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Women's Lacrosse Lights Up in Spring Break Tilt
Alexandra Silverman
This past Saturday afternoon on Tyler's field, the Colgate women's lacrosse team competed against American University. The Colgate Raiders earned a 15-12 victory over the Eagles in their second Patriot League game of the season.
Junior midfielder Courtney Miller played an essential role in the team's success, tallying six points in the win with four goals and two assists.
"Taking smart shots and making good decisions on when to go to cage and when not to." Miller said when asked how she found her success.
Junior attacker Katie Sullivan also had a key impact on the score sheet with four total points on two goals and two assists.
"I think our attack has been so successful because we are very aware of each other's strengths and always do our best to create opportunities for ourselves and each other," Sullivan said. "Kate Sheridan and I both play around the crease, so when the American defenders put pressure behind it was easy for us to capitalize on the risks they took and use the crease to our advantage."
Sophomore attacker Katie Sheridan had a career-high two goals and one assist. Overall, six Colgate players contributed two or more goals to the victory. Junior goalie Christina Roa had nine saves on the day.
Colgate (4-4) took a strong lead in the opening minutes of the first half with an 8-2 advantage over the Eagles. First-years Monica White and Alison Flood scored the opening two goals of the game, followed by American's Chiara Speziale who added her first goal of the day to the scoreboard. Sheridan and Miller scored two goals apiece during the first 19 minutes of play and White contributed her second goal with 11:19 left in the first half.
The Eagles challenged back with three out of the next four goals to cut Colgate's lead to 9-5 going into halftime. Miller scored the Raiders' lone goal in the final stretch of play in the half.
The second frame had an ominous start as the Eagles attempted to steal the lead. Emily Maher of American weakened the gap with a point bringing the score to 9-6 just one minute into the half. Sullivan retaliated with her second goal of the game nearly two minutes later. The Eagles, gaining momentum, shook things up with a string of three consecutive goals, bringing the score to 10-9 with 21:26 remaining in the game.
Sophomore Amanda O'Sullivan stopped the bleeding with her first tally of the game to push the lead up to 11-9. After White received a yellow card, American took its man-up advantage straight to the back of the net with two goals.
The Raiders were able to close out the game strong, scoring four of the next five goals to earn the victory over the Eagles. O'Sullivan and Flood each netted their second points of the game. Though senior Colleen Bubnack was faceguarded, with just 11 seconds left in the game, she managed to score a goal, making it the sixteenth game in a row that she has been on the scoreboard. The Raiders now are 10-4 against American University.
American out-shot Colgate each half, taking 19 shots in the first half and 16 shots in the second, while the Raiders took a mere 12 shots each half. However, Colgate was able to capitalize successfully on these opportunities. American also led the score sheet with 16 ground balls and 17 draw controls, while the Raiders fell behind with 11 ground balls and 12 draw controls.
Overall, the women feel very excited about going 2-0 in the Patriot League.
"Being 2-0 in the Patriot league is very exciting for us," Miller said. "I think that other teams should be afraid. I think the reason we're doing so well is because of our preparation for games and our strong sense of togetherness. Our team is really close and when we're all pumped for a game, we win. Our goal is to win the Patriot League."
"It's really exciting that we're 2-0 in the Patriot League, especially given the tough opponents we have faced so far," Sullivan agreed. "Beating Lehigh was a huge accomplishment for us because they are a very strong team and were ranked above us in the preseason polls. We were really focused going into the game, and I think that the confidence that our coaches have instilled in us since we came back in January has been crucial to our success. Playing American at home was also really exciting, and after an exhausting week of travel and playing in Florida, we gave everything we had left and were able to pull out another team win. Looking forward, our final goal, of course, is to host the Patriot League Tournament, but I think the team plans to take one game at a time, starting with Holy Cross this weekend."
Colgate will next take the field this Saturday when it travels to Holy Cross. Game time is set for 4 p.m.
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Q: Memory Crash in UIPopoverController I've now invested days in trying to figure out what is going on and for the life of me I can't see what I am doing wrong.  I am popping up a UIPopover when the user touches a point on the screen.  The popover has a tab controller and table view that displays information about that point.  But when the popover is dismissed, it crashes claiming that:
-[UIAnimator removeAnimationsForTarget:]: message sent to deallocated instance
Here is the code that loads the view controller:
MyViewController *popView = [[MyViewController alloc] init];
myPop = [[UIPopoverController alloc] initWithContentViewController:pop];
[popView release];
myPop.delegate = self;
[airportPop setPopoverContentSize:popView.view.frame.size];
[airportPop presentPopoverFromRect:CGRectMake(location.x,location.y,1,1) inView:self.mainView permittedArrowDirections:UIPopoverArrowDirectionAny animated:YES];

- (void)dismissPopover {
    if( myPop != nil ) {
        [myPop dismissPopoverAnimated:YES];
        [myPop.delegate popoverControllerDidDismissPopover:airportPop];
    }
}

- (void)popoverControllerDidDismissPopover:(UIPopoverController *)popoverController {
    [myPop release];
    myPop = nil;
}

The actual MyViewController is just a UIViewController that with (abridged for brevity) init:
  - (id)init
{
    self = [super init];
    //create a newview
    self.view = popView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, POPUP_WIDTH, POPUP_HEIGHT)];
    [popView release];

    topBar = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, POPUP_WIDTH, 30)];
             ....
    [popView addSubview:topBar];
    [topBar release];

    //create a table view
    self.table = [[UITableView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 30, POPUP_WIDTH, POPUP_HEIGHT-30-49)];
        table.delegate = table.dataSource = self;
         ....

    //create a tab bar
    tabBar = [[UITabBar alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, POPUP_HEIGHT-49, POPUP_WIDTH, 49)];
    tabBar.delegate = self;

    [popView addSubview:tabBar];
    [popView addSubview:table];

    [tabBar release];
    [table release];
    return( self );
}

Dealloc is nothing more than [super dealloc] since everything is essentially owned by the view and the view controller will take care of it.  When the myPop is released, in DidDismissPopover, the view is also released, so that seems to work okay.  But very soon thereafter, I get the crash.
Do I need to do something special to discard the tab view or table view when the popup dismisses?
I am using an autorelease on the cells in the table, should I stop doing that?
        cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleSubtitle reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease];

Thank you in advance for any help!!!  Any ideas at all are greatly appreciated!!
-Kevin

A: [myPop dismissPopoverAnimated:YES] will continue to access you object even after the method call because you set YES for the animation (there is a timer and other stuff going under the hood to perform the animation for that)
So, instead of immediately  releasing the object, you could mark it as autorelease to postpone this action, which actually might solved it or not.
Or postpone the release to a time after that makes tyou sure thta the animation will be finished. You could use GCD for that (if you are using iOS 4+) and as the default time for animation in UIKit is 0.3s, the code bellow should do the trick.
double delayInSeconds = 0.3;
dispatch_time_t popTime = dispatch_time(DISPATCH_TIME_NOW, delayInSeconds * NSEC_PER_SEC);
dispatch_after(popTime, dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^(void){
    [myPop.delegate popoverControllerDidDismissPopover:airportPop];
});

EDIT: You should use this time only for the test propose as it is far from being the right way to release an object.
You should store a pointer to your UIPopover and release it in your class dealloc method.

A: Add following keys in yor Exectables info->Arguments tab-> enviroment variables
NSZombieEnabled = YES

CFZombie = 5

MallocStackLoggingNoCompact = 1

then when you get crash automatically you get a message
some thing like this

(gdb) continue
2011-06-09 11:46:08.404 test [6842:40b] * -[_NSArrayI
  release]:message sent to deallocated instance 0X64a4900
then type
(gdb) info malloc-history 0x64a4900

it will give you complete history.
May be it helps you to find the place.
also you can use where command when you got crash.

A: The fastest way to avoid waiting for animation to end is to set popoverController.delegate = nil as soon as you dismiss the popup or the Popover Delegate method
- (void)popoverControllerDidDismissPopover:(UIPopoverController *)popoverController

is called.

