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Bitcoin remains stagnant without providing any clear signs of where it is headed next. Over the past month, its price seems to have leveled off as continues consolidating within a $1,000 trading range.
The ongoing stagnation phase forced the Bollinger bands to squeeze on BTC’s 1-day chart. Squeezes are indicative or periods of low volatility and are usually succeeded by wild price moments. The longer the squeeze, the higher the probability of a strong breakout.
Since this technical index does not provide a clear path for Bitcoin’s direction, the area between the lower and upper band is a reasonable no-trade zone. An increase in volume that allows a daily candlestick to close below or above this critical zone will determine where BTC is headed next.
Bitcoin Consolidates Within Narrow Trading Range. (Source: TradingView)
Despite the high levels of uncertainty in the market, a key technical index suggests that the flagship cryptocurrency just entered a re-accumulation zone that has historically proven to provide sizable opportunities to profit.
Bitcoin Enters the “Buy Zone”
The Bitcoin Puell Multiple, a technical metric that takes into consideration the supply of BTC miners and their revenue, dropped into the green zone for the first time since mid-May. The sudden decline suggests that the value of newly mined BTC per day is undervalued compared to historical standards.
Glassnode affirmed that every time the Puell Multiple plunges into the “buy zone,” it has produced outsized returns for those who bought in.
“For investors with long-term time horizons these levels below the 0.5 line have historically marked excellent entry points into Bitcoin,” said the on-chain data and intelligence firm.
The Puell Multiple Flashes Buy Signal. (Source: Glassnode)
Nonetheless, there is a significant resistance barrier ahead of Bitcoin and it must overcome in order to resume its historic uptrend.
Strong Resistance Ahead
IntoTheBlock’s “In/Out of the Money Around Price” (IOMAP) model reveals that the range between $9,300 and $9,600 represents a massive supply wall. Here, more than 2 million addresses had previously purchased 1.42 million BTC.
The machine learning and statistical modeling firm maintains that this is a critical resistance level as several of these addresses will attempt to break-even on their positions in the event of a bullish impulse.
Bitcoin Faces Strong Resistance Ahead. (Source: IntoTheBlock)
On the flip side, the IOMAP cohorts show nearly 1 million addresses had previously bought a total of 560,000 BTC between $9,000 and $9,300. This supply hurdle may have the ability to act as strong support.
Holders within this price range will likely attempt to remain profitable on their positions and push prices above this level, according to IntoTheBlock.
Based on this information, market participants should pay close attention to the $9,600 resistance level. As the Puell Multiple is currently providing a buy signal, moving past this barrier may serve as confirmation for a further upward advance.
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The Lord of the Rings meets Final Fantasy and Zelda. Forgotten Lands was released on October 7, 2011, and is the music composed for the video game "Forgotten Lands VIII: The Legend of Shadow Lake" created by TBC Productions. The music is a symphonic style written for full orchestra, and is similar to the soundtrack of The Lord of the Rings movies written by Howard Shore, the music from the Final Fantasy video game series written by Nobuo Uematsu, and the Legend of Zelda game series written by Koji Kondo. The music is for a video game, so the songs are designed to repeat forever. On the album, shorter songs will be repeated once, while the longer themes will only play once through. The CD is designed so that it will jump to the next track once the song has reached the repeat point, so several of the songs will end abruptly since they don't really have an ending. This album contains the best themes from the game since there was a lot more music written than could fit onto one CD. The video game itself is a new classic RPG style computer game for Windows PCs. It's written in the old classic 8-Bit style of the mid 1980s, similar to the original Zelda and the first Final Fantasy game. A link to download the video game can be found on their website: http://sanitystudios.com/row/products.html
All Music, Lyrics, and Orchestrations by: Doug Clyde
All Songs Produced, Recorded and Mixed at ALBEDO MUSIC by Doug Clyde.
CD Deign by: Doug Clyde
All Photography by: Troy Caldwell
Troy Caldwell for allowing me to write music for his video game.
James Koenig for helping with the recording process.
Kelly Richardson for playing the string instrument spider and camp-fire sound effects.
My Parents and family for their never-ending support
My Heavenly Father for the talents He gives me and the opportunities to use them.
© 2011 by ALBEDO MUSIC


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I love it!!!!!!!! I kept watching them on eBay wanting one so bad but im always so scared of eBay (this is my 1st eBay purchase in like 7 years) and my ONLY designer ebay purchase ever!!!! but i bought it from a sellers store in ebay express and asked before hand for a ton of pictures and i felt very comfortable and i was right to ITS PERFECT!!!! new with tags (well was i already cut the tags off before i took the pics haha) in its little dust bag beautiful!!! She packed it so nicely yay i feel so happy!!! I hate waiting for auctions and i saw most of them were going for about $48-55 and then tack on $6 shipping thats almost $60-67 something like that and i paid $73 w/shipping and insurance so i figured it was worth the extra $15 to know i had it and get it right away SOOOOO here it is!!!! and to show size i put my chapstick and my cell phone next to it i knew it was going to be larger then it seems in pics but i had no idea my Razr would fit right inside!!! amazing! thanks for sharing my excitement hehe yay!


ONLINE DATING SITES PICTURE RECOMMENDATIONS, ADVICE. HOW TO JUST JUST TAKE GOOD DATING APP IMAGES, BEST PHOTOS FOR INTERNET DATING PROFILES FOR MEN & GIRLS, IN CASE YOU SMILE, LOOK FAR FROM CAMERA?
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As a dating that is online and dating consultant, i’ve caused countless people right right here into the San Francisco Bay region along with around the world and globe to boost their pages through curating current pictures, supplying help with which pictures helps their profile along with take normal, candid pictures of them in everyday settings.
The explosion that is recent internet dating has caught numerous off guard with small to no etiquette to check out. Unflattering pictures can harm your likelihood of fulfilling a special someone on line. When you yourself have invested any moment searching pages you will observe a plethora of cringeworthy, strange, creepy pictures spread on numerous profiles. Photos constitute over 90% associated with the choice on whether or not to skip your profile or review in detail. Many guys and girls are judged on the photo that is first alone.
They are my fast and simple methods for the thing that makes a good picture and why is a photo that is bad. Keep in mind that photos aren’t seen in isolation but in addition within the context of one’s bio, prompts and other pictures – you can find constantly exceptions towards the guidelines. (more…)
By admintm on July 13th, 2020 in Hot Latin Women
Internet dating in Spain – How To Generally Meet Other Single Individuals
Learn exactly about fulfilling people in Spain and just exactly just what it is like being solitary in Spain once we interview Chris Hawkins, an expat whom runs a really successful free online Spanish dating internet site.
We speak with him about their move from Southern England towards the Costa Blanca and speak about the down sides in fulfilling other individuals in Spain, especially by having a view towards relationships in Spain.
We additionally discover exactly about their dating in Spain site and exactly how it really is singles that are helping Spain get together and form relationships and friendships.
On the web online dating internet sites have actually actually flourished in a way that is big Spain. Expats moving to Spain would you like to make friendships and several are loving for love and relationships.
Formerly individuals trying to find their perfect match would put individual advertisements and it also had been a lot more difficult to meet up with folks of the sex that is opposite you can now go surfing and join online internet dating sites in Spain – a number of these online dating sites are absolve to join.
Chris i truly like to learn about your website that is dating but start with let’s learn who you really are! – ok so just why did you proceed to Spain?
Well probably like other individuals it had been a lifestyle choice because of my intense performing hours and high quantities of anxiety.
The Investigation & Science Behind Finding Your profile Picture that is best
One of the primary things i actually do whenever I join an innovative new network that is social to upload a profile photo.
But which profile image can I choose? Will there be a well one?
Profile pictures have always been a little bit of a grey area as I post a picture I think looks good without knowing its actual effect on my audience for me inasmuch.
Can there be such thing as an ideal, best profile photo?
Interestingly, there’s been some instead great research concerning the different facets of profile images which have the biggest effect on an market. The therapy and technology behind a profile that is perfect actually leaves some good directions on how best to influence your market and perhaps gain more supporters.
I’m happy to generally share what we’ve discovered in regards to the perfect profile image, on the basis of the science that is best, research, and therapy on the market.
The 7 aspects of the profile pictures that are best
In 40 milliseconds, we’re able to draw conclusions about individuals considering a picture.
That’s significantly less than one-half of one-tenth of an extra. (more…)
By admin on October 9th, 2019 in Hot Latin Women
What makes western males marrying women that are asian?
“Can you be sure to assist me personally obtain a spouse from Asia?” was a concern expected by way of a bus motorist in Copenhagen, whom were a white cultural Dane. In certain regional towns having a populace of the few thousand, many people have actually a vehicle and you can find few people within the buses, leaving space for an conversation that is honest. And I adore to communicate with people that are ordinary.
We asked, “Why a female from Asia, it’s thus far away and then you will find so women that are many Denmark?” He responded, “Look, i will be a coach motorist, females today are extremely educated with no one really wants to marry a bus driver that is uneducated. Not really a handsome one like me. Some time years are flying by and I also would like a grouped household.”
All things considered, a guy that is nice who stated he had been maybe maybe maybe not seeking a housewife that would prepare for him, but a person who will be prepared to have a family group. We wished i possibly could assist him. Unfortuitously, i actually do perhaps maybe not run a wedding bureau.
Some years back, an online site where men that are scandinavian for spouses, thailoveliness.com, declared Sweden to function as country because of the greatest portion of regional guys with Thai spouses or life partners. (more…)


