What can my name agency do for you?
Our core business is finding and creating brand names. Individual brand names with a lasting value and true future potential. And as every product and company is unique and special, it's not about "one size fits all", but "made to measure is king". No name whatsoever can, will, or should, fulfill all possible criteria.
We offer you quality, creativity, and dependability. And lots of added value.
As a specialist, my core competence is naming: product, service, and corporate names. Descriptive as well as trademarkable - but always remarkable.
Is the name applicable in all relevant markets?
Does the name fit with the product's or company's strategy?
What kind of marketing concept can you build on the name?
How is the pronunciation of the name judged by the target group?
What is the trademark situation like?
What kind of trademark protection do you aim at?
Therefore, I work according to a three-step methodology: design, create, and filter. This approach is not revolutionary, but it is very effective - and it is tried and tested.
In the first step - together we clarify your objectives and specifications.
In the second step - we develop names, many names; often in close cooperation with our partner network.
In the third step - all the names created are filtered according to the initially defined requirements with regard to content and brand properties.
At the end of this process, only very few candidates remain. And in the end, you see the difference.
The general objective of a name system is a clear product or portfolio structure that reflects a systematically organized product portfolio. As a consequence, you can gain improved awareness and easy assignment, e.g. from products to product groups or a brand. Of course, this can also distinguish you from your competitors and alleviate future naming tasks.
Before you can reap what you have sown, you have to plough, however. You must analyze the properties and differences of your portfolio to be named, you have to group all fitting units, you must develop strategies and names and so forth. In the end, you can enjoy a logical system.
Can you form well-defined product groups / segments?
Are you really willing to perform a complicated conversion process?
Can a new name system in the company actually be introduced?
IVU – Creation of a logical name system inclusive of portfolio analysis and brand review for a software company.
Recaro Child Safety – Design of two systems of linguistically related names for booster seats as well as strollers.
WMF – Branding of a business unit plus founding of a futureproof name system for the worldwide leader in enterprise coffee makers.
You would like to know more about a project? Feel free to check out further references or simply get in touch with me.
"There are several names we must pick from, but we cannot agree upon one."
"Are there any other feasible ways or is a renaming inevitable?"
"There are too many names in our portfolio. Which ones should we dump?"
"Which one of several names has the potential to grow an umbrella brand from it?"
"How can we devise future guidelines for name introductions?"
"How can we make sure that in the future, only brand compliant names are released ?"
For these and related cases, simply get in touch with me. Together with you, we will find a solution that helps you reach your goals with the most rational use of resources.
In the list on the reference page you find a wider selection of projects.
Our partner is the leading China-born brand consultancy. Their offer includes market and consumer research, brand strategy and creative services. The customers served include Givaudan, Unilever, Volkswagen, Chanel, or BASF.
If you have any questions, I will gladly answer them. You can get in touch with us by mail or phone. However, here you can already find some answers to common questions.
Q: What is a good name?
A: Good question. A general answer is impossible. A good name is operational in the relevant markets and produces the correct, i.e. intended effects. There is no general-purpose perfect name, but there is always a best one for each particular purpose. And this one will pay off.
Q: How important is a name?
A: You can hardly overestimate the choice of the right name as the name has far-reaching consequences for design, communication and so forth - concerning products as well as companies. However, one must be honest: not every project actually deserves to receive a name.
Q: Is it a good idea to develop a name, even if the product does not exist yet?
A: This is exactly the right way to do it. The name will influence all the steps that follow, e.g. communication strategy and media content. However, what you should have, is a clear strategy with a clean positioning. Based on that, the name can be developed smoothly.
Q: What is the advantage of a lucid name strategy for a portfolio?
A: At first, a clear and comprehensive name system requires more efforts than just developing one single brand. In the long term, however, it pays off by increased efficiency and accelerated name development. A solid foundation is so much easier to build on. Read more about name systems.
Q: Is there a silver bullet, e.g. invented names, or a special formula?
A: No. As mentioned, each project is unique. In one case, an invented name may be the best solution, in a different one this is a classic, evocative name. In my opinion, one cannot claim any standard rules concerning the desired name without detailed knowledge of the related venture. Therefore, any kind of formula for creation or evaluation is void.
Q: Can you also help us if we "only" need descriptive terms?
A: Even with "only" descriptive labels, the right name choice is crucial. Interestingly, the introduction of innovative descriptive names opens very charming opportunities such as setting new product categories - while at the same time accentuating an innovative character. This is one of my favorite tasks.
Q: Why should one consult a naming specialist?
A: Naming is a very specialized field that extends far beyond the invention of new names. My experience and my methodical, proven approach guarantee the highest degree of accuracy. A score of filters in the development process secures that you get strong, good names.
Q: How much time should we budget until a name can actually be used?
A: To develop a customized name requires up to eight weeks of intense project work. Until you hold a legally protected trademark in your hands, you should reserve six months at the least, depending on your markets. Contact me for an appraisal of your individual case.
Q: Where do you work, will you visit us?
A: The majority of my clients is based in Germany and Austria. However, I have also tended to customers from Northern Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, and Switzerland. So time is rather a limiting factor than distance.
Q: Can you just analyse our names?
Q: Should a new name be tested?
A: Market research and name tests, qualitative as well as quantitative, can make sense, but only if adapted carefully and applied with a good sense of proportion.
Q: Is the effort you make to create a name not actually disproportionately large?
A: If you manage to find a great name by chance, definitely. In all other cases: no. In view of the far-reaching consequences of a name for communication and design of a product or a company, the proper choice of a name can hardly be overestimated.
Q: Can you help us if we want to approach the Chinese market?
A: We can also offer support concerning all Chinese brand issues via our chosen partner in China.


