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We think our Review Club members are TE-riffic, and we appreciate their honesty when they come across some bad copycats. See what missed the mark.
Brandefy compares store brands (e.g., up&up) to name brands (e.g., Dove) to show you when the generic is as good as the name brand, and to warn you when it is not. Our mission is to help you save time and money, and to have a good time while doing it.
We had two reviewers test generic versions of Dove go fresh with cucumber and green tea. One reviewed it against Target's up&up version. She said that consistency and feel were the same, but the store brand body wash smelled like chemicals. We do not appreciate bad smelling body wash. Additionally, the ingredient panels were only 75% similar. Thus, we gave the up&up version of Dove body wash an 80% similarity rating.
The major issue with the up&up version is the chemical-like smell- yuck!
Another tester tested the same Dove go fresh body wash against the equate version. Equate scored a low 65% similarity rating. The ingredient panels are 65% similar, and our reviewer said the store brand wash was much thinner and not as silky as the name brand. She said the after-feel was also very different, and she felt more refreshed after using the Dove.
The equate version of the Dove soap earned a 65% similarity score.
Perhaps one of the measliest scores we have given out has been for the CVS version of Olay Total Effects Night-Firming Cream. We gave it a rating of 45%. The CVS cream was sticky, and our reviewer could still feel a layer of product on her face when she woke up in the morning. Both creams have a lot of ingredients, but the CVS cream has 27 MORE ingredients than Olay. We would certainly NOT make the switch on this one.
The CVS version has one of the worst ratings we have seen across multiple categories.
We were excited to see another cleaning product come in, but the Target version of Dawn apple blossom dish soap fell short. Not only did the name brand smell better, it also was much more effective at cutting through tough grease. We gave it a score of 67%. When we are cleaning, we do not want to put in extra elbow grease to get rid of the real grease!
The reviewer felt that up&up did not do the job cutting through the tough grease.
These products may be duds, but we still think our Review Club members are STUDS. Thanks again, everyone!


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New rules for employee share schemes: a guide for start-ups
The treatment of employee share schemes in Australia has been the perennial bugbear for start-ups, particularly early-stage technology companies that use equity as a way to attract and retain top talent before the business can afford to pay market salaries.
The long-awaited changes announced by the government yesterday go a long way towards solving the problem, which meant employees were taxed at the point of issue on share options rather than when the options were exercised. It's not very attractive for the employee if they are forced to pay tax on something that may have never reached its proposed value.
In a recent start-up survey conducted by LawPath, only one in 10 companies had an employee share scheme (ESS) in place. More than 90 per cent of the start-ups listed the high cost and complexity as the reasons for not having an ESS. Eight out of 10 start-ups said they would put in place an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) if the tax and cost implications were lowered.
Under the new scheme that will be in force from July 2015, there will be no up-front taxation. Companies of all sizes can now move to give employees options after having been stymied by the tax regime since 2009.
Foreign companies (especially US tech companies) will be very pleased as it will now be far simpler for them to extend their employee share regimes to Australian employees. Previously Australian employees of multinationals would miss out as it was often too difficult for the foreign employer to localise their schemes in a tax-effective way.
Start-ups will be given further concessions in an attempt to bolster the Australian innovation sector. Companies that have an aggregate turnover of less than $50 million, are unlisted and have been incorporated for less than 10 years will be given further financial concessions.
"Eligible start-ups" will be allowed to issue shares to employees at a small discount (up to 15 per cent) and issue options under advantageous conditions. Shares and options that were allocated at a discount will also not be subject to up-front taxation, so long as they are held by the employee for at least three years. Importantly, the options/shares will only be taxed at the time the shares are sold. This means that employees only have to pay tax when they actually receive value.
Start-ups also benefit by having their gains on the options taxed as capital gain and not income, therefore are taxed at the lower concessional tax rate.
The government will extend the maximum time for tax deferral of seven years from acquisitions of interests to 15 years, allowing more time for the start-up to succeed.
The reforms, although not in force until July 2015, cannot come quickly enough for struggling start-ups that are losing talent to international companies and larger, cashed-up competitors. These changes are a step in the right direction to making Australia a competitive early-stage economy.
Start-ups that are eligible for the concessions are encouraged to wait until the new rules come into play before establishing their own employee share scheme.
Under the new scheme, companies can do away with complex synthetic loan plans currently used and establish an ESOP with a simple employee option agreement. Legal and tax costs will be heavily reduced as there are no tax implications at the outset.
We expect a huge demand for "off-the-shelf" ESOPs similar to legal products found in the United States. The government has announced that it will work closely with industry to develop standardised documentation that will streamline the process of establishing and maintaining an employee share scheme.
Early-stage companies will now be able to attract talent and retain employees by paying them with equity rather than vital capital needed to grow the business. The new ESOP rules will enable young Australian companies to offer a portion of their business to match the generous salaries offered by well-funded international companies, which are bidding for the same talent.
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Please join us in congratulating Alan Galvez and his team at Alan Galvez Insurance as August's Logan County Chamber Business & Entrepreneur of the Month.
Since 1988, the Alan Galvez Insurance Group has been providing individualized, personal service to customers with a wide range of insurance needs. Alan started as a life insurance agent in 1971.
After six years working in life insurance, he made the change to become a multi-lines agent at Sloan Insurance. He left Sloan in 1987 to purchase an existing agency, Ayres Insurance. He then renamed the agency to reflect its current name.
There with him from the very beginning in all of his business ventures has been his wife, Maria, who currently serves a crucial role in the business as the receptionist, the first face clients see upon entering the office. In 1996, Carrie Reynolds joined the team as an agent, and in 2003, became co-owner of the business. The agency currently employs two other agents, Jana Harrigan and Trevor Beazley, and just recently they hired another agent, Debbie Smith.
When asked why Logan County was the choice for his business, Alan stated that both he and Carrie were born and raised in the area, and that "it's a great community filled with some of the most giving, caring people you'll find. It's been good to us. It's home."
The agency is independent, meaning that they represent multiple insurance companies. Because of this fact, they are able to offer new and existing clients a wide range of options that fit every need and budget. Galvez and his team offer a myriad of insurance choices, including: auto, home (including condominium and renter's), boat, camper, motorcycle, business, life, and health (including Medicare Supplement). They are, in many ways, a one stop shop for any insurance need.
Since the agency is so diverse in the services they offer, it makes complete sense that they have diversified their communication methods in order to reach every client in this age of technology. They have a variety of communication methods, including: email, Facebook, text, the website, and even a mobile phone app. However, they still have a real person answering the phone and greeting any and all guests that might be walking through the door.
In addition, they have very strict customer service expectations that all team members follow, which include a timely return of phone calls and emails, as well as following through with what they tell clients they are going to do.
Because of this fact, the agency has been awarded various awards for their outstanding service including: The Pacesetter Award from Motorists Mutual, the Founders Award from Erie Insurance, and they have achieved Delegate status with Buckeye Insurance.
Their objective as agents is to be able to explain complicated insurance terms in a language that anyone can understand easily. Their ultimate goal as a small, family owned business, is to "strive to treat clients like family. At the end of the day, the Golden Rule is very much alive here."
The agency stands by their Golden Rule policy by being an active participant in various community events. They've hosted open houses and customer appreciation days to thank their clients for their support. In addition, they recently hosted a Flag Exchange/ Unserviceable Flag Ceremony where the community was invited to bring their unusable flags to the office in exchange for a new flag free of charge, and learn about the history of Flag Day. The ceremony concluded with a performance of "To the Colors", performed by the Logan County Honor Guard.
The agency is also very passionate about supporting the local police department. They have participated in many law enforcement oriented projects, including donations to support the purchase of bullet proof vests, funds for a K9 officer, and a distracted driving simulator. The team also supports the local fire department through instructional materials that are implemented in local schools.
