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Ergoweb Sells ErgoAdvocate, Focuses on Industrial Ergonomics Market
Ergoweb Inc. 02nd March, 2016
Ergoweb Inc., a leading full service ergonomics company, announced today that it has sold its ownership interests in the ErgoAdvocate software system to MSDSonline, an Actua (Nasdaq:ACTA) company. In 2012 Ergoweb and its popular ergonomics web site, ergoweb.com, teamed in a joint venture with Workplace Ergo Inc., the developer of the original ErgoAdvocate software system. The companies worked together to expand ErgoAdvocate's capabilities and reach, a successful effort that resulted in an attractive acquisition opportunity for companies wishing to expand or grow their stake in the office ergonomics training and assessment market. Office ergonomics is a sub-specialty within the larger ergonomics market, and Ergoweb will continue to provide office solutions through it's web site and partner company, ergobuyer.com, and will also grow its industrial and other non-office workplace software and service offerings. Gene Kay, ErgoAdvocate managing partner, will join MSDSonline, where he'll lead their ergonomics-related offerings. "Ergonomics is increasingly recognized as a key component in the success of an organization," said Peter Budnick, Ergoweb CEO. "Reducing injury risk and complying with OSHA and other ergonomics regulatory requirements are important drivers, but the benefits of a good ergonomics process extend well beyond there, creating measurable gains in productivity and quality, reduced absenteeism and presenteeism, and improved employee engagement, accountability and morale," he added. "We see a great deal of untapped ergonomic improvement opportunity in manufacturing, distribution and other physically demanding work environments, and we look forward to continuing our leadership in ergonomics risk management and performance improvement solutions for industry." Ergoweb provides end-to-end ergonomics process services through software, training and consulting, knowledge leadership, and specialized ergonomic equipment and accessories. Since it's founding in 1995, the company has grown to become a leading one-stop source for the ergonomics market, focusing primarily on physical ergonomics issues in the workplace. The company recently released version 5 of the Job Evaluator Toolbox™, also known as JET™, a comprehensive evidence-based job and task ergonomic assessment software for industrial and physically demanding work environments.

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Saying this, we don't dwell on things for too long as in the same week that we have this historical pain, Palestine has just been recognised by the Vatican.
Not only that, but Pope Francis has also just declared 2 Palestinian nuns as Saints. Mariam Bawardi and Mary Al fancine denile Ghattas. They lived in the 19th Century Arab Palestine. They are also the only known modern day Palestinians who are saints. This is an incredible recognition for Palestine and a really proud moment. This will have a positive effect on all the Palestinians, whether Jewish, Muslim or Christian, as the recognition of the country is the main subject. What a great reason to be in the spotlight.
Many people don't know that 85% of Palestine was Christian , now its only 2%. The answer to this decline is the occupation. But that is another story.


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Wipro Acquires Phillippines Brand Splash
Wipro Consumer Care, currently the number two Personal Care company in Malaysia and owner of the number one Halal facial care brand Safi, aims to be number one with the acquisition of Philippines personal care company, Splash Corporation.
Announcing this to the media today, Wipro said the acquisition is its 11th and the largest since its acquisition of Malaysian-born company Unza in 2007.
Deepak Chandran, Chief Financial Officer – International Business, Wipro Consumer Care, said, "The acquisition is in line with our vision of becoming one of the top three players in the personal care market in Asia and our strategy of investing in market-leading local brands in emerging markets. We see significant opportunity to leverage both companies' established manufacturing, world-class R&D sourcing capabilities, sales and marketing to drive growth in the Philippines and across the region where we both have strong brand equity."
Commenting on the transaction, Kumar Chander, President – South East Asia and MENA region, Wipro Consumer Care said, "The acquisition of Splash Corporation further strengthens our position in the Philippines, the third largest beauty and personal care market in the region, valued at over USD4 billion."
He added that the acquisition would enable Wipro to further establish its presence in the attractive and growing Philippine market by leveraging Splash's distribution capabilities across key categories, as well as in other countries where Splash had a strong presence, such as Indonesia, Vietnam, Hong Kong and across the Middle East.
For Wipro, the deal is a gateway for Splash products to enter Malaysian consumer market leveraging Wipro's strength.
"We look forward to bringing Splash's market leading and innovative products to Malaysian consumers and sharing our own leading personal care brands with more people across the region. We're to achieve this alongside Splash's passionate and experienced team who have successfully built a leading business over the last 30 years," said Wendy Yeh, Merger & Acquisitions, Wipro Unza
Wipro will look at opportunities to share its market leading brands like men's toiletries range Romano, skin replenishing brand Bio Essence and body lotion brand Enchanteur with more consumers across the region. Similarly, they will look at expanding Splash's brands to other international markets where Wipro has a footprint, including Malaysia.
Meanwhile, Dr. Rolando B. Hortaleza, CEO and founder of Splash Corporation, said, "I am pleased that Splash is now part of the Wipro family, giving us immediate access to resources and markets that will fuel faster growth and enable us to unlock the true potential of our products."
According to Andy Manotok, Chief Financial Officer, Splash Corporation, it took some seven good years for the acquisition to be concluded. "The founders are now ready to let go as they are confident that the fruit of their labour is now in goods hands and the Splash brand name will continue to thrive under Wipro."
On a separate topic, Andy said for a company to accelerate its grow, it has to team up with big names or what he calls 'big brother' and ride on its partner's success to gain access into newer market.
"It is wiser to partner a company that already has presence in the target country a company wants to venture into as they are already familiar with the country's rules and regulations as well as its consumer behaviour," explained Andy.
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There's a new Turkish kebab shop opened up about 5 minutes (by car) from our house. Sharon stumbled across it the other day.
I've not been but Sharon says the food looks excellent. Yesterday she brought home a "Marmaris Special" - a huge tortilla wrap with several different types of kebab meat, onions, mushrooms and sauce in. We could barely finish it off between the 2 of us. I can heartily recommend it, if you're in Burntwood.
This is another in the series of menus that I post here because I always lose the hard copy at home.


