His Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 AM on Thursday, September 13, 2018 at the Lutheran Brethren Fellowship Church in Williston. Rev. Ron Erickson will officiate. Military rites will take place immediately following the service at the church.
Friends may call at Everson-Coughlin Funeral Home on Wednesday, September 12, from 9:00 AM until 5:00 PM and for the hour preceding the service at the church on Thursday.
Interment will take place in Bethesda Cemetery north of Williston.
Arnold "Arnie"Orville Johnson, 88, of Alamo, North Dakota, passed away Sunday morning, September 9, 2018 at CHI St. Alexius Health Williston Medical Center.
Arnold was born on December 10, 1929 in Appam, ND to Bert and Hilda (Krabseth) Johnson. He attended school in Appam, and also the Quie School. He delivered mail which took him on routes between Appam and Grenora. Arnold also served in the U.S. Army as an artilleryman, stationed at Fort Meade, Maryland from 1953 until his honorable discharge in 1955.
On December 7, 1962, Arnie was united in marriage to Gladys Knudsvig at the Trinity Lutheran Church, rural Ambrose. The couple lived on the farm, South of Alamo.
Arnie had a love for farming, gardening and raising his chickens, he also enjoyed driving his Studebaker and collecting and restoring antiques.
He is survived by his brother, LeRoy (Bonnie) Johnson, of Montana; sisters-in-law, Stella Johnson of Hazen, North Dakota and Stella Johnson of Clarkston, Washington; and several nieces and nephews.


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My very long absence from this blog has been due once again to work on an iPhone app, but I plan to take a break from coding, assuming the app, which I just submitted to Apple for approval today, doesn't require quick revision. As the title of this post no doubt indicated to anyone potentially interested in the app, it is an app that calculates grade point averages, universally known as GPA among those concerned with them. My first encounter with the concept was as a college undergraduate. My high school had kept what amounted to an equivalent sort of average, the one where an A was a 95 and so on. In college, where courses might have different credit values assigned to them, a different method was needed, based on the idea that, for example, making an A in a 4 credit course and a B in a 3 credit course was a better result than if the grades for the two courses were swapped. So grade points were assigned by multiplying the worth of the grade times the credits for the course, with an A being worth 4, a B worth 3, and so on. Add the grade points up and divide by the sum of the credit values of the courses to obtain the GPA. For historical accuracy, I should state that the University of Texas in my day used a 3 point maximum (for all A's) system, but the principle was the same.
It seems most high schools have by now adopted the GPA method of ranking students. That much I understood, but in recent years I became aware of a wrinkle that has been added to high school GPA calculation. At my kids' high school, an honors class gets an extra half a point added to its grade, making a 4.5 the maximum grade point per credit for an honors class, while an Advanced Placement (AP) course gets a full extra point added. I suppose one motivation for this "weighting" of grades (as its called, though I'd have called it "incrementing," since there's not really a multiplicative factor involved) is to encourage students to take the more challenging courses without fear of bringing down their GPA. Of course it also encourages students that are competing for class ranking and to get into very competitive colleges to load up on AP courses. Given that weighting of courses seems to have become the rule, that then puts students at high schools that don't offer AP courses at a disadvantage, which has led some colleges to look rather at "unweighted" GPA. Other college admissions offices may keep the weighting, but eliminate the non-academic classses such as gym, as they recompute the GPA.
Thus there can really be a number of GPA a high school student might be interested in knowing. A college student needn't consider weighting, so far as I know, but a student planning to apply to graduate schools may need to be mainly concerned with grades in the major subject, possibly only the upper division courses. I know that as a physics undergraduate, I was given to believe that my GPA in upper divsion math and physics courses were what mainly mattered. It was these sorts of considerations that convinced me that a flexible GPA-calculating app that allowed the user to maintain a set of customizable formulas for doing the calculations would be worth developing, since from what I could tell there wasn't such an app already being sold.
To obtain the flexibility I wanted, the app would need not only to do weighted and unweighted calculations, it would also have to provide an easy way to include or exclude certain courses such as non-academic ones or courses outside the major. So in addition to having standard, honors, and AP categories, I added an "other" option, just for ease in selecting whether to use a course in a given calculation. An example of a course definition is show in the app screen shot below.
An example of a calculation method with the choices available is shown below. The user can create just those of the four possible definitions (weighted/unweighted with others included/excluded) wanted for the GPA records. When I say four, I'm assuming the other options of grade step and A+ handling would be the same for all calculations of interest, which might conceivably not be the case.
If even those four aren't enough for a particular case, I've made it easy to duplicate a whole year's (or other term's) courses. Thus there could be two versions of the Sophomore Year with some courses absent from one of them. A simple on/off switch in the list of terms makes for easy switching between the two cases. This feature of optional inclusion of a term in the GPA calculation can also be used for calculating the GPA under different future scenarios. Note the "Best Case" and "Worst Case" Junior Year options in the screen shot below.
An example of the courses defined for a full term is shown below.
I also decided to make the app capable of keeping the grade records and GPA calculation methods for multiple students. All the GPA files stored on a given iPhone or iPod Touch are available for inspection and modification through selection from a list, as shown below.
Finally the app description that was submitted is seen below. Details of how the app works are in the User's Guide.
OnScreen GPA Pro provides these extra benefits:
• Gives you the power of multiple customized GPA calculation formulas to match any school's method.
• Lets you keep grade records and calculate GPA for any number of students.
• Makes defining and calculating GPA for what-if scenarios a snap.
• Makes it easy to calculate GPA including or excluding a user-defined course category.
• Allows fractional credits.
• Simplifies entering new data by allowing duplication of existing courses, terms, and whole files.
See the OnScreen GPA Pro User Guide at http://nondummies.com/onscreengpapro.pdf to get a fuller picture of the app's power and simplicity.
Say you're a high school student and you've set up your GPA calculation to match the way your school does it. That's what you need for determining class rank. But what if the college you're applying to turns out to use a different method? Perhaps they don't consider non-academic courses, such as gym. Perhaps they don't use a GPA "weighted" to give extra grade points to honors and AP classes. With OnScreen GPA Pro, you just define a new method to match that school's way and calculate GPA using whichever method you choose. There's no point being limited to one or two calculation formulas, when this app lets you define one to match that of any school or to make one up to satisfy your own curiosity.
In addition to standard, honors, and AP categories for classes, there is a "wild card" category called "other", which can be anything you choose it to be. You can define a calculation method to exclude the "other" category. For example, if you're a college student considering graduate school, you may find that upper-division courses in your major are of greatest importance. OnScreen GPA Pro makes it a snap to calculate your GPA for just those courses. If you're a high school student, you can peg your non-academic courses as "other" and define a calculation method that excludes them, while having another that includes them.
The app is flexible in another valuable way. You can easily include or exclude from your GPA any given terms or years you choose. In addition to making it easy to see how your GPA has changed from year to year, this gives you the power to make "what if" scenarios for the future. What if you make all A's your senior year? Just define a best case senior year as one of your terms. Include it in your GPA calculation to see how much it can change where you currently stand. It's as simple as tapping an on/off switch on your iPhone screen. Use this as a motivational tool.
If you really are a "GPA pro," i.e., someone whose job involves accessing a lot of GPA, such as a high school guidance counselor or college admissions interviewer, then OnScreen GPA Pro's ability to keep complete grade records with GPA for any number of students on your iPhone or iPod Touch is obviously a feature you can use. But even if you're not a pro, you may appreciate the ability to record the grades for all of your children or for friends and siblings. The other benefit of having multiple files is that you can make a backup file, just in case you accidentally delete something from your record.
To make entering new terms and courses faster, OnScreen GPA Pro lets you duplicate ones you've already created. It's faster to duplicate your whole junior year with the name senior year, then go through and edit the course names and grades than to create a new term called senior year and add courses to it one by one. But you can do it either way. Duplicate your whole file to make a backup or to use as a template for making a file for a friend with a similar schedule.
Taken together, the features outlined above put OnScreen GPA Pro in a class by itself.
Tags: college admission, GPA, grade point average, iPhone app, iPhone developing, iPod Touch
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Bob Dake will be responsible for leading the company's leasing and merchandising strategies, reporting directly to CEO Michael Carroll. : ShopOne Centers REIT Inc. has hired Bob Dake as its executive vice president of leasing. Dake will report to CEO Michael Carroll and will be a member of the executive management team. In his new role, Dake will be responsible for leading the company's leasing and merchandising strategies. Prior to joining ShopOne, he was the vice president of National Accounts at Brixmor, managing relationships and leasing activity with major retailers within the company's portfolio.


Tenth year head coach Matt Viator put it plain and simple to the media at Monday's first press luncheon of the season. McNeese will play McNeese football.
LAKE CHARLES – Tenth year head coach Matt Viator put it plain and simple to the media at Monday's first press luncheon of the season. McNeese will play McNeese football.
The Cowboys kick off the 2015 season at 6:39 on Saturday night at LSU in a game that will be televised by the SEC Network Alternate channel that is carried on channel 611 on DirecTV.
McNeese will be opening up the season against a power five conference member for the second straight season. In last year's opener, the Cowboys took the Big Ten Conference's Nebraska to the wire in a 31-24 last minute loss.
Viator, who is 10 wins away from matching Bobby Keasler's 78 career wins as the school's all-time winningest coach, is expecting nothing but the best from the Tigers.
Injury Report: Several Cowboys will miss Saturday's game including defensive end Brian Hine who is nursing an injured knee. Hine, a starter in all 11 games last season, led the team with 9 ½ tackles for a loss last year and was second on the squad with four sacks.
Also out for Saturday will be offensive linemen Matt Wilson and Jalen Smith, quarterback Joe Lissard, and linebacker Callen Smith. Senior running back Dylan Long, who injured his knee in the first scrimmage of the preseason, is listed as doubtful.


