Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) can be an incredibly isolating disorder not just for the individual who has been diagnosed, but also for families who are trying to make sense of what is happening to their loved one. An adolescent who may have been excelling in school and friendships is now self-conscious, secretive, and isolating. Below are two stories from different families who have been impacted by BDD and what their journey's looked like.
I thought it was very low self esteem. Her father thought she was way too preoccupied with the mirror and her physical appearance. Social media has been exploding with images of how girls (and boys) should look. Was this just what teenagers are going through now? Although, this had a different dimension, an excessiveness and compulsiveness that was undeniable. Any attempt I made to draw her away from this self pre-occupation was only short-lived. There was also anxiety, sadness and depression. It interfered with her ability to participate in activities at school, with friends and sometimes even with family. Her academics continually dropped. School brought on additional anxiety, as she perceived that people were always looking at her and judging her for her perceived flaws. As the years passed, I watched her daily try to create some way to cover her "flaws". She would zero in and lock on. One day her nose, another her hair, or skin, eyes or tummy, and so on. There was my 17 year-old daughter, and then there was something else that took over her thoughts creating some form of ugliness or distortion.
As her mother, these years have been very difficult and extremely painful for me to observe and know that other than being a "safe" person for my daughter, I couldn't make it okay. We tried traditional therapy for years, changing clinicians, trying to find the right one to relieve her.
My daughter has lived day-to-day for many years struggling, yet also knowing that what she was experiencing wasn't normal. She actually researched on her own and felt that she had this disorder, which I and many professionals hadn't even heard of. Her pediatrician listened to her carefully and gave us some direction, which ultimately led us to the right treatment.
From the very first appointment, my daughter was able to have dialogue with someone who actually understood her, the pain and the disruption in her life. She no longer felt shame for behaviors of the past, such as excessive preoccupation with physical self, constant mirror checking and the unquenchable need for reassurance/compliments. She had a diagnosis and was ready to move forward. She experienced some relief immediately and did her homework diligently. The program has taught my daughter how to recognize the onset and triggers of episodes, and has given her new insight to this disorder. She now has the tools to manage BDD. Her grades are good and she freely participates in activities. Her life is so much brighter now.
If you are reading this you probably already know how devastating BDD can be for the sufferers and their families. Our world fell apart when my daughter was in eighth grade. She clearly was having a very hard time and she confided in me with her concerns. I was sure it was adolescent related and I kept talking to her figuring that I would eventually say those magic words that would make her all better. When that did not happen we found a local therapist for her to talk to. The sessions were not helping but the therapist did have a diagnosis. As soon as I got online and read about BDD I knew that this is what she had.
I went and bought The Broken Mirror by Katharine Phillips and read it in a day. I read that BDD patients need to be treated by professionals trained in helping those with BDD. When we were finally able to locate a BDD clinic, I remember crying on the phone with them begging for their help because there weren't any other options. Once she did start Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) treatment, I remember the first three months being very difficult. She would cry most of the way home. It was hard work. Then things started to get better. At about four months she was really improving and I remember her agonizing over what will happen to her when the therapy ends. By the end of the trial she was doing amazingly well!! She even said that she thought she would be fine once the therapy ended.
Things were pretty good for about nine months. Then I noticed that the rituals that she worked so hard in therapy to control were creeping back into our lives. She was spending more and more time in the mirror and I knew we were in trouble. She had a relapse that was so bad she was unable to function in school. We tried a number of other therapists in our area that were not specialists in BDD since we could not find any that were. They could not help her. Because she was so depressed we decided to put her on Lexapro. Her depression lifted but the BDD wasn't getting any better. We went back to the BDD clinic to get specialized CBT for BDD. She started practicing her skills and started to get better again. She still sees her CBT therapist whenever she really needs to. She is in college now and functioning quite well although the ups and downs are still there. Transitions can be tough, but she knows her triggers and how to get through them using her CBT skills.
Our road has been long and exhausting but I know one thing for sure. Our daughter would have no quality of life if it weren't for the amazing people at the BDD clinic. She is happy most of the time, functions very well in college, and handles most of her BDD issues on her own now. She is maintaining good grades, a member of several clubs, and a leader on her residence hall. When I think about how she was and where she is today it makes me so hopeful for her future.
I think that the medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping her more steady and helps her to be able to practice her CBT on her own. The most important advice I could give to a parent is to find experts to help your child. I also believe that CBT is amazingly effective if you and your child are willing to do the work.
Our lives are as close to normal as they have ever been since this all started six years ago and that is all thanks to her CBT therapist's amazing dedication and expertise and my daughter's willingness to work hard to fight back against the thoughts that constantly invade her life. We are so incredibly proud of her!!


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'Holy Sh*t… They're Now Canceling Helen Keller for Being White'
In yet another example of the insidiousness of the cancel culture of the Left, a recent Time magazine article on the life of Helen Keller, born blind and deaf, yet despite adversity, went on to become an inspiration around the world, Time editors decided to include a bit of "fair and balanced" "reporting" on Keller's remarkable life — which we'll get to later.
Washington Examiner's Mary Vought, who is also the executive director of the Senate Conservatives Fund, was disgusted with Time over its piece on Helen Keller — perhaps because Mary knows what it's like to have a child with a disability.
You've got to be kidding me. The woke mob is now going after Helen Keller for being white. 🙄
Nevermind the advancements she worked to achieve for those with disabilities.
Via @TIME pic.twitter.com/7W2cs2A5nR
— Mary Vought (@MaryVought) December 17, 2020
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"Anyone that helps fight for those with ailments is a hero, not a villain," Vought said. "It doesn't matter what color their skin is!"
"The 'woke mob' was slammed for saying deaf and blind activist Helen Keller was a "privileged white person" in a recent Time magazine article," tweeted the Examiner, along with a link to its op-ed, titled 'Woke mob' slammed for saying Helen Keller is 'just another' 'privileged white person'.
The "woke mob" was slammed for saying deaf and blind activist Helen Keller was a "privileged white person" in a recent Time magazine article. https://t.co/JKQbbismwP
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) December 17, 2020
The Examiner's Michael Lee wrote, in part:
The "woke mob" was slammed for saying deaf and blind activist Helen Keller was a "privileged white person" in a recent Time magazine article.
"As a mother to a child with a disability, this is extremely offensive. Helen Keller dedicated her life to advocating for those with disabilities and illness. To suddenly cancel her now because of her skin color is not only outrageous, it's racist," the executive director of the Senate Conservatives Fund, Mary Vought, told the Washington Examiner.
The Time piece, titled "Co-Founding the ACLU, Fighting for Labor Rights and Other Helen Keller Accomplishments Students Don't Learn in School," highlighted the lack of focus in education on the achievements of people with disabilities.
The portion of the Time story that drew ire reads: "However, to some Black disability rights activists, like Anita Cameron, Helen Keller is not radical at all, 'just another, despite disabilities, privileged white person,' and yet another example of history telling the story of privileged white Americans."
This is not only disgusting on its face; it is yet one more stark reminder that the virulent angry Left, now "woke" as hell, will stop at nothing in its drive to cancel America, including everyone and everything we hold dear, to the point of irrelevance, in their sick minds, if not erasure from our history books and ultimately our collective memories altogether.
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Helen Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968), was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. The story of Keller and her teacher, Anne Sullivan, was made famous by Keller's autobiography, "The Story of My Life," and its adaptations for film and stage, "The Miracle Worker."
As TIME also noted, to its credit, given that TIME editors obviously decided to include a bit of "fair and balanced" "news" — woke-style — in its article, Keller co-founded the American Civil Liberties Union, supported the NAACP, was a member of the Socialist Party, had ties to the Communist Party, and testified before Congress to advocate for the blind. Her only unforgivable sin in the eyes of the Left was being white.
Helen Keller at 81 meets Patty Duke 15, who portrayed Miss Keller in the play THE MIRACLE WORKER (1962) pic.twitter.com/wGKWF79CEk
— Aurora (@CitizenScreen) December 15, 2020
On a personal note, I remember watching "The Miracle Worker" as a young child with my mother, who wanted me not only to know who Helen Keller was but to also understand the extreme challenges she overcame. As I look back at watching the movie with my mom, I think about the times in which Helen Keller, against all odds, became Helen Keller, and it strikes me; what she must have endured as opposed to children with similar disabilities today, all of which makes the "woke" Left's attack on a genuine American heroine even viler.
Someone else disgusted was Donald Trump Jr., who has become an influencer on social media during the four years of his dad's presidency; he summed it up perfectly:
"Holy shit… they're now canceling Helen Keller for being white. You can't make this crap up anymore. You can never be woke enough."
Amen, Junior. As is the case with liberal hypocrisy as a whole, "woke" never sleeps.
Holy shit… they're now canceling Helen Keller for being white.
You can't make this crap up anymore. You can never be woke enough https://t.co/ev6DDOEgyX
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) December 18, 2020
So how vile and disgusting is the Left's bastard child? This vile and disgusting:
god i hate this dumb bitch i hate helen keller pic.twitter.com/mGSp5Ar5Up
— lannibal ~ACAB~ (@zelpona) December 14, 2020
Let's be frank. A once proud magazine that millions of Americans looked forward to reading every week has reduced itself to a caricature of the Left, never missing an opportunity to further whore itself out prostitute itself in the name of so-called "progressivism." For that, it has become simply another irrelevant left-wing rag.
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This Twitter user summed it up perfectly.
"When we've reached the point where Hellen [sic] Keller was 'privileged' we have officially lost our minds."
Amen, Chris Dunlap.
When we've reached the point where Hellen Keller was "privileged" we have officially lost our minds. 🤦🏻♂
— Chris Dunlap 🇺🇸 (@ChrisDunlap1) December 17, 2020
The insanity provides yet another stark reminder that the sane among us must stand and fight against the Left's insidiousness; against its take-no-prisoners cancel culture that seeks to destroy America as we know it, including the astonishing accomplishments a deaf and blind child who grew up to inspiration to untold millions around the world; both children with disabilities and those who loved them — even those with "white privilege.'
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Rashad Anton Evans (Niagara Falls, 25 september 1979) is een Amerikaans voormalig MMA-vechter. Hij was van december 2008 tot en met mei 2009 UFC-wereldkampioen in het lichtzwaargewicht.

