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New therapy could treat poor blood circulation caused by peripheral artery disease
Bioengineers and physicians at the University of California, San Diego have developed a potential new therapy for critical limb ischemia, a condition that causes extremely poor circulation in the limbs and leads to an estimated 230,000 amputations every year in North America and Europe alone to prevent the spread of infection and tissue death. The new therapy could prevent or limit amputations for a condition that affects more than 27 million people and is a manifestation of advanced peripheral arterial disease.
The therapy consists of injecting in the affected area a gel derived from the natural scaffolding, or extracellular matrix, in skeletal muscle tissue. The team tested the procedure in a rat model of the disease and found that it promotes muscle remodeling and improves blood flow. They published their findings recently in the inaugural issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Basic to Translational Science.
"This is a unique approach that not only helps repair the damaged vascular system, but also helps restore muscle tissue," said Karen Christman, a professor of bioengineering at the Jacobs School of Engineering and the Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine at UC San Diego and the paper's senior author.
"Avoiding or limiting extent of amputations is a huge benefit for patients," said Dr. Ehtisham Mahmud, chief of cardiovascular medicine at the Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center at UC San Diego and a study co-investigator.
Christman and Mahmud partnered to make sure the study's design would eventually help patients when the therapy was ready for the clinic–a step that should take about two years. "This is what makes UC San Diego unique," said Mahmud. "We are bringing together engineering and medicine and demonstrating the translational implications of preclinical research."
As far as researchers know, no one had tried to use an injectable material by itself to treat both the low blood flow and weakened skeletal muscle in critical limb ischemia.
Peripheral arterial disease and critical limb ischemia
Peripheral arterial disease patients suffer from poor circulation in their limbs, which can lead to critical tissue damage. The condition is associated with atherosclerosis in old age, diabetes and smoking. It affects men and women equally. In the most extreme form, called critical limb ischemia, a severe obstruction of arteries in the limbs reduces blood flow to hands, feet and legs. Some of Mahmud's patients experience severe pain in their limbs. Some already suffer from tissue necrosis, or amputations. Others suffer from wounds that won't heal and get infected because they lack proper blood supply.
For these patients, traditional surgery or endovascular procedures can often reestablish normal blood flow. But when these interventions fail or aren't possible, limited options remain. So far, potential therapies for these patients, including using growth factor, gene or cell therapy, have proven problematic and costly. Amputations end up being a common option for treatment in severe cases of critical limb ischemia, Mahmud said.
Injectable gel therapy
Christman's team had already shown that injection of a gel derived from cardiac muscle tissue extracted from pigs could help repair the heart after a heart attack. The tissue is stripped of cells, leaving behind a scaffold of the extracellular matrix from cardiac muscle, which acts a regenerative environment where cells can grow again.
Using this same concept, Christman and her team now are turning their attention to peripheral artery disease and critical limb ischemia. They developed a material that was derived from the skeletal muscle of pigs to treat damaged skeletal muscle in these patients. Researchers injected the gel into the affected area in a rat model of the disease seven days post-surgery and monitored blood flow in the rats' limbs up to 35 days after injection.
Researchers found that the hydrogel increased the diameter of the rats' larger blood vessels, called arterioles. The increased diameter led to improved blood flow in the limbs. By day 35, the size and structure of muscle fibers in the rats treated with the hydrogel was comparable to that in healthy rats.
The gel, which forms a fibrous scaffold upon injection, also attracted muscle stem cells to the affected area. Gene expression analysis showed that inflammatory response and cell death decreased while blood vessel and muscle development pathways increased in rats injected with the gel.
Next steps include looking at other disease models in animals and refining preclinical safety protocols and quality control for manufacturing. Ventrix, a startup cofounded by Christman, partially licensed the technology from UC San Diego for clinical applications.
Jessica L. Ungerleider and Todd D. Johnson from the Department of Bioengineering at the University of California, San Diego, were co-first authors of the study. Other authors included UC San Diego bioengineers Melissa J. Hernandez, Dean I. Elhag and Rebecca L. Braden; Monika Dzieciatkowska and Kirk C. Hansen from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at the School of Medicine at the University of Colorado, Aurora; and Kent G. Osborn from the Animal Care Program at UC San Diego.
Funding was provided in part by the Heart, Lung and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association.
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As the healthcare industry continues to evolve, it becomes more complex and increasingly challenging to find the right organization to assist with augmenting hospital reimbursement staff. This bodes true for the simplest of needs such as temporary coverage for staffing shortages to more complex health information technology conversion projects. With the reins on reimbursement tightening and the increasing focus on quality and population health, the margin for error in choosing the right partner for staff augmentation has narrowed.
Many times, selection of a partner to assist with staff augmentation is based on the fastest and cheapest fix, previous personal relationships, or in many cases, on a limited selection available on approved vendor lists. Most hospital leaders work 50 to 60-hour work weeks and have limited time to compare vendor services. So, judgement calls are made, many times without taking into consideration the best options for the specific need. Internal resources are moved in place to cover positions of which they are not qualified or vendors without the correct subject matter experts are chosen out of convenience; these solutions can put a band-aid on a situation, but likely will create larger future issues.
Let's explore the most common challenges in the world of staff augmentation and in doing so uncover five key facets to selecting the right partner.
Contract processes. Getting a contract in place can be viewed as the most time consuming and daunting part of starting an engagement. Having a partner that understands this process and the common challenges that can arise is crucial to success. The key is to have a dedicated contract resource who can help shepherd the process—this typically helps to alleviate the involvement of managers and staff, and in most cases ends up shortening the timeframe.
Onboarding and IT access. Ensuring the consultant or project teams are compliant and have the necessary clearance and access required to begin work at a facility, can also be a time drain for the facility manager involved. Having a partner that has dedicated compliance and IT resources in place is also key to success. We are seeing a shift to IT departments becoming more siloed. If a consultant or project team needs to have access to multiple systems; siloed IT departments results in access requests having to go through multiple layers before correct access is set up. Having a resource who will monitor this process every step of the way can shave days, even weeks off timelines.
Department structures and training procedures. It is a common misconception that you can simply bring an individual in from the outside with the required skill set, grant them system access, give them a brief overview of the responsibilities, and they will perform the exact function of a prior employee. Consultants and project teams work with dozens of facilities over their careers. While this experience is part of the value of consulting, it still requires oversight. Having a resource assigned to each consultant that walks them through the training process—to ensure that they get the specific tools needed for each specific project—makes an enormous difference. It can also be of benefit to a department in the long run as it forces an outside review of the workflow and training materials, and many times uncovers efficiencies that would not have otherwise been realized.
Productivity and quality monitoring. Many facilities have their own productivity and quality monitoring systems in place. However, depending on the size of the project, certain facilities may not have the time or resources available to track these key measurements as close as they would like. Partnering with an organization that has clear and transparent plans and mechanisms in place is paramount. Even if a facility does have mechanisms in place, this is one area where redundancy can be considered a good thing; having an "extra set of eyes" to monitor these performance measurements is a must.
Project hours and deliverables reporting. We all know that consulting services come at a premium. So, it is not outside the realm of expectation that you should get the highest quality and accuracy of results for the price. Therefore, it is of utmost importance that you partner with an organization that has a dedicated project manager who outlines a project plan which includes the expected project hours that your organization will incur for the specific promised deliverables. Transparency and oversight are key.
When selecting the optimal partner, look for a solutions provider that is trained and dedicated to combating these and other challenges. These are major points of emphasis at Harmony Healthcare. We have dedicated project managers that understand the simplest to complex contract processes, have a support team in place to assist with onboarding and IT access, have a recruiter assigned to each consultant to help ensure consultants and project teams have all the tools for success, have tracking mechanisms in place for productivity and quality monitoring, and are supported by an operations team that ensures project hours and deliverables reporting is timely and accurate.
The key to all successful engagements starts and ends with open communication. By addressing these five key factors and asking simple questions up front about the nature of the support you will receive, you can make your selection process much easier and in turn get the results you deserve.
Article written by guest blogger, Patrick Comune. Patrick serves as Manager, Client Services where he oversees a team of dedicated client managers who act as liaisons between Harmony and our clients providing strategic and operational oversight. The team assists with all aspects of the project lifecycle, and works to improve client support programs and enhance client satisfaction.


