Has President Donald Trump outsourced foreign policy to the generals?
So it would seem. Candidate Trump held out his hand to Vladimir Putin. He rejected further U.S. intervention in Syria other than to smash ISIS.
He spoke of getting out and staying out of the misbegotten Middle East wars into which Presidents Bush II and Obama had plunged the country.
President Trump's seeming renunciation of an anti-interventionist foreign policy is the great surprise of the first 100 days, and the most ominous. For any new war could vitiate the Trump mandate and consume his presidency.
Trump no longer calls NATO "obsolete," but moves U.S. troops toward Russia in the Baltic and eastern Balkans. Rex Tillerson, holder of Russia's Order of Friendship, now warns that the U.S. will not lift sanctions on Russia until she gets out of Ukraine.
If Tillerson is not bluffing, that would rule out any rapprochement in the Trump presidency. For neither Putin, nor any successor, could surrender Crimea and survive.
What happened to the Trump of 2016?
Where do we think this demonization of Putin and ostracism of Russia is going to lead?
To get Xi Jinping to help with our Pyongyang problem, Trump has dropped all talk of befriending Taiwan, backed off Tillerson's warning to Beijing to vacate its fortified reefs in the South China Sea and held out promises of major concessions to Beijing in future trade deals.
FDR did not live to see what a fool Stalin had made of him.
Among the achievements celebrated in Trump's first 100 days are the 59 cruise missiles launched at the Syrian airfield from which the gas attack on civilians allegedly came and the dropping of the 22,000-pound MOAB bomb in Afghanistan.
But what did these bombings accomplish?
The War Party seems again ascendant. John McCain and Lindsey Graham are happy campers. In Afghanistan, the U.S. commander is calling for thousands more U.S. troops to assist the 8,500 still there, to stabilize an Afghan regime and army that is steadily losing ground to the Taliban.
How so? Says Tillerson, Iran is "destabilizing" the region, and threatening U.S. interests in Syria, Yemen, Iraq and Lebanon.
But Iran is an ally of Syria and was invited in to help the U.N.-recognized government put down an insurrection that contains elements of al-Qaida and ISIS. It is we, the Turks, Saudis and Gulf Arabs who have been backing the rebels seeking to overthrow the regime.
In Yemen, Houthi rebels overthrew and expelled a Saudi satrap. The bombing, blockading and intervention with troops is being done by Saudi and Sunni Arabs, assisted by the U.S. Navy and Air Force.
It is we and the Saudis who are talking of closing the Yemeni port of Hodeida, which could bring on widespread starvation.
It was not Iran, but the U.S. that invaded Iraq, overthrew the Baghdad regime and occupied the country. It was not Iran that overthrew Col. Gadhafi and created the current disaster in Libya.
Who is behind the seeming conversion of Trump to hawk?
The generals, Bibi Netanyahu and the neocons, congressional hawks with Cold War mindsets, the Saudi royal family and the Gulf Arabs – they are winning the battle for the president's mind.
And their agenda for America?
We are to recognize that our true enemy in the Mideast is not al-Qaida or ISIS, but Shiite Iran and Hezbollah, Assad's Syria and his patron, Putin. And until Hezbollah is eviscerated, Assad is gone and Iran is smashed the way we did Afghanistan, Iraq and Yemen, the flowering of Middle East democracy that we all seek cannot truly begin.
But before President Trump proceeds along the path laid out for him by his generals, brave and patriotic men that they are, he should discover if any of them opposed any of the idiotic wars of the last 15 years, beginning with that greatest of strategic blunders – George Bush's invasion of Iraq.


When we started in May 2017, SUSE were already well underway developing their first version of SUSE CaaS Platform. Alongside the general goal of making Kubic the easiest-to-live-with community Kubernetes distribution, a big part of the intial premise was to establish itself as a 'close upstream' community for SUSE CaaS Platform. In order set things up in a way similar to that you see between openSUSE Tumbleweed and SUSE Linux Enterprise), the plan was to rebase the SUSE CaaS Stack, including the Velum cluster bootstrapping tool onto the shared Kubic/Tumbleweed codebase. After a year, this goal has still proven elusive.
This is for a number of reasons, including the wonderfully fast pace of change of Tumbleweed and aspects of the initial design of SUSE CaaS Platform which was conceptualized for the needs of SUSE's commercial customers, with the needs of developing within Kubic being an afterthought.
Obviously, this status quo has been tricky for all of us involved in Kubic, with the collective feeling being a desire to simultaneously close the gap between the Kubic and SUSE CaaS codebases, while also keeping up with the ever evolving container landscape, especially surrounding Kubernetes.
Mentioning Kubernetes, it's worth considering just how much has changed with kubernetes upstream in the 2 years since SUSE CaaS Platform development began. Back then there was no common tool for setting up and configuring a Kubernetes cluster. This was one of the primary motivators for creating `Velum`, a key part of the SUSE CaaS Stack. However these days there are multiple tools, including the increasingly pervasive kubeadm, which is used both standalone and as an integrated part of many larger solutions.
Kubeadm has already been actively worked on by a number in the Kubic community, and is also increasingly interesting to the SUSE CaaS developers among the Kubic team as a potentially key part for a new design for future SUSE CaaS Platform versions.
Kubeadm has proven itself as an increasingly mature, and flexible platform for setting up a Kubernetes cluster. There are lots of exciting features already baked into kubeadm and we can really see it's potential for setting up Kubic Kubernetes clusters quickly, and easily, fitting in with our general goal of having Kubic as the easiest-to-live-with community Kubernetes distribution.
Talking about it among the team, we're universally excited by this idea of adopting kubeadm as a key part of Kubic, and we're keen to focus our energies in this direction, which means changes for the Kubic you know today.
What does this mean for Kubic users and contributors?
* We're going to stop our efforts to syncronise the existing SUSE CaaS Stack on Kubic. The existing **Admin, Worker, and Unconfigured** system roles will be removed soon.
* We're going to focus on getting **kubeadm** fully working as a first-class solution on Kubic. You can expect to see new installation options and documentation in this direction **soon**.
* We're going to do whatever our contributors do as part of the Kubic project. As an openSUSE Project the overarching philosophy of 'those who do, decide' applies. You can help shape Kubic to be the container platform **YOU** need it to be.
This new direction is just part of that wider story, please contribute not only where you agree with us, but share your ideas and join us so we can explore directions we're not even looking in yet.
Given our immediate goal of kubeadm integration, one of the easiest ways to get involved is contributing directly to kubeadm upstream.
We have no desire of maintaining lots of Kubic specific patches, we plan to do as much of our work upstream first as possible, so any work you do there on behalf of Kubic will greatly help all of us.
Join the Kubernetes SIG Cluster Lifecycle and engage directly with them. You'll find us there too, because we're going to lurk less and engage more ourselves.
When it comes to condensing that upstream code into an integrated solution, we're going to continue using the openSUSE Build Service as our platform of choice for building packages, containers, and VM images.
Contributing to Kubic will stay much as before, following the regular openSUSE Factory Process.
You can expect to see some packages moving from the existing devel:CaaSP Devel Project to our new Devel Project devel:kubic. This is so we can move those packages in `devel:kubic` at full speed, while `devel:CaaSP` can remain focused on the needs of SUSE CaaS Platform.
There will soon also be `devel:kubic:containers` and `devel:kubic:images` subprojects where we'll be baking the new Container and VM images respectively as we figure out what we need there.
This new approach brings with it the added benefit of giving us more freedom than previously to experiment in new directions and add new packages and version as we the community see fit, without needing to worry so much about the impact on our downstream partners.
So if you have any ideas, or just need help to get started contributing, please don't hesitate to get in touch with us!
We are currently using this Trello board to track and organize our work.
Everyone can see what we're working on, all can comment, and if you want to join in just comment on the Welcome card or reach out to us via any other means to get added to the board.
We're really excited to be taking Kubic in this new direction and hope the wider community support us and join in to making Kubic into the coolest, most practical, and most open community Kubernetes platform.
Thanks, and Have a lot of fun!


