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What do you expect from patients with severe head trauma?
Firooz Salehpour1, Amir Mohammad Bazzazi2, Javad Aghazadeh1, Amin Valizadeh Hasanloei3, Khatere Pasban3, Farhad Mirzaei1, Seyed Ahmad Naseri Alavi1
1 Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
2 Department of Neurosurgery, Tabriz Aalinasab Hospital, Tabriz, Iran
3 Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran
Seyed Ahmad Naseri Alavi
Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz
DOI: 10.4103/ajns.AJNS_260_16
Background: Head trauma is one of the most common mortality and morbidity causes in adolescent. Numerous studies have been conducted on changes in laboratory results and mortality and morbidity prognostic factors; however, the obtained results have been varied and controversial. The aim of this study is to evaluate changes in laboratory findings and arterial blood gas (ABG) analyses test at admission and investigation of the relation between these changes with outcomes in patients with traumatic brain injury. Materials and Methods: In this study, laboratory and metabolic variables were compared in patients with severe brain trauma and normal subjects. Laboratory and metabolic variables and ABG were measured on admission in patients with severe brain trauma and then compared with normal values. At last, the correlation between these variables with the prognosis in the patients was studied. Results: Of 93 studied patients, 82 were male and 11 were female with the mean age of 30.54 years. Among the studied variables, prothrombin time (PT), partial thromboplastin time, international normalized ratio (INR), creatinine (Cr), blood sugar, sodium (Na+), potassium, white blood cell, and blood urea nitrogen increased while hemoglobin and platelet decreased significantly. Regarding the ABG results, the difference in PaCO2, HCO3, and SO2at values was significant; whereas there were no statistical significant difference between the discharged and expired patients. In contrast, PT, INR, Cr, and Na had significant difference comparing the discharged and expired patients. Conclusion: Laboratory variables do change in patients with severe brain trauma; these changes are influential on patient prognosis, especially in case of PT, INR, Cr, and Na.
Salehpour F
Bazzazi AM
Aghazadeh J
Hasanloei AV
Pasban K
Mirzaei F
Naseri Alavi SA
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October 29, 2016 by Al Young in Early Hockey, Montreal Winter Carnival tags: 1st Hockey League, History of Hockey, MWC
In 1883, the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (MAAA) and McGill University were both asked to participate in the Carnival by organizing for the first time ever an ice hockey tournament. MAAA did not field a team, but McGill University fielded its own team, and two more teams were invited to play in a three-team tournament. They played partly outdoors on the Saint Lawrence River.
The first carnival tournament was held from January 26 to January 27. The Montreal Victorias, McGill University, and Quebec Hockey Club contested for a Tournament trophy called the Carnival Cup. McGill University was the winner of the challenge Tournament.
Cumulative Championships to 1883 Montreal Winter Carnival Tournament
Team # of Premier Championships Premier Championship Points
McGill University 1 (1883) 2 (+2)
The first MWC Tournament was a very modest affair, lasting only two days with each of the three teams playing one single game, but it became the beginning of the hockey league lineage that stretches to the modern day!
Starting in 1883 with only three teams playing three games over two days, the humble beginnings of the MWC Hockey Tournament lead to the creation of the first persistent league. Four Montreal-based teams plus one team from Ottawa played in the MWC and also formed the AHAC in 1887. It is because of this direct linkage the MWC Hockey Tournament is considered to be the direct predecessor to the AHAC for historical and statistical purposes.
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As a result of creative and disciplined work in a variety of fields and organizational settings, there are several sets of standards that can and should be applied in the evaluation of impact investing programs, funds and individual investments.
The OECD has published a set of quality standards for development evaluation—focused on relevance, effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability—that development agencies have been using for many years. The International Finance Corporation has promoted a set of Environmental and Social Performance Standards for investments in private companies in developing economies; a number of Northern DFIs apply these standards in their deal selection, monitoring and reporting.
In the impact investing industry, there has been nearly a decade of work on the Impact Reporting and Investment Standards that define common industry metrics and standardized terms. In addition, the Impact Measurement Working Group on the 2014 G8 Task Force on Social Impact Investment highlights the impact value chain as a common theory of change for the field, and proposes a set of activities for assessing the social impact of impact capital.
All of these standards, and others, have strengths and weaknesses. But there are two outstanding issues. First, these standards have not been integrated and so remain fragmented in their practical application. And second, some of these standards are expensive and time-consuming to apply. They thus require a subsidy to implement. Perhaps more important, however, is the fact that none of these standards is home-grown in Africa. What kind of standards, it may be asked, does Africa want?
Setting Standards for Evaluating Impact Investing
Source: E.T. Jackson and Associates Ltd. 2016
Form small groups and choose a chair and rapporteur for each. You have 30 minutes for this exercise. Review the elements of each of the sets of standards. The core question for your group is: For African stakeholders, what kind of standards for evaluating impact investing are needed in your country? Are new standards needed or can you adapt existing sets of standards? What is unique and different about the standards that are needed for Africa? What is not different? Record your responses. Your rapporteur will have five minutes to present your group's responses to a facilitated plenary session.
BAnalytics. Case Studies, No Date. http://b-analytics.net/customers/case-studies
Development Assistance Committee. Quality Guidelines for Development Evaluation, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, 2010. https://www.oecd.org/development/evaluation/qualitystandards.pdf
Donor Committee on Enterprise Development. Measuring Results and the DCED Standard, Oxford, 2016. http://www.enterprise-development.org/measuring-results-the-dced-standard/
Global Impact Investing Network. Impact Reporting and Investment Standards, New York, No Date. https://iris.thegiin.org/
Impact Measurement Working Group. Measuring Impact: Subject paper of the Impact Measurement Working Group, G8 Social Impact Investment Task Force, London, 2014. http://www.evaluatingimpactinvesting.org/wp-content/uploads/Measuring-Impact-IMWG-paper.pdf
Impact Reporting and Investment Standards. Data Driven: A Performance Analysis for the Impact Investing Industry, New York, 2011. https://iris.thegiin.org/document/data-driven-a-performance-analysis-for-the-impact-investing-industry/
International Finance Corporation. Environmental and Social Performance Standards and Guidelines, Website: http://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/topics_ext_content/ifc_external_corporate_site/ifc+sustainability/our+approach/risk+management/performance+standards/environmental+and+social+performance+standards+and+guidance+notes
Jackson, E. and K. Harji. Setting Standards in Evaluating Impact Investing: What Does Africa Want? Evaluation for Africa, March 29, 2016. http://africaevaluation.org/Africa/2016/03/29/setting-standards-evaluating-impact-investing-africa/
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Father, I have been experiencing an extremely stressful time in my Life. I find myself in a melodramatic and over-exaggerated display of emotions. Sometimes I say too much and others times I do not say enough. I do have Faith in You and Your Divine Guidance and I have no idea why I choose to continue to react in such a sensational reactive manner. I suppose it is because I feel afraid, alone and I don't know what to do. I know You are with me Father and I consciously choose to embrace a higher state of awareness that includes You. I AM listening Father. I AM listening for You to tell me the next step to take. Father, I ask you to increase my Faith, discipline and resolve so that when I encounter difficult circumstances, my spirit is calmed. I AM certain that You have my best interests under Your Divine Control, Influence, Power and Love. I am knocking. I am seeking. I am asking you to help me.


