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219 - Bonus episode: Meet the Sarah Boxx Team
Season 2, Ep. 219
Today's episode of the No Labels, No Limits podcast is a unique, behind-the-scenes interview of the Sarah Boxx Team. Listen in as Sarah, Summer and Maria chat about coming together and synchronizing their strengths to work as a team. They share some insights on growth, pivots and challenges experienced over the past few years. One thing is for certain, together they were able to creatively problem-solve, create timely content to help guide followers and collaborate to produce programs and resources for client needs. We encourage you to stay tuned as we gear up for another year of great guests, many requested and recommended by our listeners. Visit www.SarahBoxx.com for additional resources and valuable content.Reach out to Maria here: mariamichellelees.comReach out to Summer here: virtually-progressive.com
218 - Healing Through Neuroscience with Sarah Peyton
We have the privilege of speaking with another amazing guest on the No Labels, No Limits podcast. Sarah Peyton is an author, international speaker, and neuroscience educator dedicated to helping transform our brains into kinder, cozier places to live. She believes in the power of resonance to change the world. Our conversation weaves around how she helps people see that our brains make sense and that those things we've thought of as emotional difficulties or character defects are actually very normal reactions to relational, cultural, and intergenerational trauma. Further on that topic, Sarah says, "When our brains are mean to us, it's not truth, it's trauma."I ask Sarah to share a bit about how we can erode our own self-confidence. We may often think we are broken, that we have character flaws, when in actuality we make perfect sense, given the challenging experiences of aloneness, isolation, relational trauma, and more that characterize most modern, capitalist colonial cultures.Sarah says, "One of the things I'm often asked is 'how does learning about neuroscience help us heal?' Once we start learning about neuroscience we find out how emotional trauma creates self-blame and isolation and gets in the way of gentleness with the self." Listen in as we uncover concepts behind healing through neuroscience.Learn more and connect with Sarah here:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/empathybrain/Twitter: https://twitter.com/resonantselfYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPJ_wotaL-ZoZefuLdgEGkQInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahpeytonauthor/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-peyton-5979903www.sarahpeyton.com
217 - Learning Through Ascension and Enlightenment with Lori Spagna
The No Labels, No Limits podcast welcomes another intriguing guest, Lori Spagna. Lori is a Best Selling Author, Speaker, Ascension Guide, Multi-Dimensional Channel, Intuitive, DNA Activator, Animal Communicator, Energy Healer, Visionary, Lightworker and Starseed.Lori provides live, on-air healings, readings and guidance as well as Star Seed and Lightworker intel from 5th Dimension through 12th Dimension via channeled information from the non-physical realm (and also from our beloved animal companions.) Through her work, she has transformed the lives of thousands of humans and animals.In this episode, we ask Lori to share about the Deep and Intimate Spiritual Bond Between Humans and Animals.Learn more and connect with Lori here:https://www.facebook.com/intuitivelorispagna/https://twitter.com/lorispagnahttps://www.linkedin.com/in/lorispagna/https://www.pinterest.com/lorispagna/https://www.youtube.com/c/LoriSpagnahttp://lorispagna.com/books-amazonFREE Gifts: https://lorispagna.com/freegifts/www.lorispagna.com
216 - Building a Brand with Style and Soul with Chelsey Korman
Welcome to another interesting episode on the No Labels, No Limits podcast where we get a chance to speak with Chelsey (Coco) Korman. Chelsey is the artist behind rucoco, where she elevates conscious product brands by uncovering their why and developing their creative identity around it.Rucoco's approach pairs a rock 'n roll sensibility with the natural world to bring energy and spirit to the often subdued nature of sustainability. Her style is the merge between a ram dass-like virtue / earthy minimalism and a mick jagger-type soul / sensuality and edge. Rucoco's process is a deep one that unearths brand identities drenched in texture, authenticity and story, and creates worlds in which a brand's audience can be part of something real and worthy.She is also a writer, stylist and designer of her own conscious clothing line, Bomē. Chelsey (or, Coco) is creating in the world between nature and the material, to bring light to both. Listen in to today's episode where Chelsey shares the two competing loves of her life - nature and material - and how she has found what she's here to create.Her parting words of wisdom are simple, but thought-provoking, "We don't need more things. We need things that mean more to us."Learn more and connect with Chelsey here:bomeforwomen.comInstagram: @bomeforwomenchelseykorman.comInstagram: @chelseykormanSpotify - @chelseykormanPinterest - @chelseykorman
215 - Get Ahead in Business by Being Human with Ryan Foland
The No Labels, No Limits podcast welcomes Ryan Foland. Ryan is a high-energy speaker, 3X podcast host, and brand consultant who teaches executives how to build their personal brands and helps corporations become more personable. His 3-1-3® Method uncovers core brand messaging to guide bespoke content marketing strategies. Ryan has given 4 TEDx talks and has been featured in Forbes, Fortune, Inc., Entrepreneur, and more. His award-winning book, Ditch the Act, teaches you how to get ahead in business by simply being human. For fun, Ryan sails, draws stick figures, and raps. Listen in as Ryan shares his story of discovery.He mentioned this about learning to be a leader, "Gain differentiation, growth, and loyalty by ditching the act and learning how to expose yourself for who you really are. Build a reputation of trust with your team, as you get vulnerable, and show them that you are not better than them, but in fact a lot more like them than they think."Learn more and connect with Ryan here: https://ryan.online/Book: https://ryan.online/my-book/ Cause: https://stickfigure.store/Instagram Handle: https://www.instagram.com/ryan.foland/ Linkedin link: www.linkedin.com/in/ryanfolandTwitter Handle: https://twitter.com/ryanfoland Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ryanfoland313 YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/ryanfoland Medium: https://medium.com/@ryanfoland Quora: https://www.quora.com/profile/Ryan-Foland
214 - Healing Our Core Wounds with Lisa Tahir
The No Labels, No Limits podcast welcomes yet another talented, female leader, Lisa Tahir. Lisa is a licensed therapist, the podcast host of All Things Therapy, and author (endorsed by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama) for her book, "The Chiron Effect: Healing Our Core Wounds through Astrology, Empathy, and Self-Forgiveness."Today's interview delves deeper into the realm of psychology, EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), Reiki, and Psychoastrology. Lisa is the FOUNDER OF PSYCHOASTROLOGY® and also established "The Yes Foundation, INC. Nonprofit where she teaches children and adults with disabilities to blow and cast glass art utilizing her ADA compliant and US patented workbench, "The CHAIR-iot."She is truly on a path of inspiration, as is aiming to "help peo[le know they can change their patterns and their lives."Listen in as Lisa shares her journey from spirituality, emotional and physical wounds, through to exploring the concept of Chiron.Learn more and connect with Lisa here:http://www.facebook.com/nolatherapy/http://www.twitter.com/TahirLCSWhttps://www.youtube.com/nolatherapyhttps://www.instagram.com/nolatherapy/https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisatahirwww.nolatherapy.com
213 - Conquer Your Karmic Relationships with Tracee Dunblazier
We warmly welcome another guest to the No Labels, No Limits podcast! Tracee Dunblazier joins us today and she is a Los Angeles-based spiritual empath, shaman, and 20-time national award-winning author. A certified grief counselor and multi-sensitive, Tracee's blend of intuitive information combined with different modalities, has provided the opportunity for thousands to achieve deep healing and create the success and peace they seek in their lives.Tracee is the author of Conquer Your Karmic Relationships: Heal Spiritual Trauma to Open your Heart and Restore Your Soul.And earlier this year, in 2021, she won the COVR visionary award, given to creators of Visionary Resources are spiritually uplifting products and services that nourish or celebrate the human spirit while making the world a better place.Her parting words of wisdom are these, "Accepting your present circumstances gives you the greatest power you will ever have: the ability to move forward."Listen in as Tracee shares her journey, with memories of uncovering her gifts during childhood, through to her focus today, sharing her spiritual perspectives with the world.Learn more and connect with Tracee here:https://www.facebook.com/TraceeDunblazier/https://twitter.com/traceedunblaziehttps://www.instagram.com/gotracee/https://www.youtube.com/user/Gotraceewww.traceedunblazier.com
212 - Be Fearless: See Where it Gets You with Jacqueline Wales
We are so thankful you can join us today, as we chat with Jacqueline Wales, a courageous and vivacious woman who reminds us "Be Fearless: See Where it Gets You!"Jacqueline describes herself as "An astute observer of behavior, endlessly fascinated by the messiness of being human." She has invested more than 35 years exploring human behavior and asking tough questions in pursuit of hard truths.A writer, a singer, and a global nomad, Jacqueline has lived and traveled on three continents, developed a passion for martial arts earning a black belt in karate, and she's now an avid CrossFit athlete.Listen in as she shares her journey through challenges and obstacles that made her more resilient and confidently fearless!She leaves us with some parting words of wisdom when she says, "Being fearless is not the absence of fear but the courage to take the next step." What's your next step?Learn more and connect with Jacqueline here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacquelinewaleshttps://www.facebook.com/jacquelinewaleshttps://www.jacquelinewales.com/OFFER: visit her website and "The Inner Game" program for free with code JW21
211 - Transform Your Conscience with Leonard Perlmutter
Our No Labels, No Limits podcast welcomes yet another amazing guest! This week we're joined by Leonard Perlmutter, the internationally renowned meditation teacher (also known as Ram Lev).Leonard is the founder of the American Meditation Institute, author of the bestselling The Heart and Science of Yoga, and originator of National Conscience Month.Using proven tools drawn from the 5,000-year-old Yoga Science playbook and adapted for the Western mind, he has created a plan that crisply, simply, and elegantly puts the power back into your hands-when you adhere to your Conscience.Leonard says, "Life's many challenges --both personal and global-- are on display everywhere. Intellectual knowledge, however attractive and well-intentioned it may be, has little power to change character, conduct or consciousness. Your Conscience is the only quality of the mind that can reliably transform the powerful, poisonous energy of negative emotions into previously unimagined and creative solutions."Learn more and connect with Leonard here: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanMeditationInstitutehttps://twitter.com/amimeditationhttps://www.linkedin.com/pub/leonard-perlmutter-ram-lev/2a/9b1/ab1https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbjgf9zM53NRo80FnMzbV9g/https://www.pinterest.com/AmericanMeditationInstitute/http://www.yourconscience.org/#YourConscience#Conscience#NationalConscienceMonth#NLNLpodcast#podcasting
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Trials and Arbitration
Doctor pleads guilty to health care fraud at notorious drug treatment center
By Paula McMahon
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A doctor who was the last remaining defendant in the notorious drug abuse treatment fraud operated by Kenneth Chatman pleaded guilty to a health care fraud conspiracy charge on Friday.
Dr. Joaquin Mendez, 52, of Miramar, faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison and a fine of $250,000 when he is sentenced in September.
Chatman, 47, is serving 27½ years in federal prison after admitting he was the ringleader of a massive fraud at sober homes and substance abuse treatment centers he controlled in Palm Beach and Broward counties. Chatman billed for unnecessary tests and procedures, forced some patients into prostitution and encouraged others to continue using drugs so he could bleed their insurance plans dry.
Mendez was listed as the medical director of Reflections Treatment Center in Margate, which claimed to treat patients addicted to drugs and alcohol.
Sober homes fraudster who gave drugs to addicts sentenced to 27 1/2 years in prison
Kenneth Chatman, who admitted he made millions of dollars by defrauding insurance companies, prostituting patients and giving drugs to people in recovery, was sentenced to federal prison.
Mendez admitted he ordered hundreds of unnecessary urine and saliva tests for patients, at the request of Chatman, so Chatman could fraudulently bill insurance companies. The doctor also billed for more complicated and expensive examinations than were required, he admitted in court records.
"If Mendez had closely monitored the drug test results, he would have realized that most of the patients at Reflections were continuing to abuse drugs," according to the plea agreement Mendez signed.
Despite his medical training, Mendez said he let Chatman dictate so-called treatment at the centers in exchange for payment.
Palm Beach County News
Drug-treatment center operator amassed fortune amid allegations of fraud, prostitution, feds say
The man accused of abusing drug addicts who sought help in Broward and Palm Beach counties has amassed a fortune while ripping off health insurance and forcing
Mendez has remained free on a $100,000 bond since his arrest in December. He is still licensed to practice medicine and works at Lakeside Medical Center in Pembroke Pines, according to court and state records.
He is scheduled for sentencing on Sept. 27 in federal court in West Palm Beach.
pmcmahon@sunsentinel.com, 954-356-4533 or Twitter @SentinelPaula
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Q: QuickJava for Google Chrome? Is there something similar like QuickJava (Firefox Addon) for the Google Chrome?

