Dawn and I had been trying to get pregnant for years. We'd sought medical intervention after a few years of trying but with various complications due to procedure and my schedule it never really worked out in a timely fashion. Several years later we think we've found the cause of our infertility and were ready to start that family.
We were ready, or said we were, but I don't know if either of us truly knows what that means. How are you ready to create a life, and take care of that life for the rest of yours? It is a daunting and exciting challenge. But mostly, I'm just nervous!
When Dawn came running into the room with our positive pregnancy test…well, I was in shock, surprised, numb, and a bit tipsy. I had been drinking a few fingers of Laphroaig. The way she called my name as she came into the room I knew something major had or was happening. I didn't know what it was, and it scared me.
The numb feeling is what I remember the most followed by nervousness. I attribute it to the shock of the announcement.
We knew what we were doing when we were "trying" but it's still a bit of a shock when you get the hoped for result.
In any event, I was trying to remain calm but looking back on it, probably seemed cold. After it was confirmed with over half a dozen pregnancy tests my shock turned to worry.
I don't want to worry, but it's what I do. We were given this wonderful gift and I took immediately to worrying about losing it. Dawn was by far the strong and sensible one during this time. Except for the 6 more pregnancy tests over the next few days. Geez! She just loved seeing those blue lines, or PREGNANT written on those sticks.
I don't ever remember saying, "what if you have a miscarriage" during our first conversation. But I remember thinking about it. This perfect little life is in our hands, is now ours. Nothing will ever be the same, I'm certain this child will sweep me off my feet.
Like any parent, I worried about my child. But that's the emotion I got hung up on and mostly because there was nothing I could do. I think the stats are 20% of pregnancies end in miscarriage. So, yeah, there is a 80% chance your child will survive, so have fun trying to sleep tonight, or any night.
Eventually we got to the ultrasound when we were going to try and see/hear the heart beat. That was probably the most nervous and excited I'd been during this whole thing. Unfortunately we didn't see or hear a heart beat that day. The doctors had explanations like perhaps we weren't as far along as we thought, but I knew. We were already very late in Dawn's fertility window but this would require us to have been almost a week out of the window.
We clung to hope, Dawn more than me I'm afraid. The practical, logical, man part of my brain new the math and science didn't add up. I was mentally preparing myself for the worst during our next appointment. Obviously the worst happened but oddly enough, I was pulling for a miracle at that point. When hope was lost I was clinging to it anyway. Not so pessimistic after all. It broke my heart to know the truth and to know my sweet Dawn's heart was breaking too.
The aftermath was to be expected. As a typical guy I stayed relatively quiet, tried my best to be supportive, and compartmentalized everything. At that point I hurt for Dawn and what she was going through much more than for anything I felt. I was and still am always able and willing to talk about it but it's not a topic I bring up. Like many guys I think, I have emotions, thoughts, and things to say, but I don't readily express them. They can be drawn out of me though. Hence this blog.
When we get pregnant again I hope I can enjoy the moment with my wife rather than shock and numbness. I hope I can be as outwardly excited as I truly was on the inside. I pray I'm consumed with hope rather than doubt, and confidence rather than worry.
Evan is the husband of the owner and operator of The Divine Life Blog. He's currently an active duty officer for the US Air force.


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The Warcraft movie may have tanked in the United States, but it did much better abroad. Although it never even cracked $50 million in the U.S., the film's massive success in China accounted for more than half of Warcraft's $430 million total box office—and yet, Warcraft is still poised to lose money.
Even with a Chinese premiere that was the largest foreign debut in that county's history and $430 million made, Warcraft is still not going to make a profit. Last month, The Hollywood Reporter estimated that the movie would need $450 million to break even. Its theatrical run has already begun slowing down, leaving it about $20 million short or breaking even right now.
According to The Hollywood Reporter's sources close to the film, the final deficit will end up being about $15 million. (Others, not including the Chinese digital deal and merchandising, put the loss at between $30 and $40 million.) $15 million is a low loss for a movie that cost $160 million to make, butHollywood math is not like regular math.
This puts a damper on the idea that success in China paved the way for a Warcraft sequel. Warcraft 2: The Search for More Money isn't looking nearly as likely as did when the movie started taking China by storm. If there is one, it's going to have be a whole lot cheaper than the first movie was.
[The Hollywood Reporter]

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When I was a teacher trainer, we used to debate whether trainee teachers should be introduced to learning theory before or after they went into the classroom to teach.
As luck would have it, Claire Major, a participant on the course, is writing a book on how teaching online changes our work as teachers and so has a particular interest in learning theories – and this led to some great discussion and outcomes.
Claire bemoaned the fact that what has been written on learning theories seems to be a confusing mess and said she needed a diagram to pull it all together. I agreed.
Donald Clark wrote a series of 51 blog posts, each about a different learning theorist. Here is a screen shot taken from his first post in the series about Socrates.
But this is not the diagram that Claire was looking for.
However, inspired by Claire to hunt for a diagram I found this cMap by Richard Millwood for the Holistic Approach to Technology Enhanced Learning Project.
But ultimately Claire took up the challenge herself and produced this presentation which she has shared as her final presentation for the Pedagogy First course.
What a great final outcome to a 24 week course!
Next Article FSLT13 – What is learning?
Hi Jenny, thanks for the reminder to check back into Pedagogy First. I must have missed the theory discussion:-( At our college the theme for online training has been aspects of "classroom" organization and a bit of how to use the technology to accomplish this. I wonder if it is just assumed teachers through experience will gradually develop a technique that includes a kind of folk-theory of knowledge transfer and development?
One of our instructional designers is working with a subject matter expert to create a program he will be teaching and both are struggling with how to make the course something more than manuals and exams. Adding theory is slowing the process down and if there is any rule for course development here, number one task is to meet ridiculous deadlines.
Hi Scott – thanks for your comment. My feeling is that everyone who teaches or designs for teaching must have some beliefs about what works best for their learners, even if they don't know much about learning theories and can't articulate what they are doing in terms of theory. Perhaps all that's needed is to talk more about theory and in particular to talk more about it in straight-forward 'feet on the ground' terms which can be related to practice?
Thank you for finding this, Jenny! I hope I can use it for the class – it's certainly the best use of CMap I've seen (never liked that program).
Great blog post! I do really like the mind map you found and thank you much for directing my attention to it!
I've just been working a bit on this chapter today and have been checking out your stuff on emergent learning. Very cool, you!
Wrestling with it now, and indeed may soon want to figure out a way to chat with you about your ideas on complexity and your emergent learning model….


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If you haven't received a tetanus shot within five years, it is important that you do so within 48 hours of being bitten. Contact your doctor for more information.
Report all dog and cat bites to the Bothell Police Department at 425-486-1254. Additionally, if the dog bite you suffered broke the skin and you reside in the King County portion of Bothell, report the bite to King County Health Department at 206-263-8454. If you reside in the Snohomish County portion of Bothell, report the bite to Snohomish County Health Department at 425-339-5278.
File a statement with Bothell Police Department Animal Control. If there are witnesses to the incident, have them file statements as well. Officers will investigate the bite incident once a statement has been filed with Bothell Police Animal Control. Citations and/or Potentially Dangerous Dog declarations may be issued based on witness statements received by Animal Control. Witness statements must be filed before any official action can be taken.


