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TV Therapy:
The Television Guide to Life
by Mike Kanin September 23rd, 2005 August 29th, 2020
Beverly West and Jason Bergund missed their chance. From the half-assed-snarky, barely critical writing it's rampant with to the too-cute categories it's divided into, their TV Therapy: The Television Guide to Life is little more than hold-your-nose McConceptualizing. "At last!" begins the book with optimistic fervor. "A home theater companion for all of us in the TV generation who understand that television is far more than just a pleasant diversion from the daily grind; it's a way of life." If so, then why not treat it as such? But instead of dissecting the important moments of what they correctly imply has become the great common denominator of civilization, West and Bergund offer up "fun and informative sidebars" such as "Hawkeye's Homilies." Nowhere are there any actual life lessons. Nowhere are there even suggestions on what shows to tune in to if maybe, like many folks, you love the idea of television but generally hate what's on the tube (a topic that the pair may have avoided for the reason that it could easily have taken up the whole book). Nope, all they have to offer is shallow, positive, useless analyses of shows we all know ("Party of Five reminds us of the strength and resilience of the bond that exists between siblings…"). Worse, when they're trying to be comical, they take a tone that brims over with What Not to Wear– worthy witticisms: "First of all, we love the house! Second of all, just how many refillable prescriptions for euphorics are there just lying around that fabulous manse?" they say of The Osbournes. Sure, the show's funny. And the drugs help. But after they make the requisite quips, the best West and Bergund can get out of the Osbournes' "dysfunctional family" is this rather trite lesson: "[U]nderneath the fright wigs that we all occasionally don…is the familiar face of home." Piss-poor therapy, when in fact the show stands as a monument to successful self-help: Slightly nutty mom and dad spoil the crap out of two of their bratty offspring and in the process manage to jump-start their, respectively, nonexistent and waning careers. In that perfectly resonant example of by-the-bootstraps uplift in an environment in which middle-class parents would kill to raise their kids, viewers are offered a million lessons far more practical than anything TV Therapy has to say. If the authors had bothered to look just a bit deeper at their subject matter, they might have come up with a useful, or at least an entertaining, book. Instead they decided to make lists. —Mike Kanin


The weave in our distinct Diced Check is very special indeed. It uses an end-on-end warp; the inclusion of fine white and black threads serving to intensify the main colour and brings the tie to life. Our diced check colourways are unique to Budd, chosen by Shop Mangager, Christopher Mundy. They are based on designs found in famous Vavasseur archives, home to a lot of Budd originals. Vavasseur was run by the father of our very own MrRowley who himself supplied the silk to Budd for many years.
A Budd heritage piece, recently rewoven.
A go-to piece for its versatility.
A Budd heritage piece, recently rewoven. A go-to piece for its versatility. 100% silk. 8.9cm blade. Made in England.


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Glycogen Metabolism and Brain Pathologies
Author(s): Jean-Francois Cloix, Marie-Yvonne Ardourel, Tobias Hevor. Laboratoire de Neurobiologie,Rue de Chartres, Universite d'Orleans, 45067 Orleans Cedex 2, France.
Journal Name: Central Nervous System Agents in Medicinal Chemistry
Glucose is the main fuel for cell life, and supports a number of different processes in providing cells with energy. Excess glucose is polymerized into glycogen, which is an energy-glucose store. Alterations in glycogen content and/or synthesis have been reported in human neuropathologies, such as Alzheimers disease, epilepsies and cancer. Epileptic foci are hypometabolic during the interictal period, and probably hypermetabolic during crisis. Animal models of epilepsies are used for studying the reasons why neurons suddenly and temporally synchronize their activity. One model associates seizures of the "grand mal" type with cortical glycogen accumulation: induction of epileptiform crisis by methionine sulfoximine (MSO). The glycogen accumulation, observed in astrocytes only, occurs as soon as the preconvulsive period. High glycogen has also been demonstrated in primary cultures of astrocytes. Abnormal glycogen content has been characterized in various types of cancers, including gliomas. High invasion properties, spontaneous resistance to chemotherapeutic drugs, and a mean prognosis of 12 months characterize glioblastomas, the highest grade of gliomas that inevitably leads to death. The various therapeutic means, including surgery, chemicaland radio-therapies, and gene therapy have thus far been inefficient in significantly improving patient survival. Glycogen synthesis was targeted in cell lines from murine and human glioblastomas by an antisense glycogen synthase cDNA strategy; and the inhibition of glycogen synthesis in these cell lines decreases both in vitro and in vivo invasiveness. Glycogen can therefore be considered as putatively involved in at least two different pathologies of the brain, such as epilepsies and cancer. This abnormal glycogen content and synthesis can be proposed as putative diagnostic and therapeutic targets in brain pathologies.
Keywords: Glycogen, Glycogen synthase, Central nervous system, Astrocytes, Epilepsy, Glioblastoma, Antisense, Neuropathology
Title: Glycogen Metabolism and Brain Pathologies
Author(s):Jean-Francois Cloix, Marie-Yvonne Ardourel and Tobias Hevor
Affiliation:Laboratoire de Neurobiologie,Rue de Chartres, Universite d'Orleans, 45067 Orleans Cedex 2, France.
Keywords:Glycogen, Glycogen synthase, Central nervous system, Astrocytes, Epilepsy, Glioblastoma, Antisense, Neuropathology
Abstract: Glucose is the main fuel for cell life, and supports a number of different processes in providing cells with energy. Excess glucose is polymerized into glycogen, which is an energy-glucose store. Alterations in glycogen content and/or synthesis have been reported in human neuropathologies, such as Alzheimers disease, epilepsies and cancer. Epileptic foci are hypometabolic during the interictal period, and probably hypermetabolic during crisis. Animal models of epilepsies are used for studying the reasons why neurons suddenly and temporally synchronize their activity. One model associates seizures of the "grand mal" type with cortical glycogen accumulation: induction of epileptiform crisis by methionine sulfoximine (MSO). The glycogen accumulation, observed in astrocytes only, occurs as soon as the preconvulsive period. High glycogen has also been demonstrated in primary cultures of astrocytes. Abnormal glycogen content has been characterized in various types of cancers, including gliomas. High invasion properties, spontaneous resistance to chemotherapeutic drugs, and a mean prognosis of 12 months characterize glioblastomas, the highest grade of gliomas that inevitably leads to death. The various therapeutic means, including surgery, chemicaland radio-therapies, and gene therapy have thus far been inefficient in significantly improving patient survival. Glycogen synthesis was targeted in cell lines from murine and human glioblastomas by an antisense glycogen synthase cDNA strategy; and the inhibition of glycogen synthesis in these cell lines decreases both in vitro and in vivo invasiveness. Glycogen can therefore be considered as putatively involved in at least two different pathologies of the brain, such as epilepsies and cancer. This abnormal glycogen content and synthesis can be proposed as putative diagnostic and therapeutic targets in brain pathologies.
Jean-Francois Cloix, Marie-Yvonne Ardourel and Tobias Hevor, " Glycogen Metabolism and Brain Pathologies", Central Nervous System Agents in Medicinal Chemistry (2008) 8: 187. https://doi.org/10.2174/187152408785699622
Therapeutic Potential of Metabotropic GABA (GABAB) Receptors and their Effector Ion Channels
The Effect of Lamotrigine on Valproic Acid Concentrations
Current Drug Safety
Neuropharmacological Profile of Gamma-Decanolactone on Chemically-induced Seizure in Mice
Selection and Evaluation of the Pediatric Epilepsy Surgical Candidates
Current Pediatric Reviews
Current Trends in the Application of Nanoparticles in Drug Delivery
Selective Agonists and Antagonists for Kainate Receptors
Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry
Changes in Bone Turnover, Bone Mineral and Fracture Risk Induced by Drugs Used to Treat Epilepsy
In Vivo Imaging of the Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 1 (mGluR1) with Positron Emission Tomography: Recent Advance and Perspective
Lack of Data on Depression-like States and Antidepressant Pharmacotherapy in Patients with Epilepsy: Randomised Controlled Trials are Badly Needed
Antiepileptic Drugs in the Neurosurgical Intensive Care
The Role of Structure Activity Relationship Studies in the Search for New GABA Uptake Inhibitors
Pathophysiology of Status Epilepticus Induced by Pilocarpine
Inhibitors of Mammalian Central Nervous System Selective Amino Acid Transporters
Pharmacologic Considerations during the Preoperative Evaluation of Neurologic Patients
Current Clinical Pharmacology
Analysis of Electrical Brain Waves in Neurotoxicology: Gamma- Hydroxybutyrate
Mossy Fiber Sprouting as a Potential Therapeutic Target for Epilepsy
Editorial [Hot Topic: Recent Developments in the Drug Discovery of Epilepsy (Guest Editor: Waquar Ahsan)]
New Route to Synthesize Fluorine Substituted Lamotrigine Drug Analogues as an Anti-Inflammatory Agent
Current Organic Synthesis
GABA Receptors: Pharmacological Potential and Pitfalls
Understanding the Role of Hypoxia Inducible Factor During Neurodegeneration for New Therapeutics Opportunities