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Dieudonné Cédor was born in L'Anse a Veau on March 8th, 1925, and passed away on September 27, 2010. He joined the Art Center in December 1947. At the "Centre d' Art", he worked under the supervision of Rigaud Benoit who taught him the elementary principles of pictorial art. Dewit Peters, the founder of Centre d'Art, made him chief of the studio. In 1949, Cédor is chosen as a member of the committee of administration of the "Centre". Merged in a conflict that opposed the artists and the management of the "Centre", he was elected president of the Haitian Artist Association. Later on, became a member/founder of the "Foyer des Arts Plastiques" (F.D.A.P), and became its director from 1952 to 1956. Cédor participated with Luckner Lazard and Roland Dorcely, at the foundation of the "Galerie Brochette" in 1956, where he stayed until 1962. In 1957, he was named director of the Museum of Beaux-Arts of Port-Au-Prince. Dieudonné Cédor was considered one of the leading contemporary painters. His name can be found in all the major art books namely "Peintres Haitiens" where the author, Gerald Alexis states that "Cédor can handle any subject expressing joy or sorrow, the splendors, and anxieties of life". Get the book Peintres Haitiens here!
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… and he asks me for an interview on his show. And then… I wake up. And then I'm bummed for the rest of the day. Screw you, my crazy dreams. BUT THEN later that morning… I get an email from Pat asking me to be a guest on her Creative Talk Network radio show! Sigh. All is right again in my world. Well, besides the shocking news between Pam and Alex.
Tune in tomorrow (10/04/2010) and listen to the live stream, or downland the podcast in iTunes after the show. I'll be on at 1:30 PST/4:30 EST, or if you set your watch to the center of the world… 2030 GMT.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to get to sleep so Jeff Lewis can come to my house to do a reno. I hope he brings Zoila. Maybe she'll make me something from Pat's blog hop The Edge Recipes pdf!
Can't wait for it!! And I can't wait to do our podcast in a few weeks too!!
Stop it with all the reasons to visit Oregon.. Fish and chips my family's favorite.
I'll be listening! Should be fun.
Your interview should be great!
Brilliant. I was wondering how I was going to go back and grab those recipes! I really did like the looks of them. Thanks!
Oh Monica - it has to be WAY better to be interviewed by Pat Sloan than Andy Cohen. He's so wrapped up in his own world, he wouldn't know the first thing about quilting. Besides, he'd be looking for a red carpet or a runway or a runaway housewife from Looneytown and forget to talk to you as he preened in the camera.
No Dear Quilting Lady - you're far, far better off talking with a nice lady like Pat Sloan.
Thanks for the warning about Pam! Who'd a thought!
What day? Was it today? Did I miss it???
I gave your link on my FB Q Quilting Studio page to make sure all my friends come and visit and listen in as well!
Well, I want to be sorry for you but I have no idea who Andy Cohen is. However, I do know who Pat is (and who Jeff is)! How fun.
In my dream I'd be on Andy's show with Caroline Manzo and Jeff Lewis. We'd drink Mojito's served to us by Brad, Rachael Zoe's assistant. Then we'd head over to one of Tom Collichio's restaurants for a post-show party with Kelly Ripa where she'd invite me to borrow anything in her closet (I'm really skinny in my dream).
So I must not be the only one who stays up late watching Bravo! That network makes a serious dent in my late night sewing… I'll check you out on the radio!
I'm glad I can download it from itunes! It's always tricky to listen to something that's not music during the middle of a day with a toddler around.
Once I dreamt I had to take Jeff Lewis and crew some glasses of water on a tray, and I spilled it. And I knew that there was no way I could work for him if I spilled water. I would never be trusted with the martinis.
Oh my gosh Monica & Pat together, I cannot wait! Are you nervous? I was, when she interviewed me…I kept tripping over my own words…impossible to believe, right???
Love you Monica & Pat…have fun!
I will be tuning in… I think it is on @ 4pm ET. CUTE radio graphic!
I love "watch what happens" with Andy. I'm a Bravo TV lover, too. Jeff kills me and so do the housewives. I like to DVR those shows to watch while I sew. You'd be so funny to watch Andy interview you.
LOL… so much SHOCKING news on the tube… err… screen… err.. airwaves!!!
Just heard you on Pat Sloan's Creative Talk Show - you were great!! How nice to finally hear your voice - you sounded so "Happy" and friendly!
Pat's questions were great and she really brought back some good memories for you. Sounded like a wonderful time at that event after Quilt Mart. Glad you were being treated like a princess!
Looking forward to seeing your new adventures (in the magazines that you didn't mention ;-} ).
Really enjoyed listening to your interview. Might your grandmother have been doing Hardanger? That's handwork done on Aida cloth and threads are pulled/removed. It doesn't sound like tatting as that's done with a shuttel. My grandma did tatting and my aunt did beautiful Hardanger. I love that washing machine as it reminds me of the kitchen appliances that were in my mother-in-laws house. Built in 1955 it must have been awesome. When I met my husband in 1968 and he took me to meet his parents, I could not believe the turgoise blue appliances. It was her favorite color and also used in the bags and store colors for her women's dress shoppe. I wonder what became of those appliances. Someone would surely covet them today!
You should have given a "don't eat or drink while watching this video" warning!
Well, as usual, I'm always late to the party … so I JUST this minute finished listening to you and Pat on her radio show …… FABULOUS DAHHHHLINK … simply FABULOUS!!!!
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Il termine Nullismo fu coniato dai filosofi cattolici Antonio Rosmini   e Vincenzo Gioberti  come accezione particolarmente critica sia del termine nichilismo, che negava la realtà di un essere trascendente, sia in particolare del sistema filosofico di Hegel, basato, secondo questi autori, su un'assoluta astrazione.

In seguito il termine fu adoperato anche da Giosuè Carducci  e da altri critici in senso polemico verso la poetica di Giacomo Leopardi, caratterizzata, a loro giudizio, da un pessimismo rinunciatario.

In senso politico la parola è stata usata, tra gli altri, da Antonio Gramsci  per indicare sia il «nullismo opportunista e riformista» dei dirigenti socialisti come Turati, sia «la fraseologia pseudorivoluzionaria anarchica» dei socialisti massimalisti e degli stessi anarchici.

Nel senso di rifiuto di ogni sistema politico, il termine nullismo più di recente ha preso a indicare una concezione politica-sociale a stretto legame con anarchia e anticonformismo; in un senso molto ristretto la parola nullista può indicare colui che si astiene dalla politica e da ogni forma politico-sociale, che sia importante o meno.

Il nullismo mette anche in particolare risalto il "libero arbitrio", inteso come espressione della libertà di pensare e giudicare, ritenuta tipica dei vari nullisti, come atei, anticonformisti e anarchici.

