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Maryland is collecting preliminary soil samples near I-270 in Rockville, alarming some on the City Council who feel that Gov. Larry Hogan's Express Lanes plan for the severely-congested interstate is moving forward too quickly. Montgomery politicians have tended to favor either a transit-only solution for the corridor, or a pair of reversible lanes in the center of the highway. Hogan's plan would widen 270, and add tolled Express Lanes at little cost to the taxpayer, as they would be built and operated by a private firm.
"They're actually taking soil samples. They're trying something. They're looking for information. This tells me they're not just looking at reversable lanes. And so they have something in mind beyond what they said, so that's upsetting," Councilmember Mark Pierzchala told colleagues Monday night.
Pierzchala asked what options the city has to fight Hogan, and what the County Council and other local bodies could do to help the city. Councilmember Julie Palakovich Carr said she was told by residents of Regents Square that the development's management had told them to expect state inspectors to be collecting soil samples around the townhomes there. Pierzchala urged city staff to seek partnerships with the City of Gaithersburg and local HOAs along the highway.
Hogan, whose popularity has reached the highest numbers recorded by the Washington Post in a quarter century, has picked another winning issue in his Express Lanes plan. To counter him, his opponents are forced to publicly stand in the way of traffic congestion relief, a position unlikely to be popular among angry highway drivers in an election year. Hogan's plan can move forward over the objections of local officials because it requires no funding from County or federal sources.
Highest for what? A Maryland governor? Any governor anywhere? Or is his popularity really the highest number the Washington Post has ever seen? Is his popularity measured in several googolplexes?
10:39: How would more capacity not provide congestion relief? Let's stick to reality here, folks.
The highway was widened dramatically just 20 years ago. If increased capacity provides congestion relief then why is it so congested today?
5:45: Very simple - the County Council approved massive development in Germantown, Clarksburg and Damascus, but never built the long-planned second Potomac River crossing and M-83 Highway. With neither escape valve in place as population grew, the new capacity was quickly eaten up.
The widened highway will be just as congested as the current one. Who/what will you blame when that inevitably happens?
"highest numbers recorded by the Washington Post in a quarter century"
Based on what? Did the Post say they were the highest? Did you read every Post for the past 25 years and tally up the numbers?
10:39 AM is right. You just threw numbers up there with no data to back it up. Sounds like Trump when he boasts .people are saying BEST EVER.
11:24: Yes - the Post just reported this week the highest popularity of any Maryland governor in the last quarter century in their polling.
Ha, the idea this wouldn't cost taxpayers anything is absurd. Hell, we're already paying for this Hogan study/reelection tool!
2:38: Wrong - the Express Lanes will be built and operated with private funds. It's David Alpert's worst nightmare.
If you truly believe no public funds will be dedicated to the project — I’ve got a bridge to sell you.
Required reading for conservative/libertarian numbskulls - the history of the "Dulles Greenway".
12:17: Make sure you read the part about who was in charge of the Dulles Greenway, too.
There are never backups on the greenway???
We can only imagine what our Rockville Pike would be like during rush hour if I-270 wasn't built. I understand it is tough making a decision to widen a highway. The biggest problem is we don't have the money to provide the best solution. A highway over a highway is a solution, but costly. It amazes me how we have highways going into Baltimore. Who was responsible for that solution? Regardless of all comments, Governor Hogan is my choice. He is trying to help Marylanders and has not raised taxes as did former Governor O'Malley.
OMG I'M HAVING A HOGASM!!!
I definitely believe the Express lanes will help, they encourage consistant highway speeds along the routes that are upgraded with them.
I don't agree with the plan to increase the number of Express lanes by narrowing the Express lanes and narrowing shoulders. I think it decreases the available margin of error for drivers.
I see more efficient use if the current Inner two Express lanes where programmed for EZ-pass flex/ Hov-2 and seperated like the 495 Express lanes. Starting at Montrose Rd and ending at Clarksburg road with 2 mile openings of the barriers between interchanges for the Toll lanes and General Express lanes. To enable toll lane to general express lane changes. Preserving the emergency shoulders of both sides of the Express lanes.
Then increase the number of local lanes from 4 to 6 between Montrose Rd and the I-370 Interchange. Followed with the extension of the local lanes at 4 Lane width after I-370 up to Father Hurley Blvd.
Then end the local lanes after Father Hurley, and narrowing down to an 8 Lane highway until narrowing again after MD121 to 6 lanes into Frederick county.
I'm just glad that one of the corridors in our area is going through the planning stages of an update. Even with a highway and business spiteful county council.


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Packed with features found on rifles costing four times as much, the Steyr Pro THB stands ready to take you to 1,000 yards and beyond.
Ever check out the Steyr SSG 08? The Pro THB has the exact same trigger.
Guess what else is identical to the SSG 08? The barrel. The 25-inch, cold hammer-forged barrel has a four groove, 1-in-8 twist that comes factory threaded in 5/8-24 RH threads.
Many of us dream of owning a 1,000-yard gun. We would love to be able to reach out on a deer hunt or start competing and take that leap into long distance shooting. Inevitably, cost and lack of flexibility in the design, keeps us from pulling the trigger — both literally and figuratively. This is where the Steyr Pro THB 6.5 Creedmoor comes in.
I recently got my hands on the new Steyr Pro THB (Tactical Heavy Barrel) chambered in 6.5 Creedmoor at the 2018 Athlon Outdoor Rendezvous in Montana.
Within 20 minutes, Mike Nischalke from Hunter Outdoor Communications had me consistently dinging a 12×18-inch steel plate at 1,000 yards. I shot from a Caldwell Lead Sled on a portable, DOA Shooting Bench.
In my last sniper training, we took five days to get out to 800 yards. This was impressive.
The THB Pro is the evolution that began with the Steyr Pro Hunter. Almost unassuming in its appearance, it comes with features that are identical to Steyr’s top of the line sniper rifles.
Ever check out the Steyr SSG 08? The Pro THB has the exact same trigger. They list it at 3 pounds 8 ounces, but the one I shot averaged just below 3 pounds on an incredibly crisp, two-stage.
The outside of the barrel is contoured, then hammers forge the steel around the mandrel. The barrel is cut to length and it is manually chambered.
Steyr’s legendary quality comes from the consistency in its machining and production. Nischalke talked about getting different rifles from the factory, taking the scope off one and placing it on another and finding it was nearly sighted in with zero adjustments.
The Pro THB ships in a polymer stock with aluminum pillar bedding. It has spacers to change the length of pull, but not a lot of other features. This keeps it light which is nice if this is going to be a long-distance hunting rifle.
If you want a few more bells and whistles, both Manners and MacMillan have tactical stocks in production that offer moveable cheek rests and heavier platforms.
The four-round magazine on the Pro THB has two positions. The first position keeps it in the gun, but sits too low for the bolt to pick up a new round when it is cycled. This position allows a shooter to thumb in individual rounds. Want it to feed automatically? Just click it the rest of the way in and you are good to go. Steyr also has a 10-round adaption kit if you think four rounds won’t be enough.
Steyr calls the safety the 2+1 Position Safety system. It is mounted on the tang behind the bolt so it is naturally ambidextrous. All the way forward, you see the red dot for “fire.” One click back, you see a white dot for “safe,” but the bolt can still be worked.
One more click back and a gray button pops up on the safety. This locks the bolt. A light push down on the bolt handle takes the Safe Bolt System slightly out of battery and acts as a drop safety so a round can stay in the chamber. Simply push down on the gray button as you work the action and the bolt can be removed for cleaning the gun or storage. Sound complicated? It is intuitive in about 30 seconds.
Other features include a 60-degree bolt throw, four locking lugs, a full body bolt, and a collet inside that absorbs the energy in the event of overpressure. A 20 MOA Picatinny rail comes standard. It can be replaced with an SSG 08 A1 rail if you want to attach night vision.
MSRP on the Steyr Pro THB is $1,595.

