Learn all about Plexiform Neurofibroma and its symptoms and treatments. Plexiform Neurofibroma is a benign tumor of peripheral nerves arising from a proliferation of all neural elements. Plexiform neurofibromas are present at birth, but may not be identified until later. Non-plexiform neurofibromas usually appear during the teenage and adult years. According to the World Health Organization classification system, dermal and plexiform neurofibromas are grade-1 tumors.
According to clinical presentation it is a subcutaneous mass which feels like a "bag of worms". Most of the time, it is a superficial cutaneous/subcutaneous lesion, but it can occur almost anywhere in the body. Symptoms may be related to local mass effect. Studies say that about 30% of people diagnosed with Neurofibromatosis, have these types of tumors, affecting them in many different ways. There is a risk of malignant transformation in 5-10% of cases.
Plexiform neurofibromas may cause a marked deformation and enlargement of a body part or region, an event known as elephantiasis neuromatosa. Often congenital Lesions are composed of sheets of neurofibromatous tissue that may infiltrate and encase major nerves, blood vessels, and other vital structures. Plexiform neurofibroma can cause disfigurement, neurological and other clinical deficits. Plexiform neurofibromas have the potential to cause severe clinical complications if they occur in certain areas.
Plexiform neurofibromas occur earlier in life and are thought to be congenital defects. Plexiform neurofibromas may cause a marked deformation and enlargement of a body part or region, an event known as elephantiasis neuromatosa. Although these tumors tend to grow slowly, they may grow to an enormous size and can cause serious disfigurement, brain dysfunction, or impingement on other organs. They may also cause pain. The tumors can cause severe pain, numbness, tingling, and/or weakness in the toes and fingers.
About 10% of plexiform neurofibromas undergo transformation into a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST). In 2002, the primary treatment option for plexiform neurofibroma was surgery. Removal of plexiform neurofibromas is difficult because they can be large and cross tissue boundaries. However, besides pain, plexiform neurofibromas are sometimes removed due to the possibility of malignant transformation. Once a plexiform neurofibroma has undergone malignant transformation, radiation and chemotherapy can be used as treatment. However, radiation is generally not used as a treatment for plexiform neurofibromas because of concerns that this could actually promote malignant transformation.
The term Plexiform comes from the infiltrative growth pattern that, histologically, looks like a plexus or a network. It is typically associated with tumors of neural derivation. Plexiform neurofibromas are considered the prototype of the plexiform pattern. Plexiform Neurofibroma is a type of lesion, representing an anomaly rather than a true neoplasm, in which the proliferation of Schwann cells occurs from the inner aspect of the nerve sheath. In other words it is a benign, non-encapsulated tumour composed of proliferating axons, Schwann cells, fibroblasts and perineurial cells. Plexiform neurofibromas can grow from nerves in the skin or from more internal nerve bundles, and can be very large. Internal plexiform neurofibromas are very difficult to remove completely because they extend through multiple layers of tissue and the attempt would damage healthy tissue or organs. Plexiform Neurofibromas are ill-defined (meaning they are not round and typically grow deep within tissue and bone).
Plexiform Neurofibroma treatments include surgeries to remove tumors, stereotactic radiosurgeries and auditory brainstem implants and cochlear implants. There is no cure for neurofibromatosis and the goal of treatment is to relieve symptoms. Painful cutaneous and subcutaneous tumors and those that occur on visible areas of the body may be removed surgically. Pain medications are also used to get relief from pain.
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- Nikkiso is one of the largest dialysis service companies in the world and it is a strong message when they choose move forward with the PAS 63023 and validate together with Redsense, comment Patrik Byhmer CEO Redsense Medical.
IEC PAS 63023:2016 establishes a unique input interface for connection of an external alarming device to hemodialysis equipment. The input interface of the hemodialysis equipment is designed as a simple solution, which takes a single fault condition of the input interface into account, to stop the extracorporeal blood flow in case of needles slipping out from the fistula or graft detected by the external alarming device.
When the venous needle pulls out of the access site, it is referred to as venous needle dislodgement, or VND. Instead of the cleansed blood returning back to the patient's bloodstream, it is pumped into the chair, bed, or floor. This can lead to a rapidly declining blood volume, and may cause morbidity and mortality if not discovered quickly. VND may range from minimal blood loss, if it is discovered as soon as the needle dislodges, to a fatal hemorrhage if not recognized in the first minutes. Time is of the essence because a patient will lose blood rapidly. Up to 40% of the total blood volume may be lost in a matter of minutes. The challenge is that VND is very unpredictable. It can occur at anytime, to anyone. Even under ideal conditions. It has been estimated that less than 29% of fistulas have the chance of initiating a pressure alarm.


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VIDEO: CS300 completes first flight
By Stephen Trimble2015-02-27T21:05:41+00:00
Bombardier has launched the flight test campaign of the stretched, 135-seat CS300 with a 4h57min sortie from the company's final assembly centre in Mirabel, Canada.
The flight test begins a nine-to-15-month certification programme for the largest variant of the CSeries.
The 110-seat CS100 is currently scheduled to achieve entry into service in the second half of 2015, having began flight testing nearly 18 months ago.
Although the CS100 is now running two years behind schedule, Bombardier has never altered its plan to deliver the first operational CS300 six months after completing the same milestone for the smaller variant.
Accounting for about three-fourths of all 243 firm orders booked so far, the commercial success of the CS300 may hold the keys to the future of the programme.
It enters flight testing with the benefit of 18 months of painful lessons learned on the CS100 programme.
The smaller variant has dealt with multiple setbacks stemming from software delays and an engine malfunction that grounded the fleet for five months.
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An oil system component inside the Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1500G turbofan failed during a 29 May ground test, causing pieces of the low-pressure turbine to disintegrate and damage the wing and fuselage of the first test vehicle FTV-1. Flights resumed four months later with a minor redesign of the oil system.
Several more weeks passed before Bombardier resolved the second major issue for the CS100. Until early October last year, the four aircraft in the flight test fleet had not activated the envelope protections enabled by the fly-by-wire system, due to the late delivery of the flight critical software.
The CS300 stands to benefit from a functioning fly-by-wire system with envelope protections and a redesigned engine. Other than the slightly longer fuselage, the CS300 shares the same Rockwell Collins avionics augmented by Parker Aerospace fly-by-wire controls, P&W engines and aluminium-lithium panel fuselage structure of the CS100.
Those three components account for Bombardier's claimed 15% operating cost advantage of the CS300 versus the type's nearest competitors, which include the Airbus A319neo and the Boeing 737 Max 7.
US airlines have begun pre-emptively cancelling thousands of flights ahead of a harsh winter storm expected to dump up to 71cm (28in) of snow in some regions in the northeastern USA over the weekend.
FAA and cellular companies agree on further 5G interference mitigation
The Federal Aviation Administration and US cell phone companies Verizon and AT&T have agreed on further steps that will mitigate possible interference with new fifth-generation (5G) phone signals on aircraft radio altimeters.