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The finish line is in sight. SMITE Season 3 is almost over, and soon some of the most powerful gods and goddesses will heed the beck and call of the world's strongest SMITE teams in a bid for total conquest at the World Championship.
Every bit as sleek and deadly as her spear, and with more hops than Jordan, Nike has slammed her way onto the Battleground of SMITE's Season 3 jam. She's already made a name for herself as one of the most powerful, well-rounded frontliners currently available -- and sorry Odin, but she's just heating up. Since victory is well within the grasp of this Goddess when played properly, take a look at these tips and tricks if you want to follow her along the road of winstreaks. Don't think about it -- just do it.
Nike is a crushing new Greek warrior every bit as comfortable on the frontlines as Bellona or Amaterasu. While she's not quite the damage sponge some heavier warriors like Guan Yu or Tyr can be, her passive HP regeneration and massive Ultimate damage shield make this victorious Greek valkyrie every bit as valiant in the face of the enemy.
Made in the same mold as more aggressive frontliners like Bellona or Osiris, Nike is adept at two things -- consistently applying pressure and powerful debuffs to the enemy team, and running straight over any squishier target that has the misfortune of being caught out of position.
Careful positioning and game awareness is paramount, as always, but Nike's rather simple to learn (yet hard to master) skillset allows her to flip roles easily, and move from defensive peeler to damage dealer and aggressor very quickly. With a little practice using the abilities we cover below you'll be racking up Ws in no time.
But if all else fails? Dunk on 'em.
Nike sets three goals that the team can achieve to gain increased strength. Upon completing a goal, Nike's team gains a Laurel that increases Power and Movement Speed. This Laurel can increase up to 3 times.
Nike's passive showcases exactly what makes for strong play in a competitive team game like SMITE -- actual teamwork. 7% extra movement speed and 12% extra power are colossal advantages to have. And Nike's boons are both permanent, and team-wide...assuming you can all play together nicely enough to get there.
While plenty of passives have scaling effects, Nike's scale exceedingly well into the late game -- 12% power and 7% movement speed is somewhere around a free Tier 2 item, and the Goddess of Victory is giving out five of these. Since the average cost of a Tier 2 item is between 1,000-2,000 gold, you can consider her passive as granting between 5,000-10,000 gold to your team in the mid to late game, and functionally 6.7 item slots over the standard six.
No gimmicky "kill them inside the ring" requirements. No constantly monitored tide mechanics. No short durations that require you to continually expend mana to keep the bonuses. Just massive payoffs for doing what we all came here to do anyway -- playing to win.
Nike slams the ground twice, sending out fissures that deal damage. If a target is hit twice, that target loses protections for 5 seconds.
If Nike's 'Plan of Action' is active, Rend gains an additional attack. If a target is hit three times, that target is disarmed.
Nike's primarily leveled ability, primary damage ability, and primary wave clear, Rend is a metric ton of damage and debuffs crammed together. Rend is one of Nike's greatest strengths, effectively combining several offensive tools into one cooldown and dealing plenty of damage at a distance -- but it's also her biggest weakness.
As a "channeled" ability, Nike is free to move and aim while Rending her foes, but can't actually employ basic attacks or other skills for the duration without canceling Rend. Also of note is that, since it's channeled, smart enemies will save their Crowd Control for when Nike starts Rending and ripping apart their friends, and effectively control the damage Nike can deal. This is bad news for you if you're playing Nike, but good news if you're trying to mitigate an enemy Nike.
We talk a lot in these guides about positioning and timing, but Rend is one of the most obvious cases of positioning being important in the game -- merely running at an enemy (who is watching you) and slamming the Rend key is likely to get you CC'd and retaliated against heavily (nullifying most of your Rend damage depending how many slams you completed).
Level Rend up first, and don't forget that the protection shred can be as useful (if not moreso) than the damage in a teamfight -- tanks are just as fair targets for Rend as carries if the situation demands killing them.
Nike draws upon her vast battle experience to plan her next move.
Active: Nike's next ability gains bonus damage and a special effect.
Nike's "defining" ability mechanic, a Plan of Action isn't just how good teams win games -- it's a powerful Ability steroid that changes how Rend, Valiant Leap, and Sentinel of Zeus function.
Plan of Action opens up the strong third strike in Rend, allowing Nike to gain an advantage when boxing with basic attack reliant enemies like Hunters, Warriors, and some Assassins -- or allowing her to take some of the pressure off of high priority allies from the same.
Valiant Leap, normally a Space Jam-esque dunk sequence that leaves Nike in the air for approximately "forever", takes only a fraction of the time to complete when Nike has Planned ahead.
Sentinel of Zeus sees a whopping 20% tooltip increase in the Max Health-based shield and a 30% tooltip increase on the shockwave/slow, making Sentinel the most common ability to be Planned out behind Rend.
What makes Plan of Action so powerful, however, is that even at Level 1 of the ability, 10 HP5 allows Nike to make profitable trades and aggressions into an enemy laner and still come out the victor. The enemy will have to burn potions or mana to recover that spent HP (if they can at all), while Nike's slow healing is ticking away, keeping the goddess in fighting shape. This allows her to grind her enemies out of lane without having to burn many resources, setting her up for a stronger position come the mid game.
If you're going for more of a killstreak, feel free to save Plan of Action for last. In most cases, however, this will be Nike's next leveled ability behind Rend. It helps Nike maximize her sustainability, and allows her to activate the more powerful version of her skillset more often.
If Nike's 'Plan of Action' is active, she travels to the location much faster.
One of the key pieces to Nike's almost assured competitive viability is Valiant Leap. It is both a strong engage and solid escape tool, and very few "playable" gods or goddesses on the competitive scene can succeed without mobility.
Luckily, despite the rather extended air time, Valiant Leap is a solid (if a bit familiar) performer in both attacking and retreating. Usually left for last, Valiant Leap's damage isn't a huge winner, but it's attached knock-up -- useful for peeling enemies off of high-priority allies or securing fleeing enemies for your team -- is an all-star addition, and gives Valiant Leap (and Nike's player) decision points. Wherever there's a decision, there's potential success. And wherever there's a bunch of small successes, there's potential for victory.
Valiant Leap (as well as Plan of Action usage) is going to be the defining tool for differentiating the real Nikes from the Reeboks. But experienced Warriors who are familiar with only having one real mobility option will most likely adapt readily enough.
If you're on the warpath, feel free to level Valiant Leap up behind Rend for the bonus damage, but in most cases a single point by level 4 will be good enough until everything else has been leveled to maximum.
Nike transforms into an armored sentinel and sends out a shockwave that damages and slows enemies around her. While in this form, she gains 40% of her max health as a shield.
If Nike's 'Plan of Action' is active, Nike instead gains 60% of her max health as a shield and applies a 60% slow.
Sentinel of Zeus is the Greek Goddess' most powerful tanking option and easiest assassination tool combined. Often, a Nike engaging a teamfight will walk (or Valiant Leap) into an enemy cluster, activate Plan of Action, and flick the Sentinel of Zeus switch -- detonating a massive slow (with a fair bit of attached damage) onto a mess of high priority targets, and giving her 60% more health to stay alive as her team follows up (at least, you hope they follow up).
In single target engagements, Sentinel of Zeus can function as the last nail in the coffin for enemies seeking to 1v1 Nike, as she can draw the fight out (eeking out small advantages with Plan of Action's passive health regeneration), then activate Sentinel of Zeus when both Nike and her foe are low.
From here, the enemy has few good choices. They can attempt to fight a Nike that has just effectively healed for 60% of her maximum HP, they can attempt to run with a 30-60% slow applied to them for 6s (effectively several lifetimes), or they can burn their mobility skill to leave the fight -- leaving them open for a Valiant Leap to follow up, and further tilt the fight in Nike's favor.
Powerful at both opening engagements and closing out fights in team brawls or solo duels, Sentinel of Zeus is an "all purpose" Ultimate that plays well with the strengths of this rather well-rounded, all purpose Goddess.
As with nearly every Ultimate, level up Sentinel of Zeus whenever possible.
Luckily, Nike is a winner from any angle you look at her. She's mobile, durable, threatening,and well-suited to lone engagements or team fights...so the list of compositions Nike wouldn't perform at least decently in is rather short.
However, look for picks that can keep up with her. While powerhouses like Anubis or Ymir may be good at following up on Leap knock-ups, their lack of movement is more often than not going to leave Nike fighting by herself a second or two too long in teamfights she engages with her Leap -> Plan -> Sentinel combo.
In addition, try to look for gods and goddesses that can keep Nike fighting and distract the enemy squad safely. Geb is a good example here. Other gods can intensify Nike's strengths of AoE initiation from a distance (like Athena), or can benefit from Nike's knock-up without being left in the dust (like Awilix).
If you decide to get really fancy, have your mid-lane Nox hop on Athena or Nike for a ride while Thor takes to the air. Thor flies in, Nike follows and detonates the Sentinel bomb, Nox explodes out, and Athena comes crashing down. Presumably your Hunter is also doing something useful, but at that point it's most likely irrelevant. Anything caught in that engage is either already dead, or about to be.
In most cases, start with Death's Toll to keep your health and mana coming, since this plays into the resource-trading style of play Nike's kit favors. If you're against a lane bully like Chaac, feel free to pick up Breastplate of Valor as your first "real" item after Warrior's Tabi. If you are the lane bully, Jotunn's Wrath is a fine first pick. Follow either one with the other to maximize your Cooldown Reduction (CDR) at 40%, ensuring you can have Plan of Action active often.
After your "CDR and shoes" core, get Hide of the Urchin built so you can start stacking defenses, raw health, and mana. Shifter's Shield is a fine middle of the road item for standard 3/1/1 enemy compositions (that is, 3 physical damage, 1 magical damage, and "support", which is magic but not on the level of actual Mages) that keeps your damage and defenses where Warriors like them.
Brawler's Beatstick or Pestilence can also fit into this slot against healing-centric enemies, as can Spirit Robe (against heavy enemy CC) or Mantle of Discord if enemies have begun collapsing on Nike as she engages with Leap -> Sentinel.
Finally, sell off the Toll to purchase either Frostbound Hammer (recommended in most cases), Winged Blade (against Ah Puch, Poseidon, or other slow-spamming enemies), or Witchblade/Runic Shield (against two or more Basic Attackers, and if your support did not purchase it).
Death's Toll > Warrior's Tabi > Jotunn's Wrath + Breastplate of Valor > Hide of the Urchin > Shifter's Shield (flex slot) > Frostbound Hammer (flex slot).
"Odin, what does your one eye say about her Dunk level?"
Early in the game, use Plan of Action > Rend to effectively clear waves and harass the enemy. Be sure to do most of your melee work when Rend's protection shred is active to really bring the hurt. Dodge enemy CC during the Rend to avoid having your damage cut down -- and if you can't, bait out the CC before you Rend at all.
Your playstyle in lane is defined by trading -- you both hurt each other, you both spend some mana. Maybe even both burn a potion or two. Thanks to Plan of Action and the protection shred from Rend, however, Nike is more often than not going to come out ahead. Before long your enemy will be in danger of dying and forced to retreat, while you're still sitting pretty at about half health.
Once the team fights start in the mid game, however, it's your time to shine. First, assess whether or not you are your team's primary engage. If your team is starting fights with Ymir Blink > Freeze > Ult, or Thor Ultimate, you probably don't need to be the first one in, and can defend your back line until the main show-starter does their thing.
If you *are* the show-starter -- look before you Valiant Leap. All eyes are about to be on you as soon as you become the Sentinel of Zeus, and those two extra seconds you could've waited for your team to assemble behind you could very well mean the difference between life and death.
Whichever role you take -- offensive or defensive -- just remember that you're most likely going to be doing a bit of both. Your role as a warrior is primarily to disrupt, contain, and protect. You're not there to get kill after kill (though you can), because you have at least two or three teammates already on that plan. You are there to engage, disrupt the enemy back line, keep them from making moves on your back line, and peel them off when they do.
If your team's Guardian/support is the shield, and your Hunter, Mage, and Assassin/carries are the sword, you are the arms flailing about in the breeze like a wacky waving arm inflatable tube person, and the mouth making scary monster sounds.
You can do nearly anything, which means you (as Nike) will be doing a bit of everything -- pushing back enemy carries with zoning Rends, peeling enemy assassins from your carries with Valiant Leaps, body-blocking or engaging enemy frontliners, dunking on the occasional fool with Valiant Leap > Sentinel of Zeus, and potentially bringing something that may or may not be qualified as "the ruckus".
With Nike on your side, you'll start checking off plenty in the Wins column -- so go forth and conquer! But be sure to stop back and tell us how you heard those sweet swishes of success with Nike, the Goddess of Victory.


