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Every once in a while, a product is recalled for health reasons. This happened just recently with children’s ibuprofen. The ingredients in many packages of the product sold at national retailers were found to be inaccurate and posed a danger to infants. This also happened last week when listeria was discovered in a sample of peaches, nectarines, and plums sold at Walmart and other major grocery chains.
Now another recall is sweeping the nation, and this one has parents even more worried than they were before. Chicken nuggets are a simple and quick meal that parents often give to their children. They can simply take the bag out of the freezer and pop a half dozen or so per child into the microwave or the oven and serve with a dipping sauce and a side of vegetables. But now certain brands of chicken nuggets have been shown to be potentially dangerous to your health and are being recalled en mass.
Tyson Foods Inc, one of the largest manufacturers of chicken nuggets, has issued a recall on their frozen chicken nuggets. Although the company was able to get the nuggets through their doors and into the stores to sell to customers, a post-shipment inspection by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) discovered them to be potentially contaminated.
While it is not uncommon for Tyson nuggets to taste like rubber, the FSIS found that about 36,420 pounds of Tyson’s “White Meat Panko” chicken will be recalled because they are possibly contaminated with rubber.
Consumers were the first ones to notice the hazard. After feeding Tyson’s product to their children, consumers complained to the FSIS that Tyson had extraneous material in their nuggets, the type of which is utterly inedible and potentially poisonous.
Fortunately, Tyson’s nuggets have yet to cause any serious health problems among the children and adults who enjoy them. However, Tyson is recalling their rubber-infused chicken products before any more harm is caused.
This recall is just the latest in a long line of recalls Tyson had issued in recent years. Just seven months ago in June 2018, Tyson recalled thousands of pounds of their breaded chicken tenderloins because suppliers told Tyson and the Federal Government that the chicken was likely mixed with pieces of blue and clear plastic. Obviously, quality control is not a priority for the Tyson brand of chicken if so many “extraneous materials” are getting stuffed into the products before they’re shipping to retails like Walmart and sold to everyday Americans.
Perdue Foods also issued a recall on Tuesday when they wrongfully branded chicken products and failed to declare an allergen.
Because Tyson has had two major recalls within a year, consumers are growing weary of the chicken brand. Many people are concerned that they’ll accidentally consume rubber or plastic while eating Tyson products – and if the recent recalls have anything to say about it, they very likely might be doing just that.
If you have purchased any Tyson chicken nuggets, contact your grocery store for a refund.
What do you think about Tyson’s chicken nugget recall? | 2019-04-24T14:23:09Z | https://awm.com/if-you-have-any-of-these-chicken-nuggets-in-your-freezer-bring-them-back-to-the-store-asap/ |
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פורסם בתאריך 2 פברואר 2019 5 פברואר 2019 קטגוריות Posts in Englishתגיות Flevonice, flevopolder, ice skatingהשאירו תגובה עבור Winter fun “Dutch Style”!
Hi there:-) We usually give holiday tips for your stay in Holland, but this time we wish to share some deeply rooted, Dutch folklore. If you travel to Holland early December, you will experience “Sinterklaas”, a feast for families, especially for young children who strongly believe that Sinterklaas is real, until they are told by their parents, or accidentally hear from their bigger sibling, that it’s all a load of hog… much like the case of the other famous bearded, presents-giving character dressed in red.
Every year, on December 5th, Holland (and some of it’s former colonies) celebrate “Sinterklaas”. Sinterklaas is a “saint” who “lives in Spain” and comes to Holland by boat on December 5th. Along with him are his helpers, “Black Peeters“, as well as his white horse. Sinterklaas comes to Holland to hand out presents to all the well-behaving children (and to the badly-behaving as well, don’t worry parents:-)). He rides on the slippery and snowy rooftops of our Dutch houses on his white horse (yes, he’s an excellent horse rider!) and the black Peters go down the chimneys (or sneak into the house otherwise if there is no chimney) at night to deliver presents and sweets to be found by anticipating children the next morning.
In earlier days, well-behaving children would get sweets and presents, whereas badly behaving children would get a symbolic (or actual:-() cane for a “good old fashioned” beating up and were made to believe Sinterklaas would take them with him in bags to Spain..don’t you just love rigid Dutch education!
For the last few years, there has been, to say the least, a “vivid discussion” concerning Sinterklaas’ helpers, the Black Peeters. Black Peeters are often white people, made up looking like black people (see blog picture). Some dark(er) skinned people in Holland today, take offence in the matter, and relate the origin of the holiday to the Dutch slavery past. “Conservative” Sinterklaas celebrators argued that the black skin is merely derived from “travelling down the chimneys”, and does not have anything to do with the issue of African descent nor slavery, although this argument is somewhat dismissed today. As a result of public pressure, Black Peeters in recent years, have not been made to look black anymore. They have all kinds of colors smeared on their faces, or just just a few coal stains from “going down the chimney”, and they are usually just called “Piet” (Peter).
It is assumed that over time, the Santa Claus story developed from the Sinterklaas story and other European stories alike. Dutch immigrants in the New World may have adjusted their holiday to their new environment (reindeer instead of a horse) and the holiday was probably also influenced by similar holidays celebrated by immigrants from other parts of the “Old World”.
Anyway, if you’re planning a trip to Holland with your youngsters at the beginning of December , (when fare prices are lower, yeah), join the crowds on any quay and welcome Sinterklaas anywhere in Holland! Your children won’t regret it, that’s for sure!
Here we are, Petra and Jennifer, mother and daughter from Holland starting a new blog about…obviously…Holland, our beautiful country. Our blogs are in Hebrew and in English. Petra lives in Holland, Jennifer has been living in Israel for the last 23 years.
פורסם בתאריך 18 דצמבר 2018 2 מרץ 2019 קטגוריות Posts in Englishתגיות eigenaren, host, I love Holland, IloveHolland.net, oost, oosten, peet en jenהשאירו תגובה עבור Nice to Meet You!
Hey ya:-) I just came back to Israel from my 2 1/2 week trip to my motherland Holland. It was great being home again!!!
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At Amsterdam Central Station, exit the station and follow the signs to the IJ side (IJ-zijde). Walk to the free ferry (the sign next to the two ferries reads: “Buiksloterweg“), which will take you across the river IJ within a few minutes. After you get off the ferry on the other side of the river, turn left, cross a bridge and walk (two minutes only!) to THIS IS HOLLAND. It’s a round shaped, grey metallic building, you can’t miss it.
After the experience, you can take the ferry back towards Central Station, enter the station and walk through it towards the exit on the other side of the station, which leads you in the direction of the Dam Square and other popular sites in the city centre.
We just KNOW you’ll enjoy THIS IS HOLLAND!
Good for your Dutch practice too!
Giethoorn is a village often called “Venice of the North”. Its beautiful picturesque village houses are situated along little channels which flow into a shallow, natural lake. The lake is very suitable for water sports, especially for windsurfing and sailing. Dutch children learn how to sail here because when you stand just about anywhere in the Giethoorn lake, your head will be well above the water. Besides sailing and windsurfing, you will find electric boats on the Giethoorn channels and lake which you can rent by the hour, half a day or full day. You can also rent faster, motorised boats but these are far more expensive and in our opinion, you should be at least a bit knowledgeable or experienced on how to manoeuvre a boat and about “traffic rules” on the water. By car it takes about an hour and a half to get there from Amsterdam, but it is certainly worth the effort. In Giethoorn there are a few electric boat rental places to explore the beautiful village, its channels and lake.
We also visited the National Park “de Weerribben-Wieden” which is close to Giethoorn. In contrary to the Giethoorn lake, created by forces of nature, the much larger waters of this national park ” de Weerribben-Wieden”, were formed as a result of human activity: from the Middle Ages, and until shortly after W.W.II, peat was stacked in this once swampy area. When the peat ran out, the wholes filled up with water and the locals went from peat stacking to being fishermen. There is lots of wildlife in and around these waters such as otters, and some quite rare birds like the bittern (in Dutch: Roerdomp) and the bearded reedling. Listen to the bittern’s call (0.27 sec.) you may recognise it from between the reed when you are in Giethoorn. Eventually, the lakes dried up as a result of changed weather conditions, and vegetation existed mainly of reed. Fishing was then replaced by reed industry which had various end products such as house-roof sheeting, a typical Dutch product you find on roof tops all over the Dutch rural landscape. Today, both Giethoorn and the nearby National Park “de Weerribben-Wieden” are maintained and protected but also used for recreational purposes, open to the (international) public which comes from very far and really appreciates the beauty and uniqueness of these sites.
This is an hop on-hop off bus with 6 stops throughout the city.
This is a hop on- hop off historical tram( lijn 10). The tram is over 80 years old and is operated between the end of April and the end of October only.
This is a sight seeing boat trip around the enormous and famous harbours, the heart of Rotterdam.
This small but quite fast boat, the “water taxi”, gets you across the river Maas which runs right through the city.
This guide provides you with all the information about the metro.
This is a boat which takes you into Rotterdam but also goes to the nearby city of Dordrecht and additional places worth visiting.
This is an exciting tour on an amphibian bus, much like the famous London “Duck Tours”.
As you can see, there are plenty, fun ways of getting around in Rotterdam and see the sights!
Here’s grandma’s recipe for this delicious Dutch apple pie!
1. mix the flour, softened butter, sugar, cinnamon and one and a half eggs in a bowl. Knead it with your hands to a consistent smooth dough.
2. roll out 3/4 of the dough to cover the bottom and sides of a greased ROUND (24 cm) cake tin or spring form tin.
4. Peel, core and slice the apples. Mix this with 50g sugar, sultanas and cinnamon. Put the mixture into the prepared cake tin.
5. Roll out the remaining dough and cut into long strips, each about 1 cm wide. Start with the longest strips and lay the first two in an X in the centre of the pie. Alternate horizontal and vertical strips, weaving them in an over-and-under pattern. Use the shortest strips for the edges. If you are having trouble removing the dough from the work surface, roll the strips up like a rug and unroll them onto the pie. Press the end of the strips firmly to the edge of the pie and trim away any excess dough with a knife. Brush with remaining (beaten) egg.
6. Bake for 60-65 minutes, or until pastry is light brown.
Oh, and add a fair amount of sweetened whipped cream next to your slice for the ultimate Dutch experience!
פועל על ערכת נושא: Twenty Fifteen. | 2019-04-19T17:21:38Z | https://iloveholland.net/category/english-posts/ |
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What: April 14 Press Conference A bipartisan group of Members of Congress will discuss the thousands of I.O.U.s they have received from constituents on the war in Afghanistan and the escalating costs of the war to the American taxpayer. Members of Congress will be accompanied by participating organizations and veterans. This press event in reaction to Rethink Afghanistan’s War I.O.U. campaign (www.RethinkAfghanistan.com). Rethink Afghanistan is a project of Brave New Foundation.
When: Thursday, April 14, from 2:30-3 p.m.
Online Action: Rethink Afghanistan’s new Afghanistan War Tax Calculator (http://rethinkafghanistan.com/iou) lets users see the impact of the Afghanistan War and other out-of-control military spending on their pocketbooks. Users can enter the amount of income they earned this year and receive an „I.O.U.‰ for the amount of their income taxes that get spent on war. The tool lets them forward their I.O.U. to Congress, urging representatives to rethink the excessive levels of war spending on the Afghanistan conflict and other ventures that are wrecking our federal budget.
More than 54,000 people have used the calculator to date.
Background: Tax Day is just around the corner (April 18), and the costs to the taxpayer from the Afghanistan War have never been higher. Total direct costs just for 2011 alone are expected to exceed $107 billion.
Rethink Afghanistan, together with a variety of other groups and elected officials from across the ideological spectrum (see below) is working to focus Americans‚ attention on excessive military spending on Afghanistan and other ventures and to put them in touch with their representatives in Congress.
Brave New Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose mission is to use video and new media to amplify stories that inform the public, change attitudes and motivate people to make a difference. To find out more, please visit www.bravenewfoundation.org.
COMMENTARY c/o Downsize DC.org, Inc.
CAN YOU AFFORD WARS OF CHOICE?
The U.S. is fighting three wars — in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya — even though we’re going broke.
Each is a “War of Choice,” not necessity. None of these countries threatens us. Afghanistan did host Al Qaeda, but that crime was punished years ago.
So how does the U.S. end up fighting “wars of choice?” Other countries don’t do this.
It’s true that Britain and France want to enforce a no-fly zone in Libya, but why do we have to participate? Britain and France have a combined population of 128 million, and rank 3rd and 4th in military spending –ahead of Russia.
By comparison, Libya has a population of only 6.4 million, the same as Indiana. Did we really need to be involved?
The world treats the U.S. like Daddy Warbucks because of the following disparities . . .
Although Britain and France have a large population density, combined they have only a little more than 40% of the U.S. population, and they spend only 2.5% and 2.3% percent of GDP on their military, compared to 4.3% for the U.S. In 2008, Britain and France combined spent less than a quarter of what we spent on the military.
Our biggest “competitor,” China, spends barely 1/7 of our military budget, and less than half in terms of GDP. China and India combined — with one-third of the world’s population – spend less on their military than Britain and France combined, which is less than a quarter of what the U.S. spends.
In fact, the United States accounts for 48% of the entire world’s military spending!
While other countries may have large armies – a man with a gun is cheaper than the sophisticated hardware U.S. politicians like to buy — they do NOT have the means to impose their will on other countries. They can provide manpower and equipment for auxiliary roles to support U.S.-led wars, or for UN peace-keeping missions, but they lack the ability to wage Wars of Choice on other countries. They can’t afford it. Well . . .
We Americans must now realize that we can’t afford it either.
But even if we could afford it, we shouldn’t do it, because the results are so bad. There’s little evidence these wars are making us more secure, but they’re definitely making us poorer.
Their proposal didn’t even talk about Defense, but their evidence applies as much to defense as to any other area of federal spending . . .
When federal spending fell as a share of GDP in the 1990s, employment rose!
And higher federal spending since 2000 has been associated with job losses, NOT increased employment.
The reasons for this should be obvious. Federal spending is less efficient than private spending, because the The State pays no penalties for waste and failure. This means that inefficient government spending crowds out more efficient private spending, resulting in a net loss of jobs and wealth.
In short, increased federal spending decreases both jobs and social affluence. And this applies to defense spending just as much as any other kind of statist spending.
In December, I used the Independent Institute’s MyGovCost.org tool to measure some of the negative impact.
I learned that for persons of median age, education level, and income, statist spending could cost $500,000 in lost wealth over a lifetime. $85,000 of that will be lost due to so-called defense spending, and wars of choice, like Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya.
These numbers are deliberately conservative. The younger you are, the more The State and its wars of choice will cost you. And the more you earn the more you’ll pay. But for someone with 40 years to live, every dollar that the Federal State takes from you could have created $5 in increased wealth, if saved and invested.
It’s easy to say that the Federal State is needed for some things, and that defense is at the top of this list, but how much “defending” do we actually need? After all . . .
It’s fundamentally impossible for any nation to invade and conquer the United States, even if we abandoned our large defense establishment entirely, and went to a Swiss-style reserve army instead.
If we had just one-third of the current defense budget, the $400 billion saved could increase private job and wealth creation dramatically. This would be the best “stimulus” we could have, because this money would be available for the private sector to use as it sees fit, instead of as the politicians prefer.
Even then, the U.S. would still spend more than twice what China does. That’s more than enough to keep America safe.
What it likely wouldn’t permit is for U.S. politicians to station troops in wealthy countries like South Korea or Germany.
And, more importantly, it wouldn’t be enough money to bomb, invade, or occupy countries like Serbia, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya.
This means we’d benefit even more . . .
