In today's world automotive and diesel technicians are in high demand with strong wages in vehicle manufacturing facilities, oil fields, state and federal agencies, military-civilian and fleet maintenance, small-town shops and corporate dealerships.
So where do these highly sought technicians come from? Companies who care about quality seek out those who have earned their education through a certified Career Technical Education (CTE) program. One set of standout CTE programs resides at Northeastern Junior College.
Colorado's unassuming, rural landscape is sitting on a treasure trove of automotive expertise. Far removed from the hustle and bustle of city life, Northeastern hosts two highly accredited technician programs for automotive and diesel technicians. These programs provide the backbone and workforce to keep those same far-away cities buzzing.
Peterman and Atencio have the added benefit of overseeing dual training certifications for those wishing to earn an auto-diesel master technician (ADMT) certificate, which allows students to receive the best of both programs at Northeastern. Students must first earn either the Automotive Technology or the Diesel Technology Associate of Applied Science degree in the first two years, then earn an additional 20 credit hours, dependent on what benefits the students' knowledge, preferences and skill sets.
Both programs hold students to the highest of standards, utilizing top-notch equipment and providing students a challenging work environment with hands-on learning opportunities.
Ronnie Pearlman, a 2007 graduate of Northeastern Junior College's automotive technician program, is now employed with Waste Management thanks to her education from Northeastern. Her daily job is to keep service equipment functional and running well to stay on the road.
"Mr. Peterman changed my life. Not only did he give me the knowledge to succeed in my career, but also taught me work ethic, discipline, and the kind of person I strive to be. What sets him apart from most automotive technology teachers is that he doesn't just teach what's in the book, he prepares his students for what the industry is really like. I truly believe I would not have made it this far if I didn't receive the kind of education and experiences that I got from NJC's Auto Tech program."
So, what does the student get out of the Northeastern auto/diesel experience? If you ask Layton Peterman, it's simple: "They're embarking on a challenge that is going to change their life for the better while also getting the biggest bang for their buck. They're also going to get a real-life feel of what it means to go to work day in and day out. For two years we're going to ask them to do things they had no idea they were capable of, and when it's over they're going to walk out of these doors with a promising career and a positive outlook on life. I always look back and think, 'Man these kids are really doing something special at such a young age.'"


Our Elementary Science Olympiad students studied hard this past Friday preparing for their regional qualifying competition. Students enjoyed being at school after dark while they practiced…. tested…. and studied for their different science olympiad events.
Our team of 20 students heads to our first competition of the year on Saturday! If you see one of our ESO competitors in the hallway…. make sure you wish them luck for our upcoming competition! They have been working very hard. We really hope we will do well and advance to State!
A special shout out to our parent coaches… you guys ROCK! We are so lucky to have you this year helping to make our ESO year a great one. Thanks for all you do.
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Someone asked me to write about success, and when I knew I was a successful writer. My response: "Me? Successful? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! (wipes tear from eye)." It's all perception, I suppose. Success stories tend to be a little on the dry side, but failure, wow, those are pretty exciting. How about a decent rejection letter? Like this one where my story actually made the editor angry.
A little context. This was for some short fiction (500 words) that I sent a fledgling press. I was sick of all the clever writers out there (why does no one focus on story!) so I wrote this little thing about a subterranean monster. If you want, you can read it here.
Thank you for your submission, we are rejecting it.(okay, so you're done then…oh, wait, there's more).
There is nothing new in this plot, literally nothing, the changeling myth is older than the written word (wow, he starts off strong). If you do not have an original plot then you must execute your story in a way that is better than every version that has come before you.(so you're saying I have? Excellent) Do you believe that your tellng is superior to everyone else that has tread and retread this idea through the millenia? (Yes) Even recently in horror literature we have seen thousands of examples of child vampires abusing the maternal bond. (That sound was the sound of the editor's jaw grinding).
The prose begins very dense and flowery before falling into a better, more natural flow further on (oh good, now we get to the positive, guess they started with the vinegar first, then are giving me sugar), the key problem with the writing style is that you seem to forget that you are writing a horror story. The purpose of a horror story is to frighten the reader. This can be achieved through techniques too numerous to list here but all of them spawn from the generation of tension. Nothing in your writing creates tension, the writing style is perfectly all right, it just doesn't do what it needs to (Oh, there's no sugar).
With regards to your writing, I realise the effect you had intended with the ethereal prose, unfortunately it has no emotional effect and it jars brutally with the remainder of the story. Try to move things in a more realist descriptive direction and it will have more poigniancy.
Huh. So there you have it. A rejection letter. Might seem kinda funny, but it wasn't at the time. I never did submit that story anywhere else…cuz I guess I got scared. It really wasn't worth reworking (it was very short). I'm not sure why the editor wrote such a long rejection letter rather than just saying no. No would've been much kinder.


Starting our Sports diver training for four students. A forward roll to get in.
We planned our open water dives with Divers Down Swanage.
In 2012 the City of London asked the club to arrange an open day for the local children to experience SCUBA diving. This was part of the Lord Mayor's weekend and included other activities around the Golden Lane Estate. We immediately said yes and here are the results.
This was a trip where we dived with Pirates Dive Club, Sharm.


Elegant in length and sophisticated in shape, this long stemmed demi-warden from Genod is no doubt a gentleman's pipe. Sure, it makes a great companion to rod and reel, stem and stern, or fold and raise - but equally suited for the most formal of affairs. And best of all, there is plenty of chamber to enjoy on this lightweight beauty.


WASHINGTON, DC – On Wednesday, December 3, President Obama will host the 2014 White House Tribal Nations Conference at the Capital Hilton in Washington, DC. The conference will provide leaders from the 566 federally recognized tribes the opportunity to interact directly with the President and members of the White House Council on Native American Affairs. Each federally recognized tribe will be invited to send one representative to the conference. This will be the sixth White House Tribal Nations Conference for the Obama Administration, and continues to build upon the President's commitment to strengthen the government-to-government relationship with Indian Country and to improve the lives of Native Americans. Additional details about the conference will be released at a later date.