A: The latest chrome (10.x) has something called "Click to play" which lets chrome display a little icon where normally the flash/java/silverlight would be. The user has to click the area to play it.
You can enable that feature by going to 'about:flags' and activate it. After that you can choose under 'Options' -> 'Under the Hood' -> 'Content Settings' -> 'Plugins' what to do when Chrome encounters a plugin.

A: I've been using HTML Content Blocker. It appears to behave quite similarly to the QuickJava addon for firefox but I haven't found a way to have quick access icons for at a glance feedback on whether something is enabled or not.
HTML Content Blocker on Chrome Webstore
*I know it's a bit late but I though I'd provide an answer as I stumbled across this looking for the same thing

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Recognizing the tremendous need for the delivery of high-quality palliative care in the community, CAPC has expanded Palliative Care Leadership Centers to the community setting. Three new locations were launched in early 2017 to focus on training teams to design, establish, and sustain palliative care programs in home and/or office/clinic settings. The new locations join existing PCLCs that have demonstrated impactful training for hospital settings, some of whom will also be offering community-focused training.
The addition of these new PCLCs recognizes the diversity of both care settings and patient populations. These new sites will address the challenges and considerations unique to teams providing palliative care "in the field." PCLCs are located across the United States and represent diverse provider types. Teams have the choice to train at the PCLC that best meets their needs and aligns with their organizational profile. For more information and to enroll, click here.


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Q: Adding Push-To-Talk (PTT) / Mute to 3-pin XLR Cable Is it possible to add PTT/Mute to a 3-pin standard terminating XLR cable (with +48V phantom power)?
In my case, I have found myself with a Astatic 40-119 microphone base with a PTT switch that "only" provides dry contact between the 4 & 5 pin of the 5-pin XLR cable. Can I use this fact to cut the power to the condenser mic, or is there some better circuity to accomplish the mute? The base works great otherwise. (There is a competing model that mutes the microphone on a standard 3-pin XLR cable that I've included the spec sheet for completeness.)

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*40-119 MIC BASE Spec Sheet

This unit features a dependable momentary push
switch that provides a dry contact between pins 4 and 5 of the cable terminating
XLR connector. The switch can be configured for either "push-to-open" or "push-to-close" using the slide switch located on the underside of the base. The 40-119
base is used to control an independent device while audio signal from the mic is
always on.

Just to note: the mic does work as described. Maybe the mentioned "independent device" can mute the mic :)

*40-116 MIC BASE Spec Sheet (don't have this, for comparison)

The circuit contains a highly reliable switch to operate
a 55dB mute which will effectively kill audio output without causing a potentially
damaging phantom power "thump" when used with electret type microphones.

These questions were helpful to me but the first two are microcontroller focused. The latter 3.5mm also has a power component, I'm researching into it more.

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*Microphone mute anti-pop circuit works but still picks up a little audio

*5v Electret microphone to PC mute switch pop help

*3.5mm Push to Talk Switch
Any help would be appreciated.

A: Set the switch mode to push to open and connect it across the signal lines. (pins 2 and 3)
releasing the PTT will mute the microphone signal by shunting it.
So, connect pin 4 to pin 2 and pin 5 to pin 3
With a 20 foot cable this may not work very well. if you are allowed to modify the base make the same connection internally instead.