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Here is the corrected code:
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I am passionate about sharing my own life experiences and lessons, using skills and insights, supported by shamanic principles, to empower others to find a healthy balance. I offer a coaching environment that is empathic, supportive and inspiring. I use tools and techniques guaranteed to bring about desired positive change.
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Week 1 draws to a close here in Chiyoda. The first few days were spent setting-up, getting supplies, and hanging some digital prints of work that I completed last year. I did manage to get quite a few ideas for new works sketched out. There was also much activity around the 3331 Arts Center, so I was participating and meeting a lot of people here, and also at the Tokyo Art Fair. A big thanks to Lana and Hiro for helping with all of my studio and apartment setup, as well as introducing me to a lot of people and accompanying me to the Tokyo Art Fair (and getting me a discount)!
Some of my favourite galleries were exhibiting at this year's fair: OTA Fine Arts, Gallery Naruyama, Gallery Side 2, Shugo Arts, Kobayashi Gallery, Gallery Suchi, Yamamoto Gendai, Inga Gallery, Gallery Stephanie, Ando Gallery, Art Gallery Shukado, Gallery Toki-no-Wasuremono.
I was also lucky to meet some remarkable artists, and gallery owners, both from Japan and abroad: Rom Villaseran, Kara de Dios, Sam Quinteros, Aisho Miura, Hidetoshi Yamada, Kentaro Totsuka, Hiroyuki Kimura, Yuki Yamamoto, Arisa Nakahara, Sisui Akiba, Masaaki Sasamoto.


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The Analytical Services Unit (ASU) has been undertaking an analysis of the relationship between innovation and flexible working arrangements, as part of a bigger project that looks into the various panel data analyses that can be undertaken using the Business Longitudinal Database (BLD). In particular, the analysis makes use of firm-level data from three waves of the BLD, namely the 2007-08, 2008-09, and 2009-10 waves, and focuses on small- and medium-sized enterprises. It examines the effects of flexible working arrangements on innovation, while controlling for the effects of other factors including competition, ICT intensity, collaboration, and skill shortages.
ASU is testing a range of models to assess the relationship between innovation and flexible working arrangements. The models include:
·	a pooled model with robust standard errors
·	a standard random effects model, which assumes that the firm-specific effects are orthogonal to the other covariates in the model
·	a random effects model with allowance for correlation between unobserved firm heterogeneity and covariates following the approaches suggested in Mundlak (1978) and Chamberlain (1984)
·	a dynamic random effects probit model that follows Wooldridge (2005) to deal with the initial conditions problem.
The preliminary results from the above models indicate that there is persistence in innovation and that flexible working arrangements have a positive and significant impact on innovation.
The tests conducted on the results of the different models indicate that the firm specific effects play an important role in the analysis, there is evidence of correlation between firm heterogeneity and covariates, and the lag effects are positive and significant.
Chamberlain, G. (1984) 'Panel data', in Z Griliches & M Intriligator (eds), Handbook of Econometrics, vol. 2, North-Holland, Amsterdam.
Mundlak, Y. (1978) 'On the pooling of time series and cross section data', Econometrica, vol. 46, no.1, pp. 69-85.
Wooldridge, J.M. (2005) 'Simple solutions to the initial conditions problem in dynamic, nonlinear panel data models with unobserved heterogeneity', Journal of Applied Econometrics, vol. 20, pp. 39-54.
For more information on this work-in-progress, please contact Cristian Rotaru (02 6252 5098, cristian.rotaru@abs.gov.au)
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Abstract. As the 3D laser scanning and photogrammetry technologies continue to mature, more and more applications founded in numerous areas. The realistic 3D models are mainly adopted for digital display uses, such as the 3D game, web showcases, head-mounted display, etc. While we are enjoying the vivid digital sceneries through different kinds of digital display screens, there are still challenges exist for the 3D printing application, especially for large size objects. In this article, we will present an approach on digitizing and 3D replicating large grottoes. Unlike 3D rendering, 3D printing requires high detailed shape data for the fabrication. Such demands cause many technical difficulties including huge data amount, accurate dense point cloud, high-resolution texture mapping. We chose cascade SfM, grouped MVS, automatic texture mapping to prepare the high definition colored 3D model for printing and painting references. Meanwhile, we optimized 3D printing procedure as well as post-processing, installation, lacquer and painting. Two replicas of 10- meter sized grottoes have been manufactured after four years of efforts, which have earned some appreciations from audiences.
How to cite: Diao, C., Li, Z., Zhang, Z., Ning, B., and He, Y.: TO ACHIEVE REAL IMMERSION: THE 3D VIRTUAL AND PHYSICAL RECONSTRUCTION OF CAVE 3 AND CAVE 12 OF YUNGANG GROTTOES, Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLII-2/W9, 297-303, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-2-W9-297-2019, 2019.


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As the state's second-largest city, Rapid City is pretty easy to find no matter what direction you're coming from. It's likely the last thing you'll see before you head into Black Hills National Forest. The city is located off of Interstate 90 and U.S. Highway 16, giving you two major thoroughfares into town. If you need extra care with your relocation, a Rapid City moving company could be your answer. Luckily, there are several qualified Allied Van Lines agents that can set you up with services like vehicle transportation and self-pack materials sales.


