How do you determine the keywords you use in your Google SEO program? Do you make assumptions about what you think people use to find you, and use those keywords? Maybe you look at what competitors are doing and copy that. Or, do you actually take the time to research what potential patients are using when looking for a dentist or orthodontist?
When it comes to good SEO, we know it's not enough to drive traffic to your site, but to ensure that traffic is made up of the right people, who will then become your patients. Keyword research can help you with conversions.
Is it relevant to my practice and services we offer?
If a searcher uses this keyword and lands on my site, will he or she find information they want and that is of use?
Will this keyword generate traffic that result in conversions?
Before settling on keywords, it's important to know how a keyword will impact your business. Just because a keyword is related to you, and ranks well on Google, doesn't mean it is right for you.
We should also note that today's Google users rarely use a single word when searching, but instead use key phrases. Think about it this way – if you are a pediatric dentist, and you simply use the work "pediatric" as a keyword, chances are users will find something different than what you'd like them to find, which is your practice. Instead, use the term "pediatric dentist" plus your city.
The best are actually phrases of about two to four words that accurately describe you and serves you provide. Think about the language your patients use, and use that for keywords.
For example, if you're an orthodontist, you may not want to focus too heavily on the keyword malocclusion, even when paired with your city. Most Google users probably aren't using the term malocclusion in their searches, but rather something like "crooked teeth" or "bad bite" or something similar.
Utilize Google's keyword planner when determining what keyword phrases will work best for you. You can put in your market, then type in different keywords to determine how competitive they are and what their average search volume is. For instance, you could see that for the search term "pediatric dentist" in the Atlanta area, the average number of monthly searches is 720 and Google ranks it as a low competition search term.
Using only single-word terms because it narrows your reach. They are typically too broad, too competitive, and rarely result in what the user is actually looking for.
Terms that are too broad, or not focused on your services or product. You may find a keyword that can broadly relate to you, but it's important to remember that you don't just want traffic – you want traffic that will convert into patients. So think about the services you offer, and use those as keyword phrases.
Getting too specific. Just as you can be too broad, you can also become so specific that you narrow your audience too much. As the competition of a search term goes down, so does its popularity. Don't just look for words that you can rank high with, look for words that will generate traffic that will in turn lead to new patients.
The first step in creating a healthy search engine optimization program is developing a list of effective keywords. Determining the best keywords to use is a continuing and ongoing part of SEO because the way people search is constantly changing. And that means the way your business reaches them has to continue to evolve, as well.
Start by brainstorming – who are you, what services do you offer? Start with a basic list of services, and then dig deeper.
Are you a pediatric dentist in San Francisco? Don't stop at just using the obvious term "San Francisco pediatric dentist." What are the services you provide that parents might be looking for?
Take it even further by including keywords that include phrases such as "cost of," "recovery time of," "before and after" and you might just see your conversions increasing even more. This is a great tactic for orthodontists and dentists to use. Parents may be wondering about the cost of braces, so by using "cost of braces" in your search term, you can answer those questions and be earn front of mind recognition.
In highly competitive markets, you can also reach more people by including suburbs of the city you are in. If you're in San Diego, target cities such as Carlsbad, Del Mar, Escondido, etc., and widen the net of potential patients you reach.
Potential patients don't just want to know about procedures and services, they want to see photos, learn about cost, and much more. If you aren't providing this valuable information, chances are potential patients are looking to a competitor.
Determining which keywords will be the best for you doesn't have to be hit or miss. Using a tool like Google's Keyword Planner can help you determine what users are actually searching for.
You can take your phrases and, looking in your area, check to see variations on that search term that searchers are using. This list may even generate words you hadn't thought of, and ideas for strategically optimized blogs.
Research might just bring up an idea for a new opportunity for your SEO program to seize.
Once you've created your list of keywords, what next? It's time to put them to work and convert traffic into patients.
Organize your keywords into manageable groups that can then be used for targeted optimization. Use these keywords throughout your site, from page titles, to the body of text, to URLs and even meta tags on file names.
Most SEO programs begin after a site is already up and running. You've probably had a website for a while, but want to go back and work in keywords to help your position on Google. This can work, but you'll need to be careful to avoid keyword stuffing, and trying to cram too many keywords onto just a few pages.
In a perfect world, your SEO will fit in with your website design from the very beginning. You'd create your list of keywords, then craft the content of your site with that in mind. At Millionairium, we help clients redesign their websites, taking into account all that goes into SEO. By crafting content around these keywords, you can create relevant and engaging content that ensures potential patients find exactly what they need.
Millionairium has been at the forefront of the SEO world for more than a decade by combining sophisticated conversion rate monitoring with best practices in website design and development. We use our knowledge to help clients dominate their markets. If you're ready to see what a comprehensive and highly effective SEO strategy can do for your practice, call Millionairium today, (310) 299-2799.
This is a comprehensive and well-researched article. Thank you, Becky. I agree that keyword research should be done first before you start implementing the phrases into your content. Keyword stuffing is a no-no. This should be required reading for anyone looking to rank highly for their audience.


