Through the dust motes of this neglected blog – how has it been since Erie since I last wrote? – the just-finished year already seems very distant. A lot happened last year, and as I'm certain I am not the first to write, a lot about 2016 was…pretty terrible. It's all been written and said to death (…sorry) at this point, and this is my running (and writing) blog, so I'll try to keep my eye there, but some outside things can't be ignored. Because running does not exist in a vacuum. It never could.
I ran two marathons in 2016, along with two halfs, and a smattering of other distances. But since running does not exist in a vacuum, it also cannot be confined to our rules of what makes a year. From November 2015 to September 2016, I raced three full marathons. I never thought in my life that I would do that. Sure, maybe run the 26.2 distance that many times in 12 months, but not race it that many times so close together. In those races, I set two big PRs, which sandwiched one crushing disappointment (which, truthfully, in the end wasn't a terrible race time, though it felt it for every agonizing step of the last eight miles).
In July, I took a crack at my long-standing half-marathon PR (1:40:40) and didn't quite get there, but got closer than I have in a while (just over 1:41 by gun time, but given the low-key nature of the race led me to miss the "start" command, My watch said just under 1:41 of actually racing). In October, I was really stupid and tried to race out of the gate at AthHalf to attempt sub-1:40 with a group of gals, including one who was doing it as a marathon pace run and led the charge; this was a mere four weeks post-Erie. I pulled the plug on the racing part three miles in and it was an absolute grind to the finish. I hated life. I hated running. I contemplated dropping out. I got a boost from seeing my friend Maricia about 8ish miles in (she was hurting, too, but went out to PR anyway, because she's a badass), and in the last mile, stopped to try to help a girl who was cramping so hard she was bent over double and sobbing. She told me to go on, and I told her no. I ran alongside her for a bit, encouraging her to breath, telling her she could do this. I lost her a half mile later, I think to more cramps. I hope she finished her race with her head held high. We all have those days. I certainly was.
I hoped to wrap up the year with a couple of short, fast efforts: I trained on hills and returned to the group track workouts to prep for the Give Thanks 8K on Thanksgiving, and later the Santa Stroll 8K in mid-December. A couple days before Thanksgiving, I had a sore throat coming on, and while I didn't race all out at Give Thanks, I raced hard enough to bring a bad infection into my lungs and was out of running for 9 days trying to kick it. This of course also set me back on Santa Stroll, which felt great for a mile or so before a long mid-race slog, and a hard and fast finish.
Dustin the turkey pushing me to the finish. Full on pain face. I had a cough attack after.
The best running buddy a girl could ask for.
In between those 8Ks, despite still getting over the vestiges of the cough (which went on for weeks, as coughs have the tendency to do for me), I got in a great visit with friends in Washington, D.C., which included walking my legs off, and some running on the National Mall.
On New Year's Eve in Ohio, I intended to race the Great New Year's Eve race (5K) with Keeley, and though we drove the 30 minutes there, everything inside of me screamed NO and I pulled the plug at the sight of freezing rain, not wanting to mess with my fragile immune system right before marathon training. I was grumpy and frustrated at my decision, though it proved prescient: that evening, I came down with a head cold (which I shook in a few days with rest and fluids, thankfully). Getting sick five times in one calendar year is strange for me, though thankfully almost none of it came during marathon training (aside from that short cough at the end of the Albany taper). I'm hoping it's out of my system now, and of course now that the holidays are over, I'm back to eating and sleeping better.
It seems 2016 will be remembered by many as a year marked by loss. And for me and those around me, this was definitely the case. Too many of my friends lost parents last year. My paternal grandmother passed in July at nearly 91 – it's a hard loss, but I also know she lived an amazing life, and that she was ready to go. Harder to swallow is the loss of my stepdad's twin brother, who was far too young, and far too sweet to leave this earth already.
But wonderful things happened, too: friends and family got married; friends had or are having babies – joys for 2017; my second nephew was born, and shortly thereafter, my brother and his family and their now two little boys moved to the east coast after years of living out west.
I didn't write enough. I didn't sit and reflect enough. I didn't stay in the moment enough. Every day, every week, every month was about looking ahead to the next – about getting to that next day of work, the next weekend, the next vacation, the next travel opportunity, the next marathon – the next BQ attempt. But it shouldn't be just about getting to the next.
Some of the awesome and hilarious running pals that made 2016 a good year after all.
I need to savor the journey. Enjoy every moment of joy or agony, elation or suffering. I need to learn and grow, grieve and feel, push and move on. I need to write more, reflect more, listen more. I need to stop procrastinating, especially on things I know ultimately bring me joy, including writing in my training journal – not just scrambling to catch up every weekend, but writing in it each night. To write for myself, the non-running things, too. Not just invest in other writing activities I've accumulated lately – did I mention I joined the Athens Road Runners board of directors and am helping on communications and I'm nerdily thrilled about it? – but also write creatively, for me, for my future, for the career I keep saying that I want.
Running and writing have long been intertwined for me, and so much about them is so similar, so related. Starting up again after a break is difficult. Pacing is a challenge. When you find your stride, it's a joy. Some days it feel amazing and effortless; other days it feels like a steaming pile of garbage. On reflection, it almost always is better than you thought it was initially.
I'll always remember this day, and how – while it wasn't enough to get into Boston 2017 – I gave every last bit of what I had that day, and no one can take that victory (or my first BQ) away from me.
I need to get back to my roots, to what I love. So expect to see me around here a bit more, even just for a few brief words here and there. I want to run, to write, to live with intention. I want to give my very best to every word, to every stride, to every day. I want to set aside the doubt – to acknowledge it and work through the fear. To recognize what I cannot control, and find ways to make it work the best I can anyway. To strive. To believe. To keep trying and dreaming and working and playing. This training cycle – which began on Monday, January 2 – I will work and savor each day through April 23, when I will give everything I have at the Glass City Marathon to shatter a BQ.
Wheels up, 2017. I'm ready for you.


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Indonesia has one of the world's great cuisines, drawing on influences from around the world. Foreign culinary art is subtly distinguishable in Indonesian cooking, yet each alien ingredient is blended creatively with the islands' own cooking secrets. From soothing coconut to fiery chiles, the flavors of Indonesia will stimulate your tastebuds and your appetite.
Some content excerpted with permission from Bill Dalton's Indonesian Handbook, by Moon Publications.


Terroir: Orvieto Classico Doc: 3 bottles of this wine from different zones of Orvieto.
Styles: Spumante Sparkling wine Traditional Method and Charmat Method: 3 examples of Sparkling wines from the area. Focusing on the differences in style.
Single Grape white or red: Local grapes and International grapes in Umbria. 3 bottles of wine made of a single variety.
Dessert wine: Noble rot (Botritis Cinerea) 3 examples of Orvieto unique and extraordinary wine.


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Fantastic Star is the ninth studio album by the British singer/songwriter Marc Almond. It was released in 1996 and reached number fifty-four on the UK Albums Chart. It includes the singles "Adored and Explored", "The Idol", "Child Star" and the double A-side "Brilliant Creatures" / "Out There". The album was Almond's last on a major record label until 2007's Stardom Road.

Accompanied by studio musicians and collaborators - specifically guitarist Neal X and John Coxon - Almond recorded the songs for the album over several years. This was due to his changing record labels and professional and personal difficulties. It was recorded at Red Bus Studios, London, The Stereo Society, New York, Skyline, New York, and GCHQ, London. Receiving mixed to positive reviews, the album was originally released as a CD and cassette in February 1996. The album has not been reissued. The artwork was designed by 950 Fahrenheit with a cover photograph by Mike Owen.

Background
Marc Almond records had sold very well during the initial years of the 1990s. It was expected in the business that his new album which would be Fantastic Star would sell very well. Therefore, the record companies involved were prepared to spend money on the project. Originally the album was intended to be released by WEA UK and initially the sole producer was to be Soft Cell producer Mike Thorne under the working title Urban Velvet reflecting the Glam meets Electronica fusion. However, Marc Almond's manager Stevo Pearce had the project moved to Phonogram Records. Based on this the new record company decided to bring new producers and remixers and even add new songs to the original project. Beatmasters, Martyn Ware and others reworked or created new songs to varying degrees of satisfaction and displeasure for Almond.

Release
The first single from the album, "Adored and Explored" and remixed by the Beatmasters, reached No. 25 in the UK Singles Chart. Despite a radio jingle version for the then top rated Chris Evans Radio 1 Breakfast Show, second single "The Idol" just missed the UK top 40, stalling at No. 44. Christmas saw the third single release, "Child Star", which fared slightly better than "The Idol", but it just missed the top 40, halting at No. 41. After the album was released, a further double A-side single "Brilliant Creatures"/"Out There" was released but missed the top 75, reaching  No. 76. Almond had addiction problems during the recording of this album and refers to it in his autobiography as 'Fading Star'.

