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via Silas Nacita’s twitter page (@Salsa_Nacho).
Once upon a time there was a formerly homeless walk-on running-back at Baylor named Silas Nacita. Nacita was one of the feel-good stories of last year as he scored three touchdowns for Baylor and made Academic All-Big 12 by reportedly studying cell phone pictures of his class readings because he did not have the money to purchase textbooks, much less a place to live.
The NCAA, naturally, took a giant dump all over this great story and declared him ineligible for receiving impermissible benefits.
Allegedly, those benefits were from a family friend who, according to Nacita’s tweet earlier this morning, “didn’t want me sleeping on floors and wondering how I was going to eat my next meal.” In other words, someone (perhaps this family friend was also a Baylor booster?) paid for Nacita to have food and shelter, but (allegedly) nothing more.
Nacita, as of this morning, is no longer on Baylor’s football roster.
In other breaking news the NCAA and its administrators look like heartless, soulless asshats (again).
Surely, we will see a correction to this ruling by the end of the day. Still, don’t hold your breath. The NCAA has had problems with homeless players before….
More on this as it deteriorates develops.
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Is aid valid for Scrabble? Words With Friends? Other games?
The act or result of helping; assistance.
An assistant or a helper.
A device that assists: visual aids such as slides.
An aide or an aide-de-camp.
A monetary payment to a feudal lord by a vassal in medieval England.
To search all scrabble anagrams of AID, to go: AID?
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This simple sweatshirt uses 10 fingers to symbolize Ossendrijver’s ten years at Lanvin. The design is pretty simple and we like that it conveys the point of the collection without any obvious logo mania.
With plenty of space to carry your essentials as well as a quirky design, this bag is form and function all rolled into one. If print is not usually your thing, integrate it into your wardrobe subtly with this backpack.
These “10” printed slip on sneakers will go great with casual outfits but the black and white colors give them a classic quality which will make them a wardrobe staple pretty quick. For a trendy look pair them with formal shorts and a smart shirt.
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At the start of implementation, the SC2 team in Memphis consisted of two full-time members (including the SC2 team lead) who relocated to Memphis for the initiative, three part-time members already located in Memphis, seven part-time members located in Washington, DC, and elsewhere, and seven advisory members, also located in Washington, DC, and elsewhere. Thus, the on-the-ground SC2 team presence at the start of implementation consisted of five individuals, representing three federal agencies: the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and the Small Business Administration (SBA). The seven remote team members at the start of the initiative were from the Departments of Justice (DOJ), Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor (DOL), and Treasury; the General Services Administration (GSA); and HUD.
Over time, the SC2 team membership changed substantially. As of July 2012, about 10 months into the initiative, four of the original members, including the SC2 team lead, had transitioned off the team, and another six members had joined—one full-time and five part-time. By January 2013, the team consisted of 2 full-time members, 12 part-time members, and 4 advisory members. The second full-time SC2 team lead joined the team in January 2013.
Exhibit A5.1 summarizes the federal agencies represented in the SC2 team over the first 18 months of the initiative.

industry_corpus2: Politics & Administration


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You are considered overweight. You should finds ways to lower your weight, through diet and exercise. You are at increased risk for a variety of illnesses at your present weight. You should lose weight by changing your diet and exercising more.
With a BMI of 27.7, you are overweight.
Being overweight isn't a cosmetic problem. This condition greatly raises your risk for other health problems.
The usual treatments for overweight individuals are diet and physical exercise.
If you are considered to be overweight, losing as little as 10 percent of your body weight may lower your risk for several diseases, including heart disease and type 2 diabetes.
The key to success is to achieve an energy balance between calories consumed on one hand, and calories used on the other hand.
It's natural for anyone trying to lose weight to want to lose it very quickly. But evidence shows that people who lose weight gradually and steadily are more successful at keeping weight off.
Healthy weight loss isn't just about a "diet" or "program". It's about an ongoing lifestyle that includes long-term changes in daily eating and exercise habits.
And to increase calories used, people can boost their levels of physical activity - to at least 30 minutes of regular, moderate-intensity activity on most days.
Federal guidelines on physical activity recommend that you get at least 150 minutes a week of moderate aerobic activity (like biking or brisk walking).
To lose weight, or to maintain weight loss, you may need to be active for up to 300 minutes per week.
You also need to do activities to strengthen muscles (like push-ups or sit-ups) at least twice a week.

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Paul Haahr, a lead search ranking engineer at Google, said on Twitter that there haven't been many changes to Google's algorithms around duplicate detection and clustering in the search results. He said "we make improvements to our code over time, including duplicate detection." "But that's been mostly stable for years," he added.
We've covered many of the unconfirmed changes around clustering and duplicate detection within the Google search results since before 2007 and some confirmed ones including in 2012 and maybe in 2014.
I have not seen people talk much about how Google filters and clusters those results in a while. Which makes sense since Paul from Google said they really haven't changed much there in "years."
Previous story: Google Search Snippets Showing "Tags"

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text: Wai Lan Tsang received her MPhil and PhD from the University of Cambridge, specialising in Chinese syntax and L2 acquisition of English. Prior to joining HKU as Assistant Professor, she worked at a number of local universities, where she developed and taught a wide range of linguistics and English and Cantonese enhancement courses. Her research focuses on both linguistics and applied linguistics. In linguistics, her interests include syntax and morphology as well as contrastive analysis of Chinese and English. In applied linguistics, her principal interest is in second and third language acquisition. Her recent publications focus on the influence of a third language on a second language and the acquisition of Mandarin as a foreign language. Currently she is the principal investigator on a project on the possible influence of a third language or a previously learnt second language, and a co-investigator of a project on learning Chinese and Japanese null arguments as a third language. She is also Editor of the Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics and a member of the Editorial Board ofLanguage in Contrast (John Benjamins).

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We are a company that specialists in photo booth services. We want all of our customers to be happy with their purchase. We will rent to all types of events, including movies, personal events, church events and almost any other events. Contact info below.
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When you host a school event, the parents come with their children. An activity for the children is to get a photo booth. Also, parents can keep the photos and remember that school and their children. This also is good for the last day of school, so the kids can remember their friends and classmates.
Your company will enjoy getting a photo booth and taking pictures is a great way to make the job feel like home and form a bond with your employees. This is great for taking a break day with your employees, which is important to hold a stable, happy, fun relationship with your employees. Most businesses will take their employees out for a fun activity occasional, so they enjoy working for the company.
So, if you want a great experience with rentals and costumer service, We're you place to go!


