Got Chills but Not Running a Temperature, Why?
Chills usually manifest from two situations: a normal physiological reaction to a cold environment or as an accompaniment to fever. Yet some people experience chills almost constantly and without any perceivable cause. From the moment they wake to the time they go to bed, they experience goose bumps throughout their body, teeth chattering chills, and the sensation of being freezing cold. In this article we will discuss what causes chills, chills that occur without fever, and finally some helpful home remedies to treat chills.
Chills are caused by muscles contracting and relaxing rapidly. This occurs when the body is trying to generate heat, in order to raise the body's core temperature. Goosebumps commonly coincide with the chills and are caused by the reflexive erection of the hairs on your body, due to a cold environment or stress. A fever may closely follow these chills, typically indicating infection.
Prescription drugs: Chills can be a side effect of prescription drugs, if the prescription is incorrect or an individual is using them in an abusive manner. These chills will be in periodical sessions, where you are besieged with uncontrollable muscle spasms. These chills will be accompanied by nausea and vomiting, allergic reactions, drowsiness, insomnia, heart problems, and dependence.
Bladder Infection or Cystitis: Bladder infections are a quite common occurrence in women, with around 20% of all women developing at least one bladder infection at some time in their lives. Men can also develop a bladder infection, though it is rare. A bladder infection will not always result in chills, as it is a secondary symptom. But if your chills accompany a burning sensation while urinating, increased frequency of urination, and strong smelling urine, then you may have a bladder infection. If you experience these symptoms, contact your doctor immediately as they could indicate a life threatening kidney disease, a bladder or kidney tumor, a prostate infection , or a urinary tract stone.
Anemia: This occurs when the body has low hemoglobin levels - a protein that is found in red blood cells. A common symptom of this condition is chills without a fever. Accompanying symptoms include pale complexion, fatigue, chest pain, dizziness, shortness of breath, and headaches. If your chills coincide with a few or all of the above symptoms then you may have anemia.
Malnutrition: This occurs when your body is not getting sufficient nutrients. There is a wide range of causes for malnutrition, but the three main ones are poor diet, problems with absorption and digestion, and auxiliary medical conditions. The symptoms will fluctuate in accordance to the underlying cause of malnutrition. Chills without fever, fatigue, dizziness, and weight loss are the general symptoms that seem to be present in the majority of the cases. If your chills are followed by these symptoms, you may need to be treated for malnutrition. Treatment involves replacing the missing nutrients, or fixing the underlying medical condition that causes the malnutrition.
Hypothyroidism: The thyroid is a small gland located in a person's neck. Its chief function is to release hormones that regulate your metabolism. Hypothyroidism occurs when the thyroid is not producing enough thyroid hormone. This causes many symptoms; one such symptom is the chills without a fever. Chills will result because you are more sensitive to cold due to this condition. The other symptoms include constipation, depression, fatigue, heavy menstruation, joint pain, pale skin, brittle fingernails and hair, weight gain. As the condition progresses, more symptoms will appear, the later symptoms include puffiness in the face, hands, and feet, slow speech, thinning eyebrows, thickening of the skin, and decreased senses.
Hypoglycemia: This is caused by extremely low blood sugar or glucose. Hypoglycemia is not a condition by itself but a symptom of a specific health issue, the prominent one being diabetes. The symptoms that will coincide with hypoglycemia are chills, confusion, double or blurred vision, heart palpitations, anxiety, sweating, hunger, and a tingling sensation around your mouth.
Spider Bite: Spider bites are normally a harmless nuance, but if they are caused by a black widow or brown recluse spider, serious symptoms can occur. Both spiders will cause similar symptoms. These include chills, which are rarely accompanied by a fever, muscle spasms, vomiting and nausea, headache, abdominal pain, a rash, and joint stiffness. However, they do differ in accordance with the appearance of the spider bite. The brown recluse will produce a bite site that is surrounded by a purplish/bluish rash, encompassed by a white ring that is further outlined in a red line. In the middle of this ring formation there should be a blister that is filled with liquid. The black widow will produce a bite that is red and has two visible fang marks. Treatment can be restricted to over the counter medication and home remedies, unless you develop a severe allergic reaction. If this occurs you must seek immediate medical intervention.
Bladder Infection or Cystitis: When the infection is mild it can be treated with antibiotics. The type of antibiotics prescribed varies, but it will probably be one of the following: penicillin, ampicillin, amoxicillin; sulfisoxazole and trimethoprim. If the infection is quite severe, surgery may be required. This is used to correct anatomical abnormalities that caused the infection in the first place. With regards to antibiotic treatment, the length of treatment will depend upon your age and gender. Women will require antibiotics for no more than 3 days, whereas men and children will need longer treatment averaging around 7-10 days.
Anemia: Treatment will depend upon the underlying cause of the anemia. If it is due to an iron, vitamin B12, folic acid, or other vitamins and minerals deficiency, then supplements will be integrated into your diet. Anemia that is caused by extreme blood loss, normally due to heavy periods, will most likely be treated with a blood transfusion. An immune system that destroys the body's red blood cells will be treated with medicines that suppress the immune system. The last prominent cause of anemia is problems with a person's bone marrow, this type of anemia will be treated Erythropoietin. Erythropoietin is a medicine that stimulates the bone marrow to make more blood cells.
Hypothyroidism: Treatment is centered on replacing the thyroid hormone that is lacking from your body. This commonly involves the administration of Levothyroxine. Treatment will be required for the rest of your life, and should not be stopped even if the symptoms go away.
Hypoglycemia: The immediate response to this symptom will be to raise your blood sugar to the normal level, through either high-sugar foods or prescribed medications. Once your blood sugar is within the normal parameters, the next step will be to uncover the underlying cause. Some common causes are diabetes, medication side effect, alcoholism, insulin overproduction, an endocrine deficiency, or illnesses of the liver or kidneys. Once the underlying medical condition has been diagnosed, the corresponding treatment will commence.
Getting a good night's rest can ease the severity of the chills. It is recommended that you get around 8-9 hours of sleep a night.
Eat on a regular basis, making sure you don't go hours without having some form of nutrition. It is a good idea to keep a muesli bar or a small snack in an accessible place; such that when you experience chills, you have easy access to something edible.
Regular exercise can aid in preventing your chills from manifesting. This can be just a walk around the block or a quick swim. It's whatever you feel comfortable with.
Taking a vitamin B supplement can be extremely beneficial to your body. It can reduce the chills and increase your overall energy.
Drinking warm water occasionally can aid in soothing the body and decreasing your chills. This is due to the fact that it is keeping your body well hydrated, while also maintaining your body heat.
If you get a sudden attack of the chills, try running yourself a warm and soothing bath. This will calm and warm your body, thus dissipating the chills.
Hopefully upon reading this article you have a clear idea as to what is causing your chills. If you are still unclear about what is causing them, be sure to make an appointment with your doctor to obtain a professional diagnosis.
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Come on Macclesfield - we have some fantastic and much loved local businesses, now is the time to shout about it!
Calling all loyal Maxonians! Now is your chance to put Macclesfield and our dedicated and hard working small businesses on the map, both locally and nationally.
The 14 Days of Love campaign invites everyone to nominate the business or businesses that deserve the love. Those local companies who you know you can rely on; the restaurant where the service is always impeccable; the retailer who goes out of his way to get you exactly what you're after; the tradesman that arrives when he says he will and charges a fair price for a good job.
We have all these and more in Macclesfield and now you have the opportunity to take a little time to spread the love and show your appreciation, and get those companies the recognition they deserve. Don't just tell the neighbours about the great service you got, tell the whole nation by adding a testimonial and pushing our home grown businesses up the Love-o-Meter!
Every testimonial added will gain entry into a daily prize draw offering a host of fantastic prizes. How do you fancy a day at the luxurious Champneys Spa, a trip on the Orient Express, a Magnum of Champagne? You can see a full list of the delights on offer via the 14 Days of Love link, where you can also add your testimonial for the Macclesfield businesses that you love.
This is a national campaign that is growing year on year, and generating interest in several National newspapers, giving welcome publicity to our unsung local business heroes. With the winners being announced on the 15th February, there is plenty of time to put Macclesfield on the map.
Macclesfield has some excellent business networking groups and a great business to business community. Direct customer testimonials are only a part of the process, if you work hand in hand with other businesses or service providers now is the time for you all to support each other.
So check out the 14 Days of Love link, see where your favourite businesses are on the Love-o-Meter and add your testimonials - it only takes a moment but can make an enormous difference to the local businesses that make the Macclesfield community what it is.
Why not see what's being said about the campaign on Twitter by using the hashtag #14daysoflove, even add your own Tweet! And as we are hip, slick and down with the kids we even have our own Facebook page too!