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Johnson & Morley Quickly Back In Work
Anthony Johnson and Bernard Morley certainly haven`t allowed the grass to grow under their feet following their surprise departures from Salford City, despite guiding the Ammies to the Vanarama National League North title last month.
The pair have been installed as the new joint-managers of a Chester FC, who have effectively swapped places with their former club.
The duo have signed two-year contracts at the Swansway Chester Stadium.
Johnson 35, and Morley 34, delivered two promotions in six years at Ramsbottom United, before moving to Salford.
They excelled at the Ammies, earning three promotions.
As well as a proven track record of success, Johnson and Morley supported the development of the footballing infrastructure at Salford and worked very closely with the academy there, and that is something the interview panel were extremely impressed with, as well as their other excellent community work whilst in the role there.
City Fans United chairman David Harrington-Wright said: "I am very pleased that Bern and Jonno want to be a part of the Chester FC journey! They have a well proven track record, with the National League North title last season being the latest in a line of successful campaigns and have an excellent knowledge of football in the North West and under-23's in particular that will definitely help next season.
"I really look forward to them helping restore the good times back at the Swansway Chester Stadium and not just for the coming season and I'm sure the fans will get right behind them!"
On the announcement, Morley told the club`s official website: "We're both extremely delighted to have joined Chester FC and cannot wait to get started in the role.
"We are an ambitious management team and whilst we know there are challenges ahead, we would not have taken the job if we didn't believe that we could get the Blues into a position of challenging for promotion".
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Blog: January 2017
Warm fuzzy shout-outs
Cool! I made the Stack Exchange Year in Review. :-)
If you enjoy analyzing data about the Stack Exchange network, 2016 was your year. Community member Monica Cellio wrote a tutorial about our data explorer, which is maintained by another community member, Tim Stone. A resident data scientist, David Robinson, released StackLite, a lightweight version of community data. To see it in action, consider scripting language trends on Stack Overflow. In December, we connected our data to Google's BigQuery. People are already finding interesting results. Our data team has been posting analysis on the blog, if you crave more.
(There are other links in that paragraph that I didn't recreate in this post. You'll need to go to their blog post to get those.)
The link in the quote is to the blog post where they announced the tutorial (in June):
Have you ever wanted to get a statistic about your favorite Stack Exchange site, but been baffled by exactly how to do that? The Stack Exchange Data Explorer (SEDE) may be just what you're looking for. SEDE was created to make it easy to query and browse the public data that we release periodically for all Stack Exchange sites, but a lack of familiarity with SQL has been a barrier to many of you who would otherwise benefit from it. Now, thanks to friend of the company and moderator extraordinare Monica Cellio, you have a tutorial to guide you in using it! [...] But even though SEDE is nicer to work with than a raw data dump, it can still be pretty intimidating to new users, especially those who aren't trained database engineers. Up until now, the Data Explorer's own help docs have been a little thin, and mostly covered very specialized, advanced features. We've wanted to expand the guidance there for a while, but never quite got around to it. Then Monica rewarded our procrastination by helpfully volunteering to take on the writing.
Kulam: new Jewish study in Pittsburgh, and challenges of chevruta study
Last week I went to the first session of Kulam Pittsburgh (warning: website design has, um, issues). "Kulam" means "all of us", and the goal is beit-midrash style learning for Jews of all flavors. I've experienced this style of learning at Hebrew College, at the Shalom Hartman Institute, and select other places, but it hasn't been very available to me locally. The Kollel does this style of learning, but as a woman and as somebody who's not really part of the Orthodox community here, I have trouble navigating it. (Most classes are for men only, and many of the ones that are for women are on topics that aren't especially engaging for me. I'm not faulting them; I am not their target.)
What do I mean by beit-midrash-style learning? I'm talking about text-based study, with a significant part of it being deep dives in chevruta (partnered learning). It's a style where you look at text, what that text implies, how that squares with other text and what it implies... with the goal of coming out with a deeper understanding of whatever question sent you down that path in the first place. This kind of study relies on conversations, on back-and-forth, and on an inclination toward certain analytical styles. I'm not describing this very well, I don't think. Maybe you have to experience it.
The Kulam program is being led by Rabbi Will Friedman from the Pardes Institute. On first encounter I really like him; he's accessible, knowledgable, good at guiding a conversation, and seems like somebody who really cares about helping people learn. He's from the Boston area and flew down here for this; he'll do that monthly, and between those sessions there'll be other ones with a more local focus (he'll join by video call). The sessions stand alone, though each of those "local" ones is related to the previous one that he led in person.
The topic of last week's was: "Interpersonal Responsibility in a Global Age". Rabbi Friedman gave an introduction, including explaining the basic idea of chevruta study for those unfamiliar with it, and then had us pair up and dive into texts for about an hour. We were given a packet of materials -- a text, some questions to discuss, and then the next text and its questions, about a dozen in all. The first few texts came from torah, then talmud, then later commentaries. After the chevruta study Rabbi Friedman led a discussion that he used to draw out the key points he wanted us to take away. I found this last part very useful, as he picked up on some themes we talked about and drew out some things I hadn't figured out on my own. (Maybe I'll write more about the specific content some other time.)
But there's one big challenge of this sort of community-wide learning, and I don't know how we address it. Rabbi Friedman introduced chevruta study by quoting the passage in Mishelei (Proverbs) that iron sharpens iron, and said it's essential to study torah with somebody else and not alone so we can challenge and be challenged and, thus, be sharpened. I agree; well-matched chevruta study is really effective. This kind of study is traditionally done in Orthodox yeshivot where all of the participants have a common educational background. Some are more learned than others of course, and some are more skilled than others, and some specialize in particular topics, but everybody there has a good grounding and you can build on that.
Iron sharpens iron. But it dents bronze and splinters wood. Meanwhile, wood can ding bronze some and doesn't do much to iron. None of this is the fault of the wood or the bronze or the iron. But you really do want to try to match people somewhat. In a group where people don't know each other, don't have a shared context, and are encouraged to not just pair up with the people they came with, how do you do that? A good match makes for a great experience at any level; a poor match leaves both people frustrated, as one feels overwhelmed and the other feels hindered. And if the bulk of the session is the chevruta study, that can be frustrating. I want neither to frustrate nor to be frustrated by the luck of the draw.
I'm currently planning to go to all of the sessions where Rabbi Friedman will be here in person -- I really like him so far. But I'm not sure about the others (which will have an even higher proportion of chevruta study because it's hard to facilitate a discussion via Skype). I don't know if I should just recruit a well-matched chevruta to go with (BYOCh?), or if there's some way to -- without causing anybody to feel awkward -- do better match-making.
The comments contain a lot of discussion of teaching pedagogy.
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A Glassdoor review of a former employer includes these two bits:
Pro: You can get lost in the masses with over 90,000 employees. Great for under-achievers.
Con: Lots of dead wood.
C'mon, pick a side. :-)


I had never seen Dow's Lake with such a low water level but I guess it is all part of the NCC's Spring Flood Control Plan.
Low water level? Count yourself lucky. I have never seen the rivers so high as they are here today after a week of rain. It will be over the bridge into town tonight, I expexct. High wind, rain, earthquake in the Pacific. Are we truly going to see the end of the world on the 21st?
We were there last week-ish and I was struck by how shallow the lake actually is.


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Message from Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund to Michigan Campaign For Liberty
POSTED BY C4L Member April 04, 2012
Dear Michigan Campaign For Liberty,
The local food movement is under attack in Michigan. In a brazen power grab threatening the livelihood of small farmers across the state, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is using the state Invasive Species Act to expand its jurisdiction beyond hunting and fishing to farming operations.
On April 1, 2012, an Invasive Species Order (ISO) that DNR issued in 2010 went into effect.
The ISO prohibits the possession of various breeds of swine; DNR stated that the order was necessary "to help stop the spread of feral swine and the disease risk they pose to humans, domestic pigs, and wildlife as well as their potential for extensive agricultural and ecosystem damage."
The ISO allows DNR to seize and destroy heritage breeds of pigs raised by Michigan farmers; DNR will not compensate farmers whose pigs are destroyed. Possession of prohibited swine after April 1 is a felony with penalties of up to two years in jail and $20,000 in fines.
According to DNR's interpretation of the ISO, any pig in Michigan whether wild or domestic could be prohibited. Instead of using common sense in limiting the order to feral hogs that roam in wild and unfenced public and private lands, DNR is basing its interpretation as to what constitutes a prohibited swine on eight physical characteristics (phenotype) listed in its Declaratory Ruling issued on the swine ISO in December 2011. The Ruling lists a ninth "characteristic" consisting of "characteristics not currently know to" DNR. The characteristics include ones involving underbelly fur, tail structure, ear structure, and skeletal appearance. Using these characteristics, any pig in the state could be prohibited under the ISO.
Mark Baker, a hog farmer in Marion, is one of four people who have filed lawsuits to stop the implementation of the ISO. As pointed out in Baker's complaint, "There is nothing inherently vicious or unhealthy about the breeds of pigs targeted by the ISO. Any pig, whether used in 'domestic hog production' or not, will exhibit the same problematic behaviors if allowed to become feral, that is, to live outside the husbandry of humans. It is the state of being feral which causes the problems identified by the DNR in the ISO and declaratory ruling, not any particular breed of pig."
There are two political agendas at work behind the issuing of the ISO. According to Baker's complaint, DNR has tried unsuccessfully for many years to have the legislature eliminate hunting preserves and estates. In these facilities, privately owned pigs and other animals live in a contained natural environment where customers pay for a chance to hunt and harvest these animals. Further the DNR does not collect licensing fees from these contained private preserves which they do get from hunters on public and other private land.
Implementing the ISO would be a step for DNR towards its eventual goal of eliminating the hunting preserves.
There is evidence that feral swine are not the problem that DNR claims. The Michigan legislature passed a shoot-on-sight law allowing feral pigs to be hunted. Testimony presented to the Michigan Senate Agriculture Committee on March 29 revealed that only 43 feral swine were killed in Michigan in 2011; by contrast, 140,000 deer were killed in the state during that time.
The other agenda at work is that of the Michigan Pork Producers Association (MPPA) who has publicly supported the ISO. In a February 27 editorial published in the Manistee Advocate newspaper, State Senator Darwin L. Booher mentioned, "The small farmers I have talked to wonder why the DNR is singling out their pigs and is joining forces with the Michigan Pork Producers Association on this issue. They believe the association wants all pigs to be raised in confinement facilities, and the best way to achieve that is to make it illegal to raise certain swine, especially those offering alternatives to the white pork raised in confinement." At this time, it is certain only that swine raised in confinement facilities would be exempt from the ISO. For the confinement operations, the ISO could effectively reduce or eliminate the competition.
On March 29, there was an effort in the Michigan legislature to extend the effective date ninety days; but lobbyists for MPPA were successful in killing the measure.
Implementation of the ISO will deny farmers their property rights and the right to make a living. It will reduce or eliminate customer access to heritage breed pork, a product that has become increasingly popular in restaurants across the state. All that could be left for consumers would be factory pork produced by confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs) pork.
The ISO will impact farmers and consumers around the nation; the National Pork Producers Association and government agencies in other states are watching to see whether DNR can get away with enforcing the ISO.
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has the power to rescind the order. People need to call, fax or email the governor demanding that he immediately rescind this unconstitutional ISO. Below are suggested talking points and you can click here for sample letter.
Governor Rick Snyder, State Capitol
1. DNR needs to stay off farms
2. DNR needs to repeal the Invasive Species Order to not include ALL swine that are under the husbandry of humans no matter how they are raised.
4. The order denies consumers their rights to access foods of their choice.
5. The order violates farmers' property rights and the right to make a living.


