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Help Support The Intimitrons From Area 51!
We are the Intimitrons from Area 51. We are Western Canada's first all-girls First Robotics Competition team, located in Calgary, Alberta. Our team has a goal this year to compete in the Canadian Rockies Regional. However, the entry fee for a regional is $5000USD, which is approximately $7000CDN. Some additional costs will also arise for building our robot, acquiring tools and parts, and other such things.
Our team teaches girls from ages 13-18 technical skills such as programming, mechanical design, electronics, using tools and more. We also learn life skills like working under pressure, team work, and problem solving.
Find out more at our website, http://intimitrons.ca/ !


There are six dots in a Braille cell. Each dot can be either raised or left blank. A black dot is raised on the paper so you can feel it (circles represent dots that have not been used). A quick calculation should tell you that there are $2^6$ possible arrangements of the six dots. However, some would be difficult to tell apart if you were blind and so no two letters use the same arrangements placed in slightly different positions, for example the letter "d" is represented in the following way: so no letter uses .
Visualising. Working systematically. Permutations. Counting. Mathematical reasoning & proof. Selecting and using information. Combinatorics. Factors and multiples. Combinations. Mathematical modelling.


Wingsuit Extreme Video, "Grinding the Crack"
Intense nail biting, but epic wingsuit video, this oke laughs at near death! Cool soundtrack to the madness!
Cape Town Bike Festival: What to Expect?
X Factor's Emmanuel Kelly is Mind Blowing!


The Cully Farmers Market, located in the heart of the 42nd Ave Business District, is dedicated to bringing local growers and artisans to neighborhood consumers.
Our market is every Thursday, 4-8pm June-September on 42nd Avenue (at Alberta).
We are currently recruiting for Vendors and Steering Committee Members for 2019. Please be in touch through our online applications - we are excited to meet you!
Do Your Weekly Shopping with Farm Fresh Produce, Eggs, Milk, Meats, Fresh Baked Breads and More!
Use your SNAP benefits and enjoy a $10 snap match! It's like buying fresh farm food at half price!
Meet a Friend for Dinner: Tamales, Liberian and Somalian Cuisine! Kombucha on tap!
Fundraiser Night at Red Sauce Pizza, have a yummy pizza dinner and support the market!
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BRANDON, MB – Working their connections in Alberta, the Bobcat Women's volleyball team is proud to announce the commitments of Tessa Geurts from Infansil, AB and Keely Stang from Camrose, AB.
Geurts is a six-foot left side with great ball control that comes to Brandon by way of Mount Royal College in Calgary.
Keely Stang is another six-foot athlete that most recently played for New Norway High School in Camrose, Alberta. Stang first appeared on the BU radar two years ago, when Principal Pat McFeely, a good friend of Carter, alerted the Bobcats.
"She was physical enough to play in the CIS in Grade 10. It was just a waiting game to see which sport she would choose," says Carter. Stang is a multisport athlete who has excelled at all sports, but has decided to focus on volleyball as she pursues a nursing degree at Brandon University.


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Aktorzy (gościnnie)
 Barbara Horawianka − Sabina Rowicka, właścicielka biura matrymonialnego "Serenada"
 Maciej Makowski − Janek Rowicki, bratanek Sabiny Rowickiej, brat Barbary
 Anna Guzik − Mirosława Stolarek, sekretarka w biurze matrymonialnym "Serenada"
 Marta Chodorowska − Magda Kubicz, córka Barbary i Grzegorza
 Agnieszka Krukówna − Joanna Kawecka, klientka biura matrymonialnego "Serenada"
 Małgorzata Socha − Marta, dziewczyna Janka
 Paulina Kinaszewska − Beata, klientka biura matrymonialnego "Serenada"
 Anna Samusionek − żona mężczyzny, który chciał rzucić się z dachu wieżowca
 Robert Czebotar − Dowódca Bazy Karetek Pogotowia
 Adam Bauman − Grzegorz
 Jacek Kopczyński − Policjant
 Tomasz Kozłowicz − Jacek Nowak, właściciel Kancelarii Notarialnej, w której jako sekretarka pracuje Ewa Majdan
 Izabela Dąbrowska − salowa w szpitalu
 Aleksander Bednarz − Jerzy Staruga
 Anna Ilczuk − Teresa Budek
 Jarosław Budnik − Ryszard Socha
 Marcin Sitek − Stanisław Szczepaniak
 Dominik Bąk − Mietek, policjant z Siemiatycz
 Elżbieta Karkoszka − pani Czesława, sąsiadka Haliny Gromek
 Jerzy Słonka − jubiler
 Adam Gołaszewski - wnuk

Polskie telewizyjne seriale obyczajowe
Filmy w reżyserii Leszka Wosiewicza
Filmy w reżyserii Macieja Dejczera
Seriale telewizyjne emitowane od 2005
Seriale telewizyjne zakończone w 2005