Reception

Fantastic Star received good to mixed reviews from the majority of critics. The album was released to disappointing sales reaching UK No. 54.

Track listing

Personnel
Marc Almond – vocals, synthesizer, background vocals
Neal X – guitar
Rick Shaffer – guitar
Chris Spedding – guitar
Martyn Ware – keyboards
B.J. Nelson, Betty, Morton Street Local 10014 – background vocals
David Johansen – harmonica on "We Need Jealousy", "Adored and Explored" and "Love to Die For"
John Cale – piano on "Love to Die For"
Andy Ross – guitar on "The Edge of Heartbreak"
Jeremy Stacey – percussion on "The Edge of Heartbreak"
Mandy Drummond, Chris Pitsillides – viola on "The Edge of Heartbreak"
Anne Stephenson, Gini Ball, Johnny Taylor – violin on "The Edge of Heartbreak"

Chart performance

References

1996 albums
Marc Almond albums
Mercury Records albums
Albums produced by Mike Hedges
Albums produced by Mike Thorne

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Q: Linq results based on a property of an object in a inner list I have the following xml that I'm trying to get some results from:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<root>
  <Roles>
    <Role name="File Server">
      <Image></Image>
      <AppToRun name="VM">
        <AppOption name="KVM" value="FS-CentOS67" />
      </AppToRun>
    </Role>
    <Role name="VCS Gateway">
      <Image></Image>
      <AppToRun name="VCS_Server" dependentPC="FS" />
      <AppToRun name="SpeechGenerator" dependentPC="FS" />
    </Role>
    <Role name="Supervisor">
      <Image>LTInstructor.png</Image>
    </Role>
    <Role name="Ground Controller">
      <Image>Final.png</Image>
      <DependentRoles>
        <DependentRole name="File Server" />
        <DependentRole name="VCS Gateway" />
      </DependentRoles>
      <AppToRun name="VM" dependentPC="FS">
        <AppOption name="KVM" value="Tower1-CentOS67" />
      </AppToRun>
      <AppToRun name="VCS">
        <AppOption value="VCS-LC" />
        <AppOption value="VCS-GC" />
      </AppToRun>
      <AppToRun name="LXV" />
        <AppOption value="start_speech_controller_LCGC.bat" />
      </AppToRun>
    </Role>
    <Role name="Pilot 1">
      <Image>Pilot.jpg</Image>
      <DependentRoles>
        <DependentRole name="File Server" />
        <DependentRole name="VCS Gateway" />
        <DependentRole name="Ground Controller" />
      </DependentRoles>
      <AppToRun name="VM" dependentPC="FS">
        <!-- FS is defined in HOSTS file -->
        <AppOption name="KVM" value="Pilot1-CentOS67" />
        <AppOption name="KVM" value="Pilot2-CentOS67" />
      </AppToRun>
      <AppToRun name="VCS">
        <AppOption value="VCS-PP1" />
      </AppToRun>
    </Role>
  </Roles>
</root>

Each "Role" is essentially a computer.  Roles can have 0 or many Dependent Roles.  If a Role has a Dependent Role, then it cannot start until the Dependent Role is started first.  I've got all that working but now I'm trying to determine is when someone stops a computer, are there any Roles that depend on it?  If so, don't stop the pc.
Here are my objects:
Role
public class Role
{
    public string RoleName { get; set; }
    public string ImageName { get; set; }
    public List<DependentRole> DependentRoles { get; set; }
    public List<AppToRun> AppsToRun { get; set; }

    public Role()
    {
        if (AppsToRun == null)
            AppsToRun = new List<AppToRun>();

        if (DependentRoles == null)
            DependentRoles = new List<DependentRole>();
    }
}

AppToRun
public class AppToRun
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public List<AppOption> AppOptions { get; set; }
    public bool AppProcessed { get; set; } = false;
    public string DependentPC { get; set; }
    public AppToRun()
    {
        if (AppOptions == null)
            AppOptions = new List<AppOption>();
    }
}

AppOption
public class AppOption
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public string Value { get; set; }
    public string IPAddress { get; set; }
}

DependentRole
public class DependentRole
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
}

I tried something like this but it comes back with the error `Cannot implicitly convert type 'System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable' to 'bool'.
IEnumerable<DependentRole> r2 = Roles.Where(r => r.DependentRoles.Where(dr => dr.Name == roleName);

How can I return a list of DependentRoles who's Name property is a specified value (in this case, "Pilot 1")?

A: This should work:
IEnumerable<DependentRole> r2 = Roles.SelectMany(r => r.DependentRoles.Where(dr => dr.Name == roleName));

See MSDN for details

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Annual income statement
Imagine that you are hired as a data analyst for a bank. The bank would like to learn more about its customers' spending and banking habits to identify areas of improvement. You have been asked to review the bank's income statements over the last 5 years and identify trends that will allow them to better understand their customers.
Download your chosen bank's annual income statements from the last 5 years from the Mergent database in the University of Arizona Global Campus Library. Review the Mergent Online: Accessing Mergent Online (Links to an external site.) resource for tips on accessing and searching the Mergent database. Use the "Company Financials" tab in Mergent to access the income statements.
Identify three variables or categories that the bank may be interested in further researching, such as sales or revenue. Using these three variables or categories, build a frequency table, a bar chart, and a pie chart using Excel. Review the Microsoft Excel Help: BUS625 Excel Guide webpage for resources to help utilize Microsoft Excel. You will be using the same three variables in each table and chart, so the same data will be displayed in three different formats.
After creating the three tables, which of the tables and charts do you find most useful for communicating information about the bank's customers? Write a briefcase report summarizing your analysis and results.
Identify three variables in the income statements that the bank may be interested in further researching to learn more about its customers.
Develop a frequency table, a bar chart, and a pie chart using variables in the income statements for your bank.
Analyze the table and charts to find the most useful information for communicating information about the bank's customers.
Summarize your analysis and results, including how the charts were useful in your research
Reference Chapter 1 and 2 — Sharpe, N. D., De Veaux, R. D., & Velleman, P. F. (2019). Business statistics (4th ed.). Retrieved from https://www.redshelf.com
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There is some concern that MRI scans in patients with non-MRI conditional cardiac implantable electronic devices may lead to tissue or device damage.
A recent prospective cohort study evaluated adverse events and device changes in 1,509 patients with non-MRI conditional implantable cardioverter-defibrillators or pacemakers who had 2,103 MRI scans (1.5 Tesla).
Adverse events immediately after the scan were rare, with the most common events being power-on reset in 0.4% of scans and premature scan termination in 0.3%. No long-term adverse events were reported, and device parameter changes were uncommon and did not require device reprogramming or lead or system revision.
The strong magnetic fields and high radiofrequency power of MRI scans are thought to have the potential to interact with implantable electronic cardiac devices, leading to tissue and device damage (J Am Coll Cardiol 2016). MRI conditional devices are designed to be compatible with MRI scans, but many patients have "legacy" non-MRI conditional devices that are considered to be a contraindication for MRI scans due to limited safety assessments. To evaluate the safety of MRI scans in these patients, a recent prospective cohort study examined 1,509 adults (median age 69 years) with a non-MRI conditional implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) (in 42%) or pacemaker (in 58%) who had 2,103 clinically indicated 1.5 Tesla MRI scans at a single center. Patients with ICD models before the year 2000 or pacemaker models before year 1996 were excluded, as were patients who were pacing-dependent and had an ICD without asynchronous pacing, had lead implantation ≤ 4 weeks previously, had permanent surgical epicardial or nonfunctional leads, or had a subcutaneous ICD system. Devices were temporarily reprogrammed before the scan to reduce potential complications. The scan region was head or neck in 52% of scans, abdomen or pelvis in 27%, thorax in 12%, and arm or leg in 9%.
Adverse events during or immediately after the MRI scan were rare. A power-on reset occurred during 9 scans (0.4%), of which generator function was restored in 8 instances, and 1 device with < 1 month of expected battery life needed to be replaced. The MRI was aborted during 7 scans (0.3%), due to arrhythmia in 2 instances, pulling sensation of device in 1 instance, reversion to inhibited pacing mode in a pacing-dependent patient in 1 instance (without clinical sequelae), and image artifacts in 3 instances. Device parameter changes such as changes from baseline in P-wave or R-wave amplitudes were observed immediately after the scan and also during the median 1-year follow-up of 958 patients, but these were uncommon and did not require device reprogramming or lead or system revision. A telephone follow-up was conducted in the 551 patients who did not have the median 1-year device assessment, of which 125 reported no device-related problems, 124 had died, and 302 could not be reached.
This prospective cohort study demonstrated that immediate adverse events may be rare in patients with non-MRI conditional ICDs or pacemakers who have 1.5 Tesla MRI scans, and found no additional adverse events or device parameter changes requiring reprogramming or revision at long-term assessments. Importantly, these results may not apply to MRI machines with different magnet strengths or to devices that did not undergo appropriate pre-scan reprogramming. They also may not apply to patients or devices that meet exclusion criteria; the patient's cardiologist should be consulted. Consistent results were reported in a similar study that excluded thoracic MRI scans out of concern for a perceived increased risk of adverse events for scans of this region (N Engl J Med 2017b). Although the current study included thoracic MRI scans, they comprised only 257 scans, providing limited data for MRI scans of the thoracic region. Finally, the 426 patients (28% of those enrolled) who died or could not be reached at long-term follow-up adds uncertainty to the long-term outcomes in this study. However, given the low rate of immediate adverse events and lack of long-term adverse events, this study suggests that 1.5 Tesla MRI scans can be conducted safely in patients with non-MRI conditional ICDs or pacemakers.
For more information, see the topics Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) and Pacemakers in DynaMed Plus. DynaMed users click here.