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ESC & iPSC News 11.23 June 15, 2016
Co-Repressor CBFA2T2 Regulates Pluripotency and Germline Development
Researchers identified a novel co-repressor protein, CBFA2T2, that regulates pluripotency and germline specification in mice. Cbfa2t2−/− mice displayed severe defects in primordial germ cells maturation and epigenetic reprogramming. [Nature] Abstract
The Dynamic Interactome and Genomic Targets of Polycomb Complexes during Stem-Cell Differentiation
Researchers used quantitative interaction proteomics and genome-wide profiling to study polycomb group proteins in mouse embryonic stem cells and neural progenitor cells. [Nat Struc Mol Biol] Abstract
A Myc-Driven Self-Reinforcing Regulatory Network Maintains Mouse Embryonic Stem Cell Identity
Although Myc transcription factors play a major role in stem cell self-renewal and pluripotency, their integration with signaling pathways and epigenetic regulators remains poorly defined. Scientists addressed this point by profiling the gene expression and epigenetic pattern in ESCs whose growth depends on conditional Myc activity. [Nat Commun] Full Article
Microvesicles Provide a Mechanism for Intercellular Communication by Embryonic Stem Cells during Embryo Implantation
Investigators demonstrated that embryonic stem cells derived from the inner cell mass generate and shed microvesicles, a major class of extracellular vesicles, which influence trophoblast behavior during the implantation process. [Nat Commun] Full Article
Continual Removal of H3K9 Promoter Methylation by Jmjd2 Demethylases Is Vital for ESC Self-Renewal and Early Development
Researchers report that while individual Jmjd2 family members are dispensable for embryonic stem cells (ESC) maintenance and embryogenesis, combined deficiency for specifically Jmjd2a and Jmjd2c leads to early embryonic lethality and impaired ESC self-renewal, with spontaneous differentiation towards primitive endoderm under permissive culture conditions. [EMBO J] Abstract | Graphical Abstract
Loss of the Otx2-Binding Site in the Nanog Promoter Affects the Integrity of Embryonic Stem Cell Subtypes and Specification of Inner Cell Mass-Derived Epiblast
Investigators analyzed Otx2-binding activity in embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and ESC-derived epiblast stem cells and identified Nanog, Oct4, and Sox2 as direct targets. [Cell Rep] Full Article | Graphical Abstract
Investigation of the Cellular Reprogramming Phenomenon Referred to as Stimulus-Triggered Acquisition of Pluripotency (STAP)
To investigate the actual scientific significance of the purported STAP phenomenon, scientists sought to repeat the original experiments based on the methods presented in the retracted manuscripts and other relevant information. They concluded that the STAP phenomenon as described in the original studies is not reproducible. [Sci Rep] Full Article
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The authors present differentiation protocols for the generation of distinct subtypes of neurons in a highly reproducible manner, with minimal experiment-to-experiment variation. [Stem Cell Reports] Full Article
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Researchers provide evidence that nonsense-mediated RNA decay (NMD) regulates early human developmental cell fate. They found that NMD factors tend to be expressed at higher levels in human pluripotent cells than in differentiated cells, raising the possibility that NMD must be downregulated to permit differentiation. [Stem Cell Reports] Full Article
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A more severe form of very dry skin, irritated skin with itching is considered atopic skin. This skin disease starts at a very young age and has all the characteristics of a genuine epidemic. It is even one of the main causes of visits to the dermatologist! In the past 30 years, the number of cases of atopic dermatitis has doubled or even tripled in western countries*. Atopic skin is not well known or understood, yet it disrupts the lives of children and their parents. However, recent scientific discoveries have improved understanding of the illness and changed the way it is treated starting at birth.
What are the signs of atopic skin?
Atopic dermatitis is an inflammatory skin disease that is characterised by extreme dryness and red patches often covered with small vesicles (small "blisters") that cause intense itching. Atopic dermatitis is a benign and non-contagious chronic disease with flare-ups of eczema. These acute break-outs have a significant impact on quality of life and often cause insomnia. Over time, an atopic profile can manifest in other allergies such as asthma, allergic rhinitis or allergic conjunctivitis. The complications are bacterial or viral (herpes) secondary infections. Molluscum contagiosum, a viral condition, also appears more often on atopic profiles.
The skin is extremely dry and becomes more permeable, no longer playing its barrier role against external stresses and allergens. But not all dry skin becomes atopic. Atopy develops on profiles with a genetic predisposition. Studies have shown that if one parent has atopic skin, the probability of the child having the same skin condition is 30%**. If both parents are affected, the probability is 70%**. In addition to the genetic factor, atopic skin is also related to an abnormal immune system, which over-reacts, creating inflammation. The epidermis becomes permeable to allergens (mites, animal hair, pollen) and certain bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus), which trigger inflammatory reactions. Food allergies (cow's milk, eggs, etc.) are also involved digestively in triggering certain eczema flare-ups. Other factors such as chemical products applied to the skin, heat or perspiration are irritants that cause these flare-ups. However, in the vast majority of cases, atopic children do not have food allergies. Food allergies manifest themselves as digestive signs and a "break" in height and weight curves.
Atopic dermatitis generally starts between the second and third months of life when highly-localised red patches appear on the cheeks, and hands, then spread to flexion creases on the knees and elbows. The illness evolves through flare-ups over one to two years. The skin is permanently dry, which leads to itching, causing insomnia and a decrease in quality of life.
After several years, some children may develop other atopy signs, such as allergic rhinitis and/or allergic asthma. This is the last stage of the "atopic march". It often involves scratching and high rates of staphylococcus aureus colonisation on the skin.
Therefore, in order to prevent it from appearing and worsening, the scientific community currently recommends early management from birth to treat atopic skin in newborns who do not yet show signs of the condition but who have a favourable genetic predisposition.
People affected are genetically prone to allergies (atopy-prone). They may also have respiratory problems (asthma), problems in the ears, nose and throat (allergic rhinitis), eye problems (allergic conjunctivitis) or digestive problems (food allergy). Babies and infants are the most likely to be affected, usually between three months and five years, with a peak of 80% of cases appearing before the age of one. But atopic skin can persist longer, up to adulthood.
How can I manage atopic eczema flare-ups for children?
How can I optimise treatments?
Should I avoid topical steroids?
How can atopic dermatitis be prevented and treated?
Could you explain the difference between sensitive skin and atopic skin?
My daughter has atopic skin. Can I take her to the swimming pool?
What is the difference between atopy and eczema?
Once the progressive nature of atopic dermatitis was understood, a new approach to the disease was adopted with two key objectives that should encourage you to contact your dermatologist.
What strategy should be adopted to manage a progressive disease? We should short-circuit the progression and act as early as possible, in the stage of "pre-atopic" dryness in at-risk infants: those whose skin is very dry, whitish and rough, and those whose parents or siblings have had atopic skin.
How should this be done? By intervening as early as possible with the most targeted treatment available, because each atopic dermatitis flare-up promotes new relapses. It is essential to treat each flare-up in a drastic way, which will limit the reappearance of lesions and reduce the length of the illness's progression.
Medicated treatments for eczema flare-ups mainly rely on local corticoids (or topical steroids). They eliminate inflammatory lesions and provide rapid relief from itching. The lesions frequently recur when treatment is discontinued. The amount of local corticoids applied depends on the surface area requiring treatment and the subject's age. The number of tubes used over a defined period is quantified by the doctor. Avoid applying them to the face or to an infant's nappy area.
Tacrolimus may be used as a second-line treatment if topical steroids have failed, but only on children over the age of one. Other treatments are only considered for adults and adolescents.
Food elimination diets are only justified after medically confirming a food allergy (using food allergy tests in a specialised environment).
. Avoid allergens likely to cause an acute inflammatory reaction such as mites, pollen and animal hair and feathers, as well as exposure to tobacco, which is an irritant.
. Avoid introducing solid foods too early for infants. Follow the advice of your paediatrician or general practitioner.
. Opt for cotton clothing. Avoid wool and synthetic clothing that could irritate skin.
. Be careful not to use too much detergent when doing laundry. Too much detergent may make skin fragile.
. Remember to iron your clothes or tumble dry them. This will make them softer and more comfortable.
. Make sure the temperature in your home is not too hot (19-20°C) and regularly humidify the air. Air rooms every day, both summer and winter.
. Regularly humidify your bedroom or simply hang a wet towel in it overnight.
. There are no restrictions on sports unless excessive perspiration aggravates itching.
Every day, take a five- to ten-minute shower with warm water (it should not be more than 35 degrees Celsius; dry skin does not like hot water). Do not use bubble baths or bath salts, which always dry out and irritate the skin.
Wash your body with an ultra-high-tolerance cleansing product; ideally a liquid Syndet or a lipid-enriched and anti-dryness cleansing bar (to strengthen the skin barrier). Say goodbye to ordinary soaps because they irritate and dry out the epidermis.
Meticulously dry skin, carefully and lightly dabbing it with a cotton towel.
Once or twice a day, generously apply an ultra-high-tolerance emollient that promotes the reconstruction of the skin barrier, makes your skin supple and soft and reduces hyper-reactivity.
Once or twice a day when experiencing eczema flare-ups, use a moisturising and superfatting treatment that relieves itching and limits inflammatory reactions on your whole body except on eczema lesions.