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Maricopa Teen Caught With 500 Child-Porn Videos and Pictures After Year-Long FBI Investigation
Ray Stern
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Ray Stern | December 2, 2011 | 6:09pm
A year-long child-porn investigation led FBI agents this summer to a Maricopa teenager with a personal stash of 500 videos and pictures of sexually exploited children.
The case was outlined in court records filed yesterday by the Arizona U.S. Attorney's Office, which requests the forfeiture of computer equipment seized from the kid's home.
The kid, who's either 17 or 18, hasn't been charged yet, so we'll hold off on naming him. Suffice to say, it looks like he's in big trouble.
FBI agents in the Innocent Images Unit in San Diego noticed back in May of 2010 that a GigaTribe user who went by "Boy44gy2" was sharing files containing child porn. Over the course of months, agents downloaded the user's files and reviewed them, then cyber-tracked the user.
Seeing that the Cox Communications connection originated from a man's home in Tempe, local FBI agents were put on the case. They also were able to download child porn from the Boy44gy2 account.
A renewed check on the Cox subscriber showed the man had moved to Maricopa. As more months went by, agents confirmed that file-sharing had been facilitated by the man's Cox account, that his home Wi-Fi was secured (which rules out the idea that someone was using his connection) and other identifying info.
On July 28, agents knocked on the door of the Maricopa home. They first interviewed the father -- and it quickly became clear that they needed to interview his son.
The teen 'fessed up to sharing the child porn, even though he knew it was illegal -- and admitted to possessing illegal images on his computer, records show.
Agents seized two laptops, a desktop computer, two SD chips and a thumb drive. The father petitioned in September to get some of the equipment back, which led to the official forfeiture claim filed yesterday.
The FBI declined comment on the case.
Ray Stern has worked as a newspaper reporter in Arizona for more than two decades. He's won numerous awards for his reporting, including the Arizona Press Club's Don Bolles Award for Investigative Journalism.
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Lemont wedding venue shuts; brides-to-be left in lurch
Andy Grimm, Chicago Tribune reporter
The rolling hills, waterfalls and manicured flower beds of Montefiori persuaded Kristy DeJule not to elope and instead book a June ceremony with more than 100 guests.
A certified letter that arrived last week announcing the posh Lemont wedding venue was out of business has changed her mind again.
"I totally fell in love with (Montefiori). The place is totally beautiful," said DeJule, 28, who said she cried after reading just the first lines of the letter: "It is with deep regret that we must inform you that after five years, Lifescapes@Montefiori LLC will close its doors."
"I'm thinking about going to the courthouse (now)."
DeJule quickly discovered the company she had paid a $3,000 deposit now had no website or working phone number. She has yet to get a response from an email address set up by the company to take complaints. She formed a blog for fellow Montefiori customers, and quickly found others were having the same experience.
One of Montefiori's owners said the business left about 30 couples in the lurch, none with weddings scheduled sooner than May.
Montefiori has already returned checks from five couples, and the rest will be reimbursed within a few weeks, said Joseph Lepore, a minority owner who, after seeing several of the would-be brides complaining on television, has taken it upon himself to call each of the couples who had planned weddings at Montefiori.
A suburban bank on Oct. 12 filed to foreclose on the property, the former estate of the Marchetti family of Como Inn fame, claiming the ownership group had defaulted on a $3 million mortgage. DeJule paid her deposit on Oct. 1.
The business had been struggling financially because of the sluggish economy and the collapse of the real estate market — Lepore's group bought the property from the Marchettis six years ago — and the owners decided to shut down rather than risk running out of operating cash closer to the start of the spring wedding season.
"We wanted to give them as much time as possible. When you're dealing with some gal's wedding, you don't want to take chances," said Lepore, who said he had already been cussed out during his first call to a distraught former client.
"You can't stop the crying. But life goes on. If you can't recover from this, how are you going to get through a marriage?" he said.
That sort of sentiment did little to console Lockport bride-to-be Emily Reed, 25, who spoke to Lepore on Thursday.
In May, Reed and her fiance, Casey Krakowski, put down a $10,000 deposit, and spent thousands more on florists, photographers, videographers, and $280 for beer coozies emblazoned with the wedding date and location.
"(Lepore) asked me, 'Have you ever run a business?'" Reed said. "I said, 'No I haven't.' And you know what? It's my first and only wedding, and it doesn't matter if I've ever run a business."
Reed had thought she was ahead of the game, but now she figures she will have to scramble to keep her June 22 wedding date — if she can muster the will to start planning again.
"I'm ready to forget it now," she said. "I'm ready to go to an island and get married on the beach."
agrimm@tribune.com
Martha Plimpton has left the Steppenwolf ensemble, a rare exit


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Reduce, Reuse, and Reinvent Our Impact
Ava Weinrot
With a student and faculty body of over 900 people, Harvard-Westlake (HW) Middle School's environmental footprint leaves a substantial impact. Active recycling amongst the school community, the reduction of unnecessary plastic and energy conservation is essential to improving our community's influence on the environment. Establishing goals for the administration, as well as student responsibilities, currently needs to be a critical focus for our school as we move forward in improving our impact. Our school produces an extreme amount of waste, the majority of which can be reduced through certain actions of students and faculty alike.
"When I think about environmental issues that the school is involved in, the first thing that comes to mind would be trash and recycling and then energy use." Head of HW Middle School, Jon Wimbish, said.
In recent years, the school has taken significant steps to reduce our energy usage as much as possible, but is always looking for new ways to minimize our impact. One of the school's main focuses of energy reduction has been in water usage, an area that tends to produce unnecessary waste in the form of fountains, daily cleanings, and pools.
"When we were really in the midst of a drought…the mayor came out to say that we were going to reduce water usage by 25-30%, we at the same time made that same commitment, so as a school we looked at how we were using water," Wimbish said. "We turned off the water features we had in the Senior Garden, and the water features that we had at the upper school that were losing water to the environment."
The school has also started to reduce the amount of energy that we use daily in our classrooms. The lights are now on motion sensors and the air conditioning and heating are adjusted based on traffic flow to specific areas, during certain times of day.
The cafeteria has also tried to make improvements, such as replacing plastic cutlery with compostable cutlery, but in a recent poll, 40% of students believe that the cafeteria still creates too much unnecessary waste.
"We have a lot of bottled water on this campus…I'm always shocked at the vast amount of bottled waters, juices, drinks that go unconsumed…People take two sips and just leave it on the table or the ground…It seems incredibly wasteful." Wimbish said.
Wimbish said If the students feel the cafeteria is wasteful, they should be conscious to make sure that they are not additionally wasteful.
With so much apparent waste, should the cafeteria even be selling individually bottled drinks? Clearly, an interim step of creating awareness and asking students to voluntarily reduce this waste is necessary. However, reducing the possibility of not recycling should be a school priority.
Theodore Tsai '24 believes the cafeteria can implement further changes to decrease the amount of waste produced daily.
"A lot of the plastic [not recycled] comes from the plastic cups we use to fill up tea or smoothies. I like the idea of using paper straws but nobody really uses them because they get soggy, deformed, and you just can't really use them. If the plastic cups that are used to fill up smoothies were made up of something else like paper than I think it will make a better and bigger impact than using paper straws," Tsai stated.
The environmental impact of HW should not just stem from the school and administration. HW's student body also has a major role to play in helping our planet.
The plant manager of the HW Middle School, Richard Bogan, believes students have the opportunity to incite the largest change in our community.
"The faculty and staff do quite a bit of being conscious of recycling and making sure that within their classrooms or their offices they're doing as much as possible to recycle the waste as they can," Bogan said. "Unfortunately I don't see that same response from the student body."
In his mind, recycling is the most substantial change students can make. "There's no difference when you look in a garbage can, and you look in recycling," Bogan said. "The kids put [their garbage] anywhere."
Currently, only 31% of students polled identify as active recyclers. "Each person needs to make an effort to try and reduce our environmental impact," Gemma Ozturk '25 said.
However, 63% of students say they try to recycle but don't always due to the lack of recycling bins and the frenzy of passing periods. Students are aware of the growing issue surrounding recycling and are attempting to overcome the obstacles they feel are in their way. "I never really recycle but recently I've been trying to force myself to put in a little more effort for a greater impact," Kiki Cooper '23 said.
Students believe there is more the administration should do to assist in the recycling efforts. The survey states that 40% of students consider the number of recycling bins around campus to be inadequate. However, Bogan feels a lack of recycling bins isn't the issue.
"When you look at the lunch area during lunch and, all the garbage, on all the tables, that tells me that the kids don't care," Bogan said.
Recycling should receive even greater awareness efforts from the administration. "I feel like recycling should be more encouraged around campus, maybe with signs or during the assemblies," Amanda Allen '23 said. Piper Vita '25 agrees with Allen. "Harvard-Westlake needs to support the issue of recycling more than it does. Maybe at school assemblies or class meetings, we could briefly talk about and/or raise awareness with signs and posters."
Both students strongly believe that advertising will help to grow the number of students who recycle and the administration can really have an impact.
The number of students who recycle is dwindling. Recycling is one of the few ways to reduce the amount of trash HW sends to the garbage dump each day, and therefore the main approach to reducing our environmental footprint.
HW has the opportunity to incite change in our school community and even beyond our gates. Through the students, faculty, and administration HW can reduce their environmental impact. It's only a matter of years before our time to influence the future comes to an end.