There were several versions of the Association National badge. The Free State were the first issue, issued from 1922 to 1937, with the new Constitution in 1937 the Free State was renamed Eire and the National Strip changed to Eire. In 1949 the Constitution changed the name of the country to the Republic of Ireland and the name strip changed to Ireland.
Similar in design, the older badge has a more Gold coloured lettering the latter has a more yellow coloured lettering.
In the 12 years that the Eire strip was used several shades and slightly varying designs were used.
There were several issues of this badge which vary slightly in colour.
There were several versions of this badge issued over the years. The IRELAND strip was introduced in 1968 when The Boy Scouts of Ireland became The Scout Association of Ireland. The badge measures 80mm by 20mm.
Scout Association of Ireland S.A.I. National badges in English and Gaelic.
The Scout Association of Ireland started Beaver Scouts in May 1976.
Scout Association of Ireland S.A.I. Beaver Scout section strip. Variations of letter size and shade as well as varying shades of background exist.
Scout Association of Ireland S.A.I. Cub Scout section strip. Variations of letter size and shade as well as varying shades of background exist. Scout Association of Ireland S.A.I. Cub Scout section strip Gaelic version. Macaoimh literal translation is Youths although it is can also be used as Young Person or Boy.
The badge was worn by Scout Association of Ireland Cub Scouts on their cap, I think the Cap was discontinued sometime in the 1970s.
Scout Association of Ireland S.A.I. Bronze Cub Scout Arrow progression scheme. Was in use in the 1978 edition of the Cub Scout handbook and I think was in use up to the merger in 2004. The first issue was a lighter green as can be seen in the image.
Scout Association of Ireland S.A.I. Scout section strip. Variations of letter size and shade as well as varying shades of background exist.
Scout Association of Ireland S.A.I., measures 40mm by 40mm. The badge was used from the early 1970s (I think 1972) up to 1984 when it was replace by the larger blue oval badges. The badge was one of a progressive scheme, this badge was called the Scout Standard, the other were the First Class Award, Venture Award and Chief Scout Award.
Scout Association of Ireland S.A.I., measures 43mm by 40mm. One of a progressive scheme used between the early 1970s (I think 1972) and 1984. It was replaced by the large blue oval badges in 1984. The badge was called the Venture Award.
Scout Association of Ireland S.A.I. Scout membership badge, this version was in use from 1984 up to 2004.
Scout Association of Ireland S.A.I. Investiture Badge also known as the Promise Badge, measures 59mm by 52mm. The badge was the first of 3 badges in a progressive scheme introduced in 1984, Frontier Scout and Explorer Scout were the other two stages.
Scout Association of Ireland S.A.I. Frontier Scout measures 60mm by 52mm. The badge was the 2nd in a 3 stage progressive scheme introduced in 1984.
Scout Association of Ireland S.A.I. Explorer Scout, measures 58mm by 52mm. The badge was the 3rd stage in a progressive scheme introduced by the Scout Association of Ireland in 1984 and was used up to 2004.
Scout Association of Ireland S.A.I. Saint Patrick's award badge. Measures 65mm by 45mm. This was the highest award in the scheme.
Scout Association of Ireland S.A.I. Sea Scout section strip. Variations of letter size and shade as well as varying shades of background exist. Gaelic version Gasoga Mara, two words although it looks like one on the badge, literal translation is Sea Scout. Variations of letter size and shade as well as varying shades of background exist.
Scout Association of Ireland S.A.I. Sea Scout chest patch. 140mm by 37mm. In the days when Irish Mammies use to knit a Sea Scout's jumper the chest patch was supplied to sew onto the front of the jumper. I think the English version was discontinued sometime in the 1980s when Irish Mammies put the knitting needles beyond reach.
Scout Association of Ireland Sea Scout chest patch Gaelic version. Measures 175mm across.
Sea Scout Badge. Measures 40mm by 40mm. Used by Scouting Ireland from 2004 to 2010.
Measures 40mm by 40mm. Used by Scouting Ireland from 2004 to 2010, the design changed in 2010 when the Scouting Ireland logo was added.
Mariner, this level was aimed at Venture Scouts.
Scout Association of Ireland Air Crew Navigator Badge measures 80mm by 35mm.
SAI Air Spotter Badge. measures 48mm by 48mm.
Scout Association of Ireland S.A.I. Venture Scout section strip. Variations of letter size and shade as well as varying shades of background exist.
Service knots were used by the Scout Association of Ireland. Service knots awarded to SAI leaders were worn on the Scouting Ireland uniform after the merger.
Scout Association of Ireland SAI, measures 58mm by 46mm, padded with a plastic backing. They were designed to be wedged under the brim but as this was an unsatisfactory method of attaching the badge to the cap it was usually glued. The badge was in use up to about 2004.
Group Pastor Scout Association of Ireland S.A.I. This position could be held by any adult, usually a Vicar, Minister or someone connected with the Church. A catholic priest could hold this position (I would suspect subject to Papal dispensation as it involved coming into contact with other religions.) Although the job description contained all sorts of things about faith and guardianship the usual job was to organize and conduct Scouts Own on district camps.


We have an exciting giveaway on the blog this week. 'The Girls Guide to Decorating' is a lovely new book by Abigail Ahern, and one lucky reader can win a copy. So you have bought yourself a new pad but it is need of a desperate overhaul? Whether it is a new house, an old house, a small apartment or studio or even a great rental that needs a little TLC and some lovely finishing touches, The Girls Guide to Decorating has some great ideas to revamp any room in your home, a little DIY on a Sunday afternoon to turn a bland and boring room into a supercool room. The Girls Guide to decorating will take you through the planning stage using glamour, colour, texture and light as well as a few practical DIY hints and tricks.


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Research gets real – public votes determine winner of $100,000 research prize
Brigham Women's Hospital |
Robert Green, MD, MPH, has been named the winner of the $100,000 BRIght Futures Prize, after a unique competition in which nearly 6,500 online votes from people across the globe determined the winning project. Dr. Green's project, which will explore the genome sequencing of newborns, emerged as the winner after six weeks of public voting.
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The exam is marked. The exams will be shown (tentavisning) on Wednesday April 17, at 12.15 -- 13:00 in E:2116.
The exam and suggested solutions have been published.
Slides from the final lecture uploaded.
Please note that there are no lectures next week.
Today's lecture slides and code examples are uploaded.
Today's lecture slides are uploaded.
A slightly modified version (changes in the move constructors) of the project example code was uploaded.
The project is published. Note that the project is scheduled for the next study period and will be presented at the last lecture.
If you need to find a project group, look under "Need Partner". Send an email if you want to be added to that list.
Remember to sign up for labs in SAM and register in LADOK if you want to follow the course. If you cannot register in LADOK, please email the course coordinator.
25/1: a new version of the lab assignment PDF (with a small addition for lab1) uploaded. See Computer Labs subpage for details.
Sign-up for labs is now open.
The labs, and the exercise for next week, are published.
The labs and exercises will be published shortly.
The course starts with a lecture on tuesday january 22. If you cannot attend that lecture but want to follow the course, please contact the course coordinator.
Official syllabus: In English and in Swedish.
Course plan: Click here! Also handed out during first lecture.


Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at an event sponsored by the Greater Charleston Business Alliance and the South Carolina African American Chamber of Commerce at the Charleston Area Convention Center in North Charleston, S.C., Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015.
Orchard Park, N.Y. — Donald Trump loves to talk. He's made that much obvious over the course of his career, and he still has a few things to say about the Buffalo Bills.
When the Bills were for sale last summer, Trump, who is now running for president of the United States, was in the thick of the bidding process. He claims he offered $1 billion cash for the franchise that sold to Terry and Kim Pegula for $1.4 billion last September. In an interview that appeared in the print edition of Sports Illustrated last week, Trump said he's happy things worked out the way they did.
"I'm glad, because if I bought the Buffalo Bills, I probably would not be doing what I'm doing now, which is much more important," Trump said.
"I would have done a good job with the team, but I wouldn't be doing what I'm doing now," Trump said. "So you understand. Now, that's today. I'm No. 1 in the polls. Ask me that question in two months; who knows, right?"
Trump is the leading candidate to win the Republican nomination for president. There's still a long way to go in the race, but if you ask Trump, missing out on his chance to own an NFL team is what pushed him to go after something bigger. So depending on your views on Trump, the Bills may deserve some credit — or blame — for his rise in the race.