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Israel Won't Allow Activists During Eurovision
A man paints a mural on a structure that is located close to where the Eurovision Village, a space dedicated of fans of the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest, is being constructed in Tel Aviv, Israel May 6, 2019. | Photo: Reuters
Published 7 May 2019
Israel is blocking activists from entering the country in fear of protests against the Eurovision song contest which is deemed as "whitewashing" Israel's war crimes against Palestinians.
Israel said that it will block activists from entering the country during the 64the annual Eurovision Song Contest. The country fears that the activists will protest the event to highlight Israel's treatment of Palestinians.
Roger Waters Urges Madonna Not to 'Normalize Apartheid' by Playing at Eurovision in Israel
Israel is hosting this year's contest because Israeli singer Netta Barzilai won the 2018 contest. The semifinals of Eurovision are scheduled to be held in Tel Aviv May 14 and 16. The finals are set to be May 18.
The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanction (BDS) movement has urged people to boycott this year's contest as a protest against Israel's usage of music to "whitewash" its policies and war crimes against Palestinians.
Last September, around 140 artists called for a boycott of Eurovision and in January, 60 LGBTQI groups also came forward boycotting the same. In early April 171 Swedish artists gave a similar call.
However, none of the 42 acts taking part in the contest have pulled out.
Do you love Eurovision? We do!
We love #Eurovision nearly as much as we love freedom & justice.
So this year we're not watching Eurovision.
We're bringing you Globalvision.
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— Watch Globalvision (@weglobalvision) April 24, 2019
"This is going to be a huge party in which thousands of people will participate but we will remain extremely vigilant in order to make sure that no one comes here in order to disturb and destroy," said a Israeli Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Emmanuel Nahshon.
"We don't want to prohibit the entry to the state of Israel for people. But on the other hand, if we know for certain that we will be facing people who are anti-Israel activists and whose sole purpose is to disturb the event then we will use the legal instruments that we have regarding the entry to Israel," he said.
Ilhan Omar Speaks Out About Unbearable Conditions In Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu planned for Eurovision to be held in Jerusalem, which it considers as the capital of the country. The Israeli forces captured Jerusalem in 1967, but Palestinians and those who support a two-state option consider east Jerusalem as Palestine's future capital.
The event's sponsor, European Broadcasting Union (EBU) chose Tel Aviv as the venue. Frank-Dieter Freiling, chairman of the EBU steering committee released a statement urging Netanyahu to guarantee the "access for everyone to attend" and "freedom of expression."
Palestinian and international artists planned an alternative event named Globalvision. It will be broadcasted online during the Eurovision finale.
"Globalvision is the platform without walls for Palestinian artists to shine, and for Israeli and global Eurovision fans to join them in the spirit of equality," the group said in a statement.
"Eurovision is supposed to be about bringing people together [but] it's almost helping Israel to keep oppressing and keep occupying and it's almost encouraging it. Although it is a fun pop competition, you can't remove it from the context of where it is being held and who it is affecting," said Bashar Murad, is a 26-year-old Palestinian pop singer.
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Cooking with flavor profiles is not a way to recreate the authentic dish that abuela made, or a dish made in the kitchen of a Mumbai housewife. Rather, it is a way of using flavor profiles to create the essence of the cuisine in a new and different dish. This list includes many of the flavor profiles we love at Andersen casa. If this is new to you, pick one or two to get started. Stock the pantry items, and keep some of the fresh items on hand. You might be surprised at how easy it is to cook with flavor profiles!
Making Chinese food at home can be very simple! Stir fries are so quick, and with a few good pantry items, all you need to add is a few fresh ingredients. Of course Chinese cooking, as in all cooking, varies by region. However, you will usually see garlic, fresh ginger, soy or tamari sauce, rice wine, etc. We love to make char siu bao (barbecue pork dumplings), potstickers, and stir fries such as my Beef and Baby Bok Choy Stir Fry with Black Rice, and Beef, Clementine, and Tuscan Kale Stir Fry.
Your well-stocked Chinese pantry may include many sauces: Soy, tamari, dark soy sauce, ponzu, sesame oil, oyster sauce, mirin (sweet rice wine), rice wine or saké, and sriracha (hot sauce). At the very least, you will want a good soy sauce, rice wine, sesame oil, and sriracha or sambal oelek (chile garlic sauce). Chinese Five Spice is a flavorful addition to your pantry, but is not quite as widely used and versatile as the sauces. Jasmine rice is very important! You may want to keep peanuts and/or cashews, sesame seeds, and dried shiitake. Fresh items such as garlic, ginger, and scallions are a must.
The most characteristic element of Greek cuisine is olive oil, which is used in most dishes. Not all Mediterranean countries rely heavily on olive oil, however. There really is no "standard" Mediterranean cuisine, but it is a term most people understand. Loosely defined, Mediterranean cuisine includes the cuisine of countries that border the Mediterranean Sea. The diet tends to be very healthy; the benefits of olive oil, garlic, tomatoes, lean proteins (fish, shellfish, chicken, rabbit), legumes, whole grains, red wine, are widely accepted. Hummus and pita bread; chicken breast marinated in olive oil, garlic, rosemary, and lemon juice; Greek salad with romaine, kalamata olives, tomatoes, and cucumbers; my Tuscan Fish With Cannelini Beans & Spinach, and my Mediterranean Fish & Lemony Orzo are examples of dishes we enjoy regularly.
Some of the "Mediterranean" items you will always find in my pantry: Good olive oil, garlic, good diced tomatoes (such as Pomi), capers, anchovies, artichoke hearts, tomato paste, arborio rice, couscous, several types of pasta (I like Barilla Plus), orzo, tomato paste, and sun-dried tomatoes, garbanzos, cannelini. In my refrigerator, you will find at least one aged, hard cheese (romano, parmesan, asiago), feta, prosciutto or pancetta, homemade or commercial pesto (depending on season). Fresh items would include tomatoes, lemons, and fresh herbs like mint, dill, basil, oregano, parsley, and rosemary.
The cuisine of India is so varied and wonderful. Vegetarian dishes abound. Cooking Indian food can be complex, but it can also be very budget-friendly. Authentic Indian flavors come from toasting whole spices, grinding them, and frying them. Some of my favorite dishes are grilled tandoori chicken, butter chicken, palak paneer, Calamari Curry With Coconut Rice, and Chana Dal With Spinach.
Pantry items to keep on hand would include basmati rice, various types of dal (lentils and pulses), garam masala, turmeric, cumin and coriander seed, whole cardamom, black mustard seed, fenugreek, dried chiles, tamarind paste, and coconut milk. Fresh ingredients to have on hand include cilantro, fresh ginger root, onions, garlic, nonfat plain yogurt, spinach, potatoes, fresh chiles, etc.
Japanese cooking can be very simple as in miso soup or teriyaki or yakitori grilled chicken. It can also be complex and/or require a high degree of skill as in sushi. Menus typically include steamed white rice, soba, or udon noodles. Because Japan is an island nation, seafood is fresh and abundant. Several types of mushrooms are widely used including the always popular shiitake mushroom. Dashi stock – made from bonito flakes – forms the base for many of their soups. Some of my favorite Japanese dishes include sushi (which my two middle sons love to make), and udon noodle bowls. Using the Japanese flavor profile, I created my recipes for Smashed Potatoes, Japanese Noodles , and Seared Tuna With Shiitake Cream Sauce.
Pantry items to keep on hand would include miso, good soy sauce, sesame oil and sesame seeds, rice wine and mirin, rice vinegar, ponzu, wasabi, nori (seaweed), wakame (seaweed), bonito flakes and kombu for dashi, short-grained rice, udon and soba, dried shiitake, etc. Fresh items would include scallions, ginger, and garlic.
Korean is probably less familiar to many home cooks, but has become a favorite in our house. Kimchi is a signature condiment, and can be amazing when made with fresh ingredients at home – as in my Korean Street Tacos With Green Onion Kimchi. Sweet Potato Noodles With Chicken, Shiitake, & Chard includes japchae noodles (Korean sweet potato noodles) and is an interesting twist on stir-fried noodles.
Pantry items to keep on hand would include most of the typical Asian sauces and condiments. Kimchi, vegetable side dishes, are very important in Korean cooking, and include many varieties of vegetables fermented in brine. I don't care for the typical commercially prepared cabbage (which tastes much like a pickle), but homemade or restaurant kimchi can be delicious.
This delicious flavor profile is among the newest ones I've played with, and has quickly become a favorite. I've followed recipes for years, but only recently ventured out to trying my own. Warm spices such as cinnamon, turmeric, cumin, cayenne are common. Spice blends such as Ras El Hanout (cardamom, nutmeg, anise, mace, cinnamon, ginger, peppers, turmeric, etc.), and delicious and flavorful Harissa (a paste made with spices, garlic, seeds, chiles, etc.), and Dukkah make even a simple vegetable dish taste amazing. Try my Roasted Vegetables With Dukkah, Roasted Harissa Chicken Thighs, Pressure-Cooker Braised Lamb Shanks & Couscous, and Grilled Harissa Shrimp and Moroccan Couscous Salad.
Pantry items to keep on hand would include spices like coriander seed, cumin seed, caraway seed, cinnamon, turmeric, nutmeg, ras el hanout and berbere (spice mixes), etc. Orange blossom water, pomegranate molasses, chick peas, dried fruit, and couscous are typical pantry items. Fresh ingredients include mint, ginger, lemons, and chiles. This is a very broad and varied flavor profile, and one I'm still learning.
Peruvian cuisine is definitely a World-wide trendy cuisine! With global influences from Chinese, Japanese, Italian, and African immigrants, the flavors are so interesting and delicious. I have begun playing with Peruvian flavors in dishes like Peruvian Chicken Stew With Corn and Peruvian Chicken and Cilantro Soup.
Key pantry items include aji amarillo chile, aji panca paste, huacatay (black mint), aji limo, dried corn (such as mote), Lima beans. Fresh items include onions, garlic, cilantro, limes, sweet potatoes, yucca, etc. Yum!
The cuisine of Provençe is defined by its landscape – gnarly olive trees on rocky slopes; rosemary, fennel, thyme and sage growing wild alongside bay laurel and juniper. Olive oil and olives, anchovies, capers, tomatoes, and garlic – lots and lots of garlic – characterize this wonderful cuisine. Tapenade, ratatouille, Seafood Stew With Saffron-Infused Broth, and Aioli (garlic mayonnaise) are representative of the cuisine, and among my favorites to prepare and enjoy.
Pantry items to keep on hand would include good olive oil, anchovies and/or anchovy paste, capers, good canned tomatoes, whole garlic bulbs, minced garlic, dried thyme leaves, sage, and bay leaves. Keep fresh ingredients on hand when possible – rosemary, parsley, thyme, sage, bay, lemons, fennel bulb, etc.
Southwestern and Mexican food varies by region, but includes many common flavors and ingredients from region to region. The hot, dry climate produces favorites like corn, beans, squash, and chiles. Corn may be fresh on or off the cob, and dried in the form of cornmeal and masa. Some of our favorite dishes would include molé; tamales, squash, corn, and chiles cooked in milk (Native American Indian); Grilled Pork Over Hatch Green Chile Polenta ; fish tacos; and tacos with slow-cooked pulled pork.
Pantry items to keep on hand would include ground and whole cumin seed, cornmeal and masa harina, Mexican oregano, garlic, canned chipotle chiles, dried chipotle powder, good green salsa like Herdez, black beans (dried and/or canned), pinto beans, rice, etc. Fresh ingredients would include cilantro, green chile (fresh and frozen fresh), avocados, tomatoes, corn on the cob, limes, mangoes, etc.
The combination of garlic, olive oil, and parsley may be Spanish (or Mediterranean). If you add tomatoes, the probability of Spanish dish increases, while for olive oil, onion, garlic and smoked paprika the chances that a dish is Spanish is somewhat likely. If you add saffron and/or sherry to any of the previous combinations, I'd bet my last dollar it's 100% Spanish! If you keep good olive oil, fresh garlic and parsley, smoked paprika (hot and/or mild), and saffron in your well-stocked pantry, you can probably create a fairly authentic Spanish dish. We try to keep bomba rice and Spanish chorizo on hand as well. Do not confuse Spanish hard chorizo with soft Mexican chorizo!
I have to say Thai is probably the favorite at Andersen casa! We cook as a family every Sunday night, and it seems to be our "go to" cuisine. Thai beef salad, any variety of Thai curry over rice, and pad Thai appear regularly on our Sunday funday menus. My own Thai recipes include Thai Curried Snapper In Banana Leaves and Thai Fried Ground Pork With Angel Hair.
There will be some common ingredients with other Asian cuisines – garlic, ginger, limes, chiles. Fresh herbs will include cilantro, basil, and mint. I keep Thai curry paste (red, green, or yellow), fish sauce, lemongrass, rice noodles, and coconut milk in addition to the other Asian items in my well-stocked pantry.


