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    std::string configfile;
    unsigned int npx;       // Number of processes in X (slow) dimension
    unsigned int npy;       // Number of processes in Y (fast) dimension
    unsigned int ndx;       // Local array size in X dimension per process
    unsigned int ndy;       // Local array size in y dimension per process
    unsigned int steps;     // Number of output steps
    unsigned int sleeptime; // Time to wait between steps (in millisec)

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    unsigned int gndy; // Global array size in fast dimension
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    // Y dim positions: npx number of consecutive processes belong to one row
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    unsigned int posy;  // Position of this process in Y dimension
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San Gerardo, auch als San Gerardo de Pacaicaguan bekannt, ist eine Ortschaft und eine Parroquia rural ("ländliches Kirchspiel") im Kanton Guano der ecuadorianischen Provinz Chimborazo. Die Parroquia besitzt eine Fläche von 7,12 km². Die Einwohnerzahl lag im Jahr 2010 bei 2439.

Lage
Die Parroquia San Gerardo liegt im Anden-Hochal in Zentral-Ecuador. Der Río Guano fließt entlang der nordöstlichen Verwaltungsgrenze nach Osten. Im Südwesten grenzt das Gebiet an das nordöstliche Stadtgebiet von Riobamba. Der  hoch gelegene Hauptort befindet sich 4 km südöstlich vom Kantonshauptort Guano sowie 5 km nordöstlich vom Stadtzentrum der Provinzhauptstadt Riobamba.

Die Parroquia San Gerardo grenzt im Südosten an die Parroquia Cubijíes (Kanton Riobamba), im Südwesten an das Municipio von Riobamba sowie im Nordwesten und im Nordosten an das Municipio von Guano.

Orte und Siedlungen
In der Parroquia gibt es folgende Caseríos: San Gerardo de Pacaicaguan und Olte.

Geschichte
Die Parroquia San Gerardo wurde am 2. Dezember 1944 gegründet (Fecha de Creación). Am 15. Dezember 1944 wurde die Gründung der Parroquia und deren räumliche Abgrenzung im Registro Oficial N° 162 bekannt gegeben.

Weblinks
 http://gadsangerardo.gob.ec/ – GAD Parroquial San Gerardo
 Bevölkerungsstatistik bei www.citypopulation.de

Ort in Ecuador
Ort in Südamerika
Parroquia in der Provinz Chimborazo
Gegründet 1944

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Former local actor blends indie & TV
By JAY HANDELMAN
Charlie Barnett has been so busy filming the second season of NBC's "Chicago Fire" that he hasn't even had a chance to see "The Happy Sad," his first major role in an independent feature film.
His friends and family in Sarasota may see it before he does when the film is shown Friday, the opening day of the Fabulous Independent Film Festival at Burns Court Cinemas.
A year before he was cast as firefighter Peter Mills on "Chicago Fire," the young actor from Sarasota was cast in one of the four main roles in Rodney Evans' film about sexuality, bisexuality and relationships.
"I really liked the script," Barnett said in a telephone interview after an early day of shooting "Chicago Fire." "It was kind of raw, kind of exposed and I enjoyed that."
In the film, he plays Aaron, a waiter who is in a six-year relationship with Marcus, played by LeRoy McClain. The seemingly happy couple agree to open things up to other sexual partners, as long as they don't fall in love.
Friends describe Aaron as a slut, but it is Marcus who takes advantage of opportunity when he starts hooking up with Stan, a young musician who is on a break from his long-term girlfriend, who has admitted to flirting with a female friend.
It leads to some comically awkward encounters among all four characters, and a real, dramatic test to Marcus and Aaron's relationship.
Barnett, who grew up performing in Sarasota theater before graduating from the Juilliard School for drama, said he liked the challenges the role posed.
Aaron "has a lot of emotional angst. There's a lot of questioning of his partner, the person he loves. Just living in that space together is difficult" once the truth is revealed, he said.
The character's decisions are not those Barnett might make in his own life -- "I have no interest in that kind of 'open' relationship" -- but his job as an actor is "to build a character and find out where they're living and figure out who they are and then run with what their life is."
That process was helped by the improvisational nature of rehearsals that Evans led.
"He wanted to see us work together," Barnett said. "We create our own little world and then improv that off the script. It's a cool process and makes it more rooted."
The Hollywood Reporter said that while the film won't make waves at the box office it is a "tantalizing picture of some contemporary conundrums" and described the performances of Barnett and McLain as "adroit." The New York Times called the film a "modest exploration of modern mating."
The film is based on a play of the same name by Ken Urban.
As one of his first post-college roles, "Happy-Sad" was a big deal at the time for Barnett, and he never hesitated about playing a gay character, which he also did in a supporting role in "Gayby," which was shown at the 2012 Sarasota Film Festival.
"Everybody is wary about playing homosexual parts, but for me it's not an issue. It's another exercise in playing a character," Barnett said. "I want to play different stories. I trained for that as an actor, despite how similar or different they are from you."
And there's no similarity that he can see between Aaron and Peter Mills, which gives him the chance to keep exploring new twists as the show develops.
"In a play or a movie, the character stays the same each time. There's one script. But in the show, your character is changing every other week. With each new story, you find a new part of your person. You didn't know anything. It's cool, though. It keeps you on your feet."
For example, when the show started, Peter was the rookie in the fire station, eager to follow in the footsteps of his father, whom he thought of as a hero. Over the first season, he's learned new lessons about his job and his father, discovered that his boss slept with his mother, and put in an application to train for the Police Academy.
Barnett won't say what direction Peter is moving in as the new season starts Sept. 24, but he will say that "Chicago Fire" cast members will be making appearances on the new Dick Wolf spin-off "Chicago PD," expected later this season on NBC.
It's been a year of intense learning on the set, and in public for Barnett. A year ago, he rarely went on Facebook to a page created for him by a friend, and now he's posting frequently for more than 13,000 followers, as well as the 14,000 reading his Tweets and seeing his behind-the-scenes pictures on Twitter.
"It gets a little overwhelming to keep up," he said about the social media world. "But it's been really great. It's not so overwhelming as almost humbling. People run up to us and are really excited to see us, and a year ago nobody knew who I was. I feel bad because I'm not that cool."
But he's also found that he has inspired others, which surprises and worries him.
"It puts a lot of pressure on a person," he said about the television fame. "I've had people who said they're going to be a firefighter because of me. I don't want them thinking it's like 'Chicago Fire,' fun and games with friends and then fighting fires. I don't want someone losing their life because of me."