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Three-parent embryo research gets green light
A teensy bit controversial, this one
Lucy Sherriff Fri 9 Sep 2005 // 10:00 UTC
UK researchers have been given the go-ahead to create an embryo that will contain DNA from three people, after the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) reversed its decision to ban the procedure.
The technique in question could eventually be used to prevent a series of genetic disorders, known collectively as mitochondrial myopathy, which include muscular dystrophy. These are triggered by defective genes in a woman's mitochondrial DNA. The researchers want to try to prevent these genes being passed on.
Mitochondrial DNA, which is only inherited from the mother, exists in the area around the nucleus of an egg, not in the nucleus itself. It is responsible for the energy management systems in a human being, rather than physical characteristics like hair colour or facial features.
The researchers, led by Professor Doug Turnbull, propose transplanting the fertilised nucleus of an egg that contains faulty mitochondrial DNA into a healthy egg from a donor, leaving the defective mitochondrial genes behind.
The work would be purely lab-based, to find out if the procedure can be carried out safely. Researchers would not be allowed to let the embryo develop into a child.
This, however, has merely added to the controversy surrounding the decision, which has been criticised by pro-life campaigners. Josephine Quintavalle, of Comment on Reproductive Ethics, told The Guardian: "The HFEA are turning this country into the wild west. Wherever they see a law they jump over it. Babies don't need two mothers."
Meanwhile, the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign has welcomed the ruling, saying it is delighted that the research is going to go ahead.
UK law specifically forbids altering the DNA of any cell within an embryo. However, Newcastle University researchers were able to demonstrate that the phrase "altering the genetic structure" has no precise scientific meaning, and argue that the transplant procedure they propose does not actually change an embryo's genetic structure.
Professor Turnbull has been widely quoted as saying that using a third party's mitochondrial DNA is akin to changing the batteries in a faulty radio. The character and nature of the radio remain the same, it would just have a new power source, he argues. ®


Creative Uses for WaterWipes & Walgreens Giveaway!
This post is sponsored by WaterWipes as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central; all opinions expressed are my own.
I'm no newbie when it comes to baby wipes, or WaterWipes for that matter, having familiarized myself with them long before the thought of children ever entered my mind. In my early twenties, single and without children, baby wipes were a staple of mine, but not in the way you might be thinking. You see, I was an avid camper and hiker, and I loved tossing my tent into my trunk and taking off for the weekend. In fact, one of the things I loved most about living in Florida was the fact that I could comfortably camp year-round. If you're the hiking and/or camping sort, and baby wipes aren't in your arsenal, then you're sorely missing out!
I remember camping in Rainbow River in Florida (where the manatees spend a great deal of their time). It was June, so the heat was intense, as were the bugs. The canoeing, however, was wonderful, with the crystal clear brackish water. Baby wipes were a godsend, allowing me to freshen-up and feel refreshed with just a swipe of the cloth.
Did you know that baby wipes can by laundered and used again? The weave is thick enough for your wipe to withstand the washing machine, making them perfect to recycle and reuse (if you're concerned about the waste from using baby wipes for…everything).
I'm sensitive to fragrances, not only the smell, but using products with fragrances irritates my skin. One of the things I love about Water Wipes, and have loved since they first came available in the US a couple years ago, is that they are fragrance free. I never had to worry about my son's skin being irritated by using Water Wipes, nor did I need to worry about getting a headache from artificial fragrances.
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James "Butch" Leonard Sr.
James "Butch" George Leonard, Sr., age 92, of Pennsville passed away on October 22, 2018. Born in Bridgeton, he was the son of the late James Francis and Laura Ella (Weatherby) Leonard. Butch proudly served his country in the United States Army during World War II. He spent 23 years working as an operator for DuPont in Gibbstown and he worked for 17 years for Paz Construction in Bridgeport. Butch is survived by his children Bruce W. Leonard of Monroeville, Betty Sistar (Richard) of Marshville, NC, John W. Leonard of Albemarle, NC, James G. Leonard, Jr. of Pennsville, Raymond Leonard (Lisa) of Bonita Springs, FL and Karen Leonard (Karen) of Port Charlotte, FL; and several grandchildren and great grandchildren. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his wife Isabelle Leonard, his daughter Laura Carpenter and his baby sister Eileen Leonard. A private graveside service will be held at Eglington Cemetery in Clarksboro.
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Kevin Prince Boateng: I�ll Consider Ghana Return
The German-born Ghanaian, who is serving an indefinite suspension, says he is not going to retire from international football now, despite a strained relationship with officials.
Schalke midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng has hinted that he will consider a Ghana comeback when the west African country give him a chance again.
The German-born Ghanaian fell-out with Black Stars officials at the 2014 World Cup and had to be expelled from the team�s camp ahead of their final group game against Portugal.
The ex-AC Milan midfielder said he will not hasten to take a decision on his international career yet. He is currently serving an indefinite suspension at national team level.
�No. It's nice to wait and see what happens next: Ghana has handed out a suspension, that was a consequent action by the team officials. If they come back one day and ask me again to join them, I will deal with this matter,� Boateng told WAZ-Interview.
�I can't say today, whether I will play again for Ghana or not� Yes, that's me. I am not a person who sends messages between the lines. Either you trust me 100 per cent - or not. And that was not the case with Ghana.�
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MR-PHARMA Trenbolone 100mg/ml
TRENBOLONE ACETATE 100mg FROM MR PHARMACEUTICAL
represents an extremely effective means designed for building muscle mass. Trenbolone is considered one of the most powerful anabolic steroids. Users of trenbolone often have seen incredible gains in strength and muscle mass. Trenbolone is a versatile anabolic steroid and can be incorporated into the volume as well as deifinition period. Causes almost no water retention in the body. It's great peculiarity is that it burns fat while parallel to that effect builds a big, strong and hard muscles. Promotes protein synthesis and can strongly increase the utilization of all received nutrients and minerals ingested in the diet.
CHEMICAL NAME: 17β-Hydroxyestra-4,9,11-triene-3-one
HALF-LIFE: 3 days
ANABOLIC RATING: 500
ANDROGENS RATING: 500
Trenbolone is literally the most powerful anabolic steroid conventionally and commercially available. Nevertheless, we must realize that the anabolic steroid trenbolone is designed for intermediate and advanced users, and it should never be used by beginners or in the first treatment. Trenbolone is an anabolic steroid, which must be respected. It's a substance that is associated with side effects and risks that we won't find in any other anabolic steroids. Irresponsible and incorrect use has the potential to cause serious health problems.
Trenbolone is basically a derivative of nandrolone with some very significant differences in their chemical properties and strength. Trenbolone and its parental hormone nandrolone belong to the category of anabolic steroids known as 19-nor compound, or 19-NORS (short for 19-nortestosterone).As the 19-nor anabolic steroids are called steroids lacking the 19 carbon in their structure, in all other anabolic steroids, including testosterone, this carbon is not missing. This will significantly change the characteristics of an anabolic steroid. This lack of carbon 19 is what makes the 19-nor compound highly resistant to the enzyme aromatase. Such modifications are also responsible for the great strength of the androgen (binding to the androgen receptor), and its ability to remain highly resistant to the metabolic break-down in the body. Those who use it report that its effects on strength development are fully comparable with such means as oxymetholone, methandienone, testosterone, or even more powerful. The peculiarity of trenbolone acetate is also that it increases the metabolism of fat, while even in the bulking preparation it's possible with its 'help' to build big, strong and hard muscles at the same time.
For beginners or those who are about to take trenbolone for the first time, recommended dose is 300 mg per week. Doses for intermediate users range from 400 to 500 mg per week. Even experienced users take high doses rarely. In such cases, the dose is increased to 800 – 1000 mg or more per week (it should be noted that the 800 – 1000 mg trenbolone is the equivalent of 4000 – 5000 mg of testosterone). Each user of trenbolone must take care of sufficiently frequent use of stable and steady levels of substances in the blood. That is, in the case of the acetate derivative trenbolone should be taken at least every second, or at least every three days. It is recommended that for each trenbolonoe cure testosterone is used as well for the maintenance of normal physiological functions of testosterone. Trenbolone acetate is detectable in the body for six to eight weeks.
As it happens, each extremely effective substance abused by athletes is also characterized by extremely negative effects on the body. The veterinary trenbolone acetate is no exception. In the foreign literature is mentioned the high harmfulness to the kidneys – particularly in longer-term application or at higher doses. Classic manifestation of his "action" is a strong blood coloured urine and pain in the kidney.
When using Trenbolone, it should be recognized that the "hard" and a unique side effects result from the fact that it is a 19-nor progestational compound. Studies have shown that 19-nor anabolic steroids tend to exhibit a binding affinity for the progesterone receptors in the body. Trenbolone has notably very strong binding affinity (much stronger than nandrolone) for progesterone receptor. Progestogen side effects are almost identical to estrogenic side effects, and these include: severe suppression of endogenous production of testosterone, gynecomastia and water retention (which is not the case with Trenbolone).It was found that the activity of progestogens is closely related to the activity of estrogen in the body. Of course there are also problems of androgenic nature – acne, headaches, and supposedly enormous aggression and high blood pressure that can be increased because the composition does not cause retention of water and salt.
Substance Trenbolone Acetate 100 mg/ml
Common name Trenbolone Acetate, Finajet, Finaplix
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Manufacturer Hilma Biocare
Substance Testosterone Cypionate 250 mg/ml
Common name Testosterone Cypionate
Hilma Biocare Trenbolone Acetate 100mg/ml
Common name Trenbolone Acetate, Finaplix


Class of 2018: Final transcripts including graduation date and spring semester averages will be ready after graduation. Please place orders for your final transcript as "HOLD FOR GRADES." Orders placed now will be moved to "Hold for Grades" and fulfilled by June 21. All LISD final transcripts include 4-Point and rank.
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The average pay for a Food Service Supervisor is €35,515 a year and €17 an hour in Finland. The average salary range for a Food Service Supervisor is between €26,327 and €43,026. On average, a High School Degree is the highest level of education for a Food Service Supervisor. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Finland.
Supervises employees engaged in serving food prepared by establishment and in maintaining cleanliness of food services areas and equipment.
Develops work schedules and assigns and coordinates work of employees to promote efficiency of operations.