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Our flights include countless destinations worldwide both to and from Long Beach and we are on stand-by 24/7 to serve you, our private jet charter flight clients. Indeed, it does not matter if you need something small, like a private Lear 31 or a larger jet such as the Gulfstream V, all CFG private charter jets have been flight certified by both Wyvern and ARG/US PRO to ensure not only compliance with FAA regulations, but more importantly, ensure you a smooth and carefree flight.Charter Flight Group learned years ago that safe jets, service-oriented personnel, and professional flight crews were the key to winning business and we have not deviated from that standard.Whether you need on-demand private charter service, or would like to arrange for empty legs or one-ways, Charter Flight Group will make the arrangements.
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Private jet charter clients come to Long Beach for many reasons. Some are there for business; some for pleasure; and most for a mixture of both.
This is because besides the massive amount of business interests in Long Beach, there is so much to do and the weather is so nice year round that the place is virtually irresistible.
For instance, the major businesses in Long Beach are oil refineries, jet aircraft and parts manufacturing, car parts such as catalytic converters for Toyota's, electronics, and of course, West Coast Choppers. In addition, Molina Health Care and SCAN Health Plan both have headquarters in Long Beach. Not only that, the ports at Long Beach are the second busiest in the nation, receiving containers from overseas and shipping nearly as many out. This makes the Long Beach Port Authority one of the busiest in the world.
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Junkboat Asian South Bank
Junk is the new kid on the block in South Bank, although there's been a Maroochydore version since 2014. It's got a very funky Asian-café-meets-hipster-hangout vibe that lured me in from Little Stanley Street when I was seeking a lunch spot.
The menu isn't large, but the items know how to push my buttons when it comes to Asian food I can't pass up. There's no table service, so you order up at the open-air bar from a team of staff who look like they could start break dancing at any moment – there are bandanas and fresh vibes for days.
Food service took a reasonable amount of time, and if it hadn't been a work day I definitely would have taken them up on their suggestion of adding a cheeky shot to my apple and coconut jelly bubble tea. I can't wait to go back for after work drinks; there's Tiger on tap and a range of cocktails that would suit the lively vibe perfectly.
The Crispy Pork Belly was divine, served on a salad of shredded papaya and chopped cashew nuts, and the Beef Massaman was the best value at $19 for a beautiful bowl of curried goodness that came with rice included.
I froth over spring rolls at the best of times, so it was no surprise to me that my favourite was the Crispy Peking Duck Spring Rolls! Bias aside, these golden beauties were cooked to perfection and the duck was a gourmet twist that I adored.
Junkboat Asian is a fresh and funky take on Asian fusion, and although the menu is slightly on the expensive side I think it's worth it for the atmosphere.
Open 11am – 10pm most days
Shop 11 & 12
Little Stanley Street
South Brisbane, Qld 4101
Emma Lee is a Brisbane native but lives to travel. She is also a big fan of food, good books and browsing at markets.
Since graduating from Griffith University with a Communications Degree, Emma has put her writing skills to good use in jobs ranging from Media Rep for a rugby team to Marketing Manager for a Japanese ski resort.
Emma dreams of publishing a novel one day and wants to live in a luxury camper van that never stays in one place for longer than a week.
Junkboat


Photos sessions are now available on February 28, March 1 and March 2. Please click here to register or call the church office at 612-927-8849.
LifeTouch will be on site to take pictures of you and your family.
Tuesday through Friday, February 5-8, from 2:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 9, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
a $5 donation to Good Shepherd!
This "Community Connect" church directory is designed to provide the most up-to-date tool for leadership, staff and members. What makes this directory unique is its compact size (5.5 x 8.5") and its ability to be updated easily as families grow and change. Whenever we have at least 15 new families or individuals, we will have photos taken of them and new directories printed for everyone!
Contact Teresa Malko if you are unable to sign up online or if you will be out of town the week of photos. We will have two make-up photo sessions in early March.


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Police gathered intelligence on trade union activists and passed the information to a clandestine blacklisting agency that unlawfully stored secret files on thousands of workers, according to evidence seen by the Guardian.
Peter Francis, the whistleblower who revealed that police spied on supporters of the Stephen Lawrence family, says he believes that he personally collected some of the intelligence that later appeared in the files of the blacklisting agency.
The former officer said that while he was embedded in the campaign Youth Against Racism in Europe, he gathered – at the request of his police supervisors – information about the marriage of an American political activist whom the Home Office wanted to deport in the 1990s when the authorities were arguing she was in a sham marriage.
A file was kept by the blacklisting agency on a bricklayer called Frank Smith, who was in a relationship with the American, contained information about her and recording the allegation that she was in a fake marriage. Other campaigners say that allegation was an excuse to remove a left wing activist from Britain.
The agency's records on Smith also note that they had been told he was under surveillance by the state – with the file noting that Smith was "under constant watch (officially) and seen as politically dangerous".
The agency – funded by Britain's biggest building firms – prevented workers they deemed to be politically troublesome from getting jobs in the construction industry. Many trade unionists say their lives were ruined for years when they were barred from getting work as a result.
The blacklisting agency – known as the Consulting Association – compiled files on workers in the construction industry that logged details of their workplace activities such as the names of companies they worked for, their support for trade unions, and their disputes with managers.
However, previously confidential files – seen by the Guardian – reveal how the blacklisting agency also secretly recorded the political activities of the trade unionists when they took part in demonstrations utside their workplaces against causes such as fascism.
The testimony from the former undercover officer about the information he gathered on the personal lives and protest activities of the trade unionists is disclosed as a team of police officers led by Derbyshire Chief Constable, Mick Creedon, investigates the conduct of the Special Branch unit that planted spies in political campaigns for four decades.
As part of its inquiry, Creedon's team is examining claims that police colluded with the blacklisters and shared intelligence from its own files on so-called "subversives".
The new evidence has emerged after senior figures involved for many years in running the blacklisting admitted to a parliamentary committee that the blacklisters regularly exchanged information, or had contacts, with the police.
Francis has been disclosing details of his covert work for the unit, the Special Demonstration Squad, as he supports calls for a public inquiry into its infiltration of political groups between 1968 and 2008.
He has helped reveal how the SDS spies stole identities of dead children, monitored groups campaigning for a proper investigation into the murder of Stephen Lawrence, and routinely formed relationships with women they were spying on.
The new files are drawn from a database compiled by the Consulting Association.
For 15 years, the agency was funded by more than 40 major firms in the construction industry whose managers fed information about individual workers to the Consulting Association.
Pooling this information, staff at the association compiled files on more than 3,200 workers in an anonymous office in Droitwich, Worcestershire. When workers applied for jobs, managers contacted the association to check what information was held on them and would then decide whether to give work to them.
The files, some of which were inherited from a predecessor blacklisting agency called the Economic League, contained comments such as "militant ringleader", "agitator", "is a good worker but has proved to be very militant", "do not touch", and "that subject is a very bad troublemaker and would not be re-employed".
Creedon's team is now investigating claims from the blacklisted workers that portions of the files could only have come from the police or security services, as managers in the construction industry could simply not have known about demonstrations the trade unionists were attending outside of their work hours.
Files maintained by the blacklisters on three trade unionists logged how they were "observed" or "apprehended" while protesting against fascists laying a wreath at the Cenotaph in commemoration of Britain's war dead on Remembrance Sunday in 1999.
The files on two trade unionists record a piece of information that they say was known to only a handful of members at the heart of the Youth Against Racism in Europe (YRE) group they were active in during the 1990s.
Francis said he collected this piece of information and reported it back to his Special Branch bosses. The information was that they were part of a loose grouping of anti-racist activists, known colloquially as the "away team", who protected YRE demonstrations from physical attacks by far-right activists.
The Scottish Affairs select committee that is investigating the blacklisting has uncovered documents showing that the police unit monitoring political activists met the blacklisting agency in 2008 to discuss sharing information.
The blacklisting agency was closed in 2009 after the data watchdog, the information commissioner, declared it was amassing files unlawfully.
Dave Clancy, the senior investigator from the watchdog that raided and closed down the blacklisting agency, also testified that some of the details in the files he seized would have been supplied by the police or the security services.
An ex-police officer, Clancy said the wording of information about vehicle registrations and deportations appeared to originate from police records.
At least 80 blacklisted workers are preparing a high court action against construction firms for lost earnings after gaining access to their files.