Hospitals that pay for nursing school or provide tuition assistance or reimbursement is a dream for any student.
If you already work for a healthcare facility as an LPN, you might be able to get a nursing tuition reimbursement while going from LPN or CNA to RN.
They do this to promote continuing education and already have invested in you in your current position. Check with your human resources department to see if you have a hospital job that pays for nursing school.
If you are not employed, inquire from your local community medical centers and schools to see if there are work-study programs will pay for your school. Its work checking out because the cost of nursing school is not cheap.
Get paid to go to nursing school? Not quite.
1. Scholarships – Many hospitals offer scholarship to deserving students. This could be a part of their corporate social responsibility activities, or it could be to fill their future need in human resource.
Based on merit, they can conduct competitive tests to interested students, or evaluate the performance of their employees wishing for advancement in the field of nursing. Scholarships may also be granted based on need.
2. Soft loans – Students who wish to become nurses may also avail of low-interest loans offered by some hospitals. You may inquire from hospitals in your area.
3. Grants – Students who are unable to avail of soft loans may seek grants from hospitals that are highly committed to the community in helping deserving students finance their education. Good educational background is likely one of the prerequisites to qualify for such grants.
4. Hospitals pay for nursing school in exchange for work – Some students aspiring to become a nurse go the route of working in a hospital while completing their nursing school. In return, the hospital shoulders the tuition expenditures.
Many hospitals offer tuition reimbursement in exchange for working in their facility as an aide, clerk, laboratory technician or receptionist.
5. Study now, work later – There are hospitals that help finance your nursing studies, provided that you commit to work for them after you complete your education. It is a practical and convenient way of becoming a nurse and getting a job right after. Inquire from local hospitals for such programs.
Are there any hospitals that will pay for nursing school?
The following 5 hospitals reimburse nursing school tuition if you qualify per their selection criteria. Apart from that, they offer a range of other benefits.
Note: This list is not exhaustive and is a selection. There may be many others. Research hospitals in your area to find more.
1. Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN – this facility is known for medical research and the latest advancements in the field of medical science.
It also pays for nursing school to those qualified. Their program includes staff development, clinical rotations, training, and relocation expense. They even have childcare assistance for emergencies.
2. Kaiser Permanente's Oakland Medical Center in Oakland, CA – if you are employed in this medical center, you may benefit from tuition reimbursement, loan forgiveness, discounted tickets to tourist destinations, and weekly supply of organic food.
3. Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights, IL – the hospital reimburses $3,500 of tuition. It also extends loans and various services, including concierge services and $5,000 loan for buying a house.
4. Lucille Packard Children's Hospital in Palo Alto, CA – this hospital takes care, not only of its patients but also of its employees. They reimburse nursing school tuition, offer on-site bachelor's degrees and master's degrees, and multiple opportunities for growth.
5. Yakima Valley Memorial in Yakima, WA – this hospital is known for its positive and supportive culture. Some of the advantages that nurses enjoy are tuition reimbursement, 401(k), childcare and leadership programs.
How do I find someone to pay for me to go to nursing school?
It is best if you are already employed in one of the hospitals in your area, perhaps working as clerical or administrative personnel.
Or you could already be in the nursing field as CNA or LPN, but would like to widen your responsibilities and opportunities.
If not, find ways to be familiar with the field you are interested in and become part of it. Here are some points to help you in your search for hospitals or healthcare companies that will be willing to pay for your nursing studies.
Inquire from the hospital's Human Resource Department for programs that will pay for nursing school. Early on it pays to establish good relationships with the hospital and healthcare people.
Decide which nursing school to attend making sure it is state-accredited. Apply for admission to your school of choice. Visit the school's Financial Aid office and inquire about their financial assistance program for nursing students.
Oftentimes, schools have linkages with hospitals that pay for nurses' education with a contract that you would later work for these hospitals for a specified number of years or months.
Explore online for scholarships, grants, soft loans or other financial assistance offered by hospitals for aspiring nurses. Try to check out healthcare and pharmaceutical companies. Some of them are into sponsoring or granting scholarships to deserving students.
You can also look for specific grants which can readily help cover incidental expenditures that nursing-financing programs may not cover.
Once you find hospitals that pay for nursing school or reimburse your nursing school tuition, take time to read the terms and conditions before signing any agreement.
In your haste, you might miss the fine print and some conditions you can't possibly comply. In cases of breach of agreement, you will most likely be required to pay everything that was paid for your schooling.


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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., April 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Metalytics (www.metalytics.bio), has launched the world's most advanced and innovative technology for performing Metabolic Flux Analysis, CoreMFA®. CoreMFA is used to accelerate the development and optimization of cell lines in biomanufacturing and pharmaceutical industries, where billions of dollars worth of products are produced by living cell "factories", in "bioreactors" or biorefineries. A bioreactor is an apparatus in which living cells carry out biological processes, or metabolism, to convert raw material into final products on an industrial scale. The optimization of this process depends in large part on metabolic engineering of the cells and defining the best growth conditions (media composition, temperature, cell density, etc.) maintained within the bioreactor. The ultimate goal of metabolic engineering--the practice of optimizing the conversion of these raw materials into the necessary molecules, is high-yield production of valuable substances on an industrial scale in a cost-effective manner.
With CoreMFA, Metalytics is enabling the next industrial revolution, that of Synthetic Biology, by optimizing the output from cell factories, which can be problematic and time-consuming. Researchers often rely on ineffective trial-and-error techniques to understand the best combination of metabolic processes and growth conditions involved in their cell factories. This includes testing hundreds of different engineered strains or cells to identify the "ideal" strain, and using gene and protein expression data or static metabolite measurements to inform their engineering approaches. However, none of these approaches directly report on metabolic pathway fluxes, which are the functional endpoints of the individual steps within these complex systems. By providing this critical information about cellular metabolic rates in living cells, CoreMFA allows investigators to quickly and rationally engineer improved cells for biomanufacturing. By highlighting the most promising targets in metabolism, reduced time-to-market, increased productive output and production capacity, lower capital requirements, and reduced raw material costs can be achieved.
Bioproducts can be broadly broken down into energetic bioproducts and non-energetic bioproducts (pharmaceuticals, chemicals and other non-regulated microbiology produced products like food enzymes/additives, beer, food products, crops, etc.). BCC Research estimates that the global market for bioproducts is expected to grow to $700.7 billion through 2018, with a projected five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.5%.
The key idea behind Metalytics CoreMFA offering is to provide deep insight into optimal conditions for the production of a specific product by an optimized cell line. CoreMFA studies are carried out by feeding cells 13C -labeled glucose isotope and subsequently measuring the patterns of isotope incorporation that emerge in metabolites as the raw material is converted into final product. CoreMFA, integrates isotope labeling data with additional measurements of nutrient uptake and product excretion rates in order to calculate metabolic pathway activity or flux. By systematically accounting for all extracellular carbon inputs and outputs and all major intracellular pathways, CoreMFA effectively reconstructs comprehensive flux maps depicting these intracellular metabolic networks.
"Metalytics CoreMFA will help to accelerate scientific discovery, drive cell line enhancements, and ultimately improve productivity of hundreds of biomanufactured products," said Sam Yenne, CEO of Metalytics. "We are extremely excited about the capabilities of CoreMFA and how we can help our customers improve their productivity and profitability with this offering."
About Metalytics: Metalytics (www.metalytics.bio) is a biotechnology firm with core metabolic flux analysis (MFA) software and technology-enabled services, which allow investigators to quickly and more effectively understand metabolic pathways. Practical applications include support of rational engineering of improved cells for synthetic biology, as well as for biomanufacturing process development.