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Posted by Unknown at 3:10 PM on Monday, November 9, 2015 // 9 comments
Earlier this year, Sprint announced its decision of shutting down its WiMax network so it could focus on implementing faster 4G LTE network to its consumers. A day before its scheduled shut down, however, a court order made Sprint temporary halt on this decision as it was still under a lawsuit filed by a couple of nonprofits, Mobile Beacon and Mobile Citizen. On Thursday, Sprint was given 90 days to keep the network up until such time that the conflict may be resolved.
Despite this court ruling however, Sprint has went ahead with its schedule of shutting down the network on Friday. But in order to comply with the court order mandated by a judge in Massachusetts, they have skipped shutting down the network in the affected markets. This gives the two nonprofit groups access to the network during the temporary halt order. Keeping the network active in these markets is not an easy job for Sprint, unfortunately. By doing so, Sprint will be acquiring costs as much as $225 million.
Among the cities that are included in the court ruling are New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Miami, Las Vegas, Atlanta, Dallas, Chicago, Salt Lake City, Washington, D.C., Denver, Boston, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Indianapolis, Honolulu, Trenton, N.J., Syracuse, N.Y., Harrisburg, Pa, Corpus Christi, TX, New Haven, CT, and Anchorage, AL.
The two nonprofit groups sued Sprint last month after announcing its decision to shut down WiMax network. They sought help from court for an emergency injunction, noting that their contracts have been violated by Sprint as they were pushed to accept LTE service. If they conceded, their customers' speeds would be inhibited once they have surpassed the 6GB data usage cap. To date, the two groups serve a total of 1,820 nonprofits, 429 schools, and 61 libraries. Most of its users come from low-income individuals who rely on the WiMax network to gain access to the internet.
For its part, Sprint has decided to shut down the WiMax network as a way of cost cutting and to improve their network. Although they will keep these networks open for the two nonprofit groups, the company hopes that they will cooperate in resolving the contract dispute during the period. With the court ruling, both parties agree that this period is a time to transition to the 4G LTE network. They all just need to find a way to cooperate and work with each other throughout this period.
As for the other Prepaid MVNO customers under Sprint, they have reported losing service. This shows to prove that Sprint has really shut down the network except for the two groups that have filed the lawsuit.
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Jason in Portland November 9, 2015 at 3:30 PM
As a customer of a Sprint-network MVNO in a market affected by the court order, I find it disappointing that an old network is being held together on life support for a few customers versus Sprint trying to make things better for all their customers.
If the upgrade costs are a concern, maybe a donation drive could be put together for these organizations and families so the funds associated with one-time costs could be covered faster.
Guy Fawkes Jr. November 9, 2015 at 4:00 PM
Jason, it's unclear if you're upset they left it on for some and not others like yourselves or if you are saying something else. I'll assume the former. The reason obviously that Sprint is discriminating is obviously due to the court order. Had customers like yourself had contractual agreements with Sprint like the non-profits are asserting then you would have fallen under this protected group of people. Since you are on an MVNO service and off contract, since these are non-contractual arrangements, then you should know and accept you have no rights to service.
As for upgrade cost. It would be nice if some philanthropist stepped up, but in this case I believe Sprint is on the hook. Not sure what these upgrade cost would be for these non profits but it would be stupid for Sprint to fight them if what Dennis wrote is correct, that this partial shutdown will force Sprint to incur $225 million in costs. That $225 is probably less than the upgrade costs I imagine, and if so, that's a horrible business decision by Sprint. That's money flushed down the toilet. These non-profits serve around 2,500 non-profits, schools and libraries. I can't imagine uograding these places would cost more than a quarter of a billion. I'm still puzzled by the $225 million figure. Sounds like a huge cost to incur just to fight these poor bastards.
Anyway, interesting article Dennis. Are you affected at all by this shutdown?
Guy, I think you're ignoring just how hostile the American wireless telecom industry is towards the notion affordable internet access without content/speed/bandwidth restrictions
All of the Big 4 will do whatever it takes to shove their draconian data policies down every customer's throat, at least until the FCC does its job and takes them to task for those deceptive "UNLIMITED HIGH SPEED DATA (but not really)" plans.
Even $500 million would be money well spent in the fight against consumer-friendly contractual obligations.
Ol' Scrooge McSprint is willing to give them 6 gigabytes and not a kilobyte more!
Jason in Portland November 10, 2015 at 9:09 AM
I am unaffected by the WiMax decommissioning. I will not question the motives of others here as there are venues for debate of one's position, this comment section on this blog is not one of them.
Tony November 11, 2015 at 10:45 AM
Jason, note in the article it's not consumer upgrade costs that are really at issue. They are requiring them to buy new LTE devices, but more importantly, Sprint is trying to slash usage for these groups by about 80% (30 GB average used under the Clear unlimited plans, which Sprint wants to now cap at 6 GB), apparently against the terms of their contract (which calls for the highest level of retail service, clearly not 6 GB).
Sprint's proposed solution to their 6 GB cap was for EBS groups to purchase additional devices (from Sprint, at full retail cost) and rotate them out as each hits their 6 GB monthly limit. That increases costs for the groups, but more importantly, just plain looks unworkable for the schools and libraries they represent regardless of who foots the device bill.
To the Anon at 8:20 pm -- this is America, and part of the reason why America has one of the highest standards of living in the world (when measured on GDP per capita basis) is that America encourages private companies to make money providing goods and services. If you don't like the big 4, there's plenty of other providers such as cable, DSL, satellite, etc.
Affordable internet access is such a nebulous term: anyone can get free internet access at a public library and many for profit concerns offer free internet access as well such as: McDonalds, Starbucks, etc. I am not even going to talk about internet access at the workplace. In summary, access to the internet is ubiquitous and free.
The wireless companies provide a service -- you as the customer DO NOT have to buy said service if it doesn't meet your needs. NO ONE is forcing you to enter into a contract with a wireless carrier.
Today, I have access to internet at my favorite McDonalds (not all free internet access at McDonalds is created equal), and I go to Starbucks if I have to download new apps and iOS update for my Apple devices. I estimated I downloaded close to 10 GB of data at these locations for the past 30 days. That is about 10 GB of data I did not pay for with a wireless carrier.
My point is that people in America have more FREE access to the internet than you would believe. My local McDonalds is packed with people surfing the web between 7 pm and closing time at midnight. It was a phenomenon that began when cheap android tablets flooded the market and people realized where the free bandwidth was located.
My FredomPop service (a wimax only MiFi) was still showing 4G on sunday, haven't tested it since. Not in one of the affected markets, and have 3g fallback anyway ($4/mo)
was not working today for me, so we were a few days late but shut down.
Ike Denvers November 10, 2015 at 11:59 PM
Honolulu's been shut down. Consider that confirmed. No wimax here.

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GFOA routinely seeks opportunities to work with other groups to promote common goals; performance measurement has been no exception to this general rule. GFOA was a strong supporter, for example, of the National Advisory Council on State and Local Budgeting (Budget Council), which identified performance measurement as an essential component of a sound budgeting process. Likewise, GFOA has supported the research on performance measurement undertaken by the International City/County Management Association. GFOA, however, must go on record again, opposing in the strongest possible terms the efforts of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) to play a role in the development of performance measurement in the public sector.
To be effective, performance measurement must be thoroughly integrated into a government's budgetary process. This natural relationship between performance measurement and budgeting was underscored in the Budget Council's Guidelines, and can be briefly summarized as follows:
A government uses strategic planning to identify its broad organizational objectives, which it then translates into specific goals and objectives.
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GASB's involvement with SEA (Service Efforts and Accomplishments) is fundamentally incompatible with the understanding of performance measurement just described for several reasons:
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Delegations from 140 countries agreed on January 19, 2013 to adopt a groundbreaking treaty to limit the use and emission of health-hazardous mercury. The world's first legally binding agreement on mercury was reached after a week of talks held in Geneva, Switzerland. The treaty aims to reduce global emission levels of the toxic heavy metal, also known as quicksilver, which poses risks to human health and the environment.
The treaty has been named the Minamata Convention on Mercury, in honour of the Japanese town where inhabitants have long suffered the consequences of serious mercury contamination. The text of the pact will be signed in Minamata in October 2013. It will take effect once it is ratified by 50 countries. The UN expects the process to take three to four years.
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We discussed the jewels that Kate might wear in Mumbai and New Delhi in the first part of this post. Now let's have a look at the rest of the tour engagements and look at what kinds of pieces we might see during the remainder of the tour of India and Bhutan.
After wrapping up the slate of engagements in New Delhi on April 12, William and Kate will travel to Kaziranga National Park. There they'll end the evening by watching a series of musical and dance performances around a campfire. The following morning, they'll take an open-air drive through the park. Both of these engagements sound similar to their 2014 visit to Uluru in Australia, when Kate wore her Catherine Zoraida Double Leaf Earrings. She also donned a necklace and bracelet, both gifts from local people. I expect that we'll see Kate wear any pieces she may be given while on this tour, too.
Before leaving Kaziranga, William and Kate will also visit a wildlife conservation center and clinic and discovery center built by Elephant Family, a charity founded by Mark Shand, the late brother of the Duchess of Cornwall. I have a feeling Kate will wear the same jewelry throughout the day on April 13.
On the morning of April 14, the Cambridges will fly to Bhutan, where they will be greeted at Paro Airport by local representatives. Kate's jewelry at airport ceremonies tends to be in line with her "uniform" -- earrings that coordinate with her coat or dress. Occasionally, as she did in New Zealand and Canada, she'll add a brooch to her outfit.
In Bhutan's capital city, Thimphu, William and Kate will take part in a traditional welcome ceremony. At some point during this leg of the tour, I imagine that we'll see Kate wearing some Bhutanese jewelry. Delicate, intricate pieces in silver and gold, as well as jewelry made of coral and turquoise, are traditional forms of jewelry in Bhutan. The country also prizes the dzi bead, usually worn on necklaces or bracelets. These beads are thought to have protective powers.
William and Kate will then have a private audience with the King and Queen of Bhutan; later in the evening, they will also meet them for a private dinner. I'd imagine we'll have a photo op from at least one of these events. In between, the Cambridges will visit Thimphu's unique archery venue.
On April 15, William and Kate will embark on a 5-6 hour hike to a seventeenth-century Bhutanese monastery. (I don't think we'll see much jewelry -- if any -- for this particular event.) When they return later that evening, they will attend a reception for British nationals and others with ties to Britain.
For a similar reception during the Australian tour, Kate wore a pair of earrings featuring both clusters and baguettes. It's been speculated that the earrings (and a coordinating bracelet) were a wedding gift from Prince Charles. This reception seems like a good opportunity for something slightly sparklier -- but not overly grand -- to emerge from Kate's jewelry box.
The following morning, William and Kate depart from Bhutan and fly to Agra to visit the Taj Mahal. William's mother was, of course, famously photographed alone before this iconic symbol of love; the tour itinerary acknowledges this and suggests that William especially wants to see the place for himself.
Which pieces of jewelry are you hoping to see Kate wear on the upcoming tour?