Of all the books you ever read, which you most wish you had written. Reading this sentence the first time since spring 2007 flashed in my mind Susan Forward's Emotional Blackmail (1997). I bought this book for a dollar in the old book sale at the local library in 2004. I could not find time to read this book as I was struggling to survive. I finally managed to read it in summer 2005 and this summer I reread it. In this book Forward exposed the dynamics of emotional blackmail. How emotional blackmailers play with our fears (F), our obligations (O) and guilt (G) to achieve what they want from us, she refers this to FOG. She used cases from her clinical therapy practice in the US.
The book was so intense that I finished it in one sitting. When I was done reading I felt a burden was lifted from my shoulders. I went back to my room not feeling guilty for the first time in my life. As I was turning the pages I found each case mentioned was my story with a different blackmailer. Oh my God, I had been living amongst the blackmailers all my life. Oh! what a relief to have some one validate that I was not crazy, selfish and stupid. But could I buy the reasoning in this book? I am not an American. Americans, they live in nuclear families, divorce spouses for frivolous reasons and put their seniors in the old age homes. I come from the great country of India that has taught the world the ideals of collective living, respect for family values and honor, sacrifice and unfaltering devotion to collective good.
And now you ask me to justify what could I have done differently if I had written this book? All I could have done was to add a chapter of complete life histories demonstrating that emotional blackmail is a life long phenomenon emerging from various sources through out ones life. How different cultures reinforce emotional blackmail through religion and social traditions. How women and men differ in executing emotional blackmail against opposite genders and within genders. I'll begin with my life history. I trace a pattern that I later discussed with my friends and found we all went through similar experiences as first generation college educated women.
Every word in the book resonates with my life stages. As a child my mother tried to discipline me by withdrawing affection. I learnt early to be loved I should accede to what she said and wanted not to ask for attention when my baby brother was howling. She played on my abandonment fears. She punished me by not talking to me or helping me with my home work. If, I asked what did I do? She would say "you should know better what you did to hurt me". Every time it was my fault. I hated it but I had no choice. I lived in a thick FOG. Things settled as soon as I followed her rules.
When I was a fifth grader, my classmates were bullying me. I yelled back get out of here. And my dear friend Bina told me she would tell Mr. Murti, our PE that I asked her to get off the public property. Oh, every one feared Mr. Murti. Every morning he beat the bad boys and girls in the morning assembly. I ended up letting her copy my home work for the next whole school year and, tried to win her goodwill for next three years until my family moved to another city. What was I thinking? I was trying to be accepted and loved. A love that was conditional at home did not come without price in the friendship. I was FOGed by my friend.
Familial blackmail became too intense in my adolescence. I was to be gender socialized as a good daughter, sister and a future wife. As my abandonment fears were diminishing my father introduced the threat of withdrawal of resources, namely preventing me from wearing skirts (it was my duty as a member of religious and caste minority to preserve my culture by adhering to my traditional dress and not exposing my legs) pulling me out of school and sending me to our ancestral village where I would have to tend cattle and get married. The harder I tried to please them with good grades and doing the chore around the home and being respectful to my younger brother. It was never enough. There was some or the other expectation left out. My resistance was pathologized, I was labeled, negative comparisons were made and allies were enlisted to team up against me. I was living in ever thickening FOG.
My tenth grade was really difficult I was questioning too much. I was my craft teacher's favorite because I did exactly what she said. One day she asked me to sweep the craft room. I refused because it was not my job. Things changed in a moment. I was no longer welcome in the crafts room nor was my existence acknowledged. I was hurt what could I do, apologize. I did but it was too late. I was a bad influence on other girls. I was disobedient. So I became my class teacher's pet. I ran her errands, monitored the class, collected the homework, and carried it to the staff room. One day I wanted to play during the games period but my teacher wanted me to help her with entering the test scores. She let me go but next day she called me to the staff room to tell me she would report to my parents that I was talking to boys. It meant I'll be withdrawn from the school and sent to village to get married. Oh! God, how could I be so stupid to defy her wishes. I entered the scores for rest of the tenth grade. I wondered how did every one new how to FOG me. Why didn't I have the opportunities to FOG others?
With ups and downs emotional blackmails in everyday life I graduated from college and went to another city for higher studies. Met this wonderful person who assured me I was the one who could put an end to all his miseries if I agreed to marry him. If I didn't he would die. I advised him on his career, finances and appearance. I was his world. He needed me. His total devotion blew me up. I had never felt so important in my life. Most of all he had seen his mother being emotionally abused by her in-laws so he knew how not to repeat that. I told my parents I wanted to marry this guy. My father threatened suicide. I reasoned with him how good this guy was. And finally he gave in. After three years of courtship I insisted we should get engage. He agreed we could, all I had to do was to send my parents to ask his parents for permission to let us marry. I said what? Why should my parents seek permission from your parents? He innocently replied, "Look, I picked a partner of my choice, I deprived my parents of the right to marry their only son so at least they should have the pleasure of having the wedding according to their tradition and liking? I was FOGed by love, I bought his argument. My cultural wisdom advises to win the good will of the mother-in-laws if you want a happy marriage. I begged my parents to go. Then came wedding expenses, decorations and gifts my parents bought my happiness for $6,000.00 against suggested price of $12,000.00. And we could never do enough to make up the difference.
Now my spouse lived in the guilt that he deprived his mother of the pleasure of arranging her only son's marriage. I lived in guilt for compromising my feminist ideals. Each of us had learnt the tricks of the game called emotional blackmail. He played on my fears of abandonment as desertion and divorce in my culture is highly stigmatized and I played on his failure to be a man of his word. His mother used his failure to meet his obligation of arranged marriage intensifying his guilt. His sister never forgot to remind him how much he owed to his mother and family. Ah, we were living in a perpetual mess. He blamed me for his mother's unhappiness but could not word it. So he started with self punishing- not eating, banging his head in the walls followed by suffering- sulking, tantalizing- putting me through tests and then finally punishing me- not talking, breaking furniture and gadgets around the hall. I tried harder to buy peace by giving into his unjust demands of apologies to mama-in-law. But in the next two years my marriage went from emotional blackmail to physical battery.
Reading this book dispelled my doubts about my behavior and of those who tormented me. Yes, I was questioning, but I had no skills to avert the situations in any way. This book gave me a new understanding about; a sense of forgiving my parents, teachers, friends, spouse and most of all my self. I ran to share this information with my friend Atiya. Her life story was similar to mine. We concluded our mothers exhibited control over female children because they were emotionally blackmailed by their parents and partners. This was the only way they knew they could experience reverence or obedience from their children (male children had to be trained differently in manly behavior). Why my father emotionally withdrew from my mother if she asked for anything? Because he felt he was betraying his widowed mother. Why did my mother-in-law blackmail my ex spouse? Because she was blackmailed by her spouse and learned it worked when she tried it. Why did my teachers do that? They knew it extracted good behavior, obedience. "Oh! Priya" said Atiya, "we have been living all our lives amongst the blackmailers and wondering if we were to blame for their displeasures." We ran to Anshu with this information then to Ranu. Atiya asked Ranu "why didn't you visit me when I was in the town?" She replied, "My parents do not want me to meet you. You are divorced now." But Ranu you are an adult. Yes, I know, but you know how it works in the Indian families.
I am spreading the message of "Emotional Blackmail" far and wide coloring it with Indian life histories. This would have been my addition to this book.
Forward, Susan, 1997, Emotional Blackmail, Harper Collins Publishers, New York.