Crooked saddles plague horses and riders all the time with poor position and sore muscles. But a quick Internet search found somewhere between zero and nil in the way of effective solutions to fix this. Well, to be fair there are a couple answers our there… one recommends standing in one stirrup more than the other, and another suggests a "fingers crossed method" that someday a rider will shed her natural crookedness. Good news! We can do much better than that for a solution, and actually get you and your saddle straightened out without too much effort.
First, it is critically important to address how and why saddles actually get crooked. The mainstream perception is that a saddle lists off to one side almost as if the girth is too loose and the whole thing is just rolling off around the horse's barrel. When you look at a saddle on a horse from the rear or try to line up the pommel over the withers while in the seat, it certainly seems like that's what's happening. But the truth is most of the time a saddle is actually twisting, instead of listing.
For either one of these cases, it is something going on in the front of that saddle that translates back and affects the saddle all the way to the cantle. In the first scenario above with the uneven shoulders, a trainer will see the cantle off to one side and assume the saddle is listing to that side. In the second scenario above, where the front corner is dropping, a trainer will see the same "listing" and a rider might also notice the pommel is not even along the horse's withers.
This shimming position will give the saddle more support under the "weak" side, and will rotate the saddle back to center by undoing the twisting that was occurring. Depending on the degree of severity, it may take a shim anywhere from 10 – 25 mm thick to get the saddle straight. This means there's going to be a little trial and error to get the thickness just right. For shims, anything from a folded hand towel, a piece of felt or memory foam will do the trick.
Shimming a saddle is the DIY way of addressing this, but it is worth noting that if you work with a good saddle fitter she will have another tool at her disposal. She'll be able to remove wool from the opposite side of the panels, which can help compliment the addition of shims/wool on the weak side. This of course only applies if you have a wool flocked saddle. If you have a foam panel saddle, shimming will be your best option (if you don't know anything about panels, read this – Click Here).
You might be asking yourself, "Wait won't this make my saddle asymmetrical? I heard somewhere you should never do that." First, that really only applies to the rigid weight bearing part of the saddle – the tree (and this includes all flex/spring/etc style trees). Making a tree uneven can be dangerous. But when you intentionally make the padding (flocking or shims) in the panels uneven to level out the saddle on the horse's back, you're actually promoting more even pressure distribution and better rider balance. And over time we hope that the shimming can be reduced as the horse and rider develop together more evenly.
If you try this strategy I just outlined and find it isn't working, it is possible that you have one of the few saddles that is actually listing to one side. In that case feel free to pad up one whole side of the panels to lift up the low side. But I think you will be surprised how infrequently this is actually the problem/solution we have at hand.
I hope this sheds some new light on the crooked saddle dilemma, and gives you another piece to your riding puzzle. Happy riding!
I like to ride with the reins in my left hand but have learned that that throws my left hip forward, causing my horse to not want to pick up the left lead! When I ride straight (hard to do) he goes into the left lead with no problem.
stupid auto correct, should read: After my mare had her first foal last year I noticed the saddle listing just as you say here. I ended up buying a schleese with flair panels these are great for adjusting as your horse builds muscle or has major body changes. After being shown by my saddle fitter I am able to inflate or deflate as my mare builds strength on her weak side and her natural asymmetry is reduced. If you have a good eye I strongly recommend the inflatable air flocking over shims as it's more permanent and easily customizable.
In my experience when you shim the low side (assuming it is in the proper place) it actually reduces pressure from that area. Now it is important to shim in the correct place for the problem you're addressing. You'll notice my shimming recommendations are on the more vertical spots in the panels which has a different effect than using the same concept on a horizontal surface. Shimming in the vertical-most areas of the saddle can improve the fit/position/shifting without making a "hot spot" under the saddle. That's not to say shimming the horizontal areas of the panels isn't right, it just depends on what issue you're trying to remedy.
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In order to reduce the level of boredom that is existent in your company, think around eliminating routine tasks. In the long run, doing the same tasks for a long period of time can be quite detrimental to the morale of the individual. In the process, the company can get to be very poorly motivated. As the leader, you have to figure out significant ways of motivating your members of staff. You can browse on a website to learn more about team building. You can find most of these pieces of information on the front page about this activity.
Escape room games are an essential team building activity that can help deal with the boredom and low morale. Playing escape room games is a great way of getting learn valuable lessons as well. The fun environment is very important in ensuring you are able to have a lot of fun and learn a lot of lessons. You can benefit a lot by engaging in escape room games.
The fun environment in the escape room games activities is able to develop some key qualities. You will then be able to achieve greater morale levels because of the fun environment you will find yourself in. This may result into greater efficiency of the work that is being done in the company. You can therefore be able to increase the profits of your company if this efficiency is increased.
It is obvious that routine work can be too repetitive most times. You will then be able to become bored as a result of repetitive boring work. Having your workforce going to engage in escape room games is a good way to handle this. You will then be able to make them develop problem solving skills. You will therefore have a better and more efficient workforce if they are better problem solvers.
While sports are a great way for kids to remain fit, not all children enjoy sports. it is not easy getting appropriate outdoor activities for these kinds of children and most parents worry about the long-term effects of their kids not exercising adequately as well as the adverse effects of not engaging in group activities. It is difficult getting a simple solution that suits all kinds of circumstances. The best method of encouraging your kids to participate in a game to get adequate outdoor exercise will mostly be based on the individual kid in question.
Among the key mistakes that Lots of parents make encouraging their kids to exercise more is selecting a sport almost randomly and supposing that they'll enjoy it. This can put the kids under undue pressure as they might feel that they have to persevere in a sport which they do not love so as to make their parents happy. Instead of encouraging the child to exercise longer, forcing the child to participate in this sport will have the opposite effect as the sport will put them off and they won't take up other activities in the future. It can also have a negative impact on their mood which is against the intended effect of encouraging them to take part in the sport to begin with.
In both adults and adults the connection between exercise and mental health has been well recognized. It's critical that we exercise enough to keep good physical and mental health. You can ease your kid into a sport if they are shy about participating in sports because of problems associated with self-esteem. Below, we look at some of the best sports for encouraging kids who are unconfident or nervous to exercise more either alone or in a team.
Walking and trekking are among the simplest and most accessible kinds of exercise that most individuals don't appreciate. This exercise can encourage your child to spend additional time outside. Scaling walking to suit all abilities is one of the best benefits of walking.
Golf is another sport which you can scale easily to offer a suitable level of challenge depending on the experience of the player. When you take your child to play, you could try out miniature golf as the courses are made with shorter greens and obstacles. You can move on to the full course slowly, and this will need that you invest in game improvement irons that make sure that the sport is available to more experienced players.


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Apple joins Amazon to add brand appeal of SoNo Collection
By Alexander Soule
Updated 2:59 pm EST, Monday, December 16, 2019
Shoppers walk past the sign heralding the arrival of the Apple store in the new SoNo Collection mall Saturday, December 14, 2019, in Norwalk, Conn.
NORWALK — As it unveiled its newest holiday event featuring the star of the "Wrap Battle" TV series, The SoNo Collection took the wraps off a retail addition that is not news to many, but no less notable: Apple, which will open the company's first store in Connecticut in more than five years at the state's newest mall.
Apple will be located on the first level between Aerie and Lillian August near the entrance to Nordstrom, one of two department stores at the South Norwalk mall along with Bloomingdale's.
If no longer a novelty, the Apple store remains a draw for malls as foot traffic attested this past weekend at Westfield Trumbull and Danbury Fair. It will be Apple's eighth Connecticut store and its first new location in the state since 2014, when the company added locations at the Westfield Trumbull mall and Evergreen Walk in South Windsor.
The SoNo Collection, which will will offer a free gift-wrapping service Saturday featuring Kimberly Kennedy of "Wrap Battle" on Freeform, has been opening stores on a rolling basis. The process will extend into next year, with the Pinstripes bowling bistro and Artee Home the latest additions last week. Apple will join Amazon 4-star at the Norwalk mall. A spokeswoman for SoNo Collection said Apple will not be added to the mall's online directory until the store opens.
While CEO Tim Cook spent more time six weeks ago talking about the App Store during Apple's conference call to discuss fiscal 2019 results, he noted the walk-in stores remain a significant driver for sales, particularly for new products like the Apple Watch, which debuted in 2015 paving the way for other "Wearables" like AirPods and Beats earphones.
"Our Wearables business...generated more annual revenue than two-thirds of the companies in the Fortune 500," Cook said in late October. "As to what's driving it? It's the totality that's driving it — for some people, it's about fitness; for some people, it's about health; for some other people, it's about communication; and for some people, it's all of the above."
Two years ago, Apple revamped its store at Danbury Fair and in September opened a remodeled store in Manhattan that is twice the size of the earlier layout and is now open 24/7 year-round.
Apple also certifies other retailers to sell its products, with the Connecticut list of authorized resellers including TBI Computer on Westport Avenue in Norwalk.
Includes prior reporting by Robert Marchant.
Alex.Soule@scni.com; 203-842-2545; @casoulman


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Q: Weighted least squares
Consider the estimator $b_1=\frac{\sum y_i}{\sum x_i}$. Suppose that $y_i = \beta x_i + \epsilon_i$, $E[\epsilon_i]=0$, $E[\epsilon_i \epsilon_j] (i \neq j)$ and $E[\epsilon_i^2]=\sigma_i^2$. Find a model for the variance of $b_1$ for which th estimator is BLUE.

The answer is supposed to be:

$v_i=x_i$ and $\sigma_i^2=\sigma^2 x_i$

However, I am not sure how they got to this answer. Could anyone please help?

Update:
I tried computing the variance of $b_1$. I get:
$$
{\rm Var}(b_1)=\frac 1 {(∑x^2_i)^2}∑x^2_i\ {\rm Var}(\varepsilon_i)
$$
I don't see however how I could proceed from here or whether this was the right thing to do.

A: For weighted regression through the origin, I presume you either know or can show that $b_1=\frac{\sum_i w_ix_iy_i}{\sum_i w_ix_i^2} = \frac{\sum_i (w_ix_i)y_i}{\sum_i (w_ix_i)x_i}$
Since in this case $b_1=\frac{\sum_i y_i}{\sum x_i}$, you can see by inspection that the weights must be such that $w_ix_i$ is a constant.
Can you do it now?