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Q: What Does initWithNibName really do anyway? theTestController = [[[CustomCell alloc]initWithNibName:@"CustomCell" bundle:[NSBundle mainBundle]]autorelease];

My guess is that it will load CustomCell and set theTestController as the owner. If so:

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*Why in most sample code for cellForRowAtIndexPath I see [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"CustomCell" owner: theTestController options:nil]; instead?

*What is the difference between [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"CustomCell" owner: theTestController options:nil]; and theTestController = [[[CustomCell alloc]initWithNibName:@"CustomCell" bundle:[NSBundle mainBundle]]autorelease];

*I tried replacing [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"CustomCell" owner: theTestController options:nil];   with  theTestController = [[[CustomCell alloc]initWithNibName:@"CustomCell" bundle:[NSBundle mainBundle]]autorelease]; and I got errors. Looks like the outlets remain nil if I use the latter.

A: initWithNibName:bundle: is convenience method declared in UIViewController and is available to its subclasses. This will initialize the view controller by loading the nib, probably by using loadNibName:owner:options: method internally.
initWithNibName:bundle: is unavailable to UIView and its subclasses. So we have to make use of loadNibName:owner:options: to load views.

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*Custom cells are UIView subclasses and hence make use of loadNibName:owner:options:.

*Not much difference. initWithNibName:bundle: is a convenience method for UIViewController initialization.

*You are getting errors because of the reasons mentioned above.


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The First World War day-by-day
WWI as it happened 100 years ago
Italian Front
Mid East / Caucasus
Read from the beginning
Methods & Intentions
End of the year | 31 Dec 1915
Posted on 31st December 2015 by makersley — No Comments ↓
Last day of the year. Let's do something unusual and start with Flora Sandes.
Flora Sandes
Private Flora Sandes has reached the Adriatic Sea coast. Her part of the retreat is just about over.
At last we were nearing our journey's end; it was the last day's march, and an unusually long one, too. We passed a company of Italian soldiers, and some of the officers came up early in the morning and visited our camp. Durazzo was being bombarded from the sea, and we could hear the boom of the big naval guns in the distance, but it was all over before we arrived. We marched that day from 5 a.m., which meant, of course, being up at least an hour before, to 8 p.m., with only very short and infrequent halts.
About dusk we reached Kavaia, and all the inhabitants turned out and lined the streets to watch us go past. There, again, they put up everything to famine prices. I never saw anything like the mud in Kavaia ; in the town it was a liquid black mass, through which men waded far above their knees, and on the long road between Kavaia and our camping ground it was like treacle. It came right above the tops of my top boots, and one could hardly drag one's feet out of it. The road was full of rocks and pits, and every two or three yards there were dead and dying horses which had floundered down to rise no more; and it was pitch dark and very cold.
At last we turned on to the hillside by the sea, which was to be our resting-place for the next month. I was lying on the grass talking to a soldier, while my orderly put up my tent. He said he was very tired, and I said we all were, but would soon be able to turn in. " Yes," he said thoughtfully, not complaining at all, but merely stating a fact, " but you have ridden most of the way and I have walked, and presently you will have something to eat, and I shan't." There was no supper waiting for the tired man. In the Austrian Army I hear the officers live in luxury while their men starve, but that could most certainly not be said of our officers—beans and bread, and not too much of either, and we had bought the bread ourselves.
He was stoking up the fire a little later on, and I called him over and gave him my piece of bread. He shook his head and refused to take it at first, saying, "No, you'll need that yourself," and not till I had quite convinced him that I had enough without it would he take it. We all turned in dead to the world that night, but very glad to have at last reached the coast, and I completely forgot that it was New Year's Eve, though certainly even had I remembered I should not have sat up to see the New Year in.
Somewhere in here, something happens that Sandes considerably underplays; she mentions it only some weeks later in the narrative, entirely in passing. Today she's been given a promotion to corporal, and she never expands on why this was. There are a hundred potential explanations, all of them complete and total speculation. We'll be staying with her into 1916, and watching as she demonstrates that the promotion was entirely deserved on pure soldiering merit.
We haven't talked much about Montenegro so far in the war. They've been in it since August 1914, but the small mountain kingdom has until now been too small, too mountainous, and too awkwardly-placed to make it worth Austria-Hungary's while invading them. Now Conrad von Hotzendorf has a lot of men in Serbia, not a lot to do with them, and an army-group commander (von Mackensen) who apparently has better things to think about. I don't think I need to draw a map to show anyone where Conrad's thoughts are going now.
The Entente powers finish a year of flagrant disregard for Greek neutrality (although it must be said that the measures King Constantine I has been taking to preserve it have been growing steadily more anti-democratic through the year) with a surpassing effort in Salonika. General Sarrail has had the staff of the German, Bulgarian, and Austro-Hungarian consulates in Salonika arrested, although they will be magnanimously permitted to leave the country. As a military decision, it's sound and practical. As a diplomatic exercise, it's thoroughly tin-eared. 1916 doesn't promise to be any better for Greece than 1915.
Which leads us neatly into a quick year-end review. It's a tricky job, this. There's few places where we can explicitly say that the war has got better for anyone involved. But then, by the same token, it's also surprisingly hard to describe anything as having got definitely worse either. As a general principle, all I can say about the war in 1915 is that it's got more.
The Balkans is one of the areas where we can talk of winners and losers, though. Germany, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria have occupied the whole of Serbia (obvious losers, with no country and half an army left), with excellent prospects for sweeping up Montenegro, Albania, and possibly even Greece in 1916. Romania also comes out of 1915 in a good place, entirely due to having had the sense to not get involved yet. However, with their Balkan rivals Bulgaria seizing territory everywhere (they've probably got the best claim to a "good" year), the bribes being offered by the Entente powers to join on their side will surely only get larger and more tempting. Greece's 1915, meanwhile, has been absolutely terrible, with the King acting in a barely constitutional manner to keep the pro-Entente Eleftherios Venizelos out of power and his country out of the war, while Britain and France treat the country as an undeclared ally. And, if things carry on as they are, Greece might soon have a war all to itself.
Another obvious loser is Italy, having joined the war in 1915 with clear and obvious war aims, and achieving absolutely diddly-squat. They're still parked firmly on the western edge of the Carso, outside Gorizia, and with footholds in the lower Dolomites. With General Cadorna still firmly in charge of the Army, 1916 surely can't mean anything other than more of the same. But, turning to their opponents, Austria-Hungary is also not in a particularly good way. On the Italian Front they've succeeded only in not losing. On the Eastern Front they pissed away what was left of their pre-war army by freezing it to death in the Carpathians. Since then they've been second-class citizens in the alliance with Germany, and that's not going to get any better unless Conrad von Hotzendorf can prove that he can actually be good at war.
For the British Empire it seems to have been a poor year. Every major offensive they'lve launched this year has gone off the rails. They've kept control over the North Sea and enforced the Blockade of Germany (the importance of which should never be underestimated) in the face of a passive High Seas Fleet, but that's about it. The situation in Africa remains mostly unchanged, although with good prospects for next year. Gallipoli turned into a horrible car crash. If they can't relieve the Siege of Kut, Mesopotamia may go the same way. The less said about Salonika the better; and their experiences on the Western Front are not only deeply painful, they've led the Brains Trust down a number of strategic cul-de-sacs that will take a long time to get out of. But they're still in the war, and they're still fighting; the line holds, and a million men will be ready to take the field in six months.
The French Army has held the line on the Western Front. Again, you have to set all the negatives against the simple fact that they've held the majority of the Western Front. But, simply put, General Joffre has masterminded three major offensives, all of which have caused major casualties and achieved very little. The Belgian Army, by the way, is still holding that small chunk of line between Nieuport and Dixmude, watching over the flooded basin of the River Yser.
The situation for Russia and the Ottoman Empire both is extremely hard to apply a judgement to. The Russians have been pushed back on the Eastern Front, but there's still hundreds more miles for Germany to go to reach Petrograd or Moscow. Every mile the Germans advance from now on widens the front that they'll have to hold. Meanwhile, General Yudenich has done an excellent job fending the Ottomans off in the Caucasus and Armenia. Speaking of whom; they've been fended off in the Caucasus and Armenia, but they've completely stymied the Gallipoli campaign and are taking the upper hand in Mesopotamia.
Which leaves Germany, and their experience sums 1915 up in a nutshell. The Gorlice-Tarnow Offensive drove hundreds of miles into Russia; but they're hundreds of miles still from the Russian capital, and their major cities. That front is only going to get wider as they advance. Austria-Hungary is proving more and more unreliable as an ally; they're fighting on three fronts, good for providing warm bodies, artisanal heavy artillery, and not much else. Meanwhile, on the Western Front the German Army blew a major chance to inflict serious damage on the BEF and entirely dislocate the north of the Western Front at Second Ypres. For the rest of the year, they've provided the brick wall for the French to beat their heads against, but that's not going to win the war any time soon. They're still blockaded.
1915 wasn't unequivocally good for anyone, and for most of the belligerents it's not been unequivocally bad, either. It's just been more. More countries, more fronts, more munitions, more weapons, more guns, more civilian casualties, more refugees, more men frozen to death up a mountain.
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Our campus is set in the heart of residential Colombo. We have many beautiful buildings which are over a hundred years old, and more modern buildings including one by renowned architect Geoffrey Bawa. An auditorium, swimming pool, sports ground and other facilities are available. Our chapel contains a beautiful mural by Mrs.Nalini Jayasuriya.
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NNL Announces Kick-Off Date For 2017/2018 Season, Adopts Abridged System
by Bukunmi Oyelude · January 16, 2018
The Nigeria National League (NNL) on Tuesday announced that the league's 2017/2018 season would commence on March 3.
Lawrence Katken, the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the NFL, who made the announcement to newsmen in Abuja, added that the competition's organising body has adopted the abridged league system for the season.
He said the abridged league system was considered because of the 2018 World Cup holding in Russia from June 14 to July 15 which almost clashed with the league.
"We have to adopt the abridged system in order not to be interrupted by the Russia 2018 World Cup matches.
"Therefore, as soon as the World Cup starts, we will go on break till after the global football event," Katken told NAN.
The NNL official however promised a very impressive league competition this season, saying the league organising body was prepared.
He commended clubs and Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for a successful league last season, describing the competition as being great last season.
"There is the need for more support for the league, and NNL's biggest challenge for now is lack of sponsorship,'' Katken said.
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Northern (Arctic) Federal University held autumn school "Model Arctic Council" (MAC) on September 19-23, 2016. In 2014, a pilot project was carried out on the basis of the same university. This year students themselves organized the autumn school.
MAC gathered 27 students and young scientists from Russia, Uzbekistan, Indonesia, the United States and Finland as well as honorary lecturers and speakers - experts in the field of international relations and research in the Arctic region.
September 20-21, participants reproduced the work of the Arctic Council in two working groups. The first working group (PAME) discussed the issues of Arctic tourism; the second group (SDWG) talked on sustainable development of reindeer herding in the Arctic zone.
Recommendations of the working groups were submitted to the meeting of Senior Officials (SAO) and resulted in the Arkhangelsk Declaration, which was signed on September 22 by students who played the role of the Arctic countries ministers.