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Behind the Scenes (Apart from the Crowd, #1) by Jen Turano
Miss Permilia Griswold, the wallflower behind "The Quill" gossip column, knows everything that goes on in the ballrooms of New York. When she overhears a threat against the estimable Mr. Asher Rutherford, she's determined to warn him. Away from society's spotlight, Asher and Permilia discover there's more going on behind the scenes than they anticipated.
A USA Today Best-Selling Author, Jen Turano has written the critically acclaimed Ladies of Distinction series, and A Class of Their Own series, published through Bethany House Publishers. Her novel, After a Fashion, was chosen as a top pick from Romantic Times, as well as being named a top ten romance of 2015 from Booklist. It is also a nominee for Romantic Times 2015 Reviewers' Choice Award. Her book, A Most Peculiar Circumstance, was chosen as a top ten romance by Booklist in 2013. Her seventh book, Playing the Part, released in the spring of 2016, and will be followed by a new four-book series, Apart from the Crowd. When she's not writing, Jen spends her time outside of Denver with her husband and neurotic Cattle Dog, enjoying herself as an empty-nester since her son recently abandoned her for the college life. She can be found on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/jenturanoauthor/ or visit her on the web at www.jenturano.com. She is represented by the Natasha Kern Literary Agency. Her books may be found in fine bookstores, or follow the Baker House Publishing link to find additional places to purchase her work – http://bakerpublishinggroup.com/authors/jen-turano/1761
As you quickly turn the pages of this book you soon realize that it has a bit of everything. There is humor, historical facts, a glimpse into the wealthy elite New York Society, and a plot of murder.
Being banished into the wallflower group at society balls doesn't seem in the least to bother Permilia Griswold, she is a woman who likes herself, and is so loveable, she will quickly win you over with her antics and her compassion.
The author had me at the names she used for her characters, loved the chuckles, and ingenuity, this book has it all. There is a little bit of romance here, but it is so subtle that you might miss it, but a profession, which is not accepted of courtship, will give you a heads up, at least until the very end.
This one kept me guessing as to whom wanted Asher's demise, and then the secrets fell all over the place.
Come and get a look at old New York City, and the making of a new department store.
I received this book through Bethany House Blogger Program, and was not required to give a positive review.
Echo of Danger (Echo Falls #1) by Marta Perry
In peaceful Pennsylvania Dutch country, a young mother discovers a shocking danger—and an unexpected ally
A whisper of a threat looms over widow Deidre Morris. She and her young son have unwittingly become prisoners of her intimidating father-in-law's power. One wrong step could find her son torn from her and in the hands of the influential judge. But when Deidre collides with an intriguing stranger, the prospect of a new friendship gives her renewed hope…until a devastating murder rocks the quiet community of Echo Falls and Deidre learns first impressions can't be trusted.
Attorney Jase Glassman's assignment is straightforward: befriend Deidre, gather incriminating evidence…and allow her dogged father-in-law to take custody of her child. Anything else, including losing himself in her honest charm, will compromise the job he was hired to do. Yet when a murderer ushers danger into the town, Jase's only instinct is to protect Deidre and her son—no matter the sacrifice.
Marta Perry is a Pennsylvania-based author of over 35 novels, many of them inspirational romances. She uses her rural Pennsylvania life and her Pennsylvania Dutch heritage in writing her books, especially in her Pleasant Valley Amish series for Berkley Books and her new Amish-set suspense series for HQN Books.
Marta and her husband live in a centuries-old farmhouse in a quiet central Pennsylvania valley. They have three grown children and six beautiful grandchildren, and when she's not busy writing her next book, she's usually trying to keep up with her gardening, baking for church events, or visiting those beautiful grandkids.
My Reviw
Why would someone want to kill her best friend, this is what Deidre has to find out, when her son is injured, and we don't know who would want to hurt them.
From the beginning to the end we are waiting to see who is the murderer, and again who is breaking into the house, and making attempts on their lives.
We are in Amish Pennsylvania and although Deidre isn't Amish lots of her relatives are, and I loved how Kevin, her 5-year-old son, and his cousin Ben, who doesn't yet speak English, converse and play together.
We follow along in this nail-biting story but are able to enjoy the picturesque scenery around us; I could almost feel the mist from the falls. While the place is beautiful, there also seems to be danger lurking, but why.
When we find out the details, they are so very heart breaking, but I never saw all of it coming. A real page turner of a story, and can't wait for the next book in this series.
Rachel's Dream (Hope Chest of Dreams #3) by Lisa Jones Baker
Patience, faith--and the hopes and dreams within their hand-carved hope chests--help to bring three young Amish women, one by one, the blessed futures their hearts desire...
Rachel Kauffman and Jarred Zimmerman seem to have nothing in common. She's the outgoing youngest of a large, close-knit Amish clan, and longs to raise a brood of her own near those she loves. Estranged from his family by tragedy, Jarred is a young veterinarian who trusts the animals he heals far more than he trusts people. However, when Rachel's beloved horse falls ill, Jarred's struggles to save him show Rachel he's a man who cares deeply. And the respect he feels for her gentle warmhearted ways soon becomes an irresistible bond...
When Rachel tries to help Jarred reunite with his parents, it is an unexpected blessing--with one complication. If he takes this chance to put his past to rest, it could separate him and Rachel for good. Now, with prayer, love--and her hope chest's small miracles--Jarred and Rachel must find the courage to reconcile their wishes into a joyous life together.
Lisa Jones Baker grew up near a small Amish town in Illinois that she frequented with her family on weekends. She's also a dog lover and a fan of Scottsdale, Arizona, where she spent nearly two decades. Lisa graduated from Illinois State University with a French major, has been on 5 out of 7 continents, and considers her parents the best in the world. Raised in a Christian home, Lisa has always been blessed with love and support.
This is the third book in this series and again the wisdom of old Sam is shown in how he cares for the girls who have been gifted one of his chests.
As the story begins Rachel's horse Cinnamon has picked up a deadly virus, one that most horses do not survive. The young Vet Jarred is optimistic and decides with Rachael that all will be tried to save this beautiful animal, but what they don't expect is a spark of romance.
There is a tragic event in Jarred's life that has haunted him, and rightly so. Will there ever be a way to put his family back together, and will he be able to move on. This will break your heart, and is almost beyond belief, why would they do such a thing?
Can there be a relationship between someone is not Amish and a girl who a member of the Amish church? Can he give up all the things that make him a member of the world, like his truck and electricity? Answers are forthcoming, and thank you Old Sam.
Upon a Spring Breeze (Every Amish Season #1) by Kelly Irvin
After a devastating winter, a spring breeze promises more than new flowers.… It promises a new chance at love.
Bess Weaver, twenty and expecting her first child, is in the kitchen making stew for her beloved mann, Caleb, one minute, and the next she's burying him after a tragic accident. Facing life as a young widow, Bess finds comfort only in tending the garden at an Englisch-owned bed and breakfast—even as she doubts that new growth could ever come after such a long winter.
Aidan tries to repress his guilt over his best friend Caleb's death and his long-standing feelings for Bess by working harder than ever. But as he spends time with the young son his friend left behind, he seems to be growing closer to the boy's beautiful mother as well.
When a close-knit group of widows in her Amish community step in to help Bess find her way back to hope, she begins to wonder if Gott has a future for her after all. Will she ever believe that life can still hold joy and the possibility of love?
Kelly Irvin's newest series, Every Amish Series, begins with the debut of Upon a Spring Breeze, in April. It is a four-book series published by Zondervan/HarperCollins Christian Publishing. This followest the Amish of Bee County series, The Saddle Maker's Son, released in June 2016. It is an ECPA bestseller. It follows The Bishop's Son, and the critically acclaimed bestseller, The Beekeeper's Son, which earned a starred review from Publishers Weekly. The reviewer called it "a beautifully woven masterpiece." The Beekeeper's Son was a finalist in the romance category of the 2016 ACFW Carol Awards Contest.
Kelly has novellas in The Amish Christmas Gift and The Amish Marketplace, both of which were also ECPA bestsellers. She is also the author of the Bliss Creek Amish series and the New Amish Amish series. The first series includes To Love and To Cherish, A Heart Made New, and Love's Journey Home, published by Harvest House. The New Hope Amish series includes Love Still Stands, followed by Love Redeemed, which was an ACFW Carol Award finalist, and A Plain Love Song.
Kelly has also penned two romantic suspense novels, A Deadly Wilderness and No Child of Mine..
The Kansas native is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers and ACFW's San Antonio local chapter Alamo City Christian Fiction Writers.
A graduate of the University of Kansas William Allen White School of Journalism, Kelly has been writing nonfiction professionally for thirty years. She studied for three semesters at the University of Costa Rica, learning the Spanish language. As a journalist, she worked six years in the border towns of Laredo and El Paso.
She worked in public relations for the San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department for 22 years before retiring earlier this year. Kelly has been married to photographer Tim Irvin for twenty-eight years. They have two young adult children and have two grandchildren. In her spare time, she likes to write short stories, read books by her favorite authors, and looks forward to visits with her grandchildren.
For over a third of this book I could feel my heart in my throat, this poor girl, and whom does she live with, her deceased husbands family.
The story is about Bess Weaver coming to terms with her lot in life, does she make all the right decisions, of course not, but she is human, and you would not want to walk in her shoes.
This a story of her journey to a semblance of a normal life, of course what is normal for one may not be for another, but we walk in her shoes. I loved the little one, and he sure is a hit for the whole family, and yes they enable and then disable her, but we are also struggling with faith here, and forgiveness.
I loved this community and how they just seemed to know when a member needed help, and of course they are there.
There is also a bit of romance, where one has been in love with the other almost all of their life, even when they married another.
Come and get lost in a warm hearted Amish story!
Write Now Literary Book Tours Presents: The Sense to Believe, a Christian Drama Play by Elizabeth G. Honaker
Write Now Literary is pleased to announce The Sense to Believe, a Christian Drama Play by Elizabeth G. Honaker, April 24-28, 2017.
Genre: Christian Drama Play
Author the Author
Elizabeth Golibart Honaker hails from Sparta, Tennessee, where she teaches writing support and English at Motlow Community College. Her undergraduate degree is in Liberal Arts, and her first MA is in Theology. This has given her the breadth and scope to write over fifteen full-length passion plays in the last twenty years – seven of which are in print with others being prepared for publication – as well as dozens of shorter scripts, short stories, and poems on Christian topics. Her first historical fiction novel, Come Before Winter, was published in 2014. In that same year, she completed her second MA in English and Creative Writing (Fiction) at Southern New Hampshire University.
When she is not writing or tutoring, she spends her time devising new home projects for Allen, her husband of 45 years. She also enjoys communicating with her two wonderful grown children and buying (and making) trinkets for her four lively grandchildren. She is passionate about sharing Christ, missional activities, and her local church. She also loves gardening, sewing, piano playing, and Star Trek as time permits.
The subject of light is a theme found throughout the Bible: God created light on the fourth day of Creation; Moses' first revelation of God came through a burning bush; several of the prophets reported encountering beings of light who delivered messages from God; and then there is the Light of the World, Jesus Christ. As with any dramatist, I wanted to explore my chosen subject in a fresh way. I "lit" on the miracle of the Jerusalemite who was healed in a wondrous way by the Master Healer Himself. As I read and reread portions of John's Gospel that contains this story, I was fascinated by the new insights I "saw": the yearning of a blind man who knew his need; the disdain of the religious leaders who already believed they "saw"; the amazement of people who witnessed a decaying corpse infused with abundant, new life. I saw that these are much more than a string of stories, somehow related because of the area in which they occurred. Instead, they are a Grand Theme designed by a Father of Light who wants all to see Love in action.
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Falling Darkness (South Shores, #3) by Karen Harper
At the mercy of a treacherous sea
Claire Britten's training never prepared her for this the forensic psychology curriculum didn't cover plane crashes. Or how to help fellow survivors cope, seven frightened people huddled in two small rafts awaiting a rescue that may never come. Especially when three of them are your ex-husband, your young daughter and the man you love, Nick Markwood, whose pursuit by a criminal mastermind forced you all to run in the first place.
When the bedraggled crew finally reaches dry land, they are still far from safe. Nick tries to secure transport to their witness-protection placement, urging everyone to stick to the identities laid out for them. They don't need any complications. But when danger follows them to their supposed safe haven, Claire and Nick no longer know who is helping or harming them. Racked by doubt and mistrust, still hunted, they must band together or fall.
A New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Karen Harper is a former college English instructor (The Ohio State University) and high school literature and writing teacher. A lifelong Ohioan, Karen and her husband Don divide their time between the midwest and the southeast, both locations she has used in her books. Besides her American settings, Karen loves the British Isles, where her Scottish and English roots run deep, and where she has set many of her historical Tudor-era mysteries and her historical novels about real and dynamic British women. Karen's books have been published in many foreign languages and she won the Mary Higgins Clark Award for 2005. Karen has given numerous talks to readers and writers across the county.
http://www.KarenHarperAuthor.com/index.html
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This is the third book in this series, and it does not disappoint, you are going to be in a plane crash, and then explore Cuba, and finally you are going to be driving a snowmobile on Mackinaw Island, boy life sure does not get dull.
Now that our friends are in the WITSEC, we have hopes that their lives are about to get better and the evil will be caught and their will be an end to their plight.
Surprises are in store for Nick and Claire and even little Tess, and Jace is going to have to accept that life goes on. What a ride we are in for and we pick up some extra people to live with us. Of course, nothing is ever on an even keel here, and unfortunately there is another murder, but who did it and who will be next.
Your mind in going to be guessing in all areas, and when you think you know some of the answers, you may just change your mind. Do you really think the older man with dementia could hurt someone? What about another person who maybe in WITSEC, but not part of their group, yes the suspects abounds, but are we even close.
You will be quickly page turning for answers, a really great end to a great series.
I received this book through Net Galley and Harlequin Mira Publishing and was not required to give a positive review.
Called to Justice (Quaker Midwife Mystery #2) by Edith Maxwell
When Hannah Breed confides to midwife Rose Carroll that she's pregnant out of wedlock, Rose promises to help her through the pregnancy and figure out a way to break the news to her family. But that night, amid the noise and revelry of the Independence Day fireworks, Hannah is found shot dead.