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Evans begon met worstelen op de middelbare school. Hij won het National Junior College-kampioenschap onder 75 kg in 2000. Hierna verhuisde hij naar Michigan State University en begon te vechten in de onder 79 kg klasse. In 2004 nam Evans deel aan vijf wedstrijden in de MMA onder leiding van Dan Severn. Hij won alle vijf wedstrijden. Hierdoor werd hij als een van de negen zwaargewichten geselecteerd om deel te nemen aan het tweede seizoen van het realityprogramma The Ultimate Fighter in 2005. Na het verslaan van onder anderen Mike Whitehead en Keith Jardine versloeg hij in de finale Brad Imes en kreeg hij een driejarig contract bij de UFC.

Evans bleef ongeslagen in zijn eerste zeven gevechten bij de UFC, waarbij hij onder anderen Michael Bisping en voormalig wereldkampioen Chuck Liddell versloeg. Daarop mocht hij het opnemen tegen regerend kampioen lichtzwaargewicht Forrest Griffin. Evans won nadat de scheidsrechter het gevecht stopte in de derde ronde en werd de nieuwe kampioen lichtzwaargewicht. Hij slaagde er in zijn eerstvolgende gevecht niet in om zijn titel te verdedigen tegen Lyoto Machida, die hem in de tweede ronde knock-out sloeg. Evans kreeg in april 2012 een nieuwe kans op de lichtzwaargewichttitel, maar titelverdediger Jon Jones versloeg hem die dag op basis van een unanieme jurybeslissing.

Evans vocht daarna nog acht partijen, waarvan hij er zes verloor. Hij kwam in 2014 en 2015 samen één keer in actie vanwege verschillende blessures, voornamelijk aan zijn knie. Na zijn terugkeer in oktober 2015 verloor hij vijf keer op rij. Evans maakte in juni 2018 officieel zijn MMA pensioen bekend.

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Evans won op 27 december 2008 de lichtzwaargewichttitel bij de UFC door regerend kampioen Griffin te verslaan. Daarmee won de winnaar van seizoen 2 van The Ultimate Fighter van de winnaar van het eerste seizoen daarvan.
In het najaar van 2009 was Evans coach in het tiende seizoen van The Ultimate Fighter.

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Andreas Bødtker Christensen (born 10 April 1996) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for La Liga club Barcelona and the Denmark national team. Christensen began his career at Skjold Birkerød and later joined Brøndby. He joined Chelsea at the age of 15 in February 2012, making his professional debut in October 2014. From 2015 to 2017, he was loaned to Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach, where he made 82 appearances and scored 7 goals. Christensen made his full international debut for Denmark in June 2015, and represented the nation at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2020 and the 2022 World Cup. Club career Chelsea Early career Christensen was born in Lillerød, Allerød Municipality. The son of former Brøndby goalkeeper Sten Christensen, he began his career with Skjold Birkerød and later joined Brøndby. He spent eight years there, attracting the interest of Europe's elite clubs including Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City, and Bayern Munich. On 7 February 2012, Christensen signed for Chelsea on a free transfer, near the end of André Villas-Boas' tenure as the club's manager. Upon joining the London side, Christensen said: "I have chosen Chelsea because they play the kind of football I like."Christensen was first included in a Chelsea senior squad for their last game of the 2012–13 season on 19 May 2013, but did not feature in the match, which ended a 2–1 home win over Everton in Rafael Benítez's last match as manager. In the pre-season tour of the United States before the 2013–14 season, he was part of the senior team squad and signed a professional contract thereafter. 2014–15 season He made his professional debut on 28 October 2014, playing the full 90 minutes at right-back as Chelsea won 2–1 away to Shrewsbury Town in the fourth round of the League Cup. Christensen did not play again until 24 January 2015, when he was utilised in the same position for Chelsea's 4–2 home defeat to League One team Bradford City in the FA Cup fourth round.Although Christensen played no further part in the campaign, Chelsea won the League Cup with a 2–0 victory over rival club Tottenham Hotspur in the final. When asked who was man of the match for the final, manager José Mourinho said, "Man of the match was Andreas Christensen who played well against Shrewsbury. There are more than John Terry (the official Man of the match for the final) because we are a team. I am proud of the guys."On 13 April 2015, Christensen played for Chelsea U19 in the final of the 2014–15 UEFA Youth League against Shakhtar Donetsk in Switzerland and although he scored an own goal to cancel out Izzy Brown's opener in the first-half, Chelsea still ended with a 3–2 victory. He made his Premier League debut against Sunderland on 24 May, replacing Mikel John Obi with 12 minutes remaining in a 3–1 home victory. Although Christensen only made one league appearances out of the whole season, Mourinho stated that he would receive a replica medal from his club for his contributions this season. 2015–2017: Loan to Borussia Mönchengladbach On 10 July 2015, Christensen joined Borussia Mönchengladbach on a two-year loan deal from Chelsea. He made his debut on 10 August against FC St. Pauli in the first round of the DFB-Pokal, winning 4–1. Five days later, Christensen made his Bundesliga debut in a 4–0 loss at Borussia Dortmund. He scored his first professional goals on 5 February 2016, a brace in a 5–1 win over Werder Bremen at Borussia-Park.After an impressive debut season, Christensen was voted the team's Player of the Season, ahead of Granit Xhaka, the team captain. After the success of his first season, Mönchengladbach made multiple attempts to make his loan permanent during the 2016 summer transfer window, although it was reported that Chelsea rejected the £14.25 million bid from the German club.In the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League, Christensen scored the final goal of a 4–2 win away to Fiorentina in the second leg of the last 32 to assure a 4–3 aggregate win. He was on target again in the next round against neighbours Schalke, who won on away goals after a 3–3 aggregate draw. 2017–2022: Return to Chelsea On 12 August 2017, Christensen made his first appearance for Chelsea following his two-year loan spell in Germany, coming off the bench following captain Gary Cahill being sent off, in Chelsea's 3–2 opening day home defeat against Burnley. Eight days later, he made his first Premier League start in a 2–1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley Stadium. On 9 January 2018, Christensen signed a new four-and-half-year deal with Chelsea running until 2022, after establishing himself in the first team. Christensen made 40 appearances for the Blues in 2017–18, including three in the victorious FA Cup campaign. However, a back injury meant he was not involved in the final. Prior to the season's finish, he was awarded the club's Young Player of the Year award.New manager Maurizio Sarri preferred to pair David Luiz and Antonio Rüdiger in central defence, and by February 2019 Christensen had made 15 appearances, only two of which in the league. However, he ruled out wanting to leave the club.On 29 May 2021, Christensen replaced the injured Thiago Silva in the 39th minute as he won his first-ever UEFA Champions League after Chelsea won 1–0 against Manchester City in the 2021 UEFA Champions League Final in Porto. On 20 October 2021, Christensen scored his first goal for Chelsea in a 4–0 win against Malmö FF in the group stage of the Champions League. Barcelona On 4 July 2022, Christensen signed for La Liga club Barcelona in a free transfer on a four-year contract with a buyout clause of €500 million. On 13 August, he made his debut in 0–0 draw against Rayo Vallecano in the league. International career On 8 June 2015, Christensen made his senior international debut for Denmark in a 2–1 home friendly win against Montenegro at the Viborg Stadium, as a 69th-minute substitute for Pierre-Emile Højbjerg. On 24 March 2016, Christensen made his first Denmark start in a 2–1 victory over Iceland, playing the full 90 minutes of the friendly at the MCH Arena.Christensen played six matches in Denmark's successful 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign. On 14 November 2017 he scored his first international goal to equalise in a 5–1 win over the Republic of Ireland in the second leg of the play-off. Manager Åge Hareide called him up for the final tournament in Russia. He partnered Simon Kjær in central defence, having been able to play in that position due to Andreas Bjelland's absence through injury, but played in defensive midfield in the final group game against France. In the last 16 against Croatia, he remained in midfield to combat the opponents' strength in that sector, but made an error that allowed Mario Mandžukić to equalise as Croatia went on to win on penalties.Andreas Christensen was one of the key players fo.... Discover the Andreas Christensen popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Andreas Christensen books.
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Q: Regex that captures single/double quotes and parenthesis Using the following regex in PHP, I am able to filter out strings from our application files that look like __('test string'), for translation purposes.
preg_match_all('/__\((?:(?:[\"]([^\"\)]*?)[\"](?:,[^\)]*)?)|(?:[\']([^\'\)]*?)[\'](?:,[^\)]*)?))\)/', $contents, $matches)