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Get a Rise Out of These Tasty Nice British Baking Present Secrets and techniques
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Or is it Nice British Bake Off? Why the beloved present has two completely different names and extra secrets and techniques revealed in regards to the competitors that has made life slightly sweeter for everybody watching.
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In case you had any doubts about simply how vital The Nice British Baking Present has turn into to the well being of the nation's psyche, relaxation assured.
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Poet Amanda Gorman, who's been credited with a minimum of reviving America's collective spirit because of the poem she read at President Joe Biden's inauguration, spent lots of her mandated stay-at-home time throughout the COVID-19 pandemic binge-watching the show on Netflix.
So there you go. No phrase on whether or not it was a dozen excellent éclairs, completely proved baguettes or desserts within the form of an inspirational individual's head that served because the direct conduit to the 22-year-old's hovering phrases, however take into account her soul soothed.
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Gorman's, and numerous others.
The present was already 4 years into its run within the U.Ok. when it first premiered within the U.S. in 2014, a curious new confection airing earlier than Masterpiece and different assorted status programming on Sundays. Slowly at first after which abruptly—audiences on this aspect of the pond fell in love with judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood, hosts Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins and the top-notch newbie bakers ages 17 to contestants sufficiently old to be that teenager's great-grandparent. Each week they emotionally and intensely—but in addition politely and supportively—battle it out for the title of "star baker" and, in the end, the championship.
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Mixers whir, chocolate tempers and dough rises, problem after problem, and in the long run, the winner will get… a small glass cake stand.
As a result of it is not about cash, individuals. It is about difficult your self, testing your limits, staying cool underneath stress, and proving that you just and your baking know-how are sufficient. (Which you all the time are, even when it is simply not your day within the tent.)
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Naturally, we needed it for our personal, as evidenced by the rise of The Nice American Baking Present, which premiered in 2015 on ABC and was completely edible.
However nothing, nothing, might evaluate to the appeal of the unique seasons (or sequence, or collections) of which are streaming now on Netflix and, even when you understand who wins in the long run, are endlessly rewatchable.
But whereas the completed product has served as the proper balm for these demanding instances, The Nice British Baking Present remains to be a sophisticated manufacturing, one which requires all the things to return collectively simply so, and that is earlier than the human errors—the nicked fingers, curdled custards, soggy bottoms and baked Alaska within the bin—will be captured alongside with the profitable confections.
So, in honor of the most recent season, it is time to peek between the layers of The Nice British Baking Present:
1. If you happen to're within the U.Ok. you are watching The Nice British Bake Off. However in america, it is The Nice British Baking Present. Why?
Properly, if the time period "bake off" sounds a bit nostalgically acquainted to you, maybe due to a sure little roly-poly chef with a pokable stomach, there you go. Pillsbury trademarked the time period within the U.S. after its nationwide contest, began in 1949 (the corporate's eightieth anniversary), for the most effective newbie recipe utilizing its brand-name flour turned the annual Pillsbury Bake-Off®.
Therefore, that a part of the title was already taken on these shores.
2. The well-known tent is situated in Berkshire's Welford Park, within the southeast of England.
It takes 12 to 13 weeks to movie a 10-episode season, and in contrast to most actuality reveals the place everybody lives in a lodge close by (if not the identical rose-strewn home), the opponents go dwelling to their regular lives throughout the week. So, these two-day rounds, signature and technical challenges on Saturday and showstoppers the following day, are actually two-day, all-day rounds.
"You have not actually bought a life apart from Bake Off. No social life," season 4 winner Frances Quinn told Cosmopolitan UK in 2019. "That was essentially the most demanding time. We needed to get a prepare down on the Friday and we might have a get up name at 5 a.m., we might be within the tent at 7 a.m. We would wrap filming at about 8 p.m. after which it could be the identical once more the following day. I would get again at about midnight on the Sunday. It is not only a two-hour bake with a number of buttercups."
They do have to remain over Saturday night time, after all, however even going backwards and forwards to the lodge on the shuttle was demanding, Frances recalled. "It was like going in the direction of an examination, after which on the best way again, some individuals had carried out very well within the examination and a few individuals hadn't carried out so effectively and it was the following day when you understand somebody goes dwelling," she stated. "It was difficult attempting to take care of everybody's completely different feelings."
3. Once they say these are the finest newbie bakers in all the U.Ok., they imply it—or they're a minimum of essentially the most decided.
"It is a lengthy utility type. I believe it is designed to place some individuals off, basically," season 4 semifinalist Beca Lyne-Pirkis of Wales told BBC News in 2015. "It asks you about all the things you could have carried out, good and dangerous. It is designed to get details about your character, tales, mishaps and successes."
The producers, in the meantime, are simply as on the ball. "Think about my shock once I acquired a telephone name, not 24 hours after I had pressed ship on the unique e mail!" season 5 contestant Jordan Cox wrote on his weblog Muffin Unattainable. The telephone interview lasted about an hour, and "we mentioned my baking, hobbies, and work life. They even examined my baking expertise, asking me to explain the best way to make a number of baking staples off the highest of my head."
Acknowledged Beca, "You want to have the ability to do a little bit of all the things, with a little bit of creativity and aptitude—completely different however not too completely different."
Christine Wallace of season 4 recalled to BBC Information that, at her first audition, "we needed to [make] a candy cake and a savory bake. I did a really elaborate chocolate cake with a raspberry mousse coronary heart and a chocolate ganache—and a quiche with smoked salmon and asparagus." After which there are extra auditions. "We're honor-bound to maintain the small print a secret," stated Christina's fellow competitor Glen Crosby, "however in a single audition we needed to prepare dinner a selected recipe, underneath timed situations with individuals asking us questions on what we have been doing."
4. Whereas it is no secret that every episode takes place over the course of two days, the contestants nonetheless put on the identical outfits on each days.
Requested about that seemingly pointless requirement, season seven finalist Jane Beedle defined it was for "continuity," simply in case.
"The present is filmed in the identical order it is proven on display," she told the Mirror in 2019, "they usually by no means re-shoot a bake however generally they may need to redo an interview from the day earlier than, so they need you to be in the identical garments for that."
Frances Quinn instructed Cosmo UK, "They only need to get a lot footage for an hour present. You are being interviewed about eight instances a day, simply so they have each sort of reply and each sort of query has been requested. They do not need to miss a factor." About sporting the identical garments two days in a row, she stated, "Fortunately they alter the aprons so we do not seem like a Jackson Pollock portray by the top of it. I believe layers [help], however even you then nonetheless need to put on what you had on, on prime. Tough. And everybody was all the time like 'Did you purchase two of all the things?' and I used to be like 'No, you are spending a lot cash on butter and eggs…'"
5. Whereas the present's larder is stocked with all of the butter, flour, eggs, and many others. that any baker may want, solely a lot of their bills are coated for training at dwelling or in the event that they need to usher in outdoors gadgets.
"It is humorous the quantity of elements I used to have in my kitchen," Frances recalled of making ready her recipes. "Folks would are available and I would just bought used to seeing that quantity of butter and utilizing so many eggs. Me and my fridge wanted a detox after the present."
And whereas some contestants introduced honey cultivated from their very own bees and particular spice mixes, some gadgets have been rather more fundamental. "Even bananas," Frances stated, "if you happen to want the actually ripe ones if you happen to're making a banoffee pie and those they bought in from the net order have been inexperienced. You need to take it to the following degree."
Jane instructed the Mirror she could not keep in mind how a lot, precisely, the present gave them for bills, however "when you're within the tent they supply all the things you want, all of the elements and tools."
"If you wish to go over the funds you possibly can, you possibly can go psychological, however that is your selection and naturally you pay for that your self," she added.
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6. Simply as with The Voice or So You Suppose You Can Dance, if this is not your season, possibly the following one will likely be.
Season 5 winner Nancy Birtwhistle told BBC News that she had tried and did not make it onto the present simply the earlier 12 months. "Undeterred, I continued to learn and be taught and utilized once more for Sequence 5 and this time I used to be profitable in 'The Tent' forward of 16,000 different candidates," she shared.
7. The crew checks the ovens daily earlier than the bakers arrive by test-baking a dozen desserts.
"We mark every one, then get a runner to face at every station with their cake combine so we will be positive they've all gone into the oven on the identical time and will be correctly examined," meals researcher Georgia Could, one of many present's secret weapons who's principally in cost of constructing positive there are zero issues with the elements or tools, told The Observer in 2014. "We simply have to make certain we're truthful."
She continued, "We have got to verify the contestants are completely satisfied. They'll specify what model of a product they need, we've to get it after which de-brand it for display."
One other staffer is stationed at a close-by grocery store every morning, able to run in and seize any vital last-minute gadgets. "Typically [the bakers will] be awake in the midst of the night time they usually'll have determined that, oh, figs would be the factor that can make their bake."
Or, Could added, "I keep in mind a number of sequence again, somebody needed freeze-dried raspberries so I needed to decide them out of a field of Particular Ok one after the other."
And no surprise Frances was so wired. "Final 12 months Frances Quinn had a showstopper that required 150 elements," Could recalled. "It stuffed the entire of that desk. [Another time] we did a chocolate showstopper and that alone used 50 kilos of the stuff."
8. If you happen to've ever fretted watching the judges pop one in every of a dozen canapés into their mouths or eat a number of forkfuls of cake and transfer on, fear no extra. All that bread and pastry doesn't go to waste.
"The crew eats all of the leftovers," Jane Beedle told the Mirror. "We get some delivered to us within the inexperienced room so we will style every others bakes, nevertheless it's solely slithers." Nevertheless, "If there was a great deal of your bake left you then'd comprehend it was terrible."
9. Yeah, so unique choose Mary Berry is type of a baller. (Not that we wanted to let you know that.)
The English baking maven, who has greater than 75 books to her title and a mindboggling variety of TV credit, had a droll expertise clubbing in Ibiza as soon as. When she was in her 70s.
In round 2006 she discovered herself, together with some mates, headed to Pacha on the island notorious for its debauched celebration scene. "They stamp you as you go in, and you'll see the steam popping out as you go up the steps," the married grandmother told the Daily Telegraph in 2014. "It was like a rabbit warren: numerous little rooms and in each room there was music, there have been bars, there have been unusual drinks, there have been individuals smoking or sitting on the ground."
And whereas her private model runs to excessive avenue appears from Zara and Oasis, "There was each sort of clothes you could possibly think about: miniskirts; a few of them with hardly something on," Mary recalled. "The noise was superb and naturally the boys could not stand it. They went outdoors and waited for us on the steps, and the ladies all hung collectively inside. We did not need to miss a trick."
It was only a slight descent then, actually, to the underworld of cooking meth. "It is stunning! Then you definately get into it and also you assume, 'Have I seen episode 4 or 5?' You get hooked," she recalled binge-watching Breaking Dangerous on set of The Nice British Bake Off. "It is higher than motor racing, which Paul [Hunnings, her husband] watches—although I would desire Downton Abbey."
Apparently they have been going by way of the entire AMC lineup, as a result of Frances from season 4 remembered Paul, Mary, Mel and Sue "watching Mad Males and stuff after we have been having mad episodes of baking! They'd be watching boxsets."
10. Frances remembered plucky presenters Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc being the best possible, telling Cosmo UK, "I all the time stated that Mel was superb at serving to you clear your work floor down. You used to need to put out Sue-friendly bowls as a result of she would simply go round consuming stuff off your work bench and also you'd need to be like 'no Sue, I want that.' They're genuinely as pretty as they arrive throughout. You simply needed to have extra banter with them however you must focus in your caramel not burning."
11. Maybe essentially the most bitter second in Bake Off historical past was its bounce from the BBC to Channel 4 in September 2016, which resulted within the exits of the tipple-appreciating Mary, in addition to Sue and Mel. The BBC did elevate the $410,000 (in at the moment's conversion from kilos) per-hour licensing price it was often prepared to pay to $685,000 an hour, for 30 hours, to maintain what had been its most-watched present of 2015. Channel 4 outbid its fellow public broadcaster, providing $833,000 an hour, or nearly $25 million for the entire batch. "The BBC's sources aren't infinite," one BBC govt told The Guardian on the time.
However although Channel 4 stated it deliberate to maintain the present intact, many of the forged (none of whom have been concerned within the licensing negotiations) selected to not comply with it to its new dwelling.
Mel and Sue stated they have been leaving the day after the brand new deal was introduced, on Sept. 13, stating they have been "shocked and saddened" by the transfer, which that they had made it clear they didn't need. "We have had essentially the most superb time on Bake Off, and have liked seeing it rise and rise like a pair of yeasted Latvian baps," the comedians stated, in prime type until the top. "We're not going with the dough. We want all the longer term bakers each success."
9 days later, Mary introduced that her loyalty lied with the BBC and she or he would not be making the transfer, both. "What a privilege and honor it has been to be a part of seven years of magic in a tent…The Bake Off household, Paul, Mel and Sue, have given me a lot pleasure and laughter," stated the busy octogenarian, whose reveals since have included Britain's Greatest Dwelling Cook dinner, A Berry Royal Christmas (that includes Kate Middleton and Prince William) and Mary Berry's Easy Comforts.
She additionally stated, "I'm simply unhappy for the viewers who might not be prepared for change, I hope they perceive my choice. I want this system, crew and future bakers each attainable success and I'm so very unhappy to not be part of it. Farewell to soggy bottoms."
12. Paul, nonetheless, understanding on which aspect his bread was buttered, stated that he was completely satisfied to be persevering with on as a choose with the present. (Plus Channel 4 gives fewer restrictions for expertise to capitalize on industrial alternatives outdoors the sequence.)
Cue the nationwide controversy, with appropriately named media commentator Lord Sugar calling the production company "grasping" and predicting a "whole catastrophe."
Awkwardly, season seven with the unique forged was nonetheless about to premiere, as have been two Christmas specials—however all have been a smashing success. The season finale was the most-watched TV present within the U.Ok. in all of 2016, with 15.9 million tuning in. A 12 months later, 7.7 million watched the season eight finale on Channel 4—however 9.2 million watched the season 11 finale and a five-minute peak of 10.2 million was the channel's biggest-ever in a single day viewers.
"We'll all the time be mates," Paul said of Mary on The Jonathan Ross Show after the break up. "I used to be along with her final weekend, we had such a giggle." Requested to verify that his choice hadn't affected their relationship, he replied with a smile, Evening King-blue eyes twinkling, "Why would it not? How might it?…No, no, no, she'll all the time be my TV mom, in addition to Mel and Sue will likely be my sisters. We are like a dysfunctional household."