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Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) är en amerikansk låt från 1954 gjord av doo-wop-gruppen The Penguins.
också inspelad av Johnny Tillotson 1960

Sånger 1954


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Breaking news -- A Senate panel charged with investigating the financial crisis is laying blame right where it belongs: At the foot of the mega-banks that pushed shoddy financial products on consumers and then deceived Congress. Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein appears to have lied to Congress. It's time for a criminal investigation -- and the powerful senator who chaired the panel agrees.
According to the Huffington Post,
Carl Levin, chair of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, will recommend that Goldman executives who testified before his panel, including chairman and chief executive Lloyd Blankfein, be referred to the Justice Department for possible criminal prosecution, the Michigan Democrat announced Wednesday.
Investigators discovered that Goldman traders bragged about selling "shitty" deals to clients and the mega-bank bet against the same financial products it was selling to investors. And they've lied about it all the way to the bank.
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Based on June 2019 departure from Dublin flying with Emirates airlines, staying for 7 nights bed and breakfast in a One Bedroom Garden Villa (Sanur) and 5 nights bed and breakfast in a Superior Room (Ubud) including transfers.
A peaceful and romantic tropical island, Bali is the dream location for relaxing beach days, delicious Indonesian cuisine and fascinating culture. Popular Seminyak with its plentiful boutiques and trendy restaurants and bars is the ideal spot for lazy beach days, a spot of shopping and amazing restaurants. This coastline also gets some of the most spectacular sunsets in Bali, the perfect backdrop for a romantic evening.
Perched in the hills just over an hour drive from the beach resorts of Bali you will arrive in the stunning town of Ubud.Surrounded by scenic rice fields, ancient temples and small villages with thriving arts and crafts communities, Ubud has the perfect blend of nature, culture and a sense of wellbeing. The scenery here is like something out of a painting, think green hillsides, verdant forests and river gorges where the only sound you'll hear is the glorious nature that surrounds you. If you are thinking of visiting Bali, we highly recommend spending a few nights here to get an authentic taste of the island's traditions.
Perched in the hills just over an hour drive from the beach resorts of Bali you will arrive in the stunning town of Ubud. Surrounded by scenic rice fields, ancient temples and small villages with thriving arts and crafts communities, Ubud has the perfect blend of nature, culture and a sense of well-being. The scenery here is like something out of a painting, think green hillsides, verdant forests and river gorges where the only sound you'll hear is the glorious nature that surrounds you. If you are thinking of visiting Bali, we highly recommend spending a few nights here to get an authentic taste of the island's traditions.