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Anthony "Rumble" Johnson (8-3) has had to pull out of his highly anticipated March 21 "UFC on Versus" bout with John "Doomsday" Howard (13-4) due to a knee injury. Pro MMA Now (www.prommanow.com) was notified of the bout cancellation this evening from an associate who spoke directly to Howard's manager.
"Rumble's" last fight was a second round submission loss to Josh Koscheck at UFC 106 in November. "Doomsday" is on a five fight win streak, he is still undefeated (3-0) in the UFC, and is coming off a spectacular come-from-behind knockout win over legendary MMA veteran Dennis Hallman at the "TUF 10 Finale" in December.
Johnson and Howard have beef that goes back to Howard's second fight in the UFC. Howard was offered a fight with Johnson, and he turned it down because he said he wanted more time to develop, and according to Howard, Johnson took that as a sign that he was scared of him. Since then, the war of words and tweets has gone back and forth.
In a recent interview with FIGHT! Magazine, "Doomsday" gives a history lesson on the beef between Anthony "Crumble" Johnson and John "Coward" Howard.


Christiane Spiel is Professor of Educational Psychology and Evaluation and department head at the Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna. Actually, she is president of the Austrian Society for Psychology, president of the DeGEval – Gesellschaft fuer Evaluation (Evaluation Society in Germany and Austria), member of the boards of directors of the Leibniz-University of Hannover and the Bergische University of Wuppertal. She is and has been chair and member of various international advisory and editorial boards as e.g., chair of the ERIH expert panel of the European Science Foundation for psychology, president of the European Society for Developmental Psychology, and founding dean of the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Vienna. In several projects she is working together with the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education and the Austrian Federal Ministry for Science and Research. She has got several awards for research, university teaching, and university management and has published more than 190 original papers. She has added many external funded projects and organized several international conferences. Her research topics are on the boarder between developmental psychology, educational psychology and evaluation. Specific research topics are: Bullying und victimization, integration in multicultural school classes, lifelong learning, change measurement, evaluation research and quality management in the educational system.


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LifeChanger of the Yea...
Rebekah Taylor
Position: Kindergarten Teacher
School: Doak Elementary School
School District: Greene County Schools
City, State: Greeneville, Tennessee
About the Nominee: Rebekah Taylor was nominated by her principal, Jennifer Teague. Ms. Taylor should be the "poster child" for early childhood! Her heart and passion is in those early years of development, and she knows the difference a good start in school can make. Ms. Taylor arrived at Doak after taking some time off to raise her children. She stepped in as if she had always been a part of this team. She is a leader in the building and definitely a "runner" on her school's bus. Ms. Taylor is a perfectionist who is always striving to do more and to do better. She has worked hard in the last couple of years to develop lasting, ongoing relationships with her students and their parents. After her father passed away a couple of years ago, she has decided to go back and get her doctorate. She is an incredible LifeChanger!
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Jennifer Stanley
Position: Assistant Principal, Sixth Grade
School: Carter Middle School
School District: Knox County Schools
City, State: Strawberry Plains, Tennessee
About the Nominee: Jennifer Stanley was nominated by a colleague, Greg Green. This story begins when Mr. Green worked as a 5th grade teacher at an elementary school in the same county as Ms. Stanley. As an educator, Mr. Green was doing a fine job. He was on his school's leadership team, helped develop a new positive behavior plan to be implemented at the school, earned high accolades from both parents and students alike and was well-respected by his wonderful peers, whom he thought of as family.
That summer, Mr. Green faced challenges when the principal of his school was reassigned to another one. As a result, he was transferred to Carter Middle, where Ms. Stanley works. He spent his last day moving his possessions out of his school amid hugs and sad farewells from his colleagues.
As he was taking his belongings to his home, Mr. Green pondered. He thought about how many students he had helped. He thought about the many wonderful colleagues and their wonderful friendships that had formed. He thought about his family, who relies on him to not only support them monetarily, but emotionally.
Mr. Green was terrified about starting at a new school. Thankfully, logic soon kicked in and he returned to unloading his belongings. About a week later, he went to meet the administrative staff at Carter Middle. He spent a good deal of time with his new grade-level administrator, Ms. Stanley.
Any negative thoughts Mr. Green may have had were allayed when he was told that the past was over and a new future was just beginning. Ms. Stanley, by virtue of accepting him for who and what he was, helped allay his pent-up fears.
To shore up his confidence, Mr. Green was awarded Teacher of the Month shortly after school started. Ms. Stanley was squarely behind this accolade. Mr. Green thought it was a mistake, but Ms. Stanley matter-of-factually stated that he deserved it. Case closed. Upon leaving that afternoon, he saw her enroute to his car and asked if he could give her a hug as a means to thank her. She agreed without trepidation. This small token of humanity made Mr. Green realize that he was truly wanted in his new location.
As he starts his second year at Carter Middle, Mr. Green feels that he is in the right place because of working with Ms. Stanley. The healing process of what happened to him the year before he met Ms. Stanley isn't complete, but Mr. Green states that it's headed in the right direction because he knows that he can trust his administrator. Ms. Stanley is not merely a LifeChanger; she is a life saver!
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School: Whitwell Elementary School
School District: Marion County Schools
City, State: Whitwell, Tennessee
About the Nominee: David Smith is the most loving and nurturing educators one could ever meet. He is the only male teacher at Whitwell Elementary School, and he serves as a positive "father figure" for over 500 students. Mr. Smith loves his students as if they were his own children. He always refers to them as his babies. He spends his own money to buy shoes, clothes, food, and school supplies for his students. Mr. Smith has helped students for more than 20 years, and they all love him dearly. He coached football for years and started the Whitwell Middle School "Paper Clip" Project. The project is known around the world for its lessons of tolerance and respect. He speaks at schools, churches and events worldwide. Mr. Smith does not charge anything for his time, but does it because he loves educating others.
Every day, he deals with challenges with a smile. He loves his faculty and truly treats them as family. Mr. Smith has faced some health struggles over the past couple of years, but he still went to school every day. Even though there were many days where he didn't feel good, he wore a smile and made it through the day. He always said that "his babies needed to see him," and that his school was his "Happy Place." Mr. Smith does whatever he can to promote a safe learning atmosphere at Whitwell Elementary and will do whatever he needs to do to make his students smile. He is an avid reader and really pushes his students to read. Mr. Smith has sacrificed a lot for all of his students and has never asked for anything in return. He is humble and kind! He has positively touched, not only the people of the Whitwell community, but people from around the globe. He is known by many and loved by everyone.
[nominee_videos nominee_email="dsmith@mctns.net"]
Crystal Tharp
Position: School Counselor
School: Charjean Elementary
School District: Shelby County Schools
City, State: Memphis, Tennessee
About the Nominee: Crystal Tharp is a dedicated school counselor. She is more than a school employee; she is a friend to the parents and teaching staff. Ms. Tharp will give until it hurts. She gives her time, money and advice. She shows love every day. Principals come to her for leadership. When the principal asks her to do extra duties, she smiles and get the job done.
Her nominator, who wishes to remain anonymous, has since left the school system, but says that they miss her smile and the long talks they used to have after school. She is an incredible LifeChanger!
[nominee_videos nominee_email="Tharpca@scsk12.org"]
Jessica Seaton
Position: Third Grade Teacher
School: Christenberry Elementary School
City, State: Knoxville, Tennessee
About the Nominee: Jessica Seaton has worked tirelessly at Christenberry Elementary School to better the lives of her students. She has worked at the school for over 12 years in various ways. Mrs. Seaton truly cares about her students and helping them to be successful in life. She works in different ways to show her students that she cares. For several years, Mrs. Seaton has worked in the after school tutoring program to help students who are struggling in reading to improve their skills. Mrs. Seaton also works during her summer break to help students in summer school. She has been involved in many organizations at Christenberry; for example, she is a current member of the PTA and works on the board. She has supported the school with various clubs and sports groups. She has held leadership positions for the newspaper and manners clubs, and she also coached an AYSO team for several years. Mrs. Seaton does not care that she gives so much to these students. Many of them come from non-traditional families. For her, making them feel loved and supported is most important to her. She goes to games and cheers her students on. She works tirelessly to build relationships with students so that they can feel like they belong. She wants each and every one one of her students to become productive citizens in life.
The impact that she has made on her students and community will last longer than her lifetime!
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Café de Coral Group Announces Annual Results for the year ended 31 March 2019
Operating against the backdrop of an increasingly competitive market, the Group delivered solid, positive results during FY2018/19. Improvements in operating efficiency and margins led to strong growth in profit during the year under review, building on a steady foundation of stable revenue. The recent years' investment in internal operations is also delivering tangible results.
With manpower costs firmly under control in our core quick service restaurant (QSR) business, the Group was able to improve both margins and profitability. Focusing on our Customer Journey, we rolled out the Service Champion Campaign to enhance our customer service, as well as technology upgrades to streamline the customer experience while improving productivity.
The casual dining business successfully groomed its key brands to deliver a meaningful profit contribution to the Group during the year under review. Improvements to business fundamentals have received positive response from customers, in turn driving same store sales growth.
The Group's operations in Mainland China continued to perform. The business is healthy and stable, and is steadily growing in scale – with new store openings more than doubling those of the previous year.
The Group's revenue for the first six months of FY2018/19 amounted to HK$4,198.5 million, a 1.7% increase compared to the corresponding period last year. Profit attributable to shareholders improved 16.2% to reach HK$239.1 million as investments in our core efficiency began to realise.
Our quick service restaurants and institutional catering focused on enhancing the Customer Journey through products, services and our operating model, contributing to the improvement in margins and profitability of the Group.
The casual dining business improved its performance substantially after rationalising its portfolio and addressing fundamentals, and thereby establishing a solid platform for future growth.
Mainland China operations delivered stable results and the Group is keen to accelerate its network expansion in the Greater Bay Area.
An interim dividend of HK19 cents per share (2017: HK18 cents) was declared.
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Addis Ababa - A peace deal on the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was supposed to be the great outcome of the 20th African Union Summit, which just came to a close.
Instead, leaders are departing the annual meeting in Addis Ababa empty-handed, after last-minute negotiations led by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon failed to convince regional countries South Africa and Tanzania to back the bid.
The international community has been pushing for a new approach to address violence and instability in the DRC ever since the Congolese Army and UN peacekeepers failed to prevent M23 rebels from overtaking Goma late last year.
The UN developed the proposal, which included the creation of a special intervention brigade to take aggressive military action against the rebels, in close collaboration with Rwanda, the DRC, Uganda, and Congo-Brazzaville. The brigade would fall under the command of the UN peacekeeping mission.
Remarkably, leaders of Rwanda and the DRC told us all four were all on board.
But the UN brought the deal late to Burundi, South Africa, Angola, and Tanzania, members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), which had developed its own plan.
The SADC and countries of Great Lakes region had earlier proposed a similar military force, but which would fall under African leadership.
South Africa's Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said her country didn't have enough time to study the UN-led proposal. Mapisa-Nqakula told reporters that an Africa-led mission would be more responsive to events on the ground, and said she was disappointed the UN failed to integrate the SADC's ideas into the final agreement.
A UN official who followed the negotiations admitted that the world body had insufficiently consulted the greater region, but added they still hoped for an agreement once members of the SADC had time to study the deal.
"The process was the victim this time, not the substance," they said.


