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On Monday at SpaceX’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California, the media – and, more important, SpaceX employees – got a chance to meet the four astronauts who will fly on Crew Dragon Capsule, the spacecraft SpaceX designed to ferry them safely to and from the orbiting lab.
Demo-1: SpaceX will conduct an uncrewed demonstration mission known as Demo-1. The Crew Dragon spacecraft assigned to Demo-1 underwent thermal vacuum and acoustic testing at NASA’s Plum Brook Station in Ohio and arrived in Florida last month.
The mission is currently targeted for November.
In-Flight Abort Test: SpaceX will demonstrate its ability to swiftly carry the Dragon capsule to safety in the event of an in-flight mishap with the Falcon 9 rocket.
There won’t be astronauts on board for this test, which will be conducted from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Neither NASA nor SpaceX has named a target month; early next year seems likely.
Demo-2: Following Demo-1 and the abort test, US Air Force Colonel Bob Behnken and former Marine Corps test pilot Doug Hurley will be the first two astronauts to fly in the Dragon, which will launch from Kennedy Space Center.
Hurley, who’s been with NASA for 18 years, said he’s thrilled with the white spacesuits SpaceX designed – if you watched the Falcon Heavy launch in February, the dummy “Starman” was wearing one behind the wheel of Musk’s cherry red Tesla Roadster.
“The old spacesuits are really heavy,” said Hurley. “SpaceX started from scratch and built this in-house. It’s pretty neat-looking. I’ve worn the suit over 20 times already, and it’s lighter and a lot more comfortable to wear.” Demo-2 is currently targeted for April 2019.
Although SpaceX and Boeing are in a race to see which one will get astronauts to the ISS first, both companies, as well as NASA, said they’re focusing on safety over schedule.
“We are not going to fly until we are ready to fly safely,” said SpaceX Chief Operating Officer Gwynne Shotwell at the event on Monday.
After SpaceX successfully completes Demo-2, NASA will certify the spacecraft and systems for regular crewed launches to the ISS, with astronauts Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover flying the first operational mission.
From left: Gwynne Shotwell, president and chief operating officer of SpaceX; NASA astronauts Bob Behnken, Doug Hurley, Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover; Garrett Reisman, senior adviser for human spaceflight at SpaceX; Benjamin Reed, director of crew mission management at SpaceX.
Even with all the safety precautions and testing, however, the astronauts remain aware that, even in the 21st century, spaceflight is extremely hazardous.

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Following the market opening Thursday, the Dow traded up 0.43 percent to 25,254.09 while the NASDAQ declined 0.32 percent to 7,664.89. The S&P also rose, gaining 0.11 percent to 2,775.30.
Thursday morning, the energy shares surged 1.4 percent. Meanwhile, top gainers in the sector included Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) up 6 percent, and Ultra Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: UPL) up 9 percent.
In trading on Thursday, information technology shares fell 0.32 percent.
Shares of Conn's, Inc. (NASDAQ: CONN) got a boost, shooting up 23 percent to $31.45 after the company reported better-than-expected results for its first quarter on Thursday.
Zscaler, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZS) shares were also up, gaining 25 percent to $38.44 after reporting a third-quarter earnings and sales beat. The company issued strong fourth-quarter and fiscal 2018 earnings and sales guidance.
Proteostasis Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTI) shares dropped 36 percent to $3.16 after data from an ongoing Phase 1 Study of PTI-801 in cystic fibrosis patients showed statistically significant improvement in blood glucose levels and the reversal of hyperglycemia in the diabetic cystic fibrosis subpopulation.
Shares of REV Group, Inc. (NYSE: REVG) were down 22 percent to $13.95 after the company posted downbeat Q2 earnings and lowered its FY18 net income outlook.
MiMedx Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDXG) was down, falling around 15 percent to $7.00. MiMedx reported that it will restate financial statements for FY12-FY16 and interim periods of FY17 related to sales recognition. The company also disclosed that its CFO Michael Senken stepped down in June 6, 2018 and Edward Borkowski has been named as interim CFO.
In commodity news, oil traded up 0.87 percent to $65.29 while gold traded up 0.05 percent to $1,302.10.
Silver traded up 1.08 percent Thursday to $16.875, while copper rose 1.47 to $3.31.
European shares were mostly lower today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 fell 0.22 percent, the Spanish Ibex Index rose 0.39 percent, while Italy’s FTSE MIB Index declined 0.31 percent. Meanwhile the German DAX slipped 0.09 percent, and the French CAC 40 fell 0.14 percent while U.K. shares rose 0.25 percent.
The Energy Information Administration’s weekly report on natural gas stocks in underground storage will be released at 10:30 a.m. ET.

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MasterClaw™ is a massively scalable and cost effective solution that utilizes latest generation big data architecture and high performance passive probes to provide unrivalled visibility of subscriber experience across multiple technologies, from voice to mobile applications. It provides true insight into your customers experience across all services in a seamless package, from next generation big data analytics to real time dashboards, KPIs and detailed troubleshooting. MasterClaw™ platform is the underlying framework boosting our Multi-Dimensional Service Assurance and our Advanced Analytics solutions, providing customers with the richest and fully actionable “Data experience”.
One of the largest challenges in telecoms today is making sense of the huge amounts of data available to management, operations, marketing, engineering and customer care in order to understand the subscribers’ Quality of Experience (QoE). Anritsu eoMind offers a revolution in understanding and improving Customer Experience (CX) of the services you deliver by automatically identifying how many customers are impacted by any issues in real time and alerting users that action needs to be taken, thus enabling you to take action even before you receive a barrage of complaints.
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Anritsu’s Multi-Dimensional Assurance Solution provides CSPs (Communications Service Providers) with unrivalled visibility of network and service performance that enables optimization of customer experience and understanding of how customers use data services as well as how they are impacted by problems. The solution provides unique visibility into the experience of ALL your customers, including the numbers impacted by any problem, in the right context, and at the right time.
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Learn more about today's big data revolution and our solutions to help you meet the challenge.
As a CSP, adopting Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Software Defined Networking (SDN) on your journey to Telco Cloud can be painful and for good reasons: virtualization is not yet proven for telco networks, there’s a shortage of in-house skills to manage your telco cloud and to make matters worse, most of the tools used to manage the telco network haven’t evolved to meet the demands of your cloudification strategy.
This is where Anritsu can help. With our award winning Multi-dimensional Service Assurance solution and our cloud native vProbe solution you have one thing less to worry about: and that’s the right toolset for your teams.

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Cambridge International AS & A Level Hinduism helps learners gain a better understanding of the religious writings, history and current affairs of Hinduism. As a result, they are able to think and argue intelligently about the subject.
The syllabus is broad and ranges from the Vedic age to Hinduism in contemporary society. Learners develop knowledge about sacred texts, philosophical ideas and spiritual/religious beliefs and reflect on the role played by Hinduism today.
This syllabus replaces Cambridge International AS Level Hinduism (8058) and Cambridge International A Level Hinduism (9014) from 2021 onwards. The last examination series for Cambridge International AS Level Hinduism (8058) and Cambridge International A Level Hinduism (9014) will be November 2020.
From 2021 this syllabus will be available in Administrative Zone 4. Check the administrative zones for your school. For further information please contact our Customer Services team at info@cambridgeinternational.org.
We revise qualifications to make sure that they continue to meet the needs of learners, schools and higher education institutions around the world.
We have made some changes to Cambridge International AS & A Level Hinduism for examination in November 2021, 2022 and 2023. Please see the 2021-2023 syllabus above for full details. This syllabus replaces Cambridge International AS Level Hinduism (8058) and Cambridge International A Level Hinduism (9014) from 2021 onwards.
The syllabus content now includes new topics at A Level such as Contemporary Hinduism and Ethical debates in Hinduism.
We have revised the assessment objectives and increased the proportion of AO2 Analysis and evaluation at both Cambridge International AS Level and A Level.
To help learners know what’s expected of them in the exam, we have added a list of command words and their meanings.
The assessment now includes four papers (two at AS and two at A Level). We have also added different question styles to help learners demonstrate what they know and can do.
Learners will answer two questions from each paper, one from each section. There will be a choice of questions.
The generic marking grids for questions have been revised in line with the assessment objectives.
The updated syllabus will be assessed in the November exam series. Please see the 2021-2023 syllabus above for full details.
We are developing support to help you plan and teach the 2021-2023 syllabus.
Look out for a scheme of work to support this syllabus from April 2019 available from our School Support Hub.