Taiwanese Reporter Has a Crush on Terrence Romeo, Read it Here!
Despite not playing due to an injured foot, Gilas Pilipinas guard Terrence Romeo got the admiration of the charming Taiwanese reporter. During his interview after Gilas' 92-88 Overtime win against New Zealand, a female reporter asked him, "Can I be your Juliet?"


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Kolkata Little Magazine Library And Research Center is a privately owned library of alternative and experimental literary magazines in Kolkata, India. It was founded by Sandip Dutta on 23 June 1978 with a small number of periodicals which grew to one of the finest collection of alternative magazines in India. The library is situated at Tamer Lane in College Street in the Boipara neighbourhood of North Kolkata.

Background

Kolkata has a prominent place in the history of Little Magazine Movement in India which was largely dominated by Bengali language magazines. This goes back to the foundation of Sabuj Patra in 1914 and Kallol in 1923. The tradition continued with the advent of Post Modernist writing in Bengali Literature. With the arrival of Krittibash, Hungry Generation and periodicals like Kourab many little magazines started to flourish. But there was never a comprehensive preservation attempt made for these immensely valuable cultural items either in the academic or public libraries.

Foundation
In 1972, when Dutta (then 21 and a student of Scottish Church College in Kolkata majoring in Bengali) visited the National Library looking for little magazines he found out how they were kept in a condition of utter neglect. According to Dutta he was "shown a heap of books tied in bundles, with more dust and worms in them than pages". Such poor maintenance of periodicals led Dutta, already a little magazine enthusiast at that time, to decide to establish a library dedicated solely to the purpose of collecting and preserving little magazines and promoting their cause. From 27 to 30 September 1972 Dutta held an exhibition at his own residence of 750 little magazines in protest.

In 1976, when Calcutta Book Fair started, Little Magazines participated in it and Dutta was one of the participants. The library was born on 23 June 1978 and was called "Library and Laboratory for Bengali Little Magazines" ("Bangla Samoyikpatra Pathagar O Gobeshona Kendro"). It was established in the ground floor of Dutta's two storey ancestral home at 18M Tamer lane off College Street book market. Even now it consists of only two rooms at there. The library became open for public membership on 8 May 1979.It was officially registered in 1996 and then officially renamed "Kolkata Little Magazine Library and Research Center".