Kenya is among the top 20 countries in the world with the highest rates of cervical cancer in women of reproductive age.
A World Health Organization 2018 report, Globocan, shows that Kenya has the highest number of cancer-related deaths in East Africa, with cervical cancer accounting for 14,282 deaths.
While cervical cancer is easily detectable and curable in the early stages, most women are diagnosed late when treatment options are limited if not costly.
Currently, the estimated annual number of cervical cancer in Kenya cases is 5,250 while it causes 3,268 deaths every year. This cancer of the cervix is also preventable through vaccination, and Kenyan girls stand to benefit, since the government has plans for a May 2019 national rollout of vaccination against the human papillomavirus (HPV) which causes cervical cancer after a long term infection.
"We want Kenyans to stop the worrying about cervical cancer menace in Kenya in the long run," says Dr. Anne Ng'ang'a, Head of the National Cancer Control Programme in the Ministry of Health, "for the first time, Kenya is marking the Cervical Cancer Awareness month from January 21- 27, with free cancer screening from January 21 – 25 at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Melchizedek Hospital and Texas Cancer Centre".
Other centres that are offering free screening services within the national cervical cancer awareness week will include SOS Buru Buru and SOS Eldoret, as well as Tunza Clinics present in 42 Counties across the Country. This initiative is also supported by Ibis Styles Westlands. All women found to have suspicious lesions will be given free treatment to stop the progression to cervical cancer.
Dr. Ng'ang'a adds that the week will culminate with a Cervical Cancer Awareness walk, free to Kenyans to be held on Sunday January 27 at the Uhuru Park Gardens from 7am. There will also be free cancer screening and health education at the same venue.
The awareness week will be launched on 21st January at KNH Grounds near Clinic 66. With free screening, and dissemination of Behaviour Change Health Education Materials. There will be Cancer Experts and Cervical Cancer Survivors present to tell their stories.


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Stevens Institute of Technology and Hackensack University Medical Center Partner on Clinical Education
Hoboken, N.J. – Through an affiliation agreement signed on June 20, 2012, Stevens Institute of Technology and HackensackUMC have partnered to introduce joint biomedical educational programs that provide undergraduate and graduate students with advanced clinical education experience. Under the leadership of Stevens faculty and HackensackUMC staff, certain Stevens' courses and other educational activities will be held at the hospital and ambulatory care facilities operated by HackensackUMC.
"We are very excited to continue our successful partnership with Stevens Institute of Technology," said Robert C. Garrett, president and chief executive officer of HackensackUMC. "HackensackUMC continues on its mission of becoming a world-class medical, research and academic institution, and this affiliation with a prestigious university such as Stevens is another step toward realizing our strategic goals."
"This relationship with HackensackUMC will further enhance Stevens' growing healthcare and medical research programs by giving students the opportunity to experience an actual, working clinical setting," said Dr. George Korfiatis, provost and university vice president at Stevens.
"We are proud to be working with Stevens to continue to support our mission to deliver exemplary education to future members of the health professions," said Dr. Ihor Sawczuk, executive vice president, chief medical officer and chief academic officer at HackensackUMC.
Through the agreement, Stevens and HackensackUMC will also continue collaborative clinical research programs in effect since 2009, as well as offer academic appointments at Stevens to HackensackUMC clinical and administrative staff and hospital appointments at HackensackUMC to Stevens faculty members.
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HackensackUMC and Stevens Institute of Technology partner on clinical education. Pictured from left to right: Nariman Farvardin, president of Stevens Institute of Technology; Robert C. Garrett, president and chief executive officer, HackensackUMC; Dr. George Korfiatis, provost and university president at Stevens; and Dr. Ihor Sawczuk, executive vice president, chief medical officer and chief academic officer at HackensackUMC.
About Stevens Institute of Technology
Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology, The Innovation University™, lives at the intersection of industry, academics and research. The University's students, faculty and partners leverage their collective real-world experience and culture of innovation, research and entrepreneurship to confront global challenges in engineering, science, systems and technology management.
Based in Hoboken, N.J. and with a location in Washington, D.C., Stevens offers baccalaureate, master's, certificates and doctoral degrees in engineering, the sciences and management, in addition to baccalaureate degrees in business and liberal arts. Stevens has been recognized by both the US Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security as a National Center of Excellence in the areas of systems engineering and port security research. The University has a total enrollment of more than 2,350 undergraduate and 3,600 graduate students with almost 450 faculty. Stevens' graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America as well as strategic partnerships with industry leaders, governments and other universities around the world. Additional information may be obtained at www.stevens.eduand www.stevens.edu/news.
About Hackensack University Medical Center
HackensackUMC, a non-profit teaching and research hospital located in Bergen County, New Jersey, is the largest provider of inpatient and outpatient services in the state, and home to the only Level II Trauma Center in the county. This 775-bed facility has gone beyond traditional thinking by creating an entire campus of care, including: the Heart & Vascular Hospital, the John Theurer Cancer Center, the Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, and the Donna A. Sanzari Women's Hospital. As a result of using science and creativity to push medicine further, HackensackUMC has been named one of the Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals® and one of America's 50 Best Hospitals by HealthGrades®. It is listed among the Leapfrog Top Hospitals List, received 17 Gold Seals of Approval™ by the Joint Commission, is ranked in Cancer, Cardiology and Heart Surgery, and Geriatrics by U.S. News and World Report's "2011-12 Best Hospitals" list, is ranked in eight specialties on U.S. News & World Report's "Best Hospitals Metro Area Top 10," and is a Magnet® recognized hospital for nursing excellence, the first hospital in New Jersey and second in the nation. The Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital was among the top 25 Best Children's Hospitals for neurology and neurosurgery in the U.S. News & World Report's "2012-13 Best Children's Hospitals" rankings. The medical center is the hometown hospital of the New York Giants and the New Jersey Nets, and remains committed to its community through fundraising and community events. To learn more about one of the nation's top 50 hospitals, visit: www.HackensackUMC.org.