After a former slave and fellow Quaker is accused of the murder, Rose delves into the crime, convinced of the man's innocence. An ill-mannered mill manager, an Irish immigrant, and the victim's young boyfriend come under suspicion even as Rose's future with her handsome doctor suitor becomes unsure. Rose continues to deliver babies and listen to secrets, finally focusing in on the culprit only to be threatened herself.
Edith Maxwell is an Agatha-nominated and national bestselling mystery author who writes the historical Quaker Midwife Mysteries. DELIVERING THE TRUTH, featuring a Quaker midwife sleuth in 1888, released in 2016 and is nominated for an Agatha Award for Best Historical Mystery. Her story, "The Mayor and the Midwife," is the second Rose Carroll story to be nominated for an Agatha Award for Best Short Story. CALLED TO JUSTICE releases in 2017.
Maxwell also writes the Local Foods Foods Mysteries. MULCH ADO ABOUT MURDER releases in 2017. Edith once owned and operated the smallest certified-organic farm in Essex County, Massachusetts.
We are back with Rose in an 1880's Quaker Village of Amesbury, MA, and she is still the midwife, and David is still in the picture.
We meet injustice face on when a man of color is accused of murder, but who did commit the crime. Rose is sure that this gentle man did not, but a young mill girl is murdered at the Fourth of July Celebration, and she has just let Rose in on a secret.
The author does a great job of making me believe I'm am attending the deliveries, riding a horse to the beach, or just going about my daily life. While we go about everyday life, we are also tuning into what is going on and who the real murderer is, and you are going to change from one culprit to another, and then back again, but will you be right?
Another great look into American history in old New England, with a big of suspense and mystery added in.
I received this book through Net Galley and the Publisher Midnight Ink, and was not required to give a positive review.
An Awakened Heart (Orphan Train, #0.5) by Jody Hedlund
Trying to heal the ache she feels in her empty life, wealthy Christine Pendleton decides to volunteer at Centre Street Chapel. Ministering to one of the most deprived parts of New York City, the chapel aims at making a difference in the lives of the impoverished immigrants flooding the city. After seeing firsthand the hopelessness of the poor women and orphans, Christine is convinced more can be done to help them.
Guy Bedell has been serving at the chapel and pouring his heart out for the people he's grown to care about. When Christine begins to challenge his methods and offers a new vision for reaching out to the community, can he trust that perhaps God has bigger plans in store for him--plans that may include this feisty socialite?
Winner of the 2016 Christian Book Award for fiction and Christy Award for historical romance, best-selling author Jody Hedlund writes inspirational historical romances for both youth and adults.
Jody lives in central Michigan with her husband, five busy children, and five spoiled cats. Although Jody prefers to experience daring and dangerous adventures through her characters rather than in real life, she's learned that a calm existence is simply not meant to be (at least in this phase of her life!).
When she's not penning another of her page-turning stories, she loves to spend her time reading, especially when it also involves consuming coffee and chocolate.
A page turner for sure, and then a cliff hanger, but then this is a prequel, and it sure did get my interest, and yes I will be reading With You Always, to be published on June 6, 2017.
This story brings to light the conditions of our immigrants in the tenements in New York City, a small community in a jungle of so many. We see the deplorable conditions, and things look so bleak for these people, especially the children. There are so many with no food or housing, and the life on the streets is horrible.
The story focuses on Elise Neumann, a German immigrant who has the responsibility of her younger sisters, as they are orphans. We see the working conditions in what is really small sweatshops set up in people's homes. Deplorable.
Here is the link it is a free read, you don't want to miss!
https://www.amazon.com/Awakened-Heart...
Sammy's Broken Leg (Oh, No!) and the Amazing Cast That Fixed It by Judith Wolf Mandell, Lise C Brown (Illustrations)
One minute your child is fine. The next minute, a broken bone. Hours later, in a clunky cast. For weeks or months, sidelined from favorite activities. If your child is like Sammy, (s)he gets glum and grumpy as days slog by.
Help is pages away in Sammy's Broken Leg (Oh, No!) and the Amazing Cast That Fixed It , a whimsical book to entertain a child in a cast for healing a broken bone, or in a spica cast for hip correction (hip dysplasia).
Children in a cast will delight in a troupe of Kisses who cheer for Sammy and coach her to be patient. The Kisses are Sammy's secret: only she can hear them. How and when they whooshed into her life will amaze and amuse.
It all goes to prove: One Kiss for a Boo-Boo. A Bazillion Kisses for a Cast!
Lavished with colorful, quirky illustrations, Sammy's Broken Leg (Oh, No!) and the Amazing Cast That Fixed It is entertaining, educational and encouraging. The book:
Gives children and families realistic expectations about weeks or months of healing time. Eases children's fears, calms parents' anxieties. Hands parents a tool to boost their child's (and their own) patience.
SAMMY'S BROKEN LEG (OH, NO!) AND THE AMAZING CAST THAT FIXED IT began with a phone call: could I watch our infant granddaughter while my daughter rushed the two-year-old to the pediatrician. An "Oh, No!" fall had broken her leg. Eleven hours later I was handed a sleepy, scared child encased in purple fiberglass. The words "beached whale" came to mind.
The next month was hard as we watched pain, immobility and disruption of her vigorous life turn our granddaughter into a sad, scrawny version of her robust self. I vowed to someday write a book to help other young children and their families cope with the physical and emotional upset of life interrupted by a cast.
SAMMY'S BROKEN LEG (OH, NO!) AND THE AMAZING CAST THAT FIXED IT:
*gives children and their families realistic expectations about a prolonged recuperation; and
*gives children a secret, whimsical source of power over their circumstance. The idea of a troupe of cheerleading kisses came as an "A-ha," inspired by a line from CYRANO DE BERGERAC: "A kiss is the rosy dot over the 'i' of loving."
With degrees from top-notch universities -- a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Michigan and a Masters of Arts from Harvard Graduate School of Education -- I've had a razzle-dazzle writing career. I've been publicist for The Viking Press in Manhattan; in San Diego, public television producer, print journalist, mayoral press secretary and public relations practitioner; book reviewer and essayist. SAMMY is my first book.
From the cover on, the illustrations in this darling book are going to draw you and your little one into the story.
Kissing the boo boo but more when disaster hits and Sammy breaks a thighbone and ends up in a life altering cast. Your heart will break for the little one, but the love shown and the showers of kisses bring hope.
Loved the calendar with the big X's to count off the days, a great idea for a parent to use to help show how the time is counting down.
Highly recommend this book to have on hand as a gift for another child, or maybe your own. Written with love and lots of kisses.
I received this book from the Cadence Group and was not required to give a positive review.
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Great Escapes Virtual Book Tours Presents: Silence of the Jams by Galye Leeson Review & Giveaway
Silence of the Jams (A Down South Café Mystery)
2nd in Series
Berkley (April 4, 2017)
E-Book ASIN: B01IAUG44C
In the latest Southern cozy from the author of The Calamity Café, small-town chef Amy Flowers can't take her freedom for granted when she's served up as a murder suspect…
It's Independence Day in Winter Garden, Virginia, and the residents are gearing up for their annual celebration. The Down South Café is open and flourishing, and Amy Flowers is busy making pies and cakes for the holiday. The only thorn in her side is Chamber of Commerce director George Lincoln, who is trying to buy the café so he can tear it down and build a B&B on the site.
When George collapses while eating at the Down South, everybody assumes it's a heart attack—until the autopsy declares it to be poisoning. Now, it's up to Amy to prove her innocence before her liberty is lost.
Includes delicious Southern recipes!
Gayle Leeson is a pseudonym for Gayle Trent. I also write as Amanda Lee. As Gayle Trent, I write the Daphne Martin Cake Mystery series and the Myrtle Crumb Mystery series. As Amanda Lee, I write the Embroidery Mystery series. I live in Virginia with my family, which includes her own "Angus" who is not an Irish wolfhound but a Great Pyrenees who provides plenty of inspiration for the character of Mr. O'Ruff. I'm having a blast writing this new series!
Authors Links:
Webpage – http://www.gayleleeson.com
Gayle Trent Webpage – http://www.gayletrent.com
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/GayleTrentandAmandaLee/
Twitter – https://twitter.com/GayleTrent
GoodReads – https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/426208.Gayle_Trent
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First I sure wished I was part of Amy Flowers family, she could whip up a delicious meal in seconds, or was planning another.
Miss Amy is kind to everyone including grumpy George Lincoln, but she sure didn't expect him to drop dead in her Café. Thus a new mystery is born and as we go through the list of suspects, I kept changing my mind, and when you think you are sure, guess again.
There is a bit of sweet romance here, and an abundance of family, and everyone seems to be welcome at the dinner table.
As we go about trying to find out who killed George, we become immersed in the daily life of this Southern Town, and get to know just about everyone, some are better off not knowing.
Does Amy have to kind of a heart for her own good, or will she learn who was responsible and then put her own life in jeopardy.
I want to read more by this author, and keep up with her darling pets and family. There are some unanswered personal questions here, and I want to find out. I see there are two other books in this series, and they are now on my must read list. Enjoy!
I received this book through Great Escapes Book Tour, and was not required to give a positive review.
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Luke's Gospel conveys the great compassion of Jesus the Christ in two special stories: the faith of the Centurion in Chapter 7, and the faith of the woman who was healed of a lingering condition in Chapter 8. This play blends the two stories, taking the audience into the revelation of God's love to a sinful world.
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Pursued (Nikki Boyd Files #3) by Lisa Harris
Nikki Boyd's flight into Nashville was routine--up until the crash landing at the airport. When the dust settles, Nikki discovers that the woman who had been seated next to her on the plane is missing--and no one will admit she was ever there. Erika Hamilton had been flying to Nashville with an air marshal as a key witness in an upcoming grand jury trial. When she flees from the crash, is she running from trouble or straight into it? Before Nikki can even see her family, she and her team are pulled into a missing persons case where the motives are as unclear as the suspects.
Lisa Harris is a bestselling author, a Christy Award finalist, and the winner of the Best Inspirational Suspense Novel for 2011 from Romantic Times. She has sold over thirty novels and novella collections. Along with her husband, she and her three children have spent over ten years living as missionaries in Africa where she homeschools, leads a women's group, and runs a nonprofit organization that works alongside their church-planting ministry. The ECHO Project works in southern Africa promoting Education, Compassion, Health, and Opportunity and is a way for her to "speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves . . . the poor and helpless, and see that they get justice" (Proverbs 31:8).
When she's not working, she loves hanging out with her family, cooking different ethnic dishes, photography, and heading into the African bush on safari. For more information about her books and life in Africa, visit her website at www.lisaharriswrites.com or her blog at http://myblogintheheartofafrica.blogspot.com. For more information about The ECHO Project, please visit www.theECHOproject.org.
Can you imagine sitting next to someone on a plane and having the plane crash, you survive, but they tell you that no one was in the seat next to you? Must have a concussion, but you have something in your possession that proves you are right, will they believe you? This is basically what happens to Nikki, and what it leads to is unimaginable.
By the end of this book it is a miracle that Nikki even survives, from one page to the next her life is one the line, and she seems to be an energizer bunny, and keeps on going.
This is one of those books that you are quickly turning the pages for answers, but once you are at the end you wish you had gone slower, and that there was more.
If you like mystery and suspense this book is for you, and although it is the third book in this series, you will not be lost to read as a stand alone, but it will make you want to read the other two, they are just as good. I want more!
I received this book through the Publisher Revell and their Blogger Program, and was not required to give a positive review.
A Trail of Crumbs: A Novel of the Great Depression by Susie Finkbeiner
"I believed it would have been a sin to stay inside when God had sent us such fine weather. According to Pastor Ezra Anderson, sin was the reason we'd got in the dusty mess we were in. The way I saw it, that day was God's way of letting us know He wasn't mad at us anymore. Just maybe He'd seen fit to forgive us."
Pearl Spence has been through more in her young life than most folks could handle. But through it all, her family has been by her side. They may not be perfect, but they love her and they all love each other, come what may. That's one thing Pearl no longer questions.
But the end of her beautiful day signals the beginning of the end of her secure life.
Now her family is fleeing their Oklahoma wasteland. Pearl isn't sure she'll ever see home or happiness again. Are there any crumbs powerful enough to guide her back to the dependable life she once knew?
The strong narrative voice of Finkbeiner's young protagonist from A Cup of Dust returns in this gritty yet hopeful sequel, sure to please her many fans.
Susie Finkbeiner is a novelist from West Michigan. She is the author of A Cup of Dust (Kregel, 2015), Paint Chips (WhiteFire Publishing, 2013) and My Mother's Chamomile (WhiteFire Publishing 2014).
She is currently working on her fourth novel.
Susie is a wife, mother of three, and avid reader. She enjoys time with her family, coffee dates with her good friends, and quiet moments to read and write.
Susie Finkbeiner is represented by Ann Byle from Credo Communications.
The second book in this series, and like the first you will not be able to put this read down, and although it opens with a tragedy, and ends with their lives up in the air, but there is another book to come.
After the devastation that hits the Spencer family, they head to Michigan and a new and greener life, after all that dust I can just imagine how they felt when then put their toes on grass. What a transformation, food and rain, and promise of a new life.
While they seem ready to move on, the past and hurts still linger and at times the grief is over whelming, but these are people who wear their faith on their sleeve, and so I had a problem with one of them. Will they ever be whole again?
We also have Ray who has been able to move North with the family, but has never let his hope of his Mother coming for him die.
This is still Susie's story and it all told from her perspective and we are with her for her milestone eleventh birthday, and what an eleventh birthday it is. Who wouldn't want this child as their own, and her parents have really done a wonderful job so far. She has so much compassion for mankind and as we read this we are reminded of her meemaw, and what a great influence she was in Susie's life, and we remember her from the first book.
I personally cannot wait for the next book in this series, I loved this read.
I received this book through Kregel Blogger Tour, and was not required to give a positive review.
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Q: Allow user to specify multiple values with one command I am attempting to define a macro that can be used to specify the names of committee members for a thesis/dissertation.  I would like to allow the user to specify this command multiple times to add multiple committee members, as can be done in the mitthesis class file.
Looking at the mitthesis class file I got the idea to use a box to combine the calls to the macro.  The way they do it is:
% since there can be more than one supervisor,
% we build the appropriate boxes for the titlepage and
% the abstractpage as the user makes multiple calls
% to \supervisor
\newbox\@titlesupervisor    \newbox\@abstractsupervisor