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Robots are used wherever speed and flexibility are the key requirements of production processes. The main focus here is on increasing performance and building intelligent systems. Robotics technology has a long development history. Although they were initially mainly employed in the automotive industry, today robots can be found in virtually every sector. That's where toolcraft comes in. As an integrator, we build universally applicable robotics solutions for our customers.
Since assembly lines generally do not accommodate training or test setups because the productivity losses would be too large, we also decided to construct a training cell, Academia Box, in cooperation with Stäubli. The fully operational robot can be used for machining processes and movements such as gripping, picking up and holding objects, sorting as well as milling and deburring. It also provides an easy way for trainees to learn how to teach robots.
In the context of practical robotics, toolcraft offers everything you need in terms of programming. It means we don't just provide you with a machine, but we also give you all necessary hard- and software. All our automation solutions can be programmed offline. The 3D simulation software Visual Components allows us to visualise the automation of production processes before they take place. This also enables aspects such as cycle times to be determined in advance.
We offer you everything relating to robotics - from the idea and planning to integration.
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We find the right solution for you, whatever sector you work in. Preliminary test set-ups can be created with a machining cell on our premises.
A toolcraft robotic cell allows you to optimise your production fully automatically. This offers a wide range of different processing possibilities, making it more flexible than conventional CNC machines - and it also costs you less.
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Our society is such that on a daily basis we unknowingly introduce our bodies to countless foreign substances. We are so conditioned to our way of life that we are not conscious to the fact that almost everything we eat, drink, breathe and put in or on our bodies is full of any number of food dyes, additives and preservatives. We routinely ingest toxic and often deadly chemicals such as chlorine and fluoride or heavy metals like mercury and lead. The air we breathe is no better, containing an array of noxious manmade chemicals, any number of which if inhaled in large doses would be considered lethal. When the body is unable to effectively deal with this foreign invasion, it sends in lymphocytes, flooding your system with these disease-fighting white blood cells. Lymphocytes, which are produced in your bone marrow, are part of your immune system and help to fight off such things as infectious disease and foreign materials. When your body is consistently subjected to these foreign substances however, it essentially goes into a state of constant alert. Eventually, this endless battle overwhelms the immune system to the point it can no longer differentiate between what is normal and natural and what is foreign, initiating a condition known as an autoimmune disease. Arthritis, including gout, is one such disorder.
Michael Koski is the author of several nutritional reports and books including The Truth About Arthritis and Joint Pain, Nature's Vitality Code for Joint Pain and Atkins for Seizures: The Story of One Child's Journey Through Epilepsy. For more information on natural gout treatment, go to http://www.smartjointpainrelief.com/indexG1.html.
Caution - Taking extremely high amounts of vitamin C may change uric acid levels in the body which can result in an acute gout attack. High doses can also cause other side effects.
Folic Acid - This is the synthetic version of Folate (a water-soluble B vitamin that is naturally found in dark leafy green vegetables and citrus fruits) that is used in supplements.
To restore proper alkalinity we must first change our diet. Low carbohydrate (no refined wheat, sugar etc.), lots of organic fresh vegetables and fruits and plenty of fresh, clean, preferably ozonated or at least filtered. With gout you must also avoid all purine and uric acid-forming foods such as all meat, eggs, and fish as well as tea, coffee and of course, all alcohol. If your body is severely acidic or you are overweight, you may need to first detoxify your body using one of the many safe cleanses. This helps remove accumulated toxins so your body can once again function properly. Drinking lots of water daily and cleansing your body regularly is essential to controlling the acidic build-up responsible for arthritis. As your acid levels decease, so will your inflammation and pain.
Even if an injury is the most common cause of a gout attack, illness, fatigue or worry can also trigger a gout attack. If you have an operation, this might also bring an attack of gout just a few days later.
Gout caused due to Uric Acid Crystals One of main causes of gout is the formation of uric acid crystals in the joints, skin, and kidneys. Uric acid is an end product of the body's chemical processes. Those affected by gout have a higher level of uric acid in the blood than the normal, due either to formation of increased amounts or reduced amounts of acid being passed out by the kidneys in the urine. This uric acid usually remains dissolved in the blood. But when the blood becomes too full of it, the uric acid forms needle-shaped crystals in the joints which bring about attacks of gout. Diet for Gout: After the acute symptoms of gout have subsided, the patient may adopt an all-fruit diet for further three or four days. In this regime, he should have three meals a day of juicy fruits such as grapes, apples, pears, peaches, oranges and pineapples. Drink plenty of fluids. Fluids can help remove uric acid from the body. However, limit consumption of sugar-sweetened soft drinks, which have been linked to an increased risk of gout. Maintain a healthy weight. Excess weight puts more stress on your joints and increases the risk of hyperuricemia and gout.
How can nutritional therapy help gout? Although it is often used as a complimentary treatment with medication, nutritional therapy can help gout sufferers find relief from gout attacks by reducing inflammation. It can also prevent gout from recurring by lowering and controlling uric acid levels in the blood. In addition, proper nutritional therapy is safe to use for most people.
For the long-term, you may be advised to take moderated daily doses of either NSAIDs or oral colchicine to stave off future attacks. To reduce uric acid levels, tophi formation, and sudden attacks, allopurinol or probenecid may be prescribed. Proper treatment may allow you to control gout symptoms and live normally. It will work better if you also undergo physical exercise and alter your dietary patterns to reduce uric acid levels.
Gout is one of the most painful forms of arthritis. It is considered a congenital disorder affecting uric acid metabolism that occurs when deposits of this substance accumulate in the connective tissue and or joint spaces. Considered foreign bodies, the uric acid then crystallizes, triggering an inflammatory reaction within the tissues. This further causes redness, a burning sensation and stiffness in the joints. Often, these crystallized deposits continue to grow until they actually break through the skin forming open sores filled with a chalky white substance.
The Bottom Line Any way you look at it, gout is a preventable and treatable disease. Proponents of traditional medicine would have you believe drugs are the only answer to this painful and disabling condition. There are currently over 43 million Americans suffering from different forms of arthritis, yet the cases are still growing. Traditional medicine is failing. Our bodies have reached critical overload and our health is paying the price. At what point does the cost become too high?
Vitamin C - This is an essential antioxidant water-soluble vitamin (found in citrus fruits and green leafy vegetables, etc.) Benefits - Studies have found that high doses of vitamin C can increase urinary excretion of uric acid, and lower uric acid in the blood.
Allupurinol - this is most popularly known as the brand Zylprim and is prescribed to lower uric acid levels by controlling the system that creates the substance in the body. This is more helpful for preventing gout, instead of treating attacks.
Keep in mind that you can obtain the above nutritional therapy by naturally incorporating them into your diet, as they exist in many foods.
Before starting a nutritional therapy regimen for as a natural cure for gout, you should consult your doctor about your decision and ask for specific recommendations and about proper dosage. It is also a good idea to have your doctor monitor your condition when taking anti-inflammatory supplements.
Gout is very painful. In fact, this disease is the most painful of all rheumatism or arthritis forms. Gout attacks mainly start during night time and the first gout attack sign is pain in your big toe. This toes becomes swollen, extremely red and painful. However, it is sometimes difficult for doctors to tell you if you are having a gout attack or it is just a simple bunion case. Besides this joint, other joints can also be attacked by gout. The elbow, wrist or knee are some of the other places at risk of a gout attack.
Researchers have classified over 100 variations of arthritis including such things as juvenile arthritis, fibromyalgia and lupus. Most commonly however, people suffer from four main types of this disease: osteoarthritis, rheumatoid and infectious arthritis or gout.
If you are overweight, your doctor may explain the typical health issues associated with obesity (heart attack, diabetes etc.), but traditional medicine does not yet make the real and most important connection between diet and health. The human body, like all things organic, has a very sensitive acid-base balance. By nature, the human body is deigned to function at optimal levels when it is slightly alkaline (pH of 7.35 -7.41). Anything below a pH of 7 is considered acidic. While certain areas and fluids of the body are more acidic than others, blood levels should be kept somewhat alkaline. When your body becomes too alkaline however, a condition known as alkalosis develops. By the same token, if it is too acidic, acidosis results. Every cell within the human body is slightly alkaline. During the many and often complex metabolic processes they undergo, they create an acidic byproduct known as free radicals from which they then derive energy to function. If this waste material is allowed to build up however, it can trigger acidosis, which ultimately damages cell membranes, DNA and the basic cellular mechanisms needed to function properly. One such process is oxygen synthesis. When your body is too acidic, your red blood cells cannot transport sufficient oxygen to other cells. They begin to break down and die, a process that leads to inflammation as free radicals take over. While inflammation itself is not necessarily a bad thing as it neutralizes harmful microorganisms, when it becomes chronic, you can develop any number of diseases including arthritis. We also know an acidic, anaerobic (lacking oxygen) body is the perfect breeding ground for fungus, mold, bacteria, and viruses. Simply put, disease cannot live in an oxygenated body. So, if your pH levels are normal, you cannot get sick. In this sense, your pH level is truly your first defense against disease.
Benefits - Studies have found that high doses of folic acid may help reduce uric acid levels. Caution - Extremely high doses of folic acid can lead to digestive stress and may not be safe for pregnant or nursing women, or those who suffer from seizures, kidney or liver disease.
Gout is a form of arthritis that's characterized by sudden, severe attacks of pain, redness and tenderness in joints. The cause of gout is a high blood level of uric acid (hyperuricemia), which can accumulate in joints and lead to inflammation. Uric acid is a waste product formed from the breakdown of purines ??? substances which are found naturally in your body as well as in certain foods.
A Natural Approach Nature provides everything we need to support and nourish our bodies. The typical Western diet unfortunately consists of mainly nutrient deficient, highly refined and processed foods. Fast food for a fast life. It is no wonder that by medical standards, over 60 percent of all American adults are obese, 30 percent morbidly so. Obvious health issues aside, studies show a direct link between obesity and osteoarthritis. In fact, this risk can be up to 10 times higher for extremely overweight individuals.
Gout and arthritis in general can be triggered by a multitude of things such as injury, food allergies, stress, a genetic predisposition or even your physiological and emotional state according to some studies. The bottom line however, is if the body is in optimal working condition, it can effectively heal itself by repairing these damaged cells. So, if you are suffering from any form of arthritis, your body is obviously deficient or toxic in some way and not able to effectively heal. In most cases therefore, it is necessary to support your healing by introducing proper nutrition and natural supplements to aid in the repair of tissue, boost your immune system and detoxify your body.
Urate is the main cause of gout as studies have shown. However, not all people who have high urate levels actually suffer from gout. Even relatives of gout patients can have high urate levels in their blood and still not suffer from gout or have any gout attack in their lives. Diuretics, that are mainly used to treat high pressures of blood or heart problems can increase the levels of urate and thus lead to gout.
Quercetin - A bioflavonoid that acts as an antioxidant (found in onions) Benefit - Restrains xanthine oxidase, the enzyme that creates uric acid. Studies have found it to have anti-inflammatory affects.
In many cases, arthritis can also be triggered by age and longstanding inferior nutrition. Overtime, our joints and the surrounding ligaments, tendons and cartilage can become worn with wear. The cartilage, which is a gel-like substance found between the bones, acts as a shock absorber, protecting the ends of the joints. When the essential enzymes normally produced by our bodies to repair this cartilage are insufficient, severe degeneration can occur. In order for these enzymes to be produced, the cells must be functioning properly. If your body is depleted of fundamental nutrients or overwhelmed by toxic substances, this reparative process will ultimately fail.
Probenecid - sold as Probalan or Benemid, this is usually prescribed for gouty arthritis and chronic gout. It is also helpful in preventing gout attacks rather than treating actually occurrences. The medicine helps the kidneys eliminate more uric acid out of the body.
Caution - Not recommended for those allergic to pineapples, pregnant women, those with high blood pressure, kidney or liver disease. This nutritional therapy may not be compatible with other medications and can cause side effects such as nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. It is designed for short-term use.
Bromelain - A proteolytic enzyme (found in pineapple) Benefit - Studies have found Bromelain to be effective in reducing inflammation. It appears to be a more suitable choice over other prescription anti-inflammatory meds used to treat gout.
The answer is simple... you can't put a price on your well being. You have options and changing your lifestyle and diet is the first step toward regaining your health. Despite what we were taught as children, disease is preventable not inevitable.
There was a myth that said that the cause of gout is too much food and drinks. Nowadays, this myth has proven wrong. However, everybody knows that there is a little truth in every myth. This gout myth makes no exception. If you drink a lot, but mainly wine or beer and if you eat more than you should, then gout attacks are more likely to appear. However, this is not the cause of gout. Studies have shown that people who suffer from gout suffer from a chemical process disorder of their bodies. One of the gout causes can be the build up of urate, that can form crystals in your joints. These are very painful. However, this problem is mostly genetic and almost all people who suffer from it inherited gout from their grandparents or parents. Actually, gout is a family problem.
Acupressure can provide wonderful relief for gout attacks and it can be used as a complimentary treatment with medication or with other natural remedies like nutritional therapy. Nutritional therapy is type of natural cure for gout that is based on the belief that food contains the natural medicines our body requires in order to obtain and sustain health.
Colbenemid - sold as Proben-C or Col-Probenecid, this medicine treats gout direcly and also lowers uric acid. This drug contains Colchicine and Probenecid.
As a nation, we are slowly killing ourselves with food. The biggest cause of body acidity is diet. Foods like refined sugar, hydrogenated oils, refined wheat, alcohol, caffeine, processed meats, soda, preservatives, artificial sweeteners and all fast food are extremely acidic. Obesity aside, the typical American diet promotes acidosis and disease. Arthritis and gout in particular, is directly linked to what you eat.
Gout is a fairly old disease, being around for more than two thousand years. Gout is a disease that affects mostly mean, but women can suffer from gout as well, mostly after menopause. Gout is a very hard rheumatic disease, but out off all this type of diseases, gout probably has the best treatment.
How is nutritional therapy taken? Nutritional therapy primarily includes vitamins and minerals and is usually taken in the form of a supplement.
There are Over 100 Types of Arthritis Over 43 million Americans suffer yearly from some form of arthritis. Some worse than others, but for 20 million of these people, the disease has progressed to unmanageable proportions. It is usually at this point we seek medical attention for symptoms such as pain, swelling and increasingly limited joint mobility.