We need you to lead us.
I just finished Tribes (ISBN 978-1591842330), a 160-page book by Seth Godin that you can read on an airplane flight, as I did. A tribe, according to Seth Godin, is "a group of people connected to one another, connected to a leader, and connected to an idea." Tribes aren't something that need to be formed- they already exist. There are tribes in your workplace, in your church, in your volunteer organization. A group needs only two things to be a tribe: a shared interest and a way to communicate. And with the advent of social media technology, tribes aren't just local. They can have a global scale as people with common interests can "find" each other easily. But what many of these tribes need is a leader, and Mr. Godin makes the argument that the leader should be you (hence the subtitle "We Need You to Lead Us").
The book is descriptive, not prescriptive (no checklists for becoming a tribal leader). But it does include profiles of some interesting people- leaders that Mr. Godin classifies as heretics. These folks aren't as well-known as classic heretics like Steve Jobs, but you can do a Google search on their names and find other articles to read about most of them.
The alternative to being a heretic is being a "sheepwalker". What are you waiting for? Making change is more fun that accepting the status quo.
Here's Seth Godin's TED talk about tribes.
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A Few Notes From the Label
http://www.escape-music.com/coming.htm
Release Date: 10th November 2017 Catalogue No: ESM311 Bar Code: 5 031281003119
Musicians are :
Steve Walsh: Lead and backing vocals, piano Tommy Denander: All guitars and keyboards Jerome Mazza: Lead vocals on tracks 5,7 and 11 Steve Overland: Backing vocals Brian Anthony: Bass and string arrangements Peter Yttergren: Drums and percussion
Produced by Khalil Turk and Tommy Denander Mixed and mastered by Brian J Anthony Executive producer: Khalil Turk for Escape Music Ltd. Logo & cover design by Eric Philippe
Track List: 1. BORN IN FIRE 3:32 2. THE PIPER 6:02 3. GRACE AND NATURE 4:11 4. DEAR KOLINDA 4:59 5. WINDS OF WAR 4:45 6. TANGLEWOOD TREE 5:07 7. NOW UNTIL FOREVER 4:38 8. WARSAW 4:49 9. NOTHING BUT NOTHING 4:45 10. HELL OR HIGH WATER 5:14 11. MERCY ON ME 4:58 12. BILLY CARBONE IS DEAD 4:52
All songs by Walsh / Denander except 2 Walsh / Denander / Ousey 5, 7, and 11 by Overland / Denander
As the former lead vocalist and keyboards player for the American Classic and Progressive rock band Kansas, Steve Walsh is the voice behind the hits "Carry on my Wayward Son", "Point of Know Return", "Dust in the Wind" and "All I Wanted".
As a songwriter Steve is well known for penning a classic tune and his wide range of musical influences can be heard on his previous solo releases as well as the rock band "Streets". He has also contributed his vocal talents to more than a dozen projects by other artists covering a variety of musical genres.
Steve is well known for his dynamic live performances, passionate vocals and multi instrumental talents on stage. In addition to keyboards, Steve has played Congas, Harmonica, Glockenspiel, guitar and drums.
Mike Slamer (Streets / Steelhouse Lane) introduced Steve to Khalil the owner of Escape Music. Khalil invited Steve to guest on Radioactive "F4UR" album to sing one song, "The Piper" written by Tommy Denander. Steve also helped co-write the tune and was asked record an album for the label.
Khalil had a few ideas and one of which was to involve a singer called Jerome Mazza to sing duet on "Born In Fire". Khalil had discovered Jerome on Youtube singing for the band "Pinnacle Point".
Black Butterfly is everything you would expect it to be from someone like Steve Walsh, the man is a legend and this album oozes quality from start to finish. This is the album everyone is talking about, and it's finally here.
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Can there be any better way to understand a wine than to visit the vineyard? See the vines, feel the sun on your face and the soil beneath your feet? Of course not - and it needn't cost a fortune.
As part of my recent WSET Diploma exam I had to take a close look at the world of wine tourism. One of the aspects I considered was wine tourism on a budget. As this is a relatively new industry (having only really taken off in the 90's) there are new ideas emerging on an almost daily basis, but I've noticed a few features which seem to be relatively consistent all over the world.
Firstly, set your sights on areas where vineyards and wineries cluster together. Not only does this mean you can visit more producers easily (cutting down on transport costs), but these producers and other supporting industries (restaurants, accommodation etc) are likely to have good relationships which can save you both tine and money when navigating the region.
Secondly, consider your destination carefully before you set off. Obvious, really, and in the age of the internet it goes without saying that you can find a lot of information such as maps and local history without purchasing guidebooks and the like. Phoning or emailing ahead can help you to get the most out of your visit: ensuring there will be someone to speak with, or finding out about any events / tastings they may be holding.
Third, think about your mode of transport. For example, if you are lucky enough to find yourself in Mendoza, Argentina, you can hire a bike for just £2.50 (GBP) a day. This includes a map of the vineyards of the region. For an extra £1, they'll even take you into the foothills with your bike, so you can just spend the day rolling back to where you started, stopping for picnics in vineyards along the way. Perfect!
My fourth and final hint is probably the most obvious, yet the most often overlooked. If you really want to get into the vines, but at minimum cost, simply visit the nearest vineyard to you. I got in touch with the English Wine Producers and was thrilled to discover they have a free map, which they'll even post to you, detailing all the registered vineyards of England and Wales. Imagine my delight to discover five vineyards within 20 miles of my home - I had only been aware of one of them up to now.
So, taking my own advice, I have been planning a route around a few of these vineyards (thanks to google maps), phoning ahead to ensure there's someone to talk to when I get there, and will be jumping on the bike in the near future to pay them all a visit. The total bill for this trip will be no more than the (inevitable) purchases from the cellar doors, and you can't beat that for a bit of wine tourism on a budget.
So what's stopping you? Get out there and immerse yourself in a bit of 'terroir tourism' - and let me know what you find!


WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will take up a momentous fight over parties manipulating electoral districts to gain partisan advantage in a case that could affect the balance of power between Democrats and Republicans across the United States.
The Supreme Court has never struck down districts because they are unfairly partisan. Similar lawsuits are pending in Maryland, where Democrats dominate, and North Carolina, where Republicans have a huge edge in the congressional delegation and the state legislature.
"The decision in this case will likely set the path for redistricting in 2020 and beyond. The essential question is whether the court will finally accept a new standard and block partisan gerrymandering, or continue the court's stated disapproval of excessive partisan gerrymandering while never finding one to overrule," League of Women Voters president Chris Carson said.
The challengers to the Wisconsin districts said it is an extreme example of redistricting that has led to ever-increasing polarization in American politics because so few districts are genuinely competitive between the parties. In these safe seats, incumbents tend to be more concerned about primary challengers, so they try to appeal mostly to their party's base.
"Partisan gerrymandering of this kind is worse now than at any time in recent memory," said Paul Smith, who is representing the challengers to the GOP plan in Wisconsin.
But Wisconsin officials defended the legislature's work and called on the justices to undo the lower-court ruling.
"As I have said before, our redistricting process was entirely lawful and constitutional, and the district court should be reversed," Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel said.
The federal court that struck down the districts adopted an equation that offers a way to measure the partisan nature of the districts. It essentially measures and compares each party's wasted votes —those going to the winner in excess of what's needed for victory — in an election. As measured by this "efficiency gap," Republicans can increase the number of the districts they control by stuffing Democratic voters into already Democratic districts.
The measurement could appeal to Justice Anthony Kennedy, who has said he is willing to referee claims of excessively partisan redistricting, but only if the court can find a workable way to do so. Until now, he hasn't found one.


Join us at River Falls Comforts of Home for our 2nd annual car show. We will have food, music featured by Bernie Rock and most importantly some really sweet cars. This event is free to attend and if you have a car we would welcome you to fill out the registration form below.
If you plan to enter your car into the show please click the button below to register your vehicle. Check-in will start at 8:00am and all cars must be parked by 9:30am as the event starts at 10:00am. 1st, 2nd and 3rd place cars will be awarded a trophy and each car entering the show will receive a plaque for attending.