However, I'm stuck figuring out how to capture strings that contain parenthesis themselves, without breaking the ability to parse strings that have both single (') and double (") quotes.
This example in gSkinner's RegExr shows the issue: http://gskinner.com/RegExr/?35joj
Anybody out there feeling like a regex ninja today? Thanks in advance. Also, whoo, first post.

A: This should do it: __\(('|")[^__]+('|")\).

A: I think you are on the right track.
 #  "/__\\((?:\"[^\"\\\\]*(?:\\\\.[^\"\\\\]*)*\"|'[^'\\\\]*(?:\\\\.[^'\\\\]*)*')\\)/"

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      " [^"\\]* (?: \\ . [^"\\]* )* "
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      ' [^'\\]* (?: \\ . [^'\\]* )* '
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As part of our Digital Programme's recent Experimental Photography School, Search Engine Artist and Internet Imperialist Gretchen Andrew came by to discuss how the internet is imperially, creatively, and maliciously used as a source of definition. Revealing her creative process and using examples from her work, Gretchen invited us to consider the implications on image culture, while teaching us how to do it ourselves.
The Photographers' Gallery: How did you first begin working with search engines as artistic mediums?
Gretchen Andrew: My first search engine piece was accidental. My painting mentor Billy Childish first taught me how to copy his work. I put these paintings on my website as " NOT NOT Billy Childish paintings" because of their liminal, actor-like state of being both NOT Billy Childish paintings but also NOT entirely NOT Billy Childish paintings. These paintings started to emerge in search results ahead of and indistinguishable from the real deal. This " not not" nuance is one that search engines, and computers in general, have a very difficult time with. I began to consider how else search engines struggle with nuance and what this means for the way they answer questions and the definitions they create.
TPG: What is your process?
TPG: During the workshop you focused on Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) as a tool. At a basic level, what is SEO, how does it work, and how do you use it in your practice?
GA: SEO is a way of structuring web content to optimise discoverability by search engines. It involves establishing the credibility of your content in association with specific search terms, in large part through getting other sites with lots of visitors to link to your content. The network is really important which means to be successful in my internet imperialisation I need to make lots of content and rely on an increasing army of other creators. I use SEO to push my images up to the top of search results page where they become a larger element in the search term's definition.
TPG: You call yourself an internet imperialist, what does that mean?
GA: By organising information in a certain way I can take over the online reputation of ideas, names, terms, but places are particularly interesting to me. I like the idea that, through manipulation of search engines, I can extend my definition-making influence in an outweighed way. Knowing how to use and organise information is like having a military.
One of my current projects is to imperialise image search results for " Bow New Hampshire" with my images of growing up there. It's a very small town in a very small state so most of the people coming across these results won't have a primary experience of it as a place. Instead they get my very consciously personal paintings.
" Internet Imperialist" is a little tongue-in-cheek but also meant to remind us about all the very serious ways internet imperialism is occurring. I've been looking into how remote civilisations are represented online and experimenting with replacing their imposed online image identities with blank pieces of paper.
TPG: During Experimental Photography School you shared a video called " Boys vs Girl." How does it relate to the ideas we've been discussing?
GA: I think a lot about how image search is used as a de facto visual dictionary and how problematic this is because of the way it codifies the existing discrimination in culture. It's great because it's revealing but terrifying for the same reason. It's an obsession of mine that we not use " girl" to describe anyone over 16 or so. If you conduct and image search for " girl" you get sexualised women. Conduct one for " boy" you get children. Conduct one for " guy" and you get professional looking men. This video is an ongoing project using search results for " girl" and " boy" to be arranged in a way that exposes the false equivalency and reinforces the importance of thinking deeply about the increasing authority we give to search engines and the algorithms that make them work.
Gretchen Andrew (born in California, 1988) is a Search Engine Artist and Internet Imperialist whose HOW TO HOW TO HOW TO & #accordingToTheInternet projects look at the internet as a tenuous form of authority that can be used to understand, manipulate, and imperialise definitions. Her search-based practice is accompanied by a painting practice that is used as an image source for her related Internal Imperialism. She has completed projects or exhibitions with The New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, The V&A Museum, The Photographer's Gallery, The British Film Institute, The Lumen Prize for Digital Art, The British Arts Council, The White Building, Ace Hotel, The London Film School, and Whitcher Projects. She works in London with the artist Billy Childish.


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Q: Как в базу MySQL занести результат из дробным подсчетом? Вопрос в следующем: как в базу MySQL занести результат из дробным подсчетом?
например если b:=2; все правильно заносит, если b:=0.4; то результат 0 будет.
поле ПЕНСИЯ в базе имеет тип DOUBLE
procedure TForm1.Button3Click(Sender: TObject);
    var b:real;
    begin
    b:=0.4;
     //b:=2;
    with sqlquery1 do
    begin
    active:=false;
    sql.Clear;
     SQL.Add('UPDATE base SET пенсия="'+edit8.Text+'"*"'+floattostr(b)+'"');

     ExecSQL;

    end;

A: Воспользуйтесь компонентами UNIDAC. Тогда поля в ДБ будут выглядеть как переменные в дельфи. И вы сможете "напрямую" их редактировать. Но там несколько приколов есть. Рассказывать не буду. Сами прочтете в хэлпе.