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Tony Parks
Norwich Career: 2014-15 (Goalkeeping Coach)
Date of Birth: 26/01/1963 (Hackney, London)
Tony Parks joined Norwich City as their goalkeeping coach on 14th July 2014 replacing Dave Watson who had joined Southampton.
Manager Neil Adams said "Tony is a vastly experienced coach who played at the highest level with Tottenham. I saw Tony work during his time at the FA and was very impressed with what I saw, and he will fill the hole left by Dave's departure perfectly."
He was a youth team player at Spurs and made 37 appearances between 1980 and 1988 including winning the UEFA Cup in 1984. He had loan spells at Oxford (5 appearances in 1986) and Gillingham (2 appearances in 1987) before joining Brentford in 1988. He made 71 appearances for Brentford before moving to QPR on loan. He joined Fulham in 1990 (2 appearances), West Ham in 1991 (6 appearances), Stoke in 1992 (2 appearances) before moving to Scotland with Falkirk in 1992. Over the next four years, he made 112 appearances. He then joined Blackpool in 1996 and Burnley in 1997, but did not play a first team game for either. He joined Donaster in 1996 and made six appearances. He later played for Barrow, Scarborough and Halifax, whom he also managed.
Parks worked with the FA until 2008, when he was approached by Harry Redknapp to move to White Hart Lane to replace goalkeeping coach Hans Leitert. Parks left Spurs in 2014 following the arrival of new Spurs' boss Mauricio Pochettino.
Parks left Norwich at the end of February 2015 to join his former Spuirs manager Tim Sherwood at Aston Villa.
His coaching skills were not evident on the pitch as Villa were relegated from the top flight on 16th April 2016, finishing bottom of the Premier League. He was released by Villa on 4th June 2016 with new manager Roberto Di Matteo bringing in Massimo Battara to be goalkeeping coach