Citation: Yu, Q., Roth, J.P., Hu, H., Estevez, C., Zhao, W., Zsak, L. 2013. Protection by recombinant Newcastle disease viruses (NDV) expressing the glycoprotein (G) of avian metapneumovirus (aMPV) subtype A or B against challenge with virulent NDV and aMPV. World Journal of Vaccines. 3:130-139.
Interpretive Summary: Avian metapneumovirus (aMPV) is an economically important avian pathogen that can cause serious respiratory tract disease in poultry worldwide. Isolates of aMPV have been classified into four subtypes, A, B, C, and D, based on the level of genetic variations and antigenic differences. The aMPV subtypes A and B are present in Europe and most countries in the world, excluding the USA. To prevent aMPV subtype A and B viruses spreading to the US poultry farms and to reduce vaccination costs, we generated Newcastle disease virus (NDV), LaSota vaccine strain-based, recombinant viruses expressing the attachment glycoprotein (G) of aMPV subtype A or B virus as bivalent vaccines. Vaccination trials in turkeys showed that the bivalent vaccine candidates provided complete protection against virulent NDV challenge and partial protection against homologous aMPV-A or B infection. These results suggest that expression of other aMPV-A or -B virus immunogenic protein(s) or in conjunction with the G protein may be necessary to induce stronger and more protective immunity against aMPV diseases.
Technical Abstract: Avian metapneumovirus (aMPV) and Newcastle disease virus (NDV) are threatening avian pathogens that cause sporadic but serious respiratory diseases in poultry worldwide. Although, vaccination, combined with strict biosecurity practices, has been the recommendation for controlling these diseases in the field, new outbreaks are inevitable with current vaccines. In the present study, reverse genetics technology was used to construct NDV LaSota vaccine strain-based recombinant viruses that express the glycoprotein (G) of aMPV, subtype A or B, as bivalent, next-generation vaccines. These recombinant viruses, rLS/aMPV-A G and rLS/aMPV-B G, showed slight attenuation in vivo, yet maintained similar growth dynamics, cytopathic effects, and virus titers in vitro when compared to the parental LaSota virus. The expression of the aMPV G protein in recombinant virus-infected cells was detected by immunofluorescence. Vaccination of turkeys with rLS/aMPV-A G or rLS/aMPV-B G conferred complete protection against velogenic NDV, CA02 strain, challenge and partial protection against homologous pathogenic aMPV challenge. These results suggest that the LaSota recombinant virus may be a safe and effective vaccine vector and expression of the G protein alone is not sufficient to provide full protection against aMPV-A or -B infections. Expression of other aMPV-A or -B virus immunogenic protein(s) or in conjunction with the G protein may be necessary to induce stronger and more protective immunity against aMPV diseases.


Water is a liquid that every living thing needs, without water everything and everyone will die very early. Water can be used for hundreds of things such as cleaning up, playing in the sprinklers, helping our garden grow, helping us grow fit and healthy and much more.
Water comes from under the ground, oceans, rivers, clouds and all around you. right now you might be thinking things like, so you are saying I have been living with water surrounding me, well yes I am trying to tell you that you are basically living with water.
Lots of people don't take the time and effort to be aware how wasting water can really affect our lives, plants lives animal lives too. Our water we drink is extremely important to us so next time you see someone brushing their teeth with the tap on tell them to turn it off immediately.


Axle weighing specialist, Axtec, has installed Northamptonshire's first publicly available 'drive-over' dynamic weighbridge at the Wellingborough Council Depot operated by Wellingborough Norse.
Situated at the Finedon Road Industrial Estate, the new Axtec weighbridge is strategically situated for M1 / A14 traffic and will help local transport companies save hundreds of pounds in overloading fines and 'down time' incurred travelling to out-of-county weighing facilities. The new Axtec weighbridge will incur a cost of just £15 to weigh a typical commercial vehicle. Opening hours are from 8.00am to 4.00pm.
The installation also allows Wellingborough Norse to execute its new bulking operation whereby it can load, and now weigh, mixed recyclables on-site, before transferring it to Hinkley, thus bringing greater efficiencies to Wellingborough Council's services.
Axtec's dynamic weighbridge is fast too, allowing a six-axle tractor and trailer combination to weigh in just 40-seconds and to obtain individual axle and a gross vehicle weight to an accuracy of +/- 0.25% - the most accurate dynamic weighbridge in the world. The driver simply drives over the flush mounted platform at a constant speed of 2.5 mph before obtaining instant weight figures from a digital read-out.
Wellingborough Norse has also had its new Axtec dynamic weighbridge certified by Northamptonshire Trading Standards, making it available not only for public use, but also for DVSA and for other authorities to carry out inspections.


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Q: I am a 41 years old female. I have thalassaemia trait and as a result of this I cannot take any iron supplements to improve my haemoglobin. My Hb hovers around 9 to 9.5. My serum ferritin level is 55 and my doctor says it should be at least 70. I take one Folvite every morning and one Eltroxin per day for my treatment for hypothyroidism. I have been asked to have 2 tablespoons of Hemfer syrup as well. I see that 15 ml of this syrup contains ferrous glycine sulphate which is equivalent to 50 gms of elemental iron. Is taking this syrup safe for my health? I also suffer from polycystic ovary syndrome. Please advise.
A:The presence of concomitant iron deficiency with beta-thal trait (BTT) is quite common in our country. The effect of iron deficiency in BTT is apparent as a significant lowering of the haemoglobin (Hb) concentration and an increased prevalence of anaemia. Iron therapy is warranted for such patients with iron-deficiency and helps to significantly raise the Hb concentration. There is no reason why you should not take iron supplement. Dietary iron is available in two valency states, Fe 2+ (ferrous) and Fe 3+ (ferric). The majority of ferrous form is found in haeme iron (as haemoglobin & myoglobin in meat and meat products) while most ferric iron is found in non-haeme iron (plant foods like cereals, vegetables, pulses, dried fruits etc.). Haeme iron is readily available and usually 20-30% of it is absorbed from the diet. This can increase upto 40% when an individual is iron deficient. The level of haeme iron absorption is relatively unaffected by other dietary factors. Non-haeme iron, in contrast, is relatively poorly absorbed (usually less than 10% of dietary intake and often under 5%). Its absorption is markedly influenced by an individuals iron status and dietary factors that can either inhibit or enhance it. Treatment of most patients with iron deficiency is with oral iron therapy. The cheapest and most effective form is ferrous iron. The side effects experienced on taking iron tablet are proportional to the amount of iron available for absorption. The iron preparation you take should contain between 30-100 mg elemental iron. Avoid enteric-coated or prolonged-release preparations. The dose you take should be sufficient to provide between 150-200 mg elemental iron per day and the tablet may be taken 2 to 3 times a day about 1 hour before meals, preferably with a glass of juice (as vitamin C enhances iron absorption). Take a normal nutritious diet and folic acid supplement twice a week. The treatment should be continued for 3 months after the haemoglobin has returned to normal so that the body iron stores are replenished. Response to treatment is confirmed by doing a reticulocyte count after 10-12 days of treatment and the rate of rise of haemoglobin.


