A close up of a shackled Asiatic elephant in the Surin Elephant Kingdom.
My experience of elephants in Thailand began in the Grand Palace, where they are depicted as formidable battlefront allies, adorned in gilded gold armor, bearing a warrior on their backs and a mahout upon their necks. Their might and weight evidenced by the sheer number of infantry they are able to stand their ground against in the painted scenes. This is how they are revered in society to date, as the Thai retrace their deep connection to these animals back to the great wars fought in this region.
In later years these trained elephants were assigned new utilitarian value by the logging industry, however the use of these animals to pull logs was brought to an abrupt end by the Thai government in 1989. This led to both mahouts and elephants not having gainful employment and consequently no income from which to support themselves with. No financial compensatory measure was offered immediately, which led to elephants being walked from their villages into the cities to beg for money. This compromised the welfare and health of these giants as their day-to-day living conditions were unsanitary and their daily nutrition was undermined.
In 2009 however the Queen issued a memo that empowered the Zoological Park Organization (ZPO) under the Royal Patronage of H.M. The King, to incentivize mahouts to keep elephants in their respective villages and off city streets. ZPO, realizing these mahouts would need more than the $400 a month stipend per elephant to care for these behemoths properly, helped form a safe haven for these animals and their keepers. Consequently the Surin elephant kingdom in Northeastern Thailand was established, designated by His Majesty the King, to allow elephants to live in more natural settings with access to forests, large water bodies, and a balanced diet. This effort also offers the keepers real estate to grow feed (bamboo, banana, and sugar cane) for their animals and a place to bathe and adequately hydrate them. Adult elephants can consume up to 300 pounds of food and 50 gallons of water a day.
With over half of the nation's elephant population falling under the "domesticated animals" headcount, the fate and future of these servile pachyderms seems forever tethered to their mahouts. Thailand's current population of elephants is around 7,000+ in total, of which nearly 3,500 to 4,000 are captive beasts of burden. They have been broken-in from an early age, isolated from their mothers within a year into each calf's development, and stripped of the social structures they thrive in, when they retain their birthright to wild freedom. These enslaved animals can never be reintroduced into wild herds. Many of them display stereotypic stress behaviors, like swaying from side to side or back and forth. They bear the psychological and physical wounds of neglect, abuse, malnutrition, and seclusion.
Like farmed tigers, tame Asiatic elephants are qualified as a "welfare," not a "wildlife," problem, one that has been difficult to address due to regionally ingrained practices and cultural bias. Domesticated elephants fall under the jurisdiction of the Livestock Department. In Surin, the veterinarians under the employment of this agency are an hour away from the elephant camps, which has made it impossible to deliver routine preventative care for these animals. Such expedient medical assistance mandates a full time vet on site and in the field, or the presence of a mobile clinic, which is precisely what Veterinarian's International helped establish in Surin. The two mobile elephant clinics (MECs) will avail urgent, on site care for the 200 elephants currently extant in the Surin province. The vet-on-call's salary is being provided by the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation.


Business Law - How can I finance my new business?
Obviously, one of the biggest issues in starting a new business is putting together the money to get things off the ground and running it until the company becomes profitable on its own. For a small business, you may be able to fund it on yourself, using your savings, taking out an equity mortgage on your home or even using your credit cards (while this is fine for short-term financing, you should not use your credit cards over the long term because of their high interest rates). Outside of such self-financing, the two major ways you can finance a new business are by taking out loans, or obtaining equity investors.
Most business typically take out loans from a bank or other financial credit institute, although you can certainly arrange for a private loan from friends or family. Similarly, with equity investors, you can arrange for friends or family to become investors in your business venture or you can find unaffiliated investors to provide you with startup money and/or services. A major advantage to taking the loan route is that, over the long term, if your business does well, once the loans are repaid you get to keep all of the business profits and do not have to share them. With investors, you would always have to share your business profits, as those investors have essentially purchased a portion of the business and become co-owners.
Before you start down the path to getting financing for your new business, you should also consider putting together a business plan, which will help in getting a loan approved or convincing investors to join you.


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Az Out of the Silent Planet az Iron Maiden brit heavy metal együttes 2000-es Brave New World albumának kislemezen kiadott második dala. Az eredetileg majd' hat és fél perces számnak egy szerkesztett, négy percesre rövidített változata került kiadásra. A kislemez a brit slágerlistán a 20. helyet szerezte meg.

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A kislemez 2000. október 23-án jelent meg, amikor az Iron Maiden éppen Japánban koncertezett a Brave New World album világ körüli lemezbemutató turnéjával. Az Out of the Silent Planet dalhoz készített videóklipet a turné korábbi állomásain forgatott koncertfelvételekből állították össze. A dal címe utalás C.S. Lewis azonos című (magyarul A csendes bolygó címmel megjelent) 1938-as tudományos-fantasztikus regényére, bár a dalszöveg nem kapcsolódik a regény témájához. Annál inkább az 1956-ban bemutatott amerikai sci-fi, a Tiltott bolygó (Forbidden Planet) mozifilmhez, amely a 23. században játszódik egy távoli bolygón, ahol egy technológiailag fejlett, de hirtelen eltűnt civilizáció nyomait kutatják.

Az Out of the Silent Planet kislemez három hétig szerepelt a brit slágerlistán, és mindössze a 20. helyet érte el. Legjobban Portugáliban szerepelt, ott az 5. helyig jutott. Ahogy az albumról kiadott első kislemeznél, így itt is a címadó dal mellett az 1999-es Ed Hunter turné során rögzített koncertfelvételek hallhatóak. A CD-változatra és a 12"-es limitált hanglemezre két dal, a Wasted Years és az Aces High került fel, míg a 7"-es kislemez B-oldalára egyedül az Aces High. A multimédiás CD-n a címadó dal videóklipje is lejátszható.

A kislemez standard és limitált kiadásai eltérő lemezborítóval jelentek meg. A standard kiadáson ugyanaz az égből kirajzolódó Eddie-arc látható, ami a Brave New World nagylemez grafikáján is, de itt már nem csak Londont, de az egész bolygót fenyegeti. Ezzel szemben a limitált kiadások egy klasszikus hangulatú Iron Maiden-borítót kaptak, melyen a feldühödött Eddie éppen sajtótájékoztatót tart.

Számlista
7" kislemez
 Out of the Silent Planet (edited version) (Janick Gers, Steve Harris, Bruce Dickinson) – 4:10
 Aces High (live, Ed Hunter Tour, 1999) (Harris) – 5:25

12" kislemez
 Out of the Silent Planet (edited version) (Gers, Harris, Dickinson) – 4:10
 Wasted Years (live, Ed Hunter Tour, 1999) (Adrian Smith) – 5:07
 Aces High (live, Ed Hunter Tour, 1999) (Harris) – 5:25

CD Maxi-Single
 Out of the Silent Planet (edited version) (Gers, Harris, Dickinson) – 4:10
 Wasted Years (live, Ed Hunter Tour, 1999) (Smith) – 5:07
 Aces High (live, Ed Hunter Tour, 1999) (Harris) – 5:25
 Video: Out of the Silent Planet

Közreműködők
 Bruce Dickinson – ének
 Dave Murray – gitár
 Adrian Smith – gitár
 Janick Gers – gitár
 Steve Harris – basszusgitár
 Nicko McBrain – dobok

Slágerlistás helyezések

Jegyzetek

Iron Maiden-kislemezek
2000 kislemezei

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Whenever I read an article about education at the moment it seems to centre on the extraordinary stress teachers and headteachers are currently under. This is a situation that cannot go on.
As a head there are parts of the job I find taxing and there are parts I don't handle very well. However, I hope and believe my staff recognise I try to do the job as well as I can. This is my starting point. I believe the majority of teachers all strive to do the job as well as they can and that their first priority should be the children they teach.
It is essential that schools recognise all three of these separate elements and do what they can to mitigate them. We must ensure the job does not take control.
I want happy teachers who want to be in my school working with my children to ensure they do the best they can. This is not achieved in my opinion by overloading them with jobs which are of no benefit to pupils.
I don't have meetings for the sake of them. I don't do endless observations to keep them on their toes, or call them into my office for a lecture. I just talk to them about being a teacher, about their teaching, about their pupils and, of course, about themselves. I want staff to feel valued: just as I would like to feel.


