. The oil filters position would be to capture and maintain contaminants together with other use causing particles suspended during the engine oil and therefore protect against abrasive wear that should shorten your engines company life.
But just how properly does an oil filter"s media operate at taking away contaminants from the oil?
For most yrs addressed paper (cellulose) has long been stuffed inside the oil filters can or cartridge in a pleated kind to permit as much floor area as is possible inside the confines of any provided sized filter.
When conversing about filtration you can find two major points to consider. Performance, that means how small of particles can the media seize and capability, the amount contaminants the filter media can keep ahead of the media starts getting to be loaded and flow is minimized to an un-satisfactory degree.
Some decades in the past a variety of companies started off blending taken care of paper using a artificial glass fiber which enhanced particle performance significantly more than just simple paper.
So just how economical will we want the oil filter for being? In a very perfect earth it will needless to say be fascinating for your oil filter to seize 100% of all contaminants of all dimensions all the way down to the most infinitesimally very small.
Getting this is clearly not possible from an engineering standpoint what particles would be the most critical to catch to offer the very best true world put on protection?
Several experiments accomplished in the marketplace have proven the most damaging contaminants are located in the five micron to 20-micron measurement vary. (A micron is just one millionth of the meter. For reference a red blood mobile averages about 8 microns… we're chatting definitely small right here!) Particles more compact than 5 microns do have an effect on don but into a substantially smaller sized diploma.
As per ISO 4548-12 a extensively acknowledged multi move business filter effectiveness examination, regular pleated paper oil filters average about 40% efficiency at 15 microns, that means on a number of passes from the filter it caught about 40% of all of the contaminants in the fifteen micron dimension assortment.
On the exact same ISO take a look at, oil filters using a paper/glass fiber mix caught a median of 80% of all particles while in the fifteen micron dimension selection; a huge boost in performance!
A handful of yrs back while, an all new oil filter media was released into the automotive and light-weight truck current market. Using a space age synthetic NANO fiber this advanced filter presents a degree of performance not noticed before in automotive oil filters.
To the ISO 4548-12 exam this new area age filter media has established to generally be ninety eight.7% economical at fifteen microns. An buy of magnitude much better efficiency. Additionally, it has proven to get incredibly productive to down below the 5-micron threshold that's most critical to blocking engine have on.
But what about that other seriously important element of oil filter overall performance: dirt-holding potential? How much contaminant the oil filter can keep prior to its entire and oil circulation is reduced to an un-satisfactory amount.
Cellulose filters are minimal in potential because of the really paper that makes up their filter media. Paper tends to have a hodge podge of varying dimensions fibers and filaments that make up the little pores that the oil flows by means of.
Testing has proven that just as much as 40% of the media inside a cellulose filter passes almost nothing and is particularly totally blocked severely lowering the ability in the oil filter as well as quantity of miles that it may be used.
Synthetic NANO fiber filters about the other hand have filaments that happen to be extremely much scaled-down and are uniform in dimension and form and 100% of your oil filters media is 100% flowable. This provide the synthetic NANO fiber oil filter not just a 90% moreover reduction in oil contaminants even so the capability to last two to five situations for a longer time in services.
But what do these figures imply inside the actual planet of motor oil cleanliness?
I a short while ago executed an impromptu filter check on the close friends 1998 Toyota Avalon only for the sake of my own curiosity.
At 81,000 miles my buddy altered the oil on his auto employing a typical brand of petroleum oil and an aftermarket filter. At 2000 miles I pulled a sample and had the particle count study making use of an market conventional pore blockage particle take a look at.
We then set up an artificial NANO fiber oil filter about the Toyota and following an additional 2000 miles pulled an additional sample and had it examined for particle rely with the same pore block strategy, and by the same lab. The outcome had been astonishing!
As is apparent from this examination, the synthetic NANO fiber oil filter decreased the oils sub 25-micron particle count by additional than 90% and taken care of that percentage of reduction underneath the important 5-micron variety where by given that the cellulose filter showed progressively greater particle counts underneath 25-microns indicating considerably increased levels of abrasive contamination.
Substantially a sample in the oil taken "new-from- the-bottle" experienced an ISO cleanliness rating of 18/16/14. ISO prices an oils cleanliness at 4-6-and 14 microns that means out of the bottle the oil confirmed 18 particles inside the four micron assortment, sixteen particles in the 6 micron vary and 14 particles during the 14 micron vary.
After acquiring been used in the Toyota for 4000 miles, the last 2000 with all the synthetic NANO fiber oil filter, its ISO cleanliness score examined 14/12/10 that means the oil was cleaner just after 4000 miles of use and remaining filtered through the NANO fiber oil filter than it absolutely was brand new within the bottle!
Don't construe this as expressing that brand name new motor oils are soiled. These are not, although all new motor oils contain some minuscule contaminants and a few brand names tend to be cleaner than other folks.
Though this take a look at I performed may possibly be lacking in complete scientific controls for testing and it was performed on just one automobile the outcomes are in line with those people of a huge selection of other nicely controlled sector reports and i think the final results would be quick for anyone within the oil/filter marketplace to replicate.


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Competing in the digital space is tough. There are a lot of websites out there, and rivalry for attention is fierce. Success in the digital landscape is reliant on a smorgasbord of factors, but being "found" ranks among the most critical. You may have great content or a unique interface, but if no one can find your site, you won't gain much traction.
Small businesses face budget limitations when it comes to competing for consumer's attention and generating business from a website. Enterprises are spending millions of dollars a year to boost search rankings and purchase ads to increase user engagement. But luckily, search success is not reliant on money alone.
The websites that succeed in search are those that adhere to the search algorithms and use the tools available to their advantage. Google offers a whole suite of them, and they all happen to be free. These tools are available to anyone, and yet simply not knowing about them puts you at a disadvantage. To level the advantages, you must start playing on the same field.
This tool is straightforward and very user friendly. It tests the speed of your website and provides feedback on how to better improve performance based on a series of tests. Not only will this tool tell you how fast your site loads, but it will also tell you how to fix it.
If you only have five minutes to use one of these tools, make it this one. It addresses a lot of problems in one quick analysis, and is one of the easiest ways to improve your site without sacrificing too much time. You want to aim to have your site in the 70/100 range and optimally above 85/100 on both mobile and desktop.
This tool provides insight into how Google sees your website and what to fix to make it better. These insights are useful because they give you the opportunity to optimize your site and address any aspects that are negatively impacting its rank in search results.
Search console will show you things such as how many pages Google has indexed, if you have any suspicious malware on your site and if you have any 404 "page not found" issues. If the tool is telling you to fix something, it means Google cares about it in their search algorithm.
A website's success on Google is based on one of two things: SEO and Google AdWords. The latter is a unique marketplace that has democratized the digital advertising world. Unlike TV, where ad buys could cost upwards of millions of dollars, Google AdWords empowers anyone with a few dollars to advertise their product or service.
Keyword planner is the tool that helps hone your strategy. Taking advantage of this tool is as easy as typing in a few keywords and hitting enter. It will tell you how much a keyword is searched for each month and how competitive it is.
Did you know there are more metatags other than title, description and H1 tags? Google is constantly trying to get more information from websites to make the search experience better. One example is "rich snippets," which provides clues of data to help Google understand specific pages.
Rich snippets can tell search engines if a page is about a recipe, hours of operation for a business or details about a video on a page. All of this is helpful to users and Google's algorithm favors it accordingly. The structured data testing tool tells you if your site is using rich snippets and if any of them are broken or coded incorrectly -- and thus not performing optimally.
Google rolled out its mobile-preferred search ranking algorithm last year, meaning your site's rankings depends on your site's mobile performance. As consumer preference leans towards mobile search -- in 2016, mobile search topped desktop searches 51.2 percent to 48.7 percent -- Google anticipates the continuation of that trend and requires mobile compatibility for sites ranking among the highest in search results.
This mobile testing tool will run an analysis of your site's capability on mobile devices and lets you know if it is playing friendly on mobile devices. If your site is not mobile friendly, the tool will provide feedback and suggestions on how to fix it.
If you wish to improve your website performance get in touch with us and let's improve your websites performance.


This resonantly beautiful exhibition details the career of Thomas Spence, one of Australia's premier artists working within the discipline of drawing. Three decades of his practice are showcased at Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery and Redland Art Gallery simultaneously with works borrowed from public and private collections across Australia.
Image: Thomas Spence, The Olympic Torch comes to Muttaburra (detail) 1999, synthetic polymer paint, graphite, scraping out on paper. Private Collection Sydney. Courtesy of the artist.