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Rick Sheff, MD is a family physician with over thirty years of experience in medicine. Known as a doctor’s doctor, his career has taken him from practicing family medicine to serving as a physician executive, to helping integrate complementary and alternative medicine with conventional medicine.
He now serves as principal and chief medical officer of The Greeley Company, a highly respected healthcare solutions company dedicated to helping physicians and hospitals provide outstanding care to the communities they serve.
In addition to his lifelong commitment to help heal healthcare, he is dedicated to building the coming new paradigm that integrates science with spirituality.
Dr. Sheff graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Brown University’s family medicine residency program. He was an undergraduate at Cornell University and recipient of the Keasbey Scholarship for the study of politics and philosophy at Oxford University. At the age of 60, Dr. Sheff professed vows as a monk in the Spirit of Peace interfaith monastic community.

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Born on November 26, 1989 in Sampaloc, Manila, Angeline Quinto is a Filipina singer and actress. Her claim to fame is being the winner of the reality talent show, Star Power: Sharon’s Search for the Next Female Pop Superstar, in 2011.
Before winning big in Star Power, Angeline was a habitue in singing contests, be it in small barangays or in big television networks. In fact, she was among the grand finalists of Star For A Night in 2003, the batch where Sarah Geronimo took home the title. She also joined MTB Teen Popstar, a singing talent search segment of the Kapamilya noontime variety show MTB, where she was declared the champion in 2005.
After winning Star Power, Angeline released her self-titled debut album under Star Records, which included her winning contest piece, “Patuloy Ang Pangarap.” This album received a Double Platinum certification from PARI. In 2012, she released Her second studio album entitled, "Fall In Love Again," which also received the Double Platinum certification. The following year, Angeline cut her latest studio album, "Higher Love."
Angeline eventually staged her first solo concert and performed abroad including opening for Sharon Cuneta in the Mega Star’s United States concert tour. She has also sung several theme songs for ABS-CBN television dramas and films such as Unofficially Yours, Walang Hanggan, Ina Kapatid Anak, Suddenly It’s Magic, Apoy Sa Dagat, Muling Buksan ang Puso and Ikaw Lamang.
In May 2012, Angeline made her first ever movie project, the romantic film Born To Love You, opposite Coco Martin. The following year, she appeared in very special roles in two Star Cinema movies, Four Sister and a Wedding and Bakit Hindi Ka Crush ng Crush Mo?
Also in 2013, Angeline Quinto was launched in her first TV series, the romantic comedy Kahit Konting Pagtingin, with Sam Milby and Paolo Avelino. She is currently a regular performer on the Sunday noontime variety program ASAP on ABS-CBN.

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text: The Jihadi Websites Monitoring Group (JWMG) is a specialized research and analysis team at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT). Composed of researchers fluent in Arabic, the JWMG monitors websites that support and serve Global Jihad organizations. The unique characteristic of JWMG publications comes from the team's integration of diverse materials from a wide variety of Arabic sources. JWMG connects each source to larger trends, providing a complete understanding of events on both a local and a global scale.

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Using a phone, be it smart or otherwise, while driving is incredibly dangerous. You could seriously injure someone including yourself, face a conviction, and have to spend a fortune paying out for repairs and compensation. We all know this, but thousands of us still choose to combine the two activities. Maybe the promise of free coffee can change that?
In Japan, Toyota is trying an experiment for Autumn Traffic Safety Week where drivers are rewarded for not using their phone while driving. The car manufacturer has teamed up with telecomms company KDDI and coffee shop chain Komeda to offer free coffee in return for good driving habits.
To get free coffee Japanese drivers need to install a free app on their smartphones called Driving Barista. The app takes advantage of the gyroscope found in most new phones and combines it with tracking location using GPS. Using the tilt angle and distance traveled Driving Barista can figure out when the phone is in a car and moving.
As long as the phone isn’t tilted in such a way as suggests it is being used while driving, the kilometers will start to mount up. Every time 100km of non-use is logged, the app issues a coupon which can be used to get a free coffee at a Komeda coffee shop.
It’s a small incentive, but one that frequent travelers (commuters) will be able to take advantage of on a regular basis. A free coffee once or twice a week, especially if it’s great coffee, will make drivers think twice about picking up their smartphone in the car.
If Driving Barista proves popular I can certainly see it catching on. The current free coffee reward could get expensive fast, though, so I suspect a few tweaks are required before it goes mass market. Is there an equivalent app in the US? If there isn’t then someone should jump on this and figure out how to make it earn money/rewards for everyone involved while making driving safer.

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Whether you visit for a laboratory test or a major surgical procedure, Virtua's accommodating and friendly staff will welcome you and make your visit as pleasant and comfortable as possible.
During your stay at Virtua, you will have access to a variety of services.
Visit the information desk in the main lobby to obtain wheelchairs, directions to clinical areas, and information about local points of interest.
Phone service is available at the patient's bedside. Upon admission, you will get a phone number so friends and family can call you directly.
There is no charge for local calls.
For long distance and toll calls, you may use a credit card or calling card. Calls may also be charged to your home or a third party if someone is available to authorize the call.
Use of cell phones is allowed in most areas of the hospital. Please remember to bring your cell phone charger with you for your stay.
Visitors are invited to use Virtua's wireless internet access. Virtua offers the free service to patients and visitors. You can take advantage of the connection at every inpatient and outpatient location.
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Virtua respects the views of all religions, denominations and personal philosophies. If you would like to request a spiritual counselor, please ask a staff member for assistance.


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This weekend, Saturday the 26th until Sunday the 27th of June, I will be conducting SAM's annual 'service'.
Amongst other elements, this will involve the backing-up and re-installation of all data, software and drivers. As such, the S.A. stream(s) will be offline for a number of hours over the course of this weekend.
I'll obviously keep the downtime to a minimum and will be working continuously through the night to complete this annual task.
In the meantime, please do not panic - SAM will be back online as soon as possible.
I'll post within this thread as to progress and confirm once a full operating service has been restored.
All data has been backed-up and SAM's dual RAID hard disk drives have been formatted.
SAM's (local) SQL server has also been wiped, re-formatted and the latest version of MySQL has been installed.
I'm now going to start installing all of SAM's software.
Once done, I'll be in a position to copy over the music files - which is going to take several hours due to the size.
The music database took a whopping four hours and twenty minutes to copy over. It's amazing how much it's grown in size over the past few years (with more albums to add soon !!).
Still some fiddling with the SAM software to do yet but everything should be back to normal by Sunday.
All of SAM's software has now been fully configured. Also, the MySQL server has been fine-tuned and configured.
SQL tunnel created and operating successfully between the S.A. website server and SAM.
A deep scan disk has been performed on SAM's dual RAID drives - ensuring that there are no errors with either the disks themselves or SAM's new installation.
All three ShoutCast servers are now connected to SAM and streaming the music without any issues.
Again, apologies for the downtime over the weekend folks. However, I hope that you can all appreciate that this exercise was necessary and all of S.A.'s software is now running on the very latest versions.
Cheers for all your hard work D!
Thank you for your efforts, D, and for the fine results of said efforts: Hours and days and weeks of marvelous uninterrupted prog!
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The 2019 Cybersecurity Converge Tour made a stop in Kansas City on April 10th. We once again partnered with North Kansas City Schools and held the event at the Northland Innovation Center. Market Leaders, former Executive Director Clayton Pummill, now Principal at Torch.AI, Shawn Scott of Garmin International, and Lewie Dunsworth of Herjavec Group helped the Alliance plan an incredible event.
Students from four NKC high schools were treated to an incredible facility, inspiring leaders and a day of gamified cybersecurity education, thanks to our virtual Capture The Flag exercise.
Executive Director, Sidney Plaza welcomed volunteer mentors and students in a general session to explain our purpose for the day, to spread awareness of the industry, possible career paths, and the factors that make cybersecurity so exciting.
Volunteers from Blue Cross Blue Shield, Garmin International, Lockton Companies, Torch.AI, TruStar Technology, Netskope Security, Cerner, Symantec, and more demonstrated the value of mentorship and education to the students in attendance.
“Cybersecurity is absolutely the protection of data and information, but more importantly, it’s the protection of the people behind that data. Cybersecurity is the protection of people.” – Yaron Levi – CISO, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City.
Our program then broke students into various computer labs, further into small teams and then explained the rules and goals of our Capture The Flag exercise. “The game and the questions are designed to not only demonstrate some of the technical acumen we use in our everyday jobs, but also, the ethics we want to impart, and the team building skills that are so valuable in our organizations today. We are focused more on teaching analytical thinking, and creativity, communication and collaboration.” – Ryan Frillman – Cloud Information Security Officer – Netskope Security, & St. Louis Market Leader.
Students are challenged to research information, explore tools, challenge their ethics and find solutions that are likely foreign to them in traditional curriculum.
The day concluded with a catered lunch and a panel discussion with our volunteer members, speaking with students about their career paths. What education they had achieved, how they chose mentors, what organizations they belong to and how they have worked through a multitude of different positions to arrive at today.
Students asked questions about work life balance, various positions available in the field and what degrees would be most applicable to a job in today’s market.
The Alliance would like to thank our global sponsors Palo Alto Networks and Microsoft for making each and every Converge Tour event possible and thanks as well to Netskope and TruStar for supporting this event in Kansas City.