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Retracing Washington's Footsteps
Touring a nation divided, then and now
By Stephen E. Smith
When historian Nathaniel Philbrick decided upon the title Travels with George for his most recent book, he took on a hefty obligation. In three words he employed two significant allusions. First, "Travels with" references Travels with Charley, Steinbeck's classic travelogue (Charley was Steinbeck's pet poodle) in which the author of Grapes of Wrath takes a thoughtful look at a sedate 1960s America. Second, the name "George" alludes to the George in American history — George Washington.
Oh, no, you might groan, not another book about Washington. His diaries are available in a four-volume set, there are numerous explications of his writings, and we are inundated with scholarly biographies. Barring newly discovered facets of Washington's life or a passing reassessment of his faults and virtues, what is there left to say about the man?
But if new material were unearthed, Philbrick would likely write about it. He is the author of a dozen popular histories and has a following among middlebrow readers who thrive on fascinating facts about our country's origins. His works are perceptive and relevant and always worth reading. Travels with George is no exception.
The title immediately divides the book into two distinct narratives that Philbrick skillfully intertwines. The first is the "tour." When Washington became president in 1789, he found America divided into two factions. There were no Republican or Democrat parties, but the country was split by two opposing views of how the government should function: citizens who favored the Constitution (Federalists) and those who didn't (Anti-Federalists). If the country were to be united, there was one man who possessed the prestige to encourage a sense of unity. So, it was that Washington set out on a 1789-1791 journey that would take him from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in the North to Savannah, Georgia, in the South. He embarked on his tour in a fancy horse-drawn coach (the chariot) and kept a sketchy commentary of his journey. Philbrick and his wife travel by car with their dog, Dora, a red, bushy-tailed Nova Scotia retriever. The physical America they encounter would, of course, be unrecognizable to Washington, but the divisions that trouble our politics would not be foreign to his understanding of democracy.
Washington spurned undue adoration. He was not fond of crowds and military honor guards, and he avoided both whenever possible. But he was also sensitive to social and political slights. When Gov. John Hancock of Massachusetts avoided dining with Washington, the first president never forgot the snub. Moreover, the Washington most Americans think they know — Parson Weems' godlike contrivance — has little in common with the Father of Our Country.
"This is the Washington who was capable of punishing an enslaved worker who repeatedly attempted to escape by selling him to the sugar plantations in the Caribbean," Philbrick writes. "This is the Washington who in the days before leaving for the Constitutional Convention had an enslaved house servant whipped for repeatedly walking across the freshly planted lawn in front of Mount Vernon." A particularly ghastly example of Washington's cruelty was his habit of having living teeth pulled from jaws of his slaves and implanted in his own toothless head.
The new president completed his tour of the Middle Atlantic states and New England before turning his attention to the states south of Virginia, a part of the country with which he was unfamiliar. Once in North Carolina, he spent the night in Tarboro and left early the next morning to avoid the dust that would be kicked up by a company of local cavalry that planned to escort him to New Bern. When he reached "a trifling place called Greenville," the riders — and the dust — caught up with him.
"By that point Washington had entered a landscape that was new and utterly strange to him," Philbrick writes, "the domain of the longleaf pine — a species of tree most of us in the twenty-first century have never seen but that in the eighteenth century covered an estimated ninety million acres, all the way south from North Carolina to Florida and as far west as Texas."
Washington found the North Carolina landscape a bit unsettling. The longleaf forests were dense and shadowy, and he wrote that the landscape was "the most barren country I ever beheld," but conceded that "the appearances of it are agreeable, resembling a lawn well covered with evergreens and a good verdure below from a broom of coarse grass which having sprung since the burning of the woods, had a neat and handsome look. . . ."
Washington was feted at balls and celebrations. He endured flea-infested beds in dilapidated taverns and the adulation of the ever-present paramilitary escorts. He even inspired a little romantic speculation when he visited with Nathanael Greene's widow at Mulberry Grove Plantation outside Savannah. From there he passed through Augusta, Camden, Salisbury and Old Salem before returning to Mount Vernon.
The second component of Travels with George is not a comparison and contrast with Washington's tours, but is more a mildly political semi-narrative supported by documents, maps and photographs. The Philbricks and their dog are agreeable company — their perceptions are folksy and laced with wit and intriguing observations — but inevitably, Philbrick must address the political divisions that trouble contemporary America.
After visiting Greene's plantation, Philbrick wrote: "I was tempted to believe that a monster had been born in Mulberry Grove. But it was worse than that. A monster is singular and slayable. What haunts America is more pervasive, more stubborn, and often invisible. It is the legacy of slavery, and it is everywhere." Reinforcing this point of view, Philbrick quotes from observations Washington made in his farewell address to the nation.
What troubled Washington was what might happen if a president's priority was to divide rather than unite the American people: "It serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration," Washington wrote. "It agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot and insurrection. It opens the door to foreign influence and corruption, which finds a facilitated access to the government itself through the channels of party passions."
Washington might well have been writing about America at this moment, and readers who find themselves agreeing politically with Philbrick and Washington are likely to experience Travels with George as a pleasant and reassuring read. Those who disagree probably won't make it beyond the preface. OH
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Fancy Footwork is the kind of album that keeps finding its way onto the CD player in spite of your better judgment and good taste. Chromeo's follow-up to She's In Control goes even deeper into the Montreal duo's 80s obsession, sounding disturbingly close to the electro-pop-funk they're referencing. When they said they studied Thriller in preparation, they weren't messing around. Quincy Jones would be proud (or at least flattered). Much like their inspirations, it's often goofy, though you get the sense that they're aware of and okay with that. If it were any cheesier, you could dismiss Fancy Footwork as a novelty record, but Chromeo pull it off so well that you don't care if it's ironic or not. Makes you feel like summer is just around the corner.
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Q: How to find result of system $x+y^2-4=0$ and $y+x^2-4=0$ without using the quartic formula How do I get the values of $x$ and $y$, without using the quartic formula?
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Q: Understanding problem in Milne's notes on class field theory I was going through Milne's notes on class field theory and approached the following difficulty in understanding:
On page 155, after the discussion of the conductor, he just writes that any Abelian extension $L$ of a number field $K$ is contained in some ray class field $L_\mathfrak{m}$ for some modulus $\mathfrak{m}$. However, I do not see how this follows from the discussion. Can anyone elaborate on this please?
Furthermore, in Example 3.10, also on p. 155, he states that the ray class field of $\mathbb{Q}$ is given by $\mathbb{Q} (\zeta+\zeta^{-1})$ resp. $\mathbb{Q}(\zeta)$ depending on whether the modulus contains an infinite prime. Does anyone know a reference for a computation of this not involving the notions of Ideles?
Here are the notes: https://www.jmilne.org/math/CourseNotes/CFT310.pdf