And he and Mary did speak whereas they have been making their respective selections, Paul shared, acknowledging that he'd been referred to as loads of nasty issues on-line. "I believe in the end it was our personal choices [to stay or go]. We're all at completely different factors in our personal careers." He stated that Mary instructed him, when he instructed her he'd be staying, that "if I have been your age I would do the identical factor." Furthermore, "I love doing my job, I actually do," and sure, he was going to be paid a bit extra to do the job he already liked. "I needed to keep." (And if their friendship might survive Mary writing "Love, Mary x" with a Sharpie on the door of his very posh automotive some years again… it might survive something.)
Requested who was within the working to affix him, he instructed Keira Knightley and Kylie Minogue—fellow visitors who occurred to be sitting on Ross' sofa with him. "Can I be Mary Berry?" Keira requested, intrigued.
13. The hunt to switch Mary was a giant freakin' deal, with bookmakers taking bets on the names that have been bandied about, together with Nigella Lawson and season six winner Nadiya Hussain.
In the end it was boldly accessorized restaurateur Prue Leith (you too can see her passing judgment on four-course meals on The Nice British Menu, streaming on Amazon Prime) who joined Paul on the judges desk, whereas The Mighty Boosh funnyman Noel Fielding and writer-comedian-activist Sandi Toksvig have been tapped as the brand new presenters. Days earlier than the March 16, 2017, announcement, Prue referred to as the rumors that she was within the working "full nonsense," but in addition that "there's not a prepare dinner within the nation who does not need to do this job."
She instructed Jonathan Ross in 2018, one season underneath her belt, that she truly did not really feel all that a lot stress at first as a result of she did not absolutely notice what a nationwide treasure the present had turn into. "I simply thought, effectively, yeah, it's going to be enjoyable to try this—after which, once I went to have an audition, after which one other audition, and meet this man [gesturing to Paul], then I needed to do it!"
Deciding she'd put her technical know-how on the road, she baked a Gugelhupf cake to deliver to her second audition—however her husband took a have a look at it and suggested, "That'll by no means get previous Paul Hollywood." So she did not deliver it!
14. Prue has proved a worthy addition, although Mary would by no means have ever by accident tweeted the title of the winner six hours earlier than the season eight finale aired (for starters, Mary's not on Twitter), a pretend pas Noel and Sandi duly made enjoyable of the next season.
"Have you learnt, I believe that was one of many worst half an hours, that first half an hour once I realized what I would carried out, which was essentially the most idiotic factor on the planet," she lamented afterward on This Morning. Prue was in Bhutan on the time and, seeing a reminder to congratulate the winner, she flubbed the time change and despatched her congrats to Sophie Faldo zinging into the Twitterverse method forward of schedule.
She realized pretty immediately what she'd carried out, "after which I went right into a type of panic mode the place I could not work my telephone. I didn't know the best way to delete it shortly, and I could not assume. And in the long run, I simply rang my trusty [assistant]." Who had already deleted it, like a champ. "However that was 89 seconds after I would carried out it, too late." Requested how she felt, Prue provided, "Suicidal. I imply, terrible."
Primarily feeling horrible about taking any consideration away from the winner, she emailed Sophie, who replied, "'Do not be foolish, it is wonderful.'" And all people was truly very nice about it, Prue added, and she or he bought lots of understanding messages from individuals, some very well-known, reassuring her, "I might've carried out that."
15. Although the recipe stayed the identical for 10 years, give or take an ingredient swap, season 11 was baked in half the time however at double the temperature, metaphorically talking (do not attempt it with precise cake). To tug off the latest season within the period of COVID-19 (fortunately earlier than the U.Ok. entered an excellent stricter lockdown interval towards the top of 2020), the contestants and 130 crew members have been relegated to a bubble on the Down Corridor Lodge & Spa in Essex for six weeks. The lodge operators agreed to have 25 staffers available to run the place.
"We drew up this whopping checklist of protocols together with our medics and well being and security officers," govt producer Richard McKerrow explained to the Telegraph. "It is fairly a bit of labor—not as massive because the Bible however not far off. Everybody needed to quarantine for 9 days, have two COVID exams and have meals delivered to their doorways."
Then, he continued, "They'd a deep-cleaned rental automotive delivered to their home 5 days upfront, then travelled to the bio-bubble with out stopping on the best way. They stayed of their room for twenty-four hours whereas a 3rd COVID check was carried out. Solely then have been they in and sealed off."
The consequence: a season that seemed slightly regular, minus the acknowledgment of the bubble—and the finale that did not embrace the finalists' households or the beforehand cast-off contestants. But it surely was completely price it.
As Love Productions artistic director Kieran Smith instructed The Observer, "The entire level of the bubble [was] having the ability to be shut to one another or pat individuals on the again, or it would not be Bake Off."
Critically, if there is not any hope for a Paul Hollywood handshake for a job exceptionally effectively carried out, why even present up?
16. "The subsequent query was, how can we transfer individuals? We now have bakers who had kids," Smith stated. "There was the entire authorized and compliance subject. The filming was kind of the straightforward half."
Many of the contestants did transfer into the bubble on their very own, with the noticeable exception being single dad Marc Elliott, a sculptor from Cornwall whose daughters got here with him. Companions and youngsters, if a contestant was a main caretaker, and even canine have been welcome in the event that they have been prepared to abide by the strict protocols.
17. Even contained in the bubble, there was a minimum of one coronavirus scare that threatened to halt manufacturing. "Anyone spoke to our medical staff as a result of they have been exhibiting signs that might have been COVID," Smith instructed Radio Times in September.
"We had very strict protocols about what to do. They have been remoted instantly, as was anybody who had been in shut contact with them. They have been examined instantly. We paused filming for a day. The check got here again unfavorable and we resumed filming the following day."
The artistic director added, "We have been fortunate, nevertheless it felt it like we might must be extraordinarily unfortunate for it to be constructive."
18. Location, after all, wasn't the one factor completely different about season 11. Whereas Sandi and Noel, who already had a cult following from his irreverent work as half of The Mighty Boosh, introduced extra ribald humor to the tent (and it already had fairly a bit with Mel and Sue), the addition of Alice in Wonderland actor Matt Lucas as Noel's associate in "prepared, set…bake" this previous season despatched the cheek quotient skyrocketing.
And simply in time, in response to critics who felt that the formulation had turn into a bit bland after 10 seasons.
"Matt and Noel have been nice to be with within the tent, it was all the time enjoyable," recalled season 11 winner Peter Sawkins. "They have been all the time doing random foolish issues that will by no means cross my thoughts. They saved it very mild and would additionally give actually good reassurance in a managed and sort method, once they knew you needed a bit of heat and help, together with the mad stuff."
Whereas quarantined within the bubble, Matt hosted a bingo night time for the bakers, who handed lots of the time watching motion pictures and enjoying soccer.
"He'd been shielding previous to coming in so for him it was fairly liberating," Smith instructed The Observer of their new presenter. "It was a very good environment on set. Folks had been staying of their properties, the vast majority of them liked it… it was a chance to be regular. We had enjoyable. It was a very long time nevertheless it had a particular environment to it this 12 months. We thought we have been within the most secure place in England by the point we have been per week in and nobody was exhibiting indicators."
Smith thought Noel, too, appeared happier within the bubble than he'd been mendacity low at dwelling.
"He'd just about been shielding in a single location for a number of months," he instructed Radio Instances, "so the power to stroll in a inexperienced area and have the ability to speak to individuals head to head was liberating. It was the identical with fairly a number of others. By the top, I used to be determined to get out, however there was a freedom to it as effectively."
19. Second place, in the meantime, was kinda on fireplace for season 11 runner-up Laura Adlington. She revealed on the sequence' wrap-up present, An Further Slice, that she acquired a DM of encouragement from none apart from "Emilia Clarke, mom of dragons from Recreation of Thrones." The actress instructed her, "'Laura, me and my pals love you. Thanks for brightening up our lockdown. We hope you win.'"
Laura stated, "I believe she referred to as me a 'baking queen.' So my life is now full, fairly frankly. Pals with Matt Lucas and Emilia Clarke. Does not get higher than that, does it?"
20. The second in 2014 when Iain Watters chucked the parts of his baked Alaska into the bin as a result of the ice cream had gone soupy, and subsequently had nothing to point out the judges on the finish of the day, leading to his elimination, was so stunning, it instantly turned…bin-gate!
"For any Individuals questioning why #justiceforiain is trending, a person on the telly made a cake and threw it within the bin. Greatest TV on the planet," tweeted one rapt fan when the present was airing on Aug. 27, 2014.
And if you happen to're the kind of one that by no means bought over the seemingly stolen pea puree on High Chef, that is the controversy for you. Fellow contestant Diana Beard had taken Iain's ice cream out of the freezer—however she insisted it had solely been for about 40 seconds earlier than he went to get it. That did not hold the accusations of sabotage and different vitriol from being hurled on the 69-year-old on-line. "I am glad Mary's not on twitter this may upset her.. #enoughnow," Paul tweeted. Added Sue, "Iain's Alaska was out of the freezer for 40 secs. That is it. No sabotage. 40 secs of regular temp would NOT be sufficient to scale back it to liquid."
After which Diana voluntarily left the present the following week as a result of an sickness, however the BBC was compelled to insist that nobody had sabotaged something and that her exit had nothing to do with Iain's ice cream.
"I really feel dangerous for Diana as a result of she's had fairly a mauling on Twitter and I do not like all of the nasty feedback which have been directed in the direction of her," Iain told The Guardian the following day. "I believe it's kind of unfair and I do assume they might have edited the episode a bit higher."
He additionally insisted, nonetheless, that his ice cream had not simply been taken out of the freezer.
"I've chatted to Diana a few instances since however I've by no means requested her why she did it," he stated. "The Bake Off instructed me it was out of the fridge for less than a minute however I believe it needed to be lots longer than a minute to soften as a lot as that. I used to be simply actually shocked that it had been taken out of the freezer. I do not know why it was taken out."
They have been down to a few freezers from 5 after two malfunctioned, he recalled of that June day, and he had tucked his dessert into a distinct one than he'd used that morning.
"I had no cause to consider it could get taken out by anybody," the development engineer from Northern Eire continued. "I used to be outraged however I used to be extra pissed off as a result of I had been so centered the final hour and I had all of the parts made and I used to be pissed off that it had been taken out. It might not have been melted and ruined if it hadn't been faraway from the freezer."
Lots of his fellow bakers felt that nobody ought to've been eradicated, he stated, since what occurred wasn't his fault—however, as Paul identified, he did not current something on the finish of the day. Nonetheless, "I do not remorse throwing it within the bin," Iain declared. "I'd do it once more. I did not need to serve one thing in that state. I am not a whole perfectionist however I am somebody who likes issues to end up as I meant them to. It was extra frustration."
21. It should not come as a shock that Bake Off Twitter is as intense a Twitter there's. And when the flawed contestant goes dwelling within the eyes of the individuals, the angst is actual. In season 10 it was the inexplicable elimination of Dan Chambers as a substitute of Jamie Finn in week one which burned (and makes even much less sense the extra you watch it), and this previous season the ouster of Hermine over Laura had the Web fuming.
"After a full night time's sleep and morning to ponder issues, Hermine going dwelling remains to be the largest scandal of 2020. Take a look at that Fu**ing cake she made, Laura could not make that if she snorted Mary Berry's ashes off Matt Lucas' head. #bakeoff #2020 #GBBO," tweeted one very involved viewer.
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22. A extra shocking revelation got here from season three (or The Nice British Baking Present—The Beginnings if you happen to're watching on Netflix) winner John Whaite, who suffered a gnarly reduce to the hand from his meals processor blade and wanted to go away the tent. He was allowed to return to the competitors the next week, although, and he stormed again to win all of it.
However the style of victory quickly turned bitter, John recalled in a 2019 essay in The Telegraph, seven years after he turned, at 23, the youngest-ever winner on the time (20-year-old Peter handed him final 12 months). "Some days I would want I had by no means been on the present, as a result of in actuality, it completely derailed me from a gradual lifepath," he wrote. For a 12 months, the previous legislation pupil was in demand, with publishers, product corporations and TV bookers clamoring to work with him, which led him to give up his job on the Royal Financial institution of Scotland. However then public curiosity trailed off as the following batch of bakers rolled in, John defined, leaving him adrift. He began consuming closely and have become depressed, "ready by the telephone like an anxious Nineteen Eighties teenager urging their crush to name."
Recalling how nobody from the BBC or the manufacturing firm gave him any steerage about navigating his unusual, new world, he continued, "maybe within the wake of actuality TV star meltdowns and suicides, there needs to be a severe reform of the best way contributors are ready for, and guided by way of, their post-show life. However I do not assume it could have made an oz of distinction even when that they had [in my case]. Dependancy to the razzle dazzle got here naturally to the youthful me."
John acknowledged that he was fortunate to have saved his cash from the profitable cookbook deal instantly provided to him and varied media alternatives. He broadened his culinary horizons by enrolling at Le Cordon Bleu for a pastry certificates. He is launched three books and in 2018 he opened a cooking faculty on his household's farm in Lancashire.
"Take the alternatives when you can, take the cash and run if you wish to, however don't take it too critically," he concluded concluded. "Most significantly do not let your self be diluted by all of it. The individual you have been earlier than the present is the most effective model of you; that is the individual you have been all the time speculated to be."
23. These bakers actually do keep pals. 5 years after their time within the tent collectively, season 5 alums together with winner Nancy, Richard Burr, Claire Goodwin and Chetna Makan all attended Martha Collison's 2019 marriage ceremony. Higher but, they brought show-stopping cakes! They have been joined by Kate Henry, Enwezor Nzegwu and… Diana and Iain, collectively once more!
(Initially revealed Jan. 30, at 3 a.m. PT)
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TORONTO: An Indian gunman, who was shot dead by police on Friday while trying to shoot his way into a court complex in Brampton on the outskirts of Toronto, has been identified by his relatives as 46-year-old Charnjit Sonny Bassi.
Brampton, a Toronto suburb town, has one of the largest Indian populations in Canada.
The SIU (Special Investigations Unit), which independently investigates killings in police encounters and was withholding the name of the gunman because his family "has not consented to the release of his identity,'' identified him as Charnjit Singh Bassi.
A 53-year-old police officer, named Mike Clarenbeek, who was badly injured in the attack, is recovering in hospital.
Brampton courthouse where the shooting took place on Friday.
According to eyewitnesses, Bassi tried to enter the courthouse lobby through the security entrance designated for lawyers and other staff.
When a police officer stopped him, he started shooting. Police officers responded quickly, shooting him dead.
Bassi has a daughter and he was living with his mother. The house was searched by police on Saturday for clues to Bassi's motives.