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Grand Opening Preview
UF Veterinary Hospital at World Equestrian Center
See the all-new 40,000-square-foot hospital offering state-of-the-art treatment for equine and small animal care.
Ribbon-cutting 10 a.m. | Walk-through until 2 p.m.
1156 NW 81st Terrace Road, Ocala, FL
January 30 @ 12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
An event every week that begins at 12:00 pm on Monday, repeating until July 24, 2023
Faculty and Staff Yoga Class
An event every week that begins at 12:15 pm on Tuesday, repeating until May 30, 2023
« Clinical Assistant Professor – COM Endocrinology
Faculty and Staff Weekly Yoga Class »

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Khloe Kardashian Reportedly Devastated, Traveling to Be by Lamar Odom's Side After He Was Found Unconscious
A devastating testament to Khloe, her family, and her love for Lamar.
by Taylor Ferber 10/14/2015
Tuesday was a dark day for Khloe Kardashian and her family. E! reports that Khloe is "completely inconsolable and heartbroken" after learning that Lamar Odom was found unconscious in a Nevada brothel and continues to fight for his life after being rushed to the hospital and intubated for oxygen. He remains in critical condition, and Kris and Kim are reportedly joining Khloe to be by his side.
Lamar was rushed to a local hospital Tuesday afternoon and later transported to a Las Vegas hospital after being found unconscious at Dennis Hof's Love Ranch South in Pahrump, Nevada. Us Weekly reports that Lamar allegedly took herbal viagra and was found with "a bunch of ugly stuff came out of him," according to the brothel owner. He says Lamar told them "[h]e was just trying to get away from people so he could have some time to himself without the pressures of being who he is."
As incredibly heartbreaking as this must be for Khloe, who told E! she would "never, ever not love Lamar" earlier this year, this shows what kind of person she is, along with her extremely supportive family.
We love you, Lam Lam.
Come back as we learn more about Lamar's condition.
UPDATE: 10/14/15 1:00 PM ET
According to E!, doctors are treating Lamar's condition as an overdose, since "virtually every drug imaginable was found in his system," causing him to suffer "loss of oxygen but also possible stroke."
It is "likely" he has brain damage after suffering an "ischemic stroke," a clot preventing blood flow to the brain, often linked to cocaine overdose. A source says he "was doing crack cocaine all weekend and he choked on his mucous."
Kris Jenner was spotted outside Sunrise Hospital this morning, while Khloe remains inside with Lamar. TMZ reports Kobe Bryant also rushed to the hospital to be by Lamar's side. Kendall tweeted the following this morning:
please don't go.
— Kendall Jenner (@KendallJenner) October 14, 2015
It's been confirmed that Lamar took cocaine and at least 10 sexual-performance supplement pills before he was found unconscious. He remains on life support, with the Kardashian family, along with his children, by his side.
UPDATE: 10/16/15 12:00 PM ET
According to TMZ, doctors say Lamar's heart is responding, which is a "good sign of improvement." Meanwhile, the Kardashian-Jenner family released the following statement while they remain by his side:
"As a family, we've decided to hold off on publishing content across our apps while we continue to support and pray for Lamar. "Thank you for your kindness and understanding during this difficult time."
Reports say Lamar has opened his eyes and communicated "yes" when asked if he wanted to see his kids. Doctors say these motions can be involuntary.
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Measuring Estrogens at Low Levels in Plasma
Laura Owen
Brian Keevil
University Hospital of South Manchester
This application brief demonstrates a selective and analytically sensitive method for the measurement of estrone and estradiol in human plasma samples for endocrine research.
Measuring estrogens in plasma with LC-MS
The role of the estrogenic steroids, estrone (E1) and estradiol (E2), is well established in the development of secondary sex characteristics and fertility in females. In men, pre-pubescent children, post-menopausal women, and women taking aromatase inhibitors to treat cancers, however, their role is less well understood and is a field of active research. E1 and E2 are most commonly measured by immunoassays and these assays are, unfortunately, plagued by a high degree of cross-reactivity with structurally similar steroids and metabolites and conjugates of E1 and E2. This lack of selectivity confounds research studies and diminishes their conclusions. A more analytically sensitive and selective method is needed for measuring E1 and E2 and this technical brief outlines one such method that uses simple sample pretreatment and online solid phase extraction coupled to LC-tandem mass spectrometry.
Figure 1: Structures of estradiol and estrone.
LC System:
ACQUITY UPLC
Mass Spectrometer:
Xevo TQ-S, negative ion mode
ACQUITY UPLC C18 SB, 1.8 μm, 2.1 x 30 mm
Sample Preparation:
ACQUITY UPLC Online SPE Manager (OSM)
SPE:
MassTrak C18 OSM Cartridge
250 μL of plasma were pretreated by extraction with an SPE plate with 900 μL MTBE. Samples were then reconstituted with 100 μL of 40% methanol. OSM cartridges were preconditioned with 0.5 mL methanol and equilibrated with 0.5 mL water. 75 μL of sample with 0.5 mL water were loaded onto the OSM cartridge and subsequently washed with 0.5 mL 30% methanol. After washing, samples were eluted directly onto the analytical column by the OSM for separation.
A new method was developed for clinical research that utilizes a novel, fully integrated online SPE-LC/MS system for the measurement of E1 and E2 in human plasma at low concentrations (pmole/L). The system provides sample preparation and good chromatography while minimizing matrix effects. The analysis resulted in quantitation of low levels of these steroid hormones in a short analytical run time.
Figure 2: LC-MS analysis of estrone (E1) and estradiol (E2) after sample preparation.
Figure 3: Quantitation of various levels of estradiol by LC-MS (Top: 6 pmol/L; Middle: 59 pmol/L; Bottom: 290 pmol/L).
Figure 4: Standard curve of estradiol up to 2000 nmol/L. LLOQ 10 pmol/L for estradiol, 6 pmol/L for estrone.
Estrone and estradiol, and a host of other structurally similar steroid hormones, are often measured in research laboratories studying the role of endocrine function. These sex steroids are present in a wide range of concentrations (10 pmol/L – 2000 nmol/L) in different populations (e.g. males vs. females, pre-menopausal vs. post-menopausal women) and disease states (e.g. polycystic ovarian disease, breast cancer and osteoporosis). Due to the challenge of a wide analytical measurement range and the difficulty of developing selective immunoassay methods, liquid chromatography - tandem mass spectrometry methods are being rapidly adopted for endocrine research.
Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry methods are optimized when non-relevant interferences in the sample under analysis are removed. In this Technical Brief, the focus of the measurement procedure was on sample pretreatment and high analytical sensitivity mass spectrometry. The online solid-phase extraction approach described herein reduces the likelihood of measurement artifacts such as matrix effects and ion suppression. Rapid, quantitation of the estrogenic hormones estrone and estradiol at low concentrations has been demonstrated.
The method developed here provides:
Simultaneous analysis of estradiol and estrone in a single assay
Simple sample preparation and detection without derivatization
Fast analysis time of < 5 min/sample
Very good sensitivity LLOQs for all analytes in the low (6-10 picomolar) ranges
Highly efficient SPE sample preparation integrated with LC-MS
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Everyone knows the basics of being healthy. Eat right, get plenty of sleep and exercise, and you will be in the right direction toward a life of wellbeing. At the same time, there is a missing ingredient which is causing millions to suffer diseases of the mind and emotions, which definitely has a negative effect on physical health as well.
Names, this missing piece is about pursuing and maintaining a healthy ego. The truth of the matter is that skipping over the ego is a huge missing piece of the puzzle for millions across the world to obtain the ultimate health and happiness.
Your ego is an important part of your system and it does get ill. Unfortunately, you will rarely hear your medical doctor, of even mental health practitioner utter words such as, "Well, my dear, your ego may be a bit out of whack".
It is left up to each of us to consider what a healthy ego is. In this sense, we can consider the ego as it pertains to deeply rooted, un-examined mental programs and habits. These have been conditioned through our past experiences going as far back as birth. They also motivate our behavior, and primarily, our of fear of suffering or loss.
Now, there are other ways to look at the ego. There is the "no ego" of mindfulness, and a deflated ego. "No ego" pertains to the removal of the false self that you present to yourself and the world. A deflated ego means that you may live in a weakened state that leaves you feeling helpless and victimized by the world. On the other hand, an over-inflated ego creates another set of issues that will block you from a life of fulfillment and satisfaction.
In a nutshell: The ego motivates our behaviors. When the ego is unhealthy, our behaviors will not be healthy.
The quandary is that you may not even realize your ego is ill to begin with. But how do you know?
If you think your ego could use some healthy conditioning, you may want to check out my book, "The Ego Project".