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Q: Is there a way to see a list of meteor releases I can update to? I'm eagerly following the coming Cordova support, and see various release versions to update to in the docs-  examples:
meteor update --release CORDOVA-PREVIEW@3
meteor update --release CORDOVA-PREVIEW@5
meteor update --release METEOR@0.9.2-rc0
meteor update --release METEOR@0.9.2-rc2

Additionally, the Meteor Cordova Wiki Page doesn't even mention a version.
What command can I run or page can I look at to see what 'the latest' Meteor 0.9.2 release candidate is ? And should I be updating from the 0.9.2 branch for the best Cordova support ?

A: Meteor tags releases in its git repository. You can use git ls-remote to check what tags are available. For example,
$ git ls-remote --tags https://github.com/meteor/meteor.git tags/release/METEOR@0.9.2*
3df58956e1656ade890ef3bc3821c97f842987b6        refs/tags/release/METEOR@0.9.2-rc0
3decef135ad453837104fff0562226e63d681442        refs/tags/release/METEOR@0.9.2-rc1
fb3fb5de03650b24e5aebb91d934119a075df791        refs/tags/release/METEOR@0.9.2-rc2
3f680f76a422107c25f1934b8ccb6fd9aee1b471        refs/tags/release/METEOR@0.9.2-rc3
63381e5ee4f52062c6ba5c0f271e88efd7f59c36        refs/tags/release/METEOR@0.9.2-rc4
52d66644e9d23a92c0905d2b5ba28b1e403ef691        refs/tags/release/METEOR@0.9.2-rc5
5fae8faeb06259c96566469ef14e181c78cea07b        refs/tags/release/METEOR@0.9.2-rc6

I guess you'd then run meteor update with one of those.

A: I always check the following web-link to check List of latest Meteor Releases in Github:
https://github.com/meteor/meteor/releases
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Seeking better pay and benefits, workers at San Francisco's Anchor Brewing Company voted in favor of forming a union on Wednesday, according to Bloomberg.
The vote to organize with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union passed 31-16, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Anchor, which was acquired by Japan's Sapporo Holdings Limited in 2017, now has 10 days to dispute the vote.
The ... Maggiori informazioni effort to unionize has been met with multiple "union-busting" tactics from Anchor management, despite a February 14 pledge to remain neutral. According to Huffpost, management "pressured the 61 brewery workers and nine staffers at Public Taps," its neighboring taproom, to form separate bargaining units. Public Taps employees are slated to vote on whether to form a union later today, according to the AnchorUnionSF Twitter account.
Additionally, Anchor management reportedly intimidated employees during private meetings and threatened years-long wage freezes. In turn, employees filed an unfair labor practice complaint with the National Labor Relations Board earlier this month alleging management deployed union-busting tactics, including ordering employees to remove pro-union pins while on the job, Bloomberg reported.
Next Green Wave Holdings, a vertically integrated California cannabis company, issued a press release Tuesday erroneously indicating that San Diego's Thorn Brewing had been sold.
Speaking to Brewbound, Thorn Brewing co-founder Dennis O'Connor confirmed the brewery was not a part of Next Green Wave's $27 million transaction, which included the acquisition of more than 45 CBD and THC products.
Next Wave Holdings actually purchased SD Cannabis, a company O'Connor said he has been working with independently on the development of water soluble THC and CBD products.
The relationship with SD Cannabis developed after Thorn Brewing released a 4.20 percent ABV session IPA called OG HighPA, which was brewed with cannabis-derived terpenes. That product, which contained no THC or CBD, was released in 2016 and was made in collaboration with Jetty Extracts.
But O'Connor was still interested in creating a cannabis supplement that could be added to various beverages, so he teamed up with SD Cannabis to research and develop a new product.
"You'd buy it at a local dispensary, and mix it with your beer or your whiskey," he said, noting that the company plans to launch the products next month, on April 20 (4/20).
He also envisions mixologists experimenting with the THC and CBD mists.
In an Austin American-Statesman op-ed titled "State beer sales laws aren't broken. Leave them alone," Larry Del Papa, a wealthy beer distributor, argued that allowing Texas' manufacturing breweries to sell beer for off-premise consumption would harm independently owned grocery, convenience and liquor stores.
Del Papa serves as the president of the Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas (WBDT), a powerful wholesaler lobbying group that has refused to sign onto a "stakeholder agreement" reached between the Texas Craft Brewers Guild and the Beer Alliance of Texas. If passed by lawmakers, that agreement would put an end to a years-long contentious dispute over to-go-beer sales by allowing manufacturing breweries to sell beer for off-premise consumption within the state's existing 5,000-barrel cap on direct-to-consumer sales.
According to Del Papa, only 10 craft breweries would benefit from the legislation. The rest of the state's 305 other breweries, Del Papa argued, could operate under brewpub licenses due to falling below the 10,000-barrel cap.
However, Austin Beerworks co-owner Adam DeBower told Brewbound that the law change would benefit hundreds of brewers, fostering growth that could expand those companies' production beyond the 10,000-barrel cap.


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I made a resolution this year to try to go green in my life. It has turned out to be a little more daunting than I originally thought. During the holidays, my staff gave me a great "Go Green" basket (actually a Trader Joe's recyclable bag) filled with green household cleaning supplies to help get me off to a good start! Since then I have been reading about being green in countless magazines. But the subject became real to me when I spent time with Emme Aronson to interview her for my television show Health Corner (Lifetime, Sunday mornings 9:30 ET).
Emme burst onto the fashion scene as the first hugely successful plus size super model, and throughout her career as an actress and super model Emme Aronson has inspired full-figured women to feel confident in their skin. But today she's inspiring people in another way; she is a cancer survivor, beating Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
Emme knew something was wrong with her, the nagging cough that wouldn't go away and the itchy skin. She went to five different doctors before finally finding out what was wrong with her. Only a few months after her diagnosis, surgery, and the first of many chemotherapy treatments, Emme came with a friend to my women's summer camp in Naples Maine, "Camp Reveille". Since she came as a guest of another camper, I had not spoken with her and had no idea what she was going through in her life when she joined us at camp. It wasn't hard to figure out from the short hairs peeking out from the scarf she wore on her head that she was undergoing chemotherapy. But despite that, while at camp she ran around and played like a kid with the other campers. Emme said she actually gained a lot of personal strength from her experience at camp and from the other women who were there. She said Reveille really helped her at a critical time in her struggle.
I would later learn that she was not only forging this battle against cancer, but she was also embarking on a difficult divorce. However a lot has turned around this past year for this brave hard working mom.
During the interview Emme discussed her ordeal: surgery, including the removal of a banana-sized lymph node in her body; chemotherapy and hair loss; and of course, stress. She said one of the most stressful moments came when someone told her that living inside her home might be more dangerous than living outside considering all the toxins she was being exposed to. "Oh my God, my daughter lives here too. I've got to make it safe for both of us."
Her recovery has led her to change to a holistic lifestyle both in what he eats and in how she and her daughter live in their home. "I wanted this next step to be self-sustainable," she said. That meant overhauling her eating habits; including going as organic as possible, juicing in the summer, vegetable soups in the winter. It meant changing to natural cleaners, like baking soda and vinegar, and making improvements to her home and garden. These days Emme shares her ideas and tips on websites that offer simple, easy steps.
Cancer changed her life--but Emme believes it was the greatest teacher. She's been cancer-free for a year and believes living a greener lifestyle has played a major role in her good prognosis. I learned a lot from her and you can too. Visit http://simply-green-with-emme.ivillage.com/green/
I will also be exploring the subject of living green here on my website and I welcome tips and ideas from all of you.
Categories: Healthy Living, Women's Health