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ZIZ News…Sept 4, 2012 — Three Police Officers have been promoted to various ranks of the Royal St. Kitts Nevis Police Force.
Commissioner of Police C.G. Walwyn has promoted Corporal Joseph Wyatt of the St. Paul's Police Station to the rank of Acting Sergeant after serving closed to thirty years in the Royal St. Kitts and Nevis Police Force.
Corporal Phillip Eddy who holds a Law Degree and is part of the National Prosecution Unit was promoted to the rank of Acting Sergeant while Constable Leon Powell of the Strategic Intelligence Unit was promoted to the rank of Acting Corporal.
The Commissioner, High Command, Gazetted Officers and rank on file of the organization takes this opportunity to introduce these new supervisors to the general public and congratulates them in their future development as law enforcement leaders in the Federation.


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Citizen Kafka (also known as Sid Kafka and The Citizen) was the stage name of New York-based radio personality and folk musician Richard Shulberg (November 20, 1947, Brooklyn, New York – March 14, 2009).

Beginning in the late 1970s and continuing through much of the 1990s, Citizen Kafka produced and hosted a number of radio programs on Pacifica Foundation's WBAI-FM in New York, presenting an eclectic range of live and recorded music, comedy and poetry. One such program was the monthly "Citizen Kafka Show", which Kafka co-created in 1979 with then-unknown actor John Goodman and musician Kenny Kosek. The Citizen Kafka Show, which ran during much of the 1980s, featured live improvisational sketch comedy by Goodman and Kosek along with music DJ'd by Kafka.

Kafka later co-hosted a program with Pat Conte called The Secret Museum of the Air, which ran on WBAI from 1990 to 1996. This show presented unusual music from various genres and cultures, most of it recorded before 1948. Kafka and Conte moved the show to WFMU, 91.1 FM in 1997.  Archived shows, comprising hundred of hours from The Secret Museum, are available here: http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/SM

Parallel to his long radio career, Citizen Kafka also performed actively as a bluegrass musician. This included a stint as a leader of perennial New York bluegrass band the Wretched Refuse String Band.

References

Kelly Crow, "Free Tales From Mr. Kafka's Crypt (And Thousands of Records, Too), New York Times, 28 October 2001, p. CY8.
Jon Kalish, "A Musical Voyage to Lost Worlds", New York Times, 18 June 2000, p. AR33.
Jaime Wolf, "No Hits, All the Time", New York Times, 11 April 1999, p. SM74.
Franz Lidz, "Down Mean Alleys with John Goodman", New York Times, 8 March 1998, p. AR15.
Peter de Jonge, "Being the Big Guy", New York Times, 10 February 1991, p. SM44.
Ken Hunt, Obituary in Independent (UK) https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/richard-shulberg-musician-and-radio-presenter-known-as-lsquocitizen-kafka-1651830.html

American radio personalities
Pacifica Foundation people
1947 births
2009 deaths

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In keeping with the commitment to teach a diverse community of undergraduate, graduate, and professional students at one of the world's great research universities, the UNC Center for Faculty Excellence is proud to advance a culture of inclusive excellence in our classrooms and on our campus.
"Teaching in Challenging Times" discussion series: How do instructors decide if/when to discuss their politics, values, or topics such as race, gender, sexuality, and disparities with students? How do they successfully manage subsequent dialogue? These workshops are designed to help faculty members and/or graduate students to reflect upon how they negotiate the intersections of their personal and professional identities in their classrooms.
Diversity THINKposium: The annual Diversity THINKposium is focused each year on a particular issue or topic related to diversity and inclusiveness in higher education. Invited speakers provide data and context for participants' conversations throughout the event–we promote a free exchange of ideas which fuel our creative problem solving. The THINKposium is meant to be a non-conventional approach to addressing diversity, inspiring action, and facilitating the solution-making process.
Carolina faculty Kelly Hogan (Director of Instructional Innovation, College of Arts and Sciences; Senior STEM Lecturer) and Viji Sathy (Special Projects Assistant to the Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education; Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology and Neurosciences) also offer advice for Carolina teachers regarding how to enrich the learning environment to better serve all students. Their interview was featured on UNC's Well Said podcast on "Interactive and Inclusive Classrooms".
Carolina teachers who are interested in learning more about how they can help support students in their classrooms may explore resources created from the Difficult Dialogues Initiative, a joint project of the University of Alaska Anchorage and Alaska Pacific University.
Smith, Daryl G. (2015). Diversity's Promise for Higher Education: Making It Work (2nd Ed.). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Ouellett, Matthew L. (Ed.). (2005). Teaching Inclusively: Resources for Course, Department, & Institutional Change in Higher Education. Stillwater, OK: New Forums Press.