Australian Exhibitions & Conferences (AEC), organiser of Australia's leading Safety Trade Shows, have announced that the WA Safety Show 2010 will be held 24-26 August at Perth Convention Exhibition Centre. The event will provide suppliers of OHS and materials handling equipment and services with a forum at which to make the most of the anticipated economic improvements.
Bucyrus will supply Whitehaven Coal's North Narrabri mine with a 300-meter longwall with a capacity of 8 million tonnes per year. A special feature of the 146 Bucyrus roof supports is that they can be retrofitted for Longwall Top Coal Caving (LTCC) at a later date.
Attached please find a press release on: Weir Warman Africa's Warman SLR is a new 'Medium' duty pump range designed for slurry handling duties in the mining and chemical industries where the use of a heavy duty pump cannot be justified.
Humboldt Wedag, one of the leading suppliers of materials processing technology to the mining and industrial minerals industries in southern Africa, recently achieved a BBBEE Level 5 accreditation rating.
SEW Eurodrive South Africa was announced as the winner of the Top Gender Empowered Company award in the Mining, Engineering and Construction sector during a glamorous awards ceremony held in Johannesburg on 18 November 2009.
Africa has not benefited from its links with rich nations and should ensure economic interactions with others are not one-sided, South Africa's Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel said on Monday.
The South African government is expected to reject a proposal by utility Eskom to triple tariffs partly because of the impact they would have on the gold sector, the chief of AngloGold Ashanti said on Wednesday.
South Africa's Chamber of Mines is calling for a new electricity dispensation for the country and a prospective Botswana-based independent power producer (IPP) is already working directly with the South African government and bypassing the troubled State-owned power utility, Eskom.
Emerging market economies, including those in Southern Africa, were showing stronger demand patterns for power and automation products and services in the wake of the global economic crisis than was the case in more established territories, ABB Global CEO Joseph Hogan told Engineering News Online on Wednesday.
Planning and adopting greater operational efficiencies in the mining services sector often hinges on access to vital information and support on issues that are identified as significant to business success.
Government will invite all stakeholders to have their say on how best to achieve a more competitive exchange rate, Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel said on Tuesday.
Hi-Vis Signs and Safety , with over 40 years experience in producing safety signs & products to the Australian Mining industry, have released a new 60 page full colour catalogue offering hundreds of products specifically designed and tested for management of safety in the Australian Mining Industry.
The LD-MRS laser scanner can detect its surroundings in any weather and light conditions.
New generation torque wrench pumps from Enerpac have been developed specifically for demanding and repetitive bolting applications in industries such as oil, gas, mining and water pipelines and civil engineering, construction, maintenance and metal fabrication.
The Techniflo TB series mag drive pumps from All Pumps Supplies are ideal for corrosive and hazardous liquid transfer in Mining. Techniflo TB mag drive pumps conform to the requirements and dimensions of ANSI B73.1M, the international standard for chemical process pumps.
Zimbabwe's government has proposed that Zimbabweans take 51% ownership of foreign companies in the country, including mines and banks, according to a copy of a draft law seen by Reuters on Friday.
NHP Electrical Engineering Products (NHP) has announced that it has been awarded sole distributing rights to the Schaffner range of power quality products. This is effective from October 2009 and applies to the Australian and New Zealand markets.
Leading crane manufacturer and servicing company Konecranes has moved to new premises in Mackay, providing the space needed to service the growing requirements of its customers in North Queensland and the Northern Territory.
From the installation of underground cabling, to the laying of gas, oil or water pipelines from mining to agriculture, Richmond pipe rollers ensure that any installation or design is achieved safely and efficiently.
Ultra-Dynamics continues with the planned growth of the company announces their appointment as representative for the Tecweigh range of beltscales, weigh feeders and weightometers.
Mining, electrical and construction workers often struggle with with slipping hard hats, which can be an unwelcome distraction from their job. An Australian designer has been commissioned to fix this problem and has come up with the Safe-Mate hard hat and welding helmet accessory.


We don't know what to do with Holy Saturday- at least most of us don't. Good Friday is a time of sorrow and mourning. Easter Sunday is filled with the joy of the resurrection. Saturday is an uncomfortable time. It is a time of waiting and we are a people who do not wait well. Waiting feels awkward. We don't have things to do when we are waiting.
And so I wonder, what about the first followers of Jesus? What were they doing on Holy Saturday? The gospels are clear they didn't understand Jesus' predictions of his resurrection. Those predictions were simple too fantastic to believe. The outcome they were expecting, deliverance from Roman occupation and the restoration of Israel, did not happen. Everyone knew a dead messiah was a failed messiah. For the disciples, on Saturday, their future seems closed.
How do they go on? Their leader is gone. They can't imagine a future without Jesus.
Can they go back? Back to what? Life before Jesus? They can't undo what had happened.
On Holy Saturday they can't go back and yet they cannot see a way forward.
Shelly Rambo in her book Spirit and Trauma: A Theology of Remaining, compares the disciples' Holy Saturday experience with our experience after trauma, whether it is from natural disaster, house fire, varieties of loss, or death.
After trauma, we are in a Holy Saturday place. We can't go back. What has happened cannot be undone. But we also cannot see a way forward. We can't imagine the changed future. The past affects our present and our future. We have less control over things, people, and even ourselves than we care to admit. We feel powerless. We are powerless.
If you are in a place of loss, you are not alone. Plenty of people, including the disciples are there too.
For me, Holy Saturday is a time to reflect on the disciples' loss and on my losses. I don't have to be stuck there, in hours of meditation on loss. But I'll reflect on living between being unable to change the past and equally unable to see the future- Holy Saturday time. Neither here, nor there. Waiting.
FYI I highly recommend "Spirit and Trauma".
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Love the metaphor of Holy Saturday! Powerful last paragraph, but all really good!
Reallllllly good! Will you be at Maundy Thursday tonight?


If you're a new blogger , or have ever been one , you know the struggle of trying to find review programs and book tour companies . Here I've put together a list of all the book tour companies I've heard of .
I personally love that they offer free book tour services to authors and publishers . I recently joined their team as a host . I've signed up for a new tours , too , but I haven't heard back from them yet , so I can't tell much about working with them .
I don't really know much about them . They have a relatively simple sign up form though and it'd be easy to get in .
Bewitching Book Tours is one of the best book tour companies for authors . i can't say if they treat bloggers like money machine as many other companies do , since I haven't heard from the bloggers working in here . So take your chances .
It was listed as one of the best book promotion tools for authors . Again , I can't say much since I haven't heard from other bloggers or themselves after I signed up yesterday . Will update if I start receiving newsletters .
Yeah , well , I was indeed scared off by that list of things . And not being able to post a honest review while the tour runs sounds like something I'd be cynical of , right ?
Giselle here has a lot of tours for you to sign up to ALWAYS ! She's very organised and responds to all emails , so if you ever have a problem with a tour , she'll always help you out .
I think I find Shalini here adorable . So , the sign up is pretty easy and the term and conditions are simple . You only get to read E-books but if that's okay with you , go sign up !
No idea how to sign up , but I've never been one to spot anything easily . Search around the site and I'm sure you'll find a way . I'm currently poking around , trying to find it .
Heard it was decent from an author , again . But I'm not signing up , so I won't be able to comment on the acceptance or how they treat their bloggers .
Seems to be a legit site and you might consider this one if you're an author . Easy enough form to fill up . I don't know how the bloggers are treated , though .
Only E-copies in review tours , from the comments . I won't be signing up , since I already strain my eyes enough with all the e-books I pick up for myself . Join if you don't mind e-books .
I fell in love with the designing of this one ! Like , you know I love the regency world , right ? But I'm cynical of this one as well because it says no to honest reviews until the tour is done .
Easy enough to subscribe . But I'm not sure how they will filter you through Genres , so I guess you'll receive emails about every book tour .
This one was relatively easy to sign up for and the questions sounded like it was from a human , which is cool .
Update : I got in and Lola is amazing to work with !
Only blogs 6 months or older are accepted . I understand why they do it , but new bloggers do deserve a shot . But I guess the sign up is easy and you can hopefully get in soon .
I love the name ! North Star Book Tours was started by Cal from Read Books and Live Green and Emz at Icy Cold Reads. North Star Book Tours is a book blog tour "company" that will start accepting tours in the beginning of next year (the website is currently under construction). But they are open for blogger sign up .
The best part about them is , they don't care about your follower list . Can you believe it ?
As the name suggests , it is a YA only book tour company . They seem to care about the stats , so you probably won't get in if your stats are bad ( which isn't so bad . All blogs have been there once ) .
This book tour company focuses on mystery , crime and thriller . The sign up is too long for me , so I won't be signing up . It might work out for you , so check them out .
Sign up to become one of Kate's bloggers and you will start receiving notifications when she accepts tours .
They're also one of the big timers in this game for authors . I can't spot a sign up , so I have no idea if they're accepting or not .
I just signed up and the sign up was easy peasy . What's more ? They appear to accept International and Indian hosts …and maybe for Print books , too ? Hoping to find out !
Update : They're okay with sending out print copies internationally . International bloggers , here's the next company you should join !
I am not signing up because I don't get all the rules . You have to sign up to the newsletter to receive promo material .
You have to sign up to their Newsletter to be on their list . I suggest that you stay off the master list option .
Their sign up form is easy and they don't seem to mind the traffic and the age of the blog . I did sign up and hope it would be a great team to work with .
They don't seem to mind the follower list either and that's cool because as a new blogger , you won't really have a huge follower base . The sign up page isn't working for me , though .
The sign up was easy . I hate it that they threw YA and NA with Christian Fiction . I don't read Christian Fiction , but I love YA and NA , and I'm supposed to add CF to be able to receive updates on YA and NA ? Really ?
I wouldn't personally bother with any of these since I don't want to rush through books and the hustle of sending it back the same week of getting it .
Another company I'm mad at because it's only for US residents . They require that you have a blog atleast 5 months old . I don't understand their working otherwise ..Translation : I didn't snoop because I am MAD .
That's all that I could find that were still working . If I had missed any of them , please leave them in the comments . I'll add it to the list . This will help new bloggers find them.
Thanks for including the Kate Tilton's Book Bloggers, Harini!