Behind the New Think Traffic Design (Results + How We Did It) with Chase Reeves – Think Traffic recently went through a complete redesign of the website, which increased their e-mail subscription  rates dramatically. In this interview, Corbett chats with the designer who helped them with that, Chase Reeves, who shares  how he developed the new design for Think Traffic.
Marketing is getting more and more difficult, as consumers grow increasingly wary of being "marketed to." Stories have a way of cutting through the clutter and helping to create an emotional investment in your business or product. Being able to envision and articulate the story behind your brand will be a defining characteristic of successful marketers as consumers become more and more cynical.


The match was played on a really heavy pitch. The Kirkwood coaching staff had been sweeping water away for 2 hours prior to kick off. FC Kirkwood went ahead with a goal of the season contender. Chris Mc Cormack picked the ball up in midfield and passed the ball wide to Nicky Croall. Nicky Croall cut the ball across the Balloch Eastfield box and Scott Ballantyne arrived at the back post to smash a cracking volley home FC Kirkwood 1-0 up after 2 mins.
The match was evenly contested and Balloch Eastfield deservedly drew level after 25 mins after a scramble in the Kirkwood goalmouth. 1-1 at half time.
At the start of the second half FC Kirkwoods Mathew O'Hagan should have been sent off after a last man tackle on the Balloch forward. The referee did not give the decision. 10 mins into the second half FC Kirkwood went ahead after a scramble in the Balloch goalmouth.
The match could have went either way but with 10 mins left FC Kirkwood got a free kick 20 yards out. Kyle the Kirkwood centre half stepped up and smashed a 25 yarder goalwards. The Balloch keeper fumbled due to the conditions and FC Kirkwood were 3-1 up.
With 2 minutes remaining Balloch were awarded a penalty even although the infringement took place outside of the box. The Balloch player stepped up and sent the keeper the wrong way. 3-2 FC Kirkwood.
The game finished 3-2 and it was a credit to bot the sets of players.Right on full time Balloch Eastfield had a player sent off for dissent as they chased an equaliser.


Dwight's Crew is about to spend their 3rd night out at a very special spot – Pawnee rock. Views abound – and a very special birthday celebration is being enjoyed with some brownies up there. Happy Birthday Leticia!


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COCKED & LOADED
13TH PLANET(THP001CD)
RETURN OF LEGENDARY MINISTRY SIDE-PROJECT "REVOLTING COCKS"!!!!!
"A trashy synthesis of the most extreme industrial noise, the silliest pop culture, and classic art rock" - ALLMUSIC Fresh off Ministry's Grammy nomination -- for Best Metal Performance for "The Great Satan" -- frontman Al Jourgensen recorded records by both the industrial powerhouse and his much missed side project, the Revolting Cocks. "Cocked and Loaded" is the first Revolting Cocks record in more than a decade. "It's pretty prurient and juvenile and everything else that Revolting Cocks are known for," Jourgensen says of the new songs, with titles such as "Jack in the Crack" and "Viagra Culture." "It's basically middle-aged men regaining their lost, juvenile delinquency years and being absolutely sophomoric. It's great." The ten-track effort features a host of guests -- including fellow Texans GIBBY HAYNES (Butthole Surfers) and ZZ Top axeman BILLY GIBBONS, the Dead Kennedys' JELLO BIAFRA, and Cheap Trick's ROBIN ZANDER and RICK NIELSEN. "I've known all these guys for years," Jourgensen says. "We've been talking about doing stuff together, but this time it seems the skies opened up, the planets lined up and everything worked out. Pretty soon we looked on the shelf, and damn, there was almost an album there."
1. Fire Engine
2. Ten Million Ways To Die
3. Caliente (Dark Entries)
4. Prune Tang
5. Dead End Streets
6. Pole Grinder
7. Jack In The Crack
8. Devil Cock
9. Viagra Culture
10. Revolting Cock Au Lait
Label : 13TH PLANET
Item no. : THP001CD
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Dear Reader !
Welcome to the August issue of the Speciation Newsletter provided by the European Virtual Institute for Speciation Analysis (EVISA).
Last week the conference "Mercury as the global pollutant" concluded with a ratification of a conference declaration. Endorsed by all 37 scientists who crafted the declaration, the document states that mercury pollution is a global threat to humans, fish and wildlife -- and a problem that could be reduced by decreasing mercury use and emissions (see the News section).
Mercury is a frequent topic in the EVISA News section, but this month we have two elements in the headlines occuring much less frequently: Platinum and Antimony.
The month continues with interesting events having at least sessions or contributions related to speciation analysis. As mentioned earlier, EVISA will take part in the National Environmental Monitoring Conference (NEMC 2006) the only event in the US co-organized by US EPA. This year NEMC will have speciation sessions over 1.5 days.
Hope to meet you there !
With all the links to further information and publications the News archive is a valuable collection of "hot topics" in speciation analysis. We continuously update even "old" news with new links.
Mercury pollution threatens health worldwide, scientists say
The Eighth International Conference on "Mercury as a Global Pollutant", held last week at Monona Terrace, concluded Friday, Aug. 11 with the ratification of a Conference Declaration.
Toxic antimony species found in beverages stored in PET containers
By using HPLC-ICP-MS and ESI-MS researchers from the University of Crete studied the speciation of antimony in beverages stored in PET and other container materials.
EVISA member Eurofins achieves growth in sales of almost 50%
Brussels/ Nantes, August 3, 2006 Over the period from January 1 until June 30, 2006, Eurofins achieved sales of € 150.9 million, which corresponds to a growth of 49% compared with HY1/ 2005 (€ 101.0 million). Therewith, Eurofins is well in line with its objective to reach a turnover of € 300 million for the full year 2006.
Bioavailable and toxic platinum species present in silicone breast implants ?
Recently, Ernest Lykissa and S.V.M. Maharaj reported that women exposed to silicone breast implants have significantly enhanced levels of platinum in their body fluids and tissues (urine, hair, nails, and breast milk). In their paper, published in the May issue of Analytical Chemistry they reported that the platinum probably originates from silicone implants that contain the platinum in an oxidized, highly reactive form. Such finding being in contradiction to reports by the implant manufacturers who had reported that platinum is present in the inert, zero-valence form, generated news coverage and letters to the Editor questioning the results.
Columbia University Receives $16.9 Million Award from NIEHS to Study Origin and Health Effects of Arsenic in Ground Water
Researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and Center for International Earth Science Information Network announced that they have been awarded a five-year, $16.9 million grant renewal from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Superfund Basic Research Program (SBRP). The grant will fund ongoing investigations into the health effects and geochemistry of arsenic and manganese exposure, particularly in groundwater of New England and South Asia.
ISC06 26th International Symposium on Chromatography
Location: Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre, Melbourne , Australia
1st European Chemistry Congress
Location: Budapest/Hungary
17th International Mass Spectrometry Conference
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
NEMC 2006: The 22nd Annual National Environmental Monitoring Conference
10th International Conference on Flow Analysis
Location: Porto - Portugal
In this moment we haven't scheduled new training courses. If you would like to see a special topic, please feel free to contact us. We also might be able to arrange training at your site !
Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcaste University, UK
The Therapeutic Significance of a Newly Discovered Major Class of DNA Adducts Formed in Cells by the Anti-cancer Drug Cisplatin
Supervisor: Dr. Michael J. Tilby, Northern Institute for Cancer Research (NICR).
Sponsor: Cancer Research UK
Project start date: 1 October 2006
Post-doctoral fellow (m/f) for the X-Ray Microscopy beamline ID21, ESRF, Grenoble
ID21 is an undulator beamline devoted to high resolution micro-analysis and micro-imaging which serves two complementary independent end-stations. A scanning X-ray Microscope is optimized for X-ray fluorescence and transmission micro-spectroscopies/imaging in the 2-8 keV range. A synchrotron based infrared microscope is dedicated to FTIR microscopy and spectroscopy. Areas of interest involve the study of elemental distributions, chemical speciation, morphology and crystallinity of biological, mineralogical or Materials Science samples with micron and sub-micron lateral resolution.
Trent University: Trace metal speciation and analytical method development
A position is available immediately for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Trent University, Peterborough, Canada. Applicants should have an interest in trace metal speciation and analytical method development, with demonstrated experience with ICP-MS.
University of Crete: Marie Curie PostDoc
A Marie Curie Postdoctoral fellowship is available immediately with our Group at the University of Crete to conduct research into the development and application of advanced analytical chemistry techniques for characterizing novel metal species in biological and environmental samples (metal speciation analysis) and for investigating their interactions with biomolecules.
National Cheng kung University, Taiwan: Inorganic Isotopic Lab
A post-doctoral position is available in the Inorganic Isotopic Lab at
Department of Earth Sciences, National Cheng kung University, Taiwan. The candidates are expected to carry out geochemical and/or environmental projects.
Staff Scientist (Laboratory Manager) @ Harvard University
Requisition Number: 26885
School / Unit: Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Department: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Diego State University: Technician
The Department of Geological Sciences at San Diego State University is hiring a mass spectrometry and clean laboratory technician to support our research in Isotope Geochemistry.
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology: Laboratory manager
The division of Biophysical Toxicology at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology is seeking a Laboratory Manager to oversee and maintain the running of their trace metal analysis and vibrational spectroscopy laboratory.
University of Kansas: Laboratory Technician
The (U-Th)/He Laboratory in the Department of Geology at the University of Kansas invites applications for a laboratory manager or technician with experience in geochemistry or inorganic chemistry. The appointment will begin on June 1, 2006, with a later starting date possible.
Frontier Geosciences: Senior Scientist/Principal Investigator
Frontier GeoSciences, Inc., (FGS) is expanding its applied research program on trace element chemistry in the environment. Recognized internationally as a leader in the analytical chemistry of mercury in natural waters since its inception in 1992 and with one of the leading research programs in the atmospheric chemistry of mercury, FGS is looking to hire two senior or principal scientists with nationally recognized research programs to complement and take advantage of FGS's core strengths.