The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has announced that they have commenced an indefinite nationwide strike action with immediate effect as from November 4th.
The ASUU strike is set to begin with immediate effect as from today as stated by the ASUU president, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi. The ASUU President also stated out the reasons why they have decided to embark on an indefinite nationwide strike with immediate effect.
One of the reasons why ASUU has come out to announce an indefinite strike action nationwide is because of the failure on the part of the government to honour the Memorandum of Understanding, which they signed between ASUU as a body and the federal government in the year 2017.
Recall that ASUU as a body embarked on strike last year but the government having promised them a lot, called off the strike. As it stands, the government is yet to keep to their promise and that is why the nationwide strike has taken place.
Also, another reason as to why ASUU embarked on an indefinite strike action nationwide is because of the poor funding of Universities by the Federal Government. In addition to that, there is also an alleged plan by the federal government to increase the fees of students in Nigerian Universities as well as introducing an educational bank. All the above contributed to the commencement of the strike action.
Lastly, the fact that the renegotiation which was supposed to take place between the federal government and ASUU over the state of the affairs of Nigerian universities was internationally ignored with impunity and that also contributed to the indefinite strike action by ASUU.


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Breast Cancer Topic: I stopped MLD/Lebed and you won't believe. . .
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Sorry for the click-bait subject line, my poor attempt at humor, I guess. I was frustrated that I could find no pattern in my lymphedema symptoms. Some days were a little better and some a little worse. I would spend whole days doing little else but resting/elevating as well as MLD and Lebed exercises. By bedtime, it was sometimes a little better and sometimes a little worse. Other days, I did little to nothing for lymphedema self care and by bedtime, it was either a little better or a little worse.
So, I guess I gave up. I've done absolutely no MLD (not even node clearing) or Lebed exercises for several weeks. I still do my usual aerobic and weight lifting exercises and wear compression 24-7 (Juzo day sleeve/gauntlet and Tribute night sleeve).
No worse! Leaning a bit towards the better end of my typical range. It's a relief not to spend significant time on all the MLD and Lebed "duties" and I don't find wearing compression all the time to be too burdensome. The one weird thing, to me at least, is that even the pocket of truncal swelling under my arm has improved and I'm not wearing compression there.
I know each of us respond to different methods and some women do great with frequent MLD and don't always wear compression. Just wanted to share my self-experimentation results.
How do you know you have the lymphedema symptoms? I read that it is not necessarily in the arm. I get tingling in my arm, where the nodes were removed. Towards the end of the day the area where my surgery was is slightly swelled up. I massage it from time to time and almost seems to get sorer. Did you have PT? If so was is to prevent lymphedema or just improve range of motion?