It needs to be emphasised that horrific as this latest tragedy is, it is a symptom of a greater ill. In this world that our obsessive and inappropriate use of others is rapidly bringing to its knees, science tells us that these extreme weather events will continue to occur with increasing frequency. We can't legislate away the problem that is causing our planet and her miraculous diversity of life to falter and die; it's gone way beyond that, if indeed that option ever existed, which I doubt. The answer needs to be much more effective and much more creative.
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If I hadn't already gone vegan, mostly as a result of undercover reports about what goes on in slaughterhouses and on farms, this year's floods in NC might have made me go vegan now. Probably chased away a number of social media connections by sharing images of this, but I'm not a head-in-sand kind of person.


Boston Red Sox starter Jose Fernandez was in a groove as he led his team to a win over the Seattle Mariners, 4-1. Fernandez went 8 innings to notch the win. He scattered 3 hits, walked 1, and struck out 2. His record improves to 4-7. The Red Sox raised their record to 30-41.
Phil Starr tagged a home run off Raúl Vargas in the top of the second. His 2-run blast put the Red Sox on top, 2-0. In all, Starr had 1 single in addition to the home run, while going 2 for 4.
"It was a solid team effort," said Fernandez after the game.


Went to Milan last weekend for seeing a ballet in La Scala. We had some spare time the day after and I thought I would visit a place that would somehow be connected to the Italian classical guitar or lute tradition.
FindAGrave says: '… he was buried at the Church of Santa Maria della Scala, which was demolished in 1776 to make way for the La Scala opera house' So turned out that I visited his grave indeed, I even enjoyed a 3 hour ballet by Glazunov there!
Btw. On the picture above you see a strange guitar with three open basses. That was at the Leonardo da Vinci museum and guess who built this beast? Hermann Hauser himself!
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Darn the photo isn't working. But that is interesting that you found the place of burial despite it being built over.
I repaired the broken link, thanks!


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"Delicious food and family fun, all under one roof! When you drop by the bestlocal pizza restaurant and bowling alley in La Crosse, WI, you'll experience just that.With a kitchen serving up unbelievable thin crust pies topped with the freshest ingredients, South Lanes Pizza is guaranteed to please everybody. Don't be fooled by the name; South Lanes Pizza isn't just a bowling alley with your average concession stand fare. This full restaurant prepares everything from hamburgers and curly fries to Italian pastas, salads and - you guessed it - pizza. Build your own by choosing from nearly 20 toppings, or feast on one of their famous specialty pies, ranging from the vegetarian and the spinach portabella to their own South Lanes Special, topped with sausage, pepperoni, mushroom, onion, green pepper and green olive."


Constructed during the British Raj in 1908, the famous 'Nilgiri Mountain Railway' is located in Tamil Nadu, India. This railway line was included in UNESCO's 'World Heritage Sites' list in June 2005. It is managed by Southern Indian railway. This unique and vintage railway line, passes through the Nilgiri mountains and is a 'joy ride' in the true sense.
The construction of this unique 'Nilgiri Mountain Railway' line began way back in 1908. The initial plan was to start from Coimbatore Junction, and make Coonoor the final destination of this railway line. However, it was in September 1908 that it was extended to Fernhill. Finally though, by mid October it was stretched to Ooty. And as of today, this fascinating railway line is operated right up to Udhagamandalam (Ooty).
The "Nilgiri Mountain Railway" line is known for a track system known as the 'Abt Rack and Pinion System'. This system basically helps the locomotives used to climb over a steep gradient. Furthermore, this system is mainly found in between the Mettupalayam and Coonoor railway stations. This line is also considered to be the only "Rack Railway" in India.
'Uphill and downhill' are two types of journeys undertaken by locomotives along the 'Nilgiri Mountain Railway' line. It takes 4.8 hours (290 minutes) to complete an uphill journey while, during the journey downhill it takes about 3.6 hours ( 215 minutes). Apparently, this unique track is said to be one among the 'steepest' in Asia with a gradient of 8.33% found to be the maximum. The major railway stations on this line include Mettupalayam, Coonoor, Wellington, Aravankadu, Ketti, Lovedale, and Ooty.
'Steam and diesel locomotives' are used along the fascinating 'Nilgiri Mountain Railway' line. The steam locomotive can be used in any section in this line. However, the diesel locomotive can only be used in between Coonoor and Ooty. The engines mainly used belong to a brand known as 'X Class steam rack locomotives' which is manufactured by the 'Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works of Winterthur'.
An old ticketing system known as 'Edmondson' is used in the 'Nilgiri Mountain Railway' line. It is mainly in operation during the Ooty to Mettupalayam journey, essentially to maintain its "World Heritage Site'"status. In addition, computerized ticketing is available for most of the routes in this railway line.
A number of films( including international) have used the 'Nilgiri Mountain Railway' line as location. For example, a David Lean movie titled 'A Passage To India' has used Coonoor station as a live location. The famous Bollywood song 'Chaiyya Chaiyya' has been choreographed and shot on top of a Nilgiri railway locomotive. In addition, three BBC documentaries were shot on Indian Hill Railways of which one covered the train services provided in the Nilgiri Mountain.
If you truly wish to enjoy an lush green landscape and fresh air, then you must travel, at least once in your lifetime, via the 'Nilgiri Mountain Railway line.
Also Read: WHY IS OOTY ONE OF THE MOST VISITED HILL STATION IN INDIA?
Which Are The Most Visited Indian Hill Stations Of 2017?


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Bagenkop ist eine Hafenstadt im äußersten Süden der Insel Langeland in der Region Syddanmark in Dänemark. In Bagenkop wohnen  Einwohner (Stand ). Die Stadt bildet seit dem 1. Oktober 2010 eine eigene Kirchspielsgemeinde (dän.: Sogn) Bagenkop Sogn, vorher war sie ein Kirkedistrikt im Magleby Sogn, das bis 1970 zur Harde Langelands Sønder Herred im damaligen Svendborg Amt gehörte, danach zur Sydlangeland Kommune im Fyns Amt, die mit der dänischen Kommunalreform zum 1. Januar 2007 in der Langeland Kommune in der Region Syddanmark aufgegangen ist.

Wirtschaft
In Bagenkop befindet sich eine Schifffahrts-Sekundarschule.

Eine gewisse Bedeutung hat der Yachthafen, der aufgrund seiner günstigen Lage zu Schleswig-Holstein während der Sommermonate von vielen Freizeitseglern angefahren wird.

Fährverbindung Bagenkop–Kiel

Bereits vom 9. September 1911 bis 1914 wurde die Fährverbindung von Sydfyenske Dampskibsselskab (SFDS) mit dem Dampfschiff Rut bedient. Von 1932 bis 1934 folgte das Schiff Bagenkop.

Erst 1965 erfolgte durch die Langeland-Kiel Linien I/S die Wiedereröffnung mit der Langeland, 1977 folgte die Langeland To, die 1978 in Langeland II umbenannt wurde. Ab 1989 verkehrte die Langeland III.