> Kas - being a music novice, I don't know what polyphony is.
continue while the next shot is fired (and makes a sound).
> the tension level up, but I don't understand why it does that.
some composers find that important.
Subnoise plays, thus creating a perceived downwards modulation in pitch.
while keeping the rate static increasing the loop's length.
my notes on that exampe with the Flute again; it should now be clear.
unclear we can go over that as well.


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Section 378 CrPC: Appeal in case of acquittal
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Home | Advice | The Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 | Section 378 CrPC: Appeal in case of acquittal
Section 378: Appeal in case of acquittal
(1) Save as otherwise provided in sub-section (2), and subject to the provisions of sub-sections (3) and (5),—
(a) the District Magistrate may, in any case, direct the Public Prosecutor to present an appeal to the Court of Session from an order of acquittal passed by a Magistrate in respect of a cognizable and non-bailable offence;
(b) the State Government may, in any case, direct the Public Prosecutor to present an appeal to the High Court from an original or appellate order of an acquittal passed by any Court other than a High Court not being an order under clause (a) or an order of acquittal passed by the Court of Session in revision.
(2) If such an order of acquittal is passed in any case in which the offence has been investigated by the Delhi Special Police Establishment constituted under the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946 (25 of 1946) or by any other agency empowered to make investigation into an offence under any Central Act other than this Code, the Central Government may, subject to the provisions of sub-section (3), also direct the Public Prosecutor to present an appeal—
(a) to the Court of Session, from an order of acquittal passed by a Magistrate in respect of a cognizable and non-bailable offence;
(b) to the High Court from an original or appellate order of an acquittal passed by any Court other than a High Court not being an order under clause (a)] or an order of acquittal passed by the Court of Session in revision.
(3) No appeal to the High Court under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) shall be entertained except with the leave of the High Court.
(4) If such an order of acquittal is passed in any case instituted upon complaint and the High Court, on an application made to it by the complainant in this behalf, grants special leave to appeal from the order of acquittal, the complainant may present such an appeal to the High Court.
(5) No application under sub-section (4) for the grant of special leave to appeal from an order of acquittal shall be entertained by the High Court after the expiry of six months, where the complainant is a public servant, and sixty days in every other case, computed from the date of that order of acquittal.
(6) If in any case, the application under sub-section (4) for the grant of special leave to appeal from an order of acquittal is refused, no appeal from that order of acquittal shall lie under sub-section (1) or under sub-section (2).
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There are many ways to increase awareness about eye disease among Hispanics/Latinos in the communities you serve. You can hold events anytime throughout the year, and especially during cultural celebrations. Check out these ideas, including tips for using traditional and social media, and integrate a few into your educational and promotional efforts.
Arrange for eye health to be the topic at a group meeting, charla (educational presentation or talk), or another community venue for learning and sharing information with Hispanics/Latinos. These can be scheduled activities that take place in community centers, worship centers, senior centers, health clinics, libraries, and even in people's homes. Local community leaders will know when and where these activities take place.
Distribute eye health information at community festivals or athletic events.
Encourage local businesses, such as bodegas (neighborhood convenience stores) and grocery stores, to participate in eye health programs by distributing brochures, hanging a poster, or promoting your educational activity.
Ask local community newspapers to include articles or PSAs about eye health.
Encourage directors of local Hispanic/Latino health education programs to incorporate eye health into existing programs.
Develop in-service training seminars on Hispanic/Latino eye health at medical clinics and health and social service agencies.
Ask hospital representatives to include information about Hispanic/Latino eye health in medical continuing education programs.
Hispanics/Latinos come from different countries of origin, with distinct backgrounds, customs, and observances. As you develop your Hispanic/Latino outreach efforts, keep in mind cultural celebrations. The following are some observances and activities to consider as you plan your program. However, check with community members for other dates that represent the traditions of their countries.
Día de los Reyes Magos (Three Kings Day) is celebrated on January 6, twelve days after Christmas. In most of Latin America, this holiday is sometimes as important as Christmas. Children usually receive presents on this day.
Día de los Niños (Children's Day) is celebrated on April 30 each year to recognize children as the center of the Hispanic/Latino family.
Día de la Madre (Mother's Day) commemorates and celebrates mothers. The date varies by country.
Día del Padre (Father's Day) commemorates and celebrates fathers. The date varies by country.
Mes de la Herencia Hispana (Hispanic Heritage Month) is a national observance beginning September 15 and ending October 15 that celebrates Hispanics/Latinos with various ceremonies and activities.
Día de la Independencia (Independence Day) commemorates the date a nation assumed independent statehood. In most Latin American countries, it is a national holiday. The date varies by country.


Schlinger, Barney A. 2001. Neuromuscular and Endocrine Control of an Avian Courtship Behavior. Hormones and behavior, 2: 276-280.
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2. Initialize a collection using an empty collection
3. compile
4. find all the usage of this collection, and use add or remove method to replace original one.
5. compile and test
6. find the get function, to return a read-only version collection
7. compile and test
8. fix the test, and move some object operators to host object
9. if hard to remove all related operation to host object, you can use `Rename Method` to add a new getter function.
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The partnership will see eToro pay the club using the cryptocurrency bitcoin, in one of a series of landmark deals with a range of Premier League sides.
The company, which has a worldwide network of more than ten million registered users, provides people with the opportunity to invest in cryptoassets, as well as more traditional stocks and commodities.
They are a global company that has enjoyed tremendous success, and, like us, are always looking for new ways to innovate.
Iqbal V. Gandham, the UK managing director at eToro, said: "We are excited to be partnering with Southampton and make history by being the first company ever to pay for a Premier League partnership in bitcoin. This is very much the first small step on a long road to football fully embracing blockchain technology. Education will be key so that industries can understand the potential, however, the openness of Southampton to taking this first step, is very encouraging.
Southampton Football Club's commercial director, David Thomas, said: "We are extremely pleased to be welcoming eToro as a club partner.
"They are a global company that has enjoyed tremendous success, and, like us, are always looking for new ways to innovate.