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When Al (Adhir Kalyan) invites Professor Williams (John Ross Bowie, reprising his guest role) to join the family for dinner, he's taken aback when the academic starts flirting outrageously with Lizzie (Elizabeth Alderfer), and vice versa, in the new episode "Professor/Ustad." Meanwhile, Riley (Parker Young) seeks help from a therapist after he experiences a physical snag in his relationship with Holly (guest star Amanda Payton). Blake Clark also guest stars; Dean Norris and Kelli Goss also are featured.

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I discovered that it seems that the Master Pages have to be in the application's scope.
The solution, as it were, would be to copy the master pages into each web site, perhaps into a folder called masters. However, Marc Drouillard from the University Hospital Network (UHN), came up with a more elegant solution.
They are now in scope and work.


(a) Theresa, who is 64, lives in Hampshire, and used to be a PE teacher.
(b) Susan, who is 62 and lives in Basingstoke. She suffers from bipolar disorder and fibromyalgia.
(c) Stephen, who is 58 and lives in Berkshire. He is a retired fireman.
On 22 October 1999 Bill and Betty each signed an Enduring Power of Attorney ('EPA'), in which they appointed all three of their children to be their attorneys.
On 12 September 2007 each of them signed another EPA, in which they revoked the earlier EPA and appointed Theresa and Stephen to be their attorneys jointly (rather than jointly and severally) with general authority to act on their behalf in relation to all their property and affairs.
In 2008 Bill and Betty were both diagnosed as having Alzheimer's dementia.
In 2009 the attorneys applied to the Office of the Public Guardian ('OPG') to register the two EPAs- no objections and the instruments were registered on 6 October 2009.
Assets - bungalow is said to be worth about £275,000. In addition, life savings of about £50,000.
Their joint income during the financial year 2014/15 was £29,077 (mainly state retirement pensions and attendance allowances). Their expenditure over the same period was £21,356, and this included the sum of £5,400 paid by way of a monthly allowance of £150 to each of their children.
Each year's accounts from 2008/09 onwards show a transfer of £6,000 to a 'contingency care fund'. This fund consisted of two savings accounts, one of which was in Theresa's name and the other was in Stephen's name. £6,000 represented the annual exemption of £3,000 in respect of each of their parents' estates under section 19 of the Inheritance Tax Act 1984, and the purpose of the fund was to top-up the care fees, if either of their parents went into residential or nursing care.
The attorneys have consistently had difficulties in dealing with their sister, Susan. In 2009, when it was no longer safe for their mother to drive, they agreed to let Susan have their mother's car. In 2014 she asked them to buy her a new car from their parents' funds. The attorneys refused and Susan retaliated by reporting them to the OPG for siphoning away their parents' money into the two savings accounts.
The Public Guardian carried out an investigation, with which the attorneys fully complied, and on 9 December 2014 the attorneys transferred £42,000 back into their parents' accounts, representing seven years' payments of £6,000 into the contingency care fund.
"The OPG have requested us to seek retrospective approval for £450 (per calendar month) taken for care and expenses from the joint account of Bill and Betty, i.e. each sibling receives £150 pcm (Theresa, Susan and Stephen).
To grant the above approval and agree to the continuation of this arrangement (or some other form of calculation the court deems fit and proper). Without some form of financial support the level of care we provide to maintain our parents in their own home would be unsustainable.
"We are extremely disappointed to be making this application for retrospective permission for the £150 for each of us (Bill and Betty's three children) for travel and expenses from their joint estate. Equally we are angry that the money we have saved from their estate for third party 'top up' fees has been paid back into their estate. In our view the OPG have forced us to act against the best interests of our parents. We now have no flexibility in choosing future care homes.
Our parents wish to remain together in their own home for as long as possible, and all our decisions and actions have been to that end. The £450 we have taken for care and expenses is a fraction of the cost had we involved outside agencies.
You will note that none of the above arrangements have been 'hidden', and we have tried to keep comprehensive records of all transactions and receipts in a perfectly open manner, and retaining all bank statements and receipts.
Despite engaging care agencies in 2013 to oversee medication and meals, this has not reduced our own weekly tasks. Indeed, now that our parents are under greater observation, our 'emergency' calls have increased. The carers have informed us of various problems which necessitate extra journeys in order to solve them.
"We based our calculations on a mileage of 45p (this appears to be the AA choice), on an average two visits per week for my brother and myself and four to five visits for my sister, who is much closer. These visits are for basic care issues, gardening, house cleaning, taking meals etc." Further details set out the mileage incurred by both attorneys.
In the final section of her witness statement, Theresa went on to itemise additional costs that she and her brother had incurred in connection with the actual management of their parents' financial affairs.
In a recent letter, the OPG states: "Decisions should always benefit the donor." If we had employed outside agencies to cover the tasks we have done throughout the years, out of duty and love for our parents, a great deal more of their finances would have been spent.
We had no idea we had to apply to the Court of Protection for such decisions. We assumed such decisions were within our provenance. If EPA's have to make such applications at a cost of £400 each time, is this not unfair to the donors of the EPA?".
Gerald John Bishop, BSc, FCA, who is a chartered accountant based in Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire was instructed by the attorneys when the OPG began its investigation into their conduct.
"I am informed that at least two major family disputes have occurred in front of the donors this year. This is most unsatisfactory in relation to the care and wellbeing of the elderly donors…..
It is likely there has been an irretrievable breakdown within the family regarding the care and well being of the donors. As a consequence I have advised the petitioners to seek the court's direction to prevent the siblings visiting their parents at the same time until their differences have been amicably resolved.
Both attorneys have informed me that Susan has repeatedly asked for financial help from the estate with a clear preference for cash payments throughout the period. If this is the case it may well partially explain the breakdown in normal relations between the brother and two sisters.
In conclusion I do not consider that the two attorneys have profited from their duties in administrating the affairs of their parents. I am unable to determine if the same can be said of the third sibling Susan given that I have had no explanations in relation to her funding.
The sum of £1,350 was the monthly payment of £150 that each of the attorneys had taken during the nine months from December 2014 to August 2015. They had stopped making these payments in August 2015, not only to themselves but also to their sister, Susan.
The court explained that it was seeking to achieve is a neutral position whereby they are not financially at a disadvantage through acting as their parents' attorneys, but they are not actually making a profit from their role.
The judge said "In my judgment, the business mileage rates quoted by HMRC should be substantially discounted to reflect the fact that these are not 'business' rates but domestic rates. When dealing with the affairs of an elderly and incapacitated relative, attorneys are generally expected to act out of common decency and not to profit from their position."
Bill and Betty did not provide expressly for their attorneys to be remunerated. I expect, like most parents of their generation, they assumed that Theresa and Stephen would carry out these duties gladly and gratuitously, without complaint or expectation.
Accordingly the court retrospectively approved the payment of these allowances and also approved the continued payment of an allowance of £150 a month to Theresa and Stephen until further order and left it to them to exercise their discretion to reimburse Susan for any reasonable out-of-pocket expenditure she incurs and to pay her a reasonable allowance for any care support services she provides to their mother.
in the absence of any express provision made by the donors in their EPAs for the attorneys to be remunerated for acting as attorneys and to be rewarded for providing care support services, these payments strike a reasonable balance between ensuring that Theresa and Stephen are not financially disadvantaged by acting as their parents' attorneys, but that they are not actually making a profit from their position.
This case is worth reading for attorneys who may find themselves in a similar positon with elderly relatives. This summary has been set out in a full way in order to highlight the very important nature of the court's decision and to assist those who may find themselves in a similar position as it is plain that there needs to be more clarity as to what can and cannot be claimed legitimate expenditure by attorneys.