Ende 1998 wurde die Langeland III nach Kroatien verkauft und von 1. März 1999 bis 30. Juni 1999 die Apollo eingechartert. Mit der Abschaffung des Duty-free-Handels ab dem 1. Juli 1999 wurde die Fährstrecke eingestellt. Vom 5. Mai 2000 bis 31. Oktober 2000 wurde die Strecke mit der Difko Fyn betrieben. Mit der Bedienung der Fährlinie vom 14. April 2003 bis 4. November 2003 durch die Langeland endete die Geschichte der Fährstrecke.

Nachdem die Fährlinie Kiel–Bagenkop eingestellt wurde, verlor Bagenkop mit dem Tagestourismus (Butterfahrten) eine wichtige Einkunftsquelle.

Der Runddysse von Lunden liegt nordöstlich des Leuchtturms Keldsnor Fyr, südöstlich von Bagenkop. Südlich von Bagenkop liegen das Ganggrab von Hulbjerg und die Runddysser von Gulstav.

Brauchtum
Ein Hafenfest wird Mitte Juli gefeiert. Hierbei wird das in der Kirche aufgehängte Schiff durch die Stadt getragen.

Sehenswürdigkeiten
 Langelandsfort, Museum des Kalten Krieges

Weblinks

Einzelnachweise

Geographie (Langeland Kommune)

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This is an example of how to use PROPERTY PATH in SPARQL to run recursive queries.

SPARQL Tool: Before running the queries, you need to have Virtuoso installed on your machine. Virtuoso installation & manual can be find here [Virtuoso Manual](https://github.com/idaks/DataONE-Prov-Summer-2017/tree/master/examples/simulate_data_collection/SPARQL-queries/Virtuoso)

Data: [virtuoso_family.ttl](https://github.com/idaks/DataONE-Prov-Summer-2017/blob/master/examples/family/virtuoso_family.ttl)

![Family Example](https://github.com/idaks/DataONE-Prov-Summer-2017/blob/master/examples/family/family_example.png)

1. Loading data into Virtuoso DB:

   - In order to use SPARQL to query data, first you need to load data into Virtuoso DB. In this example, we want to query the rdf (turtle) file named "virtuoso_family.ttl". Therefore, we have to move this RDF file into Virtuoso folder by the following command:

         mv ~/Downloads/virtuoso_family.ttl /usr/local/Cellar/virtuoso/7.2.4.2/var/lib/virtuoso/db/virtuoso_family.ttl

   - Now start accessing Virtuoso by using the command line:

         virtuoso-t –f

   - Open another shell in the terminal, accessing isql and then using the following command to load the virtuoso_family.ttl file in to the Virtuoso DB:

         DB.DBA.TTLP_MT (file_to_string_output ('/usr/local/Cellar/virtuoso/7.2.4.2/var/lib/virtuoso/db/virtuoso_family.ttl'), '', 'http://mytest.com')

4. Testing SPARQL queries:
   - Connect to Virtuoso using the following command lines:

   	      cd usr/local/Cellar/virtuoso/7.2.4.2/var/lib/virtuoso/db
	      virtuoso-t –f

   - All the sample SPARQL queries are stored in the bash file "virtuoso_family_run_queries.sh". In order to run the file, open new shell in the terminal, run the following command line:

         sh virtuoso_family_run_queries.sh

   - If you want to export the results to txt file, use the following command:

         sh virtuoso_family_run_queries.sh > family_queries_results.txt


Minnesota Wild Turkey Spring hunting season is here once again. The NWTF (National Wild Turkey Federation) is dedicated to the conservation of the wild turkey and the preservation of our hunting heritage. Since 1985, NWTF volunteers and partners raised and spent more than $488 million toward their mission of conserving wildlife habitat and preserving our hunting heritage. Tune in and listen as Dave and Andy interview Joel Nelson about the NWTF. Joel Nelson is a pro-outdoorsman that does a great deal of work in the outdoors industry. Joel also writes for Outdoor News, does seminars on fishing and hunting and has his own media site – Joel Nelson Outdoors.


When you get a report book online by means of a site, you will observe they're committed to securely guard your rights and privacy. After you have gathered your information, you may finally compose the book. Below, you'll discover useful tips about how to earn a book report in the perfect way.
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Q: AWSCLI getting InvalidCiphertextException when decrypting locally encrypted file using AWS KMS I am trying to decrypt a locally encrypted file using AWS KMS. The AWS KMS key was already created via the console and then I'm using the cli to to do the encryption and decryption. The decryption is failing.
I have created a customer managed AWS KMS key on AWS, here's the output from aws kms describe-key command:
{
    "KeyMetadata": {
        "AWSAccountId": "<redacted>",
        "KeyId": "<redacted>",
        "Arn": "arn:aws:kms:eu-west-2:<redacted>:key/<redeacted>",
        "CreationDate": "2022-11-01T14:02:40.684000+00:00",
        "Enabled": true,
        "Description": "CST MED1 FORT-B",
        "KeyUsage": "ENCRYPT_DECRYPT",
        "KeyState": "Enabled",
        "Origin": "AWS_KMS",
        "KeyManager": "CUSTOMER",
        "CustomerMasterKeySpec": "SYMMETRIC_DEFAULT",
        "KeySpec": "SYMMETRIC_DEFAULT",
        "EncryptionAlgorithms": [
            "SYMMETRIC_DEFAULT"
        ],
        "MultiRegion": false
    }

I can successfully encrypt a local file using this command:
aws kms encrypt --key-id <redacted> --plaintext fileb://field342med1 --output text --query CiphertextBlob --region eu-west-2 > field342med1.encrypted

However when decrypting this file using the following command:
aws kms decrypt --ciphertext-blob fileb://field342med1.encrypted --query Plaintext

i get the following error:
An error occurred (InvalidCiphertextException) when calling the Decrypt operation:

I have changed the fileb:// to file:// which eliminates the error but it's not decrypted to what was in the original plain textfile.
Any ideas please?
Any ideas how I can resolve this please?

A: You are on the right track. The reason why your decrypted file is different from the original plain text file is because the result is base64 encoded.
Here is the CLI doc for aws kms decrypt:

Plaintext -> (blob)
Decrypted plaintext data. When you use the HTTP API or the Amazon Web Services CLI, the value is Base64-encoded. Otherwise, it is not Base64-encoded.

Therefore, the following command will give you back the original text:
aws kms decrypt --ciphertext-blob file://field342med1.encrypted --query Plaintext --output text | base64 -D

A: It was a helpful response and pointer by jellycsc but still not quite worked for me.
The link to the AWS CLI doc provided by jellyscs is where I eventually got the correct answer from.
Even though my initial encryption command worked,I wasn't base64 encoding the file when encrypting it. I would have thought that wasn't necessary but it seems it is. Here's the command to do this correctly:
aws kms encrypt --key-id <redacted> --plaintext fileb://field342med1  --output text --query CiphertextBlob | base64 --decode > field342med1.encrypted

Then to successfully decrypt the encrypted file we do:
aws kms decrypt --ciphertext-blob fileb://field342med1.encrypted --query Plaintext --output text | base64 --decode

There is no need to pass in the key-id for the decryption step as it's reference is contained in the metadata of the encrypted file.
Hope that helps others but thanks again to jellycsc for the pointers