It's Winter, or the cooler part of forever-summer if you live in the north. And that means convertibles are cheap right now.
If you want to hide one away for the warmer months, now's a good time to be on the hunt. An MX-5 is the most obvious choice, of course, but a lot of people have MX-5s. What if you don't want to be like a lot of people? Maybe you'll want something European.
If you've got a hankering to feel the wind in your hair (or to lose a few hats) and $45K to shed, you could purchase a new Abarth 124 Spider. Or, you could hunt around for something with a more luxo badge, but with a few years under its belt, like a BMW Z4 20i.
Both are rear-wheel drive, lightweight, and have turbocharged four-banger hearts. Sure, the Z4 weighs a bit more (1060kg for the 124, versus 1400kg for a manual Z4, or 1420kg for an automatic), but it also makes a little more power and twist. The result is a 0-100km/h time of about seven seconds each (claimed 6.8 for the 124 vs 6.9 for a manual Z4 or auto in 7.2).
Inside, their relatively simple interiors make clear your attention should be on the road in front of you. It's one advantage of BMW's aging interior styling. The Abarth, too, has the same simple charm as the car it's based on, the ND MX-5. A sound choice if neither of these tickle your fancy.
If you're lucky, you might find a Z4 with the adaptive suspension option ticked. However, on a spirited drive, or on a track day, both cars are going deliver a pure sportscar experience, with the added bonus of having little to shelter you from their delightfully rorty exhaust notes.
You also get the exhilaration of rushing to close the roof when it starts bucketing. Ah, drop-top motoring bliss.
Lorbek Luxury Cars, in Melbourne, currently has a clean example of a Z4 20i up for grabs. It's an early example of the model, with an eight-speed auto, but finding a manual example shouldn't prove impossible.


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Organizations that promote employee health and well-being are three-and-a-half times more likely to encourage creativity and innovation, according to research by Right Management released at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Seventy-two per cent of respondents who rated their organization highly for actively promoting health and well-being also rated it highly for encouraging creativity and innovation. Among those who did not rate their organization's health and well-being efforts highly, only 20 per cent took a favourable view of their organization's encouragement of creativity and innovation.
"Of all the individual actions an organization could take, these five would do the most to improve the well-being of employees," says Schroeder-Saulnier.
Right Management surveyed 28,810 employees across 10 industries in 15 countries. Participants were asked to self-report on attitudes, performance and conditions directly related to the effectiveness of their organization. Right Management is the talent and career management expert within Manpower, the global leader in employment services.


