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Effects of Topical Antimicrobial Agents on the Human Neutrophil Respiratory Burst
John F. Hansbrough, Ramon Zapata Sirvent, Matthew L. Cooper
The neutrophil oxidative burst plays an important role in killing intracellular microorganisms. We studied the effects of topical antimicrobial agents on the N-formyl-l-methionyl-l-leucyl-l-phenylalanine–stimulated oxidative burst of human peripheral blood neutrophils, using a flow cytometric assay. Mafenide acetate, sulfadiazine silver, gentamicin sulfate, neomycin sulfate–polymyxin B sulfate (Neosporin GU Irrigant), acetic acid, amphotericin B, and povidone-iodine inhibited the neutrophil oxidative burst at or below clinical concentrations, while 0.25% modified diluted sodium hypochlorite (Dakin's) solution caused cell death. Bacitracin–polymyxin B sulfate (Polysporin) greatly augmented the respiratory burst; this effect was due to the bacitracin component. Diluted gentamicin and acetic acid also augmented intracellular hydrogen peroxide production, but to a lesser extent than Polysporin. Inhibition of the respiratory burst of neutrophils might be considered when these agents are used for topical wound care, although clinical correlates of these effects have not been determined.
https://doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1991.01410290079016
Respiratory Burst
Gentamicins
Mafenide
Bacitracin
Amphotericin B
Hansbrough, J. F., Zapata Sirvent, R., & Cooper, M. L. (1991). Effects of Topical Antimicrobial Agents on the Human Neutrophil Respiratory Burst. Archives of Surgery, 126(5), 603-608. https://doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1991.01410290079016
Effects of Topical Antimicrobial Agents on the Human Neutrophil Respiratory Burst. / Hansbrough, John F.; Zapata Sirvent, Ramon; Cooper, Matthew L.
In: Archives of Surgery, Vol. 126, No. 5, 01.01.1991, p. 603-608.
Hansbrough, JF, Zapata Sirvent, R & Cooper, ML 1991, 'Effects of Topical Antimicrobial Agents on the Human Neutrophil Respiratory Burst', Archives of Surgery, vol. 126, no. 5, pp. 603-608. https://doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1991.01410290079016
Hansbrough JF, Zapata Sirvent R, Cooper ML. Effects of Topical Antimicrobial Agents on the Human Neutrophil Respiratory Burst. Archives of Surgery. 1991 Jan 1;126(5):603-608. https://doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1991.01410290079016
Hansbrough, John F. ; Zapata Sirvent, Ramon ; Cooper, Matthew L. / Effects of Topical Antimicrobial Agents on the Human Neutrophil Respiratory Burst. In: Archives of Surgery. 1991 ; Vol. 126, No. 5. pp. 603-608.
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The 2012 IIHF World Women's Championships was the 14th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation and took place in Vermont, United States, at the Gutterson Fieldhouse in Burlington, and the Cairns Arena in South Burlington. The competition also served as qualifications for the 2013 competition, and the 2014 Olympics. The Top Division was contested between eight teams from April 7 to April 14, 2012, in Burlington and was hosted by USA Hockey.

Canada won their tenth title by defeating the United States 5–4 in overtime. Caroline Ouellette scored the decisive goal. The Americans defeated the Canadians 9–2 in the group stage earlier in the tournament. The Swiss team, by finishing third, captured their first ever Women's World Championship medal.

Top Division

The Top Division was contested between eight teams from April 7 to April 14, 2012. The event was hosted by USA Hockey in Burlington, Vermont. A new format was used where the top four ranked teams were placed in Group A and were automatically qualified for the final round, and played in the preliminary round was only used to determine seeding for the next round. The top two teams received a bye into the semifinals. Meanwhile, the next four teams played the preliminary round in Group B. The top two teams from Group B joined the others for the final round, while the bottom two team played a best-of-three series, with the loser being relegated next year.

Group A

Group B

 — promoted to Top Division pool for 2012

Rosters

Each team's roster for the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship consisted of at least 15 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 20 skaters and 3 goaltenders. All eight participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a roster by the first IIHF directorate meeting on 6 April 2012.

Preliminary round

Group A

All times are local (UTC−4).

Group B

All times are local (UTC−4).

Relegation series

Best of three.

All times are local (UTC−4).

The third game of the relegation series was cancelled because Germany won both meetings and Slovakia is therefore relegated.

Final round

All times are local (UTC−4).

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Fifth place game

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Ranking and statistics

Final standings

Scoring leaders
List shows the top 10 skaters sorted by points, then goals.

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource: IIHF.COM

Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com

Tournament Awards
Media All-Stars
Goaltender:
Defense: ,
Forwards: , ,
Best players selected by the directorate:
Best Goaltender:
Best Defenceman:
Best Forward:

Division I

Division I A
The Division I A tournament was played in Ventspils, Latvia, from 25 to 31 March 2012.

Division I B
The Division I B tournament was played in Hull, Great Britain, from 9 to 15 April 2012.

Division II

Division II A
The Division II A tournament was played in Maribor, Slovenia, from 25 to 31 March 2012.

Division II B
The Division II B tournament was played in Seoul, South Korea, from 10 to 16 March 2012.