\def\supervisor#1#2{\setbox\@titlesupervisor\vbox
  {\unvbox\@titlesupervisor \vskip 10pt% plus 1fil minus 1fil
  \def\baselinestretch{1}\large
  \signature{Certified by}{#1 \\ #2 \\ Thesis Supervisor}}
  \setbox\@abstractsupervisor\vbox{\unvbox\@abstractsupervisor
  \vskip\baselineskip \def\baselinestretch{1}\@normalsize
  \par\noindent Thesis Supervisor: #1 \\ Title: #2}}

From what I've read we could do something similar with a save box so I tried something like this:
% We need to allow for multiple calls to committee
% Therefore start building the committee section of the title page
% Each call to committee should first specify the name as arg 1, and
% then the degree as arg 2
% for instance \committee{John Doe}{Ph.D.}
\newsavebox\@committeebox
\def\committee#1#2{%
    \sbox{\@committeebox}{%
        \usebox{\@committeebox}\\%
        \bfseries
        #1, #2%
    }%
}

but for some reason this only displays the first committee member that is added.
I tested the idea by adding a
\sbox{\@committeebox}{test}

before the \def in the above example (after the \newsavebox) which works somewhat by adding 'test' to the output before the first specified committee member, although it doesn't move things to a new line like I thought it should (I get testJane Doe, Ph.D. like this but it still doesn't display the other specified committee member.
Can somebody see what is going wrong here or give me a reason this will not work?  Obviously I could just use what mitthesis does but I am asking this to try and get a better understanding of the way things are going on.
As a mwe you could have
\documentclass{sample}

\committee{Jane Doe}{MS}
\committee{John Doe}{Ph.D.}

\begin{document}

  \maketitle

 \end{document}

as your tex file and
\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
\ProvidesClass{sample}[2016/01/29 Sample]

\DeclareOption*{%
    \ClassWarning{sample}{No options permitted}%
}

\ProcessOptions\relax
\LoadClass{report}

\def\maketitle{%
    \begin{center}
        \usebox{\@committeebox}
    \end{center}
}

as your sample.cls file.