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What do you do when your mother is dying from a mysterious illness? If you're Cinderella's daughter, you travel hundreds of years into the future to save her.
A brand new series loosely tied to the Cinderella's Secret Witch Diaries series, Faith is an imaginative romp filled with excitement, twists and surprises that will take you on a wild ride from Earth all the way through the Jovian Gate to the distant star 55 Cancri.
Phoebe, Cinderella's daughter and a powerful witch like her mother, searches for a cure for her mother's mysterious illness.
A rare Chronicler able to travel through time, Phoebe left the 19th century only to become trapped far in the future. A future in which humankind has not only traveled to distant stars by discovering the Jovian Gate, but created the powerful grid that interconnects every part of people's lives. Desperately trying to find a way to save her mother and return home, she has become embroiled in a conflict between the peaceful Cancrian race and the warrior-like Lan'khamires. Out of her element and time, Phoebe stumbles upon an interstellar conspiracy that threatens not only her life and those around her, but of the entire human race.
Faith is the first book in The Jovian Gate Chronicles series.
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I have a bunch of very exciting loom knitting news to share with you. The first is "The Great Loom Knitting Afghan Project". This is a wonderful collaboration of 8 designers for the benefit of Doctors without Borders. We are all contributing afghan square designs to an e-book. The e-book will be available for pre-orders in a few weeks, and published January, 2015. All proceeds will be donated to Doctors without Borders. Books that are pre-ordered and purchased in January will be entered in a prize drawing for a loom and loom pattern books, and some other surprises. The book will only be available during 2015. Every month of 2015, the Loom-a-long group in Ravelry will have a loom-a-long for one square. I'm the lucky editor of the book, and I must say that the patterns are AMAZING. Watch for more announcements as we get closer to publication.
The Ravelry Loom-a-long group has been working on making mitts and mittens from my Kitten's Lost Mittens e-book. The loom-a-long ends in November, but December is our "unfinished objects" loom-a-long, so please bring anything you are working on and visit with the group.
We've started a group for loom knitting pattern designers over on Ravelry. If you are designing and entering your patterns in the Ravelry pattern database, we would love to have you join our conversations.
Starting this Friday, November 28, 2014 through Monday, December 1, 2014, I have a 20 percent off sale for all of my patterns and books. Enter the code LOOMLOVE at check out for the discount.
Marly Bird will also have a huge listing of yarny specials over the holiday week and weekend for you to check out.
This little page of gift tags might be fun for your holiday gifts. Please feel free to print it out and enjoy the tags.
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A 2013 article touted 300% mobile data traffic growth by 2017, driven largely by online video viewing and web browsing. Smartphones have put the internet in everyone’s hand. Cisco projects a 7x increase in data usage by 2021. And while we’re talking about data, not web traffic specifically, a large portion of that data is spent browsing the web. So is all that extra online time a good thing? Not always.
Many marketers have found that the estimated 1 million new web users per day are creating unqualified traffic and extreme keyword competition, especially for lead generation. And while the staggering number of people available to reach online could be considered good thing, it’s actually making ads less effective and harder to target to the right people. Without an unlimited budget, you’ve got to weed through more unqualified users to find the right fit. There are more people and more websites than ever before, making it harder and harder to target lead generation campaigns effectively. The rising cost of online advertising is evident everywhere you look.
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Because of the rising expense of clicks to site, particularly on mobile, gathering leads without landing pages can be a huge cost saver. The lead generation campaign setup is similar to any other: you choose the sites to target users on, and display a lead ad. But this is no ordinary click-to-your-landing-page lead ad. This ad unite can gather all the information you need right within the ad itself. So the user can go back to viewing their content easily and seamlessly. And you gain a qualified lead at a low cost, without building a new landing page or paying the expense of driving traffic to your site.

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It seems like Mats Hummels has been linked with a move to another elite European outfit for the majority of his professional career, but the fact that he is entering into the final year of his contract has kicked speculation into overdrive.
Barcelona, Manchester United and Arsenal are the latest three suitors for the German centre-back’s signature according to reports emerging over the last couple of days.
Should any of that trio, or an unnamed party, finally manage to prise Hummels away from Borussia Dortmund though, it’s likely they will have paid a pretty penny to do so.
An expiring contract could be seen as a slither of opportunity for a potential buyer to snare the defender on the cheap, although it’s certainly no guarantee of Hummels’ impending exit.
The 27-year-old has made over 200 Bundesliga appearances for Der BVB since arriving from Bayern Munich in 2008 and intimated in January that we was relaxed about signing a new deal at the Westfalenstadion.
“I already said before the season that I want to see what happens this year — a new coach, several changes in the squad. To me, it is important to see how good we are, and how good we can be in the future,” Hummels said at the time.
With four games remaining of the season, the answer to some of those questions should be pretty clear.
Dortmund have returned to their best in their first season with Thomas Tuchel in charge, winning 22 of their 30 league outings thus far to sit second to Bayern by seven points.
They were knocked out of the Europa League in the quarter finals in an enthralling encounter with former boss Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool and have a DFB-Pokal semi-final with Hertha Berlin to play too.
Their improvement has been both radical and impressive under Tuchel and could well convince Hummels that he’d be best served staying put.
Perhaps the only sticking point that might sway the World Cup winner to leave would be the Bayern blockade in the way of regular trophies. If that were the case, Barcelona would immediately hold an advantage over United and Arsenal as a more regular source of success.