See also
2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

References

External links
 International Ice Hockey Federation

2012
World
World
International ice hockey competitions hosted by the United States
IIHF Women's Worlds
IIHF Women's World Championship
Ice hockey competitions in Vermont
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Kevin Feige Recalls Tom Holland's One Flip That Blown Away Chris Evans & Helped Him Lock His Place As Spider-Man
When Tom Holland surprised Chris Evans with his Spider-Man audition (Photo Credits – Wikimedia/Instagram)
Tom Holland is a talented, young actor who has stunned everyone with his stellar performances in six MCU movies as Spider-Man. The actor just appeared in his third standalone film, Spider-Man: No Way Home. The film has become the highest grossing film of 2021 $1 billion Worldwide at the box office.
The actor landed the role a year later in 2015 Andrew GarfieldThe second and last Spidey film of the year was released. Marvel was also signing a deal with Sony, which is now spelled out on the MCU's history page. After getting the role, he made his first appearance in Captain America: Civil War alongside Chris Evans.
Speaking of Tom Holland and Captain America, this was a time when the Far From Home actor surprised Chris Evans a little while auditioning for Spider-Man, which also helped him land the role. According to ComicBook, Marvel head Kevin Feige in an interview with Sony Pictures talks about the journey of finding a new Spidey and how Holland keeps another MCU hero on his toes.
"I think we flew about five actors and did readings from them with Robert Downey Jr., and it was his grace, he's always so kind, especially with the other actors, with his time. We did that reading. With that narrowed it down there, and then we did another one with Chris Evans, and it became very clear that Tom Holland wasn't just an amazing Peter Parker, but he was an incredibly amazing, no pun intended, Spider-Man. ," Kevin Feige said.
"He had the abilities of a great actor and the abilities of a great gymnast and stunt performer, which was just an added bonus that blows us away and takes us by surprise. I remember him doing a giant flip right in front of Evans 'He threw Evans, he couldn't believe what he just saw in front of him,'" Feige said.
"That dynamic among a very young tom holland Interacting with Robert Downey Jr. for the first time was exactly the dynamic we wanted a young Peter Parker to have with Tony Stark for the first time. And our Peter growing up and out of it, the shadow of Iron Man as we saw him begin to do in Far From Home, and what he now totally does in No Way Home, and really his becomes his own hero," Kevin Feige said of the Spider-Man actor.
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Q: Probability that two events will occur consecutively Hi we are trying to determine the statistical significance of our summer water quality survey. 72 water samples were taken in two consecutive summer seasons. That is three sampling sites per week and three samples per site for eight weeks.
number of samples = 3*3*8

Each sample is cultured in a petri dish (chromogenic media that produces different colors per bacteria species) there are five colors that can be indentified.
A positive result is a 'dot' of one of the five colors. In one sample you can have all five colors or none. The number of dots depends on the quantity of bacteria present in the sample and the color determines the bacteria type.
If W is the family of colors and $w$ the quantity observed and X is a collection of three samples then:
$x_{i}$ = {$w_{a}, w_{b}, w_{c}, w_{d}, w_{e}$} is the possible outcome of one sample where ${w}$ is >= 0.
For each week the total number per color group per site is averaged, the average of each color group for one site for one week:
($\frac{1}{n}\sum_{i=1}^3 w_{ai}, \frac{1}{n}\sum_{i=1}^3 w_{bi}, \frac{1}{n}\sum_{i=1}^3 w_{ci} , \frac{1}{n}\sum_{i=1}^3 w_{di},\frac{1}{n}\sum_{i=1}^3 w_{ei}$)
What is the probability that one color group will have the greatest average value all three sites in the same week?
I was assuming it would look like this :
x = $\frac{1}{n}\sum_{i=1}^3 w_{ai}$
Probability that x > than all other $x_{j}$ at one site = 1/5
Probability that this repeats at all three sites in the same week = (1/5)³ = .008
Probability that this happens twice = .00064
Therefore this is an unlikely outcome and statistically significant.
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This is the chart of year over year results:
Year over year results

A: If all five colors are equally likely, and if the chance of a tie for "largest number" is negligible, and if the results at each site have independent probabilities, then in any given week there is indeed a $(1/5)^3$ chance that color A has the most dots in all three sites.
In the same week, there is also a $(1/5)^3$ chance that color B has the most dots.
And the same chances for colors C, D, and E.
In total, there is a $5 \times (1/5)^3 = 0.04$ chance that some single color will have the most dots at all three sites in a given week.
But there were many weeks of sampling, so the chance that this would happen at least once is much greater than $0.04.$
For example, looking just at the 2016 data, again assuming the probabilities are independent, the chance that there will be a single color with the most dots at all three sites in at least one of the eight weeks is
$$
1 - (0.96)^8 \approx 0.28.
$$
So the fact that this did happen once is not particularly significant.
On the other hand, if you look at both years, and ignore the "UV E. coli" data from 2017 (which were not recorded in 2016), you have three times when one color had the most dots at all three sites in one week. Under the same probability assumptions as before, this is the chance that a binomial variable with $n=16$ and $p = 0.04$ has a value greater than $2.$ That probability is approximately $0.024.$

