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I hear so much talk about meditation from so many different perspectives that I’ve become confused. Can you explain what meditation is?
Meditation is an advanced state of concentration in which one single object of concentration flows without interruption. In this state the mind becomes fully one-pointed, and this one-pointedness starts expanding into a superconscious state. Ultimately there comes a state of samadhi—complete spiritual absorption. This is a spontaneous expression of the unbroken flow of supreme consciousness. The process of withdrawal of the senses, concentration, and meditation can be compared to a river that originates when many small streams gather and merge into one large flow. The river then flows through hills and valleys without being stopped by bushes and rocks, and then it finds the plains, where it flows smoothly and harmoniously, passing through forests and villages until it reaches its final destination and merges with the sea. So it is with the process of meditation. At the initial stage, the senses and mind are withdrawn and made one-pointed. That one-pointed mind flows constantly toward one object without being distracted by petty emotions, thoughts, memories, and anxieties. Then it enters into the smooth, uninterrupted flow of the meditative state. At last the mind enters samadhi and merges with the ocean of supreme consciousness.
When I meditate on my mantra, thoughts still come into my mind. Does this mean that I’m not doing my practice correctly?
No. It is the nature of the mind to think. Therefore if the mind starts wandering during meditation, do not criticize it or force it to focus on your mantra. Simply remind yourself gently that you have put aside this particular period of time for meditation and bring your mind back to your mantra. Keep your mind engaged with the business at hand—the object of your meditation—and it will have no reason to attend to any other business.
Even when my mind is engaged with my mantra, I’m still aware of other thoughts.
It is natural for the mind to be aware of background chatter while you are focusing on your mantra. If you analyze it, you will find that most of this chatter is related to trivial thoughts. When you notice that your thoughts are running to trivial matters, let them run—simply maintain your focus on the mantra and do not give them your attention. The more attention you give these trivial thoughts, the stronger they become and the farther they will pull you from your mantra.
Form a habit of living in the present by focusing on your mantra; the more you focus on your mantra, the less you will be distracted by memories of the past and anxiety for the future. Thoughts are associated either with the past or with the future, and in most cases they are meaningless—fleeting images, snatches of remembered or anticipated conversation—and are simply an expression of the mind’s wandering habit. Don’t worry about them; the more you worry about them, the more life you breathe into them. Instead, steady the mind by focusing it on the mantra. That is the only way to overcome this ever-wandering habit. You will find that with practice the mind is able to focus on the mantra for longer and longer intervals and you will no longer notice the background noise.
Form a habit of living in the present by focusing on your mantra.
Most of these intruding thoughts that I experience are trivial, but some of them are significant and are powerful enough to force me to pay attention to them. What can I do?
When you cannot let certain thoughts and emotions recede into the background, you must learn to witness them. This means acknowledging these thoughts and emotions without elaborating on them or interpreting them. Don’t try to deny them or pretend to be indifferent. Instead, try to understand what they are, what is causing them, and how meaningful they are in the present moment.
As you cultivate this skill, you will discover that it is your attachment to these thoughts and feelings that gives them life and allows them to influence you here, in the present. By witnessing these powerful thoughts and emotions in a detached manner, you will nullify the influence they have over you.
For this technique to be effective, you must remember that witnessing does not mean involving yourself in a mental debate. Rather, it means letting the facts present themselves objectively. When done skillfully, this practice induces a sense of non-attachment and non-involvement. And when this feeling mingles with the stream of meditation, then thoughts, emotions, memories, and anxieties will lose their power to entangle your mind.
Are there any other ways of dealing with deeper issues?
The scriptures describe many methods of dissolving deeper issues. Prayer, selfless service, making a fire offering, studying the scriptures, visiting holy places, practicing austerity, and simply surrendering to divine providence are a few of them. These techniques work when you decide they will work. Miracles do happen, but only when you make them happen. That is why cultivating sankalpa, the power of will and determination, is the key to any successful practice. Without this determination, even God’s grace will go in vain.
I’ve heard that the gayatri mantra is helpful in cleansing the mind of negative thinking and resolving deeper issues. Why is that, and how can I use it as a means for overcoming mental pollution?
The gayatri mantra works with the subtle impressions in our mind that are the source of negative thinking. It calms mental noise, washes off karmic impurities, purifies the ego, sharpens the intellect, and illuminates our inner being. It connects us with the inner teacher so that we become receptive to guidance. This mantra is particularly helpful to those who are struggling with confusion, doubt, skepticism, and lack of direction.
The formal name of this mantra is savitri, which is the feminine form of savita, meaning “source,” “origin,” “sun.” Savitri, or the sun, is the source of our existence. This is the force from which the entire world evolves. When that divine force manifested in the form of sound, it was revealed in the meter known as gayatri. That is how it came to be known as the gayatri mantra.
Everything in the solar system is sustained by the sun and controlled by the sun’s energy. All the planets and their moons are held in place by the gravitational force of the sun. Even at the microcosmic level, everything is sustained by the sun. All forms of energy on the earth are different manifestations of solar energy.
The same is true of the gayatri mantra. This mantra is related to the sun, to solar energy—not to energy as an unconscious, blind force, but to conscious, intelligent, divine energy. Just as everything in the solar system is dependent on the sun, so does all knowledge have its source in the gayatri mantra. That is why it is called the mother of knowledge (Veda Mata). The thinking process itself begins from the gayatri mantra. The energy, the shakti, the force that gives direction to our force of intelligence, is the gayatri mantra.
Gayatri creates a link between the practitioner and the sun, between the physical body and the subtle body (of which the solar plexus and the navel center is the hub). The gayatri mantra introduces us to our own solar plexus. It forges the link between our first and third chakras, our second and third chakras, our third and fourth chakras, our third and fifth chakras, and our third and sixth chakras. Gayatri is also the link between mind and ego, mind and intellect, mind and intuition, mind and revelation; it is the link between the physical level and the subtle energy levels of our reality. The gayatri mantra is a self-conscious, self-illumined force. I say this with conviction because of my own personal experience. The gayatri mantra not only works in dissolving negative thinking, it transforms even the toughest and most complicated issues of life.
To answer the second part of your question: practicing the gayatri mantra cleanses the mind of mental pollution because this mantra works directly with the force of intelligence. For example, it is negative thinking, or mental pollution, that has caused us to create an endless number of objects and to spend our time and energy accumulating these objects. Analyze the world economy and you will see how greed and insatiable desire are damaging the planet and creating conflict among people. Behind this whole process is our mind. Then study the meaning of the gayatri mantra; it clearly says, “Dhiyo yo nah prachodayat—I pay my homage to that which is the guide, the supervisor, the light of my mind.” Thus, in practicing this mantra you are going into the root of the mother of all mothers, the force of all forces, the intelligence of all intelligences. That is the way to banish pollution from the mind once and for all.
The gayatri mantra is our mother.
The gayatri mantra does not need to be received from a teacher through a formal process of initiation, because it is the mother of any spiritual aspirant. It is available to anyone who is motivated to practice it. Just as a child does not need to be introduced to her own mother, we do not need an intermediary to introduce us to the gayatri mantra. We are children of the sun, and the gayatri mantra is our mother. Anyone in any circumstance can practice this mantra: lovingly, or without love; with faith, or without faith. What respect or understanding does a child have for his mother when he dirties his diaper? Yet while changing the diaper, how lovingly the mother kisses the child. This is exactly the relationship between the gayatri mantra and any spiritual seeker.
The gayatri mantra is a living mother. And just as there is unspoken understanding between mother and child, so there is an unbreakable link between the practitioner and gayatri. A good mother always does whatever is good for the child, with full understanding that it is natural for a child to get into trouble. For his part, the child understands that his mother loves him and so he runs to her even when he is upset with her. This understanding is called bhakti—love laced with trust. When you practice the gayatri mantra with bhakti it will resolve all your unresolved issues.