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In the geometry of hyperbolic 3-space, the order-3-6 heptagonal honeycomb a regular space-filling tessellation (or honeycomb). Each infinite cell consists of a heptagonal tiling whose vertices lie on a 2-hypercycle, each of which has a limiting circle on the ideal sphere.

Geometry
The Schläfli symbol of the order-3-6 heptagonal honeycomb is {7,3,6}, with six heptagonal tilings meeting at each edge.  The vertex figure of this honeycomb is an triangular tiling, {3,6}.

It has a quasiregular construction, , which can be seen as alternately colored cells.

Related polytopes and honeycombs
It is a part of a series of regular polytopes and honeycombs with {p,3,6} Schläfli symbol, and triangular tiling vertex figures.

Order-3-6 octagonal honeycomb

In the geometry of hyperbolic 3-space, the order-3-6 octagonal honeycomb a regular space-filling tessellation (or honeycomb). Each infinite cell consists of an order-6 octagonal tiling whose vertices lie on a 2-hypercycle, each of which has a limiting circle on the ideal sphere.

The Schläfli symbol of the order-3-6 octagonal honeycomb is {8,3,6}, with six octagonal tilings meeting at each edge.  The vertex figure of this honeycomb is a triangular tiling, {3,6}.

It has a quasiregular construction, , which can be seen as alternately colored cells.

Order-3-6 apeirogonal honeycomb

In the geometry of hyperbolic 3-space, the order-3-6 apeirogonal honeycomb a regular space-filling tessellation (or honeycomb). Each infinite cell consists of an order-3 apeirogonal tiling whose vertices lie on a 2-hypercycle, each of which has a limiting circle on the ideal sphere.

The Schläfli symbol of the order-3-6 apeirogonal honeycomb is {∞,3,6}, with six order-3 apeirogonal tilings meeting at each edge.  The vertex figure of this honeycomb is a triangular tiling, {3,6}.

It has a quasiregular construction, , which can be seen as alternately colored cells.

See also
 Convex uniform honeycombs in hyperbolic space
 List of regular polytopes

References

Coxeter, Regular Polytopes, 3rd. ed., Dover Publications, 1973. . (Tables I and II: Regular polytopes and honeycombs, pp. 294–296)
 The Beauty of Geometry: Twelve Essays (1999), Dover Publications, ,  (Chapter 10, Regular Honeycombs in Hyperbolic Space) Table III
 Jeffrey R. Weeks The Shape of Space, 2nd edition  (Chapters 16–17: Geometries on Three-manifolds I,II)
 George Maxwell, Sphere Packings and Hyperbolic Reflection Groups, JOURNAL OF ALGEBRA 79,78-97 (1982)
 Hao Chen, Jean-Philippe Labbé, Lorentzian Coxeter groups and Boyd-Maxwell ball packings, (2013)
 Visualizing Hyperbolic Honeycombs arXiv:1511.02851 Roice Nelson, Henry Segerman (2015)

External links
John Baez, Visual insights: {7,3,3} Honeycomb (2014/08/01) {7,3,3} Honeycomb Meets Plane at Infinity (2014/08/14)
 Danny Calegari, Kleinian, a tool for visualizing Kleinian groups, Geometry and the Imagination 4 March 2014.

Honeycombs (geometry)
Heptagonal tilings
Isogonal 3-honeycombs
Isochoric 3-honeycombs
Order-3-n 3-honeycombs
Order-n-6 3-honeycombs
Regular 3-honeycombs