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THIS MATTER is before the Court upon plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment and the Commissioner's Motion for Summary Judgment. Having carefully considered such motions and reviewed the pleadings, the Court enters the following findings, conclusions, and Order.
Plaintiff filed an application for a period of disability and Disability Insurance Benefits. Plaintiff's claim was denied both initially and on reconsideration; thereafter, plaintiff requested and was granted a hearing before an administrative law judge ("ALJ"). After conducting a hearing, the ALJ issued a decision which was unfavorable to plaintiff, from which plaintiff appealed to the Appeals Council. Plaintiff's request for review was denied, making the ALJ's decision the final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security ("Commissioner"). Thereafter, plaintiff timely filed this action.
This Court's review of the Commissioner's determination is limited to evaluating whether the findings are supported by substantial evidence and whether the correct law was applied. Mascio v. Colvin, 780 F.3d 632, 634 (4th Cir. 2015). "Substantial evidence is such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion." Johnson v. Barnhart, 434 F.3d 650, 653 (4th Cir. 2005) (internal quotation marks omitted). A reviewing court does not reweigh evidence or make credibility determinations in evaluating whether a decision is supported by substantial evidence; "[w]here conflicting evidence allows reasonable minds to differ as to whether a claimant is disabled, " this Court will defer to the Commissioner's decision. Id. (internal quotation marks omitted). Thus, the only issues on review are whether the Commissioner applied the correct legal standards and whether the Commissioner's decision is supported by substantial evidence. Richardson v. Perales, 402 U.S. 389, 390 (1971); Hays v. Sullivan, 907 F.2d 1453, 1456 (4th Cir. 1990).
The court has read the transcript of plaintiff's administrative hearing, closely read the decision of the ALJ, and reviewed the extensive exhibits contained in the administrative record. The issue is not whether a court might have reached a different conclusion had he been presented with the same testimony and evidentiary materials, but whether the decision of the administrative law judge is supported by substantial evidence.


Gauntlet ii was produced by atari games in 1986.
other machines made by atari games during the time period gauntlet ii was produced include 720 degrees, championship sprint, rolling thunder, super sprint, a.p.b., empire strikes back, gauntlet, gauntlet (playchoice), peter pack rat, and indiana jones and the temple of doom.
the warrior, valkyrie, elf, and wizard enter a dungeon with several hundred levels. monster generators churn out wave after wave of enemies, destroy them to clear the level, and then find the exit. collect food for health and magic items for power-ups.


July 2016: Hiatus – Or, let me get back to on that….
Just to let you all know that am taking several more weeks off from the main MyMarvelLife posts for several reasons. There will be more, just not yet.
Potentially coming soon.... MyMarvelLife, the podcast, stay tuned.
May 2016: Well thank f**k that's done.
Well as per my previous post: https://marvelmunky76.wordpress.com/2016/04/08/april-2016-or-shouldve-backed-up/ I lost all of my records, notes and several other bits and pieces. It has taken my three weeks and finally I have reconstructed everything that I had lost. It was a long arduous process and I am glad it is over and now I can get back to … Continue reading May 2016: Well thank f**k that's done.


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Jadel Gregório (Brasil, 16 de septiembre de 1980) es un atleta brasileño, especialista en la prueba de triple salto, con la que ha llegado a ser subcampeón mundial en 2007.

Carrera deportiva
En el Mundial de Osaka 2007 gana la medalla de plata en triple salto, con una marca de 17.59 metros, tras el portugués Nelson Évora y por delante del estadounidense Walter Davis.

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Source: Res. Pap. NE-629. Radnor, PA: US. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 6 p.
Reports results of soil density and soil moisture measurements on two roads in the central Appalachians over a 30-month period. Density increased slightly during the measurement period at most locations. Almost all of the density changes occurred during the first few months after construction. Moisture content decreased during the first few months after construction, then fluctuated with precipitation amounts.
Helvey, J.D.; Kochenderfer, J.N. 1990. Soil density and moisture content on two unused forest roads during first 30 months after construction. Res. Pap. NE-629. Radnor, PA: US. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 6 p.


Have you just opened a new business, started employing staff or joined as an employee? Here is the list of useful guides and forms free for you to download.
This employer's guide to Universal Social Charge will help you determine how and when to apply Universal Social Charge as well as identify areas where your employees may be exempt from USC.
Outsourcing Institute's Annual Survey revealed that Financial Executives outsource payroll before other functions. The Survey found that Outsourcing allowed a company focus on its core business by having operational functions assumed by an outside expert.
Executives responded on areas that they were currently outsourcing, and what they were considering outsourcing in the near future. Sixty percent of the executives were senior executives. Almost every industry was represented, from advertising and brewing through government and healthcare to manufacturing and utilities. The companies ranged from small to enterprise level organisations.
Auto-enrolment does seem to be a maze of information, doesn't it? But like all mazes, once you know your way, it isn't half as complicated. That's what we wanted to do with our free guide. To help you get started with your Auto-Enrolment duties and find your way in an easy to read manner.
This form is used to set up a Revenue Debit Instruction, which allows the ROS customer to pay taxes to Revenue.
This Revenue link provides useful resources including a guide to PAYE, information to help you with maintaining your records, a guide to assist employers with registering for PAYE and also specific obligations regarding the beginning and end of the tax year.
This leaflet outlines the criteria for each and helps to determine whether an individual is employed or self-employed.
This guide provides employers with information on the main benefits-in-kind and other non-cash benefits such as Vouchers, Private use of company cars etc. The guide helps employers to determine the 'taxable benefits' or 'notional pay' amounts to be taken into account when calculating the PAYE, PRSI and USC liabilities.
Employers Guide to PAYE This guide explains The Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system and the method of tax deduction under which an employer calculates and deducts the income tax due from payment of wages, salary etc.
This Revenue link provides information on paying employee expenses when they travel on business journeys along with an explanation of the types of travel that qualify for repayments and subsistence if employees are working away from their normal place of work. Comprehensive details on tax treatment of the reimbursement of expenses of travel and subsistence to office holders and employees can be accessed here.
This Revenue resource provides information for employers on medical insurance relief, permanent health insurance cover, in-house medical plans and medical check-ups.
This resource details flat-rate expenses and provides a downloadable excel spreadsheet listing the expenses.
This resource provides details about tax credits, reliefs and exemptions that you may be entitled to and how to claim them.
You can claim the Employee Tax Credit if you receive income that is taxed under the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system. Click here for further details.
This resource provides an introduction to tax credits and gives examples of tax credits that you may be entitled to.
This resource provides you with details on what you need to do when starting your first job, how your tax is calculated and how benefits from your employer are handled.
This resource provides an overview of PAYE from an employee perspective. Also included are additional resources that will likely be of interest.
Through this resource you will find out when and how emergency tax is applied to your income, plus you'll get details on how to get a refund of emergency tax and Universal Social Charge (USC).
This resource explains what The Personal Public Service number (PPS No.) is, How to obtain a PPS Number, What you need your PPS Number for.
This resource explains how you may claim tax relief in respect of the cost of certain health expenses paid by you.
Form MED 1, this form (or equivalent in your Revenue "myAccount") is to be completed when claiming relief on Health Expenses.
Form MED 2 is used claim relief on Dental Expenses. Please note this form is a receipt only and should be retained by you as evidence of expenses incurred. Claims for tax relief on dental expenses should be claimed either through your Revenue "myAccount" or by completing and submitting Form MED 1 to your local Revenue office (click here to find your local Revenue office).
This guide explains the relief due to individuals who are resident in Ireland and commutes to his/her place of work abroad and who pays tax in the other country on the income from that employment. Please note one of the Conditions to Qualify is that the country of employment must have a Double Taxation Agreement with Ireland.
First claim for tax repayment during unemployment This form is to be completed if you are unemployed and had previously had Income Tax and/or USC deducted from your pay since 1 January as you may be entitled to a refund. Please see form for further information.
This resource provides rates for personal tax credits, allowances and relief details for various personal circumstances.
This resource outlines the circumstances in which the incapacitated child tax credit can be claimed. Also included are details on how to make a claim.
This resource provides details about the credits, reliefs and exemptions that people aged 65 or over can claim.
This resource outlines the conditions to qualify, relief due and how to apply for the Dependent Relative tax credit.
This resource outlines the qualifying conditions, rates and claiming methods for the Home Carer Tax Credit.
This resource provides details on what happens with your tax if you leave Ireland to go to live or work abroad on a temporary, long term or permanent basis.
Coming to Live in Ireland?
This resource explains how your tax is affected if you have just moved to Ireland or are returning to Ireland from abroad.
This resource outlines how employer benefits are taxed and gives details on taxable and non-taxable employer benefits.
This guide explains how to apply BIK in relation to a Preferential Loan.
This resource provides students with information on tax, starting your first job, leaving a job to attend school/college, tax relief on tuition fees, leaving or coming to Ireland to work.