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A member of No More Deaths faces a felony charge after he was arrested by Border Patrol agents, just hours after the Tucson humanitarian group released videos last week showing agents destroying water and food left for those crossing Arizona's deserts.
Scott Daniel Warren, 35, faces up to five years in prison for harboring two people suspected of being in the country without authorization, after Warren gave them food and water.
Warren's arrest came quickly on the heels of No More Deaths and Derechos Humanos releasing a report that implicated BP agents in the Tucson Sector with intentionally destroying some of the food and water caches left by the groups in an attempt to stem the number of deaths from exposure in desert.
A spokesman for Tucson Sector Border Patrol would not comment on Warren's arrest, and forwarded a request for comment to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Cosme Lopez, a spokesman with the U.S. Attorney's Office, declined to comment, adding only that Warren will face an initial appearance Tuesday.
In the report, No More Deaths said that from 2012 to 2015, 415 caches of water left for crossers in the 800-square-mile corridor near Arivaca were vandalized, spilling nearly 3,600 gallons of water into the desert.
During this same time period, the bodies of 1,026 people were found in the Sonoran Desert, according to records from the Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner.
In 2017 alone, the office handled the remains of another 128 people.
Using statistical analysis, including land-use patterns, as well as video from trail cameras, and personal experiences to support their claims, the group said that U.S. Border Patrol agents "are responsible for the widespread interference with essential humanitarian efforts."
No More Deaths has videos of Border Patrol agents intentionally destroying water bottles, including a video in which a female Border Patrol agent systematically kicks a half-dozen water bottles, spilling their contents, and a 2017 video in which an agent punctures a water bottle with a knife.
In their report, the group noted that while other groups, including hunters, may vandalize water bottles and food drops, there's a baseline vandalism rate, where about 6.6 percent of the water judge as destroyed, which rises to 9.3 percent during hunting season.
Genevieve Schroeder, a volunteer with No More Deaths said that the arrest of Warren was "noteworthy" because it came just hours after the release of the report, and videos that "went viral."
Humanitarian access to the Ajo Corridor, an 8,000-square-mile region that encompasses "huge areas of wilderness" is essential, Schroeder said. "Having access to that area, and be able to provide humanitarian aid is really essential to confronting the ongoing crisis of disappear and death along the border," Schroeder said.
Warren has been working for the group for 2013 since he moved to Ajo, an area that has become nearly important because the "remote and rugged terrain" has become a place where more and more people are attempting to cross, Schroeder said. "It has the least amount of water, and is the hardest place to survive and attempt a desert crossing," Schroeder said.
"The fact that more and more people are going on there, is a clear sign of the humanitarian crisis, caused by policy known as 'Prevention through Deterrence,'" Schroeder said, referencing a Clinton-era border security plan that would reinforce redoubts in cities like Nogales, Douglas, and Yuma, and therefore force migrants into more "hostile terrain," and place them in what she described as "mortal danger" with the aim of stopping illegal immigration.
In 2015, No More Deaths shifted deeper in the western desert, and in just five days that year, volunteers recovered the remains of five people.
The corridor remains so dangerous that around 47 percent of the people reported missing are never recovered, Schroeder said.
According to a criminal complaint filed by Border Patrol, agents were surveilling a building known as the "the Barn" in the remote desert near Ajo, about 110 miles of Tucson, when they saw Warren, an Ajo resident, pull up to the building in an SUV.
Warren entered the building, and later, two people who Border Patrol agents said "matched the description of two lost illegal aliens" went outside the barn to talk with Warren. All three then went back inside, one of the agents said.
According to court records, Border Patrol agents requested help from the Pima County Sheriff's Department, and then proceeded to conduct a "knock and talk" on the Barn.
Two deputies served a "scene security" during the arrest, said Cody Gress, a spokesman with PCSD. "We did not perform any 'knock and talk' or investigative function at any time," he said.
Agents later identified the two men as Kristian Perez-Villanueva and Jose Arnaldo Sarcaria-Godoy, and determined they were in the country illegally. According to the agent, Perez and Sarcaria said they had researched online the best ways to cross the dangerous and rugged desert and found that the Barn was a place they could get food and water. The two men said that they were able to get a ride from someone else in a white van, who took them to a nearby Chevron station and Perez used WiFi at the gas station to "figure out where to go."
After finding the Barn, Sarcaria said that Warren gave them food and water for approximately three days, along with beds, and clean clothing.
In December, the Arizona Republic reported that security guards for the Barry M. Goldwater bombing range, and federal officials at the nearby Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge had banned aid workers for leaving water and food behind.
And, earlier in the year, Border Patrol agents raided the No More Deaths camp south of Arivaca, and arrested four Mexican men, violating a tenuous though long-standing agreement between the agency and the humanitarian group.
The arrest of Warren, Schroeder said fits into a larger pattern of arrests by immigration authorities of social justice and immigration rights leaders.
Chris Sullivan, a Border Patrol spokesman, defended the agency, saying that its policy is to leave humanitarian aid untouched, and that agents who violate that directive could face corrective actions ranging from "verbal reprimands up to termination."
"A few agents do not represent the whole agency," Sullivan said.
"We value human life," Sullivan said. The agency operates as a humanitarian organization, and deploys dozens of agents trained for medical care, and other agents to perform "complex rescues," in the heat and cold, Sullivan said.
Dan Millis, who faced a similar run-in with federal officials in 2008, called the arrest of Warren "appalling, but not surprising from the Border Patrol."
In 2008, federal officials charged and convicted Millis, a former No More Deaths volunteer, for littering after he left gallon-sized water bottles on trails in the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge. In 2010, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Millis' conviction.
"If Scott is being charged for providing 'food, water, beds, and clean clothes' to people in need, then apparently Border Patrol thinks that being a good person is a crime," said Millis by email. He added that Border Patrol he thought the agency was taking "revenge" against No More Deaths for the videos released last week.
"The Department of Homeland Security needs to reign in this rogue agency and provide assurances of accountability to border communities," Millis said.
Warren's activism had already caught the attention of federal authorities.
In early December, Warren was charged with operating a vehicle in a wilderness area and abandonment of property.
Federal wildlife officials said that on June 1, Warren drove a vehicle onto the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refugee near Charlie Bell pass, past signs from Fish and Wildlife Services that told the public not the enter the refuge, and "abandoned, discarded, or otherwise left personal property" in the refugee by leaving several one-gallon water jugs, canned food, and green milk crates loaded with food and toiletry items.
Thank you, Mr. Ingram. This story is important. It describes the moral values, and lack thereof, that this agency operates under. In remote settings, without pesky witnesses and activists that would bring attention to these brutal, cruel behaviors, they can violate their rather vague standards of conduct. Your reporting allows us to correct these injustices.
Volunteers from No More Deaths handle green milk crates filled with one gallon water bottles in the desert southeast of Arivaca, Arizona.