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One of the things all of us can do to protect and improve our environment is - recycling. Today a plastic bottle may contain juice, water, or soda.. But what can it become after you use it?
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Since the process for PET recycling requires less energy and fossil fuels, it reduces the manufacturing cost and improves the environment.
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Collection and recovery of used material is the main drawback faced by companies interested in recycling PET.
Although the recyclability of PET as one of its most valuable benefits for most markets the amount of material that goes to a landfill or landfill still exceeds the amount that is recycled is exalted.
Cartagena de Indias, one of the most beautiful cities in the world do not have a system of recycling of any waste.
More than 800 tons of daily waste is dumped on the outskirts of the city without any intervention by companies. In addition, they cannot take advantage of these resources.
27 years old girl – Cinthia Pattigno from Cartagena, Colombia has decided to do something concrete to solve the waste recycling in the region. She is a lawyer specializing in environmental law.
She decided to implement recycling at source, collect house per house their waste and compact them in a warehouse located in the city.
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"Cartagena de Indias do not have separation of garbage, everyone discarded their mixed wastes, and thus being only 6% of the garbage that is thrown into the trash is recycled, meaning that more than 760 tons of daily garbage is practically as food for carrion birds and soil as a contaminant", says Cinthia Pattigno.
This idea of PET recycling came into her mind, when she saw the existing garbage collection and separation process in the region.
The garbage, after picking from houses, transported through trucks and dumped in the area leaving virtually useless plastics and metals.
To recycle the waste in a proper way and efficiently, she is currently running a crown fundraising campaign at Indiegogo for a goal of $10,000.
She will collect all plastics and metals directly from the houses, thereby decreasing the tonnage of garbage daily gathered over large companies that have no interest in recycling.
She needs your help to solve the waste menace in the region and save the environment. You can generously support her campaign for a good social cause.