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What is a Project Investment Justification (PIJ)?
The Strategic Oversight group, within the Arizona Department of Administration’s Arizona Strategic Enterprise Technology (ADOA-ASET) office, helps State agencies, departments, boards, and commissions develop business cases for Information Technology (IT) projects and investments. This information is captured in a document called a Project Investment Justification (PIJ) form.
The PIJ form gathers the needed information in a way that allows analysis and evaluation across all requests, reduces the time needed for review, and assures that the value to the public and risk are clearly considered. The required forms are posted below, along with links to the State Procurement Office for information on regulations, statutes, and other procurement related activities.
The actual PIJ form is a document with several sections that is used to gather information from an Agency/Board/Commission that is required to explain the project, its benefits, and the projected costs. The information provided allows ADOA-ASET to complete an analysis and evaluation of the project from an enterprise perspective, and assures that the value to the public and risks are addressed. The required forms and additional information regarding Strategic Oversight can be found under Resources on the ADOA-ASET web-site, along with links to related statutes, policies and procurement related activities.
The Strategic Oversight Team is here to assist you through the PIJ process and to collaborate with you to ensure that the right solution is being applied to the IT initiative at hand.
The review process starts at the Agency/Board/Commission level with the identification of an IT project which needs to be completed. An example of the typical flow of the PIJ process can be found on the ADOA-ASET website at: http://aset.azdoa.gov/strategic-oversight.
A quick overview of the process is listed below, broken up into two phases: Agency phase, and ADOA-ASET Strategic Oversight Phase.
*The Strategic Oversight team is available to help, or discuss any item at any phase in the process (including prior to a PIJ even being written) to answer any questions, provide guidance, or help determine if a PIJ is needed.
What will Strategic Oversight do?
Strategic Oversight is here to assist an Agency through the process for obtaining an approval from the State CIO and, if necessary, ITAC for your PIJ. If you have a complex project coming down the pipe that you want to begin preparing for approval, let the Oversight team know. Our team of Strategic Oversight Program Managers is available to meet with you.
As part of our role, Strategic Oversight will also help provide quality assurance for the State and ensure that a solution has been properly vetted before the paperwork is submitted for approval by the State CIO and ITAC.
When does a PIJ need ITAC approval?
Generally speaking, ITAC approval is needed when the development costs are greater than $1 million.
In addition to providing ITAC members with a copy of the PIJ, as well as ADOA-ASET’s analysis and recommendation, a presentation created by the Agency/Board/Commission will also be given to ITAC in the review meeting.
What forms are needed to obtain PIJ approval?
PIJ Form – In this document, an explanation of the problem will be provided, along with, solution, financials, and other relevant information for ADOA-ASET review. The PIJ form includes an embedded spreadsheet used to provide detailed financial information, an itemized list, a risk matrix, and areas of impact.
Supplemental information - Copies of relevant vendor quotes and other supporting information should be provided.
What is the process after approval?
All of the stakeholders identified in the PIJ will receive a notification from Strategic Oversight stating that the project is approved. This will include the approval letter signed by the State CIO, which will be emailed to the Agency/Board/Commission Director, and will document any conditions that have been applied to the PIJ approval.
Once approved, additional approvals may be secured as required from the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, the Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting, and the State Procurement Office.
What is the difference between development cost and operational costs?
In general terms, development costs are about implementing projects; operational costs are about taking care of what has been implemented. Development costs are tracked by Strategic Oversight and cease when the project is completed. Operational costs are ongoing costs that will be incurred as a result of the project being implemented, and are not tracked by Strategic Oversight.
In Arizona, IT costs are tracked using the following categories: Professional & Outside Services (P&OS) (e.g., contractor support), hardware, software, communications, facilities, licensing and maintenance fees, and other. Any one of these categories can include development and operational costs.
For instance, software purchases and first year licensing fees would be considered a development cost (see year 1 box below). On-going software licensing and maintenance fees are considered operational costs (see year 2 box below).
Do I need to report other funding sources?
Yes, the total funding for the project must be included in the PIJ, regardless of whether it involves State funds or any other type of funds.
My project has received approval…now what?
The contact identified in the PIJ will receive a Start-up Event Status Report from the assigned Strategic Oversight Manager and notification that the document needs to be completed prior to any expenditure of funds. The e-mail notification will give clear instructions on what to do and will include contact information should any questions arise.
When are status reports due?
ADOA-ASET will inform the Agency whether the project is on a monthly or quarterly reporting cycle in the start-up request. This may change once the document is submitted or as the project progresses.
Monthly project status reports are due by the 10th of the following month.
For instance, the May project status reports are due to ADOA-ASET by June 10th.
Quarterly project status reports are due by the 10th of the month after the quarter closes.
For instance, the FY15 Q1 project status report is due to ADOA-ASET by October 10th.
When is the final project status report due after my project completes?
Final project status reports are due once the project has completed and a final accounting of all costs can be provided.
Where does the financial information on the project status reports come from?
The “Current Month Spend” in the project status report should reflect actual expenditures that have posted to the Arizona Financial Information System (AFIS) during the reporting period, which can be for the month or quarter. Only development costs are reported in the Project Status Report.
What if the project has Automation Projects Fund (APF) funding? Are there requirements specific to APF funding?
APF funding comes with an additional set of requirements including the execution of interagency service agreements and APF budget, milestones and key accomplishment reports. Please contact your Strategic Oversight Program Manager for information on all requirements associated with APF funds.
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Committee minutes are available upon request. Please contact Kim Hirji at khirji@nswc.ca with the committee name and meeting date(s) for specific minutes.
The Board and Committees will be demographically well-balanced, with members representing all profiles of the Club.
The Club will follow the Strategic Plan and continually update it at annual Board retreats.
The various Committee’s will be connected to the Board and the Strategic Plan, and be aware of the Club’s Mission and Vision and Goals.
New Board Members will be provided with an effective ‘on-boarding’ process.
The Board, Committees, and Staff will operate with exceptional professionalism, ethics, and transparency.
The communication/decision making process will follow best practices, such as; GM to President to Executive Committee to Board to Members.
The Club will have an effective ‘House Committee’ to address any discipline within the membership.
The Board will annually review the Club’s Rules and Policies.
We are often seeking new volunteers to join the many dozens of volunteers currently sitting on our various committees. Committees include Finance, Facilities, Minor Hockey, Governance, Long Range Planning, Fitness, Food and Beverage, Tennis, and Marlins.
If you are interested in joining a Committee, please contact us and the Committee Chair will follow up with you.


text: Talented filly Stopchargingmaria (2f Tale of the Cat x Exotic Bloom, by Montbrook) broke the ice with her first Black Type success at Aqueduct on Sunday when taking out the Grade III Tempted Stakes. Prepared by Todd Pletcher, Stopchargingmaria earned TDN Rising Star status for her brilliant debut win back in July before placing at her next two starts in the Grade I Spinaway Stakes and Frizette Stakes. Dropped back in class for this easier assignment, Stopchargingmaria gave nothing else a chance in crushing her rivals to win the one mile contest by ten and three-quarter lengths. “The way the race unfolded, it looked like nobody wanted the lead,” said Michael McCarthy, assistant to Todd Pletcher. “[Jockey] Javier [Castellano] went ahead and did the right thing by putting this filly in there early. He established position and was able to improve on it from there. She was doing it well within herself. It was a nice little bit of redemption.” A $220,000 purchase from the OBS March 2YO Sale, Stopchargingmaria runs for Repole Stable and is the first winner for stakes-winner Exotic Bloom, who comes from the family of Grade II winners Vision and Verse and Bourbon Bay. Stopchargingmaria is the 92nd stakes-winner for top class sire Tale of the Cat, whose two year-old daughter She’s a Tiger finished second in the Grade I Breeders Cup Juvenile Filly last weekend.