Introducing the Apex Token Fund, the world's first crypto-focused, tokenized Fund-of-Funds (FOF) investment vehicle. This FOF gives investors access to a diversified portfolio of the best investment strategies, executed by the top performing crypto hedge fund managers. - Finite lifetime between 2 and 3 years - Soft cap of $25mm and a hard cap of $100mm. - Token sale proceeds invested across top crypto focused hedge funds. - Investors can freely trade APEX tokens during the lifecycle of the fund. - Apex Token will issue quarterly reports on fund performance. - APEX tokens exchanged for fund assets in 24 to 36 months, paid out in ETH.


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Google Maps SDK For iOS Updated With More Features, Now Open To All Developers
Google has just released an update to its Google Maps software development kit (SDK) for iOS. The new 1.1 version of the SDK features a number of interesting additions, including ground overlays, gesture controls, and geodesic polylines. What's more, coinciding with the update is the opening of the SDK to all developers. Previously, as noted by The Next Web, developers who wanted to use the SDK needed to register first and wait for access. Now, developers just have to enable the Google Maps SDK for iOS service in the Google APIs Console, where keys can be obtained. These keys can then be entered in the new sample app that comes with the new version of the SDK. This sample app demonstrates the core features that developers can take advantage of in integrating Google Maps into their own apps. These features include Google's base map and satellite imagery collection, which is said to be the largest and most comprehensive in the world. Watch the video below for a demonstration of the Google Maps SDK for iOS 1.1 by Google Maps Developers Live's Mano Marks and Paul Saxman. If you can't see the video embedded above, please click here. Google Maps had been the infrastructure behind Apple's Maps app since the launch of the iPhone in 2007. That was up until the release of iOS 6 last September, when Apple decided to come out with its proprietary mapping solution. But Apple's Maps app had received widespread criticism for its various inaccuracies. This criticism prompted Apple CEO Tim Cook to issue a public apology for the subpar product. It also led to the firing of Apple's iOS head, Scott Forstall, and its maps manager, Richard Williamson. Earlier this month, Apple posted several job listing in hopes of hiring additional software engineers to improve its Maps app. Google Maps, of course, had made its much-awaited comeback on iOS as a standalone app in December last year. Optimized for iPhone and iPod touch running iOS 5.1 or later, it's available in the App Store for free. [gallery link="file" order="DESC"]
Apple Gets $1 Billion Per Year For Making Google The Default Search Engine On iOS
A Google Executive Trusts Apple With Our Data, Just Not With Our Lives


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Apple Makes Additional Changes to App Store Commissions
To help businesses hold paid digital events during the COVID-19 pandemic, Apple stated that companies offering virtual events or digital classes via iPhone apps won't have to pay the 30 percent commission fee ordinarily applied to App Store in-app purchases. This concession will extend through the end of June 2021. Apple will also reduce its commission for smaller developers. Meanwhile, Epic Games, which with other developers has been fighting Apple over its in-app commission fee, now has an ally in Nvidia. The GPU and gaming company is testing its GeForce NOW gaming platform on Apple's iOS mobile operating system.
CNBC reports that, according to Apple's developer blog, the original deadline for deferring of "in-app purchase in accordance with App Store Review guideline 3.1.1" was set to expire in December 2020 and has now been extended for six months. CNBC calls the action an "olive branch from Apple to critics of the App Store, which say the iPhone giant's control over the platform and fees are anticompetitive."
Regulators are also scrutinizing Apple's App Store policies for antitrust issues. In that vein, Apple also plans to cut its commission to 15 percent for app developers making less than $1 million on its platforms.
In July, Apple stated that only one-to-one classes through an iPhone app could be billed directly but group virtual classes were required to use App Store payments and pay the 30 percent commission. In a July hearing at the House Judiciary Committee, chair Jerry Nadler asked about policies for virtual events and classes. Chief executive Tim Cook replied, "I believe the cases that you're talking about are cases where something has moved to a digital service, which technically does need to go through our commission model."
The Wall Street Journal reports Nvidia's GeForce platform that runs on Apple iOS "lets people play games through their Safari browsers, rather than through apps." Although "hundreds of games" are now available, Epic's "Fortnite" is not yet one of them. Apple and Google both removed the game from their app stores when Epic added an "unapproved payment system … that circumvented the 30 percent commission they collect on in-app purchases."
With Nvidia's GeForce Now's Safari option, "subscribers can stream games directly over the Internet from the Apple browser on iOS devices," although they will be limited since "platform restraints" don't support keyboard and mouse-only games. Cloud-based gaming is still new and "poses challenges for companies to execute smoothly, as games need to support multiple players with minimal delay regardless of their location."
Nvidia said "Fortnite" will soon be available via its GeForce Now platform; the company also added to Google's Chrome browsers and Chromebooks. GeForce Now currently "has grown to more than five million free and paid subscribers who can access more than 750 games."
With regard to the "long relationship" between Apple and Nvidia, WSJ notes that it will change if Nvidia gets regulatory approval to purchase British chip maker Arm Holdings; Apple uses Arm-based chips in its smartphones and laptops.
Nvidia Is Bringing Fortnite Back to iOS with New Cloud Gaming Web App, The Verge, 11/19/20
Topics: Anticompetition, Antitrust, Apple, Apple App Store, Apps, ARM Holdings, Chrome, Chromebooks, Cloud, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Developers, Epic Games, Fortnite, GeForce NOW, Google, House Judiciary Committee, In-App Purchases, iOS, iPhone, Jerry Nadler, Mobile, Nvidia, Safari, Streaming, Tim Cook, Virtual Events


Laid down, in 1943 at New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber, N.J.
Decommissioned in March 1946 at New Orleans, LA.
139k USS LCI(G)-438 returning to Saipan for repairs after receiving several hits from shore batteries off Iwo Jima while supporting the UDT swimmers on 17 February 1945. Note the mast has been shot off the conning tower and is dangling beside the tower. Photo given to Dennis Blocker II by Joe Thornburg.