Monrovia- As predicted by The Liberian Billboard days before the election, Hon. Saah Joseph, representative of Montserrado County District 13 won the county Senatorial By-election in a clear sweep; beating his rivals with a large margins.
Although the National Elections Commission has not announced the officials results, however, unofficial results from all war rooms of candidates plus observers and polling places have put Hon. Saah Joseph in a considerable lead, making him the clear winner of the Montserrado County Senatorial By-Election. On the other side of the Country in Bong County, the Senatorial seat left vacant by Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor was won by Dr. Henrique Tokpah, former President of the Cuttington University. Unofficial results from Bong County puts Dr. Tokpah in a clear lead over his closest rival, Hon. Marvin Cole, a CDC sitting representative.
In the meantime, while Dr. Henrique Tokpah ran as an Independent candidate, the three leading opposition political parties are claiming his victory in Bong as an opposition victory. Dr. Tokpah who has been an avid Unity Party Partisan out of fear of rejection, ran as an independent candidate but was endorsed at the last minute by Unity Party, ANC and Liberty Party. These three parties who are now claiming Dr. Tokpah's victory were never seen campaigning for him physically or on social media where most of Liberia's political bickering is done.
Meanwhile, results of the just ended Senatorial election is both a win and a wake-up call for the President and the ruling party. The win in Montserrado means, the CDC is still popular in Liberia's most populous county which also holds 36% of registered voters. Montserrado is usually the footstool of any winner in Liberia's presidential elections, and past elections results can confirm that theory. However, the Bong County result is the opposite. During both rounds of the 2017 elections, the Coalition for Democratic Change won Bong with a whopping 40% and 64% simultaneously. This showed the CDC popularity in the county at that time. On the other hand, Dr. Tokpah's win in Bong County is a challenge to that effect, especially a county where the current Vice President hails from and served as a popular Senator until her election to the Vice Presidency of the country. A dwindling popularity in Liberia's third vote rich county is not a welcoming sign for a ruling party that have ruled for just a little over six months.
With two new Senators now elected, another by-election is pending as the Montserrado District 13 seat will be vacant once Hon. Saah Joseph is sworn in as Senator. When that election is conducted, the Liberian legislature will be fully completed thereby making all districts and counties fully represented as stated in the Liberian constitution.


Jeweled Net of the Vast Invisible is a visualization of the distribution of dark matter in the universe, based on data from a massive billion-particle computer simulation. The installation features a continuously running multi-channel video projection in a twenty-foot high, 140-degree panorama and acoustic environment, immersing viewers in the vast jeweled spaces and sonic structures derived from the billion data points simulating the evolution of dark matter structures throughout the cosmos. In the May 2015 installation, viewers will fly through a simulation of dark matter in the process of evolving from its random and diffuse distribution immediately after the Big Bang to the clustered cosmic web of the modern universe -- all while experiencing an immersive sonic environment of music inspired by those spaces.
This installation coincides with the Dark Energy Survey (DES) Collaboration Meeting, bringing 150 scientists from around the globe to the UM campus. DES is in its second year of a five-year survey on the Blanco telescope in Chile, mapping the southern skies in an effort to understand the nature of dark energy that now dominates our universe: they aim to see hundreds of millions of galaxies and thousands of exploding stars. At the May 12 reception, members of the community and scientists attending the collaboration meeting are invited to exchange ideas and inspire one another while they experience the installation together.
Jeweled Net of the Vast Invisible is an Art/Science collaboration funded by the University of Michigan MCubed seed grant program. The team is comprised of Gregory Tarlé (Department of Physics), Stephen Rush (School of Music, Theatre and Dance), Jim Cogswell (Stamps School of Art and Design), Brian Nord (Fermilab) along with graduate students Jason Eaton (Computer Science) and Simon Alexander-Adams (Music, Theater, and Dance). Made possible through the generous contributions of Tom Bray, Converging Technologies Consultant at the University.


Beautiful, exotic on some places rough bead that gives your bracelet that bohemian, 'summery' free looking style. Hemimorphite quartz stone, sometimes called 'Buddha Stone' can occur in various shades of blue and green and sometimes can be white or colorless often exhibits bands of blue with white streaks with a scattering of surrounding dark matrix material. A very rare gem-quality form of zinc silicate. Hemimorphite is typically cut for collectors only. Rare collector's gem.


"Why" is a sneaky word that is often laden with accusations, expectations, demands, and more.
So we learned to hear "why" as an accusation, and just as often we have adopted the same meaning in speaking that word to others.
"Why" has another meaning that is more subtle in its injurious effects. Look at the first three examples of "why" beneath the bold heading above. We are so accustomed to asking why things happen, or why people do things, that we have become blind to the implied meaning. When we ask why people behave as they do, or why something happens, we are stating that we have a right to demand an explanation for everything that happens that we don't agree with or understand.
The arrogance of such a demand is staggering. One day Donna was driving, and she made a choice—about which lane to drive in, or whatever—that I thought was unwise, inefficient, or in some way not the choice I would have made. I began my sentence, "Why did you—" before I stopped myself and realized that I already knew the answer to that question. She made her choice because she felt like it, because it was what she wanted to do, and because she is who she is. I realized how arrogant it was for me to demand an explanation for something that was entirely her choice.
Simply by asking "why"—with few exceptions—we assume a position of authority or importance that often impairs our ability to feel humble, grateful, loved, and loving. As we question people about why they do things—which translates into asking them why they are who they are—we tend to hurt our relationships in significant ways.
that you didn't really need the answer to your question.
that your question was intrusive and often stupid.
that you weren't really entitled to an answer.
Occasionally—and I emphasize that this is only on occasion, not a regular pattern—you do have a right to ask "why," or it might not be harmful to ask. So how could you do this better?
* There have occasions where after a few YEARS I have become curious why Donna prepares food a certain way, or why she refrigerates one thing but not another. I emphasize that I have waited a long time to be CERTAIN that I was merely curious, not trying to change the way she does things. And then I might say, "I notice that you put ketchup in the refrigerator (even though I've never heard of ketchup getting moldy or becoming dangerous). I don't care what you do with it. I just wondered why you do that." I rarely ask such questions, and I have no investment in her answer.
Most people actually enjoy explaining how or why they do things IF you're genuinely curious, but not if they sense that you're interrogating them.
In future blogs we'll discuss more words that have a much greater negative effect than we realize or intend.


In 2005, I was asked to edit the Azusa Street Papers, published between 1906-08, for publication and write an introductory chapter. The book was subsequently published by Charisma House under the title Fire on the Earth: Eyewitness Reports From the Azusa Street Revival, and used as the official book for the Azusa Centennial held in Los Angeles in 2006.
In doing the research, which required reading through those papers again and again, certain emphases and themes stood out—emphases and themes that need to be revisited by those seeking revival in our day. I have, therefore, categorized below quotes from those old Azusa Street Papers that will guide us in our quest for revival in the 21st century.
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"We do not have time to preach anything else but Christ. The Holy Spirit has not time to magnify anything but the Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. We are simply a voice shouting, 'Behold the Lamb of God!' When we commence shouting something else, then Christ will die in us. If Christ be lifted up, He will draw all men unto Himself" (January 1907).
"We are measuring everything by the Word, every experience must measure up with the Bible. Some say that is going too far, but if we have lived too close to the Word, we will settle that with the Lord when we meet Him in the air" (September 1907).
"Do we need to study the Bible as much after receiving the Holy Ghost? Yes. If not, we become fanatical or many times will be led by deceptive spirits and begin to have revelations and dreams contrary to the Word, and begin to prophesy and think ourselves some great one, bigger than some other Christians. But by reading the Bible prayerfully, waiting before God, we become just humble little children, and we never feel that we have got more than the least of God's children."
"The Corinthian church was one of Paul's most gifted churches, and just as it is today, where a church is very gifted, the only safeguard from deceptive spirits is by rightly dividing the Word of God, to keep out of fanaticism. We must rightly divide the Scriptures and compare Scripture with Scripture so that there is no confusion, and no deceptive spirit or wrong teaching may creep in" (January 1908).
"Many times when we were receiving this blessed Pentecost, we all used to break out in tongues; but we have learned to be quieter with the gift. Often when God sends a blessed wave upon us, we all may speak in tongues for awhile, but we will not keep it up while preaching service is going on, for we want to be obedient to the Word, that everything may be done decently and in order and without confusion" (January 1907).
"We humble ourselves under the mighty hand of God and constantly search the Scriptures to know His whole will and plan" (October 1906).
"There is no pope, Doweism, or Sanfordism, but we are all little children knowing only Jesus and Him crucified. This work is carried on by the people of Los Angeles that God has united by the precious blood of our Lord Jesus Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit" (December 1906).
"Correction: We want to correct some errors that were in the last published report from Portland. It was stated that one hundred were baptized at the evening campmeeting. The saints believe there were not so many. The insane persons that were brought for healing were not fully healed, or else through lack in our faith and through weakness lost their healing. The saints want the simple truth stated about the work. Amen! May no one from any place send in a report that is overstated but rather let it be understated" (January 1908).
"Is it necessary to have hands laid on in order to receive the Holy Ghost? No, you can receive Him in your private closet. The gift of the Holy Ghost comes by faith in the Word of God. You may receive the Holy Ghost right now, that is, if you are sanctified. Take your Bible, turn to the first chapter of Acts, 5th verse, 'For John truly baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.' Read this verse of Scripture and cry out to the Father, 'Lord Jesus, baptize me with the Holy Ghost,' and believe the Lord with all your heart and the power will fall" (October 1907-January 1908).
"Before Pentecost, the woman could only go into the 'court of the women' and not into the inner court. But when our Lord poured out Pentecost He brought all those faithful women with the other disciples into the upper room and God baptized them all in the same room and made no difference. All the women received the anointed oil of the Holy Ghost and were able to preach the same as men. They both were co-workers in Eden and both fell into sin; so they both have to come together and work in the Gospel" (January 1908).