A: I don't understand why this is constructed inside a box as its not necessary. Moreover, I obtain all committee members' names when I use your example, except that they're packed next to one another. This stems from the fact that you're not boxing content in a \vbox the way mitthesis does.
I'd suggest not boxing content but rather accumulate them in a macro as-is, and set them at a later point with the necessary definitions. Here is such an implementation:

\documentclass{article}

% We need to allow for multiple calls to committee
% Therefore start building the committee section of the title page
% Each call to committee should first specify the name as arg 1, and
% then the degree as arg 2
% for instance \committee{John Doe}{Ph.D.}
\newcommand\committeemembers{}% This willl store committee members
\makeatletter
\newcommand\committee[2]{% Add another committee member to the list
  \g@addto@macro\committeemembers{\nextcommitteemember #1, #2}%
}
\makeatother

\newcommand{\nextcommitteemember}{}% Just a placeholder
\newcommand{\printcommittee}[1][c]{{% Print the list of committee members
  % http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/89187/5764
  \renewcommand{\nextcommitteemember}{\gdef\nextcommitteemember{\tabularnewline}}%
  \bfseries% Committee member formatting
  \begin{tabular}{#1}
    \committeemembers
  \end{tabular}
}}
\committee{Jane Doe}{MSc}
\committee{John Doe}{PhD}
\committee{Who Cares}{BSc}

\begin{document}

\begin{center}
  \printcommittee[l]
  \qquad
  \printcommittee
  \qquad
  \printcommittee[r]
\end{center}

\end{document}

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Exelon will continue to advocate for public policy that recognises the clean energy attributes of nuclear plants but has warned it will have no choice but to close plants that remain unprofitable.
In a presentation to analysts on Wednesday, CEO Chris Crane and senior Exelon leaders outlined plans to invest $25 billion in critical infrastructure, smart grid technology and other reliability and customer service improvements at its utilities over the next five years. Cash flow from the company's generation activities will be used to fund the investments.
Crane described 2016 as a "pivotal year" for nuclear power plants which have faced financial challenges driven by cheap gas prices and the "unintended consequences" of government mandates which had tended to prefer renewables over other low-carbon or carbon-free alternatives and failed to compensate properly for carbon-free generation.
He praised the recent approval by the New York Public Service Commission of a Clean Energy Standard (CES) explicitly recognising the zero-carbon contribution of nuclear power plants via credits based solely on the social cost of carbon. Approval of the CES has helped to assure the continued operation of Exelon's Nine Mile Point and RE Ginna nuclear power plants in upstate New York, and furthermore enabled Exelon to move to acquire the Fitzpatrick plant from Entergy, which otherwise would have faced closure in early 2017.
The failure of Illinois to enact legislation that would have preserved the Clinton and Quad Cities plants, however, meant that the company had "no choice" but to proceed with preparations for the closure of the units. Exelon announced in June that Clinton would close in 2017 and Quad Cities the following year following seven years of losses despite being two of the utility's best-performing plants.
"We will continue to work for solutions in our states to preserve these generation fleets, but we do need the states to step up and recognise the value of these assets and what they contribute to communities and the environment," Crane said. He warned that nuclear plants must still perform economically. "Where we can't see a path to sustained profitability, we have no choice but to shut down plants," he said.
In answer to questions, Exelon Generation CEO Ken Cornew confirmed that the "drop dead" date after which the company would be unable to reverse its decision on Quad Cities and Clinton plants would be December 2016. Further decisions on the Illinois legislation could be made in state meetings scheduled for late November and early December, but Cornew cautioned that there was "no certainty" of the outcome of those meetings.


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"All planning starts with observing children in order to understand and consider their current interests, development and learning."

I implement the EYFS by:

Making systematic observations and assessment of each child's achievements, interests and learning styles

Use these observations and assessments to identify learning priorities and plan relevant and motivating learning experiences for each child

Match their observations to the expectations of the early learning goals. Depending on the age of your child I will be using the EYFS to support my work.

I will make regular observations on your child, using different mediums, for example, their daily diary, photograph's, written observations or video recordings. You are welcome to see copies of any of my observations. All observations are only made for personal use and will remain confidential.
I request each parent to sign a form giving me permission to carry out and record observations on their child.

If you have any concerns regarding the content of this policy please do discuss them with me.

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Q: $\Gamma$-convergence and choice of sequence $\Gamma$-convergence is a useful notion of convergence of functionals. It is useful because it guarantees that the corresponding minimizers of the functionals also converge to the minimizer of the limit functional.
The usual $\Gamma$-convergence type of proof is like: let $u_n \rightarrow u$ for $u_n, u$ in some function space -- let's say the Sobolev space $W^{1,2}[0,1]$. Then we want to show that $\lim\inf_{n\rightarrow \infty} T_n(u_n) \geq T(u)$ and $\lim\sup_{n\rightarrow \infty} T_n(u_n) \leq T(u)$.
I want to know whether it suffices to show that this limit holds for some sequence $u_n \rightarrow u$ rather than for all sequences. For example if I construct a sequence of stepfunction approximations $u_n$ of $u$, will this be enough to show the $\Gamma$-convergence generally? Are there certain topologies for the convergence $u_n \rightarrow u$ where this works and others where this doesn't work?
If it's not true that we can simply show the limit for one particular sequence, is there any additional condition that can make it true? E.g. the stronger limit $T_n(u_n) \rightarrow T(u)$ as $n\rightarrow \infty$ instead of the limsup and liminf inequalities.