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This new, thoroughly revised edition of the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language incorporates the major developments in language study which have taken place since the mid 1990s. Two main new areas have been added: the rise of electronic communication in all its current forms from email to texting, and the crisis affecting the world's languages, of which half are thought to be so seriously endangered that they will die out this century.
Preface to 1st edition; Preface to 2nd edition; Preface to 3rd edition; Part I. Popular Ideas About Language: 1. The prescriptive tradition; 2. The equality of languages; 3. The magic of language; 4. The functions of language; 5. Language and thought; Part II. Language and Identity: 6. Physical identity; 7. Psychological identity; 8. Geographical identity; 9. Ethnic and national identity; 10. Social identity; 11 Contextual identity; 12. Stylistic identity and literature; Part III. The Structure of Language: 13. Linguistic levels; 14. Typology and universals; 15. The statistical structure of language; 16. Grammar; 17. Semantics; 18. Dictionaries; 19. Names; 20. Discourse and text; 21. Pragmatics; Part IV. The Medium of Language: Speaking and Listening: 22. The anatomy and physiology of speech; 23. The acoustics of speech; 24. The instrumental analysis of speech; 25. Speech reception; 26. Speech interaction with machines; 27. The sounds of speech; 28. The linguistic use of sound; 29. Suprasegmentals; 30. Sound symbolism; Part V. The Medium of Language: Writing and Reading: 31. Written and spoken language; 32. Graphic expression; 33. Graphology; 34. The process of reading and writing; Part VI. The Medium of Language: Signing and Seeing: 35. Sign language; 36. Sign language structure; 37. Types of sign language; Part VII. Child Language Acquisition: 38. Investigating children's language; 39. The first year; 40. Phonological development; 41. Grammatical development; 42. Semantic development; 43. Pragmatic development; 44. Language development in school; Part VIII. Language, Brain, and Disability: 45. Language and the brain; 46. Language disability; Part IX. The Languages of the World: 47. How many languages?; 48. How many speakers?; 49. The origins of language; 50. Families of language; 51. The Indo-European family; 52. Other families; 53. Language isolates; 54. Language change; 55. Pidgins and creoles; Part X. Language in the World: 56. The language barrier; 57. Translating and interpreting; 58. Artificial languages; 59. World languages; 60. Multilingualism; 61. Language planning; 62. Foreign language teaching and learning; 63. Language for special purposes; Part XI. Language and Communication: 64. Language and other communication systems; 65. Linguistics; Appendices: I. Glossary; II. Special symbols and abbreviations; III. Table of the world's languages; IV. Further reading; V. Index of languages, families, dialects, and scripts; VI. Index of authors and personalities; VII. Index of topics; Acknowledgements.


text: Two years ago, the last thing I expected from this one was a willingness to revisit it. I’ve done so not once, but twice, since then, so I guess Santa's Slay has become a holiday tradition already. Somehow, Christmas is now incomplete without the likes of Rudolph, Frosty, and Bill Goldberg as Santa. I’m just as incredulous as you are at this point, but it’s quite a hoot. To check out this slice of Christmas cheese, track down the Lions Gate DVD, which features a nice anamorphic transfer and a 5.1 soundtrack that manages to be quite thunderous at times. Special features include an audio commentary with Steiman and producer Matthew Lednetti, a few behind-the-scenes features, deleted scenes, a blooper reel, and trailers. It makes for a nice stocking stuffer, and don’t be surprised if you make multiple trips down Santa Claus Lane. Buy it!


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As I mentioned in my blog post, Revisiting Old Ideas, I have been working on the novel that I first started writing when I was sixteen. I am so glad to finally have the story the way I want it. The only trouble is getting it all on the page.
The story revolves around a marching band season, which can span from the end of July until the end of October, or in some cases, mid-November.
My first novel that I wrote last year took place in the span of four days or a long weekend. There is obviously only so much you can do in one place for four days, and it wasn’t hard to figure out what was going on, probably because my main character felt very real and dragged me along with her to the various places she visited in that one city.
I’m having a bit more trouble now.
Four months is a long time. A lot more can happen, and I want to make sure it’s all clear without it seeming to be rushed or dragged out.
The big problem I’m facing is second-guessing myself. This story isn’t a memoir by any means, but it’s probably the closest I will ever get. Marching band was a big part of my high school years, so obviously I’m borrowing a lot of my experiences to put in this particular novel.
I find that making an outline has started to help me sort it all out. I only really do that when I have the whole book in my head and need a way to sort out where each new chapter begins.
It’s a lot of organizing, a lot of rewriting, but eventually it will get there. All there’s left to do is just keep writing.
A question to any fellow writers: Do you have similar problems with creating a realistic flow for stories that span a few months? Let me know in the comments below.

industry_corpus2: Literature & Emotions


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We were visiting with some friends this weekend and saw this lovely "spilled milk" display in their garden. Isn't it adorable? Inspired by this pin (anyone know the original source?).
Have you stumbled upon a popular pinterest project in real life?
Love the spilled milk display - they did a great job with it.
I have two pinterest boards for pins I've tried, one for recipes & one for everything else.
It makes it easy for me to go back & find things I liked & it gives me a chance to give my opinion on pins that I didn't like - there haven't been many of those. I usually copy recipes pretty closely when I try them but most other creative things I use to fit what I have.
That is a good idea (to seperate them). I have so many pins, I could never get to them all but it would be fun trying.
Love this! So easy...and such a great effect!
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Human beings aren’t always the most logical creatures. We say we want to spend our time productively, but then waste hours on social media or TV. Or that we want to eat healthier, but then have a donut (or two) when they’re brought into the office.
The ancient Greek philosopher Plato called this Akrasia—or, simply put, acting against our better interests. Yet while we’ve known about this issue for 2500 or so years, we still make this mistakes every single day.
Through deceivingly simple sketches, essays, and books like The Behavior Gap, Carl explores the reasons why we consistently act against our best interests and suggests ways to break free from short-term thinking.
In this interview, Carl explains how all our decisions begin and end with emotions (not reason), why we need to pay attention to making the right choices at the right time, and why long periods of time off are a prerequisite for good work, not a reward.
Money is probably the most obvious example of something we say we want to spend a certain way, but then act differently (I blame $5 coffees and fancy restaurants). And in fact, money was the initial framework for Carl’s ideas.
It’s almost too simple of an idea. But the answer is what makes humans such complex creatures.
We say we want to eat healthy, but we gorge on snack food. We say we want to spend less time at work, but then Friday at 3:00pm rolls around and we choose to tackle those last to-do list items rather than leave early.
Over and over, we act against our so-called values. And it creates tension, stress, and anger.
The problem, as Carl explains it, is that when push comes to shove, we give up on our long-term goals and values in favor of short-term gains. But if you want to do meaningful work in any way, you can’t be stuck just doing urgent work.
As he explains, 95% of his financial planning clients haven’t gone through this conversation. And outside of money, few of us have either. It’s difficult to imagine ourselves in the future—a condition psychologists call Temporal Myopia.
But once you spend the time trying to envision the future you want to work towards, it gives you all sorts of tools in the fight against procrastination, interruption, and all of our behavior gaps.
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Bad decisions are a systemic issue. To fix them, we need a healthy dose of deviance.
Unfortunately, closing your own behavior gaps isn’t just as easy as understanding your why.
According to Carl, one of the biggest problems is that unhealthy behaviors have become the new normal. Think about our obsession with being busy and the glorification of long working hours. Or the social pressure you might feel on a night out to “just have one” drink or snack or something else you’re trying to abstain from.
But we do need to change. Especially when it comes to the modern workplace, where tools and strategies are constantly changing, we need to be able to adapt and go against the grain.
Healthy deviance is simply accepting that what most of us think of as “normal” isn’t really that normal. Think, the emotional and physical drain of most workplaces. Or the non-engaging and repetitive tasks we feel compelled to do. Instead, Carl says that to do great work, we can’t keep thinking that’s just the way things are.
Long periods of uninterrupted time are a prerequisite for good work. Not a reward.
One of the biggest revelations around doing meaningful work came to Carl on a bike ride. He was living in Park City, Utah and started to notice that his best ideas would come to him out in the middle of the forest during a 4-hour training session.
The problem for most of us, is that we see these sorts of activities as being only for a chosen few. Or worse, we assume that if you have the time for a 4-hour bike ride, you’re either not busy enough or you’re unsuccessful.
And that’s exactly what Carl started bumping up against as he worked more and more free thinking time into his own schedule.
But taking time for quality thinking and working through issues shouldn’t be something we feel guilty about. If what we’re judged on is the end result of our work, why should it matter how long it took us to get there?
In Carl’s case, his big goal is to run a 50-mile trail run when he’s 50 years old. But to get there, he explains the micro actions he needs to take to support that.
You are your most important client. So why aren’t you treating your time that way?
All of these choices come down to treating yourself with more respect than most of us do. We take our own time for granted and give it away freely to others.
But, as Carl explains, you are your most important client. When you give time to yourself, you’re giving time to the person who makes 100% of your income. But still, it’s not easy to explain that to other people.
“There’s always a backlash when you say you’re going to take a nap or go for a run during the day. So you can either play checkers or chess with this,” he explains.
In the modern workplace, where we not only have to navigate the work that needs to be done, but our relationships with people and technology, it can seem impossible to take time for yourself.
But, as Carl explains, that time is a prerequisite. Without it, you’ll never find a balanced career or do the deep thinking required to do meaningful work.
So if you find yourself getting stressed or stuck, try stepping back. Book time for yourself and give permission to get outside and let your brain decompress.
If you want to keep up with Carl’s writing, sign up for The Behavior Gap newsletter.