Budget
From the beginning, the library was founded on the efforts of Dutta who faced financial constraints. So he made a piggy bank and named it "Three Penny Opera" after Bertolt Brecht's famous play of the same name.  He also consistently set aside a part of his personal income. Currently the library has an annual budget of approx. Rs 15,000.

Members
As of 2020, the Little Magazine Library has over 150 members, of whom more than 50 are members for life. There are at least 10-12 visitors to the library daily. Members come from all spheres of the society. There are students, professionals, research scholars, authors, journalists who consult the library on a regular basis. Notable personalities who have consulted the library include the poet Joy Goswami and the author Mahasweta Devi. According to the library website, readers come from other parts of India and neighbouring Bangladesh as well.

Collection
Dutta's library began functioning with a modest collection of about one thousand and five hundred little magazines. As of 2020, there are almost 80,000 experimental, radical, alternative and avant-garde periodicals and little magazines in the collection. There are also 2,000 books of poetry. Most of the collection is in Bengali but there are books and periodicals in other languages as well, including English and Hindi. Subjects range from literature to broader disciplines of social science and humanities. In all, there are more than 4,000 books in the library. It has a reading room where up to 15 people can study together at a time. The library has many rare periodicals which are out of print or hard to find anywhere else. Prominent little magazines in the library include:
Sabuj Patra (founded by Pramatha Chaudhuri)
Kallol, Langol (whose contributors included Mujaffar Ahmed and Kazi Nazrul Islam)
Sanghati
Pragati
Mayukh
Kali Kalam
Parichay
Bangalaxmi
Nabayug, Dhumketu
Nachghar, Bangashree
Purbasha (published from Tripura)
Kobita and Chaturanga (both edited by Buddhadeb Bosu)
Arani
Samasamoyik
Galpabharati
Prama
Ekshan (edited by Nirmalya Acharya and the actor Soumitra Chatterjee)
Uttarsuri
Bartaman
Satabdi (edited by Biren Mukherjee)
Bhabishyat (edited by Shubho Tagore)
Uccharan
Darshak
Anik
Nandimukh
Kobita Parichay
Chatushkon
Krittibash (edited by Sunil Gangopadhyay and Dipak Majumdar)
Anustup (founded and edited by Anil Acharya)
Kolkata
Nabanno
Shatabhisha
Golpo O Kobita
Kourab
Dhrupadi
Kobita Saptahiki (edited by the poet Shakti Chattopadhyay)

There are also some rare Hungry Generation pamphlets and periodicals in the collection which is the only place in world where Hungry Generation bulletins, manifesto, magazines etc have been preserved.

Further effort
Little Magazine Library was the main organiser of All India Little Magazine Conference in Kolkata in 1993 and Santali Dogra writers workshop in 2000. It also conducts bibliography of essays published on various little magazines. It organises two awards: one for best little magazine and other for an eminent literary personality called Saraswata Award). Dutta has organized many seminars and exhibitions all over India to spread awareness about little magazines. The research centre itself publishes a little magazines titled Ujjwal Uddhar which reprints old and rare articles of relevance from older little magazines. In 2008, the library received a grant of Rs 500,000 to digitise its collection. Prama, Ekshan, Parichay and Bangadarshan have been preserved digitally. Dutta has written a book and published several articles for various publications on the evolution and history of little magazines. His library is a regular participant in the Kolkata Book Fair, the Little Magazine Mela and other book fairs across the state.

Opening hours

See also
Little magazine movement

References

External links

 Official website

1978 establishments in West Bengal
Libraries established in 1978
Private libraries
Libraries in Kolkata
Culture of Kolkata

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Experience our sauna at sea! Our unique sauna raft is open daily from 4pm until 9pm (unless there is a private booking). The price of the sauna is 5€ for anyone who has taken part in any of our water acitivites, 10€ for others.
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Please note you need an account (CERN external lightweight account or a CERN NICE account) to upload your presentation. If you are not already in possession of one; please register here. Once this is done return to your e-mail in order to confirm this request.
Click in the menu on "My Contributions" (under "my conference"/Click on your presentations "title"
Click on the little red icon to the left of your presentation's "title".
In Add New Material/ Type : choose "slides" or "paper"
Deadline for submission (presentations) : Thursday 28th July 2011.
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If you have not had time to upload your presentation beforehand, please bring a usb key and we'll upload it before the meeting; but this option is reserved ONLY for urgencies.