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by Jim Kunstler
www.kunstler.com (February 19 2007)
One of the farmers who organized the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture's annual meeting put it nicely: "The ethanol craze means that we're going to burn up the Midwest's last six inches of topsoil in our gas-tanks".
The American public is in chill mode in more ways than one. We are finally freezing our asses off in the Northeast after a supernaturally mild December and January, and the heating oil trucks are once again making the rounds of the home furnaces (and running down their inventories). But we're also chillin' on the concept that there is an energy problem per se. The public is convinced that we are one IPO away from attaining the sovereign rescue remedy that will permit us to continue running our Happy Motoring utopia.
The public is bombarded daily with feel-good news about new bio-engineered bacteria that can turn sawmill refuse into high-test gasoline, cornucopias of miracle diesel beans, lithium batteries that will take you from Hackensack to Chicago on a single charge, and still (despite all the evidence against feasibility) hydrogen-powered SUVs. The public is convinced that we will enter a nirvana of "energy independence" just-in-time - the same way that WalMart miraculously restocks it's shelves.
The truth is, we will never be energy independent as long as we remain a car-fixated society. It's that simple. If we can't let go of the sunk costs associated with Happy Motoring, we're probably not going to make it very far into the future, either as a nation or a viable economy or as an orderly society. By sunk costs I mean our previous investments in car-oriented infrastructure.
For the moment, I blame the Democrats (and I am a registered Democrat). One shouldn't expect rational thinking from the current generation of Republicans. The sheer fact that so many of them have sold their allegiance to the Born Again dominionist fold, where magical thinking rules, means that they are incapable of evaluating the energy predicament - in fact, if they are sincere in their apocalyptic dogma, then many of them would probably welcome a global struggle over oil, with all the military mischief it would entail in the vicinity of the Holy Land.
No, I blame the Democrats. The Democrats are supposed to represent the reality-based faction of the general public. They should be able to do the math without getting sidetracked by Jesus-haunted visions of WalMart running on biodiesel. They should be willing to tell the public the hard truth before it's absolutely too late to make some collective decisions that would lessen the hardship in the circumstances we face - like allocating some federal funds to passenger rail, or reforming codes, incentives, and subsidies that favor suburban sprawl, or replacing the FICA taxes with a gasoline tax (as proposed by oil man Jeffrey Brown of Dallas), or by aggressively promoting local agriculture.
Most of the university professors in the USA are liberals or progressives or Democrats, or at least not Republicans trafficking in magic. University professors in the so-called "hard sciences", especially, have to lead reality-based lives which encompass such ideas as cause and effect and conclusions derived from facts. They ought to know that we are not going to run the interstate highways on any combination of "alternative" fuels. Why are they not challenging the politicians who would pander to the public's delusions?
How about the policy wonks in the progressive foundations? Why is Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute still trying to sell the snake oil of a "hyper-car", when its chief effect is to reinforce the mistaken idea that we can continue to be a car-dependent society?
This may be the Democrat's last chance to get their shit together. The Republicans are already done. You can stick a fork in them. But the Democrats have an opportunity to lead America back into a reality-based channel of history's stream. They can tell the truth about climate change, about oil-and-gas, and about the terrible misinvestments that we have to put behind us. They can prepare the public to deal with the new facts of life.
My guess is that this may happen with Al Gore emerging as the party's candidate for president. The 2008 election campaign has started way too early and the candidates who have announced so far, whatever their merits or demerits, are liable to exhaust themselves. If Al Gore intends to step up to the plate - and I think he will - he would be wise to chill out and wait until at least next fall. That seems to be what he is doing anyway.
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Toxins in Your Fast-Food Packaging?
Many grease-resistant fast-food wrappers and boxes contain potentially harmful chemicals that can leach into food, a new study contends.
Testing on more than 400 samples from restaurants nationwide revealed that nearly half of fast-food wrappers and one out of five paperboard food boxes contained detectable levels of fluorine, said lead researcher Laurel Schaider. She's an environmental chemist at the Silent Spring Institute in Newton, Mass.
Previous studies have linked some fluorinated chemicals such as perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) to kidney and testicular cancer, low birth weight, thyroid disease, decreased sperm quality, pregnancy-induced high blood pressure, and immune system problems in children, the study authors said in background notes.
Major U.S. manufacturers voluntarily phased out PFOA and PFOS for most uses starting in 2011, but other countries still produce them. These study results show than fluorinated chemicals are still widely present in food packaging, the authors said.
"One of the challenges in avoiding exposure is you can't tell by looking a t a wrapper whether it contains fluorine," Schaider aid. "We can choose not to purchase a stain-resistant carpet or a stain-resistant coating on our furniture. But it's difficult for a consumer to choose food packaging that doesn't have fluorinated chemicals."
Fluorinated chemicals are referred to as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs). They are used in a wide range of products, including carpeting, upholstery, floor waxes and outdoor apparel. The study authors said.
Some fast-food packaging is treated with PFASs to make the wrappers and boxes grease-resistant, Schaider said. It has been found that PFASs can leach into food from packaging, she said. Heat and grease appear to help the chemicals migrate into food, she added.
According to the Foodservice Packaging Institute, only "short-chain" fluorinated chemicals are still used in fast-food packaging. The "short-chain" chemicals "have been rigorously reviewed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and found to be safe for their intended use," the industry group said in a statement.
For the new study, the researchers said they gathered hundreds of samples from 27 fast-food chains in five metropolitan areas across the United States. They used particle-induce gamma-ray emission (PIGE) spectroscopy to analyze the samples for fluorine, Schaider said.
Studies have shown that PFASs from consumer products accumulate in landfills and can migrate into groundwater, Schaider said. Fluorinated chemicals also are allowed in compostable food packaging. "It seems incompatible to have these chemicals that never break down in paper that we want to compost" Schaider said.
The study was published Feb. 1 in the journal Environmental Science & Technology.
My Take:
This is the problem when you allow business to self-regulate – U.S. manufactures no longer make PFASs, but U.S. companies just obtain the products containing these harmful chemical overseas.
The study goes on to raise concern about children as one-third of U.S. children consume fast-food every dat. Fluorinated chemicals have also been found in umbilical cord blood, suggesting that fetuses are expose to PFASs.
The use of "short chain" chemicals is based on the hope that the body can break them down more readily to reduce the toxic effects. That doesn't translate into actually removing the fluorine from the body, just the octanesulfonic and octanoic acid.
New regulations for these toxic chemicals are unlikely to be adopted. It is up to you, the consumer, to create enough public pressure to force the fast food chains to stop using these products.
Source: February 1, 2017 National Institutes of Health
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Hood Museum encourages students to take ownership of their space
Museum staff offer a preview of fall programming and exhibitions, sharing a variety of ways for new and returning students to get involved.
by Jessica Li | 9/7/21 1:00am
Visitors tour "Form and Relation: Contemporary Native Ceramics," currently on view through Jan. 2, 2022.
Source: Courtesy of Hood Museum
This article is featured in the 2021 Freshman special issue.
After over a year of being closed to the public, the Hood Museum of Art is opening its doors once again — with a special welcome to the Class of 2025. This fall, the Hood has several new exhibitions and installations to share, ranging from paintings to pottery and covering a range of cultural backgrounds. There are a variety of ways for students to utilize the Hood throughout their time at the College, both inside and outside of the classroom.
The Museum Club is one introduction to the space for anyone interested in learning the ways that museums operate. According to Hood director John Stomberg, the club is typically composed of 30 members who work on a variety of projects both within and outside of the Hood.
Museum Collecting 101 — a non-credit course hosted once a week in either the winter or spring — offers students the opportunity to gain first-hand experience with the museum acquisitions process. Through this crash course, students learn about what goes into the process of acquiring pieces for museums and how to decide what pieces to buy, according to Stomberg.
Students in the course take a weekend trip to New York City — fully funded by the Hood — to view some of the pieces that the Hood is looking to acquire. Afterwards, Stromberg said, the group returns to campus and argues over which piece to purchase. When a democratic decision is made, the Hood acquires the piece, giving students the chance to leave a lasting mark on Dartmouth through the Hood's collection.
"The credit line on the work of art that we buy says 'Purchased by…' and it's a list of all of the students in the class," Hood director John Stomberg said. "So we actually have the budget for this, and we actually buy a work of art."
The Hood also offers several internships, typically held by juniors and seniors. Some curatorial internships offer interns the opportunity to curate their own exhibition. There are also internships within the coin collection, programming and campus engagement segments of the museum.
Abby Smith '23 first got involved with the Hood through the Museum Club as a freshman, and her growing interest in art museums drew her to the Hood's internship programs, under which she is now a curatorial intern. Even though her internship has been mostly remote, she goes to the museum several times a week and is making progress on her exhibition.
"Every museum intern does their own exhibition, and mine will be in the winter this year," Smith said. "I've been working on picking my art pieces and writing labels and brochures, which has been really fun. That's what I spend most of my time doing — and a lot, a lot of research, that's what a lot of curatorial work is like."
Hood campus engagement coordinator Isadora Italia encouraged students to reach out even if they have nothing more than an idea of something they are interested in.
"We love to collaborate with students and student groups to create unique in-gallery events and experiences," Italia said. "If you have an idea or are part of a student group that wants to organize an event at the Hood Museum, please reach out and let us know!"
According to Curator of academic programming Amelia Kahl, the Hood works with over 30 different departments and academic programs to supplement classes. For example, some classes assign students to walk around the galleries, either in class or on their own time. Other classes bring students to the Bernstein Center for Object Study, where pieces can be pulled from storage for closer observation.
The Hood boasts a collection of 65,000 objects, and only a handful of them are on display at any given point in time. Whether or not a student is in a class that uses the BCOS, they still have access to everything that is in storage.
"If you're an undergraduate and you're interested in seeing something that's not on view, you can send me an email, and we'll find a time for you to see it," Kahl said. "You all have access to that collection as Dartmouth students."
Even if a student does not study art or art history, the Hood's staff strongly encourages all students to come as casual viewers. The Hood Museum is free for students, and it is as much an academic resource as it is a place to study, relax and enjoy a day off.
"There are layers of academic practice embedded in museums, but one need not have that to enjoy the art," Stomberg said. "Art isn't about limitations — art is an invitation to think and feel."
As an art history major, Smith uses the Hood's resources quite frequently. However, she has also enjoyed exploring works in the collection that pertain to her other classes.
"I have an [African and African American Studies] class where we had a presentation from the Hood Museum, and we got to look at art that was related to what we were learning," Smith said. "It was a really interesting way to contextualize the historical aspects of what we were talking about [in class]."
The Hood staff emphasize that students do not need to be experts on art in order to engage with it. According to Stomberg, some pieces may be more complex than others, but most works have a label next to them offering more details on the piece; he encourages students to bring a friend and have a dialogue about the art as an introduction to the space.
Exhibits on display this fall include "Form and Relation: Contemporary Native Ceramics," which Stomberg explains "really defies expectations." It includes conceptual art and video pieces centered around Native American ceramics, all of which challenge stereotypes about Native American art.
Another is a video piece from Maori artist Shannon Te Ao entitled "My Life as a Tunnel." The piece is centered around the relationships of two Maori men, and it discusses themes of Indigeneity, language and loss. Stomberg described the video as "beautiful in an evocative way."
Other exhibitions and pieces on display this fall include "A Legacy for Learning: The Jane and Raphael Bernstein Collection," "Drawing Lines," Jaune Quick-to-See Smith's "Trade Canoe: Forty Days and Forty Nights" and Thornton Dial's "The Tiger Cat."
Aside from exhibits, the Hood offers a wide range of public programs. Kahl explained that students and Upper Valley residents alike are invited to participate in these special events.
"[There will be] a mix of artist talks, collaborative workshops, student talks, big lectures and small and intimate events" said Kahl. "We're going to have a big lecture on traditional Japanese art with Melissa McCormick, who is a professor at Harvard, and we're also going to have a big lecture with the contemporary artist Julie Mehretu."
At the end of the day, both Stomberg and Kahl reminded students that the museum, at its core, belongs to students.
"The staff at the Hood works to take care of their museum," said Stomberg. "We work to put their art on view. We work to keep their building open. We work with faculty to make their classes interesting. But this is an institution for students, and the students should feel absolute ownership of this place."
To welcome students back, the Hood will have a reopening party on Sept. 18. The museum will be open Wednesday through Saturday this fall, and though masking and distancing rules are still in place, Hood staff do not anticipate an attendance limit.
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Hello, this is Erica. My life has changed after finishing secondary 4 education in Hong Kong. I had been longing to study overseas and explore different cultures from different countries. I'd say I'm really the lucky one to join a 10-months length exchange programme to the United States in 2016-2017. After this, my family decided to send over to Australia for further study. I completed a foundation course at La Trobe Melbourne and met the requirement that allowed me to proceed to Bachelor of Applied Science and Master of Physiotherapy Practice at La Trobe University (Melbourne).
After exploring two different cultures, I found numerous differences between the US and Australia in different aspects. First of all, the population where I went for exchange was much fewer than those in Melbourne. As I lived in a small town of the state of Oregon, where there are only population of around 10000, and most of them are Americans. I could barely see an Asian around the town. However, it is much more populated in Melbourne and Asian faces are just everywhere. People from Asian countries, such as China, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, India, etc.To be honest, it feels more comfortable to see and be in a group of Asian people which I find it easier to communicate with people and to make friends. It might be because of the cultural similarities and differences that make most of us feel this way. Asians are more reserved and introverted, while Americans and Australians are open and extroverted.
Secondly, I would like to talk about my life I studied in La Trobe Melbourne. In my opinion, it is a great pathway for students to enter their ideal university discipline in La Trobe University through studying in La Trobe Melbourne. I studied health science stream of the foundation course, which there are four subjects per semester and they are Academic Communication (English language skills), Maths, Chemistry and Biology (Physic is available). The foundation course curriculum is similar to those in Hong Kong's high school. Moreover, teachers here are so considerate and patient. They understand the difficulties that international students face and willing to instruct clearly to us when we have any question. There are also quizzes and tests in every subject to ensure students study throughout the semester and be prepared for exams. I often like this quizzes and tests which motivate me to do my revision daily as it progresses.
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l.makowski@northeastern.edu
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Image and signal processing as applied to biophysical data designed to answer fundamental questions about the molecular basis of living systems, and progression of Alzheimer's Disease
Lee Makowski received his B.S. at Brown University in Physics, and Masters and Ph.D. at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Electrical Engineering. After doing postdoctoral research at Brandeis University in Structural Biology, he joined faculty of the College of Physician and Surgeons at Columbia University in the Biochemistry Department. He moved to Boston University as Professor of Physics and later accepted a position as Director of the Institute of Molecular Biophysics at Florida State University. In 1998 he joined the National Science Foundation where he was a Program Director first in the Biology Directorate and then in the Division of Materials Science. From 2000 until 2010 he was at Argonne National Laboratory, first as Biosciences Division Director and then as Senior Scientist. He moved to Northeastern in the fall of 2010. He is an author of over 100 scientific research papers and numerous review articles on innovative analyses of biophysical data with focus on x-ray and neutron scattering and x-ray imaging.
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1976
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineers Fellow
2017 Dean's Award for Meritorious Service
Cultivating Biomedical Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Ghana
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Localization of Fibrillar Polymorphs in Human Brain Tissue
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Makowski, Lee, Olson-Sidford, William, W. Weisel, John (2021). Biological and Clinical Consequences of Integrin Binding via a Rogue RGD Motif in the SARS CoV-2 Spike Protein. Viruses, 13(2),146. 10.3390/V13020146
Huang, Lei, Wright, Michelle, Yang, Sichun, Blachowicz, Lydia, Makowski, Lee, Roux, Benoît (2020). Glycine substitution in SH3-SH2 connector of Hck tyrosine kinase causes population shift from assembled to disassembled state. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta – General Subjects, 1864(7),129604. 10.1016/J.BBAGEN.2020.129604
Makowski, Lee (2020). The Structural Basis of Amyloid Strains in Alzheimer's Disease. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 6(5),2498-2505. 10.1021/ACSBIOMATERIALS.9B01302
Ngu, Lisa, Winters, Jenifer N., Makowski, Lee, Beuning, Penny J., Ondrechen, Mary Jo (2020). Distal Residues and Enzyme Activity: Implications for Personalized Medicine. Biophysical Journal, 118(3),535a-536a. 10.1016/J.BPJ.2019.11.2937
Ngu, Lisa, Winters, Jenifer N., Nguyen, Kien, Ramos, Kevin E., DeLateur, Nicholas A., Makowski, Lee, Whitford, Paul C., Ondrechen, Mary Jo, Beuning, Penny J. (2020). Probing remote residues important for catalysis in Escherichia coli ornithine transcarbamoylase. PLoS ONE, 15(2),e0228487. 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0228487
B. Roig-Solvas, D.H, Brooks, L. Makowski, FiXR: A Framework to Reconstruct Fiber Cross- Sections from X-Ray Fiber Diffraction Experiments, Acta Crystallographica, 2020, D76
B. Roig-Solvas, B.T. Hyman, L. Makowski, In Situ Saxs of Protein Deposits in Alzheimer's Disease, bioRxiv, 2019
L. Makowski, The Structural Basis of Amyloid Strains in Alzheimer's Disease, ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, 2019
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B. Roig-Solvas, L. Makowski, Calculation of the Cross-Sectional Shape of a Fibril from Equatorial Scattering, Journal of Structural Biology 200(3), 2017, 248-257
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BioE Chair and Professor Lee Makowski is researching if there is a connection between a spike protein in COVID-19 and blood-related complications from the disease. COVID-19 can affect the blood. Its spike protein may be the culprit. Main Photo: Lee Makowski, chair of the bioengineering department, holds a 3D printed model of COVID-19 showing spike […]
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Bioengineers Develop Innovative Respiratory-Assist Device as Alternative to Ventilator
BioE alumnus Craig Smallwood, PhD'18, invented a respiratory-assist device as an alternative to a ventilator for low-resource environments. BioE Professor and Chair Lee Makowski, in collaboration with physicians at Korle Bu Hospital in Ghana, has made the first few of these devices available for use on patients suffering from respiratory distress.
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BioE Professor & Chair Lee Makowski is studying Alzheimer's progression to better develop treatments for the disease. Source: News @ Northeastern New research led by Northeastern University suggests that Alzheimer's disease may not progress like falling dominoes, as conventional wisdom holds, with one molecular event sparking the formation of plaques throughout the brain. Instead, it […]