It’s easy to find a fair-weather friend. But how do we find someone to stand by us through the storms? Authentic relationships require evaluation, reconciliation, and restoration. We must evaluate where we may have wronged someone, reconcile that issue, and then restore the relationship through faith and healing.
So on today’s podcast, we’ll be talking with producer Jon Erwin about how to form authentic relationships based on his latest movie Woodlawn.
Jon and Andrew Erwin are a unique team of brothers who direct and produce faith-based movies. Their award-winning films include October Baby, Mom’s Night Out, and most recently—Woodlawn. Together, Jon and his wife, Beth, have three young children.
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- Evaluate the relationship
- Reconcile the relationship
- Restore the relationship
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Cinderella's Royal Table was nothing short of fabulous.
That was a top priority of mine while visiting Disney. I've always wanted to go into the castle. The kids couldn't be at any better age to experience the magic of it.
We didn't really have to wake up that early to get them ready and looking their finest.
Of course, while waiting in line people asked if we woke up at 5am to get their hair done. I didn't go into the explanation that I'm a stylist and it only took me about 10 minutes to whip the hair out.
Lillian could not have been any more beautiful and proper. She never really showed outward excitement but her eyes were just sparkling the whole time. Also that she let me take 100 hundred pictures of just her so I knew she was into it.
Josiah was a major attraction the whole time up until he changed.
It was so much fun how many people enjoyed, commented, and were smiling when looking at Tonto from The Lone Ranger. I think he wanted to change partly because of all the attention he was receiving and also because he was uncomfortable.
Cora loved getting dressed up and being made all prissy.
She was wearing Rapunzel's wedding dress.
She really likes all the princess stuff. However, she does not like getting her picture taken and she was being sooo difficult. The only really good pictures that we have of her are the ones of her with the princesses.
Lillian in the castle by the mosaic of Cinderalla's ball.
This explains Cora.
Someone in the castle told Josiah that there had never been another Tonto at the Royal Table and that he was a first! He was so proud of that and it made him feel really special on a day that was heavy on the girly stuff.
Once I was officially over trying to take the good pictures Cora lightened up.
She was just sparkling the whole time.
I had to book this breakfast out 180 days in advance. At 8:30am 180 days out there were only two breakfast time slots available. If you plan on doing this planning ahead is a must!
It was fairly pricey for a breakfast, but worth. every. penny.
The Little Mermaid is my favorite Disney movie.
Jasmine was a family favorite.
Daddy escorting the Princess down the stairs.
Later in the day we were by Rapunzel's tower and we were able to get Cora to give us a smile there.
A few last shots before he took it off.
This was one of the only Character meet and greets we did. When we were there we had to choose between meet and greets or rides. There just wasn't enough time and energy for us to do both.
This was actually more fun than I thought it would be and then it made me wish we had done some more of them. Especially since we had the photopass. I think we would have gotten a lot of cute candid photos with the kids and characters... next time.
At epcot we just happened to run into Snow white. I'm bummed there wasn't a photopass photog there. In the top picture I was cut off, but it was cute because I had the blue shorts on and her skirt was yellow. I even teared up when I met Snow white. I was emotionally out of control the whole time!
Josiah with his R2D2 mickey ears. We took them with us on most days.
This princess was tuckered out on the bus ride home.


If you use the business card app for individuals, Eight, you can have the business card images in Eight processed into Sansan and redigitized.
- The processed-in business cards will be redigitized by Sansan and shared with your colleagues in your company. Please use this after checking to see if the cards you wish to process in are appropriate to share with your colleagues.
- Each card will be counted towards your monthly limit in the same way as when you scan cards or take pictures of them with your smartphone.
How to use this
1. Enable Eight linking.
From the External service linking screen of the Administrator settings (*), please enable Eight linking.
* This is a screen that can only be used by system administrators.
2. Decide which business cards to import into Sansan
Card images can be imported in two ways:
- Select the label attached to the card in Eight
- Select all cards in Eight
To specify which cards you wish to process into Sansan, please create a business card label for this in Eight. You will use this label to specify which cards to process into Sansan.
3. Link with Eight
From the Eight screen of User settings, you can link with your Eight account.
When you click the "Link" button, the log-in screen of Eight will come up. Please enter your account information and then log in.
When the log-in is successful, the following screen will come up. Check the contents displayed, and then click on "Authorize".
4. Processing business cards into Sansan
When the connection with Eight is complete, click on the link "Process in business card images from Eight".
Select the label you attached to business cards in Step 2. The cards with this label attached to them will be the ones processed into Sansan.
To import all business cards without specifying a label, select "Process in all business cards".
When the input language has been set and you click the "Process in" button, the process of bringing in the images and digitizing them will begin.
Tags assigned after importing
The following tags are automatically added to business cards imported from Eight. Both are treated as My Tag (public) for the card owner.
- Tag automatically generated when importing from Eight
ex., Eight_import_20190905_1 (imported September 5, 2019)
- Eight label
ex., Eight_Finance (when labeled as "Finance")
You can use the tag name when searching for cards imported from Eight. See here for specifics on searching.
Will there be a charge for processing in business cards from Eight?
Our data input staff will change the images into data, so this will use some of your digitization limit in the same way as scanning in from the Sansan scanner. Depending on the contract you have, if you exceed the limit for digitization, an extra charge may result, so please use this after checking how many more cards you can have digitized.
How long will it take for the images to be changed into data?
Please note that it may take some time to redigitize card images. This depends on the amount of cards being processed and on the overall server load. Cards processed via the Sansan Scanner or Mobile App are also given system priority over those imported from Eight.
Are cards previously acquired from Eight included?
No, they are not. There is no duplicate importing.


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- Sat Sep 03, 2005 3:44 am
Hi, I am really worried at the moment as I am sure you may tell from the topic, here are my symptoms.
my pupils are generally fine, but my left most of the time seems a tiny bit smaller than my right, but often in the morning, when I wake up, they are clearly unequal, they do react to light, but they are quite NOTICEABLY unequal, I have had my eyes checked by 2 opticians, who both say apart from being a little short sighted in my left eye, my eyes are healthy, and my doctor says I am not showing enough signs of neurological trauma to be sent to a neurologist, but I pushed and got an appointment by saying they really are unequal in the morning! (he said well if it was anything bad why only in the morning! but he refered me anyway) because of the fact I said they were unequal in the morning! I have been to 2 opticians and 2 doctors and every time I am there, my pupils are equal, and fine when they are checked, but in the morning, often they are REALLY not equal, for maybe 30 mins or an hour, I don't know if its because I have been lying down? or asleep! it is more noticable in dim light, in bright light they are both small and the difference is less noticable, but it IS there, please can somebody shed some light on this for me? I seem to have normal co-ordination, I can think OK (just about, the continuous stress and worry is really making me tired and a bit less sharp I think, but I basically seem OK I even played a gig with my band last evening) and balance seems fine, I only feel a bit unwell when I worry excessively about this, (which is pretty much all the time now) which makes me feel a bit like not eating, and mild nausea, when I am not worrying I don't feel noticably bad at all, I can catch and play football fine, I can train weights at the gym OK, with only a little agravation to my headache when I lift heavy, I have got a slight pressure/tension sensation in my head, intimitant, but that MAY be because of the fact I am worrying so much, but it does feel weird in there, sensations are very mild but they ARE there, I have been under some stress lately, I am worrying a GREAT deal about there being something wrong with my Brain.
Thanx VERY much for anybody who takes the time to reply with some advice.
| Theresa Jones, RN
- Sun Sep 04, 2005 8:18 am
Pupils dilate and constrict depending on the amount of light entering the eye. This could very well be an explaination as to why this seems to be more apparent to you in the morning hours rather than any other time during the day. I would be much more concerned if you were having other neurological symptoms. However, it's wise to have this evaluated by a neurologist to identify is an anomaly is present.