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With the encroachment of modern civilization, with its expanding cities and increased traffic, the habitats for numerous types of wildlife are not only growing steadily smaller, but further jeopardizing the safety of animals seeking food and roaming what were once lands uninhabited by humans.
Washington is one state taking steps to reduce the danger for animals in areas where roads, including multiple-lane interstates, have been a growing type of threat to wildlife. As such, the latest installment of a billion-dollar project to construct 20 animal crossings not only allows wildlife to cross a major roadway — Washington State's Interstate 90 — but allows animals to continue their natural migration patterns.
The Washington State Department of Transportation's (WSDOT) construction on the overpass situated east of Snoqualmie Pass that connects two isolated habitats stretching from the north to the southern Cascade Mountains is projected to be complete by the fall of 2019.
Studies indicate that different types of animals have different crossing preferences as they "hoof it" from Point A to Point B on their various routes, so they've been given options to help ensure safety for as many animal species as possible. For instance, researchers discovered that while male bears seem to make their treks through underpasses, females and cubs travel on overpasses.
Experts say the bridge still requires barrier fencing to buffer the noise of traffic, but that it's exciting to see that wildlife in Washington has already started to make good use of the safe passageways created for them. Challenges in this area of the U.S. include a limitation of only six months of the year due to inclement weather in the mountain passes.
Inspiration for the Washington project was initially modeled after an underpass and overpass in Banff National Park, crossing the Trans-Canada Highway. Since it opened 20 years ago, an estimated 152,000 animals have crossed that overpass safely.
According to Meagan Lott, a spokeswoman for WSDOT, the well-thought-out program for protecting wildlife in Washington came about due to collaboration between WSDOT, the Forest Service and Conservation Northwest, the latter of which got involved in 2004 after officials purchased around 40,000 acres on both sides of I-90.
Two animal underpasses on the same stretch of road were already in place when construction on the latest one, costing $6.2 million, was underway. However, it's still considered a rare infrastructure, as only one other overpass exists in the state, according to Spokane, Washington's The Spokesman-Review.
The ecological impacts of putting in roads has been studied in relation to the mortality of animals. It severely threatens them and, in some cases, has been the leading cause of some species decline.
The reasons animals end up on roadways are varied, and it sometimes impacts birds as well as four-footed species. Snakes and turtles stay longer on asphalt than they should if those surfaces have been warmed by the sun.6 Chimney swifts chasing mosquitoes frequently fly close to the ground, increasing their risk of getting hit on highways.7 Other birds are unable to initiate flight quickly enough when oncoming traffic approaches.
In Florida, authorities put a wildlife crossing in place for panthers, bears, alligators, bobcats, deer and coyotes, featured in the above video and posted by the Center for Biological Diversity. Representatives say such crossings are effective tools that can help combat needless deaths of wildlife, and represent a win-win for protecting wildlife and drivers from injury or death from collisions.
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A breach of contract is a failure to perform under the terms of a contract. However, not all breaches are the same; a Fairfax business attorney will explain that depending on the nature of the breach, the aggrieved party will have different rights and remedies.
If the breaching party’s actions render the agreement so irreparably broken that it defeats the purpose of the contract, it will be considered a material breach. Where a breach is material, the non-breaching party may immediately suspend performance under the contract and sue for damages. Determining whether the breach was material is a matter of fact that a Fairfax business attorney must prove.
• Can money compensate the non-breaching party?
• What will the breaching party lose or forfeit if performance is suspended?
• What is the likelihood the breaching party will correct the breach?
• Did the breaching party act in bad faith intentionally or was the act a result of unfair dealing?
• Was the non-breaching party ready, willing and able to perform before the breaching party’s actions?
• What does the contract say? Rather than rely on judicial interpretation, a contract drafted by a Fairfax business attorney may specify that a failure to perform a certain provision is a material breach.
If a party to a contract you have entered into is not living up to their end of the bargain, you need to explore your options with a Fairfax business lawyer. Begin with a call to Schleifman Law, PLC, a Fairfax business attorney, at 703-528-1021.
Virginia is what is known as an employment-at-will state, which means that the general rule is that an employee can be fired at any time, for any reason or for no reason at all. The exceptions, a business attorney in Fairfax explains, are that an employee cannot be fired for illegal reasons, such as discrimination or for reporting unsafe working conditions or if there is an employment contract indicating circumstances under which an employee may be terminated.
An employment contract may be written, oral or implied. Proving the existence of an implied contract is a more difficult burden for a business attorney in Fairfax. Proof is implied from the actions and statements of the parties as there are not writings or oral promises to cite.
Policies of the employer that indicate firing for cause only, such as mandatory progressive disciplinary rules before firing or indicating the employee will become permanent after successfully completing a probationary period.
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William J. Burke, DO, and Carl M. Shapiro, DO, represented the profession at Medicaid Managed Care forums sponsored by the Ohio Department of Job & Family Services (ODJFS) in Columbus, August 14, 2008, and in Cincinnati, August 19, 2008.
Each testified about the challenges facing physicians and patients. In particular, they noted the payment system is focused on disease management, and not disease prevention; multiple managed care companies in most counties lead to multiple prescription drug formularies, multiple policies and significant confusion; excessive prior authorization requirements waste precious time for physicians, medical office staff and patients; and inadequate specialist provider panels, and subsequent limited availability of appointments for Medicaid managed care patients, lead to delayed diagnoses and treatment especially in the area of pain management and physical medicine and rehabilitation.
Dr. Burke stressed that the Medical Home Model, as advanced by the Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative, can provide a regular source of primary care with better health outcomes at lower cost as a result of greater access to needed services, better quality of care, greater focus on prevention, and early identification and management of health problems.
1.An on-going relationship between the patient and his or her personal physician.
2.Physician-directed medical practice. Team care at the practice level led by the personal physician.
3.Whole-person orientation at all life stages.
4.Coordination and integration of care across the health care system and community.
5.A focus on quality and safety.
6.Enhanced access to medical care when the patient needs it.
7.Appropriate payment for all services delivered.
Both physicians pledged the OOA would work with Ohio Medicaid to improve access to medical services.
Ohio's Medicaid Managed Care program recently expanded to every Ohio county, enrolling 1.3 million Medicaid consumers.


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I get it. It costs a lot to deliver a baby.
Then once you bring the little bundle-of-joy home, there are all the expenses of raising a baby. Diapers, wipes, formula or breast milk, clothes, toys, bedding, car seats, strollers, bags, etc. to infinity and beyond.
I get it. It costs a lot to care for a baby.
And then the bundle-of-joy grows up. School, doctor’s appointments, sports, music, friends, clothes, food, carpooling, etc. etc. etc.
I get it. It costs a lot to raise a baby.
Little did I know it costs a lot to make a baby.
I am not going to get into specifics because really, who am I to tell you what it will exactly cost to go through In vitro fertilization (IVF).
What I will do is gently reflect upon my own experience, and how blessed we were to go through this one time and have it work on the last chance we had.
There were initial visit costs. Blood test costs. Pills and medication costs. Surgeries and anxiety costs. Needles and pharmacy costs. Dietary restriction costs. Changing-the-products-I-put-on-my-body costs. Transportation to and from costs. Sleep deprivation costs. Late arrivals and early dismissals from work costs. Laboratory costs. Freezer costs. Pain medication costs. Relationship costs. Retrieval costs and transfer costs. Monitoring costs. Phone costs. Internet costs.
And the final cost…congratulations., “the HCG tripled” cost.
Insurance played a tremendously huge portion of IVF being attainable for Dan and I. But, we would be bluffing if we didn’t say that it was a huge risk on us and a big hit on our wallets for the portions that were not covered.
I lose my breath thinking about life if we had gone a different route.
If I had been selfish and too scared to sacrifice my body for this amazing little creature to happen.
I would give up everything I have for another moment with Ferris Jobs.
And there was no promise of life. There are no refunds with IVF. There are no guarantees of multiple births.
My Angel Baby will tell you that, as Angel Baby is looking over Ferris with a watchful wing.
So for all the men and women considering IVF, is it “expensive”?
Will it be worth it even if you don’t know the outcome?
Because life was meant to be lived. IVF gave Ferris life.
And I now get it…it’s priceless to love a baby.


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Small molecules containing a radioactive isotope of fluorine, called 18F, allow doctors to track tumors using a scanning procedure known as positron emission tomography (PET). But existing methods of making 18F radiotracers tend to produce molecules that are identical in every way but one — the molecules are oppositely oriented, like a person’s right and left hand, or like mirror images. Due to their distinct 3-D structures, only one of the mirror images — known as enantiomers — is useful for tracking tumors.
Now, researchers at Princeton University led by Abigail Doyle, an associate professor of chemistry, report a route that can selectively produce just one type of enantiomer — either right-handed or left-handed — which could aid researchers in making more potent radiotracers. The work was published online in March 2014 in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
Molecules such as the one pictured can occur as two varieties that are identical in every way but one — they are mirror images of each other. Due to their distinct 3-D structures, these mirror images, known as enantiomers, interact with the body differently. Abigail Doyle’s group report a route that can selectively produce just one type of enantiomer, a result that could help researchers make more potent radiotracers for use in disease diagnosis.
Doyle’s research team developed a cobalt fluoride catalyst that causes radioactive fluoride to react with epoxides — triangleshaped molecules that contain an oxygen atom. The researchers’ method demonstrated excellent ability to select single enantiomers for 11 substrates, five of which are known pre-clinical PET tracers.
With this new method, researchers can test single enantiomers of existing or new PET radiotracers and evaluate if these compounds offer any advantage over the enantiomeric mixtures. Ultimately, the goal is to use this chemistry to identify a completely novel PET radiotracer for imaging.
Currently, there are only four FDA-approved 18F radiotracers. One of the major limitations to discovering PET tracers is the source of 18F. Existing 18F sources are strongly basic and, during the process of making the 18F radiotracer, can cause the elimination of alcohol and amine groups and rearrange the groups into mixtures of enantiomers in a process called racemization.
Under Doyle’s less basic reaction conditions, however, even alcohols and secondary amines are tolerated and no racemization is observed. The research was supported by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation and the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
First author Thomas Graham, who earned his Ph.D. in spring 2014, and graduate student Frederick Lambert commuted to the University of Pennsylvania, where they conducted the radiolabeling experiments in the laboratory of collaborator Hank Kung, an emeritus professor of radiology.
“We demonstrated that the radioactivity is high enough that we could actually use it for imaging. That’s an exciting next step,” Doyle said.