Cute Hummingbird needle threader for general hand-sewing needles. It comes with a flip open cover to protect the metal threader when not in use.
Includes: safety thread cutter, easy to use instructions on packaging.


Flat Rock Community Center, Inc.
Flat Rock Community Center, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. Serving over 200 families, approximately 600 people, in both Jackson and DeKalb Counties in the state of Alabama, we continue to need volunteers and donated items for New Beginnings Thrift Store. The food pantry needs donated food items as well as volunteers to pack and give out food.
Our Food Bank has experienced over 1000% increase in the number of our food recipients in the last two years. 23% of our recipients are children and 100% live at or below the poverty level.
Please consider helping us meet the needs of the hungry in our area or contact your local food bank to start making a positive impact on your community today.
Spring & Summer items are now being prepared for stocking. We have a large selection of clean, good quality clothing items for all ages at prices you just can't beat. New (to you) items are stocked every week. And remember, your purchases in the thrift store help support our Food Bank, now serving 225 families (over 600 people) every month in the Flat Rock, Ider, Bryant and Higdon, Alabama communities.
Our Thrift Store, located in the front of the building, offers good quality clothing, personal hygiene products and household items at low cost to all patrons. These items are offered free to those with a need. The rear of the buillding houses our community area, kitchen, food bank, sorting room and business offices. Please come by for a visit and see how we've grown!
We still need volunteers! If you would like to help, please report to the Center during regular business hours (see above, left) and someone will help you get started. We have been overwhelmed by the kindness and generosity of those who have helped thus far. We truly can't thank you enough and pray that God will bless you for your much appreciated efforts.


The Executive Board meets at 2:30 PM followed by a 4:00 PM Potluck Dinner at the home of our new Chapter Dean, Rev. Meg Williams, 875 East Broadway, Stratford. The Board Meeting is open to all Greater Bridgeport Chapter members, so come early and listen in too.
Please RSVP to Meg before Wednesday, September 10, and tell her what you will be bringing - appetizer, main course item or dessert.


Home > Blog > Farewell, Rosalie!
APCSS recently farewelled Rosalie Gleeson as she retired as Principal of Loreto College at the end of Term 1.
At the annual Combined Principals and DEPSLA gathering (which coincidentally was hosted by Rosalie at Loreto), the Chair of APCSS Pam Ronan, in wishing Rosalie well in this next phase of her life journey, thanked her for her contribution to APCSS, but more importantly for her contribution to Catholic Education and to education in SA throughtout her career.
At the same time we take this opportunity to welcome Dr Sylvia Walton AO, Executive Principal of Loreto, to our Association. Best wishes, Sylvia!


Q: What kinds of templates can you sequence?
A: We can sequence plasmids, PCR products, phage and some BAC templates. Please keep in mind that PCR products need to be purified away from the amplification primers and any spurious amplification products. We can provide purification services, if desired. We ask that templates be provided in an EDTA-free buffer such as water or 10mM tris.
Q: What amount of template and primer do you need?
A: We will need ~35 ng of template DNA per 1Kb of total template size. Therefore, if we are performing a reaction on a 3Kb vector with a 2.5Kb insert we would need ~180 ng for that reaction (5.5Kb x 35ng). Likewise, if we were performing a reaction on a 350bp PCR fragment, we would need ~12 ng of template DNA. For each reaction we use 1ul of a 10uM primer dilution. Primers can be supplied at a higher concentration, as long as it is clearly marked.
Q: How many bases do you get per reaction?
A: We normally get between 450 and 650 bases of quality sequence per reaction. Please keep in mind that this can vary due reasons including template quality, sequence composition and many others.
Q: How quickly will I get my results?
A: Our normal turn around time is one to two business days.
Q: Do I need to provide the sequencing primers?
A: We have most common vector primers here at the lab, so unless you require gene specific primers, you do not need to provide them. Please keep in mind that Lofstrand does offer Oligonucleotide synthesis services, so even if you do need custom primers, we can do that for you as well.
Q: Can you directly sequence genomic DNA?
A: We do not directly sequence genomic DNA. However, we can amplify a target region as a PCR product using a high-fidelity polymerase and use that product as a sequencing template.
Q: How do you isolate your plasmids?
A: Routinely, we isolate the plasmids using CsCl gradients. This procedure yields the best quality plasmids that are ideal for labeling, transfection, RNA transcripts, and other molecular biology steps. It also yields more DNA than using other methods. We also isolate plasmids using affinity columns.
Q: What do we need to send ?
A: If it is a bacterial culture, we prefer to receive it on a fresh plate culture. But we accept cultures in the form of fresh overnight, stab, or glycerol freeze. We also accept DNA. There will be additional charges for transformation and miniprep check when the starting material is DNA.
Q: Can we order by the mg.
A: It is not possible to predict the yield of DNA from bacterial cultures. We therefore charge by the liter of bacterial culture, not by mg.
Q: Do you isolate other vector DNA?
A: Yes, we also isolate BACs, PACs, fosmids, Cosmids and dsM13.
A: 5-7 working days from culture, 10 working days from DNA.
Q: How do you isolate genomic DNA and from what type of starting sources?
A: Routinely, we isolate genomic DNA from blood, tissue(plant/animal/microbial) and cell culture and purify the DNA by proteinase K treatment and ammonium acetate/SDS and/or phenol/chloroform extraction. This procedure yields the high quality DNA that is ideal for labeling, restriction digests, Southern blots, genomic libraries, and other molecular biology steps.
Q: How do you isolate RNA and from what type of starting sources?
A: Routinely, we isolate total RNA from blood, tissue(plant/animal/microbial) and cell culture and purify the total RNA by Trizol extraction. This procedure yields high quality RNA that is ideal for labeling, Northern blots, and other molecular biology steps. Poly A RNA is purified using oligo dT affinity columns.
A: If it is a bacterial culture, we prefer to receive it on a fresh plate culture. But we accept cultures in the form of fresh overnight, stab, or glycerol freeze.
Blood, tissue culture cells, animal tissue, plant tissue, and microbial cells can be sent frozen on dry ice or in RNA later or RNA Ice(Ambion).