The Dow Jones Industrial Average swung 760 points today but finished up 230 points to end the day. So we took the camera to the newsroom to get the scoop on what happened. Watch!
The Dow Jones Industrial Average swung 760 points today but finished up 230 points to end the day. So we took the camera to the newsroom to get the scoop on what happened.
While the day started off with China's tariff retaliation which resulted in the manufacturing and machinery companies taking a hit, it ended with an erasure of most of those declines and a more even-keeled notion that global economic growth might not be in jeopardy after all.
Although Boeing (BA) still was one of the biggest decliners, falling 1% and Deere & Co. (DE) was down 2.9%.
So watch the video above and listen in as we talk to Brian Sozzi, Kinsey Grant, Anders Keitz and Jerry Kronenberg of RealMoney about the days biggest issues and it all affects your portfolio.
Plus Scott Gamm has a great chart of the day. So watch now!


IMA is located in the northern part of Bengaluru on the main road leading to the airport at Devanhalli. The campus is located just off the National Highway leading from Bengaluru to Hyderabad about 15 km from the city centre. A number of professional educational institutions are located in the close vicinity of the Campus. The Academic Block & the hostels are located in the same premises.
Bengaluru, the capital of Karnataka, occupies the heart of the Mysore Plateau with an average elevation of 920m (3,018 feet). With a population of approximately 11.55 million (2016), Bengaluru is India's third-largest city. It has a large number of lakes, the prominent among which are Sankey , Ulsoor and Yediyur lake. A fast-growing metropolis, the city of Bengaluru has many imposing structures of historic and modern architecture. The city has several renowned institutions of Learning and Research. Many of them—such as the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Raman Research Institute, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro-Sciences (NIMHANS) and National Aerospace Laboratories —have world-wide acclaim. The high-tech industries such as Aerospace, Electronics, Computers and Software have made Bengaluru their home, thanks to the easy access to a vast pool of scientists and engineers in the city. In the area of art and culture too, the city boasts of a rich heritage and tradition. It has several schools of classical music and dance. Apart from many historic temples, the city abounds in picturesque parks, gardens and other scenic spots.
Climate: Bengaluru is known for its salubrious climate where temperatures remain moderate throughout the year. In summer, the maximum and minimum temperatures hover between 36°C and 20°C, while in winter, the temperatures range between 27°C and 17°C. It receives adequate rainfall from the Northeast Monsoon as well as the Southwest Monsoon.
Transportation: Highways connect Bengaluru to Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai and other neighboring cities. Kempegowda Bus Terminus in Bengaluru also known as the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus stand is located opposite the Bengaluru city railway station. Buses from here connect Bengaluru to all major cities and states in southern and western India. Bengaluru is well connected to all major Indian cities by rail. The train stations in Bengaluru include Bengaluru City, Bengaluru Cantonment, Yeshwantapur and Bengaluru East. It has an international airport at Devanhalli. Metered auto rickshaws, taxis and buses operated by BMTC provide good connectivity within the city.
Commmunications: Bengaluru provides the highest bandwidth in the country. The city's telephone system is serviced by almost all the major landline companies: BSNL, Tata Indicom, Reliance and Airtel. There are six mobile phone companies: GSM players include BSNL, Vodafone, Idea, Airtel; CDMA is offered by BSNL, Tata Indicom and Reliance. Several companies like BSNL, Tata Indicom, Bharati, Hathway, Reliance,Vodafone, Sify and YOU Telecom offer broadband Internet access.
Bengaluru is well connected by road, rail and air. The participants joining the programme may plan their journey as per their convenience to arrive at Bengaluru campus on the dates indicated in the bank's communication.
Arrival: The participants should forward their arrival details through our website in advance. Reception centres will be established at Bengaluru city and Yeshwantapur railway stations. The participants will be received at the nominated reception centres and arrangements will be made for their conveyance to the campus. They would be allotted their accommodation after they reach the hostels. Instructions for the inaugural session and conduct of the programme will be given to the programme participants at the time of registration in the hostels. If anyone arrives at any other station (e.g. airport, bus stand or any other railway station), he or she can either directly arrive at the campus or arrive at one of the above two railway stations to report to the reception centre.
Accommodation for the participants is provided in the hostels located in the campus. Room allotment is done on 'first come first serve' basis. The dining room for all the students is available at one of the hostels.
IMA has a full-fledged campus with all- round facilities for grooming bankers. The library at IMA is rich in resources with over 14000 volumes of subject related and books for general reading. We also subscribe about 50 magazines & journals and large number of economic and general newspapers. It is open on all days till late in the evening. Text books are supplied to all new students on returnable basis. Reference books can be browsed in the library and can also be borrowed. There are interesting teaser schemes to induce & promote reading habits such as free newspapers, additional books for borrowings and so on in select hours. The POs are provided with TABs loaded with study material to help them come prepared for the classes.
IMA has computer labs open every day of the week. Sufficient numbers of computers are made available for the learners, enabling a learner to machine ratio of 3:1. The campus has a high broadband connectivity enabling uninterrupted access to global knowledge.
Boarding and Lodging facilities are provided for all the participants.A full-fledged Manipal Clinic with 24*7 service facility is available at the campus. For specialized treatment if required, the POs are taken to a hospital.


When you're a parent — and you're away from your kid a lot — it's not easy to turn off your phone. What if there's an emergency and your child really needs you?
On the other hand, research shows that an always-on mentality isn't healthy.
Will you really gain all the benefits of that massage, yoga class or date night if you've got one eye turned toward your lock-screen notifications?
And what about business meetings in which you need to be 100 percent focused or when you're at the doctor's office?
Well, a Minnesota mother of four — Susie Melnick of Edina — has created a new app designed to allow parents, caregivers and employees to put down their phones and be more present in their lives — without neglecting their responsibilities.
The StatusNow app allows users to customize real-time information about their availability for family, friends, coworkers, teachers or anyone who might need to reach them during the day.
Users first set up private preferred contacts. They then create customized statuses, made easy with seamless calendar integration.
the app and create their own profiles before they can use it to check statuses (and vice versa). Fortunately, StatusNow provides templated introductory explainer text, plus downloadable introductory forms for schools and employers.
The app is free for a limited time via Google Play and the Apple Store.