First developed for use in hospitals to prevent pressure sores for patients confined to beds, TI32 convoluted mattress toppers allow the side of you against the mattress to have better circulation. This means you are comfortable in the same position longer and don't turn as often in your sleep allowing you a more peaceful and restful sleep. These pressure relieving pads also make a mattress, that is too firm, far more soft and luxurious while maintaining good firm support.
We also cut to size.
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Have I mentioned before how much I hate winter? Well I do. It didn't bother me when I was younger but for the last 10 years or so it makes me cringe when the days get short and the dark falls earlier and earlier. I have never been a big fan of cold and snow, but I just hate it more every year. I hate the dark; short days; gray weather; all of it. OTOH, I do like that the temperate climate where we live at least has seasons. I don't mind the change, I just wish winter didn't have to be one of them. I would not be happy living any further north, that's for sure. Fortunately our winters are mild with only an occasional snow or ice storm.
I have been putting off posting because I had hoped the second Owl Vest would be done to show you and it almost is. I only have to finish the armbands and weave in the ends. Here's the best picture I could get indoors today, due to the afore mentioned crappy winter gray days. I should be able to finish the rest up tonight.
Did you notice that gadget next to my Nook? That's one of my most recent acquisitions to my audiophile equipment collection, my new Fiio E9 Amp and the little thingy inserted in the slot on the top is the Fiio E7 portable headphone DAC/amp (which for the non-audiophiles is a digital to analog converter, i.e. an external sound card and amp). I hook these up to my computer via USB. I can also use the E7 alone with my iPod if I want to.
I have a really nice set of Sennheiser HD595 headphones which benefit greatly in sound quality from an amplifier. I freaking love these things. You don't realize how much detail you can be missing in your music until you hear a fine set of cans with a decent amp. Night and day people. Seriously.
I have done a little knitting retail therapy too. Helps with the winter thing. Heh. I recently ran across the new ( I think) Knitter's Pride Nova SP needles at Web's. I prefer using straight needles when I can and really love my nickel plated DPN's so when I saw these I ordered a set in every size from 0-8. I rarely use anything bigger, and really don't even use the 8's that often. I used the 6's last night and give them 5 stars. They are pointy and slick, which is how I like them. The price is great too. That's them in that glass next to my lamp. Kyla must have taken that one. She and Elijah were doing a photo shoot yesterday.
She took a picture of the Nook cover she made for me at Christmas. I got her a bunch of embroidery supplies for Christmas, at her request, and I was the first recipient of her new stash. I got her off to a good start on the stash building. What can I say? I am a sucker for any interest in needlework in the offspring.
Here's one of the cutest out of the bunch. Not bad for a self portrait. I don't know why all my pictures have that little time/date stamp on them now. I must have accidentally changed a setting on my camera the other day. Will have to look into it since I think it detracts from the picture.


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What the investigation was about
The ICO has been looking at the way patient data was used to test Streams for safety. This process was first governed by a partnership agreement signed between DeepMind and the Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust in September 2015, which has since been superseded by an agreement signed in November 2016. The ICO have not been investigating the live clinical use of Streams which is being carried out under the existing agreement between the Royal Free London and DeepMind and is delivering improved outcomes for patients with acute kidney injury.
The focus of the investigation has been on the Royal Free London as the data controller and the ICO raised concerns about whether we could have done more to inform patients that their information was being processed to test the safety of Streams app and the amount of information that was processed.
The ICO concluded that we had not done enough to inform patients that their information was being processed by DeepMind during the testing phase of the app.
The ICO said there was a lack of transparency about how we were using patient information to test the new app and therefore patients could not exercise their statutory right to object to the processing of their information.
They have asked us to deliver five undertakings (we have not received an enforcement notice or a fine) and we have agreed to address all of them and will be reporting back to the ICO soon. However we are of the opinion that the use of five years of data during the testing phase of the app was critical to ensuring it could safely be deployed on our wards. We have asked for greater clarity about how trusts like ours can test new technology to ensure it is safe without using real data.
What we've learnt
We take seriously the findings of the ICO and have signed up to deliver all of the undertakings – including delivering a third privacy impact assessment of our work with DeepMind, continuing to be open and transparent about how we use patient information and conducting a third party audit of our current processing arrangements with DeepMind.
This project is one of the first of its kind in the NHS and we recognise that there are clearly lessons which can be learnt from our experience during the testing phase of the Streams app. These lessons will be applicable to the whole of the NHS and we would welcome new guidance from the ICO and the Department of Health about how hospitals like ours can test new technology which is being delivered in partnership with third parties.
We have already started working on the undertakings. For example we are now doing more than any other hospital trust in the country to tell our patients and the public how we use their information. This includes a detailed section, with a Q&A on our website and an animation film which explains what happens to their information when patients come to our hospitals. We have also displayed guidance about how patients can opt out if they do not want their information to be shared with third parties. We have produced patient information leaflets which answer common questions about how we use and share information which have been distributed across our hospitals and posters which have been displayed in high footfall areas of our hospitals and banners for main reception areas.
We have also entered into a new agreement with DeepMind which came into effect in November 2016 and with which the ICO has not expressed any concerns.
The National Data Guardian has acknowledged that there is a need for further guidance about how hospitals and other organisations should develop and test new technologies where that work might require the use of identifiable patient data at some stages.
We do not believe it would be possible for the Royal Free London to ever sign off a product like Streams as clinically safe had it not been tested using real patient information. We believe that the five-year period of data which we used to develop the app was absolutely crucial to demonstrate its safety before it was made available for use on the wards.
What is Streams?
Streams is a secure instant alert app which delivers improved care for patients by getting the right data to the right clinician at the right time. Similar to a breaking news alert on a mobile phone, the technology notifies nurses and doctors immediately when test results show a patient is at risk of becoming seriously ill, and provides all the information they need to take action.Each year, many thousands of people in UK hospitals die preventably from conditions like sepsis and acute kidney injury, because the warning signs aren't picked up and acted on in time.
Streams integrates different types of data and test results from a range of existing IT systems used by the hospital.
Because patient information is contained in one place – on a mobile application – it reduces the administrative burden on staff and means they can dedicate more time to delivering direct patient care.
The Streams app was built in close collaboration with clinicians at the Royal Free London and it is already helping them to provide better, safer and faster care to our patients. Nurses report it is saving them around two hours each day – time which would previously have been spent looking through paper patient notes.
Is it being used to help treat patients?
Yes, it is currently being used by clinicians at the Royal Free London to help identify patients at risk of acute kidney injury. We hope it will be developed to help improve care for patients with conditions like sepsis in the coming months.
We took a safety-first approach by testing Streams using real data in accordance with standards issued under the Health and Social Care Act. This was to check that the app was presenting patient information accurately and safely before being deployed in a live patient setting. Real patient data is routinely used in the NHS to check new systems are working properly before turning them fully live.
The app has been through a rigorous user testing process and has been registered with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) as a medical device
Here is the story of just one of the many patients Streams is now helping https://www.royalfree.nhs.uk/news-media/news/new-app-helping-to-improve-patient-care/
Will you continue working with DeepMind?
Yes. We are proud of our partnership with DeepMind. We have learnt lessons from the testing phase of the app and will be signing up to the undertakings issued by the ICO.
We are committed to the partnership with DeepMind which we entered into in November 2016, which incorporated much of our learning from the early stages of the project.
We are determined to get this right to ensure that the NHS has the opportunity to benefit from the technology we all use in our everyday lives. We must embrace the opportunities which come from working with a world-leading company such as DeepMind to ensure the NHS does not get left behind.
I'm a patient at the Royal Free Hospital, has my information been shared with DeepMind?
The Royal Free London is the 'data controller' and has been in control of all patient data at all times. Patient data can only be used on the instruction of the hospital.
The partnership means that the Royal Free London has allowed DeepMind to process the data on its behalf, and this is similar to the way we work with many other external IT companies.
It has always been held to the very highest standards of security and encryption. There has been no "data mining" or AI research on this data. The data used to provide the app has always been strictly controlled by the Royal Free and has never been used for commercial purposes or combined with Google products, services or ads – and never will be. It can and will only ever be used to help improve hospital care, under the control of the Royal Free.
Our patients have the right to withdraw and refuse consent to information sharing at any time, but note that not sharing information may affect the quality and safety of the care they receive. Click here for more information.