Alan and his team joined the Chamber "to belong to an organization that fights for and supports small businesses". Through the Chamber, they are able to attend networking events to better familiarize themselves with other local businesses, as well as congratulate new businesses at ribbon cuttings. They also have the opportunity to attend educational programs, and gain access to a wide array of people they might not have met, which ultimately, helps to expand and improve on their business.
We thank Alan, Carrie, and the staff at Alan Galvez Insurance for their 28 years of Chamber Membership.


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Netflix Q1 Earnings On Tap Amid Rising Competition in Streaming
As it prepares to report Q1 earnings, Netflix faces rising competition from companies like Disney (DIS) and Apple (AAPL), which are launching their own streaming services.
By JJ Kinahan 10:20am ET 4/16/2019 5 min read
With an onslaught of new competition in the streaming services, dominant player Netflix (NFLX) has more than just kept its head above water so far this year—it's outperformed, at least from a market perspective. Whether the company can outperform new rivals in the long run from a business perspective is another question.
NFLX's quarterly report is on tap for after the closing bell today, and it may reveal more tempered numbers than it has in recent quarters, if the company's guidance and Wall Street analyst expectations are any indication.
Like its FAANG counterparts—Facebook (FB), Apple (AAPL), Amazon (AMZN) and Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL)—NFLX shares have been on quite a rip this year, and shares show few signs of slowing. Year to date, NFLX is up nearly 37%, as of April 11, compared to the S&P 500's 15% rise and the Nasdaq's 20% rise.
For years, NFLX has grappled with rising competition. Companies like Amazon.com (AMZN), with its Prime video service, and Hulu, with its bank of television programs, have claimed many of the "cord-cutters," or viewers ditching cable for cheaper or more customized offerings.
This year, the number of NFLX rivals continues to grow as major media and technology companies are jockeying for viewers' attention. In late March, AAPL announced two streaming services that will contend with NFLX, though it hasn't released prices yet. The first, called Apple TV Channels, will feature content from the likes of Showtime and HBO. The second service will showcase original content from Apple itself.
Walt Disney Co. (DIS) also seems to be in high-gear with trying to claim its share of streaming market with its Disney+ service set to launch Nov. 12, including content from the Star Wars and Marvel lines. With the start of this service, which will reportedly have about 500 movies and thousands of episodes of television shows, DIS plans to pull its content from NFLX. Its price point, at $6.99 per month or $69.99 for a year, appears to aim to undercut NFLX.
Even NBCUniversal, owned by Comcast (CMCSA), apparently has a streaming service in the works, which it said it plans to launch in 2020. One version is scheduled to be free, supported by ads, and could potentially attract NFLX customers who are price conscious. NBC's other streaming option is designed to be ad-free and will cost $12 per month.
Netflix May Be Getting Aggressive with Quest for Oscar
As NFLX has been investing more in its original content, some of its films have been up for an Oscar award. So far, it's fallen short. NFLX film Roma was among the nominees for 2018 best picture. In a move that appears to be positioning for better chances for a win, NFLX is reportedly in talks to buy Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, an unnamed source told CNBC.
That way, NFLX could better control exactly when it airs its content at the cinema, and when that film is available for streaming. Typically, theater operators like to run films for about 90 days before they are available for streaming, but NFLX launched Roma to streaming much sooner.
What to Consider Watching in Netflix's Q1 Report
Investors tuning into NFLX's quarterly report may want to consider that NFLX is among the companies that benefit along with the health of the consumer. After all, with more money to spend, people can better afford to sign up for its services. Lately, the average U.S. consumer has apparently been just fine and dandy, if you look at the U.S. jobs scene, which has started to trigger rising wages. This month, investors learned that there were 196,000 jobs created in March and hourly wages increased 3.2%. The number of people filing for unemployment hit a 49-year low in the week ended April 9, according to U.S. Labor Department data.
For NFLX, the positive economic drivers have likely played a role in its recent performance. Last quarter, the company posted results that beat Street estimates for earnings and subscriber numbers, but fell a bit short on revenue. It offered guidance for Q1 that was more modest than third-party analysts expected.
For Q1, the third-party consensus earnings is $0.57 per share, compared with $0.64 a year ago. Revenue is projected to rise to $4.5 billion, up from $3.7 billion last year. NFLX said it expects to add 8.9 million net additions globally, including 1.6 million in the U.S. in Q1.
Perhaps when NFLX posts its results, investors can learn how a price increase in January, in which its monthly fee increased to $9 from $8 for its basic plan, may have impacted the bottom line. The most popular plan, the HD standard plan, now costs $13 per month, up from $11, and its 4K premium plan is now $16, up from $14.
How the price increase impacts its revenue may hinge in part on any increase in content spend and how many new subscribers NFLX welcomed this quarter. New customers had to pay the higher price immediately, while those who were already subscribed were grandfathered in over three months, so we may not see the full effect of the price increase until Q2.
Netflix Options Activity
Options traders have priced in a 6.8% ($23.90) stock move in either direction around the coming earnings release, according to the Market Maker Move™ indicator on the thinkorswim® platform.
Put options have been active at the weekly 330 and 340 strikes, while call option activity has been heaviest at the 360, 375 and 400 strikes. Implied volatility was at 41st percentile as of this morning.
Note: Call options represent the right, but not the obligation, to buy the underlying security at a predetermined price over a set period of time. Put options represent the right, but not the obligation, to sell the underlying security at a predetermined price over a set period of time.
Figure 1: Making Strides. Netflix (NFLX) shares (candlesticks) have gained ground this year, but competition in streaming is heating up. The purple line is the Nasdaq Composite Index. Chart source: The thinkorswim® platform from TD Ameritrade. For illustrative purposes only. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
Cloud Contest: Microsoft and Amazon Fight Battle As Earnings Loom 5 min read Netflix Faces Content Shakeup as it Reports Q2 Earnings 5 min read IPO Extravaganza Might Buttress Q2 Bank Results, But Weak Trading Weighs 5 min read
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Carbondale Valedictorian Comes Out During Graduation Speech
· Jun. 2, 2015, 4:44 pm
Story of a brave girl & school unafraid for her to come as #gay out in grad speech. #EvanYoung http://t.co/Gbb2mhz8Zc pic.twitter.com/6tlPE1G8cq
— Post Independent (@GlenwoodPI) June 2, 2015
A 17-year-old valedictorian was able to come out as gay during her graduation speech, a first for Roaring Fork High School in Carbondale and a contrast from a charter school's decision last month to deny one of its students the same privilege.
The Post Independent reports Emily Bruell gave her administration-approved speech Saturday and talked about the limitations of labels, prompting a standing ovation from the audience when she said she was gay.
Twin Peaks Charter Academy High in Longmont decided the exact opposite when it scrapped valedictorian Evan Young's speech.
Bruell says she wanted to put a face to a vague label, and that coming out has made her more comfortable with that part of her life.


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Centage Corporation Ranks 43 on Boston Business Journal's Fast 50 2018
Natick, MA (May 23, 2018) – Centage Corporation (www.centage.com/), a leading provider of cloud-based budgeting, forecasting, analytics and reporting software, achieved the ranking of 43 among Boston Business Journal's Fast 50 honorees, which represent the 50 fastest-growing private companies in Massachusetts.
Centage is thrilled to be named alongside these elite Boston-based businesses. The Fast 50 winners were selected and ranked based on a formula that includes different data points, such as revenue growth from 2014 to 2017. The numbers are crunched and analyzed by the Business Journal's research department and CPA firm Withum, a Fast 50 partner. Centage attributes much of its growth to the hard work and dedication of its team, who are passionate about providing the most innovative alternative to time-consuming and error prone activities associated with using spreadsheets. Centage's Maestro Suite offers a flexible, driver-based model, continuous forecasting and robust, accurate analytics and reporting which provide deeper insight into a business's financial operations and total confidence in the accuracy of the results.