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More than 600 Fox films, including catalog titles and new releases, are available today in more than 50 countries for HD streaming or downloading from Amazon, CinemaNow, Google Play, iTunes, PlayStation, Vudu, Xbox Live and YouTube. Title prices average less than $15, and the titles can be purchased in digital form without buying a physical DVD or Blu-ray Disc, as has been the case with the movie industry's Digital Copy initiative and with titles available to date for the UltraViolet movie-locker service.
The studio is encouraging competitors to adopt the Digital HD brand and business model to expand the EST market, a spokesman said. EST, though available, "has never really been launched," the spokesperson said.
Fox said it will drive adoption by launching through a wide range of online sites already used by consumers. "People are familiar with their own platforms," a spokesman said.
Also to expand the market, Fox launched what it believes is the home-video industry's largest all-digital media campaign focused on digital movies. Digital ads will be placed on about 20 major online sites reach more than 100 million active movie viewers. The campaign will run for at least one month and include movie-streaming and -download sites and major sports, music and gaming sites.
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Connected TV Devices by US States
Delivered June 10th, 2019. Contributors: Shannon L. and
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has published a report on the number of households and penetration rates of smart TVs and TV-connected devices by state. The Nielsen Local Watch 2017 Q1 and Q4 reports provide city-by-city data on smart TV and streaming device penetration. Although there has been no report published on Internet-connected device penetration on a county-by-county basis, the U.S. Census Bureau has published a report on households with Internet subscriptions on a county-by-county basis. A deeper look at our findings is below.
National telecommunications and Information Administration
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is a division of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
The NTIA collects data on the number of households with smart TVs and TV-connected devices on a state and national level.
The Digital Nation Data Explorer allows the data to be sorted by smart TVs and TV-connected devices, along with many other metrics and demographics.
By selecting the "Smart TVs or TV-Connected Device Use" option from the drop-down menu, a map of the United States is displayed with penetration percentages by state for the 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2017.
Below the map, is a breakdown of number of households that have smart TVs or TV-connected devices by state.
The penetration of smart TVs and TV-connected devices is also indicated on the chart below the number of households.
A chart that shows the proportion of the population that has smart TVs or TV-connected devices by demographics such as age, employment status, family income, education, sex, race, ethnicity, disability status, veteran status, and others is available by clicking on the "Chart" option below the description of the Digital Nation Data Explorer.
The total number of households that have smart TVs or TV-connected devices on a national level is available as well.
A sample of the data found is according to the NTIA's database, 790,478 households in Colorado had smart TVs or TV-connected devices for a penetration percentage of 16.3%. In 2017, these numbers had grown to 1,870,456 and 35% respectively.
The Nielsen Local Watch 2017 q1 Report
On pages 29 and 30 of the Nielsen Local Watch 2017 Q1 Report, there are two charts that show smart TV penetration by major city.
The report also provides information on penetration rates for tablet, SVOD, and smart phone.
Penetration rates can be compared year-over-year from 2016 to 2017.
The first chart on page 29 is for device penetration in LPM (local people meters) markets.
The second chart on page 30 is for device penetration in set meter markets.
The full report also contains news consumption trends and "time spent with traditional and TV-connected devices" by city.
A sample of the data found is according to the Nielsen Local Watch 2017 Q1 Report, smart TV penetration in Los Angeles, California was 26% in 2016. In 2017, the smart TV penetration in this city had increased to 36%.
The Nielsen local watch report 2017 q4
On pages 6 and 7 of the Nielsen Local Watch 2017 Q4 Report, there are two charts that show streaming device penetration by major city.
Nielsen has defined "streaming device" as "an internet enabled device capable of streaming content to the TV, which included video game consoles, smart TVs or internet devices such as Roku, Apple TV, Google Chromecast, or Amazon Fire TV."
The first chart on page 6 is for streaming device penetration in LPM (local people meters) markets.
The second chart on page 7 is for streaming device penetration in set meter markets.
The full report also contains streaming trends, demographics, monthly reach, frequency among streaming device used, time spent streaming by city.
A sample of the data found is according to the Nielsen Local Watch 2017 Q4 Report, streaming device penetration in Kansas City is 60%, while in San Diego it is 71%. Memphis has the lowest streaming device penetration at 41%.
The U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-year estimates
The American Community Survey report provides the number of internet subscriptions per household on a county-by-county basis.
The data has been downloaded to a Google spreadsheet for easier access.
A sample of the data found is according to the U.S. Census' American Community Survey, there are an estimated 57,362 households with internet subscriptions in Baldwin County, Alabama.
Using the total number of people in Baldwin County, Alabama (76,133), this would be a penetration percentage of 75%.
We set out to find reports that provide a breakdown of the proportion of U.S. households with Internet-connected TV devices by county and state by first looking for official government reports that track data about American households. This led us to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), which is a division of the U.S. Department of Commerce, and provided us with the number of households by state that have smart TVs and TV connected devices. This satisfied the state portion of the request. We continued to search for this information by county using the NTIA website, but unfortunately, it appears this governmental body only tracks this data by state and does not provide a breakdown of smart TV and TV connected devices by county.
We expanded our search for government reports to the Federal Communications Commission, which is responsible for overseeing "the television, radio and telephone industries in the United States." It was our assumption that this department would provide official data on the number of households with smart TVs or Internet-connected TV devices. We did find some data regarding broadband availability by state and county, wireless mobile penetration by city and state, and Internet access by state, but none of this data met our needs.
As such, we continued our search for county-by-county data by looking for reports from non-governmental entities such as Nielson, Comscore, and Freedom House. Initially, we only found national data, which had already been provided on an earlier report, so we intentionally did not include this information, even as helpful findings. Upon searching the Nielsen website deeper, though, we came across their Local Watch Reports. These reports contained data on a city-by-city basis, which was closer to what we were looking for. However, we were still unable to find any U.S. county data. We identified two Nielsen Local Watch Reports that provided data on smart TV penetration and streaming device penetration on a city level. The other recent Local Watch Reports did not contain data on connected devices, as each report focuses on a different media topic. Due to the lack of county data, we included these city-by-city reports as helpful findings.
Our search then turned to reputable media articles from sources such as Forbes, Columbia Business Times, and NScreenMedia, and market research reports from sources like eMarketer and MarketWatch, but unfortunately, we were only able to find national data. It appears that most reporting sources aggregate the data they receive from their primary reports, much of which the public does not have access to, and provide numbers for the entire country. However, it was during this search that we discovered an article that mentioned a report from the U.S. Census Bureau on Internet subscriptions by household. There was no direct link to the report, but it gave us our next lead, which was to see if the Census Bureau had published any reports on smart TV or Internet connected devices.
After much searching through the Census Bureau, we were directed to the American FactFinder website, which allowed us to search for various reports. We attempted to search for data on Internet-connected TV devices or smart TVs, but there were no results. Therefore, we searched instead for the report mentioned in the article. To obtain this report, we visited the American FactFinder website and clicked on "Advanced Search," then on "Show Me All." We entered "Internet Subscriptions in Household" in the search bar and clicked "Go." In the left bar, we clicked on "Geographies," then selected "County." We clicked on "All Counties within United States, and then on "Add to Your Selections." We selected ID B28001, which is for the "Internet Subscriptions in Household 2017 ACS 5-Year Estimates" table.
This provided us with the number of households that have Internet subscriptions on a county-by-county basis. We realize that this is not the same as the proportion of U.S. households with Internet-connected TV devices by county, but in the absence of that data on such a granular basis, we elected to provide the number of households with Internet subscriptions as helpful findings. It is our assumption that a significant percentage of people who have Internet subscriptions also have Internet-connected devices. While this is not a direct one-for-one relationship, due to the lack of available data on Internet-connected TV devices on a county-by-county basis, we felt this was a close proxy.
For easier access, we downloaded the county-by-county data for the number of households with Internet subscriptions to a Google sheet. All 3,142 counties and their respective data points have been captured on this Google sheet and provide information on households with an Internet subscription and a breakdown of those with dial-up only; those with broadband such as cable, fiber optic, or DSL; those with satellite Internet service; those with other services; those without a subscription; and those with no Internet at all.
Digital Nation Data Explorer
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Nielsen Local Watch Report Q1 2017
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Local People Meters Markets for Nielsen
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Internet Subscriptions in Household - By County
American FactFinder - Results
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American FactFinder
20th Mobile Wireless Report: Appendix II
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Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide: Federal Assistance Programs
fas.org
Internet Access Services: Status as of June 30, 2017
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AllGov - Departments
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Broadband subscriptions are up, but too many households are still disconnected
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2014년에 이어 2015년은 저희 I-DREAM 에게있어 매우 뜻깊고 또한 바쁜 한 해였습니다.
2014년 겨울과 2015년 봄, 두 차례에 걸쳐 아프리카 챠드에 책보내기 운동을 벌인 결과 총 600 kg이 넘는 영어/불어 책들을 수집하여 기증했습니다.
2015년 2월에는 챠드의 굿네이버스 및 Sarh 대학교와 함께 "동반성장 국제 컨퍼런스" 를 개최하였습니다.
2015년 5월에는 연례 정기총회를 프랑스 빠리에서 개최하였습니다. 이 행사는 유럽 에너지 환경 전문분과 모임과 연계하여 개최되어 두 분야 회원들 사이에 심도 깊은 토론을 진행하하였습니다.
2015년 한 해동안 매월 월례회의를 통하여 적정기술 세미나를 진행하였습니다.
5월에 개최된 정기총회의 의결사항에 따라서, 아프리카 프로젝트 팀을 구성하였습니다.
협회의 취지에 따라, I-DREAM은 동반성장에 관한 토론의 장을 열고, 많은 분들의 참여를 유도하고자 합니다. 협력 관계에 있는 공동체의 필요에 따라, 회원들과 협력 단체들의 지식과 경험, 그리고 에너지를 결집하여 도움이 될 수 있는 방법을 찾고 있습니다.이러한 저희 활동을 가능하게 하는 것은 회원들의 노력과 함께 저희들을 지원해주시는 모든 분들의 관심과 후원입니다.
I-DREAM은 2016년 다음과 같은 사업을 중점적으로 추진하고자 준비 중에 있습니다.
아프리카 프로젝트 팀의 첫번째 사업으로 아프리카 챠드에서의 생태마을 및 건축 환경 개선 사업 시작할 예정입니다.
다양한 그룹과 적정기술 및 동반성장에 대해 공유하고자 I-DREAM DAY를 지역별로 실시할 예정이며 툴루즈에서 1월 *일 예비모임을 거쳐 파리에서 2월 20일 첫번째 I-DREAM DAY를 시작할 예정입니다.
2016년 EKC 프로그램에서 동반성장 세션과 함께 청소년 적정기술 캠프를 주관하고 진행할 예정입니다.
2016년 새해를 맞이하면서, I-DREAM과 모든 회원들은 저희 협회를 후원하고 지지하여 주시는 모든 분들과 가족들이 늘 건강하고 행복하시길 기원합니다.
그리고 저희들의 작은 노력이 전세계 동반성장을 이끌어내어 좀 더 많은 사람들이 삶의 질을 높이고 모두가 행복할 수 있는 따뜻한 사회를 만들어 살아가는데 일조할 수 있기를 기대합니다.
아래의 링크를 통하여, 저희들의 협회 활동에 동참하시거나 후원금을 지원하실 수 있습니다. 여러분들의 정성과 지지를 함께 모아, 전세계 동반성장을 위하여 더욱 더 노력하는 협회가 되겠습니다.
다시 한번 저희 협회에 대한 관심과 지지에 깊은 감사를 드립니다.
I wish all the warm-hearted supporters and their family members a wonderful new year.
It has been a very busy but meaningful year 2015 for I-DREAM as it was for 2014.
Feb. 2015, I-DREAM has co-organised together with Good Neighbors Chad and University of Sarh, Chad, an international conference on the inclusive development.
Each month in 2015, I-DREAM organised an online monthly meeting, where a short seminar on appropriate technology has been given by various experts and specialists.
As per the Annual General Assembly decision, an African Project Team has been established. Its 1st project is to form a specialist group on the architecture and habitat environment improvement.
As per the objective of the association, I-DREAM will continue holding the forum of discussions, seminars and conferences, where many could participate and discuss how to improve the world inequalities and eradicate the poverties in the developing countries.
Any request from any community will be discussed how best to gather the expertises within Europe and provide ways to help the needed communities.
All these activities could only be possible with the efforts and interest of all members and of all supporters.
By opening a new year's chapter, I-DREAM and all its members wish you all a wonderful holidays in family and the best wishes for the new year 2016.
Thank you very much for your kind support and help to I-DREAM in 2015 and hope that we can continue to count on your warm heart in 2016 as well.