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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volumen47
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Soon after Philip the Fair had constituted a general state of the commons of his kingdom, Edward did the same in England, by way of forming a balance against the power of the barons. For it was in this prince's reign that the House of Commons was absolutely eftablished.
« Till the fourteenth century, then, we see that the government of England resembled that of France. The national churches were perfectly the same; the same subjection to the court of Rome; the fame exactions that were still complained of, but ever paid to that avaricious court; the same quarrels, the same excommunications; the fame donations to monks; the same mixture of religious rapine; fuperftition and barbarity.
• The government of France and England having then been conducted on the fame principles for so many ages, how comes it të pass that these two governments are now become as different as those of Morocco and Venice?
• Is it not because Great Britain being an island *, the king has no occasion to keep up a large standing army, which ferves no less to awe the subject than to guard against the enemy?
• Is it not because the English are of a more folid turn, more given to reflection, and more steady in their resolutions than some other nations ?
* And was it not for this reason t, that, ever complaining of the papal yoke, they, at length, totally shook it off, while a nation of greater levity, at the same time, laughed at it, and wote it, and danced in their fetters ?
• Has not the maritime situation of their country too, their exa tensive navigation, given them a severity of manners?
• And that severity of manners, which has made their island the scene of so many tragical events, has not that likewise contributed to inspire them with a generous freedom?
The love of liberty,- is not that become their prevailing characteristic ? Has not this grown in proportion with the improvement of their wealth and their understanding? The people cannot be equally powerful, but they may be equally free. And this the Eng. lith have obtained by their firmness.
• To be free is to be dependent only on the laws. Of course the English love their laws as parents do their children, because they proceeded from themselves ; at least they believe they did.
A government such as this could not be established hastily. It had respectable powers to contend with, and consequently required time. The power of the Pope, the most formidable, because it was founded on ignorance and prejudice: the power of the crown, ever
* Mr. Voltaire says, l'Angleterre etant une isle, one of his usual inaccuracies.
+ A better reason is here given for the Reformation in England, than that lately assigned by the fame Author. See our last Appendix. ready to make encroachments, and always on that account to be guarded againft; the power of the Barons, which was an absolute anarchy; the power of the bishops, which extending as well to civil as to ecclefiaftical matters, contended for the superiority both with the Barons and the Kings.
• By degrees, the House of Commons became a barrier to these torrents, and that house does now, in fact, constitute the nation. The King, who is the head, acts only for himself, and for what is called the prerogative. The Peers afsemble in parliament only for themselves. The Bishops do no more. But the House of Commons assembles in behalf of the people, because each member is deputed by the people. Now the people are to the King, as eight millions are to a unit; to the Bishops and the Peers as eight millions are to two hundred and eight millions of free citizens are represented by the lower house.
• From this establishment, compared to which the republic of Plato is an idle reverie, and which might seem to be the invention of a Locke, a Newton, a Halley, or an Archimedes, have evils arisen shocking to humanity. The disorder of the vast machine wert near to destroy it in the time of Fairfax and of Cromwell. Fanaticism got into the grand edifice, like a devouring fire, which consumes the most beauteous buildings, that are only made of wood.
• In the time of William the Third, it was rebuilt of stone. Philosophy has destroyed fanaticism, that bane of the best regulated ftates; and it is surely probable, that a conftitution which has regu. lated the rights of the king, the nobility, and the people (a constitution, in which every individual finds his security) will last as long as any human establishment can laft: and it is equally probable that all states which have not the happiness to be founded on such principles as these, will hasten to a revolution.
Since writing the above Article, I have reperused the nineteenth book of the spirit of laws, wherein the Author exhibits a portrait of England, without naming it. I was ready to commit my own to the flames, but I considered that though it wanted the wit, the refinement, and the depth that one admires in Montesquieu, it might still be useful. It is founded on facts that are indisputable, and sometimes one is inclined to doubt the ideas of ingenuity.'
THE CERTAINTY OF History. All certainty, that is not founded on mathematical demonstration, amounts to nothing more than the highest degree of probability. There can be no other historical certainty.
• The first historian who spoke of the grandeur and population of the Chinese empire was not believed, nor could he make himself to be believed. The Portuguese who visited that vast empire many ages afterwards, gave some probability to the account. It is now certain ; that is, it has that certainty which arises from the unanimous disposition of a thousand eye-witnesses of different nations, whose testimony no one disputes.
• If only two or three historians had recorded that adventure of Charles the Twelfth, who, obstinately determined to stay in one of the cåkles of the Sultan his benefactor, in spite of him; and with
only only his domestic servants, fought against an army of Janisaries and Tartars, I should suspend my judgment. But after speaking with many eye-witnesses, and never hearing the matter called in queition, I had the greatest reason to believe it. Because, after all, if it was neither a very wise nor a very comnon action, it was not unnatural, nor, with that hero, out of character.
• What is contrary to the ordinary course of nature ought not to be believed, at least not unless it be attested by men who are apparently under the influence of a divine inspiration, the evideece of which inspiration cannot be doubted. For this reason, under the article Certainty, in the dictionary of the Encyclopedia, there seems to be a paradox. There it is said, that if all the people in Paris should affirm that they had seen a person raised from the dead, there would be as much reason to believe it, as there would be if all Paris fhould affirm that the French had gained the battle of Fontenoy. Now it is certain that the testimony of all Paris, on a matter which is in itself improbable, could not be equal to the testimony of all Paris in a case where no Probability was wanting. Behold here the first principles of found logic. Such a dictionary ought to be consecrated to truth alone.'
The UNCERTAINTY OF HISTORY. " We have divided the æra of time into the historical and the fabulous. But the historical zra itself wants likewise the distinctions of truth and fable. I speak not of those fables received and acknowledged as such. There is no doubt, for inftance, arising on the prodigies with which Livy has in. terlarded his history, but on the facts that are received, doubts may arise.
• It must be considered, that the Roman republic was five hundred years without historians, and that Livy himself laments the loss of the annals of the pontifs, and of other monuments that almott all perished in the burning of Rome. Pleraque interiere. It is genesally acknowledged, that in the first three centuries the art of writing was very uncommon. Ruræ per eadem Tempora Litere. One mai reasonably doubt therefore concerning any relations of facts which are contrary to the common order of nature, and to human conciogencies.
• Is it probable that Romulus, the grandson of a Sabine King, could be under a necessity of carrying off by force the Sabine women for a supply of wives! Is the story of Lucretia at all probable? Can one fo easily believe, on the faith of Livy, the story of Porfenna's pannic flight, or of Scavola's burning his hand?
Is the story of Regulus inclosed in a tub fluck through with Rails more credible? Would not his cotemporary, Polybius, have mentioned it, if there had been any truth in it. He does not say a fyllable about it. One may presume, therefore, that it was invented a long time afterwards, in order to render the Carthaginians odious.
• If you consult the dictionary of Moreri, he affures you, that this story of Regulus is recorded by Livy, though that decade in which Livy might have spoken of it, is loft
. There is nothing for it but Freinsheim's supplement. It is pleasant enough, however, to observe that the Author of the dictionary, while he quotes a German of the
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Seventeenth century, seriously believes that he is quoting a Roman of the Auguftan age. But the uncertainties of history would fill volumes without number.'