A: The sentence "Every abelian extension..." that you (mis)quote is the last sentence of Remark 5.2 of Chapter V of the notes CFT. It is an immediate consequence of the second sentence "According to the Reciprocity Law..." of the same remark.
The statement in Example 3.10 loc. cit. can be deduced from the description of the ray class group in 1.8(c) of the notes and the description of the Frobenius element in, e.g., ANT 8.18.


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The 28th Annual International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members Observed Monday
On March 25, 1985, armed men abducted Alec Collett while he was on assignment in Lebanon for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). For more than 24 years, his wife and family hung onto hope of Collett returning home until his body was finally found and identified in 2009.
Currently, 43 United Nations personnel are under arrest or detention by national authorities, militias or criminal gangs. In an unprecedented incident earlier this month, 21 peacekeepers with the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) were stopped and detained by armed elements of the Syrian opposition and held for three days.
"The United Nations flag, which brings hope, safety and betterment of life for the most vulnerable, has become a target for ill-willed individuals and groups," said Staff Union President Barbara Tavora-Jainchill.
Kidnappings of UN and global aid worker personnel are increasingly occurring for ransom or to make a political point. In order to bring to light these atrocities, the United Nations promotes the observance of the International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members on March 25, the anniversary of Alec Collett's abduction.
On this day, people are encouraged to remember the sacrifices and fates of detained and missing international workers, as well as honor those who serve in dangerous regions around the world. The United Nations also asks Member States to consider the amount of support they give for the protection of UN personnel in their respective countries.
"We urge Member States, when discussing budget cuts that may affect the security and safety of United Nations personnel, to think that their nationals are the ones who will suffer the consequences of those so called savings," the Staff Union President said. "In order for us to perform our jobs, we have to be properly protected, and Member States are the ones who are capable of ensuring this protection."
Additionally, the United Nations asks all Members States to ratify the Convention of the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel and its Optional Protocol. When all members agree to the rules, the vast majority of cases regarding arrested, detained and missing staff members may have the opportunity to end in prosecution of the offending parties.
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Master Woodworker Nathan Betts Transforms Wood into Custom Millwork and Stunning Works of Art
Nathan Betts find great pleasure in bringing out the beauty of wood with its grain, texture and colors.
As a schoolboy charged with helping his dad build furniture, Nathan Betts, owner of Final Touch Custom Millwork and BetzyWoodArt, admits he didn't love woodworking in the beginning. He described it as being more like an arranged marriage commandeered by his father, Willard Betts.
"My role was that of a helper – 'hold this here,' 'pass the tool there,' 'sweep up the workspace,'" Nathan says.
But he remembers with some fascination the wood shavings rolling off the hand plane and wondering if he could ever make them curl like his dad did.
Father and son worked in a 5' x 16' side porch attached to their trailer in northern Quebec, Canada. It was just wide enough for a small workbench and shelves that held his dad's hand tools, a skill saw, belt sander, and router.
Custom woodworking is a major part of Nathan Betts' business.
The small shop wasn't insulated, so it got cold at times. Nathan still can see the disappointment on his father's face when he forgot to bring in the glue overnight. It was frozen solid.
"I was assigned to bring in the glue. Unfortunately, we had to buy many glue bottles before these projects were done," he recalls.
His dad, who ran a cleaning business, had a passion for woodworking. He made several pieces of furniture for the family back then – a dining room table and hutch, bedroom suite, chairs, and kitchen pedestal table – all of which are still used today.
When his father sold his cleaning business in 1987, they moved to their hometown of Maniwaki and started a furniture shop. But as the demand for custom furniture dwindled, they began building kitchen cabinets to keep the business afloat.
Nathan Betts uses wood masterfully to create kitchens of lasting beauty.
Slowly, over time, Nathan began to foster his own love and appreciation for woodworking. He enjoyed working alongside his father during the summers and school breaks, taking rough lumber and machining it, working with it, and eventually creating something you use every day.
Once after high school when his dad went on vacation, he put Nathan in charge of making an entire kitchen, installing it with a helper, and even collecting the payment. He completed everything before his dad returned.
"Dad was pretty proud and thrilled to have trained me well enough to execute such a task," he says.
How the Business Started
A kitchen design by Final Touch Custom Millwork.
In 1993, Nathan had a change of heart about woodworking. Deciding he didn't want to be a woodworker like his dad, he left home and moved to Toronto. There he bounced around from job to job.
A few years later, though, while talking on the phone to his dad, he lamented not having a job. With a reassuring tone in his voice, his dad said, "Son, you're very capable with your hands. Why don't you look for a woodworking position?"
"It was from that moment on that I suddenly had this desire to do just that," Nathan says with a smile in his voice.
After working at a couple woodworking shops, he ended up in 2000 taking over the lease of one of his previous employers and setting up his own shop – Final Touch Custom Millwork. Later, Nathan moved to Mono, Ontario. His dad soon joined him and together they built their shop where they created custom millwork and one-of-a-kind woodworks.
Wood gives character to this bedroom by Final Touch Custom Millwork.
Nathan has since come a long way from the little boy who wasn't much interested in woodworking. He now finds great pleasure milling a rough piece of lumber and discovering within it the beauty of its grain, texture and colors.