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Shropshire Hills AONB NEWSLETTER, July 2018
Shropshire Council sent this bulletin at 27-07-2018 05:41 PM BST
Dear Subscriber
Celebrating 60 years this Sunday 29th...
Festivals in the Shropshire Hills have been celebrating the AONB's 60th anniversary. From walking the hills during Church Stretton and Bishop's Castle Walking Festivals, watching the Ice Queen's banishment at the Green Man Festival in Clun, to tossing hay bales and trying out scything at our recent Hay Meadow Festival. The Church Stretton Arts Festival is running until 12th August, celebrating music and visual arts in the heart of the hills. Thank you to everyone for celebrating and supporting 60 years of the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
*Sunday 5th August, Big Butterfly Count - join Rhona, from Butterfly Conservation, for a walk to count the butterflies on the Onny Meadows at the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, 1.30 - 3.30pm. http://www.shropshirehillsdiscoverycentre.co.uk/event/444/big-butterfly-count---meadows-butterfly-count.htm
Church Stretton Walking Festival
Hay meadows, of one of the AONB's most valuable habitats
Around 350 people attended the Shropshire Hills Hay Meadow Festival on Saturday 7th July - National Meadows Day (and the England v Sweden match). Our flower-rich grasslands and roadside verges are some of the most important habitats in the AONB. The festival set out to raise awareness and celebrate this special landscape and its wealth of wildlife on its 60th anniversary. There was something for everyone from guided walks and games, storytelling and song, to craft stalls and competitions. Thank you to everyone involved and everyone who came in making the day such a success. Follow the link to view photographs from the day http://www.shropshirehillsaonb.co.uk/2018/07/25/small-but-exquisitely-formed/
Engaging visitors to care for our most loved and iconic landmarks
We have teamed up with Shropshire Hills AONB Trust to raise money from visitors for conservation projects all over the hills. This year's big project is Caering for Caradoc. We'd like to give every visitor the chance to give a little something back by making a small donation to caring for the future of this special place. We are working with Shropshire Hills Tourism, Buy From Shropshire, Shropshire and Beyond, and Historic England to restore the ramparts of this important and much loved hill. Thousands of people stand on its summit and admire the peerless 360 degree views. If everybody who walks to the top of the hill in the next 12 months donates £1, we'll have enough money to fix the furrows caused by years of wear. For more information and to get involved, please contact Nigel.McDonald@Shropshire.gov.uk
Our crayfish champions
The AONB is home to the endangered white-clawed crayfish. It is the UK's only native crayfish, but in recent years, due to a combination of declining habitat and the invasive American signal crayfish it is under threat. To discover how white-clawed crayfish are doing, we have teamed up with the Marches Crayfish Partnership to survey streams in the Clun Catchment. In early July, supported by staff from Environment Agency and a Natural England licenced crayfish expert 17 volunteers came along to a Crayfish Training Day. The morning session focussed on crayfish ecology, whilst following the obligatory disinfection procedures to safeguard against crayfish plague, the afternoon was spent on the River allowing volunteers to polish their survey skills where they got to grips with handling, sexing and measuring Crayfish.
So far, our Crayfish Champions have surveyed 3 sites. The results have been mixed; with low numbers recorded on one site and none on another. But on the positive side, native Crayfish have been found on a section of River where they were thought to have died out. The surveys will be completed by September and the data we collect will inform future white-clawed crayfish conservation strategies in the Marches. For everything crayfish see: https://www.buglife.org.uk/uk-crayfish-hub
Friends of the Shropshire Hills AONB
Thank you to our volunteer recruiters, who have been attending local events, helping to raise awareness and encourage people to support Friends of the Shropshire Hills AONB. It costs from £3/month but your money goes a long way. Subscriptions go directly into the AONB Conservation Fund, which supports local projects that help wildlife and enhance traditional landscapes across the AONB. Funding for these projects is very hard to get, so Friends donations make a big difference. Follow the link to read summaries of the projects supported this year http://www.shropshirehillsaonb.co.uk/a-special-place/shropshire-hills-aonb-trust/conservation-fund/
...and if you're heading to Clun Carnival, on 4th August, look out for our stand and come and say hello!
"Our National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty are a great success...
...Now, as the oldest National Park approaches its 70th anniversary, comes a chance to renew this mission."
The Government has launched an independent review of National Parks and AONBs in England, led by the journalist Julian Glover, with this very positive starting point. The Review will examine the statutory purposes for National Parks and AONBs, how effectively they are being met, and their alignment with the goals of the 25-Year Environment Plan. It will look at the governance and financing of existing designated areas and the case for extension or creation of new ones. It will also look at how to enhance the environment and biodiversity, how to connect more people with the natural environment and how communities can be supported.
The review "aims not to diminish the character or independence of our designated landscapes, or to impose new burdens on them and the people who live and work in the areas they cover. Instead, its purpose is to ask what might be done better, what changes could assist them, and whether definitions and systems - which in many cases date back to their original creation - are still sufficient."
This is the most significant review for many years and a great opportunity. A call for evidence will be issued later this year and the Review Panel is being invited to the Shropshire Hills. The AONB Partnership will be preparing its own response, and other organisations and individuals will be able to make their own. The Review is due to make its recommendations to Government in 2019.
Making commons more relevant to 21st century life
We are helping to develop a national project to protect commons. Funded by the Heritage Lottery, Our Common Cause is looking at ways to make commons more relevant to 21st century life. As with traditional farming practices, commoning (farmers using their grazing rights) is in decline, and as a result the natural and cultural heritage of commons is being lost.
Here in the Shropshire Hills we are supporting the owners and commoners on the Long Mynd, Stiperstones and Clee Liberty. Together, we are looking at ways to better manage the commons to safeguard their history and the wildlife that depend on them. We are also looking at how to make commoning more viable for future generations. We will also be helping people to discover, understand and enjoy commons, as everyone has the right to walk on them.
We are keen to hear what's important to you about these three participating commons, any issues you feel need addressing and any project ideas you might have. Please contact Catherine Landles on 01743 254742, or email cath.landles@shropshire.gov.uk
Raising awareness and understanding of common land
One of the aims of Our Common Cause is to raise awareness and understanding of common land and the practice of commoning. Tom Lloyd, commoner on the Long Mynd, has written about being a commoner …
"I was born on to the family farm at Minton on the southern edge of Long Mynd. Since finishing education I have worked on the farm, farming sheep and beef cattle like my father and his father before him.
We generally run two flocks of sheep, one of which is predominantly lowland, these remain on the farm itself. The other is a hill flock which we graze on the Long Mynd using our grazing rights attributed to the farm here at Minton.
Follow link to read full article…http://www.shropshirehillsaonb.co.uk/aonb-partnership/our-common-cause/
Curlew Country Headstarted Chicks
In 2018 the Curlew Country project has shifted its focus onto headstarting, the process of collecting eggs from wild nests, incubating them and rearing the resulting chicks. A licence was granted by Natural England to take 50 Curlew eggs, with the hope that the released chicks would give the local population a much-needed boost. The eggs were taken from nests found in the local area, working with farmers and landowners as well as dedicated volunteers.
Some eggs were fertile, and some of the chicks did not survive due to birth deformities or unknown factors and 3 clutches of eggs were returned to natural nests. However, 21 curlew chicks were successfully reared to fledging stage, and on Friday 20th July the first of these were released into the wild. They were immediately foraging and testing out their wings, so we have high hopes for the survival of these birds. All the reared chicks have colour rings which can be used to reidentify them. We hope that in two years' time, once they have reached maturity, we will see some of them back to breed in the Shropshire Hills and Welsh Marches.
More information about the project is available at www.curlewcountry.org.
Tuesday Task Team, time to help?
Caring for God's Acre, our office neighbours, runs a regular volunteer task team, working in churchyards and cemeteries across Shropshire and nearby. The South Shropshire group meets on a Tuesday. They carry out a variety of traditional skills, mainly scything at the moment, but including dry stone walling and lime mortaring, as well as coppicing, scrub clearance, raking and other more general management tasks. The group record what wildlife they see, and separate biological recording volunteer days are also held through the year (fungi will be coming up in the Autumn).
Although mainly working in churchyards, Caring for God's Acre is a non-religious charity and everybody is welcome. If you're interested in volunteering (they challenge you to find a conservation group with better cake!), please contact Alex via phone on 01588 673041, or email alex@cfga.org.uk and have a chat to see if this is for you.
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As a stress test of experimenter demand effects, we run an experiment where subjects can physically destroy coupons awarded to them. About one subject out of three does. Giving money back to the experimenter is possible in a separate task but is more consistent with an experimenter demand effect than an explanation based on altruism towards the experimenter. A measure of sensitivity to social pressure helps predict destruction when social information is provided.


under the small umbrella: The Con is on!
With not only an amazing cast, it's also directed by the Coen Brothers. It looks like the Coens have seen the UK series Hustle and ran from there, giving their own spin on it!


Home » Arts and Sciences » Biology » Faculty » Julie Thole, Ph.D.
Thole is a plant molecular geneticist, and her research interests range from cell biology and microscopy to plant development and hormone responses, using the model organism Arabidopsis. Thole collaborates with Brian Downes, Ph.D., , using Arabidopsis to study the role of the Membrane-anchored Ubiquitin-fold (MUB) proteins. Additionally, she is studying the role of abscisic acid in root elongation.
Thole, J.M. and L.C. Strader. Next-generation sequencing as a tool to quickly identify causative EMS-generated mutations. Plant Signal Behav. (2015) 10(5):e1000167. doi: 10.1080/15592324.2014.1000167.
J.M. Thole, E.R. Beisner, J. Liu, S.V. Venkova, and L.C. Strader. Abscisic acid controls root elongation through the activities of auxin and ethylene. G3 (2014) 4(7):1259-74.
J.M. Thole, P.F. Perroud, R.S. Quatrano, and M. Running. Prenylation is required for polar cell elongation, cell adhesion, and differentiation in Physcomitrella patens. Plant Journal (2014) 78(3):441-451.
J.E. Vermeer, J.M. Thole, J. Goedhart, E. Nielsen, T. Munnik, T.W. Gadella Jr. Imaging phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate dynamics in living plant cells. Plant Journal (2009) 57(2):356-72.
J.M. Thole and E. Nielsen. Phosphoinositides in plants: novel functions in membrane trafficking. Current Opinion in Plant Biology (2008) 11(6):620-631.
J.M. Thole, J.E.M. Vermeer, Y. Zhang, T.W.J. Gadella, and E. Nielsen. ROOT HAIR DEFECTIVE 4 encodes a phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphatase required for proper root hair development in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell (2008) 20(2):381-395.
M.L. Preuss, A.J. Schmitz, J.M. Thole, H.K.S. Bonner, and E. Nielsen. A role for the RabA4b effector protein, PI-4Kβ1, in polarized expansion of root hair cells in Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Cell Biology (2006) 172(7):991-998.
J.M. Thole, T.F.B. Kraft, L.A. Sueiro, Y. Kang, J.J. Gills, M. Cuendet, J.M. Pezzuto, D.S. Seigler, and M. Lila. A comparative evaluation of the anticancer properties of European and American elderberry fruits. Journal of Medicinal Food (2006) 9(4):498-904.


Please join us at our very first gathering! We have a wonderful speaker who will share her enlightening story and we will be asking for your feedback on the "print at home" tools that have been developed. Finally, we would like to hear from you about what tools or technology would be helpful to you in your home or in your community.


Thìn chìcken cutlets dredged ìn tasty breadcrumbs, smothered ìn sauce and cheese, and baked to perfectìon. Thìs ìs the most delìcìous healthy chìcken parmesan recìpe.
ìn a medìum bowl mìx together the breadcrumbs, parmesan cheese, granulated garlìc, onìon powder, salt, and pepper.
Coat a sheet pan wìth the olìve oìl.