Fannie Mae purchases or securitizes mortgage loans secured by properties affected by environmental hazards if the effect of the hazard is measurable through an analysis of comparable market data as of the effective date of the appraisal, and the appraiser reflects in the appraisal report any adverse effect that the hazard has on the value and marketability of the subject property or indicates that the comparable market data reveals no buyer resistance to the hazard.
In rare situations, a particular environmental hazard may have a significant effect on the value of the subject property, although the actual effect is not measurable because the hazard is so serious or so recently discovered that an appraiser cannot arrive at a reliable opinion of market value because there is no comparable market data available, such as sales, contract sales, or active listings that are available to reflect the effect of the hazard. In such cases, the mortgage will not be eligible for delivery to Fannie Mae.
make appropriate adjustments in the overall analysis of the property's value.
Fannie Mae expects the appraiser to consider and use comparable market data from the same affected area because the sales prices of settled sales, the contract sales prices of pending sales, and the current asking prices for active listings will reflect any negative effect on value and marketability of the subject property.
Note: Fannie Mae does not consider the appraiser to be an expert in the field of environmental hazards. The typical residential real estate appraiser is neither expected nor required to be an expert in this specialized field. The appraiser, however, has a responsibility to note in the appraisal report any adverse conditions that were observed during the inspection of the subject property or information that he or she became aware of through the normal research involved in performing an appraisal.
Fannie Mae requires the lender to disclose any information regarding environmental hazards to the appraiser and note the individual mortgage file accordingly if the real estate broker, the property seller, the property purchaser, or any other party to the mortgage transaction informs the lender that an environmental hazard exists in or on the property, or in the vicinity of the property. Fannie Mae also requires the lender to disclose such information to the borrower, and to comply with any state or local environmental laws regarding disclosure.
The lender must make the final decision about the need for inspections and the adequacy of the property as security for the mortgage. For example, because Fannie Mae requires the appraiser to comment on the effect of a hazard on the value and marketability of the subject property, the appraiser would have to note when there is market resistance to an area because of environmental hazards or any other conditions that affect well, septic, or public water facilities. When the lender has reason to believe that private well water that is on or available to a property might be contaminated as a result of the proximity of the well to hazardous waste sites, the lender is exercising sound judgment if it obtains a "well certification" to determine whether the water meets community standards.


When Susan Matyas sent an email inviting me to speak at her "The Ageless Woman" summit, I started laughing.
Not at her. Or at her summit. But at this crazy synchronicity.
After 4 deep personal experiences with Ho'oponopono, we are turning our love and prayers toward our shared mother, our One Mother, Mother Earth.
What is prayer? Have you ever asked yourself this question?
Prayer was simply what we did as a child.
No one sat me down and talked about what prayer is or who we're praying to or why. It was just assumed. It was in the air.
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Ways of safeguarding and promoting the heritage of 1920s constructivist and avant-garde architecture in Moscow and Kyiv have been discussed at the kick-off meeting of the 'Save Urban Heritage' project, which is part of the EU-funded Cooperation in Urban Development and Dialogue programme CIUDAD.
A CIUDAD press release said the meeting in Kyiv on 5-6 July brought together project partners to share experience, discuss operational issues and study the current state of avant-garde architecture in Kyiv.
The Save Urban Heritage project aims to help Moscow and Kyiv develop strategic urban plans for architecture conservation and "provide for the exchange of models of good governance in the field of urban and architectural heritage, and develop territorial and cultural marketing plans for the promotion of urban heritage," the press release said.
The project will also help raise awareness of the initiative among local governments, international organisations, media, students, architects, businesses and local communities. It will create a database of avant-garde architecture in both Moscow and Kiev and build networked labs for research and education.