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Acupuncture is the oldest, treatment that promotes the body’s natural healing processes. It is also gentle, safe, and quite effective. It began more than 3,000 years ago in China and has evolved in various nations of the East and is now practiced around the world to treat illnesses and myriad conditions, and to maintain wellness and prevent disease. Currently 25% of the world’s population uses it for various health conditions. According to the CDC’s 2002 National Health Interview Survey, an estimated 8.2 million U.S. adults have used acupuncture, and an estimated 2.1 million U.S. adults had used acupuncture in the previous year.
Acupuncture restores balance and unblocks the flow of Qi (also called chee, chi, ki, qui, meaning vital energy) by stimulating the Qi points along the body’s energy pathways with a variety of techniques. Fine (thin), sterile, disposable needles are inserted – usually painlessly as they are so thin – and manipulated by the acupuncturist and/or by electrical stimulation to enhance the stimulation. Most patients find acupuncture to be very relaxing and many fall asleep during treatment, which lasts from 30 to 60 minutes on average.
Oriental herbal medicine is an essential tool of Oriental medicine to treat diseases and maintain health. It involves the science of combining natural herbs (from plants) to form powerful medicinal formulas to treat disease and enable the body’s natural ability to restore itself to health. Often Chinese herbal medicine is used alone as the primary treatment and is commonly used for various organ dysfunctions. Other times Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture are combined to enhance the effects of both treatments and promote optimal therapeutic outcomes. Herbs have very few side effects when prescribed by qualified, licensed herbal medicine practitioners.
A typical herbal medicine formula contains from 4 to 15 herbs. It is prescribed according to each individual’s constitution, symptoms and clinical manifestations. One advantage of Chinese herbal medicine is that it treats the underlying causes as well as the symptoms. For example, it can lessen the symptoms of an allergy during an acute episode and also prevent recurrent episodes by addressing the underlying causes (often seen as body imbalances) of an allergy.
Our clinic has its own pharmacy that stocks raw herbs, extracted powder and patent. We use clean, safe, premium herbs that are tested by labs, ChromaDex in Irvine, CA and The National Food Laboratory in Livermore, CA. In most cases, a customized formula can be prepared on the same day or within 24 hours of an appointment. Chinese herbal medicines that we prescribe can be picked up at our office or shipped via UPS. Cooked and auto-packaged decoctions (herbal tea) can take 48 to 72 hours to prepare.
Tui Na is the oldest known system of massage originating in China . It was recorded in the Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine, 2300 B.C. as one of the five major therapies of the time. Tui Na has remained an organized and systematically developed system of massage alongside herbal medicine and acupuncture and moxibustion throughout this time.
Tui Na uses the Traditional Chinese Medical theory of channels (energetic pathways or meridians) and the flow of the Qi energy as its basic therapeutic orientation. Through the application of massage and manipulation techniques, Tui Na seeks to establish a more harmonious Qi energy through the system of channels allowing the body to naturally heal itself. Tui Na methods include the use of hand and arm techniques to massage the soft tissue (muscles and tendons) of the body and stimulation of acupressure points to directly affect the flow of Qi energy through the system of channels.
Tui Na has a variety of different systems that emphasize particular aspects of these therapeutic principles. The main schools in China include the rolling method school, which is the style practiced at Park Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine Clinic. This style emphasizes soft tissue techniques and specializes in joint injuries and muscle sprains.
Tui Na’s simplicity and focus upon specific problems, rather than a more generalized treatment, makes it both an excellent alternative and/or extension of Western or Swedish-style massage. By utilizing treatments of shorter duration, it can be used in a variety of settings, including home, office, clinic or hospital. Tui Na is also useful in the release of tension/stress and has lasting effects of relaxation and well being.
Tui Na massage has proven over the centuries that it is an effective therapeutic tool. The best way to learn about Tui Na massage is to experience its benefits and pleasure for yourself.
Tui Na is usually performed over the clothes. Please wear loose fitting t-shirt, shorts or sweat pants/cotton style pants. You may bring clothes to change into for your treatment.
Cupping is a therapy in which jars are attached to the skin through vacuum to promote the free flow of Qi and Blood in the meridians, dispel cold dampness, and diminish swellings and pains. In TCM clinic, cupping is commonly used for pain on the shoulders, low back, and leg, stomachache, vomiting, diarrhea, cough, asthma, and weight loss. It has great effect on stiff neck, muscle tightness and soreness on the shoulder and back.
GuaSha is an East Asian healing technique that “scratching’ or “scraping” the skin with a smooth-edged instrument in order to elicit a redness of the skin (sha). When a patient has pain, aching, tightness and/or a knotty feeling in the muscles and has a sign of ‘sha’, it is used to remove local obstruction of blood and fluids in the muscle or joints. In addition painful musculoskeletal condition, GuaSha can be used for common cold, flu, bronchitis, asthma.
Moxibustion (moxa) is a Traditional Chinese Medicine technique that treats and prevents diseases by the combustion of different materials to points or certain locations of the human body. The most often used herb is mugwort (Aiye, Artemisia vulgaris), whose nature is hot and can be used internally or externally.
Methods of Moxibustion are; moxa cones, moxa stick, moxa box, thread moxa, liquid, warming needletechnique, and heated needle technique to be used on various parts of the body directly or indirectly.

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So what’s the plan for New Year’s Eve???
End of day 1....made it. Feeling horrible.
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The Good Decent image quality; includes video and audio inputs; stylish.
The Bad Not HDTV compatible; no PIP function; few adjustability options; stiff tilt function; DVD playback is a mixed bag.
The Bottom Line This reasonably priced LCD has decent image quality and some nice extras, but it sacrifices some basics, such as adjustability. It could be a good purchase for someone on a budget.
Apple, IBM, and sometimes Samsung aside, display manufacturers seem to put little effort into making the most of an LCD's style potential. We think design is important, especially in an LCD that does double duty as a computer and a home-entertainment display. Acer's AL1931 is no Cinema Display, but it has decent design and image quality and multimedia capability, and it's not terribly expensive. If silver plastic matches your office or home-theater setup and you don't need adjustability, picture-in-picture function, or an HDTV-compatible display, the AL1931 is a good choice.
The AL1931 has a few distinguishing physical characteristics. Its slim, 1-inch bezel is made of pale silver plastic, a discreet cluster of round chrome-colored buttons sits on the bottom bezel, and the power button glows a cool, soothing blue. Unlike most LCDs, its base and neck are made of metal, which adds about a pound to its weight, and its cables are made of braided silver rope encased in clear PVC. It's not austere Apple white, but at least Acer's trying.
The display has both digital and analog signal ports, conveniently arranged one on top of the other on the back panel and situated well clear of the neck, making them very easy to get to. Between the neck and the back panel are S-Video and composite-video inputs, left and right audio-in jacks, and a jack for connecting the built-in speakers to your computer. Unlike many larger multimedia LCDs, the AL1931 is not HDTV ready and has no picture-in-picture function. If you want the full range of video options plus more adjustability, check out the HP L2035.
The AL1931 has a solid neck with no cable feed system, but the panel sits a mere 2 inches from the base and has no telescope function, so cable dangle isn't an issue. However, most people will need to put it on a riser. You can neither swivel the display from left to right nor pivot it between Portrait and Landscape modes. The only adjustment you can make is to tilt the panel forward and back through a 25-degree range, but the hinge between the neck and the panel is so stiff that you have to grab it with both hands and use a good amount of force to tilt the display. The AL1931 is compatible with VESA mounts.
Acer's onscreen menu handles all the usual adjustment options, such as brightness, contrast, and color temperature. What we love most about the onscreen menu are its unusual yet easy to navigate layout and its cheerful color scheme.