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Three Martini Lunch | Bikes | Icon 1000 - Go fast, look flash.
Verdoro green adorns the flanks of this priceless Hinckley beauty.
The color was stolen from the only Pontiac that ever mattered and applied to this English tart in a dank woodland garage. The rest of the fab, like all things Icon 1000, was circumscribed within our hallowed Slabtown Shop.
The build, as it were, was fueled by a precise 6:1 premix blend.
By most standards that is running incredibly rich, but our hammered livers and jittery vocals require the extra lube to keep them from seizing during heated design critiques.
When mounting KZ1000 wheels into Harley forks attached to Triumph frames, it's best to have friends in high places. The Icon Garage Team consistently turns to Nitron Suspension, EBC Brakes, and Avon Tyres to help right our wrongs.

industry_corpus2: Automobiles


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Knowing everything there is to know about an online casino puts players from the USA at a definite advantage. If a player knows all about an online casino before they sign up to play, the chances of choosing a rogue casino or something else going wrong are at a minimum.
Information often helps US casino players to make the best choice when it comes to picking an online casino, but this can often take hours of research – and very few players have that kind of time available.
Luckily, online casino reviews provide a solution. Reviews offer all the most important details on USA online casinos in one convenient place, giving a quick summary of everything that the casino in question offers. This makes it easy for players to compare online casinos and find the site that best suits their gaming needs.
Comprehensive online casino reviews can be found all over the web, and there are many review sites dedicated to comparing online casinos for players from the USA. There are a few main details that almost all of these reviews will contain, allowing players to know exactly what to expect from the casino at a glance.
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A casino review will tell players which developers have provided these games, and whether or not they can be played for real money. Reviews also offer details on online casinos’ mobile gaming options, along with no-download software for Mac and Linux users.
Many USA casino players may also be looking for real money casino gaming opportunities. By using online casino reviews, these players can find out if a certain casino accepts players from the US, and whether or not they accept payments made in USD or other world currencies.
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Players can get an idea of the size of a casino’s welcome bonus this way, and can also compare casino bonuses side to side to help them decide on the best casino for their needs. Many online casino reviews even offer details on US casino loyalty programmes and promotions to help players make an informed choice.


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You do not want to miss the hilarious antics at Jeff & Larry’s Backyard BBQ Festival, coming to the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion! With tons of laughs and plenty of special surprises, the show will feature the comedians we all know and love, Jeff Foxworthy and Larry The Cable Guy, along musical performances Eddie Money and the Marshall Tucker Band!
With over six hours of entertainment planned, Jeff & Larry’s Backyard BBQ Festival will be a full day event with fun for the whole family! The concourse will feature a full selection of local barbeque options, and you can enjoy a number of festival activities including dunk tanks, backyard games, and more. Get your tickets now and get ready for some side-splitting entertainment!

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WASHINGTON -- An ocean away, President Barack Obama just can't get away from Washington. On his trip to Poland, Belgium, and France, Obama has faced a flurry of questions on the release of U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl.
Obama announced the release to much fanfare when he appeared alongside Bergdahl's parents at the White House Rose Garden on May 31, just ahead of his European trip. But he has since found himself defending the deal cut with the Taliban to secure Bergdahl's release.
"We saw an opportunity, we seized it. And I make no apologies for it," he said in Brussels on June 5. "I'm never surprised by controversies that are whipped up in Washington."
The U.S. sergeant, who had been held since 2009 by the Taliban, was released in exchange for five Afghan Taliban members. The so-called "Taliban 5," who had been under U.S. custody at Guantanamo prison for more than a decade, were transferred to Qatar.
The ensuing controversy has inflamed hotly partisan Washington, where many lawmakers face midterm elections in November.
Criticism over the deal, most of it from Republicans, has come in several strains: Obama did not give Congress 30 days' notice as required by law to free the detainees; Obama negotiated with "terrorists"; the detainee release is a backdoor way of closing Guantanamo; Bergdahl was not worth the effort because he was a deserter; and the administration gave too much in the deal to release Bergdahl.
U.S. senators, swamped by throngs of reporters on Capitol Hill, slammed the administration on June 3 for the exchange.
"They're terrorists," said Senator John McCain (Republican-Arizona), referring to the Taliban 5. "To release them, and now we find out that in Qatar they will be free to roam the country and leave Qatar after a year, we are putting additional American lives directly at risk." McCain said that he was for a swap but that the price was "unacceptable."
"This is a bad precedent to set," Senator Lindsey Graham (Republican-South Carolina) said. "It makes it far more likely terrorists will kidnap Americans in dangerous posts throughout the world."
Obama's fellow Democrats have also voiced displeasure. Senator Dianne Feinstein of California, who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, criticized the president for not notifying Congress of the deal. "I strongly believe we should've been consulted, that the law should've been followed and I very much regret that was not the case," she said.
Senator Carl Levin (Democrat-Michigan) defended the swap. "Of course, we're all concerned," he said, referring to the possible security risk of the swap. "But the question is, you weigh that versus the release of an American soldier, where we have a sacred duty."
Questions about the circumstances of Bergdahl's capture by the Taliban in 2009, and whether he may have deserted his post, have attracted a storm of media attention in the United States.
An article in "The New York Times" on June 5 revealed that a classified military report on the investigation into Bergdahl's disappearance said he had a history of wandering off while on duty. The military report concluded that Bergdahl had walked away from his outpost in Afghanistan of his own free will.
Some fellow soldiers have characterized Bergdahl as a deserter in media interviews. CNN has reported that "at least six" troops had died looking for Bergdahl, although a report in "The New York Times" said the facts surrounding the deaths are far murkier.
To this point, Bergdahl has not been charged by the military and remains a sergeant in good standing. Army Chief of Staff General Raymond Odierno said in a June 4 statement that " at the appropriate time," the army "will conduct a thorough, transparent, and complete review of the circumstances surrounding his capture."
In the meantime, the controversy has led some members of Congress scrambling to delete tweets they initially issued in support of Bergdahl's release.
And the Obama administration has countered criticism of the deal by saying that the negotiations with the Taliban were carried out mostly by Qatar, and that Bergdahl's life would have been in danger had the impending swap been made public.
On June 4, it gave a classified briefing to senators that included a proof-of-life video from December 2013 showing Bergdahl in poor health.
A senior administration official later said on condition of anonymity that "Senators were told, separate and apart from Sergeant Bergdahl's apparent deterioration in health, that we had both specific and general indications that Sergeant Bergdahl's recovery -- and potentially his life -- could be jeopardized if the detainee-exchange proceedings were disclosed or derailed."
Senate Republicans, who have a minority in the body, have called for a hearing into the matter. House Armed Services Chairman Buck McKeon, a Republican, has called for Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to testify at a hearing on June 11 on Bergdahl.
Once the dust settles, the swap could end up being a positive for Obama, according to Lawrence Korb, a former assistant secretary of defense under President Ronald Reagan who is now a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.
"I think it will give him an opportunity to move towards a negotiated settlement with the Taliban," Korb says, noting that the war in Afghanistan is winding down. "It showed that he was willing to take a stand on an issue and say, 'Look, I'm the commander in chief, I'm doing this and I'm not apologizing.'"