East Williamson: Entered into rest with her family by her side on (Sunday) August 12, 2018 at age 83.
Predeceased by her husband, Harold C. Bushart; daughter: Rhonda Jean.
Shirley loved making holidays special and magical and spending time with her family. She was a fun grandma and adored all her grandchildren.
Survived by her loving children: Brian H. Bushart, Roxane (Richard) Thormann and Christine (Mark Liddiard) Rose; grandchildren: Connor, Alexa, Kelsie, Zachary, Benjamin, Rachael, and Jordyn; great granddaughter: Amelia; sister in law: Elma Fox; many extended family members and friends.
Calling hours will be held on (Monday) August 20, 2018 from 4pm – 7pm followed by funeral service at 7pm at Young Funeral Home. Private burial in Lake View Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations in loving memory of Shirley can be made to: Laurel House Comfort Care Home, East Williamson Fire Department, or Camp Heartstrings.


Art Carey, author of "The Gender War," A Novel, and Flash Fiction writer extraordinaire, is my guest blogger. He offers a brief, to-the-point piece on the art of creating Flash Fiction, a style of writing that is very popular in today's fast-paced world. As a former newspaper reporter and journalist instructor, Mr. Carey provides concise how-to-write information on Flash Fiction. Enjoy his piece below.
Why write flash fiction? Change of pace, less time required, no research, challenge, opportunity to be published.
Flash Fiction is story telling in a box. The box is the maximum number of words.
Minimum length: Whatever works. Ernest Hemingway's classic six words: For sale. Baby shoes. Never worn.


DAVAO CITY, Philippines — The son-in-law of slain Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa died in a shoot out with police here on Wednesday in an anti-illegal drug operation.
In an interview with TV Patrol Southern Mindanao, Toril Station Commander Police Chief Inspector Ronaldo Lao confirmed that Jake Bolanio Dela Cruz was the husband of one of Espinosa's daughters, whom he did not name.
on Dela Cruz at around 9:00 am at the boarding house he was staying in Barangay Bato, Upper Piedad, Toril.
Lao said Dela Cruz fought back, which resulted into his death.
Recovered were four empty 9 mm shells, and one Ingram; a compact, automatic machine pistol which Dela Cruz supposedly used to fight the police.
The police had five warrants of arrest for Dela Cruz, who was wanted for the murder of two cops, illegal possession of high powered firearms, ammunition, and illegal drugs.
Lao said Dela Cruz was originally from Leyte, but was monitored to have relocated to Davao City, where he had many relatives, sometime in August 2016.
Espinosa, whom President Rodrigo Duterte publicly said had ties to the illegal drugs trade, died November 5 of last year,after a supposed shootout with the Crime Investigation and Detection Group Region 8 operatives while he was detained in Baybay City Provincial Jail.
The National Bureau of Investigation and the Commission on Human Rights ruled his death as a "rubout," contrary to police assertion that he and another inmate, Raul Yap, initiated a firefight when the police tried to serve him a search warrant.


These four zones arise as a result of transcending and integrating two fundamental dichotomies: interior-exterior and individual-collective. The four-box matrix shows how these axes and zones are related. "Interior" in this sense means the subjective, inner human experience, or simply – what is going on inside your mind, or our collective minds. "Exterior" means the objective, tangible, material world, or simply – physical reality, at the individual and collective level. Usually we tend to focus on one or two of these zones and ignore the rest, but the framework reminds us that they are equally important. "Wow, that's really cool," you might think, "but how does this help me as a change agent?" Well, in order to make a new behavior stick, my Awareness or "A", must first be cultivated, so that I am aware of the need to change, and motivated to make the effort. Behavior is the second element. Once I know what needs to change and why, then I need to have the capacity and means to change my behavior, "B". And since behavior takes place in a cultural context, sustained behavior change is much more difficult if I'm surrounded by a Culture, "C," that doesn't value the change. And just try sustaining your behavior change when System level forces, "S," directly oppose it. In sum, for lasting change to happen, important shifts must take place in each of the zones, and change agents need to identify and address key barriers in each zone. To analyze a situation, identify barriers to change and create an ABC'S Roadmap for Transformation, ask these four questions: 1. What is the awareness level? Do people understand the rationale for change and buy in to the solution? Is anything standing in the way of understanding? How might we increase the awareness level? How can we link the change to individual values in order to motivate people? (For example, a bottom-line focused entrepreneur and an environmentalist can both embrace energy effiency, but for different reasons because it saves both money and the planet). 2. What behavioral capacities are required to make the change? How big is the gap between where people are now? What new skills would enable the desired change? How can you support the baby steps towards behavior change? 3. What cultural values and worldviews are relevant? Are there beliefs or values that undermine change? How might we position the behavior change with cultural relevance, a positive framing and make it fun? 4. What systems are involved? How does the system impact behavior? Are there institutional or physical barriers that prevent the desired change? How would a more supportive system function? When you understand the basic ingredients for whole system change, you can then develop a customized "ABC'S Roadmap for Transformation" that will take you wherever you want to go. This simple yet powerful framework can help you recognize and overcome hidden obstacles to behavior change, especially at the Cultural and System levels. Change agents can increase their effectiveness dramatically by recognizing the broader context that surrounds behavior using the ABC'S for Social Change. Join us for Part 2 of this article tomorrow, for some practical examples and to explore how well popular behavior change theories such as Switch, Drive and Nudge know their ABC'S. __ *Integral, or AQAL Theory, as defined by Ken Wilber, is the primary basis for an integral perspective and the ABC'S change model. *** Lisa Chacón is a Founding Partner at Innovive Group, the hybrid of a sustainability consultancy and a creative agency, offering business an innovative way to evolve culture and systems toward environmental and social sustainability. Learn more at www.innovive.net. Ali Hart is a sustainability messaging and engagement strategist with a passion for life's essentials: food, water and media. Her background in the Entertainment industry, penchant for humor and MBA in Sustainable Management from Presidio Graduate School are Ali's secret weapons in her quest to master the art of behavior change and to message green effectively.


Play Save The Halloween Pumpkin outdoor escape game by WoW Escape.
You are at the Halloween Party. When everybody's having fun drinking and dancing, you unexpectedly hear a voice from the pumpkin. The pumpkin talks to you. The pumpkin says its rants about how noisy the people are. You are horrified by what you hear and decided to go home. But the moment you go home, the people at the party decided to burn the Pumpkin. The pumpkin shouted for help . You are the only one who can help it. You need to Save The Halloween Pumpkin. Collect clues to Save The Halloween Pumpkin. Good Luck!


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package com.microsoft.bingads.v12.bulk.entities;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;

import com.microsoft.bingads.internal.functionalinterfaces.BiConsumer;
import com.microsoft.bingads.internal.functionalinterfaces.Function;
import com.microsoft.bingads.v12.campaignmanagement.AdExtensionEditorialStatus;
import com.microsoft.bingads.v12.campaignmanagement.AdExtensionIdToEntityIdAssociation;
import com.microsoft.bingads.v12.internal.bulk.BulkMapping;
import com.microsoft.bingads.v12.internal.bulk.MappingHelpers;
import com.microsoft.bingads.v12.internal.bulk.RowValues;
import com.microsoft.bingads.v12.internal.bulk.SimpleBulkMapping;
import com.microsoft.bingads.v12.internal.bulk.StringExtensions;
import com.microsoft.bingads.v12.internal.bulk.StringTable;
import com.microsoft.bingads.v12.internal.bulk.entities.SingleRecordBulkEntity;

/**
 * Reserved for internal use. This abstract class provides properties that are shared by all bulk ad extension association classes.
 *
 *

 * For more information, see Bulk File Schema at
 * https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=846127.
 *

 */
public abstract class BulkAdExtensionAssociation extends SingleRecordBulkEntity {

    private Status status;

    private AdExtensionIdToEntityIdAssociation adExtensionIdToEntityIdAssociation;

    private PerformanceData performanceData;

    private AdExtensionEditorialStatus editorialStatus;

    private static final List<BulkMapping<BulkAdExtensionAssociation>> MAPPINGS;

    static {
        List<BulkMapping<BulkAdExtensionAssociation>> m = new ArrayList<BulkMapping<BulkAdExtensionAssociation>>();

        m.add(new SimpleBulkMapping<BulkAdExtensionAssociation, String>(StringTable.Status,
                new Function<BulkAdExtensionAssociation, String>() {
                    @Override
                    public String apply(BulkAdExtensionAssociation c) {
                        return c.getStatus() != null ? c.getStatus().value() : null;
                    }
                },
                new BiConsumer<String, BulkAdExtensionAssociation>() {
                    @Override
                    public void accept(String v, BulkAdExtensionAssociation c) {
                        c.setStatus(StringExtensions.parseOptional(v, new Function<String, Status>() {
                            @Override
                            public Status apply(String value) {
                                return Status.fromValue(value);
                            }
                        }));
                    }
                }
        ));