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Who wouldn’t want to stay in a yurt? It’s an inexpensive, fun, unique place to stay. Get away from the traditional hotels and motels and experience something new. A relaxing, circular, tall ceiling, and echo-friendly environment. Their history goes way back to central asian nomads. Meredith Bower discusses in her article “A Yurt Holiday on the Isle Wight: Cheap and Cheerful,” the history, the facts, and the attractions of a yurt and surroundings.
However, the name of the company was intriguing (who isn’t making an effort to be “green” these days) and we still needed a place to stay, so we followed the link. We were sold on the idea as soon as we saw that the yurts came furnished with full-size beds (some four poster), and could each comfortably sleep five people.
We were shuttled to Afton Park Orchard and there, nestled among the apple trees, was a crop of four yurts, each completely and comfortably outfitted. From lanterns to linens just about everything in the yurt appeared to be from Ikea.
A quick tour of the site revealed the many environmentally friendly features of the compound. Of course there is recycling, and the wood used in the stoves and outdoor grills is collected from local landowners who have cut down dead or unsafe trees.
The shower is solar heated and environmentally friendly soaps are provided for bathing as well as dish washing. And then there is the composting toilet…enough said.
Being on the western end of the island we were within hiking distance of the famous Needles Rocks, stacks of chalk that jut out of the tip of the island into the blue waters of Alum Bay. We endured gale force winds as we explored the Battery, a Victorian coastal defense and secret rocket testing site perched high above the bright, white rocks.
Jamaica’s Blue Mountain Coffee is the Gold Standard!

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As part of the From Here To Now To You Tour, Jack Johnson's All At Once Campaign is once again collaborating with hand-chosen community groups worldwide to support sustainable local food systems and plastic free initiatives.
The Johnson Ohana Charitable Foundation will match donations to the All At Once Non-Profit Partners for this tour, up to a total of $2,500 (US) per group. In North America, All At Once comes to life at the shows in the Village Green, where concert-goers connect with local non-profits, take environmental action, capture environmental commitment photos, and enter to win a chance to watch Jack’s performance from the stage.
As part of the 2013 run of the From Here To Now To You tour Jack’s All At Once Community collaborated with over 90 community groups across Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand. At the shows and online, fans were able to engage with these All At Once Non-Profit Partners doing good work in their communities.
Fans made personal pledges to take action in support of plastic free initiatives and sustainable local food systems through the Capture Your Commitment campaign.
Jack, his fans, band and touring crew along with venue operators were successful in minimizing the environmental impact of the tour. Check out the All At Once 2013 Impact Results here.


text: Welcome to the magical world of Gibby & Libby, C.R. Gibson's newest kids brand. A colorful world of products and brands that encourages creativity, learning and skill development, all while having fun!


text: Focus on Energy is Wisconsin utilities’ statewide energy efficiency and renewable resource program funded by the state’s investor-owned energy utilities, as required under Wis. Stat. § 196.374(2)(a), and participating municipal and electric cooperative utilities. Focus on Energy has been in existence since 2001.


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Stop by August Haven to check out their newly constructed building in Appleton and enjoy food, drinks and networking with fellow members.
*Please note: Additional representative(s) from member businesses that wish to attend must be an official "Additional Employee". To add additional employee(s) to your membership, complete the "Additional Employee" section and submit to Member Relations & Event Coordinator Stacie Hazlett-Rothe with payment.


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Angelique is a native of Southern California and a graduate of UC Irvine with a B.A. in English. She began taking dance lessons at 6 years old and by the age of 16, started to teach. After incurring a hip injury while still in her late teens, she was introduced to Pilates and became fascinated with the intricacies and complexities of the body. She continued to pursue her passion for movement and danced and taught professionally for more than 20 years.
Years later while living in New York, she earned her first Pilates certification through The PhysicalMind Institute in 2003 after an 11 month intensive apprenticeship program under the direction of Master Teacher Elizabeth Gillies. Angelique was then invited to teach at Elizabeth’s studio for the next 4 years where she was profoundly influenced by Ms. Gillies’ dedication to rehabilitation and innovation. Angelique pursued her second Pilates certification by completing the BASI Comprehensive Teacher Training Program in 2008.
In 2012 Angelique became a certified Level 1 GYROKINESIS® and GYROTONIC® instructor. In 2016, she completed a RYS 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training and is a certified Yoga Instructor.
She is also an advanced MELT Method Instructor. MELT is a Hands-off Bodywork™ approach that simulates the techniques and the results of manual therapy. MELT rehydrates connective tissue and conditions the nervous system to enhance its ability to support, protect and stabilize the body and eliminate the aches and pains we suffer from day to day activities. She was trained by MELT Method creator, Sue Hitzmann in 2009. Angelique is a Hand and Foot, MELT Length, MELT for Pilates Level 1 & 2 and MELT Strength Level 1 and 2 instructor.
Utilizing intuitive cueing and a meticulous eye for form and proper body mechanics, Angelique provides a unique experience for each of her clients and their personal needs and goals. She strives to instill a clarity and deep understanding of the work to her diverse clientele such as those with shoulder pain, fibromyalgia, hip replacement, plantar fasciitis, ACL repair and sacroiliac dysfunction. She has logged over 20,000 hours of teaching and has trained extensively in movement protocols for specific populations. Angelique’s focus and specialization is working with individuals with low back pain, clients with scoliosis and those suffering from chronic pain.
2015 Dance Medicine Modules 1-4, Westside Dance Physical Therapy, Marika Molnar. Certificate in Dance Rehabilitation Training.
She has completed trainings with Master Instructors Marie José Blom, Jennifer Gianni, Rebekah Rotstein, Trent McEntire, Rael Isacowitz, Kathy Corey, Liz Koch, Kathy Van Patton, Lisa-Marie Goodwin Rice, Alicia Head, Dr. Robert Schleip and Phillip Beach.
She was also invited as a specialty week instructor at the world famous Rancho LA Puerta Spa and Resort, in Tecate Mexico.
BodyLogic Pilates is the only studio in San Marcos and Carlsbad to offer Pilates and the GYROTONIC® Method of exercise. Our class sizes are small and our approach is personal. We specialize in working with clients recovering from injury and those in need of an appropriate transition from physical therapy. We also have experience with pre/post natal Pilates, clients with osteoporosis, breast cancer survivors, individuals with low back pain, scoliosis and many other conditions.
It is our belief that Pilates and the GYROTONIC® method can change your life. Movement heals and should invigorate the body, revitalize the mind and nourish the soul. At BodyLogic Pilates we are committed to empowering clients with the knowledge and tools to improve their health and well being for life.
BodyLogic Pilates is a wellness studio located in San Elijo Hills on the border of San Marcos and Carlsbad in the Melrose Plaza shopping center. We offer Pilates, GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® and The MELT Method classes, privates and semi-privates. We are an affiliate studio for the BASI Pilates Program as well as a preferred studio for Balanced Body. All of our instructors hold national certifications and have trained extensively with a multitude of master teachers from all around the country. Our instructors aspire to provide clients with a unique and individualized experience tailored to their specific needs and goals.