"I admire the beauty of nature in the wood itself. Transforming that nature into beautiful works of art creates the passion that keeps me going. It never gets old," he declares.
His passion for creating wood art led to his establishing BetzyWoodArt in 2011. It's a name that comes from Betts as well as the name of a ski hill in Quebec where he took many a fall as a teenager.
Nathan's 'wood art' is just that – art objects made from wood, such as a sculpture or wall medallion. Or, as he describes the term, any wood object that tends to elicit a "wow," but isn't necessarily of a practical nature.
"We were commissioned to do a piece for the Dufferin Child & Family Services Center (DCAFS) in Ontario. We created a decorative art piece that hangs on their wall. There's no practical application to it whatsoever. But it's strikingly beautiful in its shape, grain and its colors. The story and the people that inspired its design are what makes these works one-of-a-kind. They fuel my passion," says Nathan.
Jason Betts' custom woodworking is distinctive.
As the owner of Final Touch Custom Millwork, Nathan provides clients with residential custom millwork, custom furniture, and cabinetry. About 40 percent of his cabinetry goes into kitchens, though he also makes wine cellars, libraries, theater rooms, and built-ins.
"We come into a home through a designer. Then we'll bid on one element of the job. Once that job is completed, the client usually ends up wanting everything done by us," he says.
That's one reason Nathan never advertises. Most of his business is through word-of-mouth and repeat business, with some coming from his listings of wood art on Etsy.com, an e-commerce website selling crafts and handmade items.
Moisture Measurement Is Critical for Woodworkers
A Wagner moisture meter is an integral part of Jason Betts' fine woodworking.
One thing Nathan learned the hard way is that moisture measurement of his wood is critical. By failing to do so he once had problems with a finished piece.
"Isn't that how all of us came to realize we need a moisture meter?" he confides.
"If you don't use a moisture meter, it's going to affect your end product and the quality of it and the function of it, especially if you're doing cabinet doors. Not having the right moisture means the wood will either shrink or swell and start rubbing or it will crack or warp.
"It lowers your craftsmanship level a few notches if you're not taking into account and controlling the humidity in the wood," he adds.
Early on he used a couple of pin meters, but he soon tired of having to replace bent pins, getting inaccurate readings, and punching holes in the wood. That's when he researched on the Internet for a good pinless meter. He also talked to some wood flooring professionals.
"I chose Wagner's MMC220 moisture meter based on my research and what other people told me about it. In other words, it was the leading or best moisture meter on the market.
Jason Betts knows that wood must be at optimum moisture content before crafting it if he wants to preserve his finished product.
"It comes with a lot of pluses. It's pinless, so I no longer have to worry about bent pins or damaging the wood. It's highly accurate. And, unlike other moisture meters, it has a species chart or a species setting."
"This allows me to select the correct species so that it's always accurate with the species I'm using. Because the wood I work with can range from a hardwood like dense maple to a softwood like pine, being able to select the correct species is very helpful," Nathan says.
Typically, Nathan aims for wood that's under 10% moisture content (MC). While some woodworkers strive for 6% to 8% MC, he says it's hard to always achieve that.
"Based on my experience, anything under 10% hasn't created problems for me. Once it goes into a house in North America, especially during winter when everybody's got their heat on fully cranked, it's not going to shrink that much more and cause problems as long as it's below 10%," he declares.
To dry his wood, Nathan air dries logs in the yard surrounding his shop and runs some wood through a kiln he built. When the wood moves into his shop, he maintains a controlled environment of 40% humidity using a space humidifier.
Domestic and Reclaimed Woods
Jason Betts' passion for wood creations is reflected in the warmth of this sunroom.
Nathan prefers working with mostly domestic woods such as curly maple, cherry, ash, and walnut, but occasionally uses exotic woods such as Brazilian cherry. He also does a lot of work with salvaged wood reclaimed from old barns, fences, and train track ties.
The reclaimed wood does have its challenges. For instance, wood reclaimed from a river may have undergone excessive stress, especially if it wasn't dried properly.
"I don't know from one batch to another if the wood has been stress dried, that is dried too fast and not properly. Even if the wood has been kiln dried, there could be stress built into the wood."
"When you run it through a jointer, especially on the table saw, it feels like the wood is just ready to blow up. If I cut one or two pieces that I ordered from a supplier and it's like that, I'll send it back," says.
Jason Betts always checks to see his wood is at the right moisture content before milling it.
Nathan always checks the wood for its MC, but the meter doesn't tell him whether it was dried under stress or how it got to a MC below 10%.
"It would be great if Wagner came out with a stress meter that monitored the level of stress the wood underwent when dried. What's happening is that all the fibers are under stress. They're all dried and solidified improperly in their current state, which is why as soon as you run it on any tools or machinery, they want to go back to their natural state. I don't know if a stress meter is possible – one that measures density after the process of drying – but it would be helpful."
Another challenge of reclaimed wood is having to deal with nails and other metal objects. But Nathan says he avoids 99% of the steel hidden within the wood running a metal detector and some strong earth magnets over the top of the wood.
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Wood brings out the warmth and character of this library built by Jason Betts.
Nathan's dad passed away in 2012 after battling cancer. But his dad's lessons about woodworking live on.
He learned that you could be the absolute best craftsman in the world, but if you don't have the right tools for the job, then it either becomes impossible or extremely frustrating to do a good job . . . and that saps the joy out of your labor.