ON THE STYLE AND MANNER OF HISTORY. "So much has been said on this subject, that little remains to be said now. It is well known that the style and manner of Livy, the dignity, and eloquence of bis pen, are perfectly consistent with the grandeur of the Roman republic; that Tacitus had a better hand for the portrait of a tyrant, Polybius for the discipline of war, and Dionysius of Hali. carnaffus for the elucidation of antiquities.
• But while we form ourselves on the model of these great masters in general, our talk is heavier than theirs. Modern bistorians are required to be more circumftantial in their details, to have their facts better established, their dates of greater precision; authorities are expected for what they affert, and likewise an attention to customs, laws, manners, commerce, finance, agriculture, and population. It is now with hiftory, as with natural philosophy and the mathematics. The materials are immensely enlarged, and the more easy it is to make a collection of gazestes, the more difficult it is to write a hiftory.
• Daniel thought himself an historian, when he transcribed inc dates and narrative of a battle which you could make nothing of. He should have described the people, their laws, manners and customs, and the causes of revolutions in these several circumstances. Might not the people say to him, and with very great propriety, It is noi the history of Lewis the large, we want : it is our own? You tell us on the authority of an old chronicle, written the Lord knows when, or by what means, that, when Lewis the eighth was in a dechining state of health, his physicians ordered his poor carcase to be put to bed to a fine young girl, and that the pious, good king refused this vile, wicked regimen. Ah, Daniel! Had you forgot the Italian proverb? Donna ignuda manda l'Uomo sotto la Terra". You fhould have been better acquainted with natural and political history.
• The history of a country, little known, should not be on the fame model with that of your own,
• If you write the history of France, it is not necesary that you should describe the course of the Seine and the Loire ; but if you write the conquests of the Portuguese in Aha, the topography of the country is requisite. You muft lead your Reader by the hand along the African coast, along the Coasts of Perlia and India. It is expected that you thould instruct him in the manners, laws and customs of those countries which are new to the Europeans.
• We have twenty histories of the establishment of the Portuguese in the Indies; but not one of them acquaints us with the different governments of those countries, their religions, their antiquities, the Bramins, the disciples of St. John, and the Banians. It is true, they have preserved the letters of Xaverius and his successors. They have given us histories of India, written at Paris after thote miwiona. ories, who were unacquainted with the language of the Bramins. We have been told a hundred times that the Indians worship the devil.
* Ahaked woman will put a man to bed under ground. PSY. App. Vol. xlvii.
• The chaplains of the trading companies go off with this prejd. dice, and when they find on the coast of Coromandel symbolicat figures, they fail not to represent them as portraits of the devil. They confider themselves as in his dominions, and prepare to fight him on his own ground. They do not recollect that we Europeans worship a devil there whose name is mammon, and that we go fix thousand leagues from our own country to pay our devotions to him, and fill our pockets.
As to those who are hired servants to a bookseller in St. James's Street, and who are ordered by their master to write a hiftory of Japan, or Canada, or the Canary Islands, or, poffibly, the memoirs of some capuchin, to those. I have nothing to say. . But if you, my good historiographer, will tell us no more thas that one barbarous prince succeeded another on the banks of the Uxus, or the Jaxertes, of what utility can your history be to the publici
· These rules are well known, but the art of writing history well, will always be very rare. We know that the style should be grare, pure, various and pleasing. In thort, it is with historical writing, as with all other works of genius, there are many rules, but very few real artists.'
On the INFLUENCE WHICH THE PASSIONS OF THE MOTHER HATE ON THE FOETUS. 'l am now of opinion, that the strong paflions of pregnant women have a prodigious effect on the embryo, and I believe I fhall always be of the same opinion. I have my reasons from what I have seen. Had I no other authority for this opinion than the teftimony of those historians who relate the case of Mary Stuart, and her fon james the first, lfhould suspend my judgment, because this happened two hundred years ago, and because the impression made on James may be imputed to other causes than the imagination of Mary, The royal aflaffins, at the head of whom was her hufband, entered, sword in hand into the room where she was at supper with her lorer, and killed him before her eyes. . This sudden troke affected her fætus, and James the first, with a great deal of courage, had always an involuntary tremor upon him when sword was drawn out of the scabbard. But this influence on his nerves might have another cause.
• Of the following I was an eye-witness. A tramper, with : dancing dog, which he had dressed in something of a red cap, went into the court-yard of a woman who was pregnant. She cried out immediately that the animal should be taken away. She told us that her child would bear the marks of it. She wept, and would not be comforted. This is the second time, said the, that the like misfor. fortune has happened to me. My first child bears the marks of a fright which I received. It is the weakness of my frame; I am senfible that this misfortune will be repeated. She had too much reason for what she said. She was brought to bed of a child which resembled the figure that had frighted her. The cap, in particular, was plainly visible, and the poor infant lived two days.
• In the time of Malebranche, no one doubted of the circumstance he relates of a woman, who having seen a malefactor broke on the wheel, was delivered of a child bruised in the same parts with the
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I feel like I have started to write this post so many times and then end up deleting it. Where have I been you ask? Well . . .
as you guys know, I finally followed my dream and became a travel agent back in the Spring. It has been absolutely wonderful and I love every, single minute of it; however, it does keep me very, very busy. Over the summer I went into the office two days a week but once Kanin went back to school then I scaled it back to just one day a week. I thought that once the Fall got here and we got back to a more normal routine that I would have some breathing room but that just hasn't been the case. In fact, I think it has gotten even worse.
Beside my travel agent gig, I have also been merchandising for a book company for Michael's Crafts. That job is only supposed to be part-time but I currently am servicing 4 stores. Between 20-25 hours a week at Michaels (AFTER Scott gets off work so I never even leave the house until after 2:00pm) and going into the travel office 1 day a week, I barely have time to breathe. Add to this that Gracie has started dance, Kanin is playing baseball, and poor Boo Boo is STILL not potty-trained . . . I am definitely not winning any Mother of the Year awards.
I'm quickly coming to the conclusion that something has to give. I barely have time to do anything "fun" with the kids. My justification for keeping the merchandising gig has been that it practically paid for our vacation and Christmas is only a few shorts months away and it would be really nice to use all of my money for Christmas presents this year but I just don't know how much longer I can keep up this facade that I can handle everything.
I have missed blogging. I've missed reading all of YOUR blogs. Thank God for my real-life friend Holly at Where We Can Live Like Jack and Sally or I wouldn't even have known that my original favorite blogger, Sarah from Clover Lane, had had another baby.
Don't get me wrong, I am grateful for the work and there is no pity-party going on here, I just wanted you all to know that I am still here and I am still breathing. I've been told that help is on the way with the merchandising job so I am hoping that over the next couple of weeks that I will at least be able to write once a week again.
And just because every post deserves a picture, check out my Sweet Baby. I could just eat him up.
I can only imagine how crazy it all is. I don't have any part time jobs and I feel worn out. Awesome that you are doing it all and keeping it all together!
Btw, my Carter is still not potty trained either. Just can't get completely committed.
You're right... Caleb is looking more and more like Kanin.
Also, I don't know how you are wearing so many hats. It would have to be a tough decision with the holidays just around the corner. I remember how it was when I was working full time and cleaning houses on the side. It felt like the little things were slowly slipping away.
Good to catch up on your site. Like you my life has been crazy busy and finding time to blog has been difficult so don't feel bad about not blogging! It looks like your family was really happy on the trip to Mexico. Looking forward to checking up on your blog more often now that things are getting back to normal.