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While diamond mines themselves are fought over, it is the gems which often become the cause of, and the fuel for, wars because they are such high value commodities which were, until now, easily smuggled and traded into legitimate diamond market.
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In shades of cobalt, azure or indigo, perennially popular blue is sure to give any look a lift!
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One’s sweetness complements the other’s spirituality. Together, this combo rules!
From sunsets to spice, the many shades of orange make everything look nice!
Prized throughout history for its symbolic and monetary value, gold will always be a timeless luxury!
The vogue for this lustrous white metal has little to do with price and everything to do with style!
Jewels immortalizing the earth’s flora and fauna honor the ethos that green is good!
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Autonomous technology has been promising to revolutionise our roads for the last couple of years, with car companies across the globe in a race to be the first to roll out self-driving vehicles.
But over in Japan Nissan Motor Company Ltd have decided to employ their newly developed technology in a very different way. The automotive giants have kitted out a traditional Japanese inn with their very own self driving…slippers.
Located in the lobby of an inn approximately 50 miles southwest of Tokyo are a line of perfectly parked slippers awaiting guests. Each slipper comes equipped with its own set of wheels and utilises Nissans ProPilot Park technology which allows the footwear to glide across the wooden floor, self-parking back in its original pre-determined position.
In an even more bizarre move the Tatami-matted hotel rooms at the ProPILOT Park Ryokan hotel pop-up also have self-moving floor cushions and traditional low tables – turning a stay at the inn into something reminiscent of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast as the room’s furniture appears to move of its own volition in front of guests eyes.
Nissan have claimed that the slippers have been made in a bid “to entertain guests and reduce staff workload” – although it seems more likely that they have been created as part of a PR initiative to market their new Nissan ProPilot Driver Assist semi-autonomous system which is available on their new 2018 Rogue SUV model.
The drive assist system from Nissan, whilst not fully autonomous, allows drivers to maintain lane control, offers cruise control which means your car will remain a safe stopping distance from the vehicle in front and can negotiate stop and go traffic. This means that whilst you must remain in the driver’s seat at all times, the car does most of the work for you.
Nissan are certainly making big strides in the affordable self-drive market and their fun self-parking slippers only work to create a greater buzz about their new technology.

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THE CHICOPEE AT INDIAN ORCHARD, MASSACHUSETTS.
On 04-19-2019 at 05:45 AM EDT, the stage reading was 7.44. The flow was 3,020 CFS.
On 04-19-2019 at 04:45 AM EDT, the stage reading was 7.44. The flow was 3,020 CFS.
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text: Green Vintage Leather 2 Seater Chesterfield Sofa. Our S.W. James No. 2 With SofaBed Options.

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Crossbeam Investments, LLP is a Seattle-based property management company with a portfolio of successful commercial and apartment properties located throughout the Puget Sound region. Crossbeam is led by veteran investors in the greater Seattle-Tacoma market, and our personnel have years of property and asset management experience in this region.
We deliver genuine value to both investors and tenants through a high level of professional aptitude and ethics, and an outstanding approach to customer service.
Our properties do not accept comprehensive reusable tenant screening reports.


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WeatherTech Seat Protectors are the perfect accessory for those 2009 Buick LaCrosse owners needing an extra layer of protection for their front and rear vehicle seating. A much needed accessory for the family "road trip warriors" or pet "car ride" companions to prevent scratches, damage or spills from ruining the seat surface.
This product is designed to fit most bench and bucket-style front and rear seats. If your 2009 Buick LaCrosse is equipped with a center seatbelt, it will not be accessible.


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Aileen Leijten | In the mail yesterday!
A copy of my newest book arrived in the mail yesterday, accompanied by a wonderful and most thoughtful card by my amazing editor Anne Hoppe.
It happened to be my birthday, I suspect that the arrival wasn’t coincidental. A sweet gift!

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John Sare is a partner in the tax-exempt organizations practice and the trusts and estates group of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP. Mr. Sare has extensive experience in the representation of museums, colleges, private foundations and other types of exempt organizations. This work includes advising charities on the issues and options they face with respect to their endowment funds and other types of restricted gifts. Mr. Sare has significant experience representing tax-exempt organizations in connection with inquiries and investigations conducted by the New York State Attorney General’s Office.
Mr. Sare also advises individuals and fiduciaries on legal issues involving works of art, charitable giving, estate planning, and the administration of estates and trusts. He taught the Seminar in Law and the Visual Arts at the Columbia University School of Law from 2001 until 2011 and is a co-author of Estate Planning for Artists and Authors, published by Tax Management, Inc. (2004) and Splendid Legacy: Creating and Re-Creating Your Family Foundation published by the National Center for Family Philanthropy (2002). He has also written and spoken about the New York Non-Profit Revitalization Act of 2013 and the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act and the New York version of it.
In addition to the articles listed below, Mr. Sare is a co-author of several publications, including “Underwater Endowments: Understanding Your Options” (2009), “Impact of the New Form 990 on Conflicts and Disclosure Policies” (2008), and “New IRS Form 990 Changes the Landscape for Public Disclosure by Exempt Organizations” (2008).
Mr. Sare has spoken frequently on art and museum topics, including on artist-endowed foundations at the University of Miami Heckerling Institute and on multiple subjects at the ALI-ABA Conference on Legal Issues in Museum Administration, including Gift Restriction Case Law Overview (2012); Gift Horses, White Elephants, and the Donors Who Send Them (2011): and The Law of Cy Pres and Equitable Deviation (2004).


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An Iowa safety regulator is blaming a company for not adequately training a worker who was killed in a Marshalltown construction accident.
MARSHALLTOWN, Ia. — An Iowa safety regulator is blaming a company for not adequately training a worker who was killed in a Marshalltown construction accident.
Bridge City Construction owner Jason Blunt has declined to comment about the proposed fine. It's unclear whether he will fight the penalty.


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This is a fantastic post, Mary! Thank you so much for sharing it!
All I can say is congratulations. Stories like yours are inspiring, and so brave. Stand tall!
I’m so glad medication and counseling is helping. I’ve been on meds for about two years now and going to counseling for a year and a half, and it has changed my life so much. It can be so scary at the beginning, but mental health professionals are so good at what they do and are so worth visiting.
I agree, I am shocked how much it has helped.


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Riverbend and sister development North Passage Tequesta lie on the natural Loxahatchee River as it opens up from Jonathan Dickinson State Park. Situated along Country Club Rd, each has a 24-hour guarded entry gate.
Riverbend Country Club and Condominiums is one of the most inexpensive golf and tennis communities in Florida. Quarterly dues include membership to the Tom Fazio designed private 18 hole golf course that Tom calls the “Jewel on the Loxahatchee”.
The Riverbend clubhouse includes a heated swimming pool for adults and children overlooking the Loxahatchee, and Har-Tru tennis courts. Riverbend is an active community offering golf, tennis, swimming and social activities.
The North Passage Yacht Club community offers a wide variety of single family homes ideally situated on beautiful waterfront lots on canals off the Loxahatchee River with deep-water dockage and fixed-bridge access to the Intracoastal Waterway and Ocean via the Jupiter Inlet. Amenities’ include yacht club, golf, clubhouse, pool and tennis.
North Passage Tequesta homes for sale average from the high-$400,000s to well over $1,000,000.


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Went to see Woody Allen’s ‘Midnight In Paris’ the other day. It was an afternoon showing. Snuck into the cinema after the lights had gone down with a very large sandwich I’d just purchased. Was very hungry after a busy morning and realised I’d have to unwrap the sandwich real fast before the film started. The noise of the sandwich being unwrapped seemed to fill the entire cinema. Suspected that some of my fellow cinema goers wondered whether I was going to be the person with big packet of sweets in plastic bag. The plastic bag that sounded like thick rain on a tin roof every time she dipped her hand into it. Munched on my sandwich determinedly. Thankfully chomping did not make much noise and there was no-one sitting near me. I’d had the sort of dutiful somewhat complex week, with flurries of bureaucracy, that just makes you glad you are sitting down. Sitting down in a cinema. I haven’t been to a film on the big screen for quite a while. Sort of slumped there gratefully. And then the film started and I was transported to Paris. It was a fabulous, evocative film. Very much understood the main character’s sense of nostalgia for another era. Loved the humour and light touches. Fantastic acting. One of Woody Allen’s best. Didn’t even mind that I hadn’t bought a packet of Murray Mints beforehand. I savoured every moment of that film. And was very grateful I’d had a chance to eat my sandwich before it started.
Have only made some brief visits to Paris myself. In my teens, when visiting a boyfriend in France, spent a night in the waiting room of the Gare du Nord. Was awoken by a young man saying “Give me fire”. Realised he wanted me to light his cigarette. Was catching a train very early the next day. A station official asked me and another young woman to come into his office…we were somewhat doubtful about this until he gave us both a glass of Pastis. The last time I visited France I traveled home to Ireland via England. My trip on Eurostar was vastly enlivened by getting into conversation with a very pleasant young French man who told me about his large collection of spiders…I think he even had some in his luggage!