Visit the website at http://floridacyclinglaw.com.
Frustrated with the lack of website inquires as well as his site's search engine "invisibility", Bicycle Accident Attorney Chris Burns turned to Gist Create for help. Conversion rates for his law firm's website just weren't meeting expectations, especially when factoring in all the time, energy and associated costs being spent on the website.
While auditing Chris' website many issues quickly became clear. Upon first glance the site was presentable, but a closer look revealed several usability and navigation issues, as well as a lack of apparent call to actions, and copy which lacked personality, a common problem among law firm websites.
The underlying code was a wreck preventing the website from performing well in the search engines. Keyword phrases (which weren't properly researched) were stuffed here and there, code hierarchy was non-existent, the URL structure was hard to decipher, images were extremely large (causing the site to be slow and devalued by Google), proper keywords weren't being optimized, and code roadblocks were littered across the site halting search engines from properly indexing the content. On top of all of that the previous site used two content management systems, Wordpress and Joomla! And to top that the Wordpress installation was outdated and hacked. Eek!
The report we provided confirmed Chris' suspicion that he was in need of help. Since fixing the existing website would have been like climbing the Alpe d'Huez, Chris hired us to redesign his law firm's website from scratch. Armed with several objectives we went to work.
As we learned more about Chris' law practice of representing bicycling accident victims, his passion for cycling (riding six or seven days a week for over 25 years!), advocacy of the sport, as well as his personal cycling accidents, it became clear there was an unique branding opportunity.
The traditional image of Chris in a dress suit was exchanged for one of him in a cycling jersey to better reflect his passion, understanding and advocacy for the sport, allowing visitors a glimpse of the man behind the titles. From the get-go this visual cue sets him apart from other attorneys and shows that his sole focus is handling bicycle wreck victims. We also believe it helps relieve negative stereotypes some tend to have of thinking lawyers don't necessarily understand their circumstances. This nontraditional approach tied right into updated site copy that is more personable.
As another big change, strong call to actions are used throughout the site and contact information is now in the header and footer of every page. For the home page call to action we intentionally grayed out graphics so that the yellow "Receive Free Advice from Chris" button would be dominant.
Chris is an expert in his field so featuring his skills and experience throughout the site was critical to properly showcasing his talent. The main navigation and supporting pages were developed to answer common questions such as "How can I help?" and "What to do after a Bicycle Crash?". A supporting blog was developed so that Chris could share his expertise easily and regularly.
Last but not least, an additional page was added to highlight many of Chris' bicycle accidents over the years. We felt this was a great opportunity to connect with his visitors as he's just not the average attorney, but someone who knows first hand the pain and frustration of being victimized in a bicycle accident.
Like many companies that contact us needing help to increase their website's leads and sales, Chris' former website wasn't properly optimized for search engines. Guesses were made as to what his target audience was searching for which, unfortunately, provided a huge discrepancy in traffic to the site. While doing well in search engines is a lot more than selecting the right key phrases, limiting the site from the start doesn't help.
Although the new website has just recently been launched, search engine rankings for targeted keywords have already started to improve. We look forward to tracking results, making improvement tweaks, and grabbing the Maillot Jaune from competitors.
To make updates as easy as possible, the site was integrated with a powerful content management system, ExpressionEngine. Chris can now easily create pages, add featured settlements and verdicts, as well as post to the blog. Gone are the days of waiting for the "web-guy" or having in-house help to make updates.
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Are you drinking or driving this festive season?
Drive Dry
With silly season fast upon us and as millions of South Africans prepare for holiday travel this December, Drive Dry, in association with Uber, has launched a public pledge campaign.
On 15th, 24th, 25th and 31st December, the days most notorious for high numbers of alcohol-related road accidents, Drive Dry will be giving out complimentary Uber Rides vouchers to any person who visits @DriveDry on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram and publicly takes the pledge to drive dry.
Drive Dry is a Diageo SA initiative, previously known for its award-winning scare campaign "Papa Wag Vir Jou", and for its more recent, hard-hitting "#ThisIsMyStory" campaign.
Drive Dry will be giving out complimentary Uber Rides vouchers to any person who visits @DriveDry on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram and publicly takes the pledge to drive dry.
Starting in December, Drive Dry will be kicking things up a notch with the pledge campaign by asking South Africans to actively take a stand and publicly profess never to drink and drive.
In January this year, the Ministry of Transport highlighted that the last festive season's road fatalities were as many as 1 714 – a 5% increase on the previous year. At the release of the report, the Ministry attributed a significant number of these deaths to driving under the influence of alcohol.
The stats are staggering and something must be done.
"Most people have been touched in some way or form by drink driving – think of that experience, the loved one who was lost or that injury that will forever plague them. This is your chance to stand up and say NO, it is not ok to drink and drive - especially when we have so many transport options available to us these days," says Sibani Mngadi, Corporate Relations Director at Diageo SA.
For all other days this year and next, Drive Dry will be encouraging people to take the pledge and rewarding those that do so with spot prizes including Uber rides, shopping vouchers and cash. With the help of Uber, celebrity ambassadors and targeted marketing over Easter and long weekends in 2018, they hope to achieve mass support for the cause.
Alon Lits, General Manager at Uber sub-Saharan Africa explains, "The Drive Dry campaign is a great initiative and we are extremely proud to be a part of it. This campaign helps to spread the word about enjoying a night out responsibly by urging everyone to make Uber their sober driver in an effort to reduce drunk driving and make our roads safer for everyone."
To take the pledge and lead by example, you can visit @DriveDry on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram and click to share your pledge.
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WESTFIELD, Ind. (Oct. 20, 2015) -- Westfield's Saint Maria Goretti Church is hosting the remains and relics of its patron saint.
Church leaders expect between 8,000 and 10,000 visitors Tuesday. Westfield police will be on Spring Mill Road and 169th Street to help steer traffic through the area. This will be the only stop made in Indiana as part of a national tour started by Pope Francis when he announced his visit to the U.S.
The tour started in September and will conclude in Oklahoma in a few weeks before the remains return to Italy. Maria Goretti is the Catholic Church's youngest saint, an 11-year-old girl attacked and stabbed by a neighbor. She forgave him on her deathbed.
Six years into her attacker's 20-year prison sentence, he had a dream about her and vowed to live a life of holiness. He served as a Franciscan lay brother.
Father Kevin Haines from Westfield's Saint Maria Goretti Church petitioned to host a stop on the national tour so people could have a chance to see the church's patron saint.
"The healing power, the grace, the example that the saints are to all of us isn't just for Catholics, it's for all of us, even for people who have questionable faith or even no faith at all," Haines said.
The viewing of the relics will start at 11 a.m. and last until 11 p.m. Tuesday at Saint Maria Goretti Church, 17102 Spring Mill Rd., Westfield.