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ORC & FLAGON • Skeleton Warriors- Shake, Rattle and Bone!
Rising from the grave, summoned back to terrify the living!
These long dead bones will obey the every command of whoever brought them back from the dead. Brought to life on the big screen by the legendary Ray Harryhausen. His many monsters thrilled audiences for decades, myself included. Perhaps one of the most memorable scenes that he created was from the 1963 film “Jason and the Argonauts“.
Lurking in long abandoned crypts and ruins, Skeleton Warriors often act as sentries and guards. Protecting the secrets of those that practice dark sorcery and magic. They are a staple for fantasy roleplay games and their computer game counterparts. Skeleton Warriors are bound to the will of their creator. As mindless minions, they need to be given instruction. For example, lets say a group of adventurers stumble upon a nefarious Necromancer. This evil doer has been kidnapping and carrying out ghastly experiments on the local population of a village or town. The adventurers may then have these bony horrors to deal with. Skeleton warriors are expendable and not likely to complain of being tired or hungry. They also make excellent foot-soldiers in the armies of an undead Lord out for conquest. If you lose one, why not raise another from the grave?
As monsters go, skeletons are fairly average. They are normally fairly low level, but can often be part of a larger group making them more of a threat. Chances are though that whoever created them is nearby and if they can bring back the dead, they can probably do much worse! As they have no capable will or mind of their own, skeleton warriors do not suffer from fear or other afflictions that would plague the living. Relentless foes that will stop at nothing to destroy their opponents. Skeletons are vulnerable to those that can call upon their Deities and can be “turned” by Clerics for example and made to beat a skeletal retreat.
Skeletons make great opponents for low to mid level characters, especially as there is often something bigger and nastier lurking further on which can give a good overall challenge for player characters and perhaps, a chance for some nice loot.
The Elves-An iconic fantasy race!

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Do It Yourself (DIY) is a trend that has taken hold over the last several years in a major way, and in many different areas. Home security, once solely the domain of experienced professionals, has become a landscape filled with options the average homeowner or renter can install themselves. With most of these options, the protection offered is just as good as what you would find hiring an outside installer, and is usually much lower in price. This makes it a perfect option if you are on a budget, or just enjoy doing things with your own hands.
Cost is usually a prime factor when choosing whether to install a home security system yourself, or hire a specialist to do it for you. A quality Do It Yourself (DIY) security system averages between $150-$200 for the basic hardware itself. While extras, such as additional room sensors or smart home capabilities, can raise this price, it is still less expensive than having to pay installation costs to an outside contractor.
• Mount the Security Hub/Panel: The hub of a home security system is the security panel, which is a small box affixed to wall of your home. The best place to select is somewhere near the front door, and close to a power source. Screws are usually used to hold it in place, or double-sided tape if you want to avoid holes.
• Position the Sensors: Also an important part of the home security system, sensors or detectors must be placed throughout your home in areas you want to monitor, such as doors or windows. Placement usually involves reusable, double-sided tape, which allows them to stay in place and be moved to different areas if necessary.
• Test the System: Consult the information included with the specific system you purchased to find the directions on how to test to make sure all components are working properly.
Power outages can be scary, and having to worry about burglars taking advantage of the situation only exacerbates that fear. Whether or not your system will continue to work if electricity is cut off for any reason depends greatly on which type of system you have, what type of backup hardware you added, and what it uses to power it.
For a normal system, purchasing a UPS, or universal power supply, can make sure your system is powered, even if the electrical grid is down. A backup generator is also helpful during long-term blackouts. Solar powered systems are fast becoming popular, due to the clean nature of the energy, and that it does not depend on the whims of traditional electricity for a power source.
While the perfect system does heavily depend on the level of protection you want, and how much you are able to spend, there are several brands that truly shine out from the rest. No matter what your needs are, one or more of these is bound to satisfy completely.
If your goal is a comprehensive Do It Yourself (DIY) home security setup, which is both wireless, and unaccompanied by costly fees or contracts, ViZion is a good choice. Partnered with hardware producer Smanos, ViZion gives you a totally wireless setup that protects your home without an ongoing price tag. The prime draw of a system like this is it is easily movable, and can be upgraded with little fuss. The system will not only sound an alarm if your space is breached, it also sends text messages to one or more people to alert them.
There is a drawback to a system like this, in that it has no professionals ready and waiting to contact authorities if an alarm is triggered. Once you receive the notification, it is your responsibility to follow up with the police to make sure they know a crime is in progress. A wireless system also has the potential downfall of signal degradation over long distances, or through solid objects.
Have you ever wanted to see who knocks on your door when you are not home? Not in the mood for lots of visitors, and want to screen the people that come to your house? The Ring video doorbell provides these capabilities with a 720-pixel camera mounted on your front door. If someone presses the doorbell, or approaches within a certain distance of the motion detectors, you receive an alert on your smartphone or tablet. This opens up a live feed, that even allows you to converse with the visitor without having to answer the door. Easy to install, and able to record video to the cloud, this is a worthy pick for many situations.
There are a few downsides to the Ring, most notably the quality of sound when conversing with your visitor. This system can also be a bit too sensitive, even registering passing trucks no matter how close you set the boundaries of the motion sensors. Lastly, the battery life has a tendency to be on the short side.
SimpliSafe offers powerful monitoring that is extremely easy to set up. These professionals offer both self and professional monitoring packages, with reasonable prices even if you have them keep watch. The hardware is eminently affordable, and pairs well with a Nest smart home thermostat.
It is important to note that there is a chance that hackers could access your security panel and hack your passcode, thus disarming the system. While this is rare, this problem has not yet been addressed, which could put your home in unnecessary danger. Also, if you want to monitor things through your smartphone or tablet, there is an additional monthly charge.
The Iris, the Do It Yourself (DIY) security system from home-improvement giant, Lowe’s, is inexpensive, and boasts one of the biggest lists of compatible smart-home devices and systems. The Iris is also notable as one of the more user-friendly systems in terms of installation, making it a good pick for those who are tech challenged. Alert response times are also very quick, and the system is easy to automate.
It is, however, important to note that the app used with the Iris system is less than optimal, with problems found in delays with email notifications, the complete inability for push notifications, and being very tedious to use. Devices often lose connectivity with the hub as well, making it a system not suitable for those wanting constant and reliable protection.
An excellent all-around system, the Scout includes both basic and advanced features that are highly customizable. The Scout pairs well with smart-home products, such as Amazon Alexa and Samsung SmartThings. At $20 for professional monitoring, this is also one of the cheapest ways for you to enlist the help of professionals in keeping your home safe.
One drawback is that an additional charge of $10 is levied if you want to use an app on your smartphone or tablet to monitor things yourself. The door alarm, a separate type of device than window motion sensors, can also be a bit on the loud side.
An addition from one of the leaders in smart thermostats is the Nest Secure, a stylish and simple-to-install system with separate multi-purpose sensors. These sensors can both let you know whether the window or door it covers has been opened, as well as if there is movement in the designated area. The Nest even includes handy key fobs that allow you to disarm the system without typing in a code.
The Nest, however, is a bit on the pricey side when compared to other top brands with similar features. Professional monitoring service comes with a 24-month commitment, and it can only be paired with Nest’s own smart-home devices.
For the height in affordability, Protect America is likely the best choice. No upfront charges exist with their systems, meaning you get all the equipment you need to secure your home without spending a cent. Protect America provides live recording of security events, and stands behind their hardware with a lifetime warranty. Homes are monitored 24/7 through broadband, cellular and landline.
One drawback to an absence of upfront fees is the lengthy contract needed to use the service, which is 36 months. Not to mention that you are required to pay the entire balance for your contract if you cancel the service after an initial 30 days.
Finding the right Do It Yourself (DIY) home security system can spell the difference between total protection and loopholes that enterprising criminals can exploit. Do your homework and take an accurate assessment of your needs, and you are bound to find one that gives you peace of mind in knowing your property is secure.