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An Analysis of Kate Chastain Leadership Style From Below Deck Season 7
Kate Chastain, the chief stewardess of the luxury yacht 'Valor' in the Bravo TV series Below Deck Season 7, has captivated audiences with her exceptional leadership skills and her ability to stay calm in the face of chaos. From the very first episode, it was clear that Kate was a born leader, with her knack for problem-solving, her quick decisions, and her ability to motivate her crew. In this analysis, we will take an in-depth look at Kate's leadership style and how she managed to be successful in such a demanding role. We will examine her communication strategies, her management skills, and her relationship with the crew. Ultimately, it is clear that Kate is a perfect example of how a leader should act in order to be successful.
Overview of Kate Chastain Season 7 Leadership Style
Relationship with the Crew
Kate Chastain is the chief stewardess of the luxury yacht Valor, and she made her season 7 debut in the middle of the series. Her leadership style throughout the season has been very inspirational, with her ability to stay calm in the face of chaos, her knack for problem-solving, her quick decisions, and her ability to motivate her crew. Kate's leadership style can be described as authoritative with a hint of transformational leadership. She is able to inspire her crew members through her passion for the job and her care and concern for them as people. Kate's authoritative approach to managing her crew is rooted in being firm, fair, and consistent. She is not afraid to discipline her crew members when necessary, and she expects them to meet the high standards that she sets.
Communication is the single most important aspect of leadership, and Kate Chastain did a great job of communicating with her crew members. Throughout the season, she made it a point to have open and honest communication with her team members, especially when they were having problems with one another. Kate was careful never to take sides and always tried to see things from both perspectives, which allowed her to come up with reasonable solutions to difficult problems. Kate Chastain also used different types of media to communicate with her team members. For example, she often made announcements through the ship's intercom system, and she used her notebook to communicate important information and instructions to her crew members.
As the chief stewardess and the highest-ranking member of the Valor crew, Kate Chastain had a lot of responsibility on her plate. She was in charge of overseeing all of the food-related activities on the yacht, including cooking, cleaning, and stocking the pantry. Moreover, she also managed the rest of the crew, making sure that they were doing their jobs properly and that they were being paid appropriately. This meant that Kate needed to have excellent management skills in order to be successful in her role. Throughout the season, we saw that Kate had a gift for dealing with difficult situations and people. She was able to handle the emotional outbursts of her staff members without letting her emotions get the best of her. Instead, Kate maintained a calm and collected demeanor, and she always kept a level head.
Throughout the season, we saw that Kate Chastain had a positive relationship with her crew. They all respected her for her great combination of leadership, patience, and compassion, and they were all eager to please her. In return, Kate was supportive and understanding of her crew members, and she always tried to help them when they were having problems. One of the most important aspects of a strong relationship between a leader and their crew is mutual trust. Kate Chastain and her crew members trusted each other and respected each other's skills, which is why they got along so well. It is clear that the success of the Valor's food service was largely due to Kate Chastain's excellent leadership and her ability to work well with her team members.
Overall, it is clear that Kate Chastain is a perfect example of how a leader should act in order to be successful. She was able to inspire her team members through her passion for the job and her care and concern for them as people. She was firm, fair, and consistent, and she had excellent communication skills, so she was able to deal with difficult situations and her crew members with ease. Her crew members trusted her and respected her, which is one of the most important elements of a strong leader-member relationship. Her team members were eager to please her and meet her high standards, and they were successful in their job as a result.
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Vince McMahon has died before on WWE television when his limo kayfabe exploded with him inside, but the company does have to consider the possibility of carrying on after losing his services.
McMahon is in great shape, but he is still 73-years-old. WWE recently released in their fourth-quarter earnings report how they would handle such a loss like Vince McMahon.
They not only acknowledge that the creative direction of the company would drastically change but so could the stock prices. McMahon has his hand in every facet of WWE including the XFL relaunch in 2020. Needless to say, losing Vince McMahon in any respect would greatly negatively affect WWE.
Even Vince McMahon remaining alive and well, but refocusing his attention to the XFL could hurt the company. No "backup plan" was revealed in this document, but we can only hope they have one.


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This bilingual exhibition celebrates the 200th anniversary of the relationship between the United States and the Kingdom of Thailand dating back to the 1818s. Encompassing 79 rare artifacts and a complex array of graphic displays, the creative direction of this exhibition was both challenging and rewarding.
This traveling bilingual exhibit featuring multimedia displays and custom builds showcases the lives of Arctic Indigenous peoples and Arctic issues. EOA is scheduled to tour throughout Canada.
A couple shots showing the variety of graphic materials used to showcase some amazing photography. Bottom left shows Canadian Arctic photographer Michelle Valberg and American Arctic photographer Stephen Gorman in front of their work.
This traveling bilingual exhibition celebrates Canada's 150th Anniversary with a focus on US-Canada relations. The durable lightweight poplar easels were designed to allow for flexibility as the show travels to future venues.
As lead designer and project manager for this highly interactive, 7000 square foot exhibition, I was involved in all aspects of this project from concept to creation. It consumed me for over 2 years and I learned an incredible amount. Please contact me if you would like additional information about this project.
This design was inspired by interesting light and shadow designs I ran into perusing the internet late one night. I liked the Idea of playing with the word vision. Probably one of the more tricky and risky designs I've ever tried but the payoff was great.
Photo of the successfully installed title! In the background you can see how translucent banners and gauze like material were used to obscure views and add a sense mystery as the visitor discovers the work of each of the eleven photographers featured in this show.
Photo of the exhibition that featured the cause-driven art of Asher Jay. Asher's incredible work earned her a spot in the 2015 class of National Geographic Emerging Explorers.
This was a fairly small and awkward space. A nice flow to the room was created by taking some of Asher's vertical oriented art and hanging them in a triangular formation centered in the room.
A 2,500 square foot exhibition featuring 64 photos as well as a six screen media wall with an animated world map that continuously plays underwater video footage from each expedition.
This exhibition is divided into five sections: Coral Reefs, The Arctic, Coastal Africa, Oceanic Islands, and Toward the Future. Each section features a title wall, informational panel, and a selection of images and captions. The limited space did not allow for a clear separation between sections so we used a defining color as a design language for navigation.
Another design choice was to alternate the thickness of the mounted material (Ultra Board E) to create an undulating movement to the ganged photographs.
As part of a ship wide photo installation, we took down this out dated mural surrounding the 5 level center stairwell and redesigned it to showcase the work of some of National Geographic's most talented photographers focusing on ocean preservation.
-The Orion was designed and built specifically for expedition travel. It was created to explore the far corners of the Earth in complete self-sufficiency.
These large 60"x40" images were rear mounted to a thin, non-glare plexiglass, allowing them to maintain the curvature of the wall when cleated.
Photo of redesigned stairwell by Eric Guth.
Ship wide photographic exhibition for the Explorer that showcases the work of some of National Geographic's most talented photographers focusing on ocean preservation.
At 367 feet, the Explorer boasts an ice-strengthened hull and advanced navigation equipment for polar expeditions.
This was a fun challenge using the entire entrance to create a cohesive and alluring entrance design. A large amount of vinyl was used to give a sense of the size of this incredible discovery, although not quite as big as actual size! The title letters were routed from .5" sintra and mounted with a 1" stand off to add dimension.
Another fun entrance design combining a variety of fabricated and graphic elements.
Designing and fabricating these viking shield were lot of fun. The vikings of the period took great pride in their shield construction and design. They served as great atmospheric design elements as well as providing framing for this standing theater.
This photo show featured photographs from the 1911-15 Hiram Bingham Expeditions. It was interesting to do an all black and white show dealing with a wide variety of unique frame sizes captured by classic photographic equipment.
This exhibition featured 38 photos, videos, an interactive map, and first hand accounts by the photographer.


UIUC's dismissal of Salaita because his private tweets support Palestinian rights constitutes impermissible "viewpoint discrimination" – a violation of his First Amendment rights. As a public university, UIUC is required to adhere to First Amendment and academic freedom principles that protect the rights of faculty members to "speak or write as citizens," and to be free from "institutional censorship or discipline." It is also obligated to protect faculty's academic freedom to decide collectively, as a department, under a university's bylaws, to invite a respected colleague to join the department, as we understand to have happened in this case.
The letter also places the attack on Salaita in the context of other attacks on academics who express support for Palestinian rights.
Numerous academic, civil rights and other organizations, including PSLS's partner, the Center for Constitutional Rights, as well as the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI), and the Committee for Open Discussion of Zionism, have issued similar statements challenging the University's decision.