So what’s your verdict? Can you afford more wars of choice? Do you want to continue funding a bloated defense establishment, or would you like to keep more of your money to pursue your own goals and benevolent purposes? | 2019-04-21T20:46:25Z | https://zillamod.wordpress.com/tag/iraq/ |
If asked to envision a collection boasting tassel-detail tops, trendy culottes and safari-inspired separates, you likely wouldn’t immediately think of Ann Taylor, would you? Time to think again: The mall brand is getting a major makeover thanks to its new designer Austyn Zung. Spring 2016 marks her first full collection for Ann Taylor, and Zung set out to re-establish the DNA of the brand by evolving its classic pieces. For spring, she was inspired by the idea of Ernest Hemingway in Havana, incorporating lush botanical prints and colors influenced by the city’s architecture. The elevated but playful sensibility feels distinctly new—and we’re excited about it. So what can we expect from future collections? Zung promises more modern, feminine sportswear and an exploration of strong yet gamine prints and beautiful mix-and-match neutrals. Here, some of the looks we’re excited about for spring—we never thought we’d be so ready to hit the mall. | 2019-04-20T00:58:42Z | https://www.thezoereport.com/fashion/this-major-mall-brand-is-getting-a-huge-makeover-for-spring |
Maddalena Vianello is a researcher at the Officina Emilia based in the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.
Stefano Mazza is author, director and producer of many scientific documentaries and films.
This documentary is the result of a research on female work and lives conditions in the industrial district of Modena. In particular, this is the story of Barbara and Francesca, two factory workers at the engineering mill of Wam, based in Cavezzo, a factory which was dramatically hit by the earthquakes of the 20th and the 29th of May 2012.
This video-research focuses on women workers in a small-medium enterprise and it inquires the theme of the work-life balance, analyzing the division of work in the housekeeping sphere together with the industrial relations between workers and their employer. The video is originally persuasive as it experiments research methods that shed new light to the relationship between the researcher and the object of his observation. | 2019-04-25T19:50:13Z | https://shortonwork.fmb.unimore.it/en/con-la-testa-con-le-mani/ |
The first anniversary of the 2016 election is here. Readers submitted their cover art to commemorate the occasion, and Little Village staff voted. The winner got the coveted cover, but you can see all of the submissions here. Thank you to all participants!
Quiz: How well do you know your president? | 2019-04-19T17:41:08Z | https://littlevillagemag.com/tag/2016-election/ |
Nothing kills the fun of a boating adventure more commonly – or faster - than dead batteries.
Good times and safety are both at risk when you lose power on the water. That doesn't mean you have to waste your time constantly checking your voltage, worrying about your charge or limiting your power usage, though. With the right power management system, you can enjoy stress-free boating no matter what your power requirements are.
Your power system will vary depending on a number of factors - including the size of your boat and the average length in between trips. When your boat spends the colder months in storage you'll need to invest in a reliable maintenance charger ensuring your batteries stay topped up and are ready to go out when you are, ensuring your trip isn't spoiled by dead batteries before it starts.
If you're a keen freshwater fisherman out chasing Bass, your tinnie is kitted out with 2 motors: a petrol start motor and a Minn Kota, Watersnake or other electric motor. Many saltwater sports fishermen are also now equipping themselves with electric motors to give themselves a fishing edge. As you trawl around following the fish from one prime fishing spot to another, you'll need a waterproof DC-DC charger to ensure that both your batteries stay charged up.
Charge multiple battery chemistries at once with a Sterling new product! | 2019-04-23T05:52:57Z | https://baintech.com.au/marine |
ABSTRACT: A linear representation of a modular lattice L is a homomorphism from L into the lattice Sub(V) of all subspaces of a vector space V. The representation theory of lattices was initiated by the Darmstadt school (Wille, Herrmann, Poguntke, et al), to large extent triggered by the linear representations of posets (Gabriel, Gelfand-Ponomarev, Nazarova, Roiter, Brenner, et al). Even though posets are more general than lattices, none of the two theories encompasses the other. In my thesis a natural type of finite lattice is identified, i.e. triangle lattices, and their linear representation theory is advanced. All of this was triggered by a more intricate setting of quadratic spaces (as opposed to mere vector spaces) and the question of how Witt’s Theorem on the congruence of finite-dimensional quadratic spaces lifts to spaces of uncountable dimensions. That issue is dealt with in the second half of the thesis. | 2019-04-20T20:24:29Z | https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/70322 |
Lets you easily manage digital video files. This server software provides the capability to archive, download, play back, and review your video evidence. You can create customized reports, chain of custody logs, plus export and burn videos to DVDs. | 2019-04-24T06:43:31Z | https://m.grainger.com/mobile/product/DIGITAL-ALLY-Server-Software-46KJ71 |
This is just wrong on so many levels and is a gross misuse of Internet memes. You've seen him everywhere on the Internet and now, the iconic Grumpy Cat is getting his very own movie. Life isn’t fair and who knows, this could be Oscar material.
The unnamed Grumpy Cat project is described as a "Garfield-style feature film," referring either to the oft-remixed comic or the terrifying live-action adaptation, and Grumpy Cat will apparently be given "the power of speech." | 2019-04-25T22:51:33Z | https://www.hardocp.com/news/2013/06/02/grumpy_cat_gets_movie_deal |
Hey Guys, I wish Du all the best! I know Du are in suprise about this article. For me London Olympic seems just like an another Quidditch World Cup! I think the opening ceremony will be grate! So this is the time to enjoy the smell of this rare opetunity for England and exotic wizards and witches. See these all things in your inner wizard eyes. Then Du can enjoy even a little fact in the world as a Potterhead!
It’s Official: Eddie Redmayne to Lead Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them! | 2019-04-22T09:34:24Z | http://de.fanpop.com/clubs/harry-potter/articles/173129/title/quidditch-world-cup-2012 |
We were curious why companies switch away from their internally developed license management software in favor of an off-the-shelf solution. So we asked some of our customers what motivated them to switch.
What they told us is that, although software licensing solutions are not particularly difficult to write, they are often difficult to manage over time. They need care and feeding, and most companies don’t have the time or interest to continue down that road.
Our customers were happy to drop their home-brew license manager to devote more development energy on the features that make their software stand out over the competition.
In addition to some of the above, a potential customer specifically requested RLM, as they are using it to manage licensing of other products. | 2019-04-18T18:33:55Z | http://www.reprisesoftware.com/blog/2010/11/when-to-scrap-your-home-brew-licensing-software/ |
The Face Access Control application is one of a series of IoT reference implementations aimed at instructing users on how to develop a working solution for a particular problem. The solution uses facial recognition as the basis of a control system for granting physical access.
The application detects and registers the image of a person’s face into a database, recognizes known users entering a designated area and grants access if a person’s face matches an image in the database.
cvservice is a C++ application that uses the Intel® Computer Vision SDK (Intel® CV SDK). It connects to a USB camera (for detecting faces) and then performs facial recognition based on a training data file of authorized users to determine if a detected person is a known user or previously unknown. Messages are published to a MQTT* broker when users are recognized and the processed output frames are written to stdout in raw format (to be piped to ffmpeg for compression and streaming). Here, Intel's Photography Vision Library is used for facial detection and recognition.
webservice uses the MQTT broker to interact with cvservice. It's an application based on Node.js* for providing visual feedback at the user access station. Users are greeted when recognized as authorized users or given the option to register as a new user. It displays a high-quality, low-latency motion jpeg stream along with the user interface and data analytics.
How to write a simple webservice and access it in my .jsp page? | 2019-04-19T21:07:39Z | https://www.digit.in/features/apps/iot-reference-implementation-how-to-build-a-face-access-control-solution-37618.html |
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2 Minnesota Transfer Curriculum and Associate s Degree The Minnesota Transfer Curriculum meets the general education requirements for all public universities and colleges in Minnesota. To complete the, students must satisfy the requirements of each of the 10 goal areas with a minimum of 40 credits, at least 14 of which must be completed at. (Note that some courses will count towards more than one goal, but the number of credits for those courses will only be counted once.) The Associate s degree includes the, one Health course, one Exercise Science course, and electives in college-level courses. A total of 60 credits are required for the Associate s, at least 20 of which must be completed at. Students must earn a minimum of a 2.0 cumulative GPA on both the courses and the AA courses in order to graduate. A graduation application should be completed during the last semester of courses. Notes Students will be required to fulfill general education requirements as published in the catalog of the year they enroll at the University of St. Thomas. Only coursework in which the student earned a grade of C- or higher from a regionally accredited college/university will be recognized for credit at St. Thomas. St. Thomas requires 84 credits outside the major department (76 credits for business majors), and a total of 132 credits for graduation. Students must complete 32 of their last 36 credits at St. Thomas, as stated in the Senior Residency Requirement. Online courses are evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Students should submit syllabi of online courses to St. Thomas Admissions for review. Please note that some departments do not accept online courses in satisfaction of core or major requirements. Also, current UST students seeking an off-campus transfer equivalent should consult with the appropriate St. Thomas department before enrolling in an off-campus course. Appealing courses: The courses listed in this guide are not necessarily the only courses that will fulfill requirements at St. Thomas. You may appeal courses that aren t listed here by submitting the course syllabi for faculty review. Please contact your Transfer Admissions Counselor to begin this process. For more information about transferring to St. Thomas please contact: Nathan Theunissen, Senior Transfer Counselor Office of Undergraduate Admissions (651) Office of Undergraduate Financial Aid, (651) To Schedule a Visit, (651) , University of St. Thomas Office of Admissions, Mail Summit Avenue St Paul, MN stthomas.edu This guide sheet is accurate to the best of our knowledge and ability at the time of publication, but is subject to change. Based on the Minnesota State Community and Technical College catalog and the University of St. Thomas catalog.
3 University of St. Thomas Minnesota State Community & Technical College Transfer Course Guide St. Thomas Core - Literature and Writing (2 Courses) First course: Second course (one of the following): ENGL 121 Critical Thinking: Literature and Writing ENGL 201 Texts in Conversation: Perspectives on Genre and Craft ENGL 202 Texts in Conversation: Interdisciplinary Perspectives ENGL 203 Texts in Conversation: Thematic and Intertextual Perspectives ENGL 204 Texts in Conversation: Perspectives on Language, Culture, and Literacy Course Title Credits St. Thomas Core ENGL 1101 College Writing 3 First Course 1 ENGL 1102 College Writing II 3 First Course 1 ENGL 1205 Writing About Literature 3 First Course 1 ENGL 2230 Environmental Literature 3 Second Course 2, 6, 10 ENGL 2234 Introduction to Literature: Short Stories 3 Second Course 2, 6, 7 ENGL 2235 Introduction to Literature: Drama 3 Second Course 2, 6, 8 ENGL 2236 Introduction to Literature: Novel 3 Second Course 2, 6, 7 ENGL 2237 Introduction to Literature: Short Prose 3 Second Course 2, 6, 9 ENGL 2239 Nature Writers 3 Second Course 2, 6, 10 ENGL 2302 American Ethnic Literature 3 Second Course 6, 7 ENGL 2310 Introduction to Mythology 3 Second Course 6 ENGL 2321 Women in Literature 3 Second Course 6, 7 St. Thomas Core - Fine Arts (1 Course) Course Title Credits St. Thomas Core HUM 2210 Introduction to Film 3 Fine Arts 2, 6 THTR 1100 Introduction to Theatre 3 Fine Arts 6 St. Thomas Core Moral and Philosophical Reasoning (2 Courses) Students take two courses as follows: PHIL 115 Philosophy of the Human Person Plus PHIL 214 or 215 Introductory Ethics Course Title Credits St. Thomas Core These courses must be taken at St. Thomas. St. Thomas Core Faith and the Catholic Tradition (3 Courses) Students select three courses as follows: Theology 101, one Theology course at the 200 or 300-level, and one Theology course at the 400-level. Course Title Credits St. Thomas Core These courses must be taken at St. Thomas. St. Thomas Core Language and Culture (1 Intermediate-Level Language Course) One intermediate-level course in any modern or classical language may fulfill this requirement. Course Title Credits St. Thomas Core SPAN 2211 Intermediate Spanish 4 Language and Culture 8 A satisfactory score on the St. Thomas placement exam can waive this requirement.
6 University of St. Thomas, Opus College of Business Minnesota State Community & Technical College Transfer Course Guide Business students must take the following courses: Course Title Credits St. Thomas Core ACCT 2212 Financial Accounting II 3 ACCT 2213 Managerial Accounting 3 ECON 2210 Macroeconomics 3 2, 5 ECON 2222 Microeconomics 3 2, 5, 9 Business students must take one Math and one Communication course from the list below: Course Title Credits St. Thomas Core MATH 1102* Finite Math 3 Mathematics 2, 4 MATH 1122* Applied Calculus and Linear Algebra 3 Mathematics 2, 4 MATH 1134 Calculus I 5 Mathematics 2, 4 Math course note: Finance majors must complete MATH 1134 or MATH 1122 (pending review of course syllabus). COMM 1120 Introduction to Public Speaking 3 1 COMM 1130 Small Group Communication 3 1, 2 COMM 1140 Interpersonal Communication 3 1 COMM 2230 Intercultural Communication 3 7 *Submit a syllabus for official review in advance of taking this course. Communication course note: Business Communication majors may take three of the following: COMM 1120, 1130, 1140 and Family Business majors may take COMM International Business majors must take COMM Real Estate majors may take COMM 1120 and Finance and Accounting majors do not need a Communication class. All other majors may take COMM 1120 or Other required business courses are at the upper division level (numbered 300 or above) at St. Thomas. Therefore, lower division courses (numbered ) will not fulfill business major requirements. A great number of lower division business electives will not benefit the student pursuing a St. Thomas business degree. St. Thomas requires 76 semester credits outside the business major, and 132 semester credits total for graduation. The Opus College of Business offers bachelor s degrees in Business Administration (B.A.) with concentrations in: Accounting International Business Business Communication Leadership and Management Entrepreneurship Legal Studies in Business Family Business Marketing Management Financial Management Operations and Supply Chain Management General Business Management Real Estate Studies (Bachelor of Science) Human Resources Management For more information about transferring to the University of St. Thomas, please call: Nathan Theunissen, Senior Transfer Counselor Georgia Fisher, Assistant Dean Office of Undergraduate Admissions Undergraduate Programs, Opus College of Business (651) (651) Office of Undergraduate Financial Aid, (651) All online courses are evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Online syllabi must be submitted to St. Thomas Admissions for review. This guide is accurate to the best of our knowledge and ability at the time of publication, but is subject to change.
SCHOOL OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES AND EDUCATION SECONDARY EDUCATION GOALS The objectives for secondary education professional methodology are as follows: 1. Demonstrate effective techniques of communication.
The Associate in Fine Arts degree in Art is generally pursued by students who plan to transfer to a four-year university. However, completion of this degree does not guarantee admission as an art major. | 2019-04-19T07:03:00Z | http://educationdocbox.com/College_Life/70495728-University-of-st-thomas-minnesota-state-community-technical-college-transfer-course-guide.html |
We get it that tech billionaire Vinod Khosla is annoyed that local authorities and the Coastal Commission demanded that he allow public access through his 89-acre beachfront property in northern California, continuing a nearly century-long practice of the previous owners. He has battled officials and advocacy groups on this issue for almost a decade, losing more often than not in court after court. But his latest move — petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to take up his complaint — is one colossal step too far. Asking the highest court to declare the California Coastal Act unconstitutional doesn’t just threaten a cherished and sound law that establishes the public’s access to its beaches, it could erode efforts to provide that kind of coastal access across the nation.
Khosla’s property in Half Moon Bay offers the only dry land route from Highway 1 to Martins Beach, a secluded but popular stretch of the coastline. Before Khosla bought it in 2008, the previous owners had long offered the public access to the beach for a fee via a private road on the property, as well as providing parking and restrooms. Beachgoers have availed themselves of this access since the 1920s.