A director of graduate research at Duke College has stepped down from her position after she despatched an electronic mail telling college students to not converse Chinese language, suggesting that it’s “rude” and will have “unintended penalties.”
Megan Neely, of the Duke College of Medication’s biostatistics grasp’s program, despatched the e-mail to first- and second-year graduate college students on Friday after she stated two college members complained to her about listening to Chinese language spoken “very loudly” within the pupil lounge and examine areas, Duke’s Chronicle newspaper first reported.
“They had been dissatisfied that these college students weren’t taking the chance to enhance their English and had been being so rude as to have a dialog that not everybody on the ground may perceive,” a bolded portion of Neely’s electronic mail said.
Neely stated her colleagues requested her for assist figuring out the scholars in case they ever utilized for an internship or had been interviewed by them.
“I encourage you to decide to utilizing English 100% of the time when you’re in Hock or some other skilled setting,” she suggested. Hock Plaza is the place the college’s division of biostatistics is situated, in accordance with the division’s web site.
I encourage you to decide to utilizing English 100% of the time when you’re in Hock or some other skilled setting.
The medical faculty’s dean, Mary Klotman, confirmed Neely’s letter to college students on Saturday and shared that Neely had resigned from her position. Klotman additionally knowledgeable college students that the college’s Workplace of Institutional Fairness will evaluate the biostatistics grasp’s program “to suggest methods through which we are able to enhance the educational atmosphere for college students from all backgrounds.”
“I perceive that lots of you felt damage and angered by this message,” she stated of Neely’s electronic mail. “To be clear: there’s completely no restriction or limitation on the language you employ to converse and talk with one another. Your profession alternatives and proposals is not going to in any method be influenced by the language you employ outdoors the classroom. And your privateness will at all times be protected.”
Screenshots of Neely’s electronic mail had been shared on social media, resulting in the surfacing of an analogous electronic mail she allegedly despatched to college students in 2018. That second electronic mail’s authenticity couldn’t be instantly confirmed by HuffPost. Neely and Duke representatives didn’t instantly reply to requests for touch upon Sunday.
Michael Schoenfeld, vice chairman for public affairs and authorities relations, reportedly confirmed the emails’ authenticity to The Chronicle on Saturday evening. The Chronicle additionally reported that Neely stays an assistant professor.


iweekend is a wonderful concept by iweekend.org, a spain based organization. Around 50 entrepreneurs participate in this 2.5 days event. On friday evening session, few entrepreneurs present their ideas, other vote for them online thru their laptops. Based on voting 7 entrepreneurs are selected for next round. They have to face Q&A from other entrepreneurs and again there is one more round of voting. Top 4 makes to next round.
In the final round, an invited guest (in Amity, Noida - IIM, Banglore faculty) asks few questions from selected entrepreneurs and they reply to it. Again there is a round of voting and then finally two entrepreneurs are declared winners.
Next 2 days, all entrepreneurs form 2 teams with two selected ideas and work to create a complete business plan as a team. They in turn are mentored by VCs, senior entrepreneurs and other leading industry persons.
In short this is a wonderful experience. More as as my idea was declared winner #1 at Amity, Noida.
It was also organized at IIM, Banglore, IIM, Ahmedabad apart from Amity, Noida in March 2010.
See the video of my presentations in next few posts
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Monday, March 22, 2010
Sunday, March 14, 2010
During my participation in ISBA in Feb 2010, Dr Paul, Dean at AKG College of Engg visited us and liked our designs and then invited us for a guest lecture at his college.
On March 12,2010, we visited AKG College of Engg at Ghaziabad on NH24.I It was around 20 kms Noida and had good infrastructure and a dedicated faculty.
I spent around 30 minutes talking about myself, electronics and embedded and my favorite project Joy-n-Freedom. During Q&A there were no queries from students, however during the demo of our products, there were lot of queries.
Students at AKGCE were really wonderful, intelligent and working on lot of new project. Only thing there (as well at most of other engg colleges) was lack of interaction with industry and they were working on old and obsolete technology.
However I saw dedication and keen interest in students welfare in HOD, Electronics Mr Chopra's vision and plan.
I am sure under his guidance, students of AKGEC will create wonderful results.
My best wishes to faculty and students. I am also looking for closer interaction and more projects along with them.
Swati Mehta and Pankaj Talwar assisted me in the presentation. As usual there were cheerful, happy and eager to work and do what ever is required without any issues.
Copy of presentation is here


The invention of the internet introduced the world to information sharing. Email, bulletin boards, Listserv, FTP and other internet protocols brought the power of fail-safe information sharing. The web browser invented by Marc Andreessen allowed people everywhere to transmit and share text and images.
Not long afterwards, an innocuous invention called the “cookie” built the business model. The cookie allowed others to see user behaviour, creating a gargantuan revenue machine of internet advertising. Companies began to sprout up, from the early players such as AOL and Yahoo, to the current juggernauts of Google and Facebook.
The commercialization of GPS meant companies could know what you were doing and where you were. By monitoring your behaviour, they could find out more about your interests. The simple cookie, coupled with GPS, became a foundation for data collection, storage and analytics that is now being transformed into concepts such as the cloud and big data.
Three years ago, the most modern computer devices were the smartphone and its cousin, the tablet. Their rise marked the descent of PCs and laptops. Today, the notion of a computer is no longer limited to a screen, keyboard and mouse.
Tomorrow’s computer is a wristband, a “smart headphone”, a refrigerator, a car and even a motorcycle helmet. All of these will produce and be fed by an endless stream of data.
For example, smart headphones will know your favourite music, movies and internet sites. They will even know where you are and how fast you’re going. Perhaps most intriguingly, the smart headphone will know your pulse rate, blood oxygen level, the temperature of your body and ambient environment, humidity, and even pupil dilation. This is all in addition to current technologies that allow devices to monitor how long you talked to someone, who you instant messaged or what you posted to Facebook.
Of course, as consumers we don’t have to share this information. Yet increasingly, people are choosing to store their information in the cloud and provide analytics in exchange for a free latte from their favourite coffee shop.
This bold and sometimes scary vision of the world of big data is one that is increasingly becoming a reality. People’s desire for affinity, free things, offers and discounts is already driving the global data explosion. Despite legitimate privacy concerns, it is consumers who continue to drive the voluntary (and sometimes involuntary) creation, storage and analysis of their data.
What does it all mean?
Imagine being hooked to an electrocardiogram machine in a doctor’s office for 24 hours. Today, you can access all this information simply by wearing a smart wristband. The wristband will even tell you about your sleep and breathing patterns. The sensors will know how much or how little you walk, and how fast or slow you go. All of this data can be analysed and interpreted – not just to diagnose your health, but also to suggest which brand of athletic shoes to buy. Foot races can now be virtual and precisely synchronized so you can race your friends in Mumbai, Manila and Tianjin, while you’re in Singapore.
In the automotive space, there has been much excitement about the driverless car. But even more exciting is the emergence of intelligent vehicle systems and grid computing platforms for existing cars. Much like the human body has a brain, the car has an electronic control unit, which is a simple device that monitors its components and telemetry.
Combined with the mobile phone or tablet and the ubiquity of 4G and LTE, vehicles can communicate with other vehicles, allowing for a massive and dynamic system to manage not only traffic flows but also enable predictive driving, parallel parking and automatic parking enforcement. The data produced by just 10% of all the cars and motorcycles in the world would present a greater advance in automotive technology than the combustion engine.
As always with revolutionary technology, as it becomes more widely available, new industries will be born. But many will die if they fail to take advantage of the big data boom. In many ways, the future is already upon us.
Author: Yobie Benjamin is the Co-founder/COO at Avegant, a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer of 2015.
Image: A picture shows wires at the back of a super computer at the Konrad-Zuse Centre for applied mathematics and computer science, in Berlin August 13, 2013. REUTERS/Thomas Peter


'The Commitments’ and ’Evita’ director Parker dies aged 76
LONDON- Agence France-Presse
The British director, whose films have won 10 Oscars and 10 Golden Globes, also explored U.S. race relations with "Mississippi Burning" and chilled audiences with the film noir "Midnight Express".
The U.S. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences called Parker "an extraordinary talent".
"His work entertained us, connected us, and gave us such a strong sense of time and place," it said in a tweet, calling him "a chameleon" for his ability to change with the times.
Andrew Lloyd Webber called Parker "one of the few directors to truly understand musicals on screen".
His family said he died "following a lengthy illness".
The son of a north London house painter and dressmaker, Parker first tried his hand at writing and directing commercials.
He made his first film for the BBC before blossoming in the 1970s with a rapid succession of standout hits, starting with the 1976 gangster musical spoof "Bugsy Malone".
Its cast of children included a 16-year-old Scott Baio in the lead as an Irish-Italian boxer, and Jodie Foster as a gangster moll. She was then just 13 but already had seven films to her name.
The film got critics’ attention. "Midnight Express", a dark Oliver Stone scripted thriller about a U.S. student who was thrown into a Turkish prison for drug smuggling, got Parker his first Oscar nomination.
He followed that up in 1980 with the genre-setting American teen musical drama "Fame", which was spun off into a popular US TV series and led to other musical dance films.
Parker shifted gears completely with "Pink Floyd - The Wall", whose dark themes and powerful imagery helped build up the British rock group into superstars in 1982.
"Alan was my oldest and closest friend, I was always in awe of his talent," said fellow British film director David Puttnam, who produced some of Parker’s movies.
"My life and those of many others who loved and respected him will never be the same again."