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Anna Kendrick says she needed 'boundaries' after answering abuse questions on Alice, Darling press tour
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Anna Kendrick has reflected on her recent press tour in support of her new film Alice, Darling, saying that she doesn't think she "can do another thing like that" again.
The thriller drama stars Kendrick as the titular Alice, a woman who's stuck in an emotionally abusive relationship with her boyfriend, Simon (Charlie Carrick).
In previous interviews, the actor has opened up about her personal connection to the project, sharing her personal experience of surviving "emotional abuse".
But more recently, she has looked back on the effects of repeatedly talking about her connection to the subject matter in public.
"People have asked me, 'Was it challenging to shoot the movie?' and I guess that question makes sense," Kendrick told IndieWire in a new interview.
"But I'm actually finding that the press is the thing that has been a little trickier to navigate, making sure that I'm ok and feeling safe in my body," she said.
She then recalled an earlier experience doing a "junket-style day" for the film, in which she would run "through 30 interviews really quickly" each around "six minutes per person".
"I went home and was in the shower and was like, 'Why do I feel so s***ty right now?' And I sort of told everyone, 'I don't think I can do another thing like that'," Kendrick said of the experience.
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"I totally get it's no journalist's job to show up for me in the same headspace that I'm in," she acknowledged, "but I'm trying really hard to go into these conversations really open, and it feels kind of strange to be talking to somebody who clearly just has a million things to do that day.
"I was like, 'Oh, I need to draw a boundary there. I can't really be talking about this in that style of conversation'," Kendrick added.
During a December appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show, the Pitch Perfect star shared how the film was a "cathartic" experience.
"The movie was so personal, there was a point where I was like 'Oh, I don't know if this is too soon to be doing this role,'" Kendrick said at the time.
Alice, Darling is out now in US cinemas and will be released in the UK on Friday 20 January.
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OLV MINOR has together with the IOF Event adviser taken the decision to cancel the race due to the tragic accident that has happened during stage 2 . The WRE for M21 Elite is also canceled because of these circumstances according to the IOF Competition Rules, paragraf 26.13; the organiser must void a race if circumstances have arisen which make the race significantly unfair. There is no total ranking made.


(Storm Records) This is a three-cd release by a group of over 90 musicians from Michigan. The idea behind the cd is that the bands each give $5 a month to the Jam Rag Sustainer, then they put out the cd all over Detroit for free. I can't really say I liked the first half of cd-1. Most of the music reminded me of local music from the late 70′s. Starting with track 15 the songs became more up-to-date and sounded a bit better. CD-2 has a more up-to-date musical feel about it. It starts off bands that have that heavy metal/alternative sound. Most of the bands have the alternative sound. CD-3 also has a more rockin' alternative sound throughout and ends with a twinkly instrumental. Overall this C.D. is wonderful, not only because of the music but because of the whole concept of the project.


Home Comparison Dji Review DJI Mavic Pro Alpine White Review - What's The Differences?
DJI Mavic Pro Alpine White Review - What's The Differences?
Drone manufacturer DJI has launched a new drone in time for Christmas. Sort of. The Mavic Pro Alpine White Combo doesn't do anything the standard Mavic can't do. But it does offer slightly better value for money.
As part of the $1,049 combo, the Alpine White package gives you a Mavic Pro and three batteries. It does not come with the Mavic Pro Platinum's upgraded ESC drivers or the new low noise props, which is a shame. But at least it's still a saving on the standard Mavic Pro Combo.
We won't run through all the specs here, as they haven't changed from the original. You can take a look at our Mavic Pro launch article or one of our hands-on reviews. Or even a comparison between the Mavic Pro and the new Platinum model.
All three drones have the same Forward Vision System, Downward Vision System providing world-class obstacle detection. However, there are two main differences between the Mavic Pro Platinum and the other two Mavics.
Firstly, the Mavic Pro Platinum has a flight time of 30 minutes to the Mavic Pro's 27 minutes thanks to its improved propulsion system. Secondly, it also has 60% noise power reduction for a quieter, more enjoyable flight experience.
Unfortunately, the DJI Mavic Pro Alpine White is a limited edition which you can't order from amazon or the other place, you can just buy this mavic pro alpine from apple store or Dji Store, it's only available as a combo package.
Grab this special offer before it's gone! The remote controller, two extra Intelligent Flight Batteries, an additional pair of propellers, and a protective aircraft sleeve are all included in this combo.
It's been clear for a long time that DJI's biggest competitor is itself. We've written before about the crazy speed at which the company has pushed new drones to market in the past.
There's only so much relentless iteration that the consumer market can take, particularly with the prices as they are and the fact that many hobbyists only fly occasionally. After successfully laying waste to pretty much every other major manufacturer, it looks like DJI has adopted a different strategy this year.
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Madrid & Secrets of the Douro – Madrid to Porto Emerald Radiance departing 13 Oct 2022
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Madrid, Spain's central capital, is a city of elegant boulevards and expansive, manicured parks such as the Buen Retiro. It's renowned for its rich repositories of European art, including the Prado Museum's works by Goya, Velázquez and other Spanish masters. The heart of old Hapsburg Madrid is the portico-lined Plaza Mayor, and nearby is the baroque Royal Palace and Armory, displaying historic weaponry.
Location Porto
Porto is a coastal city in northwest Portugal known for its stately bridges and port wine production. In the medieval Ribeira (riverside) district, narrow cobbled streets wind past merchants' houses and cafes. São Francisco Church is known for its lavish baroque interior with ornate gilded carvings. The palatial 19th-century Palácio de Bolsa, formerly a stock market, was built to impress potential European investors.
Location Pinhao
Pinhão holidays and discover the best time and places to visit.Spectacularly located at the confluence of the Douro and Pinhão rivers, just 22 km (14 miles) upstream from Peso da Régua, the pretty town of Pinhão lies at the very heart of northern Portugal's famous Port wine-making region.
Location Vega de Terron (Salamanca)
Vega de Terron is a Douro River cruise port in Spain and the gateway to Salamanca (Spain). Town's most distinctive feature is the fountain Chafariz dos Pretos (located close to market square).
Location Salamanca
Salamanca, in northwestern Spain, is the capital of Salamanca province, part of the Castile and León region. With a history dating back to the Celtic era, it's known for its ornate sandstone architecture and for the Universidad de Salamanca. Founded in the 1100s and a key intellectual center in the 15th-16th centuries, the university continues to add to the city's vibrancy with its international student population.
Pocinho is a village in northern Portugal, located in the Vila Nova de Foz Côa Municipality. The Pocinho Dam and the River Douro are nearby. Pocinho railway station is the eastern terminus of the Douro railway line; the community developed with the arrival of the railway in 1887.
Location Peso da Régua
Peso da Régua commonly known as Régua, is a municipality in northern Portugal, in the district of Vila Real.