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Salon Sur La Rue opened it's doors on April 8, 2004. The owners and friends are Ronny Frischer and Paula Bradshaw-Gray. We wanted to have a Salon that was warm and inviting as well as professional. We have a wonderful team of stylists here and we all enjoy helping you look your best!
We are a L'Oreal Professional Salon. We are quite pleased with their Expert Series shampoos and conditioners and their Texture Expert line of styling products. We also carry AG, Wow and Olaplex which we love.
We are a certified Brazilian Blowout Salon and are thrilled to add this service for our clients. We carry the complete line of all their after service products.
Seda France, Fringe and Voluspa are just a few names of some of our gift items that we carry. Our shelves are always full of wonderful gifts to purchase for a friend or just a little something for you!


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Home Volcanoes Satellite view of volcanoes finds the link between ground deformation and eruption
Satellite view of volcanoes finds the link between ground deformation and eruption
Global perspective: satellites are often the only form of monitoring for remote or inaccessible volcanoes. This view shows some of the recent episodes of deformation seen at volcanoes in Europe and Africa. Credit: Image courtesy of University of Bristol
ESA's Sentinel satellite, due for launch on April 3rd, should allow scientists to test this link in greater detail and eventually develop a forecast system for all volcanoes, including those that are remote and inaccessible.
Volcano deformation and, in particular, uplift are often considered to be caused by magma moving or pressurizing underground. Magma rising towards the surface could be a sign of an imminent eruption. On the other hand, many other factors influence volcano deformation and, even if magma is rising, it may stop short, rather than erupting.
Dr Juliet Biggs and colleagues in the School of Earth Sciences, with collaborators from Cornell, Oxford and Southern Methodist University, looked at the archive of satellite data covering over 500 volcanoes worldwide, many of which have been systematically observed for over 18 years. Satellite radar (InSAR) can provide high-resolution maps of deformation, allowing the detection of unrest at many volcanoes that might otherwise go unrecognised. Such satellite data is often the only source of information for remote or inaccessible volcanoes.
The researchers applied statistical methods more traditionally used for medical diagnostic testing and found that many deforming volcanoes also erupted (46 per cent). Together with the very high proportion of non-deforming volcanoes that did not erupt (94 per cent), these jointly represent a strong indicator of a volcano's long-term eruptive potential.
Dr Biggs said: "The findings suggest that satellite radar is the perfect tool to identify volcanic unrest on a regional or global scale and target ground-based monitoring."
The work was co-funded by the UK Centre for Observation and Modelling of Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tectonics (COMET) and STREVA, a research consortium aimed at finding ways to reduce the negative consequences of volcanic activity on people and their assets.
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"Improving how we anticipate activity using new technology such as this is an important first step in doing better at forecasting and preparing for volcanic eruptions," said STREVA Principal Investigator, Dr Jenni Barclay.
Co-author Professor Willy Aspinall added: "Global studies of volcano deformation using satellite data will increasingly play a part in assessing eruption potential at more and more volcanoes, especially in regions with short historical records or limited conventional monitoring."
However, many factors and processes, some observable, but others not, influence deformation to a greater or lesser extent. These include the type of rock that forms the volcano, its tectonic characteristics and the supply rate and storage depth of magma beneath it. Thus, deformation can have different implications for different types of volcanoes. For volcanoes with short eruption cycles, the satellite record typically spans episodes that include both deformation and eruption, resulting in a high correlation between the two. For volcanoes with long eruption cycles, the satellite record tends to capture either deformation or eruption but rarely both.
In the past, radar images of the majority of the world's volcanoes were only acquired a few times a year, but seismological data indicate that the duration of unrest before an eruption might be as short as only a few days.
Dr Biggs said: "This study demonstrates what can be achieved with global satellite coverage even with limited acquisitions, so we are looking forward to the step-change in data quantity planned for the next generation of satellites."
The European Space Agency is planning to launch its next radar mission, Sentinel-1 in early April. This mission is designed for global monitoring and will collect images every six to twelve days. Using this, scientists should be able to test the causal and temporal relationship with deformation on much shorter timescales.
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Professor Tim Wright, Director of COMET, added: "This study is particularly exciting because Sentinel-1 will soon give us systematic observations of the ups and downs of every volcano on the planet. For many places, particularly in developing countries, these data could provide the only warning of an impending eruption."
Note : The above story is based on materials provided by University of Bristol.
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Taking a Look at the market leaders With live chat feature on the market, we found Crisp via Producthunt. After we've created a Spreadsheet with multiple live chat sellers, we defined the core feature and metrics we were searching for.
We've Used multiple other live chat earlier, which somehow shifted their attention from a live conversation to a"all in one business suite". Their live chat still functions, but metrics that are important for us were eliminated. We've used those metrics for our monthly reports, and client overviews, growth rates and much more. After we had been in for four months those metrics disappeared and were replaced with other metrics. We have obtained a leaderboard for our staff members, which we didn't use because we are looking for quality service rather than quantity as well as the pricing appears to outperform the advantage. Our choice was clear at that moment: we had to move on.
We found 14 days background, 30 days History and history (for greater plans that this is common), also here the price scaling was intriguing. All live talks we attempted had that attribute, some at higher price tagsothers combined with a badly executed search feature, and so the history wasn't accessible. With Crisp, the boundless history is currently available with their original paid plan, and it not only ships with a reasonable price tag, also their hunt works exceptionally well.
So at Crisp, you do not scale by usage – that is huge! They think the same way we do at Storyblokwe do not wish to restrict the consumer to the usage of the system (eg. Content entries or entries ), we would like to scale because their team scales. So at Crisp you select a plan and you can scale the amounts from 10 to 10.000 contacts (or much more ) with the same price tag.
Automated triggers are Utilized to Send a specific message on predefined events, eg. "a guest is on precisely the exact same website for more than 30 seconds". Those triggers are a fantastic method to help your audience with questions they may have. We use it on our pricing page since from time to time there are open questions about our pricing, possibly something isn't covered in the FAQ section. This part is available in most options we tested and mainly available in the very first paid program.
From Time to Time we send mails Using our live chat. We think it's a fantastic way to retarget our audience because we ought to be able to send relevant content based on some metrics those live chats offer. To be honest, we're not sending many emails, because we also hate spam on our side. Therefore we want to send certain emails to particular target groups and again: we really like the implementation in the Crisp client. It's straightforward and satisfied our needs at a reasonable price tag.
Everybody enjoys integrations. Integrations to Slack, Telegram, Zendesk, Bitbucket, or Jira – you name it. Most live chats provide integrations to the key stations. We do not really use integrations that much, but the one we use the most is with Slack. Slack is the principal communication tool in our company, we utilize it on a daily basis and added most of our tools already – so we concentrated on how they operate and perform with Slack. We analyzed some of them and many are actually working quite well. We found one which has enormous delays when messaging from and to Slack which was a no-go for all of us. We reported that difficulty to these, but we do not know if they changed it because we left six months ago. Together with Crisp the integration worked immediately, notifications came immediately and the whole setup was completed in a few minutes.
From our experience, Crisp actually Ships with the focus on that chat experience for the clients. That is precisely what we were searching for since we evaluated other solutions.
This one is tricky. If you browse The past few things you saw that we compared the lower tier programs and feature together with the highest tier plans, some are economical at the start and become costly as you use them. After using Crisp for six months now, and changed from a competition because of that pricey"end" and those attribute we did not need but would have to cover. We're pleased to say we think we have the very best fit for us, maybe it will fit as nicely for you. We saw that the list of 8 aspects above is all you need to find your best fit.


How can something like this be patented?
An atomic magnetometer is a magnetic field sensor. Like any other sensor, it can be used for any number of applications and in any number of industries. How can someone justify trying to patent just the use of an older patented technology in an entire industry without inventing anything at all. Basically all that is claimed in the application is that the "inventors" will incorporate magnetometers in their traditional surveying instrumentation to sense magnetic field, that's it. Don't you at least have to pretend to invent something first before trying to patent an invention?
This has not yet resulted in a granted patent. It is a patent application only. The U.S. counterpart is 2010/0225313. It has just been given a "final" rejection by the USPTO in Jan. of 2013.
I do not know the field, but there is nothing fundamentally wrong about a patent involving a known sensor applied in a new way. But it does have to be new and useful and not obvious - no requirement for being earth-shattering. The claims do seem to be limited to subterranean applications and some claims further limit it to boreholes.
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outdir=$PREFIX/share/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION-$PKG_BUILDNUM
mkdir -p $outdir
mkdir -p $PREFIX/bin

cp ./chexmix_v0.5.jar $outdir
cp $RECIPE_DIR/chexmix.sh $outdir/chexmix
chmod +x $outdir/chexmix
ln -s $outdir/chexmix $PREFIX/bin

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require 'rack/cache/options'
require 'rack/cache/request'
require 'rack/cache/response'
require 'rack/cache/storage'

module Rack::Cache
  # Implements Rack's middleware interface and provides the context for all
  # cache logic, including the core logic engine.
  class Context
    include Rack::Cache::Options

    # Array of trace Symbols
    attr_reader :trace

    # The Rack application object immediately downstream.
    attr_reader :backend

    def initialize(backend, options={})
      @backend = backend
      @trace = []
      @env = nil

      initialize_options options
      yield self if block_given?