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Vaccines site
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Immunization Works October 2018
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November 1, 2018: Content on this page kept for historical reasons.
ACIP Meeting: The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) met October 24–25, 2018. They voted to routinely recommend hepatitis A vaccination for individuals who are homeless and approved the 2019 child/adolescent and adult immunization schedules. CDC also presented an overview of background data, so ACIP can discuss policy options for expanding the age recommendations for HPV vaccine, in anticipation of a vote at a future ACIP meeting. CDC and ACIP are conducting a rapid and thorough review all of the latest available data to inform recommendations for HPV vaccination following the recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of an expanded age of licensure for human papillomavirus (HPV) 9-valent vaccine (Gardasil 9).
Please visit the ACIP meeting web page for agendas, presentation slides, meeting minutes, and archived video broadcasts.
Mumps Outbreak in a Marshallese Community in the Denver Metropolitan Area, 2016–2017: In January 2017, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) identified four epidemiologically linked cases of mumps among persons from a Marshallese community who were members of the same church in the Denver metropolitan area. During 2016–2017, sizable outbreaks of mumps reported in Arkansas, Hawaii, and Washington also affected the Marshallese population. CDPHE, the Tri-County Health Department (TCHD), and Denver Public Health collaborated to conduct an outbreak investigation during January–March 2017 using active and passive surveillance that identified 17 confirmed and 30 probable cases. Public health actions included conducting measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination clinics at local Marshallese churches; these resulted in the vaccination of 126 persons with more than 1 dose of MMR vaccine. Implementation of active surveillance and support from local Marshallese church leaders in promoting vaccination programs likely contributed to interruption of the outbreak. Please read the October 19 MMWR for the full report.
Vaccination Coverage for Selected Vaccines and Exemption Rates among Children in Kindergarten in the U.S. during the 2017–18 School Year: State and local school vaccination requirements exist to ensure that students are protected from vaccine-preventable diseases. The October 12 MMWR summarizes vaccination coverage and exemption estimates collected by state and local immunization programs for children in kindergarten (kindergartners) in 49 states and the District of Columbia and kindergartners provisionally enrolled (attending school without complete vaccination or exemption while completing a catch-up vaccination schedule) or in a grace period (a set interval during which a student may be enrolled and attend school without proof of complete vaccination or exemption) for 28 states. Median vaccination coverage was 95.1% for the state-required number of doses of diphtheria and tetanus toxoids, and acellular pertussis vaccine (DTaP); 94.3% for 2 doses of measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine (MMR); and 93.8% for 2 doses of varicella vaccine. The median percentage of kindergartners with an exemption from at least one vaccine was 2.2%, and the median percentage provisionally enrolled or attending school during a grace period was 1.8%. Vaccination coverage among kindergartners remained high; however, schools can improve coverage by following up with students who are provisionally enrolled, in a grace period, or lacking complete documentation of required vaccinations.
Vaccination Coverage among Children Aged 19–35 Months in the U.S. during 2017: The ACIP recommends routine vaccination by age 24 months against 14 potentially serious illnesses. CDC used data from the 2017 National Immunization Survey-Child (NIS-Child) to assess vaccination coverage at national, state, territorial, and selected local levels among children aged 19–35 months in the U.S. Coverage remained high and stable overall, exceeding 90% for 3 or more doses of poliovirus vaccine, 1 or more doses of measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine (MMR), 3 or more doses of hepatitis B vaccine (HepB), and 1 or more doses of varicella vaccine. Although the proportion of children who received no vaccine doses by age 24 months was low, this proportion increased gradually from 0.9% for children born in 2011 to 1.3% for children born in 2015. Coverage was lower for most vaccines among uninsured children and those insured by Medicaid, compared with those having private health insurance, and for children living outside of metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), compared with those living in MSA principal cities. These disparities could be reduced with greater awareness and use of the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program, eliminating missed opportunities to vaccinate children during visits to health care providers and minimizing interruptions in health insurance coverage. Please read the October 12 MMWR for the full report.
Update on Vaccine-Derived Polioviruses—Worldwide, January 2017–June 2018: Since the Global Polio Eradication Initiative was launched in 1988, the number of polio cases worldwide has declined substantially. Among the three wild poliovirus serotypes, only type 1 has been detected since 2012. This decline is attributable primarily to use of the live, attenuated oral poliovirus vaccine in national routine immunization schedules and mass vaccination campaigns. The success and safety record of oral poliovirus vaccine use is offset by the rare emergence of genetically divergent vaccine-derived polioviruses (VDPVs), whose genetic drift from the parental oral poliovirus vaccine strains indicates prolonged replication or circulation. Circulating VDPVs (cVDPVs) can emerge in areas with low immunization coverage and can cause outbreaks of paralytic polio. In addition, immunodeficiency-associated VDPVs (iVDPVs) can emerge in persons with primary immunodeficiencies and can replicate and be excreted for years. The October 25 MMWR presents data on VDPVs detected during January 2017–June 2018 and updates previous VDPV summaries. During this reporting period, new cVDPV outbreaks were detected in five countries. Fourteen newly identified persons in nine countries were found to excrete iVDPVs. Ambiguous VDPVs, isolates that cannot be classified definitively, were found among immunocompetent persons and environmental samples in seven countries.
Flu Vaccine Reduces Risk of Flu Hospitalization among Pregnant Women: An annual flu shot reduced pregnant women's risk of flu-related hospitalization by an average of 40%, according to a new CDC-coauthored study. While previous studies have shown that a flu shot can reduce a pregnant woman's risk of flu illness, this is the first study to show flu vaccination protected against flu-related hospitalization. The study includes data from 2 million pregnant women collected over six flu seasons across four countries, and found that more than 80% of pregnancies overlapped with flu season, underscoring the likelihood that pregnant women will be exposed to flu at some point during their pregnancy. The study is available online from the Clinical Infectious DiseasesExternal journal website.
CDC recommends pregnant women get a flu shot because they are at high risk of developing serious flu illness, including illness resulting in hospitalization. Other studies have shown that in addition to helping to protect the pregnant woman, a flu shot given during pregnancy helps protect the baby from flu infection for several months after birth before he or she is old enough to be vaccinated.
Flu shots have a good safety record. Millions of flu vaccines have been given for decades, including to pregnant women, with a good safety record. Observational and prospective studies in pregnant women support the safety of influenza vaccination during pregnancy. Please visit the CDC pregnant women and flu web page for additional information.
Influenza Activity Update in the U.S. and Worldwide, May 20–October 13, 2018: During May 20 through October 13, 2018, there was little influenza activity in the U.S. Influenza A and B viruses were both detected; during recent weeks, A(H1N1) were most common. Seasonal influenza activity in the Southern Hemisphere was low overall with influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 predominating in many regions. Laboratory testing of available recently circulating influenza A and B viruses indicated that most continue to be like the vaccine viruses recommended for production of 2018–19 Northern Hemisphere flu vaccines. It's not possible to say what flu virus will predominate during the current flu season, but flu vaccination is the best way to prevent influenza infection. Please read the October 26 MMWR for the full report.
National Press Conference Kicks Off 2018–2019 Flu Vaccination Campaign: On September 27, 2018, CDC and the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID), along with other public health and medical groups kicked off the 2018–19 flu vaccine campaign at a press conferenceExternal held at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Early estimates from CDC indicate that more than 900,000 people were hospitalized and almost 80,000 people died from flu last season. These estimates are record-breaking, and emphasize the seriousness and severity of flu illness and serve as a strong reminder of the importance of flu vaccination. Please visit the flu web page for additional information.
2018–2019 Flu Season Vaccination Campaign: CDC encourages everyone 6 months and older to "fight flu" by getting their annual flu vaccination. You can support and join the campaign by sharing messages on the importance of flu vaccination, preventive actions, and antiviral treatment. Details on events/activities, sample social media and newsletter content, graphics, web assets, and media prep material are available in our digital campaign toolkit. This material is downloadable, shareable, and some of the material is customizable.
Learn more about how you can #FightFlu this season and stay up to date on the latest flu information from CDC by following @CDCFlu on Twitter and signing up for CDC's weekly Influenza Newsletter.
Communication Resources for Health Care Providers: As a health care professional, your strong recommendation of flu vaccination is critical to your patients getting vaccinated. Most adults know vaccines are important, but they need a reminder from you to get their flu vaccination. They also need to understand how important it is to protect themselves and their families from serious illness caused by flu. CDC has developed a new toolkit containing a variety of resources to help communicate CDC vaccination recommendations and prepare your practice to fight flu. The tools will help you to make a strong influenza vaccine recommendation, facilitate productive conversations with your patients, and ultimately reduce the prevalence of flu in your community.
Prevent Vaccine Administration Errors: "Know the site and get it right" to prevent vaccine administration errors. As influenza season approaches, now is a great opportunity to remind providers to ensure staff members who administer vaccines know how to do it right. ISD has developed tools to share with members of your health care community. These products educate and remind providers about proper influenza vaccine administration techniques to help avoid shoulder injuries and other adverse events. The materials include links to comprehensive vaccine administration information, a short video on the correct technique for intramuscular injection, an infographic on administering flu vaccine to an adult, and a link to our vaccine administration e-Learn.
Influenza Vaccine Information Statements (VISs): Don't forget to give a VIS every time you give a flu shot! Influenza VISs are no longer updated every year and the edition dated August 7, 2015, should be used for the 2018–19 season. You can find influenza VISs here.
Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, 13th Edition (the Pink Book): Published by CDC, NCIRD, and the Public Health Foundation (PHF), the Pink Book provides health care professionals with the most comprehensive information available on vaccines and vaccine-preventable diseases. The Pink Book is available for purchase from the PHF Learning Resource CenterExternal, and the chapters and appendices can be viewed or downloaded from the NCIRD vaccines site.
2018 Webinar Series for Pink Book: This 2018 online series of 15 webinars, which concluded on October 3, 2018, provides an overview of vaccination principles, general recommendations, immunization strategies, and specific information about vaccine-preventable diseases and the vaccines that prevent them. Each webinar explored a chapter from the 13th edition of the Pink Book. All of the recordings can be viewed online at the Pink Book webinar web page. Continuing Education (CE) is available for each webinar.
"Keys to Storing and Handling Your Vaccine Supply" Video: Two of the most important safeguards for the nation's vaccine supply are proper storage and handling. A new web-on-demand video, titled "Keys to Storing and Handling Your Vaccine Supply," is designed to decrease vaccine storage and handling errors by demonstrating recommended best practices and addressing frequently asked questions. Continuing Education (CE) is available.
Vaccine Administration e-Learn: An e-Learn on vaccine administration is now available. Proper vaccine administration is critical for ensuring that vaccines are both safe and effective. Vaccine administration errors happen more often than you might think. Of the average 36,000 reports received annually by the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)External, about 1,500 are directly related to administration error.
Some of the most common vaccine administration errors include:
Not following the recommended immunization schedule
Administering improperly stored or expired vaccine and/or diluent
Administering the wrong vaccine—confusing look-alike or sound-alike vaccines such as DTaP/Tdap or administering products outside age indications
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The Sharks will be looking to build on their remarkable come-from-behind win over the Roosters and to chalk up three wins on the trot when they tackle the Newcastle Knights at Remondis Stadium on Sunday.
After overcoming 22 and 24 point deficits in their last two victories, confidence is up in the Sharks camp with hopes high for another spirited performance this weekend.
Interim coach James Shepherd, with a one-from-one record after helping to guide the team to a win last Saturday night, has stuck with a similar combination to the one which beat the Roosters.
In the only two changes to his line up, Shepherd has named a 19-man squad, a team which contains the NSW Origin pair of Paul Gallen and Luke Lewis.
Pat Politoni, who debuted in the top grade for the Sharks last weekend has been named to play again this week, with Tim Robinson and Tupou Sopoaga on standby for the Origin pair.
Sunday is also a family fun day at Remondis, with extra activities for the children, including free showbags to the first 1000 through the gates, rides and a jumping castle on the family hill, plus face painting, clowns and a stilt walker.
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Not a day goes by in the cryptocurrency world without a good amount of drama. At times, it feels as if this industry simply can't catch a break to recoup losses sustained throughout 2018. The latest incident comes in the form of Ethereum Classic suffering from an alleged 51% attack on the network. This forced service providers such as Kraken to temporarily halt all funding of this altcoin, although some users ask the company to effectively delist ETC.
Ever since Ethereum Classic "forked" from Ethereum due to a disagreement over bailing out The DAO, there have been some concerns regarding ETC. Not because there isn't a competent team of individuals supporting the project or the attention it is getting from the likes of Barry Silbert. One always had to keep in mind ETC would never be able to rival Ethereum in terms of network security, price, and market cap.
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This unfortunate development forces the Ethereum Classic team to effectively resolve this situation. It would appear the issue was first reported by Coinbase after double-spends were detected. Ever since that time, a second story came out regarding a company allegedly testing new ASIC miners pointed at Ethereum Classic. That caused an influx of mining power and disrupted the network. Both explanations are still very much plausible, yet the end result remains the exact same until further notice.
To date, the Ethereum Classic team has been working on a solution. Rather than going about this alone, the company acknowledges something will need to happen to make this endeavor successful. As such, they are working with "many members of the community to resolve the problem. It is still advised for exchanges, payment providers, and others to wait for at least 400 network confirmations to clear transactions. The higher this number is, the more chances of it being a genuine transaction, rather than an attempted double-spend.
Unfortunately for users, that also means the ETC network is still subjected to a potential 51% attack at this time. Addressing key issues like these needs to be done properly, rather than rushing to release a fix which might create even more problems in the long run. There is a history of 51% attacks against cryptocurrency networks, thus problems like these should never be taken lightly.
This incident is another example of how "fragile" alternative cryptocurrency ecosystems can be. Although there has been a genuine interest in Ethereum Classic, it is clear someone found a loophole to exploit. Whether that is due to nefarious reasons or an unfortunate coincidence, will become clear once the developers make an official statement. The situation is being handled in a professional manner, yet it will take time to uncover every detail.