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PREMIER SUITES Bristol Redcliffe are located just a short walk from Temple Meads Train Station, the financial districts of Temple Quay and Temple Back and the heart of Bristol city centre. Bristol city centre streets are lined with restaurants, clubs, bars, museums, galleries as well as the floating harbour, Georgian Queen's Square which are all within a10 minute walk of the apartments.
Bristol is only 1.5 hours on the train from London Paddington. Intercity trains arrive into Temple Meads Railway Station, just a 5 minute walk from our front door.
Exit Temple Meads Station towards the main road at the end of the walkway.
Turn right, walk past the bus stops and up to the crossing.
Cross the road and walk past the round building on the left hand side to the next crossing.
Cross the road and continue to the right hand side down Victoria Street, until you reach the ‘Core Unite’ building.
Turn left down Mitchell Lane, past the Travelodge, to the end of the road.
Turn left and you will see a white and red brick building with green and blue balconies on the right hand side. There is a driveway underneath the building, on the left hand side there is a key pad - please press 10 then the bell symbol to call to reception.
A taxi from the train or bus station costs approx. £6.
Bristol International Airport is 8 miles away. The Airport Flyer Bus stops at Temple Meads Train Station.
A taxi from Bristol Airport typically costs £25.00.
If you are driving to Bristol we have a limited parking available, charged at £18.00 per night. Please contact us prior to arrival to reserve your space.
Bristol is the perfect location for visiting Cardiff, Bath, Cheltenham, the beaches of Weston-Super-Mare… all are easily reached using local bus or rail services.
Getting around Bristol by bus is really easy with lots of fast, convenient services. Bristol Central Bus Station is a 10 minute walk and bus stops for the majority of local bus services are located in Temple Meads Train Station.

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Roll Top Bath With Shower – Some of us have a bath tub shower combination. That’s, you stand in the tub and use the bathtub or you sit down in the tub and have a bathroom. Others have a stand alone shower where you do not even desire a bath tub in the same room and still others have a hand held connection that they use where they can. Showers are everywhere and for everyone, so it’s unsurprising that there are many different varieties of shower minds available to take your blah bathroom to a spa level bathroom with hardly any effort.
If you want getting caught in the rain or would rather have a rainfall like shower than the one that sprays water willy nilly then your rain head shower is for you. They come in various sizes and are usually square. The bigger they will be the similar to a rainstorm your bathtub will be. They enable you to stand there and pretend that you are outside in the torrential rain, without the worry that your clothes and cellphone are getting drenched. Some models even have an air impact built in that mimics a rain storm.
Who ever said a shower should just have one blast of water? Now you can have multiple channels of normal water angled at you however you wish with a body shower. Not just coming down from above, these jets can learn on your lower back, your shoulder blades or somewhere else you’d like and give you a hydrotherapy wish, right in your own bathroom. Discuss relaxing.
A waterfall bathtub may look somewhat weird initially, but the 100 % pure leisure it brings will get you over the look pretty quickly. We are used to seeing spherical nozzled shower minds and for some even the rain heads with the large square form look ‘different’ so there is no wonder that a rectangular thing on your shower wall structure would look funny. But when you transform it on and the water really commences to show up you’ll feel just like you’re in the tropics, even if it’s winter beyond your window. The heavy dash of water that isn’t pokey, misty or approaching at you in a aircraft instantly relieves stress and the constant flow makes it that you’ll never want to get out.
So for leisure, massage, a spa like atmosphere and oh yes, the reason you’re in the shower in the first place, to get clean–check out these interesting shower heads today!
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Yup, took out all the mechanical HDs and running all SSDs now! It's sweet.
Yeah I know, I have been trying to play with CAM to get the desired purple effect.
Not yet, It's taken me a while to get Windows working and I haven't had much time to play games on it since I got it built. I will post some as soon as I get a chance though.
You should change the lighting to all blue and call it "Crystal Blue Persuasion". Say my name!
Yeah I realized that when I got Windows running is that it didn't recognize my BD-R burner so I had to move it to another SATA port. But everything works fine right now.
I brought the cooler over from a previous build. I got the AM4 bracket for it. Definitely $60 well spent there!
Is that M2 drive on a riser card or is that part of the case?
PCPartPicker Blog Post "Corsair Crystal 570X w/ H150i PRO RGB Build"
Where did you get the custom cables at? I am looking at getting some for my rig update that I am planning.
How did you get that monitor inside the case? That's awesome.
I didn't realize how gigantic that Threadripper box is! That build is pretty sweet though!
Is there a PC there? I was too busy being distracted by the models.
Love the paint job! Oh and Lego Batman FTW!
I have to say I really like the use of RGB in this build - it fits. How big is this case compared to the Evolv? Is it that much more noticeable? Is it worth the extra $150?
Yeah it does on my Intel build. I haven't had much chance to play with overclocking on my Ryzen rig yet.
I haven't had much of a chance to game on it yet but the R7 is a very nice CPU. It should be able to run just about anything.
Yeah Ryzen is great, the switch was worth it!
This is a very nice mod! How hard was it painting the case?
I want that In Win Infinity case, that thing is sweet!
LMAO at the Perv pic!
We're going to make the Pentium 4 great again, OK! Because the Pentium 4 is the best CPU, no CPU is greater than that! We're going to build a wall around people who don't use the Pentium 4 and it's going to be the best wall ever.
Oooooooh I love that In Win D Frame, but that price is a deal breaker. Lol.
That is a thing of beauty there. How does the EKWB Predator hold up? I am seriously thinking about buying one at some point.
I haven't really had a chance to play any games yet, I've been crazy busy the last couple of weeks.
I have been trying to enable XMP but it doesn't seem to be working at the moment.
Thanks! Yeah it is, handles everything I can throw at it!
That is a pretty awesome build. I wanted to do something similar to that with my White Knight rig but it didn't quite turn out that way.
sorany's Completed Build: You're My Boy Blue!
Mini ITX for the win!
Same here. I built one last year using my old 3570K and a GTX 960 and it works beautifully.
That looks amazing. This would be my "if I won the lottery" type of PC.
Very, very nice. Why can't I get mine to look like that? Lol.
Really! How come I can't get mine to look like that beauty? Lol.
I love that In Win case.
Yeah they had them in stock at the NZXT Armory and I grabbed one as soon as I could. I'll be getting my fan controller this week I think.
I am a supporter of Cryorig for sure!
Yeah I was looking at that one. I was also considering their new Grid V2 to go with my Hue+. I don't think I'll be putting duct tape on my case any time soon though.
Thanks, I totally want to get a Hue controller to go with my Corsair K70 / M65 RGB setup. After seeing video of one in action yesterday, I do definitely want one.
I've done a lot of builds in the last six years and this might be the best one I've ever done.
My next full build I plan on using that case. mini ITX is the wave of the future!
Probably reserved for a future upgrade to an unlocked CPU would be my guess, but the build looks good! I like the black and blue color scheme.
Yeah I'm debating between getting that card or getting a 4K monitor. I'm leaning toward the 4K monitor at first. Then the card later.
Oh man do I want an MSI Lightning! I'd go for the Kingpin but it's a bit too rich for my blood. How is it in gaming?
I like this case, never seen it lit up before. But yeah post some interior pics!