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Home Business Reducing Risk in the Workplace 2023
Reducing Risk in the Workplace 2023
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Accidents can happen anytime in the workplace. They are unpredictable and costly for the business in terms of medical costs, lawsuits, and lost labor hours. You should perform a risk assessment of your office to identify hazards and mitigate them to prevent costly endeavors. Making the workplace safe should be one of the priorities for every business establishment. The following are some of the ways that you can use to reduce risk at work.
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Before you can reduce risk and increase safety in the workplace, you need to know the hazards. Perform a risk assessment of the office space. Check the exits and entryways, do they pose any security risk? What about during emergencies? Can workers exit the building safely? Look at your systems; are they secure from cyber-attacks? What about your employees? Can you trust them?
Run Background Checks on Employees
Your workers are your biggest asset because they are the first point of contact between the business and customers. But did you know your employees can be liabilities? One of them could be angry at the business and decide to settle the score by leaking company secrets. Companies use PreSearchInc.com for employee background checks. Use the service to know more about your workers and prevent irresponsible and disloyal behavior.
Train Employees
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Perform regular security and fire drills so that employees know what to do in case of an emergency. Set clear guidelines that employees must follow to protect themselves from workplace hazards. Create awareness of safe practices in the office. During a fire drill, everyone is going to act panicked, that is just human nature. Even in that panic, your employees are going to know what to do and where to go if they have gone through the drill before. Everyone isn't going to remain as silent as they did during their 5th grade fire drill in elementary school, but they shoud be just as effective getting out of the building and to safety. This goes for more than fires, such as an office choking situation, a severe allergic reaction, or even something more serious like an active shooter or earthquake.
Equip the Workplace with Ergonomic Furniture
If your employees spend hours sitting in front of a computer or laptop, provide them with ergonomic chairs. The furniture prevents back pains and injury. As a result, your workers will be less likely to take sick leaves due to joint pains. You can also equip the office area with standing desks so that workers can take a break from always sitting down. Desks that go from standing to sitting with the push of a button or an easy to use crank will encourage your staff to be a bit more active, a bit healthier, and a bit happier. Plus, the kick of moving your desk up and down is a bit of a show-off move that your employees will be happy to demonstrate for any friends and family who stop by the workplace.
Prioritize Health
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What is one of the easiest ways to not get sick or succumb to injury, be healthy and fit. Companies that put the health and well-being of their employees first are paid back in numerous ways. A healthier company takes less sick days and a healthier office works more efficiently during business hours. Think about all the time that is spent walking in and out of the office for a smoke break multiple times per day. Tally that up and your office is losing dozens of hours of productivity before you know it.
Not every employee is going to be smoke free, but what about those who are a little overweight or harm their own immune system with an unhealthy diet? As an employer, you can't make health decisions for your worker, but you can encourage them to be the best version of themselves possible. Providing access to a gym near the workplace, healthy snacks, or even catered lunch that is nutrient packed are little things that can add up to make a big difference.
Clear the Area Near Emergency Exits
There should be no furniture near the emergency exits. In case of fire, your employees should be able to use the exit quickly. Blocking the path to the emergency exit will prevent workers from leaving the building on time. There should also be fire extinguishers placed at strategic points in the office. When your office is nearing max capacity with employees, especially in the age of COVID where each worker will require more space than ever before, be sure to think ahead.
Cramming that one extra intern in the corner near the fire escape is not a good idea. Anytime you are planning the layout of a new office or conference room think about safety and adaptability as things change. In the past, companies have been bankrupted by lawsuits for their mismanagement of office space in times of emergency and even worse than facing legal trouble you could seriously harm or kill one of your own staff if they weren't able to get out in case of emergency.
Limit Access to Dangerous Areas
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The electrical area and server room should be off-limits because they can be a fire hazard. If access is not restricted, workers can pour something on the main switch and cause an electrical surge, which can cause a fire. The worst-case scenario is someone getting electrocuted. If the server room is left unprotected, someone can walk in and steal expensive hardware and data. Security personnel should watch over these areas all the time and limit access. There should be special clearance for staff that wants to access these areas.
Cleaning Early and Late in the Evening
Slips and falls from a wet floor can lead to severe injuries. That's why the management should restrict cleaning to early morning and late evening hours when everybody has left the office. If there's no one in the office, there can be no slip accidents. However, sometimes cleaning can happen during regular office hours. For example, if someone spills a drink on the floor, the janitor has to clean it up to prevent slip accidents. There should be barriers to prevent people from stepping on the wet floor.
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What Is a Pressurized Portafilter on an Espresso Machine?
Kate MacDonnell
There are diehard coffee drinkers out there who know all the coffee language and what to do with every tool given to them. However, some coffee drinkers, despite loving their caffeinated beverages, don't quite get all the technical language or know how to use all the tools. Don't fret! We are here to help.
One such technical tool is a pressurized portafilter. If you're out and about looking for your first espresso machine, then this is something you're going to run across in your search. By the same token, if you have a friend that makes your espressos, and they're never bitter, over-extracted, under-extracted, or burnt, we can probably tell you his secret right here.
In this article, we'll go into what a pressurized portafilter is, what it does, and whether it's better than a non-pressurized portafilter.
What Is a Pressurized Portafilter?
By definition, a pressurized portafilter is a basket that has a hole in the middle. The hole is small, which helps create pressure buildup to force the coffee through that same hole. Pressurized portafilters are also called double-walled portafilters and are used with espresso machines.
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Differences Between Pressurized and Non-Pressurized Portafilters
If you're holding your pressurized and non-pressurized portafilters and looking down on them from the top, then there's not going to be a discernible difference. Both are circular, have the same depth, and have tiny holes in them.
Now, flip them over, and you'll be able to tell what sets them apart. With a non-pressurized portafilter, those tiny holes extend to the bottom surface as is. As soon as your espresso hits those holes, it'll flow right through and into your cup.
Now, flip your pressurized portafilter over, and you'll begin to see the difference. Your pressurized portafilter only has one tiny hole in the bottom. The espresso first has to drip through the tiny holes on the top screen and then drip through the tiny single hole on the bottom screen. This is the major difference between a pressurized and a non-pressurized portafilter, but it's quite a distinction.
What Are the Parts of a Portafilter?
Most portafilters are made of chrome, brass, or stainless steel, which helps them retain heat. They come with plastic or wooden handles. The components in any portafilter are listed below.
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The handle is intended to help you load the portafilter and lock it into place on your espresso machine.
The Basket
The basket is just what it sounds like. It holds the coffee grounds and acts as a filter to give you the espresso you love.
The Spout
The spout of the portafilter is situated at the bottom and is used to guide the flow of coffee into the cup. A portafilter has one spout but can feature two, according to its type.
Is a Pressurized Portafilter Better for Beginners?
Yes, a pressurized portafilter is much better for beginners because it is more forgiving when it comes to tamping and your grind size. The non-pressurized process has quite a few variables that could be hard for a beginner to handle.
On the other hand, the pressurized process is an automated process, which means you don't have to care as much about the grind size or even the consistency. A pressurized portafilter is easier to use for a beginner and much easier to get the hang of.
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What Are the Pros of a Pressurized Portafilter?
As with any other piece of equipment out there, there are going to be advantages and disadvantages. The pressurized portafilter is no different.
One of the most significant advantages to using a pressurized portafilter, especially for a beginning espresso maker, is that mistakes with poor tamping don't stop the pressure from building.
However, the most significant advantage is that pressurized portafilters are simple to learn to use and require no prior experience.
What Are the Cons of a Pressurized Portafilter?
Where there are advantages, there have to be disadvantages as well.
Using a pressurized portafilter has a way of restricting your grind size because it can only work with coarse grinds. Also, you're unable to fine-tune your espresso with this type of portafilter. In other words, you're stuck with the default settings on your new espresso machine until you're better at the task and move to a non-pressurized portafilter.
Is a Pressurized Portafilter the Right Choice for You?
If you've only recently purchased your espresso maker and are still learning the ropes, then a pressurized portafilter is probably the best choice for you. Once you've gotten used to making your own espresso, then you can purchase a non-pressurized portafilter as well.
Pressurized portafilters are also great to have when you're running short on time but can't leave the house without that shot of espresso to get you going in the morning.
This is just a little bit about the pressurized portafilter you need to know as a beginning espresso maker. Now that you've gone out and purchased your very own espresso machine, you'll want to experiment and then determine which is the best choice for you.
Though it's best to start with a pressurized portafilter, as you grow more comfortable with the process, you'll want to adjust your settings, get a finer grind, and a faster extraction rate, so then it's time to upgrade to the non-pressurized portafilter version.
In other words, you only use a non-pressurized portafilter if you know what you're doing and have practiced with your espresso machine for a while. After all, you want to be able to make the best possible espresso for you and your family at home; that's why you purchased the espresso machine, to begin with, right?
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Low-carb diets are a big trend in our day and time and more and more people are tempted to try one out.
It is true that a low-carb diet can offer a lot of benefits to someone and we all probably know someone close to us who has followed a low-carb diet correctly and has been talking about all the benefits.
If you are interested in learning more about the types of low-carb diets and how to follow them correctly, this beginner's guide will truly help you get started on your low-carb journey.
If you would prefer to just check out our Meal Planner to give you low carb meal ideas for your meal plan then please click here.
Is it possible to gain weight on a Low Carb Diet?
A low-carb diet is a diet plan that suggests that the person following it should only consume a very small and limited amount of carbohydrates throughout the day. There are quite a few foods that need to be limited during a diet low in carbohydrates and it generally is considered a bit difficult to follow at first.
Low-carb diets have been known to help people lose significant amounts of weight and have also been related to a number of health benefits that will be discussed later on in the article.
Even though carbohydrates need to be limited, there are always some options that include fruit and vegetables that are low in carbohydrates which can be consumed in small amounts.
The biggest part of this diet though revolves around consuming foods which are high in protein and fat. These macronutrients mainly come from animal products such as fish, eggs and meat as well as high-fat dairy. Nuts and seeds are also acceptable but in smaller portions since they do contain small amounts of carbohydrates.