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Williamsville radiologist helps bring clarity to breast health
"I'm very honest with my patients. I let them know if I see something that's concerning. … Most of the time the growths end up being benign." – Dr. Anna Chen, right, director of women's imaging for Windsong Radiology Group, with Maureen Connors, a certified breast imaging patient navigator.
By Scott Scanlon|Published Sat, Oct 25, 2014
Radiologist Anna Chen has wanted to be a doctor ever since she was a girl growing up in Williamsville. It helps when your dad is a doctor, as is James Chen, who also taught at the University at Buffalo Medical School before he retired last fall.
"He used to be very active in training residents," she said, "so I got exposed to all the surgical movies at our house super early as a child."
The younger Chen – a graduate of Cornell University and the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine – marked her 10th anniversary this year with Windsong Radiology Group, where she is director of women's imaging. She and her husband, Kelvin Chen, returned to Williamsville a decade ago after landing jobs and starting a family in Washington, D.C.
"My office was 11 miles from the house there. It took me two hours to get home. We came back here and we were home in five minutes," said Chen, 44.
Dr. Janet Sung, who founded Windsong in 1987, is among Chen's mentors. The company started by specializing in women's imaging. It has since morphed into a full-service diagnostic and imaging group, with locations in Amherst, Hamburg, Lancaster, West Seneca and Williamsville. Its Comprehensive Breast Care program continues to be a centerpiece.
The women's imaging center headquarters in Williamsville recently added a new tool to its diagnostic repertoire – 3-D mammography, which provides clearer images that find up to 40 percent more cancers and eliminate about the same percentage of false positive mammogram screenings, Chen said.
How many mammograms do you do on a daily basis?
Throughout all of our locations, we probably do about 300 to 350 screening mammograms a day. Dr. Sung pioneered our process. We give every patient coming in the screening results as soon as we get them. That's something a lot of facilities are starting to do now because patients want to know what their results are right away.
After that initial screening, what do you say when something doesn't look quite right?
What I typically say is "Something looks a little different from your previous studies and it could be concerning." Then I tell them what I want to do. Sometimes it's more mammogram pictures. Sometimes it's more mammogram and ultrasound study. Once they're done with all their additional pictures, we sit down with them and show them their imaging. They may not always understand, but I think they get a better grasp.
I'm very honest with my patients. I let them know if I see something that's concerning. It's something we have to figure out what it is, but most of the time the growths end up being benign, so I don't want people to think that if you have to have a biopsy, you have cancer. Two-thirds of biopsies come back benign.
What standards do you recommend when it comes to women and mammograms?
A baseline mammogram at the age of 35 and yearly screening mammograms once you turn 40, as an overall for the general population. For high-risk women, it gets more complicated. There's a push to individualize imaging based on risk status. Women who are at high risk – who have the breast cancer gene, BRCA1, BRCA2 – it is recommended they have mammograms yearly as well as MRIs, because every test picks up something a little different. Mammograms are considered the gold standard, the only test shown to decrease mortality from breast cancer.
What about the BRCA tests? Do you recommend them?
We don't do them here. We know Women's & Children's does. When people ask me, I tell them that's a very individual thought process. You have to decide: "What am I going to do with that information if I have it?" If people have a strong family history, I think it's within their rights to talk with a genetic counselor.
What other steps should women take when it comes to breast health, cancer prevention and protection?
One of their doctors should be doing a physical exam on them once a year. It was controversial that patients should be doing a self-breast exam but I think … once you're in your 30s, you should be doing a self-breast exam after your menstrual cycle, just to get to know what the normal lumps and bumps in your breast feel like.
Talk about your 3-D mammography.
Right now, we're really focusing more on people who have dense breast tissue or are at high risk, telling them about the additional screening benefits of tomosynthesis. Patients usually don't notice a difference because it's done at the same time as their regular compression. Images last maybe 4 seconds longer. How it helps us is the machine takes a little sweep – an arc 15 degrees forward and 15 degrees back – and the computer generates 1-millimeter slices through the breast for us to look at. When you see a 2-D image, everything's kind of superimposed on top of one another. With the 3-D image, it's kind of like the pages of a book that you can flip through layer by layer and look at the tissue that way, in the hope of seeing something that might be hiding in the dense breast tissue.
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Scott Scanlon – Scott Scanlon, an award-winning reporter, is editor of WNY Refresh, which focuses on health, fitness, nutrition and family matters. A Western New York native, he is a graduate of the University at Buffalo and received his master's in history from Binghamton University.


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A blood test commonly used to diagnose and treat diabetes may be less accurate in black people who have the sickle cell anemia trait, a new study says.
The test is called hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C). An A1C reading of 5.7 or more indicates prediabetes or diabetes; below 5.7 is normal, says the American Diabetes Association.
But, the current study found that for blacks with a trait for sickle cell anemia, the A1C test may come back lower than it should. This discrepancy could lead to delays in diagnosis and treatment of diabetes, and it might also affect the management of known diabetes.
When the researchers compared the results of A1C tests to other measures that check blood sugar levels, they showed that when A1C readings were expected to be 6 percent, they only registered 5.7 percent for blacks with sickle cell trait.
"We want to make clinicians aware that things like race and hemoglobin traits can have an effect on A1C. If the A1C numbers don't jibe with blood glucose monitor numbers, this could potentially be a part of that," said Tamara Darsow.
Darsow, who wasn't involved in the study, is senior vice president of research and community programs with the American Diabetes Association.
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The test measures the percentage of red blood cells that have become "glycated" over a two- to three-month period. Glycated essentially means the red blood cells have sugar attached to them. That can happen when blood sugar levels are too high (hyperglycemia).
Sickle cell anemia is an inherited disorder that affects the hemoglobin in red blood cells. Hemoglobin is the substance that carries oxygen to the body through the blood. Sickle cell disease causes the hemoglobin to form in a sickle shape instead of the normal rounded disc shape, according to the U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
However, someone with sickle cell trait doesn't have sickle cell disease. To get sickle cell disease, you must inherit the gene from both parents. If you only inherit the sickle cell gene from one parent, you have the sickle cell trait. People with sickle cell trait usually don't have any symptoms of the disease, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
As many as 10 percent of black people in the United States have sickle cell trait, the study authors said. People from Mediterranean and Middle Eastern countries and other parts of the world can also have the trait or the disease, the study's researchers said. The current study's focus was on blacks.
"We found that in people with the sickle cell trait, A1C levels were significantly lower than in people without the sickle cell trait," said the study's lead author, Mary Lacy. She's a doctoral candidate at Brown University School of Public Health in Providence, R.I.
"Hemoglobin A1C is influenced by sugar levels, but also by how old the red blood cells are. Our hypothesis is that people with a sickle cell trait might have red blood cells that live a shorter period of time," Lacy explained.
The current study included more than 4,600 people -- about 1,600 from a study called CARDIA, and about 3,000 from the Jackson Heart Study. Their average age was 52. Both groups had their blood sugar levels measured with A1C, and also with fasting blood sugar tests. In addition, the CARDIA group was given two-hour oral glucose tolerance tests.
When the researchers only used A1C to diagnose diabetes, they saw a major difference -- 29 percent of blacks with a sickle cell trait were diagnosed with prediabetes versus 49 percent of blacks without the sickle cell trait.
Dr. Joel Zonszein is director of the clinical diabetes center at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City. He wasn't surprised by the study's results.
"The hemoglobin A1C is not a perfect test. Results vary, but it's still a very good test. Patients like it because it doesn't matter if they're fasting or not," he said.
Zonszein added that other blood disorders, such as iron deficiency anemia, kidney failure and late pregnancy can affect the results of an A1C test. "We're using a tool that's practical, but not 100 percent reliable," he said.
Darsow said there was already evidence of this discrepancy from smaller studies.
Also, the diabetes association addresses the difference in its Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes -- 2017.
"We don't have good evidence to make screening or treatment guidelines right now, but it's important to understand it can be a potential interference," Darsow said. "We highlight individualized care in our standards, and this is one of the potential things that could impact diabetes management."
The study was published Feb. 7 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Jake Jorgovan has started a lot of businesses—from recording punk rock bands in his basement as a teenager to designing websites for multiple clients. But Jake recently learned that if he wanted to scale to something bigger than his own expertise, he had to rethink everything.
That realization eventually lead Jake to build Lead Cookie—a now-more-than $45,000/month business he built in just over 6 months.
In today's episode of Freelance to Founder, you'll hear how Jake radically adjusted his thinking and business-building habits to quickly grow from absolute zero to a good-sized team and a scalable business.
I'm just listening a new podcast "From nerdy kid…" and I hate a one thing. The background music. Could you make the podcasts without the music or with lower level?
1) for example I am Czech and my listening english skill is not 100 %. I have to focus on every word.
2) I am a musician. So whenever the music starts to play, I start to focus on the music but not on the words and I'm out.
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Two Lovebirds and a Knee Replacement: Roy and Randi Roach Believe In That Enduring Puppy Love
Published Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at 10:15 am
Roy and Randi Roach
Boone, NC – Remember puppy love? For most couples, that fairy tale feeling is unintentionally lost somewhere between bills to pay and diapers to change. As a society, we acknowledge this marital transition as the norm, but should it be? After 18 years of marriage and a recent knee replacement surgery, Roy and Randi Roach firmly believe that enduring puppy love is attainable for those who are willing to 'work and love at it.'
Roy is proud. The 7-year-old boy wipes sweat from his brow and leans on his tobacco planter as he patiently waits for his father to stoop down and carefully inspect his latest row of seed on their family farm in Mill Creek, VA. Moments later an uncontainable grin spreads across Roy's face as his father provides his customary nod of approval. And so it is, a bond forms between father and son and their many rows of tobacco.
"At an early age, I learned from my dad that hard work won't kill you," said Roy. "He taught me that if you commit to doing something, you do your best and you do it with all of your heart."
Budding affection
Randi is perplexed. The recently widowed North Carolina native strolls indecisively through a Boone grocery store in hopes of finding the perfect get-well gift for a friend at the hospital. Then, somewhere between the produce and dairy section she spots a smiling 58-year-old man wearing a cowboy hat, pearl snap shirt and boots.
"We talked for 15 minutes and then he asked me to dinner," recounts a blushing Randi. "I made up an excuse on the spot, but he still leaned in for a kiss right then and there with what felt like the whole world watching. Five months later we were married and my darling and I have never looked back."
Weathering storms
Today, the couple remains passionately inseparable on their small farm in Lansing, NC. At 76, Roy is now retired from his ministry career at the pulpit, but he still enjoys the rigorous responsibilities of maintaining the homestead. Randi spends her time in the kitchen, ignoring her arthritis to bake cakes for friends in need and community shut-ins. Until recently, the couple enjoyed holding hands and taking leisurely walks together around the farm.
"I guess my knee just finally decided it had had enough," said Roy. "It got to the point where I had a hard time walking, much less working in the garden or chopping wood for the fireplace."
After having his right knee replaced a few years ago at Watauga Medical Center, Roy knew that it was time to replace the left. In August 2017, the couple made an appointment at AppOrtho in Boone, NC, with Orthopaedic Surgeon Dr. Steven Anderson and Kevin George, PA-C.
"When you walk in the door at AppOrtho, all you feel is kindness and love from everyone that works there," said Randi. "Kevin and Dr. Anderson truly listen first. Then, they work together beautifully to help you find the best solution."
In Roy's case, a total knee replacement was recommended and performed without complication a few weeks later at Watauga Medical Center.
"Watauga Medical Center was the only hospital we would consider going to for a couple of reasons," said Roy. "For one, we did not want to go off the mountain for surgery and we really like and trust the team over there at AppOrtho."
Harvesting love
Thanks to his successful surgery, Roy was able to return to his seat on the tractor, his axe in the tree stump and most importantly to his wife's side for their walks together around the farm.
When asked what they still hope to accomplish in life, Randi said, "I've already accomplished it. I have a God that loves me and the most wonderful husband in the world."
Roy added, "When you share the same desires and you live together and work together and you sweat together and you fuss together and you go through all of the things that husbands and wives do together a special bond forms. Like my dad always told me, if you commit to doing something – work, love, you name it; do it the best you can and do it with all of your heart."
To learn more about AppOrtho, call 828-386-2663 or visit apprhs.org/ortho.
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Transport spending in the budget
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Economy and Infrastructure Secretary Ken Skates will outline plans for multi-billion pound Welsh Government infrastructure investment over the next five years including major improvements to the M4, A55, A40 and A494.
56,000 construction professionals needed by 2020
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The Mayor of London has vowed to tackle the capital's road congestion through a series of measures.
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Britain's most improved and high risk roads have been identified in a report carried out by the Road Safety Foundation.
£50m to be spent on improving Colchester's roads
Essex County Council is investing £50 million on improving Colchester's infrastructure – including road, cycle and bus schemes.
Ambitious transport strategy for Lancashire is launched
A new transport strategy published by the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership (LEP) outlines how major investments in rail and road initiatives could create 15,000 new jobs and generate £685 million in new economic growth.
A-one+ rolls out new winter technology
Highways contractor A-one+ will help keep the North East moving this winter after investing in new technology that will make gritting the roads safer and more effective.
Strangest motorway spillages revealed
Highways England has revealed the strangest items ever spilled on its roads – from powdered cement to 6,000 chickens.
Consultants win £1.5m Northern roads study
£8m to be spent on Manchester's roads
More than £8 million will be spent on improving Manchester's busiest roads over the next three years.
FTA: Make roads a top priority
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has called on the government to make investment in roads a top priority.
Labour pledges to invest in roads
Labour will support long-term investment in strategic roads, address the neglect of local roads and promote cycling if it wins the General Election.
Worcestershire makes bids for extra highways funding
Worcestershire County Council has submitted two bids that could result in almost £20 million of improvements to the county's roads and street lighting.
Union Jack to highlight public spending
Publicly-funded infrastructure projects, including roads, will be branded with a Union Jack plaque to recognise taxpayers' key contribution in funding vital projects.
OS research shows roads would cover area the size of Lancashire
If all the roads and motorways in Great Britain were grouped together into one landmass, there would be more than enough to cover an area the size of Lancashire. That's according to research carried out by Ordnance Survey's consultancy and technical services team.
Public unhappy with condition of UK roads
Public satisfaction with the condition of UK roads is at an all time low, according to a report carried out by the Government's Public Accounts Committee (PAC).
Roads to be improved thanks to Local Growth Deals
Dozens of roads projects will get off the ground after the government agreed a series of growth deals with businesses and local authorities across England.
Highway authorities invited to complete innovation survey
PA Consulting Group is running a survey that is designed to help organisations in the roads sector understand their innovation capability.
£15.4m to improve transport across Wales
Transport Minister Edwina Hart has announced £15.4 million funding for 41 capital projects across Wales to improve public transport, roads and walking and cycling facilities.