All of us have our "default outfit," the thing that we pull out for minimum effort and maximum effect. I've become pretty well known both in my social circle and in the workplace for my uniform--a Lilly Pulitzer jersey dress, Jack Rodgers sandals, and bright and/or blingtastic jewelry. Occasionally there are variations. If I'm feeling fancy, wedges might make an appearance or if I'm feeling lazy, you'll see my hair pulled up instead. But I thrive on comfort and wear this outfit in a different print at least once a week.
Lilly Pulitzer jersey dresses are amazing. They're under $100, flattering as heck, and feel like you're wearing pajamas. Right now there are several cute prints available, including the newest edition to my closet, the Marlowe dress in the Red Right Return print. The one I'm wearing is called Tusk In Sun and boooooooooooy, was it impossible to resist the bright blue and elephant print. Lilly Pulitzer does a killer elephant print.
I managed to get both of my Kendra Scott pieces on sale, but have become so enamored with them that I would definitely say they are worth full price. The earrings don't pull down on my ears, which is all I want from anything hanging from my ear. Even though I gravitated to the magenta shade, these come in every color you could ever imagine. Eventually, I'll end up with some darker ones for winter time.
So if you're looking for me on a day where I have to work early, chances are that I'm wearing some variation of this outfit. Having a go-to uniform takes the stress out of when I don't plan ahead and makes it so I can always feel good about how I'm looking for the day. Now I'm curious... What's your go-to uniform?


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Restaurant Depot, Cheetah Form Partnership to Aid Delivery
While most of San Francisco is sound asleep two companies are hard at work together, servicing customers, taking orders, cycling pallets in and out of cash and carry warehouses, and making deliveries to every kind of independent foodservice business imaginable. At a glance, Restaurant Depot, a decades-old, multi-billion dollar cash-and-carry chain, and Cheetah, a three-year-old startup, make unlikely allies. On closer inspection, however, their collaboration is both pragmatic, and based on natural affinity.
In an industry dominated by massive broadliners like Sysco and US Foods, Restaurant Depot has succeeded by selling on a cash and carry basis almost exclusively to small, independent restaurants and other professional kitchens. Their model is members only, but there are no membership fees or minimum orders. By focusing on independent restaurants and servicing all orders in-store, they've kept overhead low, while striving to give small businesses the same purchasing power as big ones.
Cheetah, cofounded by serial entrepreneur Na'ama Moran, provides a mobile app for purchasing wholesale supplies and tracking past orders, with same or next-day delivery. Crucially, customers can view real-time wholesale prices, with no markup - Cheetah charges only for deliveries.
Cheetah has collaborated with Restaurant Depot, delivering products from their stores to thousands of restaurant customers in the Bay Area (San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose), Los Angeles, Anaheim, Seattle and Dallas. By focusing solely on local businesses, Cheetah acts as force multiplier for Restaurant Depot's fundamental value proposition: top-quality products, sold at peak freshness, for unbeatable prices.=
Apart from their relative sizes and ages, Restaurant Depot and Cheetah have much in common. Both companies' management pride themselves on a hands-on, owner/operator ethic and intense command of the details of the business. It's not unusual to catch senior management and owners walking the warehouse floor. For Moran, solidarity with small business owners and the foodservice community comes from having grown up on her family's farm in Israel. Following a brief stint in finance, she has been an entrepreneur her entire career. For the past several years, Moran has focused on streamlining back-of-the-house operations for local restaurants and small businesses, spending hundreds of hours alongside customers in their day to day operations.
Moran now sees logistics as the industry's biggest challenge - and opportunity. In the face of growing consolidation and operational scale, independent operators are increasingly hard-pressed to meet the minimum orders imposed by the biggest distributors. Furthermore, local delivery has historically been fragmented, expensive, and low-tech. Her belief is that the answer lies in effective collaboration. Independents have had a dedicated provider for 40+ years in Restaurant Depot. Cheetah simply provides the same customer focus and price transparency for the delivery piece of the equation. Many customers continue to shop cash and carry for various reasons, but when delivery makes sense, Cheetah provides an elegant solution. Together, Restaurant Depot and Cheetah are creating a modern, frictionless experience that empowers restaurants to focus their time and energy on doing what they do best.


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Acalolepta litigiosa är en skalbaggsart som först beskrevs av Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe 1866.  Acalolepta litigiosa ingår i släktet Acalolepta och familjen långhorningar. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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In September of 2013, RayOptek attend the CIOE with 10G product series and 40G sample.
In September of 2013, 10G SFP+ ZR low consumption lower than 1.5w.
RayOptek be the first one who make the optical module for 80km transmission working below the power consumption of 1.5w under the whole temperature range.
In July of 2013, design of 40G optical module with small size and low power consumption.


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Review: Smokin' Joe (2018)
By Mark Kram Jr.
In individual sports, the great ones often need a talented rival to show just how good they really were. Jack Nicklaus needed to surpass Arnold Palmer before becoming the greatest golfer in history. In turn, Tom Watson had to slip past a slowly aging Nicklaus to grab the full spotlight. In tennis, Pete Sampras had Andre Agassi waiting for him, Roger Federer needed Rafael Nadal for inspiration, and Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert needed each other to take their games to new heights.
Such can be the case in boxing too. How do you think Muhammad Ali became the greatest of all time? It wasn't because he knocked out Henry Cooper and Joe Bugner. It took some special people for Ali to raise his level of artistry in the ring to heights that even he didn't know he had.
Certainly Ali scored points by knocking off Sonny Liston and George Foreman - two "bullies" who looked unbeatable at the time when they ran into Ali. But when it came to digging deep, no one did it better for Ali than Joe Frazier. Their three fights were classics, both men came out of the trilogy much worse for wear but as legends.
It's good, then, that Mark Kram Jr. has given Frazier the full biography treatment in the book "Smokin' Joe." Kram has done a good job with it too.
The story essentially starts out very nicely. Frazier spent his early youth in rural South Carolina, and Kram does a fine job of recreating what life was like there - which is to say, difficult. There's no poverty like rural poverty, especially for African Americans before the 1960s. Frazier was shipped off to live with relatives in New York at a young age, and was on the verge of becoming another broken soul on the road to nowhere as a teen.
But then he found boxing, which was a good distraction for Joe as opposed to life on the streets. He put in the necessary work with a dedication that he probably didn't even know he had, and was good at it. When you fought Smokin' Joe, you didn't have to go looking for a fight. He'd be right there, willing to take three punches to get one good one in. It led to a gold medal, which led to a pro career, which eventually led to the heavyweight championship.
The centerpiece of the book obviously is the first Ali-Frazier fight, which really was the fight of the century. Ali had lost his title despite an undefeated record when he refused to enter the Army. Frazier was essentially the replacement. When they did fight in 1971, it was essentially a fight between undefeated champions - and that set of circumstances caught the attention of the world. Ali may have been a little rusty after only two tune-up fights, but the moment wasn't too big for Frazier. That last part was important
Joe had his ups and downs the rest of the way. He was no match for Foreman the night he lost his title. Styles make fights, and Frazier knew no other way to come in slugging. Joe just went back to work, winning most of his bouts. No defeated combatant in modern boxing history brought more honor to himself than Frazier did in "The Thrilla in Manila," the third bout with Ali. Both men gave it everything they had; Ali famously said it was the closest thing to death he ever experienced. Kram does some great work amplifying a point about the bout that hasn't received much attention. Frazier was essentially blind in one eye going into the fight because of cataracts, and probably shouldn't even have been allowed in a boxing ring. When the other eye was swollen shut by Ali's punches, Frazier couldn't see a thing ... but it took his manager's decision to stop the bout.
Joe certainly had some issues later in life. While his former management team did its best to set Joe up for life financially, Frazier was a little too generous for his own good and had some expensive tastes. You wouldn't expect someone growing up poor with little education in Beaufort, South Carolina, to be a whiz at money management. At least he never hit bottom. Joe also believed in most of the commandments, but had a bit of a zipper problem. It's not easy to sort out all of the children that Joe fathered over the years, and it's a little confusing to follow them all in the book. Kram did his best, though, although there's a little jumping around in this section.
Then there was his relationship with Ali. Most of us wanted the two men to be pals instead of rivals once their careers ended, sort of like Ralph Branca and Bobby Thomson, or - more to the point - Ali and Foreman. Ali had crossed a few lines with Frazier with his words during their common era, and Frazier took it personally. For years, Joe seemed to be carrying that hate with him - although the degree of anger seemed to depend on the day and the situation. Kram isn't sure what Frazier's attitude was on the day he died, but he did come across a story which gives people a reason to think that happy endings are possible and that man's capacity for forgiveness can be underestimated.
By the way, Kram is the son of the late Mark Kram (Sr.), who gained some journalistic fame mostly as the boxing writer for Sports Illustrated during the Ali/Frazier era of boxing. There are a few odd references to "my father" in the book, but it's difficult to complain to much about a son's pride in the work of his dad.
Muhammad Ali was like the sun, shining light everywhere in the solar system. Joe Frazier was more like one of the planets, obscured at times by the blinding light of the sun but still full of interesting stories. "Smokin' Joe" gives Frazier his due nicely, filling in a gap in the boxing library. And his fans ought to love it.
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// Copyright 2020 The Chromium Authors
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