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China and Chile ban Brazilian beef imports for now, following producer scandal
Conor Finnerty
Mar 20, 2017, 3:48pm
China has reportedly taken the decision to temporarily ban all beef imports from Brazil following the recent scandal.
The Brazilian Agriculture Ministry confirmed today that China has temporarily banned beef imports, according to international news agency Reuters.
The decision was taken following a police investigation that revealed health inspectors were bribed to overlook unsanitary conditions at several plants, it added.
Also Read: Brazilian beef and poultry industry plunged into major scandal
It has also been reported by Reuters that Chile has taken the decision to ban beef imports from Brazil.
At a press conference today, the head of Brazil's ABPA Beef Producers Association, Francisco Turra, has said that the scandal has put the entire sector in a very difficult position.
A temporary ban on the sales of BRF (SA) chicken products in South Korea has also been announced today, in the aftermath of the scandal.
The European Commission has confirmed that any companies found to be involved in the scandal will be denied access to the European Union market.
Calls made to ban Brazilian beef at EU level
Meanwhile, a number of Irish farm organisations have called for an immediate ban on all Brazilian beef imports in light of the scandal.
Irish beef farmers need to be rewarded for consistently meeting high-quality standards, the IFA's Chairman of the National Livestock Committee, Angus Woods, said.
"If a scandal, such as the one in Brazil, was revealed in the EU it would be a disgrace," he said.
The EU has been warned time and time again about the risks of South American beef imports, the President of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers' Association, Patrick Kent, said.
"It is outrageous that the EU keeps giving a second chance to Brazil, even when the FVO (Food and Veterinary Office) reports have continuously shown major deficiencies in Brazilian beef practices.
A ban on Brazilian beef imports must remain in place until some degree of trust and confidence can be restored to the standards being applied in that nation's beef sector, the President of the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association, John Comer, said.
The response has to be immediate and it has to mean a complete cessation on meat imports from Brazil.
The sheer scale of the scandal and the detrimental health risks it poses are what places this case above those of the past, he added.
Farm organisations unite in calls for immediate ban on 'sub-standard' Brazilian beef
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Prime Financial, which owns minority stakes in a number of accounting firms Australia-wide, has announced two key changes to its leadership team.
In a statement released Friday, Prime's board said it is pleased to announce the appointment of Tim Carroll as an independent non-executive director of the group.
Mr Carroll has more than 20 years' experience in senior marketing and customer relationship management roles and was formerly chief global marketing officer of Village Roadshow Corporation.
He is currently CEO of BuckitDream, an entertainment and digital marketing company.
Meanwhile, Peter Madder is stepping down as company secretary and will be replaced by Dale Gaskell.
Finally, the company announced an independent, non-executive director will be appointed as chairman within the current financial year, with Mr Madder acting as chair in the interim.


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NEW YORKERS ANNOUNCE THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE TREATY ON THE PROHIBITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
New York, NY - Activists from New York-based direct action group Rise and Resist and the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) took to the streets to announce the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons on January 22, 2021 by holding illuminated letters that read #NUCLEARBAN in front of iconic New York landscapes.
Activists also were seen holding letters spelling #InvokeThe25th in support of calls to remove Trump from power by impeachment or by invoking the 25th ammendment.
January 22 will be an historic day for nuclear weapons abolition. That day will establish in international law a categorical ban of nuclear weapons seventy-five years after their development and first use. The momentous occasion will be marked by actions, events, and celebrations around the globe and across the United States.
It has never been more urgent to eliminate nuclear weapons than now, as the world watched in horror, on January 6, 2021, the storming of the Capital Building in Washington DC, the seat of US democracy. On January 8, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi spoke with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, about "available precautions for preventing an unstable president from initiating military hostilities or accessing the launch codes and ordering a nuclear strike."
"The situation of this unhinged President," Pelosi wrote, "could not be more dangerous and we must do everything that we can to protect the American people from his unbalanced assault on our country and our democracy." She later told her caucus she had received assurances that there were safeguards in place, according to a source on the call. It is unclear what those safeguards might be.
"Right now, the Treaty does not legally bind the United States," said Dr. Kathleen Sullivan, Director of Hibakusha Stories, an initiative that has brought first hand testimony of A-bomb survivors to approximately 40,000 New York City high school and university students. "The U.S. has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty.
Still, the moral force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons will be felt across the globe. All nuclear weapons, including the 5,800 warheads in the US stockpile, have been declared unlawful by the vast majority of international community. This is an extraordinarily important milestone to be celebrated by all who cherish life on earth, because every moment of every day, nuclear weapons threaten everyone we love and everything we hold dear."
This action in New York City is just one of many events happening around the city, the country and the world. A coalition of NYC peace groups, spearheaded by The Manhattan Project for a Nuclear Free World and New York Peace Action, will be delivering. Thank You messages and yellow roses to the missions of the 51 countries who have, as of this date, ratified the treaty. At nuclear weapons production sites in Tennessee, Kansas City, New Mexico and California, banners declaring NUCLEAR WEAPONS ARE ILLEGAL will be hung on fences at the plant entrance. Letters will be delivered to members of Congress. Churches will ring their bells.
"The entry into force of the Treaty is a turning point, especially now as the insurrection in Washington has focused the world's attention on the perils of nuclear armed states and those who govern them," said New York resident Mitchie Takeuchi, second-generation atomic bomb survivor and granddaughter of Dr. Ken Takeuchi, the Director of the Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital who oversaw the recovery efforts after the bomb destroyed his city on August 6, 1945. "This is just the beginning of a new movement to confront nuclear armed states and demand that they lift the dark shadow of nuclear annihilation that has loomed over the world for the last seventy-five years."
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Passport chaos could not come at worse time for Moray
13th June 2014 by insideMoray
Long delays in the issuing of passports could not have come at a worse time for Moray families planning to travel overseas this summer.
That was the view expressed last night by Angus Robertson MP, who has demanded assurances from the Home Secretary that Scots awaiting new or updated passports will receive them in time.
Theresa May came under intense pressure in the House of Commons on Thursday and announced a raft of emergency measures aimed at easing the pressure on civil servants at the Passport Office.
Union officials insist that the issue has not been caused by incompetence of their members but by massive job cuts in the service that have left staff in insufficient numbers to cope with demand. Meanwhile the Home Secretary has blamed a massive increase in demand for passports this summer.
Commenting after the Westminster debate Moray's MP said: "With Moray families gearing up to go on holiday the delays in Passport Applications could not come at a worst time.
"The Home Secretary has been unable to provide any guarantee so far but we have left her in no doubt of the urgency of this issue for families in Scotland who have made plans for the fast approaching school holiday period.
"The SNP has pointed out that school holidays start earlier in Scotland than the rest of the UK – making the passport fiasco much more immediate and pressing in Scotland. The Home Secretary needs to acknowledge these circumstances and make every effort to get passport applications sorted out in time.
"People work hard all year and tens of thousands are at risk of missing out on their holidays."
Currently passports cannot be personally collected from the passport office in Glasgow with some Moray residents already saying that they have had to go to Liverpool to ensure that they have their passports in time for pre-booked holidays.
Mr Robertson said: "This issue could be resolved in Scotland with the-reopening and re-staffing of our passport office – a solution the Home Secretary failed to consider."
It has been reported that passport office staff are facing a backlog of around 500,000 applications.
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A private first or second mortgage can improve your financial well being!
A private first or second mortgage can improve your financial well being! It not just an expensive means to an end.
As a reputable mortgage agent/broker I will advise you when your circumstances require you to enter into a private first or second mortgage. I will also advise a financial action plan to refinance your mortgage down the road to return you to the prime lending marketplace.
When a borrower doesn't meet the prime or alternative lender's lending criteria, a private mortgage can be arranged usually as a temporary solution with then usual end result to a mortgage that qualifies with a "prime" lending institution at better rates and terms.
Consider this scenario to explore why a private mortgage can work for you.
You worked for the same company for 10 years, they went bankrupt and shut down, it took you 9 months to find another job, but in the meantime, you used up all your savings as your EI payments weren't enough. Payments are behind on your $40,000 worth of debts which cost $1000 monthly (minimum payments), and you owe $10,000 in property taxes and CRA. Your house is worth $300,000, your current mortgage is $300,000 you need $50,000 to pay it all off plus $5,000 (estimated) to set up of a second mortgage including legal fees. It makes sense to retain your 2.99% first mortgage in order to give you time to restore your credit history and income. Therefore, a private second mortgage suits the situation. A second mortgage of $55,000 with interest only payments at 12% will cost you $537 monthly, creating a savings of $463 monthly plus CRA and property taxes are paid off.
The plan is that in one to two years, you will refinance your home to pay off both mortgages with a prime lender including better rates and the only cost may be legal fees.
Some other reasons to borrow private funds.
Yes, private mortgages do have higher rates and fees, however, your mortgage agent is obligated to ensure that all parties to the transaction are fully aware of all costs upfront and fully explain the reasoning behind choosing a private mortgage. As a mortgage agent I will outline why you don't qualify for a prime or alternative lender at this time and review the financial benefits of entering into a private mortgage. I will also explain the exit strategy to pay off the private mortgage down the road with the goal to get you back into the prime lending market.
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package net.sourceforge.plantuml.ugraphic.sprite;