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-{Battlefield}- је серијал франшиза компјутерских игара за различите платформе. Прва игра из серијала је -{Battlefield 1942}- развијена за -{PC/Mac}- платформе. Ову игру развио је -{Digital Illusions CE}- а издала је компанија -{Electronic Arts}-. Главне одлике свих игара франшизе су велике мапе и могућност управљања различитим возилима. Главни адут игара је мод за више играча.

Игре у серијалу
 Претеча ових игара је игра -{Codename Eagle (PC)}- издата 1999. године
 -{Battlefield 1942 - (PC, Mac)}-, издата 10. септембра 2002.
 -{The Road to Rome}- (експанзија)
 -{Secret Weapons of World War II}- (експанзија)
 -{Battlefield Vietnam}- - (PC), издата 14. марта 2004. у САД и 19. марта 2004. за остала тржишта.
 -{Battlefield 2 - (PC)}-, издат је 21. јуна 2005. за америчко тржиште и 24. јуна 2005. за остала тржишта.
 -{Special Forces}- (експанзија), издата 22. новембра 2005. за америчко и 24. новембра 2004. за остала тржишта.
 Euro Force}- издата 14. марта 2006. године
 -{Armored Fury}- издата 6. јуна 2006.
 -{Battlefield 2: Modern Combat - (PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable)}-, издата 24. октобра 2005. -{(PS2/Xbox), 11. маја 2006. (Xbox 360)}-
 -{Battlefield 2142 - (PC)}-, издата 17. октобра 2006.
 -{Northern Strike}- издата 8. марта 2007.
 -{Battlefield: Bad Company - (Xbox 360, PS3, PlayStation Portable, PC)}-
 -{Battlefield Heroes}- - у фази развоја. Излазак је најављен за крај лета 2008. године.
 -{Battlefield Bad Company 2 (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)}- - Излазак: 1. Квартал 2010.
 -{Battlefield 1 (Xbox One, PS4, PC)}- - Излазак: 21. октобар 2016.

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A story about 3 people struggling to save their souls in a world created by Death her self!
Every 5 years Death gives a chance of 3 souls bound for hell to reach heaven. This time the chosen ones are 3 girls: Ivy, Loona and Josie. To save their soul they will have 12 hours to survive in a world filled with twisted creatures where their mind and body will be tested. Oh, and one more thing...only one of them will survive!
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Home Morris County Harvest Bistro in Madison: A New Beginning for Inspired Cuisine
Harvest Bistro in Madison: A New Beginning for Inspired Cuisine
Julia Mullaney
Harvest Bistro's owner, Tushar Patel, procured a Madison, New Jersey, delicatessen back in 1996. He named the local deli On a Roll and ran it for over 20 years. Recently, Patel rebranded the establishment to something more personal and refined: Harvest Bistro.
Tushar Patel outside his restaurant, Harvest Bistro, in Madison, NJ
"I went through a rough point in life about my mid-30s," Patel said. "There was a lot of hard work through that time. The harvest is the hardest time in anyone's life. There was just a whole 'season' [of change]."
Patel said his personal journey led him to rediscover what he wanted out of his restaurant. He was looking to build a fresh-to-table eatery, featuring an eclectic menu of inspired cuisine.
Sesame Crusted Ahi Tuna
warm rice noodles + spinach + cashews + grape tomato
house teriyaki or balsamic redux
Patel was born in India but raised in Irvington and Union. He notes that his fixation with food comes from his parents, with whom he cooked family meals growing up. Because of that, he views cooking as a familial experience.
Tushar Patel and his family
A Meaningful Menu
Patel describes Harvest Bistro's menu as diverse, with many ingredients made in house. And although the selection changes with the seasons, some options are non-negotiable. For example, the coconut chicken and red grape salad is a keeper—for sure. This one is an offering from the restaurant's previous iteration, and it's here to stay.
Owner Tushar Patel and Chef Walter
The same goes for the bistro's crispy cauliflower, which is a tapas-style dish. It's an offbeat blend of garlic and spices and the brainchild of a collaboration between Patel and Harvest Bistro's chef, Walter Fernandez.
Over the years, a remarkably classic dish has become a local favorite as well: chicken fingers. "I have one customer who orders more than 2,000 pieces of chicken fingers each year from us," Patel said.
The rigatoni brisket Bolognese is perpetually in demand as well. "People have requested that by the container," he said. On a similar note, on the occasion that Patel removes the Cuban sandwich from the specials list, patrons immediately ask for its return.
A Creative Approach
Harvest Bistro captures inspiration from cuisine around the world, and takes an American approach to international flavors. "We play with our food," Patel said. He revitalizes worldwide fare such as Asian and Italian, infusing each with American tradition. The menu offers a plate for any palate. With that in mind, Patel doesn't shy away from the chance to create something new upon request. "If it's not on the menu and we have it, we'll do it for you."
Weekly themed Family Meals. Pictured here is the Cajun Family Meal.
Harvest Bistro is a BYO establishment offering ample outdoor seating with tents for rainy days. The restaurant also provides a full catering menu for both private and corporate events. Dietary accommodations, such as gluten-free requests, can be fulfilled when you call ahead, whether you're dining in or taking out.
Harvest Bistro
50½ Main Street
Tuesday and Wednesday: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Thursday through Saturday: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Sunday: Catering and private parties
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Bridgeton Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,277 at the 2010 census.  The township was originally a part of adjacent Nockamixon Township, but a division was arranged and signed on May 24, 1890.  This accord split an area of Nockamixon which ran west from the banks of the Delaware River to approximately one third the breadth of the original township. This smaller area was  named "Bridgeton", as it was the site of Upper Black Eddy-Milford Bridge covered wooden truss bridge built in 1842, which connected the towns of Upper Black Eddy and Milford, New Jersey.  The original covered bridge was replaced by a truss bridge in 1933. The township originally contained several tiny hamlets, such as the aforementioned Upper Black Eddy, Narrowsville, and Rupletown.  Upper Black's Eddy, as it was originally called, and Raubsville were named for notable landholders, while Narrowsville was named for a particularly thin portion of the Delaware River.  With the construction of a centralized post office in Upper Black Eddy, the usage of separate names for the smaller towns ceased in an official capacity, and the everyday errands of residents became centered on the largest of the towns.  What little commercial trade exists in the township is now centered solely in Upper Black Eddy, with any evidence of there being any distinctive, smaller villages existing only on outdated road-signs and maps. Ringing Rocks Park is located within the township, as well as state game hunting lands.  Bridgeton Township is also home to the Homestead General Store, the oldest continually operating general store on the Delaware Canal.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which   is land and   (3.43%) is water. It is drained by the Delaware River, which separates it from New Jersey. Its villages include Narrowsville, Rupletown, and Upper Black Eddy.

Natural Features
Cauffman Hill, Falls Creek, Mine Spring, Narrows Creek, The Narrows, and Ringing Rocks.

Neighboring municipalities
Tinicum Township (southeast)
Nockamixon Township (southwest)
Holland Township, New Jersey (north)

Demographics

As of the 2010 census, the township was 96.5% White, 0.4% Black or African American, 0.1% Native American, 0.5% Asian, and 0.8% were two or more races. 1.7% of the population were of Hispanic or Latino ancestry.

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,408 people, 559 households, and 398 families residing in the township.  The population density was 217.5 people per square mile (84.0/km).  There were 612 housing units at an average density of 94.6/sq mi (36.5/km).  The racial makeup of the township was 99.15% White, 0.43% African American, 0.07% Native American, 0.28% Asian, and 0.07% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.85% of the population.