"We are honored to be named among such an incredible group of businesses," said Ken Marshall, chief executive officer of Centage. "Being ranked 43rd is clear recognition of our operational efficiency as well as the success of our Maestro Suite, serving over 10,000 users worldwide. Our growth trajectory is just getting started, and we're looking forward to the future."
"The BBJ's Fast 50 represent the power of the growing companies here in Boston. It is not easy to make the list anOKd we congratulate Centage and all of the companies that make up the Fast 50. Boston's economy is strong in large part because of these outstanding organizations," said Carolyn M. Jones, market president and publisher of Boston Business Journal.
About Centage
Centage Corporation's Maestro Suite enables faster, more accurate budgeting, forecasting, analytics and reporting for businesses of all sizes. Cloud-based and collaborative, the Maestro Suite eliminates the time-consuming and error-prone activities associated with using spreadsheets. It shows you how well your business is performing and helps you accurately forecast and report on its future financial health. It is the only solution that offers synchronized P&L, balance sheet and automatically generated cash flow reporting, to speed up decision-making and deliver useful business information all year long. Centage serves more than 10,000 users worldwide. Visit us at Centage.com, follow us on Twitter, or visit the Centage Blog for the latest insights on budgeting and forecasting strategies.
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Enemies Turned Allies: Coming Together for a Common Cause
Philadelphia and Boston are two cities bursting with tradition. When we think of these two cities, we automatically link them to their successful sports franchises. Philadelphians hearken back to the days of Dr. J, Bobby Clarke and Richie Ashburn among so many other incredible players. Whereas names like Bill Russell, Ted Williams, and Bobby Orr…
Kelly Dopke: The Determined Doctor
We set out on a mission to discover some of the most inspirational and influential student-athletes across the nation, and the stories that were submitted far exceeded what we were expecting. When looking for candidates for the Athlete CRUSH College Impact Awards – Lead Award – we received incredible stories from athletes across the nation.…
Josh Bringuel: A Man on a Mission
When we started the Athlete CRUSH College Impact Awards, we knew that college athletes were doing a lot of positive things in the community. What we didn't realize, was how significant of an impact they were having. As soon as we started accepting submissions, we started getting some incredible stories, one of which came from…
College Impact Awards: Catalyst Award Shortlist
The following student-athletes have been shortlisted for the Athlete CRUSH College Impact Catalyst Award: Josh Bringuel, Bryana Robinson, J.T. Trauber, Julie Foeldes, Sara Hayes. The Catalyst Award is given to someone who takes initiative to make a change. In other words, this is a person who gets involved with or starts initiatives to do good not only…
11 Athletes Who Supported March for Our Lives
America has definitely been experiencing a rough patch in its history in terms of gun violence. Even though gun violence has been a recurring theme throughout American history, it has never had such an impact on the youth. CNN reported that after only 12 weeks in 2018, there had already been 17 school shootings, averaging…
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The king of rave racing, Carruth, will soon make a comeback in a nationwide NASCAR series.
At the Richmondresway Camping World Truck Series, competitors for the ARCA Maynards will make their second appearance.
The news was first reported by Carruth on August 7; a day later, it was verified by the NASCAR entry list.
He will compete on August 13 at Virginia Short Track in the No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado.
And he will start out with the intention of improving upon his World Wide Technology Raceway performance.
On June 4, Carruth debuted in the Camping World Truck Series.On the 1.25-mile track near St. Louis, he placed 19th overall.
He stayed out of eight different on-track mishaps while operating the No. 7 Chevrolet.
Before reaching the finish line, Caruth advanced to the 11th position overall.
At the same track where he made his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut in April, he will now try to beat it.


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A brand new album released in October 2020
In what was a crazy and tumultuous year, Maurice Grumbleweed and I managed to produce a brand new album full of original songs penned by Maurice and recorded, produced and mixed by me at the HFM studios.
The album will be released on 12th October 2020 across all streaming platforms. It is likely that we'll also do short runs of physical merchandise so keep an eye out!
A Group Effort
We weren't the only performers on the album. We also collaborated with Steve Forward on In To Hell - one of the album singles we released. Steve provided us with excellent guitar performances and suggestions which were [huh huh] instrumental in the finishing of the track
We sent off all the mixes for a final master to Graeme Lynch of Two Zero Nine Mastering and i think you'll agree he did an excellent job.
We asked Warren Grime of Howell - Jones Photography to photograph Maurice for the cover, and asked Sven Shaw to design and produce the front and back covers for the album.
Go And Listen!
To hear the album, you can find it on Spotify, ITunes, Amazon, YouTube and many more.


Recently, Pew noted that in states where all ballots are sent to registered voters in the mail, many citizens return their ballots by hand, often by depositing them in drop boxes that are available 24 hours a day.
In Pierce County, Washington, the state's second-most populous county, approximately 54 percent of the more than 220,000 ballots cast in the 2014 general election were returned at one of 29 drop boxes. The boxes were available starting 19 days before Election Day.
State officials used a geographic information system and applied an analytic tool to determine the best locations for drop boxes. Ideal placement allows each box to serve the most voters and requires no more than a 10-minute drive for anyone dropping off a ballot.
The county has had vote by mail in place since 2011, and the auditor's office, which runs elections, found that small drop boxes filled up too quickly. Officials switched to larger, fire-resistant drop boxes weighing about 600 pounds that can hold up to 1,500 ballots. Each box cost approximately $5,000 to $6,000.


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Treating Sleep Disturbances May Be Vital in Schizophrenia
By Traci Pedersen
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Last updated: 8 Aug 2018
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Individuals with schizophrenia experience extreme disruptions in their sleeping patterns, according to a new Oxford-led study
Half also have irregular body clocks out of sync with the pattern of night and day.
Twenty patients with schizophrenia were involved in the research. Severe disruption in the sleep patterns were found in all 20 patients, despite their mood being stable and each being on a steady drug regime.
All patients took longer to fall asleep, spent longer in bed, slept longer and had much more variable sleep patterns, compared with a control group of 21 healthy unemployed people.
The research team insists that the severe impact of these long-term sleep disturbances need to be considered during treatment along with the other symptoms of schizophrenia, because they have such a strong effect on mood, social function, mental abilities and quality of life.
"The people in our study were stable in mood, taking medication and yet they still experienced enormous sleep problems," says first author Dr. Katharina Wulff of the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Oxford.
"Clinicians may need to start thinking about treating their patients' sleep problems as well, or refer them to sleep specialists," she says.
The variable sleep patterns are unlikely to be simply caused by having unstructured days without any routine, since those in the control group may also not have a pattern to their daily lives. The sleep disturbances also appeared unrelated to the different drugs taken by those with schizophrenia.
Ten of the patients also had irregular body clocks: Their internal 24-hour rhythm was delayed compared with all the others, or longer than 24 hours. They were often sleeping at times other than at night.
For example, an individual may only fall asleep after 4 a.m. and get up in the afternoon or have 'free-running' sleep patterns unrelated to the 24-hour day.
Although the study provides strong evidence of an association between schizophrenia and severely disrupted sleep patterns, there is not yet a demonstrated causal link between the two.
Sleep disturbances are considered common in many mental health disorders, including schizophrenia. However, this is one of the first studies to provide solid evidence as well as look for body clock abnormalities.
"Patients often complain of being so tired they can't concentrate, can't work, that dealing with their sleep problems would make life so much better. There are also lots of anecdotal stories from psychiatrists of patients being unable to settle to sleep and running around all night, or not turning up to consultations organized for mornings," says Professor Russell Foster of Oxford University, who headed the research group.