import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;

import net.sourceforge.plantuml.StringUtils;
import net.sourceforge.plantuml.code.AsciiEncoder;
import net.sourceforge.plantuml.code.CompressionZlib;
import net.sourceforge.plantuml.ugraphic.ColorChangerMonochrome;

public enum SpriteGrayLevel {

	GRAY_16(16), GRAY_8(8), GRAY_4(4);

	private final int nbColor;
	private static final ColorChangerMonochrome mono = new ColorChangerMonochrome();

	private SpriteGrayLevel(int nbColor) {
		this.nbColor = nbColor;
	}

	public static SpriteGrayLevel get(int n) {
		if (n == 4) {
			return SpriteGrayLevel.GRAY_4;
		}
		if (n == 8) {
			return SpriteGrayLevel.GRAY_8;
		}
		if (n == 16) {
			return SpriteGrayLevel.GRAY_16;
		}
		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
	}

	public int getNbColor() {
		return nbColor;
	}

	public List<String> encode(BufferedImage img) {
		if (this == GRAY_16) {
			return encode16(img);
		}
		if (this == GRAY_8) {
			return encode8(img);
		}
		if (this == GRAY_4) {
			return encode4(img);
		}
		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
	}

	private List<String> encode16(BufferedImage img) {
		final int width = img.getWidth();
		final int height = img.getHeight();
		// final int type = img.getType();

		final List<String> result = new ArrayList<String>();

		for (int y = 0; y < height; y++) {
			final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
			for (int x = 0; x < width; x++) {
				final int level = getGrayOn16(img, x, y);
				final char code = "0123456789ABCDEF".charAt(level);
				sb.append(code);
			}
			result.add(sb.toString());
		}
		return Collections.unmodifiableList(result);
	}

	private List<String> encode8(BufferedImage img) {
		final int width = img.getWidth();
		final int height = img.getHeight();
		// final int type = img.getType();

		final List<String> result = new ArrayList<String>();
		final AsciiEncoder encoder = new AsciiEncoder();

		for (int y = 0; y < height; y += 2) {
			final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
			for (int x = 0; x < width; x++) {
				final int level1 = getGrayOn16(img, x, y) / 2;
				assert level1 >= 0 && level1 <= 7;
				final int level2 = getGrayOn16(img, x, y + 1) / 2;
				assert level2 >= 0 && level2 <= 7;
				final int v = level1 * 8 + level2;
				sb.append(encoder.encode6bit((byte) v));
			}
			result.add(sb.toString());
		}
		return Collections.unmodifiableList(result);
	}

	private List<String> encode4(BufferedImage img) {
		final int width = img.getWidth();
		final int height = img.getHeight();
		// final int type = img.getType();

		final List<String> result = new ArrayList<String>();
		final AsciiEncoder encoder = new AsciiEncoder();

		for (int y = 0; y < height; y += 3) {
			final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
			for (int x = 0; x < width; x++) {
				final int level1 = getGrayOn16(img, x, y) / 4;
				assert level1 >= 0 && level1 <= 3;
				final int level2 = getGrayOn16(img, x, y + 1) / 4;
				assert level2 >= 0 && level2 <= 3;
				final int level3 = getGrayOn16(img, x, y + 2) / 4;
				assert level3 >= 0 && level3 <= 3;
				final int v = level1 * 16 + level2 * 4 + level3;
				sb.append(encoder.encode6bit((byte) v));
			}
			result.add(sb.toString());
		}
		return Collections.unmodifiableList(result);
	}

	private int getGrayOn16(BufferedImage img, int x, int y) {
		if (x >= img.getWidth()) {
			return 0;
		}
		if (y >= img.getHeight()) {
			return 0;
		}
		final Color g = mono.getChangedColor(new Color(img.getRGB(x, y)));
		final int grey = 255 - g.getRed();
		return grey / 16;
	}

	public Sprite buildSprite(int width, int height, List<CharSequence> strings) {
		if (this == SpriteGrayLevel.GRAY_16) {
			return buildSprite16(strings);
		}
		if (this == SpriteGrayLevel.GRAY_8) {
			return buildSprite8(width, height, strings);
		}
		if (this == SpriteGrayLevel.GRAY_4) {
			return buildSprite4(width, height, strings);
		}
		throw new UnsupportedOperationException(toString());
	}

	private Sprite buildSprite16(List<CharSequence> strings) {
		final SpriteMonochrome result = new SpriteMonochrome(strings.get(0).length(), strings.size(), 16);
		for (int col = 0; col < result.getWidth(); col++) {
			for (int line = 0; line < result.getHeight(); line++) {
				if (col >= strings.get(line).length()) {
					continue;
				}
				if (strings.get(line).charAt(col) != '0') {
					final String s = "" + strings.get(line).charAt(col);
					final int x = Integer.parseInt(StringUtils.goUpperCase(s), 16);
					result.setPixel(col, line, x);
				}
			}
		}
		return result;
	}