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Q: Solving quadratic recurrence relation I'm seeking a solution (if one is known to exist) to the following recurrence relation:
$x_{t+1}^2 = ax_t+bx_t^2$.
where $a\in(0,1)$, $b\in(0,1)$. I know $x_0\in(1,3)$, but its value varies case-by-case within that range. Ideally the solution would be of the form $x_t = f(x_0,a,b,t)$.
Any help solving this? Is there hope? Thanks in advance!
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Feel free to move this thread if I stuck it in the wrong place! Just wanted to give a brief rundown on my experience thus far with FOF.
The second league I joined, which I've recently left (the only league I've left) was the V2. Not to say anything negative, but commissioners got involved in what Red Zone has warned us about as "drama posts" and I feel the fallout from the incident is going to have a negative impact on the longevity of that league.
After this, I joined the NAFL and I think I'm slowly building a nice team there. I have not contributed much to the forum, though, and I regret it.
After having left the V2, I joined it's sibling league called the Red Zone Blitz and I feel it's off to a great start. I also recently joined the TFL and now this league. I don't intend to join anymore, but I guess you never know.
I held off joining more than 3 leagues for quite awhile, because I felt the game planning would be impossible. However, with rumors that FOF8 is coming down the pipeline late next year, I have a hunch there is going to be a simpler "gameplan" function, therefore a larger quantity of leagues will be easier to manage.
Well, I said brief, but that was a lie. I hope to contribute to this league at some point as I have in others. I recognize many names in this league and I'm happy to see you guys again. I'm equally happy to meet some new folks as well! Thanks for having me. Happy New Year.
He's in with KC.. Glad to have you aboard.
Imma gonna be a juggernaut!!
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Well, thank you for the welcome. Did you know that only New England has more playoff appearances than Denver. You're obviously a great GM. Baloo is as well. I'm in the RDFL with him and he won the bowl the season before last. My work is cut out for me, but I like that kind of party! Thanks again. Happy New Year.
i hope you will enjoy the division, and surely hope you will stick around and give yourself time to get used to this league. There have been too many turnovers IMO recently. one big difference between this league and many others is the time slot-based draft we have here. some people swear by it (like myself) yet other GMs may prefer a different format. See for yourself in 3 months time and see if you like it.
Maynard? Crap. Well there goes this league.