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WHAT IS FRESHMAN ACADEMY?
Get an early start on your college career with freshman courses at the University of Mobile. Why not take advantage of Freshman Academy for college basics such as English, American history, art appreciation, basic public speaking, microcomputer applications, or math? This program allows students to enroll in any 100 – 200 level college courses at the special price of just $100 per credit hour.
As part of Freshman Academy, we offer “First Course Free,” a new program to encourage high-school students to set their sights on a college degree and get a head start on their college career.
First Course Free is available for current high school and homeschool sophomores, juniors and seniors with a GPA of 2.75 or above. Eligible students can take their first University of Mobile 100-level or 200-level course tuition-free.
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Emergency Use of a Test Article
The University, the Office of the Human Research Protection Program (OHRPP) and the Food and Drug Administration wish to support a physician's obligation to treat a seriously ill patient with all available treatment modalities. The emergency use provision in the FDA regulations [21 CFR 56.104(c)] allows physicians restricted access to experimental treatments that would otherwise be off limits. The OHRPP guidance and set of procedures is aimed to support physicians by clarifying the strict FDA emergency use requirements and by outlining the necessary procedures to help ensure physicians are in full compliance with those requirements. For a quick summary, please see the checklists below.
Please make sure you are familiar with the guidance below before using the provisions in the regulations for the emergency use of a test article. This guidance also makes the distinction between "emergency use" and "compassionate use." The latter is also described in the guidance and should not be confused with "emergency use." Emergency use regulations are also not to be confused with research in an emergency setting which is described in OHRPP Guidance: Planned Research in Emergency Setting with Waiver of Consent. The checklists below will assist investigators in the emergency use of an unapproved drug or device.
If you have any questions about the procedures for or the situations in which to apply the emergency use of a test article, please call any one of the following OHRPP staff members:
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Don’t perform CT imaging for headache when MRI is available, except in emergency settings.
|Rationale and Comments:||When neuroimaging for headache is indicated, MRI is preferred over CT, except in emergency settings when hemorrhage, acute stroke, or head trauma are suspected. MRI is more sensitive than CT for the detection of neoplasm, vascular disease, posterior fossa and cervicomedullary lesions, and high and low intracranial pressure disorders. CT of the head is associated with substantial radiation exposure, which may elevate the risk of later cancers, while there are no known biologic risks from MRI.|
|References:||• Neuroimaging for the evaluation of chronic headaches: an evidence-based analysis. Ont Health Technol Assess Ser. 2010;10(26):1-57.
Evans R. Diagnostic testing for migraine and other primary headaches. Neurol Clin. 2009 May;27(2):393-414.
• Semelka RC, Armao DM, Elias J Jr, Huda W. Imaging strategies to reduce the risk of radiation in CT studies, including selective substitution with MRI. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2007;25(5):900-09.
• Brenner DJ, Hall EJ. Computed tomography—an increasing source of radiation exposure. N Engl J Med. 2007;357(22):2277-84.


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Ever have a co-worker ask, “How was your race?” after a weekend of showing dressage? Does your non-horsey husband refer to your horse’s fly mask as a blindfold or scarf? You’re definitely not alone. Posters on the Chronicle’s online forums started an amusing thread sharing what their non-horsey significant others, family members and friends say about their hobby.
• My husband, in a very endearing voice, once asked me, “Do you know what I see when I watch you ride?” I prepared myself for some profoundly sweet response.
And then he said, “I see you riding on stacks of hundred dollar bills. You canter by and leave a trail of spent hundred dollar bills in your wake.”
My romantic fantasy ended abruptly.
• I was in the middle of one of my horsey filibusters, and my boyfriend felt like trying to add to the one-sided conversation. He put on a semi-snooty voice and in all seriousness said, “We’ll be entering in the amateur hunter-gatherer division.”
He paused, frowned and realized that wasn’t quite right. He’ll catch on soon enough.
• I was riding in the show ring, and as I passed my husband on the rail I overheard him telling a guy next to him, “She’s riding the boat I’ll never have!”
Martha Gagne Baity
• My husband always calls the Chronicle CHRONO FORCE in this super dramatic, monster-truck announcer voice.
• My husband caught sight of an issue of Practical Horseman and exclaimed “Practical Horseman? Practical?!? That’s an oxymoron!”
Fox River Grove, Ill.
• We were expecting a semen delivery but had to go out, so I left a note for FedEx on the front door. As we were getting into the car, my husband read the note and raised an eyebrow. “Are you really going to leave that note?” he asked me.
“Yes,” I responded, wondering what the problem was. We got in the car, drove off, and every once in a while he exploded laughing.
Here’s what I’d written:
“Dear FedEx Man,
If I am not here, please leave semen on doorstep.”
It took me some time to figure out why my husband kept laughing.
“What I found out later was that the FedEx driver took my note back to the depot, and it was stuck up on the bulletin board!” Rogers added.
Gail Parker Rogers
• At a show, a friend handed her horse off to her husband with instructions to “just hand-graze him” while she ran off to use the porta-potty. When she came back, apparently the husband was ripping up handfuls of grass and offering them up like horse treats.
• My husband has always referred to The Chronicle of the Horse as “The Chronicle of the Nag.”
Mary Kane Scholz
• I always assume my husband just tunes me out when I start chatting about the horses. So he really surprised me one evening when I was complaining about feeling stiff and he suggested I do some “carrot stretches!”
• I asked my mom to hand me Dutch’s bell boots the other day, and she said, “Those are his feet hats, right?”
• After returning home from a horse show, I get asked, “What color receipts I won that day.” (I.e., the ribbon is just a colored copy of the bill.)
Grand Junction, Colo.
• My husband thinks the babies that win at the hunter breeding shows are “clearly the ones that are the most bulbous and smooth.”
Mount Airy, Md.