Interesting news on the beauty front, thanks to blogger Cruelty-Free Kitty for providing the information on her blog. Cosmetic brand Stila, has pulled out of China, which is HUGE as China test on animals where their law permits. With this transition official as of 2017, Stila has been moved to PETA's list of brands who do not test on animals.
With Stila being such a huge brand in the industry, one can only hope more brands will follow their lead.
Not to knock down other brands, but with so many options to produce rich color and product sans testing on animals, why not?
The more I learn about animal testing, the more distraught I have become. As a beauty and lifestyle blogger and past beauty editor for a national magazine, I have sampled a slew of beauty treasures, and that's not to say my makeup bag is completely free of "no animal tested" staples. I am however, more mindful of what I'm putting on my skin; and thinking of the suffering these innocent animals go through to help me look glamorous.
In this day and age, we have so many options of beauty goodness, and many cruelty-free beauty brands are duping high-end main stream (non-cruelty-free) ones.
For example: NYX, Wet "N' Wild, Tarte and of course Stila have several options to choose from. Check them out at your favorite market.
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But, what if I told you those beauty products we adorn over aren't using cruelty-free ingredients? In fact, 100 million animals are tested and tortured each year for the sake of providing us our favorite date-night looks. This post is not to upset you, but rather provide awareness.
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Q: Possible combinations of ranked components I would like to find number of possible combinations for this questions. This question is exactly a simplified version of a real time scenario where people choose a station where they want to work and provide their preferential(ranked) list. Please help me to take a stab at this question. I would like to use R to solve this problem.

j<-c("Y", "X", "Z", "W")
l<-c("X", "Z", "W", "Y")
p<-c("Y", "Z", "X", "W")
t<-c("X", "Y", "Z", "W")

I want to find all the possible vector/s that meets the restrictions mentioned.
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A: (warning: brute force answer)
Given that the space to explore is rather small (basically n!/(n-k)! elements if k employees choose from n cities, so here 4! = 24 elements), you could write something like:
require(combinat)
condition1 <- function(combination,...) {}  # returns TRUE if condition1 is met
# ...
condition3 <- function(combination,...) {}  # returns TRUE if condition3 is met
space <- combinat::permn(c("W","X","Y","Z"))      # a list of all permutations
lapply(space,
       function(x) if (condition1(x) && condition2(x) && condition3(x)) {return(x)})

Of course it's not super elegant, but it allows you to manually code in potentially "exotic" conditions and let R do the mundane work in lapply.
With a large number of conditions, I would group them in a list of functions conditions and replace the last line with function(x) if all(lapply(conditions, function(c) do.call(c,x))) ....

A: (It looks as homework to me that is why I don't want to give away to much details)
You can use lpSolve for this kind of problems.
https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/lpSolve/lpSolve.pdf
The basic idea is that you define a linear equation. For each person/station combination you introduce a variable, e.g. jx person j is at station x.
Then you can define the constraints, e.g.
#each person one station
jx+jy+jz+jw=1
#each station one person
jx+ly+... =1

Based on your objective you can then define the objective function.
This kind of equations can then be fed into lpsolve
I recently described the usage on another example
R - Combinations of a dataframe with constraints