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Sony E3 2015 reactions - "This is why we are number one!"
Poor Microsoft. I really thought it had done everything right this year to bring home the gold. It announced a new franchise from the creator of Mega Man. It showed nothing but wonderful games and acknowledged the importance of backwards compatibility. It even had that mind-melting Hololens demonstration, which is admittedly the coolest thing we’ve still seen over the last two days.
However, in regards to the actual games we’ll be able to play on our PlayStation 4s, Sony dismantled Microsoft’s impressive show piece by piece and proved to the world once again why it has the number one selling console.
“This is why we’re number one,” could have been the presser’s tagline.
I mean, who could have guessed at half of the games in this line-up? The biggest announcements weren’t ones that gamers have been expecting to be rolled out every holiday season. The biggest announcements were projects we’ve been begging for over a long period of time, some even for over a decade!
When Sony started off with The Last Guardian, you knew it wasn’t messing around with the announcements. Admittedly, the trailer wasn’t that impressive, but judging this game by its gameplay merits anymore is kind of missing the point. Merely existing is enough to make this announcement seem like a victory in and of itself.
A few announcements later, what comes out on stage but a remake of Final Fantasy VII! I mean, talk about earth shattering. I’ll expand my various thoughts on this in a separate article, but this has been one fans have wanted since it was teased as a tech demo back before the PlayStation 3 launched.
And if those two reveals weren’t big enough, Sony pulled up former SEGA developer Yu Suzuki on stage and announced to the world that it is throwing its backing behind a Kickstarter campaign for Shenmue 3. And now we’ve come into territory where Sony is fulfilling promises that are over fifteen years old.
Remember when I said all the apologies at E3 were going to feel awkward this year? Well, Sony found a way to make apologizing feel like a victory for everybody.
Of course, prying on the nostalgia of wistful fanboys wasn’t the only plan Sony had in store for the remainder of its show. It brought a long a lot of guaranteed hits we were expecting or pretty much assumed would be there. Hello Games finally showed off No Man’s Sky’s gameplay, elaborating on space combat, planetary combat, and the genuine vastness of its universe. Again, it seems like aimless exploration, but that’s all I want these days.
Don’t need a plot getting in my way anymore. Just set me loose, and I’ll find my own fun. No Man’s Sky is about to redefine how we view exploration, and I couldn’t be more excited.
Both Microsoft and Sony started off with a game everyone wanted to see, and both followed with an original franchise that had miraculously managed to remain a secret. On this battlefield, Microsoft still holds the upper hand. If we’re talking Keiji Inafune vs Guerilla Games on the AAA scale, then I am going with the Mega Man co-creator every time. Horizon Zero Dawn looked like a solid game, but I walked away wanting to find out more about ReCore.
Plus, Horizon Zero Dawn desperately needs a new title. I’ve never seen three buzzwords combine to make such a brilliant “buzz title.” Is that even a thing because Horizon Zero Dawn could make it so.
Street Fighter V showed up with Cammy and the revival of Birdie. Star Wars Battlefront showed off well, even though I think I am slipping into the uncanny valley a bit with this one. Batman Arkham Knight teased the death of Batman and the return of the Joker.
Timed exclusive Call of Duty DLC, robbed from Microsoft, and timed exclusive Disney Infinity 3.0 characters both fell into Sony’s lap. A helping of indies from Digital Devolver delivered on the indie cred. Even the PS Vita got a montage! Everything just seemed to fall into place for Sony throughout a perfectly paced two hours.
It even closed out with Uncharted 4, which I know a lot of people want to play a whole lot more than I do. That gameplay demonstration is exactly what fans of the series were hoping for, but trailers don’t do it anymore justice. Each passing year it looks the same. It just needs to be released now.
I’m not throwing the book at Microsoft because I thought it had a wonderful show, much better than the last two years. ReCore is in my top three games of E3 2015, and Microsoft still had the best individual moment with the Hololens presentation. In fact, both conferences played out almost exactly alike with exclusives, special deals with publishers, pacing, lighting, the whole nine yards.
Sony just seems to get its audience a little bit better though, and it can use an x-factor that the Xbox brand simply can never beat it at: age. Sony has the ability to tap into nostalgia that Microsoft hasn’t really established yet. Fan-service titles like Final Fantasy VII and Shenmue 3 go further back than even the lifespan of the entire Xbox brand, and it was these kinds of titles which will ultimately make Sony’s show more memorable.
I didn’t see anybody getting misty-eyed over Gears of War or Halo 5, did I?
Sentimentality is still strong for that pre-AAA age of gaming, back before the goofy hobby from the late-80s to mid-90s became the beast it is today. Don’t ever let anybody dismiss that as silly feelings from the hearts of 30+ nerds all over the country because it just won Sony grand prize during the second day of E3.


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Sarah-Maria Fendt (VIB-KU Leuven): “In this project we have studied mutations in the enzyme succinate dehydrogenase, which are associated with tumors, but also neurodegeneration.
A team of researchers led by Chris Marine (VIB-KU Leuven) has shown that NEAT1, a long non-coding RNA, plays an important role in the survival of highly dividing cells – cancer cells in particular.
After a decade of research, the Belgian Switch Laboratory (VIB/KU Leuven) has revealed a new designer molecule that inhibits a well-validated cancer driver through the mechanism of amyloid formation.
Synapses play a pivotal role in the transmission of toxic proteins. This allows neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s to spread through the brain. This the main conclusion of new research led by Patrik Verstreken (VIB-KU Leuven).
As one of our Expert Scientists, Sven Eyckerman knows all about the ‘tech’ in ‘biotechnology’. Together with his VIB-Ghent University research team, he has been working on several innovative biotechnologies.
Françoise Van Bambeke’s teams from the Louvain Drug Research Institute of UCL and Patrick Van Dijck’s teams from VIB and KU Leuven are opening up a new path in treating serious infections which affect patients in hospital.
A group of researchers lead by Diether Lambrechts (VIB-KU Leuven) explored the mechanisms that cause increased levels of methylation in tumor genes — information that is vital to the adaptation of therapies to fight different types of tumors.
Two years ago, Wim Grunewald (VIB IP manager) and Jo Bury (VIB Managing Director) wrote a book on how GMOs could be useful in solving current and future agricultural issues. Now, you can read the e-book on your tablet or e-reader for free.
Stepping up the fight against cancer by uniting more than 300 researchers and clinicians in one virtual institute? An ambitious feat, but Ghent is totally ready for it. The brand new Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG) will be inaugurated.
A team of VIB and Ghent University researchers set out to shed more light on this vital topic through a research initiative led by Professor Dirk Inzé. The study provided major insights into how plants cope with water-limiting conditions.
By generating cells with chromosomal alterations that mimic human cancers, the team of Anna Sablina (VIB-KU Leuven) allows researchers to assess the role of particular chromosomal deletion in cancer development and progression.

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Thank you. I'm especially excited about the Eyes quilt because my sister is collaborating again and has sent me sneak peaks of the quilting .
oh yeah. A terrific list of wips and can't wait to see the Eyes complete!


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Ivan Abrams is the founding partner of Abrams Justice.
Ivan is a natural storyteller, problem solver, and—most importantly—a lion in the courtroom. Ivan has extensive litigation experience, having served as lead counsel in more than 40 jury trials and hundreds of evidentiary motions.
Ivan loves nothing more than standing up to large insurance companies that seek to bully his clients who have been seriously injured after traumatic accidents. Ivan takes the time to get to know each client personally, as well as their families, so that he can fully understand the impact an accident has had on their lives. Only then can Ivan effectively communicate each client’s unique story to a jury.
To Ivan, every case is personal, every case is unique, and every case has a clue waiting to be found. With a personal touch, Ivan runs his own investigations with an army of investigators, and piece-by-piece puts together the pieces of the puzzle for each case. With a proven formula for success, Ivan has negotiated several multi-million-dollar mass tort settlements for his clients and the National Trial Lawyers Association named him a top 40 under 40 civil litigator throughout the entire United States in 2018.
From murder trials to multi-million dollar complex business disputes to catastrophic personal injury cases, Ivan has handled it all with great success.

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Suitable for use as newel posts.
*Available to order in 90x90 white primed to order.