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Much like everything else in life we each have our own perspectives on what defines greatness. Something we can all agree on is that brilliance is an elusive trait to find, but when you see it (or hear it) you know it.
The first recorded sounds date all the way back to Thomas Edison's mechanical phonograph cylinder that he patented in 1878. Things have improved a bit since then. Today we have access to everything, and as a consequence, we are all contributors and critics. Everyone has an opinion on everything. So, this is my opinion on a piece of art that I believe comes once in a generation.
Art has become a commodity. Consequently how we define an artist and creativity has changed drastically in the last quarter century. Creativity can be expressed in any shape, size or medium. For most artists their creativity depends on their muses or motivation, but there is the rare instance when everything seems to line up and results in a stroke of artistic genius.
I have been an audiophile since I got my first silver iPod mini for my 10th birthday. Constantly analyzing any song or sound I could find to the point where I can make my mind do weird things like close my eye to see the colors of a sound and feel the temperature of a particular song.
I remember the exact night when I started to come around to the idea that maybe Kanye West was one of the best rappers in my lifetime. It was Wednesday August 8th, 2011 at 12:47 in the morning. Jay-Z and Kanye West had just dropped Watch The Throne. After listening to it for the first of three times that evening I had already decided it was one of the best Hip-Hop/Rap album of all-time. From then on I was 100% on the Kanye West bandwagon choosing to ignore his antics and simply appreciate his creations.
Prior to that Wednesday in 2011, Kanye's latest project was My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, which I still believe is his best solo Hip-Hop album to date. After Watch The Throne Kanye went on a tear of personal controversy, he even married a world famous movie star! After he released Yeezus which showcased a massive leap sonically and personally my ability to separate the man from the music started to get shaky. This project was unlike anything I had ever heard before as it pulled inspiration from Acid House, dancehall, Heavy Metal and Dubstep with a bit of old-school Hip-Hop flare sprinkled over every beat. I hated to admit that even with the outlandish claims some of the lyrics made about the man himself, I just loved the sound. It was volatile yet smooth and resisted anything that was hot at the time. This is when I started to see Kanye more as a mad scientist than a rapper. He produced sounds we couldn't fathom putting together.
At that point I whole-heartedly believed we had witnessed creative genius, where talent and insanity met at a harmonious intersection. Boy was I wrong…kinda.
The announcement of Kanye's next album, which after many changes would be titled The Life of Pablo, is arguably the most anticipated piece of art since the last Stevenote. On February 14, 2016 after a media storm even Donald Trump would envy the world finally got to decide if this album was worth the hype. After the first 10 days it was available CNN Money reported that "The Life of Pablo" had streamed a quarter of a billion times. That does not even count the times people like me listened it "off-line".
What I thought the world got at first was the best produced Kanye album ever but lyrically his weakest since 808s & Heartbreaks. The more and more and more I listened to the intricacies of the 18 tracks I realized that this piece of music was meticulously crafted to transcend expectations: from its gospel roots to the dream team lineup of contributors to the fluctuation between controversy and vulnerability. I am in no way saying we praise the man like the god he thinks he is but what I am saying is we should at least put him on the pedestal of all-time greats.
If you haven't yet scoured the internet for The Life of Pablo or subscribed to Tidal yet then you are in luck, because you can now listen to the full work on Kanye's personal website for free. If you don't want to listen to the full album, then simply indulge yourself in part one of Norwegian DJ Lido's eight-minute mash up of the entire album.
Like I mentioned this everyone has an opinion on everything these days, so whether you agree or disagree let me know. I always enjoy a good discussion.
Over the holidays, I spent an extraordinary amount of time in airport terminals. Specifically, terminal C at Dallas-Fort Worth International airport. Between the symphonies of crying babies, weather delays and crew availability miscues I have endured and have almost reached my final destination.
Recently, I have been given the opportunity to be an intern for a new social platform called "Wheel". One of the wheels I started is titled "people @ airports". I started this random filming of humans wandering through the concourse is because if we each took a moment to just be still and look around us in these places, we would see the beautiful chaos of our interconnected world. A quick glance to my right and I see people from Calgary traveling to Mexico. A slight turn of my head and I hear a conversation in a dialect I couldn't even guess at. Then as I turn my head all the way to the left more screaming babies.
Even though it is the holidays it's interesting to note that every single person sitting around me at gate C-30 is here for a different reason. Each has a unique motivation for putting themselves through the hassles of travel. After a 36 hour visit with my extended family in Columbus, Ohio my motivation was to make my way down to Austin, Texas for my very first "friend wedding". The matrimony is taking place between my old roommate who recently left the luxuries of college life to serve his country in the "world's finest Navy" as he puts it.
In the 20+ hours I've spent in these terminals over the past three days I've seen a really ugly side of humanity, but at the same time I've caught glimpses of how cool our world is. The fact that one can decided to go to Tokyo and back for a weekend with the click of a button is fascinating. So I would like to extend an olive branch to the airline companies and the valiant employees that power these logistical feats. Regardless of any words of frustration we might utter, we are extremely grateful for the avenues of adventure you provide us that makes our crazy world a much smaller place.


The deliciously rich molasses-flavored gingerbread, topped with peaches in caramel, is an absolutely irresistible combination. Serve it with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream and savor every bite.
1. In a small bowl, combine butter and brown sugar. Spread over bottom of prepared slow cooker stoneware. Arrange peaches on top.
1. In a bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, salt, ginger and cinnamon. In a separate bowl, combine molasses and boiling water. In a bowl, using an electric mixer, if desired, beat butter and brown sugar until smooth and creamy. Beat in egg until incorporated. Add flour mixture alternately with molasses mixture, beating well after each addition. Pour batter over peaches.
2. Place a clean tea towel over top of slow cooker stoneware. Cover and cook on High for 21⁄2 to 3 hours or until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. When ready to serve, slice and invert onto plate. Top with vanilla ice cream, if using.
Apple Gingerbread Upside-Down Cake: Substitute 4 cups (1 L) chopped peeled apples for the peaches.
To prevent accumulated moisture from dripping on the cake batter, place a clean tea towel, folded in half (so you will have two layers), across the top of the stoneware before covering. The towel will absorb the moisture generated during cooking.