Discussion in 'Motorhome Chat' started by lugnutt, Dec 11, 2007.
for the rv/motorhome ....have you been good or goodish?
Hi just bought a steering stabilizer of a guy on ARVE for my xmas prezzy.
He bought one for his p32 when he was in the states, got it home and they had put one for a W series in a p32 box, sent him the right one without argument. I saw the ad. on ARVE and grabbed it.
Had an email yesterday from him that it will be delivered this week, told the wife she can gift wrap it if she likes.
Hi Linda she's been to makro and bought a job lot.
Also remortgaged the house to pay for it all.
A new car I hope, the bloody gearbox has packed in on mine now along with everything else front, suspension radio cd player and central locking.
The engine sounds like a Massey Ferguson Tractor only noisier. Its only 4 years old has done 85k miles and been serviced to schedule what a load of crap.
Been trying to part ex it for the last week as I knew it was getting ropey, too late now.
Mark says is it french?
He says land rover then !
The last one I'll ever own, its been crap since the first day we bought it, can't even take it to the airport as it won't start after 3 days stood.
If Santa's is listening I want a LPG conversion to the bus.
Wonder if Irina's will sees this?
no idea cos santa wont answer my e-mails.
maybe did something wrong in a previous life and he/she(bearded lady) just found out!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Santa brought me a set of new alloy wheels, a set of Michelien XC tyres, and a personal Number plate.
All fitted in time for me skiing trip.
You'll love it I've been skiing for 28 years theres nothing like it just don't expect to be as good as the kids you've no chance.
Site looks good could you add a review of it when you've got time especially sussing out if it's suitable for 36ft RVs. We are always looking for big pitch sites especially in the Alps.


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Children's Hospital Los Angeles Team Pioneers Telemedicine in Neonatal Intensive Care
MEDIA CONTACT: Ellin Kavanagh at (323) 361-8505
LOS ANGELES (June 17, 2011) - A team of neonatologists at Children's Hospital Los Angeles have published the first research paper indicating that the use of a remote-controlled, robotic telemedicine system in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is feasible and safe. The investigators report good to excellent agreement, in most areas, when comparing the assessments made by onsite compared with off-site neonatologists controlling the robot from a remote location.
"Telemedicine offers the ability to provide the expertise of specialists and subspecialists at places where their physical presence is not possible. In this way, it shows tremendous potential for improving healthcare delivery and outcomes in a cost-effective manner," said Philippe Friedlich, MD, MSEpi, MBA at the Center for Fetal and Neonatal Medicine at Children's Hospital and corresponding author on the study.
During the past decades, there has been a dramatic rise in the demand for neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) in the United States due to an increase in preterm deliveries, especially late preterm births and multiple births. Also, advances in neonatal medicine have resulted in the improved survival of critically ill newborns. However, most hospitals with lower level NICUs (levels I and II) cannot afford to have in-house, 24-hour staffing by neonatologists. When an emergency arises in these NICUs, the newborn may be initially cared for by an off-site neonatologist who assesses the patient based on information provided via telephone by the nursing staff. As information relayed via telephone during an emergency may be unreliable, inappropriate treatment and negative patient outcomes can occur. Telemedicine technology can provide the off-site neonatologist with direct visual and auditory information about the patient and the clinical scenario in real-time in order to facilitate decisions about clinical care. In addition, the system could be useful for providing immediate consults for emergencies occurring in a community hospital NICU by subspecialists and neonatologists available 24-hours a day at an associated children's hospital or large medical center.
This prospective study considered 304 patient encounters on 46 premature and full-term newborns in a level IIIa NICU. During each patient encounter, the infant was evaluated by both an onsite and an off-site neonatologist. The off-site neonatologist evaluated the patient using a wireless, mobile, robotic telecommunications system. The system had bi-directional, real-time audio and video communication capabilities and was linked to a remote-controlled robot equipped with a video camera, microphone, electronic stethoscope, liquid crystal display screen and motorized platform under the control of the off-site neonatologist. The off-site neonatologist controlled the robot through a computer station equipped with a joystick, microphone, earphone and loudspeakers.
The investigators found that the robotic telemedicine system allowed the off-site neonatologist to accurately identify and assess patients and safely maneuver the mobile robot in the NICU. Agreement between the assessments made by the onsite and off-site physicians were good to excellent for most parameters. The parameters that had poor agreement between onsite and off-site physicians were related to certain components of the physical exam. Comparisons between paired onsite physicians also showed poor agreement in these parameters suggesting that these components of the physical exam are inherently subjective and that the lack of agreement was unrelated to the use of technology in performing the assessment.
"The encouraging and novel findings of this study represent the first step in a series of studies needed to be performed before the use of the remote-controlled robotic telemedicine system can be recommended for routine use in community hospitals with or without a link to a children's hospital or large medical center," said Istvan Seri, MD, PhD, HonD, director of the Center for Fetal and Neonatal Medicine at Children's Hospital and senior author on the study. "As we have obtained additional support from the UniHealth Foundation, we have continued our investigations and are now in the process of studying the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of the use of the remote-controlled robotic telemedicine system in the NICU."
The article, "The use of mobile robotic telemedicine technology in the neonatal intensive care unit" was authored by Arlene Garingo, MD, Philippe Friedlich, MD, MSEpi, MBA, Linda Tesoriero, MD, Shilpa Patil, MD, Paige Jackson, MD, and Istvan Seri, MD, PhD, HonD, and has been published in the Journal of Perinatology.
This work was supported by grants from the UniHealth Foundation and 'The Laura P. and Leland K. Whittier Virtual PICU' Junior Faculty Fellowship for Research in Telemedicine Program.
About Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Children's Hospital Los Angeles has been named the best children's hospital in California and among the best in the nation for clinical excellence with its selection to the prestigious US News & World Report Honor Roll.
Children's Hospital is home to The Saban Research Institute, one of the largest and most productive pediatric research facilities in the United States and is one of America's premier teaching hospitals, affiliated with the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California since 1932.
For more information, visit www.CHLA.org, Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and LinkedIn, or visit our blog: www.WeAreChildrens.org.