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Critical Extravasation
Morbid Existence EP
(Redefining Darkness Records)
Remember in Rocky IV when Ivan Drago beat the beloved Apollo Creed to literal death? Do you remember the brutality of the beatdown and the shock and awe of witnessing what had just occurred? Well friends, I do. I remember it well, and the feeling I get from listening to Moscow, Russia's Critical Extravasation is the same feeling I got back then; except this time I, the listener, am Apollo Creed…minus the shocking beatdown and dying thing.
Seriously though, this three-piece (four, if you count the session drummer) have quite an impressive scorcher of a debut with their Morbid Existence EP. The band has a late '80's/early '90's technical death metal sound that is blissfully influenced and steeped in the trade of Death, Sadus, Morgoth, Pestilence, and Atheist. Sure, nothing new, but I'll be damned if this isn't some of the most fresh and genuinely alive sounding material that I've heard in awhile. The song's arrangements, playing, and overall sound hit just right and the fact that these guys are so young (17-22 years old) testifies to the unbridled true talent possessed by the band.
Morbid Existence by Critical Extravasation
Originally released as a four song demo earlier this year, Redefining Darkness Records has issued Morbid Existence in a limited edition casette run; though it appears that the label chose to cut the song "Mental Prison" from the tracklisting, making it a thrree track affair; one of which is a stellar cover of Morgoth's Body Count. I'm not really sure why Redefining Darkness Records would choose to omit the song, as the original four track, 19 minute run time, was a perfect EP that left you craving more. The three track version leaves you with a bit of a jipped feeling, leaving you like you deserved more. No big loss, as both versions can be found and streamed online.
No need to really break down the original material found on Morbid Existence, if you're familiar with the any or all of the aforementioned bands of influence, then you are basically familiar with Critical Extravasation and their brand of creativity, though I will personally declare "Dismembered" to be my favorite track. Like I stated earlier, Morbid Existence is a scorcher of a release. From start to finish, this thing abounds with fantastically tight rhythms, driving drums, audible and proficient basswork, shredding solos, tempos that run the gamut, hooks and change-ups galore, socio-political lyrics, and a heaviness that would have been considered pure brutality back in 1991. Whether you bleed for the old-school progressive ways, or you just love genuine and fresh metal, Critical Extravasation and Morbid Existence is a winner you can't go wrong with…honestly, I extremely look forward to seeing what a full-length from the band will entail.
Written by Kristofor Allred
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I so want to see that movie. I bet it was awesome. Many thanks for tweeting and sharing!!
Good stuff. I went over there and tweeted it out.
You had a GREAT launch, Mae! I was thrilled to participate. Great story as well.
Aww, thanks, Jan. I am so thankful for your support!
One thing I disagree with, though. Ask 25 people how Modern Spiritualism got started and don't be surprised if all 25 tell you: "it started with The Fox Sisters in 1848".
Could it be that somehow, Davis was "an embarassment to the movement"? Maybe. Maybe not. He was widely known in his time and Spiritualism seemed to be surprisingly popular I would say especially from 1850-1880 and yet today, he is rarely mentioned.
Hi, Owl30! Many thanks for dropping by to visit and comment. I don't recall coming across Andrew Jackson Davis while doing my research, but your explanation has prompted me to look into him. As you stated, most people seem to credit the Fox Sisters with the start of the Spiritualist movement. I found the whole time period fascinating.
Sometimes research for a book can be dry but the era, was populated by so many colorful characters it made investigating a pleasure.Thanks again for the visit and sharing with my readers!
(smile) and Thank You, Mae Clair.
You will find more by searching "Spiritualism and Andrew Jackson Davis" on Amazon.com and also I think Wikipedia has good info on him. After his Book: The Principles of Nature (1847), in 1850 he wrote The Great Harmonia (which he was probably MORE well-known for). Davis died in 1910. He was married 3 times. After his 3rd (divorce?) in 1885, he was less popular. 2 years later in 1877 (?), Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (co-founder of Theosophy) would write The Secret Doctrine and Theosophy, already founded in 1875, would become more prominent and spiritualism would fade, however it would remain popular in England for longer. Happy exploring! A really enjoyable read giving more of a grand overview timeline is "Occult America" by Horowitz. Amazon has it. Happy exploring!
Thanks for the recommendations and all the information. You truly know your stuff!
I also love the era of the 1920s when Harry Houdini got involved in challenging mediums. His relationship with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle fascinates me.


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Newsroom › The new European distribution center integrates sustainability and efficiency
The new European distribution center integrates sustainability and efficiency
Evac introduced a new distribution center in Germany in late 2021. The European distribution center has streamlined Evac's warehousing and distribution, with sustainability at the core.
Evac is constantly looking for ways to produce and deliver solutions to customers sustainably. In 2021, Evac evaluated its warehousing network and had a clear goal: to optimize warehousing and distribution and find a suitable location and partner for its distribution center. Sustainability was one of the critical criteria for this new distribution center.
In the early fall of 2021, Evac decided to cooperate with DSV Solutions, one of the world's leading logistics companies, to establish its distribution center at DSV's state-of-the-art warehouse nearing completion. The facility met all Evac's needs and is situated ideally in Duisberg, Germany, with close links to transportation networks. At the new distribution center, which has been fully operational since December 2021, Evac distributes its own spare parts and consolidates products arriving from different suppliers.
Sustainability as a deciding factor
The distribution center provides several sustainability benefits. For example, the building is partially made with low-carbon and recycled materials. A solar power system is planned for the roof, and façade greening adds another environmental element to the location.
"We include sustainability and environmental factors in the planning and implementation of all our logistics projects," says Hannu Jokinen, Head of Logistics and Development at Evac Group. "They are an important evaluation criterion in our decision-making."
Electricity is also a focus area at the new distribution center. The site only uses green electricity and has set goals for electricity consumption. The site's current goal is to be a KfW Efficiency House 55, meaning that it would use 45% less energy than the standard new building, as determined by the Energy Saving Ordinance (EnEV) of Germany.
The site has also been granted a DGNB Gold Certificate for sustainability. The certification process focuses on different areas, including the ecological and technological aspects of the building.
Efficient logistics in mind
The distribution center is located in Central Europe, where many of Evac's customers and suppliers operate, and within a short distance from the airport and freight terminals. This provides significant efficiency and accessibility.
"The center is a true logistics hub. Because of its location, it will decrease the need for additional transportation and product transfers," Jokinen states. "For example, moving freight containers long distances by truck is a thing of the past – now they arrive by ships that are unloaded next to the site."
Evac will further develop the distribution center in 2022. Sustainability aspects will also be reviewed regularly.
"We look forward to having our distribution center and logistics network support our business in greener ways," Jokinen concludes.


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Bhutan most peaceful in the region: Global Peace Index
Passang Doji, Thimphu
Bhutan, which ranked 13th among 163 countries in the Global Peace Index (GPI) 2017, was named as the most peaceful country among the South Asian nations.
This was revealed as the 11th edition of the GPI was launched in Thimphu yesterday. The GPI is the world's leading measure of global peacefulness. It is prepared by the Australian-based global think tank, the Institute for Economics and Peace (EPI).
The Founder and the Executive Chairman of the Sydney-based EPI, Steve Killelea explained that 23 qualitative and quantitative indicators are considered to rank 163 independent states and territories.
"Those indicators are broken down into three domains," he said. "The first one is the measure of the ongoing conflicts, both international and domestic. The second is internal safety and security. So there are things like violent crimes, homicide rates, number of police and people in jails," he added.
The third domain, Steve Killelea, said is the level of militarization within a society.
The EPI head also recommended Bhutan to focus on factors that helps in creating a peaceful society in order to improve the level of peace in the country. "There are things like focusing on the levels of corruption within society so that the government can function better, and promotes an environment that's conducive to do business," said Steve Killelea.
"There should also be a good level of education and wealth should be equitably distributed," he added.
The EPI also concluded the world has become slightly more peaceful compared to the previous year with 93 countries improving the level of peace.
Iceland, as usual, leads, while Syria remains the least peaceful country in the world.
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All our nursing staff are qualified, committed members of the team chosen for their ability, care and consideration.
Katherine has worked at Longborough for over 25 years. She provides cover when other nurses are unavailable and as the green-fingered member of the team, she maintains the practice plants.
Taking an active part in her local community she is frequently involved in fund-raising and promoting events in the village where she lives.
Wai-Wai came to Longborough in January 2007 on a temporary basis. She was an instant success and has been with us ever since. Now a full-time member of the team, she is very popular with our patients.
Wai-Wai takes a keen interest in music and once took part in the regional finals of 'Battle of the Bands'.
Sarah, has been a valued member of the team at Longborough for over 7 years. Patients are always impressed with her caring manner and excellent communication skills.
In her spare time she is an enthusiastic member of her local tennis club, where she plays regularly and where she has won several trophies.
Michelle has been with us since 2013, mainly working for William Scott, our Endodontist. With ten years experience, she is skilled and enthusiastic and makes patients feel relaxed during the long appointments.
Her interests include fast cars and slow cooking. She also spends a lot of time fundraising for her disabled nephew through Tree of Hope.
Lucy has worked at Longborough since 2014 and is very cheerful and hardworking. Most of her time is spent working as a dental nurse with Emma but she makes a welcome addition to our reception team on Fridays.
She keeps fit looking after her three horses and one incredibly adorable, miniature Shetland pony, Pumpkin. Riding since she could walk, she also takes part in eventing at a high level on her horse, Bela.
Sabine joined us in June 2015 as a trainee dental nurse. A local girl she was born and brought up in Brockham and looks forward to continuing her dental education.
She has also trained as a hairdresser and still does this in her spare time. She enjoys the gym and has a fondness for Bulldogs. She would love to own one in the future, to travel the world and do a parachute jump!