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This acreage would make a BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO BUILD YOUR HOME, AS IT'S VERY PRIVATE. MATURE TREES ARE SCATTERED ABOUT THE PROPERTY. IT'S JUST BEAUTIFUL!
With the LARGE BARN, SHED and METAL STORAGE BUILDING, this property would be great for horses or other farm animals.
Just imagine your dream home on this BEAUTIFUL PRIVATE 9 ACRES.
YOU MUST SEE THIS PROPERTY TO APPRECIATE IT...IT'S ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL! The LARGE RED BARN IS LOCATED CLOSE TO THE END OF THE PROPERTY.
Another view of the property that features a LARGE BARN, SHED & METAL STORAGE BUILDING.
This property would make a great place to BUILD YOUR DREAM HOME and enjoy the privacy of owning over 9 acres. Come take a look, it's really beautiful and most convenient to I-840, I-40 and Hwy 231 South. PRIVATE 9.19 Acres with a WATER TAP at the road and NATURAL GAS available. NOTE: JUST REDUCED on March 15th...Seller says, BRING OFFER!** DEVELOPERS ARE WELCOME!


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None of us lives in an automatic-agreement world, and therefore we have to negotiate most of the agreements we have with others- at work, home and in life. Anything that we cannot exclusively provide for ourselves we must seek from others. This almost always represents some sort of give- and –take negotiation. However, most people do not see themselves as negotiators.
Far too many of life’s joy and opportunities are lost for failing to ask for and getting what we want (almost always a negotiated process).
25 Most Common Mistakes . . .
Astute and successful Negotiators learn from their negotiating mistakes. They acknowledge that they have made a mistake, work to correct it-and become more effective negotiators because of it.
The 25 most common mistakes in this book have been complied from the stories of actual negotiators. Over the years, these men and women have talked frankly about how they had been trapped by errors in past negotiations—and how they had moved to correct their own mistakes.

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In Febuary, I purchased 2 roundtrip airline tickets on Airtran through cheaptickets.com. Cheap tickets never emailed me a confirmation for the tickets. I called them several times and each time they said they would send it but never did. Finally Airtran sent us a copy of the reservations days before the flight.
The only problem was cheaptickets screwed up the date of the return flight. it was over a month later than when I wanted to return. i called both airtran and cheaptickets to get the matter corrected. Being as they both have the worst customer service of any company i have ever encountered, the matter was not resolved.
I was forced to purchase 2 return flights from Southwest costing much more than the roundtrip tickets costed due to the reservations being made only days in advance. I filed a complaint with my creditcard company for a chargeback and my money from Airtran was retuned. airtran and cheaptickets had the opportunit to respond to the credit card company complaint but did not do so.
Four month later cheapticket through their subsiiary Orbitz charge my debit card $800, well over twice the cost of my original tickets with them.
My question is do they have any right to do this? They didn't give me the tickets for the date I ordered and they had every opportunity to follow through on the chargeback process but neglected to do so. Also jacking up the cost of the tickets to an amount I never agreed to in the first place seems illegal to me.
Dpends on your dispute process with your credit card company. Some CC companies can surprise you over a year later. Basically, they can charge your card whenever they want to and you will have to dispute it every single time. What happened is that your credit card company charged back to Orbitz. Orbitz then charged your card again. Since it was a new amount, it looks like a new charge. Technically it is, so you have re-dispute.
So right now do this.
1) Dispute the current charge.
2) Explain the situation to your CC company and then wait for your CC company to credit your account.
3) Once your account is credited, report your card lost. Orbitz won't have record of your new number and your card cannot be charged again unless you give the new number to them.
These days, it is not wise to keep your credit card number for more than 6 months. I change mine every 4 months. Any surprise charges have been reduced to 0.
Dispute the second charge, you didn't authorize it.

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If you would like to schedule a free consultation to discuss your dog or animal bite claim, please give us a call at 260.420.2001.
For whatever reason, young children are the most common victims of dog bites. Due to their small size and reduced ability to defend themselves, children are more likely to suffer from serious injuries. Depending on the size, type and strength of the dog, the puncture wounds can be deep enough to cause disfiguring injuries and in some cases broken bones. The type of injuries sustained in these attacks are very likely to produce long-term scarring, both physically and emotionally.
Dog bite claims are often some of the more troubling cases we handle.
Determining the particular facts involved can be complicated. Owners have a responsibility to ensure their pets are trained and socialized. This includes keeping their dog’s vaccinations up-to-date and making sure they are properly restrained at all times. Our experience in handling these types of cases will help to protect your rights and hold the dog owner liable under the law.


text: Born and raised in Mexico, Isabel studied law with the expectation of helping the disadvantaged. Bureaucracy and corruption made her change vocations and apply for Canadian residency. While waiting for it, she worked in administration and lived in the Caribbean. Once she arrived to Montreal, and work hard, she finally discovered what she wanted to do: work in the community and for the community. Life took her to work in administration, and she discovered her unexpected passion: organizing finances. She has 7 years experience working for non profits and she loves it. She is devoted to the cause of A is B and is happy to handle Finances in a way that is easy and not scary.

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text: Leaving for a 4 day camping extravaganza with the family. This will be the longest they ever camped. Got a spot at a campground with electricity and water. The campground has hot showers and a pool and is next to an amusement park that we have season passes to.


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Punugulu is one of the famous street snack in Andhra and Telangana which is prepared using rice and urad dal. This will be very crispy and can be served with any variety of chutneys. In one of my nearby street food shop, they used to add chilli - ginger paste to the batter which gives a delicious flavor and taste. So, tried the same method in my recipe too and tasted exactly like the same. Grinding part makes this dish, kids friendly too but adjust chillies accordingly. The same recipe can be prepared using regular dosa batter, but personally I found difference in taste and texture.
Wash and soak the rice and urad dal together for 4 hours.
Drain the water and grind into fine paste. ( Add very little water ).
Transfer the batter to a bowl and add salt. ( The batter should be thick ).
Cover and let it ferment over night or 6 - 7 hours.
Grind the green chilli and ginger into fine paste and keep aside.
Once done, mix the batter well and add the chopped onion followed by green chilli - ginger paste.
Heat the required amount of oil for frying in a deep pan or kadai.
Using hands or spoon, take a spoon of batter and drop it in a hot oil carefully.
Fry them till it turns golden brown color and gets its crispy texture.
Once done, remove from the flame and drain the excess oil in a kitchen towel.