#include "content/common/android/cpu_time_metrics_internal.h"

#include "base/metrics/persistent_histogram_allocator.h"
#include "base/synchronization/waitable_event.h"
#include "base/test/metrics/histogram_tester.h"
#include "base/test/task_environment.h"
#include "base/threading/thread.h"
#include "components/power_scheduler/power_mode.h"
#include "content/common/process_visibility_tracker.h"
#include "testing/gtest/include/gtest/gtest.h"

namespace content {
namespace internal {
namespace {

void WorkForOneCpuSec(base::WaitableEvent* event) {
  auto initial_ticks = base::ThreadTicks::Now();
  while (!event->IsSignaled()) {
    if (base::ThreadTicks::Now() > initial_ticks + base::Seconds(1)) {
      event->Signal();
    }
  }
}

TEST(CpuTimeMetricsTest, RecordsMetricsForeground) {
  // Ensure the visibility tracker is created on the test runner thread.
  ProcessVisibilityTracker::GetInstance();
  base::test::TaskEnvironment task_environment;

  base::HistogramTester histograms;
  base::Thread thread1("StackSamplingProfiler");

  thread1.StartAndWaitForTesting();
  ASSERT_TRUE(thread1.IsRunning());

  base::WaitableEvent event;

  power_scheduler::PowerModeArbiter arbiter;
  EXPECT_EQ(arbiter.GetActiveModeForTesting(),
            power_scheduler::PowerMode::kCharging);

  // Clear the initial kCharging vote.
  arbiter.SetOnBatteryPowerForTesting(/*on_battery_power=*/true);
  EXPECT_EQ(arbiter.GetActiveModeForTesting(),
            power_scheduler::PowerMode::kIdle);

  // Create the ProcessCpuTimeMetrics instance and register it as the process
  // visibility observer.
  ProcessCpuTimeMetrics::SetIgnoreHistogramAllocatorForTesting(true);
  std::unique_ptr<ProcessCpuTimeMetrics> metrics =
      ProcessCpuTimeMetrics::CreateForTesting(&arbiter);
  metrics->WaitForCollectionForTesting();

  // Start out in the foreground and spend one CPU second there.
  ProcessVisibilityTracker::GetInstance()->OnProcessVisibilityChanged(true);
  metrics->WaitForCollectionForTesting();

  thread1.task_runner()->PostTask(
      FROM_HERE, BindOnce(&WorkForOneCpuSec, base::Unretained(&event)));

  // Wait until the thread has consumed one second of CPU time.
  event.Wait();

  // Update the state to background to trigger the collection of high level
  // metrics.
  ProcessVisibilityTracker::GetInstance()->OnProcessVisibilityChanged(false);
  metrics->WaitForCollectionForTesting();

  // The test process has no process-type command line flag, so is recognized as
  // the browser process. The thread created above is named like a sampling
  // profiler thread.
  static constexpr int kBrowserProcessBucket = 2;
  static constexpr int kSamplingProfilerThreadBucket = 24;

  // Expect that the CPU second spent by the thread above is represented in the
  // metrics.
  int browser_cpu_seconds = histograms.GetBucketCount(
      "Power.CpuTimeSecondsPerProcessType", kBrowserProcessBucket);
  EXPECT_GE(browser_cpu_seconds, 1);

  int browser_cpu_seconds_foreground = histograms.GetBucketCount(
      "Power.CpuTimeSecondsPerProcessType.Foreground", kBrowserProcessBucket);
  EXPECT_GE(browser_cpu_seconds_foreground, 1);

  int browser_cpu_seconds_power_mode_idle =
      histograms.GetBucketCount("Power.CpuTimeSecondsPerPowerMode.Browser",
                                internal::PowerModeForUma::kIdle);
  EXPECT_GE(browser_cpu_seconds_power_mode_idle, 1);

  // Thread breakdown requires periodic collection.
  int thread_cpu_seconds =
      histograms.GetBucketCount("Power.CpuTimeSecondsPerThreadType.Browser",
                                kSamplingProfilerThreadBucket);
  EXPECT_EQ(thread_cpu_seconds, 0);

  metrics->PerformFullCollectionForTesting();
  metrics->WaitForCollectionForTesting();

  thread_cpu_seconds =
      histograms.GetBucketCount("Power.CpuTimeSecondsPerThreadType.Browser",
                                kSamplingProfilerThreadBucket);
  EXPECT_GE(thread_cpu_seconds, 1);

  thread1.Stop();

  ProcessCpuTimeMetrics::SetIgnoreHistogramAllocatorForTesting(false);
}

TEST(CpuTimeMetricsTest, RecordsMetricsBackground) {
  // Ensure the visibility tracker is created on the test runner thread.
  ProcessVisibilityTracker::GetInstance();
  base::test::TaskEnvironment task_environment;

  base::HistogramTester histograms;
  base::Thread thread1("StackSamplingProfiler");

  thread1.StartAndWaitForTesting();
  ASSERT_TRUE(thread1.IsRunning());

  base::WaitableEvent event;

  power_scheduler::PowerModeArbiter arbiter;
  EXPECT_EQ(arbiter.GetActiveModeForTesting(),
            power_scheduler::PowerMode::kCharging);
  auto voter = arbiter.NewVoter("Background");

  // Clear the initial kCharging vote.
  arbiter.SetOnBatteryPowerForTesting(/*on_battery_power=*/true);
  EXPECT_EQ(arbiter.GetActiveModeForTesting(),
            power_scheduler::PowerMode::kIdle);

  // Create the ProcessCpuTimeMetrics instance and register it as the process
  // visibility observer.
  ProcessCpuTimeMetrics::SetIgnoreHistogramAllocatorForTesting(true);
  std::unique_ptr<ProcessCpuTimeMetrics> metrics =
      ProcessCpuTimeMetrics::CreateForTesting(&arbiter);
  metrics->WaitForCollectionForTesting();

  // Start out in the background and spend one CPU second there.
  ProcessVisibilityTracker::GetInstance()->OnProcessVisibilityChanged(false);
  voter->VoteFor(power_scheduler::PowerMode::kBackground);
  metrics->WaitForCollectionForTesting();

  thread1.task_runner()->PostTask(
      FROM_HERE, BindOnce(&WorkForOneCpuSec, base::Unretained(&event)));

  // Wait until the thread has consumed one second of CPU time.
  event.Wait();

  // Update the state to foreground to trigger the collection of high level
  // metrics.
  ProcessVisibilityTracker::GetInstance()->OnProcessVisibilityChanged(true);
  voter->VoteFor(power_scheduler::PowerMode::kIdle);
  metrics->WaitForCollectionForTesting();

  // The test process has no process-type command line flag, so is recognized as
  // the browser process. The thread created above is named like a sampling
  // profiler thread.
  static constexpr int kBrowserProcessBucket = 2;
  static constexpr int kSamplingProfilerThreadBucket = 24;