        m.add(new SimpleBulkMapping<BulkAdExtensionAssociation, Long>(StringTable.Id,
                new Function<BulkAdExtensionAssociation, Long>() {
                    @Override
                    public Long apply(BulkAdExtensionAssociation c) {
                        return c.getAdExtensionIdToEntityIdAssociation().getAdExtensionId();
                    }
                },
                new BiConsumer<String, BulkAdExtensionAssociation>() {
                    @Override
                    public void accept(String v, BulkAdExtensionAssociation c) {
                        c.getAdExtensionIdToEntityIdAssociation().setAdExtensionId(StringExtensions.parseOptional(v, new Function<String, Long>() {
                            @Override
                            public Long apply(String value) {
                                return Long.parseLong(value);
                            }
                        }));
                    }
                }
        ));

        m.add(new SimpleBulkMapping<BulkAdExtensionAssociation, Long>(StringTable.ParentId,
                new Function<BulkAdExtensionAssociation, Long>() {
                    @Override
                    public Long apply(BulkAdExtensionAssociation c) {
                        return c.getAdExtensionIdToEntityIdAssociation().getEntityId();
                    }
                },
                new BiConsumer<String, BulkAdExtensionAssociation>() {
                    @Override
                    public void accept(String v, BulkAdExtensionAssociation c) {
                        c.getAdExtensionIdToEntityIdAssociation().setEntityId(StringExtensions.parseOptional(v, new Function<String, Long>() {
                            @Override
                            public Long apply(String value) {
                                return Long.parseLong(value);
                            }
                        }));
                    }
                }
        ));

        m.add(new SimpleBulkMapping<BulkAdExtensionAssociation, String>(StringTable.EditorialStatus,
                new Function<BulkAdExtensionAssociation, String>() {
                    @Override
                    public String apply(BulkAdExtensionAssociation t) {
                        return t.getEditorialStatus() != null ? t.getEditorialStatus().value() : null;
                    }
                },
                new BiConsumer<String, BulkAdExtensionAssociation>() {
                    @Override
                    public void accept(String v, BulkAdExtensionAssociation c) {
                        c.setEditorialStatus(StringExtensions.<AdExtensionEditorialStatus>parseOptional(v, new Function<String, AdExtensionEditorialStatus>() {
                            @Override
                            public AdExtensionEditorialStatus apply(String value) {
                                return AdExtensionEditorialStatus.fromValue(value);
                            }
                        }));
                    }
                }
        ));

        MAPPINGS = Collections.unmodifiableList(m);
    }

    @Override
    public void processMappingsToRowValues(RowValues values, boolean excludeReadonlyData) {
        validatePropertyNotNull(getAdExtensionIdToEntityIdAssociation(), "AdExtensionIdToEntityIdAssociation");

        MappingHelpers.convertToValues(this, values, MAPPINGS);

        if (!excludeReadonlyData) {
            PerformanceData.writeToRowValuesIfNotNull(performanceData, values);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void processMappingsFromRowValues(RowValues values) {
        setAdExtensionIdToEntityIdAssociation(new AdExtensionIdToEntityIdAssociation());

        MappingHelpers.convertToEntity(values, MAPPINGS, this);

        performanceData = PerformanceData.readFromRowValuesOrNull(values);
    }

    /**
     * Gets the status of the ad extension association.
     *
     *

     *     The value is Active if the EntityId and AdExtensionId are associated.
     *     The value is Deleted if the association is removed.
     *     Corresponds to the 'Status' field in the bulk file.
     *

     */
    public Status getStatus() {
        return status;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the status of the ad extension association.
     *
     *

     *     The value is Active if the EntityId and AdExtensionId are associated.
     *     The value is Deleted if the association is removed.
     *     Corresponds to the 'Status' field in the bulk file.
     *

     */
    public void setStatus(Status status) {
        this.status = status;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the editorial status of the ad extension and associated entity.
     *
     *

     *     For more information, see AdExtensionEditorialStatus at
     *     https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=846127.
     *
     *     Corresponds to the 'Editorial Status' field in the bulk file.
     *

     */
    public AdExtensionEditorialStatus getEditorialStatus() {
        return editorialStatus;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the editorial status of the ad extension and associated entity.
     *
     *

     *     For more information, see AdExtensionEditorialStatus at
     *     https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=846127.
     *
     *     Corresponds to the 'Editorial Status' field in the bulk file.
     *

     */
    void setEditorialStatus(AdExtensionEditorialStatus editorialStatus) {
        this.editorialStatus = editorialStatus;
    }

    /**
     * Gets an association relationship between an ad extension and a supported entity, for example a campaign or ad group.
     */
    public AdExtensionIdToEntityIdAssociation getAdExtensionIdToEntityIdAssociation() {
        return adExtensionIdToEntityIdAssociation;
    }

    /**
     * Sets an association relationship between an ad extension and a supported entity, for example a campaign or ad group.
     */
    public void setAdExtensionIdToEntityIdAssociation(AdExtensionIdToEntityIdAssociation adExtensionIdToEntityIdAssociation) {
        this.adExtensionIdToEntityIdAssociation = adExtensionIdToEntityIdAssociation;
    }
}

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it has been a year of lessons and love, of holding on and letting go. and here we stand. still. breathing. about to baby step into our futures. i wish you and yours beauty and peace and laughter, and, of course, love love love. always.
Happy New Year ... may it be one full of blessings, joy and love.
what a thoughtful reminder of what is of utmost importance ... blessings for the New Year.
and it all rings with faith and hope and light in the dark.
And a happy new year to you... God bless you in 2013.
May you have a Happy, healthy, and fulfilling New Year full of love dear elk!
Happy New Year to you too, Elaine.
Focused on love will be. Hope you are healthy, inspired and focused!
And you, dear ELK. Wishing you a year of peace & wonder.
So much said here..and - yet - so little. A year of love - yes! Here's to a year of that.


Holybourne toddler group, Teddies, has set up base in The Lawn care home in the village. Due to refurbishment of their usual venue, the Church of Holy Rood, the group of children, aged up to five, had to find somewhere else to hold their weekly get-togethers.
The Lawn, run by charity Friends of the Elderly, was really keen to offer its communal space to host Teddies. Each Thursday morning, the group sets up in the home's dining room with toys where they enjoy playing, nursery rhymes, craft activities and listening to bible stories. The parents have the opportunity to catch up over hot drinks for the morning, whilst the children play with one another. Residents of The Lawn have also been really pleased to join the group and many sit watching the children play and speak with the parents and children.
To find out more about The Lawn, click here.


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Can the Boston Bruins continue positive momentum through crucial west coast trip?
Amanda Bruno | abruno@repub.com
View full size(AP Photo) Benoit Pouliot (67) celebrates one of his two goals scored with linemate Chris Kelly and defenseman Johnny Boychuk in Monday's 8-0 win over Toronto.
Even though the calendar says it's March, the Boston Bruins' 8-0 shred fest over the Toronto Maple Leafs Monday night had a familiar chilling feel to it.
With temperatures reaching the high 70's outside and Boston playing with its back against the wall for most of the month, one could have thought it was June with a series on the line.
OK, that may be pushing it a bit, it was only the Maple Leafs who are the 12th seed in the Eastern Conference and will most likely not qualify for the playoffs, but the way the Bruins responded it looked like someone finally lit that fire underneath them - that being the Ottawa Senators.
With the Bruins on a season-worst four-game losing streak, the Senators briefly passed them for the Northeast Division top spot last Friday for the time since Nov. 30 and also became the No. 2 seed overall in the Eastern Conference.
But in less than 24 hours the two teams switched places again after an Ottawa loss to Toronto and Boston shootout win over Philadelphia on Saturday.
"You can tell in our game (Monday) and also on Saturday afternoon, we really wanted to turn things around," Bruins forward Milan Lucic said. "And maybe it was a blessing in disguise that Ottawa did pass us because maybe there was that little fire that needed to be re-lit and we've got to keep it going from here on in."
You could tell all right.
The Bruins attacked Maple Leafs goalie James Reimer - who had only given up two goals in his last two starts - and chased him out of the first period after he allowed Brad Marchand's power-play goal at 12:42 to make it 4-0.
Jonas Gustavsson took over and stopped the bleeding for a while, but wound up letting four more pucks get by him in the second and third periods. He finished with 11 saves while Reimer had five.
Bruins goalie Tim Thomas had the easiest game of his career as he only saw 13 shots - including only two in the opening period.
For the first time in a while, everything went Boston's way.
"We were trying to really focus on that good start in the game," Bruins captain Zdeno Chara said. We scored early goals, we got the momentum, like I've been saying, and we had our game plan and we kept playing hard and when we do those things and stay focused - good things happen and we were able to score some goals tonight, which is nice and I thought our decisions were much better."
Now the true test starts with a grueling three-game, five-day road trip to San Jose, Los Angeles and Anaheim.
Can the Bruins continue their positive momentum through this very crucial stretch with only 10 games remaining in the regular season?
The Bruins held practice Tuesday and will fly out Wednesday morning.
Most players stood off the ice accept for goalies Marty Turco and Thomas, forwards Rich Peverley and Gregory Campbell, and defensemen Joe Corvo and Mike Mottau.
Peverley, who's been rehabbing from an MCL sprain, will travel with the team and will most likely need at least one full-contact practice before he's ready for game action according to The Boston Globe's Fluto Shinzawa.
Nathan Horton (concussion) will not travel, but is continuing with his off-ice workouts, which is an encouraging sign.
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