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Cultural Products Restriction
Culture can is anything and everything that makes a community or country distinct including traditions, language, principles of justice, history, multiculturalism, and folklore. Cultural industries included in the Foreign Trade Agreements include films, video, music, printed materials, and publications. Globalization has brought about the exchange of trade and the rise of international business (Crane, Kawashima, and Kawasaki, 2016). Countries are now able to trade with other countries, and this brings with it an exchange of different cultures. However, many countries feel that these cultural trade products are eroding their cultures and therefore have sought to restrict some content from being aired or broadcasted in their countries. However, the US allows for free trade of these cultural industries claiming that America is a multicultural nation that values diversity and therefore restricting what people can see or watch is denying them the right to choose what they prefer (Schaffer, Agusti, Dhooge, and Earle, 2011).
The question, therefore, remains whether or not the US should join a list of other countries to restrict cultural trade products.
We can answer this question from two perspectives. First of all the US earns a significant share of its revenues from audiovisual trade and the film industry. This situation, therefore, means that the country has spread its culture throughout the world and many states are now adopting the cultural norms of the country. Exchange of culture not only leads to globalization, but it also enhances the creation of talent and creativity (Croucher, 2018). Similarly, the US also benefits from other cultures through audiovisual trade and the transfer of different cultures in the country enhances knowledge, creativity, and innovation. Looking at it from this perspective, one might conclude that it is not logical to limit the influences of foreign cultures in the community.
However, the exchange of culture through audiovisual trade has also led to significant erosion of valuable cultures. For example, in many countries, citizens were tied to specific cultural dress codes. In countries in the Middle East where the majority of the population is Muslim, hijabs are the most common attires allowed for religious purposes and cultural preservation. However, because of the rise of audiovisual trade from foreign countries, people in these countries are now slowly diverting from the cultural mode of dressing and are now aping the foreign dress codes and mannerisms (Vlassis, 2016). While this is an excellent indication of globalization, cultures are rapidly eroding, and the traits that distinguished one country from another are continue to diminish. States are losing their diversity making the world one global village (Croucher, 2018). The flipside to this is that critical cultural values are also going down the drains. There are specific cultural values that are highly valued by countries, and when they are at the verge of extinction, it means that nations need to take measures to restrict free trade one way or another. Therefore, from this perspective, countries should restrict cultural industry trade to some extent to protect diversity and essential cultural values.
To effectively limit the influence of cultural goods on communities, governments should ensure a balanced and equitable back and forth flow of cultural products to balance the culture of the country with the influence of foreign cultures. Secondly, governments should come up with ways to evaluate the cultural goods and determine which ones are beneficial to the state and which ones are not (Vlassis, 2016). For example, educational films, or documentaries focusing on animal conservation and other educative and insightful information can be given an opportunity for free trade. Others such as pornographic materials and destructive films and TV shows should be restricted to limit negative cultural influences. Lastly, governments should carry out an in-depth analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of cultural industries (Croucher, 2018). By doing this, they can identify the cultural goods and industries that pose threats to valuable cultures and ones that enhance or shift the culture in a positive direction. Governments can, therefore, restrict the weak cultural industries and allow free trade for the ones that improve positive cultural influences.
From one perspective, restriction on cultural industries and goods can be perceived as a way to protect cultures from being completely eroded. The limits mainly focus on the methods of preserving the culture, identities, and ways of life of countries and states. They ensure that specific critical cultural values are not under threat from foreign influences. However, from another perspective, these policies are disguised methods of trade protectionism. They are handouts to local businesses operating to restrict fair trade by hiding it as a way of preserving culture (Vlassis, 2016). Many nations utilize a variety of financial, regulatory, and business measures to impose subsidies on locally produced and aired entertainment, and in turn, restrict imports by favoring local content over foreign content. These measures often ensure that foreign material is much more expensive and much more inaccessible forcing consumers to opt for local content. These stringent and disguised measures many times impede the process of trade, frustrating the trade of cultural goods in open markets, and freedom of choice (Crane, Kawashima and Kawasaki, 2016). By placing trade restrictions on cultural products, governments are promoting their industries and local employment thus blocking foreign content. Therefore, the limits of foreign cultural goods by governments for cultural preservation is a disguised form of trade protectionism.
The new convention is meant to undermine the WTO efforts to liberalize cultural trade, goods, and services. The convention allows countries to put measures to protect and promote the diversity of their cultures by enabling countries to take up any appropriate steps to protect their domestic industries and cultures (Schaffer, Agusti, Dhooge, and Earle, 2011). However, the stipulation of this convention contrasts and aligns with the concept of free trade in several ways. Free trade is a policy that prohibits governments from discriminating against foreign trade imports or interfering with the process of exportation by applying tariffs to imports or subsidies to exports. In this manner, the convention goes against the concept of free trade because governments impose tariffs on cultural imports making products and services more expensive to discourage consumers.
Similarly, governments apply subsidies to local products, thus making them cheaper to improve the purchasing trend of consumers. Governments use the guise of cultural preservation to exercise trade protectionism (Crane, Kawashima and Kawasaki, 2016). With adherence to the regulations of the convention, every country will have a different definition of cultural preservation, and therefore they will restrict any audiovisual products that they deem culturally inappropriate. If this happens, it will lead to a significant downward trend in foreign audiovisual trade. The cost of audiovisual production and exportation will be high thus raising the price of content. With the rise of prices, demand will decrease thus interfering with the dissemination of audiovisual products and services.
If numerous restrictions are placed on audiovisual products, it will mean that America will not be able to export its audiovisual content effectively to other countries (Galt, 2014). America may respond by retaliating this move. For example, the America-China war is based on trade retaliation from both countries. American may also decide to impose heavy tariffs of products from the countries that will put stringent restrictions on its audiovisual content.
Crane, D., Kawashima, N., & Kawasaki, K. I. (2016). Culture and globalization theoretical models and emerging trends. In Global culture (pp. 11-36). Routledge.
Croucher, S. (2018). Globalization and Belonging: The politics of identity in a changing world. Rowman & Littlefield.
Galt, F. S. (2014). The Life, Death, and Rebirth of the Cultural Exception in the Multilateral Trading System: An Evolutionary Analysis of Cultural Protection and Intervention in the Face of American Pop Culture's Hegemony. Wash. U. Global Stud. L. Rev., 3, 909.
Schaffer, R., Agusti, F., Dhooge, L. J., & Earle, B. (2011). International business law and its environment. Cengage Learning.
Vlassis, A. (2016). European Commission, trade agreements and diversity of cultural expressions: Between autonomy and influence. European Journal of Communication, 31(4), 446-461.
Wets, J. (Ed.). (2018). Cultural Diversity in Trade Unions: A Challenge to Class Identity?: A Challenge to Class Identity?. Routledge.