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A TIME  BLOG
SOME THOUGHTS ON TIME
Time is an illusion created for linear events producing experience. In the higher levels of spirituality time does not exist. The universe as we can see it depends on both Time and Space. And so, here is a rather rambling dissertation which may be of interest to readers:
There have been some features worthy of comment and speculation about Time Travel sparked in fiction, and lately in the revelations of secret goings on in the Underground Secret Military Bases.
Cosmic Masters and Mystics agree there is no such thing as Time, and is all part of holographic false realities. We are imprisoned in Space/Time for the sake of experience required on the long journey back to the Source, in which we volunteered.
Accepting  that we are all Units of Consciousness in the heart of The Absolute, we create the illusions ourselves, as IT creates everlastingly in the vastness of Space and Time for the trillions of galaxies we observe.     Scientists speculate on the rapid expansion in space as they recede, and some disappear. Which raises the question of where do they go? One answer is to other universes, of which there are so many as we care to imagine.
Time Travel is possible.
Reference can be made to accounts of advanced civilisations  from the future, 15000 years in one of the Zetas' accounts.                                                                                Time is an illusion of permanence in our experience, but not so on higher levels. There are Time Lines to consider set for civilisations  and individual free thinkers.
Life changes are said to take on a different time line like historical events producing  different futures, so that if Napoleon had won we would have had a different Europe.                                                                                Such alternatives may exist and repeating throughout history, as we escaped the Nazi version for it to persist in another future.
We are at the present teetering on the brink of a Fourth Reich by the imposition of fear and a world Spamdemic planned for mind control, using advanced technology capable of ensuring a thousand years of slavery.  I am assured it will not succeed, having been saved by the sacrifice of Planetary Adepts during attempts to  take over the earth following the last world war.
Forces of the Galactic Federation have been victorious  in the interdimensional war in space, down here it  continues in the DUMBS.
Loss of time has been shown by people having been taken up by aliens for weeks, and returned after the loss of a few days.                                                                     Alec Newald missed ten days by his meeting and abduction by aliens. It was in1989 driving from Rotorua to Auckland he met a very bright light and felt the loss of control of his car. You can read his account, and of others on Youtube.
There is the notorious Bermuda Rectangle with stories of planes disappearing, and a ship reappearing years later but with no traces of the crew.
Researches in Time date back to the Philadelphia Experiments of 1943 to make a destroyer invisible in the war (1939-1945). The last one had disastrous effects on the crew. Two brothers survived when they jumped off the ship when it had landed some miles inland.
The survivor was Al Bielek,  and there is his account with a video on Youtube.                                                           His real name was Drummond, the new name was part of making him forget but when he returned to the base he met those who recognised him and he began to remember. His brother had died within a week ageing the 40 years.
Time Research in Montalk continued regardless of the commitment of closure after the disastrous Philadelphia Experiment, with a Time Tunnel which transferred into 40 years of the future.  There is a recorded interview with an insider who was an engineer in the program, he said many had been sent into the Time Tunnel and were never recovered.
This is getting too long, a last word must suffice.                                       The Akashic Records exist on a high level of existence known to Mystics and certain Psychics who have engaged and written about how everything in history of Time is accessible to witness, for those who can in a complete feeling of reality.
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Q: Biztalk Map Destination Schema Imports Multiple Schemas I have a target schema that imports 2 more scehmas. When the schema files are in the same project as the map then I have no problem. However, if the schemas are in a separate Schemas project (as per good practice) then on building the map I get the error:
*Cannot load source/destination schema: xxx.BS.CardPayments.Schemas.Projx.Service1_tempuri_org.  Either the file/type does not exist, or if a project dependency exists, the dependent project is not built.*
I have tried copying schemas dll to GAC before building map but this didn't help.
Any suggestions gratefully received!
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Rob

A: Rob,
When your schemas are in the same project as your map, the map will reference them by file name. If you move the map to another project and try to open it, the BizTalk map editor won't find those files anymore. You can see this clearly if you open the map using notepad or an XML editor (search for the Location attribute near the top of the file).
The solution is to reference the schemas using their fully qualified .NET type name - i.e. namespace + type name. You can get these values from the properties window when the schema file is selected in Solution Explorer.
Hope it's clear, let me know if you require any clarification.


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Toyota's SEMA 2013 round-up
Taking place from 5-8 November, Toyota will be showing eight different tuned versions of its Scion sub-branded cars
by: Cameron Hill
SEMA is well known as the tuning nirvana of the car world where petrolheads from around the world meet in Las Vegas to show off their latest creations. Here are some of the most interesting cars that will be appearing this year:
Scion, the more youthful arm of Toyota in the USA, created a competition in which a handful of tuning companies tried their hand at creating a cool and unique Scion, to be showcased at SEMA. The winners were three young designers who's cars were not only completed on time and to a high standard, but didn't look the slightest bit alike.
The first model to be chosen as a winner was a bright orange Scion tC by car tuner Josh Croll, owner of Croll's customs in Pennsylvania. The striking car runs a heavily modified turbocharged four-cylinder, which boasts 324bhp. One interesting modification is the cut-off exhaust, which pokes out of the bonnet.
Young Tea – a fabricator from California was responsible for the second winner, which he christened – Simpli-tC. Being the co-founder of the Scion FR-S fan club, Tea has a great knowledge of how these pocket rockets work and so has created a highly tuned Scion tC. Teal-coloured paint, a wide body kit and hunkered down stance give the tC a futuristic look.
Finally comes Walter Francos take on the Scion. The Seattle Art Centre College Design graduate draws inspiration from car culture from around the world – most notably Tokyo's VIP scene. Bright white paint creates a clean and pure look and the addition of subtle body alterations make this tC less visually explosive and give it more of an air of reserved cool. With a nitrous system boosting engine performance Walter's Scion ticks all the boxes for an all round performance car.
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Opioid Emergency Declaration First Step Toward Help for States
SEATTLE – The opioid crisis plaguing states such as Washington is officially declared a public health emergency. That announcement on Thursday by President Donald Trump confirms what many already know about the country's issues with drug addiction. On average, two people die in Washington state every day from opioid-related overdoses.
Supporters hope the announcement clears the way for swift action and funding to help states.
Jessica Nickel, president, and CEO of the Addiction Policy Forum, was in Washington for the administration's announcement.
"This is a full-blown crisis," she says. "We're losing 144 people a day to drug overdoses. That's like a plane crash every single day in America for an entire year. Or, put another way, it's like losing a sold-out Yankee Stadium all in one second."
One hitch in the efforts to expand addiction assistance is that there's currently no funding available to support a public health emergency in the federal budget, and Congress must take action to make that money available. If it had been declared a public emergency, as Trump hinted he would do in August, Federal Emergency Management funds would be immediately available.
On Wednesday, Gov. Jay Inslee also called the number of opioid deaths a public health crisis at a panel discussion in Seattle.
In September, state Attorney General Bob Ferguson joined with 40 other AGs to demand documents from manufacturers and distributors of painkillers in an effort to examine their role in creating the epidemic. While the Trump administration indicates a desire for quick action in the opioid crisis, efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act could make it difficult for some addicts to access proper care.
Nickel says it's something the Addiction Policy Forum is watching.
"The ACA has begun to integrate the treatment of substance-abuse disorders into health care, so we are paying close attention to make sure that any changes to our health-care system do not negatively impact our families and patients that need treatment for addiction," she notes.
On Thursday, Nickel's organization released a four-year plan to address addiction in America. Developed by experts, she says it recommends helping families in crisis, integrating treatment into health care, increasing funding, rethinking how the criminal-justice system deals with addiction, and protecting children affected by the crisis.
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Q: Как выбрать все файлы в названии которых есть p1? В папке несколько тысяч файлов, и мне нужно выбрать лишь те, в азвании которых присутствует p1, реально ли такое сделать с помощью PHP? Например, чтобы такие файлы скопировать в другую папку.

A: $files = glob("/path/to/your/dir/(*p1*)"));
    foreach($files as $file) {
      if(is_file($file))
        bool copy ( string $file , string $another_folder_path)
    }

1) в $files получаем массив названий с p1, (изменил немного)
2) для каждого File проверяем на существование
3) И делаем что хотим - копируем из пути file в директорию another_folder_path
Если целевой файл уже существует, то он будет перезаписан.
http://php.net/manual/en/function.glob.php
Давно не php-шил, но должно сработать (разве что регулярка может плеваться).

A: Вашу задачу можно разбить на два логических куска:

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*Обход директории с файлами

*Определение файлов, чьи имена начинаются с заданной строки.

Для решения первой части проблемы, в PHP существует связка операторов opendir, readdir и closedir. А работает это примерно так:
$dh = opendir('каталог, который нужно читать');
while ($file = readdir($dh)) {
    // $file это имя файла/директории относительно открытой директории.
    if ($file === '..' || $file === '.') {
        // Откидываем родительский и текущий каталоги.
        continue;
    }

    // ...
    // Выполняем необходимые операции
    // ...
}
closedir($dh);

Проверку на то, начинается ли строка с каких-то символов можно выполнить через strpos, например, так:
// Поиск будет проводится в этой строке
$target = 'test_123';
// Обратите внимание на оператор эквивалентности. Это важно
if (strpos($target, 'test') === 0) {
    // Строка в переменной $target начинается с "test"
}


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While it could not be confirmed yet how strong it was, it was one of the longest tremors felt in Samoa for a while.
Reports from across the country say the quake lasted close to a minute, forcing people to run out of their homes and into open spaces.
Early reports say the quake also rocked Tonga. It measured 6.9 and located 138km north east of Tonga.
Efforts are being made to contact the Office of Meteorology Division for more details and whether there is a tsunami warning.