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Q: Does anyone have experience with a sph0645(i2s microphone) and esp32-s2? I am trying with ESP32-S2 WROOM (full name: LilyGO TTGO T8 ESP32-S2 WROOM) to read the input from an i2s microphone(sph0645), and all I get is either silence or a noise (if the assigned pin is not in the microphone fits) so the connection must be correct, I think. I get 1 error message namely E (10715) AUDIO_ELEMENT: [wav] Element already stopped. This error message is nowhere to be found on the espressif forum so I have become a bit hopeless: P also good to know that this is my first post on this topic. So if you know a little more about how to make these two components (i2s microphone and esp32-s2) work, feel free!
To complete the story, this is the complete log.
    (64) boot: ESP-IDF v4.2-dirty 2nd stage bootloader
I (64) boot: compile time 15:26:45
I (64) boot: chip revision: 0
I (66) boot.esp32s2: SPI Speed : 80MHz
I (71) boot.esp32s2: SPI Mode : DIO
I (76) boot.esp32s2: SPI Flash Size : 4MB
I (81) boot: Enabling RNG early entropy source...
I (86) boot: Partition Table:
I (90) boot: ## Label Usage Type ST Offset Length
I (97) boot: 0 nvs WiFi data 01 02 00009000 00006000
I (104) boot: 1 phy_init RF data 01 01 0000f000 00001000
I (112) boot: 2 factory factory app 00 00 00010000 00100000
I (119) boot: End of partition table
I (124) esp_image: segment 0: paddr=0x00010020 vaddr=0x3f000020 size=0x0dafc ( 56060) map
I (144) esp_image: segment 1: paddr=0x0001db24 vaddr=0x3ffbf260 size=0x01f70 ( 8048) load
I (147) esp_image: segment 2: paddr=0x0001fa9c vaddr=0x40024000 size=0x00404 ( 1028) load
0x40024000: _WindowOverflow4 at C:/Users/kraan/esp/esp-idf/components/freertos/xtensa/xtensa_vectors.S:1730I (153) esp_image: segment 3: paddr=0x0001fea8 vaddr=0x40024404 size=0x00170 ( 368) load
I (162) esp_image: segment 4: paddr=0x00020020 vaddr=0x40080020 size=0x2a02c (172076) map
0x40080020: _stext at ??:?I (206) esp_image: segment 5: paddr=0x0004a054 vaddr=0x40024574 size=0x0ace4 ( 44260) load
I (225) boot: Loaded app from partition at offset 0x10000
I (225) boot: Disabling RNG early entropy source...
I (225) cache: Instruction cache : size 8KB, 4Ways, cache line size 32Byte
I (233) cpu_start: Pro cpu up.
I (236) cpu_start: Application information:
I (241) cpu_start: Project name: record_wav
I (246) cpu_start: App version: 1
I (251) cpu_start: Compile time: Mar 4 2021 15:26:18
I (257) cpu_start: ELF file SHA256: f689f9b5ef13ab60...
I (263) cpu_start: ESP-IDF: v4.2-dirty
I (268) cpu_start: Single core mode
D (272) memory_layout: Checking 3 reserved memory ranges:
D (278) memory_layout: Reserved memory range 0x3ffb4000 - 0x3ffbf258
D (284) memory_layout: Reserved memory range 0x3ffbf260 - 0x3ffc1a20
D (291) memory_layout: Reserved memory range 0x3ffffa10 - 0x40000000
D (297) memory_layout: Building list of available memory regions:
D (303) memory_layout: Available memory region 0x3ffc1a20 - 0x3ffc4000
D (310) memory_layout: Available memory region 0x3ffc4000 - 0x3ffc8000
D (316) memory_layout: Available memory region 0x3ffc8000 - 0x3ffcc000
D (323) memory_layout: Available memory region 0x3ffcc000 - 0x3ffd0000
D (330) memory_layout: Available memory region 0x3ffd0000 - 0x3ffd4000
D (336) memory_layout: Available memory region 0x3ffd4000 - 0x3ffd8000
D (343) memory_layout: Available memory region 0x3ffd8000 - 0x3ffdc000
D (349) memory_layout: Available memory region 0x3ffdc000 - 0x3ffe0000
D (356) memory_layout: Available memory region 0x3ffe0000 - 0x3ffe4000
D (363) memory_layout: Available memory region 0x3ffe4000 - 0x3ffe8000
D (369) memory_layout: Available memory region 0x3ffe8000 - 0x3ffec000
D (376) memory_layout: Available memory region 0x3ffec000 - 0x3fff0000
D (382) memory_layout: Available memory region 0x3fff0000 - 0x3fff4000
D (389) memory_layout: Available memory region 0x3fff4000 - 0x3fff8000
D (396) memory_layout: Available memory region 0x3fff8000 - 0x3fffc000
D (402) memory_layout: Available memory region 0x3fffc000 - 0x3ffffa10
I (409) heap_init: Initializing. RAM available for dynamic allocation:
D (416) heap_init: New heap initialised at 0x3ffc1a20
I (421) heap_init: At 3FFC1A20 len 0003A5E0 (233 KiB): DRAM
I (427) heap_init: At 3FFFC000 len 00003A10 (14 KiB): DRAM
I (433) cpu_start: Pro cpu start user code
D (491) clk: RTC_SLOW_CLK calibration value: 5765894
D (497) intr_alloc: Connected src 49 to int 2 (cpu 0)
D (497) intr_alloc: Connected src 73 to int 10 (cpu 0)
D (497) intr_alloc: Connected src 28 to int 3 (cpu 0)
D (503) FLASH_HAL: extra_dummy: 0
D (506) spi_flash: trying chip: issi
D (510) spi_flash: trying chip: gd
D (513) spi_flash: trying chip: mxic
D (517) spi_flash: trying chip: generic
I (521) spi_flash: detected chip: generic
I (526) spi_flash: flash io: dio
I (530) cpu_start: Starting scheduler on PRO CPU.
D (535) heap_init: New heap initialised at 0x3fffc000
D (535) intr_alloc: Connected src 17 to int 9 (cpu 0)
I (545) REC_WAV_SDCARD: [ 1 ] Mount sdcard
D (545) intr_alloc: Connected src 23 to int 12 (cpu 0)
D (555) intr_alloc: Connected src 34 to int 13 (cpu 0)
I (605) REC_WAV_SDCARD: [ 2 ] Start codec chip
I (605) REC_WAV_SDCARD: [3.0] Create audio pipeline for recording
I (605) REC_WAV_SDCARD: [3.1] Create fatfs stream to write data to sdcard
I (615) REC_WAV_SDCARD: [3.2] Create i2s stream to read audio data from codec chip
D (625) intr_alloc: Connected src 35 to int 19 (cpu 0)
I (635) REC_WAV_SDCARD: [3.3] Create wav encoder to encode wav format
I (635) REC_WAV_SDCARD: [3.4] Register all elements to audio pipeline
I (645) REC_WAV_SDCARD: [3.5] Link it together [codec_chip]-->i2s_stream-->wav_encoder-->fatfs_stream-->[sdcard]
I (655) REC_WAV_SDCARD: [3.6] Set up uri (file as fatfs_stream, wav as wav encoder)
I (665) REC_WAV_SDCARD: [ 4 ] Set up event listener
I (665) REC_WAV_SDCARD: [4.1] Listening event from pipeline
I (675) REC_WAV_SDCARD: [4.2] Listening event from peripherals
I (685) REC_WAV_SDCARD: [ 5 ] Start audio_pipeline
I (695) REC_WAV_SDCARD: [ 6 ] Listen for all pipeline events, record for 10 Seconds
I (1715) REC_WAV_SDCARD: [ * ] Recording ... 1
I (2715) REC_WAV_SDCARD: [ * ] Recording ... 2
I (3715) REC_WAV_SDCARD: [ * ] Recording ... 3
I (4715) REC_WAV_SDCARD: [ * ] Recording ... 4
I (5715) REC_WAV_SDCARD: [ * ] Recording ... 5
I (6715) REC_WAV_SDCARD: [ * ] Recording ... 6
I (7715) REC_WAV_SDCARD: [ * ] Recording ... 7
I (8715) REC_WAV_SDCARD: [ * ] Recording ... 8
I (9715) REC_WAV_SDCARD: [ * ] Recording ... 9
I (10715) REC_WAV_SDCARD: [ * ] Recording ... 10
I (10715) REC_WAV_SDCARD: [ 7 ] Stop audio_pipeline
W (10715) AUDIO_ELEMENT: IN-[wav] AEL_IO_ABORT
E (10715) AUDIO_ELEMENT: [wav] Element already stopped
W (10725) AUDIO_ELEMENT: IN-[file] AEL_IO_ABORT
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W (10745) AUDIO_ELEMENT: [i2s] Element has not create when AUDIO_ELEMENT_TERMINATE
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Playground Love
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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
George Lucas, 1999
Elektrobank
Spike Jonze, 1997
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
Francis Ford Coppola, 1992
Deeper and Deeper
Bobby Woods, 1992
Inside Monkey Zetterland
Jefery Levy, 1992
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Faerie Tale Theatre: The Princess Who Had Never Laughed
Mark Cullingham, 1986
Peggy Sue Got Married
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The Beguiled
The Bling Ring
I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself
The Virgin Suicides
Lick the Star
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The Spirit of '76
Lucas Reiner, 1990
Always at The Carlyle
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Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
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Two one-act operas arrive at Margaret Island Open-Air Stage starring the Argentine tenor who is one of the most distinguished performers of our time! In the summer of 2019, after New York's Metropolitan Opera and the Opera de Monte Carlo, Marcelo Álvarez will dazzle spectators on Margaret Island in the roles of Turiddu and Canio. more
We can thank Edoardo Sonzogno, a contemporary Milanese publisher who used his paper to advertise a yearly one-act opera contest, for these twin works, the two most popular pieces in the Italian one-act opera repertoire. With the agreement of librettists, Pietro Mascagni reworked the original two-act version of Cavalleria Rusticana – by including the eventually famous "Intermezzo" – to satisfy the contest's requirements. In that same year, the jury did not consider Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera Pagliacci, since it was two acts and thus disqualified. In 1890, Cavalleria Rusticana won the Sonzogno Company's competition. However, Leoncavallo's work caught the attention of the publisher. Two years later, on 21 May 1892, it was shown in Milan's Teatro Dal Verme venue after a performance of Cavalleria Rusticana. Nowadays, opera houses traditionally stage these works together on account of their short duration and similar styles.
What connects these two pieces is the naturalistic style of depiction, where the conflicts of flesh-and-blood characters are portrayed as everyday stories. Today we could even call them opera thrillers. Now the Budapest audience may view them at Margaret Island Open-Air Stage directed by Georges Delnon and featuring the Hungarian State Opera House's orchestra and chorus.
Featuring the Hungarian State Opera House Orchestra, Chorus and Children's Chorus
A joint production of the Hungarian State Opera House and Open-Air Theatre.