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I have created a video flipping through my journaling Bible and discussing products used and my process a bit. After working on this all day yesterday, I was finally able to get it loaded correctly. Yay! Please forgive the poor lighting and audio, but I really do hope you like it! Let me know in the comments if there are any other videos you'd like me to make. And if you missed it, here are my favorite Bible journaling supplies.
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Royal Caribbean International announced its 2015-16 year-round sailings from the New York-metropolitan area and Galveston, Texas, and seasonal sailings from Tampa and Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Still ranked among the world’s largest and most innovative cruise ships, Liberty of the Seas will homeport at Cape Liberty Cruise Port in Bayonne, N.J. for summer 2015 and offer vacationers the most advanced cruise options to sail from the New York-metropolitan area to Bermuda, the Caribbean, and Canada and New England. Simultaneously, Navigator of the Seas will continue to sail seven-night Western Caribbean cruises throughout summer 2015 and complete two consecutive years of homeporting at Galveston.
In winter 2015-16, Anthem of the Seas will arrive at Cape Liberty for its first season in North America – after finishing its inaugural season in Southampton, U.K. – and offer vacationers unforgettable Quantum-class experiences to the Bahamas and throughout the Caribbean. At the same time, Liberty of the Seas will take over weekly Caribbean sailings from Galveston, offering Texas vacationers a newer and larger ship, while Navigator of the Seas will sail six- and eight-night Caribbean itineraries from Fort Lauderdale. Furthermore, Brilliance of the Seas and Vision of the Seas will return to Tampa in winter 2015-16 to offer a variety of Caribbean itineraries that all combine to provide extensive choices for exciting Royal Caribbean cruise vacations throughout 2015 to 2016.
Liberty of the Seas, Navigator of the Seas, Brilliance of the Seas, and Vision of the Seas’ 2015-16 cruise seasons are now open for booking. Crown & Anchor Society loyalty members have the exclusive privilege to book Anthem of the Seas’ winter 2015-16 season starting April 25, 2014, in advance of the general opening to the public on April 29.
New York is among the world’s top cosmopolitan cities where Royal Caribbean is deploying its most technologically advanced ships. Throughout the 2015 summer and autumn seasons, Liberty of the Seas will homeport at Cape Liberty and offer the best family cruise vacation option in the region. The Freedom-class ship will be the cruise line’s newest and largest ship to offer cruises to Bermuda from the New York-metropolitan area. Liberty of the Seas will alternate a five-night, roundtrip Bermuda itinerary with a nine-night Caribbean itinerary in the summer, and then with a nine-night New England and Canada itinerary throughout the autumn season.
For its winter 2015-16 season, Anthem of the Seas will set sail on October 27 for an eight-night Ocean Voyage from Southampton to Cape Liberty and continue Quantum Class cruising for New York-area vacationers. The ship will sail a range of seven- to 12-night roundtrip itineraries and take guests to the Bahamas and throughout the Eastern, Western and Southern Caribbean. The 12-night Western Caribbean itinerary is brand new, featuring maiden calls for the Quantum Class at George Town, Grand Cayman; Falmouth, Jamaica; Costa Maya, Mexico; and Roatan, Honduras.
Having just been revitalized in January 2014, Navigator of the Seas offers vacationers the most innovative and modern cruise experience to sail from the Lone Star State. Navigator of the Seas will continue weekly sailings from Galveston until November 2015, when Liberty of the Seas repositions there to offer Texans a larger and more advanced cruise ship for unforgettable vacations. Both ships will alternate a pair of seven-night roundtrip itineraries to the Western Caribbean.
Vacationers also have a range of the industry’s most advanced ships for a variety of Caribbean itineraries, sailing from convenient Florida ports during the 2015-16 winter season. Completing two full years of homeporting in Galveston, Navigator of the Seas will reposition to Fort Lauderdale in November 2015 and sail six-night Eastern and eight-night Western Caribbean itineraries.
For its part, Brilliance of the Seas and Vision of the Seas will return to Tampa for their third and second consecutive winter seasons, respectively. Brilliance of the Seas will offer vacationers four- and five-night Western Caribbean itineraries, while Vision of the Seas will sail seven-, nine-, and 10-night itineraries throughout the Eastern, Western and Southern Caribbean.


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This guide to Singapore’s best waffles was last updated on 24 Feb 2015.
Topped with fresh fruits, a scoop of ice cream, and a dollop of whipped cream, a good waffle is something that you can eat every day. For those of you who prefer something simpler, waffle with maple syrup and butter is equally gratifying.
There are many cafes and ice cream parlours that offer waffles on the menu, but only a few are exceptional. Here is our guide on where to get the best waffles in Singapore.
The waffles from Creamier came highly recommended by many people, but after trying it, we did not think that it was that fantastic. Don’t get us wrong, the waffle that we had was very decent, and still better than most places – but we don’t get the hype over it. That said, it is impressive to see a cafe/ice cream shop doing well in a HDB estate, so if you are living in the area, and looking to satisfy your cravings, this is one place you can consider.
We were wowed by the huge serving of Chicken & Waffles (S$15) at Dancing Crab, one of the best non-seafood dishes here. The batter on the chicken reminded us of the ones we had at New York City, and the accompanying sauces took this dish to a whole new level. It is indeed unexpected for a specialised seafood restaurant to dish such a mind-blowing rendition of fried chicken, and as much as it sounds funny, we will totally return to Dancing Crab for this very Chicken & Waffles.
We also like the Belgian style waffles with butter and maple syrup from Group Therapy Cafe at Duxton Road. They also have a more sinful version with peanut butter and maple syrup.
Hatter Street is one of the newest dessert cafes to open in the heartlands. Located in a HDB estate – just a few units away from popular Thai eatery Nakhon Kitchen – it offers desserts with a twist.
For waffles, Hatter Street serves three renditions (S$8) – waffle with salted caramel and homemade vanilla ice cream, waffle with chocolate ice cream and chocolate sauce, and for something different, go for the waffle with pandan ice cream and gula melaka sauce.
The waffles (S$18.90) at Max Brenner are not cheap, but they are easily one of the best that we have had. There are three different flavours, but our favourite is the Banana Spilt Waffle. Coated with a copious amount of rich and thick chocolate sauce, and topped with banana and vanilla bourbon ice cream, it is immensely satisfying, and will make you return again and again.
This ice cream parlour along Upper Thomson Road is perpetually crowded for a good reason – it offers good ice cream and waffles at very affordable prices. A scoop of ice cream is S$3.30, while a waffle is S$3.50.
Some of the popular ice cream flavours at Salted Caramel Cafe include Earl grey, horlicks, rum & raisin, but you must try the namesake salted caramel ice cream. Add that to freshly made waffle and you will get instant gratification.
Sin Lee Foods’ Fried Chicken & Waffles (S$21) has been gaining a lot of attention lately, but we thought that the fried chicken was slightly underwhelming. What you should try instead is the S’mores Waffle (S$16). Just imagine burnt marshmallows and Graham crumbs lavishly spread atop the thick waffles. Add a scoop of gelato and dark chocolate sauce and you are on your way to sugar heaven.
Located on Bali Lane, Stateland Cafe has been making a name for itself for serving waffles with different flavours. Served with a scoop of ice cream, and topped with homemade cream cheese glaze, the Red Velvet Waffle (S$14.90) indeed lived up to its name. Other flavours include Black Forest, S’mores, and Toffee Nut.
Tuxedo Cafe & Patisserie at Carlton Hotel Singapore is a favourite haunt. We like going there because it not only serves an array of delicious desserts, but it also provides free wifi, and is a conducive place for meetings. Tuxedo has a good value all-day waffle set (S$10.80++) which consists of a waffle and a cup of coffee or tea. Top up with a scoop of ice cream (S$2++), or caramelised banana and chocolate sauce (S$3.50) to go along with the waffle.
By aesthetics sense, this would be the best-looking waffle. Perched on top of their fluffy waffles is a generous portion of the signature soft-serve frozen yogurt. With plenty of fruits sitting around the waffle (S$12.50) with Froyo, this is the choice for those who choose to skip the richness of ice cream and want to stick to something healthier.
Wimbly Lu has the best waffles ($8.50 with a scoop of ice cream) in town. we have had it on several occasions and we are impressed by its consistency – it is always crisp on the outside and light and fluffy on the inside. It is very close to our definition of how a good waffle should be.
Our only gripe is the tiny portion of the ice-cream. It would be great if they gave a bigger scoop of the delicious homemade salted caramel ice cream.
23 Jumpin is a new cafe located in an industrial building at Tai Seng, and it offers the best of both worlds for waffle lovers. Folks with sweet tooth will love the instagram-worthy Charcoal Waffle (S$7 or S$9 with a scoop of ice cream).
For those who like a good savoury waffle, 23 Jumpin has a Pizza Waffle (S$14). As the name suggests, it combines pizza and waffle – what a simple but clever idea! There are two flavours to choose from – mushroom with cheese and the classic Hawaiian pizza.


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Merck’s ALK-partnered house dust mite allergy pill MK-8237 is a step closer to the US market after regulators said they would consider its approval for treating allergic rhinitis with or without conjunctivitis caused by such allergens.
The US Food and Drug Administration has accepted for review the firm’s Biologics License Application for the dust mite sublingual allergy immunotherapy (SLIT) tablet, based on data from an extensive clinical development programme involving around 4,400 patients.
The drug has racked up 11 approvals in Europe so far, where it is sold by Danish drugmaker ALK under the brand-name Acarizax.


text: This is a great adventure about three young boys who grow into young men who share a mutual goal of helping the world survive should a nuclear war ever occur. John, Kevin, and Darnel sharing their adventure to reach their goals and the great machine they created together that will help them to keep their friends and loved ones out of harms way should that final war ever happen. As the government is being threatened these young men put their plans in to action..


text: The Automotive Service Technology comprehensive program is a two-year program leading to careers in the automotive service industry. The program is designed to provide the technical competency required of entry-level technicians employed by dealerships and other automotive service establishments. A background of, English, mathematics, and social science is combined with extensive classroom and laboratory work on automotive systems. The curriculum has been designed in conjunction with the automotive service industry and it is desired that the student co-op with a participating automotive service business in order to achieve practical application.


text: Fast forward to 2008. Marvel’s luck with movies based on their properties had a rough go with 1986′s Howard the Duck, 1989′s The Punisher, and 1994′s The Fantastic Four***. Things started to turn around with 1998′s Blade, but the character wasn’t one of Marvel’s A-listers. X-Men in 2000 marks the turning point for Marvel’s big names, though, at this point, the company had different lines licensed to a number of studios. The successful Spider-Man movie in 2002 further marked the turnaround of Marvel’s cinematic foibles, though not completely. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer and Ghost Rider, both from 2007, underperformed. However, waiting in the wings, was Iron Man.