Khosla’s property isn’t being unfairly confiscated just because the courts have told him to keep his road open to the public for a fee.
Khosla continued these practices for several months, closing the gate to the road intermittently during bad weather — something he says the previous owners had done. But the closures prompted a warning letter from the local San Mateo County authorities. And with that, an ornery dispute over whether he could close the road at all and what he could charge beachgoers escalated into a barrage of lawsuits against county officials, the California Coastal Commission and the State Lands Commission, as well as lawsuits by public interest groups against Khosla, all of which have landed us at the Supreme Court’s doors.
That’s an overly broad (and dramatic) reading of the Coastal Act. In practice, public access is intensely negotiated between the Commission and property owners. Many of the ensuing legal battles are over easements that owners agreed to grant but reneged on later. The complication in Khosla’s case has been whether he must keep open a road that had no official easement on it. The reason he should be compelled to keep it open is because the public has been using it for nearly 100 years. As the commission puts it, the public holds a “prescriptive right” to the road based on that lengthy use — and that should be as legitimate as a recorded easement.
Khosla’s property isn’t being unfairly confiscated just because the courts have told him to keep his road open to the public for a fee. But in trying to prove that his rights are being violated, Khosla is seeking to dismantle a law that, for four decades, has provided reasonable access to California’s beaches along the entire coast to millions of people, vanishingly few of whom can afford to buy houses along the coast.
In fact, the Coastal Act and the Commission’s enforcement of it may be the only thing that has stood between the public’s access to the beach and high-rollers buying enough property to block it off. The idea that Khosla would use his wealth to resolve a dispute about his private road by trying to demolish that law and diminish access to the coast is unconscionable.
The Supreme Court should not take this case. The Coastal Commission is still trying to work with Khosla to find a resolution of his concerns about the road. He should find his solution that way. Living along the ocean in California is not like living in an average neighborhood. It comes with the rare privilege of being able to look out your window and see the ocean. It also comes with the responsibility not to block the public’s access to those same waters. | 2019-04-23T12:17:46Z | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-khosla-beach-access-supreme-court-20180315-story.html |
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On Monday I had the early mission of driving around to figure out what good flower shops I could find that were open before 9AM to get some birthday flowers, and today I left early because Nefarious wanted to get to school as soon as the doors opened, because the first kids to get there get to play chess before class starts. I’ve been waking up early to the sound of quite abrasive beeping from the device below, which I’ll digress a little to explain.
When doctors ask you to rate your pain, you get to respond with a 0-10 ranking, often along with smiley-face pictures, “0″ being “none” and “10″ being “worst possible pain”. I’ve mentioned before that one of the great cruelties of the pain treatment industry is that the doctors are instructed to try and get their patients to a response of “5″, not zero. What kind of person out there can deal with constant moderate pain? Even dealing with constant mild pain can be debilitating — a la a water drop wearing down the Grand Canyon. Knowing that you are in moderate pain, and that you will be in moderate pain tomorrow, and the day after, and the day after that for the rest of your life, can drive you mad. And knowing that the only reason you’re not getting full medication is because the government is worried that you might sell your desperately needed medication on the black market to folks who want to shoot it rather than temporarily lift their head up out of the fire, drives you even madder.
I’m sure it’s frustrating for the doctors as well, because the government audits them aggressively, and doctors can — and do — lose their ability to prescribe narcotics not just for making the mistake of prescribing to a con artist, but if they, say, aim for reducing people to “mild pain” via these simple and relatively side effect-free medications (in comparison to Lyrica and other non-narcotic pain killers). A friend was telling me that their own doctor’s entire clinic lost their ability to prescribe any opiates, so they can’t even prescribe T3′s for an injury! It’s crazy… and like I said, just really really cruel. That puts into context why I’ve had doctors tell me to buy street drugs I suppose, and really, you know something is seriously wrong with the system when doctors are so afraid of government harassment that they surreptitiously send their patients into the hands of drug deals — not that Big Pharma isn’t the biggest drug dealer of all.
Anyway, being underprescribed is difficult, because it means that every day you’re in more pain than you can deal with, so you’re left with the choice of taking some of tomorrow’s pills — a condition that snowballs and leaves you in a couple days of hell as your prescription renews — or being in pain (assuming you don’t take the dubious advice mentioned above). And when you’re in pain, and have been for a long time, you’re not thinking straight and you’re desperate to find a solution, and if you have tomorrow’s pills accessible, you’ll see them with tonight in mind, not tomorrow… I’ve struggled with this a great deal, and a secondary problem to running out before you renew is that doctors see taking your pills too quickly as a sign that you might be getting addicted, not that you’re undermedicated (which I would have thought was obvious).
To try and solve this issue I just picked up a convenient electronic locking pill container. It has 28 containers for pills that you can program however you’d like — I have it set up as two per day, so it’s got two weeks per refill for me, but you can do literally anything. For me, in the morning it serves as a wake-up alarm, beeping before it allows access to the next set of pills — and the beeping means that in addition to controlling access, it acts as a reminder (because I tend to be forgetful about parts of my prescription. The whole thing locks with a key, so these keys need to be left with a friend or, perhaps better yet, with the pharmacist (which is a little embarrassing because you have to admit to them that you need help, but that’s what they’re there for). It’s battery powered, with a small home base that it sits on during the day, perhaps to recharge. I have the basic version so the base does nothing, but you can get versions that are internet connected and send a report (I assume this feature is more for checking that old people have taken their medication). Nice feature set, and compact and portable as well.
Anyway, I got it to help me keep my medication on a regular schedule, because as much as it’s horrible — really horrible — to be undermedicated and know that every night you’re going to be in pain, it’s even worse to spend a few days with nothing at all.
I fully know where you are coming from. I have SMD and it has caused my back to degenerate to something that resembles a Jenga game. Along with the joint and muscle pain. I haven’t been pain free in 5 years. My pain clinic says if my pain level is between 3 and six I’m doing good. I have the same tormenting choice each day. Do I take an extra pill or two and go through a few days of hell or do I take them as prescribed and try and deal with the constant burning, throbbing and mind numbing pain? I usually send my pills with my wife because, like you said it’s to great a temptation. People who don’t live each minute of their life will never fully understand what it’s like and how much of a mental strain it is every day. I have never seen one of those machines but am going to look them up right now.
that sounds so awful. I once had back/shoulder pain due to a dislocated disk. I was in constant moderate pain for 4 months before the 3rd doctor found the reason and corrected it in seconds. Not that my body realized that the pain was gone for another 48 hours, I had become simply used to it. During the 4 months I turned into a depressive mess, it was like you say Shannon, that level of pain for an hour would have been no problem, but all the time without a foreseable ending was unbearable. I needed weeks to recover from that on an emotional level.
You have my deepest sympathy and respect for going on and on in the way you do it.
Would pot not be an option for the pain and possibly help along with the opiates?
It’s awful that, even with all the documentation, you can’t get properly medicated. I could understand if they would medicate you as you need it but not do refillable or long-lasting scrips. For instance, requiring you to go in every 2 weeks for a new scrip so you could be monitored for drug abuse. It’d be annoying but at least you wouldn’t have to play the trade-off game, choosing between being in constant pain now or being in constant pain when your meds run out. You just can’t win with that. It’s a really good way to turn a genuine patient into someone who buys black market drugs, which is supposedly what they’re trying to prevent. Anyway, you posting that pain chart reminded me of this revision I saw a while ago. It’s slightly more accurate!
Jonny, pot is an option, but if I were to take it, it would have to be night time only because I don’t like the mental effects and find the side effects a little debilitating.
The obvious problem here is that there is currently no way to directly communicate phenomenal experience to a third person, hence the doctor’s likely disbelief that you really need additional medication (and I presume, their recommendation of the dispensing device. I wouldn’t be surprised if they told you that you had ‘an addictive personality’). It is something I think about a lot, as phenomenal content is one of the areas of philosophy I study. Pain is the defacto example case, whether it be Wittgenstein or more contemporary philosophers of mind.
I was diagnoised with Fibromyalgia 3 years ago. Lost my Medicaid a year and a half ago and have never been able to get pain meds for it. Even though I have a clear diagnosis, because of the way I look and where I live, every single doctor I’ve been to has denied me.
So I’ve dealt with pain for a very long time. It’s difficult for me to understand why I get treated the way I do, and I have offered on several occasions to let these “medicaid” doctors drug test me to prove just because I look the way I do, dosn’t mean I’m a “Drug Dealer” or “Convict”.
I’ve just accepted the pain and do a lot of meditation. I mentally accept the pain and allow my body to feel it, and then absorb it. Sometimes it works and I can get through it on a daily basis, sometimes it does not.
Zandelion, I thought that at first that was the main issue. However, enough time has passed now, and I have enough test results back to show the doctor it’s all “real”, so I am quite certain that my doctor appreciates that there’s accuracy in the experiential picture that I’ve painted for them. At this point I’m 99% sure that their reluctance to prescribe an appropriate amount is due to fear of the government, not due to worries about me gaming them.
You would include how the pain affects your activities each day, starting with the physical aspect; your mobility, ADL’s etc. You would also share the impact it has on your psyche, as mentioned in a previous comment.
I believe a reasonable, educated physician would find no reason or objection to prescribing the appropriate drugs/dosages were they presented with that sort of evidence.
Here in the US there are pain management specialists, it obviously is an important aspect of wellness. Unfortunately, those who con the system know all the tricks. Doctors don’t trust, true pain sufferers don’t ever find relief.
What about “lying”? Or rather, apply your own personal translation to their pain scale. When you feel a “3″, call it a “7″. Call a “5″ a “9″, etc. If it’s all based on your description of the pain then in theory you can figure out what they need to hear to prescribe correctly.
This of course would lead to pain-scale inflation where eventually you have to pretend to moan and writhe in agony to get even mild pain-killers.
Any flaw in that theory? I’m certainly not speaking from experience. In fact, I’ve always been prescribed far more pain-killers than I’ve felt the need for. So I feel your pain, but only metaphorically!
I was wondering about that, if you couldnt say your pain is pegged at 10 or higher, although higher isnt possible.
Shannon: I cruised back looking for references of side effects when you were using pot. Couldn’t find any posts (could be the lack of my interweb skills) Would you mind explaining what side effects you are referencing? It is very sad to see someone who is really sick go thru this b.s. to get medicated but with the long line ups at the methadone clinics and the rage in street use of opiates I can see why the gov’t is attempting to do what they are (ofcourse in the wrong way but it is the gov’t) Which also leads me to ask why put up with the pain when the drugs you need are readily availble on the street? | 2019-04-23T14:11:22Z | http://www.zentastic.com/blog/2010/05/13/self-control/ |
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This list shows you the pools I found. The rates are updated automatically every hour (except one). Those without rates I can’t get them in a sustainable way. Trying to contact the owners of those pools to get them to open up their stats so I could parse them too.
Feedback, ideas, dead or missing pools, please post!
The pool fees are actually a bother, because they don’t always display it prominently. Also if you know anyone from that pool, please let me know, as their data api call fails for my server, so I hope it’s just something small they can change to allow me to get that data in there.
Looks great; though its a bit sad to see all those 0 hashrate pools.
Nice work on the site ChristianRiesen, I have no idea how I missed this yesterday.
i am running pool.maeh.org (which is in revamp at the moment, but more on that later) - the pool rate is not updating. As i am running a stock p2pool with enhanced statistics, is there anything i can do to help making that work? The web site idea and look is awesome!
Maybe an idea to add a Total network rate :)?
d2.cc is working very well! Go mine there!
Add give-me-ftc.com to the list?
Anything i can do to help supporting the p2pools?
I have some pools in it, but a p2p pool is more a node in a bigger pool, so it’s nice to have them, but not each p2pool is it’s own thing in terms of hashing power.
It’s not it’s own thing, that is right as it is part of the overall p2pool. Although, each p2pool node has it’s local users and thus also provides local statistics, for example http://pool.maeh.org:19327/local_stats.
Why list p2pool nodes when they all appear abandoned with 0 kH/s?
Because I simply have not found reliable ways to include their stats. Just today got dontmine.me in there, as he had some security mod that made it impossible for my server to query his stats api, and he uses the software most people are (mmcfe). But thanks for the link, I will look at it closely and see if I can somehow include that into my process.
I just went over it a bit more and in the json I can’t get a total hash rte, but if I add up all the hashrates from miner_hash_rates I get about 875k which seems to be your local speed. Is that about right? If so I will try it and see if I can make this work with your pool.
And what was your message?
The stats update hourly automatically.
I still have your inputs open and will try to do something useful with it. Above all you have my thanks as this is what I was looking for in P2Pool.
Is there anyway to include Khash numbers by solo mining, say by using the total network hash figure, minus the pool figures to give you a figure for solo/(and I suppose unknown pools)? | 2019-04-22T04:19:42Z | http://forum.feathercoin.com/topic/275/feathercoin-pools-list-live/?page=1 |
The University Of Port-Harcourt, Uniport has said it will refund the POST-UTME screening fee to duly registered candidates who applied for the 2017/2018 screening exercise.
Recall that the Federal Government asked University managements not to over charge students for POST UTME screening.
Further to the Post-UTME Screening Exercise, duly registered candidates are requested to forward their Bank Account details with their JAMB Reg. No. and name for transfer of the refundable deposit. The information should be forwarded to director.ictc@uniport.edu.ng.
To get your screening fee back, Send your Jamb Reg No, account name and account number to this email director.ictc@uniport.edu.ng.
The question now is how much will the school management refund to all the candidates? but we believe it will be a reasonable amount.
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Our trip is nearing an end, after an indescribable week. I'm not sure how to feel, as my time is wearing down: Relief, because my time in the blistering heat, putting together houses is finished for another year? Or maybe it's sadness, because the "goodbye see you tomorrow"s suddenly became "goodbye, see you next year"s. Perhaps I could be feeling a great sense of love as friends turned to family. How am I supposed to make sense of it all. I was blessed to be able to see the masterpiece that is called ElSalvador, from the heavens (2182 meters to be exact). Maybe the altitude from that Volcano view changed things for me. How am I supposed to make sense of it all. I feel overwhelmed. I was able to see the beauty of this country through the volcano that proudly stands guard. Then the memories of a war that tore this country apart reared its ugly head, through two men standing by a broken bridge. Reminiscing of the times when the two friends were once involved in a deadly war, on two different sides. This week I traveled to a country that is tortured by financial and political turmoil. The streets were littered with Broken hearts and fractured dreams, single mothers and orphans, violence and the unprotected. However, the closer you look the easier it is to see. Big dreams and happy families. The faithful and the joyful, the strong willed and righteous men. Hearts filled with love and compassion. It's so hard to make sense of everything. The ugly and the beautiful. How can so much love exist in the gang ridden streets of El Salvador? I think the easiest way to make sense of it all, is to add Jesus to the equation. Only the joy and love from God would be able to make a difference. I think that once you come to a place like this, and witness the friendships and love demonstrated by the people, only then will you be able to make sense of it all. Sometimes, you just have to stand on the mud floor of someone's dirt and stick home, to really feel the power of Jesus' presence.
Love your perspective Josh! I especially love that last line. How humbling. Thanks for sharing Josh!
Wow! Well said. Thanks Josh.
So true, love your take Josh! Praying for you this week as you go through "re-entry". | 2019-04-22T16:40:41Z | http://semcelsalvador.blogspot.com/2017/01/to-make-sense-of-it-all.html |
1. Ensure their non-resident status has not been breached.
Absence and foreign employment must last one whole tax year. Any visits to the UK must total less than 183 days per tax year, and average less than 91 days per tax year over four years.