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Die Reyssouze ist ein Fluss in Frankreich, der im Département Ain in der Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes verläuft. Sie entspringt in den Bergen südlich von Journans, entwässert generell in nordwestlicher Richtung, durchquert auf ihrem Weg die Stadt Bourg-en-Bresse und mündet nach rund 75 Kilometern gegenüber von Fleurville als linker Nebenfluss in die Saône. Der Mündungsbereich liegt an der Gemeindegrenze der gleichnamigen Gemeinde Reyssouze mit der Nachbargemeinde Pont-de-Vaux.

Orte am Fluss
 Journans
 Tossiat
 Montagnat
 Bourg-en-Bresse
 Attignat
 Montrevel-en-Bresse
 Pont-de-Vaux
 Reyssouze

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Ab dem Ort Pont-de-Vaux wird der Fluss vom Canal de Pont-de-Vaux (manchmal auch Canal de la Reyssouze genannt) begleitet, der von einem ehemaligen Projekt zur Herstellung eines Schifffahrtsweges von Bourg-en-Bresse an die Saône übrig geblieben ist.

Siehe auch
 Liste von Zuflüssen der Saône

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Brendan Rodgers Celtic team are such overwhelming favorites today that it's causing a reverse effect on the nerves.
Derby day is cliche day, all the pundits and all the ex-players repeat sayings that have been said 1000 times before. The cliche that woke up this morning is the one about the form book going out the window. In truth, it's not just about form, is it? Man for man Celtic are better all over the pitch.
Brendan Rodgers does not know what it feels like to lose a Glasgow Derby. He might of thought he lost one in the only game he dropped points in when the Sevco players and "fans" celebrated a 1-1 draw like they'd won the Champions League.
"You can try and say it is like any other game, it is three points, but nobody is going to believe that.
"We know if we play to the best of our ability we'll win.
"It doesn't really matter to us what anyone else is doing. We'll go into the game and try to impose ourselves on it.
"We know it will be a battle, that they will come out and try to make a few tackles because it's a derby game and they have to.
"We have to be ready for that and stand up to that.
"But at the same time, we must stay calm and play the type of football we know.
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Week 15 D4 North CIF Bowl Rankings
By Mark Tennis | Published: December 1, 2012 Follow @CalHiSports
Chris Lein and Ray Vega both made big plays for Central Catholic of Modesto in its 52-10 win against Escalon in the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV championship. The Raiders lost to Escalon last year in the section semifinals. Photo by Paul Muyskens.
SUNDAY PICKS ARE IN: McClymonds earns nod over Ferndale, but gets big, bad Central Catholic next. Go inside for early prediction.
Friday's Division IV regional final: Central Catholic (Modesto) vs. McClymonds of Oakland at Alex G. Spanos Stadium (Lincoln of Stockton).
Controversial choice? According to a source who was in the room during Sunday's meeting, the debate between McClymonds and Ferndale in this division took the longest of the day. This one definitely could have gone the other way.
Bowl History: Central Catholic is playing in its second bowl game (lost in 2007 State Division III to St. Bonaventure). McClymonds has a tremendous history with CIF state title in boys basketball, but this will be football team's first bowl game.
Early Prediction: Central Catholic 41, McClymonds 20. The Warriors will present some different challenges for the Raiders, but they look like a big favorite not only for NorCal but for state the following week as well.
Here are the Week 15 CIF Division IV North bowl game rankings (completed before this year's bowl selections were made; after games of Saturday, Dec. 1; previous rank in parentheses):
DIVISION IV NORTH
1. (1) Central Catholic (Modesto) 12-2*
2. (2) McClymonds (Oakland) 9-3*
3. (3) Ferndale 12-1*
4. (4) Brookside Christian (Stockton) 10-2*
5. (5) Capital Christian (Sacramento) 10-2
6. (6) Le Grand 11-2*
7. (7) St. Vincent de Paul (Petaluma) 10-3
8. (8) California School for the Deaf (Fremont) 10-2
9. (9) Portola 10-1**
10. (10) Willows 9-4*
*Indicates season complete, section champ and eligible for CIF bowl game.
**Indicates season complete, section champ, eligible for bowl game and has one default win not included.
Drops: None.
Bubble Teams: Chester 9-2, Foresthill 10-2, Hamilton (Hamilton City) 9-4, Maxwell 8-3, Pierce (Arbuckle) 11-1, Ripon Christian 9-3, St. Bernard's (Eureka) 7-5, Tomales 6-5, Valley Christian (Dublin) 8-3, Waterford 9-3.
Case for Central Catholic: The Raiders won the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV title over Escalon 52-10 on Saturday and just about every one of the teams in that division was D3 for the bowl games. They lost once to Placer of Auburn (which lost earlier in the SJS D3 playoffs) with the only other loss coming to Downey of Modesto (D1 team that went 9-1 in regular season). Among Central Catholic's wins, one came against St. Mary's of Stockton (D1 team that lost by just eight points to De La Salle in its next game). Also note that Ferndale's only loss was to an SJS D3 team (Argonaut of Jackson) and it was not a close game. Raiders' running backs Rey Vega and Ray Lomas both ran wild in the mercy-rule win against Escalon. Vega had TD runs of 26, 55 and 83 yards.
Case for McClymonds: The Warriors won their third straight Oakland Section title two weekends ago by topping Oakland Tech 38-17. Oakland Tech also was good enough to get a win over Benicia (SJS D3 playoff team). While the team has three losses, all three were to schools from higher divisions. One was by seven points to Bishop O'Dowd (NCS), one was by just two points to West Valley of Cottonwood (same team that lost in overtime to 13-0 Sutter in Northern Section D2 final) and the other was by seven to Oak Grove of San Jose (which was 10-0 in regular season and competed in CCS Open Division).
Case for Ferndale: Coach Kim Jorgensen's team clobbered St. Vincent of Petaluma in the NCS D5 final 53-14 to gain eligibility for this season. In previous seasons, the Wildcats would always move up to NCS D4 and have struggled to win titles and become eligible for the bowl games. Ferndale's only loss this year was to Argonaut of Jackson, which was a Sac-Joaquin Section D4 team (D3 for the bowl games) that went 11-0 before it lost. Ferndale also has a win over McClymonds from last season (if that matters) but McClymonds won between the two in 2010.
Why Not Brookside Christian? This was a team that came on strong in the playoffs in winning the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section D6 title. One loss was lopsided to Central Catholic, but the other one was 49-12 to Summerville, which is too much compared to Ferndale's lone loss.
Comments or corrections? Email markjtennis@gmail.com.
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EHS4life
Posted December 1, 2012 at 9:00 pm | Permalink
Central Catholic looking real strong
socalfootball
central catholic will be a big favorite over any D4 team north or south
Posted December 2, 2012 at 11:23 am | Permalink
Do they have a small schools playoff as well? Does the bowl games go DI through DIV and THEN a small schools game? Can't remember.
D4 is the small school bowl game.it goes open division,D1,D2,D3,D4
carlos estacio
Central catholic very strong team with the Rey and Ray show.
NorCalTDS
Ferndale is really a team that just knows how to win. Too bad they won't get a shot at Central Catholic who is obviously a great program. Would have been fun to watch…
Kirsten Gapuz
Central Catholic looks like they have a good chance at winning on Friday. With the Rey and Ray show going on a a few touchdowns here and there by some other teammates, they could possibly be claiming the title as State Champions. I'm proud to be a CC Raider, Class of 2015.
Posted December 5, 2012 at 2:50 am | Permalink
You can't teach speed. Mcclymonds will clobber cc they are hungry and out to prove themselves


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