	private Sprite buildSprite8(int width, int height, List<CharSequence> strings) {
		final AsciiEncoder encoder = new AsciiEncoder();
		final SpriteMonochrome result = new SpriteMonochrome(width, height, 8);
		for (int col = 0; col < result.getWidth(); col++) {
			for (int line = 0; line < strings.size(); line++) {
				if (col >= strings.get(line).length()) {
					continue;
				}
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Remembering The British Women Who Were To Be The First To Track A Rocket By Radar …
A photograph from Mrs Ranson's album showing her colleagues at work on the range – National Army Museum, ref: 2014-10-20 111748
Take a break from work out on the firing range, posing for official photographs, and relaxing…. four photographs recently discovered at the National Army Museum shed light on the lives of Women's Auxiliary Territorial Army (ATS) personnel who worked at the Ynyslas top-secret rocket testing range at the end of World War II.
The photographs, donated to the museum by Mrs M. Ranson, are of the small team of highly skilled Experimental Gunnery Assistants who helped track the trajectories of prototype rocket missiles, developed to respond to Germany's flying bomb technology.
In 1945, a new Guided Missiles Project (under the leadership of Sir Alwyn D. Crow, CBE, ScD, Director of Guided Projectiles, Ministry of Supply) brought together some 40 civilian and service personnel—from the Radar Research Defence Establishment (RRDE), Signals Research and Development Establishment (SRDE), Sir Frank Whittle's Power Jets (Research and Development) Ltd, and the fuel companies Asiatic Petroleum Company (formed by Shell and Royal Dutch Oil Companies) and Laporte Chemicals Ltd — to push rocket technology forward.
The firing range was manned by nine officers and 202 ordinary ratings (excluding cooks and ratings) under a Superintendent of Experiments (S of X). Only one official document survives relating to the trials — the minutes of a visit on 2 January 1946 by Major L W Jubb, the chairman of the Guided Projectile Working Committee. After a tour of facilities with the S of X, Lt Col T. L. G. Tod, Royal Artillery, discussions centred on how photographic observations might be improved using the Akeley and Ascania cameras operated by Women's ATS staff. However the oral testimony of Margaret Herterich, in the collections of the Imperial War Museum, reveals how the tests were conducted:
'Our main work was the start of experimentation on rockets, the beginning I believe of the Blue Streak, the British rocket. Four of us were trained as Kinetographers on modified kinecameras as used in the film news industry. The first instruction was in one of the loading bays where a system of knots and rope-pullage had been devised. We pulled the ropes in a fashion to follow the knots, although we didn't know why we were doing it at the time. Eventually we worked these two kinecameras mounted on posts. Each was worked by two girls for bearing and elevation. After loading and switching on, we followed the flight path and booster-drop of rockets fired from a ramp on the range. The films were taken back to the dark-room where we four girls wound them on large circular reels and developed them. We were responsible for the results of the experiments costing thousands of pounds. The film was then evaluated, frame by frame, through a grid machine and then plotted onto the longest piece of graph paper you've ever seen. The trajectory was then studied by the Officers.
We knew that we were working on something special when we girls received letters from the Ministry of Supply, asking if we would like to go to Woomera, Australia, to carry on the work of the Blue Streak Rocket. Our officers were excited about this work as they had just received some new Canadian radar equipment. Knowing that I had been an Operator Firing Control on radar in the Ack-Ack, they invited me into the new set to be, as they said - 'The first woman in Britain to see a rocket on radar'. We didn't see a thing!'
You may not have been able to see the rocket on radar that day, but it is on record that your commander, Lt Col Todd, greatly lamented the loss of his skilled Women's ATS personnel when they were demobilised in 1946 (document ref: AVIA 48/16, National Archives, Kew).
The Ynyslas experiments contributed to Britain's post-war space progamme, which lead to the establishment of the European Launcher Development Organisation in the early 1960s - the forerunner of today's European Space Agency.
We would love to hear from anyone who had a relative who also served at MOS EE AA Ynyslas. Or who could tell us more about the women featured in Mrs Ranson's photos.
A very special thank you to the Ben Fellowes, Public Information Curator, National Army Museum. The Museum is closed for major refurbishment until 2016, so we are especially grateful that staff were still able to provide access to the album.
Follow these links to read the story of the firing range and the military camp MOS EE AA Ynyslas:
http://www.peoplescollectionwales.co.uk/content/ynyslas-stars
http://www.peoplescollectionwales.co.uk/collections/381339
Group photo from Mrs Ranson's album – National Army Museum ref: 2014-10-20 111746
The heart of the military camp of MOS EE AA Ynyslas shorlty after receiving orders to transfer to Aberporth – RCAHMW Aerial Photographic Collections ref. DI2010 0090
One of the rocket firing test ramps referred to in Margaret Hertereich's oral testimony, where they observed the trajectory of its flight and the dropping away of the first-stage propulsion unit – RCAHMW Aerial Photographic Collections ref. DI2010 0091
The outline of the hut groupings of the main camp still visible from the air in 2005 – RCAHMW Aerial Photographic Collections ref. AP2005 1501
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Large-antlered Muntjac, the species of my hope
Learning more about the enigmatic Large-antlered Muntjac is a passion of the Saola Foundation's new Research Associate, Nguyễn Thị Ánh Minh. Born and raised in southern Vietnam in a small town close to the Annamites, Minh is now pursuing her PhD at Colorado State University in the US, with field research focused on Large-antlered Muntjac
Peoples of the Annamites: Multiple Versions of the Same Place
Dear Friends of Saola, The Annamite Mountains are a very special place, not least of which because the area's cultural diversity is as extraordinary as its biological diversity. Linguistic anthropologist James Chamberlain has been studying the indigenous cultures of Lao for more than 50 years. In the 1990s, when biologists were discovering new species in
If anyone can find a unicorn, it's a dog
Finding Saola in the wild will be a challenge, and one pillar of our strategy will be the deployment of highly trained detection dogs to find Saola signs in the forest. This has tremendous promise - the noses and the detection talents of dogs approach the unbelievable. For this project we have partnered with the
Adventures with bears of the Annamites: Tales from a field biologist
On Saturday, October 30 please join the Saola Foundation's CEO, Dr. Lorraine Scotson, for a fascinating and entertaining live webinar on the lives of bears (and of a bear biologist!) in the Annamite Mountains. Two species of bear live in the Annamites, Sun Bear and Asiatic Black Bear, and both have been hard hit by the same poaching pressure that threatens Saola.
Why Saola still exists, and how to find them
Please join us Saturday, June 5 for a live, free, special webinar, featuring the Saola Foundation's Technical Team, Rob Timmins (Technical Director) and Chanthasone Phommachanh (aka 'Olay', Lao Programs
The Saola in Lao and Vietnamese Culture
We are delighted to offer and announce a presentation by the Saola Foundation's President Bill Robichaud, March 27, about some fascinating aspects of Saola in the cultures of Lao and Vietnam. Although Saola first came to the attention of scientists and the outside world only in 1992, local people in the Annamite Mountains have, of
2021 Fundraising Strategy Workshop
During this 1-week virtual workshop, the Saola Foundation's Fundraising Committee will hear a series of guest talks from professional fundraisers and, in group sessions, work together to create a road map for our organizational fundraising strategy. The objectives of this workshop is to i) build our organizational capacity for fundraising, including building knowledge, tools &


Air traffic agency Skeyes said that there was « no certainty about the number of staff in a limited number of key posts ».
The agency said its responsibility was to guarantee safety, and it could not do so « in view of the great uncertainty about the occupation of some crucial posts » – because workers do not have to declare in advance if they will turn up or not during a strike.
He said strike action « has never had such a significant impact ».
The Eurostar services between Brussels and London or Paris are expected to run – but passengers heading to Lille or Calais will face disruption.