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Place the snow peas to cook for around 1 minute. Transfer out and drain. Transfer out and drain. Heat up oil in wok over medium fire and then fry the minced garlic until aroma. how to make a bench cushion cover I initially found this Thai Prawn Laksa recipe on Pinterest from the gorgeous Chungah! You can find the original recipe on her blog at Damn Delicious . I modified it by using pad thai noodles and adding lots of veggies to bring the recipe in line with the FPS ethos .
Add some green beans or snow peas to boost the veggie quotient. Make Your Own Tofu Puffs : Deep-fried tofu puffs are a favorite in Southeast Asia for stirring into stews. To make your own, place a 1-pound block of tofu between two clean kitchen towels.
After the laksa has been simmering for 5 minutes, add the noodles and snow peas, and chopped white parts of the spring onion. Cook for a further two minutes, and then remove from heat. Cook for a further two minutes, and then remove from heat.
1. To prepare paste, soak chilies in boiling water for 20 minutes. Grind cinnamon, coriander seed, star anise and pepper in coffee grounder until powdery.
Cook, stirring, over medium heat for 2 minutes or until aromatic. Add evaporated milk and stock, and bring to a simmer. Add evaporated milk and stock, and bring to a simmer. Add prawns, pak choy and snow peas to the soup.
Add half the laksa paste and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add stock, milk and essence. Bring to the boil. Add pumpkin, cover, cook for 5 minutes. Uncover, add tofu, cook for 2 minutes. Stir in the fish sauce and snow peas.


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Resolute’s business model is based on the aggregating of high-quality feedstocks with a goal of upgrading, handling and processing those feedstocks to specific application requirements. We use all of our key industry knowledge and extensive asset base to provide products that best fill our customers’ unique performance requirements.
Each product is produced and certified to the exacting standards that a specialty end use requires, typically with the input from the that end user market. Resolute Oil welcomes open discussions with our clients and suppliers as, together, we can discover the optimum properties and parameters for our products and services.

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Basic college supplies are still necessities, including push pins! They're college essential for posting notes, hanging pictures, posters, and your homework. Make use of the 100 Color Push Pins for an easy and effective way to hang what must be hung! Sure there is tape, staples, and other modes of adhering your stuff for dorms, but push pins are just as great! Plus the 100 Color Push Pins are colorful and can add smaller pops of color to your dorm room and accent those boring walls.
Yes, 100 Color Push Pins seems like a lot, but not too many to carry around in a practical little plastic case. Push pins can sometimes be a pain because they do tend to be sharp, but given this plastic carrying case, you'll be sure to keep your push pins safe and stored to stay out of harm's way and to prevent losing them! While you might be heavily focused on shopping for your dorm room decor, your college desk supplies are just as important. From pencils, to paper, textbooks, and scissors, push pins are just as much as a college necessity as anything else for your dorm room. Make sure you don't forget the little college necessities!


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Welcome to this week’s Style Spotlight where we love to focus on the fashion, skincare and beauty choices of one lovely lady working or living in the industry.
This week, I’m thrilled to welcome Louise Thomas from Louise Thomas Skincare to tell us a little bit more about her business, beauty tips (I’m looking forward to this bit!) and what she loves about fashion today.
So, after a decade of research I developed my signature 3D approach to skin health, incorporating a scientific, nutritional and holistic philosophy designed to nurture my skin back to health.
This innovative approach was so successful on my own skin that it seemed a natural progression to set up my own skin health business, so I founded U & Your Skin in my home City of Norwich, going from house to house as a mobile skin therapist until the Skin Lounge was born 13 years ago! I have also been treating clients In London’s Kensington now for the last 7 years from a wellness centre.
It took me until my mid 30’s to realise what my style was. I didn’t ever think I fell into a category but I now understand that I’m fairly classic with an urban, masculine edge. I feel the most comfortable in a great pair of pumps or trainers, a slightly tailored trouser & a basic T or sweatshirt. I do love a dress though but would probably dress it with a masculine jacket & some plain heeled pumps.
I like Zara I think they bring the catwalk to the high St really well & are affordable. I’m not very good at investing in clothing but I do love some of Victoria Beckham’s designs. I also like Cos & good ole M & S for some tailored pieces.
Probably my leopard print midi skirt. It’s so easy to wear even if I do find it a bit depressing that I wore them about 22 years ago!
Well as a skin therapist this is obviously a big part of my life! I always always cleanse, double at night, then I’ll cherry pick from a range of serums containing Vit C, Retinol & Hyaluronic Acid. I’m using my (Louise Thomas skin care) Healthy Ageing serum a lot at the moment. Then I’ll apply an eye product I love the Priori decoded eye serum & follow with either the Medik8 C Tetra cream or my own Louise Thomas skin care The Hydrator.
Oooo I do love a coat so have my eye on a Shearling but maybe not the Acne version that I’ve seen…Zara anyone?
I like to be on the receiving end of treatments but also seek solace in daily meditation & heading out for breakfast with my husband & little girl.


text: Welcome to the Lebanon OH chapter!! My passion is introducing, training, and mentoring women in the world of firearms. I’m also an avid student of the gun and love continually learning new skills and techniques to pass onto students. I’m a NRA-certified Training Counselor/Instructor, NRA Chief Range Safety Officer, certified SAFTD Instructor (Second Amendment Foundation Training Division and USCCA-certified Instructor. Whether you’re a newbie or a seasoned gun gal AG&AG provides a safe and caring community of other like-minded women. 22three Firearms Store and Range is our home. Join us and we’ll help you become confident in your competence.


text: Pam is a black silver torbie with white. This is a relatively rare color and we are just thrilled. Pam is out of Dane and Penny. She is just a beauty and we are excited to see what color and type of kittens she will produce for us. She has an exceptional personality and she will always have a purr or a head bump for you. She loves to make biscuits on your lap and then pass out next to you. Today Pam live in san mateo with her new mom Margarett Anne, and they are the best of friends. Truly a match made in heaven.