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Pokhara, Dec 30: The first edition of Paint Tour Workshop series organized by NS Club of Hill Point with an aim to promote peace, tourism and art kicked off from Chisapani village in Rupakot – 3.
The four-day tour is being participated by 11 artists including Nagen Singh Thakuri, Sara Bajimaya, Aakash Jaiswal, Pramila Lamichane, Januka KC, Sushma Gautam and Sahabir Gurung.
Speaking on the occasion of the launch of the tour, senior artist, Baburam Kaskeli said the artists would draw the sceneries of the village in their canvasses which in turn would lend important help in the village's development.
NS Club Chair, Bijaya Gurung, said the tour which has started from Chisapani of Rupakot – 3 will be held in various parts of the country.

industry_corpus2: Travel & Geography


text: the Swiss Drum Academy - the leading drum school in Switzerland. Not only is he a great live and session drummer, he also writes books and runs workshops for drum magazines. Playing live is what he loves the most, but also in the studio sessions (also for big tv & films) he is known for his accuracy and for his professional attitude. With his rock band STONEMAN, RicoH travels the world. With over 120 shows per year, he is one of the busiest drummers in Europe. International specialist ma- gazines interview and report on him on a regular basis.

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This is a good location for RV-ing; this is a fine place for tent camping. There's such a vast number of things to do near Wenatchee - Clear Lake North, and it is a good escape from everyday life.
This campground is one of the glorious places to camp here in the Northern Cascade Range. The great selection of local attractions, and so much stuff to do will without doubt have you coming back again and again.
possible to get bored. Hey, it's been too much time since you went outside, time has come to get out, and Wenatchee - Clear Lake North in Washington is a good choice.
it's revitalizing, and you may bring your old dogs, animals are permitted.
paddling for a bit. Whitewater rapids are dangerous phenomenons, so you ought to check restrictions in advance of a trip. 2,631 feet of variation in elevation and 11 miles of backcountry backpacking is what you get at Big Peak Trail, a picturesque hiking trail around here.
Outdoors recreation in the vicinity of Yakima, Washington, the metro area neareast to Wenatchee - Clear Lake North. Find info on campgrounds, marinas, hiking trails, ski resorts, lakes, beaches, parks, whitewater, golf courses and more.