The most important foods to avoid in this diet are all those that contain sugar as well as starchy foods, such as bread, pasta, rice, potatoes, most legumes and many other things that can offer a plethora of carbohydrates to the body.
Based on the different types of diets that there are out there, based on a low-carb principle, the macronutrient count can vary.
Some of the most well known low carb diets limit carbohydrate intake to 20-50g per day, depending on the person's body weight (although in many cases anything under 100 grams can still be considered low carb).
Most types of diets will stick to that principle, not reducing the carbs any further but only changing the percentages of the fat and proteins, making the diet plan either a Low Carbohydrate High Fat (LCHF) or a Low Carbohydrate High Protein (LCHP) diet.
In any case, when following a low-carb diet, it is important to make sure that your calorie intake is sufficient and that you get enough protein so that you do not end up losing muscle mass.
In our day and time, many people are afraid of fats (although that view has clearly begun to change recently). This mainly started out as a fear of fats being related to weight gain and a variety of health problems, especially heart related ones.
In reality, fats are essential in our everyday diets but there are still some things we should be careful of.
Saturated fats are said to increase the levels of LDL cholesterol, and for many years it was believed that they could be a cause of heart disease. Even if this is the case for some people with hereditary problems, this side effect can be reversed by adding sufficient exercise in your everyday life.
Healthy fats are the so called unsaturated, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated ones which are known to help increase the levels of HDL cholesterol and protect our bodies from cardiovascular problems.
As you might have noticed already, most foods that contain healthy fats are probably not included in a LCHF diet plan as they usually contain a bigger amount of carbohydrates.
Recent studies have shown that saturated fats might not be such a big enemy after all and many have concluded that they do not actually increase the risk of heart disease.
In fact, it is estimated that cardiovascular risks are more likely to be influenced by specific nutrients that are used in order to replace saturated fats in foods.
The best thing to do here is to follow a diet plan that you believe will be best for you and after some time check your LDL and HDL cholesterol levels in order to see if it is right for you and beneficial to your health.
Summary: Low-carb diets consist of very small amounts of carbohydrates in a person's daily meals. They can be quite restrictive but there are many food options for anyone who wishes to follow one. Even though it can be high in fat, many studies nowadays show that saturated fats are not the cause of heart disease and therefore LCHF diets can be followed by anyone who wishes to give them a try.
Throughout the years, there have been many variations and types of low-carb diets. All of them can be very beneficial to the person who follows them but as with everything else, this depends on each person's preferences, abilities and expectations.
The Atkins diet is a low-carb diet that was created in 1972 and aims toward weight loss.
This diet plan supports the consumption of fatty meats, butter and other high fat dairy products according to the person's preferences and only restricts the carbohydrate consumption to fewer than 30g per day.
It is considered a LCHF kind of diet and it has become so popular in our day and time that you can easily find products both online and in stores, labeled as appropriate for the Atkins Diet.
The ketogenic diet is a type of low-carb diet that was created in the 1920s in order to mimic biochemical changes in the body associated with starvation, which help the body lose weight a lot faster and achieve an overall better health state.
This diet is a LCHF kind of diet, as the biggest part of the calories come from fats. Carbohydrates are supposed to be kept at a very low level of consumption, while protein consumption is supposed to be moderate.
When carbs are not consumed for a particular amount of time, the body enters a state of increased fat burning which leads to ketosis.
Studies on ketogenic diets came to the conclusion that the amounts of carbohydrates consumed should not excess 20-50g per day. Upon the consumption of more carbohydrates, fewer ketones are produced in the liver and therefore the fat loss process will be slowed down.
The Paleo diet is based on assumptions of how people used to eat a very long time ago, before the agricultural and industrial revolution happened.
This diet includes a large variety of foods that are natural and whole foods that have been processed as little as possible.
It is a low-carb diet where many high carb foods are avoided, as many scientists support that starches and cereals were not part of the daily diet of people in the past, as people tended to consume whatever was available at the time.
The Zone diet basically encourages the people following it, to consume certain amounts of protein, carbs and fat in order to achieve particular health benefits.
More specifically, carbs should stay at a 40% of total calorie consumption, proteins at a 30% and fats at a 30%. This is still considered a low-carb diet as the amount of carbohydrates suggested by this diet is lower than what the recommended percentage is.
This diet also suggests that carbs should have a low glycemic index in order for the sugars to be released slower into the blood so that you feel fuller for longer.
This can also help with type 2 Diabetes as it can help improve insulin resistance and prevent blood sugar spikes. Also, proteins should be lean and the fats mainly monounsaturated.
The Zone diet is said to have a number of benefits from improving inflammation in the body to weight loss and prevention of hearth problems.
Summary: There are many different types of low-carb diets. Some can be a little more difficult to follow while others have become so widespread that you will be able to find instructions and appropriate foods almost everywhere. Choosing the right one always depends on your personal choices and goals.
A low-carb diet can truly offer a lot of benefits to the person following it. Here are some of the most important and common ones which you might want to know about if you are considering giving this diet a try.
When it comes to Diabetes and carbohydrate consumption, most people are advised to follow a low-carb diet in order to benefit from better glycemic control and a decrease in body weight.
Studies have supported that after following a low-carb diet for a while, participants experienced a greater reduction in diabetes medication, glycemic variability, triglycerides and higher levels of HDL cholesterol.
People who followed this diet through a study by Eric C. Westman et al. managed to achieve greater weight loss and better glycemic control and it was concluded that low carbohydrate interventions can truly be effective for improving and reversing type 2 Diabetes.
There are many studies out there that support that low carbohydrate diets are effective for weight loss. For the biggest part, this happens because as you remove carbs from your diet you also manage to reduce your appetite.
Low-carb diets are usually high in protein and they tend to suppress a person's appetite even more.
A very important thing to keep in mind here is that removing carbohydrates almost completely from your diet means that you will really only be able to consume a smaller variety of foods.
This will lead to reducing your calorie intake and that will inevitably lead to weight loss. Of course, eating a smaller variety of foods is not always a good thing so if you are following this diet for extended periods of time it is important to make sure you are consuming all of the vitamins and minerals your body needs.
Restricting your carbohydrate consumption has been shown to improve metabolic health.
It can help reduce postprandial hyperglycemia which pretty much means that it can help the body deal better with exaggerated rises in blood sugar after the consumption of a mean and help limit the harmful metabolic and cardiovascular consequences this causes.
Not only that, but low carb diets have also helped people achieve a better body composition and blood lipids.
Especially when combined with High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT), the benefits of this diet are maximized and it is hypothesized that this routine can potentially help treat metabolic disease.
Studies on people who were following a LCHF diet have shown great improvements in some cardiovascular risk factors and those results were mainly related to the weight loss that was achieved.
As we mentioned earlier, there are new studies that have shown that saturated fats are probably not the reason behind heart disease and cardiovascular problems.
The weight loss achieved by a LCHF diet can be great, but experts suggest that lipid levels should be monitored in any case.
Most studies that focused on people who followed a Low Carb High Protein type of diet showed great results not only from a weight loss perspective but also in regards to triglyceride levels, LDL cholesterol decrease and at the same time HDL cholesterol increase and a reduction in waist circumference, which can all be great indicators of potential heart problems.
These results can be of aid to anyone who knows that there is a cardiovascular disease history in their family and can help them prevent and improve future and current problems by following the right diet plan.
Summary: Low-carb diets can offer a large array of benefits to those who follow them to the letter. Not only can they help with weight management, but they can also help with a lot of different issues like metabolic and heart disease and maybe even most importantly type 2 Diabetes.
The most common side effects of this diet are dizziness, headaches and an overall feeling of weakness. This is totally normal and only reflects the lack of an easy energy source for your brain which comes from the reduction of the carbohydrates.
Due to the lack of fiber in the diet variations that are very low carb, a person might also experience changes in the quality of bowel movements, so, constipation can be expected.
Some other side effects that have been noted include halitosis, muscle cramps, diarrhea and in some cases rashes.
A more moderate low carbohydrate diet will negate most of these potential side effects.
Summary: Headaches and nausea are usually the most common due to a lack of carbohydrates from the diet. Along with those, constipation is also quite common. More severe side effects are not presented in every study and it is unlikely that you will experience them. These side effects tend to be more pronounced the less carbohydrates you consume.
How difficult would it be for a Vegan or a Vegetarian to follow this diet?
Being a vegetarian and giving a low-carb diet a try doesn't seem like that big of a problem.
There are many good proteins and fat sources for you that can easily help you consume as much as you need based on your chose type of diet and you will not have to make great sacrifices in order to benefit from the health benefits or the weight loss.
This could be a lot trickier for a vegan though, as there are not as many food options as is a vegetarian diet. A vegetarian is able to consume eggs and dairy and get sufficient protein and fats even if they don't consume meat but a vegan chooses not to consume any animal products whatsoever.
Thankfully though, there are quite a few options of low-carb foods from plants and both vegans and vegetarians can take advantage of this fact in order to keep their low-carb diet up.
As you can see, there are quite a few options to choose from and when combining them with some low-carb fruit and vegetables, you will be able to create some great meals that will be low in carbs. Going for a very low carb diet (less than 50grams) is likely to be difficult though.
A more realistic (and most likely more healthy) idea would be to set your carbohydrate limit a little higher (less than 40% or less of calories coming from carbs).
You can always use our Meal Planner in order to help you get started on this journey and provide you with some meals ideas to help you reach your health and weight loss goals.
The answer to this question is definitely a yes! Many people believe that by cutting down carbohydrates in their diet, they won't put on weight as carbs are what make them gain weight.
It is important to know that no matter what kind of macronutrients we consume, if we consume them in a bigger amount than the one we need, they will definitely be stored as fat.
That even applies to protein and protein shakes that many tend to overuse. If you wish to benefit from weight loss through a low-carb diet, you need to make sure that the macronutrients you consume do not exceed your daily calorie limitations.
The best way to deal with this is to count your calories during your diet and make sure that you are getting just the amount you need.
As far as performance athletes are concerned, it is usually advisable not to follow a low-carb diet as the more intense and long-lasting the physical exertion, the higher the need for carbohydrates.
This happens because the stored glycogen is used up after rigorous exercise and afterwards the athlete will need to replenish it in order to be able to fuel the muscles for the next intense exercise.
On the other hand though, some athletes of different fields do indeed follow low-carb diets and are seeing great results with it. This state is called low-glycogen training and it can actually lead to better adjustment/adaption processes in selected training stages and it can also help these particular athletes increase their performance ability.
Therefore, low-carb diets can be followed by athletes, but that will always depend on the type of exercise they are doing.