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I received an "UPLOAD Alert" email. What do I do?
What do you mean that my mini hard drive is 'READ ONLY'???
This is an issue we see quite a bit, mini hard drives security permissions have been set to "READ ONLY". This formatting will allow us to copy data from yourhard drive, but it will not allow us to place any data on it. NOTHING. NADA. If you would like us to place your finished job back on your hard drive, be sure to set your security permissions to "READ and WRITE" by others. If you are unsure how to format for the "READ and WRITE" setting, we recommend checking with your retailer and visiting the manufacturer website and/or public forums for those details as we do not provide tech support for these types of issues.


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Sergio Busquets has been given the perfect birthday present. The director of the football area, Andoni Zubizarreta, has told a press conference on Tuesday that the midfielder will be staying at Barça until June 30 of the 2017/18 season with the option to an additional year. The 25 year old’s buyout clause stays at 150 million euros.
The player’s last contract extension was on January 27, 2011.
Since then, Sergio Busquets has further consolidated his role as one of the key players in the FC Barcelona midfield. He has made 238 first team appearances, scoring eight goals: four at the Camp Nou and four on the road.

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Navy Blue School High Graduation Gowns. The high school graduation ceremony is an important event for every high school student which is why we are happy to offer you this shiny navy graduation gown. It is made of high quality shiny tricot fabric which enhances the graduation gown. Shopping online at Gradshop will ensure that you buy quality items at low prices, so view our matching high school mortarboard caps and tassels to complete your graduation wardrobe!
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The shiny navy blue high school gown’s really the practical choice for anyone looking for graduation apparel. It’s really cool in every way.


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Emerging from the mist that covers the island of Borneo, the otherworldly appearance of multi-peaked Mount Kinabalu mirrors the reverence the indigenous Kadazan have for it. They call the mountain akina-balu, resting place of the ancestral spirits, and it plays a key role in their creation stories and legends, which inform traditional land relationships and conservation practices. Kinabalu is also home to a spectrum of exotic plants and endangered animal species. From 1975 to 1999, copper mining on the mountainside damaged the landscape, contaminated the water supply, and left behind millions of tons of tailings that continue to pose an environmental threat. Meanwhile, the area has become increasingly exposed to eco-social pressures stemming from logging, oil-palm plantations, settlements and tourism, while the Kadazan are experiencing threats to the durability of their traditions. Although the national park surrounding Kinabalu is a UNESCO World Heritage site and is protected from development, poverty in nearby villages encourages the pursuit of damaging industries. The Kadazan, NGOs and the Sabah government, however, are taking steps to respond to these threats and preserve the cultural and ecolological treasures of Mount Kinabalu.
Because of its serene climate, between the monsoon and typhoon belts of Asia, Sabah — the Malaysian state that is home to Kinabalu —is known as the “Land Beneath the Wind.” Its mountain slopes are covered by cloud forests, which, because of their moisture, contain a higher level of biodiversity than other types of forest. They also provide plentiful water for human settlements by capturing the clouds’ moisture and channeling it into rivers that have their headwaters in the mountains. Topping out at 13,435 feet, Mount Kinabalu is the fifth highest mountain in Southeast Asia and is part of one of the largest remaining rainforests in the world.
Mount Kinabalu’s peaks occupy an environmental and spiritual center for the Kadazan people, also known as Dusun by some anthropologists. They are the majority population in northern Borneo and have many distinct clan groups with their own cultural practices, but they share a common agricultural lifestyle based on rotating fields in 20-year cycles and preserving large areas of rainforest.
The Kadazan venerate the rainforest and Mount Kinabalu in their creation story, which tells of a rivalry between the male god Kinoingan, who created the sky and clouds, and his wife, Suminundu, who created the land. When Kinoingan saw that the clouds were smaller than the land, he felt ashamed. But Suminundu took pity on him and remade the vast land into the island Borneo, with its center at Kinabalu. Another legend describes the intimate connection between the people and the foods of the land that sustain them: After a prolonged drought, Kinoingan sacrificed their daughter Huminodun, scattering the pieces of her body across the land. Then the rains came, and her flesh gave rise to rice, her bones to tapioca, her head to coconut, her fingers to ginger, her teeth to corn, her knees to yams, and many other edible plants. Today, the people still honor this sacrifice at annual harvest festivals.
The beliefs of the Kadazan are intertwined with their natural environment, which is infused with spirits, both good and evil. Each person has a spirit while alive, koduduwo, and after death, tombiruvo. Mount Kinabalu is traditionally regarded as a resting place for spirits after they have died and are on their way to their final destination in a world beyond our own, making the mountain a link between the physical and spiritual world.
Mount Kinabalu is home to medicinal plants and sacred roots through which the bobohizan, female priestesses, channel their “familiar spirit,” the particular spirit that guides each priestess’ ritual practice. The bobohizan have traditionally led prayers and ceremonies during the rice harvest, the most important season for the Kadazan, and invoke the good spirits to bring fortune — and rice — to the community throughout the year. They also act as medicine women, consulting the spirits and using prayers to diagnose and treat illness.
The British colonial officer Sir Hugh Low is the first documented individual to reach Mount Kinabalu’s summit, in 1851, and its highest peak is named after him. However, it is highly likely that the Kadazan had already climbed the mountain, considering that they train their children to begin trekking by three years of age. The Malaysian state government created Kinabalu Park in 1964, and in 2000 the park was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site, one of three in Malaysia, because of its high levels of biodiversity and endemism. Within the cloud forest surrounding the mountain, a paradise of flora includes the carnivorous nepenthe pitcher plant, hundreds of fern and orchid species, and the flowering Rafflesia, which produces blooms more than three feet in diameter and 20 pounds in weight — the world’s largest. Nearly 500 birds and mammal species, including the endangered orangutan, have also been documented within the park’s boundaries.
In the past few decades, the Kadazan way of life has changed dramatically. Sabah’s 1963 entrance into the Malaysian Federation brought many ethnic Malays to Sabah for business and tourism. Also, because many Kadazan have converted to evangelical Christianity, introduced by missionaries in the 1970s, fewer indigenous priests and priestesses are alive to train protégés. This loss threatens the durability of Kadazan traditions, beliefs in the sacredness of the landscape, and regulations for land use. A 1930 law under the Sabah Land Ordinance affirms native customary rights (individual and communal land titles to traditional lands); however, many communities never defined their traditional lands nor applied for title because of the opacity of the process.
Increased road construction has made the Mount Kinabalu area more accessible to tourists, loggers and settlers, exposing it to several eco-social pressures. Island-wide, one third of Borneo’s forests have been logged, and Mount Kinabalu has not been immune to illegal logging. Poverty drives some indigenous people to log under the auspices of native customary rights but then sell the timber to corporations. The soil left behind after deforestation is poor in nutrients and vulnerable to erosion. The precious cloud forests are threatened by climate change, new agricultural practices, and, in the case of Mount Kinabalu, tourism development.
In 1975, the first open-cast mine in Malaysia opened on the southeastern side of Mount Kinabalu. The Mamut copper mine operated until 1999, and from the very beginning Mamut caused significant damage to the land around the mountain. Silt and acid drainage entered the water supply, affecting aquatic life, agricultural production and human drinking water. Mamut generated 150 million tons of tailings — byproducts from the metal ore extraction process — which were mixed with water and slurried to a nearby dam. The tailing pipe’s first leak was in 1975, when it contaminated nearby rice fields. Another leak polluted the Lohan River, and the Bambangan River currently shows high levels of acidity. The acidic liquid waste in the abandoned mine pit itself has hardened into 1,000 acres of barren land.
Because mining regulations were not passed in Sabah until 1999, just as Mamut closed, the company cannot be held responsible for cleanup, so the government has been saddled with the costs. While it continues to shore up the walls of the tailings dam, which are in continual danger of crumbling, the nearby rivers remain polluted. Mamut’s owner, Mega First Corp. Berhad, has indicated an interest in additional mining in the region. Sabah Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun has said publicly that the Mamut site must be cleaned up first, and that Sabah should look beyond mining for other sorts of development projects. However, a high copper price may prove too tempting.
Another threat is the growth of oil palm plantations, which are using enormous amounts of land, causing deforestation and water pollution from soil erosion. Plantations currently surround the park on the north, east and southern sides, and are operated by both state-owned and foreign companies.
In the face of rapid population growth among nonindigenous people in northern Borneo, the Kadazan and other indigenous people are struggling to retain their traditional systems for managing the ecosystem. Toward that end, obtaining government-recognized land titles is important. Partners of Community Organizations Trust conducts mapping projects in Sabah in order to officially demarcate Kadazan traditional territory and resources. Park staff created the Kinabalu Ethnobotanical Project in 1992 to gather information from the Kadazan people on the hundreds of plants they use for food, building construction, medicine and weaving.
Thanks to a highway completed in 1982, Kinabalu Park is only two and a half hours by bus from Kota Kinabalu, one of the fastest-growing cities in Malaysia, making the mountain a top tourist destination in Southeast Asia. The number of climbers grows every year — increasing from 40,390 in 2007 to 48,604 in 2008 — and hundreds of thousands of others travel in and around the park. The Sabah government is actively encouraging tourism by bringing more international flights to Kota Kinabalu, emphasizing the mountain in promotional material, and trying to keep airfare and climbing costs down.
The culture of Sabah’s indigenous people is also a major component of tourism — visitors want to see traditional longhouses and cultural performances. Local Kadazan often act as park guides and rangers, a tradition that started with Gunting bin Lagadan, a man from Bundu Tahan village who was the first park ranger. Their reverence for the mountain means that the park is immaculately free of litter and no logging is allowed within the park reserve. Many make their living as porters carrying climbers’ bags up and down the mountain, or bringing food to mountain chalets. In years past when a group reached the summit, the Kadazan would sacrifice a chicken to apologize to the spirits for disturbing them. Now, because of the large numbers of climbers, indigenous rangers and priests perform an annual ritual, which includes a sacrifice of seven chickens, offerings of local fruit and other delicacies to the spirits, and the recitation of the names of prominent ancestors.
Because its environmental and cultural diversity are a chief asset, the government of Sabah has a financial incentive to support Kadazan traditions of caring for the land. The tourism industry, too, realizes that its future depends on taking care of Mount Kinabalu. The rapid growth of tourism means that it must be carefully regulated to prevent the overuse of resources; building facilities for tourists, like a new golf course near the mountain, threatens the cloud forests and conventional forests alike.
The region around the mountain is still threatened by the economic pressures of poverty and immigrants who do not traditionally revere the landscape, but sustainable agriculture projects may provide a solution. One proposed project is the cultivation of agarwood, or gaharu — a valuable resin used in incense and perfume that is found in old-growth native Aquilaria trees. Increased and indiscriminate harvesting throughout Southeast Asia has endangered the trees, but a new method allows the extraction of resin in young, plantation-grown trees, without requiring that they be cut down, thus providing a renewable, nontimber forest product. Such an industry could reduce the incentive for logging, both legal and illegal.
LEAP (Land Empowerment Animals People) focuses its community-based conservation work on Sabah and has a variety of projects in land preservation, sustainable land use, ecotourism and species protection. Visit their website to learn more about their programs and how you can support their work.
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Chiew, Hilary. “Poisonous wasteland.” The Star Online, October 2, 2007.
Jambul, Awang. “The Reality in Sabah is Different.” New Straits Times (Malaysia), October 6, 2005.
John, Elizabeth, et al. “Concern over Increasing Threat of Destruction to Cloud Forests.” New Straits Times (Malaysia), February 10, 2004.
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The small railed garden is now publicly accessible.
St George's Terrace was built c.1852, with a strip of communal garden in front of the houses that was owned partly by the Provost and College of Eton and partly by the Trustees of the Broder Estate, the dividing line marked by three stones in the ground. Tenants of the terrace were able to use the garden upon payment of an annual sum. A former resident of the terrace was Lord Byron's widow who lived in Nos. 10-11, where she died in 1860.
The site is open daily until dusk.
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Moringa oleifera is a multipurpose tree with most of its parts being useful for a number of applications. This study is carried out to investigate the potential of Moringa oleifera press cake (MOPC) to be used as biosorbent for Cu (II) ions from water system as a natural, environmentally friendly biosorbent. Copper and other heavy metals present in water are harmful and poisonous and need to be removed from water; using natural biosorbent is one of the solutions. The synthetic water with 200 NTU was used in this study to monitor the biosorbent efficiency. The stock solution of copper with different concentration were added to synthetic water and different dosages of press cake was added and the copper concentration before and after addition of the biosorbent was measured using atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS). The residual turbidity was measured as using jar test and reported. The results showed that the Moringa oleifera press cake is reducing the copper concentration up to 53.49%, and turbidity removal up to 75.45%. More research need to be carried out to find the optimum conditions to remove Cu (II) from water.
Biosorbent, Copper (II), Moringa oleifera press cake, Turbidity.