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Czech President: "Citizens Should Arm Themselves"
Written by Bob Adelmann
Reflecting a startling change of heart, Czech Republic President Miloš Zeman (shown), once opposed to private civilian ownership of firearms for self-defense, told local Czech newspaper Blesk: "Earlier I spoke often about limiting the ability [of citizens] to have large quantities of weapons. But after the terrorist attacks [in France], I have changed the idea." He is now pushing the Czech parliament to adopt a new law that would allow citizens to purchase, keep, and use firearms as necessary.
Zeman is also calling for a wall to be built along the country's borders (the country is bordered by Germany, Austria, Slovakia, and Poland), and the expedited deportation of "failed asylum seekers."
Zeman is hardly alone in his observations. Jonathan Miller, an elected council member in the French village of Caux, wrote that the attack in Nice has "shaken France to the brink of a terrifying escalation" and that France "may be on the edge of something resembling a civil war." When Miller was asked why the membership in a local gun club quadrupled since Nice, he responded, "They're getting ready for a war." He added: "I talk to a lot of people at every level of French society and I am detecting a change of mood. And the mood is turning nasty … [I am] no longer taking for granted that they will put up with this much longer."
Interest in obtaining the means of self-defense is happening in Germany as well, with requests for self-defense weapon permits hitting record highs. Because of drastic gun-control measures, the weapons being sought are non-lethal, such as guns that fire blanks and not real bullets, flare guns, and guns that expel noxious gases. Demand for pepper spray canisters has increased by 600 percent, while demand for private security services has increased dramatically as well.
In Austria, the situation wasn't helped any by recent police reports that one in every three criminals apprehended is a foreigner, while in Vienna proper, it's nearly one in every two. Women are increasingly seeking tools for self-protection, according to Gerhard Fuchs, a gunsmith with a shop in Innsbruck. "Women customers include waitresses that need to get home in the evening, and women who walk dogs regularly in the evening. We are also seeing some coming in to buy them for their daughters," he said.
In contradiction to the new reality, the European Union (EU) has predictably moved to restrict private ownership of firearms even more drastically. In kneejerk reaction to the Paris attacks last November, the EU announced that it was expediting implementation of its European Firearms Directive, which would place semi-automatic weapons already in the hands of private citizens in the same category as fully automatic weapons, thus banning them altogether and turning citizens into criminals for owning them. The National Rifle Association's Institute for Legislative Affairs (NRAILA) declared, "It is deplorable that the EU would seek to further restrict access to firearms when so many Europeans are finding it necessary to exercise their human right to self-defense."
Sebastian Gorka has been on the front line in the war against Western Civilization by Islamist radicals for decades. He served as the Major General Matthew C. Horner Distinguished Chair of Military Theory at the Marine Corps University in Quantico, Virginia, and now teaches at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center at Fort Bragg in North Carolina as well as the FBI's Counterterrorism Division. His book Defeating Jihad: The Winnable War, just released in April, spells out how the war against the West can be won (by the West). The front line of that war, however, has moved from Paris and Munich to the United States, said Gorka: "The frightening reality is that the battle has truly come to the homeland. We're all on the frontline in this war. And, God forbid, if you are targeted in an attack, remember your options."
One of the most important of those options is obtaining a concealed weapon permit and then preparing for an attack. During a June radio interview, Gorka cautioned citizens to apply for such a permit "only if you are prepared to take all the responsibility that being a licensed concealed carrier means," and that "San Bernardino proves it. We are all on the front lines of this war."
The new reality expressed by the Czech president is leading citizens across the globe to seek the means to defend themselves. In some countries of Europe, those means are limited to gas-emitting pistols and those shooting blanks. In the United States, the options are vastly greater. Americans are increasingly taking advantage of those options as the war moves to this country.
Photo: AP Images
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When you gain the professional help, there is no need to worry about any hazards at all. The professionals will be aware of how to use the equipment and the products in your home easily and safely. You can even choose professionals that will be using environmentally friendly products as well. Therefore, make sure that you always look into getting the best professionals. When the process is going one, make sure that you stay away from the working area.
When you are to get any of the services, you surely have to pay. You might wonder if you have to spend a lot of money in order to get these services and to be free from the damages that are caused by the professionals. When you are getting these services, you are free from such worries because all the services that are brought to you will be given for a reasonable price.
Is your home starting to look messy and old? Have you considered redesigning it to make it look better? Decorating a house is essential if you want it to look homelier. This will improve your comfort as well as reduce any unnecessary stress. When decorating a house, you will need to pay attention to the minute details to ensure that you do an excellent job. Here are a few tips that will help you with decorating your house.
If your house is a multistoried building, you will have a few staircases. If your staircase is plain looking, you can try making a few changes to improve its look. Try searching for a glass balustrade from Sydney which will help you with making your staircase look a lot more fashionable. Tiling the steps will also make it look a lot better as you can try having a contrast with the rest of the floor tiles. You can also paint the railings, to improve its look, which in turn would make it more noticeable. The staircase is one of the most used parts of your house, so improving its appearance will be quite helpful.
If your house is messy and filled with a lot of clutter, this could make it quite undesirable to live in. A messy house could lead to unnecessary stress and wouldn't promote a peaceful environment for you to work in. Therefore, one of the first things you will need to do is to get rid of any clutter or junk that is lying around your house, to improve the way it looks. Make it a habit to clean it regularly, so that you don't have to spend too much time cleaning it up when it gets too cluttered.
Adding a perfect fences can also make your house look a lot more decorated and cozy. Look for pool fencing, which you can add around your swimming pool, provided you have one. Having a transparent look t it would help a lot more with improving the visual pleasure of it than if you were to have it blocked out. Another location that you can add a fence would be in the front yard or garden. This way you will not only make it look a lot more organized, but it will help with keeping away intruders.
Decorating your house is essential if you want to make it more comfortable to live in. These tips should help you with making your house more decorated.
How To Reduce Printing Repair Cost?
It's hard to open a company and achieve success in business. You and all your employees cannot keep each data on computers. Sometimes, more paperwork is required to be done. Photocopies of vital documents of various customers, clients and so on are significant. One or more photocopiers are required in an office. Sometimes, problem occurs in such machines. To reduce printing repair costs, you have to gain a solid knowledge on the same.
Things to be known – You may have a big company and you will have several photocopiers in your office complex. As such photocopy machines are used in your company for many times and for long hours, some of your photocopiers can become dysfunctional. But, don't worry much and hire reputable photocopier repairs for this purpose. You must not delay the time of fixing your photocopiers. It is true that you can save more money if you ask any of your employees to fix more photocopy machines.
But, still is it a right decision? No, it is not. If your employee is inexperienced, less skilled, have no training and less knowledge of handling electronic problems, you should not give this task to him or her. The problems in your photocopier machine will remain unsolved and again you have to hire a professional. So, you have to waste money twice. Also, try to hire specialised service. For example, if you have ricoh xerox, you must hire ricoh photocopier repairs.
A tip – If you ask your employees to store all vital data and documents of your clients, you have to do less paperwork. This will make the presence of photocopiers in your office less significant. So, you can use only fewer photocopy machines in your office to do work. In this way, printing repair costs will be lessened a bit. A printer repairer will charge a lot of money to fix your expensive printers. So, you and all your working staff must use the office's printer with great care.
Do it to avoid difficulties in workplace – You must give a month long training to all your new and old working staff members, so that they can use a printer in a correct method. For this reason, you can hire an experienced printer operator. Once your office staff will know how to do the usage of an office's printer with care, you will certainly have to pay less money for printer repair costs. You must keep in mind that each and every person doesn't know how to use a printer in a correct way, so that it can function properly for a long span of time. Ask your employees to read manuals of using a printer and then they should use it for their requirements.
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A house is known as one's comfortable space as the owners of the house can be themselves inside the house and live the way they want. There will be no person to judge you or no one has to behave like they are at a public place. This comfort zone of each and every one of yours has to be kept in order above anything to enjoy the freedom. If a house looks dirty, messy and unorganized it affects the minds if the people who are living there too and it will finally come out form their behaviors therefore one has to live a decent life in a house arranging all the needs.
When a guest enters the house, there should be a proper welcome for them and that is one gesture that they will be expecting when visiting a house. Moreover, a house can represent the owner and it is one way of representing the personality of the owner of that house therefore the outlook of the house has to be kept properly.
Every house must have standards and then only the worth of the house can be counted properly. A house should have all the facilities that a person living there must have because it adds value to the entire house. Owners of the house have to think of those aspects thoroughly because if they ever come up to a situation to sell or rent the house, those needs, facilities and maintenance can add a great value to the house. All the needful should have to be available and clear in a house.
Furthermore the owners should be able to take relevant steps in an emergency. For an example, there should be an emergency plumber Rockingham for every house because there are no pre warning for water leaks and other defaults, and in such a case one has to keep the number saved in their home index. These are easy guidelines in maintaining the good looks and standards in the house.
Therefore every house runner must have an index marking contacts of the house maid, plumbers, electricians, gardener, drivers and all other important contacts. Even though people could be home all day sometimes, help from a third person is necessary when it comes to emergency situations and all. Therefore a house has to be kept clean and with good care like taking care of a child. The more you care the more good results will appear for today and also for tomorrow.
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Health in black and white : debates on racial and ethnic health disparities in Brazil
Pagano, Anna
UC San Diego Electronic Theses and Dissertations (2011)
In 2006, the Brazilian Health Council approved a National Health Policy for the Black Population. The Policy is striking because it promotes the image of a biologically and culturally discrete black population in a nation where racial classification has historically been relatively fluid and ambiguous. It transforms established patterns of racialization by collapsing "brown" (pardo) and "black" (preto) Brazilian Census categories into a single "black population" (população negra) to be considered a special- needs group by the public health apparatus. This construction resembles the United States' dominant mode of racialization based on hypodescent and represents a significant departure from hegemonic portrayals of Brazil as a racially mixed nation. Furthermore, the Policy challenges national ideologies of racial and cultural unity by affirming the existence of an essential black body with specific health concerns, as well as an essential Afro-Brazilian culture that materializes in recommendations for culturally competent health care. As such, the Policy constitutes an important site for new negotiations of racial and cultural identity in Brazil. In this dissertation, I explore the political and social implications of treating racial and ethnic groups differently within Brazilian health care. I examine how the re-definition and medicalization of racial and cultural identities unfolds in public clinics, temples of Afro-Brazilian religion, and social movements based in São Luís and São Paulo, Brazil. Through an analysis of ethnographic data that I collected over twenty-four months, I assess the impact of recent developments in race- conscious health policy on Brazilians' lived experiences of race, ethnicity, and health disparities. I argue that the new Policy, and its associated health programs, signals the emergence of a new biopolitical paradigm in which the Brazilian state formalizes citizens' racial and ethnic differences in order to address inequalities among them. I also show that many aspects of these programs, which incorporate global discourses and concepts related to health equity, fail to resonate with Brazilian citizens' notions about race and health. Consequently, patients and healthcare providers often resist the new measures. The result is a disjuncture between policy and practice that ultimately hinders Brazil's efforts to reduce health inequalities among its citizens
Post-project appraisal of lower Ritchie Creek dam removal, Napa County
Daniels, Jubilee
Pagano, Laura
Hydrology (2004)
Ritchie Creek drains 2.6 square miles before joining the Napa River north of Bale, California. A six- foot high dam was built in 1912 on Ritchie Creek to facilitate water development. The dam interfered with steelhead trout migration upstream to potential spawning habitats and was removed in 1993. Ten years after dam removal, we resurveyed four cross sections and compared them with the cross sections taken in the same location in 1993 just prior to dam removal. Our survey documented sediment erosion of 679 cubic yards upstream of the dam site, which is less than the probable yearly sediment yield for the watershed basin. Our survey also showed slight sediment aggradation of 99 cubic yards downstream of the dam site. In addition we surveyed a longitudinal profile of 1,162 feet in length and two additional cross sections at restoration sites.
A comparison of daily versus weekly electronic cigarette users in treatment for substance abuse
Gubner, NR
Pagano, A
Tajima, B
Guydish, J