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News | Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) | May 08, 2020
UNTOUCHED Trial Data Underscores Safety And Efficacy Of Boston Scientific S-ICD System
Outcomes presented at HRS 2020 demonstrate device benefits for patients at risk of sudden cardiac death
May 8, 2020 — Final results from the UNTOUCHED study of the Emblem Subcutaneous Implantable Defibrillator (S-ICD) System were presented at Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) 2020 Science virtual meeting.
The global, prospective, non-randomized UNTOUCHED study evaluated the safety and efficacy of the Boston Scientific Emblem S-ICD System – the only approved implantable defibrillator without wires touching the heart – for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death specifically in patients with a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≤35 percent, the most common population to be indicated for ICD therapy.[1,2] Data demonstrated S-ICD therapy had an inappropriate shock-free rate of 95.9 percent at 18-months post-procedure, meeting the primary endpoint with a rate comparable to or lower than those seen in previous S-ICD and transvenous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (TV-ICD) studies.
"This study conclusively shows high efficacy and safety of the Emblem S-ICD and the current generation Emblem MRI S-ICD with contemporary programming, despite the patients being some of the sickest studied to date, with much lower LVEF, more hypertension and diabetes," said Michael R. Gold, M.D., Ph.D, principal investigator and Michael E. Assey professor of medicine at The Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston. "Additionally, the rate of inappropriate shock was lower than that of many studies of TV-ICDs with contemporary programming designed to minimize this rate, validating use of the S-ICD as a first line therapy for the majority of patients in need of a device to manage risk of sudden cardiac death in the absence of pacing indications."
The endpoint analysis included data from 1,111 patients with a low LVEF, the majority of whom (53.8 percent) had ischemic heart disease and 87.6 percent with heart failure. Study authors reviewed the incidence of inappropriate shocks in these patients after 18 months to determine if it was higher than in a historical control group of patients who had a similarly programmed TV-ICD. Data also demonstrated a 97.6 percent inappropriate shock-free rate at one year for patients who had the SMART Pass sensing filter – an advanced feature that filters out certain signals that are the primary reason for inappropriate shocks – enabled on the newest generation Emblem MRI S-ICD System devices.
Also presented as a late-breaking clinical trial at the virtual meeting were results from the investigator-sponsored PRAETORIAN trial. Investigators of the prospective, randomized, head-to-head clinical trial confirmed that the S-ICD can be the preferred therapy choice for the majority of ICD-indicated patients without a need for pacing as it offers comparable performance while avoiding lead-related complications and serious infections associated with TV-ICDs.
"The Emblem S-ICD System has been implanted in more than 75,000 patients worldwide, providing a safe and effective therapy while avoiding many of the issues associated with TV-ICD leads," said Kenneth Stein, M.D., senior vice president and chief medical officer, Global Health Policy and Rhythm Management, Boston Scientific. "The UNTOUCHED and PRAETORIAN study data add to the body of evidence showing the benefits of the S-ICD System and further emphasize this device should be considered a first-line therapy for a broad group of ICD-indicated patients without a need for cardiac pacing."
Read more about the PRAETORIAN Study Head-to-head Comparison Shows Subcutaneous ICDs Safer Than Transvenous Defibrillators.
Find links to all the Heart Rhythm Society 2020 Late-Breaking Clinical Trials in Electrophysiology
For more information: www.sicdsystem.com
1. Friedman, DJ, Parzynski, CS, Varosy, PD, et al., Trends and In-Hospital Outcomes Associated With Adoption of the Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator in the United States. JAMA Cardiol, 2016. 1(8): p. 900-911.
2. Haugaa, KH, Tilz, R, Boveda, S, et al., Implantable cardioverter defibrillator use for primary prevention in ischaemic and non-ischaemic heart disease-indications in the post-DANISH trial era: results of the European Heart Rhythm Association survey. Europace, 2017. 19(4): p. 660-664.
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Effin, Wrong. Getting citizenship is by no means that simple and you definitely can't necessarily have all the forms and such filed by someone else. Not by a long shot. Robert > All you have to do is be able to say the pledge of > alligiance. > > Al of the forms and such can be filled in by someone > else.