"We now know many of the patients are also essentially suffering persistent jetlag with their body clocks out of synch with day and night. This immediately opens up a lot of new avenues for research in understanding the links between sleep problems and mental ill health.
"But regardless of whether or not there is a mechanistic link between the body clock and psychiatric conditions, it is clear that treating sleep problems could improve the lives of many patients.'
The Oxford University-led study, with colleagues from UCL and the University of Surrey, is published online by the British Journal of Psychiatry.
Source: University of Oxford
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Traci Pedersen is a professional writer with over a decade of experience. Her work consists of writing for both print and online publishers in a variety of genres including science chapter books, college and career articles, and elementary school curriculum.
Pedersen, T. (2018). Treating Sleep Disturbances May Be Vital in Schizophrenia. Psych Central. Retrieved on July 15, 2019, from https://psychcentral.com/news/2011/12/24/treating-sleep-disturbances-may-be-vital-in-schizophrenia/32984.html
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Cerrado Private Reserves Project is extended due to success in Tocantins
by Thuanny Vieira, intern under supervision, via the State of Tocantins Government Secretariat for the Environment and Water Resources
The Cerrado Private Reserves Project promotes the conservation of natural resources by encouraging the creation, expansion and effective management of Private Natural Heritage Reserves (RPPNs). The same is carried out by the Pro-Nature Foundation (Funatura), with resources from the Partnership Fund for Critical Ecosystems (CEPF). Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund) and support from the International Education Institute of Brazil (IEB).
The objective is to increase the number of properties registered as RPPN to guarantee the protection of natural resources and biodiversity that are increasingly threatened in the biome Cerrado, this being a voluntary act of interest of the owner in sustainable use.
The consultant Ricardo Haidar, responsible for Tocantins, reports that "the project had a good adherence in the central region of the State", but "most of the properties do not have all the necessary documentation, land titles, preventing the creation of RPPNs".
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In Tocantins, four new RPPNs were registered through the project, two of them already included in the ICMBio and undergoing an inspection process, while the other two are in the process of documentation. A fifth property is being inspected and is expected to be approved soon. Outside the project there are still two properties that will become RPPNs, totaling seven new reserves in Tocantins, currently with ten and reaching seventeen.
SEMARH's fire conservation and preservation manager, Edilma Cavalcante, talks about the process of creating the RPPN on her property. "It was a simple procedure, I had no problems with the documentation because everything was well organized, but georeferencing is what most complicates the owners in the register," he said.
Its Serra do Carmo farm is located in Palmas and has about 14 hectares (ha), one third of which is closed forest. The entire forest became RPPN, totaling almost 5ha of conservation area. The manager says that preservation is necessary for the rare trees that the place has, such as Pau-Brasil. "My goal was to find a way to keep everything conserved even if the property is ever sold, the RPPN makes it possible for any future owner to protect what we have today."
Also according to the owner, "this area has not burned for 15 years, we have always been aware of this and we take all precautions for prevention in the area and in the neighboring properties".
Serra do Lajeado, Tocantins. Photo: © Ricardo Haidar / Project Collection Private Cerrado Reserves
The project coordinator, Laercio Machado de Sousa, explains that there are still many paradigms to be broken by the rural owners. "Some landowners think that with the creation of the RPPN they lose the land and it becomes the state's property, but that is not the case. The area remains private, he can sell or rent, as long as the new owner knows that that part that has become RPPN will be a perpetual legal reserve".
"One of the benefits of RPPN is the exemption from ITR to the owner, in addition to financial resources for payments for environmental services from the State. There is also how to create an income with ecotourism, research and environmental education", Says the coordinator.
Despite all its importance, today the biome has only 8% of its terrestrial surface protected by Conservation Units. With the increase of private reserves in this biome, not only fauna and flora will be more protected, but the benefits will be felt by the whole society, which depends on the ecosystem services produced by the Cerrado.
The The project will run until December and is open to new members. The landowner who wishes to register an RPPN can continue with his economic activities on the property and only allocate a piece of the area for conservation. It is necessary submit documents such as the Updated Registration, Rural Property Registration Certificate - CCIR, Land Title and Rural Territorial Tax - ITR, CAR and agree to lose the possibility of agricultural land use.
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The project started in September 2019 with the aim of increase the number of protected areas in the Cerradothus guaranteeing the maintenance of biodiversity and other natural resources. Among the objectives of the project are: the production of a list of owners interested in the creation of RPPNs and the elaboration of a script of meetings / seminars in the regions that have shown interest in participating in the project and implementing the processes of creation of the RPPNs. More information can be obtained on the website reservationsprivadasdocerrado.com.br, by email coordinacao@reservasprivadasdocerrado.com.br or through the Facebook / Instagram & #8211 networks; @reservasdocerrado.
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Athlete steroids essay
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Decade after decade, sport scandals have come and gone. The topic of steroid use in sports continues to make the headlines more frequently. We hear about Olympic athletes that have been striped of their medals because they failed the drug testing. There are also the professional sports athletes who are caught and centered out for using steroids. Athletes believe that by taking steroids it will benefit their careers and launch them to the peak of their performance. What are the consequences for both the athlete and the sport? How does this affect the fans? Fans view steroid use as a major corruption in sports, as well as the athletes that use the drug. During the last decade, many sports analysts debate the topic. Does the players' statistics even matter anymore if players are cheating?
There may be a legitimate reason for steroid use. One example would be that the drug helps the athlete overcome personal injuries. Steroids help the repair process, by quickly repairing joint tissues allowing them to return to the game rapidly and to compete more competitively. Steroids are especially popular with senior sport athletes. As one gets older, their skill level decreases and at the same time their bodies have a hard time keeping up with the younger players. By taking steroids, it helps these players maintain a strong physique, and to keep up with the sport endurance as it advances, which in turn will prolong their career. Taking steroids will shorten the player's time of being sidelined through injury. The most popular reason behind the use of steroids is to achieve an all time goal surpassing past successors. Steroids will always be around in sports, as long as big pay checks and fame come along with athletes accomplishments. The athlete may think that it's in their best interest at the time, but not for the fans who lookup to these athletes they call "heroes".
Professional sports can have a huge impact on the human body as they are constantly pushing themselves to the limit and have a high chance of running into injuries and skeletal problems throughout the intense seasons. When players are hit with injury, it can seriously impact ones career, and also the performance of an entire team. As an athlete progressively uses steroids, their bodies will begin to react negatively to the unnatural change. "The researchers' who conducted the survey also reported that the use of anabolic or androgenic steroids raises players risk of suffering joint, ligament and cartilage injuries throughout the body" (Reinberg, 1). Many times players are influenced by their trainers who will give their injured athletes steroids to speed up the rehabilitation process, to return them to the game. "In a survey that guaranteed confidentiality, 2,552 former pro football players answered questions on their use of performance- enhancing steroids and the musculoskeletal injuries they suffered during their playing years" (Reinberg, 1). For many NFL players take steroids, it allows them to compete through the though sixteen weeks that they face, and since football players are exposed to a high chance of injury, the use of steroids will help them battle any injury they in counter. In the long run these athletes do not realise the negative effects that will follow. "Guskiewicz speculated that the additional musculoskeletal injuries could have resulted from the increased weight of the muscle mass created by steroids, putting extra stress on joints that then wears down" (Reinberg, 1). As an athlete bulks up, they push their bodies beyond their limits and place too much stress on their joints.
As many sports legends reach the end of their careers, they take steroids to push their bodies so that they can prolong their career for a few more seasons. Also, up and coming stars also join in and take steroids as they want to prolong their future and the sport that they love to play, and to get to the next skill level.