© The Author(s) 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. All rights reserved. Objective: This research examined electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use by individuals in treatment for substance abuse, a population with a high prevalence of tobacco use and poor smoking cessation outcomes. Methods: We surveyed 1127 individuals from 24 substance abuse treatment centers across the United States. Bivariate analyses and logistic regression were used to examine factors associated with daily (N = 87) versus weekly (N = 81) e-cigarette use. Results: Among the full sample, 59.8% reported any lifetime use of e-cigarettes, with 23.6% reporting past 30-day use. Daily e-cigarette users were more likely to have used second-generation, tank-type e-cigarettes, X2(1,N = 165)= 11.54, p = .001, used more flavors overall, t(168)= 2.15, p = .03, and were more likely to report using their e-cigarette continuously throughout the day, X2(4,N = 168)= 16.7, p = .002, compared to weekly e-cigarette users. Over half (57.7%) of the daily and weekly e-cigarette users reported having an e-cigarette device that broke. The logistic regression model adjusting for clinic type and days with poor mental health found that daily e-cigarette users were significantly more likely than weekly e-cigarette users to be from methadone clinics (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 2.40, p = .04), and former smokers (AOR = 6.37, p < .002). Conclusions: Daily e-cigarette users in substance abuse treatment were more likely to be from methadone clinics and former cigarette smokers. However, the majority (73.6%) of daily e-cigarette users were current cigarette smokers. E-cigarette device type reliability (eg, breakage) may be an important factor to consider among drug treatment and other populations with lower socioeconomic status. Implications: This study found several differences in the device type, flavors, and use characteristics of daily versus weekly e-cigarette users. While majority of e-cigarette users in substance abuse treatment were current cigarette smokers, daily e-cigarette users were more likely to be former cigarette smokers. Administrators of substance abuse treatment programs should evaluate potential benefits and harms of e-cigarettes when developing program policies.
Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) behavior and energetics: New metrics for examining the physiological impact of a changing Arctic environment
Pagano, Anthony Michael
UC Santa Cruz Electronic Theses and Dissertations (2018)
Recent declines in Arctic sea ice have been linked to reductions in body condition, survival, and population size of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in some regions of the Arctic. Reduced foraging opportunity is hypothesized as the primary mechanism of sea-ice linked declines, but increased energy expenditure, as a result of changing sea ice composition and extent may be an additional underlying mechanistic factor. Field metabolic rates of polar bears have been previously unknown and limited information has existed on foraging or other behaviors in polar bears while on the sea ice. Such data are increasingly needed to better understand polar bear habitat use and improve projections of the effects of climate change on global polar bear populations. The primary objectives of this work were to: 1) develop metrics to remotely quantify wild polar bear foraging rates and behaviors; 2) measure the energetic costs of resting, walking, and swimming in captive polar bears, to better estimate the energy demands of free-ranging polar bears; 3) measure the field metabolic rates, behaviors, and foraging rates of free-ranging polar bears on the spring sea ice; and 4) evaluate the ability of tri-axial accelerometers to measure the energy expenditure of free-ranging polar bears. In this dissertation, I develop methods using tri-axial accelerometers to remotely discriminate the behaviors (Chapter 1) and index the energy expenditure (Chapter 5) of free-ranging polar bears. I further find that polar bears have energetic costs of walking that are commensurate with other quadrupedal mammals (Chapter 2), but appear to have high energetic costs of swimming similar to other semi-aquatic mammals (Chapter 3). Additionally, similar to other large carnivores, polar bears have high resting metabolic rates and high field metabolic rates (Chapter 4). Of nine polar bears monitored on the spring sea ice of the Beaufort Sea, five of these bears had energy deficits as a result of their high energy demands and low foraging success (Chapter 4). These findings highlight the physiological constraints of these large apex carnivores and reinforce their reliance on energy-dense pagophilic seal prey. Furthermore, these findings elucidate the implications of increases in the frequency of spring fasting on polar bear body composition. Given their large body size and hypercarnivory, polar bears appear to be poorly suited to cope with rapid environmental change. The metrics developed in this dissertation provide a framework to monitor polar bear behaviors and energy expenditure to aid conservation and management of the species.
Cell Motility and Deformability in the Pathogenesis of Lung Cancer
Pagano, Paul Carmelo
UCLA Electronic Theses and Dissertations (2015)
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States and the world. The most effective therapy is surgical resection, but lung cancer recurs in approximately 50% of patients, most commonly as metastatic disease. This suggests that micrometastatic disease is often already present at the time of surgery, but below current levels of clinical detection. This is consistent with the reports of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in patients with Stage I non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Although metastatic behavior is often considered a late event, these clinical findings suggest that the metastatic process is also operative early in the pathogenesis of the disease. These clinical observations are consistent with recent laboratory-based investigations indicating that dissemination may occur during early tumor development. Furthermore, recent studies implicate the genetic program associated with epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in driving early metastatic behavior during pancreatic premalignancy. Herein we demonstrate that common NSCLC-associated mutations (p53 loss and KRAS activating mutation) and over-expression of Snail, a driver of the EMT program, results in enhanced motility in non-transformed human bronchial epithelial cells (HBECs). In analyzing motility at the single-cell level, great heterogeneity in velocity was unveiled; over an order of magnitude difference between the fastest and slowest moving cell exists. Our overarching hypothesis is that there are factors attributed to highly motile cells that extend beyond speed, particularly enhanced metastasis. We developed a novel selection technique involving migration through microporous membranes, and we successfully isolated cells with the highest and lowest migratory capacity. And while it is widely believed that cell migration is a transient and stochastic event, we show the intrinsic and heritable nature of this behavior. Concomitant with changes in migration were changes in biophysical properties such as cell volume, ability to spread, and deformability. Highly migratory and deformable cells also show increased survival in a murine model of metastasis, overcoming a crucial juncture in metastatic inefficiency first described by Leonard Weiss and observed by many others in the field. At the molecular level, highly migratory cells show increased activation of Rac1, a Rho-family GTPase involved in actin polymerization and cell motility. Pharmacological inhibition of Rac1 decreases motility in highly migratory cells. Inhibition of RhoA, a negative regulator of Rac1, enhances motility in both highly migratory and non-migratory HBECs. Highly migratory cells form fewer and smaller colonies than unselected counterparts in an anchorage-independent growth assay. However, cells within colonies formed by micropore-selected cells move rapidly, whereas cells in unselected colonies remain stationary. This corroborates a "grow or go" phenotype described by others.
Metastasis is the predominate cause of cancer death in patients, and while tumor formation is attributed to uncontrolled cell growth, metastasis is more related to aberrant cell motility and deformability. Although a tumor is made up of many cancer cells, only a small percentage of these cells are metastatic. The work included in this dissertation has important implications in determining the mechanisms behind aberrant lung epithelial cell motility in both early and late stages of the disease, and provides the foundation for future research that may lead to preventative therapeutic approaches to thwart these processes.
Cigarette smoking and quit attempts among Latinos in substance use disorder treatment
Gubner, N
Le, T
© 2018, © 2018 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Background: Differences in tobacco use behaviors have been identified between Latinos and non-Latino whites in the general US population. Little is known about cigarette smoking and quitting behaviors of Latinos in treatment for substance use disorders (SUDs), who represent two major tobacco-vulnerable groups. Objectives: To compare, in a national sample of persons enrolled in SUD treatment, demographic, drug use, and smoking and quitting prevalence and behaviors between Latinos and non-Latino whites. Methods: We surveyed 777 SUD treatment clients, sampled from 24 clinics selected at random from the National Institute on Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network (Latino client n = 141; 40% female). We then conducted univariate and multivariate analyses to identify correlates of smoking behaviors by Latino/non-Latino white ethnicity. Results: Latinos' smoking prevalence resembled that of non-Latino whites (78.7% vs. 77.4%). In regression analyses, Latino smokers (n = 111) tended to smoke fewer cigarettes per day (CPD) than non-Latino white smokers (n = 492); were more often nondaily smokers and menthol smokers; more often reported a smoking quit attempt in the last year; and tended to report higher numbers of past-year quit attempts. Among Latino smokers, those with less education and those reporting opioids as their primary drug of use reported higher CPD. Conclusions: Latinos in SUD treatment are at equally high risk of being current heavy smokers as compared to non-Latino whites in SUD treatment. At the same time, Latinos in SUD treatment exhibit ethnic-specific smoking and quitting behaviors that should be considered when designing smoking interventions for this group.
Barriers and Facilitators to Tobacco Cessation in a Nationwide Sample of Addiction Treatment Programs.
Tajima, Barbara
Guydish, Joseph
INTRODUCTION:Smoking rates among addiction treatment clients are 3-4 times higher than those of the general population. Recent studies indicate that ceasing tobacco use during treatment may improve recovery outcomes. Across the United States, publicly funded addiction treatment programs vary widely in terms of their tobacco policies and tobacco cessation services offered to clients. METHODS:The study reported here is the qualitative component of a larger study. Twenty-four programs were recruited from a random sample of publicly funded programs participating in the NIDA Clinical Trials Network. Semi-structured interviews were administered by phone to program directors. ATLAS.ti software was used to facilitate thematic analysis of interview transcripts. FINDINGS:While all directors expressed interest in helping clients to quit smoking, they cited numerous barriers to implementing tobacco policies and services. These included smoking culture, client resistance, lack of resources, staff smoking, and environmental barriers. Directors also cited several factors that they believed would support tobacco cessation. These included financial support, enhanced leadership, and state mandates against smoking in addiction treatment programs. CONCLUSION:Addiction treatment programs are beginning to place more emphasis on tobacco cessation during treatment. However, furthering this goal requires substantial infrastructural and cultural change. These qualitative study findings may help to inform Single State Agencies (SSAs) to support publicly funded addiction treatment programs in their tobacco cessation efforts. In order to maximize effectiveness, state-level policies regarding tobacco cessation during treatment should be informed by ongoing dialogue between service providers and SSAs.
Predictors of tobacco use among New York State addiction treatment patients
Yu, J
Delucchi, K
Objectives: We used admissions data from the New York State addiction treatment system to assess patient self-reported tobacco use and factors associated with tobacco use. Methods: We compared prevalence of tobacco use in the state addiction treatment system with that of a national sample of people receiving addiction treatment and with that of the New York general population in 2005 to 2008. A random effects logistic model assessed relationships between patient- and program-level variables and tobacco use. Results: Prevalence of tobacco use in the New York treatment system was similar to that in national addiction treatment data and was 3 to 4 times higher than that in the general population. Co-occurring mental illness, opiate use, methadone treatment, and being a child of a substance-abusing parent were associated with higher rates of tobacco use. Conclusions: We call on federal leadership to build capacity to address tobacco use in addiction treatment, and we call on state leadership to implement tobacco-free grounds policies in addiction treatment systems.
Differences in tobacco use prevalence, behaviors, and cessation services by race/ethnicity: A survey of persons in addiction treatment
Yip, D
© 2018 Elsevier Inc. Background: Disparities in tobacco use prevalence, behaviors, and services have been identified among people of different racial and ethnic groups in the United States general population. Persons in addiction treatment have among the highest smoking prevalence of any population. However, little is known about racial and ethnic disparities in tobacco use prevalence, behaviors, and services among persons in addiction treatment. Methods: Survey data were used from 1840 clients from 24 addiction treatment programs from the NIDA Clinical Trials Network. Multivariate regression analyses were conducted to assess associations between race/ethnicity (White, African American, Hispanic) and patterns of tobacco and other tobacco product use, as well as quitting behaviors and receipt of tobacco cessation services among current smokers (n = 1425) while in treatment. Results: There was no difference in cigarette smoking prevalence across racial/ethnic groups. In the multivariate models, Hispanics and African Americans, compared to Whites, were less likely to be daily smokers, use smokeless tobacco, or use e-cigarettes. African Americans and Hispanics reported more past-year quit attempts and higher use of menthol compared to Whites. Hispanics were more interested in quitting while in treatment than Whites. Contrary to expectations, African Americans reported receiving more tobacco cessation advice and services while in treatment than Whites. Conclusions: Some findings reflected broader population patterns (e.g., tobacco use behaviors, other tobacco product use), while others did not (e.g., no difference in tobacco use prevalence by race/ethnicity). The reasons for greater receipt of cessation services among African Americans are unclear. Findings indicate the need for continued engagement of African Americans and Hispanics in cessation services while in addiction treatment, and for addressing heavier tobacco use and lack of interest in cessation during treatment among White clients.
Addiction Treatment Clients' Reactions to Graphic Warning Labels on Cigarette Packs.
Gubner, Noah
Yip, Deborah
Henderson, Catherine
Graphic warning labels (GWLs) on cigarette packs have been tested among diverse groups at high risk for tobacco use. However, little is known about the effectiveness of GWL interventions for persons with substance use disorders, whose smoking prevalence is 3 to 4 times that of the general population. After an experimental study which exposed clients in residential addiction treatment to GWLs for 30 days, we conducted five focus groups with trial participants (N = 33) to explore how exposure to the labels may have impacted their readiness to quit smoking. Focus group interviews were analyzed thematically. Interviewees reported that GWLs were more effective than text-based warnings for increasing quit intentions due to greater cognitive and emotional impact. Male and female interviewees expressed gender-specific reactions to the labels. Addiction treatment programs are a strategic site for GWL and other tobacco interventions due to the tobacco-vulnerable populations they serve.