Police have arrested three people in connection with robberies in Hinckley and Burbage last weekend.
A 25-year-old woman and 35-year-old man were both arrested yesterday on suspicion of handling stolen goods while a 36-year-old was arrested on suspicion of robbery.
All remain in police custody today.
Police were called on Sunday at around 6pm following reports two masked men had tried to get into Mark Jarvis bookmakers on Rugby Road in Hinckley.
When their attempt failed they got into a silver car and fled.
One was wearing a distinctive red mask while the other wore a jacket with a distinctive grey motif.
Later the same night, at 10.19pm, two masked men, one wearing a red mask, entered the Spar on Lutterworth Road in Burbage armed with machetes and demanded cash from staff.
They escaped with cash and fled in a silver vehicle.
Detectives issued CCTV pictures of the pair earlier this week in an appeal to track down the pair.
Anyone with information about either of the offences was urged to contact police on 101 quoting incident numbers on 772 or 584 of July 23.


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As the pace of U.S. decoupling accelerates, Beijing turns inward
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The development of businesses in the United States and China this month clearly tells the story of the separation of superpowers.America Shangtang Blacklist, Leading Chinese Artificial Intelligence CompanyAs well as China's response to Uber, Didi's decision to delist from the New York Stock Exchange has the same antecedents. As strategic distrust at the national level intensifies, the wave of fundraising by Chinese companies on Wall Street is coming to an end. This is no trivial matter: According to data from the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, as of May this year, there were 248 Chinese companies listed in the US with a total value of US$2.1 trillion.
Such lists appear fragile to varying degrees-thanks to deep-rooted suspicions that put superpower relations in the freezer. Both Beijing and Washington are eager to decouple, especially where strategic interests and sensitive data come into play. In June, Didi launched the largest Chinese company listing in the United States since Alibaba in 2014, which aroused the outrage of Chinese regulators who feared that a large number of maps and other sensitive data of the ride-hailing company might fall into the hands of foreigners. .
The U.S. decision this month to blacklist SenseTime was also out of security considerations.Washington adds SenseTime to List of 59 Chinese President Joe Biden banned Americans from investing in defense and surveillance technology companies in June. The addition of SenseTime has had a rapid impact. Within a few days, the Chinese company stated that it would postpone a US$767 million initial public offering in Hong Kong, issue a revised prospectus, and then resume the offering "soon."
The core of Washington's move is the dislike of US investors' support for a company trapped in China's "military industrial complex". This is understandable. The US accuses the company of violating human rights. Muslim Uighurs In northwestern Xinjiang.
It is more difficult to know where this worry should end. China is deploying "society-wide" efforts to gain a leading position in the field of artificial intelligence. It has launched a "military-civilian integration" strategy and can even order private companies to hand over key technologies and data to serve the goals of the People's Liberation Army. The effect of China's broad and opaque policy is to make the United States suspicious of all companies except the lowest technology companies, and to widen the gap between American companies and Chinese companies.
All of this has contributed to the already obvious conservative impulse in Beijing's handling of the debt-laden real estate developer Evergrande. It is worth noting that the slow disintegration of one of China's largest private enterprises was carefully planned by state actors. In the committee set up to manage Evergrande risks, four-sevenths of the seats are held by representatives of state-owned enterprises controlled by the central government or the local government in southern Guangdong Province.
Therefore, China's future vision is taking shape. Mutual decoupling is emphasizing China's turning inward and elevating the status of state actors to form a bastion against domestic vulnerabilities and untrusted foreign forces. The Chinese fortress is under construction.
The motivation behind this regrettable transformation is powerful. But Beijing should remember that the extraordinary success of the past four years is largely based on an "open door" policy to the outside world. The influx of investment, technology and knowledge from overseas has greatly helped its rise. With the recent rebound in protectionist tendencies, it may continue to do so in the future.
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Rob Trujillo Revealed His Tribute to Cliff Burton on Metallica's New Album
Metallica's bassist Rob Trujillo talked about the new Metallica album and spoke about the bass guitar solo he wrote for Cliff Burton on their new album.
Speaking in an interview with Aggressive Tendencies, Rob said he dedicated the song "ManUNkind" to Cliff Burton in the new album. At the entrance of the song there is a nice bass guitar solo.
"When I had written that, I was definitely thinking about Cliff. In a way, that to me is a tip of the hat to Cliff Burton and the spirit of Cliff. If you hear that little thing before 'ManUNkind', for me personally, that was with Cliff in mind."
ManUNkind is the only song written by someone other than James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich in the credit section of the "Hardwired… To Self-Destruct" album.
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What Should We Eat In Summer?
Generally in summer due to more heat people usually take more fluids.But experts tell that along with it is compulsory to eat some more things which have more vitamins. Some of them are below as follows.
 Fish:Try to exclude meat which has more fat and include fishes in the food.Even in these give importance only to the small fish. Because these fishes it contains omega-3 unsaturated fats which is good for heart .it also contains abundant proteins, calcium and D- vitamin. American heart association advises to have fish atleast twice in a week.
Mangoes:The mango is the national fruit of India, Pakistan, and the Philippines.Compared to the fruits which are in yellow andorangecolor Beta-Carotene is available abundant in mangoes. When we buy the mangoes we should select based on smell and ripe but not on colour. By adding some honey and salt to the unripe mangoes reduces the thirsty. Pieces of mango can be mashed and used as a topping on ice cream or blended with milk and ice as milkshakes.
 Barley:Barley is a member of the grass family.It contains abundant fibre, proteins B- vitamins which is useful for all the ways like oats.Barley powder can be added to the salad, curries which is good for health. Vitamin E and anti oxidants present in barley are useful to prevent from cancer and heart related ailments.
 Curd: calcium content present in curd is useful for the hardening of the bones.The bacteria present in it fights with the digestion related diseases. In the non skimmed curd the protein level is double the actual one. We can have breakfast or snacks by adding honey, dryfruits and fruits pieces to the curd.
 Chillies:Usually During summer we keep away from chillies. But chillies are to be used in all the seasons. Due to presence of capsaicin in chillies some endorphins are produced in the brain which helps in keeping the body active. Because of the burning sensation caused by capsaicin when it comes in contact with mucous membranes, it is commonly used in food products to give them added spice. In high concentrations capsaicin will also cause a burning effect on other sensitive areas of skin. The burning sensation will slowly fade away in about 6–8 hours if no actions are taken. Chilli is used to reduce the salt in some dishes.