There were 559 households, out of which 29.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.7% were married couples living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.8% were non-families. 21.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the township the population was spread out, with 22.4% under the age of 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 29.0% from 25 to 44, 29.8% from 45 to 64, and 13.0% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.4 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.9 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $52,083, and the median income for a family was $53,958. Males had a median income of $36,765 versus $29,338 for females. The per capita income for the township was $23,779.  About 4.3% of families and 4.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.4% of those under age 18 and 6.5% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Bridgeton Township lies within the Palisades School District.

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Bridgeton Twp has a Hot-summer, Humid continental climate (Dfa). Dfa climates are characterized by at least one month having an average mean temperature ≤ , at least four months with an average mean temperature ≥ , at least one month with an average mean temperature ≥  and no significant precipitation difference between seasons. Although most summer days are slightly humid in Bridgeton Twp, episodes of heat and high humidity can occur with heat index values > . Since 1981, the highest air temperature was  on July 22, 2011, and the highest daily average mean dew point was  on August 12, 2016. The average wettest month is July, which corresponds with the annual peak in thunderstorm activity. Since 1981, the wettest calendar day was , on August 27, 2011. During the winter months, the average annual extreme minimum air temperature is . Since 1981, the coldest air temperature was  on January 22, 1984. Episodes of extreme cold and wind can occur, with wind chill values < . The average annual snowfall (Nov-Apr) is between  and . Ice storms and large snowstorms depositing ≥  of snow occur once every few years, particularly during nor'easters from December through February.

Transportation

As of 2018 there were  of public roads in Bridgeton Township, of which  were maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and  were maintained by the township.

The only numbered highway serving Bridgeton Township is Pennsylvania Route 32. It follows River Road on a northwest-to-southeast alignment parallel to the Delaware River across the northern and northeastern portions of the township.

Ecology

According to the A. W. Kuchler U.S. potential natural vegetation types, Bridgeton Twp would have a dominant vegetation type of Appalachian Oak (104) with a dominant vegetation form of Eastern Hardwood Forest (25). The plant hardiness zone is 6b with an average annual extreme minimum air temperature of . The spring bloom typically begins by April 15 and fall color usually peaks by October 26.

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Townships in Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Townships in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania populated places on the Delaware River


If you're against Bush, you're against America.
If you're against Bush, you're against America.
If you oppose George Bush's policies, or if you're supported by anybody who opposes George Bush's policies, you're anti-American.
That was the message of the 1988 presidential campaign of George H.W. Bush, who suggested that his opponent from Massachusetts was against the Pledge of Allegiance. Now it's his son's campaign message, too.
The bill Dukakis vetoed didn't "call for" the pledge to be said. It imposed criminal penalties on teachers who failed to start the day by leading students in the pledge. The Massachusetts Supreme Court told Dukakis it was unconstitutional. But never mind. According to Bush, Dukakis was against saying the pledge and being one nation under God.
You get the message. Kerry's been spending time with the wrong sort of people. What's good for them must be bad for you. This is the message segregationists delivered to white voters 50 years ago about white politicians who met with blacks. "Foreigners" were the subjects of a different message: McCarthyism. Cheney's speech combines the two: What is Kerry saying to our enemies that makes them so supportive of his candidacy?
There you go. Kerry points out what everyone knows: The Iraq war was an American operation dressed up as a "coalition of the willing," in which Britain was the only other country to play a major role. Cheney calls this "contempt" for "friends of the United States." Nineteen Italians get killed in a war that Bush and Cheney started against the will of most Italians, but it's Kerry, not Bush, who has shown contempt for Italy and other "friends of the United States." Better yet, the foreign leaders with whom Kerry has consorted don't just oppose Bush's policy in Iraq; they "oppose America's objectives." If Jacques Chirac imagines that what he opposed in Iraq was Bush's method of achieving objectives shared by France, he fails to understand that Bush's policies, by definition, are America's objectives.
Just like it says here in our Constitution, Jacques: L'etat c'est moi.


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Рулонное склеивание в твердом состоянии — процесс холодной сварки материалов с помощью плоской прокатки  листового металла.  Для проведения рулонного склеивания материала два или несколько слоев различных металлов вставляются через пары плоских роликов, находящихся под давлением, достаточным для того чтобы скрепить слои. Промышленный метод рулонной сварки был разработан и использован в Институте электросварки им. Е. О. Патона.

Технология
В процессе сварки на металлические валики оказывается достаточно высокое давление, которое необходимо   для деформации свариваемого металла и уменьшения общей толщины слоя плакированного материала. Сопрягаемые поверхности должны быть предварительно подготовлены (очищены и обезжирены) для того, чтобы увеличить коэффициент трения и удалить имеющиеся оксидные слои.

Процесс сварки можно проводить при комнатной температуре или в тепле.  Тепловое воздействие применяется для предварительного нагрева листов перед прокаткой с целью повышения их пластичности и  прочности сварного шва.

Прочность рулонного склеивания зависит от выбора основных параметров процесса, в том числе условий прокатки (температуры листов, их толщины, скорости прокатки), условий предварительной вальцовки (температуры и времени отжига поверхности, подготовки к сварке и т.  д.) и от проведенной после прокатки термообработки.

Холодной сваркой можно соединять такие металлы, как алюминий, медь, свинец, цинк, никель, серебро, кадмий, железо.

Применение
Рулонное склеивание находит применение для плакирования металлических листов, изготовления теплообменников для холодильного оборудования, для изготовления и монтажа вертикальных цилиндрических резервуаров и газгольдеров.

Примечания

Ссылки
 Рулонный метод сварки резервуаров

Производственные процессы и операции
Обработка металлов давлением
Металлообработка
Сварка


I just want to take a second to tell Nickelodeon that today, they are doing a great job. Today is the Worldwide Day of Play. Its the ultimate celebration of living healthy, being active, and having fun!
The reason that I'm giving them credit is because they are standing behind what they preach. They're not just telling people to go outside and get active. They're actually going off the air to encourage kids to stop watching TV for a little while and do something.
We went to our martial arts classes today and we've got a football game to go to tonight. What are you going to do with your kids today for the Worldwide Day of Play. Time to get active and have some fun!