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France agrees Holocaust SNCF rail payout with US
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France and the US have agreed a compensation package for Holocaust victims deported by a French rail company during World War Two.
The two sides announced a $60m (£40m) compensation fund, paid for by the French government, on Friday.
Reparations will be paid to those transported by state rail company SNCF to Nazi concentration camps.
US lawmakers have previously attempted to bar SNCF from rail contracts because of its actions in WW2.
The rail company moved 76,000 Jews to Nazi camps during the Holocaust. Only about 3,000 survived.
However, the company, and some historians, have argued that SNCF was forced by the occupying German army to assist in the deportations.
In 2010, the SNCF chief executive expressed "profound sorrow and regret" for the consequences of the company's actions.
An SNCF wagon forms part of the memorial at the site of the Drancy concentration camp, north of Paris
Under the deal, Holocaust survivors as well as their spouses or descendants will receive compensation.
US-French deal
France to pay a $60m lump sum to the US, who will pay out to eligible claimants
Several thousand US citizens and other nationals are expected receive payments
Non-French survivors (with the exception of Belgians, Poles, Britons and former Czechoslovaks) will each receive more than $100,000
Spouses of non-French survivors (with the exception of Belgians, Poles, Britons and former Czechoslovaks) will each be paid tens of thousands of dollars
Estates "standing in the shoes" of non-French survivors or spouses (with the exception of Belgians, Poles, Britons and former Czechoslovaks) who died after World War Two – payments will depend on the year when the survivor or spouse died
Officials say thousands could be eligible, including citizens of Israel, Canada and the US.
According to US negotiator Stuart Eizenstat, survivors could receive more than $100,000 each, while spouses or heirs could get tens of thousands of dollars.
The agreement still needs to be voted on by the French parliament.
SNCF is currently bidding on US rail contracts, including in the state of Maryland, where lawmakers have pushed for reparations for survivors.
As part of the deal, the US government will try to end lawsuits and other claims against SNCF that have been made in Maryland, New York, Florida and California.


Congratulations to the winners of the International House Alumni and Friends Our World Photo Contest. Six winning photographs are featured as Web Postcards on the Online Community website. We invite you to visit the site and send these postcards to your friends and colleagues around the world. The postcards can be accessed through the site at http://ihouse.onlinecommunity.com, then click on Web Postcards.
First place winners are Maria Chavez (IH 1992-'94) for the Creative Expression Category, Max Cheng (IH 1993-'96), for the Seasons Category, Mark Cheung (IH 2000-'01) for the I-House Memories and Faces Categories, Firoozeh Jazayeri Dumas (IH 1986-'87) for the Friendship Category, Damon Lynch (IH 1993-'94) for the Places Category.
Second and third place prizes were awarded to Christian Goettsch (1994), Max Cheng (IH 1993-'96), Maria Chavez (1992-1994), Damon Lynch (1993-1994), Kate Harrison (1977-1979), Mark Cheung (2000-2001), and Barbara Claire Freeman.
Our appreciation to all of you who submitted photographs. So many wonderful images made the selection of winners a difficult job for our committee.


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A male Harlequin Duck in breeding plumage was seen along the Niagara River the other day. I went down to see if I could get a glimpse of this beautiful bird - and, thanks to Jim Pawlicki and Bill Watson, I had a few clear seconds where he was very visible in my scope. It was tough because the Harlequin Duck is a diving duck and they spend a lot of time diving for food. The duck's behavior pattern was to float along with the current while continually diving for food, then fly back up river to do it all over again. I tried for closer views of this handsome duck by walking out Bird Island Pier, but I didn't have any luck for a photo before the rain came. While I waited, though, I enjoyed watching the Canvasbacks, Redheads, Scaup, Common Goldeneyes, Bufflehead, and mergansers.
The next day, Celeste and I tried again and we both got short views with no photo opportunities again. At least, somewhat satisfied that we saw this gorgeous bird, we decided to go further north to see if we could find the Common Ravens that are known to frequent that area.
Sure enough, within just a few minutes, we found two ravens going about the business of nest building. This was my best view of a raven to-date and I was happy to see the shaggy throat, the wedge-shaped tail, the sweptback wings, and the heavy bill. We watched them fly around with their more hawklike flight, but we never did hear them "croak", which would have been nice to combine that with the great visuals.
Earlier in the week, I went up to Point Breeze to see if I could find the Barrow's Goldeneye again. It took me almost three, frigid hours, but I finally found him floating among the Common Goldeneyes with his head tucked. The darker, more spotted pattern on his back gave him away - and when he finally woke, I was able to confirm the ID by the elongated, crescent-shaped white patch on his cheek. A beautiful bird and worth nearly losing my fingers and toes to frostbite!
On the way back, I happened on a field of Horned Larks and, while photographing them, I witnessed - what I'm 99% sure of - a Sharp-shinned Hawk charge through the flock! Wow! It came up empty and took rest in a nearby tree. I photographed it, instead, since all my cute, little subjects had dispersed!
Then, while running an errand this morning, I visited an owl I'm familiar with: an Eastern Screech-Owl. I enjoy watching him sun himself on cold, sunny days; it's always a treat.
Oh, and sadly, I heard from another birder friend that a Great Horned Owl nest he was watching was disrupted during a windy night this past weekend. He found the eggs broken on the ground and the adults were nowhere to be found. The word from another couple of birders is that was the same nest I've been watching. I'll get down there soon to check to see if it was. It's very disappointing, regardless. A couple experienced birders have offered some hope that it may still be early enough in the season that the pair may could attempt to re-nest. I choose to be somewhat hopeful. Below are photos of the nesting pair I photographed.
I'm 99% sure this is Sharp-shinned Hawk: small head, eyes about halfway between the front and back of the head, the tail feathers close to the same length... I couldn't see if its head was more hooded or capped at this angle, though. Thoughts?
Song Sparrow - out on Bird Island Pier - I don't know how he's finding food out there!
It was pretty cool watching him swoop in!
Darling Pictures of those Horned Larks!
Great series of photos Sue,you have my vote for a sharp shinned hawk, but then again I am no expert.The tail does it for me.
Thanks Karen and Tim. And thanks for the input on the hawk, Tim; I agree the tail is pretty classic SSHA.


At around 11 a.m. on Wednesday (January 7, 2015), heavily armed gunmen in black ski masks, shouting Islamic slogans, stormed the satirical newspaper office Charlie Hebdo in the deadliest attack in France in four decades.
Paris—the City of love, romance, art, fabulous wine, French cuisine, and jeux de vi. Home to a moveable feast of creativity in the 1920s with expatriate writers Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein, and Hemingway who lived and worked amoung the European avant-garde. Senseless madmen have ripped Paris apart.
12 people were shot dead including editor Stéphane Charbonnier, known by his pen name Charb, the revered iconoclast cartoonist who had long defended his staff's right to free speech.
French police have issued arrest warrants for brothers Cherif Kouachi, 32, and Said Kouachi, 34, AFP says. They have appealed to the public for information but warned that the men were "likely armed and dangerous".
Why are Memories so Persistent—Frozen in Time?
Why Girl was at MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) in New York.
Time is the theme here, from the melting watches to the decay implied by the swarming ants. The monstrous fleshy creature draped across the paintings center is an approximation of Dalís own face in profile. Mastering what he called "the usual paralyzing tricks of eye-fooling," Dalí painted this work with "the most imperialist fury of precision," but only, he said, "to systematize confusion and thus to help discredit completely the world of reality." There is, however, a nod to the real: The distant golden cliffs are those on the coast of Catalonia, Dalís home.
What do memories mean to you?


Hey friends!!! I hope your week is going well! Mine has been kinda crazy, but I am pretty happy today because we are headed south today for a wedding this weekend!
Before we head out I wanted to recap last week's events because there were plenty of them! My mom offered to take Jon and I out to breakfast for my birthday. My mom suggested The Cafe at Thistle Farms, which is a new cafe in town with an amazing mission of empowering and employing women that have been affected by trafficking, prostitution, and addiction.
I got the yogurt with homemade granola and fruit and it was really good!
After breakfast my mom and I headed to East Tennessee on a little road trip. I had to go to work so she decided to tag along! After work we headed to Cru Bistro and Wine Bar which I have been wanting to try for some time.
I got the salmon, my mom got a pizza and we ordered some Brussel sprouts to share! We both thoroughly enjoyed our meals.
The next day after a full morning of work we grabbed lunch at Panera before hitting the road. I am currently obsessed with their autumn squash soup. It is SOOO delicious!
Less than an hour after getting home, Jon and I were out the door for a fun date night. We decided on Henrietta Red for dinner.
I had been once before for drinks and have been wanting to try the food ever since!
We got a ceviche to start, I got the scallops and my husband got the fish and we both raved about our meals!
After dinner we headed to The Ryman Auditorium to see Sheryl Crow for a benefit concert. The show was absolutely amazing!!
Friday night we just took it easy and hung out at home because we had plans on Saturday and I was pretty exhausted from traveling and being out late on Thursday night. Saturday morning we went for a nice long walk with the pups and I couldn't help but admire the beautiful changing leaves. I just love fall!
Saturday afternoon we headed to Natchez Hills Winery at Fontanel for some wine tasting with our friends to celebrate my birthday!!
After our tasting we bought a few bottles of wine to enjoy outside before our dinner reservation.
For dinner, we just hopped on over to the restaurant at Fontanel called Cafe Fontanel. There was a live band playing (they sung Happy Birthday to me :)) so that made the night so much fun! I got the fennel crusted salmon, which I loved! Rachael even brought me a gluten free almond cake from a local vegan bakery! Everyone came back to our house after dinner for some ping pong and relaxing!! It was such a great extended birthday weekend celebration and I am just so grateful to everyone who made it so special! I have such amazing friends!!!
We are heading to the airport to chase the warmer weather!! Have a great rest of your week!!
Have your tried any new restaurants lately?
I hope you all are doing well! I am pretty happy it is the weekend as this week has been a long one. I have been dealing with an especially painful back/neck alongside some debilitating migraines all while trying to figure out the best dosage of some new meds for my current issues. It has been very exhausting and I have been traveling a lot for work on top of all of it. Whew… I know that was a mouthful. Sometimes we all just need to vent a little, right? I am keeping my head held high in hopes that this new doctor I am seeing will be able to figure out how to fix my pain instead of just coat it. I think I will do another recap of whats going on with all my back/neck pain in a later post.
Onto happy things… how was your Halloween? I just love seeing all the pictures of everyone dressed up! You guys… guess what? We had 2 trick-or-treaters! 2!!!!! What the heck!! I was looking forward to seeing a bunch of kiddos in their costumes, but I guess our street just isn't the place to be. I also think next year I will prop open our front gate so that more people know we are home!
So last weekend we had a special visitor. My bestie Erin from Cincinnati came to town on Friday night for a weekend full of fun. On Friday night we had plans for dinner at Park Cafe with some friends!
A few of us got the grouper. It was delicious!
We had a fun time eating, drinking and chatting the night away at a local bar after dinner. Such a fun night!
Saturday morning we went on a run in the park with the pups, crafted for our halloween costumes and took some naps. My husband caught me sleeping with my pups and shoes on. 🙂 I rarely take naps, but love when I get the chance to.
Erin and I got super crafty and made some homemade costumes for Saturday evening.
Traffic signs in the dark!
A few of us stopped by a friends Halloween house party before heading to the main event of the evening.
We had a blast dancing the night away to some new and old toons. The next day we grabbed a quick lunch before Erin had to get on the road and I had to get some chores done! This salad was everything!!