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Kellyanne Conway's firm collected fees from the campaign and a pro-Trump super PAC.
Donald Trump’s campaign manager Kellyanne Conway will emerge from the 2016 campaign as a winner, regardless of the result on Election Day, thanks to her unique relationships with a succession of overlapping committees and mega-donors.
As Conway’s profile has soared during the 2016 campaign, her small Washington-based polling firm has collected nearly $1.9 million and counting in fees from federally registered political campaign committees — more than twice as much as in any prior election, according to a POLITICO analysis of Federal Election Commission filings.
Yet her firm’s work for Trump’s presidential campaign and a supportive super PAC that had previously backed Ted Cruz’s rival campaign for the GOP nomination has raised eyebrows among Republicans who have worked with the veteran pollster.
They suggest that her firm’s lucrative 2016 portfolio undermines Trump’s anti-big-money messaging, while raising questions about the depth of Conway’s loyalty to Trump, not to mention his campaign’s efforts to adhere to complicated election rules prohibiting coordination between super PACs and campaigns.
She did, however, serve as president of the PAC under its previous incarnation as a pro-Cruz vehicle called Keep the Promise I during the Texas senator’s bitter primary battle against Trump, but she said she "resigned in writing from KTPI [the pro-Cruz super PAC] in June, having previously expressed my intention to not manage the newly forming PAC."
While Conway, 49, has been a well-regarded player in GOP politics since the late 1980s, her work for Trump over the last few months has catapulted her into the national spotlight in a way experienced by only a tiny fraction of career political consultants.
Her journey to Trump’s inner circle was circuitous, but profitable.
It traced to some extent the path taken by the family of hedge fund tycoon Bob Mercer, a longtime Conway ally who has emerged as among the leading financiers of the anti-establishment right.
The Polling Company in early 2015 was paid $65,000 by a super PAC that laid the groundwork for Ben Carson’s bid for the GOP presidential nomination, and the retired neurosurgeon's campaign would go on to pay $438,000 to a data firm owned by the Mercers.
After Conway’s firm stopped working for the Carson super PAC, The Polling Company began working for a trio of PACs supporting Cruz, one of which was funded by $13.5 million donated by Bob Mercer, according to FEC records.
Less than two months after Cruz dropped out of the race, essentially ceding the nomination to Trump, the Mercers and Conway switched their allegiances to the presumptive nominee.
In late June, the super PAC changed its name to Make America Number 1 and converted itself into a pro-Trump vehicle, installing veteran GOP operative David Bossie to run it. A few days later, on July 1, Conway joined Trump’s campaign as an adviser.
"There was no overlap for me, even though that would have been legally permitted," Conway said of her work for the PAC and the campaign.
But the PAC kept paying The Polling Company, listing payments of $81,000 on June 24 for political strategy consulting and $247,000 on August 23 for survey research, according to FEC filings. The filings do not make clear when the work was performed or for which iteration of the PAC.
In all, the PAC, during its pro-Cruz and pro-Trump incarnations, paid $952,000 to Conway’s firm. The firm also reaped another $198,000 from the two other pro-Cruz PACs, as well as $41,000 from a PAC affiliated with Citizens United, a group run by Bossie with financial support from the Mercers.
While Conway has known Trump for about a decade — they met when she lived in one of his buildings in Manhattan — multiple sources said she was elevated to become campaign manager in August at the encouragement of Bob Mercer’s daughter Bekah Mercer.
Early last month the Trump campaign also hired Bossie as a deputy campaign manager to work under Conway, and Bekah Mercer took the reins of Make America Number 1.
The Trump campaign, meanwhile, in late August made its first payment to The Polling Firm — $128,500 for polling — according to the latest FEC filings, which cover through the end of August. The campaign figures to continue paying for Conway’s services through Election Day.
Neither Conway, the Trump campaign, nor Make America Number 1 would answer questions about which of the firm’s staff worked for the super PAC versus the campaign. A spokesman for the Mercers declined to comment.
But Republicans with knowledge of the firm question whether it had enough seasoned pollsters or strategists to handle two major presidential race accounts without overlap. The firm’s website lists only five staffers in addition to Conway.
One of Conway’s top lieutenants at the firm, who is identified on the website as director of political services, spends considerable time at the Trump campaign’s headquarters in Manhattan’s Trump Tower, according to an operative who works with the campaign.
The GOP strategist who is familiar with Conway’s relationship with the Mercers said her firm’s work for the super PAC is a liability for Trump, even if it’s done in a way that adheres to the coordination ban. “The optics on that are terrible, when Trump says he hates super PACs and his campaign manager’s firm is getting paid by one,” said the strategist.
To be sure, even before Conway’s turn in the 2016 spotlight, her firm had done a healthy, if unspectacular, business with anti-establishment and socially conservative Republicans and tea party groups. FEC records show that her clients included Reps. Steve King (R-Iowa) and Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.). Huelskamp recently lost his primary, while another former Conway client — the conservative firebrand Michele Bachmann — retired from Congress in 2015.
Conway has also worked with the tea party group FreedomWorks, Newt Gingrich’s ill-fated 2012 presidential campaign and Trump’s running mate Mike Pence, while her firm’s website indicates that Conway has done corporate work for American Express, the Game Show Network, Ladies’ Home Journal, Lifetime Television, Major League Baseball, Martha Stewart and others.

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This is my own version of a recipe from Cooking Light. My Tex-Mex/Southwest (whatever you want to call this Americanized cuisine) kick continues with another healthy option. We've already discussed how black beans are high in fiber and protein, so here's another recipe showcasing them in two ways: in the quesadillas and as a topping on the salad. As it is, this recipe is vegetarian, but a protein such as chicken or shrimp could easily top off this salad or go inside the quesadilla. Making your own dressing may seem a little intimidating when it doesn't call for a four seasons italian packet, but I promise this recipe is very easy with the use of a mini food processor. Serves about 4 hungry friends or family.
Like the turkey tacos, I really enjoyed Dry Riesling with this meal, such as Pacific Rim. However, if you're in the mood for red, I would elect for Merlot or Pinot Noir.
Now, are you ready? The three recipe breakdown is coming!
I recommend starting with your dressing so that the flavors have time to meld as you prepare the rest of your food.
1. Add lime juice, garlic, onion, jalapeno & juice from jar, and cilantro to food processor. Pulse until finely diced.
2. Add vinegar, olive oil, cilantro, oregano, and pepper to food processor and pulse until minced and well combined.
3. Store in tight container.
1. Heat 1-2 tablespoons oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
3. Place another tortilla on top. Allow to cook on one side for about 4 minutes or until golden brown and crispy, then carefully flip over and cook for additional 4 minutes.
4. Remove from skillet and allow to cool for at least 5 minutes before slicing into 8 wedges.
5. Repeat steps to make one additional quesadilla, which also gets sliced into 8 wedges for a total of 16 quesadilla wedges.
3. Serve each salad with 4 quesadilla wedges.
Wow! Nice recipes here...Here in Brazil we use much black beans. We have a dish called "Feijoada", a tradicional dish wich all like so much. Congratulations for your blog. I'm his new followwer.
Please, come on to visit my blog too and enjoy it. Kisses.


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novocontact bits are designed to create a unique oval shape which widens the contact surface on the tongue while the rider keeps a steady contact. As the rider gives a rein aid the mouthpiece turns forward and the contact surface gets narrower, ensuring more precise and effective communication.
novocontact bits improve the interaction between horse and rider for a better contact and acceptance of the bit.
Single jointed novocontact bits are highly recommended for horses with a sensitive mouth that do not take the contact confidently.


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Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5005) to establish the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.
8:17 PM EDT Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
8:17 PM EDT The previous question was ordered without objection.
7:05 PM EDT DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H. Res. 502.
7:04 PM EDT The Chair put the question on the motion to consider the resolution and by voice vote, announced that two-thirds of those present and voting had voted in the affirmative and the resolution was considered.
6:59 PM EDT It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Select Committee on Homeland Security now printed in the bill.
6:59 PM EDT The House Committee on Rules reported an original measure, H. Rept. 107-615 , by Ms. Pryce (OH).
July 25, 2002 Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 204.
July 25, 2002 The House Committee on Rules reported an original measure, H. Rept. 107-615, by Ms. Pryce (OH).


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If you have a patterned knit (not printed, but patterned by the design of the yarns used), you have a jacquard knit. Think 1970s and 80s rainbow heart sweaters...among many other items from the 1960s, 70s and 80s. A jacquard knit may also be a patterned hand knit.
Either a single or double knit made with a pattern on its face, achieved with jacquard controls on a knitting machine. Any yarn may be used.
The single knit jacquard will have floats across its back, while the back of a double knit jacquard will have a birdseye pattern.