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MAYOR BARAKA JOINS HUD SECRETARY FUDGE TO LAUNCH HOUSE AMERICA INITIATIVE TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS CRISIS
Newark, NJ - September 20, 2021 — Mayor Ras J. Baraka joined U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia L. Fudge at a virtual event to launch House America: An All-Hands-On-Deck Effort to Address the Nation's Homelessness Crisis.
House America is a national partnership in which HUD and the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) invite mayors, county leaders, Tribal nation leaders, and governors to use the historic investments provided through the American Rescue Plan to address the crisis of homelessness through a Housing First approach by immediately re-housing and building additional housing for people experiencing homelessness.
"As part of our continued commitment to eradicate homelessness in the City of Newark, I am proud to join with Secretary Fudge on House America," said Mayor Baraka. "Everyone should have a safe, stable home, and I'm grateful for President Biden's American Rescue Plan resources to help house people experiencing homelessness here in our city, state, and across the country."
"The health and well-being of individuals and families and the economic security of our communities is at stake," said Secretary Fudge. "It's going to take government working at all levels and local collaboration to address homelessness and to guarantee housing as a right for every American. Together, let's House America."
House America is the federal government's direct response to the crisis of homelessness, which was rising even before the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic. In March, HUD released its 2020 Annual Homeless Assessment Report Part 1 to Congress, which found that more than 580,000 people experienced homelessness in the United States on a single night in January 2020, prior to the pandemic. COVID-19 has created greater urgency to address homelessness, given the heightened risks faced by people experiencing homelessness. At the same time, COVID-19 has slowed re-housing activities due to capacity issues and impacts on rental market vacancies.
"Before the COVID-19 pandemic, there were over 9,000 homeless individuals in New Jersey," said Justin Scheid, HUD Newark Field Office Director. "I urge New Jersey's elected officials and stakeholders to join this effort and potentially lift thousands of individuals and families into permanent housing. I commend Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka for joining the House America initiative and taking the lead in the Garden State."
To learn more about House America visit: www.hud.gov/house_america.
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What do you get when you cross a dive bar with a diner? Downtown Lounge.
Stiff drinks and daily happy hour specials have kept this place popular — despite the bathrooms.
Written by: Samantha Schnare
Photos by Samantha Schnare
A night on the town in Portland's West End, at least for me, includes three essential activities: dancing at Flask, rock 'n' roll sushi at Kushiya Benkay on Congress Street and last call at Down Town Lounge.
The last vestige of infamous Portlander Norm Jabar's restaurant empire (R.I.P. Norm's Bar and Grill and Norm's East End Grill), Downtown Lounge (or DTL as it is more affectionately known) has been around for almost 20 years, and for good reason: It knows what it's good at.
Downtown's Lounge's nightly happy hour includes $2.50 drafts, $3.50 well drinks and half-price menu items.
One of those things is happy hour, which runs daily from 5 to 7 p.m. Although I intended to take advantage of the $2.50 drafts, $3.50 well drinks, half-price menu items and $11 pitchers ($9 for Bud) on a recent evening, lateness is a vice that I hold near and dear to my heart, and I walked in the door shortly after 7 p.m. But knowing that those same specials would be right there every day of the week was enough to console me. The regularly priced Guinness I ordered (still cheap) helped too.
If you like dive bars, the charm of DTL is evident upon entry. Under the appropriately dim lighting, it's red walls are covered with old photographs, old license plates and old road signs, all of which give a sense the bar's, well, oldness. Eight cozy booths line the wall opposite a long bar, which is fully stocked. Cocktails come in pint glasses, and the bartenders are pleasantly generous with their pours. Seats can fill up fast and there isn't a lot in the way of standing room, so have no mercy when a booth or bar chair becomes available.
The walls at Downtown Lounge, on Congress Street, are covered with old photographs, old license plates and old road signs. Photos by Samantha Schnare
The bar itself has seven taps that include the requisite PBR, Guinness and Bud, but also Allagash and Baxter for the fancy folks out there. A no-frills menu of burgers, salads and classic bar snacks is flushed out with specials listed above the booths promoting more exotic items like jumbo beef tacos. I went with wings because I have zero self-control, but I have no regrets, as they were excellent: hot, spicy and not drowning in sauce.
As we sipped our (mostly) $4 beers, my fellow patrons and I were treated to a playlist of Black Sabbath and Misfits while the 1998 summer blockbuster "Armageddon" played on the TV above the bar, a combination that will inspire many return visits to see what else this place has up its sleeves. Fingers crossed for more Bruce Willis movies.
Finally, there are the bathrooms. DTL's bathrooms rival its happy hour in terms of notoriety. Upon entering either of the two, one must climb a small set of stairs in order to reach the toilet, a quirk that is either charmingly unexpected or potentially hazardous, depending on your level of inebriation.
In a town brimming with new places to drink fancy cocktails and craft brews, it's nice to have a bar that truly sticks to the basics. As DTL's identifiable orange sign says: Bar. Grill. Eat. It doesn't get much simpler than that.
Samantha Schnare is a freelance writer and taproom associate at Bissell Brothers.
WHERE: 606 Congress St., Portland
HOURS: 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. Sunday through Saturday
AMENITIES: Full bar, strong drinks, TV, juke box, booth seating, dim lighting for doing dark deeds, great happy hour specials, thought-provoking bathrooms.
BOTTOM LINE: Downtown Lounge is an essential Portland bar for a reason. With cheap food, cheaper beer and a cool no-nonsense vibe, DTL expertly walks the line between dive bar and diner.
WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE: Yes
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Take that, space mirrors! Scottish scientists have a new way to shield us from the sun. The latest form of solar shield is an asteroid whose dust is stabilized beyond Earth through gravity's pull.
Average global temperatures will likely rise by 2 to 11.5 degrees by the end of the century, the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has declared. There is, of course, a very straightforward way to prevent this: reduce our carbon emissions. But for a host of reasons — economic, cultural, political, and generally human — implementing that solution is pretty much the opposite of straightforward. As the months and years march on, we're faced with the more and more likely proposition that we will be unable to change our ways until it's too late for the change to make a difference.
So scientists have been coming up with ideas that might buy us some time while we get our environmental act together. Some of their proposals are, at this point, basically the stuff of science fiction — like, for example, the plan to geo-engineer plankton blooms, via marine iron fertilization, to absorb some of the excess carbon dioxide we've emitted into the atmosphere. Or to use pipes to stimulate water mixing within the world's oceans — thus bringing the nutrient-rich waters of the sea's depths to the surface and stimulate the growth of those algae blooms. Or to cool the earth by shielding it with mirrors (a single, enormous one, per one proposal, or tons of tiny ones, per another) that would deflect the sun's light away from us and back into space.
Recently, though, scientists in Scotland have put forward a new proposal — this one involving, yep, an asteroid. The idea, from researchers at the University of Strathclyde's Advanced Space Concepts Laboratory, goes like this: We locate a suitably sized asteroid. We hardness it into a position near Earth. And then we blast its surface to create a cloud of dust, which the asteroid's own gravitational pull would suspend around it, encompassing Earth at the same time.
The scientists estimate that the resulting dust cloud would be large enough to block out 6.58 percent of the solar radiation that reaches Earth — enough not to halt global warming, but at least to slow it. "We can buy time to find a lasting solution to combat Earth's climate change," researcher Russell Bewick puts it. "The dust cloud is not a permanent cure, but it could offset the effects of climate change for a given time to allow slow-acting measures like carbon capture to take effect."
The key would be to maneuver the asteroid to Lagrangian point L1, a location — about four times the distance from the Earth to the moon — where the gravitational pull of the sun and the Earth are in the balance. (The most likely candidate for this fanciful form of geoengineering, the scientists suggest, would be 1036 Ganymed, the largest near-Earth asteroid.) The asteroid, once in place, would be fitted with a "mass driver," a kind of electromagnetic catapult that would provide the power both to move it into position and to blast the cloud of dust, once created, from its surface.
If all this sounds like as science fiction-y as its fellow proposals ... that's because, effectively, it is. Though everything the team suggests is theoretically possible — and though a distant dust cloud is much more appealing than sunshades that would fully block out the sun — the impediments are, of course, many. The expense. The political will. The danger that comes with trying to, you know, harness enormous asteroids. The general inadvisability of experimenting with an extraplanetary environment that we're just starting to get to know.
Then again, Planetary Resources — "the asteroid mining company" — will soon start living up to its tagline; so the risk will be there either way. And the dust cloud proposal, the Strathclyde team says, would be much less expensive then, say, solar mirrors. And it's nice to know, more broadly, that as we humans keep failing to combat global warming through a relatively simple proposition — behavioral change — scientists are working toward high-tech alternatives on our behalf. If we keep polluting, there could always be a solution to the damage we do. It's just that it might involve blowing up an asteroid.


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Backhoppning är en inriktning inom nordisk skidsport där det gäller få så hög poäng som möjligt genom att från en hög höjd hoppa så långt som möjligt med högsta möjliga stilpoäng. Backhoppningen tillhör de klassiska vintersporterna. Det tävlas både individuellt och i lagtävlingar, så kallad laghoppning. I den här artikeln listas olika rekord inom backhoppning.

Backhoppning rör sig mycket om tal, statistik och poäng. I hopptävlingarna ges poäng för både längd och stil. Hopplängden mäts på halvmetern när, från hoppkanten till nedslagsplatsen som är en tänkt punkt mitt mellan hopparens fötter avseende längdriktningen. Stilpoäng utdelas enligt det internationella skidförbundets normer. Vid större tävlingar poängsätter fem domare hoppets stil utifrån en skala mellan 0 och 20.

Översikt över olika backhoppningsrekord
Officiella rekord i backhoppning noteras i den enskilda hoppbacken, backrekord, och världsrekord (världens längsta backhopp) som oftast noteras i skidflygningsbackar. Gällande världsrekordet sattes i Vikersundbacken, som är världens största skidflygningsbacke.