2. Dispose of assets whose value has significantly increased.
During non-UK residence, any capital gains realised on the disposal of assets, whether situated in the UK or elsewhere, are not chargeable to UK Capital Gains tax (CGT).
Where the individual was resident in the UK for at least 4 out of the 7 years immediately preceding the tax year of their departure, and they return to the UK before 5 complete tax years have passed, any gains realised whilst abroad will remain chargeable to CGT on their return to the UK.
There is no CGT on gains arising from assets acquired after an individual’s date of departure from the UK and sold before their return.
It is important to receive financial advice in respect of any disposals made in the non-UK country of residence.
3. Retain assets showing a loss.
Losses can be offset against future gains where those losses are realised whilst the expatriate has a liability to CGT as a UK resident.
4. Recommend or review a will.
There may have been changes, not only in UK legislation but also within the expatriate’s family life during the period of non UK residence.
5. Review the individual’s UK Inheritance Tax (UK IHT) position.
Having built up substantial capital resources, there may now be a potential UK IHT liability.
If the spouse is non-UK domiciled, an excluded property trust can be used to protect overseas assets from UK IHT.
Income producing assets should be held in the name of the lower rate taxpayer. Likewise, in respect of CGT, a higher rate tax payer pays 28% compared to 18% for a basic rate tax payer. Utilise both personal tax allowances.
7. Consider the surrender of segments from an offshore bond.
From an income tax point of view, any gain from the surrender of segments happens on the day of surrender. A withdrawal is deemed to happen on the last day of the policy year in question, by which time the individual could be UK resident.
8. Ensure the expatriate is aware of Time Apportionment Relief (TAR).
If, for example, an individual has owned an offshore bond for 10 years and they have spent 5 of those years living abroad, only 50% of the gain would be liable to UK income tax.
9. Consider an offshore bond for non UK domiciled spouses.
A ‘non dom’ living in the UK may claim the ‘remittance basis’ of taxation. Once the foreign spouse has been in the UK for 7 out of the last 9 tax years, they will be subject to tax on the arising basis unless they pay a £30,000 charge (increasing to £50,000 after 6 April 2012 where residency is 12 or more years).
10. Close down any UK deposit accounts prior to return.
The full amount of interest received will be assessed as it is income arising in the UK, with no apportionment related to the part of the year where the expatriate was non- UK resident. Allow adequate time to avoid penalties or forfeiting interest.
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Lai, Patrick Chuen-chi (1994) An ecological study of waste stabilization ponds in Werribee, Australia, with special reference to nutrient and plankton dynamics. Research Master thesis, Victoria University of Technology.
Werribee Treatment Complex has been regarded as a waste treatment facility which is both environmentally friendly and economically sustainable. In the treatment processes, recycling of resources is maximized while energy input is minimized. Moreover, through livestock production in the land and grass filtration areas, as much as 20% of the total operation cost of the complex is recovered. However, in terms of the volume of waste water treated per unit area, grass and land filtration are considered to be less efficient than stabilization ponds. It has been proposed that those areas currently used for land and grass filtration should be converted to stabilization ponds in order to increase the overall efficiency of the complex to meet the augmented sewage loading of the increasing population in Melboume (Lane and Peake, 1990). Clearly, more information on the operational principles and treatment efficiency of the waste stabilization ponds at the Werribee Treatment Complex is needed to allow an informed decision to be made. This study examined a waste stabilization pond series at the Werribee Treatment Complex. The nutrient dynamics and the prevailing ecological processes in the ponds were investigated. The findings showed that the quality of the effluent was largely controlled by the detention time of the system (cf Meron et al, 1965). In particular, prolonged detention would result in a significant increase in phytoplankton abundance which is a key-component in the treatment process. The algae not only stabilize the nutrients through direct uptake, they also produce oxygen via photosynthesis, facilitating aerobic degradation and nitrification by aerobic and nitrifying bacteria respectively. In the pond series at Werribee, ammonia in the raw sewage was completely removed through nitrification as well as algal cell uptake during periods of longest detention time. On the other hand, removal of phosphorus was insignificant throughout the study period. According to Gakstatter et al (1978), water bodies receiving effluent from waste water treatment facility such as Port Phillip Bay are usually nitrogen-limited for algal growth. Therefore, the control the nitrogen content in the effluent should be of greater concern than phosphorus. | 2019-04-25T00:19:37Z | http://vuir.vu.edu.au/15269/ |
The past quarter century has delivered progress for some women and their newborns.
At the same time, some countries and groups of women saw little or no progress despite significant global attention to maternal survival. The burden of poor maternal health—mortality and severe morbidity—is concentrated among poor and vulnerable populations, including refugees and those affected by humanitarian crises.
The new Lancet Maternal Health Series synthesises the last decade of evidence on global maternal health in low, middle and high-income countries, charts the path towards 2030 and champions vital action to ensure that every woman, every newborn, everywhere has the right to good quality care.
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I had quit my last job as an Assistant Manager at a Fast Food restaurant because of the way they treat their Managers. I pulled an average 60 hours a week forced to come in on my day off with out extra compensation. However, this story is about the job I obtain after quitting and 3 months of unemployment.
I got a job as a Receptionist/Admin Assistant at a Counseling Center for Teens and families. I felt I couldn't have gotten a better job. I am getting ready to start grad school and wasn't sure if I wanted my masters in psychology or education, I just knew I wanted to work with children. This was a perfect opportunity, flexible hours, decent pay, great friendly, family atmosphere, and lots of children. They were even willing to work with my school schedule.
I was even smart enough to ask during the interview how the position came open. The women doing the interview said they had almost double their client base in the last year and needed the extra help and that the other Receptionist / Admin Assistant had been there for 5 years. The opportunity seemed too good to be true; I should have known it was.
Everything started off great, or at least the first three days of training, which was spent going over all of the legal requirements of working in mental health. The last two days of the week were to be dedicated to training our perspective positions.
INCIDENT ONE: One day of one my training, I was alone all day. The other Office Assistant had requested the day off months in advanced and I was left alone to fend for myself. I know how to answer a phone, but have no idea where the files go, any ones extensions or the policies/procedures for anything, as if I was being set up to fail. The next day I was corrected on my actions and "shown" the right way to do things.
INCIDENT TWO: The Monday after the week of training our CEO gave a project to the Part Time Receptionist. She was to retype and make a digital copy of a paper book including the policies and procedures of another Mental Health facility we were adopting as our own. He told her he wanted it done by Friday; the packet was almost 100 pages long. Now if this was all we had to do in the office if wouldn't be a problem, but we had plenty to do to keep us busy all day. So I offered to help. We didn't finish it until about a week and a half after its due date. I was constantly asked "what's taking you so long" "I wanted this done last week" "You have other stuff you should be doing". At this point I still haven't even trained on what it is I should be doing, just guessing. | 2019-04-21T04:22:38Z | https://www.overcomebullying.org/bullied-by-the-ceo-part-1.html |
Jody Williams, winner of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for her work to ban landmines and currently a key figure in the campaign to ban “killer robots,” is a passionate advocate of freedom, self-determination, and human rights who has been described as "gutsy, plainspoken, outspoken, even brash." Eve Ensler, who penned the forward to Williams's new memoir, My Name Is Jody Williams: A Vermont Girl's Winning Path to the Nobel Peace Prize, has said she is "many things ... But to me Jody Williams is, first and foremost, an activist." Williams—a founding member and current chair of the Nobel Women's Initiative, a group of six female Nobel peace laureates who use the prestige of their work to increase the power and visibility of women's groups working for justice and equality—believes the real meaning of peace goes beyond the absence of armed conflict and is defined not by national security but by human security. | 2019-04-24T12:30:44Z | https://www.paleycenter.org/2013-spring-jody-williams |
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Field Theories wends its way through quantum mechanics, chicken wings and Newports, love and a shoulder’s chill, melding blackbody theory (idealized perfect absorption, as opposed to the whitebody’s idealized reflection) with real live Black bodies.
Albert Murray said, “the second law of thermodynamics ain’t nothing but the blues.” So what is the blue of how we treat each other, ourselves, of what this world does to us, of what we do to this shared world? Woven through experimental lyrics is a heroic crown of sonnets that wonders about love and intent, identity and hybridity, and how we embody these interstices and for what reasons and to what ends.
Samiya Bashir is represented by Blue Flower Arts.
During the six months leading up to the release of FIELD THEORIES, the poem(s) of it are being reimagined through a new medium: sound+image+light.
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As the seasons change and brings all manner of madness to the surface with it, let's give ourselves at least one day each week to receive a little dollop of poetic love.
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A constant exposure to ultra violet rays takes its toll on nearly any surface as it can cause fading and weakening of paint coverings. UV rays are combined with rain, snow and wind, these elements can become quite erosive. As the paint begins to wear you’ll notice chipping and peeling which expose the materials underneath. Wood can easily become damaged and begin to dry, crack and deteriorate. Metals are more vulnerable to oxidization and rust. Installing exterior window awnings over these areas can help to preserve the integrity of your windows by providing shading and protection from UV rays and weather. This can extend the life of the covering and keep your windows looking and functioning at their peak for much longer periods in between maintenance.
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Rainer Kussmaul, Wolfram Christ and Georg Faust fromed their Ensemble in 1993. The ensemble’s appearance at the Salzburg Easter Festival, the Maggio Musicale Firenze or the Berliner Festwochen were enthusiastically commented by the major newspapers. During a far-east tour it received a press-award in Tokyo calling it “The best Trio of our times”. In love and admiration for the string trio op. 45 of Arnold Schoenberg which represents a peak in the chamber music of our century the ensemble named itself after the highly appreciated composer. | 2019-04-21T12:17:14Z | https://solo-musica.de/en/arnold-schoenberg-trio/ |
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From here walk up the road to Silver Street and look out for Scenicview Gallery, full of awe-inspiring landscape photographs. Continue to the Silver Street Studios where you'll find Michael Kusz and his incredible sculptures, Stef Ottevanger's animal sculptures and Threshing Barn wool and weaving supplies.
Return to the village and make sure you visit the National Park Centre to pick up local info, walks leaflets and see what exhibitions they have on. The community garden behind Hudson House is a real treat with its orchard, sculptures and mini-exhibition in the old Privy!
Just round the corner is the start of a really pleasant walk. Wander up the lane towards Garden House Pottery, which has a lovely atmosphere. Their planter feet (photo on the right) always make me think they were modelled on my family... Continue on from the Pottery and you'll come to an ancient path leading to the bridge and a lovely walk by the River Swale.
When you think you've deserved it, come back in search of the Ice Cream Parlour. It's not just for warm summer afternoons: they've got lots of games for rainy days so you can while away with a hot drink as well as a Brymor treat. Before you leave, don't miss Fleece, a new shop full of handmade gifts, all made locally.
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The Tame Valley Wetlands’ team invited local community groups, Councillors, partners and volunteers to an evening of celebration on Thursday 13th July’17.
The event was arranged to mark the achievements over the last 3 years, to thank all who have played a part so far and to share our proposed vision and plans for the future.
The Tame Valley Wetlands Landscape Partnership (TVWLP) was established back in 2005 and in 2014, thanks to the Heritage Lottery Fund and the fantastic support of local people, volunteers, funders and our partners, we started delivering a £2.5m Landscape Partnership Scheme. We have grown as a team and partnership in this time and have made exciting progress towards our aims and vision of creating a wetland landscape, rich in wildlife and accessible to all.
The TVWLP celebration event took place in the beautiful and historic setting of Middleton Hall, right in the heart of the Tame Valley Wetlands. Guests received a project update and personal highlight from each member of the team. Gina Rowe, Warwickshire Wildlife Trust’s Living Landscapes Manager, then presented the Partnership’s proposed vision for the future. As the current scheme is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund until mid-2018, the Partnership Board has been looking at the next phase (2018-2030) in order to secure a strong legacy and future. The near 100 attendees were able to feedback on proposals and vote on their preferred actions.
We then shared an informal hog roast supper, and some lovely on-brand cakes. Guests were able to mingle, network and catch-up with the team and each other. There was a real buzz about the event. We gathered a lot of useful opinions and pledges on our future vision, and everybody left motivated for the year ahead and beyond.
This entry was posted in Blog, Events, Latest News, News, Project updates on 18th July 2017 by Ian Wykes. | 2019-04-20T20:39:10Z | http://www.tamevalleywetlands.co.uk/tame-valley-wetlands-celebration-supper/ |
Key equity indices traded with modest losses in afternoon trade. At 13:23 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, was down 168.24 points or 0.46% at 36,378.24. The Nifty 50 index was down 55.55 points or 0.51% at 10,888.05.
Domestic stocks drifted lower in early trade as most Asian stocks declined. Key benchmark indices extended losses and hit intraday low in morning trade. Stocks cut losses in mid-morning trade. Indices traded near day's low in afternoon trade.
Broader market witnessed selling pressure. The S&P BSE Mid-Cap index was down 1.33%. The S&P BSE Small-Cap index was down 1.38%.
The market breadth, indicating the overall health of the market, was weak. On the BSE, 710 shares rose and 1617 shares fell. A total of 137 shares were unchanged.
TCS (up 0.98%), Kotak Mahindra Bank (up 0.96%), Infosys (up 0.89%), HCL Technologies (up 0.41%) and HDFC Bank (up 0.31%), were the major Sensex gainers.
Mahindra & Mahindra (down 3.21%), ONGC (down 2.61%), Bajaj Finance (down 2.04%), Hero MotoCorp (down 1.79%) and NTPC (down 1.48%), were the major Sensex losers.
Tata Steel rose 1.39% after consolidated net profit rose 54.33% to Rs 1753.07 crore on 22.33% rise in net sales to Rs 40457.11 crore in Q3 December 2018 over Q3 December 2017. Consolidated adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) rose 27% to Rs 7,225 crore in Q3 December 2018 over Q3 December 2017. The result was announced after market hours on Friday, 8 February 2019.
Dr Reddy's Laboratories dropped 5.81%. Dr Reddy's Laboratories announced that the audit of its formulations manufacturing plant - 3 at Bachupally, Hyderabad by the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) completed on 8 February 2019. The company has been issued a Form 483 with 11 observations. The company said it will address them comprehensively within the stipulated timeline. The announcement was made after market hours on Friday, 8 February 2019.
Reliance Industries (RIL) fell 1.57%. RIL announced that Reliance Brands (RBL), a subsidiary of the company, has acquired a further stake of 2.5% in Future101 Design (Future101) on 7 February 2019, for a consideration of Rs. 1.99 crore, taking its total stake in Future101 to 15%.
Bharti Airtel was down 0.33%. The company announced the signing of an agreement by its subsidiary, Airtel Networks Kenya (Airtel Kenya) with Telkom Kenya (Telkom Kenya) for merging their respective mobile, enterprise and carrier services businesses in Kenya to operate as - 'Airtel- Telkom'. The finalisation and closure of the transaction is subject to approval by the relevant authorities.
Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) was down 0.73%. BPCL's net profit declined 76.90% to Rs 495.14 crore on 30.59% rise in net sales to Rs 79168.84 crore in Q3 December 2018 over Q3 December 2017. The result was announced after market hours on Friday, 8 February 2019. | 2019-04-25T13:19:42Z | http://systematixgroup.in/News/1073443/Sensex,_Nifty_trade_with_modest_losses |
With Europe for All you will be able to register your establishment using the Europe for All Self-assessment Form to make a simple, accurate and objective "accessibility survey" of your premises and services.
This information goes into the Europe for all database where it can be selected on demand – either from the Europe for All Website, or from other tourist information sites which participate in the scheme. Individual customers, groups and travel agents looking for access information will be confident to put your establishment in their itinerary or shortlist of possible places to visit.
If you wish, you will also be able to display Europe for All data on your own customer-facing website or business-to-business site. (For this service you will be charged an annual fee).