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During his tenure in White Bear Lake, Mike earned his Masters degree from Saint Mary's University. In his first Masters class, the professor had the class do some goal setting based on a leadership profile the class had taken and Mike made it a goal to continue his education after the Masters courses were completed and earn a Minnesota principal's license. Four years later, with a Masters degree in Education and a fresh principal's license in his hand, Mike set out to find a job as a school leader in a small, innovative school that valued individualized student learning.
A fateful, forwarded email ended up in Mike's inbox one afternoon that said a small charter school in Warba, MN, was looking for a director. A quick Google map search indicated the school was just a short three hour drive from White Bear Lake so Mike took a chance and responded with his resume and other required materials … and the rest, as they say, is history.
Mike is married to a science teacher who teaches in the Stillwater school district. They have a small, white dog who refuses to walk on wet grass, but will leap into the nearest swamp without hesitation. Mike and his wife like to camp, travel, hunt (more Mike than his wife), fish, ride their motorcycles, and watch way too much Netflix.
mike.hamernick@nlcschool.org
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Karen Howell, Middle School Advisor – Language Arts
Karen grew up in Alaska and moved to Minnesota with her two sons, Jason and Travis in 1991. She began working in education as a paraprofessional at an alternative program (MALC) in Grand Rapids. In 2000 Karen earned her Associates Degree at Itasca Community College, and Bachelor of Science Degree in 2002 from Bemidji State University. Karen is one of the co-founders of Northern Lights Community School. The concept for the school began in 2001 while she was working at the Middle Area Learning Center in Grand Rapids. Before NLCS, she taught middle school Language Arts at the Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig school on the Leech Lake Reservation.
One of Karen's favorite parts of her job is leading groups of high school students through Europe as they experience real world learning. The freedom to be creative and the ability to know each student well, are two of her most important advantages to working at NLCS. She also enjoys camping, geocaching, and writing.
khowell@nlcschool.org
Donna Hanson – Advisory, PE Specialist
Donna Hanson is in her 12th year of teaching. She started off her teaching career at the Cass Lake-Bena Area Learning Center where she taught physical education for eight years. In 2007, she and her partner, adopted three "special needs" children; Nathan (15), Emily (13) and Adrian (9).
Donna's heart and dedication is to her students especially those with extenuating circumstances, At-Risk Youth, which is why Donna has always taught in the alternative education setting for her entire career and has become very compassionate and dedicated to students. "Our job as a teacher is not an 8-4 job, we work round the clock and make ourselves available for these kids." She prides herself in maintaining a very close working relationship with her students and their families via weekly monitoring letters, texting, phone and email.
Donna is a licensed Physical Education and Adapted Physical Education (DAPE) Teacher and holds a coaching licensure. She wears a variety of hats around NLCS, for example; MAAP Stars, Teambuilding Expert, Continuing Education Representative, Title IX, and serves on the Wellness Committee and Leadership Team.
When she is not dedicating her time to her students Donna enjoys spending time at her cabin with family and friends, making a variety of arts and crafts, and loves fishing in her spare time.
dhanson@nlcschool.org
Benita Hassell – Project Manager
Benita lives in Warba on a small hobby farm. She is married and the mother of three. Her youngest son attended and graduated from NLCS. In 1983 she received her A. A. degree in Child Development and also a Child Development Certificate from a Vocational school. She is very involved in her church. When time allows she enjoys doing crafts of many types. Benita is very excited to be involved with students and watch them succeed.
bhassell@nlcschool.org
Don Vidal – Music Teacher
Growing up on the east side of St. Paul, Don's first musical encounters were at the young age of 7 when he began taking organ lessons from longtime Twin Cities Polka aficionado and musician, Ed Lewendowski. At age 8 he began singing in his church choir under the direction of Robert Kaiser, giving him the opportunity to perform at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and sing on the Musical Heritage Society's album, Benjamin Britten's, "Mass of Saint Nicolas."
After grade school Don continued to perform music playing saxophone in the high school band. He then joined the U.S. Army. Upon arrival in Anchorage, AK, Don was accepted into the 176th Light Infantry Brigade Band where he played lead alto saxophone. The band performed music at civilian and military functions throughout the state. He was awarded the Alaska Gold Pan Award, for loyalty, devotion and contributions to the Band.
When he was discharge from the Army, Don joined the Minnesota National Guard spending time serving with the 136th Mechanized Infantry out of Bemidji and the 47th infantry Brigade Band (The Governors' Own) in St. Paul, MN. The highlight being a trip to Vaxho, Sweden, where the band, the first uniformed American Military Personnel in Sweden since WWII marched in the Vaxho Military Tattoo, performed for Minnesota Days and attended the first European exhibition pro football game in history between the Vikings and the Bears.
Don attended Bemidji State University where he studied saxophone under Dr. Steve Konecne. While attending BSU he was a three time recipient of the Joe Plumer memorial Jazz Scholarship. Graduating cum laude in 1991 with a degree in Music Education.
He has had the opportunity to perform with talented artists and bands such as Captain Jack McDuff, Willie Murphy, Jim Miller, Spider John Koerner, Bill and Judy Hinckley, Richard Street of the Temptations, Frank Mantooth, Wayne Newton, Big John Dickerson and Downright Tight, Prudence Johnson, Renee' Austin, Frankie Avalon, Booka Michel, Carl Michel, R.C. Banks, Bobby Rydell, Dick King Classic Swing Band, Tommy Dorsey Big Band, Blew Monday, 5 on the 4, Conga Se Menne, Mr. Pumpkinhead, Ruby Sky, Sam Miltich and the Clearwater Hot Club, The Incredible Ides, The Cab Calloway Orchestra directed by C. Calloway Brooks, Big Walter Smith and the Groove Merchants, Annie Humphrey, Ginger Commodore, Gary Hines, Greg Kaczor, Jimmy Thackery and of course NLCS staff Matt Alleva and Annie Humphrey.
In this spare time Don volunteers for the M.S. Society and as an on air host for KAXE 91.7 FM, a community radio station where he has programmed many shows and interviewed over 28 jazz and blues artists. For this he received the Bill McKeever Award for creativity and excellence in on air artistry. Don also keeps busy recording in his studio, Mr. Pumpkinhead Productions. With regards to "Some Of These Days," an album Don recorded and played on with Sam Miltich and the Clearwater Hot Club, the January 2008 issue of Vintage Guitar Magazine states, "Sammo joins forces with Don Vidal, an experienced reedman who's been around the block a few times. Together they've crafted a stellar collection of classics reborn with stylish playing and eloquent solos. Vidal moves between soprano, alto, tenor saxophone and bass clarinet on his arrangement of Duke Ellington's 'The Mooch.'"
Don has been teaching music at Northern Lights Community School for the last seven years and has been quoted as saying " I enjoy performing music with my students as much, if not more than some of best in the music business and sometimes I learn more from my students". In his spare time he enjoys camping, fishing, hunting, hiking, snowshoeing and cross country skiing.
Jill Hawk – Project Manager & Special Ed. Para
My name is Jill Hawk and I work as a project manager and special education paraprofessional at NLCS. I have worked with students ranging from ages six through eighteen in various schools over the past twenty years. I like keeping the students motivated, enthusiastic, and curious about their surroundings. I'm married with three children and like to do a variety of activities such as swimming, biking, and skiing. Reading book is a favorite past time of mine along with cooking and playing with my pets.
Lori Hamm – Project Manager
I grew up in St. Paul, MN and graduated from Johnson High School. Prior to moving to Warba, I managed an Ax-man Surplus store in Fridley for 13 years. I then was a store manager for Only Deals in Elk River for two years until my husband got a job at National Steel in Keewatin. My husband Dave grew up in Warba and always wanted to move back, we ended up on the farm he grew up on. I have two daughters Cassie and Ashley that I stayed home with until they went to school. I volunteered for the Warba/Feeley Recreation Board for 12 years. I wrote grants and helped with getting the playground that is in Warba. This is my sixth year working at NLCS. I worked 2 years as a AmeriCorps worker, two years as a Para (after I passed my Para test). I now work as a Project Manager in Rachel's advisory. I love working with the students at NLCS as it is great seeing them succeed and grow in this nourishing environment.
I enjoy spending time with my family camping, four wheeling, and bike riding. I also love going to the beach with my girls, reading, doing crafts, and drawing.
Henry Chung – Technology Manager
Henry was born in Hong Kong, immigrated to Canada at the age of 2 and grew up in a suburban area of Toronto, Ontario. Growing up in multicultural environment has allowed Henry to experience various cultures, ethnicities and backgrounds.
After high school, Henry attended Seneca College's Law Enforcement program. After working in the security field for a year, he returned to school to Tyndale College & Seminary for a BRE (Bachelor of Religious Education) majoring in Youth Studies/Work. In 2001, he headed off to Grand Porage, MN to serve as a youth pastor/leader and to work with the local church. During his time there, Henry volunteered as an EMT and served as a Wildland Firefighter.
In 2001, Henry married Amy. They have 3 kids: Emily (9), Katie (7) and Ethan (4).
2009 The Chung family relocated to Grand Rapids, MN and found work with Northern Lights Community School. He applies his skills as a technology guru, unofficial school nurse, relationship counselor, project manager and many other talents to help students "be" all that they can be! 😉
Henry enjoys baseball, hockey, volleyball, dodgeball, video games, paintball/airsoft, LARPing and various physical activities. He also does woodworking, tinkering, origami, building scale models, watching anime and is a connoisseur of various meat jerky.
Amanda Hakala – Advisor – Social Studies
New Staff Bio to be Posted
Josie Pitts – Special Education
Before joining NLCS I worked for many years as a wilderness educator in California, Minnesota, Maine, and Wisconsin. I enjoy spending my time outdoors climbing, hiking, cross country skiing, and canoeing. I received my Bachelors degree at St Cloud State University in Community Psychology, my Masters Degree in Experiential Education at Mankato State University and my Special Education license at Bethel University. I have previously taught for 4 years at a project based charter school in the Twin Cities, and this is my second year at NLCS as a Special Education teacher. I enjoy working at NLCS because of the flexibility our program gives for both students and teachers, and the small community we have that helps foster strong relationships with students and parents. I live in on the St Louis River in Floodwood with my 2 dogs, 15 chickens, 5 guinea hens, and my partner Mike.
Aimee Love – School Social Worker
Aimee grew up in Southern Illinois, spent some time in North Carolina, before calling Northern Minnesota her home in 1998. She and her partner enjoy the gift of raising two amazing children, a very fuzzy guinea pig, and a spoiled furry baby dog.
Aimee was added to the Northern Lights Community School staff in November of 2013 as the School Social Worker. She works with Special Education, Truancy, Homeless Liaison, as well as addressing other needs that may arise for the NLCS student or their family. She has worked in the Social Service field since 2001.
Outside of the NLCS walls you may find Aimee reeling in the walleyes, taking camping adventures with her family, or preparing meals or baked goodies in her kitchen.
Lori Hutchins – Special Education Teacher
Lori has worked in several capacities as an educator throughout her teaching career. She started working as a Physical Education and Health Teacher. She also spent time coaching in the sports of volleyball, basketball and track and field.
Lori got her Bachelor of Science Degree from Bemidji State University and was a four sport athlete while at BSU. She had a very successful athletic career competing in volleyball, basketball, track and field. She also competed in swimming for one year. She enjoyed competing most in the sport of basketball.
Lori also has a Master of Science Degree in Elementary Guidance and Counseling and in Special Education from the University of Wisconsin, Superior. In addition to PE and Health Lori also worked as an elementary counselor for three years. She has been working as a special education teacher since 2007. She has enjoyed her time at Northern Lights so far and is extremely proud to be a part of such a talented and dynamic staff of educators.
In her leisure time, Lori trains her Golden Retrievers and competes with them in agility, obedience, conformation and is hoping to add field work to that list. Her dogs often come to school to help bring joy, comfort and pleasure to those students and staff members who enjoy the therapeutic gift only an animal can bring. Lori also enjoys gardening, bird watching and hiking.
Heather Bunes – Project Manager (Amanda's Advisory)
Heather grew up in Grand Rapids, moving away a few times only to find her way back. She is married and has a teenage daughter. Heather and her family live on a small, 80 acre hobby farm with 4 chickens and a sassy cat. For fun, Heather travels; taking road trips, tent camping, fishing, hunting, kayaking, and of course, shopping. She loves to head over to Lake Superior and explore, especially when she can hunt for her favorite treasure, agates. In the spring Heather likes to find delicious wild asparagus.
Heather has worked at NLCS since 2013, starting out as a one-on-one paraprofessional, and she is now a Project Manager in Amanda's Advisory. She serves on the NLCS Emergency Action Team as well as the treasurer for her local township.
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Most disliked food: Mushrooms.
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European consensus guidelines on the management of...
The role of surfactant protein A and B genes in heritable susceptibility to neonatal respiratory distress syndrome by: Haataja, Ritva Published: (2001)
Corticosteroid treatment in the perinatal period : efficacy and safety of antenatal and neonatal corticosteroids in the prevention of acute and long-term morbidity and mortality in preterm infants by: Peltoniemi, Outi-Maria Published: (2007)
Follow-up study of the early, randomised paracetamol trial to preterm infants, found no adverse reactions at the two-years corrected age by: Juujärvi, S. Published: (2019)
Proinflammatory cytokines modify the expression of surfactant proteins : study in perinatal rabbit lung by: Väyrynen, Outi Published: (2003)
The significance of surfactant protein gene polymorphisms in multifactorial infantile pulmonary diseases by: Rova, Meri Published: (2005)
Sweet D, G, Carnielli V, Greisen G, Hallman M, Ozek E, te Pas A, Plavka R, Roehr C, C, Saugstad O, D, Simeoni U, Speer C, P, Vento M, Visser G, H, A, Halliday H, L: European Consensus Guidelines on the Management of Respiratory Distress Syndrome – 2019 Update. Neonatology 2019;115:432-450. doi: 10.1159/000499361
European consensus guidelines on the management of respiratory distress syndrome : 2019 update
Sweet, David G.1; Carnielli, Virgilio2; Greisen, Gorm3;
Hallman, Mikko4,5; Ozek, Eren6; te Pas, Arjan7; Plavka, Richard8; Roehr, Charles C.9; Saugstad, Ola D.10; Simeoni, Umberto11; Speer, Christian P.12; Vento, Maximo13; Visser, Gerhard H. A.14; Halliday, Henry L.15,16
1Regional Neonatal Unit, Royal Maternity Hospital, Belfast, UK
2Department of Neonatology, Polytechnic University of Marche, and Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti Ancona, Ancona, Italy
3Department of Neonatology, Rigshospitalet and University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
4Department of Pediatrics and Adolescence, Oulu University Hospital
5PEDEGO Research Unit, Medical Research Center, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
6Department of Pediatrics, Marmara University Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
7Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
8Division of Neonatology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, General Faculty Hospital and 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
9Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Medical Sciences Division, Newborn Services, John Radcliffe Hospitals, Oxford, UK
10Department of Pediatric Research, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
11Division of Pediatrics, CHUV & University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
12Department of Pediatrics, University Children's Hospital, Würzburg, Germany
13Department of Pediatrics and Neonatal Research Unit, Health Research Institute La Fe, University and Polytechnic Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain
14Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Medical Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands
15Department of Child Health, Queen's University Belfast
16Royal Maternity Hospital, Belfast, UK
Karger, 2019
As management of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) advances, clinicians must continually revise their current practice. We report the fourth update of "European Guidelines for the Management of RDS" by a European panel of experienced neonatologists and an expert perinatal obstetrician based on available literature up to the end of 2018. Optimising outcome for babies with RDS includes prediction of risk of preterm delivery, need for appropriate maternal transfer to a perinatal centre and timely use of antenatal steroids. Delivery room management has become more evidence-based, and protocols for lung protection including initiation of CPAP and titration of oxygen should be implemented immediately after birth. Surfactant replacement therapy is a crucial part of management of RDS, and newer protocols for its use recommend early administration and avoidance of mechanical ventilation. Methods of maintaining babies on non-invasive respiratory support have been further developed and may cause less distress and reduce chronic lung disease. As technology for delivering mechanical ventilation improves, the risk of causing lung injury should decrease, although minimising time spent on mechanical ventilation using caffeine and, if necessary, postnatal steroids are also important considerations. Protocols for optimising general care of infants with RDS are also essential with good temperature control, careful fluid and nutritional management, maintenance of perfusion and judicious use of antibiotics all being important determinants of best outcome.
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Despite UNFCCC efforts to mitigate carbon emissions, the earth's temperatures are likely to overtake the internationally-recognized danger threshold of 2 degrees Celsius average increase in temperature, according to the IPCC AR5 Report. Climate change has already begun to disrupt and destroy livelihoods, particularly in developing countries. The climate disruption socio-economic effects include adverse impacts to health, economic growth, water supplies, agriculture and food security, national security, and climate-forced displacement and migration. In other words, climate change will have "widespread and consequential" impacts. Even the USA is taking notice, as President Obama recently issued an Executive Order to step up US Government's involvement in climate preparedness and resilience, including food security in America.
This year the Philippines has also experienced hearbreak, Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), one of the strongest hurricanes ever recorded to hit land, just steamrolled through the heart of the Philippines, leaving loss, damage, death and destruction in its wake. Thus, what will happen as States and communities fail to adapt and mitigate to climate change?
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So far, the Parties to COP18 decided to consider "approaches to address loss and damage associated with climate change impacts in developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change, as part of the Cancun Adaptation Framework (decision 1/CP.16, paragraphs 25-29). The Parties to the UNFCCC agreed that the Convention will have "the important and fundamental role to enable coherent and synergistic approaches." These "adverse impacts," defined in the Cancun Agreements decision 1/CP.16, are slow onset events that include sea level rise, increasing temperatures, ocean acidification, glacial retreat and related impacts, salinization, land and forest degradation, loss of biodiversity and desertification.
Discussions on loss and damage will be focused around three thematic areas: TA1: "Assessing the risk of loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change and current knowledge on the same;" TA 2 "A range of approaches to address loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, including impacts related to extreme weather events and slow onset events, taking into consideration experiences at all levels;" and TA3 "The role of the Convention in enhancing implementation of approaches to address loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change." Within these thematic areas, negotiators will have to determine a variety of other means on how to deal with adverse impacts to climate change, including risk and disaster management from slow onset and extreme weather events. Additionally, any legal mechanism will have to decide on what are the concepts of "loss," "damage," as well as "economic" and "non-economic" losses. Non-ecoomic losses could include issues relating to the rights to culture, right to livelihood, right to identity, right to property, etc. Part of the mechanism will contain financial compensation, which would possibly include climate risk insurance.
At COP19, the international community will have to work together to create a legal mechanism to address loss and damage caused by the adverse impacts caused by climate change. This platform will have to address climate adaptation planning, as well as disaster risk and management (DRR) and human rights in the climate change "loss and damage" context. Whether or not the COP19 outcome decision contains a legal mechanism on loss and damage, the international community will still have to help the most vulnerable communities deal with climate-induced disruption adversely affecting their lives. Importantly, any mechanism on "loss and damage" should include a rights-based approach in order to guarantee the fundamental legal protections.
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Q: A game relevant to piles of coins. There are $N$ piles of coins, the number of coins of a pile is $p_i(1\le i\le N)$. ($N$ is a prime number and $2\le N\le 30$).
A always plays first. A and B move in alternating turns. During each turn, the current player performs either of the following two moves:

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*Choose one pile and and remove $k(k>0)$ coins from it.

*Remove $k$ coins from all $N$ piles, where $1\le k\le min(p_1,p_2,...,p_N)$. This move becomes unavailable if any pile is empty. I
Player who make the last turn will be the winner.
For examples:

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*With $n=2$ and $p_1=1,p_2=2$. The result is B.

*With $n=3$ and $p_1=2,p_2=2,p_3=3$. The result is A.

I think this problem is relevant to Nim's game, this is my try:

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*Each turn of player X, X will remove $1$ coin from all $N$ piles until $X$ can't do it.(X is either A or B)

*Next, we will consider the parity of the number of coins in remain piles to determine who is the winner, but I can't come to finally solution.

A: For $\ N=2\ $ it's fairly easy to tabulate the losing positions for the first player (i.e. $\ \mathcal{P}$-positions, or "safe" positions, according to the standard terminology), although I haven't found any simple expression for them.  The first few are $\ \left\{1,2\right\}$, $\left\{3,5\right\}$, $\left\{4,7\right\}$, $\left\{6,10\right\},\ $ and so on.
It follows from this that simply removing one coin from both piles is not usually a good strategy.  The position $\ \left\{5,7\right\}\ $, for instance is an $\ \mathcal{N}$-position in which the only winning moves are to take either $2$ coins from both piles, or $4$ coins from the pile of $7$, in both cases leaving one's opponent with the $\ \mathcal{P}$-position, $\left\{3,5\right\}\ $.  Taking one coin from both piles, on the other hand, leaves one's opponent with the $\ \mathcal{N}$-position,$\ \left\{2,6\right\}\ $, from which he or she can win by taking $5$ coins from the pile of $6$.
The list,  $\ \left\{a_1,b_1\right\}, \left\{a_2,b_2\right\},\dots, \left\{a_i,b_i\right\}, \dots, \ $ of $\ \mathcal{P}$-positions is constructed recursively as follows:

*

*$\ a_1=1\ $, $b_1=2\ $.