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1-Benzylpiperazine (BZP; see Molecular structure 1) is one of a small group of benzyl-substituted piperazines, but a much larger group comprises the phenylpiperazines (see Tables 1 and 2). Despite claims by some tablet and capsule suppliers that they are herbal products, piperazine and its derivatives are synthetic substances that do not occur naturally. The large-scale misuse of certain piperazine derivatives (often known as ‘party pills’) started in New Zealand several years ago, but became common in Europe only after 2004. BZP is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant with around 10 % of the potency of d-amphetamine. Neither BZP nor any other substituted piperazine is listed in the Schedules of the United Nations 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances, although several members of this family have been proposed for critical review by WHO in 2009. Following a risk assessment by Europol and the EMCDDA in 2007, a Council Decision of 2008 introduced controls on BZP in the European Union.
One of the phenylpiperazines, 1-(3-chlorophenyl)piperazine (mCPP; see Molecular structure 2), has been even more widespread than BZP. By 2006, it was estimated that almost 10 % of illicit tablets sold in the EU, as part of the illicit ecstasy market, contained mCPP. At the end of 2008 and beginning of 2009, this percentage seems to have increased up to 50% in some Member States. However, because mCPP is used as a starting material for the synthesis of several antidepressant drugs (e.g. trazodone), it could not be subjected to formal risk assessment under the terms of the Council Decision 2005/387/JHA of 2005 on the information exchange, risk assessment and control of new psychoactive substances. Apart from mCPP, the next most commonly-found substituted piperazine was 1-(3-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)piperazine (TFMPP), although it was nearly always seen in combination with BZP. Other mixtures of piperazine derivatives became common during 2008, but most consisted of variations of BZP, TFMPP, mCPP and DBZP, sometimes mixed with other substances such as amphetamine, cocaine, ketamine and MDMA.
The substituted piperazines are dibasic amines with no stereoisomers. They are synthetic substances. BZP, normally produced commercially as the dihydrochloride (CAS: 5321-63-1), phosphate or citrate salts, is closely related to the numerous diphenylmethylpiperazines, such as cyclizine (1-diphenyl-methyl-4-methylpiperazine), which have found use as antihistamine/anti-emetic drugs. Other chemical names for mCPP (CAS: free base 6640-24-0) include meta-chlorophenylpiperazine, 1-(3-chlorophenyl)piperazine, 3CPP and 3Cl-PP. These abbreviations should be treated with caution since the term ‘CPP’ is also used for the unrelated herbicide 2-(4-chlorophenoxy)propionic acid.
The piperazine derivatives are not chemically similar to any of the more common substances of misuse, but have a more distant connection with phencyclidine and with 1-phenylethylamine and its derivatives. The suggestion that BZP and other piperazine derivatives are extracted from the pepper plant may arise from confusion with the unrelated substance piperine, a constituent of black pepper (Piper nigrum).
There are two positional isomers of mCPP, namely 1-(4-chlorophenyl)piperazine (also known as pCPP, para-CPP, 4CPP and 4Cl-PP) and 1-(2-chlorophenyl piperazine, (also known as oCPP, ortho-CPP, 2CPP and 2Cl-PP). Both are commercially available. Similar positional isomers occur with the other substituted phenylpiperazines.
Piperazine derivatives are usually found in illicit dosage forms as either tablets or capsules, but loose powders also occur. The tablets often carry logos similar to those seen on ‘ecstasy’ tablets. Solutions are encountered less frequently. There are no licensed medicinal products in the EU containing BZP or any of the other substances considered here.
BZP was created by Burroughs Wellcome as a potential antidepressant drug, but was never developed commercially because it produced similar effects to d-amphetamine, although the relative potency was only 10 %. After a dose of 50–100 mg in human volunteers, BZP was found to increase pulse rate, blood pressure (systolic and diastolic) and pupillary dilation. Following a dose of 150 mg BZP, repeated at 2 hours, the mean blood concentration in human volunteers reached a peak of 600 ng/ml after 6.5 hours.
In a New Zealand Household survey, 2,010 people aged between 13 and 45 years were questioned regarding their use of BZP and related substances. Physical problems reported were (in order of frequency): poor appetite, hot/cold flushes, heavy sweating, stomach pains/nausea, headaches and tremors/shakes. Psychological problems experienced were (in order of frequency): trouble sleeping, loss of energy, strange thoughts, mood swings, confusion and irritability. In both New Zealand and Europe, case reports note an association of BZP with grand mal seizures. There have been a few instances of fatalities involving BZP, but in none was BZP the immediate cause of death, and all of these instances involved other drugs.
Animal studies have demonstrated that BZP stimulates the release and inhibits the reuptake of dopamine, serotonin and noradrenaline. BZP appears to be metabolised by cytochrome P450 (possibly involving the CYP2D6 iso-enzyme) and catechol-O-methyl-transferase (COMT). These systems are prone to genetic polymorphisms, so potential inter-individual differences may occur. In animal and human studies, the main metabolites are 4-hydroxy-BZP, 3-hydroxy-BZP, 4-hydroxy-3-methoxy-BZP, piperazine, benzylamine and N-benzylethylenediamine. The hydroxy-metabolites are also excreted as glucuronic and/or sulphuric acid conjugates in urine.
Following oral administration of mCPP to healthy human male volunteers, the elimination half-life ranges from 2.6 to 6.1 hours with a wide variation in peak blood levels and bioavailability. In rats, mCPP is extensively metabolised by hydroxlation of the aromatic ring and, to a lesser extent, by degradation of the piperazine ring to produce hydroxy-mCPP (two isomers), N-(3-chlorophenyl)ethylenediamine, 3-chloroaniline and hydroxy-3-chloroaniline (two isomers). The hydroxy metabolites are partly excreted as the corresponding glucuronides and/or sulphates, and the chloroanilines are partly excreted as the acetylated derivatives. Physiological and subjective effects reach their peak 1 to 2 hours after oral administration and can last 4 to 8 hours. The negative effects of mCPP, often typical of a serotonin syndrome, include anxiety, dizziness, confusion, shivering, sensitivity to light and noise, fear of losing control, migraine and panic attacks. No fatal poisonings from mCPP have been reported. The subjective effects of mCPP and MDMA are somewhat comparable, but unlike MDMA and BZP, mCPP has little effect on the dopaminergic system.
BZP has been available from retail chemical suppliers and there have been no reports of illicit synthesis. It can be manufactured by reacting piperazine monohydrochloride with benzyl chloride. The latter precursor is readily available, and piperazine monohydrochloride is easily produced from the commercially-available salts. It is known that 1,4-dibenzylpiperazine (DBZP) can be formed as a side-product in this reaction.
There are several routes to the synthesis of mCPP, the most common of which is the reaction of diethanolamine with m-chloroaniline. Other methods involve the reaction of m-chloroaniline with bis(2-chloroethyl)amine or the reaction of piperazine with m-dichlorobenzene. The other two isomers of CPP could be made in a similar way.It is unlikely that the mCPP found in illicit products has been synthesised in clandestine laboratories since it is available commercially as the base or as the hydrochloride salt.
Consumption of BZP and other piperazine derivatives is mainly by ingestion. On rare occasions BZP has been injected or snorted (insufflated).
Alternative chemical names for BZP include 1-benzyl-1,4-diazacyclohexane, N-benzylpiperazine and, less precisely, benzylpiperazine. Street names have included A2, Legal X and Pep X. In New Zealand, piperazine derivatives were commonly known as ‘party pills’. Like ecstasy, other names may reflect the particular logo on tablets.
Analysis of solid samples by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry (GCMS) is straightforward, and derivatisation is not required. Collections of analytical data for BZP and other piperazines have been published. The mass spectrum of BZP has peaks at (m/z) = 91 (base peak), 134, 56, 176 and 65. BZP does not give a colouration with Marquis or Scott’s field tests, but does give a positive reaction with Nitroprusside reagent. There is some cross-reactivity of BZP with commercially available urine immunoassay tests for methamphetamine. BZP reacts with the Syva ‘RapidTest d.a.u.’ for methamphetamine at a concentration of 10 μg/ml, but does not react, even at 100 μg/ml, with the Syva ‘RapidTest d.a.u.’ for amphetamine or the Acon test for methamphetamine. Methods for the identification and quantification of BZP in body fluids usually rely either on GCMS or liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry.
There are no readily-available screening tests for mCPP or the other phenylpiperazine derivatives. In the mass spectrum, the principal ions (m/z) of mCPP are 154 (base peak), 196, 156, 56 and 138. However, mass spectrometry does not distinguish mCPP from its isomers (oCPP and pCPP).
In illicit products, the typical dose of BZP ranges from 50 to 200 mg. In Europe, BZP is often found in combination with other piperazine derivatives (e.g. mCPP, TFMPP, DBZP) and less commonly mixed with other well-known substances such as MDMA, amphetamine, ketamine and caffeine. A study in Belgium conducted by the Scientific Institute of Public Health reported that the amount of mCPP in tablets in 2008 was between 90 and 110 mg for more than 40 % of cases (of 32 samples). For comparison, when used in psychiatry in challenge tests of the serotonin system, the dose of mCPP is typically 50 mg for a 70 kg person.
Neither BZP nor any other substituted piperazine is listed in the Schedules of the United Nations 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances. However, several members of this family have been proposed for critical review by the WHO in 2009. Following a risk assessment in 2007, a Council Decision of 2008 introduced controls on BZP in the European Union.
Prevalence data on BZP and other piperazines is very limited. An online survey conducted in late 2009 in collaboration with the United Kingdom’s dance music magazine Mixmag showed that amongst this particular user group of clubbers 25.8 % had ever tried BZP and 12.1 % had tried it within last year (Winstock, 2010). In 2011, the same survey showed a drop with 17.2 % having ever tried BZP and 5.0 % having tried it within the last year (Mixmag, the 2011 Drugs survey, March edition 2011).
In general, tablets containing one or more of the piperazine derivatives have a similar price to ecstasy, typically EUR 3–4 a tablet.
BZP has no current human or veterinary pharmaceutical use in any country. BZP is sometimes erroneously described as a ‘worming agent’. Although piperazine itself is used as an anthelminthic drug, neither BZP nor any other piperazine derivative is licensed for this purpose. As an agonist at the 5HT2C receptor, and an antagonist at the 5HT2B receptor, mCPP has been widely used as a probe of serotonin function in psychiatric research. An industrial use of mCPP is as an intermediate in the production of trazodone and three related substances.Trazodone is licensed in a number of Member States for the treatment of depression and other disorders. The substance 1-(3-chlorophenyl)-4-(3-chloropropyl)-piperazine (mCPCPP) is a precursor used in the manufacture of antidepressant drug nefazodone.
Aunan, J. and Ely, R. (1999), ‘The forensic examination of benzylpiperazine and phenylpiperazine homologs’, Presented at the 9th Annual Clandestine Laboratory Investigating Chemists Association (CLIC) Technical Training Seminar, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 8–11 September, 1999.
Balmelli, C., Kupferschmidt, H., Rentsch, K., Schneemann, M. (2001), ‘Fatal brain edema after ingestion of ecstasy and benzylpiperazine’, M. Dtsch Med Wochenschr. Volume 126, Nos 28–29, pp. 809–11.
Elliott, S., Smith, C. (2008), ‘Investigation of the first deaths in the United Kingdom involving the detection and quantitation of the piperazines BZP and 3-TFMPP, Journal of Analytical Toxicology, Volume 32, No 2, pp. 172–177.