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Operations backed by government or started by entrepreneurs aim to improve the sales of farm produce
The small village of Xiadang in Ningde prefecture of Fujian province has drawn 128 of 300 resident families so far into a tea cooperative that was set up in 2016. The initiative provides fertilizers to the growers and assists in the sale of tea. Photos by Satarupa Bhattacharjya
Rural cooperatives are playing an increasing role in China"s war on poverty.
The latest central government data suggest that more than 30 million Chinese live below the national poverty line, which is set at per capita annual income of 2,300 yuan ($345; 300 euros; £265), with the worst-hit areas being in the Tibet autonomous region, the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region and the provinces of Sichuan, Gansu, Yunnan and Qinghai.
China is seeking to end extreme poverty by 2020.
Fujian, a province of 38.7 million people on the country"s east coast, saw significant poverty reduction in its inland areas in the past year that many local officials and rural residents largely attribute to farm cooperatives. The province"s north is relatively poorer than its south but claims it has few people left in absolute poverty today.
China Daily took part in a recent media group tour of villages and towns governed by the prefecture-level cities of Ningde and Nanping, each with a population of around 3 million.
Hundreds of rural cooperatives for small-scale enterprises related to grain, fruit, tea, vegetables, flowers, edible fungi, animal husbandry and seafood have been registered in recent times in Ningde, according to local officials. The purpose of such "household communes" - strictly organized collectives - is to help farm produce sell better.
The operations are mostly government-backed, but some are initiated by entrepreneurs themselves.
In this part of Fujian, as is the case with some other places in rural China, the lack of access to markets has traditionally contributed to poverty along with remote locations, disabilities and illnesses among people, natural calamities and uneven regional development over the decades.
"We want to develop industry and tourism in the countryside and boost agricultural e-commerce," says Lin Wenfang, deputy Party chief of Ningde.
In Ningde"s small yet stunning village of Xiadang, through which a green river flows under an age-old wooden bridge, a cooperative has drawn 128 of the 300 or so resident families since it was formed in 2016. Other than providing fertilizers to the growers, the cooperative attempts to sell unprocessed tea of three main varieties: white, red and green.
Wang Guangchao, an elderly member of the cooperative, says a kilogram of tea fetches up to 20 yuan.
"We use a phone app to monitor tea growth in the gardens," he says, clarifying that younger members of the cooperative mostly use it.
The village, which is tucked away in a mist-covered, hilly corner of Ningde and has many species of butterflies and other insects, aspires to earn from tourism as well.
But first, more hotels will have to be built nearby, village official Xiang Zhonghong says.
While many of Xiadang"s young people are migrant workers elsewhere, more local jobs could mean an opportunity for them to return.
In the larger county of Shouning, where the village is located, a makerspace has been established to facilitate the marketing of tea and other agricultural items such as mushrooms, dried bamboo shoots, red beans and sweet potato vermicelli for cooperatives across a dozen villages and towns.
A few years ago in another county named Pingnan, a private cooperative was set up by seven people in the village of Lingxia. Now, 12 poor resident families are part of the initiative, which includes breeding snails and carp in lotus ponds that also serve as a base for lotus seeds - eaten as a snack in China.
Lu Dayong, president of the Pingnan Lingxia Plantation Cooperative, says the blooming lotuses bring tourists to the village but the outfit requires more technological support.
Analysts have previously commented in field journals that cooperatives will need further attention if China is to achieve its "green society" objective, not just for poverty alleviation.
A part of Nanping"s rural earnings came from cooperatives in 2017. The collective income of its 1,632 villages, according to officials, was around 290 million yuan.
"Last year, 13,000 poor families joined cooperatives related to agriculture and agricultural tourism," says Wang Bin, the city"s deputy mayor.
More than 6,000 such collective farms were launched.
China"s history of rural cooperatives dates back to the 1930s, when both nationalists and communists encouraged the model. After a lull, it has witnessed a revival in the past decade, partly owing to the limitations of conventional farming in the face of industrialization.
Chen Changzhen, a 47-year-old resident of Cikou village in Nanping, says raising livestock was not productive, so he founded a bamboo cooperative. Around 1,300 people live in his village, where bamboo groves are in abundance. The bamboo shoots from his cooperative are sold in the more affluent Zhejiang province and in Shanghai.
Nanping has shut down some polluting husbandry businesses lately to protect its large forested area.
"We are working to enhance quality testing for agricultural products," says Wang, the deputy mayor, adding that branding was also being emphasized.
The local government is looking to boost a cottage liquor industry in the countryside through cooperatives.
Chen Changxing, 62, a resident of Nanping"s Zhangdun village, makes liquor at home from grapes grown in the village under a poverty alleviation program.
"A cooperative helps me sell the bottles in Shenzhen (a city in southern China)," he says.
China was expected to provide more than 100 billion yuan for poverty relief this year, according to earlier media reports.
Xing Wen contributed to this story.
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Here's again a moment of proud to be a Sunshiner. Students from our school have qualified state level and have been selected at the national level in the NATIONAL CHILDREN'S SCIENCE CONGRESS.
The team consisted of 5 students from Std 9th and 10th. Anushka Srishti (Team leader), Aniket Verma,Nilesh Kumar,Uzma Junaid & Praharsh Pranshu did a very hard work to make this project successful.As it is said that Hard work really pays off. So did here.
Their project is being considered as one of the most innovative projects till date.The team has to present their research work in IIIT Baramati,Maharashtra,between 27th-31st December where their project will compete with national as well as a few international projects to be the best.So let's all of us wish them a good luck for their presentation.
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Otherworldly desire and paranormal action reach new heights in the final installment of The Soulkeepers. As Sophia St. James moves Heaven and Hell to claim her destiny, questions are answered, secrets are revealed—and immortal love is tested.
After finally becoming a powerful Spirit Walker, Sophia St. James is shocked to discover that her conjured identical twin, Ka—along with her soul—have been dragged down to Hell by the relentless Demon Knight Dante. Sophia tries to hide the crisis, but there is little hope of keeping any secrets from her red-hot Guardian Angel. Growing suspicious, Michael has been making plans of his own that will bind him and Sophia together forever.
But Sophia is plagued with evil visions through Ka's experiences in Hell. She is terrified that Dante will discover he has taken the wrong Sophia. Desperate to return to her original state before she withers away and dies, she risks everything to go where Michael can't follow. To bring back Ka and save her own soul, Sophia must now enter the gates of Hell.
I descend the steps and enter the labyrinth of colorful tents. The meadow is thick with guests so I weave through, keeping my head down to avoid being stopped by well-wishers that I'd rather not lie to. My second heartbeat rages inside me; Michael ignored my request and is hard on my heels. I know he'll bombard me with questions the moment we're alone. This, I want to avoid.
I catch a glimpse of Michael's cousin Milvi waiting for me outside the dressing chamber at the edge of the meadow. She's one step ahead of me and I realize privacy is not to be mine after all.
The truth? I would love to tell Michael the truth. But I'm terrified of what he'll think of me. I've only just now gotten him back. How can I explain that I've been involved with Dante, that I allowed him—begged him—to take me to a private demon nightclub to find a spell book so I could create Ka. How do I explain Dante's late-night visits? How do I explain my trust in the demon whose only ambition has been to Take my soul? How do I tell Michael that Dante has Taken my soul?
I can't. At least not now. Not when I'm not sure how it happened. I haven't even explored ways to get my soul back. There is so much I need to understand first, and risking Michael's love all over again is not an option.
I reroute his attention to something more intimate. Besides, this is truth of a different kind.
Blood rushes to my face, burning my cheeks with a deep sort of yearning. I'm caught off guard by his intimate admission, lost within myself as he gazes into my eyes. We stare like holding hands. Everything else falls away when Michael looks at me with such longing. I don't want to disturb anything. I want to keep Hope right here; I want to stand back and watch it grow and grow. Strong and vibrant above all else. Hope that I can make things right is all I have.
I clasp my hands to keep from reaching for him. I wonder if there will be a day when we can do as we please, hold each other without worry, without breaking any spiritual vows.
Heat pulsates between us like an electric charge, and I see that Michael is struggling to hide his emotions. Color rises to his cheeks while his fist clutches the hilt of his sword. His liquid blue eyes blink slowly, so heavy with need that it breaks my heart. I don't want to fight this anymore. I can't, and I raise my hand to cup his face.
"Sophia!" Raph calls out, causing us to flinch and step back. He pushes through the guests and wraps me in a hug. "Congratulations! Never had a doubt that you could do it." He steps back and clasps my shoulders, grinning. I instinctively look away, afraid he'll sense my desire for Michael, or worse, notice my missing soul. "Hey, you're coming to our house, right? You know Mom and Dad planned a private party?" He continues without missing a beat. He has failed to learn anything from me, and I'm flooded with relief. Maybe this is going to work after all.
Raph deposits me at the dressing chamber, where I turn and look back for Michael. He is gone.
Lori Adams is the author of the Soulkeepers series: Forbidden, Awaken, and Unforgiven. She wrote her first book—about scary sharks—at the age of eight. Now she writes New Adult, young adult, and middle-grade fiction. Originally from Oklahoma, Adams lives in Southern California with her husband and two daughters.
Links to Lori's website, blog, books, etc.
Welcome to Karen's Killer Book Bench, Lori! What an intriguing excerpt. Sounds like my kind of book! Thanks for sharing your release with us today!!