  // Expect that the CPU second spent by the thread above is represented in the
  // metrics.
  int browser_cpu_seconds = histograms.GetBucketCount(
      "Power.CpuTimeSecondsPerProcessType", kBrowserProcessBucket);
  EXPECT_GE(browser_cpu_seconds, 1);

  int browser_cpu_seconds_background = histograms.GetBucketCount(
      "Power.CpuTimeSecondsPerProcessType.Background", kBrowserProcessBucket);
  EXPECT_GE(browser_cpu_seconds_background, 1);

  int browser_cpu_seconds_power_mode_background =
      histograms.GetBucketCount("Power.CpuTimeSecondsPerPowerMode.Browser",
                                internal::PowerModeForUma::kBackground);
  EXPECT_GE(browser_cpu_seconds_power_mode_background, 1);

  // Thread breakdown requires periodic collection.
  int thread_cpu_seconds =
      histograms.GetBucketCount("Power.CpuTimeSecondsPerThreadType.Browser",
                                kSamplingProfilerThreadBucket);
  EXPECT_EQ(thread_cpu_seconds, 0);

  metrics->PerformFullCollectionForTesting();
  metrics->WaitForCollectionForTesting();

  thread_cpu_seconds =
      histograms.GetBucketCount("Power.CpuTimeSecondsPerThreadType.Browser",
                                kSamplingProfilerThreadBucket);
  EXPECT_GE(thread_cpu_seconds, 1);

  thread1.Stop();

  ProcessCpuTimeMetrics::SetIgnoreHistogramAllocatorForTesting(false);
}

}  // namespace
}  // namespace internal
}  // namespace content

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Beetlejuice is a story about a couple Adam and Barbara Maitland. The couple is dead. The plot thickens when a couple moves into their house and they try to scare them. The new couple's Deetzes teen daughter Lydia can see their ghosts. The Maitlands call upon Beetlejuice to help, but Beetlejuice has more in mind than just helping.
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"Deadnaming" is the act of "revealing a transgender person's birth name is criticized and considered extremely disrespectful by activists in the LGBTQ community," according to IndieWire. Recently, movie database IMDb has been drawing criticism from activists and trans celebrities for publishing stars' birth names and been accused of a form of deadnaming.
A group of Hollywood professionals and activists have lobbied to get the information removed, according to IndieWire and the New York Times. IMDb has apparently declined requests to remove the data from specific stars' accounts. IndieWire reported that an IMDb representative responded, saying:
"IMDb is committed to being the most comprehensive source of movie, TV and celebrity information. Our users trust that when they use IMDb, they are receiving comprehensive and accurate biographical information. IMDb strives to represent an individual's gender identity while also accurately reflecting cast and crew listings as they appear in a production's on-screen credits at the time of original release."
GLAAD has responded as well, and a representative, Nick Adams spoke to the Times on the topic, saying:
"To reveal a transgender person's birth name without their explicit permission is an invasion of privacy that only serves to undermine the trans person's true authentic identity, and can put them at risk for discrimination, even violence."
Trans actress Laverne Cox (Orange is the New Black) on Twitter last year spoke about her experience with suicidal thoughts and described deadnaming as a kind of "ultimate insult."
It remains to be seen how activists and celebrities' complaints and criticism will affect IMDb's policy, but for the time being, the company seems to be holding its position that it is just providing "comprehensive and accurate biographical information."
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A Sicilian blood orange liqueur claiming to be the first of its kind has been launched in the UK by the creator of Hendrick's gin.
Diageo has redesigned the Baileys bottle to make it slim enough to fit inside a fridge door.
First Drinks-distributed Tia Maria has been given a new bottle design to ensure greater standout on the shelf and back-bars.
Always a favourite for the time of year, Diageo is to further expand on Baileys Original by bringing Baileys Biscotti to the creams category in a 1ltr (rrp £20.86) and 70cl (rrp £14.95) format.
Diageo is rolling out two new flavoured Smirnoff vodkas and a coffee-flavoured version of Baileys in the UK, after successful test markets.
An audacious limited edition bottle of Grand Marnier Cordon Rouge is designed to create new consumer perceptions of the iconic orange and cognac brand. TextAn audacious limited edition bottle of Grand Marnier Cordon Rouge is designed to create new consumer perceptions of the iconic orange and cognac brand.
Grand Marnier and Bottlegreen Drinks Company have joined forces to launch a seven-figure joint marketing campaign over the summer season targeting the consumer, retail and on-trade sectors.


In September 2017, the traffic of Viva Autobus grew by 17%, compared to the same month of the previous year, to more than 600 thousand customers and with a load factor of 85%.
Viva Aerobus also increased its capacity, measured in available seats, by 20% compared to the same month of 2016.
So far in 2017, the traffic of Viva Aerobus increased by 31%, compared to the pe-riod January-September 2016, near to 6 million passengers.
The accumulated load factor between January and September 2017 reached 89%, a growth of 5.2 percentage points compared to the same period of the pre-vious year.
Viva Aerobus is Mexico's low-cost airline. It started operations in 2006 and today operates the youngest Latin American fleet with 22 Airbus A320, including two A320neo on 79 regular routes and 3 seasonal routes in 34 different destinations. With a clear vision to give all people the opportunity to fly, Viva Aerobus has democratized the airline industry with the lowest rates in México and the lowest costs in Latin America, making their flights the best value offer.


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Sigh. Waking up in Colombia felt like a dream. Less than three weeks have passed, and I still wish I was hugging all of my smiling Caleños. I am glad I took many photos to remember this beautiful trip!
Huevos de codorniz, or quail eggs, are commonly eaten for breakfast in Colombia. This excited me, since they are an Asian delicacy! They are hard boiled and eaten several at a time. They taste like chicken eggs, but are much smaller. To get the same amount of protein found in one chicken egg, you have to eat a few of the quail eggs.
Yep, I used all 10 fingers. Beneath the spiny exterior of the guanábana, or soursop, is a messy but slightly sweet and sour fruit! I peeled apart little pods of white fruit from the slimy interior. Each pod contained a black inedible seed. Since I was one of few that enjoyed guanábana, Mauricio's mom put the rest into a blender to make a shake. So good and so good for you! It has been known to have cancer-fighting properties.
Check out our spread for breakfast! My sister, Diana, is cutting the pan con queso, or bread with goat cheese. To the right are tamales that were made by Mauricio's aunt. Rice, pork, chicken, potatoes, peas, eggs, and carrots are wrapped and cooked in plantain leaves. This retained the moisture of the food and kept the chicken so moist! The egg mixture on the bottom is perico, which is scrambled eggs with chopped tomatoes and onions. All so savory!
It is time to make our way to Las Playas del Carmen! We drove 25 minutes to our destination.
We spent this gorgeous day frolicking on an open field and in a pool that was sourced from a river.
Island time: Diana and I in the front, and cousin Juan David, Christian, Soo, Mauricio's dad, and uncle in the back!
The lovely and most hospitable hosts - Josias y Ana - Thank you for everything!
The water was freezing. That little nook beneath the waterfall was where I hid to enter and then escaped the cold.
The squad (plus Tío Misael)! This trip would not have been the same without them.
The Human Flag - a person holds a horizontal plank position on a vertical pole. We watched in awe, while Mauricio achieved the task. Diana shook her head in amazement.
Everyone was quite impressed at my upper body and core strength. I know my attempts at a Human Flag were pretty astonishing.
The White Bird of Paradise tree can grow to enormous heights with the bottom fanning and branching many leaves.
The highlight of my day: Cousin Juan David, Mauricio, Christian, Tío Misael, and I played barefoot 5 vs. 5 soccer on a mountain with the locals! Within seconds, I scored a "gooooooal"! After a while, I experienced shortness of breath, while running in the high altitudes. That did not stop us. We were leading 5-0, then lost 6-7. (Maybe it did stop us.) My team was so awesome! You should have seen Tío Misael weaving through our opponents and kicking goals. This was so. Much. FUN!!
Fútbol field -- The goalposts were made of wood.
Top - AE Chambray Shirt Target Chambray Shirt / Shorts - A & F High Rise Lace Shorts On sale for $15! / Hat - Bought in Colombia for 15,000 pesos, or roughly $7.
A row of Birds of Paradise flowers! They represent joyfulness and paradise. How fitting!
I did not want to leave, but we were all starving and parched.
In the afternoon, a fog lowered onto the city.
We stopped to eat at El 18.
Love the fresh fruit juice in Colombia! I drank the sweet jugo de mango, or mango juice, in one big gulp. It is made by blending the mango fruit with water.
The national dish of Colombia is bandeja paisa, or paisa platter. I have had this in Florida, and it does not compare. I almost finished the entire plate of steak, chorizo, pork belly, fried eggs with ground beef beneath it, sweet plantain, avocado, an arepa, rice, and beans. Whew! I needed it all, after a day of swimming and soccer!
My sister had the sancocho de gallina, or chicken and vegetable soup, with potatoes and yucca.
I reveled in playing barefoot at Las Playas del Carmen with the plush grass beneath my feet and in eating authentic Colombian food with my "family".
Next week, I will share our dangerous climb to a much larger waterfall and close-up of Cristo Rey on Day 4!
Thank you so much for reading. :) I truly appreciate you!!