Här är en lista över lite annorlunda rekord inom backhoppningen. Det är olika rekord satt i de fem klassiska internationella backhoppningstävlingarna, Olympiska Spelen, Världsmästerskapen i nordisk skidsport (engelska: FIS Nordic World Ski Championships), Världsmästerskapen i skidflygning (engelska: FIS Ski-Flying World Championships), Tysk-österrikiska backhopparveckan (engelska: Four Hills Tournament) och Världscupen i backhoppning (engelska: FIS World Cup).

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Se även
 Backhoppning
 Internationella Skidförbundet (FIS)

Källor
 FIS webbplats: Resultat
 Olympic Org.: Olympisk skidhistoria
 Ski Jumping Hill Archive

Backhoppning
Idrottsrekord

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In late 2016, the Solid Waste Management Division of the City of Lincoln Public Works and Utilities Department set forth a Solid Waste Management Plan to develop a public education campaign to reduce the amount of contaminated materials in residential curbside recycling cards in Lincoln, Nebraska. Our "Be a Recycling Champion" campaign was designed to reach current residential recyclers and help them understand which materials are and are not acceptable to dispose of into recycling bins, thus improving their recycling habits. Using the rhetoric of teamwork, competition and championship, the campaign illustrated the community victories of proper city-wide recycling and reduced waste headed to the landfill.
To reach our target audience of Lincoln residents, we approached this campaign through a community-based social marketing framework, which places a strong emphasis on first working to identify specific barriers to (and benefits of) a desired behavior. With our partner, Verdis Group, we deployed the following strategy: 1) engagement with city and recycling organization stakeholders via meetings and surveys; 2) an online survey for households; 3) face-to-face community engagement and canvassing; 4) educational materials provided for waste haulers; and 5) a multimedia public information campaign, featuring digital, broadcast, and print deliverables.
The campaign resulted in nearly 1200 face-to-face conversations during canvassing and tabling events such as Earth Day and Jazz in June, as well as increased media impressions and website traffic to the City of Lincoln's online resources. Ultimately, waste audits conducted before and after the campaign illustrated a reduction in contaminated recyclables. To ensure long-term success, we developed guidance for the City of Lincoln to continue the campaign after our involvement, laying the groundwork for wider recycling education initiatives to occur in the future.


The site is a former MGP Site and adjacent canal. It is owned by a third party and is an industrial and commercial property. Prior to GEI's engagement with the client, a history of delays had led the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) to propose a remedy at a substantial cost to the client.
GEI proposed a ROD amendment that consisted of a revised remedial approach including in-situ soil stabilization, limited building removal, and more efficient system of passive NAPL recovery trenches and wells that GEI gained approval by NYSDEC for a ROD amendment that equated to a cost avoidance without increasing schedule or increasing their risk. GEI completed the design-build remediation as the environmental consultant, lead entity, and engineer of record.


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Steven Universe Looks A Little Older In His Movie's First Poster
by Joseph Stanichar on Jul 09, 2019 at 02:57 PM
Steven Universe: The Movie is set to follow the events of the TV show's explosive season finale, and with our first look at the poster, it may take place a significant amount of time later.
The poster shows the series' main characters – Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl (and Steven!) – wearing their new outfits from the finale, with the exception of the titular Steven, whose T-shirt still features his signature star, but with the usual red background changed to blue, as well as a new pink jacket. He also seems to be significantly taller, potentially suggesting a time jump. However, Steven does age differently from most humans, so this isn't a certainty.
Leading more credence to the time jump are new structures in the gems' beach house, as well as a mysterious new building undergoing construction on the left.
Steven Universe The Movie 🌟🎬 Coming this fall!
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— Cartoon Network (@cartoonnetwork) July 9, 2019
We also get a better look at the film's villain, who seems to have a more cartoonish look than is typical of this cartoon. Steven Universe and company have been able to convert every previous villain to the side of good, so we'll see if they're able to do the same with this new baddie.
Steven Universe: The Movie will air on Cartoon Network this fall, featuring music from Chance the Rapper, Jeff Ball, Mike Krol, and more. For more on Steven Universe, check out our review of the console game, Save the Light.
Joseph Stanichar
Joseph Stanichar traveled from Cincinnati to Minneapolis to write about video games under the supervision of people who are much better at writing about video games. He loves Nintendo and PlayStation, but the Xbox controller is his favorite.


Late on March 12th Police Superintendent May received details that a woman in Porthcawl had been shot by a German prisoner on the run. The woman, Mrs Lily Grossley, was not dead but doctors were fighting for her life.
In her initial police statement, she claimed that German prisoners had shot her when she refused to give them her handbag. Her husband, Howard Grossley, was also involved in the incident, but he was unharmed and the prisoners had run off.
However, by the next morning Tuesday 13th March 1945, police had started to unfold an unusual story.
Howard Grossley was a Canadian soldier with a wife in Canada. Mrs Lily Grossley was not Mrs Grossley at all. Her real name was Lily Griffiths, and she and Howard Grossley had been living together and were the parents of a two year old son.
Howard Grossley was A.W.L. (Absent Without Leave) from the army and was staying in a guest house in Porthcawl which is only a few miles from Island Farm.
Howard Grossley gave a police statement that claimed that on the night of the12th March 1945, he and Lily were taking a late night walk. Whilst walking down a lane near to the guest house, they had been threatened by German POWs who tried to steal Lily's handbag. In defense Howard Grossley had used his revolver, which he was carrying, to threaten the POWs away. However, as the POWs had made their escape down the lane, Howard Grossley had fired a shot and in so doing had inadvertently shot Lily Griffiths.
Initially, Lily Griffiths backed up Howard Grossley's statement. But as the realisation that her injuries were more serious, she changed her statement, maybe in an attempt to help Howard from imprisonment.
He had previously suffered horrific phospherous burns to his back, was in constant pain and was therefore on high medication.
On the night of the shooting he had been drinking which mixed with any medication could have enhanced his depression or affected the way he was feeling.
He was A.W.L. from the army and he hated the shame of this.
He hated having to lead his double life due to the fact that he was already married.
Lily Griffiths stated that, whilst walking, Howard Grossley said that he was going to end his life. During a wrestle for the gun, as Lily tried to stop Howard killing himself, he had inadvertently shot her.
Lily Griffiths died Friday 16th March 1945 as a consequence of the gun shot (collapsed and septic lung) and Howard Grossley was charged with her murder.
"Howard Joseph Grossley on the 12th day of March 1945, in the County of Glamorgan, murdered Lily Griffiths"
He pleaded "Not Guilty". The presiding judge was J. Singleton and Howard Grossley was represented by Messrs. Stockwood & Williams of 3 Court Road, Bridgend.
Catherine Davies (Lily Griffiths' sister) - Wife of Clifford Davies - Cwmaman, Aberdare.
Frank Stanley Rowe - Mason - Porthcawl.
The trial lasted two days and on the 12th July 1945, Howard Grossley was found guilty of the murder of Lily Griffiths. He appealed and his appeal was heard on 21st August 1945. However, the verdict of murder was upheld and Howard Grossley was sentenced to death by hanging 5th September 1945 (aged 37 years). His body was buried within the Cardiff Prison Cemetery....or was it ?
Related Link: 6th October 2003, BBC News web site: Howard Grossley's body is to be exhumed to permit the building of a new cell block at Cardiff Prison. Click here to view BBC web page.
NEXT OF KIN: Mrs Marie Goulet Grossley (Wife), Burlington, Vermont, USA.
1933 – 1937 Employed by Underwood & Elliot-Fisher Typewriters Co (Hartford, Connecticut, USA) and worked in the factory as a Drill Press Operator and earned $55 per week.
3rd August 1940 Attached for all purposes to Petawawa Military Camp, Petawawa, Ontario.
4th August 1940: Taken On Strength (T.O.S) Royal Canadian Artillery (R.C.A) 2nd Canadian Division.
21st August 1940 Embarkation at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
4th September 1940: Disembarkation at Gourock, Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain.
October 1940: Service Record makes initial reference to being based at Aldershot, England.
15th October 1940: Admitted to Duke of Connought Hospital, Aldershot, England.
18th – 26th December 1940: Privileged Leave.
28th October 1940: Hospital stoppages (14 days).
11th February 1942: Provisional leave 11th February 1942 – 18th February 1942 4.4 no warrant.
16th May 1942: Ceases S.I.Q.
8th - 9th June 1942: S.I.Q.
19th - 20th June 1942: S.I.Q.
4th November 1942: Returned from P.L.
Well built, clean cut N.C.O somewhat worried about his general state of health and the care of his son worries him. Separated before he joined up, he made a false statement about his marital status. The Government caught up with him, cut off the allowance, which he is now paying back to the Government. He is now unable to do much for his son. Apart from these problems he is happy in his work.
Howard Grossley's medals and awards were forfeited upon his execution.
Although the medal was usually awarded to Canadians for six months service in Britain between 03 September 1939 and 08 May 1945, the exact terms were: Service in the forces in non-operational areas subjected to air attack or closely threatened, providing such service lasted for three or more years. Service overseas or outside the country of residence, providing that such service lasted for one year, except in territories threatened by the enemy or subject to bomb attacks, in which case it was six months prior to 02 September 1945.
The Canadian Volunteer Service Medal was granted to persons of any rank in the Naval, Military or Air Forces of Canada who voluntarily served on Active Service and honorably completed eighteen months (540 days) total voluntary service from September 3, 1939 to March 1, 1947. A silver bar (often called a clasp), a maple leaf at its center was awarded for 60 days service outside Canada. A silver maple leaf is worn on the ribbon in undress.