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{-# LANGUAGE
    GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving
  , ScopedTypeVariables
  #-}
module System.Heap.Read where

import Control.Applicative
import Control.Monad.Reader
import Control.Monad.Error
import Data.Binary
import Data.ByteString.Lazy
import System.Heap.Error
import System.Heap.Pointer
import Prelude hiding (read)
import System.IO

newtype Heap a = Heap (ReaderT Handle (ErrorT HeapError IO) a)
  deriving
    ( Functor
    , Applicative
    , Monad
    , MonadIO
    , MonadReader Handle
    , MonadError  HeapError
    )

run :: Handle -> Heap a -> IO (Either HeapError a)
run h (Heap c) = runErrorT (runReaderT c h)

read :: Binary a => Pointer a -> Heap a
read (Ptr off) =
  do h <- ask
     liftIO $
       do hSeek h AbsoluteSeek (fromIntegral off)
          x :: Word64     <- decode <$> hGet h 8
          b :: ByteString <- decode <$> hGet h (8 + fromIntegral x)
          return (decode b)

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Warrenpoint () is a small port town and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It sits at the head of Carlingford Lough, south of Newry, and is separated from the Republic of Ireland by a narrow strait. The town is beside the village of Rostrevor and is overlooked by the Mournes and Cooley Mountains. Warrenpoint sprang up within the townland of Ringmackilroy (), and is locally nicknamed "The Point".

Warrenpoint is known for its scenic location, the Maiden of Mourne festival, the Blues on the Bay music festival, the passenger ferry service between Warrenpoint and Omeath and the nearby Narrow Water Castle. Warrenpoint Port is second in terms of tonnage handled by ports in Northern Ireland. It had a population of 8,732 at the 2011 Census.

History

The area of Warrenpoint was formerly known as Rinn Mhic Giolla Ruaidh ("McIlroy's point"), anglicised Ringmackilroy, which is still the name of the townland in which it sits. Earlier, it was also known as Portyneil, which may come from Port Uí Néill ("O'Neill's port") or Port an Aoil ("port of the lime").

The earliest reference to the settlement of Warrenpoint is in 1744. It is believed to come from the English surname Waring. It is reported that By 1750 there were only two houses in the village, "with a few huts for the occasional residence of the fishermen during the oyster season". In the following fifty years, however, its scenic beauty and coastal location seem to have hastened its swift growth and by 1837 it had 462 houses.

Fairs were held once a month and a market every Friday. In the mid-19th century, Newry merchants obtained a government grant to create a tidal dock at the village, as prior to 1850 ships of above 150 tonnes could not get further up the lough than Narrow Water.

A railway connection opened on 9 May 1849, increasing Warrenpoint's popularity as a holiday destination. and Warrenpoint became popular as a resort town. Thousands flocked to the resort every year, where most took the passenger ferry to Omeath in County Louth. The Warrenpoint railway station closed in January 1965. The Ferry remains in operation but only in the summer months from May to September.

A bandstand in the town park provided concerts and a saltwater swimming pool was built in 1908. The baths were opened by Captain Roger Hall on Whit Monday, 8 June in that year, but they are now closed to the public.

On 6 February 1921, during the Irish War of Independence, the Irish Republican Army ambushed an Ulster Special Constabulary (USC) patrol in Warrenpoint. The ambush took place on Seaview Road and one USC constable was killed.

During World War II, on 15 July 1944 two Royal Air Force aircraft (an Airspeed Oxford (LX 598) and a Miles Martinet (MS626) from No. 290 Squadron RAF) were taking part in a civil defence demonstration at Warrenpoint. In misty conditions the planes collided, the pilots only having seen each other at the last minute. The resultant explosion killed all on board, and pieces of the planes fell onto Church Street, Duke Street and Queen Street and into Carlingford Lough. The bodies of the airmen were recovered and taken to the mortuary in Newry.

On 27 August 1979, during "the Troubles", the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) ambushed a British Army convoy at nearby Narrow Water Castle. Eighteen soldiers were killed in what became known as the Warrenpoint ambush – the British Army's greatest loss-of-life in a single incident during the conflict.

On 12 April 1989, Joanne Reilly was killed by the IRA in a van bomb attack on Warrenpoint Royal Ulster Constabulary base. Inadequate warning was given.

Places of interest
Today a small but modern passenger ferry service operates out of Warrenpoint to the village of Omeath in County Louth. The trip takes about fifteen minutes. Other cruises include trips to Narrow Water Castle, Ross Monument  in the neighbouring town Rostrevor and Bay & Harbour Cruises.

Two small inland lakes, the "Mill Dam" and the "Waterworks" offer a variety of fishing opportunities. A permit is needed to fish these lakes, which are located about 1 mile from the town centre.

Warrenpoint Promenade was used as a backdrop for Bundoran in the film The Butcher Boy, especially the exterior of the Star of the Sea Convent and the Edwardian swimming baths.

The Bridal Loanan is one of the biggest cul-de-sac's in the world and the largest in Europe. It also has the Magennis Investiture Stone at its peak.

Education
St Dallan's Primary School, a Catholic primary school of about 700 pupils, was opened in September 2000 by the then Education Minister Martin McGuinness. Formed from the merger of the Star of the Sea and St. Peters Primary Schools, it was built on the site of the former St. Peters Primary School.

Other schools in the area include Dromore Road Primary School and St Mark's High School.

Demography
On Census Day (27 March 2011) the usually resident population of Warrenpoint/Burren was 8,732 accounting for 0.48% of the NI total. Of these:
 99.19% were from the white (including Irish Traveller) ethnic group
 87.72% belong to or were brought up Catholic and 9.57% belong to or were brought up in a 'Protestant and other (non-Catholic) Christian (including Christian related)'
 13.80% indicated that they had a British national identity, 56.33% had an Irish national identity and 29.74% had a Northern Irish national identity.

Notable residents
 George Gardiner (1821-1891) - recipient of the Victoria Cross
 Thomas Caulfield Irwin (1823-1892) - poet, writer, and classical scholar; born in Warrenpoint
 Forrest Reid (1875-1947) - writer and literary critic; died in Warrenpoint
 Denis Donoghue (1928-2021) - literary critic; brought up in Warrenpoint
 Carmel Hanna (born 1946) - Social Democratic and Labour Party politician
 Clodagh Rodgers (born 1947) - singer; born in Warrenpoint
 Vedran Smailović (born 1956) - Bosnian cellist, lives in Warrenpoint
 Cathal McCabe (born 1963) - poet; grew up in Warrenpoint

Civil parish of Warrenpoint
The civil parish contains the town of Warrenpoint.
The civil parish contains the following townlands: Dromore, Narrow Water, Ringmackilroy.

See also
List of localities in Northern Ireland by population
List of civil parishes of County Down
Warrenpoint GAA
Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Tramway
Warrenpoint Town F.C.