Ralph Lauren takes the shopping experience to a new level.
The American luxury house, Ralph Lauren has, on collaboration with Oak Labs, implemented interactive fitting rooms in their flagship store on Fifth Avenue, Manhattan.
The fitting rooms consist of mirrors with a touch screen effect. The mirrors allows for many new technological features. The lightening can be changed so that you can see what the clothes you are trying on will look like in day- and night light. The mirrors can speak in many different languages and it automatically scan the item you wish to try on and furthermore it connects to the warehouse, which allows the client to know immediately if another size is available in the store. If the client wants to get advice from friends the mirror will automatically take a picture of the client and send it directly to the friend.
The interactive fitting rooms will take the fashion world and the shopping experience to a new level.
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Beyond the Fringe, Fortune Theater
- Additional Title(s):
Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller, and Dudley Moore
- Gelatin silver print on resin-coated photographic paper
- Sheet: 8 × 10 inches (20.3 × 25.4 cm) and Image: 8 × 9 3/8 inches (20.3 × 23.8 cm)
Inscribed on verso in black ink, lower right: "Beyond the Fringe | 1961 | London"
in black ink, lower right: "Morley"
Signed on verso in black ink, lower center: "Morley"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. J. Patrick and Patricia Kennedy
- Copyright Status:
- © Estate of the Artist
- Accession Number:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- hats | portrait | smoke | stage | swords | theater
- Associated People:
- Moore, Dudley Stuart John (1935–2002), actor, musician, and composer
Bennett, Alan (born 1934), playwright, screenwriter, actor, and author
Miller, Jonathan Wolfe (born 1934), stage director and author
Cook, Peter (1937–1995), humorist and entertainer
- Accessible by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open to Yale ID holders by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details.
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Lewis Morley, 1925–2013, British, Beyond the Fringe, Fortune Theater, 1961
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Korea’s Park Leads Close Election Race, Exit Polls Show
South Korean ruling party presidential candidate Park Geun Hye leads opposition nominee Moon Jae In in a close race to lead Asia’s fourth-biggest economy, exit polls showed.
Park, of the New Frontier Party, has 50.1 percent of the vote compared with 48.9 percent for Moon, of the Democratic United Party, according to a joint exit poll released by TV broadcasters KBS, MBC and SBS after voting closed at 6 p.m. local time. The poll, conducted until 5 p.m., had a margin of error of plus or minus 0.8 percentage points.
An independent exit poll by the JoongAng Ilbo newspaper’s cable-TV affiliate JTBC indicated a 0.2 percentage point lead for Park while a separate forecast by broadcaster YTN put Moon ahead with 49.7 percent to 53.5 percent, compared with 46.1 percent to 49.9 percent for Park.
A victory for Park, the daughter of the country’s longest- serving military dictator Park Chung Hee, would make her South Korea’s first female president. The winner will inherit an economy forecast to grow this year at the slowest pace since 2009, with fewer job prospects for younger voters and dissent over the power of the country’s conglomerates known as chaebols.
North Korea’s successful rocket launch last week complicated both candidates’ calls for greater engagement with leader Kim Jong Un’s totalitarian state.
Almost 41 million people were eligible to cast their ballots under cold, partly cloudy weather across South Korea. Turnout was 75.8 percent or 30.7 million, based on provisional figures at 7:10 p.m., the highest rate since 1997, the National Election Commission said on its website. The victor will take office Feb. 25, when President Lee Myung Bak’s single five-year term ends.
Moon’s camp remains hopeful despite the exit poll numbers, spokeswoman Jin Sun Mee said in an e-mailed statement.
“We were hoping to ride on the high turnout but it looks like this won’t be easy,” Jin said. “The numbers are still within the margin of error, so we still have hope.”
Moon, 59, cast his ballot at about 7 a.m. today with his wife and his mother at a voting station in the southern port city of Busan, according to an e-mailed statement from his party. He is monitoring the vote count from his home in Seoul.
“Man proposes and God disposes,” Moon said, adding that he slept well last night. “I’ve done everything that I can, so I now wait for the results with a light heart.”
“I believe that the wise public will open a new era for our country,” Park said when she voted near her home in Seoul’s Gangnam district.
The turnout may decide who wins, according to analysts including Kim Ji Yoon, the Asan Institute’s director of public opinion studies. Turnout above 70 percent indicates participation by more young people, who are more likely to vote for Moon, she said.
“Underneath the political apathy and general lack of voter participation, younger voters tend to be moderate, undecided or generally veer left of center and support Moon,” Kim said. “If voter turnout is high, Moon has a definite chance against Park, who faces a more inherent difficulty in trying to convert their generally liberal political leanings.”
In 2007, voter turnout was 63 percent, with voters in their 50s recording the highest participation rate of all age groups. The biggest bloc of voters is in their 40s, accounting for 21.8 percent of 40.5 million registered voters, according to the National Election Commission. Another 15.5 million voters are from age 19 through their 30s, while 16.2 million are over 50.
There’s little to separate the candidates’ economic policies. With voters demanding measures to reduce widening income disparity, Moon and Park have pledged to boost welfare spending, increase support for small-and medium-sized businesses and rein in the influence of chaebols.
While the 10 largest chaebols, including Samsung Group, account for more than half of the total market capitalization of the Korea Stock Exchange, the biggest 30 employ just 6 percent of the workforce. The nation’s richest 20 percent last year earned 7.86 times more than the bottom 20 percent.
Moon has called for chaebols’ existing and new cross- shareholdings to be banned to reduce the risk of monopolies, while Park advocates keeping existing shareholdings exempt to avoid hurting the economy.
South Korea’s economy is forecast by the central bank to grow 2.4 percent in 2012, the weakest since 2009. The won has climbed 7.4 percent against the dollar this year, an advance that risks undermining export competitiveness. Stocks have risen, with the benchmark Kospi Index up 9.2 percent.
On North Korea, both candidates say they will unconditionally resume dialogue with Kim Jong Un’s regime. Moon said he will invite North Korean officials to his inauguration and hold summit talks with Kim by the end of next year. Park, while also willing to meet the country’s leader, is more cautious with promises of re-engagement, emphasizing the importance of national security and “dialogue based on trust.”
Park and Moon both called on North Korea to refrain from testing a long-range rocket, which Kim’s regime ignored with its Dec. 12 launch.
The candidates’ careers are connected through Park’s father, who oversaw South Korea’s economic rise through the growth of automaking, steel and shipping and promoting the chaebols. Park senior took power in a military coup in 1961 and ruled until 1979, when he was shot dead by his security chief. Park Geun Hye served as her father’s first lady for five years from the age of 22, after her mother was killed in a North Korean attempt to assassinate the president.
Moon was jailed in 1975 for leading street protests against the Park government, and was then assigned to a front-line position in a special operations unit during his military service. He later served as chief of staff to President Roh Moo Hyun, who was in office from 2003 to 2008.
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A far-right thug has been rejected as an Olympic security guard after his sick views were exposed by the Daily Star Sunday.
BNP activist George Crapper, who is linked to neo-Nazi groups, passed an interview stage with security giant G4S. But after we contacted the firm, which has a £200million contract to protect the Games, it said he had been rejected for a role.
Crapper, 48, had spent two days training with the company earlier this month. The Sheffield-born yob, who has protected BNP leader Nick Griffin, would have had unrestricted access to Olympic venues.
Crapper, who also goes by the name George Edwards, airs his racist thoughts on his Facebook page and blog. He posted a picture of a plane flying into Mecca and wrote: “Any volunteers for the next pilot training hahahahahaha.”
Here is a characteristic post from George Edwards’ BNP-supporting blog the Sheffield Defender:
But nobody could accuse Edwards of narrow sectarianism. His BNP affiliation doesn’t prevent him from enthusiastically endorsing the EDL too:


During a standing room only hearing of the Senate Transportation Committee, committee chair and bill sponsor Senator Carona (R-Dallas) introduced a committee substitute to SB 855. With the substitute, Dallas area taxpayers will no longer be the only ones on the chopping block. The committee substitute adds a couple dozen pages to SB 855 and will lead to tax increases in Austin, San Antonio, and Houston as well.
In addressing the matter of why he wants to raise taxes in the middle of a recession, Sen. Carona responded that "If we pass this today, we couldn't get it out there for another 24 months." Carona added that "you wouldn't want to wait until everything (with the economy) was better."
As is to be expected when the committee chair is also the bill sponsor, the docket was dominated by those lobbying in favor of SB 855. Numerous regional authorities and chambers of commerce were trotted out to cheerlead for tax increases. Also of note during the hearing was Senator Rodney Ellis (D-Houston) instructing the spending interests and rent seekers in the room to refer to tax increase as "revenue enhancements."
SB 855 was already a bad deal for taxpayers but today's substitute made it all the more odious. ATR will continue working with Lone Star State lawmakers to find a solution to the state's transportation challenges in a way that does not raise taxes. Stay tuned to atr.org for the latest information on this important matter.