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Markus Esser continues his storytelling theme of our love affair with American cars and how they affect our daily lifestyle. In his latest automotive story, Markus turns up the heat with a red Chevrolet Camaro SS convertible as it explores the California desert with a lively all-girl cast.
No one looks forward to air travel for business these days. It’s frustrating and tense and certainly doesn’t calm the nerves when meetings with important clients are on the other end. We need something to make flying for business a little easier and less stressful. Well, director and photographer Markus Esser now proves luxurious comfort does exist on the ground and in the air with the new Quest Air Services.
The Dodge RAM 1500 is one of the most loyal and popular American half-ton pickup trucks on the road today. Recently, our intrepid director/photographer Markus Esser has been directing and presenting automotive stories with a blue-collar theme.
Chevy is known as America’s car for every purse and purpose. It is a brand that speaks to generations with fine industrial design and dependability. In our digital-frenzied world where everything is a push of a button, it is reassuring to find people and the products they create that last the test of time.
As Renault is shaking up the car market, Markus Esser is shaking up the photo industry with maverick branding for automotive storytelling. Markus knows cars and how they relate to our daily needs. His automotive stories present a unique branding style and image language unlike that of any other automotive lifestyle photographer working today.


text: Mr. Blake was extremely helpful while dealing with finalizing my Aunt’s estate. The compassion, professionalism, and personal attention we received during this difficult time made the process so much easier. I would highly recommend Mr. Blake for any of your legal needs.

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On Monday afternoon, Vice President Mike Pence will formally swear in James Bridenstine as NASA’s thirteenth administrator at the agency’s headquarters in Washington. The two will likely make some remarks, and will also talk with astronauts Scott Tingle, Drew Feustel, and Ricky Arnold, currently on the International Space Station.
“There is no way NASA can go two years and X number of months without a permanent administrator,” Rubio said of his decision to finally back Bridenstine.
The event is a long time coming, and for many in the space community, it seemed like it might never come. The White House formally nominated Bridenstine in early September (it reissued the nomination in early January to comply with Senate rules about nominations not being held over from one session to the next.) The Senate Commerce Committee favorably reported the nomination, on a strict party-line vote, in November and again in January (see “A contentious confirmation”, The Space Review, November 6, 2017).
The nomination, though, languished in the full Senate. Bridenstine lacked support from the Democratic minority, who criticized his lack of experience and his views on climate change and social issues, which were thrashed out during his extended confirmation hearing. He also faced skepticism from Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), who said he was worried about the politicization of NASA. “NASA is at a critical juncture in history, and it is important that its mission remain free of politics and partisanship,” he said in a statement shortly after the White House nominated Bridenstine.
With Republicans holding a narrow 51–49 majority in the Senate, Rubio’s skepticism and the absence of Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)—himself not necessarily a fan of Bridenstine—for cancer treatment, Bridenstine’s nomination could not go forward. Some supporters of Bridenstine sought to convince Rubio to change his month, while others instead tried to flip the Senate’s newest Democrat, Doug Jones of Alabama, to back Bridenstine.
What finally precipitated the vote was the announcement in mid-March by Robert Lightfoot, the agency’s acting administrator since January 2017, that he would retire from the agency at the end of April. The prospect of having a second acting administrator, as well as a long wait for the administration to give up on Bridenstine and nominate an alternative, convinced Rubio.
Even with Rubio’s change of heart, though, getting Bridenstine confirmed as NASA administrator wasn’t easy. On April 16, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell formally filed for cloture on the nomination, setting up a vote two days later that would set limits on debate about the nomination before that final vote.
Most expected that cloture vote would fall on party lines. However, Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) initially voted against cloture, creating a 49–49 tie. (Besides McCain, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, a Democrat from Illinois, was absent, having given birth earlier in the month.) Pence, who could have cast a tiebreaking vote, was out of town, so the vote was left open for about an hour before Flake, having apparently extracted concessions from Senate leaders on unrelated issues, switched his vote to yes.
“His knowledge and passion for space, science and technology will serve him well in the position of administrator,” said CSF’s Stallmer.
The final vote on the nomination the next day again fell on straight party lines: all 50 Republicans present voted for Bridenstine, while all the Democrats—including Duckworth, who made history by being the first senator to bring a baby onto the Senate floor, thanks to a rule change approved a day earlier—voted against him. That included Jones, apparently unswayed by efforts to get him to back Bridenstine. The final tally was 50–49.
The space industry, which had largely aligned itself behind Bridenstine, sighed with relief that the seven-and-a-half-month confirmation process had come to a successful conclusion. “The Senate vote today marks the beginning of Jim’s tenure at our nation’s space agency as America prepares to return to the Moon and push further into deep space,” said Mary Lynne Dittmar, president and CEO of the Coalition of Deep Space Exploration, in a statement issued immediately after the Senate vote.
Critics, though, are no less concerned about his ability to run the agency, as well as what he might do there now that he is in charge. Many pointed out his views on climate change, bringing up comments he made early in his tenure as a congressman where he claimed there was no evidence of warming global temperatures.
That criticism was a common theme, although at his confirmation hearing Bridenstine offered a somewhat different opinion. Asked by Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) if he agreed with the statement, “Climate warming trends over the past century are extremely likely due to human activity,” Bridenstine said yes. He also said, “Human activity absolutely is a contributor to the climate change that we are currently seeing,” but wouldn’t go so far as to say that human activity is the primary contributor.
Schatz and others made their case in the final Senate debate on the nomination that Bridenstine was unqualified. Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) said that Bridenstine’s nomination was part of a trend of not nominating qualified people to run science-related agencies, when the administration nominated anyone at all.
“If Congressman Bridenstine is, in fact, confirmed, I will work with him for the good of our nation’s space program,” said Nelson.
Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL), who was the biggest critic of Bridenstine’s nomination, made his closing argument against the nomination on the Senate floor April 18. He again argued that the head of NASA should be a “consummate space professional” and not a politician in order to make the tough decisions on launching missions that put lives at risk.
With today’s swearing-in ceremony, the Bridenstine era at NASA begins—for better or for worse, depending on your point of view. He will, though, arrive at an agency where many of the decisions about the agency’s future, at least for this administration, have already been made.
A lot has changed since Bridenstine was nominated last September. A new space policy directive has directed NASA to return humans to the Moon, and the agency has already crafted a high-level approach to doing so through the “Exploration Campaign” concept included in its fiscal year 2019 budget proposal.
Bridenstine has, formally at least, been on the sidelines while all that was developed. (At last week’s Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, some privately quipped that NASA’s real administrator during this time was Scott Pace, executive secretary of the National Space Council.) But, after all, an administrator is supposed to do just that: administer an organization whose strategic direction has been set by the White House and Congress. That will be a big shift for someone who previously had been working to help shape that strategic direction, for NASA and other government space efforts, in Congress.
Bridenstine will have some help, including from Lightfoot. On April 11, the Space Transportation Association held an event on Capitol Hill to honor Lightfoot for his interim leadership of NASA and for his three-decade career at the space agency. Among those speaking at the event was Bridenstine, who thanked Lightfoot for helping him prepare for becoming administrator.
In a job as complex as running NASA, it helps to have a lifeline to call.