For those enterprises that want a certified access audit of their premises and services, Europe for All will provide a professional on-site assessment by trained auditors, based on our exacting information standards. This audit information will also be entered into the Europe for all database with priority status, giving your establishment maximum publicity to potential customers.
Two examples of 'Europe for all' accessibility assessment instruments are available for downloading from this website as PDF documents.
The Europe for all Self-Assessment Questionnaire.
For owners/managers of Hotels and Self-Catering Establishments.
The Europe for all Photo and Measurement Guide.
To be used in conjuction with the self-assessment form for Hotels and Self-Catering accommodation establishments.
These documents present the data fields and measurement techniques which 'Europe for all' is using for the first stage of the accessibility information service. The 'Europe for All' accessibility assessment instruments will be further developed through a process of public consultation, when the website is launched. | 2019-04-23T11:05:34Z | http://www.europeforall.com/tourismProviders.seam?conversationPropagation=end&conversationId=1624436 |
Lesley Hillary is the Inter-Faith and Ethnic Relations Adviser for the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle, UK. In March Lesley will bring teachers from Catholic schools, priests and other adults interested in Holocaust education. This is part of a joint initiative of the Anglican and Roman Catholic dioceses of Newcastle and Hexham, UK. Their Study tour programme includes a visit to the camps, workshop, and visit to the town and Jewish Centre in Oswiecim. This programme is a further development of Lesley’s 2015 Inter-Faith group visit to the Centre. | 2019-04-24T07:05:43Z | http://cdim.pl/2016-03-04-07-diocese-newcastle-anglican-uk,2285 |
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Donald Trump is imploring his New Hampshire supporters to leave nothing to chance on primary day.
He's telling a crowd in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to head to polls Feb. 9, "no matter where you are, no matter how you feel."
Trump continues to dominate polls in the first primary state, but is showing clear signs of anger about his second place finish in the Iowa caucuses. He's telling voters not to assume a Trump victory in New Hampshire will be a sure thing.
He says he wants to come out of New Hampshire's primary with a "mandate."
Also on Thursday, Trump gave a one-on-one interview with necn political reporter Alison King. He also spoke exclusively with Broadside host Sue O'Connell. | 2019-04-25T19:08:43Z | https://www.necn.com/news/politics/Donald-Trump-Continues-Campaign-With-NH-Town-Hall-367676511.html |
When I was asked to write about major mistakes when storytelling, a list of dos and do nots popped into my head. It was the list of things I was told when I was your age, a baby reporter chomping at the bit to get her career started — be on time, listen to NPR before going into work, etc. I also had thoughts of saying how in this new media world everyone should have a blog/website and how you should never post your party pictures on social media because it comes back to haunt you. But you’ve heard all this before and from people better than me. Besides, you need for-real practical advice that’s going to make you unstoppable in this career. It’s about story. It always was and will be. So, let’s discuss how to become master storytellers.
Relying on the press release and/or the spokesperson person for the story.
Don’t do this. As a medium, we have come to rely on the press release and I don’t blame us. In a world of get it up on the site fast and first, having something spoon feed to you is great. However, learn this lesson now: treat the press release and the PR person as A source, not THE source. Also, don’t quote the scanner. Don’t quote the scanner ever.
How do you do that? Depends. A breaking news event means you’re probably talking to witnesses, victims, maybe even the assailant. You also need to interview experts. There are experts in everything and they are only a Google search away. This will add depth to your stories and context, which is a good thing. It also makes you look super smart, which is a better thing. I suggest getting at least three sources per story. Some outlets will let you get away with two but you guys are better than that. Three for the story at least and makes them good ones.
This is a common problem. You want to write about truth, justice and the American way but you’re getting assigned bake sales and festivals. I know that people have talked to you about how you should develop your own story ideas in hopes to avoid these types of assignments.
Yes, I know it’s controversial but don’t have a list of story ideas that you want to cover…yet. Cover the festivals. Jump at the chance to cover the bake sales. Is there an assignment a senior reporter doesn’t want to do? Do it. More importantly, do it with a smile and on time with clean copy. You have a degree but you’re still a student and these types of assignments will help you concentrate on improving your interviewing and writing skills, the most important skills you will need. To do the stories you want to (and frankly need to) do, you need to be able to do the basics really well and quickly. Once you can get the entire thing done — interviewing to writing — in one hour, you’re ready for something more challenging. You’ll also earn brownie points with the senior reporters who, when they see gumption from a young reporter, can become great mentors.
Ledes are not awesome. They should be, however.
Ledes are hard to write. It takes awhile to learn how to handle them. However, some editors also don’t have a complete handle to ledes. It’s a problem but if you can get a handle on them, it just makes you look much smarter.
Question ledes? Limit them to two for your entire career.
Essentially get what people need or need to know to relate to the story up first. Sometimes it helps if you write ledes last. Yes, I know it’s the first thing you read but sometimes you gotta write the entire story first before you know what you want to say in the critical first line (s).
Nut graphs are non-negotiable. All stories need nut graphs.
The most annoying thing in the world for the reader is when there is not a nut graph in the story. The nut graph is the why-I-should-care part of the story and it’s typically the third graph. If it bury the nut graph beyond the 4th graph, editors, and more importantly readers, will be annoyed.
And your social media person will want to kill you.
That’s the feeling I get when some of my reporters have stories without a nut graph. I don’t know how to play a story without a nut graph and so I move on to another story or don’t play the story correctly because the very essence of the story is missing.
At the end of the day, you’re telling a story. I never understood why journalism schools never taught storytelling. Sure, it’s important to gather the information but on some days that’s the easy part. What separates the good from the legendary is telling the story.
This lesson I learned as a fiction writer, not as a journalist and it’s made me better. A shooting is not a shooting but the ending of something other than life — an argument, a struggle for importance, a way out of a bad situation. Very rarely is a shooting about someone putting a bullet through someone’s head.
That goes the same for everything else. One of the stories that still makes me think to this day is when a group of Cubans, who were aiming for Mexico, were found on Mustang Island near Corpus Christi. While everyone marveled about how these six Cubans survived on the waters through a hurricane and dehydration, the real story was about love. How each of them, including the only woman on board, risked it all to see sons and daughters they only know through crackled voices in telephone conversations or through words on handwritten page. This story was about love, and love is what every kind of reader understands, even those who didn’t understand the asylum policy or how this event was actually possible, they understood about love.
Lesson: Always go deeper, even when everyone else seems to have already done the work.
Do yourselves a favor, take a writing class through the English department at school. The University of Houston has an amazing creative writing program (in the top ten). Take a creative writing class and write other types of stories. You may not like it but it will make you a better journalist.
Get a library card or a Kindle or a Nook. Read everything. Read all the time. Don’t just read newspapers. Read books. Read fiction and non fiction and memoir. I know reading now is difficult with school but reading will make you a better storyteller because you are studying other master storytellers. You are learning from them and their craft — how they structure a story, how they interpret events, the words and scenes they use — you need to pay attention to all of it. They are all lessons that will help you in your quest.
Well, those are some of my tips to become a master storyteller. Some of these I learned the hard way while others I learned by the grace of others. Practice, write, report, read. Repeat. See you in the field! | 2019-04-26T04:27:48Z | http://egmncorp.com/2013/08/become-master-storyteller/ |
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May 1 (Reuters) - Apple Inc on Tuesday beat revenue and profit expectations in its March quarter as it sold 52.2 million iPhones, barely below Wall Street targets and showing some resilience as global demand for smartphones wanes.
The company also predicted a revenue range of $51.5 billion to $53.5 billion for the June quarter, with a midpoint ahead of the $51.6 billion Wall Street expected.
Apple also boosted its capital return program by $100 billion, with repurchases from the increase set to begin in the June quarter, and said it bought $23.5 billion of stock back in the March quarter, a sign that it is bringing back most of its hundreds of billions of dollars in cash to the United States.
The share repurchases in the march quarter drove Apple’s cash net of debt down slightly to $145 billion.
“We are returning the cash to investors as we have promised,” Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri told Reuters in an interview.
Apple has been at a challenging crossroads this year with sales of its flagship iPhone X disappointing many observers. Investors have watched Apple closely in recent weeks as a string of poor forecasts from the smartphone supply chain signaled that iPhone demand may be lower than previously expected. They have also been watching carefully for signs of what Apple plans to do with its hundreds of billions of dollars in cash.
Apple posted revenue for its March quarter of $61.1 billion, up from $52.9 billion last year. Wall Street expected $60.8 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. The company sold 52.2 million iPhones versus expectations of 52.3 million, according to data from Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S, up from 50.7 million last year.
Average selling prices for iPhones were $728, compared with Wall Street expectations of $742. Maestri told Reuters that clearing channel inventory of 1.8 million iPhones - most of them iPhone X and iPhone 8 models - accounted for some of the difference.
Profits were $2.73 per share versus expectations of $2.68 per share and up from $2.10 a year ago.
The company forecasted a midpoint of $52.5 billion in revenue for the June quarter, beating analyst expectations of $51.6 billion.
Apple’s services business, which includes Apple Music, the App Store and iCloud, posted $9.1 billion in revenue compared with expectations of $8.3 billion. Heading into earnings, investors were hopeful that growth in that segment could help offset the cooling global smartphone market.
Apple traditionally updates its share buy-back and dividend program each spring, and the $100 billion it added this year compares with an increase of $50 billion last year. The company also increased its quarterly dividend 16 percent, compared with a 10.5 percent increase last year.
In February, Apple said it planned to draw down its excess cash, though Chief Executive Tim Cook had downplayed the possibility of a special dividend.
But investors have had concerns around Apple because of a brewing trade tensions with China. While there has not yet been a tariff on devices such as Apple’s iPhone, Cook last week traveled to Washington to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House to discuss trade matters.
“We believe tariffs at the end of the day are a tax on the consumer,” Maestri said.
Apple has been emphasizing its contributions to the U.S. economy in recent months, outlining a $30 billion U.S. spending plan and highlighting the tens of billions of dollars it spends each year with U.S.-based suppliers.
In recent months, Apple has been emphasizing the size of its overall user base, which includes used iPhones, rather than focusing strictly on new device sales, a sign of the increasing importance of making money off users without selling them new hardware.
Apple shares have dropped 0.1 percent this year and closed at $169.10 on Tuesday, down 1.8 percent from their price of $172.26 at the start of the year. Their performance lags the NASDAQ Composite Index, which was up 3.3 percent for the year. | 2019-04-22T03:39:35Z | https://www.reuters.com/article/apple-results/apple-beats-financial-expectations-plans-100-bln-cash-return-boost-idUSL1N1S70DV |
Drawing from the elegant lines and garments of Persian Saffavid miniature paintings, this classical Persian dance choreography is set to a song by the popular Iranian singer, Haydeh.
for the world has many colors.
This humorous Iranian piece is a playful imitation of the machismo style of dance done by working class men of South Tehran. SRDC first added Baba Karam to the repertoire in 1998, then updated it in 2014.
In Persian, bandari means ''harbor.'' This spirited Iranian folk dance from the Persian Gulf reflects not only close ties with the peoples of the Arabian peninsula, but also tribal African traditions of trance dance, brought to Persia by the slave trade.
Dancers in this choreography wear the shaliteh skirt that became popular at the Persian court of Nasseredin Shah in the late 19th century. According to some legends, these skirts were inspired by the skirts of the European ballet dancers the Shah saw in his 1873 visit to Paris.
The dancers perform flirtatious gestures to the song ''Chesh Chesh,'' that speak of the eyes, the eyebrows and the lips of a beautiful girl.
From the southern Caspian region, this Iranian folk dance celebrates the bounty of Nature. The movements depict the work of the women in the fields.
Wearing the shaliteh skirt that became popular at the Persian court of Nasseredin Shah in the late 19th century, the dancers perform flirtatious gestures to a song that compares love to a feeling of drunkenness.
Beyond the veil, into the mysteries of annihilation, you shall go. Drink the sweet wine, for you know not from whence you have come. Be happy, you don't know whither you shall go. This caravan of life strangely passes. Be happy a moment, for with rejoicing it passes. Why worry about tomorrow with its rivals? Wine bearer, bring forth the cup, for the night passes!
In Nizami Ganjavi's epic poem, Haft Paykar, the Princess of the White Dome is linked to the planet Venus.
The graceful, flowing lines of Persian miniature paintings come to life in this piece. The poetry, by Jalaleddin Rumi, praises the beloved.
Our Silk Road Dance Company "signature" piece! Choreographed in the late 90s, this dance was the finale of our Kennedy Center premiere in 2001. In Persian folktales, the ''pari'' was a beautiful, fairy-like creature who sometimes visited the realm of mortals. In this dance, paris are lured to earth with joyous music, enchanting everyone with their loveliness.
Dr. Laurel Victoria Gray. The elegant lines derive from Dr. Gray's system of Classical Persian Positions, based on her decades of research and performance experience in Persian dance.
Two ladies venture out in changeable Spring weather to enjoy the flowers but get caught in an unexpected downpour. The sun returns and they remain in the garden to enjoy spring blossoms.
Choreographed in 2009 by Laurel Victoria Gray, this peice premiered in the Hidden Yearning concert in St. Paul, Minnesota, in which Silk Road Dance Company performed with local dancers.
"Varan" means rain and the theme of the dance dealing with pain, healing and purification.
set to a song by legendary Persian singer Moein, acknowledges a deep love. Silk Road Dance Company premiered this piece in 2012 at a Persian culture event held at the DC Public Library. | 2019-04-25T07:55:52Z | http://www.silkroaddance.com/persian-dance.html |
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In 1586, a mathematician called Simon Stevin published a pamphlet stating that he believed that decimal weights, measurements and coins would eventually be adopted. These ideas were adopted by John Wilkins and he created the Universal Measurement System in 1668. This was used as the basis of the modern metric system.
In 1670 a French scientist called Gabriel Mouton developed a system of decimal measurement based on the Earth’s circumference. His ideas were supported by Jean Picard and Christiaan Huygens, who were two highly regarded scientists of the time. Around the same time, German mathematician Gottfried Leibniz proposed a similar system to Gabriel Mouton. In 1790 the metric system we know today was developed by the French National Assembly.
The first country to adopt the metric system was France in 1799 and by 1875 almost half of the world’s population was using the system. The United States remains the only industrialized country that has not switched to the metric system. Thomas Jefferson proposed a decimal system of measurement for the United States in 1790, which was different from today’s metric system, but it was rejected by Congress. | 2019-04-21T06:38:30Z | https://wanttoknowit.com/who-developed-the-metric-system/ |
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Brian McKeown (1939-2009) served as co-founder and Trustee of the International Human Rights Trust and as an independent advisor until his retirement in 2003. He had previously served as Director of Trocaire, the Irish international development agency for twenty-one years. During this period he worked on development issues in Asia, Africa and South America. He was President of the European Union Development NGOs Liaison Committee, a member of the (then) Irish Government’s Advisory Council on Development as well as Chair of the Confederation of Irish Development Organisations. He was a founder and Trustee of the Association of West European Parliamentarians for Southern Africa (AWEPA)- African European Institute. In 1995 he was appointed the European Union's Co-ordinator for the UN Human Rights Operation in Rwanda (HRFOR).
After a lifetime dedicated to the cause of human rights Brian passed away on 30 July 2009. Obituaries in the Irish Times, Inspirational campaigner against injustice; and the Irish Independent, Trocaire chief who changed how we think about third world aid.
Ni bheidh a leitheid ann aris - we will not see his likes again. | 2019-04-18T12:16:28Z | https://ihrnetwork.org/history_209.htm |
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We don't mean the Ashes.
It seems strange to be writing about an event called Snowfest in July but our antipodean cousins are in the depths of winter hence the title of the latest event of the PokerStars Australia New Zealand Poker Tour.