References

External links

 Warrenpoint area photos and stories from the past and present
 Warrenpoint Harbour
 Warrenpoint Local Tourism Website

Towns in County Down
Ports and harbours of Northern Ireland
Port cities and towns in Northern Ireland
Aviation accidents and incidents locations in Northern Ireland


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Scientists Manoj, Nalin win silver for innovative Asthma, COPD relieve process
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Scientists Manoj Hettiarachchi and Nalin Kannangara, co-creators of a patented process for the manufacture of Dry Powder Inhalation medications to relieve Asthma and COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease), were recently awarded a Silver medal at the Geneva International Patent Exhibition and competition having previously earned a Presidential Award at the Presidential Awards 2016 organised by the Sri Lanka Inventors Commission.
Manoj Hettiarachchi, an alumnus of the Colombo University, currently functions as the Deputy Chairman of Emerchemie NB (Ceylon) Limited and Chairman of Emergen Life Sciences (Private) Limited. Nalin Kannangara, having read for his BSc. Special Degree in Human Biology at the Sri Jayewardenepura University, operates as the Chief Scientific Officer of Emergen Life Sciences.
Due to the prevalence of Asthma in Sri Lanka with the incidence of the disease as high as 15%-20%, their innovation is praiseworthy, particularly taking into account the medications being made available to patients at reasonable prices.
"Whilst being heedful of the sizable number of patients afflicted by Asthma, we considered this difficult manufacturing process a challenge. Besides, we were mindful of our duty by the country as products of local schools and universities. We were also concerned of the aging population in the country and the possibility of the number of COPD patients increasing. We wanted to improve the manufacture process of these medications to curtail the production cost and compete with imported formulations," said Manoj Hettiarachchi.
Excerpts of the exclusive interview the duo had with the Dailymirror :
QTell us about your invention. What type of inhaler formulation is it?
It should be aptly described as an 'Innovation' as opposed to an 'Invention' as this involves manufacturing of Dry Powder Inhalation formulations. Considering the different therapies involved in tackling Asthma, COPD inhalation products are widely used over oral preparations due to quick onset of action of the drugs which are directly inhaled in to the lungs. Oral preparations (medications) take time to get absorbed in to the targeted organs, and another disadvantage is that higher doses have to be taken in to compensate losses during their passage before reaching the intended organs. In the case of Asthma, inhalation preparations are far quicker in reaching the site of affliction, and the medications are given in micro quantities with fewer side-effects.
Regarding the two common inhalation dosage forms namely MDIs (Metered Dose Inhalers/Aerosols) and DPIs (Dry Powder Inhalers), we chose DPIs. They are more affordable in contrast to Aerosols. DPI depends on the inspiratory flow of the patients, and in asthma patients, we can observe that their breathing is compromised. However, due to our improved process of manufacture, we have managed to increase lung deposition of the intended formulations for better efficacy. The process was developed over a period of 5-6 years, and upon noticing an improvement whilst testing these preparations using world renowned analytical equipment in our laboratory, we decided to commercialize the products. It was in fact a big challenge and luckily Emerchemie NB (Ceylon) Limited came to our rescue, deciding to fund the project. In 2012, we set up our manufacturing facility in Kelaniya and in the beginning of 2013 obtained the GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) licence to manufacture. Our products conform to International Pharmacopeia whilst our facility is subjected to regular inspections of the National Medicines Regulatory Authority.
We have also improved on an inhaler device with a patent that is pending. An aspect which is unique to our device is that the capsule rotates around a vertical axis making resistance and frictional forces minimal. This indeed facilitates asthma patients as they can get optimum results even with a low inspiratory flow, which we believe could help elderly patients as well as the youth.
QHow does this process work?
During an asthma attack, a patient's breathing is compromised and in order to obtain quick relief, the intended formulations should reach the lungs right away. The capsule contains only microgram quantities of formulation. The capsule is perforated and the formulation enters the mouth cavity through inhalation. The formulation contains a carrier particle that does not relieve you of Asthma or COPD, and an active ingredient that acts on the ailment reducing its effects. The inert carrier particles have to go through the mouth cavity and ideally should not reach the lungs. The best situation is when the carrier particle detaches itself from the active ingredient and being removed with the exhaled breath. The active ingredient should flow into the lungs while the carrier particles should either hit the walls of the nasopharynx, or get evicted. The challenge any drug formulator or a researcher engaged in drug delivery has to face is the maximization of the active drug entering the targeted organ whilst getting detached from the carrier.
We have optimized the manufacturing process in order to deliver utmost benefit.
The ideal situation would be to see every carrier particles being evicted with all the active particles being absorbed. This is quite a difficult task to achieve, but you can maximize it to a great extent.
QCan children use it?
Powder inhalation preparations are best suited for older children and adults rather than small children (below 10 years), because of the difficulty they encounter coordinating their breath with the mechanics of the inhaler device.
QIs it cheaper than other inhaler formulations from multi-national companies?
Yes. The formulations are reasonably priced considering the capital infused and the processes involved. DPI is far more affordable than aerosol formulations and DPIs remain the most viable and predominant mode of therapy. A large amount of foreign exchange goes out of the country to import these preparations. Therefore, locally manufactured pharmaceuticals such as ours could reduce the outflow of much needed foreign exchange. It should also be noted that Asthma medication are within the top 20 highest selling pharmaceutical drugs in Sri Lanka.
The first batches of our formulations were sold in the private market, and we delivered the message of quality through the products and in return received overwhelming responses. We then got the opportunity to supply to the local government and the formulations are given free to Asthma patients who frequent national hospitals. This was further bolstered by a buy-back agreement. We are one of the leading Asthma medication suppliers to the government sector.
QCan the device produce micro-aerosols which reach the smallest airways?
We have to conform to pharmacopeia standards. So these particles are made in to micron sizes so that they would reach the deeper tissues. This is part of the challenge in manufacturing these formulations. You have a carrier particle and active ingredients in micron sizes to mix and obtain a homogenous mix, and ensure that all capsules contain virtually the same amount of micron quantities of active ingredients with an allowable deviation of say 5-10%.
QYou would have had prototypes that would have failed before and as the saying goes 'Failure is the key to success.' Do you believe in this when it comes to your invention?
There were many hurdles along the way from choosing the right kind of machinery including blenders. It certainly was a Herculean task. The process demands that you have a unique kind of a mixture. There were many concerns with the filling mechanism because we had to also maintain the variation of weight according to what pharmacopeia standards stipulate. You have monotherapy and combined therapy in Asthma. Some years ago, we only had monotherapy. The reliever and preventer medication were given separately. With the advent of time, the reliever and preventer were fused into one capsule. The inhaler device also has to be compatible.
QWhat are your plans with regard to your invention also considering the patent?
We hope to expand our product portfolio covering other maladies related to the respiratory system. For instance, Rhinitis, ACOS and COPD so forth. ACOS (Asthma COPD Overlap Syndrome) is a fringe form of Asthma which has not developed into full blown COPD. When you look at drugs for ACOS, we need to go further into what we have already spoken about. Our plan is to introduce them. We also wish to have a broader, more widespread Asthma and anti-Rhinitis medication. At present, we are the only company in Sri Lanka that manufactures a particular form of powder inhalation preparations called Muscarinic Receptor Antagonist (MRA). We are the only local establishment with the entire range of Dry Powder Inhalation as well.
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The Long Road to China: I Want Cake For Lunch!!
Even though Sarah's formal Birthday celebration will be happening on Sunday, Sarah and I had our own mini celebration today....after all, she is officially TWO!!! It was a special girls day...with no rules!!
When asked what she wanted for lunch, she stated...."CAKE"
What the birthday girl wants......the birthday girl gets....remember, NO RULES! We headed to an adorable little bakery that is also known for their incredible candy and chocolates.....everything is made on the premises......and it is GOOD!!
This store has every candy you could imagine, but guess what she picked up......little milk chocolate lady bugs......do you think that means good luck is on the way?
She also found this little stuffed ski bear who made her way home with us too!
Eventually we made it to the cake counter and Sarah made her pick so we could go home and enjoy a lunch of .......CAKE!!!
Chocolate cake with peanut butter icing.....she made a great choice!!
Happy Birthday to me.....Happy Birthday to me!!!
Mommy, Can I eat the whole thing??
A couple flurries came our way.....it was the perfect ending to the perfect afternoon!
Sarah is now taking a nap...even after all that sugar!!
Round two tonight...the boys need to do a little celebrating of their own with the special birthday girl!!
More to come later.....I am still digging out from being away for a couple of days!!
BTW.....if you buy anything at T@YS R @S, open the box and take everything out to count the parts before you bring it home. We had to exchange the stroller. We went to put it together this am and it was missing a piece. I was so MAD....I should have checked before I left the store last week. This always happens to me....I thought I was safe because the box was still perfectly sealed.....WRONG!!
It looks like the birthday girl had a fabulous day! I love the stroll in the park pictures and the cake she picked out looks delicious too! Have fun tonight with the boys!
Happy Birthday darling Sarah! She looks like such a Momma with her diaper bag and carriage!
You have a beautiful birthday girl, Lisa!
Happy Birthday Sarah! Looks like you and your Mom had a fabulous day! Love your new stroller! I think you are a very smart shopper and picked out a very yummy cake! Enjoy!!
I'm glad you had your special girl time with her on her special day! Those will be great memories for you two to look back on in years to come. You are a fun momma!!!
I always have that "anything goes" rule too on Lia's birthday...I LOVE the cake Sarah picked out...and these are memories she will hold dear for the rest of her life...so sweet!!
What a special day for you all...and I am going to assume those ladybugs she picked out DO mean something speical (or someone special) is on the way...and won't Sarah have great practice with her bitty baby...that was Lia's first doll too!!
Give Sarah a big birthday hug from me! I have been looking forward to seeing that pram all day : ) She looks just precious strolling in the park. Glad it was the perfect day for such a darling little girl!
I can't believe you have snow flurries.. it is still in the 80's.. I would love for it to cool down a little bit..
Happy Birthday! Happy Birthday! Happy Birthday to you!!
What a stylish Little Mommy you have there..wow! Don't you just love Bitty Babies..so cute! My girls have the twins..so fun!
Enjoy...love that cake..so perfect for little Miss Birthday Girl!
What a sweet and wonderful day - you rock in the mommy department!
Have a wonderful continuing celebration of your precious Sarah.
She is SUCH the diva mama!!!!!!
And I so want some of that cake. Yum!
Happy Happy Birthday Miss Sarah!
What a great day with your girl! She is so adorable and it looks like you made sweet memories together today!
We all need a girls day every now and again!
Cake for lunch sounds good to me!! Hope your sweetie had a fabulous birthday.
Happy Birthday Sarah!!!! I love your new stroller! You are going to be the best big sister soon. Enjoy the snow flurries and your special day.
She's my kind of girl - cake for lunch!
She's so pretty and looks like a little mommy on her outing.
What an amazingly fun day!! I cant belive what beautiful pictures you take. What a pretty birthday girl. It looks like she and my Mia are very close in age. what a cutie!!!
Happy Birthday to beautiful Sarah! What a fun day!!!
Oh Lisa, she looks absolutely thrilled with her pram! That smile is huge!
Happy Birthday Sarah! You are the sweetest little two year old!
BTW Peanut Butter is very healthy! LOL!
Love the pram, love the matching accessories and the uggs, toooooo cute!
What a great Mommy and Sarah special day! Happy 2's to the birthday girl!
What a "sweet" birthday treat for the girls! I love the pictures ~ her expressions are priceless!
Oh my doesn't Miss Princess Cutie Patootie Sarah look DARLING with her new stroller taking her new baby for a walk in the park.
Now that is a girl after my heart~ chocolates, peanut butter cake...that is one FUN birthday lunch!
Can't wait to hear about it and see the photos which I know will be great to go along with it!
Hi Lisa, your pictures are absolutely beautiful. Happy birthday wishes to Sarah. Sounds like a wonderful time for everyone.
What a fun day. Happy birthday Sarah!
Happy, Happy, Birthday Miss Sarah!
I LOVE the pictures of the new Mommy and her stroller, matching bag AND baby :) She is PRECIOUS!
It looks like you two had a wonderful Mother, Daughter day, and the cake looked delicious!
*I have had the same thing with that store and it really does make you SO mad! My box was sealed also..
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What an adorable birthday girl! She is such a girlie girl with her stroller, diaper bag and Bitty Baby! Tate has the Asian Bitty baby... she just does not know about it or me yet!! Bring on these lucky lady bug referrals!!!
Happy Birthday Sarah! What a stylish "mommy" she is! Chocolate cake with peanut butter icing-yummy-Sarah is my kind of girl!
I can't think of a better way to spend the day!!!
Beautiful pictures, can't wait to see more of the celebration!!
Lisa, what a great mom you are! It looks like the perfect day! Have fun as the celebration continues. . .
That stroller is so cute. I bet Sarah had a ball pushing it around...and cake for lunch is a wonderful idea! :) I love the whole day you had together. Girl time is so fun. Have a great weekend, and Happy Birthday Sarah!
Happy Birthday to sweet Sarah! Love all the gorgeous pics!
Oh my gosh - Briana would go CRAZY over that stroller!
Sarah has got some GOOD taste when it comes to picking out cake. I am drooling right now!!!
Happy birthday sweet little Sarah.
Happy Birthday to Sarah!!! She looks so grown up on her little stroll in the park!!!! I love the pictures!!! She will make a GREAT big sister!
Happy Birthday to Princess Sarah!Sounds like the "girls" had a great day!That stroller ROCKS!!!!
Awwwww.... we have the same stroller. So sweet.
Well of course she gets what she wants...I love no rules!!! My girls have that same buggy...we got ours from pottery barn kids. So cute!!!! Sarah-Happy Birthday sweetie pie!!! Your smile just makes my heart melt!
Happy Birthday, sweet Sarah!! I hope you have a fun filled party this weekend! Your stroller and accessories look like so much fun! :) Enjoy your special day!
Happy Birthday dear little Sarah. I've been catching up on your blog. That stroller set you bought her is so cute. That is so annoying when there is a part missing. I've had that happen too.
Happy 2nd Birthday Sarah! What a fabulous mommy you have! Cake for lunch and NO rules for a whole day!? I love your new stroller and baby doll, you look like such a stylish mommy! You're getting to be such a big girl and it's been so fun to watch you grow! I hope your mommy's right with thinking those ladybugs will bring good luck...soon....soon!!!
THose pictures are so adorable!! I love the red barn too! Happy Birhtday Sarah!!
Happy Birthday Sweet Sarah! Looks like the perfect day with mama.
Happy Birthday to your little angel! I love her choice for "lunch"!
Happy Birthday sweet Sarah! Sounds like you had a perfect girls day! Cake trumps soup any day! Love the doll stroller!! Hope you guys had a great weekend!
What a great day!!! I love the "no rules" on her birthday! : ) What a fun day. You are such a good momma! I love the stroller with her matching diaper bag...way too cute!!!