Siralim is my kind of retro-themed nostalgic rush. Where others get stuck right in to all those pixel-heavy platformers that the indie space is so inundated by, I'd rather kick back and rip through something just like this.
Back when I was a kid, there was a shareware demo, Castle of the Wind, that I found to be enormously addictive. It was, really, nothing more than a roguelike Nethack clone, but the aesthetics, enemy design, and so really drew me in. The demo itself (the first chapter of a two chapter commercial game) was meaty and large, so even though I never had the opportunity to play that second chapter, I was able to loop myself through what I did have access to over and over again and still be satisfied with what I got. They just don't make games like that any more.
Except that they do, as Siralim proves. Though the game itself plays nothing like Castle of the Wind, I found myself hooked to this for many of the same reasons I found that game so engaging as a youngster. And by that I mean everything about Siralim is so simple, but so perfectly executed.
Siralim is a procedurally-generated dungeon crawler - or roguelike, basically - in which players jump into a "level", have an random "master" objective to complete (be that killing X enemies or collecting Y objects from the environment), before jumping down to a deeper level. Because the levels are procedurally generated, they are really nothing more than rooms and corridors, with randomised loot, enemies, and traps dotted around the place, and though this means the entire game becomes one giant grind, it is exactly that that is going to tickle the nostalgic itch for the people that would be interested in playing this in the first place. Some people like pixel-perfect jumping and can play Mega Man until their very muscles twitch to the rhythm of the game even when they're not holding the controller. But me? I like the thrill of finally hitting that next level of experience after an hour slowly playing through battle after battle.
But Siralim is much more than a standard 'crawler. It's also Pokemon-like. Your own character doesn't actually fight his own battles here. Instead, he hurls magic from the back lines while monsters that he defeats in combat do the physical grunt work for him. This makes encountering new enemies a real delight, because it means that each new enemy is also a potential new ally.
To acquire a new ally players must draw "cores" out of their enemies that they fight in battle. After acquiring a few of these it's possible to head over to a summoning circle and bring into being that same monster. Each monster has a limited progression curve (mostly just becoming more powerful and able to take more punishment with experience levels), but each monster has distinctly different abilities, and being able to form an effective party is important, because like all retro-themed roguelikes, Siralim likes to punish poor play.
Sitting underneath all that is an obscene amount of micromanaging to get stuck into. Artifacts such as weapons can be earned, powered up, and provided to monsters to up their skills. A ridiculously deep perks system means that every time the player's hero levels up you'll need to carefully consider how to develop him. There are multiple resources to juggle and it's possible to upgrade the castle that acts as a the hub between worlds to give you different dungeons to explore (new monsters to acquire!) and other facilities to make your own adventuring just that little bit more manageable.
It's a little overwhelming at first, and though the game tries (really) hard to walk new players through these systems in a logical and accessible manner, really the only way to learn Siralim is to simply experience it, fail fast, and improve. There were systems that I didn't really bother with at first as I learned the basics which, as I understood them better, helped my quest out a great deal, and that's okay - they weren't essential functions in themselves and figuring them out at my own pace was part of the appeal.
Initially befuddling, once all the systems finally start to click, they really click. There's a point in Siralim where the rhythms of the game start to connect in such a way that it all becomes really addictive. It is happy to take its time with dolling out experience levels, and progress feels like something earned as a result. There's not a significant narrative backing what's going on, but because there is so much personalisation to the experience thanks to the control you have over which monsters you take into dungeons with you there's still a great sense of ownership and personal investment over what's going on.
But what's really good about Siralim is that it is much more than a retro game. For all the lack of animation in combat (really, there's not much more than flashes as enemies get hit until they fade away after being defeated), and for all the basic pixel work that has gone into those sprites and environments, Siralim isn't a purely retro experience. Retro for the sake of being retro doesn't really work for me - I found Pier Solar to be a relentlessly irritating experience last year, for example. Siralim offers modern systems and design elements, and then dresses things with a retro theme. Though it has a lot going on under the hood, this is a game where all the information is made readily accessible and readable. The user interface is actually something that deserves a lot of praise because Siralim would have been truly painful if it wasn't so accessible. Really, I could see this work just as well if it had a modern aesthetic applied to it; something that I couldn't say for a large number of other retro-themed games that rely heavily on tapping in to nostalgia for their success.
There's really not much else that can be said about this one. It's not an earth-shattering work of art. Its narrative relies heavily on players having grown up with roguelikes and pixel graphics in their RPGs. Its systems are complex but rewarding. What Siralim is, ultimately, is a great deal of fun for a very select audience, and it gets there because it straddles the line between being something authentic, and something that understands that some design elements are best left in the past.


If you are a working professional and you are concerned over whether you will be ready for retirement, you aren't alone.
According to a recent study from the non-profit Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies (TCRS), only 12% of women in the workforce are "very confident" that they will enjoy their definition of a comfortable retirement lifestyle. Contrastingly, 24% of men provide the same response.
The graph below captures women's overall levels of confidence in being able to enjoy a comfortable retirement life.
Also highlighted in the TCRS report, called "Here and Now: How Women Can Take Control of Their Retirement," are women's greatest fears about retirement.
More women than men fear outliving their savings and investments. Not only that, more believe Social Security will be reduced or disappear in the future. And approximately half of the women surveyed said they feared not being able to meet their family's basic needs.
Worries about declining health that requires long-term care, and lack of access to affordable healthcare, round out working women's top concerns for being retirement-ready.
There are several steps women can take to feel better prepared to create a retirement lifestyle that lives up to their dreams and expectations.
The survey encourages women to stop guessing what they will need in retirement. It's time to start consulting a retirement calculator or create a worksheet to chronicle their current expenses and estimate what their needs might be in the future. Only 7% of women have done this, compared with 16% of men.
If you haven't yet, begin with a snapshot of your anticipated retirement expenses -- which will give you a snapshot of what you will need for income, short-term and long-term. Your current spending patterns will clue you in as to what future spending may look like.
Don't forget the less frequent expenses -- such as insurance that you may pay on a 6-month rolling basis or the often-unpredictable appliance upkeep costs -- as well as the price tags of your unique goals in retirement.
When it comes to financial planning for retirement, many companies use a lump-sum figure for estimating healthcare costs. Should this prove to be more of an obstacle than a help for you, consider including health costs as an annual expense. And don't forget to include the possibility of long-term care expenses, either!
Sometimes women take a more "hands-off" approach with their retirement and financial strategies. One-third of those surveyed said they were "not sure" how their retirement savings are invested. This compares to only 13% of men being unclear about this important aspect.
The greatest disparity between how women and men invest, according to the TCRS report, is that men are more likely to invest in stocks (26%) than are women (16%). Meanwhile, men (18%) and women (16%) are similarly likely to put money mostly into bonds, money market funds, cash, and "other stable investments."
It's of particular concern for women, who are half as likely than men to say they have $250,000 or more saved in retirement accounts, reports Transamerica. A good familiarity with your personal strategies for retirement and overall financial life is critical. They serve as the benchmark for evaluating your savings progress, not to mention your overall financial progress.
Of women in relationships, only one-third of survey respondents were "very familiar" with the retirement or savings of their partner.
Without sharing information readily with each other, spouses and partners might miscalculate their retirement options. It's likely that your joint retirement years will depend on your spouse's benefits.
It pays to know all your options for gaining the maximum benefits from Social Security.
With Baby Boomer women now approaching retirement, just 47% report knowing "a great deal" about their benefits. Start investigating your unique benefits before you will need them in order to calculate a relevant retirement plan.
And if you have a partner or spouse, understand their benefits too. Any survivor benefits will be a key part of a survivorship plan for the loved one who lives longer.
While it's great to have a retirement plan (44% of women report having one they haven't written down), it's even better to have a written retirement strategy that is a concrete roadmap to your retirement future.
Yet, just 11% of women report having a written strategy, compared with 21% of men. Knowing your retirement income needs, your anticipated costs and expenses, and the risk factors you face will give you all the pieces you need to complete your retirement strategy puzzle.
Some people will face the prospect of retirement while divorced. Here are some pointers to consider if that describes your situation.
An experienced financial professional can help you develop your game-plan, from identifying these elements and creating strategies for them to putting them in writing.
Life has a way of handing out surprises like candy. After all, things don't always go according to plan.
What if you are forced to retire earlier than planned? What if you face health issues earlier than expected? What if you have to leave the workforce to care for a loved one? What if you can't work as long as you planned on doing?
This is when a backup retirement income plan can fill in the unexpected gaps that destabilize even the best laid retirement plan. But only 21% of women reported having such a plan.
Only 17% of women in the TCRS report turned over their retirement and investment-related decisions to someone else. A healthy 45% said they seek advice but make their own financial decisions.
It can help a great deal to consult with a financial professional on your retirement goals, as an expert can show you different strategies to help you achieve them. But it's your nest egg.
So, be sure to maintain control and keep tabs on how your retirement assets are performing and when you need to make the switch from the accumulation phase to the wealth preservation phase of retirement preparedness. Depending on your progress, you may also need to adjust your saving, spending, or other financial patterns for your future.
Working women are well equipped to recognize barriers to a better retirement. They have many resources to seek out the information and expertise that can help them plan for the retirement they deserve.
A confident lifestyle starts with preparing today. If you have your retirement ducks in a row but haven't evaluated your progress in some time, consider a financial plan checkup. A financial or retirement professional can give you an honest second take on where you stand.
And if you haven't begun planning for your future, there is no better time than the present. Start by looking at where you stand and where you could be. Again, professional guidance with your money matters is a worthwhile decision to consider. Many retirement savers of all ages have reported higher savings, more financial security, and better overall wellness from working with someone.
If you are looking for a financial professional, many stand ready to help you at SafeMoney.com. Use our "Find a Financial Professional" section to connect with someone directly. Should you need a personal referral, call us at 877.476.9723.