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BTL EMSELLA is a revolutionary FDA approved, non-invasive and painless treatment for all types of urinary incontinence, pelvic floor prolapse and vaginal relaxation. The EMSELLA chair strengthens the pelvic floor muscles by focusing electromagnetic waves causing the muscles to contract and relax, exercising them in a similar way to Kegel exercises.
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Ozanne asked the court to reinstate a circuit judge's earlier ruling declaring the law void and disqualify Gableman from participating in further proceedings if he won't recuse himself.
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Neurofilaments, one of cytoskeletal filaments determining the axonal calibers, are transported by molecular motors along microtubule tracks in a stochastic manner named 'stop and go'[1, 2, 4, 7], which is called the slow axonal transport. Experiments using photo-bleached live-cell imaging observed that the slow axonal transport of NFs is characterized by a rapidly intermittent, bidirectional movement [1, 3]. The overall process of brief moving interspersed by short or long term pausing can be modeled by a well-tested mathematical model [5, 6], where NFs could stay on-track running, on-track pausing and off-track pausing for both anterograde and retrograde directions. The shortage of photo-bleached live-cell imaging is that it under-estimates the population of NFs which stay in the long-term pausing state. Fluorescence photo-activation pulse-escape method is designed to observe the long-term decay of the total population of NFs, which can provide accurate information about the time that NFs stay off-track. We developed a systematical method based on the model  and analyzed the pulse-escape experimental data in Superior Cervical Ganglion (SCG) and Dorsal Root Ganglion (DRG) neurons. The fluorescence decay of the photo-activated neurofilaments can be fit by a double exponential function, where we can extract the short-time initial decaying rate and long-term decaying rate; simultaneously, those two rates can be obtained by solving the partial differential equation which describes the stochastic movement of NFs. By using those two conditions we constrain our parameter space such that we can find a unique set of transition rates that describe the kinetics of NFs. Therefore, all the other dynamic characterization such as the average velocity of NFs, average on-track running and pausing, off-track pausing time, percentage of population of NFs at each state can all be predicted.
An important advantage of our new analytical approach is that it can permit the characterization of neruofilament transport in mature axons for which single-neurofilament tracking is optically challenging due to the thickness or abundance of neurofilaments. This combined experimental and computational approach is a powerful tool for the analysis of the moving and pausing behavior of neurofilaments in axon.
This project was funded by collaborative NSF grants to Anthony Brown and Peter Jung and by a grant of the China Scholarship Council to Yinyun Li.


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Here's how Roland improves upon the original 303 sequencer
If you pick up the new Roland Boutique Series TB-03, you get more than just an emulation of the squelchy 303 bass synth. As with the AIRA TB-3 before it, the hardware is also a sequencer. So that means it's capable of creating basslines for the internal instrument – or external gear, too. What's special about the new TB-03 is that it both recreates the classic original 303 sequencer, and introduces a new, modern "reboot" of the same. Now we get to see how they differ in a pair of videos released by Roland.
First, let's have a look at the recreation of the original.
To anyone who says that making a recreation of vintage hardware is boring, one reason to do so is precisely this. You get a unique way of thinking about melody that something like the pattern editor in Ableton Live doesn't really give you. And it's always there in hardware, too. If you've got a pair of headphones and some batteries, you can lie in bed and make up basslines, without Facebook notifications distracting you or anything like that.
And it's the limitation of the 303 sequencer that's interesting. It forces you to divide a melody into steps, as does any step sequencer, but also to separate the idea of melody from rhythm.
And, of course, accents and slides pair with the sound of the instrument to produce a unique sound.
Okay, so it's classic, we're done, move on.
Well, no — here, Roland have remixed their own vintage design. So now, have a look at Roland's new step sequencing mode:
You still have the classic 303 panel layout, with that adorable and immediate access to different rhythmic values. (It really is a clever and economical design.) The difference is, now you can make sequences while the pattern runs, adding timing on the fly. You can hear results right away, and the whole process is more immediate. (You can still scroll through and adjust pitches if you want.)
I actually love that you get a choice of modes here. I think they're both pretty easy to understand, and switching between them could be a way to keep from running out of ideas.
Oh, except every time I see that NORMAL MODE button, my head does this:
It's worth saying that the original AIRA TB-3 was pretty clever itself, though, with that KORG KAOSS-like touch interface. I'm partial to the new TB-03 – I think the form factor, editing functions, sound, and overall functionality represent a better option. On the other hand, the original AIRA is still a good value, and could keep existing users happy or represent a nice buy on the used market.
But I'm really excited to get my hands on the TB-03 for an extended period of time (like, you know, maybe forever). Any day now. Just say the word, Roland.
https://www.roland.com/global/products/tb-03/
Tags: 303, ACB, acid, bass, basslines, Hardware, MIDI, normal view, retro, Roland, step-sequencers, step-sequencing, TB-03, TB-303, USB, vintage
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These 3 Auto Ancillary Stocks Delivered Up To 65% Returns In 2022
A Ksheerasagar
Updated: 02 Dec 2022, 06:17 PM IST
Shares of Schaeffler India have grown steadily since the start of the year, from ₹1,756 apiece to ₹2,772, delivering a return of 57.85 percent.
The Indian automobile industry is moving at top speed, fueled by a strong demand recovery, a sharp fall in commodity prices, and a reduction in supply chain interruptions. The Nifty Auto Index so far this year has risen approximately 2,255 points to 13,191.7, a return close to 20.61 percent.
At current levels, nearly 40 percent of stocks in the index are trading near their 52-week highs. Along similar lines, small-cap auto ancillary stocks also performed well, with returns as high as 65 percent in 2022.
Schaeffler India
Shares of Schaeffler India have grown steadily since the start of the year, from ₹1,756 apiece to ₹2,772, delivering a return of 57.85 percent. Over the last three years, the stock has delivered a return of almost 225 percent. In the last decade, this multi-bagger stock has risen by 692.63 percent, surging from around ₹337 apiece to the current level of ₹2,772.
Schaeffler India is a small-cap auto ancillary stock with a market capitalisation of ₹43,844.8 crore. The company is engaged in the development, manufacturing, and distribution of high-precision roller and ball bearings, engine systems and transmission components, chassis applications, clutch systems, and related machine-building manufacturing activities.
The 52-week high and low prices for the stock were Rs. 1,522 and Rs. 3,969.8, respectively. Taking Thursday's closing price into consideration, it has risen 82.12 percent from its 52-week low.
The profitability of the company has been growing consistently for the last ten quarters. During the September quarter, the company posted a 26.11 percent jump in its standalone net profit to ₹215.4 crore as against ₹170.8 crore in the corresponding quarter of the preceding fiscal.
The company follows the January–December financial year in its accounting system. It reported a record revenue of ₹1,779.6 crore in Q3, compared to ₹1,503.3 crore in the same quarter last year.
Lumax Industries
This is another small-cap auto ancillary stock with a market capitalisation of over ₹1,805 crore. The stock gained traction in May of this year after reaching a 52-week low of ₹860 apiece and has risen 134.88 percent to hit a new 52-week high of ₹2,020 on December 1.
YTD, the stock has moved from ₹1,189.10 to the current level of ₹1,963.95, producing a return of nearly 65.16 percent. At the current market price, the stock is trading at 20.49x of its earnings, which is much lower than the industry PE of 44.46x.
The company reported a two-fold jump in its consolidated net profit at ₹32.97 crore in Q2FY23 compared to ₹15.3 crore in the year-ago quarter.
The company's revenue from operations increased by 36.54 percent to ₹624 crore, up from ₹457 crore in the previous fiscal's corresponding quarter.
The earnings per share of the company improved to ₹35.3 during the quarter from ₹16.4 in Q2 FY22. The company reported an EPS of ₹21.2 in the preceding quarter.
Lumax is into manufacturing of a range of auto-lighting equipment, including headlamps and auxillary lamp assemblies for 2, 3, and 4-wheelers, oil filters, and rear view mirrors.
The board of Lumax Industries will meet on December 7 to consider and approve the proposal to set up a new manufacturing facility at Chakan in Maharashtra and decide on funding options, CNBC TV18 reported.
The company has manufacturing plants in six states, including Haryana, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, and Tamil Nadu. It also has an existing facility in Chakan, near Pune, report says.
NDR Auto Components
Another auto ancillary stock, NDR Auto Components, is third on the list. In the past one year, the stock has risen from ₹319.20 to its current level of ₹578.95, representing a return of 81.37 percent. So far in 2022, the stock has gained 48 percent.
Over the last three years, the stock has risen from ₹167.40 to ₹578.95 levels, generating massive returns of 245.84 percent.
The majority of the stock's gains were seen in the previous month when it increased 30 percent to reach an all-time high of Rs. 649.8 after the company reported a 154 percent jump in its consolidated net profit at Rs. 8.4 crore. The company posted ₹3.3 crore in a similar quarter of the last fiscal. Sequentially, the net profit increased by 104.87 percent.
The revenue from operations during the quarter rose by 71.92 percent to ₹94.9 crore from ₹55.2 crore in Q2 FY22. The company also recorded its highest-ever EBITDA margin of 9.48 percent during the quarter, an expansion of 320 basis points YoY.
In terms of financial ratios, the company has zero debt, Trendlyne data showed. It generated 7.19 percent and 9.15 percent ROE and RoCE, respectively, for the fiscal year ending 2022.
NDR Auto Components operates in the auto components industry and is engaged in the production and manufacturing of seat frames and seat trims for four-wheeler and two-wheeler vehicles and other accessories.
Disclaimer: The views and recommendations made above are those of individual analysts or broking companies, and not of MintGenie.
Investors should check these ratios to assess the true worth of stocks.
First Published: 02 Dec 2022, 06:17 PM IST