The Day 1 action is complete down under.
Bizarre deal sees player hand over cash so his wife can't complain about him playing poker. | 2019-04-21T13:08:15Z | http://www.bluffeurope.com/search/Default.aspx?tagStatus=NEW&cultureID=1&tagSearch=ANZPT |
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1. Don’t stick to red and gold, make sure your Christmas tree features an alternative colour scheme this year! We personally love a combination of pink, yellow and orange with a touch of lime green.
3. Watch as much Christmas Telly as possible, 12 hours a day at an absolute minimum.
4. And who says you should break your TV marathon for food? Get yourself a microwave Christmas roast dinner to be enjoyed on a tray.
5. Pose for a family photo in your best Christmas outfits: favourites include singing and flashing jumpers, fluffy Santa beards, reindeer ears and as much glitter as possible!
6. Cover every inch of your house in Christmas lights: if it doesn’t hurt your eyes from a mile away, you haven’t got enough! Encourage everyone on your street to do the same, if there’s an accompanying Christmas soundtrack for your whole town to hear, even better!
7. Accessorise ladies! No Christmas outfit is complete without hair glitter, bauble earrings and Christmas nail art.
8. Learn a ballroom dance to a classic Christmas song, Mrs Wormwood does a brilliant Tarantella to Santa Baby.
9. Giving is so last year! We’d advise buying yourselves LOTS of presents.
10. Fellas, dig out your best Christmas suit, whether it be green and covered in Christmas trees, or white with snowmen – the bolder the pattern, the better!
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This month I asked my stylist to send me things for a spring trip to Europe. I'll be gone for three plus weeks, so I need things that are versatile to fit all 25 days of outfits in one suitcase. I didn't end up keeping any of their pieces, because I didn't like the actual pieces enough. But: the concepts were great! Here's how I'm going to use my fix to guide my packing.
I feel like chipotle flavors always pop up everywhere, and I've never really used them in my cooking before. I actually just used to avoid these recipes because I never had the right spices. But I wanted to try something new this week, and to make the most of my new pantry additions: I'm spotlighting chipotle recipes!
It's been super rainy here, and I've been craving some warm and creamy dishes. Spinach and artichoke pasta and dips are some of the most comforting foods, so for this meal plan, I'm spotlighting the paleo take on some classic spinach and artichoke recipes!
Recently, I've started to look for pieces that I can invest in and that can be styled to fit any season. Swapping just two items can take this cotton black jumpsuit through the seasons, giving it a drastically different look.
Winter is winding down and I can finally walk to and I am so ready to welcome the spring. But: I'm not yet ready to say goodbye to all the root veggies! So in this meal plan for the last week of February, I'm spotlighting roasted root vegetables!
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Health technology assessment (HTA) has gained increasing importance in supporting decisions. Over time, not only have specific HTA methodologies been developed, but the specific timing of assessments along the life-cycle of medical technologies has also evolved. Early assessments—before the broad diffusion of such health technologies—bear the advantage of supporting transparent, evidence-based reimbursement decisions on benefit catalogues, as well as of assisting budget allocations for costly medicinal products [ 1 – 3 ]. Depending on the developmental stage in the life-cycle of a health technology, different “early” HTA concepts like early dialogue (before the inception of clinical trials for market approval), early awareness systems or alert systems (for scanning the horizon of technologies in development or before market entry), and early (pre-coverage) assessments can be applied [ 1 ].
The fast implementation of new and often costly technologies into clinical practice and the high number of medicinal products in the pipeline have led to the introduction of early awareness systems, also called horizon scanning systems (HSS) [ 4 – 6 ]. Several countries like Sweden, Canada and the Netherlands have incorporated such concepts to make health care systems more effective and efficient through the early identification and prioritisation of emerging expensive and/or clinically relevant therapies [ 4 , 7 ]. Austria ranks among the top ten countries when it comes to the rapid adoption and implementation of oncology drugs [ 8 , 9 ]. Therefore, the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Health Technology Assessment (LBI-HTA) was commissioned in 2007 to develop and establish an HSS specifically focusing on anti-cancer drugs to provide a basis for better informed pre-coverage decisions [ 9 ].
Furthermore, many countries maintain benefit catalogues covering medical services and technologies that can be reimbursed. Some benefit catalogues cover all interventions of the in- and outpatient sectors, or—as in Austria—separate catalogues exist for the inpatient and outpatient sectors. In addition to the flat-rate payments based on a diagnosis-related group (DRG) system, costly interventions are reimbursed via a supplementary tariff in Austria. Within this hospital benefit catalogue, highly specialised services, such as medical devices and some specific oncology drugs, are offset as extra medical services (MELs) [ 10 , 11 ]. Since 2008, the LBI-HTA has been conducting annual HTA reports (evidence syntheses) to support evidence-based, pre-coverage decisions on whether to include new interventions in the Austrian hospital benefit catalogue [ 11 , 12 ].
This article aims to outline the general process of pre-coverage decision support and the scientific methods applied for early assessments on the basis of two routine programs implemented in Austria: Horizon Scanning in Oncology (HSO) and extra medical services (“MELs”).
To outline the general process of pre-coverage decision support with regard to LBI-HTA-specific methods also on an international level, a narrative-descriptive synthesis of the literature was performed. Therefore, Austrian and international HTA standards of early assessments are incorporated into this article. In addition to a targeted manual search, an internal methods handbook of the LBI-HTA was used as a basis to provide an overview of the methods and processes of early assessments in Austria [ 13 ]. Basically, both the literature search and selection always followed a consensus-led process in which three researchers (NG, KR/SW) were involved. Differences were resolved through discussion and consensus.
As mentioned, Austria is one of the countries where new anti-cancer treatments are adopted faster and are available earlier after approval by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) compared to many other European countries [ 8 , 9 ]. Therefore, the LBI-HTA was asked by regional hospital providers and the Austrian Ministry of Health (MoH) to establish an early awareness and alert system specifically focusing on cancer drugs. The so-called Horizon Scanning in Oncology (HSO) program was developed and tested between 2007 and 2008 in cooperation with horizon scanning experts from the EuroScan International Network (International Information Network on new or emerging, appropriate use and re-assessment needed Health Technologies). In October 2009, the program was routinely introduced. Since then, 83 LBI-HTA assessments and three updates have been conducted and published on the LBI-HTA website (http://eprints.hta.lbg.ac.at/view/types/dsd-hso.html). Two to three new therapies are assessed quarterly, resulting in at least eight early assessments annually. The aim of the HSO program is to identify new anti-cancer drugs or already approved drugs with licensing extensions that have a potentially relevant therapeutic and/or financial impact on the Austrian health care system. Thus, it shall not only contribute to a rational and evidence-based decision-making process, but also facilitate estimations of the impact on the health budget [ 8 ].
Across those countries that have implemented HSS, like the UK, Canada and Sweden, the inherent process basically includes the same steps (Fig. 1a; [ 6 ]). However, individual adaptations to respective contexts and needs, such as the time horizon of the HSS—which can vary from an early stage (phase I) to later stages (phase III) of drug development—have to be applied. In the HSO program of the LBI-HTA, a maximum time horizon of 3 months after marketing authorisation by the EMA, which mostly includes phase III trials, was chosen. As a first step, potential customers have to be determined prior to an HSS establishment. Thus, the LBI-HSO program was commissioned by the Austrian inpatient sector and should inform representatives of the Ministry of Health (MoH), medical directors, heads of hospital pharmacies and members of regional pharmaceutical committees [ 8 ].
The first step in the Austrian HSO process (Fig. 1b) is to identify only originator cancer drugs and indication extensions in development by regularly scanning nine sources (e.g., Medscape, websites of regulatory bodies) and periodically scanning four additional sources (e.g., conference abstracts). As a next step, drugs of the horizon scanning list that meet the inclusion criteria, which currently consists of over 400 cancer drugs in the development pipeline, are filtered out quarterly. Two blinded researchers make a first selection through a priori set filter criteria (about ten to fourteen), which mainly include the availability of positive phase III or phase II (orphan drugs) results and the maximum period of 3 months after EMA approval. Available information on the drug, indication, incidence, regulatory status and trial results are collected and sent quarterly to a group of eight experts made up of oncologists and hospital pharmacists. On the basis of five criteria, such as the potential for a significant health benefit to the patient group, the expert panel is asked to prioritise the drugs by choosing one of the following three categories—“highly relevant”, “relevant” and “not relevant”—to identify oncology drugs with a potential health and/or budget impact (Table 1). Based on the cross-sectional score of all experts, those drugs considered as highly relevant are selected for an assessment [ 8 ]. Results of the prioritisation are available on the LBI-HTA website (http://eprints.hta.lbg.ac.at/view/types/dsd-hso.html).
Are there already other treatment regimen(s) available for this specific indication or is this drug a completely new therapy?
Will the new drug replace a current drug regimen or is it an add-on therapy for this indication?
Is there potential for a significant health benefit to the patient group (high clinical impact)?
Is there potential for a significant impact on drug budgets if the technology diffuses widely (because of expected moderate to high unit costs and/or because of high patient numbers)?
Is there potential for inappropriate use (off-label) of the technology?
Since 2015, the structure of HSO assessments has been based on the HTA Core Model® for Rapid Relative Effectiveness Assessment of Pharmaceuticals developed by the European network for HTA (EUnetHTA) [ 14 ]. The HTA Core Model® organises relevant information according to pre-defined generic research questions and clusters them into the following five domains: description of the technology, health problem and current use, clinical effectiveness and safety. In addition to the HTA Core Model®, chapters regarding the systematic literature search, clinical effectiveness and safety of further studies, ongoing trials, costs (ex-factory prices) and a comprehensive commentary section are implemented [ 8 ]. As a first step in conducting an HSO assessment, the research question has to be defined and a systematic literature search has to be performed in relevant databases like PubMed and Embase. The reports are written in English so that they may also be used in other European health care systems and to reduce redundancies in European HTA [ 15 ].
To facilitate further European collaboration and to continuously refine scientific methods, additional research tools have been incorporated into the HSO reports in recent years. Therefore, the internal and external validity of clinical trials are assessed by applying tools based on EUnetHTA guidelines. These methods assess the methodological quality of evidence by evaluating the risk of bias (RoB) at study level (internal validity) and the applicability of study results, specifically the extent to which the results can be generalised to clinical practice (external validity) [ 16 , 17 ]. Moreover, the Magnitude of Clinical Benefit Scale (MCBS) developed by the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) was introduced to systematically and transparently evaluate the magnitude of meaningful clinical benefit (MCB) that can be expected from a new cancer drug [ 5 , 18 , 19 ]. The scale can only be applied to solid tumour drugs and ranges from zero to five, whereby scores of four and five indicate MCB. The evaluation of the clinical benefit is based on a dual rule taking both the observed relative benefit (hazard ratio) and the absolute benefit (median) into account. HSO assessments are internally and externally reviewed to guarantee quality assurance.
To ensure a transparent HSS system, final HSO reports are published on the LBI-HTA website (http://eprints.hta.lbg.ac.at/view/types/dsd-hso.html), as well as sent out via a mailing list including health stakeholders from different areas including oncologists, hospital pharmacists, medical directors, representatives of the MoH and health insurance providers [ 8 ]. Additionally, an HSS has to monitor upcoming evidence of already approved therapies and conduct assessment updates. Between 2009 and 2016, 63 novel cancer indications were under evaluation within the HSO program of the LBI-HTA and three assessments were updated later on; 60 of those were consequently approved by the EMA.
As one of the first European countries, Austria began introducing a systematic evaluation of new hospital interventions submitted for reimbursement in 2008. The Federal Health Commission (FHC) of the Austrian MoH maintains a benefit catalogue of medical interventions that are provided in the inpatient sector. As mentioned in the introduction, the hospital benefit catalogue includes a list of MELs for which costs are reimbursed in addition to the DRG flat rates [ 11 , 12 ]. Every year, suggestions for new interventions are submitted electronically by individual hospitals or by regional hospital cooperatives to the FHC at the MoH. These topics are compiled (in a long list) and subsequently prioritised by the MoH according to criteria such as the same suggestions by multiple hospitals or high-volume/high-cost suggestions. Finally, a (short) list of new interventions is prepared and the LBI-HTA is commissioned to conduct assessments. These topics are single-technology assessments (STA; one device/intervention for one indication) or multiple-technology assessments (MTA; one device/intervention for several indications or several interventions for one indication). The evidence syntheses have to be conducted within 3–5 months [ 12 ]. These assessments serve as evidence-based decision-support documents that include a recommendation to the FHC [ 11 , 12 ]. These systematic evaluations follow generic steps that are represented in Fig. 2a. The introduction of this process was accompanied by the implementation of a new decisional option, the “XN code”. In contrast to preceding years when the sole options were to include/exclude interventions in the benefit catalogue and were not based upon evidence, XN interventions can be included temporarily (3–5 years) and will be re-evaluated [ 20 ]. Within the period of 2008–2018, 96 MELs (74 new systematic reviews and 22 updates) were carried out by the LBI-HTA (http://eprints.hta.lbg.ac.at/view/types/dsd.html).
After initial compilation and prioritisation by the MoH, potentially relevant topics are provisionally communicated to the LBI-HTA for scoping. This process includes the scanning of different sources, like the HTA and Planned and Ongoing Projects (POP) Databases, Deximed, UpToDate, S3 guidelines (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Wissenschaftlichen Medizinischen Fachgesellschaften, AWMF), other evidence-based guidelines and Open Knowledge Maps [ 15 ]. These consist of information from other evidence-based advisory boards (e.g., The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, NICE; or the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health, CADTH). High-quality systematic reviews or assessments of other institutions and information on the regulatory and implementation status of the technology can thereby be identified. Accordingly, there is a second prioritisation by the MoH in cooperation with the LBI-HTA when the decisions on the final topics for the ensuing assessments are made (Fig. 2b).
After the final selection of the topics, the exact research question is defined by clarifying the target Population, the investigated Intervention, the Comparator intervention(s) and patient-relevant Outcomes (PICO). A systematic literature search is then conducted in the following databases: Medline via Ovid (including PubMed), Embase, The Cochrane Library, and the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD). Furthermore, to identify ongoing and unpublished studies, a search in three clinical trial registries (ClinicalTrials.gov, WHO-ICTRP, EU Clinical Trials) is carried out. As a final step of the systematic literature search, a PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) flow diagram has to be prepared and implemented in the assessment [ 13 , 21 ].
Subsequently, the quality of the studies is rated by an RoB assessment. Based on the study design, different methodological tools can be considered for the RoB assessment (e. g., Cochrane RoB checklist, ROBINS-I, AMSTAR, IHE 20-Criteria Checklist). The external validity is additionally evaluated, i. e., the extent to which the results can be generalised to the population in clinical practice. In a next step, efficacy and safety data of the included studies are extracted by one author and reviewed by another independent author [ 16 , 22 ]. Since 2016, the structure of MEL assessments has been based on the HTA Core Model® (Application for Rapid Relative Effectiveness Assessment), which was developed within EUnetHTA (www.eunethta.eu, see Horizon Scanning in Oncology program—process and method) [ 23 ].
Accordingly, a critical appraisal based on the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) framework is conducted to evaluate whether the overall strength of evidence supports the conclusions [ 24 ]. Therefore, the extracted outcomes have to be categorised, according to patient relevance, as either decisive for the final decision (critical), clinically important (important) or not clinically important (not important). To estimate the effect for each outcome, data on selected outcome categories are synthesised across studies by two independent researchers in a summary of findings table [ 24 ]. To rank the overall strength of evidence across all outcomes, GRADE applies four categories, whereby the lowest quality of any critical outcome is decisive (Table 2). The main focus is on the predefined outcomes of the PICO question and the outcomes defined as critical during the GRADE process. On these grounds, conclusions are derived and recommendations are given on whether the new hospital intervention should be included in the MEL list and thus reimbursed.