For the version by Mike Oldfield, see In Dulci Jubilo / On Horseback.
Not to be confused with Good Christians All, Rejoice and Sing.
The melody as published in the 1582 Finnish music collection Piae Cantiones, which alternates the Latin with Swedish.
In dulci jubilo (Latin for "In sweet rejoicing") is a traditional Christmas carol. In its original setting, the carol is a macaronic text of German and Latin dating from the Middle Ages. Subsequent translations into English, such as J.M. Neale's arrangement "Good Christian Men, Rejoice" have increased its popularity, and Robert Pearsall's 1837 macaronic translation is a mainstay of the Christmas Nine Lessons and Carols repertoire. J.S. Bach's chorale prelude based on the tune (BWV 729) is also a traditional postlude for Christmas services.
The tune first appears in Codex 1305, a manuscript in Leipzig University Library dating from c. 1400, although it has been suggested that the melody may have existed in Europe prior to this date. In print, the tune was included in Geistliche Lieder, a 1533 Lutheran hymnal by Joseph Klug. It also appears in Michael Vehe's Gesangbuch of 1537. In 1545, another verse was added, possibly by Martin Luther. This was included in Valentin Babst's Geistliche Lieder, printed in Leipzig. The melody was also popular elsewhere in Europe, and appears in a Swedish/Latin version in the 1582 Finnish songbook Piae Cantiones, a collection of sacred and secular medieval songs.
The tune appears in several collections by Michael Praetorius, for voices only: Musae Sionae II (1607) no. 5, a motet à 8 for double choir; Musae Sionae V (1607) nos. 80–82 (for 2, 3 or 4 voices); Musae Sionae VI (1609) nos. 28, 29, 31 resp. 32, 33 all for 4 voices; and 5 part setting from Musae Sionae VI (1597). And a vocal–instrumental version from his collection Polyhymnia Caduceatrix et Panegyrica (1618–19), No 34: a festive multi-choir version with large instrumental support including trumpets and timpani. It can be executed by 7, 12, 16 or 20 voices in 5 choirs (three vocal, one chapel- and one instrumental choir) and general bass. The Praetorius settings were widely adapted in Protestant continental Europe.
A polyphonic arrangement for 8 voices was made by Robert Lucas de Pearsall (1795–1856), this being later adapted for 4 voices, the most commonly performed version, by W. J. Westbrook (1831–1894). A widely used arrangement in Carols for Choirs Vol.1 is Pearsall's edited by Reginald Jacques; the first two verses are in four-part harmony, the third and fourth verses are concatenated and in eight-part harmony. Carols for Choirs Vol. 4 contains simpler four- and three-part alternative arrangements.
There have been a number of translations of the Latin/German poem into English. The most popular that keeps the macaronic structure is R. L. de Pearsall's 1837 translation, which retains the Latin phrases and substitutes English for German. A 2008 survey by BBC Music Magazine found this to be the second most popular choral Christmas carol with British cathedral organists and choirmasters.
Alternatively, a looser translation produced in 1853 by John Mason Neale titles the work "Good Christian Men, Rejoice". This translation is often criticised; Thomas Helmore made a mistake when transcribing the mensural notation of Piae Cantiones which led to the repeated "News, news" and "Joy, joy" phrase. In 1921, H. J. Massé wrote that it was an example of "musical wrong doing ... involving the mutilation of the rhythm of that grand tune In dulci jubilo to the English words Good Christian Men Rejoice. It is inconceivable that anyone of any real musical culture should have lent himself to this tinkering with a perfect tune for the sake of fitting it perforce to works of inferior merit." He goes on to cite a more appropriate English translation from 1567 by John Wedderburn as a more "worthy effort". Jeremy Summerly in his radio documentary series A Cause for Caroling is more complimentary, saying that the mistaken repeated note is what makes that version of the tune memorable.
Still another English translation, made in the 19th century by Arthur T. Russell and featured in several Lutheran hymnals, renders the work as "Now Sing We, Now Rejoice".
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Dieterich Buxtehude set the melody as a chorale-cantata in 1683 for soprano, alto and bass accompanied by two violins and continuo (BuxWV 52) and as a chorale prelude for organ (BuxWV 197) c. 1690.
Johann Sebastian Bach set this melody several times: as a chorale in BWV 368; and then for organ in BWV 608 as a double canon in his Orgelbüchlein and in BWV 729 and BWV 751 as a chorale prelude. Commentators agree, however, that BWV 751 is too simple and undeveloped to be the work of Bach. Bach also used the opening phrase of the melody as a fugal subject for two other choral preludes, BWV 703 (Gottes Sohn ist kommen) and BWV 724 (Gott durch deine Güte). BWV 729, written by Bach to accompany congregational singing in Arnstadt, is traditionally performed as the first organ voluntary at the end of the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at King's College, Cambridge. This voluntary was first introduced to the service in 1938 by organ scholar Douglas Guest.
Franz Liszt included the carol in his piano suite Weihnachtsbaum in the movement entitled "Die Hirten an der Krippe" (The Shepherds at the Manger). Norman Dello Joio uses the theme as the basis of his Variants on a Medieval Tune for wind ensemble. Ronald Corp composed a setting of "In dulci jubilo" for unaccompanied SATB choir in 1976.
Gustav Holst included both "Good Christian Men, Rejoice" (Neale version, 1853) and "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen" in his 1910 choral fantasy Christmas Day, with accompaniment for orchestra or organ.
An instrumental arrangement of the Pearsall version by English musician Mike Oldfield, "In Dulci Jubilo", reached number 4 in the UK Singles Chart in January 1976. This was the second version of "In Dulci Jubilo" that Oldfield recorded; the first was as a B-side for another single, "Don Alfonso". The band Mannheim Steamroller also recorded a version for their 1988 Christmas album A Fresh Aire Christmas, using a dulcimer as the main instrument. Norwegian singer Sissel Kyrkjebø recorded a Kjetil Bjerkestrand arrangement of the song with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir on the Grammy Award-nominated Christmas album Spirit of the Season. Mediæval Bæbes performed the piece on their 2003 festive album, Mistletoe and Wine. The Japanese group Kalafina recorded a version of the song with vocals and a string quartet on their 2016 acoustic album, Winter Acoustic "Kalafina with Strings".
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I completely agree. I think the side of buildings in downtown LA would be perfect for this. They project movies there, why not the mundial games? It would be so thrilling, exciting and culturally satisfying to have the experiences of the matches with other Angelenos. The Moltalban Theatre is screening the games (indoors) of Nike sponsored teams and then the second round and so on no matter what team it is, according to its coordinator.
Am hearing that the slash and burn approach to the city budget is responsible - so sad! still - why AEG, which I believe runs that Nokia complex, isn't sponsoring outdoor screenings is something of a mystery. I swore off the Montalban after I had to watch that Write the Future thing five times. Not worth it - it's Plaza Mexico for me, and then neighborhood haunts!
2 outdoor options: As in Cups past Red Tigers supporters will gather on that lawn in front of Radio Korea (3700 Wilshire Blvd) and watch on the huge screen that normally airs commercials 24/7. And under the large white "Special Events Tent" at the Petersen Automotive Museum they're showing the US/England match. 20 bucks but there is an open bar.
Here in SF, the city's projecting nearly all the games on a movie screen, euro-style, in front of City Hall. I'm sure LA could figure out how to do that somewhere!