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Hans-Hermann Höhmann (* 15. August 1933 in Kassel) ist ein deutscher Sozialwissenschaftler, Freimaurer und Freimaurerforscher.

Ausbildung und beruflicher Werdegang
Höhmann studierte von 1953 bis 1959 Sozialwissenschaften und Osteuropakunde an der Philipps-Universität Marburg und der FU Berlin. 1978 wurde er an der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main zum Dr. rer. pol. promoviert. In den Jahren 1979/80 war Höhmann Research Fellow am Russian Research Center (Harvard University), am Kennan Institute (Washington DC) und am Department of Economics der University of California, Berkeley.

Von 1962 bis 1998 war Höhmann am Bundesinstitut für ostwissenschaftliche und internationale Studien in Köln tätig, ab 1986 als Leiter des Forschungsbereichs Wirtschaft und zuletzt als stellvertretender Direktor des Instituts. Seit 1988 ist er Honorarprofessor der Universität zu Köln (Politikwissenschaften). Von 1998 bis 2004 war Höhmann Leiter des Forschungsschwerpunkts Wirtschaft an der Forschungsstelle Osteuropa und Lehrbeauftragter der Universität Bremen (Ökonomische und politische Kultur, Systemtransformation in Osteuropa). Seitdem arbeitet er als freier wissenschaftlicher Publizist.

Gremienmitgliedschaften (Auswahl)
Höhmann war u. a. Mitglied des Vorstands der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Osteuropakunde (1987–1993), Mitglied des Wissenschaftlichen Beirats der Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, Bonn (1994–2002), Mitglied des Programmbeirats des Ost-West-Wissenschaftszentrums an der Universität Kassel (bis 2003) und Mitglied des Programmkomitees des Weltkongresses für Osteuropastudien, Warschau 1995. Innerhalb der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften (Verein für Socialpolitik) gehörte er von 1968 bis 1998 dem Ausschuss zum Vergleich der Wirtschaftssysteme an.

Freimaurerei
Höhmann ist seit 1958 Freimaurer und nahm zahlreiche Logen- und Großlogenämter wahr. Nach der deutsch-deutschen Vereinigung war er maßgeblich am Aufbau von Freimaurerlogen in den Neuen Bundesländern beteiligt. Von 1999 bis 2007 leitete Höhmann die Freimaurerische Forschungsgesellschaft "Quatuor Coronati", von 2007 bis 2013 war er Vorsitzender des Wissenschaftlichen Beirats der Forschungsgesellschaft. Seit 2006 ist er Redner der Großloge der Alten Freien und Angenommenen Maurer von Deutschland. Mit dem Soziologen Jörg R. Bergmann, Universität Bielefeld, initiierte Höhmann 2002 das "Netzwerk Freimaurerforschung".

Publikationen (Auswahl)
Buchveröffentlichungen auf dem Arbeitsgebiet Osteuropaforschung und Sozialwissenschaften

 Die Wirtschaftsordnungen Osteuropas im Wandel. Ergebnisse und Probleme der Wirtschaftsreformen (Hg. mit Michael C. Kaser und K. C. Thalheim), Freiburg/Breisgau 1972, 2 Bände, Übersetzung ins Englische: The New Economic Systems of Eastern Europe, London Berkeley Los Angeles 1975
 China 74. Reiseprotokolle zu Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft der Volksrepublik (mit Jiri Kosta und Jan Meyer), Köln 1974
 Wirtschaftsentwicklung und Wirtschaftsreform in der UdSSR: Ursachen, Voraussetzungen, Ergebnisse u. Probleme der Reformmaßnahmen in der sowjetischen Industrie 1965-1976, Dissertation, Frankfurt (Main) 1978
 Osteuropas Wirtschaftsprobleme und die Ost-West-Beziehungen, Osteuropa und der internationale Kommunismus Band 14, (Hg.), Baden-Baden 1984
 Sozialistische Wirtschaftsplanung: Grundlagen, Probleme, Reformperspektiven, Köln 1985
 Economics and Politics in "Perestroika": Developments, Interdependencies, Western Perceptions, Köln 1988
 Rüstung, Modernisierung, Reform. Die sowjetische Verteidigungswirtschaft in der Perestrojka, (Hg. mit Christopher Davis und Hans-Henning Schröder), Köln 1990
 Chaos oder neue Ordnung? Wirtschaftskrise und wirtschaftspolitische Neuorientierung in der ehemaligen UdSSR, Köln 1991
 Eine unterschätzte Dimension? Zur Rolle wirtschaftskultureller Faktoren in der osteuropäischen Transformation, (Hg.), Bremen 1999
 Russland unter neuer Führung: Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft am Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts (Hg. mit Hans-Henning Schröder), Bonn 2001
 Kultur als Bestimmungsfaktor der Transformation im Osten Europas. Konzeptionelle Entwicklungen – Empirische Befunde, (Hg.), Bremen 2001
 Wirtschaft und Kultur im Transformationsprozeß. Wirkungen, Interdependenzen, Konflikte, (Hg.), Bremen 2002
 Wirtschaftspolitik in Osteuropa zwischen ökonomischer Kultur, Institutionenbildung und Akteursverhalten (Hg. mit Heiko Pleines), Bremen 2003
 Nur ein Ölboom? Bestimmungsfaktoren und Perspektiven der russischen Wirtschaftsentwicklung (Hg. mit Heiko Pleines und Hans-Henning Schröder), Münster 2005
 Trust and Entrepreneurship. A West-East Perspective (Ed. with Friederike Welter), Edward Elgar Publishing Cheltenham Glos, UK 2005

Buchveröffentlichungen auf dem Arbeitsgebiet Freimaurerforschung

 Standort und Perspektiven humanitärer Freimaurerei in Deutschland. Texte zur Freimaurerei, Bonn 1987
 Freimaurerei. Analysen, Überlegungen, Perspektiven, Bremen 2011 (2. Auflage 2013)
 Zwischen Aufklärung und Esoterik. Humanistische Freimaurerei als Projekt für das 21. Jahrhundert, Leipzig 2013 (2. Auflage 2014)
 Identität und Gedächtnis. Die "völkische Freimaurerei" in Deutschland und wie man sich nach 1945 an sie erinnerte, Leipzig 2014
 Das Ritual in der Humanistischen Freimaurerei. Funktion, Struktur, Praxis, Leipzig 2016
 Freimaurerei in Deutschland. Aspekte der Vergangenheit – Aufgaben für die Zukunft, Leipzig 2017
 Nichts geht über das laut denken mit einem Freunde - Beiträge zur Humanistischen Freimaurerei, Leipzig 2021
Außerdem ist Höhmann Autor von ca. 400 Aufsätzen in Zeitschriften, Sammelbänden und Handbüchern, die zum Teil auch in Englisch, Französisch, Italienisch, Russisch und Japanisch erschienen. Von 1999 bis 2012 war Höhmann Mitherausgeber des Quatuor Coronati Jahrbuchs für Freimaurerforschung.

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Rick Perry attacked the Environmental Protection Agency's decision yesterday to declare carbon dioxide a public danger, arguing that the ruling lacks scientific evidence. The EPA's move could propel the cost of carbon reduction onto the list of issues in play in the governor's race.
by Ben Philpott, KUT News Dec. 8, 2009 10 AM
Rick Perry attacked the EPA's decision yesterday to declare carbon dioxide a public danger, arguing that the ruling lacks scientific evidence. The EPA's move could propel the cost of carbon reduction onto the list of issues in play in the governor's race. Ben Philpott, who's covering the 2010 election for KUT News and the Trib, filed this report.