      @private_header_keys =
        private_headers.map { |name| "HTTP_#{name.upcase.tr('-', '_')}" }
    end

    # The configured MetaStore instance. Changing the rack-cache.metastore
    # value effects the result of this method immediately.
    def metastore
      uri = options['rack-cache.metastore']
      storage.resolve_metastore_uri(uri)
    end

    # The configured EntityStore instance. Changing the rack-cache.entitystore
    # value effects the result of this method immediately.
    def entitystore
      uri = options['rack-cache.entitystore']
      storage.resolve_entitystore_uri(uri)
    end

    # The Rack call interface. The receiver acts as a prototype and runs
    # each request in a dup object unless the +rack.run_once+ variable is
    # set in the environment.
    def call(env)
      if env['rack.run_once'] && !env['rack.multithread']
        call! env
      else
        clone.call! env
      end
    end

    # The real Rack call interface. The caching logic is performed within
    # the context of the receiver.
    def call!(env)
      @trace = []
      @default_options.each { |k,v| env[k] ||= v }
      @env = env
      @request = Request.new(@env.dup.freeze)

      response =
        if @request.get? || @request.head?
          if !@env['HTTP_EXPECT'] && !@env['rack-cache.force-pass']
            lookup
          else
            pass
          end
        else
          invalidate
        end

      # log trace and set X-Rack-Cache tracing header
      trace = @trace.join(', ')
      response.headers['X-Rack-Cache'] = trace

      # write log message to rack.errors
      if verbose?
        message = "cache: [%s %s] %s\n" %
          [@request.request_method, @request.fullpath, trace]
        log_info(message)
      end

      # tidy up response a bit
      if (@request.get? || @request.head?) && not_modified?(response)
        response.not_modified!
      end

      if @request.head?
        response.body.close if response.body.respond_to?(:close)
        response.body = []
      end
      response.to_a
    end

  private

    # Record that an event took place.
    def record(event)
      @trace << event
    end

    # Does the request include authorization or other sensitive information
    # that should cause the response to be considered private by default?
    # Private responses are not stored in the cache.
    def private_request?
      @private_header_keys.any? { |key| @env.key?(key) }
    end

    # Determine if the #response validators (ETag, Last-Modified) matches
    # a conditional value specified in #request.
    def not_modified?(response)
      last_modified = @request.env['HTTP_IF_MODIFIED_SINCE']
      if etags = @request.env['HTTP_IF_NONE_MATCH']
        etags = etags.split(/\s*,\s*/)
        (etags.include?(response.etag) || etags.include?('*')) && (!last_modified || response.last_modified == last_modified)
      elsif last_modified
        response.last_modified == last_modified
      end
    end

    # Whether the cache entry is "fresh enough" to satisfy the request.
    def fresh_enough?(entry)
      if entry.fresh?
        if allow_revalidate? && max_age = @request.cache_control.max_age
          max_age > 0 && max_age >= entry.age
        else
          true
        end
      end
    end

    # Delegate the request to the backend and create the response.
    def forward
      Response.new(*backend.call(@env))
    end

    # The request is sent to the backend, and the backend's response is sent
    # to the client, but is not entered into the cache.
    def pass
      record :pass
      forward
    end

    # Invalidate POST, PUT, DELETE and all methods not understood by this cache
    # See RFC2616 13.10
    def invalidate
      metastore.invalidate(@request, entitystore)
    rescue Exception => e
      log_error(e)
      pass
    else
      record :invalidate
      pass
    end

    # Try to serve the response from cache. When a matching cache entry is
    # found and is fresh, use it as the response without forwarding any
    # request to the backend. When a matching cache entry is found but is
    # stale, attempt to #validate the entry with the backend using conditional
    # GET. When no matching cache entry is found, trigger #miss processing.
    def lookup
      if @request.no_cache? && allow_reload?
        record :reload
        fetch
      else
        begin
          entry = metastore.lookup(@request, entitystore)
        rescue Exception => e
          log_error(e)
          return pass
        end
        if entry
          if fresh_enough?(entry)
            record :fresh
            entry.headers['Age'] = entry.age.to_s
            entry
          else
            record :stale
            validate(entry)
          end
        else
          record :miss
          fetch
        end
      end
    end

    # Validate that the cache entry is fresh. The original request is used
    # as a template for a conditional GET request with the backend.
    def validate(entry)
      # send no head requests because we want content
      @env['REQUEST_METHOD'] = 'GET'

      # add our cached last-modified validator to the environment
      @env['HTTP_IF_MODIFIED_SINCE'] = entry.last_modified

      # Add our cached etag validator to the environment.
      # We keep the etags from the client to handle the case when the client
      # has a different private valid entry which is not cached here.
      cached_etags = entry.etag.to_s.split(/\s*,\s*/)
      request_etags = @request.env['HTTP_IF_NONE_MATCH'].to_s.split(/\s*,\s*/)
      etags = (cached_etags + request_etags).uniq
      @env['HTTP_IF_NONE_MATCH'] = etags.empty? ? nil : etags.join(', ')

      response = forward

      if response.status == 304
        record :valid

        # Check if the response validated which is not cached here
        etag = response.headers['ETag']
        return response if etag && request_etags.include?(etag) && !cached_etags.include?(etag)

        entry = entry.dup
        entry.headers.delete('Date')
        %w[Date Expires Cache-Control ETag Last-Modified].each do |name|
          next unless value = response.headers[name]
          entry.headers[name] = value
        end

        # even though it's empty, be sure to close the response body from upstream
        # because middleware use close to signal end of response
        response.body.close if response.body.respond_to?(:close)

        response = entry
      else
        record :invalid
      end

      store(response) if response.cacheable?

      response
    end

    # The cache missed or a reload is required. Forward the request to the
    # backend and determine whether the response should be stored. This allows
    # conditional / validation requests through to the backend but performs no
    # caching of the response when the backend returns a 304.
    def fetch
      # send no head requests because we want content
      @env['REQUEST_METHOD'] = 'GET'

      response = forward

      # Mark the response as explicitly private if any of the private
      # request headers are present and the response was not explicitly
      # declared public.
      if private_request? && !response.cache_control.public?
        response.private = true
      elsif default_ttl > 0 && response.ttl.nil? && !response.cache_control.must_revalidate?
        # assign a default TTL for the cache entry if none was specified in
        # the response; the must-revalidate cache control directive disables
        # default ttl assigment.
        response.ttl = default_ttl
      end

      store(response) if response.cacheable?

      response
    end

    # Write the response to the cache.
    def store(response)
      strip_ignore_headers(response)
      metastore.store(@request, response, entitystore)
      response.headers['Age'] = response.age.to_s
    rescue Exception => e
      log_error(e)
      nil
    else
      record :store
    end

    # Remove all ignored response headers before writing to the cache.
    def strip_ignore_headers(response)
      stripped_values = ignore_headers.map { |name| response.headers.delete(name) }
      record :ignore if stripped_values.any?
    end

    def log_error(exception)
      message = "cache error: #{exception.message}\n#{exception.backtrace.join("\n")}\n"
      log(:error, message)
    end

    def log_info(message)
      log(:info, message)
    end

    def log(level, message)
      if @env['rack.logger']
        @env['rack.logger'].send(level, message)
      else
        @env['rack.errors'].write(message)
      end
    end
  end
end