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36 Million Families Are Getting Letters From the IRS About Changes to the Child Tax Credit
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Parents should be on the lookout this week for a letter from the IRS regarding their eligibility for monthly payments from the expanded Child Tax Credit.
The agency announced in a press release Monday that it has begun sending out letters to more than 36 million American families who may be eligible to receive monthly payments starting in July. Eligibility for the 2021 Child Tax Credit (CTC) advanced payments is determined by the information provided in your 2020 tax return, or your 2019 return if this year's return has not yet been processed.
This year's Child Tax Credit was expanded under the American Rescue Plan passed in March. It will provide families up to $3,600 per child under the age of 6 and $3,000 for all other children under 18, with half of the credit being paid out in monthly installments between July 15 and December 15.
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Parents who qualify for the tax credit will automatically start receiving monthly payments in July of up to $300 per child. But if you would rather receive the money as a lump sum come tax season next year, rather than as a monthly benefit, the letter says that instructions for doing so will come at the end of the month. There is no penalty for opting out.
If do you want to receive the monthly payments, then the letter explicitly states that you don't need to take any further action.
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Feb 5, 2020 - Sports
Red Sox trade Betts to Dodgers
Kendall Baker, author of Sports
Mookie Betts walks through a Fenway Park tunnel after scoring the winning run in the final Red Sox game of 2019. Photo: Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images
The Red Sox and Dodgers have agreed to a blockbuster deal that will send former MVP Mookie Betts and veteran (and extremely expensive) starter David Price to Los Angeles for a package that includes promising young outfielder Alex Verdugo, ESPN's Jeff Passan reports.
The state of play: The trade also includes the Twins, who will send pitching prospect Brusdar Graterol to the Red Sox and, in turn, receive starter Kenta Maeda from the Dodgers.
By the numbers: Since the start of the 2016 season, Betts' 33.8 WAR (wins above replacement) is second to only Mike Trout's 35.5, and he leads all players with 98 defensive runs saved — 13 more than second-place Andrelton Simmons.
Why it matters: This move instantly makes the Dodgers super contenders and puts arguably the two best players in the world in the same market. It also serves as a stark reminder that the baseball world is increasingly dictated by teams' desire to stay under the luxury-tax threshold.
How it works: Each season, clubs that exceed a predetermined threshold ($206 million last year, $208 million this year) must pay a "luxury tax" on each dollar spent above that threshold, and repeat "offenders" see their tax rates increase exponentially.
As three-time offenders, Boston was looking at an aggressive tax rate, so they traded away the epitome of a franchise player to avoid paying it.
The Yankees and Dodgers have hit the reset tax button themselves in recent years, paving the way for them to sign the two best players to change teams this offseason: Gerrit Cole and now Betts.
What they're saying: ESPN's Bill Barnwell sums up the frustration that I imagine most Red Sox fans feel at the moment — and that all fans feel when the team they love prioritizes profits over winning:
"Paraphrasing but after the A's traded Rickey Henderson, Bill James wrote something like 'The whole point of having a team is to get a Rickey Henderson and keep him for as long as possible.' That's the first thing that came to mind about the Mookie Betts trade."
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Talks on Moynihan Station air rights begin
Jeremy Smerd
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The state and the city have re-entered negotiations with Vornado Realty Trust and The Related Cos. over the sale of 1 million square feet of air rights associated with the new Moynihan Station, said Tim Gilchrist, the new president of the Moynihan Station Development Corp. in a recent interview with Crain's.
The developers entered into a memorandum of understanding with the state in 2006 to develop the Farley Post Office into a new train station and to use the air rights to build an adjacent mixed-use development topped by a 67-story tower. But the plan, including $110 million from the sale of the air rights, was never approved by the Public Authorities Control Board.
Instead, the recession forced the state to split the development into two phases. Eventually, federal stimulus funding provided the final $83 million needed to build the $267 million first phase, which entails linking the Farley building to expanded Penn Station platforms to give passengers another exit.
The initial construction contracts were approved Monday, and now attention is turning to funding the $1 billion second phase.
That's where the sale of air rights comes in. The Farley building—which occupies the square block between West 31st and West 33rd streets and Eighth and Ninth avenues—comes with 2.5 million square feet of transferable air rights. While Related and Vornado have dibs on the first 1 million, the remaining 1.5 million square feet are up for grabs.
If an air-rights agreement with the two developers is reached, the 1 million-square-foot "Penn West" could begin rising before construction on the station's first phase is completed in the next three to four years.
"We have a way to move forward, we just have to negotiate the pieces," Mr. Gilchrist said. "I'd love to get money to build [the station]."
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I went to Dansk Bjergklub's X-mas meet on Kullen last weekend. This involves climbing on very cold rock during the day and consuming insane amounts of Christmas food and alcohol at the club hut during the evening. The temperature was just above freezing and it is has a pretty masochistic feel to rock climb in conditions like this. We did however enjoy ourselves and had a good time on the rock and at the feast during the evening.
Many climbers seem puzzled by the concept of (T) and (B) ratings on ice axes. Let me try to explain this concept. Axes are either rated (T)echnical or (B)asic. All climbing axes are rated (T) per default. The confusion arises because the picks are also (T) and (B) rated. (T) Rated picks are stronger and heavier. They are primarily designed for mixed climbing where rock work is involved, they are however also suited for normal icefall climbing. (B) Rated picks have finer blades and are only suited for pure water ice climbing.
For Scottish mixed or hard alpine climbing I would recommend the use of (T) rated picks as (B) rated picks may not be strong enough for mixed climbing.