Whether the Legal Services Commissioner complied with s 449 Legal Profession Act 2007 (Qld) –whether compliance with s 449 is a jurisdictional requirement of bringing disciplinary proceedings under s 452.
Ms M ('the applicant') sought to strike out a disciplinary proceeding brought against her by the Legal Services Commissioner ('the respondent') on grounds the respondent breached s 449 Legal Profession Act 2007 (Qld) ('LPA') and as a result, the disciplinary proceedings were 'infected with jurisdictional error, is a nullity and ought to be dismissed'.
The application to strike out disciplinary proceedings is dismissed.
The applicant is to pay the respondent's costs of the application to strike out to be assessed and paid at a time to be specified at the completion of the hearing of this discipline application.
The applicant was a practising barrister whose conduct, on two separate occasions, caused concern to the Full Court of the Family Court of Australia which resulted in the Court forwarding their reasons for judgment to the Bar Association of Queensland to take whatever action was considered appropriate.
Both matters were brought to the attention of the respondent. The respondent gave the applicant notice of investigations into both matters.
The applicant applied to strike out disciplinary proceedings brought by the respondent against herself under s 47(1) QCAT Act where the alleged error of the respondent is said to be non-compliance of s 449 LPA. The applicant maintains that s449 LPA requires the respondent to provide her with his decision and reasons for the decision and the respondent failed to do so.
In the alternate, the applicant submitted the respondent breached a duty to provide a written statement of reasons for a decision as provided for by s 158 QCAT Act.
Did the respondent fail to comply with the requirements of s 449 LPA? And if so, whether the respondent was precluded from proceeding further with the disciplinary application against the respondent?
Section 449 LPA does not require a record of a decision together with reasons be sent to any person or party, it only requires the making of such a record.
The Court determined s 449 LPA required an internal record be made to record the steps by which the Commissioner decides to go ahead with a disciplinary application, however, it does not consider this as a required step inter parties.
The Court noted that the consequences of noncompliance with these internal requirements of s 449 LPA are not specified and the question was hypothetical in the present case, as there did not appear to be any evidence pointing to a breach.
Further, it was asserted by the Court that when bringing disciplinary proceedings against a practitioner, 'strict compliance with the requirements of s 449 LPA is not made a jurisdictional prerequisite'.
In response to the applicant's alternate submission, the Court held s 158 QCAT Act was not applicable to the proceedings as obligations under the section exist only in respect to 'reviewable decisions' and are for the benefit of 'a person who may apply to the Tribunal for a review of a reviewable decision'.
 Legal Services Commissioner v Merkin  QCAT 440, .


No, I'm not talking about Americans. I'm talking about intelligent life out in the cosmos.
Intelligent life, if it's out there, would not use the international system of units.
Metres, kilograms, seconds—all of these standards used to measure everyday life were originally taken from observable features of nature.
The metre was originally defined to be one-ten-millionth (that's 1⁄10,000,000) of the distance between the North Pole and the equator. A kilogram was originally the weight of a litre of water at freezing point, but that proved too variable. Now it's defined by Le Grand K, a metal cylinder secreted away in a vault outside Paris.
So unless some alien colony out there is obsessed with Planet Earth and is trying to emulate everything we do (please, no, don't), they'll likely have developed their own standards for quantifying whatever world they're living in.
Which could make it a little tricky if we ever need to communicate with them in this way. After all, even humans can't get it right sometimes. In 1999, the Mars Climate Orbiter disintegrated in Mars' upper atmosphere when software (supplied by a contractor) calculated the force produced by the probe's thrusters in US customary units when NASA was expecting measurements in metric.
The Golden Record that NASA sent up with the Voyager famously carries the definitive soundtrack of Planet Earth. But it also carries encoded pictures.
In the same way that we initially based the metric system on measurements of nature, these pictures use the most common element in the universe to define seconds, metres and grams. The time, size and scale of our Earthling lives will be communicated to aliens through a simple sketch displaying the mass and energy of a hydrogen atom.
Could there be more planets like Earth out in space? With life on them, like us? NASA is keen to find out.
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Is the origin of life just cosmic dust in the wind?
"The cosmos is within us. We're made of star stuff." Thanks to a new study, this famous phrase by iconic astronomer Carl Sagan, now has some more support.


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Indian Soldiers 1945
If you, a family member, or a friend served in World War II…
Indian Military 1945
As a South Asian, if you, a family member, or a friend served in World War II, share your photographs and stories before those memories are lost to history.
Did your relative fight for the British in the Second World War? Open up your photo albums. If you have photographs of family members, I would appreciate you sending scans to IndianSoldiers1945@gmail.com for an art project. Or contact me to scan them.
I am a professor of Art at the University of Rhode Island in the USA and am in India on a Fulbright Fellowship.
2.5 million Indian soldiers fought for the British in the Second World War and are largely forgotten in history. I am currently working on an art project to highlight the unaddressed history of these soldiers.
Can you help me source informal photographs of the soldiers who fought in the Second World War from family albums (vs. army records) to include in my project?
I will be in India from mid-August 2019 to early February 2020 and can also travel to meet families to scan their photographs.
A clip from the Kochi Muziris Biennale that was on the Italian Campaign: annumatthew.com/gallery/unremembered
Learn more about me below
If your correspondence has attachments, share your story and photographs via email at IndianSoldiers1945@gmail.com
Annu Palakunnathu Matthew divides her time between her family home in Bangalore, India and Providence, USA. Her photo-based artwork prompts the viewer to reexamine histories.
Matthew is Professor of Art at the University of Rhode Island. Her work was featured in the 2018 Kochi-Muziris Biennale. Grants that have supported her work include two Fulbright Fellowships. Her recent solo exhibitions include the Royal Ontario Museum, Nuit Blanche Toronto, and sepiaEYE, NYC. Matthew has also exhibited her work at the RISD Museum, Newark Art Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Houston, Victoria & Albert Museum, as well as at the Smithsonian.
Full portfolio at www.annumatthew.com
Please get in touch if you can help
©2021 by Annu Palakunnathu Matthew


Who out there is shooting the t3 varmint 1:8 twist in factory ammo for varminting.
Is that what you have used macro?
Had a real good run with American eagle can't remember weight.
i load 75eldm's. work well.
Are you coming to the sika show?
I reload and am struggling to do better than the accuracy achieved with ADI Aussie Outback 55gr Sierra BK and 69gr Sierra HPMK. My pride is a bit damaged, but I can't deny how brilliant the 55gr Blitzking combination is.