The following open letter was sent from Reproductive Justice NB to the New Brunswick Minister of Health Victor Boudreau on June 5, 2015.
Since you are the Minister of Health responsible for protecting public health and promoting health policy and programming for all New Brunswickers, Reproductive Justice NB is deeply concerned by your comments on abortion service delivery in The Globe and Mail on May 21, 2015. Since you failed to remove all barriers to abortion access as promised in your party's successful election platform, New Brunswick continues to have a health care system based on luck and privilege.
We encourage the Gallant government to fund abortion services at Clinic 554, a family practice clinic in Fredericton that has been accredited as complying with the National Abortion Federation's policy guidelines. All other Canadian provinces with abortion services are funding abortion services in clinics. Abortion care should be both funded and delivered in the public sector, a demand supported by both Reproductive Justice NB and CUPE NB, the province's largest union and strongest proponent for public health care.
The people of Saint John, one of Canada's poorest cities, need access to abortion services. It is disheartening to read that plans were underway to add abortion services in that city, then to hear that they were shelved because of assumptions and musings about the city's tolerance to abortion. It is unacceptable that abortion services have become gradually less accessible in New Brunswick over the last few years.
If the government is not going to make services available in every region of this province immediately then the government must compensate the expenses of those needing to travel to another city or town.
Costs as well as stigma and shame must not be used to justify limiting access to abortion care in certain parts of New Brunswick. Every other province in Canada, except for PEI, has better access to abortion services. Delaying action on ensuring access to abortion services only adds to the stigma, shame and health risks that those in need of an abortion must endure.
You told The Globe that the government has the "responsibility to respect women's rights and our legal obligations by providing this procedure in a safe environment like any other insured service under Medicare." We agree. It's time to ensure that access to abortion services in New Brunswick is available in all regions, and in a comfortable clinical setting.


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Mid-Century Modern Architecture, Marvin Rand
The style and mythology of Mid-Century Modern California architecture as seen through the expert lens of Marvin Rand
Emily Bills, Sam Lubell, Pierluigi Serraino
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Los Angeles photographer Marvin Rand created iconic images of some of the most celebrated architectural creations of his time, photographing buildings by the likes of Modernist masters Craig Ellwood, Louis Kahn, and Frank Lloyd Wright to capture the essence of their work - and, in doing so, played a critical role in shaping the Mid-Century California style now worshiped the world over. The discovery of Rand's archive has brought a treasure trove to life, and California Captured showcases it - and the period - as never before.
Size: 290 x 250 mm (11 3/8 x 9 7/8 in)
Illustrations: 240 illustrations
Emily Bills is Participating Adjunct Professor of Urban Studies at Woodbury University. She has lectured and curated exhibitions on Mid-Century Modernism and architectural photography.
Sam Lubell is a contributing editor at the Architect's Newspaper, a staff writer for Wired, and a regular contributor to The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Magazine, and New York Magazine among others. He has written four books about architecture.
Pierluigi Serraino, is an architect, author, and educator. Pierluigi has lectured in museums and institutions of higher learning on postwar American architecture, California Modernism and architectural photography. His work has been published in journals such as Architectural Record and Architecture California. He has authored four books as well as numerous essays.
"As California Captured vividly shows, Rand photographed high-profile projects across Southern California... and give[s] the photographer his due."—Architectural Digest
"The long-overlooked photographer Marvin Rand gets his due."—Architectural Digest Online
"Spectacular... A visual index of Modernist landmarks... Makes a case for [Marvin Rand's] significant role in defining the mid-century California style... Some have suggested being a born-and-bred Angeleno meant that Rand brought an insider perspective to a city of notorious outsiders; others that his time as a military photographer led him to approach his craft with a certain rigour. In either case, he often ignored requests for specific shots in favour of his own interpretations of a space. Luckily, his instincts produced pictures that continue to exceed expectations, even today."—AnOtherMag.com
"Mid-Century architecture, especially in California, is synonymous with elegance and glamour. The mythology surrounding these buildings, the style they exude, even today, was in no small way shaped by a select number of photographers. California Captured [...] epitomises this classic architecture through the lens of one such photographer, Marvin Rand, whose images have helped define the era's iconic aesthetic."—CreativeBoom.com
"The structures of A. Quincy Jones, John Lautner and Craig Ellwood never looked more innovative and covetable than through Rand's lens."—Globe & Mail Style Magazine
"A new book pulls the overlooked photographs of Marvin Rand into the spotlight... Readers can finally look through the lens of a man who captured some of the era's most interesting buildings."—Bloomberg
"It takes a special photograph to capture the style and elegance of a piece of architecture in all its glory, to then relay it to the rest of the world. California Captured is a collection of those images, taken by Marvin Rand, whose snapping abilities helped shape not just the image of architecture in California but the aesthetic of an entire era."—The Essential Journal
"[A] robust biography of Rand and a treasure trove of his sumptuous photographs."—Metropolis Online
"The discovery of Rand's archive has brought a treasure trove to life, and California Captured showcases it - and the period - as never before."—New Design
"Discovers the architectural photographer who immortalised Los Angeles' iconic Modernist buildings... LA has been rightfully regarded as one of the world capitals of the Mid-Century Modern. This LA can't be fully understood without examining Rand's seminal role in launching architectural careers and shaping how the city was pictured and marketed..."—Port-magazine.com
"There's more to LA architecture than the Hollywood sign... Sharp angles, panoramic windows and, of course, azure infinity pools... There are art-deco cinemas and cinematic office blocks... Marvin Rand's monochrome ode to the City of Angels... Hazy, sun-drenched pools and the houses attached to them."—Shortlist
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"Rand captured photos of the modernist masters at their peak."—Architect's Newspaper
"Stunning... Offers a new perspective on LA's mid-century modernist architecture."—Houses (Australia)
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I have been working with Renee since 2010. She initially came for pain relief from bone cancer. She lost her husband five years earlier from cancer, and is raising two teenagers as a single parent.
During the last six years, she fought hard to not to let cancer take her three times. Like a warrior, she fought fearlessly and unrelentingly. She fought not only to stay for her children, but she felt she had a story to share with those going through the same hell. The battles were overwhelming, but in between episodes, she had many good moments, and she knew why cancer didn't overcome her.
The fourth time cancer decided to rear its ugly head and came back in full-force was at the end of April 2016. Her liver wasn't able to keep up with the toxin overload, so her body shut down, and she ended up in a coma for a week.
Everyone was concerned and prayed for her. As a warrior, I knew that Renee was fighting cancer in her comatose state.
I went to the hospital and her home to administer reiki on her and talked to her while she was in this unconscious state. I knew she could hear me, and we had a telepathic conversation.
I have a habit of checking in with clients to see how they are doing when there is something serious going on. Today I spoke with Renee on the phone to see how she was doing. I was so happy to hear her voice after not hearing her speak for weeks. She sounded upbeat, hopeful and like her usual self. My heart soared, and I believe she can make another recovery.
I feel Renee has cheated death for the fourth time.
Thank God and the universe.
About the writer – Helen Chin Lui is a Certified Reflexologist, Certified Energy Medicine practitioner, Usui Reiki Master and Teacher. She is the owner of the Healing Place in Medfield, MA. The Healing Place specializes in helping people to find long term relief from chronic digestive disorders, chronic pain and balances hormones naturally. If you are interest how Reflexology and Reiki can help you, please schedule a FREE consultation online www.healingplacemedfield.com or call 508 359-6463.
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To keep students on pace, We at PVV have designed a fun-filled "Amazing fact quiz" that runs daily, to help kindle certain skills and content. It helps raise the level of interest and excitement in the students to fill their knowledge bowl.
A student answering the maximum number of times is awarded as the "Winner of the month".
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We at PVV believe that each child needs to be groomed into a competitive global citizen, while remaining rooted in traditional Indian values. The wisdom of our ancient texts and shared by great acharyas provide us the guidance to nurture compassionate, responsible and successful citizens. This belief forms the core of our philosophy, practiced by every member of our team.