When you see "healthy" on food package, what does it mean?
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Food and Drug Administration posted Biennial Registration Renewal. All food facilities must renew their registration with FDA from October 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016. FDA renewal post is available at http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/FoodFacilityRegistration/ucm324780.htm. Registration requirement applies to domestic (U.S.) and foreign (non-U.S.) food facilities. Facility means any establishment, structure, or structures under one ownership at one general physical location, or, in the case of a mobile facility, traveling to multiple locations, that manufactures/processes, packs, or holds food for consumption in the United States.


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Hídroterapíja je uporaba vode v medicinski in zdravilski terapiji. Voda je lahko v obliki pare, tekočine ali ledu in se uporablja tako znotraj kot tudi zunaj telesa. Namen terapije je revitalizirati, vzdrževati in povrniti zdravje organizmu. Hidroterapija vključuje savne, parne kopeli, brbotalniki, sedeče kopeli, podvodne masaže, talasoterapije, turške kopeli, …

Zgodovina
Hidroterapijo so že v zgodovini uporabljale različne kulture. Že v Stari zavezi so omenjene zdravilne moči mineralne vode. Stari Grki so verjeli, da se v vodi skriva esenca življenja. Velik zagovornik hidroterapije je bil bavarski menih Sebastian Kneipp, ki jo je postavil na primeren nivo in postavil temelje, ki povečini držijo še danes.

Delovanje
Hladna voda deluje stimulirajoče in povzroči vazokonstrikcijo žil v koži ter s tem povečan pretok krvi v notranje organe. Vroča voda deluje relaksirajoče in povzroči vazodilatacijo kožnih žil in pripomore k odstranitvi odpadnih snovi iz organizma. Izmenjujoča uporaba vroče in hladne vode zmanjša vnetne reakcije in stimulira cirkulacijo krvi.

Uporaba
Rehabilitacija in vadba - vaje, ki se izvajajo pod vodo predstavljajo manjše breme za sklepe. Upor vode pa je uporabljen za hitrejše pridobivanje mišične mase.

Sedeča kopel - lahko uporabimo hladno ali toplo vodo, nekaterim pa bolj ugaja izmenjujoči tok hladne in tople vode. Vodi lahko dodamo sol, kis ali pa sodo bikarbono. Oseba se vsede v kopel, tako da mu voda sega do bokov. Kopel se uporablja za zmanjšanje bolečine in nelagodja, ki nastopi zaradi hemeroidov, razpok anusa, menstrualnih problemov, cist in polipov.

Kopel s toplo vodo - prizadeti del telesa namakamo do 30 minut v topli vodi. Vodi lahko dodamo magnezijev sulfat, mineralizirano blato, eterična olja, ingver ali morsko sol. Kopeli s toplo vodo bi naj tudi krepile imunski sistem, poživljale prebavo, pomirjale pljuča in stimulirale um. Usmerjanje curkov tople vode v določene predele telesa lahko blaži glavobole, pomaga pri paralizi, multipli sklerozi in bolezni jeter ter pljuč.

Kolonska terapija - je čiščenje debelega črevesja skozi zadnjično odprtino. Aplicira se voda ali raztopine zeliščnih ekstraktov. Nekateri trdijo, da kolonska terapija lahko pomaga pri zdravljenju črevesnega raka, spet z drugega vidika pa je kolonska terapija lahko nevarna ali celo smrtonosna.

Savna - za čiščenje telesa se uporablja suha para.

Obveza - obveze se pred uporabo namočijo v hladno ali vročo vodo.

Vroči obkladki - za zdravljenje akutnega kašlja in lajšanje simptomov ter trajanja bronhitisa.

Varnost
Večina vrst hidroterapije je varnih. Starejši, slabotni ljudje ali otroci lahko pri uporabi vroče vode in savn dehidrirajo. Pri ljudeh z diabetesom, odrevenelostjo ali zaznavnimi problemi lahko ob uporabi vročih obkladkov in obvez pride do blažjih opeklin. Nosečnice in bolniki s srčnimi in pljučnimi boleznimi lahko doživijo nelagodje ob uporabi zelo vroče ali zelo hladne vode. Pri nekaterih pacientih lahko pri uporabi eteričnih olj in zelišč pride do alergijske reakcije.

Efektivna hidroterapija
Za uspešno hidroterapijo, moramo upoštevati:

 Za zmanjšanje splošne napetosti v telesu uporabimo kopel s temperaturo 33-35 °C (blizu temperature kože).
 Uporaba vode s temperaturo 39-41 °C blagodejno deluje pri bolečih mišicah in zmanjševanju bolečin, povezanih s stresnimi stanji v telesu, kot so npr. bolečine v hrbtu (višje temperature vode niso priporočljive, ker lahko pride do hitrega dviga telesne temperature).
 Po kopeli je priporočljiva uporaba hladnega tuša. To povzroči hitro prekrvavitev celotnega telesa, kot tudi povrnitev energije (podoben efekt tudi pri izmenjujoči uporabi tople in hladne vode).
 V kopeli ostanemo največ 15-20 minut. Ljudje s povišanim krvnim tlakom in kardiovaskularnimi težavami naj zaradi dviga telesne temperature čas uporabe kopeli skrajšajo.
 Priporočljiva uporaba kopeli je ob večerih. Študija v Angliji je ugotovila, da so ljudje, ki so se namakali v kopeli pred spanjem, imeli mirnejši in globlji spanec.