In the MLB many stars such as Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire took steroids in the later stages of their careers as they wanted to continue to battle with the young stars, and to continue to climb to the top of the statistic charts. "It is easy to understand why Mark McGwire, Roger Clemens or Barry Bonds might use steroids, assuming they did. McGwire got hurt, turned 30, and his career was in jeopardy. He had to hit home runs to stay in the big leagues. He ended up hitting a lot of them" (Posnanki, 1). Many pro football players take steroids to compete harder. This is a disadvantage towards the older players, which ultimately force them to also take steroids to allow themselves to compete longer. "9.1 percent said they had used steroids, with the certain categories of players more likely to report using drugs. For example, 16.3 percent of offensive linemen admitted using steroids, as did 14.8 percent of defensive linemen" (Reinberg, 2). As everyone takes steroids it evens out the playing field between the younger and older athletes. Not only do the older athletes take steroids to compete longer, high school athletes also take steroids to jumpstart their careers and to make it to the next level of competition. "The nation's largest steroid testing program caught only two Texas high school athletes taking unauthorized substances out of more than 10,000 students who were tested, according to results issued last week" (USA Today, 1). Athletes of all ages cheat and take steroids to allow them to compete longer in the sport that they would die for. To them it is a gift to play longer, but to many fans they see these older players as "washed up".
The use of anabolic steroids is banned by all major sporting bodies, including the International Olympic Committee, Major League Baseball, the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, the National Hockey League, World Wrestling Entertainment, TNA, ICC, ITF, FIFA, FINA, UEFA, the European Athletic Association, and the Brazilian Football Confederation. Anabolic steroids are controlled substances in many countries, including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, the Netherlands (NL), the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (U.S.), while in other countries, such as Mexico and Thailand, they are readily available over-the-counter for easy purchase. More and more athletes are being banned each year for the use of steroids, but why do they continue to use them when they know their careers are at risk? A lot of this has to do with poorly enforced regulations and the bending of the law when it comes to professional sports. The most common reasons why doping is banned from organizations are because it's harmful to the athlete's health, there is an unfair advantage to athletes who are doping when they are sized up to natural players, and finally steroid use conflicts with the spirit of the sport, which is to work for victory by exhibiting "natural" physical skills and quality of character. The substance is banned for all the right reasons, but the consequences for breaking the ban aren't severe enough to scare athletes from using them. Steroids had been passed as a Federal crime in the 1990's to stop the use of drugs promoted by role model athletes, "It was claimed that making non-medical steroid use a federal crime would accomplish this, but over the last 15 years, I can't think of a single high- profile professional ballplayer who was ever arrested for possessing steroids" (Jendrick, 94). Even though possessing steroids is a Federal offence these athletes are being seen above the law, and receiving lesser punishments within the organization they are apart of. In order to completely abolish the chances of doping, these organizations would have to step up their punishments, by leaving it in the hands of the law to be properly prosecuted.
Throughout the years, in all types of sports and competitions, steroids have been present, creating degrading controversy that has destroyed the game for many fans. For the athletes, both young and old, who are taking steroids to overcome injuries and achieve personal goals, they soon realize the negative long term effect that it has on their bodies. Some health risks can be produced by long-term use or excessive doses of anabolic steroids. These effects include harmful changes in cholesterol levels, acne, high blood pressure, liver damage, and dangerous changes in the structure of the heart. A review in 2005 in CNS Drugs determined that "significant psychiatric symptoms including aggression and violence, mania, and less frequently psychosis and suicide have been associated with steroid abuse. Long-term steroid abusers may develop symptoms of dependence and withdrawal on discontinuation of AAS". (this quote came from this website:Wikipedia put in the info)
In Conclusion there will always be athletes that take steroids. They will take the drug for various reasons, to break records, help their self esteem, use as a substitution for hard work, recover from injuries. Unfortunately it does not give them a good reputation and many organizations and fans view this as cheating. In my opinion Steroids will always be around in sports and competitions, unless serious steps are made by governing organizations to completely abolish the use of steroids in the sport and severe penalties are imposed. It's unfortunate that this abuse of steroids is taking place, especially since many athletes are viewed as role models for many young children who aspire to someday become famous athletes.
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Protecting Nurses, Saving Lives
This blog was written by Judith Oulton, Chair of the Africa Action Network for Nurses and Midwives
In response to the growing COVID-19 pandemic, the Africa Action Network for Nurses and Midwives (AAN) was created. What began in early March 2020 as an idea among four individuals, keen to address a shortfall of information and personal protective equipment (PPE) for nurses in Africa, quickly grew to 20 founding members in Africa, Europe, North-America, the Middle East, and Asia.
It rapidly became evident that, if Africa was to have sufficient PPE, it needed to be locally made and it needed to be reusable. We consulted with global experts to establish evidence-based specifications for locally made reusable PPE, including masks, aprons, and gowns. Masks quickly became our number one priority.
Practical information was also needed. Nurses, lacking knowledge, and PPE feared going to work and members of the public started to fear interacting with them because of the perceived risks of catching the virus. Stigma grew and, with it, the threat of violence. African nurse leaders and former leaders of nursing associations and councils stepped up to respond to this challenge.
Understanding that practical information and advice from experienced clinicians was urgently needed we initiated "China Africa Live", an online weekly Q&A session with nurses and doctors who were the first responders to COVID-19 in Wuhan, China. The sessions continue and can be viewed on Youtube: China-Africa Consultations.
In May, AAN launched its first local PPE production project with the Kampala International University School of Nursing (KIU). To date, students and faculty members have produced 170,000 evidenced-based, reusable surgical-type face masks. These are donated to hospitals and facilities without PPE. KIU is now planning a research project to evaluate mask use and effectiveness.
In July, another face mask production project was launched in Malawi, as a partnership between the Malawi Association of Retired Nurses and Midwives and the Malawi Nursing Council. Since then, Rwandan nurses have begun to produce masks and proposals are in the pipeline from Lesotho and Tanzania. As a result of the growing stigma surrounding nurses caring for patients with COVID-19, we are now also concentrating on providing information for the public and psychological support for nurses.
The work of nurses locally is greatly appreciated. Being better equipped to provide safe, quality care bolsters nurses' morale, enhances nurses' image, and, by working with employers and suppliers, builds new leadership skills as well as new and stronger links to the community. Our hope is to help more nurses in Africa protect themselves and those they serve.
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RCI Announces Agreement to Acquire DAE
agosto 8, 2017 RCI Announces Agreement to Acquire DAE2017-08-08T00:01:00+00:00 New Jersey No Comment
PARSIPPANY, N.J., Aug. 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — RCI, part of the Wyndham Worldwide family of brands (NYSE: WYN), has reached an agreement with vacation group Beneficium to acquire DAE Global Pty Ltd. (DAE), operator of Dial An Exchange, a leading timeshare exchange company headquartered in Australia, and @Work International, a software company also based in Australia. The deal is subject to customary conditions precedent, including receipt of applicable regulatory approval. DAE's offices in Australia, New Zealand, US and Egypt will become part of RCI upon completion of the acquisition. The addition of DAE will complement RCI's existing business, broaden its appeal to a new base of travelers and strengthen its position as a leader within the global alternative holiday accommodation sector.
«Since first pioneering the vacation exchange concept more than 40 years ago, RCI has continually found new ways to evolve and grow its own business while also propelling the exchange industry forward,» said Gordon Gurnik, president of RCI. «Through this acquisition we will expand the exchange and holiday options we offer travelers, increase the technology capabilities we provide to our resort partners and strengthen our footprint in key growth markets across the globe.»
As part of the RCI family of brands, DAE will benefit from the core competencies RCI has developed over the past four decades as the leader in vacation exchange, including inventory management, member marketing and analytics. The company will also enjoy the added resources that come with being part of a global hospitality leader. DAE, which has established a strong loyal consumer base, will continue to run as an independent brand and be marketed separately from RCI. However, the similarities among these exchange-oriented businesses will allow for greater collaboration between the companies to foster growth.