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Purshia DC. ex Poir.: bitterbrush, cliffrose
Posted date: April 14, 2009
Authors: Booth, D. Terrance; Meyer, Susan E.; Shaw, Nancy L.
Agricultural Handbook
Source: In: Bonner, Franklin T.; Karrfalt, Robert P., eds. The Woody Plant Seed Manual. Agric. Handbook No. 727. Washington, DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. p. 916-921.
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The bitterbrush genus - Purshia - as presently circumscribed comprises 8 species of decumbent to arborescent shrubs of interior western North America. Three are common in the United States (table 1). The type species - antelope bitterbrush - has an essentially northern distribution, whereas cliffrose has an essentially southern distribution, and desert bitterbrush occurs in parts of the geographic area where the other 2 species have overlapping distributions. Cliffrose, along with the 5 Mexican species of the genus, has been traditionally referred to the genus Cowania D. Don. Cliffrose regularly forms hybrids with antelope bitterbrush, and desert bitterbrush could be interpreted as a stabilized hybrid between these species (Stutz and Thomas 1964). In fact, molecular genetics work by Jabbes (2000) indicates that Purshia was derived from Cowania. We follow Welsh and others (1987) in treating the group as congeneric under the name Purshia.
Booth, D. Terrance; Meyer, Susan E.; Shaw, Nancy L. 2008. Purshia DC. ex Poir.: bitterbrush, cliffrose. In: Bonner, Franklin T.; Karrfalt, Robert P., eds. The Woody Plant Seed Manual. Agric. Handbook No. 727. Washington, DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. p. 916-921.
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Purshia DC. ex Poir.; bitterbrush; cliffrose
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We aim to increase defence manufacturing in India: PM Modi
Published By : Admin | August 27, 2020 | 17:11 IST
When India got independence, it had great capability in defence manufacturing. Unfortunately, this subject couldn't get requisite attention: PM Modi
A decision has been taken to permit up to 74% FDI in the defence manufacturing through automatic route: PM Modi
My cabinet colleague, Shri Rajnath ji, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat ji, Chiefs of the three wings of the military, all senior officials of Government of India and friends in the industry. Namaskar.
I am very happy that all the important stakeholders associated with India's defence production are present here. I congratulate Defence Minister Rajnathji and his entire team for organizing this seminar. The outcome of the brainstorming session will give a fillip to our efforts for self-reliance in the field of defence sector. The suggestions that you have given at this collective brainstorming session will be very useful in the coming days.
It also gives me pleasure that Defence Minister Rajnathji is determined on a mission mode. I have full faith that his relentless efforts will lead to very good results.
Friends, it is not hidden from anybody that India has been one of the main defence importers in the world for the last several years. When India became independent, it had huge capabilities in defence production. There was a well-established 100-year-old ecosystem in defence production in India. Not many countries had the resources and potential of India. But it is unfortunate that not much attention was paid on this issue for several decades. In a way, it became a routine exercise. No serious attempts were made. And several countries which started much after us have raced ahead of us in the last 50 years. But, the situation is changing now.
In the last few years, you must have experienced that we have been making concerted efforts to unshackle all the fetters in this sector. Our aim is to increase manufacturing, development of new technologies in India and the maximum growth of the private sector in this particular field. Therefore, several steps have been taken which include reforms in the licensing procedure, creation of level-playing fields, simplification of export process, reforms in offset provisions, etc.
Friends, I believe that of all these steps, what is more important is the new mindset in the country regarding the defence sector. We can feel it, there is birth of a new mindset. The spirit of self-confidence in the defence sector is paramount for making a modern and self-reliant India. For long, the country was debating the appointment of Chief of Defence Staff, but no decision could be taken. This decision is the symbol of the self-confidence of a new India.
There was no permission for foreign direct investment in the defence production for a long time. The government of revered Atalji took the first initiative. More reforms were carried out after our government came to power. Doors are being opened for 74 % automatic FDI in this sector for the first time. This is the outcome of the self-confidence of a new India.
For decades, Ordnance factories were being run like government departments. Not only the country had to suffer because of the limited vision, the people who were working there, who had talent and commitment, who were hardworking, our hard and experienced labour class, suffered a lot.
The ecosystem of the sector, which could create job opportunities for crores of people, remained very limited. Now, we are moving in the direction of corporatization of ordnance factories. Both the workers and the military will get a push. This is the proof of self-confidence of a new India.
Friends, our commitment towards self-reliance in defence production is not limited to discussions or on papers. Several concrete steps have been taken for its implementation. The creation of CDS has improved the coordination for procurement among all the three wings of the military, and it is helping scale up the purchases of defence equipment. In the coming days, the size of the orders is going to increase for the domestic industry. In order to ensure this, one part of the Defence Ministry's capital budget has been earmarked for the equipment to be made in India.
You must have seen that recently 101 defence items have been completely protected for domestic purchases. In the coming days, this list will be made more comprehensive and many items will be added to it. The aim of this list is not to restrict imports only, but this step has been taken to encourage industries in India. The spirit of the government and the future possibilities have been presented before all of you friends, in black and white, be it the private sector, public sector, MSME, or startups.
Simultaneously, we are working to speed up the process of procurement, streamline the testing mechanism and rationalize the quality requirements. And I am happy that these efforts have the cooperation from all the three wings of the military in a very coordinated way. In a way, it is a pro-active role.
Friends, technology upgrade is a must for self-reliance in modern equipment. There is a need to make next generation products. In order to achieve this, besides DRDO, the private sector, research and innovation in academic institutions is also being encouraged. Emphasis is being given on the co-production model through joint ventures with foreign partners instead of the technology transfer facility. Now, our foreign partners have the best option to launch production in India in keeping with the size of our market.
Friends, our government has worked on the mantra of reform, perform and transform from the beginning. Our effort has been to reduce red tapism and lay red carpet. The entire world has seen the reforms that have taken place in the ease of doing business since 2014. We have carried out reforms in intellectual property, taxation, insolvency and bankruptcy and also in space and atomic energy which are considered to be very difficult and complex. And now you are fully aware about the series of reforms in labour laws, and it is an ongoing process.
Till a few years ago, no thought was given on these topics. And today, these reforms have become practical. The process of reforms will not stop here; we are going to move ahead. Therefore, no stopping and no tiring. Neither I nor you have to tire. We have to keep marching ahead. From our side, I tell you this is our commitment.
Friends, as far as infrastructure is concerned, the work on the defence corridors is happening at a lightning speed. The state-of-the-art infrastructure is being developed in collaboration with the governments of Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. We have set aside an investment target worth 20,000 crore rupees for the next five years. We are getting good results from IDEX which was initiated to encourage entrepreneurs associated with MSME and Start-ups. More than 50 Start-ups have developed technology and products for the use of the armed forces through this platform.
Friends, I want to make another thing very clear before you. Our resolution for a self-reliant India is not inward looking. The idea behind making a strong India is to make the global economy more resilient and stable, and for the global peace. The same spirit is behind self-reliance in defence manufacturing. India has the capability to become a trusted supplier of defence products for several friendly countries. This will give a new momentum to India's strategic partnership and India's role will also be strengthened as a net security provider in the Indian Ocean region.
Friends, the government's efforts and commitment are in front of you. Together, we have to demonstrate our resolve for self-reliant India. A self-reliant India is a win-win resolve for everybody, be it the private sector or the public sector, or our foreign partners. Our government is committed to provide you with a better ecosystem.
The suggestions that have been offered by you are going to be very useful. I have been told that the draft of the defence production and export promotion policy has been shared with all the stakeholders. Your feedback will help in early implementation of this policy. It is also necessary that today's seminar should not be a one-time event; there should be more such seminars in future. There should be an intrinsic culture of continuous discussion and feedback between the industry and the government.
I believe that our resolutions will materialize with these collective efforts. I once again thank you for taking your time out to gather here with self-confidence to make a self-reliant India. I believe we all will discharge our responsibilities in a much better way to realize this resolve.
Once again, I extend my many many best wishes to you.
Many many thanks.
Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan
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THE SUN this week launched the biggest Christmas appeal in our history, Smiles At Christmas.
We are asking our caring readers to help put a smile back on needy children's faces by giving money, toys or both.
Donations will be divided between four charities helping families – SCOTTY'S LITTLE SOLDIERS, CHILDREN WITH CANCER, WOMEN'S AID and the AMAR FOUNDATION. Today we focus on the remarkable Scotty's Little Soldiers.
LITTLE Jack Rigby was a chatterbox looking forward to his third birthday when his beloved dad Lee was murdered outside Woolwich barracks.
That day the traumatised toddler was struck silent.
And though he slowly found his voice over the next 18 months, it took all that time for mum Rebecca to properly get her little boy back.
She revealed: "He regressed to the point where he went back to being a baby. He stopped eating food and went back to taking the bottle.
Then came the moment a year and a half after the May 2013 murder when Rebecca took silent, damaged Jack to a Christmas party for Forces' children who have lost a parent.
It was run by the charity Scotty's Little Soldiers, dedicated to helping the bereaved kids of our servicemen and women.
Tears ran down Rebecca's face as she described how that day, for the first time since his dad was killed in a London street, Jack became himself again.
Every youngster at that party had lost a parent who had served in the Navy, Army, RAF or the Reserves.
The Sun has chosen Scotty's Little Soldiers as one of the charities in our Smiles At Christmas campaign.
Scotty's, as it is known for short, is the only charity in the UK dedicated totally to helping children, up to 19, who have lost a Forces parent in war, an accident or because of a medical condition.
And they would love YOUR help this Christmas.
Scotty's was founded in 2010 by war widow Nikki Scott, whose husband Lee was killed by a Taliban bomb in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, in July 2009. Corporal Lee Scott was 26 and left young son, Kai, then five, and baby daughter, Brooke.
His widow Nikki set up Scotty's Little Soldiers to provide free holidays, parties and a vital network to support the children of our dead heroes. The charity was there for little Jack immediately.
Drummer Fusilier Lee Rigby and Rebecca had married in 2007 and son Jack was born on September 1, 2010.
He was nearly two years and nine months old when Rebecca had to tell him that his daddy, 25, would not be coming home again.
Rebecca said: "Shortly after Lee was killed I got a letter from Scotty's explaining what they do. I had a look at it and registered Jack.
"Quite quickly after he was sent a registration pack and a rucksack, a key ring, a football, a game and some information about the charity.
At that time Rebecca was coping with her own grief and desperately trying to coax her little boy to eat normally and to start speaking.
The Scotty's Christmas party that year clashed with the trial of Lee's Islamic extremist killers, Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, who were both jailed for life.
It meant Rebecca and Jack missed out on the bash.
But the next Christmas they attended the party in Salford, Greater Manchester. It not only transformed Jack's life but helped Rebecca, too.
She said: "It's just good to know there are people who understand.
Every Scotty's child receives a grant of £150 a year. Jack spends his on swimming lessons.
Cliffs holiday site near Exmouth he swam for the first time without armbands.
Jack, now six, has raised £10,000 for Scotty's with fund-raising events and donates money from his moneybox to the cause. He is looking forward to this year's annual Scotty's party in Shropshire on Saturday, where he will hand over his Christmas list to Santa.
Tears flowed again as Rebecca paid tribute to the charity.
She said: "I can't thank them enough. They've been there to support him and to show him he is not alone. He knows they will always be there for him.
"They're the only charity there solely for the kids.
SCOTTY'S Little Soldiers currently helps 269 children of soldiers, sailors and airmen and women who have died – and not just in action.
But founder Nikki Scott believes there are more than 1,000 service kids who have lost a parent and need support.
With your donations, Scotty's can help more bereaved youngsters up until the age of 19.
Each Scotty's Little Soldier receives letters, cards, birthday presents, Christmas gifts, tickets, gift vouchers and help towards clubs and activities and holiday breaks.
The charity also owns six Scotty's Lodges, holiday homes around the UK where youngsters and their families can take a free annual break.
And it holds its annual Christmas party, paying for travel expenses and accommodation so the children can all get together.
Meanwhile, its support programme helps the kids with the emotional side of bereavement, including access to professional counselling and a family support network.
It also operates a Strides programme to help teenagers into adulthood with education grants.
Next year Scotty's Little Soldiers is planning to employ its own counsellor to help the children cope with the loss of a parent.
The charity's supporters include Corrie actor Simon Gregson, Steve McDonald on the soap.
For more information see scottyslittlesoldiers.co.uk.