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Q: How I can integrate browser engine to my MASM app? I'm developing an app on MASM using the RadASM IDE. This IDE comes with an IE control (WebBrowser) but the content that I want to display is broken on that browser (XHTML+CSS), also I want to remove the dependency of an external IE dll so the only solution that comes to my mind is use an engine of other browser like Firefox or Chrome.
I've searched over the net and I found some DevKits that meets my requeriments, but they are designed to work with VS2005+ or they just are coded on C++.
If someone know a way to integrate a browser engine (Not IE) to a MASM app, will be highly appretiated.

A: I doubt you will find any browser SDK that specifically helps you call it from assembly language. Almost nobody actually writes applications in assembly language today. However, C is pretty close to assembly, so all you have to do is use the instructions for C and translate to assembly language. Since you're already writing an application in assembly language, that should be no trouble for you.

A: You can use any SDK that comes with pre-compiled binaries using the WinAPI functions LoadLibraryA and GetProcAddress. Or you can build your own import libraries for MASM by following what either Iczelion did write on that topic (definately worth a read) or by reading the 3 part guide on my website, which is based on Iczelions guide but works on a live example, namely creating your own MASM import library for the FMOD API.
Weather it is worth all the hassle is another question.

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Q: Splitting string with HTML markup into separate objects using JS I am trying to split different parts of a string into new objects depending on whether there is HTML markup. This is what I have tried, I have also tried with split(), however, I can't find a way to pull the content within the HTML markups.
const example = 'The lucky stars is an astrology themed game and it consists of thousands of.'
const richTexts = [];

example.match(/\<.*?\>/g).forEach((e) => {
  if (e.includes('<a')) {
    richTexts.push({
       type: 'hyperlink',
       content: ''
    })
  } else if (e.includes('<strong') {
    richTexts.push({
       type: 'bold',
       content: ''
    })
  } else {
    richTexts.push({
       type: 'text',
       content: ''
    })
  }
})

console.log(richTexts);

Desired output is:
[
  {
    type: 'text',
    content: 'The lucky stars is an astrology themed '
  },
  {
    type: 'hyperlink',
    content: 'game'
  },
  {
    type: 'text',
    content: ' and it consists of '
  },
  {
    type: 'bold',
    content: 'thousands of.'
  }
]

A: Not elegant but solve your example:

const example = 'The lucky stars is an astrology themed game and it consists of thousands of.'
const richTexts = [];

const res = example.split('<')
res.forEach(r => {
  let obj = {}
  if(r.includes('>')) {
    if(r.includes('strong')){
      obj.type= "bold"
    } else if (r.includes('href')) {
      obj.type = "hyperlink"
    } else {
      obj.type = 'text'
    }
  } else {
    obj.type = 'text'
  }

  r = r.slice(r.indexOf('>') + 1, r.length)

  if(r.length) {
    obj.content = r
    richTexts.push(obj)
  }
})

console.log(richTexts)

A: My suggestion:

const example = 'The lucky stars is an astrology themed game and it consists of thousands of.';
const richTexts = [];
var strType;

example.split(/((?:[^\s<]*<\w[^>]*>[\s\S]*?<\/\w[^>]*>)+[^\s<]*)/).filter(Boolean).forEach(e => {

  strType = 'text';
  if (e.includes('<a')) {
    strType = 'hyperlink'
  } else if (e.includes('<strong')) {
    strType = 'bold'
  };

  richTexts.push({
    type: strType,
    content: strType === 'text' ? e : e.replace(/(<([^>]+)>)/g, '')
  });

});

console.log(richTexts);


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Show Type: Live Action
The Muppet Show depicted a song-and-dance variety show, as well as the backstage antics involved in putting the show on. Most of the shows revolved around Kermit The Frog trying to keep control of the varied, outrageous, kinetic Muppet characters, as well as keep the human guest stars happy and secure. The show was well known for outrageous, highly physical and sometimes absurd comedy and parodies. Many major celebrities were eager to perform with the Muppets on television and in film. Each show featured a human guest star such as Steve Martin, Mark Hamill, Elton John, Brooke Shields, and John Cleese. It ran on Nickelodeon in 1994.
Running time 95 minutes
Director James Frawley
Written by Jack Burns and Jerry Juhl
Original music by Paul Williams
Studio ITC Entertainment / Henson Associates
MPAA Rating G
Director Jim Henson
Written by Jerry Juhl, Tom Patchett, Jack Rose and Jay Tarses
Original music by Joe Raposo
Studio Henson Associates and ITC Entertainment
Director Frank Oz
Written by Tom Patchett, Jay Tarses, and Frank Oz
Original music by Jeff Moss (songs) and Ralph Burns (score)
Studio TriStar Pictures
Director Brian Henson
Written by Charles Dickens (author)
Jerry Juhl (screenplay)
Original music by Paul Williams (songs)
Miles Goodman (score)
Studio Walt Disney Pictures
Released Feb. 16, 1996
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson (author), Jerry Juhl, Kirk Thatcher and James V. Hart (screenplay)
Original music by Barry Mann (songs) and Hans Zimmer (score)
Director Tim Hill
Written by Jerry Juhl, Joey Mazzarino and Ken Kaufman
Original music by Jamshied Sharifi
Studio Columbia Pictures / Jim Henson Pictures
Released Aug. 18, 2002 (TV premiere)
Sep. 3, 2002 (Home video release)
Director David Gumpel
Written by Jim Lewis & Joseph Mazzarino (screenplay), Jim Lewis (story)
Original music by Joe Carroll & Peter Thom (score)
Studio Jim Henson Productions
Released Nov. 29, 2002
Director Kirk Thatcher
Written by Jim Lewis and Tom Martin
Original music by Christopher Klatman, Davitt Sigerson and Mark Watters
Studio NBC Studios / Jim Henson Pictures / MGM Home Video
MPAA Rating PG (for DVD release)
Released May 20, 2005
Running time 100 minutes (DVD), 87 minutes (TV)
Written by Debra Frank, Steve L. Hayes (story and teleplay) / Adam Goldberg and Tom Martin (teleplay only) / L. Frank Baum (original story)
Original music by Michael Giacchino (score and songs) / Adam Cohen and Jeannie Lurie (songs only)
Studio Touchstone Television / Muppets Holding Company / The Jim Henson Company / Fox Television Studios
MPAA Rating TV-PG
Oldal: Jim Henson - The Muppet Movie


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Q1 permit plunge: End of building boom?
Daniel Massey
The number of residential permits issued in the city in the first quarter dropped by 46% compared with the year ago period, a sign the city's building boom is coming to an end.
The total number of permits declined to 558 from 1,038, according to figures released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. All five boroughs saw significant drops, with the steepest one in the Bronx, where permits in the first three months of the year fell by 64%, to 79.
The decline follows a year in which more permits were issued citywide than in any year since 1972. Permits in Brooklyn and Queens, which reached record heights in 2007, dropped by 52% and 40% respectively in the first quarter of 2008.
When looking at permitted residential units, the number also fell 46%, to 3,893 from 7,264. The steepest drops were in Manhattan, which fell 69%, to 485 units, and Queens, which fell 62%, to 705 units. Staten Island had a 25% gain, to 238 units.
"It's harder for people to get mortgages and it's also harder for developers to get loans," says Greg Heym, chief economist at Terra Holdings, the parent of Brown Harris Stevens and Halstead Property. "When most people are anticipating the real estate market to slow, it's not surprising to see permits start to decline."
Developers point to three main reasons for the stark drop-off. The most important factor is the credit crunch, which has made it difficult for developers to finance projects.
"It's relatively impossible for a developer to get financing today unless they're the biggest of the best and have an incredibly low cost basis," says Stephen Kliegerman, executive director of development marketing at Halstead.
Also, the boom in 2007 may have been due in part to changes to the 421-a subsidy program. In order to qualify for tax abatements, developers need to have foundations in the ground by June 30. That prompted a rush for permits, which helped boost numbers last year.
Developers say the boom over the past few years has also led to a lack of available land on which to build. Owners are still expecting big payoffs for their land, holding firm on asking prices that are unrealistic in today's market.
"Sellers are still living off the expectations of a year ago," says David Picket, president of the Gotham Organization, a real estate development and construction company. "Buyers are dealing with the reality of a lack of liquidity."
Other factors are contributing to hesitancy among developers. The prospect that increasing foreclosures could add stock to the housing market is giving them pause. Plus, declining home sales nationwide has caused concern.
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Residential building permits plunge 50%
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I began drawing as soon as I could hold a pencil between my fingers. Still in short trousers, I won a gold medal in the Glasgow Schools' Art Competition at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery. and began training at Glasgow School of Art. This was cut short when I was called up for National Service in the RAF in Germany. When I returned to Glasgow, I entered the Glasgow College of Drama and trained as an actor, which I was for many years. It was during my time in New Zealand I resumed art training with Anneke Laan, an art teacher from Amsterdam, and have been painting professionally since. In Auckland, I won two Art Awards, had a solo exhibition at the Lake House, Takapuna, and was also shown at the Morgan Street Gallery, Newmarket.
On my return to Glasgow, my paintings have been hung at the ARTeries Gallery, the Glasgow Art Club, and the Penalty Spot in Glasgow, the Henderson Gallery in Edinburgh, Rozelle House in Ayr, the Cockburn Gallery in Maybole and Scotland Artists in Bothwell.
The Robert Burns Birthplace Museum displayed 'The Nine Lives of Burns', the nine canvasses portraying key moments in the poet's life. My recent religious series, fifteen paintings entitled 'A Glasgow Calvary', locating The Stations of the Cross in Glasgow, and seven canvasses depicting Our Lady's life, 'The Marian Way', were exhibited at St Peter's Church in Anderston, Glasgow. 'A Glasgow Calvary' also showed during the Scarecrow Festival in Bothwell. It is on exhibition at the University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel April 2019. My thanks go to Matthew and Margaret Reilly for their generous patronage of these three projects.
My latest work, showing at the Glasgow Art Club through April 2019 and at Queen's Cross Church, Glasgow, in June and July 2019, is 'The Mackintosh Series', seven stories of Charles Rennie Mackintosh's artistic journey.