Founded in 1997 and celebrating its 20th anniversary, DAE offers a direct-to-member exchange model globally through a combination of corporate-owned operations, joint ventures and licensed entities. The acquisition of DAE will expand RCI's exchange offerings to reach a new pool of timeshare owners. The addition of @Work International, which develops exchange management and reservation management software programs, will allow RCI to bolster the technology solutions it can offer its Homeowner Association (HOA) and affiliated resort partners.
DAE will continue to be led by co-founder Francis Taylor as managing director while Peter Vanderhorst will continue to serve as managing director and lead @Work.
«This will provide DAE with the resources it needs to fulfill its ultimate potential,» said Taylor. «It's a great opportunity for the company and its dedicated staff around the world.»
RCI is the worldwide leader in vacation exchange with over 4,300 affiliated resorts in nearly 110 countries. RCI pioneered the concept of vacation exchange in 1974, offering members increased flexibility and versatility with their vacation ownership experience. Today, through the RCI Weeks® program, the week-for-week exchange system, and the RCI Points® program, the industry's first global points-based exchange system, RCI provides flexible vacation options to its 3.8 million RCI® subscribing members each year. RCI's luxury exchange program, The Registry Collection® program, is the world's largest program of its kind with approximately 200 affiliated properties either accessible for exchange or under development on six continents. RCI is part of Wyndham Destination Network and the Wyndham Worldwide family of brands (NYSE: WYN). For additional information visit our media center or rciaffiliates.com. RCI also can be found on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter.
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Founded in Australia in 1997, DAE has been the pioneer of the direct-to-consumer model of vacation exchange. Today, it is the largest global operator in this field worldwide, with 11 offices located across North America, UK, Europe, Asia Pacific, South Africa and the Middle East.
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An explosion occurred in a 90-ton-per-day incinerator at a municipal refuse incineration facility. Three workers were seriously burned by high-temperature gas that spouted from the inspection door, and one of them died 10 days later. The accident happened during inspection and repair of the furnace ash chute damper. The workers injected water to remove some blockage, and the water reacted with incinerated aluminum ash to form hydrogen, which caused the explosion.
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Cummins engine boss vows to offer customers "power of choice"
ATLANTA, Ga. – Cummins is uniquely positioned to offer customers their "power of choice" well into the future, according to president of the engine business, Srikanth Padmanabhan.
Padmanabhan was speaking to truck press today at the inaugural North American Commercial Vehicle Show, where he said Cummins will be able to provide internal combustion engines, as well as full-electric and hybrid powertrains, and eventually even fuel cell electric powertrains.
During the unveiling of AEOS, the first fully electric, zero emission truck, at the Cummins Technology Center on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017 in Columbus, Ind. (AJ Mast/AP Images for Cummins)
"We have shown time and again, when the industry changes, or when technology changes, that is when we deliver and when we deliver for our customers in a big way," Padmanabhan said. "We will be there to provide that power of choice for our customers, regardless of what the powertrain is going to be."
He cited Cummins' history of "technological leadership," including its introduction of the diesel engine when trucks were predominantly powered by big gasoline engines. Cummins has been in the engine business for 100 years and will this year produce 1.3 million engines. It has a running population of 15 million engines.
The next 15 years, said Padmanabhan, will see further disruption, in the form of connectivity, automation, and energy diversity. He said Cummins will play a role in these areas. In terms of connectivity, Padmanabhan said Cummins is finally putting the data collected by its electronic control modules to use, and providing meaningful data to fleets.
"We have the ability to collect massive data and the ability to make better decisions because of analytics behind it. I think it's going to revolutionize the industry," Padmanabhan said of connectivity.
When it comes to automation, Padmanabhan said Cummins has a role to play by developing a compatible powertrain and enabling automation through its ADEPT software. And as for energy diversity, Padmanabhan vowed Cummins will be ready to meet customer needs with whatever technology is the most viable for them.
Padmanabhan also noted Cummins is working on a new heavy-duty engine platform, which will be rolled out in 2022.
"They'll be lighter, and the performance will be better," he said. He also predicted more components will be electrically powered in the future. And there may even be hybrid trucks that can operate electrically in areas with bad air pollution, and by traditional fossil fuels some of the time.


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Esme Howard
A Diplomatic Biography
Author: B. J. C. McKercher
Esme Howard (1863–1939), 1st Baron Howard of Penrith, was one of Britain's most important diplomats of the early part of this century. Linguistically and diplomatically gifted, he was an integral member of the small group of men who made and implemented British foreign policy between 1900 and 1930, a critical transitional period in Britain's history as a world power. The years between 1890 and 1903, which preceded Howard's major diplomatic achievements, are seen as crucial to his development, years when his marriage, his conversion to Catholicism, his foreign travel, and his work with London's working classes moulded the confidence and strengths of his later character. Thereafter, the book covers Howard's personal and historical importance as consul general in Crete, Budapest and Berne and at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, and as ambassador at Madrid (1919–24) and Washington (1924–30). Made possible by the recent discovery of Howard's private papers, this well-informed and readable biography of a hitherto neglected figure will eliminate a major gap in the history of twentieth-century British foreign relations by giving Howard's career its first full treatment.
1. The making of a diplomat, 1863–1903
2. Crete: consulship and civil war, 1903–1906
3. Washington: Imperial affairs and arbitration, 1906–1908
4. Budapest and Berne: prelude to the Great War, 1908–1913
5. Stockholm: war and diplomacy in neutral northern Europe, 1913–1916
6. Stockholm: diplomacy and war in neutral northern Europe, 1916–1918
7. Paris: Poland, the Baltic States, and the Treaty of Versailles, 1918–1919
8. Madrid: Anglo-Spanish relations, 1919–1924
9. Washington redux: rebuilding good relations, 1924–1927
10. Washington redux: meeting the American challenge, 1927–1930
Epilogue and conclusion 'A great ambassador'
B. J. C. McKercher
Diplomacy and World Power
Studies in British Foreign Policy, 1890–1951
The Second Baldwin Government and the United States, 1924–1929
Attitudes and Diplomacy
Transition of Power
Britain's Loss of Global Pre-eminence to the United States, 1930–1945
Baldwin Papers
A Conservative Statesman, 1908–1947
British Catholic History
NEW to Cambridge in 2015 British Catholic History (formerly titled Recusant History) acts as a forum for the most…


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I may have alluded to this before, but I've been appointed (self-appointed and by unanimous consent of all concerned) to be the custodian of the family history.
All my life, photography and picture taking has been a big part. My Dad, an inveterate photographer, always had some kind of camera. Since Dad was mostly broke, and unlike his son was credit-card-averse, his cameras for years consisted of the highly reliable, cheap, surprisingly good Kodak Brownie. He had 3: a black one, a blue one, and a green one. He took pictures of everything that came within his view; mostly his family, on which he doted.
In 1966, he "upgraded" to an Instamatic 404, which he used until he got his first SLR, a Canon A-1. He kept taking pictures until his hands got too shaky to hold the camera still.
I inherited the photography bug from him; was always fascinated; always begged him as a child to let me take a picture (he passed the old black Brownie on to me when he got the new blue one, though he wouldn't waste money on film for my photographic efforts at age 6...).
Dad got the first Brownie because he and his wife had a new house, a new puppy, a new car, and a new baby on the way. He figured he'd better get a camera, and since paying for all that wasn't cheap, he opted for the Brownie.