The Potomac Ridge golf course is conveniently situated just off the Washington Beltway, giving easy access to and from Alexandria, D.C., Annapolis and Prince George's and Charles Counties. The course offers 27 holes of championship golf divided into the Hollow, Meadows, and Ridge nines. Originally opened as the 18-hole Southview Golf Course in 1994, the name was changed and another nine was added in 2003. The Hollow Course is one of two designed by Ault Clark. It's the longest of the three at 3,375 yards from the back tees, but it's just barely longer than the Ridge nine, which was designed by Tom Walker. All of the golf courses are player friendly enough to appeal to players of all skill levels. In addition to the three nines, there is also a full practice facility that included a driving range short game area, and a putting green.
This course is closed now.
This golf course is closed and has been for several years. It is now an agricultural nursery for the most part. It should not be listed.
This is a good layout but the current conditions are pitiful. Almost every tee box was nothing but dirt as were most greens.Apparently, they no longer bother to maintain the course. Also, the pro seemed to not really think the conditions were that bad! STAY AWAY!!!
Challenging layout. It had been raining off and on for a few days. Soggy conditions did not dampen our fun. Will return. Good value.
Course was horrible, worse course I played in Maryland. Layout has potential, but course conditions were awful. Grass wasn't cut, bunkers not raked, fairways weren't cut and grass was missing.
Played at 7:30am on a Sunday morning. Was just above freezing when we teed off. Range is really beat up, and course is badly understaffed. I think there was one employee there trying to do everything. He was friendly, but needed help.
Pace of play was great, played 18 holes in 3:45. The Meadows course is pretty beat up, and not especially challenging. The Ridge is in better shape, and is more difficult. It has some pretty severe elevation changes, and some good hole design.
I will play again mid-summer to see if conditions improve.
This course is very challenging and would have been enjoyable had it not been for the rude staff. It was kind of cold and windy the day we played so we were literally the only ones on the course. The staff acted like they were offended that we actually wanted to play, like they wanted to close up and we were holding them up. The pro shop and dining areas were dark like they didn't want us to go there. When we finished 18, everything was closed and the guy was waiting for us with an attitude like we were holding him up. I don't care if I ever play there again. Way too many great courses in the area that appreciate our business.
In my opinion, Potomac Ridge is nothing close to some of the bad reviews I had read about it. Had negative thoughts about the place before I played but quickly those were changed.
Course staff was very helpful and friendly. Told them it was my first time playing the course, and a staff member walked with me outside and showed me and told me things I needed to know about the course.
The course wasn't in horrible shape. Just don't show up thinking you are playing at Augusta. Im sure as the weather gets better, that fairways will as well. Greens were in great shape, grass was just a little long on them.
As long as you are one that doesnt think you are the next coming of Tiger Woods, I would recommend this course. Wasn't crowded at all and it definitely beats being in an office.
The golf shop is nearly empty; the staff seems to show less civility; they need to invest funds on the course to bring it back to it's former grandeur. Otherwise, it is set to failure and eventual closure. And, that would be a shame ... it was/could be a great course again.
No grass on fairways, greens in terrible condition and no food as kitchen closed for winter. Save your money and play in the summer when hopefully there will be some of the green stuff to play off!
Good deal despite rough winter condition.
Worth the cost! Rough tee box and fairway conditions.
Horrible service with extremely unfriendly attitude to golf now customers.
Had a fair amount of tee boxes that needed some work and bunkers played like wet/rock hard cement. Refused to hit out of one because of the amount of HUGE rocks sitting on the surface. Some greens had some damage and repaired lots of unfixed ball marks on the greens (pet peeve of mine...common folks, takes 10 seconds to fix).
Ditto your comment about ball marks, not just here but almost every where any more. Really people it is not that difficult to fix a few on each green to insure you and everyone else have a nice putting surface.
Played this course because last time I was there it was great. They have 3 nines. The conditions have gone down since the last time I played there. Still a great layout though.
The courses were in good shape but brown due to no rain and season (fall) which made the rough of no consequence.
The greens were not as fast as I have been used to here. Greens on the Meadows had been punched so they were pretty bumpy but the roll was mostly true. Would like more yardages indicated on sprinkler heads. I always enjoy playing this course no matter the time of year.
I had played Potomac Ridge a few times almost a decade ago, but hadn't been back for years.
The years in between haven't been good to the course. What once had aspirations to be a "country club for a day" venue is now a scruffy, beat up place. No food to speak of, and the pro-shop is very quiet and nearly empty.
However! That means you can play an interesting course for a good price. Ironically, the apparent lack of watering of the fairways means that the course plays firm and fast, while the greens are still receptive. And, as few people are on the course, the only thing limiting your speed is how fast you want to play. Bottom line - you can have fun, but don't expect much.
Course is in good condition, pace of play during the day is very good as not many golfers out. Staff is ok but not very friendly.