The festive season is fast approaching and it's the perfect time to eat, drink and be merry. There are parties and celebrations galore and it's the ideal time of year to be indulging in your favourite drinks and trying some new ones too.
The Christmas and New Year period is the ideal time to be indulging in some luxurious champagne. Champagne became associated with royalty in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries and it's the best drink to toast to special occasions when you're happy to splash a bit of cash on a quality drink.
The popularity of gin still shows no signs of slowing down and everyone seems to be enjoying this tipple, with new varieties and flavours popping up all the time.
Whether you're into a traditional dry gin, or you like trying new and exciting varieties, with the massive range of gins available, there's bound to be something for everyone.
If you're looking for drinks to pair with food, perhaps for Christmas dinner, then wine is the perfect and obvious choice. If you have a menu already picked out, you could choose specific wines to pair with each course of your meal.
Wine is also a great drink to serve at parties and social gatherings over the festive season. You could get right into the spirit of winter by whipping up your very own mulled wine to keep you warm against the cold outside.
Whether you're a fan of white, rose, red or sparkling, there's a huge variety to choose from on our website.
Christmas is a great time of year to mix up and sample some delicious cocktails. Whether you're a fan of traditional cocktails like the Bloody Mary, or prefer trying new and exciting varieties, there are cocktails to suit every taste.
Why not check out our dedicated cocktails section for some great combinations.
To find these and many other drinks, head on over to our online drinks shop. We deliver high-quality drinks at reasonable prices within just 30 minutes. Cheers!


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LETTERS FROM LEADERSHIP
FLOW FUND INITIATIVE
GLOBAL ROOTS
SEAFLOWER FUND
RESILIENCE & RENEWAL
"Though Hurricanes Eta and Iota devastated my ancestral home, our people are resilient. The Seaflower Resilience Fund will support our communities to stand powerfully on their feet again, stewarding this unique Creole culture and stunning corner of Caribbean Sea for generations to come."
- Connie Archbold Robinson Malloy, CEO, Panta Rhea Foundation
After the Caribbean islands of San Andrés, Providencia, and Santa Catalina were hit by two devastating hurricanes in November 2020, the Seaflower Resilience Fund was created to mobilize resources toward urgent needs and a sustainable, community-led environmental and economic recovery.
Special delivery from the Seaflower Resilience Fund & Foundation for the Islands of Old Providence & Santa Catalina
Islanders give thanks for tarps to stay dry from the rain
Raizal Territory | Photo credit: Leidy Coronado Mejia
Emancipation Day
Crab Cay / Cayo Cangrejo
Providence Solidarity Hurricane Response | Photo credit: Raul Huffington
RAIZAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER CORPORATION
The RDCC supports the integral and sustainable development of the Afro-Indigenous Raizal People of the Archipelago of San Andres, Old Providence and Santa Catalina, and that of its members, while promoting their rights to development and to self-determination. It seeks to contribute to the establishment of a sustainable development model for good living, a linguistically and culturally appropriate educational system, and a system of self-government.
Hurricane Eta and Hurricane Iota decimated 98% of the infrastructure in Providencia and Santa Catalina and caused hundreds of families in San Andrés to lose their homes, businesses, and all their belongings.
These back-to-back storms were a double whammy for a region that has gone more than 100 years without experiencing hurricanes of this magnitude. This crisis happened against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has already harmed people's health, eliminated their jobs, and stunted the islands' tourism-based economy.
These islands are home to nearly 90,000 people, many of whom are of Indigenous Afro-Caribbean and Miskito Indian heritage, known locally as "Raizales." Raizales are the islands' original inhabitants from nearly four centuries ago and have a distinct history, Creole language, and culture that predate their current ties to mainland Colombia. Raizales consider the seas of the entire archipelago as their territory, including one of the world's largest barrier reefs.
"As our people recover, we can bring back our environment to what it used to be," says Arlin Bent Robinson, a member of the Raizal community in San Andrés.
As an island descendent, Panta Rhea Foundation CEO Connie Archbold Robinson Malloy understands that Indigenous and Afro-Caribbean people are often left out of decision making by governments that prioritize corporate and political interests over people's safety and well-being. Yet, local leaders are best equipped with the power, knowledge, and experience to ensure a just and equitable recovery in the wake of these storms and others yet to come.
The Seaflower Resilience Fund catalyzes resources for immediate, basic needs — such as food, shelter, clean water, and healthcare — and aims to raise an initial $1 million to support rebuilding efforts that are driven by the community, now and for years to come.
The goals will evolve as consultation and partnership with local communities shape the Seaflower Resilience Fund. At present, the priorities are to:
Support the Raizal people to remain on their ancestral land and rebuild the islands in climate-resilient ways
Preserve centuries-old Indigenous and Afro-Caribbean traditions and culture
Protect the critical Seaflower Biosphere Reserve, a UNESCO-designated maritime ecosystem
Enable islanders to direct resources provided by governments, philanthropy, and private investors to a fair and equitable recovery
The Seaflower Resilience Fund is committed to moving swiftly, but with the knowledge that rebuilding requires our commitment and solidarity for the long-term. We are dedicated to acting responsively and with trust for the lived experience of Raizales communities.
Rise Again | song by Rudolph Gordon
Author: Rudolph Gordon Britton
Producer: Wayne Hooker Macariz (Wahm)
Graphic Designer: Estefania Benitez
Cuando vi la forma tan horrible que el huracán Iota golpeó nuestro archipiélago especialmente Providencia y Santa Catalina me quedé sin palabras y con el corazón destrozado, lo único que pude decir es: we will rise again (nos volveremos a levantar). Con una hoja, un lapicero y un instrumental se me hizo más fácil expresar lo que sentí… Espero esta canción aporte un granito de fortaleza emocional para todos."
When I saw the horrible way that Hurricane Iota hit our archipelago, especially Providencia and Santa Catalina, I was without words and with my heart completely destroyed. The only thing I could say was: we will rise again. With a sheet of paper, a pencil, and an instrument it was easier for me to express what I felt. I hope this song offers a grain of emotional strength to everyone.
VIEW FULL LYRICS
JOIN US TODAY AS A SEAFLOWER RESILIENCE FUND DONOR OR VOLUNTEER!
Panta Rhea has launched this fund with a generous offer to match your gift. Please direct all inquiries to: seaflowerfund@pantarhea.org.
If you prefer to donate by check, please make the check out to Amalgamated Foundation with "Seaflower Resilience Fund" in the memo line and mail the check to:
Amalgamated Foundation
1825 K Street NW
All contributions are tax deductible.
The Seaflower Resilience Fund is administered by the Amalgamated Foundation, an independent nonprofit public charity. In addition to administering Combined Impact Funds like the Seaflower Resilience Fund, the Foundation also offers Advance Change Funds, donor advised funds uniquely committed to social change. Reflecting their shared commitment to positive social change, Amalgamated Foundation receives charitable contributions from and maintains service agreements with Amalgamated Bank, but is not a program or activity of Amalgamated Bank. For more information go to amalgamatedfoundation.org. Variance Power: All gifts and grants to projects are subject to the Amalgamated Foundation's authority to vary the terms of the gift. As stated in Article III, Section 1 (B) (4) of the Bylaws, the Foundation adheres to Treasury Regulation 1.170A-9(e)(11)(v)(B)(1), commonly known as the Variance Power. This allows the Foundation to "modify any restriction or condition on the distribution of funds for any specified charitable purposes or to specified charitable purposes or to specified agencies if, in the sole judgment of the governing body (without the necessity of the approval of any participating trustee, custodian, or agent), such restriction or condition becomes, in effect, unnecessary, incapable of fulfillment, or inconsistent with the charitable needs of the community or area served."
Copyright 2022 | Panta Rhea Foundation


Daily rituals ground our days with a predictable rhythm that can provide comfort. Although many of them are banal, why not take them from ordinary to extraordinary? Making my morning coffee, for example, is a ho-hum ritual that I perform bleary-eyed; shifting to something like an elegant Chemex coffeemaker could elevate this mundane routine.
In a similar vein, the daily ritual of bathing or showering should be special, taking place in a pleasurable and healthy environment that boosts our well-being. Consider surrounding yourself with one of these handsome and eco-conscious finishes.
Find eco-friendly inspiration (and beauty) in the following slideshow!


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