The recommendation can include one of the four following categories: “yes”, “yes—with restrictions”, “no—preliminary” and “no” (Table 3). The categories “yes” and “no” shall recommend or not recommend the inclusion into the hospital benefit catalogue, respectively. Moreover, a “recommendation with limitations” includes a statement on advised restrictions (e. g., use in specialised centres). Regarding the third category of “preliminary rejection”, the recommendation is accompanied by a description of gaps in clinical evidence (e. g., lack of long-term follow-up data or controlled studies, unreliable clinical endpoints). LBI-HTA recommendations given in the MEL assessments are taken into consideration by the FHC. However, the final decision of the FHC can be either the inclusion into the hospital benefit catalogue with or without any restrictions or the exclusion from reimbursement [ 12 ]. After amendments to the hospital benefit catalogue have been published, early assessments are published via the LBI-HTA website (http://eprints.hta.lbg.ac.at/view/types/dsd.html) and a mailing list addressing health care stakeholders.
Between 2008 and 2017, 69 assessments for hospital interventions (often, but not always medical devices) that can be followed-up to a political decision were conducted within the MEL program of the LBI-HTA. Twenty-five (36.2%) of those were included into the hospital benefit catalogue, whereby only five (7.2%) were included without any restrictions. On the other hand, 44 (63.8%) were not eligible for inclusion into the catalogue. Regarding the MEL recommendations, 54 (78.3%) interventions were initially not recommended to be included, of which 50 (72.5%) were preliminarily not recommended due to gaps in clinical evidence. Fifteen (21.7%) of the interventions were recommended with restrictions for inclusion into the benefit catalogue and none were recommended without any restrictions (Table 3).
Many countries have implemented HTA concepts to forecast the benefit–risk ratio of costly interventions in order to support transparent, evidence-based health care reimbursement decisions, but also to facilitate budget allocations [ 1 , 12 , 25 ]. Thus, decision support can either be directly linked to political decisions, e. g., directly by shaping the hospital benefit catalogue (MEL) or indirectly by facilitating decentralised drug procurement decisions, e. g., for drug commissions of hospital owner organisations (HSO). Therefore, this study sought to address the inherent process and methods of pre-coverage decision support of early assessments in Austria, based on the HSO and the MEL program of the LBI-HTA. Our findings indicate that the recommendations made in our MEL reports have been directly translated into reimbursement decisions in the majority of instances. More than half of the evaluated MELs were not initially recommended and consequently not included in the Austrian hospital benefit catalogue. Regarding the HSO program, no conclusion on the application of early assessments can be drawn. One reason is the rather complex and fragmented Austrian health system, especially in the inpatient sector. On the other hand, our HSO program is rather reactive (evaluating identified costly drugs) and not directly linked to initial political requests. However, there is evidence that HSO assessments and the incorporated ESMO-MCBS scores contribute to decisions of Austrian hospital providers to some extent.
There are an increasing number of fast track approval pathways accompanied by the approval of drugs with ambiguous benefit–risk profiles [ 9 , 26 – 29 ]. Since the bar for drug approval will most probably not be raised again, health care decision-makers have to continually assess and monitor the upcoming evidence of new and already approved cancer drugs [ 5 ]. Early awareness systems and HSS have thus become increasingly important in recent years. Therefore, the LBI-HTA carried out three updates of previously assessed therapies within its HSO program and conducted a cross-sectional study on the knowledge of cancer drugs at the time of approval [ 9 ]. In these studies, we were able to show that in a large number of therapies, no valid knowledge about the survival benefit is available at the time of marketing authorisation. Therefore, we are currently working on a follow-up study to monitor and characterise recently approved therapies with ambiguous benefit–risk profiles and identify any post-approval updates on survival and quality of life. In addition, the ESMO-MCBS was implemented to promote a transparent and standardised cancer drug evaluation process. By recommending medicines with a clinical benefit for reimbursement, scarce health care resources are allocated in a more efficient way [ 18 , 19 ].
In contrast to pharmaceuticals, recommendations in early assessments of new hospital interventions are even more limited by the quality of available clinical evidence [ 12 , 30 ]. Since it has been shown that the MEL assessments of the LBI-HTA are often not supported by strong evidence (randomised controlled trials), making recommendations can be challenging [ 12 ]. Moreover, the risk class of a medical device has an influence on issued decisions, as higher-risk procedures (e. g., invasive surgery) are usually not underpinned by strong evidence; on the contrary, they are associated with greater uncertainties. In Austria, despite limited evidence, a high risk profile often leads to an inclusion into the hospital benefit catalogue. This could be due to ethical considerations, like in the case of radiofrequency ablation in patients with painful vertebral metastases. This intervention provides pain relief and causes no major complications in a fatal disease accompanied by intolerable pain, and may thus be justified on ethical grounds [ 31 , 32 ]. Continuous improvement of pre-coverage assessments through the implementation of new, transparent and standardised methods like GRADE is of high importance. Furthermore, changes at a regulatory level will be needed to ensure approvals of interventions with reliable benefit–risk ratios and strong evidence [ 11 , 12 ].
European collaborations regarding HTA reports and HSS have gained importance in the past two decades [ 15 , 25 , 33 ]. Several collaborations on these topics have evolved, like EUnetHTA, BeNeLuxA, the International Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessment (INATHA) and EuroScan. These networks shall not only help to efficiently allocate scarce resources and support pre-coverage decisions, but also to avoid redundancies [ 25 ]. A recent publication [ 34 ] has shown that the number of duplicate reports on technologies ranges from seven to 22. This leaves much room for improvement with regards to efficient cooperation between EU countries. Therefore, the HTA Core Model® was implemented in the early assessment procedure of the LBI-HTA, enabling a structured, consistent and easily transferable way to facilitate sharing information at an international level [ 23 , 25 , 35 ]. To remove language barriers, our early assessments are conducted in English, but German margins and summaries are available to guarantee national decision support. Austria has shown itself to be a forerunner in the systematic evaluation of hospital interventions and therefore plays a major role in the European coordination of collaboration on medical devices and interventions.
Overall, coverage decisions based on early assessment reports not only depend on the available evidence, but are also influenced by the organisation of the health care system and the cross-linking between decision-makers and HTA institutions. Since the early assessments of the MEL program of the LBI-HTA are directly linked to the maintenance and shaping process of the hospital benefit catalogue covering the inclusion or exclusion of new technologies, they have an actual impact on reimbursement decisions and encourage more transparent and evidence-based decisions. Therefore, the use of HTA has become more prospective and proactive rather than solely reactive. In contrast, HSS could facilitate decentralised medical procurement decisions by supporting, for example, drug commissions of hospital owner organisations. Although the HSO program is efficient in identifying new potential indications for cancer drugs, the extent of the actual implication of these assessments on pre-coverage decisions remains unclear. Overall, the article offers a comparison of Austrian early assessments including international methodological standards and a general overview of two different approaches to decision support on costly drugs and medical devices.
We would like to thank Ingrid Zechmeister for providing valuable comments on earlier versions of the manuscript.
N. Grössmann, S. Wolf, K. Rosian, and C. Wild declare that they have no competing interests.
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President Donald Trump arrives to meet with the House Republican Conference about tax reform at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Nov. 16, 2017.
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump and GOP House Speaker Paul Ryan, Wis., won a major victory as the House passed the tax bill Thursday, the central piece of the Republican plan to boost the U.S. economy. No Democrats voted for the bill. Ryan could lose 22 GOP votes, but in the end, he only lost 13.
The main goal of the House’s “Tax Cut and Jobs Act” is to lower taxes on companies in an effort to make them more competitive and discourage them from moving abroad. The bill reduces the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 20 percent and the rate for pass-through businesses down to 25 percent (with some restrictions). Many families would also pay less, although Ryan has admitted that won’t be the case for everyone. Here’s a rundown of what is actually in the final version of the bill that passed.
It keeps the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate. The House voted on a tax bill only. The Senate bill includes a provision to scrap the legal requirement that almost all Americans buy health insurance or pay a penalty. The House isn’t touching that, which may lead to a showdown between the two chambers if they have to resolve their very different versions of the bill.
Big businesses win. The House bill cuts the top rate that large corporations pay from 35 percent to 20 percent, the biggest one-time drop in the big-business tax rate ever. It is a permanent change that does not expire. On top of that, companies would get some new tax breaks to help lower their bills, such as the ability to deduct all the costs of purchasing new equipment for five years, as well as a special low rate on any money they bring back to the United States from low-tax countries such as Ireland. Many businesses have been holding cash overseas to avoid 35 percent U.S. taxes. Now they would get to bring the money home at a tax rate of 12 percent.The entire business tax system would also change from a worldwide system, in which money anywhere around the globe is taxed, to a territorial system in which it’s mostly money made in the United States that is taxed. Businesses have long lobbied for this change.
Small businesses get a mini-win. The National Federation of Independent Businesses, the largest small business lobby, initially was against the House bill, but Republicans made some changes and now the NFIB is giving its blessing. 95 percent of American businesses are organized as pass through companies (LLCs, S-Corps, partnerships), and they “pass through” the business income to the owner’s individual tax rate. The House plan lowers the top rate from 39.6 percent to 25 percent for small businesses (excluding “service companies” like consultants and lawyers) and requires a complex formula where the 25 percent rate only applies to about 30 percent of the business income. But the reality is most small businesses – 85 percent – already pay taxes at rates of 25 percent or less. To help out the small “mom and pops,” the final bill has a 9 percent rate on the first $75,000 in income for business owners making $150,000 or less. But that tax break phases in, meaning it isn’t fully available until 2022.
The rich do very well. The wealthy get a lot of benefits in the bill. The estate tax, which is paid only when property and other assets worth over $5.5 million are passed on to heirs, doubles to about $11 million in 2018 (around $22 million for couples), meaning a lot fewer people have to pay it. And the estate tax goes away entirely in 2024. The mega-wealthy also would get to keep charitable deductions, a popular way that lowers their tax bills, and they no longer would have to pay the alternative minimum tax (AMT), a safeguard against excessive tax dodging that’s been in place since 1969. Some wealthy business owners would be able to take advantage of the lower pass-through rate as well. Overall, the Tax Policy Center found that half the benefits of the bill go to the top 1 percent by 2027.
Most Americans pay the same – or lower – taxes until 2023. For the next five years, the vast majority of Americans (92 percent) would either pay less or see little change, according to the official estimates from the Joint Committee on Taxation. But that shifts sharply after five years. In 2023, only 40 percent of Americans would pay less. Twenty-two percent would pay more (the rest see little change), JCT found.
By 2023, a key middle-class tax break expires. Many of the people facing tax hikes are solidly middle class ($40,000 to $75,000) or else in the “upper upper” middle class ($200,000 to $400,000), JCT found. A key savings for the middle class – the Family Flexibility Credit – goes away after 2022. The House bill also uses a low measure of inflation after 2022, meaning more and more people start to jump from the 12 percent tax bracket to the 25 percent bracket (which starts to kick in at $67,500 for heads of households). Higher income earners are impacted by the elimination of numerous itemized deductions (see more explanation on those below).
– The adoption credit stays. The 401(k) exemption stays. But . . .
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Paul McCartney enjoyed Rupert’s stories as a kid, and particularly loved the illustrations of Alfred Bestall, who spent more than 40 years crafting tales and pictures for the bear. But it wasn’t until he was telling those stories to his daughter Heather that McCartney saw the character’s full potential.
With The Beatles coming to an end, McCartney was looking for new endeavours, so approached Daily Express editor Sir Max Aitken, and convinced him to sell the film rights. With Macca bemoaning the Americanisation of Winnie the Pooh by Walt Disney, he promised to keep U.S. accents out of this very British story.
McCartney planned an animated, feature-length movie musical, and wrote a series of songs for the project throughout the 1970s, with names like ‘Nutwood Scene’, ‘Walking the Meadow’, and ‘Rupert Song’. In the early 1980s, he approached Argentinian animator Oscar Grillo – with whom his wife Linda had worked on animated short Seaside Woman – and pitched shooting a Rupert short before embarking on a feature. But very quickly money became an issue.
(Original Caption) Sporting a preppie style button-down shirt and khakis, Paul McCartney was hard at work, late last month, at Air Studios mixing sound for his cartoon, Rupert the Bear.
The singer-songwriter was still keen to make the short however, telling Stills “We’ve got all these ideas cooking but I don’t think anyone was eager to go into the $40m job without knowing a hell of a lot more.” So he turned to director Geoff Dunbar, whose first animation Lautrec won the Palme d’Or in Cannes, and whose second effort took home the Golden Bear in Berlin.
The result of their collaboration was Rupert and the Frog Song, a 13-minute cartoon inspired by an Alfred Bestall illustration in the 1958 Rupert annual. The film featured the vocal talents of June Whitfield and Windsor Davies, while McCartney himself voiced Rupert and his pals.
Rupert ignores the warning, enters, and bears witness to a musical performance that occurs just once every 200 years. There are amphibians everywhere, and they launch into the McCartney-penned ‘We All Stand Together’ as fireflies light up the cavern, illuminating singing fish, a ballet dance, and frogs flying in hot-air balloons overhead. Then an inexplicably evil owl interrupts proceedings, the frogs disperse, and Rupert heads home for dinner.
Both the song and film were a huge success, with the former reaching No.3 in the UK charts, and the latter becoming one of the bestselling videos of 1985. It also won the BAFTA for Best Animated Short, and screened theatrically alongside McCartney feature Give My Regards to Broad Street, where it was the undoubted highlight of that double-bill.
While the title bear was a largely passive character in The Frog Song, he was going to be the focal point of the film. “He’d have a much more central role to play” McCartney told Stills. “One of the problems with Rupert is that I don’t think the stories are very good. Generally, he tends to go away from home, have an adventure and then come home for tea. That’s nice, but there’s no one, big, Cinderella-like story.
Paul McCartney and his Linda McCartney arrive at the concert to see Frank Sinatra.
Withered yes. But it didn’t completely die. McCartney is rumoured to have collaborated with George Martin on a new tune for the movie a few years later. While songs from those original Rupert sessions have been popping up on bootlegs ever since. Indeed many can still be found online if you know where to look.
So with bears big business right now, it feels like the right time to resurrect this inter-species collaboration. So that Rupert can take his rightful place alongside Paddington and Pooh in cinemas.
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"Food allergy involves an abnormal immune response to food following ingestion, while food sensitivities involve an abnormal but nonimmunological response," explains Randy Horwitz, medical director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona in Tucson. In other words, if you have a sensitivity, your body may not like a certain food, but it won't make you sick.
There are differing opinions about what causes food sensitivities, but some health and nutrition experts blame a genetic predisposition, such as an enzyme deficiency, which makes it difficult for the body to digest certain food components (such as lactose, a sugar in cow's milk). Intolerance of eggs or wheat is also common. Some people experience sensitivity to chemical constituents—either natural or synthetic—in certain foods.
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- LC copy torn, missing large edge sections in upper right corner, and mounted on cloth backing.
1 map on 4 sheets : color ; 149 x 117 cm, sheets 79 x 87 cm or smaller.
"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1870 by James Van Vechten in the Clerks Office for the Northern District of Illinois." LC Land ownership maps, 106 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes list of post offices and view of public building. Insets: Plat of Norwood -- Map of the northern portion of Lake County, Indiana, adjoining the towns of Hyde Park and Thornton, Ills. -- Englewood -- Plat of Jefferson -- Plat of Homewood. LC copy torn, missing large edge sections in upper right corner, and mounted on cloth backing.