The issue of surety (guaranteeing payment of a debt for another) arises when one takes on a financial obligation without a certain way to pay. When the owner of a company gives a personal guarantee in regard to the company's debt, that person assumes that the company will be profitable enough and have sufficient cash flow to service the debt—without the debt falling back onto the personal guarantor.
Although it is commonplace for the owner of a company to provide a personal guarantee in respect of the company's bank loans, the past 30 years have shown that many business people have lost their homes when their businesses incurred losses and the bank took legal action against them. God warns that if you sign surety for debts, then your "bed" (i.e., your home) may be taken from you.
I was finally able to convince that businessman I mentioned that signing personal guarantees is inconsistent with God's Word. As a result, he negotiated a deal with his bank by which he did not have to provide personal guarantees. From 1990 until 1995, there was a severe recession. His business became insolvent, and the bank took legal action. However, because he had not provided any personal guarantees, his personal assets were protected, and today he enjoys a good retirement. On the other hand, if he had continued to give personal guarantees, he would have been forced into personal bankruptcy and lost everything, including his home, retirement fund, etc.
Avoiding surety is a biblical principle. It is not a sin to sign surety. However, God warns that if you sign surety, you may very well suffer some negative consequences. Unfortunately, over the past 30 years or so, many business people (frequently including their spouses) have personally guaranteed their company's bank loans and lost everything when the company got into financial difficulty.
In summary, God warns of the dangers of signing surety, one form of which is for a business owner to give a personal guarantee in regard to the company's bank loans.


They say that good plays make you think, but great plays make you feel. And Paper Crown Theatre's debut production of You Walk Away, and Never Once Turn Your Head definitely falls into the latter, its cathartic performance leaving the audience with a sense of reflective nostalgia.
Set in the lounge room of a small and dingy apartment, it is a poignant play that provides an intimate look into the lives of two young people on the cusp of adulthood, examining the duality between staying grounded and running free.
As the lights dim down and the audience falls to a hush, we are introduced to two protagonists – Jack, an aspiring writer and Felicity, a young woman with a strong sense of nomadism. With Jack's quiet disposition and Felicity's outspoken nature, their personalities are at constant odds with each other and often clash. As Jack frequently puts it, they really are "quite the pair".
But despite their differences, a beautiful friendship forms, and it is from this bond that we explore the many facets of being human. Their story is retold through narration during scene transitions, with the characters depicting what they first thought of each other before portraying the defining moments that embodied their intricate relationship.
Felicity (played by Niamh Hasset) is the standout comic relief, her opinionated and snarky attitude towards Jack providing an essential balance to the play's otherwise complex themes. Though she may seem rather bitchy at first, her softer side is revealed as her friendship with Jack thickens. While we do not learn much about her, what we do know is that she is a girl who has suffered much heartbreak in the past, which is particularly evident when she talks about how people "always let you down".
In contrast, Jack (played by Edan Goodall) uses the environment around him as a source of inspiration for his writing. When tragedy strikes his family, his friendship with Felicity is compromised when she learns that he is leaving to support them. Jack's tragic news is the pivotal point in the entire performance, their heated argument hitting a climax when Felicity merely says "at least he is still alive" rather than comforting Jack who is clearly distressed. Their fierce exchange becomes a major blow to the friendship, much to both of their regrets.
The ending of the play is quite open ended, which just goes to show how honest and true-to-life this play really is. It's not dramatic by any means, but that is what makes it memorable. It shows how life is not sunshine and rainbows. Sometimes things just happen because they do. To quote the famous Maya Angelou – people will forget what you said and what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Indeed, this play stands testament to that notion.
The physical location of the play did create some distractions as loud footsteps could be heard above, but nonetheless it was easy to dismiss because of the great acting. The minimalistic approach of this play encapsulates why independent theatre is so great, and as a new up-and-coming theatre company, Paper Crown Theatre (and Director Joseph Brown for that matter) certainly marched into the scene with a subtle bang.
Overall, You Walk Away, and Never Once Turn Your Head is a quiet achiever and one that sparks a personal reflection that resonates within you long after you have seen it.
Click here for more information about the show to purchase tickets.


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Q: Getting VB6 ADO application to work in Windows 7 I have inheritted several old VB6 applications that currently cannot be rewritten in .NET.  These old applications all use ADO, and compile fine on my XP machine.  Since switching to a Windows 7 machine, the applications compile fine, but when they are deployed (on XP machines), I get errors.  This is a known issue that this Microsoft article discusses:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2517589
The article give a very detailed explanation of a workaround, which involved copying a ".TLB" file and registering it using "regtlibv12".  When I attempt to register it, I get this error message:
RegisterTypeLib of C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\ado\msado60_Backcompat.tlb failed : 80029c4a
I have also tried registering this using the old "regtlib.exe" in the Windows folder, but got this error:
LoadTypeLib of C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\ado\msado60_Backcompat.tlb failed : 80029c4a
Because of this, I cannot continue with the work around.  I would greatly appreciate any guidance anyone could give me on how to properly register this file.
Thank you in advance!

A: You probably downloaded the file as C:\temp\Msado60_Backcompat_i386.tlb and didn't rename it. The example is for registering C:\temp\Msado60_Backcompat.tlb (note, no _i386).
Run the command with the correct filename.

A: Just to update this answer list based upon more recent information, Microsoft released KB 2640696 which addresses this issue in a more straightforward manner. This patch makes it much easier to deploy on your build machines and solves the downlevel OS issue as well.
A more complete picture of the patch can be found on the following blog post.

A: Put the .TLB file in an appropriate place like
C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\ado

Then open a new Project in the VB6 IDE (elevated, i.e. as admin).  Choose Project|References... then click the Browse button.  Navigate to the new .TLB file and open it.  Check the box to select the item and close the References dialog.
It should be registered now.
If desperate, try VB Type Library Registration Utility.

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Birds can be vaccinated 1 day after hatching, if they are placed into an endemic area of Newcastle disease.
Storage: store at +2 to +8 0 C, protected from light.
Packaging: Pack of 10 Vials of 1000ds, 500ds and 100ds.