He took slides because (a) the film was cheaper to buy and cheaper to process, (b) storage was less difficult (he also bought an Argus slide projector, a total beast, exceedingly temperamental, and only Dad understood it. Also, it would allow only Dad to operate it; it knew how we felt about its temperamental ways...), which took these big metal "magazines"---also hideous to operate, and I'm dreading trying to extricate those fragile slides from those nasty old metal magazines), and (c) "slide shows" were a real event around our house.
We'd get a new roll of film back from Kodak (because, of course, you had to send the roll of film off to Kodak for processing, they'd process, and send the box of slides back to you; took about a week or two, depending on how busy they were), Dad would load them into a magazine, we'd stretch a sheet across a window (or just take one of the pictures off the wall) and have a slide show; Mother would pop popcorn, we'd all get a Coke or Dr Pepper, and on with the show.
When we broke up Mother and Dad's household, along with boxes and boxes of family history/genealogical research, I inherited boxes and boxes of slides. The slides are all of my baby pictures, my sisters, my first trike, my first bike, all our dogs, Christmases 1957 through around 1980, all the loved relatives now gone, Dad's trip to the Holy Land, my "Grand Tour" of Europe (he let me take the 404!), my first car, my sister as a pep squadder, my sister as a baby wanting to ride a horse (how unusual... ;-). I smile and wink because she lives on acreage in Boerne, TX and has horses---which are pets, very large pets who eat a lot and make very large poops and occasionally consent for her to ride on them.
In any event, the old 50's slides are very, very fragile now. They are in complete disarray and disorganization. The good news is, Kodak always printed the date on the slide, so I know when they were taken; of course, I remember most of them so the "where" part isn't difficult.
My year-long project is going to be to scan and catalog those slides.
I would be SHOCKED (shocked!) if some of them didn't find their way here.
So, it's off I go a-scannin. I figure, it's something to do this winter when the days are long and somewhat rainy.
One more thing: I've got a Nikon D50 (very nice) with a cheap but effective Promaster zoom lens (I want the Nikon Zoom-Nikkor Zoom lens - 18 mm - 200 mm - F/3.5-5.6 - Nikon F; as soon as any of you would like to contribute $800 or so to my cause, I'll have one...), and I like to flatter myself that I take some pretty good pictures. But you know, I'll bet Dad's were just as good or better, with vastly inferior equipment. Stay tuned.
Can't wait to see some of your dad's photography. Happy scanning.


The perspective and approach to the subject matter; the inclusion of Bianca's friends in the storyline as a sort-of how-to in helping a friend who has been sexually assaulted cope.
While I get that the intention was not to demonize Chase, it still felt as though Chase was very clearly the bad guy. Perhaps cutting out the confrontation between Chase and Tomar would help us not to other Chase so much. I also was surprised that Tomar didn't blame himself more – he almost immediately pushes the blame off onto Chase, when he was the one who left Bianca behind in the first place.
This is a show with a message that needs to be sung from the mountain tops – while short, (a mercy, considering the heavy subject matter) the play manages to take us through the entire lived experience and perspective of what it's like to be a victim of "the gray" areas of sexual assault. It's a piece designed to open dialogues about consent, particularly on college campuses, where discussions about these things are greatly needed. It's an incredible, educational look into different perspectives like we haven't seen before. The Gray should be required viewing for everyone at least once!


Four people were charged Thursday in connection with the brutal torture of an 18-year-old man with special needs that was streamed live on Facebook.
Jordan Hill, 18, of Carpentersville; Tesfaye Cooper, 18, of Chicago; Brittany Covington, 18, of Chicago; and Tanishia Covington, 24, of Chicago; were each charged with aggravated kidnapping, hate crime, aggravated unlawful restraint, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and residential burglary, according to the Cook County state's attorney. Hill was also charged with robbery and possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
Police said they don't know the motive behind the apparent torture or the suspects' decision to film it. At one point, the teens, who are black, told the victim, who is white, to say he loves black people.
The family of the special needs man brutally tortured by four people while they streamed it live on Facebook spoke out for the first time Thursday.
Four people are facing hate crime, kidnapping and other charges in connection with the brutal torture of an 18-year-old man with special needs that was streamed live on Facebook.
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What is Vape Tornado Trick?
Wellon Vape Expert has introduced Vape Ghost Inhale trick.
It's a Vape beginner trick, very difference with Vape Tornado Trick.
The name sounds fun and intimidating, and rest assured that this trick will impress anyone who sees it.
This maneuver entails creating a flat pool of vapor that forms into a tornado shape.
To achieve a perfect tornado takes a ton of practice.
If you have any question about Vape Tornado trick, please contact Wellon Vape Experts.
How to do Vape Tornado Trick?
This smoke trick does not require any advanced mouth movements.
So for some, this may even be easier than blowing smoke rings; but this trick does require you to practice a hand technique.
Just like the vape bubble trick, you will need an empty paper towel roll.
All you have to do is carefully exhale your vapor, but make sure that you do it on a super flat surface, and bear in mind that it has to be pretty thick.
The next step is to make use of your hands and chop at the surface.
Use your hand to chop downward at the surface lightly.
As soon as your hand touches the surface, flick your wrist up and lift your arm.
Afterward, flick your wrist up and raise your arm, all in one motion.
Some say the secret to a successful tornado is to inhale as much smoke as your lungs can stand.
Others say you should store a bunch of smoke in your cheeks. See which way works best for you.
All you need is a flat surface, but you can use an empty paper towel roll to assist you as well. Slowly exhale smoke directly on the table or through the cardboard cylinder so it's hovering over the surface and forming a cloud. Before the smoke dissipates, slide your hand through the cloud and swoop it up quickly. Watch in awe as your smoke spirals into a tornado shape.


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Dr Beate Stiehler-Mulder nominated for the 2021 Adfocus Awards
Date: Mar 30, 2022 | College of Business and Economics, Department of Marketing Management, Staff Achievements
Congratulations to Dr Beate Stiehler-Mulder on her nomination to the main jury for the 2021 Adfocus Awards, taking place on 24 November. The AdFocus Awards recognises the best agencies and individuals in the South African marketing and communication landscape. Creativity, marketing skills coupled by all-round business acumen gets highlighted. Check her out at: http://www.adfocus.co.za/juries/main
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Pines Village Retirement Communities, Inc., announces the 2017-2018 recipients of the Margaret M. Rivers and Anne Lauterbach scholarship awards. Over $25,000 was awarded to twelve (12) undergratuate student employees.
The scholarship program was created to foster employee longevity and encourage employees to pursue their higher education goals. Through the generosity of our residents, their families, the Board of Directors and staff, over $200,000 in scholarships have been awarded to undergraduate and graduate student employees of Pines Village since 1996.
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Kerry's Gas Field Plan Won't Make Palestine a Better Place
Start-Up Occupation
Israel's electric automobile pioneer BetterPlace filed for bankruptcy on the day John Kerry announced his new Middle East peace plan. Kerry should learn from BetterPlace's mistakes, writes Matthew Kalman.
Matthew Kalman
Updated Jul. 11, 2017 5:35PM ET / Published May. 28, 2013 1:45PM ET
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As fate would have it, Israel's electric automobile pioneer BetterPlace filed for bankruptcy on the day Secretary of State John Kerry announced his new Middle East peace plan to the same World Economic Forum where Shai Agassi first floated his battery car dream a decade earlier.
I've written extensively about BetterPlace, listened to Agassi set out his dream, test-driven the car, checked out their mission-control-style National Operations Center in Rosh Ha-Ayin and even had rare access to the closely-guarded bowels of a BetterPlace battery-switching station where technology once used to load bombs onto airplanes has been refined, computerized and beaten into environmentally-friendly ploughshares so drivers can swap a half-ton of charged lithium-ion in under five minutes.