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Do you get a utility bill from Chugach Electric Association every month? If so, that means you're a member and you can vote in Annual Elections to make your voice heard! This year, members are voting to elect two candidates to the Chugach Board of Directors. We are proud to endorse Sam Cason, Mark Wiggin and Mitch Roth for the Chugach Board of Directors.
Sam Cason is a lifelong Alaskan who has previously served on the Chugach Board of Directors from 2003 to 2005. He wants to ensure members have a stable and sustainable electric utility service as a part of our lives and economy. He is interested in our utility providers making the best choices when it comes to issues like renewable energy systems and railbelt utilities. Sam supports returning water to the dammed Eklutna River, the local historically and culturally significant salmon stream. If elected, he promises to put consumers first and uphold Chugach's purpose of providing reliable, low-cost power.
Mark Wiggin has been a Chugach member for 37 years and has previously served as ML&P's Board Chair and advisory commissioner. He has also done extensive work with Chugach Electric Association and other railbelt utility providers. He supports the aspirational goal of reaching 100% clean energy by 2050 and wants to create a long term focus on incorporating renewable power components to the generation portfolio. Mark strongly supports a regional approach to power generation and wants it to be done in the best interests of the ratepayers and community. Because of Mark's extensive experience and knowledge of Chugach Electric Association and other Railbelt utilities, he already understands the issues they are faced with and wants to work to make a stronger, more resilient and more efficient cooperative.
Mitchell Roth is a strong supporter of clean energy and wants Chugach Electric Association to transition to 100% renewable energy production by 2030. He supports a collaborative, regional approach to energy production and generation wants to work to connect producers to consumers. Mitchell is in support of restoring flow to the Eklutna River and utilizing a pumped-hydro energy storage facility to continue to produce hydroelectric energy from the river. Mitchell recognizes the importance of having reliable, affordable, and sustainable electricity for the health, safety, and well-being of the community.
Members will have received a paper ballot or emailed a link with election materials and voting information. If you haven't gotten election information from Chugach, call 563-7366 to update your information. Paper ballots must be received by noon on June 12th - it is recommended they be mailed by June 4th, or dropped off at the ballot box in the Chugach office lobby. Online voting must be completed by 4 pm on June 15th.
Find more information at www.chugachelectric.com/media/annual-meeting
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There are 9 top-rated hospitals in your area and 48 to avoid.
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I was there for 6 hours waiting for tests and information. Other patients took priority and I left with a prescription for high blood pressure medicine. The first physician was very informative. When his shift ended, the next physician was not informative at all and seemed to consider it an inconvenience to treat me. Once of the tests that they did resulted in a blurred film and had to be redone at Riverside Hospital at a later date. I had to pay for both tests.
The Westerville Medical Center is a lovely building, and it has a beautiful pool. The staff is great, and they do a good job of sticking to their appointment times so that you can get in and out. Everything is set up well for showering afterwards, and they provide towels. I went from being nervous of the water because of my disabled state, and moving at a snail's pace, to feeling strong and confident and virtually pain-free. It required very little at-home exercises, but it did require a strong motivation to succeed, especially since we had below-freezing temperatures many of the days that I went. Still, once in the pool, it was a godsend to have the stress relieved from my spine. It made the difference, and I was able to recover without steroid shots and pain pills. And, as a bonus, I lost 5 pounds!
- Larry & Debbie W.
They are my oxygen supplier. They sent a lady out here to help me the last day before I got out of the hospital. They helped me bathe, and I had a physical therapist, occupational therapist and speech therapist. All of them were very nice and very helpful. They help me transition from the hospital to home. I would visit him again in the future.
The one that I absolutely really, really like is Dublin Methodist Hospital. They are new. They have all the latest equipment and they are very well organized.
Surgery was scheduled for 11:30, and began by 11:15. Preoperative and postoperative services were excellent. I go back to the surgeon for followup on 5/21/13.
The people are all very kind and professional. They all know how to do their job. The only complaint that I have was the noise. The floor I was on was always so noisy.
We liked the OB. We would use them again.


As Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility specialists, we often see patients who are looking for alternative ways to increase their chance of pregnancy. Acupuncture has been shown in some studies to increase chance of pregnancy during fertility treatment. Struggling to conceive and going through fertility treatments can be stressful, and acupuncture can help to reduce some of that stress. Here are 5 things you should know about acupuncture.
Who acupuncturists work with – Acupuncture can be helpful to support both female and male fertility by increasing blood flow to the reproductive organs, balancing hormones, reducing inflammation, and improving sleep and stress. Patients with unexplained infertility, high stress, or those seeking to improve their outcomes with ART (such as IVF) can also benefit from adding acupuncture to their care plan.


Everything is set, the bride and the groom are ready to fall, the families are celebrating and dates are decided.
All we need to do before the ceremony is to invite the guests, and we can carry on with our rituals. What would be the appropriate way to do so?
Well, take some time, this speaks a lot of you and your family.
Just like the attire, the cards are not merely to impress but to express our values and sentiments and also prosperity. They represent you before your guests even afore they come to attend you.
Now, in a digital world, you can send an e-card if hard-copy takes too much of time, but elegance is all associated with the hard copy.
I'll be talking everything about cards in my next story.
Contact us, we'll help you arrange and design the cards that define you.


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Giovanni Bartoli was an Italian sculptor and jewelmaker of the 14th century in Rome. In 1369, he completed for Pope Urban V, silver busts of Saints Peter and Paul for San Giovanni Laterano.

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