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Is There Room for the American Bison in America Anymore?
Facing the Storm documents the history of human relations with the largest land mammal on the continent. In the 19th century, commercial hunting for prized buffalo robes and hides evolved into a deliberate program of bison eradication.
The program was so successful that by the end of the century, Plains tribes had been forced onto reservations and there were fewer than 1,000 bison left in North America. Cattle ranching, urban sprawl, and sport hunting have further squeezed the beast from the land it once dominated.
The story of bison survival also parallels the cultural survival of Native American tribes. A traditional Kiowa tale tells of a woman named Old Lady Horse, who saw the last herd of buffalo disappear into the earth, at a place that is still called Hiding Mountain in Oklahoma. According to the story, one day, the bison will once again rise from the earth and repopulate the Great Plains.
Most of the remaining bison in North America — around a half million — are now ranched for their meat and hides. A few thousand exist in semi-captivity, most notably in Yellowstone National Park. But the future of the species remains uncertain. Each year, thousands of bison are slaughtered for sport, more than in any other time since the 19th century.
Can bison survive and thrive in the 21st century? Many cattle ranchers view the animals as a disease threat for their domestic herds, competition for grazing, and an overall nuisance. Yet modern wildlife conservationists see the bison as the great hope of the Great Plains, hoping to restore wild herds on Native lands — an undertaking that requires a new understanding of how economy, ecology, and culture can work together to form a way of life.
This rich history of human sustenance, exploitation, conservation, and spiritual relations with an icon of wild America shows us that the bison is not only a symbol of a lost world, but may also show us the path to a more sustainable future.
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Is it possible for a species to fully return from near-extinction?

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If your event will require Visitors to park on campus notify The Office of Safety and Security at (405) 945-3253 or email (security@osuokc.edu) to arrange to have Temporary Parking Passes issued. Without these passes, Visitors may be cited for illegal parking. If buses or other large vehicles will be parking on campus, we may need to coordinate an area where they will have plenty of room and will be less likely to cause traffic/parking problems.
If your event requires building or classroom access on weekends, evenings, or after hours, you will need to make arrangements with Security at (405) 945-3253 or email (security@osuokc.edu). Occupants of the meeting or class will be questioned by a Security Officer if prior arrangements have not been made.
If your vehicle will be left on campus due to an event off campus, please inform Security of the type of vehicle, the location where you have parked it, and the duration it will stay on campus.


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Expect your employees to have a questioning mind and doubts whenever you introduce some changes in the business and how these changes will affect their work. Managing change carefully is very crucial, whether it is on adopting a new technology or transferring location of your operation. There is a probability that you alienate your people and get resignations from them if the implementation of the change is done too quickly. But if do it too slowly also, you have the higher chances of not seeing the results sooner. One change that is no different is a move to the cloud system, and this for sure will garner questions from employees, like if they will be replaced by automation or they will lose their jobs and so on. It is thus important that you take some steps to ensure that employees are confident about the change, that they are excited about it and at the same time you get the benefits you want within the time you set.
Your number one measure to introduce change in the organization is to announce the plans the soonest possible time. You should avoid springing on to your employees this new change but rather announce to them this decision as soon as you can and answer their hows and whys. Another suggestion is to open up about the new development to your employees even if it is still at its planning stage, and let them think about it, and give them the opportunity to make suggestions or question about the change.
Another way to make your employees adjust to the new technology is to get their opinions on how the process would go. There is a possibility that you will not get their suggestions or questions about the new technology but in a way you are making it known to them and this will reassure them of their position. Maybe you have new employees who had experiences with the cloud environment and so you can get ideas from them or use their experiences as examples.
Remember that people get easily worried about their jobs when change comes into the picture, and so your next move is to reassure them of their job safety. There are many talks in the media how digital tools can replace human jobs, and knowing this, your people will start to worry if this will happen to them once you implement a new technology in your company.
It is also very important that you tell your people of the benefits they will get once the new technology will be running in the company.

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Prenatal and Postnatal Care: A Woman-Centered Approach is a comprehensive resource for the care of the pregnant woman before and after birth. Ideal as a graduate text for newly-qualified adult nurses, family and women’s health practitioners, and midwives, the book can also be used as an in-depth reference for antenatal and postpartum care for those already in practice.
Beginning by outlining the physiological foundations of prenatal and postnatal care, and then presenting these at an advanced practice level, the book moves on to discuss preconception and prenatal care, the management of common health problems during pregnancy, and postnatal care. Each chapter includes quick-reference definitions of relevant terminology and statistics on current trends in prenatal and postnatal care, together with cultural considerations to offer comprehensive management of individual patient needs.
Written by experts in the field, Prenatal and Postnatal Care: A Woman-Centered Approach deftly combines the physiological foundation of prenatal and postnatal care with practical application for a comprehensive, holistic approach applicable to a variety of clinical settings.


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Practicing naturopath physician Dr. Joanne Conaway left mainstream medicine, rejecting the conventional approach of treating symptoms with pharmaceuticals. In the first half, she discussed the latest in health information and the body's ability to use certain types of nutrition and supplements to recover from many ailments. Regarding treating rheumatoid arthritis, it's often caused by a bacterial infection, she asserted, and can be helped by low does of antibiotics such as minocycline.
Toenail fungus can indicate that a person lacks enough healthy gut bacteria and is thus more susceptible to fungal infections, she cited. In addition to adding probiotic foods or supplements to the diet, she noted that tea tree oil (an anti-fungal agent) can be applied directly to the infected nails. For people with gout, dark cherry juice concentrate (mixed with water) can reduce symptoms, Conaway said. She also mentioned that grape seed extract is an excellent antioxidant and that antioxidants help the body deal with toxins from our food and environment.
A graduate of Columbia University, Washington University in St. Louis, and Barry University, Amy Weiss is a licensed clinical social worker and co-author of Miracles Happen with her father, Brian Weiss. In the latter half, she talked about reincarnation and past life regression as well has her own experiences using these techniques on herself. Earth can be thought of like a school, she mused, and rather than learn everything in one lifetime, we come back infinite times to evolve our soul, and grow. She spoke about her new novel, Crescendo, about a woman who loses her loved ones in a tragic accident, but the loss propels her on a mystical adventure.
At age 25, Weiss was diagnosed with having cataracts-- an unusual diagnosis for someone her age. Around this time, she did her first past life regression, and discovered she'd been a hermit in the Middle Ages. The townspeople mistrusted this man and burned down his hut with torches. The fire clouded his eyes and made him blind, she explained, which led to her realization that she'd been carrying this feeling of victimization into her current life. "It was affecting my vision in this life, not only with the cataracts, but metaphorically, I was...still feeling unsafe in this world," she said. She was able to let go of that feeling, and since then, doctors have either not been able to find the cataracts or say they do not affect her vision.