Tax audit representation, also known as audit defense, is a service where a lax or legal professional stands on behalf of a taxpayer— whether it’s an individual or an entity, during an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) or state income audit.
During an income tax audit or examination, an authorized representative is permitted by the IRS or the state to conduct the audit. However, there are some requirements that representatives must meet, including having permission to practice before the IRS or state and specific credentials.
The types of representatives who are permitted to represent taxpayers in front of the IRS during income tax audits include:
Your audit representative will develop a strong strategy to defend your case. They will also help you prepare all required and/or requested documents and will attend all meetings with you in addition to handling all correspondence on your behalf.
What Happens During an Audit?
Though getting an audit can be quite terrifying. The good news is that 70% of all audits are simply a letter asking for more information regarding tax returns. All you have to do in these cases is mail-back forms that provide your income and/or deductions.
In other instances, you might be invited to meet with an agent to go over your tax forms.
Never Ignore the IRS Letter
You should never, under any circumstances, ignore the audit letter you receive from the IRS. This situation will not go away on its own. Instead, contact the IRS ASAP and as well as getting in touch with a tax representative, like a tax preparer or attorney, to help guide you through the case.
When you receive notice that your tax return is being audited, you will likely freak out. The good news is there are plenty of trained professionals who can help you understand and navigate your case. They will provide expertise and professionalism when dealing with the IRS or state, and they will ensure you know your rights and have turned in all of the required documentation on time. What’s more, IRS agents prefer working with tax professionals or attorneys because they know they can count on them to prepare the requested information in an easy-to-read, professional way.
Did you know that only 2% of audits are random? This means that 98% of the time, the IRS will have very specific questions they need you to answer, and the forms and receipts they request will be in accordance with their questions. This means you must bring the appropriate forms and answer their questions honestly. Is there anything scarier than answering questions from an IRS agent? This causes a lot of taxpayers to freak out, freeze up, and withhold information. You can avoid this by hiring a tax attorney who will prepare you for the questions and let you know the best way to answer them.
Who can represent the taxpayer at an IRS audit?
How does the IRS choose who they audit?
The IRS uses a few methods to choose who they audit:
Random Selection/Computer Screening: Sometimes, a return may be chosen by a statistical formula alone. The IRS compares individual tax returns against the “norms” for similar returns.
Related examinations: The IRS may also select returns to audit when they involve issues or transactions with other taxpayers, like business partners or investors, whose returns were chosen for audit.
What are the three types of IRS audits?
Mail Audits: These are the most common and require taxpayers to mail in documents in response to the IRS’ specific questions or requests for information.
Office/Field Audits: These audits are much more serious, and the IRS will ask for information to validate your deductions and credits while also looking closely at your lifestyle, income, and business activity to see whether your tax return is accurate. Most tax evasion cases start from field audits.
CP2000 notice (underreported inquiry): This one isn’t technically an audit, but it is very common. In fact, the IRS sends almost 4 million CP20000 notices every year. It is a discrepancy notice that proposes a specific increase in taxes on the return. The IRS automatically sends these notices when there’s a mismatch between the income that you reported on your return and information that your employer or other payer provided to the IRS through statements, such as Form W-2 and Form 1099.
What triggers IRS audit?
The automated, random computer trigger
You earn a lot or very little.
You overlooked income on your tax return.
You spent or deposited more than $10,000 cash
You claimed a lot of itemized deductions
You have investment income
You have cash or assets in other countries
What does audit protection mean?
Tax audit representation, which is also called an audit defense, is a service where a tax or legal professional stands on behalf of a taxpayer during an IRS or state income tax audit. To find out more about audit defense services, please visit: https://irstaxreliefnetwork.com/
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Pharmacy solutions for teeth whitening can be detrimental to your health. But it’s still nice to have nice, white teeth. Here is everything you need to know safely and effectively about home whitening.
The appearance of the teeth contributes a lot to our image. Everyone wants a good set of bright white teeth. This is why many people whose teeth are discolored strive to clear their smiles. However, you have to understand the type and cause of the coloration you have before going through any process to make your smile brighter and whiter. Types of tooth discoloration include the following.
This type of staining is when the dentine (inner surface) of the tooth acquires a yellow dye or darkens. This discoloration is caused by overexposure to fluoride, tetracycline antibiotics during childhood, physical trauma to a permanent tooth causing internal bleeding that discolored the tooth or undergoes imperfect dentinogenesis which is a rare condition. This causes discolorations that are gray, amber or purple.
This is when tooth staining is on the outer surface (the enamel). This type of staining is mainly caused by food.
Sour foods – These are tomatoes and citrus fruits like lemons. These foods are colorful and erode the enamel, leaving the dentin exposed.
Coffee and Tea – This is a nuisance for caffeine lovers. Coffee and tea contain tannins that alter the pH balance in the mouth. This means that any extra acidic food that is eaten damages the teeth. The tea is, however, a little different: green tea gives the teeth a gray tint and black tea gives them a yellow tint.
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Sugary foods and drinks – Those cookies, sweets, and sodas that we all like, will pierce some holes in their poor white teeth. I know this sounds a bit melodramatic, but it’s true. After eating sugars, they are hooked to the teeth and when the bacteria feed on these sugars, they produce the acids that cause tooth decay.
Wine – Red wine removes the white in your smile by adding a gray tint. These types of stains are more difficult to remove than yellow stains. The tannins that are also in drinks like coffee and tea are responsible for this. However, red wine does not completely spell sadness and doom, it prevents tooth decay to some extent. The white wine on the other side tends to darken the spots further. The acidity of this beverage allows other beverages to move more deeply into the structure of the tooth.
Tobacco – Smoking cigarettes exposes your teeth to nicotine which also causes an intrinsic stain.
These are caused by a combination of extrinsic and intrinsic factors. Dentin is exposed because the enamel becomes thinner with age.
Effects of tooth discoloration
A bright white set of teeth can increase your self-confidence, while teeth that are discolored can create a huge dent in your self-esteem. Discoloration or poorly aligned teeth make people avoid smiling at all costs because they feel embarrassed by their smiles and other people’s opinions regarding their oral imperfections simply make them have a very low self-image of themselves. These people also avoid being around others and therefore do not learn to be friendly and social. Poor social skills such as lack of eye contact while interacting is also another effect of having discolored teeth. These people, therefore, lose a lot of non-verbal cues because they often divert sight.
How to remove tooth discolorations
People with tooth discolorations no longer have to hide their smiles more when taking pictures. Here are some natural home remedies that you could use to give you a nice set of pearly whites.
Sodium bicarbonate and hydrogen peroxide
Make a paste using a small amount of sodium bicarbonate and a small amount of hydrogen peroxide. Then gently brush your teeth. You can also use water or fresh lemon juice instead of hydrogen peroxide. Hydrogen peroxide, which is an anti-bacterial agent, in this case, keeps the mouth and gums free of germs. Do not do every day. You can do it once a week. This is because the baking soda has particles that are very abrasive and your enamel could be removed. Make sure the batter is wet to avoid this.
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Lemon or orange peel
These are foodstuffs that are very nutritious and very rich antioxidants. Rub the peels on your teeth and then rinse your mouth. However, the use of lemon and orange peels could lead to the wearing of the enamel. So to be on the safe side, after using these foodstuffs, rinse your mouth with lukewarm water. You could also mix equal amounts of water and hydrogen peroxide around your mouth. Also, be sure to use organic products.
Extraction of coconut oil
Coconut oil has antimicrobial properties for your teeth and gums. It is a natural tooth whitener. Put a small amount of coconut oil between the teeth for 10 to 20 minutes. You can also add a small amount on your toothbrush and brush it gently.
Wet the toothbrush with water and then put a small amount of turmeric powder on it. Brush your teeth, as usual, leave on your teeth for 3-5 minutes and then rinse thoroughly.
Brush your teeth a second time but now with regular toothpaste. If you notice any yellow tint of turmeric on your teeth, rinse again with water and thus you will get a brighter smile.
Strawberries are a delicious natural tooth whitener and trust me, it will do wonders for your teeth. These red berries are rich in malic acid, which whitens teeth. You will need four to five strawberries. Make a puree and dip your toothbrush into this super delicious mixture, then gently brush your teeth. Then rinse your mouth with warm water. You could also crush the strawberries with baking soda to make a DIY whitening paste.
Apple cider vinegar
Apple cider vinegar is a great cleaning agent. It helps maintain the pH balance of the mouth and therefore gives you a sparkling smile. Leaves teeth free of blemishes and also cleans mouth thoroughly.
Use water to dilute the apple cider vinegar and gargle first when you wake up. Then brush as usual. Do this regularly, if possible daily and you will see your teeth get that shine.


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Roger Friend's Rhythm Village
RIYL: Sting, the Yellowjackets, Pat Metheny
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Inception: San Diego, 2006
Roger Friend’s drumming career spans over three decades, touring the world with jazz, blues, pop, soul, and rock groups. Friend is also an educator and percussion facilitator who heads up performance clinics and workshops, as well as working with leading manufacturers in drum design. Endorsements include SONOR Drums, Meinl Percussion, Sabian Cymbals, XL/Gator Cases, Aquarian Drumheads, Regal Tip Drumsticks, Audix Mics, and Geddit Accessories.


Martijn Petrus, Imagine: Nature
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We trick ourselves into thinking that unspoilt wildlife still exists by watching extravagant nature documentaries. We look at this dramatically created world displayed on our TV screens, fully aware of the fact that our experience is highly manipulated by super slowmotion images and heavyweight sound effects.
We have designed botanical gardens and glass houses to showcase all the exotic plants that we have discovered and we manipulate the landscape to a level of aesthetically pleasing functionality.
For this project I have analyzed my own perception of the subject and researched different ways in which human culture brings nature into its world. Using video, 3D animation, photography and sculpture, I create a world where nature and artifice meet and merge.
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At Breeze Boat Lifts, we manufacture the finest boat lifts and Personal Watercraft/Jet Ski lifts available. We have been fulfilling the special boat lift needs of our customers in the Panhandle of Florida for over 20 years. Over 80% of our customers are repeat buyers. Our superior designs and our experienced and talented staff set us apart from the competition. This is the reason that over 75% of the boat lifts in our own backyard are manufactured by Breeze Boat Lifts. Our backyard include owners in Destin, Sandestin, and Fort Walton Beach Florida, where water sports are a way of life.
Products We Specialize In:
If you are in the market for a new boat lift, you need to insist that it is from Breeze Boat Lifts! As you consider your purchase, please keep in mind that your Boat Lift or Personal Watercraft Lift is our number one concern. Let Breeze Boat Lifts put 20 years of experience, knowledge, and quality designs to work for you.
To fully appreciate the Breeze Boat Lift experience, please feel free to tour our web site. Better yet, just pick up the phone and talk to our friendly staff. We are always eager to discuss your needs. Contact Breeze Boat Lifts today!