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Ashley Monroe, Angaleena Presley and Miranda Lambert reunite for the first full Pistol Annies set since 2013 at Lambert's artist-in-residence show at the Country Music Hall of Fame.
If last week's Artist-in-Residence performance at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum was all about highlighting Miranda Lambert's considerable skill as a songwriter, last night's follow-up show made the case that she's an equally compelling bandleader when joined with her Pistol Annies cohorts Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley.
"We are reading from our hymnals, if you haven't noticed," said Lambert, gesturing to lyric sheets in front of all three members. And indeed, the Annies seemed to be shaking off some of the rust after a lengthy hiatus that dated back to 2013, eschewing technical perfection for stripped-down performances that would resonate. Aside from a couple of one-off appearances in the midst of Lambert's solo sets, Wednesday night's show was the first full Pistol Annies performance in five years — a time period during which much has changed in the personal and creative lives of its members.
For starters, Lambert divorced fellow star Blake Shelton (an event to which they cheekily allude in the snarling, rockabilly-tinged new song "Got My Name Changed Back"), while Monroe got married and gave birth to her first child. Presley, meanwhile, will welcome her second child in the coming months. Each of them has put out multiple albums in the break, pushing their individual artistry forward in exciting ways.
Oftentimes, they combine those conflicting feelings into a single song. "Unhappily Married," from Annie Up, lands some funny lines ("May as well keep going / hell, we made it this far") even as it depicts a gnawing discontent. The Annies do it again with the new song "Best Years of My Life," wryly joking about popping a "recreational Percocet" as they watch their youth drifting slowly out of frame.
"We sing a lot about unhappiness and that makes us happy," said Lambert at one point during Wednesday's show. That double-edged approach — humane, humorous and profane all at once — is why it's so thrilling to have the Pistol Annies back in action.