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Yehuda Katz wrote an article about self and metaclass. In the article he said that Person.instance_eval assigns Person's metaclass to self for a class Person. But this is obviously wrong.
Ruby always has three implicit contexts: self), so called `klass' and the constant definition point.
the Whole Platform provides an Eclipse-based Language Workbench for developing new languages, manipulating them using domain notations and transforming them using a generative model driven approach.
Rascal is a domain specific language for source code analysis and manipulation a.k.a. meta-programming.
nother approach is used in many scripting languages. The language constructs themselves introduce code on the fly, modifying the program as they are executed.
The third approach is that of mirrors, and originates in Self. Mirrors have been used in class based systems such as Strongtalk, and even in the Java world. JDI, the Java Debugger Interface, is a mirror based reflective API. Here, the reflective operations are separated into distinct objects called mirrors.
The word "metaclass" often strikes fear into the hearts of Python programmers. This article explores metaclasses in an approachable way, in order to take the mystery out of metaclasses, and enable you to leverage metaprogramming techniques to solve real problems.
Magritte is a fully dynamic meta-description framework that helps to solve those problems, while keeping the full power to the programmer in all aspects.
More links about DLSs, programming languages, and metaprogramming are coming.
This entry was posted in Java, JVM, Links, Metaprogramming, Programming Languages, Ruby, Smalltalk on May 15, 2012 by ajlopez.