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Q: Github like dynamic routes What would be the best way to implement routes like github uses?
Ex:
github.com/about
github.com/37signals
github.com/javan

I'm guessing /about is a real controller, but the second and third probably load a user controller. What is the best way to do this?

A: Write a route like match '/:id/' => 'user#show' for a user like javan and have the show action in the user controller look up the user by username.
So in the user controller:
@user = User.find_by_username(params[:id])

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Prof Subramaniam Chandramouli receives the prestigious Swarnajayanti Fellowship for 2021
Commemorating India's fiftieth year of independence, Government of India instituted the Swarnajayanti Fellowship, awarded to selected young researchers for their consistent outstanding contributions in biology, chemistry, environmental science, engineering, mathematics, medicine and physics. Each year, the awardees are selected through a rigorous three-layered screening process.
The Swarnajayanti fellowship comes with a generous research grant along with Rs. 25,000/- monthly fellowship for five years.
Prof Subramaniam Chandramouli, Associate Professor at Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay), Mumbai, is among the three awardees to receive the prestigious fellowship this year (2020-21) in the field of chemical sciences.
Prof Chandramouli has been spearheading the work on understanding the structure-property relations of nano-form of carbon allotropes – Carbon nanotubes (CNTs), graphene and related doped nano carbons such as nitrogen and boron-doped CNTs and graphene. His application- oriented fundamental research seeks to understand the electrical and thermal transport properties of various nanomaterials and thereby develop applications in domains of energy conversion and storage. In this respect, his Swarnajayanti fellowship proposal aims at generating, green heat" from solar energy for various practical applications.
India receives plenty of sunlight – even in high altitude regions, such as Siachen and Ladakh. Taking advantage of the surplus solar energy, the government is on a massive drive to switch to renewable energy sources such as solar power. Nearly 47% of the solar energy that reaches the earth's surface lies in the infrared region. Most solar panels absorb ultraviolet light and a portion of the visible light, which gets converted to electrical energy. However, the infrared part that carries the heat component goes unutilised. The challenge was to put this abundant supply of light energy to greater use, which formed the premise of Dr Subramaniam"s proposal for the fellowship.
Prof Subramaniam says, "We asked, can we convert light energy to heat? That would mean we are generating green heat – that is, generating heat without burning any fossil fuels. At the same time, this type of light-to-heat conversion should be completely sustainable."
The researcher and his team overcame the challenge by employing carbon nanostructure coatings on surfaces (such as copper, paper, plastic) that work as broadband absorbers of the entire light spectrum. The carbon nanostructures have funnel-shaped elements that wrap together to form a carbon floret-like structure. Once light enters these conical elements, it cannot escape out. This facilitates multiple internal reflections and thereby directs the light towards the base, rather than outside. Thus the combination of chemistry and structure realises the high absorbance of the solar light by these structures.
Also, the material is so designed to yield the blackest of black carbon to ensure high absorbency. "The design ensures high absorption of 98% of the radiation. Besides, the floret structure has a large surface area, thereby providing a high interface for light-matter interactions. For example, a gram of the material has the same area as approximately four tennis courts," says Dr Subramaniam. Moreover, the nanomaterial is available in a powder form which can be dispersed in a liquid and sprayed over surfaces using a commercial spray gun. The coating would last for four months under ambient conditions, he adds.
The light absorption in these nanostructures generates intense heat. Laboratory experiments have shown that when these samples are placed in the sun, the surface temperature rises to 160 deg celsius instantly.
The generated heat will be utilised to convert water to steam. In turn, the steam will be used for water purification and desalination to obtain potable water, heating purposes in high altitude regions, and many more.
The professor stated, "Our research is at the Technology Readiness Level 3 stage, that is, we have a laboratory prototype that has been extensively tested in real-world conditions."
"They performed experiments by coating the carbon nanostructures on surfaces like porcelain and copper and placing the samples under sunlight. The temperature rose instantly to 145 deg C, indicating the efficient absorption of light. The fellowship will allow them to probe the fundamental physics of light-matter interactions and the pathways of conversion of light energy to heat energy in such structures. Further, this would also enable scaling up the experiments and testing them for practical purposes where heat generation is required, for example, water heating. "Soon, we will have a prototype of a space-heating module ready to implement in mountainous regions," he adds.
His team is also developing microscale light-mills using identical carbon nanostructures to coat tiny rotating blades. Light mills are miniature wind-mill like devices that generate power by light-triggered mechanical movement. Such devices have a wide range of applications in microfluidics and biological experiments (to pump liquids through miniature valves).
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Compare And Contrast Essay
Topics: Theatre, Actor, Film Pages: 6 (1565 words) Published: December 1, 2014
Juan Matos
ENC1101
Professor Ingram
The Huge Battle Between Theater & Film
"Actors, never feel your bodies, make your bodies feel you." This quote comes from one of the most gifted stage and screen actors alive. Kevin Spacey has truly mastered the art of both theatre and film acting, although clearly this is not an easy task. These two extremely different types of acting contrast in numerous ways. A movie portrays any situation on a big screen and a wide variety of audiences. Theatre can be described as a live performance on a stage in front of an audience and is rarely done the same way twice. Filmmaking involves a number of discrete stages including an initial story, idea, or commission, through scriptwriting, casting, shooting, editing, and screening the finished product before an audience that may result in a film release and exhibition. Film and theatre are both very popular forms of entertainment in the field of performance arts but the modern acting, and production of film makes it a better and more popular form of entertainment.
Firstly, theater and film contrast in many things as it is said before, and one of them is through their historical backgrounds. Theatre first originated in Greece in 6th century BC. According to the magazine History World, "The ancient Greeks established the categories of tragedy and comedy 2500 years ago that are still used today, it is said that this foundation was led by the followers of Dionysus, a god of fertility and wine". They kept up with the god's special interests and came up with this performance art that we call theatre. They developed dramatic structure, acting, and theatre architecture (at least for the Western world). So basically, each time one sees a performance, he/her are participating in theatre history, meaning that theater has been around for as long as we can imagine, but filmmaking is way more modern and recent. In contrast, filmmaking originated in the 20th century. Each inventor added to the progress of other inventors, culminating in process for the entire art and industry. However, According to Bryan Manley, "With the landmark depiction of a train hurtling toward and past the camera, the Lumière Brothers' 1895 picture La Sortie de l'Usine Lumière à Lyon (Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory), was only one of a series of simultaneous artistic and technological breakthroughs that began to culminate at the end of the nineteenth century." One could give the credit to the Lumière Brothers for starting the era of the process of making film but other than that, other inventors of the 20th century added more and more ideas to the process of filmmaking making it much modern and recent than theater. Not only are theater and film different cause of their historical backgrounds, but also because of their production and acting.
Furthermore, theater and film are very different from each other because of their production. The production of a play and film contain the materials of it, which is the script of the actors in the film, or the screenplay of the actors in the play. According to David Green, "In a play, repetition creates an iconoclastic image of the story, so the material meaning the script, or words and acting of the play have to be the exact same in every place that they are showing the play but in film, repetition is not needed and the movie material can be edited as many times as it can". The words of the play become iconic and any errors of dialogue will sound like fingernails on a chalkboard but television and film is different because the audience has never seen the writing. It is fresh and largely written on the fly. Words are being changed right up until shoot times in many cases. Therefore, at a TV/film audition, an actor can make mistakes or small changes without consequence. That brings up the other main difference between theater and film, and that is, acting.
In addition, the third main difference between theater and film is the acting. Even...
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Green, David P. "The 3 Major Differences Between Stage and Screen Acting." Backstage.com. Backstage Magazine, 12 Sept. 2013. Web. 04 Nov. 2014
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Hohenstein, Serena H. "Mamma Mia! Stage Vs. Screen - Emertainment Monthly." Emertainment Monthly. 24 Jan. 2014. Web. 05 Nov. 2014.
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...First World Countries Vs. Third World Countries In order to compare and contrast two things, we must first have a definition as to what they are. The concept of first, second and third world countries came about during The Cold War. Originally, the capitalist and NATO countries, as well as their allies, were considered first world countries; the communist countries and the Soviet Union, along with their allies, were considered second world countries; those countries associated with neither were considered third world countries. After the fall of the Soviet Union, these terms took on a much different meaning. Currently, whether a country is classified as a first or third world country is determined by how technologically and economically advanced they are. Highly developed countries are considered first world countries while undeveloped countries are considered third world countries. With some exceptions to this rule, most of Africa, Latin America, and Asia are defined as third world countries while the first world countries consist mainly most of Europe, the former British Empire (USA, Canada, Australia, Singapore, New Zealand,) and Japan. These two very different types of countries have many contrasting qualities as well as similar ones. A few examples that can be compared and contrasted are quality of life, culture and priorities, and country-wide depression levels. If you ever visit a third world country, it is no secret that what...
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...----------------------- GAC008 Assessment Event 4: Academic Research Essay Compare and Contrast: Places Where People Live and Work Student's Name: Teresa Ding Student ID#: SHSA23052 Teacher: La Roi Williams Due Date: 15th April 2013 Word Count: 1041 Question: Compare and Contrast attitudes toward students taking a gap year in your country and in U.K. Use specific examples and provide appropriate evidence to explain your answer. To take a gap year or not to take a gap year? Now, this question has gained more attention than it used to be. A gap year is a period of time in which students disengage from curricular education and undertake activities such as traveling, volunteering or internships, it is often taken between high school and college. In this special period of time, students can do whatever they want and enjoy complete freedom. However, they may also lose precious time. Many students in the U.K. choose to take a gap year after their high school graduation. However, a majority of Chinese students enter the universities immediately. People in the U.K. are more open to taking a gap year as opposed to people in China. If one compares the attitudes of parents regarding taking a gap year, British parents are more...
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...Compare and Contrast Paper Students in high school search for the perfect college. Size of the school becomes a significant decision in narrowing the list. Luckily, the United States offer a huge variety of colleges, from little colleges with less than 1,000 students to huge state universities with more than 35,000 students. Finding a good match depends mainly on the students' personality and academic goals. Although, large universities can be exciting or impersonal. A small school can be supportive or stifling. Among the most common reasons for transferring, size is near the top of the list, with too big and too small getting even play. Small colleges commonly translate into smaller classes and more professor contact. They can, however, be lacking in specific major offerings. Large schools may offer opportunities such as editing a daily newspaper or studying Swahili that a smaller school cannot. Extroverts and self-starters may thrive on a big campus. Students who are shy or who lack the self-discipline to work when there are endless temptations to do otherwise will probably be better served by a small college where they would not be as likely to fall through the cracks (Big Colleges vs. Small Colleges). When a student can decide being a part of a Big Ten school that offers everything from sport events being on television to numerous degree programs feels right they will more than likely apply for that college. If you pick a big...
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...Jose Alexis Ortega Professor Cormier English 110 6 October 2014 Compare and Contrast: A Reading Analysis Throughout dozens of decades the subject of the Earth's environment has been in the hands of human beings; however, society is in the brink of finding out the true importance of living a sustainable life due to all the allocations of whether saving our natural resources is the next step for mankind. In fact, in the matter of the following years the subject of environmental science will fall upon the words of contemporary society in a rapid state. Earth is limited in natural resources and it is important for human beings to not fall in oblivion which may lead to a lifestyle the humans have not yet witnessed. Maude Barlow, a leading voice against U.S.—Canada Free Trade Agreement, speaks on behalf the issue of water consumption which doubles every twenty years; it is almost more than double the rate of the human population growth. Barlow reports that as the world moves toward increased globalization, the value of natural resources will be on the rise. This situation will give those who have control over resources, such as water, more economic and political power. In addition, Wendell Berry, an educator with the National Endowment for the Arts award, describes American culture as a foolish equation of "limitlessness" with "freedom. Berry then looks to Marlowe's Faustus and Milton's Satan for prescient examples of our currently self-obsessed...
...Brown Brothers; How Negative Stereotypes Affect Polynesian And Maori In New Zealand 'My demographic is: high school cleaning ladies, fast food burger-making, factory boxpacking, rubbish truck drivers, bus drivers, taxi drivers, sober drivers and living off the pension joy riders — I am a dropout.' These are all ideas raised and challenged by Joshua Iosefo's 2011 viral speech, 'Brown Brother'. 'Brown Brother' is one of three texts that will be examined, compared and contrasted in this essay. The second text, 'Manurewa', is a short film based on the South Auckland murder of Navtej Singh, a liquor shop owner. The third text is 'Fish Heads', a short story written by Aparina Taylor, that focuses on a group of Maori boys who live in the city. The media is a huge culprit for the negative stereotyping that has been brought upon pacifica people. Brown people are more than what they are portrayed to be through media. Films such as 'Manurewa' reinforce many of the negative stereotypes that have been brought upon Pacific people. The stereotype of 'brown' people is a negative one, one of unemployment, one of crime, one of violence. In 'Manurewa' each one of these stereotypes were portrayed. The men in the short film were all unemployed, all committed crime and all showed violence. "Bro Town, Sione's Wedding, and do I have to mention the GC? Now I don't mean to condescend - I mean these shows are great, don't get me wrong - but can anyone explain: will...
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In my quest to try and get the BT-500 adapter working, I'd like to try and put my firmware back to how it shipped from the factory back in June/July of last year. In the intervening time, lots of stuff has changed in the source code, including the layout, and I can't find instructions for how it used to be done along with the requisite git tags to use to build from.
If anyone can give me an assist with this, I'd be very appreciative.
Built copies of the Model 01 firmware. Contribute to keyboardio/Model01-Firmware-Builds development by creating an account on GitHub.
You want the atmega32u4_firmware.hex file from there. Flash that to your Model01, and you're back to the firmware it shipped with.
Building the same thing from sources is a bit more involved, but I can walk you through it if you really want to. The precompiled one is easier to work with though.