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NS EXCLUSIVE: The Daily Liverpool Scoop – Day 10
By Netball Scoop|2019-09-02T06:52:42+00:00July 22nd, 2019|Categories: World, World Cup 2019|1 Comment
Compiled by Andrew Kennedy, Katrina Nissen and Jenny Sinclair
Day 10 – Sunday 21st July
Congratulations to New Zealand's Silver Ferns – Netball World Cup Champions 2019
Image May Bailey
What a big day of finals! With the audience glued to their seats, and the media like-wise, we weren't roaming the crowds looking for stories. But we hope you enjoy these photos of some of the emotions around the big day.
WHAT CAUGHT OUR EYE
Hey Jude! The mascot has been keeping the crowd entertained during half time breaks, with six people donning the suit. It's hot, it's heavy, and the "inmates" are totally unable to hear what's going on. Despite this, Jude showed some pretty decent dance moves out on the floor.
Photo: May Bailey
Congratulations to Karla Pretorius who was named MVP of the tournament.
Australia and New Zealand contested the World Cup Final for the seventh time (1991, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019). Australia has claimed five of those seven World Cup titles with New Zealand's previous win coming in 2003 in Jamaica. Australia and South Africa contested the Final in 1995 with Australia winning 68-48.
There's little doubt that rumours of international retirements will start to swirl now that the Netball World Cup is done and dusted. Coaches Tracey Neville (England) and Norma Plummer (South Africa) have confirmed they're standing down – Tracey to start a family, and Norma to go into semi-retirement.
Coach Tracey Neville says her goodbyes. Image May Bailey
Casey Kopua (New Zealand) has hung up her dress, while there's serious chat that Serena Guthrie and Laura Langman may also have played their last game in international colours.
Photo: Danny Dalton
Photo: Jenny Sinclair
ON THE INJURED LIST
Ameliaranne Wells (New Zealand) has had a heavily strapped groin/upper thigh since yesterday, but it certainly didn't impact her performance.
Shemera Sterling (Jamaica) left the court after landing awkwardly, and didn't return to court. The Adelaide Thunderbirds, along with Jamaica, will be hoping it's nothing serious.
Joice Takaidza, Zimbabwe, on a top eight finish for Malawi.
"We couldn't have asked for anything else. For first comers to be in top 8. I don't know what to say. It's so gooooood."
On the dancing celebration, shared with Uganda at the end of the match.
"It is just a dance we celebrate. It means we go forwards, we don't go backwards. That's the dance, we go forward. Never backwards."
Uganda v Zimbabwe final. Image May Bailey
Casey Kopua, New Zealand, on their win.
"This was exactly what we came here for. The rollercoaster was a bit bumpy and a little bit rough, but we knew that was going to happen. It always comes down to that last shot. But I had no doubt that our girls could get the job done. I don't think that anyone had doubt in themselves either."
New Zealand 52 defeated Australia 51
In typical trans-Tasman fashion, the final between Australia and New Zealand was a one goal nail biter. Full match report here
England 58 defeated South Africa 42
England took no prisoners in their uncompromising victory over South Africa.
Full match report here
Jamaica 68 defeated Malawi 50
There was tape on almost every player and tired bodies ready to wring out their last ounces of athleticism, none more so than Shamera Sterling who did not last three minutes at goal keeper for Jamaica before cramps sent her to the bench. Jamaica leapt to a 6-1 lead courtesy of uncharacteristic misses from spearhead Joyce Mvula, but once she started to use her strength and timing to both front and back spaces the complexion of game changed. Kadie-Ann Dehaney got tips and rebounds and combined well with the speedy Ward, but not enough to slow the ascendancy of Malawi. There was a flurry of goals for both teams – Mvula, and her opposite, the ever-reliable Jhaniele Fowler, with 18/18 for the quarter, taking her Sunshine Girls to a 20-13 lead.
More Jamaicans were swapped on and off court due to exhaustion or injury, Stacian Facey replaced Jodiann Ward, Adean Thomas replaced Khadijah Williams. The Malawians seemed to be much more energised, able to both take midcourt intercepts and then bring them through to attack. The Queens tenaciously levelled the scores are 24-all halfway through the quarter. The highlight was Takondwa Lwazi's pace and timing, and the stunning no-look offloads from Mvula to Jane Chimaliro. However the Africans faded out badly, and the Sunshine Girls were able to let the ball go quickly, pummelling their opponents with a 9-1 run, and entering half time ahead 37-28.
There were major renovations to the Jamaican lineup in the break, but none for Malawi, indicating that the Queens were desperate for the win. There was a distinct lack of fire in the third quarter, where the lead was as much as 12 but as little as 6. The direct connection of Lwazi and Mvula was at times scintillating. It was good to see players having a laugh with each other despite the importance of the match.
Uganda 58 defeated Zimbabwe 47
The substitution sheets of both teams were a frenzy by the end of the match, where African netball kept pushing up the world rankings. Uganda alone used 17 interchanges before dragging themselves over the line by 11 goals.
The Zimbabwe Gems were particularly potent via centre Mauladi and goal defence Kwangwa, a star in the making. Her showdown with Oyella was clean and classy. It was a good showing from the World Cup debutants, but Uganda didn't seem troubled in their win.
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Here we go again, racism once again rears its ugly head.
Yep, we must to our best to bring the country together, but it will not happen by increasing Obama's racial divide.
The findings in this article clearly demonstrate that those mentioned are racists, bigots or both.
I've had it with people and there is no question about it they come in all colors and creeds.
Quick get out your race card it's now to late to play.
Clearly the CBS Reporter doesn't get it, here question was clearly racist, did the reader notice how quickly she changed the subject?
The Benjamin Carson High School of Science and Medicine near the Detroit Medical Center has an ambitious program of preparing it's mostly African-American students for careers in medicine.
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