Workforce Management: Burden of Proof
March 5, 2010
While we respect and admire Workforce Management, we were troubled by the article, “Burden of Proof,” which was part of a special report on Background Checking (February 2010 issue). Having been quoted in this article, I was disappointed that my quotes, and those of one of my colleagues, were presented out of context. The author attempts to make a correlation between the lack of empirical data on the ROI of background screening and the benefits of doing so for employers. The fact is our industry trade group, the National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS), has not conducted such studies. However, the author fails to mention that such studies do exist outside of the trade group.
Additionally, some important points and studies on background screening were left out. For instance:
- One report by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners found that the median loss for small firms with fewer than one hundred employees was $190,000. (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704533204575047594152725262.html?mod=WSJ_Technology_RIGHTBottomSBHeadLines)
- The Society for Human Resource Management says that 70% of all job applications provide information that is not fully accurate. (http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2009/11/13/just-say-no-employers-wisening-up-to-resume-padding/)
- The average jury award for negligent hiring against a company was $870,390 in 2000, according to Barry J. Nadell, former president of InfoLink Screening Services, in Chatsworth, California.
Probably more than anything, the ROI comes from bad press. Consider the following:
- The news that a Radio Shack chief executive falsified his diploma, causing their stock to tumble drastically.
- Last week’s revelation that at least 10 senior executives and directors at publicly-traded companies had corporate biographies claiming unearned academic credentials.
Background screening is one of the most important aspects of the hiring process; in fact, Workforce Management has published many articles over the years citing similar stats, studies and horror stories.
While I agree that the EEOC does have several initiatives to curb some background screening practices, it’s a far stretch to say the burden of proof will be on employers. Admittedly, some companies are performing screening in a less than desirable manner. However, NAPBS members have worked hard to separate themselves from these types of companies. If background screening is done properly, it finds the right jobs for the right people. If the selection of employees is done properly and no discriminatory hiring practices are utilized, the EEOC finds no cause for action. Consider that fact that the largest user of background screening services in the world is the U.S. Government and their contractors!
Jason B Morris, President
Past Co-Chairman NAPBS
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John Deere construction equipment will be available in Europe for the first time in many years with the US-based company introducing two G-Series motor graders to the European market via the Wirtgen Group distribution network in Germany and France.
The 622GP and 672GP will be available in these two countries from early this year.
Deere bought the Wirtgen Group – with the Wirtgen, Vögele, Hamm, Kleemann and Benninghoven brands covering milling, processing, mixing, paving, compaction and rehabilitation operations – in 2017.
David Thorne, senior vice president, sales and marketing, Worldwide Construction & Forestry, said, “We are excited to leverage our relationship with the Wirtgen Group to introduce John Deere construction equipment to a new market, further expanding our global footprint.”
The introduction is said to be a result of increased interest in John Deere earthmoving equipment following the Wirtgen Group acquisition.
Deere said that with motor graders used in road building applications, the synergies between the Deere models and the Wirtgen portfolio, as well as thriving French and German markets, were determining factors in bringing the machines to the continent.
The European rollout focuses on the six-wheel drive 622GP and 672GP models that are said to feature fuel efficient Tier 4 Final John Deere diesel engines – 6.8 litre for the 622GP producing 169kW, and 9.0 litre for the 672GP providing 190kW.
Six-wheel drive with automatic differential lock is said to allow the machines to power through the toughest cuts, and to give operators increased traction in poor ground conditions or when working on ditches or side hills.
The 622GP with 3.66m mouldboard operates at a weight of 19,078kg, while the 672GP with 4.27m mouldboard weighs in at 19,976kg.
The two models will be on display at Bauma 2019, in April, in Munich, Germany.


What is Acupuncture?
Acupuncture is a form of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine which has been used to treat animals for over 2,000 years and is one of the oldest documented forms of medicine. It incorporates very thin needles placed under the skin to stimulate the body’s natural healing. These needles are placed along “Meridian” lines which are classical points with energetic significant in eastern medicine. To describe the therapy in modern medical terms, the needles are placed into muscle bellies and near nerves and important structures. The needle placements stimulate the body’s natural healing properties (Cytokines, White Blood Cells, and more) to reduce inflammation and deliver the needed energy for cellular function and nerve firing. Some of the needles placed can be connected to an Electro Acupuncture unit, which allows micro pulses through the acupuncture needles to stimulate muscles and nerves. This allows muscle fibers to re-align and for nerve cells (axons) to regain their firing potential. Acupuncture is based on thousands of years of clinical application, and has had a surge in scientific research to support its use and help fine tune disease application.
What is a Veterinary Acupuncturist?
In order to be a Veterinary Acupuncturist, a licensed Veterinarian has completed extensive training in acupuncture. Dr. Kristin Cameron studied Acupuncture as a foreign exchange student through the Chi Institute in Guangzhou, China hosted at the South China Agricultural University. Her training in Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine primarily focused on Acupuncture but also included Herbal Medicine.
What to Expect During Your First Acupuncture Session?
The needles used are a very small gauge and the patient typically does not feel them as they are inserted. There may be a small sensation as the needles are inserted, but typically does not cause pain. Most animals handle acupuncture very well and may even fall asleep during treatment. Acupuncture works best with multiple treatments, and they are condensed in the beginning and gradually spaced out over time as we achieve our therapy goals.
What is Acupuncture Used for?
Acupuncture is very effective for orthopedic and neurologic disorders, please see the below list of specific diagnosis that benefit from acupuncture. Acupuncture is a great alternative for pain control, releasing chemical mediators to reduce pain (opioid like peptides, serotonin, and more). The primary goal of Acupuncture is to improve Quality of life. Make our animal patients feel more comfortable and more like themselves. It is best to use an integrative approach in adding Acupuncture to current Western Medical therapies.
- Arthritis (shoulder, hips, knees, neck, etc.)
- Hind End Weakness
- Back Pain
- Disc Disease (IVDD)
- Vestibular Disease
- Improve Quality of life
- Help a patient undergoing Chemotherapy
- Behavioral Disorders (Anxiety, Noise Phobia)
- Enhance Immune System
A common application of acupuncture is in treating pain associated with Musculoskeletal diseases. It has been proven scientifically to help animal patients with back pain and general pain from arthritis and orthopedic injury. Acupuncture stimulates the release of natural molecules to promote pain control (serotonin, endorphins, and more). Musculoskeletal pain can be difficult to manage with Western Medicine alone, and thus pain from the neck, back, and lower back respond very well to an integrative approach to add Acupuncture treatment. Acupuncture for Musculoskeletal diseases may not correct underlying cause but is used primarily for pain control and improve patient comfort.
The application of Acupuncture for use of Neurological Disorders is suspected to improve nerve cell (Axon) firing rates. It is used in adjunct with proper Modern Medical diagnosis of the underlying issue. Improve Ataxia from IVDD, Nerve Impingement, or Fibrocartilaginous embolism. It can be very useful for epilepsy patients, but please inform Dr. Cameron if you patient has a history of seizures.
Improve Overall Quality of Life:
Acupuncture is very useful in improving the overall quality of life of our animal patients, it improves energy levels, promotes appetite, aids in comfort level from a multitude of diseases. It is commonly used for patients undergoing chemotherapy or have cancer, but is not a cure for neoplasia.
Many diseases can be adjunct treated with acupuncture; Inflammatory Bowel Disease, megacolon, and more.
Are there any side effects?
Acupuncture can lead to a relaxed state the following day after treatment, which can be mistaken for lethargy. Acupuncture needles are sterilized so infection from the site is very rare, but it is a risk.
The use of Acupuncture in conjunction with Modern Medicine is a powerful therapy and can help your pet. Please call today and Dr. Kristin Cameron would be more than happy to discuss your pet’s medical concerns and if Acupuncture is right for them.