His business started off with a unfinished products for homes, like wood or grout. He found his niche to be more in the new finished products, so items like doors, bathtubs, wood flooring, faucets and gadgets became the company's focus. Buyer's Market also has specialists for home improvement, including a kitchen designer, as a way to set itself apart.
The store's business is tied to housing, so it's had to ride through the ups-and-downs of real estate. In today's market of rising home prices and low inventory, he said about 70 percent of Buyer's Market sales are from customers doing remodels. Some are remodeling to sell the home, but many homeowners are remodeling because they know it is challenging to buy a house in this area and would rather improve the place they have, Brauner said.
There is no announced sales price for the business, which has seven hired employees. For details about the sale, call Brauner at 360-752-2897. For details about the business, visit buyers-market.net.
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« Day 507 In Beijing: Our First Day In Goreme, Turkey.
Day 508 In Beijing: Sunset In Goreme, Turkey.
The mountain range as the sun sets.
Jill and I hung out on the platform, overlooking the gorgeous town of Goreme, and watched the sunset.
We were lucky enough to be one of only about 10 people up there so it was very quiet and very calm.
The town is known for the hot air balloon rides, but since those only go up in the morning, there is very little traffic or anything else going on in this sleepy little town, which was perfect for us.
We both grew up in relatively small towns and love the quiet and the outdoors.
It is something we desperately miss living in Beijing as there is almost no quiet time and almost no outdoors.
There are parks, and some are quite large, but they are usually full of people.
Sadly, most those people are posting pictures of themselves and not even paying attention to the nature and the beauty right in front of them.
The irony is that I was taking pictures of this natural beauty while complaining about it but this was only for a few minutes.
Jill and I spent most the time just wandering around, in utter joy, looking at people, the architecture, and the nature while being amazed that we are lucky enough to be in this amazing town.
So, with that, I'll leave you in peace to enjoy the sunset with us.
Enjoying the sunset and being tourists.
One of the homes in Goreme.
A cute doggie we met on our walk.
The sun light reflects off a window in one of the cave houses.
Absolutely gorgeous view from our balcony.