Hello and welcome! We are happy you are joining us for our The Gilded Age + Happy New Product Releases Blog Hop! As always, we are thrilled to show you our new products, share inspiration and of course host a giveaway!
This month we are featuring Happy Collection by Sharyn Sowell, The Gilded Age Collection by Becca Feeken as well as a New Range of Foils for our Glimmer Hot Foil System. Take a few minutes to browse the new products we have for you!
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To celebrate this release, we are giving away a $50 gift certificate to 3 lucky blog readers – selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop. Giveaway closes on Sunday, April 7th 11:59 pm EDT. Winners will be announced in this post the following Monday. Winner is responsible for shipping cost, duties and taxes.
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These dies are so gorgeous. I remember when I started paper crafting — I would save up and treat my self to a Spellbinders die. At that time my choices were basic shapes (squares, circles, ovals, etc.), and I eventually bought them all. Now these lovely, intricate designs make my choices much harder, but in a happy way!
So many wonderful cards and projects. I thoroughly enjoyed this blog hop. Now I have a lot of new goodies for my want list! Thank you. I couldn't seem to leave a comment on all of the blogs but I liked them all!


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Is there a chance, that in the future development of the game, units trained in city without smithy could have their weapons reforged when entering the city that has a smithy ?
Building maintenance costs of course, so not every city should build forges. But at the same time, the cities with forges cannot always field instantly a number of units you currently require. So, in my opinion, it would be good idea to reforge units trained in other cities that lay nearby by paying some cost in gold in return.
Also, please correct me if this option is already available - maybe I missed something.
Sounds like it would just promote a bunch of micromanagement where you try to save money by only having a smith in one city, Then raise units in other cities and shuffle them across to the smith to get the unit you actually want.
If you want to be able to raise quality forces quickly, you need to build the infrastructure in multiple places.
I can have an iphone although I don't live in Shenzhen.
The whole point of having and empire is to have certain regions specialized in something. In one region food is simple to grow, somewhere else ore is abundant. You won't make mines in the first region where there is no ore and you won't force people to mass produce rice in a barren hilly area where clearly there is ore to be mined however no fertile soil.
If copper can be "somehow traded"-judging from certain thread, then definitely advanced weapons can be put in a crate and shipped to the place where army is being mustered, even though that is three cities over.
You don't want to build smithy somewhere? Do you think you can afford marching your troops to the other side of the empire just to get new weapons instead of pressing them into the front line? Go ahead and do it.
This would also promote smart development of your cities. You won't make smithy in some obscure area but close to your frontier, which is on the flip side more dangerous because enemy can wreck it.
Yes, realistically weapons could be shipped around, but then you'd either have an infinite supply of them, or you'd have to count how many had been produced and have a bunch of complication for determining where they're shipped and stored. Some people might enjoy that sort of micromanagement hell, but I'm afraid OE isn't going to go that way.