When hundreds of good-hearted volunteers begin work Monday at the 2013 Millard Fuller Legacy Build in Atlantic City, N.J., they'll be doing so exactly six months after Superstorm Sandy roared ashore, flooding thousands of residences.
This Legacy Build will be unlike any other as The Fuller Center's first Legacy Build to focus exclusively on long-term disaster recovery, a process already set in motion by the host Fuller Center for Housing in the New Jersey Pines and Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders.
But it will be different in another way as Fuller Center volunteers will not be working just to repair flood-damaged homes; they also will be working to win hearts of a public that is weary of rebuilding starts and stops, unmet promises, mountains of red tape and the few opportunists who occasionally descend upon such disasters.
Fuller Center President David Snell embraces the challenge of winning over a doubtful public — not just for this single weeklong event but also for future homeowner partners who need The Fuller Center's assistance in the long-term recovery process.
The hope is that when word spreads of the good work done by The Fuller Center's volunteers that more homeowners will come forward and accept the helping hand extended by our ministry in the months to come. Snell expects The Fuller Center to set the example for what can be done in Atlantic City and erase doubts that may be held by those unfamiliar with the housing ministry.
Meanwhile, the weather for the week's build will be cool but not cold. Highs every day of the build are forecast to range from 55 to 59 while forecast lows range from 46 to 48 each night. Click here for the latest weather forecast for Atlantic City.
Click here to support the Millard Fuller Legacy Build.
I'm so excited for everyone attending the Legacy Build! I hope you all have a safe, wonderful time helping those affected by Superstorm Sandy. I wish I was there, but my prayers are with everyone involved and impacted. O'yee Fuller Center!