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The tool aims to promote transparency and modernize access to EPA resources in an effort to educate Americans about their drinking water.
The Test Your Well Water Act was introduced July 20 by Rep. Mike Gallagher, Reps. Dan Kildee, Antonio Delgado, Elissa Slotkin, and Ron Kind.
According to Congressman Mike Gallagher's website, the bipartisan legislation would create an online tool on the U.S. EPA's website for Americans with a private well to find resources to test their drinking water and understand the results. The tool aims to promote transparency and modernize access to EPA resources in an effort to educate Americans about their drinking water.
Nearly 43 million Americans get drinking water from private wells or sources that are not regulated, according to USGS.
"People deserve to know whether or not their water is contaminated by chemicals like PFAS," said Rep. Gallagher in a statement on his website. "This bill creates an easy-to-use tool that not only allows individuals to test their drinking water, but also allows local officials to develop a better understanding of where contamination may be. I'm proud to join Rep. Kildee in introducing this common-sense, bipartisan legislation."
The Test Your Well Water Act was originally introduced in the House of Representatives in March 2020 and referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, reported La Crosse Tribune. No action after this original introduction has been taken until now, and its reintroduction came the same day that the Congressional PFAS Task Force held a press conference discussing the PFAS Action Act. The House passed this bill on July 21 and is now headed to the Senate.
The National Ground Water Association (NGWA) applauded the introduction of the Test Your Well Water Act. According to NGWA, the current bill's language has already been incorporated in the INVEST Act.
"We applaud Congressman Kildee and Gallagher for their leadership in introducing the Test Your Well Water Act," said National Ground Water Association CEO Terry S. Morse CAE, CIC in the NGWA press release. "This new tool will significantly increase water quality testing of private wells and will lead to healthier and safer communities. Water well owners are too often left out of the national discussion on improving water quality – so we are thankful for Congressmen Kildee and Gallagher's efforts and look forward to working with Congress to pass this bill."
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What's the Deal with Moth Treatment and Protection for Wool Area Rugs?
One thing you DON'T want to happen with your area rugs is a moth infestation! Just one little moth can turn into a HUGE problem for you and the area rugs in your home - like the photos here in this article show! I'm Ruthie with Arizona Oriental & Specialty Rug Care in Prescott AZ and today I wanted to take a moment to talk to you about how you can work to prevent something I hate seeing - moth infestation in beautiful wool & silk area rugs!
I can't tell you how many times I have seen a rug come into our shop that has been infested with moths - whether due to being improperly stored or just simply left in a room that doesn't see a lot of activity. It's always a little heartbreaking, especially when it's one of the client's favorite rugs! Unfortunately, some people just don't realize what a threat that moths truly are to their area rugs here in Arizona - some seem to think "Well, I've never seen a moth in my home, so there's no way I have a problem!" But you can never know that for sure.
Moths LOVE quiet, secluded places that provide a good source of food for their babies - like the wool area rug you have rolled up for storage in your garage or even lying under your couch or bed. Wool area rugs are like an all-you-can-eat buffet for moth larvae, and the quiet environment allows them to go through their lifecycle undisturbed! If there are animal accidents or even food and drink spills, the moths will hone in on that area because of the added protein.
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If your rug is going to go back into storage for a while, Arizona Oriental can perform a special WoolSafe treatment that will help to protect your rug in the future. This Moth Treatment is invisible to us, but it makes the wool taste yucky and unappetizing to moths so they will stay away just like we want them to. It's also safe for children and pets once it's dried! We can also wrap your rug in a breathable storage wrap that will safely further protect your rugs from any rodents or other pests that may want to try some of your wonderful rug for themselves.
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Community Memorial Foundation Adds Director of Administration and Finance
Submitted on September 12, 2016- 3:38 pm
(Gale Christoff, Gregory DiDomenico, Nanette Silva, Lisa Derezinski, Thomas Fuechtmann, Beth Murin)
Lisa M. Derezinski will manage foundation's daily operations and financial portfolio
HINSDALE, IL- Community Memorial Foundation, a private health foundation serving the western suburbs of Chicago, announces the addition of Lisa M. Derezinski as Director of Administration and Finance. In this newly-created role, Derezinski will oversee the Foundation's daily administrative operations and financial management strategies.
"Lisa's wealth of experience in both the private and non-profit sectors will strengthen the Foundation's growing role as a community changemaker," says Gregory DiDomenico, President and CEO of Community Memorial Foundation. "She is a welcome addition to our team."
Derezinski, a Hinsdale resident, comes to the Foundation from the Heartland Alliance, a global nonprofit anti-poverty organization, where she served as Director of Treasury for the past seven years. Her previous work experience includes an independent consultancy and a 12-year career as a bank executive, specializing in lending for non-profit and faith-based organizations, schools and various forms of government.
"As a west suburban resident, I've always appreciated the important role the Foundation plays in our community," says Derezinski. "As a new Foundation team member, I welcome the opportunity to advance its vision of helping the Western Suburbs become the healthiest region in the country."
Ms. Derezinski's hire is part of a larger restructuring at Community Memorial Foundation. Nanette Silva will now serve as Program Director, where she will coordinate the newly launched Regional Health and Human Services Agenda. The Foundation's capacity building program continues to be managed by Thomas Fuechtmann, who assumes the role of Senior Program Officer.
About Community Memorial Foundation
Community Memorial Foundation (CMF) is a private health conversion foundation established in 1995. CMF's grantmaking and community work are guided by its mission — to measurably improve the health of those who live and work in the western suburbs of Chicago. Throughout over 20 years of investing in the region, CMF has proudly awarded more than $66 million dollars to non-profit organizations in the western suburbs of Cook County and southeastern portion of DuPage County. cmfdn.org
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Bristol man arrested after firing gun during domestic dispute
Suspect came home and found his wife and another man inside their house
Bristol police officers surrounded a house on Sunnyside Avenue Monday afternoon and peacefully took into custody a man accused of firing a gun while confronting his wife and another man inside their …
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Bristol police officers surrounded a house on Sunnyside Avenue Monday afternoon and peacefully took into custody a man accused of firing a gun while confronting his wife and another man inside their home.
The incident began when 32-year-old Stephen Wallace came home from work in the middle of the day and confronted his wife and a stranger inside the residence at 8 Sunnyside Ave. According to Bristol Police Major Brian Burke, Wallace became very upset, retrieved a handgun from inside the home, and pointed it at his wife and the other man while ordering them to leave.
Wallace then allegedly pointed the gun in a different direction, fired it, and then pointed it back at the two of them and told them to leave. They did. Neither was harmed.
About an hour later, at 1:20 p.m., the woman went to the Bristol police station and told officers what had happened. Minutes later, a contingent of 10 officers arrived at the home and secured the perimeter. One of them called Wallace on the phone, and he agreed to come outside and cooperate. He was arrested without incident.
Officers searched the residence and found four guns and boxes of ammunition. They seized a 9mm Glock semi-automatic pistol, a Sig Sauer semi-automatic pistol, an M4 assault style rifle, an X15 assault style rifle, 12 rifle magazines and seven pistol magazines. Wallace was charged with two counts of discharge of a firearm when committing a crime of violence, assault with a deadly weapon, domestic assault with a deadly weapon, domestic disorderly conduct, and firing in a compact area.
After he was processed at the station, Wallace appeared before a justice of the peace, who set surety bail at $100,000 (requiring $10,000 cash to be released). Unable to make bail at that time, Wallace was taken to the ACI and held. He was issued no-contact orders with both victims.
Police Chief Kevin Lynch praised the swift actions of responding officers to quickly engage Wallace and convince him to cooperate and turn himself in. Two weeks ago, Bristol officers engaged in a tense standoff with another suspect after he had fired a gun in the middle of the night on Wood Street.
"This could have turned into another barricade situation, had it not been for the quick, professional response of the officers," Chief Lynch said.
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Hangover: Summer of '68 is a site-specific response to the layout and infrastructure of Articulate's ground floor project space, where a single work of planar forms combines approaches to drawing and painting.
Using a tent for its canvas panelling as a dynamic physical form; shapes, colours, and the interstices of windows and doors, yield a variety of surfaces as an experiment in formal play with height, compression, and light, utilising the material accoutrements to the tent: the canvas, rope lines, fittings, pegs, and poles.
As a cultural form, the tent carries varied associations with urban escape and political resistance, it denotes the polarities of camping and protest, freedom and hardship, nostalgia and destitution. Here it has been breached, opened up, and reconstructed where latent energy is held in the tension of fabric as effort that is stored in a battery-like capture of the kinetic energy used in the labour of its stretching and manipulation.
Hangover: Summer of '68 is the first of Articulate's Changing Place program, which focuses on whole-space installation to emphasise relationships between a work and its location. Changing Place expects that these relationships will be most apparent when only one work is constructed in one architectural space. Articulate uses its funding for this program to encourage experimental spatial practices.
Artists talks today at 2pm.
This is an exhibition presenting six perspectives on storytelling from contemporary Australia through photography and voice. Each artist (Indigenous or non-Indigenous) is connected to a community, which celebrates its unique identity and then shares this with us. Each is passionate about communicating cultural and intercultural experiences and viewpoints through photography, sound and education.
What are the responsibilities and issues as a non-Indigenous photographic artist with a burning desire to create social change and work that matters? It is definitely time for non Indigenous Australians to develop the art of consulting and listening to Indigenous Australians in order to truly hear what they have to say. Part of this is to humbly admit to a lack of knowledge and understanding both of history and of our current role in colonial dominance.
The intention of this exhibition is to stir up conversations about these matters while also exploring these different collaborative approaches to art and witnessing.
Artists Liz Thompson (Sydney) in collaboration with senior cultural custodian Yingiya Guyula (North East Arnhemland) and Asher Milgate working in his home town of Wellington, NSW, are portraying communities they have relationship to and because of that relationship, are committed to bringing stories from those communities into the wider world.
Michael Jalaru Torres is a Yawuru and Djugan man from Broome. His vibrant photographic imagery depicts a positive portrayal of the people and issues of his local community. In Jalaru's case he is perfectly positioned as a photographer to express the Indigenous stories of his own community, for example young women dressed for the annual debutante ball. It is essential that Indigenous community stories are increasingly told through their own voice.
Melbourne photographic artist Pam Kleemann celebrates the Congolese culture of her late husband, the musician Passi Jo, a direct descendent of the Balari Troubadours of Bacongo, Republic of Congo. Passi Jo migrated to Australia in the 1990s and was known globally for his joyful, uplifting music and dance as well as his colourful style. He is proudly dressed in pyjamas 'La Sape' style, in the hospital setting while he was living with cancer. Kleemann had adopted his culture through marriage, and in this tender and humorous portrayal, she endorses his culture as she honours his life and their relationship.
As a photographer and a curator I was exposed early and indelibly to the politics of being Aboriginal in Australia by being asked by AIATSIS in Canberra as a young photographer in 1986 to document the Aboriginal community in Brewarrina, NSW, for The After 200 Years Project and the 1988 Bicentennial.
This exhibition and others have been driven by my desire to explore and get right the power politics of ones birth and place.