This is a press release submitted to the Las Vegas Sun. It has not been verified or edited by the Sun.
Roseman University Nursing Organization Donates to Local Charity
Published on Thu, Dec 19, 2013 (11:57 a.m.)HENDERSON, Nev. – Dec. 19, 2013 – Roseman University’s Student Nurses’ Association (SNA) does a variety of fundraisers throughout the year to raise money for their organization. This year SNA had extra money and as a board decided to donate the remaining $1,000 to Peggy’s Attic at Child Haven, a donation center created to help serve children who are placed in the custody of the Clark County Department of Family Services.
Peggy’s Attic has been serving hundreds of infants, children, and youth each month since October 2001. Peggy’s Attic collects clothing, shoes, toys, diapers, toiletry items, developmental toys, school supplies, and a variety of other items to provide to children and families in Clark County.
SNA was able to provide this wonderful donation to Peggy’s Attic thanks to the help of SNA’s board members under the direction of SNA President Alexis Rivera and Vice President Elaine Le and fellow classmates at Roseman University.
About Roseman University of Health Sciences
Founded in 1999, Roseman University of Health Sciences is a private, non-profit institution of higher learning with campuses in Henderson, Nev. and South Jordan, Utah. The university is comprised of the College of Dental Medicine, offering an Advanced Education in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics/MBA residency and Doctor of Dental Medicine program; College of Pharmacy, offering a Doctor of Pharmacy and Professional Continuing Education; College of Nursing, offering a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing; and an MBA program. The university is regionally accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities and is an equal opportunity institution. For more information, visit www.roseman.edu.
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A soul-tie is a memory keeper. It’s an object that brings to mind a memory of a person, place, or event. It can also be a sight, or sound that resurrects, or evokes, that part of our soul that holds our past, and everything along our journey that has woven us together into who we are today.
Years ago, when I first heard the term ‘soul-tie’ it was used by a friend who wanted her boyfriend to get rid of everything he owned that was a reminder of a past relationship. While this is a good idea (especially for boyfriends who value their lives) what soon becomes evident is the fact that the memory is still there. And getting rid of an object doesn’t get rid of a memory of a person, or a place. Or, for that matter, of an event, however good, bad, or traumatic.
Memory is embedded in the very base of our brain; fragments of it float up through our dreams and frequently invade our consciousness. No amount of therapy, however skilled the counselor is, can make it go away.
Is it important to get rid of old objects, pictures, or anything that is a constant reminder of a bad place in our journey? Sure it is. As long as we don’t think that just by throwing things away, we have completely ‘cleaned house’. Anyone who has ever grieved a loss, whether by death, divorce, or rejection, knows that getting rid of an object doesn’t erase a memory. And therein lies the problem- the memory alone quite often is the soul-tie. It’s that space between you-and-me, and who-am-I-now-without-you. It is the essence of a relationship we have, or had with a person or place. It’s what and who we relate to. And, for that matter, how we relate. This is the underlying idea behind Attachment Theory, and Attachment Disorders. (Meaning that the way some people attach to people, places, and things is disordered, random, or extreme.)
Not all soul-ties are bad. Memory books, journals, scrapbook albums, and photos represent the people, places and things that we have loved and/or lost. An entire industry is built on soul-ties; our investment in our relationships is reflected in our investment in paper goods. Attachment theory is obviously more than just a theory! It verifies what we already know- how healthy we are is both determined by, and reflected in our relationships. Not only with other people, but with God. And that is where the healing of memories takes place- in our relationship with God. Once we ‘clean house’ so to speak, that empty space makes room for healthy attachments, first to God, and ourselves, and then outward to those around us. As we come to know the love of God for us as individuals, and became stable and steady through knowledge of the Word of God, which renews our minds, we see that growth in our attachments to people, places and things. We get a healthy sense of what to keep, and what to let go of. We just know. The more we let go of, the easier it is to breathe. As one of my clients said last week “I just feel lighter.” Whole rooms open up, not only in our homes, but in our souls. Our agenda changes. Our schedule has margin in it. There is time not just for people, but to record and chronicle new memories. “And God saw that it was good.” –Genesis 1


Associated Press (AP) reporter Gerry Shih was hard at work in 2017 writing a remarkable series of articles on China’s Uyghur Muslim minority. By traveling not just to China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, where 10 to 15 million Uyghurs live, but also to Syria, where some have fled and taken up arms with militant groups, he sought to answer the most politicized and consequential questions about the ethnic group. These include:
- How long and to what extent have authorities in Xinjiang forced Uyghurs into indoctrination camps?
- How long and to what extent have they compelled residents to give DNA samples to the state?
- What role has Chen Quanguo 陈全国 had in building Xinjiang’s new digital police state, and will he succeed in subjugating separatist thought?
- Are China’s Uyghurs involved in global jihadi terrorism? Where and how do they get recruited, and how does China try to influence Uyghurs overseas?
His four articles released in December were as follows:
- December 17: In western China, thought police instill fear
- December 23: Uighurs fighting in Syria take aim at China
- December 28: China’s crackdown on Uighurs spreads to even mild critics
- December 29: China’s Uighurs work to fend off pull of jihad
They are part of a larger AP series titled “China’s Uighurs on edge,” comprising 12 stories that seek “to flesh out the profile of a people whose voices have largely been silenced or gone unheard under the blanket of security in the region.” They also were published around the same time that the Wall Street Journal (paywall) and BuzzFeed published similarly alarming stories about the police state in Xinjiang.
For more on Muslims in China, check out a previous Sinica Podcast titled “Islamophobia in China, explained by Alice Su and Ma Tianjie,” and an article on SupChina that seeks to answer the question “Where does Chinese Islamophobia come from?”
Jeremy: A re-recommendation for Birding Beijing, a great site if you’re interested in birds in China. It is now in the second year of tracking cuckoos who fly all the way from Africa to China to migrate. (Also listen to a Sinica Podcast and read a SupChina Q&A with the website’s founder, Terry Townshend.)
Gerry: The China-Pakistan Axis: Asia’s New Geopolitics, by Andrew Small of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. With Belt and Road’s rising importance, it is a must-read, Gerry says.
Kaiser: Kialo.com, a place for online debate that’s supposed to help people bridge contentious issues. It enforces ground rules, limits the number of words you can use, and crowdsources the most compelling arguments on both sides for each claim.


Title: Heat treatment of firewood : meeting the phytosanitary requirements
Author: Wang, Xiping; Bergman, Richard PhD; Brashaw, Brian K.; Myers, Scott; Joyal, Marc
Source: General technical report FPL-GTR-200. Madison, WI : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, 2011: 34 p.
Publication Series: General Technical Report (GTR)
Description: The movement of firewood within emerald ash borer- (EAB-) infested states and into adjoining states has been a major contributor to the spread of EAB throughout the United States and Canada. In an effort to stop the further spread of EAB from infested areas and to facilitate interstate commerce, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has required and are enforcing a heat-treatment process in the firewood industry to heat sterilize firewood before it can be shipped out of infested areas. States and firewood producers are now faced with challenges implementing heat-treatment processes and meeting the heat-treating standard. The purpose of this project was to transfer background knowledge and advanced heat-treating technology to field application through field heat-treatment demonstrations, on-site workshops and web-based training seminars (webinars). We evaluated a series of temperature sensors/probes and data loggers for their applicability in heat-treating process and constructed easy-to-install temperature monitoring systems suitable for field heat-treatment operations of different scales. Successful on-site heat-treatment demonstrations were conducted at four firewood heat-treating facilities. Two training workshops were developed and presented to regulatory field staff and firewood producers. The content of training included certification of treatment facilities, recommended heat-treating strategies, and temperature monitoring and thermal verification.
Keywords: Wood, heat treatment, introduced organisms, control, fuelwood, United States, emerald ash borer, firewood, transportation, Agrilus planipennis, insect control, introduced species, kiln drying, infestation, spread, sterilization, pest control, kiln
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I brought my imbalances
And own self perception
Humidity brought the rain
And passion brought the drought
But that absence brought a thirst
That could no longer be felt
So belief is a word I have trouble believing
And the light in the dark I have trouble seeing
It’s always a cycle
I have trouble remembering what happened between hello and goodbye
The words that were oxygen became living parasites
We share our minds like we share our hearts
And my sleeve is stained while my head is apart
Body, mind, and soul all sold
For temporary calmness, distorted tranquility
By trains that run on a track they are stuck too
With power and potential, but only one way to go
Are you still the one you wanted to be?
The one you said would never change?
Am I the one I said I would be?
Or the one who got blurred out on paper lines
Believe me when I say
I don’t know what to say
The bulbs break and shut off
Maps of neurons start getting crossed out
What part of your mind are you trying to hide
What part of you has committed mental suicide?
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Killiney Park, Dublin 18
you are here: homepage / our parks / killiney
- The red markers indicate the Park Entrances.
- Click on the markers for Park Information
How to get to Cabinteely Park ...
Killiney Hill Park,
Killiney Hill Road,
County Dublin Main Entrance via Car Park at Burton Road. Pedestrian Entrances: Ardburgh Road, Killiney Hill Road,
Victoria Road/Killiney Hill Junction.
no. 59 (From Dún Laoghaire)
no. 8 (From Dublin + 10 minute walk)
- see Dublin Bus website for further details
From Dún Laoghaire follow R119 to Killiney Hill.
From Bray follow the R761 Dublin Road. Continue onto R119 via Shankill, Shanganagh Road and onto Killiney Hill Road.
by Dart (Railway):
15 minute walk from Dalkey Dart Station
25 minute walk from Killiney Dart Station


New Government Forestry Grants
October 22, 1999 The Rural News
Australia's $2 billion a year trade deficit in forest products and the destruction of farmland through dry land salinity are to be tackled through $3 million in grants announced by the Federal Government.
The bulk of the money, $2.33 million goes to Greening Australia to promote the commercial farming of trees by landholders and community groups.
Forestry Minister Wilson Tuckey said the grants would be used to promote he sustainable harvest of timber. "Australia is now borrowing $2 billion per annum from the rest of the world to pay for the difference between our forest products consumption and what we manage to produce to the point of export from our own resources," Mr Tuckey told reporters.
"And that is all primarily because we continue to export raw materials such as woodchip and green sawn timber instead of paper and furniture." Mr Tuckey said Australia had the ability to turn this around, but would not be able to attract the investment needed unless it could guarantee sustainable supplies of timber.
Greening Australia chief executive Mark Thomas said plantation forests had the added benefit of helping to reduce the impact of dry land salinity. "The incorporation of tree crops into farming systems offers a classic win-win solution," he said.
Farm forestry offers farmers the opportunity to grow trees as a cash crop, while at the same time providing benefits to farm productivity and the environment through control of erosion and salinity."
Funding for the projects comes from the $1.5 billion Natural Heritage Trust Fund.