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This is an imagine about Cam and Lilith, while they were alive in ancient Jerusalem.
Her head was nested in the crook of his neck, his fingers ran over the smooth skin of her arm, drawing mindless patterns on the pale flesh as he listened to her breathing. It was a calming sound, that filled him with hope, and kindness, and love. Unlike him, she needed the air to survive, among other things, and he needed to have her by his side to ensure his own survival.
Ever since their meeting, Cam had forgotten what life without had been like and how he would continue it if the time came for him to leave her. He was consumed by her. By the way her hair fell into her face when she tilted her head to hide her blush; and the way her laugh seemed to ricochet off of everything around them and fill the air with the beautiful sound of a musical titter; and the way her fingers twined with his when she took his hand; he had her boy pressed perfectly against his, the two of them falling together to make a beautiful masterpiece.
Her grasp on his shoulder tightened and Lilith made a whimpering noise, her breathing becoming a little more elevated.
She had been sleeping for hours, sprawled out across him, and he hadn’t minded it one bit, enjoying the sound of her calm breathing but now, as she was disturbed in her dreams, Cam tilted his head to press his lips to her forehead, coming to tighten his hold on her.
She stirred awake with a small gasp, almost smacking him in the nose as she sprung up into a sitting position, her chest rising and falling rapidly.
Cam furrowed his brow, moving to sit up, his hand coming to rest on the small of her back as he kissed her shoulder.
Her voice was soft, as it usually was, not betraying any hint of fear that she might be feeling but her gaze was a wild web of treacherous thoughts. He could see them in her eyes, feel her anguish running through his veins.
It hadn’t seemed like nothing. At the moment between her waking up, he had felt her turmoil, her pain. He could feel it still and it tore at his heart, to see her in pain and know that there wasn’t much that he would be able to do to help her, especially if she did not end up telling him what had worried her so.
When he pulled back, the female was gazing at his with the deepest blue, Cam thought he was going to drown in her eyes. Then, that blue changed into a murkier color, the one the water took when the waves were uneasy, and she fell against him, letting out a sob.
Immediately, Cam sheltered her in his embrace, pressing his lips to the top of her head, breathing in the sweet smell of her fiery tresses. She shook as she sobbed and he held her, tightly, running his hand over the back of her head in a soothing maneuver. Whatever had bothered her must have given her a great fright, for he had never seen her cry so inconsolably in his embrace.
“What was it, my love?” Cambriel whispered, tilting his head to gently guide her to look at him. Her cheeks were stained with the tears she had cried, and her eyes were red at the rims.
Lilith’s voice was a whisper and a broken one at that. He had never seen her so hopeless and frightened. Indeed, they have not known each other for long, but he had always seen her a brave character; full of love and light. He did not know where this uncertainty was coming from, but he would be sure to clear her mind of such troubled thoughts. Of course they would always be together… how could they not? They were two souls made for each other, those that burned brightly to ensure the other never dims.
He kissed her, gently at first, before she asked for more passion, her tongue teasing his lip. He gave in to her, cupping her face, catching her fiery locks in his fingers as he did.
The kiss was breathless and wet, the salt of her tears mixing into the lock of their lips as she cried. When Cambriel finally pulled away, she looked him dead in the eyes, begging for an answer.
They had come to rest on the grass again, in one another’s arms and Lilith soon dozed back to sleep, her chest heaving steadily. Cam held her close to him, counting the beats that her heart took and hoping that there would truly never come a day where they were not together; where fate played a cruel card to wrench them apart.


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Exchange Bank has 25 branches in California and thousands of surcharge-free ATMs nationwide through its Allpoint network. Its small business offerings include business savings and checking, merchant services and investment solutions. It is rated A+ by the Better Business Bureau and 4.5 stars out of 5.0 on both Facebook and Yelp.
Exchange Bank has more than 20 branches in California and thousands of ATM locations nationwide through its Allpoint network. You can use its branch locator to see what locations are closest to you.
Exchange Bank also offers the following business services: business savings and money market accounts, business credit cards, business loans, Small Business Administration loans and commercial real estate financing. It currently doesn’t offer business lines of credit or wealth management services. Find out more about its small business offerings on its website.


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These Phosphor E Ink watches are functional, wise and worldly. In one display mode, this global wrist watch can tell the time in 24 different time zones. The watch has a curved futuristic look that comes in bands of rubber, leather, or steel.
Since it has a conventional LCD panel, this timepiece can be easily read in direct sunlight and does not consume a lot of power. The Phospher E Ink is a sleek and worldly watch that is perfect for any avid globetrotter.


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HOUSING Minister Simon Coveney is holding strategy meetings with his closest advisors amid mounting pressure for him to end his Fine Gael leadership bid given the near unassailable lead already boasted by his rival, Social Protection Minister Leo Varadkar.
Mr Coveney cancelled a planned media event at 2pm outside his Carrigaline, Co Cork constituency office just minutes after Tanaiste Frances Fitzgerald endorsed Mr Varadkar as Taoiseach Enda Kenny's successor.
The Cork TD instead decided to address the media at a campaign rally in the Capitol Complex in Cork city centre at 8pm.
The rally, planned to be attended by hundreds of his Cork supporters, will be one of the first major events staged in the multi-million Euro new complex.
Mr Coveney will spend the afternoon lobbying and consulting with local councillors who now offer his best chance of a comeback in the race.
A spokesperson this afternoon insisted he would not be withdrawing his name.
There was mounting speculation today that Mr Coveney would quit the competition after Social Protection Minister Leo Varadkar today unveiled 45 parliamentary party supporters at his campaign launch.
It is understood some members of his team believed he should pull out of the race and instead seek to unify the entire party behind Mr Varadkar.
However, Mr Coveney’s spokeswoman confirmed this afternoon he would not be pulling out of the competition.
“(He’s) definitely not pulling out and wants to see it through,” she said.
However, key supporters admitted that matters have significantly changed over the past 48 hours.
"It is an uphill battle, that is for sure. But it is still possible," Senator Jerry Buttimer said.
However, other key advisors to Mr Coveney have urged him to consider whether persisting with the full two week election campaign would run the risk of generating damaging splits in the party.
Mr Coveney has himself repeatedly warned that the campaign to elect a new Fine Gael leader should not be allowed prove fractious or threaten to generate divisions within the party.
"Party unity is absolutely vital," he warned at a Kinsale event two weeks ago.
Some are now concerned at the media headlines generated by comments from key Coveney supporter, Kate O'Connell TD, where she described Mr Varadkar's supporters as "choirboys."
One advisor, who asked to be unnamed, admitted that the flood of senior Cabinet endorsements for Mr Varadkar has substantially changed the electoral landscape.
"It is simply stating the obvious to say that the momentum is now with Leo's campaign. There's a mountain to climb for us," he said.
"Whatever decisions need to be taken, I have absolutely no doubt but that Simon will take them."
Minister Richard Bruton and Public Reform Minister Paschal Donohue endorsing Mr Varadkar.
The Coveney campaign suffered a further blow when support expected from specific people including Agriculture Minister Michael Creed failed to materialise.
But European Affairs Minister Dara Murphy, a key Coveney supporter, still insisted that the campaign could take a twist.
"I would not be concerned. We have a big parliamentary party. We have a large number of councillors and the largest membership of any political party in the country."
Mr Murphy challenged analysts who said Mr Varadkar was virtually at the finishing post.
"I am not sure (about that)- the only poll that matters in when people vote."
"Of course our electoral system allows our 20,000 members and our hundreds of councillors to also have the opportunity to contribute to this."
"There is plenty left in this campaign for sure."
Senator Buttimer said while the parliamentary party vote was important, a close race will be decided by the party's councillors and their 20,000-strong membership.
"It is very hard to predict," he said.
"I always felt it would be a very close race between two hugely talented politicians who are two excellent candidates."
"I still believe that everything is there to be campaigned for."
"I don't think anyone was actually that surprised by the early declarations of support for Leo."
Mr Murphy said the importance of the election cannot be overstated.
"We have two excellent candidates in the field. Enda Kenny did a great job for the country and he stood aside at a good time particularly with a bit of a gap in the Brexit process," he said.
"We will know in the next few weeks which of the two will take over the party."
"It is a very, very important time for the country and we need strong, stable Government."
"I worked beside and known Simon Coveney for many years. I think he has got the qualities we need at this time to lead our country."

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In larger Service Center environments, there may be benefits to separating the SCMessaging web site to its own application pool for performance reasons. This also allows you to stop Service Center communication in a way that allows data to finish processing before shutting down the services for maintenance or upgrades.
Log into the Service Center Application Server.
Launch the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager (inetmgr.exe).
On the left-hand navigation pane, expand the settings for the Server and click on Application Pools.
On the Actions pane, click Add Application Pool.
In the Name field, enter MWSCMessaging.
Make sure that the .NET CLR Version is set to .NET CLR Version v4.0.XXXXX.
Make sure that the Managed pipeline mode is set to Integrated.
Right-click the newly created SCMessaging application pool and choose Advanced Settings.
Locate the Identity and click the “…” Button.
In the dropdown list below Built-in account, select LocalSystem.
Click OK, and then click OK again to save the Advanced Settings.
Right-click MWPool and choose View Applications.
Right-click /SCMessaging and choose Change Application Pool….
In the Application pool dropdown, choose SCMessaging.
Close the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.

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