Van Vechten, J. Van Vechten's map of Cook Du Page Countie's also the norther portion of Lake County, Indiana . Chicago: J. Van Vechten, 1870. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2013593087/.
Van Vechten, J. (1870) Van Vechten's map of Cook Du Page Countie's also the norther portion of Lake County, Indiana . Chicago: J. Van Vechten. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2013593087/.
Van Vechten, J. Van Vechten's map of Cook Du Page Countie's also the norther portion of Lake County, Indiana . Chicago: J. Van Vechten, 1870. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2013593087/>.
Gibson, Indiana. Railroad workers go to work at all hours of the day and night. The ... 1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches or smaller.
Gibson, Indiana. Lobby of the YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) for railroad workers 1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches or smaller.
Gibson, Indiana. L.R. Pierce (right) and R.E. Ewing registering at the railroad YMCA (Young Men's Chirstian ... 1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches or smaller.
Gibson, Indiana. Railroad workers coming to the railroad YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) 1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches or smaller. | 2019-04-21T15:08:39Z | https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4103c.la000106/ |
ASTM A709 grade HPS steel plate is primarily used in the manufacture of bridges. The grades HPS 50W and HPS 70W are higher performing grades for extreme climates, where temperature fluctuations are a factor.
Please call Leeco Steel at 1-888-828-7897 to be connected to a member of our sales team who can share more information about A709 HPS plate steel. | 2019-04-22T06:38:56Z | https://www.leecosteel.com/a709-grade-hps.html |
ARLINGTON, Va. The National Association of State Credit Union Supervisors (NASCUS) will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the state credit union charter at its annual State System Summit in Boston, Mass., August 20-22, 2009.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Board Member Tom Curry, National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Board Member and NASCUS liaison Gigi Hyland and Chip Filson of Callahan and Associates are among the event's confirmed speakers. As the nation faces an unprecedented economic environment, NASCUS' Summit will offer system-wide collaboration on how state credit unions can continue to provide financial health solutions for the next 100 years and beyond.
"For the past 100 years, beginning in Massachusetts in April 1909, state regulators and credit unions have worked together to develop innovative, safe and sound financial services for credit union members," said Mary Martha Fortney, NASCUS President and CEO. "We take great pride in this 100th anniversary and look forward to beginning the second century of a strong state credit union system."
NASCUS' 2009 Summit will feature numerous educational breakout and general sessions, open forums and keynote presentations by the nation's experts and an abundance of networking opportunities. Register early to receive the "Early Bird" rate. Additional savings are available for three or more attendees from a single organization. | 2019-04-22T18:19:05Z | https://nascus.org/press_release/2009-press-releases/2-18-09-PR.php |
Black men generally have their own unique style that complete their swag. If you are a black man who is looking for a new and trending haircut or a men with thick and curly hair these pics below would be very inspiring for you!
There are some haircuts and styles that are very popular among black men. For example faded haircuts are the most preferred haircuts that can be sported with medium to super short hairstyles. You can complete the look with beard. Tapered short hairstyles are also suitable for curly hair this way it would be much more easy to style your hair. Afro style is the most special hairstyle for black people and if you like boho and funky styles you can go with manageable mini afro looks. Long hairstyles are also very popular recently so if you want to adopt long hair you need to be careful about the hair product that you use. You need moisturize your hair regularly and use products for curly hair to achieve healthy hair. | 2019-04-20T04:12:12Z | https://www.mens-hairstyle.com/swagger-hairstyles-for-black-men.html |
Learn about Gainesville Restaurants’ free and reduced meal deals for kids throughout the week! Your kids can eat free all week long! Participating restaurants are listed below. Discounts and deals are subject to change.
Hungry Kids Meals are only .99! Super Hungry Kids Meal only $1.50 more!
With purchase of adult entrée. Dine in only.
Wednesdays 5 to 10 p.m.
Kids eat for .99 cents.
Tuesdays 4 to 10 p.m.
Kids eat free from the kids menu with purchase of an adult entree.
Kids eat for .99 cents with purchase of an adult entree.
Wednesdays 5 to 8 p.m. | 2019-04-18T22:52:46Z | https://gigglemagazine.com/kids-eat-free-gainesville/ |
Seems like a chill bro who's down to hit the club after a day on the links.
I find his smile insincere.
haha, look at brad trying to lean down lower to the chest..."wait, you sure my head isn't getting cut off?" | 2019-04-19T04:41:44Z | http://theblowtorch.blogspot.com/2009/10/brad-miller-watch-in-da-club.html |
Few innovations in the RV industry can boast of steady interest over an extended period of time and at many levels of the industry. But along with other leading-edge design concepts such as basement model floor plans and slide-out rooms, the advent of EPDM rubber roofing has generated a lot of interest and a box full of questions regarding its wear, its care and its benefits. Equipped on RVs since the 80's, EPDM rubber, (ethylene propylene diene monomer), has now enjoyed industry-wide acceptance on many recreation vehicles and many decades of successful use in other industries. So popular now, most RV manufacturers offer at least some of their product line, if not all, equipped with an EPDM rubber membrane as the finished roof surface.
As EPDM membrane increased in popularity and RVers became more in tune with it, aftermarket products began to appear including a vast assortment of treatments, cleaners and protectants. And that's where the contention began. Confusion seeped its way into the fabric of discussions from campfire conversations among RV owners to professional technical presentations by the so-called experts. Even knowledgeable professional shops were a bit vague when asked about specific precautions concerning EPDM membrane. The facts will be revealed here, but first, a little EPDM background.
According to a published polymer selection guide spec sheet, EPDM membrane is ideal for outdoor applications, such as the roofs of RVs because it has an excellent resistance to ultra-violet light, (UV), ozone, oxidants and can withstand severe weather conditions. Such characteristics allow many EPDM manufacturers to guarantee their membrane for long periods - ten to twelve years. Realistically, EPDM membrane could last closer to twenty! Additionally it has excellent resistance to heat which makes it extremely well-suited for recreation vehicles in any climate. It is capable of enduring temperature variations from -50 degrees F., to 240 degrees F., without cracking or deteriorating. Its sunlight aging rating is excellent. Compression set, abrasion resistance and its resilience factors have all been rated good. On the downside though, tear resistance only came in at fair, and the solvent and oil resistance rating is poor. Many RVers have experienced tears or rips in the rubber caused primarily by low hanging tree limbs while pulling into campsites. Happily though, repairs are likewise easy, thanks to the aforementioned aftermarket. Other inherent negative characteristics include a susceptibility to absorb oils, fats and waxes from solvents having a low polarity. An example would be the resultant bubbling or wrinkling that can occur if an oil-based roof coating, commonly used on aluminum RV roofs, is mistakenly applied to EPDM membrane.
By nature, EPDM rubber requires no protection from UV rays or ozone bombardment, though it is prone to oxidize. Normal oxidation is a condition due to the disintegration of surface binders or elastomers simply by weathering. Other destructive environmental conditions can also add to the degree of chalking. The result is that surface chalking actually removes a portion of the rubber. This is a normal occurrence and the RVer should not be concerned about the direct effect on the rubber. Oxidation will, however, usually manifest itself as long, unsightly streaks running down the sides of the RV. We've all seen it. The streaks are usually caused by dirt, road grime and air-borne pollutants that settle and adhere to the roof and are washed over the side along with the loosened powdery surface elastomer. The simple solution is to keep the roof clean. The degree of chalking associated with EPDM may vary from coach to coach. And according to the makers, tighter controls during the copolymerizing procedure leads to a slower rate of oxidation though most will surrender up to 10% of the overall thickness during the life of the roof. Since EPDM is itself an elastomer used generally in conjunction with other elastomers, copolymerizing the EPDM with other modifiers can substantially improve the quality. But that's for the manufacturers to worry about.
Cleaning your rubber roof should be a regularly scheduled maintenance task performed often enough to keep the EPDM surface white. Usually four to six times per year will suffice depending on your climate and its propensity to gather and distribute dirt, and how pure the copolymerizing process was performed during manufacture.
One confusing aspect of EPDM care, alluded to earlier, involves the use of products that contain petroleum distillates. It appears the very words, "petroleum distillates" invoke confusion and controversy. EPDM, as designed and formulated by the chemists and engineers, has a poor resistance to oils and solvents - derivatives of petroleum, but many, if not most, of the aftermarket cleaners and protectants are forever branded with the words, "Contains: Petroleum Distillates" right on the container. So what gives? When asked about the apparent contradiction, many product manufacturers were quick to respond and ready to defend. Read on.
According to most, the term "petroleum distillates" is a very broad category which usually refers to all aliphatic hydrocarbons. Further, aliphatic hydrocarbons can be divided into two distinct groups: petroleum distillates and synthetic paraffinic hydrocarbons. Not that it will impact your RV life immensely, but the three general classes of compounds found in petroleum distillates include napthenic, aromatic and paraffinic hydrocarbons. All petroleum distillates and paraffinic hydrocarbons are good cleaners and spot removers though the paraffinic hydrocarbons have a lower flammability level, a narrower boiling range and a higher solvency rate. They all are very good at removing light grease and grime common to the roofs of RVs. Further purified, some distillates eventually become oils used in medicines and cooking aids.
Proponents say trying to define the term petroleum distillates is akin to explaining the term, "liquids." Liquids come in many varieties; water, milk, battery electrolyte, gasoline, cough medicine and nail polish can all be described as liquids, and each has a beneficial use when used correctly. However, nail polish used as battery electrolyte or milk poured in your RVs fuel tank will indeed have disastrous results. Fact is, all petroleum distillates begin their refined life as a petroleum distillate, but their end use can be radically different. This is not to trivialize the concern about some petroleum-based products with respect to EPDM membrane, but broad-brush tactics condemning all petroleum distillate products as the death knell to EPDM rubber roofing is like throwing the baby out with the bath water. One EPDM manufacturer even recommends the use of unleaded gasoline as a cleaning solvent though admonishing, "Use cleaning solvent sparingly. Do not saturate sheet. Noticeable swelling of sheet indicates that too much cleaning solvent is being used." Makes sense. Additionally, industrial splice cleaners used by some makers, including Carlisle SynTec and Anjon, contain petroleum distillates. Immersion tests have revealed that petroleum distillates indeed cause EPDM to swell, wrinkle and bubble, but in the case of volatile solvents, the swelling can recover as the solvent evaporates. In other words, take care and know what you are doing if you use petroleum distillate products on EPDM membrane. Your rubber roof material will bubble and loosen if it is saturated or soaked with a product that contains petroleum distillates.
But, this harkens back to a common theme among those EPDM product manufacturers who use petroleum distillates in their mix; they say in essence, look, we have done our research, spent big bucks to formulate a product that will do what it says if you simply follow the directions properly. We have to put the words "petroleum distillates" on the label as a notification for physicians and emergency medical specialists in the unlikely event of ingestion of our product. Prominence in labeling is a requirement of the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Code of Federal Regulations, Commercial Practices, Section Sixteen. (Copies of the regulations are available by contacting Superintendent of Documents, PO Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954).
So the call went out to product manufacturers and EPDM suppliers and distributors for information, product samples and maintenance recommendations. Samples, when provided, were tested from a user's perspective in various climates over the course of many months. What follows is a list of the products that were effective on EPDM rubber membrane displaying variable degrees of oxidation and sporting an assortment of stains and dirt. What mattered? Just this - did the product do what it said it would do.
An interesting note is that other factors also contributed to a product's effectiveness including the time of year and how well the roof had been previously maintained. But the type of stain, the indigenous climate and how much oxidation was present were the three main determining factors. Application directions were followed to the "T" though none were compared head to head for ease of use since that comparison would be purely subjective. Interestingly, there were no reports of swelling, bubbling or damage caused by the use of a rubber roof cleaner or protectant that contained petroleum distillates.
One cleaning tactic that continues to work on tough stains, previously endorsed by virtually all EPDM suppliers, is to dampen a clean cloth with mineral spirits, (a petroleum distillate), for spot applications. However, do not pour mineral spirits directly onto the roof; remember the saturation factor. Another product evaluator had success simply with Tile-X mildew cleaner, a bleach-type product, though it remains unclear exactly what type of stain was on the roof. Simple household bleach worked well in other instances. Dicor recommends their own cleaner or a mild laundry detergent for general cleaning and mineral spirits for the tougher stains. Ironically, Alpha Systems Incorporated, another major EPDM supplier, choose not to respond to two separate requests for information and their recommendations.
Yet a dichotomy still exists. Fact; warranties can be voided by using products that contain petroleum distillates if damage is incurred by its use. Fact; when used as directed, EPDM products containing petroleum distillates do work. So just where does that leave the RV owner? It beckons the RVer to try an assortment of care products and make a personal observation and decision based on his/her climate and type of grime. In other words, use what works best in your situation taking care to follow the directions explicitly. Be also advised that your warranty may be affected by using products that contain petroleum distillates. It just may come down to how well you want the roof to look, how easy it is to clean, and if the risk of voiding the warranty means less to you than keeping your EPDM rubber roof membrane spotless. | 2019-04-18T16:52:23Z | http://www.rvdoctor.com/2004/11/rvs-rubber-roofing-and-you.html |
When a band of Foo Fighters’ calibre gets ready to release a new album, there is always a lot of anticipation involved. But with the spotlight placed firmly above them, the rock legends don’t know the meaning of the word disappoint. This, the newest edition to their extraordinary musical arsenal is no exception.
After the enormous success of 2007’s ‘Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace,’ many questioned where the Foo’s were to go next. From headlining Wembley stadium in front of 18,000 people to performing with some of the idols they grew up listening to, they have pretty much explored every avenue. Maybe it’s this that made the quartet decide to take a step back, take it all in and go back to basics. And you can’t get much more basic or old school then deciding to strip it down and record this album on analogue tape and in Dave Grohl’s own garage.
The opener ‘Bridge Burning’ is an upbeat hook-filled catchy rock track, whereas the first single ‘Rope’ is different but equally catchy. Its slower build up may have to grow on you.
‘White Limo’ has Grohl tearing out screams throughout making this a brilliantly heavy track while ‘These Days’ is the opposite. A chilled yet rough track, it showcases the great song-writing skills of the alt-rockers.
‘Back & Forth’ is just a great rock anthem, pulsating with grooves and a brilliantly constructed chorus it brings back the stadium-sized riffs and hooks, and it’s sure to become a fan-favourite.
The charged up ‘Miss The Misery’ is a showcase of flawless musical skill, much like the rest of the album. While there’s no over-blown guitar solos – the guitar work is immense - blending perfectly with the melodies of the album and taking it to another level along with the as-always brilliant drum skills from stick man Taylor Hawkins and Dave Grohl’s amazing vocals.
With Butch Vig taking the production reigns and Krist Novoselic appearing on ‘I Should Have Known’, you can just feel the history, nostalgia and electricity between them and Grohl, it being the first time the three have worked together since 1991 when they made that album you may have heard of. The result is a brilliantly chilled out song – the emotion evident in Grohl’s voice as he pays tribute to his friend who died in 2008 with the heartfelt lyrics. ‘No I cannot forgive you yet,’ You leave my heart in debt’, may also be a reference to a certain someone else as well. Probably the best track on the entire album, this one will surely give you goose bumps.
‘Walk’ is another belter with the words, ‘I never wanna die,’ ripped out throughout and showing that the Foo Fighters still have plenty more they want to accomplish.
All in all, ‘Wasting Light’ is vintage Foo’s. Its classic rock n’ roll mixed with the signature sound of the rocks most likeable band. And it’s one that shows the Foo Fighters still have plenty of life left in them and have no plans of slowing down. And who would want them to?
Album Review: Incubus - If Not Now, When? | 2019-04-21T12:08:52Z | http://anatomyofmusic87.blogspot.com/2013/02/album-review-foo-fighters-wasting-light.html |
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