so what's on everyone's agenda today??
Well, off to work I go....early day for me. Have a great one ladies!
Baking today and possibly another trip to the VA.
Going to a scrap retreat tonight and the rest of the weekend. My minds eye is going to have some awesome bundles for sale tomorrow morning starting at 8:00. Watch for it on Suzy Solorano West facebook page.
Doing a little laundry and just hanging around the house. I may slip out to Kohls. I need some new sketchers. Still waiting on the verdict of my cat scan they did yesterday.
Tamara, a retreat, how nice. I think of Utah as the paper capital of the world!
Not much today, still working one of the challenges. Planning on a bike ride later.
Tamara - I love my Sketchers! Have fun at the craft retreat!
Lolis - enjoy your bike ride!
Becca - curious minds want to know what kind of new toys you got.


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A man of great integrity and wisdom.
When I first met Kurt Simon in 2003, I had no idea the everlasting impact he would have on my life. When he passed away in 2007 I struggled with how to properly remember a man who had changed the course of so many individuals… a man who had championed the freedom of being an individual.
Over the past 8 years, this website has grown and changed. We have added new photos and documents as they have been discovered. We have reached out to people that knew Kurt, and added their stories and memories to the site. Now we are proud to release the latest redesign of KurtSimonSays.com.
The Simon family was a powerful Jewish family in Germany, but their history was largely rewritten after the Nazi's came to power. Here you will learn about how the Legacy is being restored piece by piece, by the work of Marc Muelling, Thomas Simon and Kurt's widow Atsuko Kawahara.
As part of the restoration of the Simon Legacy, we have included information about Döllken & Co., a revolutionary wood working and moulding company founded by Kurt's Grandfather, Leopold Simon. Döllken was a far reaching and forward thinking company that helped to define the small towns of Werden and Essen.
Amongst the many treasures contained within, you will find a photo gallery, comprised of pictures of Kurt's ancestors, his early years, his life as a young man, his later years, the many friends he touched, and his life with Atsuko Kawahara as well as a slide show of pictures throughout his life.
If you would like to share some of your experiences or photos of Kurt Simon please email them to memories@kurtsimonsays.com, and we will post them immediately.
Most importantly, please remember the intention of this site. Like Kurt, we believe strongly that human interaction, relationships, and personal expression are amongst the highest ideals man can strive for. Please take ownership of these pages. Leave your comments. Send in any additional stories you think of, email us your pictures.
Today is only the beginning of this site. Maybe in 100 years it will still be around in some for or another and we will be celebrating Kurt's 200th birthday… just imagine all the treasures, memories and wisdom we would have then if we all contribute to this site today.
Thank you for being a part of the extended Kurt W. Simon family. If you have any additions, corrections, comments or if you just want to be in connection with me directly, my name is Dylan Stewart, and I can be reached by CLICKING HERE.


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Sea shipping needed for Labrador's north coast: Evans
David Maher (david.maher@thetelegram.com)
Updated: Jun 12 at 8:07 a.m.
Torngat Mountains MHA Lela Evans says the cancelled ferry was the biggest issue during the election campaign. - David Maher
Cancelled ferry shipments out of Lewisporte carry 'hidden costs' for northern Labrador, Torngat Mountains MHA says
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. —
Torngat Mountains MHA Lela Evans says the cancellation of a freight ship from Lewisporte to the north coast of Labrador is the only reason she was elected as an MHA.
Evans used her inaugural questions in the first question period of the new minority government to call attention to the cancellation of the shipping, and the "hidden" consequences of the decision.
The freight service to the north coast was halted in September 2018. The Woodward Group and Labrador Marine were contracted to start a new ferry run with a drive-on ship to Happy Valley-Goose Bay, so the shipments from Lewisporte were halted. Now, goods will be shipped to Happy Valley-Goose Bay and sent to communities like Nain, Postville and Hopedale. The goods will be shipped by sea at certain times of the year and by air at other times.
Evans says the people of northern Labrador need the shipments from Lewisporte, as it's less expensive to ship goods from Lewisporte than to transport them by air or by sea into the remote communities from Happy Valley-Goose Bay.
The freight service for shipping goods and supplies to coastal Labrador stood as a staple service of Lewisporte for generations.
"Everybody that I campaigned door-to-door in my district said they need — it's not a want, it's not a preference — they actually need the Lewisporte ferry, the freight boat from Lewisporte to go to the north coast," said Evans.
"Marine shipping is much cheaper, not only for the cost, but there's a lot of smaller businesses on the north coast that provide a vital service to the communities and they're having a lot of hardship arranging for the trucking. Basically, they've been shipping for over 30 years. Now they have to establish this new trucking service. The Liberal government has said to them, 'You can always go to Quebec.'"
Evans says the Quebec suggestion is about finding new shipping partners to allow more than one way to ship goods into northern communities.
Transportation and Works Minister Steve Crocker says the changes are about lowering the cost of shipping to the north coast.
"If you were to take the snowmobile and ship it out of Lewisporte a year ago, it would cost $140 to ship that snowmobile to Makkovik. Under the new arrangement, to ship that snowmobile from Goose Bay to Makkovik is around $40. We've actually adjusted the freight rates to reflect the change in distance," he said.
But Evans says changing the shipping routes will actually end up costing more, as it's cheaper to buy goods on the island and have them shipped over sea than over land. Evans says it can be $1,500 cheaper to buy a snowmobile on the island and have it shipped over water.
"Everything has to be trucked to Goose Bay, either from Quebec or from the island. That extra trucking is adding hidden costs to food and materials that end up being in northern Labrador," she said.
The new ferry to service the run, the MV Kamutik W, is currently 10 days overdue for delivery to the island. It's still in drydock in Norway. The ferry is expected to be delivered by the end of the month. Crocker says after that, it will be up to the company to provide the services until the ferry can be delivered.
Another issue is the ice conditions in the area, which prevent ferry shipping. Crocker says he can't say for sure when the ferry shipments will start this year.
"Last year it started on June 20. Previous years, it's been in July. It depends on weather and ice conditions. We've seen severe ice this winter. Right now, we can't determine that until Mother Nature moves the ice off the coast."
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Rachel's story*
"I got in touch with IPSEA after my local authority refused to grant my son a statement. I spoke with a volunteer on IPSEA's Advice Line who helped give me the courage to stand up to them.
She talked me through my son's case and guided me through the legal jargon. She was patient and kind and gave up her time (over and above what she needed to).
As a result of IPSEA's advice, I took my LA to tribunal and won. My son now has a full boarding place at a specialist dyslexia school school and is thriving. He's gone from hiding under desks, to reading books and playing in the girl's netball team (he doesn't like rugby!). I'm so grateful to the IPSEA volunteer who gave up her time to help me when no one else would."
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Re: Alternative to PVC for watering systems?
jdg wrote: Thanks for all the rec's guys. My longest run will be around 4000', but there will be multiple watering stations off of it, potentially watering two different groups at a time, with tanks not so big that i could get away with 3/4". (some of the tanks will be portable, some permanent) I"ve done the math on my pumping unit and gallons per minute requirements for the herd size, which is why I know i'll need to start the longest run at 2.5". (I did the calculations for PVC...not sure if HDPE has a different flow rating, probably does.) I was concerned with pricing, labor costs, and repair issues. I was talked into using thin wall PVC for a previous project by a contractor i hired and it has been a nightmare. Lesson learned. Can the HDPE be put down with a shank type machine, or will i still need to dig a trench? I've never heard of gasketed PVC. The link to the 2" HDPE was twice as expensive as my price for PVC. So, I'm not sure that is feasible. I believe i was quoted around $.87/ft for 2"...unfortunately 2.5" was around $1.20/ft, if memory serves.
Is my math off? I'm seeing .35 cents/foot for the 2" HDPE.
ddd75 wrote: i'd never use pvc or gasketed pvc for water. way too many joints.
neighbor put a bunch of that gasketed pvc in and had 2 leaks the first winter. got those fixed, that summer a few more..
i've always used the black rolls. I always get the biggest possible and use plastic fittings.
Good idea. Pressure is not the issue. Close it all up and the pressure will be equal. Flow I what your challenge. Rolls have less couplings and therefore less K factors. Never cut it with a saw. Use a pipe or tube cutter to get squared ends which reduce K factors. Keep the pipe straight as possible. You can put a pressure tank on the delivery end and that will help if your demand is not extreme.
Not sure why, but they list that price as 100' increments...not 500' rolls.
the pipe on that website is very expensive. I would call around to a local plumbing supply store and tell them what you need.
Close it all up and the pressure will be equal.
Except for differences in elevation in a static condition and elevation and friction in a flowing system.