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October is the month celebration for the holiday known as the National Sweetest Day and it is normally celebrated in the Midwestern US, and in some parts of the Northeastern US. It is a moment of sharing romantic expressions or deeds. This is the day for ladies to treat their guys and it is a turnaround from Valentine's Day, wherein the men dated on their partners. The Sweetest Day was also referred as a concocted endorsement made exclusively by the candy industry to increase their sales of sweets.
National Sweetest Day is now observed every third Saturday in the month of October by individuals of all ages. It is now in time to encourage everybody to be given in the littlest ways. From the start as the Candy Day in the year 1916, this day will remind us that smaller tokens will improve the lives of many people around us. While the day will start with sweets and encouraging us to bring home some sweets and candies for our dear ones and friends, but this day is filled with lessons of resilience, persistence, and making small things to be great.
The original Sweetest Day was celebrated on the 10th of October, 1921 in Cleveland. In the Cleveland Plain Dealer's edition, it was on October 8, 1922, where it chronicles the first ever Sweetest Day at Cleveland. It was recorded that the first ever Sweetest Day was designed by the committee of twelve confectioners whom was chaired by the candy maker C. C. Hartzell. The Committee of the Sweetest Day distributed about 20,000 boxes of sweets to the "newsboys, old folks, the poor and orphans," in Cleveland, Ohio. The Year Committee Sweetest Day distribution of candies was supported by some of the largest names in the movie industry with Ann Pennington and Theda Bara.
There were several trials in New York City for the beginning of the "Sweetest Day", including the declaration of the Candy Day all over the United States by the sweet manufacturers in 1922 of October 8. The New York Times stated that the influenced that will conclude the classifications of the weeks in October announcing that the week starting on 1927 of October 10, should be identified as the Sweetest Week.
Just like the Valentine's Day Celebration, the Sweetest Day is also associated with the heart-shaped boxes, and that about 80% of the Hallmark greeting cards were designed for the Sweetest Day are really romantic and exciting.
On the National Sweetest Day, pay attention to those who needs care. Those that are given great care, when handed out with the smallest token may feel the effect instantly. A card, a little treat, a gesture that shows your support during the time of need can be the sweetest present of the day. Hand-out a gift to somebody who needs the reminder about the sweetness of the world and about the celebration of the Sweetest Day.
The Retail Confectioners International described this month as more important for the candy makers in most regions than in some other areas, where in Cleveland and Detroit was considered as the largest Sweetest Day cities. The fame in Detroit was hugely perpetuated by Sanders Candy Company owned by Frederick Sanders. In year 2006, the Hallmark marketed about 151 greeting cards styled exclusively for the Sweetest Day, while the American Greetings marketed about 178.


