 911 services can be provisioned. Note that you will be charged a 911 setup and monthly fee. These 911 fees are non-refundable as they go directly to our 911 service provider.
*Please note that you may always state that you are outside the US or Canada, if you indeed are, after 911 has been provisioned.
2 - You can simply open another account and answer 'No' to the "Are you using our services from within the US or Canada?" question.
We cannot modify any information on your account in relation to 911 service once you have answered the question above.
911 calls will be sent to the local 911 Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) for your locality. In rare cases if your 911 call cannot be routed to the local PSAP due to problem validating your address, or due to a connection failure, your 911 call will be re-routed automatically to a national Emergency Call Response Center (ECRC).
Your call is sent to a national Emergency Call Response Center (ECRC). The call centre operator will confirm your location information and then transfer your 911 call to the local emergency response centre nearest your location. You should be prepared to confirm your address and call-back number with the operator.
If you wish to have more than one 911 address on your Callcentric account then unfortunately this is not possible. There is only one 911 address configurable per account.
If you need each account to have it's own address then you will want to open a Callcentric account for each unique 911 address.
You may update your current address at any time by logging into your account and clicking on the Change your 911 address by clicking here link. This will allow you to enter a new US or Canadian address for use with 911.
If you still have further questions on this topic please contact us for further assistance.
We do not provision 911 on any Phone Number purchased via our Service(or Number acquired from any other Provider). We send out a hidden number during a 911 call. And this number will be assigned to your account when 911 service is first activated. It will tied to your Name and Address.
The reason we do this is because a large portion of our customers have multiple DID's on their account and in general people are switching products around, etc. this way you have one number that is always used for 911 on your account regardless of the other products that you have, so if you want to move the DID to another account of yours then it won't affect your 911 service, note that this also saves money because otherwise we would have to re-provision your 911 any time you made such a change. Another example is if you are forwarding your DID to another location and someone at your house has an emergency and uses your Callcentric account to call 911 if the emergency response center needs to call you back then they call back the DID that is hidden and therefore will always ring where your device or softphone is physically registered.
Another reason that we implement 911 in this way is because we have a large number of clients who do not even have DID's(or phone numbers) on their accounts, if they call 911 then 911 needs a number to be able to reach them at, this way we have one central and simple way of implementing 911, the least complicated the better and also that way there is less room for error so that 911 should always work.
So, essentially think of your account being mapped to a hidden phone number, internally, when a 911 call is placed. And if the Emergency Center ever needs to call you back, the operator will know which number to call. The call will be routed to the SIP Client(Hardware/Software) that placed the call.
You may find out what your 911 Phone Number is, by dialing 933 from your Callcentric SIP Client. This will only work if you have 911 activated on your Account.


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