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Google has introduced Gmail SMS Chat for all the mobile operators in India. Now you can send free SMS to any mobile right from your Gmail chat box.
Google has rolled out Gmail support for more Indian mobile operators to expand free SMS (short message service) chat. In March this year, Google had launched free SMS chat in India but it was available only on certain mobile networks. Now more networks have been added and users of all the Indian operators can enjoy this service.
How does Gmail SMS Chat Works?
Gmail users now can send a chat message to any mobile number in India. Receiver will get the message on their mobile devices. Then the receiver can send reply via SMS (for which he will be charged as per the standard rate of his mobile operator). Reply will appear in the chat box of the Gmail user. Like regular chat messages, SMS chat will also be saved in chat history. This feature is also available to Google Apps customers. GTalk still does not support sending SMS –however, it is expected that Google will soon enable SMS chat on GTalk as well.
Every Gmail user will have 50 SMS chat messages to their credit. When you send one SMS chat message, your credit will decrease by one. If you receive a reply from the receiver of your message –your credit limit will go up by five.
Effectively, you can send a maximum of 50 SMS messages without receiving any reply. If you have sent 50 messages but the receiver hasn't replied even once –you will not be allowed to send anymore messages. If the receiver replies and sends you one message –you will be able to send five more messages.
One more thing, if you have exhausted your credit limit of 50 SMS –you'll automatically get credit of one message after every 24 hours. However, there is a workaround to the problem of limit exhaustion. You can send a chat SMS to your own mobile and then reply to this message to increase your credit limit by five.
If the receiver does not wish to receive SMS sent from a particular Gmail account –the person can send the BLOCK in reply to such a message. If there is a change of mind sending the word UNBLOCK will resume SMS chat to that particular Gmail account.
I hope this information was useful for you. Please feel free to ask if you have any questions on this topic. I will be happy to try and help you. Thank you for using TechWelkin.
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Health reforms set comparative-research goals
As the 2008 presidential campaign moves into its final stages, there is much enthusiasm within both parties for developing objective information on the effectiveness of medical treatments and therapies in real-world settings.
The situation has generated enthusiasm on the campaign trail for developing objective information on the effectiveness of medical treatments and therapies in real-world settings. Sen. John McCain says publicizing information on treatment options and developing national standards for measuring outcomes can address the rising cost of U.S. healthcare. Sen. Barack Obama sees comparative-effectiveness research on drugs, devices and procedures as necessary to reduce the "considerable waste in our healthcare system."
COSTS AND COVERAGE
Pharmaceutical companies and medical device makers fear that comparative research will be used primarily to deny coverage and support a "cheapest is best" approach. Manufacturers insist that if the FDA approves a product as safe and effective, payers should not use comparative data to deny coverage.
The prospect that more effective use of medical technology could save billions is driving the debate. It makes no sense to establish best treatment processes and not look at them in making coverage determinations, says Karen Ignagni, president of America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP). Insurers might not deny coverage based on comparative-effectiveness analysis, but they might put a more costly drug that lacks a clear advantage in a higher formulary tier.
Experts believe that research can help ensure that coverage decisions reflect treatment value if studies are based on objective scientific standards. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) recommended in its June 2007 annual report that Congress establish an independent entity to sponsor "credible research on comparative effectiveness of healthcare services." An Institute of Medicine committee also issued a report backing a national comparative-effectiveness assessment program to develop standards and processes for synthesizing available evidence on clinical effectiveness.
These assessments are building support in Congress for a quasi-governmental comparative-effectiveness research organization, distinct from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). This agency has expanded its comparative-effectiveness research portfolio in recent years to support coverage and treatment decisions by Medicare and other public health programs. Many advocates believe that an independent research organization would be less subject to political control. At the same time, a central research entity could reduce duplicative efforts by insurers and private groups developing their own comparative-effectiveness data. AHRQ has about $15 million to spend in this area, much less than envisioned.
As the debate continues, policy makers are discussing key issues such as who would control and pay for the comparative-effectiveness operation, what treatments it would evaluate, and what standards would provide a basis for analyses. As the program develops, it's clear that cost management will be central to its success.
Jill Wechsler, a veteran reporter, has been covering Capitol Hill since 1994.


Use our tips to slice, dice, mince and peel onions.
There's no need to cry over cutting up onions — these simple steps will help you slice, dice and mince onions more quickly and evenly.
Whether you plan to slice, dice or mince the onion, the first step is cutting it in half. Cut off the top of the onion and place it cut-side down. Cut the onion lengthwise, through the root end.
Peel both halves of the onion; even if you only use half, it will make for easier chopping later. Leave the root end attached so the onion will hold together as you cut it.
Place the flat side of the onion down to keep it from slipping. For even onion slices, rest your knife against the flat part of your knuckles and walk your fingers backward as you slice. The farther you move between slices, the thicker your onion slices will be.
Use sliced onions as salad toppings or ingredients, or saute slices to make caramelized onions.
For diced onion, make vertical slices evenly across the onion. Don't cut through the root; it helps hold the onion together as you chop.
Turn the onion 90 degrees, then make crosswise slices. Guess what? You just diced onion. Try to make evenly sized cuts across so the diced onion is all the same size.
Use diced onions in pasta sauces, salsas, home fries and soups.
Mincing onions is basically chopping onions as finely as you can. Start with diced onions. Then, lay one hand flat across the tip of your knife and use a rocking motion to chop. Keep going until the onions reach an evenly sized fine dice.
Minced onions can add zip to burgers, meatloaf, salad dressings or dips. Rinsing minced onions with cold water makes them less potent.
Mastering this skill will make cooking easier and faster — no matter how you slice or dice it.


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The "Golden Goose" offers a unique way to enjoy your ovum.
Are you someone who enjoys swimming in a pool that's on a cruise ship that's gliding through the ocean? What about walking on those moving airport walkways?
If so, I'd like to introduce you to a little-known breakfast item called a "golden egg"—an egg that has been scrambled before being cracked. Underneath its shell is a pale yellow blob consisting of the yolk and the white mixed together.
These are apparently an occasional delicacy in Japan. But now Americans, too, can enjoy this tawny delight.
After whirring it viciously, just uncradle it, boil it, and voila! You have an unusual treat to contribute to singles' brunch.
Creator Geraint Krumpe told NPR, "that a hard-boiled golden egg comes out tasting like savory custard. And if you simply scramble the egg in its shell and crack it into an iron skillet, it creates a tasty scrambled egg dish because you never whisked in any outside air. Plus, there's a little less dish washing."
I would suggest you serve your golden egg alongside baked stuffed potatoes and a tall glass of watermelon juice you made by drilling a coat-hanger into a watermelon.


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First Nation expects reprieve will be brief after blocking mining company from its territorial lands to protect sacred B.C. lake
By Wanyee LiStar Vancouver
Jesse WinterStar Vancouver
Tues., July 2, 2019timer5 min. read
TL'ESQOX FIRST NATION—It was just after 6:30 a.m. and Cecil Grinder hadn't slept.
Standing next to a smouldering fire, he watched the trucks approaching from the east.
"I tried to get a few hours sleep, but I just couldn't," the Tl'etinqox First Nation councillor said, explaining that he was too nervous. Seventeen-year-old Syles Laceese joined him on the tarmac.
At the junction with Farwell Canyon Road, about 40 minutes outside of Williams Lake, B.C., a white pickup and a tractor-trailer towing a bulldozer slowed to a stop at Grinder's command amid the rolling hills and cattle ranches of Tsilhqot'in traditional territory.
The trucks belonged to Taseko Mining Ltd., which announced plans in June to begin exploratory drilling at Teztan Biny, also known as Fish Lake. It's preliminary work to pave the way for a $1.5-billion, open-pit gold and copper mine in the heart of Tsilhqot'in territory that the company has been pursuing for 25 years.
This meeting is the latest chapter in a long-running dispute between Taseko Mines, a Vancouver-based mining company, and the Tsilhqot'in National Government.
The Tsilhqot'in see Taseko's New Prosperity mine project as a direct threat to their way of life, jeopardizing food security and sacred land, which is critical to their survival.
After a brief conversation with Grinder, who told the drivers they were not allowed to pass, the vehicles turned around, earning the Tsilhqot'in a brief reprieve.
Throughout the morning, more demonstrators arrived at the road block. Regular traffic was allowed by, including forestry trucks and workers for a lumber mill.
A few hours later, the site manager for Taseko's mine project arrived at the roadblock, which had grown to include more than a dozen people and chiefs from three First Nations.
Taseko manager Finn Conradsen asked if there was anything the company could do to convince the Tsilhqot'in nation to let them enter. "Are there any other questions we can answer?" he asked.
"That question should have been asked 25 years ago," replied Tl'etinqox First Nation Chief Joe Alphonse.
There are grave sites and ceremonial locations at Fish Lake, Alphonse said in an interview the night before he set up the roadblock. "If you look at that lake, it has some of the highest, oldest, archeological findings in the Tsilhqot'in area. It's a very spiritual area."
With a resigned handshake and a nod of respect, Conradsen and his colleague left, although Alphonse suspected it only meant a pause in the conflict.
It's likely the company will apply for a court injunction to remove the road block, Alphonse said, meaning the company — and its exploration equipment — will probably be back.
"If they do that, we could have 500 people here as soon as we need them," he said. "The Tsilhqo'tin are not going to back down. ... (We're) not going to be intimidated by the RCMP or anybody else trying to forcibly remove us."
It's latest confrontation in a long legal battle between the Tsilhqot'in Nation and Taseko, which began exploration work in the area 20 years ago and first proposed the New Prosperity Mine in 2008.
The Tsilhqot'in government was established in 1989 to meet the needs of six Indigenous communities in the area.
"Our culture is drastically different from the European-descent people. We live our life as low impact and environmentally friendly as we can. Our ceremony and our places do not come in buildings," Alphonse said.
The mine would be on the nation's traditional territory, which includes 3,000 square kilometres of wilderness and wildlife habitat, and is located just outside its title lands, which cover 1,700 square kilometres of land recognized by the Supreme Court of Canada in 2014.
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Taseko holds a provincial permit for exploration drilling for a gold and copper mine, and its initial proposal was to use Fish Lake as a tailings pit. But the federal government rejected that proposal in 2012, explained Brian Battison, vice-president of corporate affairs at Taseko. In response, Taseko came up with a new proposal that includes creating a tailings pond two kilometres upstream from Fish Lake instead, which means the company would not have to drain the lake.
He said the mine would create 700 jobs over two years of construction and directly employ 550 people over 22 years of operation.
Battison said the exploratory work the company planned to start Tuesday is necessary to determine how the tailings pit will affect water quality at Fish Lake. He confirmed the company had temporarily paused work.
Battison said delays from environmentalists and Indigenous groups have become more commonplace in the past "few years," making things "frustrating" for investors.
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But the Vancouver-based company ultimately wants to keep mining in B.C. if possible, and noted that it benefits B.C. residents most.
"We want to see the value of our investment stay here in British Columbia and help British Columbians," he said. "But when you're not allowed to do that, you have to look at jurisdictions where you can do work and where they welcome those kinds of investments."
Five of six mines Taseko either operates or has proposals for, are in B.C. The sixth is in Arizona, where the company successful obtained permits in 2017 to begin in situ copper mining.
"When investors look at those things and they look at the track record of B.C. and Canada, they may be discouraged," he said. "Maybe that's the end goal of those who oppose mining."
The Supreme Court of Canada announced earlier this month it would not hear the Tsilhqot'in's appeal of a B.C. court decision that allowed Taseko to drill in the area.
"For them to not hear our case is really mind blowing," said Alphonse, calling the situation a "mockery."
"If you're talking Indigenous rights and access to resources, that's what Canada is all about. Canada's got to figure this out."
With files from Melanie Green and Ainslie Cruickshank
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The Lakers are in search of their 25th head coach in franchise history. They've been having trouble keeping a permanent coach ever since the Zen Master left after the 2011-12 season.
In fact, they've hired three coaches in three years.
Mike Brown was fired just five games into his gig in 2012 and Mike D'Antoni resigned April 30 after the franchise made it clear that they weren't going to pick up the final year of his option.
It's been pretty bad to watch to say the least. Jim Buss and Jeanie Buss have definitely made putrid decisions in hiring coaches over the last few years.
Since D'Antoni's resignation, the Lakers haven't reached out to any potential candidates. GM Mitch Kupchak says the team won't begin its search until the NBA Draft lottery order is revealed on Tuesday night. Afterward, Kupchak plans to start a preliminary round of phone interviews.
One might ask: Shouldn't the Lakers be desperate in choosing their next head coach after everything that's gone down with team?
My answer to that is simple: NO.
We've seen what happened over the last two seasons when Los Angeles' front office rushed into hiring a coach. Not only has the team struggled, but it's failed to buy into what each coach was selling.
This time around it's imperative that Kupchak, Jim and Jeanie Buss take the time to evaluate each candidate to make sure they're the perfect fit for the long-term.
Although the squad has had terrible seasons between 2012-14, the team still remains an attractive destination for players and coaches.
The Lakers also understand the cards they're holding. They only have three players under contract next season (Kobe Bryant, Robert Sacre and Steve Nash), eating up just $34 million of the salary cap; they have a significant amount of cap space to sign a max player and most of all, the team can potentially land picks 1-6 in this year's NBA Draft lottery.
1. What are they looking for in their next coach?
2. Will the team buy into his philosophy?
3. Who are they considering?
4. Will he coexist with Kobe Bryant?
It's easier said than done, but Jeanie, Jim and Kupchak have to keep these questions in mind.
First and foremost, their next coach must be able to coexist with Kobe Bryant. He's the face of the franchise — the head of the snake.
The Bryant-D'Antoni relationship deteriorated to a point where they barely spoke to one another by the end of the season. Bryant would often use Lakers' shootaround time to receive treatment in the training room.
D'Antoni believed his actions caused a disconnect between he and his teammates and reportedly asked him to "change his routine." Bryant refused.
Secondly, the coach has to be a good recruiter in addition to being astute with the X's and O's. His system must fit the players or NO one will buy into it.
Lastly, he has to be a players' coach. Again, this goes back to his relationship with Bryant. If Bryant can relate, then his teammates will follow.
The Lakers' next coach doesn't necessarily have to be well-liked. Remember, Bryant clashed with the great Phil Jackson at times. But Jackson produced results and that's what mattered.