Although we're only just moving into autumn, now is when you need to start thinking about home repairs ahead of the winter.
If you identify any potential issues with your property now, you've got time to get them fixed before the worst of the winter weather hits.
Property Reporter recently shared some advice from Lloyds Bank Home Insurance about how to check your home properly to make sure it's in a good state.
Top of the list is to carry out a home MOT, this means checking the exterior of your house and looking for any obvious signs of damage. Pay particular attention to your gutters, brickwork, and external pipes.
You may also want to arrange window scratch repairs if you're concerned about how this might affect the integrity of your glazing if a big storm hits.
Making sure that all of your external taps are drained and turned off to prevent them freezing is also advisable.
The financial services organisation also recommends paying for a thorough roof inspection, as well as contacting a chimney sweep to ensure your fireplace and flue is safe to be used this winter.
Senior claims manager at Lloyds Bank Home Insurance Tim Downes acknowledged that winter probably isn't on most people's minds after the hot summer we've had.
"However, taking some time out now to inspect your home and carry out some essential home maintenance can save unnecessary hassle and expense further down the line when the temperature drops," he asserted.
Another good reason to get on top of your home repairs is if you're planning to sell your property. Last month, research from Key found that many older people are struggling to sell their homes and suggested that one of the reasons for this is that the properties are in a poor state of repair.


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Q: Best open source ERP system for (primarily for) Inventory Management System? I am basically a .net programmer. And I am asked to come up with solution to implement a best open source ERP system for primarily Inventory Management system.
I don't have any idea so far, Can some one help me to identify best open source ERP system for this?

A: try your hand on the best open source erp OpenERP.

A: Adempiere has a lot of features. Combined with the Demand Forecasting AddOn you have exceptional inventory tracking.

A: Best open source ERP is xTuple.
Even better it runs on a Mac. The intro version is an open license and the community is a good resource.
If you don't have ERP implemetation experience, then you will need some assistance.


One of the first things most new bike owners do after arriving home with their cherished ride is to look at that fabulous machine sitting there in the garage and start thinking about what they can do to improve it. The most common changes are performance and exhaust and I have to admit that I found myself in that part of the rider population almost immediately. The newer the motorcycle, the leaner the engine and it didn't take long for me to find myself annoyed with the sound of my stock bike. As a matter of fact, the sound sucked.
Wondering if my engine was even running was a common head scratcher and I set about figuring out what would work best by shopping around with custom exhaust companies. It took quite a while for me to decide on which brand because let's face it, there are a bunch of great exhaust companies out there. I was concerned about several factors, not the least of which was keeping my warranty intact, but finding the decibel level I was comfortable with also had me concerned because there's nothing worse than having a bike so loud that nobody wants to ride with you. I did want to be heard by cagers when lane sharing in California traffic, however.
I was already pretty smitten with my 2012 Street Glide's performance, so that wasn't really much of a factor but I did read up on which options would add how much horsepower. Appearance was also important to me, of course. I discovered right away that prices were daunting and the warranty issue turned into a research headache. Cost was a huge factor since finding something in keeping with my meager budget was a priority, but with a name like "The Beast," I felt my bike had a certain image to live up to and some anemic-looking whisper of a hog pipe was not gonna cut it.
I just wanted a simple, bolt-on sound solution that wouldn't involve an entire day of down time and slip-on pipes seemed to be just what the doctor ordered. With a great sales pitch that included the lines, "We tuned these mufflers to provide an exhaust note with some extra deep bass. You get the rumble you want and enhance that famous Harley sound, while preserving the peace with your neighbors," I zeroed in on the Screamin' Eagle Street Cannon Performance Slip-On Mufflers, decided on the Screamin' Eagle Stage I air cleaner kit and checked into a tuning kit, then made arrangements for an install with my favorite Arizona-based Harley-Davidson dealership. The guys at Buddy Stubbs in Anthem took me right in and got busy.
The Harley-Davidson Screamin' Eagle Stage Kits are broken down into four categories of performance enhancement. Stage I is the foundation for all the kits and is meant to move more air and fuel by enhancing intake, exhaust and tuning. These are simple bolt-on performance upgrades. Stage II is about giving the engine a lift through cam upgrades. Stage III is about stepping up the Stage II kit with boring cylinders and upgrading pistons. Stage IV tops off the other three stages with upgrading cylinder heads and the throttle body. All I was looking for was a little more sound, but the added benefit of a bit more torque and horsepower in the process was right up my alley so the Stage I air cleaner and SE Pro Tuner made sense.
These days, an exhaust change like this is a relatively simple process and just a matter of remove and replace. The old pipes came off easily as did the air filter. I did not have the header pipes changed, though that is an option, but by skipping the headers costs were cut by almost half. And because of that decision, I did not have a dyno tune, either. But I did have the bike ECM mapped. With the Pro Street Tuner, gone are the days of physically rejetting a carburetor. The tuner is connected to a digital technician (i.e. computer) which does all the work of automatically mapping the fuel-injected engine to the new equipment, providing reliable engine calibration. The Stage I air cleaner comes with a one-piece back plate with breather and the included synthetic washable air filter requires no oiling.
The Stage I promised more torque due to the kit providing more airflow, which renders a freer-breathing engine and pumps up the power. I chose the chrome cover, though painted covers are available. The end caps of the pipes also included cosmetic decision making. I selected the slash tips and chose to have them installed with the slash cut in. What I discovered immediately with the first ride is that the Street Cannons are longer than stock pipes, requiring an adjustment in parking close to curbs.
Anyone handy with a wrench could certainly change out the pipes themselves. And though you could do all this without the Pro Tuner, it's a bad idea if you like having a well-running machine. You can find online how to map your bike after the Stage I kit; you'll just need to purchase the cables to connect the tuner, bike and computer. Personally, it was worth the peace of mind of having professionals handle my baby and keep my warranty intact so turning the chore over to the capable guys at Buddy Stubbs made sense to me.
After a couple of hours the Beast and I were jamming down the road with sleek new pipes and a bath to boot. I noticed the change in tone immediately, but the longer I've run the Street Cannons, the deeper and richer they've gotten. When I'm slicing rush hour traffic in California, I no longer worry that cagers don't hear me coming. As for horsepower and torque, well, let me say this: torque is the measure of the amount of work an engine can perform, horsepower is the measure of how quickly that work can be done. With that in mind, I have to say, I have no trouble hitting 110 mph while passing trucks on an uphill climb. So that's good enough for me.
I too added the street cannons to 2017 Breakout. I concur with every word this author wrote. I did just the same with a stage 1 kit also. Everything said above is exactly they way I experienced it.


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Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 and Mega 6.3 specifications surface
Samsung Galaxy Mega line of Android smartphones, the Galaxy Mega 5.8 (GT-I9152) and the Galaxy Mega 6.3 were rumored earlier this month. Now, Sammobile is said to have confirmed specifications of these two devices. The Mega 5.8 is expected to have a 5.8-inch qHD TFT display, and the Mega 6.3 is expected to come with a 6.3-inch HD PLS display. Both these phones would run on Android 4.1.2 or 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) with Samsung's own Nature UX on top. The Galaxy Mega 5.8 would have dual SIM support, and looks like a souped up version of the Galaxy Grand Duos, that we reviewed recently.
Rumored Specs for the Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 (GT-I9152)
5.8-inch qHD (960 x 540 pixels) TFT display
1.4 GHz dual-core processor
Android 4.1.2 / 4.2.2 Jelly Bean
8MP rear camera and a 2MP front-facing camera
Dimensions: 164×83.8×9.7mm
3G, Wi-Fi 80211 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 and A-GPS
6.3-inch HD ( 1280 x 720 pixels) PLS display
Dimensions: 167.6× 88 x 7.9mm
Samsung is also expected to launch the LTE version of the Galaxy Mega 6.3 codenamed GT-I9205. It would come in Black and White versions. Both these devices are expected to be announced in May. The Galaxy Mega 6.3 is expected to go on sale in June or July, according to ETNews.
Source: Sammobile 1,2
Author Srivatsan SridharPosted on April 9, 2013 April 11, 2013 Categories Android, News, Rumors, SamsungTags Galaxy Mega 5.8, Galaxy Mega 6.3, Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8, Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3
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