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Wilder hoping for a rematch with Fury 'ASAP'
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Montgomery - Deontay Wilder on Tuesday called for an immediate rematch with Tyson Fury, dismissing claims from his British rival he would attempt to avoid a return bout after their epic heavyweight duel in Los Angeles.
Wilder retained his World Boxing Council heavyweight crown on Saturday after a thrilling 12-round battle ended in a split decision draw at the Staples Center.
Fury, who many observers believe did enough to win despite being knocked down twice during the fight, said on Monday he feared Wilder would seek to duck a rematch "at all costs."
However the 33-year-old Wilder on Tuesday rejected that claim in the strongest possible terms, saying a rematch with Fury was his priority rather than a unification bout with WBA, IBF and WBO champion Anthony Joshua.
"I'm ready to do it again," Wilder told reporters on a conference call.
"My main goal is Tyson Fury. I'm looking forward to giving him the rematch as soon as possible.
"This is the biggest fight still in the heavyweight division, this is the most exciting fight in the heavyweight division and we're ready to give the fans what they want to see."
Wilder snatched a draw on Saturday after Fury somehow recovered from a devastating 12th round knockdown by the American champion to finish the fight on his feet.
Wilder said Tuesday he would make no mistake in any possible rematch.
"He woke up from hell - I want to put him back there," Wilder said.
Fury, who only returned to boxing this year after nearly three years out of the ring as he struggled with depression, drink and drug problems, had said Monday he doubted Wilder would grant him a return.
"I've got a funny feeling he's going to get his running shoes out and stay away from me at all costs," Fury said.
However Wilder said a rematch was all but inescapable.
"Both sides definitely want (a rematch) to happen. I don't see why we wouldn't. It's a great fight and the build-up has already started. We can't get away from this fight.
"It's only right for us to go back in and do it again. I don't want no other fights to happen between him or I before then. I want to give Tyson Fury the rematch ASAP."
Wilder, who on Saturday had spoken enthusiastically about a possible unification fight with Joshua, meanwhile poured cold water on the idea on Tuesday.
Asked where he now saw Joshua's place in the heavyweight pecking order, Wilder replied: "I haven't even thought about Joshua. They're getting what they deserve."
Negotiations over a possible Wilder-Joshua showdown stalled earlier this year.
Wilder's camp maintain they offered $50 million to Joshua to accept a fight, a gambit dismissed by the British boxer's manager Eddie Hearn as a "wonderful PR move."
"They felt like they was the only people in boxing or the heavyweight division that people cared about," Wilder said of the Joshua camp.
"We don't care about him no more.
"They had their opportunity. They had four months to have their opportunity. But they led people on. Their ego got the best of them.
"So let them continue to fight the second tier fighters."
Wilder also dismissed criticism of the scoring of Saturday's fight, adamant that Fury had not done enough to win.
"He was landing some punches but most of them was pitty-patter, they didn't affect me," Wilder said.
"When you coming in here fighting the champion, you've got to be dominant. You've got to take the title, and I don't think Fury took the title. I felt like I won that fight, totally."
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Soil ammonium accumulation after sod cutting hampers the restoration of degraded wet heathlands
Published source details Dorland E., Bobbink R., Messelink J.H. & Verhoeven J.T.A. (2003) Soil ammonium accumulation after sod cutting hampers the restoration of degraded wet heathlands. Journal of Applied Ecology, 40, 804-818.
In the late 1980's, recognition of the deterioration of wet heaths and mat-grass Nardus stricta swards led to the introduction of restoration measures in the Netherlands. Sod-cutting was one technique used. Whilst in a few cases this led to successful restoration of species-rich wet heath, in many the result was species-poor dwarf shrub vegetation with few endangered heathland plant species. Accumulation of ammonium in the soil (which inhibits germination) was suspected as a possible reason for poor restoration success. A study was therefore undertaken to look at the effects of sod-cutting on soil ammonium concentration and effects on seed germination and seedling survival.
Study sites: Two wet heathlands, the 'Leemputten' nature reserve (8 km east of Ermelo) and 'Havelte-Oost' in the central Netherlands were selected.
Sod-cutting: In spring 2000, permanent plots (sod-removal and control) were randomly established. At Leemputten sods were cut in April from six purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea-dominated 2.5 m x 2.5 m plots. Havelte-Oost was divided into two zones, one M.caerulea-dominated and one cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix-dominated. Sods were cut in May from four 2 m x 3 m plots.
Soil and groundwater: Soil samples from the upper 10 cm of soil were collected monthly (April 2000 to August 2001. Groundwater level was recorded using piezometers on the same dates that soil samples were collected.
Germination and survival experiments: Two endangered wet heath plants, meadow thistle Cirsium dissectum and devils'-bit scabious Succisa pratensis, were used to test the effects of ammonium (NH4)2SO4 concentration (five replicates; five concentrations i.e. 0 , 100, 250, 500 and 1000 μmol/l sprayed weekly) on germination and survival. One hundred PVC cylinders (15 cm diameter, 20 cm high), were filled with heathland soil (pH 4.3) in a glass house. Twenty seeds of Cirsium were placed on the soil surface in 25 cylinders and, 20 Succisa seeds similarly in 25. Germination was followed over 82 days commencing 30 June 2000. On the soil surface of 50 cylinders, two seedlings of either Cirsium or Succisa were placed. The same ammonium solution treatments were applied. Survival was recorded over 10 weeks.
Germination in the field was quantified during the growing season, with the presence and cover of seedlings estimated in a 1 m x 1 m quadrat within each sod-cut plot using the Braun-Blanquet approach.
Soil ammonium concentrations: In Leemputen, ammonium concentrations were similar in the control and sod-cut plots two weeks after cutting. Subsequently concentrations in the sod-cut plots increased strongly with significant differences from June 2000 until May 2001, reaching maximum values of 572 and 327 μmol/kg dry soil at the end of February 2001 in the 0-5 cm and 6-10 cm layers respectively. No increase in the untreated control plots was recorded. In the Molinia-dominated plots of Havelte-Oost similar differences arose, but with a sharp decline in ammonium concentrations in November, possibly due to heavy rainfall. In the Erica-dominated zone, ammonium concentrations were much lower than in the Molinia-dominated plots but concentrations were generally higher in the sod-cut plots.
Groundwater: The groundwater table at Leemputten was more or less stable, ranging from 10 to 2 cm below the soil surface during spring and summer respectively. In Havelte-Oost much larger fluctuations were found approximately 90 cm to 10 cm below the soil surface.
Germination in the field: Maximum seedling cover reached 38% at Leemputten (August 2001) but only 13% and 4% for the Molinia- and Erica-dominated plots respectively at Havelte-Oost. The number of species that germinated in the sod-cut plots was small with the greatest diversity (seven species) found at Leemputten. In both areas only one target species, oblong-leaved sundew Drosera intermedia, was found commonly in the sod-cut plots; the average number of target species was less than two. The largest number of seedlings could be attributed to the occurrence of four common non-target species.
Germination: The cumulative germination percentage and survival of Cirsium seeds in the control was 60%, which was significantly higher than the 1000 μmol treatment (approx. 36%) with the 100, 250 and 500 μmol treatments with intermediate effects. At the end of the experiment there was a highly significant negative correlation between Cirsium germination and ammonium concentration.
In general germination of Succisa was very low. The maximium (15%) was recorded in the control treatment, followed by the 250, 100, and 1000 μmol treatments. None germinated in the 500 microM treatment. At the end of the experiment there was a significant negative correlation between Succisa germination and ammonium concentration i.e. Succisa germination was reduced as ammonium concentrations increased.
Seedling survival: There was a similar pattern found for seedling survival as germination. For Cirsium the 0 and 100 μmol treatments had the highest survival (60 and 50% respectively) compared with the higher concentrations 250, 500 and 1000 (20, 30 and 10% respectively). Likewise a similar relationship was found for Succisa.
Ammonium concentrations: The ammonium concentrations in the soil moisture samples, averaged over the duration of the experiment, differed significantly between treatments. The highest concentration was found in the 1000 μmol treatment (252 μmol/kg dry soil), significantly higher than the 500 microM treatment (144 μmol/kg dry soil). Both had higher ammonium concentrations than those of the control, 100 and 250 treatments (47, 45 and 70 μmol/kg dry soil).
Conclusions: Following sod-cutting on the two heaths, germination and survival of target species was low. High ammonium concentrations followed sod-cutting and germination experiments suggest that these low rates are at least in part due to soil ammonium accumulation. Thus undertaken on its own under these conditions, sod-cutting appears not to be a successful restoration technique.


One of my landlords inherited a property following the death of her brother.
The current tenant and his father had lived at the property for several years and the father had an assured tenancy. On the death of the father the son, I assume, inherited the assured tenancy. However, the son, the current tenant, later signed an assured shorthold tenancy. The situation was further complicated by the death of the landlord.
1. Pre 1989 - Previous tenant and son lived in the property on an assured tenancy.
2. 2007ish - Previous tenant dies, son, who is over 30 years of age, does not inform landlord or letting agency (not ours).
3. March 2010 - Letting Agency find out that previous tenant has died and issue the son an assured shorthold tenancy with a tenancy period of 3 years. The son (new tenant) signs this new contract. The rent was a very low £300 pcm.
4. 2010 - the Landlord dies and after some time the property passes on to his sister (current landlord).
5. March 2013 - The AST was not renewed.
The current landlord would like to sell the property at the best possible price and obviously would like to sell it with vacant possession.
1. Does the 3 year AST signed in March 2010 supercede any rights that the tenant had from previously being on an assured tenancy, and despite not being renewed in 2013 would it automatically be taken as being offered as another 3 year tenancy?
If the new contract does supercede the original assured tenancy can we issue the tenant with a Section 21 order.
If not what can we do?
2. If we cannot easily terminate the tenancy how can we increase the rent to reflect the average rent for the area. The average rent for a similar property would be £600 pcm.
3. The tenant has complained that the electrics need upgrading. Obviously, under an AST this is the landlord's obligations, however, if it is deemed to still be an assured tenancy would it be the tenants' responsibility to upgrade the electrics?
Quite a lot here, I hope that you can help.