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URGENT: Input needed on EU copyright consultation
Cory Doctorow 8:00 pm Sun Jan 5, 2014
Ásta Helgadóttir, reserve MP for the Icelandic Pirate Party, writes, "The European copyright reform is here — and we have the chance to influence policy reform in this area for the first time in at least 15 years, and there is no way to say when this chance will come around again. The European Commission has opened up for consultation on their proposal for legislation (which then will be sent to the European Parliament) and you, as an individual, alien or organization can give your honest opinion about whatever copyright has done, good or bad, for and to you in the past decades.
The European Commission does not want too many replies at all. The EC has given an extremely short consultation period: only 60 days for 80 questions. It has not provided any translations of this document, and in addition the language used is very technical. Not all Europeans are able to read English, and one thing is for sure: The upcoming copyright reform is going to affect them. The timing, Christmas and holiday period, when people are sure to be busy with other matters, is also strategic. The Commission has rejected pleas on extending the consultation period and providing translations at least in French, German and Polish.
I believe this consultation is important for the future of culture and knowledge in Europe. We cannot make peer-to-peer filesharing illegal — that is how we, in modern times, share culture, information and knowledge. To make people liable for the content of webpages they link to is just absurd. The objective of copyright should not be to make normal usage and sharing of culture criminal — but that is a likely outcome of the European copyright reform, unless we make ourselves heard.
Go to www.copywrongs.eu and answer the questions which are important to you. You do not have to answer all the questions, only the ones that matter to you.
The original consultation can be found here, and there's a simplified version here.
The deadline is 5 February 2014. Until then, we should provide the European Commission with as many responses as possible!
Amelia Andersdotter, MEP for the Swedish Pirate Party, and I, Ásta Helgadóttir, reserve MP for the Icelandic Pirate Party, had a workshop on the Copyright Consultation at the 30C3 in Hamburg. We didn't have a clear idea of what the results should be, just that we wanted to motivate as many as possible to answer the consultation. One of the outcomes of that workshop was www.copywrongs.eu, something way beyond what Amelia and I had ever dreamt of. The great people from the Pirate Party Austria, Wikimedia in Germany and Open Knowledge Foundation Germany, all really deserve lots of praise for such hard work.
Help reform copyright!
(Thanks, Ásta!)
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Rewriting Ophelia
"I loved Ophelia: forty thousand brothers/Could not, with all their quantity of love/Make up my sum."
—Hamlet's eponymous protagonist
Yeah, but that didn't really save her, did it Ham?
If memory serves, I read the YA novel Ophelia before getting to the Bard's account of the Danish Prince–hell, it might have even been before I watched Slings & Arrows. In Lisa Klein's version of what exactly was rotten in Denmark, Ophelia has her own story, her own motivations, opinions, fears, and sexuality. As much as I revere Hamlet, Ophelia isn't given nearly as much to do in Shakespeare's original text. She is manipulated, berated, and slut-shamed; she cries, goes insane, and dies. Game, set, match.
As Slings & Arrows' Geoffrey aptly summarizes, "Ophelia is a child. She has been dominated by powerful men all of her life and suddenly they all disappear. Her brother goes to France. Her father is murdered by her boyfriend and he is shipped off to England. She is alone for the first time, grieving and heartbroken and guilty because–as far as she's concerned–it's all her fault. She ignored her brother's advice and fell in love with Hamlet and now her father is dead all because of her. And the pain and the loss and the shame and the guilt, all of this is gnawing away inside this little child's mind…"
Alongside Hamlet, there are plenty of narratives about great, powerful, morally-ambiguous assholes and the women they abuse, ruin, and sometimes reduce to little girls. You can find many of them in Golden Age television series. You have Walt & Skyler White, Jess Mariano & Rory Gilmore, Jax Teller & Tara Knowles, Tony & Carmela Soprano, Don & Betty Draper, Don & Megan Draper, etc. Like Ophelia, these women end up dead, miserable, and/or royally fucked. They are interesting (or, in Tara's case, I'm told they're interesting–I don't have the time or stomach for SOA) but their stories are entirely dictated by their anti-heroes.*
Which is why I–like her fellow characters, tons of cultural critics, and dozens of viewers–fell in love with The Americans' Nina Sergeevna Krilova.
As played by Annet Mahendru–who really, really needs to play the titular character in a Russian-language Anna Karenina miniseries–Nina is a KGB agent working at the American Rezidentura in Washington, D.C. in the early 1980s. Over her three season and four episode arc, Nina transforms herself from just another Ophelia to an autonomous, agentic, and three-dimensional character. Like her Danish counterpart, she is relentlessly used and manipulated by the men in her life. I've been re-watching The Americans recently and images of chess pieces flash in my head and the word "pawn" echoes in my ears every time Nina is onscreen. To be clear, Nina isn't perfect. The catalyst for her eventual downfall and death is theft–she steals from her government and sends the extra money home to her family. An FBI agent finds out and blackmails her into becoming an asset. As soon as she chooses that path instead of a decade in a labor camp, her fate is sealed.
What follows is the aforementioned men using her for their own personal gain; if the Soviet Union and the United States are in a game of tug-of-war, Nina is the rope. In a particularly captivating plot in the second season, Nina is a triple agent, displaying very different sides of herself to very different men. To Agent Stan Beeman, Nina is his damsel in distress, just another victim of Communism that needs Western intervention. To Soviet Rezident Arkady, Nina is traitorous, cunning, and smart; she needs to use those skills to square herself with Russia and turn Beeman against the US. To colleague Oleg, Nina is a comrade who is sacrificing her body and soul to Beeman for the greater good. Arkady loves her like a daughter, while Oleg and Beeman are in love with her. Or so they say. Their affection doesn't stop them from selling her down the river as soon as she's out of effective intel and cards to play.
To bring it all back to Hamlet, each of these three men force Nina into a role, harm her. and then deign to act devastated when she is hurt. As of writing this, Stan, Oleg, and Arkady do not know Nina is dead. I can only imagine how they will make it about them when they finally hear the news.
But here is where The Americans' superior treatment of female characters comes to pass. When Stan refuses to work with the KGB and Nina is sent to a Moscow gulag to pay for her betrayal, she doesn't lose her mind or fall into a pit of despair. On the contrary, at first she keeps up her mind games and manages to leverage her cellmate's trust for a mere 10 years' incarceration (as opposed to a life sentence or execution). But on her last mission, she manages to transcend every role forced upon her. Tasked with working Anton Baklanov for information, she instead develops a genuine friendship with him. Both prisoners are collateral damage in the Cold War and are treated as objects, not people. Nina has and had real feelings for Arkady, Stan, and Oleg; she definitely enjoyed her sexual relationships with Stan and Oleg. But the power dynamics in each relationship are far from equal. Nina is always at the mercy of the man; she and he both know it.
At the end of the third season, she confesses to Anton: "I–I can't keep doing this. Buying back my life. It's not–I don't know if it's worth it." This is Nina's moment of clarity. She can't keep lying to herself and others, especially if her actions are controlled by someone else. No matter what her handlers promise, Nina will never truly be free. She has been pulled in so many directions, has withstood so much pressure and stress that she no longer has any sense of self. This is the scene where Nina makes her choice to stop being manipulated and manipulating in turn. She has real, undeniable fondness for Anton and, listening only to herself, acts on it. So she defies Soviet law and her lawyer's recommendation and tries to help Anton send a letter home to his son. This selfless act is her ultimate undoing and triumph. Nina betrays her country once more by pledging her loyalty to her friend. What's more, her motivation for doing so is completely her own.
At that moment, Nina breaks the molds her men have forced her into and simultaneously shatters the tragic Ophelian trope. When Nina is executed for her betrayal, she dies free from anyone else's influence and agenda. Nina–and The Americans by extension–rewrite Ophelia as a doomed woman who only answers to herself.
*Yes, yes, I know Rory is the exception that proves the rule. Don't yell at me.
(Image #1 courtesy of creepypasta.wikia.com; #2 courtesy of theguardian.com; #3 courtesy of http://tvmagazine-351227-yahoopartner.tumblr.com; #4 courtesy of tvatemywardrobe.com; #5 courtesy of starpulse.com)
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The CAP-FRS Stand Alone Website (SAW) will provide a simple and streamlined process to generate the fuel receipt documents required by the US Air Force during their reimbursement process. This software requirements specification (SRS) outlines the function, capabilities, and constraints of this system. The SAW is intended to be the first in a sequence of software solutions intended to assist the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) with its fuel reimbursement process and decrease rejection by at least 5%.

#### 1.2 Document Conventions
- SAW: Stand Alone Website meant to do the work for the Civil Air Patrol.

- SmartPhone / Smart Device: Any smart device such as an iPhone or an Android device that has a processor unit and is usually used to browse the internet, or to run various applications.

#### 1.3 Intended Audience and Reading Suggestions
The SAW is designed to be used by any Civil Air Patrol unit that follows the standard Air Force fuel receipt turn in system.  The primary users will be members of the Civil Air Patrol, but could also extend to members of the Air Force itself such as administration clerks looking at the format of the PDF.

Other reading suggestions:
Basic internet safety: http://www.ncpc.org/topics/internet-safety

#### 1.4 Product Scope
Version 1 of the SAW software for the Civil Air Patrol will prioritize utilizing a stand alone website hosted on a private web server that will help to standardize all fuel receipt submissions to the Air Force.  It will have an entry point for all required fields needed on a fuel receipt document as well as an upload link for the actual fuel receipt image, using any standard camera picture currently stored on the client machine.  The SAW is only meant to be used with desktops or laptops and is currently not completely integrated with tablets, smartphones or other smart devices.