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Except for the four years he lived in New Mexico while getting his college degree, Shane has lived in Juneau his entire life. He enjoys being in the outdoors with his wife and dog, whether that's hiking, fishing on his boat, or spending time at their cabin. Shane is well known for being organized, easy-going, and level-headed.
Mike was born and raised in Juneau and first worked as an apprentice with AEL&P in 1994. In his free time, you can usually find Mike at his cabin on the Taku river with his wife Amber, son Mitchell, and daughter Ashley. He also enjoys snow machining in the winter, hunting, and fishing.
Ryan has lived in Juneau for 31 years. He is most proud of being a father, husband, and serving his country. He most enjoys getting away … whether it's travelling, being out on the water, or in the woods.
Margaret was born and raised in Juneau. She spends her free time outside with her dog, and playing hockey. She loves doing her friends' makeup for special occasions and helping in the local arts and theatres. She plays 8 different instruments!
Eric has lived in Juneau for 37 years. He enjoys being with his family/kids. He's a private pilot who loves adventuring around Alaska. He has completed the 'Ride from Seattle to Vancouver and Party' (RSVP) 188-mile bike ride; he also served as President of Juneau Chamber of Commerce. He is a Professional Electrical Engineer and has his MBA.
Evan first began working at AEL&P in 1997 as a NECA apprentice. In the 42 years he's lived in Juneau, he most loves spending time with his kids, working outside on his house, and at his cabin. He's been in the trade for 25 years.
Leon was born and raised in Juneau; he is a proud parent who enjoys fishing, hunting, skiing, traveling, and spending time with his friends and family. Leon is also an Eagle Scout.
Mary was born and raised in SE Alaska. She loves to go out fishing, playing on the beach with her littles, and strives to make every day an adventure. She is passionate about the many causes she supports such as serving on the Juneau FASD Community Board of Directors since 2016.
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Darrell is a professional engineer and is SCUBA certified. He first moved to Juneau in 1976 and enjoys spending his time on the water, fishing. He makes great crab cakes!
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By: Franklin A. Shaffer, EdD, RN, FAAN, FFNMRCSI
An urgent action agenda for a sustainable global nursing workforce beyond the pandemic.
Franklin A. Shaffer
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed existing workforce shortages and vulnerabilities in health systems worldwide. Before March 2020, countries around the world already faced worsening nursing and healthcare worker scarcity due to aging populations, faculty shortages, and other issues. COVID-19 only exacerbated this reality. Now, retirement, burnout, and educational deficits have contributed further to increased demands for nurses worldwide. Simultaneously, a global migration tsunami looms as the world grapples with increased economic and political crises, conflicts, and unchecked climate change. International migration flows—higher than ever—are only projected to increase. Without a global, long-term, and strategic plan of action, this worsening workforce crisis will cripple already fragile health systems and impede advancement toward global universal health coverage initiatives by the United Nations and World Health Organization.
In this context, a new report released by the International Centre on Nurse Migration (ICNM) highlights the vulnerable state of the global nursing workforce in light of the pandemic and provides a blueprint for what needs to be accomplished at the national and international level to address this crisis. ICNM, a partnership between CGFNS International, Inc. and the International Council of Nurses (ICN), serves as a comprehensive knowledge resource that emphasizes the development, promotion, and dissemination of research, policy, and information on global nurse migration and human resources in nursing.
This brief provides an overview of the current global nursing workforce and how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected it. The report pays specific attention to the changing patterns of nursing supply and mobility challenges to maintain a sustainable global workforce. Notable conclusions include the following:
The global nursing workforce is estimated at 27.9 million nurses (2019–2020).
Individual factors (stress, workload, infection risks, demands made of nurses to "cope" and be "resilient") and systemic forces (personal protective equipment accessibility, re-deployment strategies, and new professional responsibilities) impact an already strained global nursing workforce.
Before the pandemic, the global shortage of nurses was estimated at 5.9 million. Due to the pandemic, this shortage can increase by more than 1 million, pushing global shortage estimates up to 7 million nurses.
Unchecked, fast-tracked international recruitment from low- and middle-income regions to high-income countries threatens source countries' already strained nursing supplies as well as their ability to respond to ongoing pandemic challenges. Adherence to ethical international recruitment practices is crucial.
The ICNM study calls for an international commitment to prioritize nurses for vaccinations, provide safe staffing levels, expand domestic nurse education systems, increase the attractiveness of nursing careers for women and men, adhere to ethical international recruitment standards, and monitor each country's ability to meet their nursing workforce requirements. This urgent action agenda and global workforce plan for 2022 and beyond is necessary to support nurse workforce sustainability and improve health system responsiveness to COVID-19 and future health crises.
The pandemic has proven the contributions from and the necessity of a strong, unified, and healthy nursing workforce worldwide. As we've witnessed during the pandemic, maintaining and improving nurse retention in the United States and around the world require special consideration.
For more information about ICNM and to read the report, visit bit.ly/3LZ7crA.
Franklin A. Shaffer is president and chief executive officer of CGFNS International, Inc., in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and an American Nurse Journal advisory board member.
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Graduated Income Tax Fight Starting Soon
Amanda Vinicky | February 28, 2019 7:48 pm
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he will cast a vote for Chicago's next mayor, but he won't say for who.
His endorsement would be valuable to Lori Lightfoot or Toni Preckwinkle – Pritzker has both political cache and a boatload of cash.
"I intend to work with whoever the winner is, so my intention is to stay out," Pritzker said Thursday. "Unlike, you know, the previous governor my job it to work with the mayor of Chicago to make things happen."
Perhaps, the most major thing Pritzker wants to make happen: A graduated income tax.
There's no hurry from a legislative standpoint. To do it, voters would have to approve a constitutional amendment on the next statewide ballot, which isn't until November of 2020.
But Pritzker appears to be going full steam ahead, and signaled he wants to dig into the nuts and bolts soon.
He said he plans to meet with legislative leaders to begin negotiating possible rates within the next couple of weeks.
Already every Republican member of the Illinois House has announced opposition to moving away from a flat tax rate. The longer income tax brackets are public, the easier it'll be for critics to attack.
Pritzker could be rushing it along some 45 days into the job, because he's still in a "honeymoon" phase. He may also see his overwhelming election victory as a sign of popular support, and if he's able to follow through on a pledge to provide a tax program that would lower the bills for members of the middle class it could be reassuring to voters.
Another major reason may be to provide reassurances to another crucial audience: credit rating agencies, which have all but said that Illinois' credit will be downgraded to junk status if Pritzker's budget proposal, introduced last week, passes as-is.
Standard & Poor described the plan as a "multi-year strategy whose success hinges on a tough campaign" to move to a progressive tax and that "Illinois has a track record of leaving difficult fiscal choices to future budgets."
Pritzker, who regularly criticized his predecessor for Illinois credit downgrades under Gov. Bruce Rauner's watch, didn't appear to be moved by those warnings.
"Their interest, of course, is bringing revenue as fast as humanly possible, they don't really care so much whether it affects the middle class and those striving to get there," he said. "I understand their perspective, they're all about the investors. That's really who they are speaking to. Who I'm speaking to are the middle class, the working class, people who've been put upon by an unfair tax system."
Meanwhile, a coalition of environmental and energy groups backed a newly introduced bill, Senate Bill 2132 / House Bill 3624. The massive package calls for Illinois getting 100 percent of its energy from renewable resources by the year 2050.
"Illinois remains one of the highest polluters in the country and we have an opportunity to change that," said Juliana Pino of the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization.
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SG Blocks Receives $25 Million Purchase Order from Phoenix Hotel & Hospitality
Project Represents Largest Retail Contract for Leading Container-Based Innovator
BROOKLYN, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SG Blocks, Inc. (NASDAQ: SGBX), a leading designer, fabricator and innovator of container-based structures, has signed a $25 million contract for a multi-thousand module order with Phoenix Hotel & Hospitality. The purchase order represents the largest retail module contract to date for SG Blocks. The modules will be designed, prefabricated and delivered to locations across the United States, where they will be installed by the customer. SG Blocks has already commenced work on the project in the fourth quarter of 2018.
"This project represents many months of work and we believe it to be a significant step forward in the continued growth of SG Blocks and an opportunity to participate in the launch of an exciting concept across the United States," stated Paul Galvin, Chairman and CEO of SG Blocks. "At the customer's request, the exact rollout plan is confidential, but we will provide updates on project completions in our quarterly filings. We expect deliveries to begin in the first quarter of 2019 and realized over 18 months. By utilizing our product, Phoenix Hotel & Hospitality will be able to complete its deployment quicker than using traditional construction methods, and also benefit from its efficiency and eco-friendliness," concluded Galvin.
In addition to the initial purchase order announced today, Phoenix Hotel and Hospitality envisions a multi-year deployment of this product with SG Blocks as its exclusive partner.
SG Blocks utilizes code-engineered cargo shipping containers to construct and provide safe, durable and environmentally-friendly structures. It has an exclusive ESR number, which was granted by the International Code Council and ensures its ability to meet and exceed all international building codes. Clients have included Starbucks, Marriott, Taco Bell, Aman, Equinox and several branches of the U.S. military. SG Blocks also recently formed SG Residential, which focuses on the sales and financing of single-family container-based modular homes. Earlier in 2018, the firm also signed an exclusive design partnership agreement with world-renowned architecture and design practice Grimshaw Architects.
Certain statements in this press release constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Words such as "may," "might," "will," "should," "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "continue," "predict," "forecast," "project," "plan," "intend" or similar expressions, or statements regarding intent, belief, or current expectations, are forward-looking statements. While SG Blocks believes these forward-looking statements are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on any such forward-looking statements, which are based on information available to us on the date of this release. These forward-looking statements are based upon current estimates and assumptions and are subject to various risks and uncertainties, including without limitation those set forth in SG Blocks' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Thus, actual results could be materially different. SG Blocks expressly disclaims any obligation to update or alter statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.