The long-awaited Castaic High School is designed to be architecturally staggering. Period. Both a regular and trade/tech high school, Castaic promises to be one of California's prettiest campuses.
There are 250,000 square feet of classrooms, buildings, offices, a library, a performing arts building and athletic facilities.
This low-profile architecture is designed to blend in with Castaic's beautiful and natural topography.
Future athletes will enjoy all sorts of multi-use athletic facilities, from a modern running track to a beautiful football and soccer field. Also coming are outdoor basketball and tennis courts, not to mention baseball, softball and other athletic fields.
Water Tank #1 is a 700,000-gallon state-of-the-art storage vessel. Besides serving the campus, it can be used to connect a hydrant to firefighting/water dropping helicopters.
The Hart District has planned for the future. When the time comes to expand, transmission towers can be erected on one of several hilltops to accommodate cellular, television, satellite or other broadcasting technologies.


From my first plate at Santa Fe's Arroyo Vino, an amuse-bouche of seasonal crudités, I knew I was in for an incredible meal. The beautifully plated assortment of tops-on micro turnips, carrots and radishes; ice lettuce (a thick succulent leaf bursting with lemony salt flavor); and a confetti of edible flowers came paired with a green aioli made from a blend of vegetable tops and herb stems–items too often discarded. Utilizing every part of the vegetable, and using them in unexpected ways, is something executive chef Colin Shane sees as his "responsibility as chef." Whether it's the seed, stem, root, fruit or flower, Shane makes every component a star instead of an afterthought.
As each subsequent course arrived, our fourtop let out a collective gasp, and then we all reached for our cameras to immortalize the edible artistry. Yes, we were those people. Maybe it was partly due to the free-flowing rosé, selected from AV's conjoined, award-winning wine shop, but at one point I compared the caliber of the meal to Broadway's Hamilton–it was that good.
While the meat dishes were wonderful– buttermilk sous vide chicken breast adorned with a flattened chicken-skin crisp–the thoughtfully prepared flora at AV really puts the restaurant on another level. The majority of vegetables are grown on a small on-site farm, Arroyo Vino Gardens. The farm is well-curated with high-value and unique crops, the product of close collaboration between farmer and chef. The week after my meal at AV, I returned to interview Shane and his partner at the Gardens (and in life), farmer Lauren Kendall, about their working relationship, food ideologies and the meaning of New Mexican cuisine.
The creative young chef grew up in Santa Fe, left high school at age 16, and joined a punk rock band that toured the world. Between tours he made a home base in Gainesville, Florida, where he picked up work in restaurants, moving up the ranks from dishwasher to line cook to mentee of renowned Florida Chef Burt Gill of Mildred's Big City Food. "He taught me how to buy produce and how a restaurant functioned. I had never really even eaten fine dining until I started making it." Weary of life on the road, Shane returned to Santa Fe with the intention of attending culinary school. However, his innate talent, commitment to self-education and a series of staging (apprenticeship) opportunities and mentorships under prestigious chefs in Santa Fe and San Francisco gave him the experience he needed to take over as AV's executive chef in 2014.
A recent trip to Copenhagen reinforced Shane and Kendall's "time and place" food ideology. Shane worked under Amass restaurant owner Matthew Orlando (former head chef of Noma, aka the "best restaurant in the world"), while Kendall expanded her knowledge of food systems and soil health in Amass's kitchen garden. New Nordic Cuisine emphasizes hyper-local and hyper-seasonal ingredients, sustainability, patron-chef interaction, and naturalist plating, all of which are found in abundance at AV. "Copenhagen isn't about luxury and caviar," Shane explains. "It's about being innovative with what's around you." Shane's opportunities to stage and eat in some of the world's best restaurants have been invaluable, and something he wants his staff to experience.
Candolin Cook is a PhD Fellow in the Department of History at the University of New Mexico. She currently serves as co-editor of Edible Santa Fe. Documenting amazing food journeys merges both of her worlds.
Stephanie Cameron is the publisher of Edible Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Taos and owns Bite Size Media with her husband, Walt. Together they produce award-winning video and photography centered around contemporary food. See their work at ediblenm.com.
This article originally ran in the Late Summer 2016 issue of Edible Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Taos and is reprinted with permission.
To plan your Santa Fe adventure . . .
use ediblenm.com as your guide and learn more about the culinary culture of this historic city.


It is very important to know what type of loan you have. Some loans will have specific features that you need to know, and some have rules that are unique to that type of loan. Find out what type of loan you are having, and then learn all you can about it. Make sure you speak with a good lawyer before signing any large mortgage, and make them break the loan down into simple language. Do not skip the fine print.
One of the most common sense things to consider when taking a loan is how much interest will be charged. Not only does the interest rate matter, but you also need to consider the length of the loan. Over time, you end up paying more than you would ever expect with a loan. Getting a good interest rate is vital, and you should shop around for the best possible rate. Also, try to get as short of period as you can afford to pay. The shorter the loan, the less you have to pay in interest.
Another consideration when you take a loan is whether or not it is back loaded. Do you have to pay a balloon payment towards the end of the loan? Do the payments increase later? These types of loans are sometimes very difficult for people because you never know where you will be later in life. Perhaps you will be between jobs or fall on hard times. These potential scenarios must be considered before taking on these types of loans. Ask questions and know exactly what you will be paying up front and ahead of time. If you do not feel comfortable, then do not sign anything.
If you are taking a loan and your credit is less than stellar, consider waiting on a time when you can improve it. A slightly better credit score can sometimes make a huge difference in the amount of money you end up paying over the life of the loan.
Think long and hard before you consider taking on a co-signer. Many people use this when they get started and it can cause major problems with parents, friends and family members. Money and family do not usually mix well, and you should remember this before you use a co-signer. Some companies will try to tell you that the co-signer will fall off the loan over time, but this is usually not accurate. Stick with your own devices to borrow money. You will be very glad down the road.
These are far from all the things you should consider before taking a loan, but they will help to get you started. Just remember that if it does not feel right, it usually is not. Always talk with a lawyer and let the experts check out the fine print and you should be just fine.


In an age of "alternative facts" and divisive politics, we can all agree on this: Alberta needs jobs. Lots of stable, well-paying jobs.
Surprised to hear the president of a public-sector union discuss the importance of the economy? Don't be. Public-sector workers get it. We know that a strong economy is good for everyone — for workers in industry, for vital public services including health care and education, and for public-sector workers.
That's why we're looking for a budget from the NDP government which will protect our economy.
We're just starting to emerge from the recession caused by slumping oil prices that has led to about 100,000 jobless Albertans being on employment insurance (EI).
Despite calls from some political extremists and lobby groups with vested interests, Premier Rachel Notley and her team resisted pressure to fire thousands of people providing health care and other services.
That was smart. The solution to thousands of Albertans being laid off is not to lay off thousands more. That's classic austerity politics and it's been rejected even by those who used to see it as the solution.
Last year, economists at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) – formerly the poster children for cutting budgets — looked at austerity and pronounced it a failure. Austerity budgets make recessions longer and deeper. They also increase government deficits, because a weaker economy means a drop in revenue.
Despite this, the same old voices in Alberta are calling for more of it. Make no mistake, what we're hearing with calls to fire public-sector workers and freeze wages is classic austerity politics. It's a cynical attempt to create division between Albertans, between those who work in industry and those who work in services.
What these people fail to understand is that we are all Albertans and we've been facing these tough times together.
Albertans aren't divided into private-sector families and public-sector families. Many families have seen one wage-earner get laid off from the oilpatch or manufacturing and are now struggling to survive on the salary from one with a public-sector job. Private-sector workers who have lost their jobs still send their children to public schools and go to public hospitals when they are sick.
Firing or freezing the wages of thousands of family members who still have jobs is not only going to damage the economy, it's going to destroy families.
Alberta can use the next budget to stick to its guns and pursue policies that are starting to work, or it can throw it all away and return to the approach that caused the problem.
Yes, Alberta still needs to address to the real problem — revenue reform. We need a system that doesn't rely on the roller-coaster of resource prices and is stable enough to allow us to save for the future. However, until we have that solution in place, there's no risk to temporary deficits and a small level of debt, especially when interest rates are at near-record lows and the money is being put to good use creating and protecting jobs.
Don't believe the hype about Alberta's debt. Whether measured against the province's GDP or in per-capita terms, our debt is far lower than all other provinces. Every other province in Canada would love to be in our fiscal shape.
So, Alberta can follow the lead of Saskatchewan and fire thousands of workers, slash wages and gut services. It can mimic Manitoba as it looks to take money out of the economy by legislating controls on wages and pensions.
Or Alberta can stick to its guns and introduce a budget that is careful with spending, but doesn't attack families or Albertans who rely on services.
Mike Parker is the president of the Health Sciences Association of Alberta, which represents about 25,000 health-care professionals, many of whom are about to enter bargaining for new contracts.