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A pollen count, which is familiar to many people from local weather reports, is a measure of how much pollen is in the air. This count represents the concentration of all the pollen, expressed as grains of pollen per cubic meter of air collected over 24 hours. This count is generated by certified Pollen Counters of the National Allergy Bureau (NAB). There are only 106 certified pollen counters in the country and 81 NAB-certified counting stations across the United States, Canada and Argentina. Each count comes from a NAB counting station, which is part of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology’s (AAAAI) Aeroallergen Network, responsible for reporting current pollen and mold spore levels to the public.
Weather has significant effects on pollen release. The most pollen will be released on warm, dry, sunny, and windy days. Cold temperatures and high humidity delay pollen release, and precipitation washes pollen out of the air. Certain weather conditions can increase or decrease the amount of pollination. If the winter is mild, then typically the allergy season will begin early because the trees will release their pollen earlier than normal. If, on the other hand, a mild spring occurs this will intensify the tree pollen release for the spring. Winds are another contributing factor, which can spread the pollen rapidly, thus increasing the pollination. The windier the conditions are, the higher distribution of pollen within the air. If the weather generates a late freeze, then tree pollination will be delayed or could possibly decrease. Increased rain amounts in fall or winter can cause an increase in spring tree pollination amounts. Increased rain amounts in spring can stimulate grass growth, thus producing more grass pollen. The lifeline of pollen depends on the weather, through dry days, breezy days, rainy days, foggy days and, humid days.


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Southern Flames is sponsoring 2 classes with Jen Geldard. There will be two 2-day sessions offered: January 20 & 21, 2005 (Thursday / Friday) and January 22 & 23, 2005 (Saturday/Sunday). Both class sessions will cover the same material.
Organic textures more than organic design – making your bead look like something more than just glass.
To see Jen’s beads, check out his website: http://www.glassgirl.com. There also has recently been a very positive thread about Jen’s classes and beads on Wet Canvas.
Jen’s class will cost $185.00 for Southern Flames members in good standing and $210 for non-members. Members in good standing will have precedence for class placement in a lottery at the meeting on Saturday, November 13th, at Beads by Design. A member is in good standing by being current on dues and not owing any late fees to the Resource Center.
Registration will begin on November 13, 2004 at the Southern Flames meeting at Beads by Design with a lottery for interested Southern Flames members in good standing.
Each interested member must complete a Jen Geldard Lottery Form. You may complete and bring the attached form or additional forms will be available at the meeting. If the member is selected in the lottery, he or she will need to provide a check in the amount of $185 at the meeting to accept the space in the class.
If you would like to be included in the lottery but do not intend to attend the lottery process at beginning of the November 13th Meeting, you may mail a check payable to Southern Flames in the amount of $185 along with a completed copy of the attached Jen Geldard Lottery Form to Southern Flames, , 311 Peachtree Hills Avenue, Box11A, Atlanta, GA 30305. Your check must be received by November 12, 2004. You will get a confirmation that your check and form has been received and you will be put into the lottery drawing. If you do not receive a confirmation, we did not receive your check and form and you will not be in the lottery.
The Jen Geldard Lottery Form includes your name, address, phone number, email address, preference of class session, and whether you wish to be placed on the waiting list if your name is not initially drawn for a spot in the class.
If you can attend either class, you may indicate a preference, but could be put in your second choice class to allow Southern Flames members with less flexible schedules to still attend a class. As an example: I say I can attend either session but prefer Sat/Sun. I’m selected and there is space in Sat/Sun, so I’m put in Sat/Sun. Later, in the lottery when spaces are only left in Thur/Fri, someone is selected that can only come Sat/Sun, so I would be moved to Thur/Fri so that person could attend, too.
Once the lottery is complete, if the classes are not full, an email will be sent to Southern Flames members giving them at least one additional week to register for the open spots on a first come, first placed basis via checks to Kim Runge either in person or at the address above.
If the classes are not full after the additional open registration for members, registration will be opened to the general glass community via web forums, emails, etc.
If you have any questions about Jen Geldard’s class, contact Southern Flames Vice President, Kristy Nijenkamp, at Nijenkamp@bellsouth.net.