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The City of Bellevue, Washington is a rapidly growing urban area outside Seattle in King County with a population of around 117,000.
Department silos prevented information sharing between departments.
CSDC Systems' enterprise solution, AMANDA, was used in all their departments and aided in the formation of their inter-departmental Development Services Group to help sharing and collaboration between departments. Bellevue also used AMANDA to track fire inspections. Needless to say, their new solution is Y2K compatible and Bellevue is looking to integrate the AMANDA platform in other business areas.
The city's newly-formed Development Services Department is charged with a range of municipal functions related to building development. These include Building, Fire, Transportation, Utilities and Planning. The Department's objective is to efficiently increase Bellevue's growth.
Until 1999 the city was using an old software solution. That system was inefficient in reporting flexibility and was not Y2K compatible. Also, each department used its own separate database, preventing the sharing of information between groups. With these problems in mind, management decided to explore new software. After issuing an RFP and researching the options, the City selected CSDC Systems' enterprise business process automation solution, AMANDA. In 2006, the city also started using AMANDA to manage its Annual Fire Inspection process.
The City of Bellevue implemented CSDC's building permitting system in each department. It created the inter-departmental Development Services Group in 2003. Permit processing was a challenge for Bellevue in the past; the problem was information sharing between departments. AMANDA made permit processing simpler, integrated and efficient. All the data used used by the Development Services Group is stored in the same place. It is easily shared by all those who have an active user account.
AMANDA also keeps inspectors informed about building inspections. Relevant information related to each day's inspection is printed using Crystal Reports. Inspection results are posted from the field to AMANDA over the telephone, using IVR technology. Inspectors are given individual PIN numbers to ensure confidentiality. The PIN's are encrypted and stored using the table-driven functionality of AMANDA.
Bellevue's Annual Fire Inspections are also automated. The Fire Department conducts annual fire suppression inspections for all commercial businesses. They used to store information such as property, tenant, and owner information in a database that proved insufficient for their needs. Some inspection-related results were still recorded on paper and were entered into the system by administrative personnel; a method that was inefficient and was prone to inaccuracy. The Fire Department's inspectors now track data from the building to the unit level with IVR technology, posting results from the field. The Fire Inspection results are stored in confidential folders within AMANDA, can be viewed only by authorized fire personnel.
The city of Bellevue plans to build on the Fire Inspector's use of AMANDA and integrate more features to make the process more and more efficient.


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Is Theresa May hiding from voters on election trail?
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May speaks to supporters at a campaign event at Shine Centre in Leeds, Britain, April 27, 2017. © Anthony Devlin © Reuters
Prime Minister Theresa May has been accused of hiding from the public eye after staff at one venue on the election campaign trail claimed only hand-picked Conservative Party loyalists were invited to her rally.
Staff at the venue in Leeds said that despite having an opportunity to reach out to the diverse, working class community, May opted to host a "congregation" of "hand-picked" loyalists.
Boris Johnson calls Jeremy Corbyn a 'mutton-headed mugwump'
May has also repeatedly refused to take part in televised debates despite calls to do so from opponents and allies.
Staff at the Shine community regeneration project, which hosted May, told the Guardian her rally had been very much behind closed doors.
"I found this deeply disappointing. I had no plans to vote for Mrs May but I'm well aware of the positive effect that seeing a speech in person from such a powerful, motivated public figure can have," one staff member said.
"I had a similar opportunity with both David Cameron and Gordon Brown when I worked in radio and it was very inspiring."
Locals were not invited to the event and the area, Harehills in central Leeds, was "not represented or addressed," he said.
"I'm disappointed that Mrs May's visit has been portrayed as some noble deed, rather than a self-serving campaign stop – but then that's what elections are about, I guess," the staff member added.
At another appearance in Derby, May appeared to forget the name of the town she was in during a tour of a deserted-looking factory.
She has no idea where she is. Literally pic.twitter.com/m4EN3CN5F0
— Ross Crombie (@RossCrombie) April 27, 2017
The gaffe has been satirized by opponents, who portrayed the PM as "Kim Jong May" in a video splicing together the Tory leader's tour of the factory floor with footage of an adulating North Korean news caster.
Today #KimJongMay made glorious visit to workers of North Derby factory. All praise our strong and stable leader!!! pic.twitter.com/o2Q7iWTn9O
— #EL4C (@EL4JC) April 27, 2017
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, a lifetime street campaigner who appears at ease when attending rallies, has accused May of "showing contempt for the public."