"I always buy quality tools, even a small tool like my moisture meter. Despite its size, it's one of my most crucial tools because it tells me whether or not the wood is dry enough and ready to work," he remarks.
Jason Betts admires the beauty of nature in wood as seen in this fine workmanship.
His dad also taught him to continually learn, to push his limits, and expand his craftsmanship because one is never done improving.
"I will forever cherish our time indulging our passion of taking one of nature's great gifts . . . milling, shaping, bending, crafting wood into true works of art! A joy of mine every time the sole of my plane glides across a slab of wood allowing long curly shavings to flow out from its throat is that it takes me back to that trailer porch where Dad's love of woodworking was born in me."
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Maus Frères confirms plans to acquire The Kooples
Privately-held Swiss distribution and brand management group Maus Frères has confirmed that it has entered into "exclusive negotiations" to acquire contemporary fashion brand, The Kooples.
In an official statement, Maus Frères said that it was in talks with the shareholders of The Kooples, and that the brand would join its 'International Brands' division, headed up by Thierry Guibert, which already includes Lacoste, Gant, Aigle and Tecnifibre.
It added that if successful, the transaction could be finalised by the end of the first half of 2019, and would "strengthen Maus Frères' position as a major player in the premium brand market".
Didier Maus, chairman of the board of Maus Frères, said in a statement: "Over the past few years, we have focused on strengthening and significantly expanding our existing brands. The Kooples would be a perfect add on to our brand portfolio, with its fashionable 'urban/rock' positioning within the affordable luxury universe.
"We are attracted by its positioning, which has enabled the brand to develop equally strong offers for women and men and therefore represents a unique potential."
Maus Frères looking to "strengthen" position with The Kooples acquisition
Thierry Guibert, chief executive officer of Maus Frères International, added: "The Kooples enjoys a strong reputation and a high-quality distribution network. We have great ambition for the brand, and we want to help it continue to develop internationally, while remaining faithful to its roots and identity."
Founded in Paris in 2008 by three brothers, Alexandre, Laurent and Raphaël Elicha, The Kooples has grown strongly since its creation, positioning itself as an affordable luxury brand targeting both men and women. It reported a turnover of 227 million euros for 2018, and is active in 32 countries through its own distribution network of 334 points of sale, mainly in Europe and the US, as well as online.
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Commission Decision of 17 May 2005 amending Decision 2004/233/EC as regards the list of laboratories authorised to check the effectiveness of vaccination against rabies in certain domestic carnivores (notified under document number C(2005) 1439) (Text with EEA relevance) (2005/392/EC)
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THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 2000/258/EC of 20 March 2000 designating a specific institute responsible for establishing the criteria necessary for standardising the serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines(1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
(1) Decision 2000/258/EC designated the laboratory of the Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des aliments de Nancy (the AFSSA Laboratory, Nancy, France) as the institute responsible for establishing the criteria necessary for standardising the serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines. That Decision also provides for the AFSSA Laboratory of Nancy to send to the Commission the list of Community laboratories to be authorised to carry out those serological tests. Accordingly, the AFSSA Laboratory of Nancy operates the established proficiency testing procedure to appraise laboratories for authorisation to perform the serological tests.
(2) Commission Decision 2004/233/EC of 4 March 2004 authorising laboratories to check the effectiveness of vaccination against rabies in certain domestic carnivores(2), established a list of approved laboratories in the Member States on the grounds of the results of the proficiency tests communicated by the AFSSA Laboratory of Nancy.
(3) Five laboratories, respectively in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Hungary had been approved by the AFSSA Laboratory of Nancy, in compliance with Decision 2000/258/EC.
(4) Accordingly, it is appropriate to add those five laboratories to the list of approved laboratories in the Member States as established in the Annex to Decision 2004/233/EC.
(5) Decision 2004/233/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
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The searing British Summer heat is getting to me...but not in a negative way. Okay it's a little uncomfortable trying to sleep on a balmy Summer's night but the heat is constantly drawing me outside where I can take in the sight of masses of blooming flowers waving in the breeze, the bright & bold colours of Summer clothing. Even the nights offer inspiration too with the golden summery moon suspended like a cheery face amongst masses of twinkling stars, or watching the curtains float in the evening breeze.
Today with the humidity more intense than ever, I decided to head to the nearby coast for some cool breeze, sea and of course, ice cream! I had forgotten all of the sights and sounds of the great British seaside so it was great fun to reminisce and soak it all up. Oh and just in case you are wondering, no I didn't do that very British thing and escaped without sunburn today!
So wherever you are, I hope you get a window of opportunity (however small) to step aside and take in some inspiration, wherever you choose to seek it.


Spring Sale June 17 & 18, 2016!
I am SO excited to invite you to Vintage with Flair's Spring Sale in which Honey B's at Home will have a large booth exhibiting some fantastic finds, antiques, painted pieces and pretty stuff!! It's been awhile since I participated in a market so I'm particularly eager to get back into my creative space! There will be many more talents and beautiful spaces to see, so mark your calendar and come on down for a fun and exciting weekend with us!
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