LOS ANGELES - California regulators took an important step Wednesday to clear the road for everyday people to get self-driving cars.
That testing requires a trained safety driver behind the wheel, just in case the onboard computers and sensors fail. Though companies are not ready to unleash the technology for regular drivers - most say it remains a few years away - the nation's largest state expects to have a final regulatory framework in place by June.
That framework, which could be tweaked in coming weeks, also would let companies begin testing prototypes with neither a steering wheel nor pedals - and indeed nobody at all inside.
The public is unlikely to get that advanced version of the technology until several years after the deployment of cars that look and feel more like traditional human-controlled vehicles.
Consumers probably won't be able to walk into dealerships and buy fully driverless vehicles next year. Major automakers have all said it will be closer to 2020 before those vehicles are available, and even then, they could be confined to ride-hailing fleets and other shared applications.
Still, Wednesday's announcement puts California on the verge of finalizing rules for public access, which were due more than two years ago. The delay reflects both the developing nature of the technology as well as how the federal government - which is responsible for regulating the safety of the vehicles - has struggled to write its own rules.
California's proposed rules must still undergo a 15-day public comment period, which could result in further changes, and then a protracted review by other state attorneys.


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Translation research featured in national journal
National research led by London Metropolitan University academics has been featured in a special edition of the Journal of Specialised Translation.
Research from London Metropolitan University academics has been featured in a special issue of the Journal of Specialised Translation, which was published on 27 January.
The issue focuses on legal translation and showcases the Qualetra Project, an EU-funded research project featuring a consortium of universities, including London Met.
The Qualetra Project team at London Metropolitan University, led by Dr Nadia Rahab, Course Leader for MA Translation, performed corpus based analysis of the European Arrest Warrant, an essential document in criminal proceedings. They also contributed to creating a multilingual term base for legal translators and practitioners.
The other members of the team were Dr Lukasz Kaczmarek, Senior Lecturer in MA Translation, and former London Met academics, Dr Agata Sadza and Susan Lilley.
Qualetra, Quality in Legal Translation, is funded by the Criminal Justice Programme of the European Commission Directorate General Justice (DGJ).
The full list of co-beneficiaries includes the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe, Dublin City University, the European Criminal Bar Association, the European Legal Interpreters and Translators Association, the Institut de management et de communication interculturels, Riga Graduate School of Law, Universidad de Alcalá, Universidad Pontificia Coamills, and Università degli Studi di Trieste.
More details about the project can be found on the Eulita website.


SEASIDE — Five-year-old Laurel Mello wheeled a shiny, pint-sized, fat-wheeled, candy-apple-red mountain bike up to the dirt track of the Kids Zone at the Sea Otter Classic early Friday afternoon. Wearing a pastel-swirled helmet, she could hardly wait to try out the track.
When asked if riding bikes makes her smart, Laurel shook her head. Does it make you happy? She gave an emphatic nod of her head.
Across the busy dirt track, under the shade of the black-and-red Specialized tent, a Stanford University researcher displayed a skullcap and some research that he thinks will eventually show riding bikes makes people smart as well as happy.
In his research, Tempest has been studying how kids' brains function both during and after bike riding by using something akin to a mobile EEG or MRI machine. Called a Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS), it looks like a black net skullcap fitted with what appear to be dozens of tiny lightbulbs. Originally devised to study distracted drivers, it can be placed on the head under a helmet. Two boxy gray receivers attached to the back of the cap via flat cords can then be carried in a backpack, allowing Tempest and his research partners to see how the brain is firing while the kids are actually riding on trails outside instead of inside on a tread machine.
Going outside changes everything. Not only do the kids have to concentrate on balancing the bike, but they also have to participate in active scanning of their environment to, for instance, figure out how to ride over a tree root or around rocks. The fNIRS data show what areas of the brain are being used as well as changes in how much oxygenated and non oxygenated hemoglobin is flowing. Just being outside lights up more areas of the brain, Tempest said. After those areas are activated, they are more likely to come on quicker when called upon later — like during the memory, focus and impulsivity tests Tempest administers both during and after rides within his study.
Bike manufacturer Specialized, based out of Morgan Hill, has given an endowment to Tempest's study through its Specialized Foundation. The foundation was established in 2012 to promote research on the effects of cycling on the brain, especially in people with ADHD — a condition Specialized founder and CEO, Mike Sinyard, has dealt with most of his life.
Over the past five years the foundation has run a school program called Riding for Focus, in which it creates a cycling physical education class where students learn to ride. The foundation provides schools with a fleet of bikes, teacher training and a curriculum. Cheung said kids who take the biking class have better attendance and seem to perform better in school.
The question put to the Stanford researchers, then, was why does the change occur.
Tempest said the Stanford study devised to determine that is now in its third phase. The results of the first, which Tempest calls the methodology, will be published next month in the academic journal Medicine and Science in Sports Exercise. The second phase looked at the impact of exercise on the brains of young adults with and without ADHD, but those studies were all conducted in a lab.
"The next phase is to take the equipment outside and look what's happening in the brain outside and the interaction with the environment and the balance aspect of being on the bike," Tempest said. "And these are all the things that make cycling a potential tool for improving mental health.
Tempest said 70 percent of that stage of the study is completed. He hopes to have results in the next six months and to have the study published within the year. In the meantime, the project is looking for more kids ages 12-17, both with and without ADHD, to participate.
Joe Mello, the father of 5-year-old Laurel, said he doesn't know whether biking has improved her or her 8-year-old brother's brain power. He has seen them glean other benefits, like confidence, from the sport. As a teacher at Carmel High, though, he is hesitant to say any one thing is the key to high performance in the classroom.
Cheung said he hopes Tempest's research will shed a little more light into what does work. And, he hopes it's biking.


[QUOTE]Originally posted by nasamad: [b]I was wondering if anyone knows where I can get an "Apollo style" velcro strap? Obviously I don't need one as long as the Apollo straps, but I know Omega did issue some kind of commemorative watch with an optional velcro strap.[/b][/QUOTE] eBay has them now in both sizes. Buzz is wearing one with the strap wrapped around his wrist 2x in his Apollo 11 on-board photo.