Before it gets too hot! Aloha Air Conditioning, Inc. has a team of trained HVAC professionals ready to provide AC Repair in Fort Lauderdale. We have 24-7 Emergency Service! There is no extra charge for Saturday service calls.
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As a result of a heat wave, poor maintenance or the age of your unit, your AC system will experience cooling problems. Because of this, there may a loss of cooling capacity, strange sounds, odors, or unusually high electricity bills. Therefore, do not hesitate to reach out to your trusted contractor for AC Repair in Fort Lauderdale.
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PaaS-Docker is a service which automatically build and deploy your application on the server using docker.
PaaS-Docker is written in Python using Flask framework which listen to Github repository events. Whenever a new push is made on Github repository, PaaS-Docker will fetch the Github repository and build a new Docker image. The newly built image will be deployed to server.
Less technicalities to handle for Project Manager.
In a usual flow, when the developers work on some feature, they will push their code to feature branch and request project manager to verify their feature and ask for further improvements and enhancements.
Whereas Project Manager will clone that branch and run that feature and verify it. And that's not all done. Project manager has to do various configurations in order to run this new feature. For eg. if feature require new dependencies, they have to install those dependencies. If something goes missing then trace back in itself require its own efforts.
So for busy Project Manager, thats a lot of work to be done and this work grows exponentially when there are more developers working on a project and they have to push new features to production on regular intervals.
In order to save Project Manager time and improve this hardworking process, we came up with a PaaS Service using Docker and Github, which make this process seamless, by making new feature live within seconds.
Easy and quick testing environments.
By automatically deploying every push on repository, this service eliminates the need to manually set up testing environments. The time and efforts required to set up the testing environments can be eliminated using this service.So this service can be used where quick testing requirements have to be met.
Developers only deal with code.
PaaS-Docker service let the developers focus on coding rather than setting up environment to deploy their code. This service can also save the developers time and efforts which they have to apply in order to make their feature work on their own system or in development environments. So for developers the infrastructure management is automated.
With PaaS-Docker, developers can add a webhook to their Github repository, which will have url and port number running this service.
Whenever a new push will be made on repository with webhook, it will send a post payload to remotely hosted service. Now this service will filter whatever information it requires from post request to build a new Docker image . With new image, a new container will be launched.
Now Project Manager know where the new feature is running and they can check them and provide feedbacks immediately.
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so, yeah. nothin' new here!
Goku was on 50 minutes ago!
Hi @Iliara_Mustardtop! Happy New Year! (akward silence...) I mean, that's a little weird, it's not New Years day anymore but... mhm.
Not weird! HAPPY NEW YEAR'S!
@Aislinn_Mollisong1 you're in the KP newsletter!!
I know! I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW!!!! I'm freaknig out a slight bit.
Oh, Kingdom Pen, a Christian writers' site. Some of us Aetherlighters are on there now.
@Emily_Purplebottle aren't you on could you maybe talk?
Sorry, @Toren_Jumpspark I'm here. I can talk on Talk All You Want for a little bit!
I see you on! Sorry I did not start chatting until now. Let me know what to do! Maybe we should make rules for people wanting to join.
I'd love to tell you, but it has my face on it.
Oh. Well, I wasn't really sure what to do with the flag since it was flagged after I had moved the post. Anakin made the final decision.
Wait. WAIT!!! Who is the president for January?
Thank you for doing this, @Hanna_Brassheart, I have been very busy lately.


What is the world coming to, where people are willing to kill you to get their hands on limited merchandise?
When Versace for H&M went on sale a couple weeks back, all hell broke loose (read more). No one can deny the collection was hot, but not hot enough to die for. Shortly after, Black Friday turned violent across the states (read more).
In a more recent event, the release of the new Air Jordan's has sparked desperate shoppers to get buck wild, and even go as far as letting off rounds of gunfire (read more). This news comes only weeks after nine COLLEGE students were expelled for brutally beating a fellow student over a pair of tennis shoes (see video below).


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Nicola Kuleski
7 May 1996 (age today: 26 years, 269 days)
Sydney FC jersey numbers:
First match (on teamsheet):
vs Wellington Phoenix FC, Round 26, 2016-17 Hyundai A-League (aged 20 years, 336 days)
vs Darwin Rovers FC, Round of 32, 2017 Westfield FFA Cup (aged 21 years, 87 days)
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A-League Men 1 0 1 0 11 0 0 0 0 0
Australia Cup 1 0 1 1 11 0 0 0 0 0
2016-17 Hyundai A-League 1 0 1 0 11 0 0 0 0 0
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Wellington Phoenix 1 0 1 0 11 0 0 0 0 0
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I made this Easy Panko Crusted Cod Fish last week on Instagram and I had an overwhelming response of people wanting the recipe for it! I can see why because not only is it delicious, but it could not be any easier to make (fifteen minutes easy to make). It was one of those recipes that I made by accident a few months back that turned into one of my favorite fish recipes! It's my go-to weeknight meal lately and even my three year old gobbles his fish right up! It can be easily served with your favorite vegetable of choice to make a super simple and healthy meal that can be made on even the most exhausting of days! This easy panko crusted baked cod fish is going to be your new favorite way to serve fish up to your family!
I've always been a fajita girl when it comes to ordering out at a Mexican restaurant, while my hubby for a long time was more of an enchilada kind of guy. (I converted him to love fajitas so we could share…wink wink.) I love enchiladas too don't get me wrong, but I tend not to order them out because I feel like they are one of the less healthy options for me to get, and you already know I am not sacrificing the chips and salsa or the margarita! You get what I'm saying here? To compromise, one of the things I like to do with dishes that I love is to recreate some of my favorite restaurant style dishes, that may not be as healthy, at home so that I can have control of the ingredients while still satisfying that craving! My Chipotle Chicken Skillet Enchiladas are just the kind of dish that you would order out at a restaurant, but can be made right in your own kitchen!
In case you haven't heard, this week I am hosting my first ever Supper Club over on Instagram! We are getting to know each other better and diving into what it looks like to feed your family on a regular basis, which includes snack time and more! I want to know what struggles you are having while getting your family to eat healthy and nutritious meals whether that's because of time, lack of knowledge, or anything in between! We will also be talking about family meal time successes. I want to know what works for you, your schedule, and your life! I partnered with Sunrays Citrus to bring awareness to what healthy snack time can look like and how it can be super simple and delicious at the same time! I'm featuring my citrus vanilla yogurt bowls and my creamsicle smoothies from my cookbook, Natural Baby and Toddler Treats for two easy snack time recipes that can double as a healthy breakfast too!