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Book Club Readers: I would like to know if you have done any of the devotions in Songs in the Key of Solomon and how it went. You can let me know anonymously by clicking here. Thanks!
In 1985 I should have been the happiest woman on the planet. I had a sweet, funny, romantic husband who had just bought me a brand new house in a great neighborhood. I worked for a great Christian woman and did interesting work. I attended one of those “mega-churches” filled with lots of opportunities to serve and learn more about God. I was part of a wonderful Bible study group that caused my faith to grow by leaps and bounds.
The hubby and I were trying to get preggers and nothing was happening on that front at all. While other friends our age were getting pregnant right and left, we were jealous and as Christians, we felt bad about feeling jealous! In my head I was thinking, “A good Christian would rejoice with her friends when they rejoice. A child is a blessing.” But, I was just sad that it wasn’t me who was getting to have a baby shower.
My head was also thinking, “It makes sense that God is not giving you a baby.” Why? When I babysat children as a teenager, they often drove me nuts. I had very little patience with them, honestly. This propensity made sense. I was the youngest in my family and thus, never really learned to tolerate the boisterous nature of younger children.
I also grew up in a minister’s family where quiet weekends were very normal because Dad was either preparing his sermon and needing the quiet or because he had just finished preaching and ministering on Sunday mornings and needed the rest. Thus, loudness, commotion and silliness were not my favorite cup of tea. I preferred to read, listen to music through my voluminous headphones (It was the 70s–everything was big.) and watching old movies. I liked solitude and solitude is not exactly synonymous with children!
And I had a knack for overreacting and saying the wrong things. How was that going to translate into good motherhood??? And yet, there was this burning ache to have a child.
Weeks turned into months and months turned into years. Finally, we consulted an ObGyn for help. If you’ve never been through this process, it’s pretty embarrassing. You have to expose the most intimate details of your relationship with your husband to strangers and let your private parts be open “for inspection.” Okay, so it feels like an inspection.
In 1985 in vitro fertilization (IVF) and surrogate pregnancies were just coming to the forefront of the infertility field of medicine. So, the hubby and I had to discuss exactly how far we wanted to go down the “fertility treatment road.” We finally agreed that if the baby wasn’t totally ours genetically, then we would stop treatments and procedures and start working on adopting a child.
Few realize that if a couple chooses to adopt, they basically have to have some time to grieve. Yes, grieve. Why? Because an infertile couple has to say goodbye to the notion of ever having their own child genetically. If a couple doesn’t do that, in my humble opinion, the consequences could be really unfortunate for the child they eventually adopt. To grieve this “loss” can take years. While adopting would have been great, going down the grief road wasn’t my idea of fun.
To boot most procedures (including adoption) costs thousands of dollars not covered by insurance. This generally hits couples when they’re hoping to pay off college loans and have a mortgage. There isn’t exactly a plethora of disposable income at their fingertips during this era of their lives! This was true of us as well.
We were both tested for possible infertility causes to determine the course of treatment. I was the culprit. Now, no matter how many times I, as well as the hubby and the doctors, said I shouldn’t blame myself, I still did. How do you not do that when you find out you’re not ovulating regularly and that you have endometriosis??? Again, it seemed to be confirmation from on high that I was not the right kind of person to be a mom. I felt pretty worthless.
We tried fertility drugs to no avail. Soon, it seemed prudent to do exploratory surgery on me to see what could be done about my endometriosis and to make sure other things were not hindering my ability to conceive. The surgery was going to be thousands of dollars.
We made the decision to tell our Bible study group, because they would wonder why I was in the hospital anyway. I will never forget what happened next–a first-time experience for me. They laid their hands on me and just prayed that that expense would not be necessary!
A mere month later, I was telling them I was pregnant. The Bible study group members literally jumped up and down at the news. Surgery averted. Prenatal vitamins started! Miracle granted!
Nine traumaless months later the oldest son was born. Four years later, with the help of fewer fertility drugs, our daughter arrived. And without any medical science at all, another son arrived four years after that. (I still refer to him as “the immaculate conception.”) Guess God thought this selfish, quiet-seeking person should be a mom after all.
I’d love to tell you that I was a great mom from the beginning. I was anything but. It took a loooonnnnggg time for God to work on all that selfishness and huge desire to crawl in a big hole when things got too chaotic for me. And I wasn’t all that great an aunt to several of my nieces and nephews (Again, there’s a reason why this blog is called what it is.) But over time and with a lot of instruction from the Lord and other great moms, I learned how to be a decent mom.
But, God didn’t stop there. He chose to give me “the adopteds.” Most of them are friends and acquaintances of my kids and a few I picked up along the way as I worked at our local university. I’m privileged to say that a few are also from the extended family. I would die for any one of them just as I would for my own children. Just the other day at the local grocery store, I heard a happy voice call out, “Momma A!” And I knew that happy voice was hailing me! Sure enough, an adopted was waiting to hug and greet me.
Today I marvel at how God answered the sad, desperate prayers of a woman who felt so unworthy of motherhood in 1985. Motherhood, in any of its forms, is such a privilege! And when the next generation becomes the people they’re meant to become, I am so proud of each and every one of them and how they, themselves, are triumphing over the sadness and obstacles in their own lives. They are a marvel, as well.
Perhaps now you understand why I find myself stalking “Mommy blogs” right and left, even though my active years of parenting are well behind me. And why, I have chosen to put the “Top Mommy Blog button” in the right-hand column of my blog. It still stuns me that I can offer suggestions, tips and encouragement when being a parent is really trying! And it may stun you to know that MIP is currently # 25 in the most popular “Everything Else” Mommy Blog category and # 565 overall, despite just being approved for mention on their site a few short days ago.
So, do me a favor: When you read a post here, please click on the Top Mommy Blog button before you leave. That will help other moms find my blog. I am so hoping that something I say here will resonate with that hard-working group of people and that I can be a blessing in their lives as they have been in mine. If you’re a mom, clicking on the button may help you find some much-needed resources and other blogs to help you with that big job of yours. And if you have a few minutes, please leave a rating and a few words about what MIP means to you. Thanks in advance–it means more than you will ever know.
Point to Ponder 1: If you’re going through infertility right now, what’s the most important thing you can do today to help your situation, either mentally, physically or emotionally? Pray? Confide in a good friend or relative? Tell me about it here? Consult a fertility specialist? Whatever it is, take the first step today to make that happen. You need allies in this fight!
Point to Ponder 2: Do you have a friend or relative going through infertility right now? If you’re a mom, may I gently suggest that you do your “mommy venting” with friends who already have kids and just pray for your friend and relative and let them know that you care about what they’re going through? Tell them that you probably don’t understand their situation, but you would love to know how you could help them best.
Point to Ponder 3: Do you have a wonderful mother figure in your life? Let her know today how much you appreciate her efforts and influence on your life! We never know when that gesture or kind word of appreciation is the last time we may get to let her know that!
Point to Ponder 4: Having a rough day “at the office” with your kids? Been there, done that. Let an older mom know that. She often has suggestions on how to get through those rough times. My suggestion? Throw out all of those parenting books and just trust your gut. God gave you those kids because he thought you were the best person to parent them. Submit a comment below if you need more encouragement. I’m happy to tell you what this imperfect mom learned as she was “in the trenches.” And veteran Moms? What suggestions do you have for newer moms who are struggling to succeed at raising the next generation? Submit away below!
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I love this post. Thank you. Dealing with multiple miscarriages was the hardest thing Andrew and I have ever been through. It is such a lonely feeling. I treasure my sweet Riley Paige everyday and am so thankful God allowed us to be her parents. Fortunately, those rough times made us much stronger as a couple and in our relationship with God. Thank you again for such an honest and inspiring post!
Thanks, Chelsea, for sharing a little bit of your journey down the “infertility road” here. I can’t even imagine what that must be like to endure. But, I hope God uses it to bless other women with similar situations so they know they are not alone and that there IS hope. God is so good!


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Health is needed by one and all. It is useful to live happily and do all daily activities. I feel life is easy for me as I am able to do everything, without any worry or fear.
BIG HEALTH ISSUE: As a youngster, I see my peers take to many health hazards, especially substances such with drugs. There are no restrictions in the system and parents are unable to stop them from indulging in these harmful habits. I do not know how or why these addictive substances are widely available? What is worse is that people promote them, including friends and others who are much older and wiser.
Good health is needed to live a long life. Every morning I go to work walking and in fact, my work requires me to walk from place to place almost all through the day. I get tired on some days, but mostly it is the nature of my work that is both a boon and a bane. I eat regular meals, but being from where I am, others may think I eat too much rice!
BIG HEALTH ISSUE: All the young people these days are affected by social drinking and other bad habits. It impacts their health and they continue to think of it as fun. There is a big need to address these issues at the adolescent stage, because from then on the habit only becomes stronger and stronger.
We cannot live without good health. Life is not as easy as it used to be, nowadays it is very difficult and despite some of the daily efforts to maintain hygiene and other such things, it does not seem to add up.
BIG HEALTH ISSUE: I feel HIV/AIDS has affected many young people, which will have a significant impact on the nation's future. People need to know more and understand the risks they are facing. The problem is that whoever talks about it is considered to be too modern.