*Given $A_n=\left\{a_1, a_2, \dots, a_n\right\}\ $ and $B_n=\left\{b_1, b_2, \dots, b_n\right\}\ $, define
\begin{eqnarray} a_{n+1} &=& \min\mathbb{N}^+\setminus\left(A_n\cup B_n\right)\ , \mbox{and}\ .\\
b_{n+1}&=&a_{n+1}+n+1\end{eqnarray}
If we put $\ P_n=\left\{\left\{a_i,b_i\right\}\left|i=1,2,\dots,n\right.\right\}\ $ then it's easy to demonstrate that:

*

*$\bigcup_\limits{i=1}^\infty A_i \cap\ \bigcup_\limits{i=1}^\infty B_i=\emptyset\ $,

*$\bigcup_\limits{i=1}^\infty A_i \cup\ \bigcup_\limits{i=1}^\infty B_i=\mathbb{N}^+\ $, and

*$\left\vert b-a\right\vert \le n\ \ \mbox{ for all }\ \ \left\{a,b\right\}\in P_n\ $
We can now show by induction that the set of $\ \mathcal{P}$-positions is $\ P=\bigcup_{i=1}^\infty P_i\ $.
First, let $\ \left\{a,b\right\}\not\in\ P\ $, with $\ a\le b\ $.  If $\ a=b\ $, then the first player can win immediately by taking all the coins from both piles.  Otherwise, if $\ r= b-a\ $, then either $\ a=a_k\ $ or $\ a=b_k\ $ for some $\ k\ $. In the first case, since $\ \left\{a,b\right\}\not\in\ P_r\ $, we must have $\ a> a_r\ $, and the first player can leave the second with the position $\ \left\{a_r,b_r\right\}\in P_r\ $ by removing $\ a-a_r\ $ coins from both piles.  In the second case, the first player can leave the second with the position $\ \left\{a_k,b_k\right\}\in P_k\ $, again with $\ a_k < a\ $, by removing $\ b-a+k=b-a_k\ $ from the pile of $\ b\ $.
In position $\ \left\{1,2\right\}\ $ there are only four moves possible for the first player:

*

*Take one coin from each pile. The second player can then win by taking the one remaining coin;

*Take the coin from the pile of one.  The second player can then win by taking both coins from the remaining pile;

*Take one coin from the pile of $2$. The second player can then win by taking both of the remaining coins;

*Take both coins from the pile of $2$. The second player can then win by taking the single remaining coin.

Thus, the position $\ \left\{1,2\right\}\ $ is a $\ \mathcal{P}$-position. Suppose now that all positions in $\ P_{n-1}\  $ are $\ \mathcal{P}$-positions, and consider the position $\ \left\{a_n,b_n\right\}\ $.  If the first player takes all the coins from either pile, then the second player wins immediately by taking all the coins from the other. If he or she takes $\ c < a_n\ $ coins from the $\ a_n\ $ pile, then the new position, $\ \left\{a_n-c,b_n\right\}\ $, cannot be in  $\ P\ $, because $\ b_n-\left(a_n-c\right)=n+c\ $ but $\ a_n-c< a_{n+c}\ $. If he or she takes $\ c \le n\ $ coins from the pile of $\ b_n\ $,  the new position, $\ \left\{a_n,b_n-c\right\}\ $ again cannot be in $\ P\ $, because $\ b_n-c-a_n = n-c\ $, and either $\ n-c=0\ $, or $a_n \ne a_{n-c}\ $. If he or she takes $\ c\ $ coins from the $\ b_n\ $ pile, with $ n<c< b_n\ $, then the new position, $\ \left\{b_n-c, a_n\right\}\ $ cannot be in $\ P\ $, because $\ a_n\notin B\ $.  Finally, if the first payer takes $\ c\ $ coins from both piles, the new position,  $\ \left\{a_n-c,b_n-c\right\}\ $ cannot be in $\ P\ $ because $\ b_n-c-\left(a_n-c\right)=n\ $, and $\ a_n-c < a_n\ $.  Thus, from the argument above, whatever the first player does, the second player can either win immediately, or move the position to $\ \left\{a_k, b_k\right\}\in P_k\ $ with $\ k < n\ $, which is a $\ \mathcal{P}$-position by the induction hypothesis. Thus $\ \left\{a_n, b_n\right\}\ $ is a $\ \mathcal{P}$-position, and it follows by induction that all positions in $\ P\ $ are $\ \mathcal{P}$-positions.
On the other hand, the argument above shows that a player faced with a position not in $\ P\ $ can always either win immediately, or move the game to a $\ \mathcal{P}$-position in $\ P\ $, so a position is a $\ \mathcal{P}$-position, if and only if it is in $\ P\ $.
Addendum: I have just become aware that the $2$-pile version of this game is known as Whytoff's game, its solution having already been given by the Dutch mathematician Willem Whytoff in 1907.


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How much energy does waste to energy produce?
Is waste to energy effective?
Is waste to energy plant profitable?
Is waste to energy good for the environment?
How does energy from waste work?
Is waste to energy better than recycling?
Is waste energy renewable?
Is waste to energy expensive?
Is the largest producer of electricity from solid waste?
How many waste energy plants are in the world?
Does waste get burned?
Is waste incineration renewable energy?
How are waste-to-energy plants powered?
The typical range of net electrical energy that can be produced is about 500 to 600 kWh of electricity per ton of waste incinerated. Thus, the incineration of about 2,200 tons per day of waste will produce about 1200 MWh of electrical energy.
High efficiency and low emissions
Waste to energy is one of the most robust and effective alternative energy options to reduce CO2 emissions and replace fossil fuels. Approximately 2/3 of household waste is categorized as biomass.
The result is that these plants are run well and are profitable. They not only supply electricity but also hot water to the municipalities and earn extra revenue," Sambyal said.
Waste to Energy is a Net Greenhouse Gas Reducer.
It has more than 20 times the potency of carbon dioxide and is ranked as a dangerous contributor to climate change. Waste to energy facilities avoid the production of methane while producing almost ten times more electricity from each ton of waste compared to landfills.
IMPORTANT: Which aspect of ecosystem is taken as land topography and climate?
How waste-to-energy incineration works. Waste-to-energy plants use household garbage as a fuel for generating power, much like other power stations use coal, oil or natural gas. The burning of the waste heats water and the steam drives a turbine to generate electricity.
Incineration burns away materials such as plastics leaving the metals behind, which can be considered better than landfills where recyclable materials are simply buried.
While not as widely discussed as a renewable energy resource, waste to energy is considered renewable. With factors such as population growth and rising consumption levels, there is potential for the waste to energy market to increase in the next few years.
Conclusion. Waste incineration is an expensive method of electricity generation and has environmental trade-offs. … The facility, which costs over $100 million, will process 1400 tons/day to produce 25 MW of electricity.
Japan has developed the projects of production of threads, paper and other useful materials. from banana peelings.
As of the writing of this article, there are about 2,179 WTE facilities worldwide (Figure 1.2). Asian countries (Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, and China) have the largest number of WTE facilities worldwide.
The U.S. Energy Information Agency says about 13 percent of the country's solid waste is burned for energy, while over half ends up in the landfill and about a third is recycled or composted.
IMPORTANT: What are the benefits that humans receive from the ecosystem called?
While 23 states currently define MSW incineration as a renewable energy source, a new report from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) contends that burning trash is "neither clean nor renewable."
Waste-to-energy uses trash as a fuel for generating power, just as other power plants use coal, oil, or natural gas. The burning fuel heats water into steam that drives a turbine to create electricity.