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Police chief reports some crimes on the rise in 2018
Port Huron police chief points to isolated incidents or suspects to explain shift in trends; traffic, parking and OWI violations are up, while crashes and overall arrests are down.
Police chief reports some crimes on the rise in 2018 Port Huron police chief points to isolated incidents or suspects to explain shift in trends; traffic, parking and OWI violations are up, while crashes and overall arrests are down. Check out this story on thetimesherald.com: https://www.thetimesherald.com/story/news/2019/03/14/police-chief-reports-some-crimes-rise-2018/3152225002/
Jackie Smith, Port Huron Times Herald Published 12:12 p.m. ET March 14, 2019 | Updated 12:12 p.m. ET March 14, 2019
Port Huron Police Officer Adrianne Mynsberge, left, helps Ashley Marcano file a report while on patrol Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019 in Port Huron. (Photo: Brian Wells/Times Herald)
There was an uptick in some reported crimes in Port Huron last year — in incidents ranging from criminal sexual conduct complaints to arson and larcenies.
But much of the shift, though not all, was something local police officials attributed to isolated incidents and specific individuals.
Police Chief Joe Platzer shared the 2018 data, comparing it to the previous four years, during a City Council meeting Monday, and he said it would be made available to the public online by the end of the month.
There was a roughly 44 percent increase in criminal sexual conduct reports in 2018 — up from 96 in 2017 to 138 last year.
"We studied to see why the increase. It's not (that) we have a serial rapist in Port Huron," Platzer said. "But what we see is last year there was a high-profile case with Larry Nassar incident. When those usually occur, we usually receive more reports."
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Nassar was the USA Gymnastics national team doctor and physician at Michigan State University whose sentencing in early 2018 was well-publicized after pleading guilty to multiple counts of sexual assault.
Larcenies
The city saw another increase in larcenies in 2018 — jumping nearly 13 percent from the year prior, which Platzer attributed to the investigation and conviction of Rick Currie. Police had taken 177 reports related to the former jeweler who pleaded guilty to six counts of larceny by conversion of $20,000 or more and was sentenced to two to 10 years in prison.
Without the Currie case, Platzer said, larcenies would have been down from 2017.
Arson and auto thefts
Platzer said going from five to 13 incidents of arson could be explained by one individual who the Major Crimes Unit arrested after a series of dumpster fires in the city.
Of the auto thefts, he said 19 of the 56 last year were suspects known to the victim — often amid a civil dispute. Ten were reports from people who left keys in their car while it was running and 14 were unknown suspects.
"Last night, actually, we had a person that left their car running," Platzer said Monday night. "Car was stolen. Marysville was able to locate it. A pursuit ensued, and the person was taken into custody."
Port Huron Police Officer Adrianne Mynsberge, left, watches Ashley Marcano run a license plate while on patrol Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019 in Port Huron. (Photo: Brian Wells/Times Herald)
Plenty of other reported crimes either slightly decreased or stayed relatively the same last year.
Total crime data shared in order for years 2014 through 2018, respectively, included:
Criminal sexual conduct: 79, 97, 107, 96 and 138
Arson: 10, 15, 14, 5 and 13
Homicides: 1, 2, 1, 1 and 1
Auto thefts: 41, 37, 45, 40 and 56
Larcenies: 547, 478, 463, 465 and 525
Robberies: 42, 30, 24, 21 and 18
Malicious destruction of property: 372, 318, 305, 298 and 310
Home invasions/burglaries: 247, 214, 209, 158 and 160
Tracking the data
In 2018, Platzer said the city added a crime analyst to personnel to evaluate trends, meeting monthly with other officials. For example, he said, calls for service drop after 2 a. m. and increase at 10 a.m., "so we'd like to be able to move our resources around when they'd be more productive."
In total, there were 30,289 calls for service, including crime reports, in 2018, which was up from 28,482 the year before. Calls had steadily fallen over a short range from more than 33,000 in 2014.
Just crime reports increased from 4,872 to 5,262 between 2017 and last year.
A slight but steady increase in parking violations since 2015 continued last year, going from 1,978 four years ago and 2,590 in 2017 to 2,718 last year.
Instances of operating while intoxicated also increased from 95 to 132. Platzer attributed that near 40 percent spike to "officers being proactive." He added a local officer more recently completed drug recognition expert training and is one of only three certified experts in St. Clair county to better identify drivers under the influence of narcotics. That was also something, he said, they planned to study again this year.
The number of vehicular crashes decreased in the city, as well — going from two to one incidents involving fatalities, 205 to 171 involving injuries and 1,068 to 998 overall.
Traffic violations increased from 4,370 to 5,021 in 2018, and juvenile and adult arrests fell from 1,708 to 1,574. Platzer credited the fewer juvenile arrests to officers' presence in schools.
Two Port Huron school resource officers began working in the local district last year. There are additionally plans to bring in a St. Clair County Sheriff deputy as well.
"They have contact with the students daily," Platzer said. "They have an open line of communication. They're able to explain to them about the new vaping ordinance that went into effect, about marijuana, about curfew. It's more of a matter of a us being proactive."
For more information on police data, watch the department's Facebook page or visit http://porthuronpolice.org. Officials said they're also sharing videos with command staff and of other updates.
Contact Jackie Smith at (810) 989-6270 or jssmith@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter @Jackie20Smith.
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