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A few things about the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT)
By Legalnaija 11:51 AM
The Code of Conduct Tribunal is established by Section 15(1) of the Fifth Schedule, of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. It provides that –
"There shall be established a tribunal to be known as Code of Conduct Tribunal which shall consist of a Chairman and two other persons."
By virtue of the further provisions in Section 15, the Chairman of the tribunal must be qualified to hold office as a Judge of a superior court in Nigeria. Also the Chairman and other two members are appointed by the President on the recommendation of the National Judicial Council.
The Chairman's tenure of office ends when attaining the age of 70 and the Chairman cannot be removed by the President except upon an address supported by two-thirds majority of each House of the National Assembly praying that he be so removed for inability to discharge the functions of the office.
According to section 18, where the Code of Conduct Tribunal finds a public officer guilty of contravening any of the provisions of the Code of conduct for public officers, such public officer may be directed to vacate the office or seat in any legislative house as the case may be, or, be disqualified from membership of a legislative house and from holding any public office for a period of 10 years or seizure and forfeiture to the State of any property acquired in abuse or corruption of office. These above stated penalties are without prejudice to any penalty that may be given by a Court if the offence is of a criminal nature.
Being a code of conduct for Nigerian public officers, according to the Constitution, the tribunal has jurisdiction over any of the following persons including;
i. The President and Vice-President.
ii. The President and Deputy-Speaker of the Senate, House of Representatives and Speakers and Deputy-Speakers of Houses of Assembly of States, and all members of legislative houses.
iii. Governors and Deputy-Governors.
iv. Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justices of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, other judicial officers and all staffs of the court of law.
v. Attorney- General of the Federation and States.
vi. Ministers of the Federal Government and Commissioners of State Governments.
vii. All Chiefs of the armed forces.
viii. Inspector- General of Police, all members of the police and security agencies.
ix. Secretary to the Government and Head of the Civil Service including permanent secretaries and all members of the civil service, either Federal or State.
x. Ambassadors, High Commissioners and other officers of Nigerian missions abroad.
xi. Chairman and members of local government councils.
xii. Chairman and members of statutory corporations.
xiii. All staffs of Universities and institutions owned or financed by the Federal or State Government.
xiv. Chairman and members of staff of permanent commissions or councils appointed on full time basis.
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Mercedes S600 Coupe 1995 "No Reserve" entered into the July 25th Classic Car Auction.
This Mercedes was a lease car for the first 2 years for its life and has had one owner since then (01/05/1997). Comes with full Mercedes service history of 22 stamps in the service book plus a printout. Was last serviced approximately 4000 miles ago. This is the one to have. Sold with no reserve.


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La Conferència Internacional sobre Infants Africans fou una conferència internacional feta a Ginebra el juny de 1931. Va ser organitzada per Save the Children International Union amb l'objectiu d'universalitzar la Declaració dels Drets del Nen.

El 1924 la Lliga de les Nacions adoptà la Declaració dels Drets del Net, de la qual l'esborrany va ser escrit per la Unió el 1923. La Conferència es va centrar en les condicions que vivien els nens a l'Àfrica, específicament en les àrees de mortalitat infantil, treball infantil i l'educació.

La conferència tingué lloc a Ginebra entre el 22 i 25 del mes de juny de 1931. És considerada un gir radical en les actituds occidentals cap a la infantesa a Àfrica: "aquesta conferència reconstruí les imatges de la infantesa a l'Àfrica entre missioners, humanitaris pel benestar dels nens i científics socials". Hi participaren soles cinc africans, cosa inusual en l'època. Un d'aquests africans era Jomo Kenyatta de l'Associació Central Kikuyu. Altres foren Gladys Casely-Hayford, professora, escriptora i filla del polític de Ghana J. E. Casely Hayford i l'educador nigerià Henry Carr. L'activista negre dels Estats Units James W. Ford de la Lliga Contra l'Imperialisme donà un discurs criticant la conferència perquè merament donava suport a l'ordre colonial.

La secretària de la conferència va ser l'escriptora Evelyn Sharp, qui va escriure un llibre al respecte amb el títol The African Child. Altra contribuïdora fou la missionera, Dora Earthy.

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After a walk around Lime Wood's grounds and enjoying all the different colours of the changing autumnal leaves, I realised it was time for my pamper session at the Herb House, so his Lordship and I walked the short distance from our room to the Herb Garden spa. On entering the spa, we were impressed by how well the design and the use of natural stone blends in with its setting in the historic estate.
The first thing you notice is the light and use of natural materials with the subtle infusion of aromas, then you are greeted warmly by one of the team who takes your details. I was welcomed by Morag, who took me down a spiral staircase where a lovely wooden art sculptural which took centre stage, subtly lit as everything is in the Herb Garden to make you feel relaxed.
I was shown to the changing room which had everything a Lady requires, shower cubicles, hair and body products and even large bath tubs to soak in should you wish to after any of the therapies. After changing into my robe and flip flops, I was taken to a warm candlelit room where I was encouraged to completely relax. First, my feet were immersed in a warm rose scented bath, which was the beginning of Morag's marvellous massage. Morag's Scottish accent was calming to the senses, along with the soothing scent of aromatherapy oils diffusing across the room. Morag discussed which would be the best oil to use on my full massage and I feel her knowledge and passion about the treatments available in aromatherapy is endless.
The massage provides a complete body work out using techniques that have been practised for centuries. The therapy was sublime. It relaxed my tight muscles and the movements allowed the energy-giving properties of the products to to work their magic across my body. There are a number of spa packages to choose from at Herb House, ranging from spa days with or without treatments, with or without lunch, but all including use of their award winning facilities. They have a mud house and massage suite and, for some extra time with your loved one, they have designed the ultimate relaxation and privacy in a double treatment room. You can book a treatment for two for some perfect quiet time together, which would be a romantic treat for Valentine's Day. As part of the packages you can have a full body massage with wonderful aromatic oils and then you can enjoy their Lap Pool, gym, outdoor hot pool, plus the Hydro Pool and Sauna with stunning views of the Forest, guaranteed to bring you into a wonderfully relaxed state of mind and body.
All the spa packages are tailor-made for you so the world is your oyster and the facilities are also open to all the guests of the hotel, so why not book a treatment or just enjoy the facilities while staying at the beautiful Lime Wood Hotel?
Herb house is inspired by the wonderful surroundings of nature the beautiful New Forest surrounds it on all sides giving it a magical view from the roof terrace which is a living herb roof so you have the wonderful aroma while taking in the panoramic view an experience not to miss.
After the treatments you can laze and listen to music in the relaxation lounge, have a herbal tea as well as unlimited soft drinks, and you can borrow an iPod or just take your own and drift off in marvellous serenity.
Spend an hour or so at the Herb Garden spa and you will come away feeling refreshed and relaxed – a new woman to be precise! You will notice that your shoulders have relaxed, that your mind feels clearer and that your skin is glowing. There are not many places where you can retreat from the world and allow your mind and body to completely switch off, but with Morag's hands wielding their marvellous magic, this is definitely one of them.


Kitty is living a happy, carefree life as a dairymaid in the countryside. The grand family she is employed by looks after her well, and she loves her trade, caring for the gentle cows and working in the cool, calm dairy. And then, of course, there is Will, the river man who she thinks is very fond of her, and indeed she is of him. Surely he will ask her to marry him soon?
Three years ago I wrote a post about how I struggle to DNF books. Since that post I've DNFed maybe 3 books out of 250. As you can see, DNFing is still a struggle for me, but when it came to THE DISGRACE OF KITTY GREY it was an easy decision I made at 28%. It had already been sitting on my TBR for 3-4 years, I wasn't going to put too much more effort into it.
So very, incredibly bored. The whole premise of the book is all about how Kitty gets lost in London looking for her missing boyfriend. And yet Will doesn't disappear until 25%, and Kitty hadn't even left her workplace by 28%. There was nothing going, on, just descriptions of daily household chores and Kitty's interactions with other servants and Will's 4 year old sister.
If the writing was faster or I liked Kitty's voice more I might have kept trying. Historical fiction is one of my favourite genres after all, especially pre-1900's England. But I just couldn't get into it. Kitty's voice was very typical of historical novels with nothing unique. The info-dumping about the household stuff didn't really help things move along.
Nothing major. One thing was that Will, Kitty's boyfriend, kept calling her "Susie" and we were given no reason why? Maybe it was answered later on but right now it's a really strange nickname.
The only other thing that comes to mind is that the 4 year old was going to accompany Kitty to London. Which is kind of ridiculous, she could have stayed behind (the household liked her enough, and Kitty going meant there was one less mouth to feed anyway). I personally didn't want to read about a child on the road.
As a historical fiction fan, I really wanted to love THE DISGRACE OF KITTY GREY but unfortunately it wasn't for me. I was bored and could not muster the motivation to continue. If you have read this, I hope you had better luck with it.
I also struggle to DNF books. Great explanation, though.
I hate DNFing books. I always feel like I never gave it enough of a chance and then guilt sets in. Sometimes you just have to stop though.
I think I DNF books too freely, but I'm low-key kind of proud of you for just not wasting your time on a book you weren't enjoying!
You DNF at what ever level you feel is right. At least that way you're not wasting time on mediocre novels! You're only sticking with the good ones.
Aw, I'm sorry you didn't like this one as much as you wanted! Historical fiction is one of my favorite genres but it's definitely a hit or miss. The "Susie" thing is so weird! That would frustrate me so much to not have a reason for it!
Thanks for the honest review, Bec!
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It is quite hit or miss, isn't it? The writing tends to be the thing that lets it down.
I know right! Maybe there's an explanation thin early on, but really it should have been described sooner, especially with how often she goes on about Will.
I'm better at DNFing books just because I don't have as much time to waste if I'm really not feeling it. My review today is actually a DNF. But I'm not a huge fan of it. Obviously I want to love what I'm reading!
I'm reaching that point haha! Ain't nobody got time to waste on meh books.