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Musketeers split last week
April 4, 2019 Joel Heidel News 0
by Caleb Langrehr
The Musketeers opened the week last Tuesday at Metro East Lutheran to face the Knights.
Alex Kueker got the start, throwing one inning giving up three runs on three hits. The Knights took a 4-0 lead into the second inning where Red Bud matched the score at 4-4. Max Simpson came on in the bottom of the second and went on to pitch four and one-third innings surrendering two runs and five hits.
The game went into extra innings tied at 6-6. Red Bud scored five runs in the top of the eighth inning to take an 11-6 lead. The Knights came back and scored three runs to cut the lead to 11-9, but that was as close as the score would get as Parker Van Dorn converted his second save of the season. The Musketeers came home with the 11-9 extra-inning win to face Gibault on Thursday.
Gibault came into Thursday's game 7-0 on the season and playing well.
For more on the Musketeers, please see this week's print edition.
Athletes of the Month
Lady Musketeers add another win to their record


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Ayumi Hamasaki – Party Queen
March 15, 2012 at 5:47 PM | Posted in Ayumi Hamasaki | Leave a comment
1. Party queen
2. NaNaNa
3. Shake It♥
4. taskebab
5. call
6. Letter
7. reminds me
8. Return Road
9. Tell me why
10. a cup of tea
11. the next LOVE
12. Eyes, Smoke, Magic
13. Serenade in A Minor
14. how beautiful you are
Party queen is the 13th album by Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki, released through iTunes on March 14, 2012 and a planned physical release on March 21, 2012. The album was preceeded by only one promotional single, how beautiful you are. The album was released in 5 versions: a CD-only version, a CD+DVD version, a CD+2DVD version containing her latest Countdown Live show, a SPECIAL LIMITED BOX SET containing the "ayumi hamasaki ~POWER of MUSIC~ 2011 A LIMITED EDITION" tour and a Blue-ray edition.
I didn't expect Ayu to come out with an electro song, but I always thought it fit her pretty wel. I had to get used to Party queen at first, and especially her voice (she sounds so different, what happened?). The people clinking their glasses in the background fit the overall mood of the song, it's really a track to bring you in kind of a party mood. So it's a nice opening track to the album, kind of a warm-up for the rest of the album.
NaNaNa is another electro song so I guess this is the direction she went for this album? It's a more aggressive song than Party queen and in my opinion it sounds way better and it even flows a little better. The only thing I'm on the fence with is the male singer. True, he makes the song hot but also a little cheesy. I'm happy to hear some of Ayu's old vocal tone back in this song, finally I get the idea I'm listening to HER album instead of that of another singer, hehe. I actually liked NaNaNa quite a lot!
Shake It♥ is the third dominant song in a row and each one is better than the previous one if you ask me. This song focuses more on electric guitars, brassy elements and some synths and not so much on the overall electrosound and beats. It almost seems like Ayu found herself more at home in this song (which seems quite logic because it brings on a more rocky side), but I don't get the dubstep part and the awkward brassy part that follows.
The first 'task' interlude in like… six years? And omg yes it's filled with electric guitars and percussion! taskebab has the strangest title ever (and it makes me hungry) but it is such a breath of fresh air for some of us out there that are complete Ayu rock-tunes stans. It's a pretty hot interlude, still with some cute synth riffs that really fit the song, but the album really needed this to get into the next part of the album.
call sounds like the perfect song if you ask me. It's a lovely pop/rock song, exactly what I'd personally want from Ayu, and I loved the melody in the chorus. Okay, her vocals are way too loud in the first chorus, but other than that I'm totally surprised by the perfection of this track. I'm a big fan of Ayu songs like 'Secret' and 'Last Links' and this one fits right onto the list. Goosebumps baby..!
I had a feeling right from the start that I would love Letter as much as call, and I was right because it follows the same musical style but then with a lot more dynamics to it. The strings give the song a great sense of emotion and for a change I love Ayu's 'renewed' vocals. She doesn't sound as fragile as she used to at times. Again, her vocals are way too loud at some points but they're so much stronger. I fell in love with the chorus' melody ❤
Speaking of emotion, reminds me sounds like one heck on an emotional song. It has 'pathos' written all over with a great strings section leading into a more acoustic verse with nice and soft vocals by Ayumi. The song builds into something so strong and powerful it tends to blow you away right after the first chorus. The bridge is so strong and dominant, it puts the song in a totally different light. We've come full circle with the last acoustic part of the song to even things out a bit. Third song in a row that I really love, oh my gosh we're actually getting somewhere.
Return Road: 'Microphone' much? However, the first part of the song sounds like it could easily be a winter ballad, but the chorus proves to be another strong one here. So you could say this is more of a huge power ballad with lots of drama through the use of strings, and the arrangement features some percussion and elecric guitars as well. The pipe organ makes this song so epic, I love that effect! One negative: the haunted bridge and the freakin' weird male chanting. What the f is that guy doing…
Tell me why is a song I didn't expect from Ayu, not even on this album because it's pop straight forward. I like the simplicity, although the 'oh-oh, oh-oh' chanting parts are probably the most memorable ones. Not the best song on the album because it's quite forgettable, it lacks something I can't come up with. Still not a bad song if you ask me.
Another interlude, this one bears the cute title a cup of tea although it's not cute at all: it's friggin' dubstep alright. I like the use of strings to make it a little more melodic, but oh well… I just don't get it.
Thank god the next LOVE isn't dubstep but oh my.. what is Ayumi doing here? Is she going soft jazz?! This is getting really weird since she also manages to pull it off! I wouldn't have thought Ayu could tackle the classy jazz genre, but the proof is right here. I actually liked this and I'm not a jazz fan at all. This is a unique piece of work, goodness. I'm gonna cherish this.
Eh.. did I say too much? Eyes, Smoke, Magic is a bit… weird. Ayu is trying to do a cabaret/kind of seductive 'Moulin Rouge' song and I think she just pulled of an epic fail. This song is so not her, she shouldn't have gone any further than the next LOVE since that was already quite a shock. I don't like her vocals either. Definite no-go.
Serenade in A minor is another interlude so thank god that means the cabaret part is over. This interlude (the third one on the album for goodness sake) is just a strings solo so it's pretty but nothing flashy. Simple, it's pretty if you're into classical music. I'm not a big fan but still this is pretty, just a bit out of place.
Finally how beautiful you are. It didn't surprise me this was an intimate piano ballad with soft vocals (she sounds just like she did on previous albums, my gosh). The soft beat that drops in after the first chorus was perfect and that moment gave me a little bit of goosebumps to be honest. When it comes to pretty, this song is the definite number one. It's a lovely ballad and it was the best choice to be the digital release. Love this, it was the best choice for an album closer too ❤
Well this album was… strange! The first three songs almost gave me a heart attack. I mean.. they're okay, but if the entire album had that kind of style I probably would've been depressed by now. Then taskebab came in, and it was almost like a preview for the next 5 songs of which most of them were close to pure perfection. To me, that was the best part of the entire album, call, Letter and reminds me top notch. Right after a cup of tea desperation hits with the disasterous Eyes, Smoke Magic, but the last track evens it all out for me. This album was the strangest hybrid of pop/rock, electro, jazz, cabaret and dubstep I've heard in my entire life, but that's probably what makes it so special after all. It will probably grow on me.
Favorite tracks: call | Letter | reminds me | the next LOVE | how beautiful you are


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Annihilation of the Wicked ist das vierte Album der Technical-Death-Metal-Band Nile, das im Mai 2005 bei Relapse Records erschien.

Entstehung
Das Album war das erste, nachdem George Kollias als neuer Schlagzeuger zur Band gekommen war. Es sollte zugleich das letzte bei Relapse Records sein, ehe die Gruppe für das Album Ithyphallic zu Nuclear Blast wechselte. Als Produzent war Neil Kennon tätig, der das Album auch aufnahm und es abmischte. Die Aufnahmen fanden in den Soundlab Studios in Columbia, South Carolina, statt, während die Lieder in Rax Trax in Chicago abgemischt wurden. Für das Lied Sacrifice Unto Sebek wurde außerdem ein Musikvideo unter der Leitung von Chad Rullman erstellt. Die Band arbeitete insgesamt sechs Monate lang an dem Album, wovon sie 13 Wochen im Studio verbrachte.