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Posted by: Josh Dornbrack
Covid-19 | Covid-19 News | Food & Drink | Technology
A third of the food we produce globally is thrown away, and UK households are a large part of the problem, being responsible for over half of all food waste across the country. As shoppers across the country continue to panic-by following the outbreak of Covid-19, never has it been more important to reshape our heed-less attitude to a more community-minded one. Independent research firm Beauhurst highlights two British community sharing companies that are keeping the country connected throughout the pandemic.
Funds raised: £15m
Founded: February 2015
Location: Haringey
One company using digital innovation to encourage more responsible behaviour is Olio, an app that allows people and businesses with excess food to share it with their neighbours and local businesses.
Individuals and businesses can list food (or other unwanted household items) with a photo and description. Following a private message, a person in the local area is able to pick that item up for free. Olio also has 4,500+ trained volunteers that collect and redistribute unwanted food from businesses, free of charge. The company was co-founded by Tessa Clarke (CEO) and Saasha One (COO) in North London in 2015 and has now expanded to more than 45 countries.
Currently, Olio has around 1.8m registered users, with roughly 3.5m portions of food shared as a result, and around 70,000 meals shared per month. The company has partnered with a swathe of food businesses to help them reduce their food waste, including supermarket chains Tesco, Morrisons and Sainsbury's, who piloted Olio as an 'online food bank' to donate food to.
To date, Olio has secured a total of £15m in fundraisings. Investors include Simpleweb, Accel, Octopus Ventures, SEED Investments, Silvergate Investments, Quadia SA Impact Finance, and Mustard Seed. The company has also received funding from ASOS co-founder Quentin Griffiths, and Easynet COO Wayne Churchill.
Funds raised: £31.1m
Founded: August 2012
Location: Islington
Whilst Olio helps redistribute food amongst consumers, Farmdrop has developed a website to allow consumers to go straight to the food source and avoid the empty shelves of panic-stricken supermarkets, by ordering and paying for produce directly from farmers. Initially, Farmdrop began its service by delivering produce from local farmers to libraries, community centres and pubs, but now it delivers directly to homes. Unlike the traditional retailers, farmers and fishermen receive a higher percentage of the retail price by using Farmdrop as no middlemen are involved in the supply chain and many of them simply harvest and ship to order, reducing waste and helping the environment. In 2019 the company launched a range of freshly sourced ready meals in sustainable packaging called 'Made by Farmdrop' to add to their expanding range of food produce.
The London-based company was launched by ex-city broker Ben Pugh in 2012, but since 2019 has been under the reins of Eleanor Herrin. Pugh ploughed in all his savings and raised £750,000 through crowdfunding platform Crowdcube from 190 backers including ASOS co-founder Quentin Griffiths. Later investors include the founder of Skype Niklass Zennström, Impact Ventures, and Belltown Ventures. In total, Farmdrop has raised more than £31.1m to support its efforts.
Following the current crisis, Farmdrop is doing everything it can to support the teetering food chain. Like so many other food retailers, the company has introduced a queuing system to their online delivery system to meet the high demand for food.
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What's essential to a well-stocked bar? We say: draught beer from Appenzell, local and foreign beers, gin specialities and cocktails, home-made sodas and fruit iced teas. Coffee, tea and snacks are also on the menu.
Go on a wine expedition in Zurich's Buckhuser bar. Regional wines meet fine vintages from popular cultivation areas like Tuscany and the Ribera del Duero, and ripe local wines are matched by premium equivalents. Fans of sweet wines will also get lucky.


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Denmark gives go-ahead for Nord Stream 2 Russian pipeline segment
Denmark has granted permission for the Russian Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline to be contructed across Danish seabed in the Baltic Sea, leading to Germany. The project's near completion comes despite US criticism.
Denmark's Energy Agency announced on Wednesday that it had granted Nord Stream 2, owned by Russia's Gazprom, a permit to lay the pipeline across seabed southeast of Denmark's island of Bornholm.
Already 2,100 kilometers (1305 miles) of the pipeline — actually two reinforced metal tubes — lie complete in Russian, Finnish and Swedish waters. Largely finished is another segment in Baltic Sea waters off northern Germany.
Read more: Builder forges ahead despite US threat
Nord Stream 2, based in Zug, Switzerland, said "preparatory works" for the Danish segment — spanning 147 kilometers — "will start in the coming weeks."
US protest likely
Wednesday's Danish announcement is likely to rile the US, which in the past has firmly opposed the project, with President Donald Trump asserting it would increase European reliance on Russia gas.
Washington, keen to see US liquefied natural gas sold to Europe, in recent months threatened sanctions against companies involved in the project.
'Obliged,' says Denmark's DEA
In its statement Wednesday, the Danish Energy Agency (DEA) said Denmark was "obliged to allow the construction of transit pipelines" under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
In early October, Russian President Vladimir Putin said even if Denmark were to block the pipeline's transit the project would still be completed by re-routing that segment.
The pipeline itself is a Gazprom project but half of its 8 billion euro ($8.9 billion) funding comes from five European energy and chemicals companies: Shell, BASF, Uniper and Wintershall and ENGIE
Consequences for climate
A left-wing party that supports Denmarks minority Social Democratic Party government, the Red-Green Alliance, said the DEA's decision was "disastrous for the climate and the European energy policy."
Alliance member Mai Villadsen said: "It makes no sense to approve a huge new gas pipeline without assessing the consequences for the climate."
Follows similar route
The Nord Stream 2 pipeline largely follows the route of the existing Nord Stream conduit and is set to double Russian gas throughput across the Baltic to Europe.
The company argues that its gas will substitute for coal in Europe's energy-mix and provide a back-up for renewable sources such as wind and solar power.
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The Nord Stream 2 pipeline will run straight through the Baltic Sea, delivering Russian natural gas directly to Germany. For once, Democrats and Republicans in the US agree on something: The project is a really bad idea. (23.06.2019)
Nord Stream 2 - company's self-description
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US Senate approves Nord Stream 2 Russia-Germany pipeline sanctions 17.12.2019
The move by US lawmakers is part of a push to counter Russian influence in Europe, but European lawmakers have said the US should mind its own business.


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Great post! I 100% agree. Each of your points have been crucial to my career time and time again, and while it's important to build your own financial safety net should the unexpected "funemployment" occur, I have never worried about finding my next role because of the points you've listed here. I know my relationships are what makes this work, so I can't state enough just how important community and personal relationships are.
I totally agree with you, Cal.
In my humble opinion, happiness, whether it be in your job or in your life in general, is conditional to having human relationships that are sincere and that are based on truth and fairness. Networking is truly building a network only when true happiness for all is your underlying goal. And, as you mentioned, this is not scalable, as it is not a question of the numbers, but rather a question of the quality of one's relationships.
This being said, I am honored to be your "Twitter friend" and I want to take this opportunity to thank those who introduced me to you a little while ago and made this online friendship possible. :-) And, many thanks for the endorsement!
Thanks for the comment and support, Ben!