Food is an amazing thing. Nothing gets people to experience new cultures and far away places like the diverse culinary dishes on offer. Carbonara from Italy, Vindaloo from India, Hummus from Turkey, and yet we never actually think about what's on our door steps. What happened to good old British grub?
And so Check On- the pop up restaurant extraordinaries- came to the rescue. Stepping forth in a blatant mark of patriotism, Monday nights have become a culinary tour around the country of the best regional dishes.
Best of all, it puts those great Northern dishes in front of these Southern lot. Now they will see how amazing our gravy soaked food is!
So pack your travel bag, we are going on an adventure!
We started at George's mums house, Helmsley in Yorkshire for Yorkshire puddings with onion gravy.
Now this is what I am talking about, good hearty Northern food. Mmmmm.
But no time to stop off in the great North as we were off to Port Issac, Padstow in Cornwall for Cornish pasty with mackerel and crayfish- and it even came in the pasty shop bag.
But right then I couldn't care where it comes from as my word it was good! I hate to peak early, but this was one of the best dishes of the night.
Ah, see even a Southerner is excited by the pasty.
We then sped of to Tiptoe farm in Northumberland for some amazing Heritage potatoes with chives & crisps.
Then to Grimsby Dock, Lincolnshire for Haddock fish cake with tartar sauce and poached egg.
Just look at that perfectly done egg.
We then travelled to West mersea, Coast road in Colchester for a right treat.
On the outside it looked like a beautiful flaky pie.
A rock oyster! Now that is top class British food.
But they couldn't keep us out of the North for too long as we made a put stop over at the Ginger pig farm, Levisham in North Yorkshire for some succulent Roast belly of Tamworth pork with Yorkshire rhubarb and parsnips.
Pork belly is one of my all time favourites, so I indeed had a happy face on.
And it did not disappoint. Not only did it look absolutely beautiful, it tasted it too. A clear winner of the night.
We then headed over closer to my old neck of the woods, Swainson house farm, Goosnargh, Lancashire. Ok its close as we were going to get, no one wants me local dishes, takeaway chips anyone?
These Lancasterians did it much better with Pressed leg of Corn fed chicken with caramelised cauliflower Lancashire cheese.
Next up was Trinity college, Cambridge for Vanilla English cream with burnt sugar. I've never had crème brulee before, but wow, I am defiantly going to have it again. Check On have set the bar high though now!
Then to one of my most looked forward to visits was Tavistock Abbey in Devon for a Scone cake with tea jelly and raspberry jam. Well you know how I love Afternoon tea. OK so it wasn't quite the traditional scone shape, but the tea jelly was a triumph.
Finally we parked up in Woodbridge farm, Dorset for Dorset blue inch cheese on toast with dorsetshire sauce. I adore cheese and even more so blue, smelly cheeses. My only criticism? There wasn't more of it. More you say, after all that? There is always room for more cheese my friends.
Feeling exhausted after so much travelling in one night, I was ready to unpack my travel bag and settle back into London.
This is England is a triumph of British cooking and cuisine. It is Check On's best yet, and one of the best culinary experiences I've had in a long while.
Britain has some amazing produce, so if you are wondering what to eat this week, support British.
That was my favourite culinary adventure in a quite a while! The haddock fishcake with the little egg was so amazing! The Check On boys are definitely getting better and better. I want to do it all again!
Oo I love it when food takes you on an adventure!
I don't get around to eating much English food, but all this looks so good. The cornish pasty? I'm craving it right now.
Creme brulee is one of my favourite desserts, so welcome to the brulee-loving team!
This sounds amazing!! All those courses. The scone with the tea jelly sounds so interesting. I love the way you've written this. Really beautiful and I can imagine a proper little week travelling around England sampling the dishes!
Sounds really good :) Love places like this!
What a wonderful idea, its like a round the world treasure hunt of delights!! The fishcake looks to divine!!
Wowee... it all looks incredible. Love the Dorsetshire sauce!! And that fishcake and egg look divine - yum!!
This looks fantastic, such a good restaurant tip! Thanks for sharing!


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Fire frequency in low-elevation coniferous forests in western North America has greatly declined since the late 1800s. In many areas, this has increased tree density and the proportion of shade-tolerant species, reduced resource availability, and increased forest susceptibility to forest insect pests and high-severity wildfire.
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BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat è un videogioco per la console Sega Mega Drive, uscito nel 1994. Nel 1995 ne fu creato un porting per Nintendo SNES, chiamato MechWarrior 3050 (in ambito europeo) e  in Giappone (1996).

BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat è uno sparatutto in terza persona con visuale isometrica ed è ispirato al gioco da tavolo BattleTech, dell'editore FASA; dispone di una colonna sonora creata dal compositore e sound designer statunitense Keith Arem.

Trama

Premessa e contesto storico
L'umanità ha colonizzato parte della Via Lattea, in un'espansione che ha generato lo spezzettamento del potere e guerre (crudeli campagne combattute con mezzi come i BattleMech, mastodontiche macchine antropomorfe, pilotate dai MechWarrior, soldati d'élite).
Inner Sphere, Periphery e Deep Periphery, sono immense regioni di cosmo visitate dalle spedizioni dell'uomo, i cui mondi, poi colonizzati, hanno assunto avide e bellicose forme di governo feudale.

La Inner Sphere, la più popolata delle zone esplorate, contiene cinque grandi "nazioni interstellari", i cosiddetti Stati Successori (il Commonwealth Lirico, i Soli Confederati, la Lega Draconis, la Confederazione di Capella e la Lega dei Mondi Liberi), retti da altrettante dinastie di Casate nobiliari.
Nel 3028, i leader del Commonwealth Lirico e dei Soli Confederati, aggregarono le due nazioni, avviando la nascita del Commonwealth Federativo.
La Repubblica Libera di Rasalhague (forza minore della Inner Sphere) fu creata nel 3034, con un accordo tra la Lega Draconis e la ComStar (quest'ultima, una potente organizzazione politico-religiosa che controlla le comunicazioni interstellari).

Nel 3050, una grave minaccia proveniente dalla remota Deep Periphery, determina l'urgenza d'una robusta coalizione fra le Casate: senza accantonare le ostilità e unire le armate, risulterebbe infatti improbo fermare l'Invasione dei Clan, il piano di guerra messo in atto dai discendenti di un'antica e avanzata forza militare della Inner Sphere, tornati dal loro esilio durato due secoli e mezzo.

Prologo
Nel corso dell'Invasione dei Clan, sotto la guida del comandante Galattico Craig Ward, nel 3050 un MechWarrior, comandante Stellare appartenente al Clan Wolf, viene incaricato di portare a termine un'operazione avente come fine, l'eliminazione di alcune attività della Inner Sphere, valutate una minaccia per i Clan. Le missioni si svolgono sui pianeti Alshain, Satalice, Ridderkirk e Avon e in una regione appartenente alla ComStar.

La storia
In seguito al primo briefing con il comandante Ward, il MechWarrior viene inviato sul pianeta Alshain, con l'obiettivo di mettere fuori causa quattro strutture nemiche: un impianto radar minato, una base aerea, un deposito di mech e carrarmati e un compound, dove è tenuto prigioniero un capitano Stellare dei Clan. Distrutte le prime tre strutture, a tutela dell'ultima, l'ufficiale MechWarrior trova stanziata, un'unità della 14ª Legione di Vega, reggimento di BattleMech in forza alla Lega Draconis. Entrato nel perimetro della struttura detentiva, disabilitandone la schermatura laser, il MechWarrior trova e libera il capitano Stellare lì detenuto, unico in grado di disattivare la porta corazzata del compound. Dopo aver avuto accesso alla zona più interna del complesso, il MechWarrior rade al suolo il compound.
Il completamento con successo della prima missione, comporta la promozione del MechWarrior al grado di capitano Stellare.

Su Satalice (mondo in gran parte ricoperto da pianure vulcaniche costellate da pericolosi pozzi lavici), la missione ha per oggetto la localizzazione e l'annientamento di due basi di lancio, azioni da eseguire al di sotto di tre minuti di tempo, prima che alcune navi cargo lascino il pianeta. L'obiettivo successivo, concerne la demolizione di fabbriche e di alcuni depositi di materie prime, con la cautela di non innescare una reazione a catena (legata alla presenza di mine), che causerebbe una catastrofe planetaria. A protezione degli impianti è presente un reparto del 4° Kavalleri, reggimento di BattleMech della Repubblica Libera di Rasalhague.
Al termine della missione, il MechWarrior viene promosso a colonnello Stellare.

Sbarcato su Ridderkerk, la superficie ghiacciata della zona mostra subito quanto sia difficile manovrare un BattleMech in quelle condizioni. Anche l'azione di un'arma da fuoco, risulta essere assai problematica: il rinculo infatti, causa uno slittamento del mech nella direzione opposta; l'area è anche circondata da pareti provviste di spuntoni i quali, se urtati, danneggiano il mezzo. Nel briefing, il comandante Ward assegna al MechWarrior il compito d'individuare ed eliminare cinque stazioni di disturbo radar, un centro di ricerche e la base nemica principale, tutti edifici strategici appartenenti al Commonwealth Federativo. Sono i BattleMech del 1° Regolari Lirici, a tentare di proteggere tali costruzioni, ma senza esito.

Pianeta Avon: in una giungla disseminata di mine, il MachWarrior dei Clan deve prima ritrovare e quindi assemblare, le quattro parti di cui è costituito un ordigno esplosivo. Una volta raccolti tutti i componenti, la bomba si attiva automaticamente e si ha a disposizione solo mezzo minuto di tempo per depositarla innanzi all'accesso principale blindato della fabbrica di Navi da Sbarco (traguardo della missione) e allontanarsi prima della detonazione. In seguito, si arriva allo scontro con i mech leggeri del 5º Reggimento Fantasma, della Lega Draconis, che difendono la fabbrica.
Conclusa la missione con successo, il MechWarrior sale al rango di comandante Galattico.