"He is young. He is hot. He is also evil. He is ....... the librarian" -- Provided by publisher.
Summary/Annotation -> He's young. He's hot. He's also evil. He's . . . the librarian.
When Cynthia Rothschild's best friend, Annie, falls head over heels for the new high-school librarian, Cyn can totally see why. He's really young and super cute and thinks Annie would make an excellent library monitor. But after meeting Mr. Gabriel, Cyn realizes something isn't quite right. Maybe it's the creepy look in the librarian's eyes, or the weird feeling Cyn gets whenever she's around him. Before long Cyn realizes that Mr. Gabriel is, in fact . . . a demon. Now, in addition to saving the school musical from technical disaster and trying not to make a fool of herself with her own hopeless crush, Cyn has to save her best friend from the clutches of the evil librarian, who also seems to be slowly sucking the life force out of the entire student body! From best-selling author Michelle Knudsen, here is the perfect novel for teens who like their horror served up with a bit of romance, plenty of humor, and some pretty hot guys (of both the good and evil variety).
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Professional photo printing elevates your images by adding another dimension that screens just can't deliver. Plus, even in the digital age, printing your photographs can bring business benefits – prints can be sold, displayed in galleries, entered into competitions and more.
Millions of stills and videos are posted every day on Instagram alone – many of them taken on smartphones and viewed briefly on mobile device screens. Canon Ambassador Clive Booth says that photography is inevitably being devalued, but that single beautifully printed images offer a valuable contrast to crowded social media feeds.
"Nobody's going to hang social media on the wall. It's the sheer amount of content that is pumped out by the month, by the minute, by the second, that's making print that much more special," points out Clive, who spent 20 years working as a graphic designer before becoming a professional photographer and filmmaker. "Print is tactile. Print is personal. There's a definite perception of quality associated with print... I have handed people prints and it has been quite powerful to see their reaction."
In contrast to the fleeting experience of images on a screen, people also recognise that a quality printed photo is for keeps, says Clive.
To get pro quality and increased creative control over your printed photographs, it might be time to upgrade to a pro photo printer to produce your own. Canon Inkjet Specialist and printing expert Suhaib Hussain emphasises the importance of quality. "When photographers realise they need the best quality with full control of how the image is produced, a professional printer is a must," he says.
Here, Clive and Suhaib give their expert advice on how to produce professional photo prints yourself, and the benefits of creating a streamlined workflow that stays in-house.
When photographers start requiring printed images, it's common to outsource printing. Doing your own printing can seem daunting, and there are so many options available that it can seem easier to outsource. But in the long run, this can be expensive and time-consuming, particularly as your requirements become more rigorous.
"Outsourcing can be expensive, and you don't have the same level of control," Clive says. "Often what you get back from the lab might not match what you're seeing on the screen."
For his print workflow, Clive always works with original RAW image data to give him maximum control in editing. This gives him the best chance to produce prints with the colours and detail as he intended.
Suhaib agrees. "When photographers are required to deliver a print in the best quality while being most accurate in colour reproduction, they then start to think about taking control of the printing process themselves," he says.
"What separates those who need a pro-level photo printer is the need to deliver prints at the highest standard, as well as increased longevity of prints and accuracy of the prints. There may be a need to sell their prints, or provide them for exhibitions, galleries, or competitions, so photographers need assurance of both quality and longevity."
Taking control of the printing process also makes the end product more personal. "Most importantly, a print should represent what the photographer originally captured with their eyes or camera and how they intended the image to be seen by others," Suhaib adds. "To achieve this, it is always best to control the printing yourself, and to use a photo printer capable of delivering high-quality prints."
Canon's Print Studio Pro plug-in provides the perfect workflow link between your image and the finished printed product. This unique software, designed specifically for Canon pro photo printers, enables you to fine-tune the image, helping you to achieve expert-quality photo prints with ease. Print Studio Pro enables you to view a live preview of your final printed product and how it changes depending on the media or paper type, giving you more control when producing a print.
"One of the biggest problems people can have, and one that's very common when they first start printing, is that actually what you see on the screen isn't what you see on paper," says Clive. "There are two reasons for that. One is colour temperature – if your screen is too cool (blue) or too warm (yellow). The second thing is the brightness level. If, for example, the screen is set really bright, you might make a print that's really dark."
For this reason, it's vital to calibrate your screen, and ideally adopt a workflow that's colour-managed end-to-end, from camera to printer. "You can do that very simply and fairly cheaply with a calibration kit," Clive says, or you can invest in a top professional-level colour management system, which enables you to create custom camera, monitor, projector and printer profiles, for the most accurate and consistent colour calibration and profiling from capture to view to print.
This is one of the biggest advantages of professional prints over viewing photos on screen. "I can't control everybody's screens. But I can control both the brightness and the colour temperature on a print," Clive continues. "And I know that when I hand somebody a print, it's exactly how I want that picture to be seen."
A top-of-the-range colour management system is not cheap, but it can be worth the outlay if you plan to do a lot of printing. It will save you wasting time and costly paper on repeated test prints. "So you're basically saving money, saving paper and saving time by having this colour-managed workflow," Clive points out. "It's very important."
"The initial investment in a printer, relatively speaking, I don't think is that much," Clive says. Even if you don't require a comprehensive colour-managed workflow yet, a professional photo printer can be a smart investment.
"The imagePROGRAF PRO-1000 is great because it's got a small footprint on a desk and it delivers a full edge-to-edge A2," Clive says. "It's economic, based on the fact that the cartridges are bigger, and it's relatively quick.
"If you're looking at selling your own prints, then the imagePROGRAF PRO-1000 is definitely the way to go in terms of economies of scale. An individual print is relatively cheap to produce compared to what you might sell it for, which could be several hundred pounds [or Euros]." Clive calculates that in the UK, with his setup, the cost for an A2 print on an imagePROGRAF PRO-1000 on Canon Pro Platinum Paper is less then 2% of this potential selling price. If he uses 285gsm Hahnemuhle fine art pearl paper, it still costs under 3% of this sale price to make a print that will last for years.
Choosing the right type of paper for your photo print is extremely important; it's comparable in importance to lens choice when taking the photograph, according to Canon print expert Suhaib.
"Matte paper tends to be good for an image with a softer colour palette, as well as black and white images, or desaturated images. Semi-gloss or lustre is good for high-contrast, detailed and saturated images. Super glossy works well for vibrant images," he says.
If you want to get creative with different paper types, Print Studio Pro enables you to add the ICC paper profiles for each type you want to use, Clive adds. "If you're using Canon paper then the profile will be installed already. In Print Studio Pro you also have a soft proof capability. If you have a calibrated monitor, you can get a very good emulation of what the [printed] image is going to look like through the soft proof, using the paper profile."
If you want to create a streamlined, seamless workflow then it's worth considering matching your printer to your camera. Canon's printer technologies are designed with an understanding of what Canon cameras are delivering. "If both your input and output is Canon, then you've got the additional advantages of HDR printing and sharpening within the printer," Clive says. "The prints look almost three-dimensional."
Canon's professional photo printers incorporate advanced technologies to address common printing problems and meet the most exacting needs. For example, Suhaib points out, "the imagePROGRAF PRO-1000 has a nozzle misfire compensation system built in, which will utilise spare nozzles if one nozzle becomes clogged, to prevent banding. There's also a vacuum paper feeding system built in to ensure smooth paper feed of a variety of paper types and weights."
The imagePROGRAF PRO-1000 uses micro ink droplets to improve the precision and detail of your print, which combined with the Chroma Optimiser technology means you are able to get accurate ink droplet placement and a reduced "bronzing effect" in the final product.
Suhaib adds that "pro printers all tend to have wider colour gamuts by using more inks, allowing for a wider range of colours to be reproduced in a print, more accurately representing an image captured. Also, pro printers tend to support larger paper sizes and a variety of paper formats, allowing for photographers to create impact with their prints in larger sizes, as well as creating different tones using variety of paper types."
Of course, your choice of inks will also have a bearing on colour accuracy, saturation and longevity. "Canon's newly formulated Matte Black and Photo Black inks ensure high density blacks on both matte paper and photo papers respectively," Suhaib explains.
With a pro photo printer, good quality inks, paper and careful preparation, you'll have beautiful prints to stand the test of time. "A print is archival – it'll last for a minimum of 150 years," says Clive. "If people respect your work, the best thing you can give them is a print."


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