Titelliste
 Dusk Falls Upon the Temple of the Serpent on the Mount of Sunrise – 0:51
 Cast Down the Heretic – 5:45
 Sacrifice Unto Sebek – 3:03
 User-Maat-Re – 9:14
 The Burning Pits of the Duat – 3:52
 Chapter of Obeisance Before Giving Breath to the Inert One in the Presence of the Crescent Shaped Horns – 5:21
 Lashed to the Slave Stick – 4:18
 Spawn of Uamenti – 1:14
 Annihilation of the Wicked – 8:16
 Von Unaussprechlichen Kulten – 9:46

Bonuslieder
Auf der japanischen Edition des Albums war noch ein zusätzliches Lied als Bonus enthalten:

 Sss Haa Set Yoth  – 5:15

Musikstil und Texte
im Vergleich zum Vorgänger In Their Darkened Shrines setzte die Band auf Annihilation of the Wicked weitaus weniger ägyptisch klingende Samples ein. Die Lieder werden als eingängiger als die des Vorgängers beschrieben, wobei auch manchmal Anleihen aus anderen Genres, wie etwa die Verwendung eines Black-Metal-Riffs in Lashed to the Slave Stick, charakteristisch sind. Die Lieder haben meist einen progressiven Charakter. Die Spielgeschwindigkeit ist oft sehr hoch, wie etwa in Cast Down the Heretic, wird aber auch manchmal reduziert, sodass Lieder wie Von unaussprechlichen Kulten und User-Maat-Re einen Doom-Metal-Charakter haben. Die Band gibt sich weniger technisch als auf dem Vorgänger, wohingegen die Lieder brutaler ausfallen. Charakteristisch ist außerdem der Einsatz von teils genrefremden Instrumenten, wie etwa die Verwendung einer Bouzouki (andere Quellen sprechen auch von einem Baglamas). Textlich wurden die Lieder wie gewöhnlich von der ägyptischen Mythologie, sowie von den Werken von H. P. Lovecraft inspiriert. So wurde das Lied Von unaussprechlichen Kulten nach dem gleichnamigen Werk Lovecrafts benannt.

Kritiken
Greg Prato von Allmusic lobte das Gitarrenspiel von Karl Sanders und bezeichnete ihn als einen der besten Gitarristen des Extreme-Metal-Genres. Auch Thomas Weeber von metal.de lobte das Album und hob vor allem die Vielseitigkeit des Albums und das technisch anspruchsvolle Spielniveau hervor. Die Band habe ein ähnlich gutes Album wie In Their Darkened Shrines erschaffen, wobei man ein "In Their Darkened Shrines – Part 2" vermieden habe. Er vergab neun von zehn Punkten und riet zu einem Blindkauf, da man mit diesem Album nichts falsch machen könne. In Ausgabe 207 des Rock-Hard-Magazins bezeichnete Autor Volkmar Weber Lieder wie Cast Down the Heretic und Sacrifice Unto Sebek als "mit das Rabiateste und technisch Anspruchsvollste, was der Todesbleimarkt je zu bieten hatte". Schlagzeuger George Kollias brauche sich vor dem auch nicht untalentierten Tony Laureano verstecken; dieser aber "sollte vor Scham in den Boden sinken". Weber hob vor allem das schnelle Doublebass-Spiel hervor, sowie die hohe Spielpräzision, die er als "beängstigend" bezeichnete. Als ebenfalls präzise bezeichnete Weber das Spiel der Gitarre und verglich es mit einem Schweizer Uhrwerk.

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Album 2005
Album (Death Metal)
Nile (Band)

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Arthur Franz (February 29, 1920 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey – June 17, 2006) was a B-movie actor whose most notable role was as Lieutenant, Junior Grade H. Paynter, Jr. in The Caine Mutiny. He also appeared in Roseanna McCoy (1949), Invaders from Mars (1953), Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951) and The Unholy Wife (1957), among others. In The Sniper (1952), he played a rare movie lead in the film's title role as a tormented killer.
In addition to films, Franz was a familiar face on American television, appearing on dozen of television programs including Crossroads, Perry Mason, The F.B.I., The Mod Squad, Custer, The Virginian and Rawhide.
Franz portrayed Congressman Charles A. Halleck in the 1974, made for TV film, The Missiles of October.
Franz's last film role was in That Championship Season in 1982.
Franz's interest in acting developed when he was a high school student.
During World War II, Franz served as a B-24 Liberator navigator in the United States Army Air Forces. He was shot down over Romania and incarcerated in a POW camp, from which he escaped.
Franz died in Oxnard, California at the age of 86 from emphysema and heart disease.
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Q: Math to rotate a point around an origin in Go Cannot remember the math to use from school however I want to rotate a point around an origin using Go/Golang.
Very basic idea below, x,y is the origin (center) and x2,y2 is the point on the circumference of the circle that moves. I want x2,y2 to rotate 360 around x,y continously.
x:= 10 // center x
y:= 10 // center y

x2 := 20 // rotating point x
y2 := 20 // rotating point y

xchange := ??? What math to use to calculate the change in x
ychange := ??? What math to use to calculate the change in y

Any help would be appreciated.

A: You can parametrize a circular orbit around the point (x0, y0) with radius r as
x(t) = x0 + r cos(t)
y(t) = y0 + r sin(t)

You can work out r based on the two points you begin with. From there it's just a matter of smoothly increasing t to simulate the progress of time.

A: To rotate about an arbitrary center:

*

*translate the designated center of rotation to (0,0)

*rotate about the (0,0)

*translate (0,0) back to the designated center.

Example code:
// translate center of rotation to (0,0)
dx := x_in - x_center
dy := y_in - y_center

// rotate about (0,0)
c := math.Cos(angle)
s := math.Sin(angle)
rotx := dx * c - dy * s
roty := dx * s + dy * c

// translate (0,0) back to center of rotation
x_out := rotx + x_center
y_out := roty + y_center


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Q: Is there a way of using a completion handler passed through as an argument to detect when a long request is completed I'm having trouble understanding how to use a closure to handle completed events when passing in a function as a parameter.
Here's a very contrived example:
class MessageService {
    func sendMessage(s: String) {
        print(s)
    }

    var messenger: Messenger {
        createMessenger(completion: sendMessage(s:))
    }
}

func createMessenger(completion: @escaping (String) -> Void) -> Messenger {
    return Messenger { completion("This is a hardcoded message.") }
}

struct Messenger {
    let sendMessage: () -> Void
    init(sendMessage: @escaping () -> Void) {
        self.sendMessage = sendMessage
    }
}

let service = MessageService()
let messenger = service.messenger
messenger.sendMessage()

I want to find out when sendMessage is finished (if for example it was performing something like a network request), so is there a way of having a completion handler for sendMessage so that I could write something along the lines of:
messenger.sendMessage {
    print("I finished sending a message!")
}

I've tried adding a completion handler like this in the service class:
func sendMessage(s: String, completion: @escaping () -> Void) {
    MessageRequest(with: s) {
        completion()
    }
}

But things started getting very confusing when I'm trying to use the createMessenger method, because the above function has some crazy type of (String, () -> ()) -> () which I don't know how to handle. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

A: So, it sounds like what you want is an arbitrary Messenger type, whose creator tell it what action to do, and once the action is done, it invokes its caller's completion handler.
It helps if you use typealias with descriptive names to keep track of all the closures. And if you don't mind, I'll name it more generically as Agent:
struct Agent {

   typealias Completion = () -> Void
   typealias Action = (Completion) -> Void

   private let action: Action

   static func create(action: @escaping Action) -> Agent {
      Agent(action: action)
   }

   func execute(_ completion: @escaping Completion) {
      action(completion)
   }
}

So, Agent can be created with an arbitrary action that accepts a completion handler to signal when it's done:
let agent = Agent.create { completion in
   print("started executing action")
   DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 2) { completion() }
}

agent.execute { print("done") }

Now, you can adapt it to your MessengerService class:
class MessageService {
   func sendMessage(s: String) {
      print(s)
   }

   var messenger: Agent {
      Agent.create { completion in
         sendMessage("This is a hardcoded message.")
         completion()
      }
   }
}