Su di un mondo della ComStar per la parte finale dell'intera operazione, l'ufficiale MechWarrior abbatte alcune stazioni di disturbo radar, per ripristinare il proprio sistema di rilevamento e recuperare dieci "contenitori genetici" dei Clan, da edifici difesi da reparti della 394ª Divisione delle Com Guards, unità d'élite del braccio militare della ComStar, completando in questo modo, tutti gli obiettivi dell'operazione pianificata contro la Inner Sphere.

Modalità di gioco
La campagna giocatore singolo consta di 5 missioni. Diversi sono i traguardi da raggiungere: localizzazione e smantellamento di strutture, abbattimento di mezzi ostili, interruzione del funzionamento di sistemi difensivi, ecc. Il giocatore avanza nella gerarchia militare, dopo aver compiuto con successo le missioni.

Il gioco offre anche una modalità cooperativa a due giocatori (chiamata "Dual Start"), ove, in split-screen, uno di loro controlla la metà inferiore del mech (il movimento), mentre l'altro ha il comando del torso (il quale può ruotare sul stesso con un certo angolo) e apre il fuoco sui bersagli.

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Collegamenti esterni

  BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat (versione Sega Mega Drive) GameFAQs
  MechWarrior 3050 (versione Nintendo SNES) GameFAQs

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Posted on April 18, 2018 by Bryan Walters
Wahama sweeps Rebels, 18-2
By Bryan Walters - bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com
MASON, W.Va. — Back in the win column.
After dropping a 6-1 shocker to Belpre just 24 hours earlier, the Wahama baseball team returned to its winning ways on Wednesday night following an 18-2 decision over visiting South Gallia in a Tri+Valley Conference Hocking Division contest at Claflin Stadium in Mason County.
The White Falcons (8-3, 6-2 TVC Hocking) led 6-0 after one inning and were up by four midway through the second, but the hosts scored a dozen consecutive runs between the second and fourth frames while establishing a 16-run cushion through four complete.
The Rebels managed to put a runner on first base with one out in the top of the fifth, but followed with consecutive outs that completed the mercy-rule decision.
Wahama also claimed a season sweep of SGHS after posting a 44-0 win on April 14 in Mercerville.
Ethan VanMatre singled with one out in the bottom of the first, then stole second and third before coming home on an error. That run proved to be the game-winner and the first of six for the Red and White in the frame.
South Gallia's lone offensive bright spot came in the top of the second as Wade Luther and Austin Stapleton both scored on a two-out single by Jeffrey Sheets, cutting the deficit down to 6-2.
Cooper Peters scored on a Dalton Kearns triple in the second for a 7-2 cushion, then eight batters went to the plate in the home half of the third — resulting in four runs on two hits, a walk, a hit batter and an error. The end result gave the hosts a sizable 11-2 advantage through three complete.
WHS sent another dozen batters to the plate in the fourth, which yielded seven runs on three hits, two walks and four errors — making it 18-2 after four full frames.
The White Falcons outhit SGHS by a 9-1 overall margin and also committed only one of the eight errors in the contest. Wahama left five runners on base, while the guests stranded only two on the bags.
Tyler Bumgarner was the winning pitcher of record after allowing an unearned run, no hits and a walk over 1⅔ innings while striking out three. Andrew Small took the loss after surrendering 16 runs (four earned), eight hits and five walks over 3⅔ frames while fanning one.
VanMatre led Wahama with two hits and three RBIs, followed by Kearns, Tanner Smith, Brennen Grate, Ronin Madill, Drew Fowler, Colton Arrington and Bryce Meadows with a safety apiece.
Fowler and Madill both drove in two RBIs, while Peters scored a team-best four runs. VanMatre, Grate and Madill also scored two runs apiece in the triumph.
Sheets had the lone Rebel hit to go along with two RBIs.
By Bryan Walters
bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com
Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101.
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Premium redefined
The all-new Mazda3 media drive
Published September 6, 2019, 12:05 AM
Highly anticipated for months and launched just a few weeks ago, the all-new Mazda 3 is finally available for Filipinos to buy. To give us a more thorough taste of the model, Berjaya Auto Philippines — distributors of Mazda —let us drive their All New Mazda3 on a long road trip.
The all-new Mazda3 has a long list of innovations. A quick drive around the metro would not have been enough to see the differences from the last generation. Thankfully, a three-day road trip had been arranged to truly sample the vehicle.
The first part of our journey was to make our way to Clark, through morning rush hour traffic where we would re-acquaint ourselves with Mazda's Jinba Ittai (horse and rider as one) philosophy. Mazda's engineers had studied human bio-mechanics to be able to help attain the perfect driving position, letting us sit in a relaxed enough posture to not get fatigued, yet not feel sleepy at the same time. The drive through traffic and the expressway to Clark wasn't as usually stressful.
Once we got to Clark International Speedway, we had a more detailed briefing as to our activities. The first would be a gymkhana event, where we would do precision driving in tight quarters, marked out with cones. The objective was to use only the Mazda 3's 360-degree camera to see what was around us. It was unnerving at first, but once you knew the physical distance between the reference markers on the screen from the body of the car, it made it easy to maneuver through the cones.
The next activity was the Low Speed Test where we would put the Mazda3 through three tests. The first which was a tight slalom where we would negotiate the cones at low speeds, between 40-50 km/h to see how the suspension would respond. Surprisingly, there was very little body roll as we made our way from start to finish.
At the end of the slalom was the Circle Test where we drove the Mazda3 around a circle at speeds of up to 70 km/h to see how the lateral G's would affect us with its Human-centric engineering. To put it into context, Mazda had fielded another car from a Japanese premium brand for comparison. The Mazda3 had the definite edge, with less body roll in the slalom and Circle Test perceived from the driver's seat.
The last part was Acceleration and Braking, but closer to daily driving levels. The Mazda3 squat less on acceleration and dipped less on braking on the acceleration and braking test. All this of course made the experience more pleasant.
The High Speed Test activities were up next and the first part of this was to have us accelerate, lift off the gas pedal and then brake, to illustrate that acceleration and power delivery was smooth and linear. After, we made a U-turn and drove over ropes on the road to show how the suspension system absorbed the bumps and how the Noise, Vibration and Harshness (NVH) was considerably reduced in this generation.
The last part of the High Speed test was to negotiate another slalom at a faster speed, this time at roughly 85 km/h, and then abruptly steer left to avoid an imaginary obstacle and abruptly steer back to the right, all without braking. This demonstrated its stability and controllability even in emergency situations.
The final task was to take the Sportback and Sedan for a lap around the racetrack to see how all these features come together. The comprehensive engineering behind the all-new Mazda3 made driving around an almost effortless task.
Present at the test was Mazda's Program Manager from the Product Division, Koichiro Yamaguchi. Yamaguchi was in charge of the all-new Mazda3's development with Khoo Chunkeat from the Mazda ASEAN Business Office serving as his translator.
It was a boon to have these gentlemen along for the test drive, as we were able to totally geek out and ask questions and get answers straight from the source, as it were. They explained in much detail as to how they were able to reduce NVH and improve the audio entertainment experience by improving dampening in the head liner and improving the original floor mats, which in turn, help block out road noise. By blocking out more of the outside noise entering the cabin, you better appreciate the Bose sound system in the 2.0L variant.
The bottom line, according to them, is to take the driver's experience to the next level by making sure everything is the way it should be in a car of this class. Everything that moves, sounds or feels in and outside the all-new Mazda3 has been purposely made that way. Nothing is random or unplanned, it's all deliberate.
After our long day on the race track, we spent the night in Clark. The next day, we headed off to Baguio via SCTEX and TPLEX. This is where we would got to experience more of the real-world feel of driving the Mazda3. The smooth and winding Asin road was perfect for this, and in the same way, the Mazda3 felt like the perfect car for this road.
After experiencing everything new about this Mazda3, both the Elite 1.5L and Premium 2.0L, in Sedan and Sportback form, it performed better than expected on the way up. It all made sense. Everything about this car elevates the premium-ness of this brand and how it stacks up against the competition. It's a good looking car, but that's just the surface. There is so much more to it underneath that makes it a redefinition of Premium in its class.
Text and photos by Neil Pagulayan
Tags: Mazda, Mazda3


Justin is Vice President, Strategy & Marketing, at Galen Healthcare Solutions. He is responsible for market intelligence, segmentation, business and market development and competitive strategy. Justin has been consulting in Health IT for over 10 years, guiding clients in the implementation, integration and optimization of clinical systems. He has been on the front lines of system replacement and data migration, is passionate about advancing interoperability in healthcare, and harnessing analytical insights to realize improvements in patient care. Justin is an avid contributor to the Galen blog, to Healthcare Scene via the Tackling EHR & EMR Transition Series, and serves as Editor for HealthIT & mHealth, a global media company with a focus on healthcare informatics and entrepreneurship. Justin can be found on Twitter at @TJustinCampbell and LinkedIn.