### 2. Overall Description
#### 2.1 Product Perspective
The SAW software is the first installation of software in a series meant to standardize the way the Civil Air Patrol will submit their fuel receipts for reimbursement.  This will be done through a website that will have an upload link for a receipt picture and fields for every item the Air Force requires on the fuel receipt document to eliminate user error.

#### 2.2 Product Functions
The SAW software will create a PDF that is intended to be uploaded to the Air Force WIMRS official website.  It will allow users to upload a picture and fill out the necessary fields, after which it will create a PDF for the user that can be uploaded to the Air Force website.

#### 2.3 User Classes and Characteristics
- Standard User; Civil Air Patrol Member:  Will use this website to update the fields, upload a picture and generate a PDF.

- Admin:  Will have access to change the website and possibly add more fields as Air Force requirements change.

- Air Force Receipts Accountant: Will be able to look at the site and send suggestions for later updates to make things more standardized and further decrease possible fuel receipt rejection.

#### 2.4 Operating Environment
- Overview:  The SAW software is designed to be used with a PC, as well as an active and working internet connection to connect to the website.  However, the PC will need to have enough space to save the PDF, as well as have the memory and processing power to create the PDF.

- User operating environment: For the SAW software should be a desktop or laptop with a secure internet connection.  The actual user location is irrelevant as the SAW software is an internet based application.

- Server information:  The website is hosted on an Apache web server, running on a highly available Ubuntu 14.04 GNU/Linux virtual private server (VPS). The web server must not exceed the capabilities of the VPS, which is a single core, 1GB instance. Also, the total net web traffic to and from the server must not be in excess of 2TB per calendar month. The server must comply and operate within the GNU/Linux environment and function normally under the constraints of the system firewall and other system security measures.

#### 2.5 Design and Implementation Constraints
Later designs and implementations may be limited by security as the information that is submitted must be kept private.  Although there is no sensitive information that is being used it may create a problem due to Air Force regulations.  The SAW software and any further implementation or changes to it must comply with any and all Air Force regulations for fuel receipt submissions as well as any Air Force regulations for security regarding mission flight data.

The current design will be limited to a standalone web application that will have input fields for the required data and an upload for the picture.  It will then create a pdf for the user.  Anything further goes outside the scope of the SAW V1 server.

#### 2.6 User Documentation
Receipts need to have fields on them regarding the name of the operator, all the mission information as well as flight information.  This must be added to the PDF.

#### 2.7 Assumptions and Dependencies
- Internet connection
- Hard Drive space on local machine for PDF document storage
- PC or laptop installed with modern web browser with JavaScript and HTML5

### 3. External Interface Requirements
#### 3.1 User Interfaces
The user interface will consist of a single page with fillable text boxes corresponding to each field that must appear on the fuel receipt.  There will be an upload button that will allow the user to select a picture on their device and insert it into the PDF document, as well as cropping the image as necessary.  At the very end the user can submit the information, generating the file and initiating the download.

#### 3.2 Hardware Requirements
Computer device built after 2000A.D.

#### 3.3 Software Interfaces
- Internet connection (for initial page load only)
- Modern web browser with HTML5 and JavaScript support
- Disk access for saving generated file

#### 3.4 Communications Interfaces
Communication will be done over a standard internet connection.  The V1 of the SAW software will not have any additional security measures and will conduct all of its work on the client side -- no user information will be transmitted.

### 4. System Features
#### 4.1 Upload Picture: Priority 9
The upload picture feature is high priority as it is a required field for submitting a fuel receipt to the Air Force. A user will be able to click on the button and browse his or her computer for a picture file that will be moved onto the PDF for later submission.

#### 4.2 Field Fill In: Priority 9
The field fill in is high priority as the fields are required by the Air Force to have a valid fuel receipt turn in. There will be a field for each item required by the Air Force which will eliminate the user error of forgetting a required field.

#### 4.3 Generating PDF: Priority 9
The SAW software will generate a PDF that can be uploaded to the Air Force WIMRS official website. This will be the final product and will provide a clean format that is easy to read and meant to accomplish the objective of reducing fuel receipt rejections.

### 5. Other Nonfunctional Requirements
#### 5.1 Performance Requirements
The website will utilize client-side JavaScript to provide results at the speed of the user's PC and web browser. The PDF generation is potentially computationally intensive, but will take no longer than two seconds to complete and be ready for download.

#### 5.2 Safety Requirements
Conforming with all HTTP, HTML, and JavaScript standards ensures that there will not be any unexpected or malicious behavior on behalf of the website.

#### 5.3 Security Requirements
The use of client-side scripting means that user input and the receipt image are never sent back to the web server or over the global internet. In conjunction with a stateless, static website, the user is guaranteed that their data is as secure as their local PC.

#### 5.4 Software Quality Attributes
A preview of the generated document will be provided before it is offered for download to ensure that it meets the user's quality expectations and to facility input error catching.

#### 5.5 Business Rules
The Bellingham CAP is fully authorized to use the SAW software.  All other entities are required to obtain permissions from developers to use the software past the date of 2015/12/01 or the end of the testing phase, whichever occurs first.lopers to use the software past the date of 2015/12/01 or the end of the testing phase, whichever occurs first.


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