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Although the PC market might be shrinking (down 10% on 2015,) HP is expected tomorrow to unveil what might become the world’s thinnest laptop on the market. The new HP Spectre device is expected to sport a 13.3-inch screen, 11 mm thickness. Apple already set similar standards for such a device high back in 2008 with the MacBookAir, and HP is well aware of the issue.
The expected announcement, nonetheless, should not come as a surprise. HP has already shown off some very impressive technology, including a Surface Phone like HP Elite X3. The company has even displayed another impressive 12.5 mm thick EliteBook Folio notebook back in January.
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Great, i will be getting 2 pieces tomorrow. How power hungry it is while mining those 90?
Out of the box settings, so a lot (Radeon VII can be quite power hungry), but you should be able to lower the power consumption for non-GPU intensive use cases like Ethereum mining.
It has similar characteristics to older Vega’s so that means AMD was overly generous on power. So.. undervolt accordingly. That’s also a stock run, yeah? Imagine once you bump the mem to 1200.. which some have said it easily hits..
As a side note.. it uses slightly less power and runs slightly cooler than the 64.. so in theory you should be able to get it down power wise to just below what your running 56s/64s at.
For CryptoNight V8 the hashrate is about 2700-2800 H/s at the moment at stock settings, though it could probably get better with further optimizations.
Its capable of 125 Mh/s theoretical and can easily hit 112.5 Mh/s (90%) with software optimizations, even more if you’re good.


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If machines ever replace men in combat...it's going to be a really bad situation for mankind.
Imagine protesting in the streets and being met by androids devoid of emotion with the right to shoot to kill?
Lol. Won't that be an interesting situation?
Well, I don't ever see robots replacing people in combat but I do see many trying to push that envelope as far as possible.
Getting waxed by a droid on the battlefield just doesn't seem fair. Like rise of the machines or something?
I don't like the concept...even if they are on my side. Seems immoral.
What we're currently seeing is that these androids AKA UAV's that already exist are operated and given the go by humans miles and miles away. Perhaps the concept won't evolve to be completely humanless? Hopefully there will always be humans pressing the buttons and giving the go. Will man ever be obsolete in combat situations though ? Sad thoughts.
We're going to see a lot of changes in the way people do combat... even within my career probably. That said, the human brain will always be the most deadly weapon.
To quote the governator, "I... am.... a machine!"

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I’ve spent my last few flights reading The Limits of Institutional Reform in Development, by Matt Andrews. It makes a significant contribution to our understanding of why so many institutional reform efforts fail to accomplish much, and how those that succeed are different.
The book is distinguished by the depth of its analytical backing and the thoroughness of its framework. Andrews marshals a broad body of research to carefully build the case for an emerging approach to institutional reforms. If that sounds intriguing – congratulations, you’re a development nerd! For everyone else, proceed with caution: this book is not for the lay reader with a casual interest in government effectiveness. Andrews is an expert on this topic and he’s writing for those who do this work for a living. The result is not light beach reading.
Andrews documents the struggles of donor-supported institutional reforms in developing countries. Such reforms seek to improve governance across a variety of sectors: security, public finances, health, education, etc. However, they rarely have the intended effect of strengthening the target institutions. Instead, the efforts incentivize mimicry of international “best practices” but fail to account for context. In short: the institutions look better without actually being better.
Dissecting the many failures and inferring lessons from a few successes, Andrews outlines a better approach to institutional reform.
PDIA stands for “problem-driven iterative adaptation” – though I prefer Andrews’ alternate formulation of “purposive muddling” for its simplicity. Still, it’s worth breaking down his acronym.
The idea of being problem-driven means that, rather than focusing on the solution being implemented, reformers should focus on the problem being addressed and then seek small incremental steps that move in the right direction. It’s worth highlighting one critical question that some other reviews of this book have glossed over: whose problems do the driving? The book brings some nuance to the development shibboleth of “ownership” with the concept of multi-agent leadership. Clearly, reforms will struggle if they target problems that are only seen as such by outside actors; yet having an internal champion may also be insufficient. Andrews makes the case (in the book and elsewhere) that a range of lower-profile actors throughout the reforming institution must be involved in the problem definition and search for solutions.
The iterative nature of PDIA emphasizes the need to tinker, try new things, and see how they work. Those who think in terms of design research principles should find this intuitive: good design isn’t about a perfect definition of the solution in advance, but rather about a process of iterating toward the optimal outcome. We humbly acknowledge that we’ll fail along the way.
The importance of context is a common observation in development. It’s almost become a cliché – which is a good sign, if you ask me, because it means that we’re ready to go a level deeper. After all: if context matters, how do we actually take appropriate account of it?
Andrews underlines the importance of context in explaining past reform failures. Then he takes us to that deeper level by teasing out how successful consideration of context differs from failures. Prior analytical work (needs assessment, political economy analysis, and so on) doesn’t always improve contextual understanding, as it often proves (in retrospect only) to be the wrong kind of analytical work. Some projects even succeed without much in the way of prior research.
The key lies in flexibility. Projects that successfully account for context do so throughout the course of the project, rather than just in advance. These projects are driven by the problems being addressed, which remain rigid even as milestones, goals, and technical content are adjusted. This allows reformers to reveal and muddle through significant elements of context as they proceed.
Even more importantly, context is not simply a constraint on change. It’s also a target of change. Politics, institutional norms, and other elements of context are precisely what reforms aim to change. A problem-driven learning approach will lead reformers to address these elements as their role in obstructing reforms becomes apparent.
Reforms should focus on the disruptive problems that emerge in particular countries, and designs should allow contextual complexities to reveal themselves while addressing these problems. This requires an approach to institutional reform that acknowledges its endogenous nature and seeks to develop and implement designs actively through a problem-driven incremental process in the context, with local agents occupying the driving seat. This is proposed as the only way in which contextual factors can be effectively accounted for in institutional reforms.
The final chapter turns PDIA on the development sector itself. After all, bilateral and multilateral donors provide significant inputs to both successful and failed reform efforts. These outside actors structure many of the incentives that encourage poor practice: the “projectization” of aid, the international acclaim that encourages isomorphic mimicry, etc.
Andrews sounds a hopeful note that a 2008 report from the World Bank Independent Evaluation Group could serve to disrupt the development sector’s approach to institutional reform. He’s also cautious given the strength of the dominant logic. More work is needed to force reflection on the current approach. This book contributes to that. The entrance of new players (an anthropologist running the World Bank?) could also shake things up.
Throughout the book, I noticed a conspicuous absence of characters – that is, descriptions of the individual people involved in the reform processes studied. The absence has both stylistic and methodological ramifications, but that’s more than I’ll get into here. Head over to Reboot’s blog for the full story on that.
PDIA isn’t an entirely new approach. Andrews admits as much. Elements of it exist throughout current thinking and practice in the development sector. You also see overlapping principles in other fields: designers value iteration, as mentioned; community organizers know problems must be locally defined; and corporate managers know that any change process requires buy-in throughout the organization.
Where this book succeeds is in pulling the pieces together into an analytical framework, and supporting it with an evidence base strong enough to ensure that its implications for development practice are taken seriously. It represents a big step toward better practice.
Full disclaimer: Many thanks to Matt Andrews for graciously providing me a review copy of the book, and apologies to him for the six months it took me to post this review! I ended up buying a Kindle version so I could read while traveling. I’m sure my views would not have been tainted in any case!


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