Oscar nominated (Best Foreign Language Film Bullhead, 2011) Michaël R. Roskam's Racer and the Jailbird (Le fidèle) is an Oscar contender. It stars Matthias Schoenaerts (Bullhead, Rust and Bone) and Adèle Exarchopoulos (Blue is the Warmest Color). Following The Drop (2014), his English speaking excursion with Tom Hardy and Noomi Rapace, Roskam gets back to his lucky charm with, Schoenaerts.
Upper class Bibi (Exarchopoulos) lives for high drive adrenaline. She satisfies her desire for it as a race driver. In comes Gigi (Schoenaerts) and she falls for him. Coming from a more troubled background, Gigi, posing as an Import-Export guy, has a double life in which he is part of a childhood gang doing various robberies and Brinks jobs.
Roskam boosts good performances from the cast and there is chemistry between the two leads. Good, since essentially Racer and the Jailbird is a drama, borderline melodrama with thriller bits. The layers and links to childhood trauma, leading to the actions of the characters send us back to the director's own Bullhead. This aspect, with the use of Jacques Audiard's co-screenwriters, Thomas Bidegain (A prophet, Rust and Bone, Dheepan) & Noé Debré (Dheepan), brings constant changes in pacing, moods and genre that doesn't entirely work this time. And because of that, It really has the overall feeling of an Audiard movie without the finesse of the French director.
Although it is entertaining and provides good cinematic values, Racer and the Jailbird, with its added melodrama and tone change, fails to be fully convincing.


Here's an odd little ditty of a record; an ambient electronic album loosely dedicated to/about model Kate Moss made up almost entirely of samples, that manages to take its crazy conceptual trappings (loose as they are) and make for a deranged, but still entertaining listen. If the title 'For Kate Moss' is more than some kind of joke Moss herself is in on, the cold minimalism and tightly strung tension of the five tracks is more than a little creepy, I'll be honest with you. "Die Down into Something", the first track is a voice sample looped through filters repeatedly, over the increasingly louder sound of a [vinyl] record skipping and electronic noise. The rest of the EP takes a similarly cold, minimalist approach to their structure: "Beauty Dies" has haunting vocals over a menacing bass line and a piano sample straight out of a haunted house (ending a familiar but effective sample from "Run the Heart"). "In Church †" is an organ sample that sounds like it gets caught in an industrial fire that comes off creepier than it might otherwise in comparison to the morose feeling the other songs are imbibed with. "Sleep on the Floor" seems to be made up of more than one sample (that I cannot identify), and has the haunting vocals again (this time at various places in the mix) that could easily pass for the sounds of the English Moors on a foggy evening (if you're inclined to watch b&w horror films anyway). "Goodbye/Katie's Photos" is a disjointed piano and percussion loop that's less creepy, and a little too repetitive for over half its run time. Though it does crescendo to a not unsurprising noisy finally with tape hiss. If you listen to one record stalking Kate Moss this year, make it this one. Definitely a a niche sound, but its got an audience out there, I know it.