I'm saddened by the failure of Agassi's effort to create a world where cars run on clean energy, but the near-billion-dollar failure that made him the poster child of the Start-Up Nation bears lessons far beyond the business perils of green technology.Like the obscure car crash that sparked the first intifada in 1987, the BetterPlace pile-up is more than a traffic accident. The company's failure is a morality tale about what happens when a game-changing vision and brilliant theory collide head-on with entrenched realities and patterns of behavior.
Agassi made his pitch to the WEC on the mountaintops of Davos, while Kerry chose the depths of the Dead Sea, but there is poetry in the notion of Kerry unveiling his new vision of Middle East peace before the same gathering of business luminaries this weekend. Like Agassi's electric car, Kerry's peace train rides in on solid theory mixed with a vision of a brighter, better future. But Kerry should stop and look at the failures of BetterPlace and learn some lessons for his own shiny new vehicle.
BetterPlace failed because of fatal flaws in the plan that was supposed to transform the business dream into a daily reality that would be seized with enthusiasm by ordinary Israelis. Instead of listening to what consumers wanted from an electric car, Shai Agassi and his colleagues preached their own green gospel. Instead of creating a range of vehicles for different lifestyles and pocketbooks, BetterPlace presented consumers with a single model and said: take it, or leave it. Instead of sharing the tax breaks and price-savings with customers, BetterPlace seized the money for themselves, resulting in a deal that made the cost of electric higher than gas. On top of that, drivers faced the daily uncertainty of never quite knowing if the company would last long enough to keep their cars on the road.
Does any of this sound familiar? On Sunday, Kerry set out a vision of economic prosperity for Palestine that was as relevant and real to most Palestinians as Shai Agassi's battery switching stations were to most Israelis.
At the end of the day, Agassi's cars were too expensive for ordinary Israelis and irrelevant to their transportation needs. Kerry's peace plan ignores ordinary Palestinians and fails to address their political desires.
Ordinary Palestinians want an independent state based on the pre-1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital and the right of return to their former family homes now in Israel. Israel isn't willing to grant any of that, but is prepared to tinker around the margins. Palestinian leaders tell their own people they are fighting for all those things, but tell the Israelis and others they are also prepared to tinker. Meanwhile, billions of dollars of foreign aid are pumped into a bottomless pit that most ordinary Palestinians never see.
Now Kerry has offered the Palestinians an unattainable electric car of peace. Instead of batteries and switching stations, his dream of increasing Palestinian GDP by 50 percent, reducing unemployment by two-thirds, and raising Palestinian wages by 40 percent is based on another kind of energy: natural gas.
The centerpiece of Kerry's seven-point plan—which he did not unveil on Sunday—is the multi-million-dollar development of the first Palestinian gas field. In 2000, British Gas sank two successful wells off the Gaza coast that suggested reserves of a trillion cubic feet, worth $2.4 billion to the Palestinian economy. Kerry's plan is to bring the gas ashore in Gaza, where he will also build the Palestinians' first seawater recycling plant, before piping it across Israel to a 600-megawatt gas-fired power station in the northern West Bank near Jenin.
Kerry also foresees a Palestinian industrial complex on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea near Jericho to mine potash and mineral deposits. Other initiatives will boost tourism, agriculture, technology and construction.
"It is a plan for the Palestinian economy that is bigger, bolder and more ambitious than anything proposed since Oslo, more than 20 years ago now," Kerry told the audience in Jordan on Sunday.
"Agriculture can either double or triple. Tourism can triple. Home construction can produce up to 100,000 jobs over the next three years, " said Kerry, adding that the plan would enable the emergence of an independent Palestine free from dependence on foreign aid.
Sounds great, but none of it will happen—at least not during Kerry's term. The projects will require Israeli agreement allowing Palestinian access to areas of the West Bank currently controlled by Israel, as well as changes to the Oslo Peace Accords to ensure full Palestinian economic independence. This Israeli government will never agree to the Palestinians producing their own fresh water and electricity and thus ending their lucrative dependency on Israel for those basic needs. Nor will any Israeli government permit the vast infrastructure projects Kerry foresees arising near Jenin and Jericho. An industrial park backed by Japan on the Jericho site has been logjammed for nearly two decades.
And that's before we even consider the fact that, as long as Hamas is in control, the Palestinian Authority can't even swim off the Gaza Coast, let alone drill for gas there.
Even if Kerry can somehow turn Palestine into the Start-Up Occupation, none of this will bring a political solution any closer. It will not ease negotiations on borders, East Jerusalem or the right of return for refugees.
And the fact that none of it will actually happen, that Kerry's shiny new peace train is unlikely ever to leave the station, will have both sides running for the battered, blood-guzzling, bullet-riddled jalopies that may drive round and round in circles, but at least give their drivers the comforting illusion of movement.


The bands origin dates back to 1992 when Pekka Kokko, guitarist Anssi Seppänen and drummer Petri Sankala founded a band called Ancestor. In the following two years, the band issued the demos Ethereal Devotion and No Strings Attached and welcomed Pekka's brother into the fold. Several more demos with names like Tomorrow and Under The Burbot`s Nest was recorded before the band changed its monicker. The band had also lost two of its founding members.
Kalmah recorded its debut for Finland's Spinefarm. This disc was also licensed to Century Media for America. Sneck joined the band in 2004. The band's biggest success came with The Black Waltz, which entered the Finnish charts in early 2006. In January of that year the band announced its intention to embark on a Canadian For The Revolution tour in April of 2008. The gang's fifth full-length album, For The Revolution, was out in April. It was recorded at Tico Tico Studio. Kalmah released a new album, called 12 Gauge, on March 3rd, 2010 through Spinefarm Records. The album was recorded between June and August 2009 at Tico Tico studio in Finland and was mastered at the Cutting Room in Sweden. In a bout of originality, the band has also recorded a cover version of Thin Lizzy's Cold Sweat. Kalmah recruited keyboardist Veli-Matti Kananen (One Morning Left) in 2012 replacing Marco Sneck. Kalmah was unleashing its seventh studio offering in June of 2013. Titled Seventh Swamphony, the follow-up to 2010's Gauge release, was recorded at Tico-Tico Studios in Kemi, Finland, and featured eight tracks, mixed and mastered at Sweden's Fascination Street Studios by Jens Bogren (Opeth, Paradise Lost, etc.). Kalmah release an album, called Palo, through Spinefarm in April 2018.
Unfortunate choice of album names for this Finnish newcomer band, for Kalmah has very little associated with dirt, sludge or swamp. Utilizing a clean sound for the most part, these very skilled musicians (including several Eternal Tears of Sorrow members) are part speed metal part No Fashion-like deathrash. One can't be certain what the label thinks this band's potential is, but the arrival of the CD without a tray, sleeve or cover probably doesn't bode well. So much more surprising to hear that, despite the disappointing appearance of Finland's national affliction the keyboard on the rare occasion, Kalmah is a good, tuneful speed metal band whose vocal and guitar delivery are well above average and occasionally outright inspiring. Tuned rather high and sounding up beat at times, the band delivers a proficient guitar-laden speed metal attack the dream of bands working on album number three or four - imagine Walls of Jericho era Helloween with harsher vocals and up-dated sound. Were the band to drop the weak synthesizers, concentrate on making pure metal and see to it that the label accords the band a little more respect ( ie not calling the band 'trash metal' - sigh!), it would be easy to see a bright future for Kalmah. - Ali "The Metallian"
I challenge anyone to listen to this disc and then tell me this does not sound exactly like the official theme for Mickey Mouse. This sad affair begins with the sound of a poor soul wading through the swamp and nothing could be more appropriate. Sped up Mickey music, happy lullaby melodies, all trebleness and screeching to high heaven, Kalmah is nothing more than a synthesizer-happy kiddie act from Finland. Only a Finnish band could rip off Dark Tranquillity and make it sound even poppier than the original.