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GF1 - Strange banding at ISO100 HELP!
Discussion in 'Panasonic Cameras' started by Leedsgreen, Nov 21, 2010.
Can anyone tell me if a) this is normal and b) if they've seen it in their images? My sense is that the camera has a big fault and I should be able to return for replacement. I would welcome any help or advice (or any further questions).
Is that on every shot you take? Do you only have the one lens?
Looks pretty ugly; like you are taking pictures through a wire screen and not focussing through it well. I have not seen this happen on my GF1 <knock on wood>.
Thanks for response. No, it isn't on every shot, just some. However, as far as I'm concerned it shouldn't be on any. I only have the one lens as well (but your questions makes me think that should I return the camera, I should also return the lens).
On this evidence, would you expect a replacement?
You bet! Any reputable camera store should give you a replacement no question. That banding is definitely not right. I've seen horizontal banding like that on my DSLRs which is always a sign the shutter is going (after over 100,000 exposures) but never vertical banding.
Stand firm and get what you want from the store.
Just what I thought. Back to Amazon I go!
Nick, it's definitely a sensor issue. A lens would not do that evenly across the image.
Return it and post your story when it gets resolved.
Thanks for further replies. Have now parcelled it up for return to Amazon (including copy of image). Will let you know what happens .
A quick question... What battery and card did you use?
Thanks for more advice. I have now posted back to Amazon. For the record, I was using the original battery (I haven't bought a spare yet) as well as a Sandisk Extreme 4 GB SDHC card (rated at 30MB/s). My sense is that neither should cause the problem (although I will do a test when I get replacement).


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There’s an intriguing new theory about the origin of language in human beings. It adds to the idea that language may have arisen to assist with hunting and foraging by positing that it emerged when our brains adapted to think many steps ahead, which we needed to do in order to make sophisticated stone tools. It turns out that sequence matters when creating a flint axe. And it also matters when using words. Stanford biologist Oren Kolodny hypothesises that only once we had the facility for temporal sequencing could we develop complex language.
I like this theory. Although, as a scientist, I do know that this doesn’t make it any better than the last one, or the next. Indeed, I have to wonder: why can’t language have some or all of these origins, rather than just one?
But I digress. The reason I like this theory is that it ties together three interconnected aspects of project management: collaboration, process and communication.
I have been thinking about collaboration a lot lately. It is one of those ‘motherhood and apple pie’ concepts – that is, something we are encouraged to think is important. We all believe in it and strive to make it happen. But few of us have a deep understanding of what to do to optimise it.
But language clearly plays a big part. Nature’s other accomplished collaborators are the apocrite hymenopterans – ants, bees and their kin. They also exhibit complex language, mediated, for example, by the bees’ waggle dance, and ant and termite pheromones.
What drives collaboration in both humans and other animals is simple. It is the instinct that working together creates a better chance for the next generation. It is not altruism.
This points us towards one of the most important aspects of successful collaboration. We have to know why we are collaborating. I like the term that McKinsey consultants Susie Cranston and Scott Keller coined: ‘meaning quotient’. If you want to encourage collaboration, you must ensure everyone understands the context and purpose of their role and the project as a whole.
This brings us back to language. It is at the heart of good collaboration. While not having a shared language does not preclude collaboration, it does make it extremely hard. This explains the emergence of pidgins where people need to work together but speak different languages.
So, assuming you do share a common tongue, what can you do to maximise collaboration? I think there are four keys to this: frequency, precision, personalisation and tone. Getting all of these right is vital.
It seems hard. Sometimes, the complexity of sharing ideas with different people feels overwhelmingly difficult. There are so many ways it can go wrong. But that’s defeatist talk.
In fact, our human languages are extraordinarily well adapted to the needs of a project manager. We seem to have the urge to talk a lot of the time. Gossip may or may not be the origin of language (as one theory posits), but it does seem to be hardwired into us. That’s why we love soap operas so much! It also explains why virtual team working is so difficult. One reason is surely that geographical separation inhibits constant chat.
Precision is also a feature of languages. Not every language is as lucky as English in having so many near-synonyms, which allow such precise gradation of meaning. But they do all have the facility to build jargon. And we project managers have played our part.
We also have the ability to personalise how we communicate with one another. English is relatively impoverished in pronouns and verb endings that distinguish who we are speaking with. But that doesn’t stop us using name variants and familiarity patterns in our speech. So, too, can we dial up the formality to acknowledge distance. And all of that runs parallel to the wide variety of choices we can make in the medium we use to communicate on a project.
And finally, there is mood, or tone. This is the number-one reason why project communication goes wrong with stakeholders, colleagues and clients. It’s also why email is such a dreadful collaboration tool. We expect text and Slack messages to be nearly devoid of mood signals and purely transactional. We expect reports and letters to consider tone carefully. But with emails, when we write them, they seem transactional. We take little care. But when we read them, we perceive minute nuances of tone which aren’t there.
Luckily, I took great care in writing this. But did I get it right?
This blog first appeared as an article in the Autumn issue of Project Journal.
Mike Clayton is an accomplished trainer, speaker and trusted advisor. He started his career in project management for consulting firm Deloitte, where he delivered major projects for large organisations like BAA, Vodafone, Transport for London, Railtrack, British Gas, General Motors and MoD. After twelve years of active project management, Mike became a sought after trainer and he has delivered training and seminars to many thousands of people. Mike is also an author of fourteen books, including four directly about project management: - The Influence Agenda - about stakeholder engagement is the most recent - How to Manage a Great Project - Brilliant Project Leader - Risk Happens!


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Latex for Much less presented its very first all-latex bed to achieve their mission of giving sleepers with a green as well as personalized cushion. This mattress includes a flippable building coming from natural materials.
Latex for Less is more than just a cushion supplier. They additionally use outstanding and also comfortable all-natural latex cushion, toppers, pillows, foundation, and flexible base.
Their objective is to provide sleepers better rest. For decades, earnest sleep fanatics have recognized one key: all-natural latex is the noticeable sleep foundation there is. As a result, bed mattress business are swindling for natural latex bed mattress with markups so high that just a few lucky sleepers had the ability to experience them.
Further, Latex for Less doesn’t outsource their production to large manufacturers. They handcraft each bed mattress in America. Since they’re buying their manufacturing, they kept jobs in the house while likewise minimizing their emissions. Also, they’ve decreased expenses without degradation technology as well as no faster ways.
Now that we’ve presented to you the firm, it’s time to see if it meets the assumptions. Does collaborating with farmers as well as minimizing expenses actually create terrific all-natural latex mattresses?
Nevertheless, whichever sort of latex building you obtain, Latex for Less flaunts on sourcing its latex from one beginning place, at Sri Lanka. Normally, this is thought about to be a good idea because single beginning production makes certain better worker therapy and also has an extra clear manufacturing procedure.
All that being said, allow’s dive into these layers and also see what’s taking place below!
Cover: The cover is soft as well as breathable as it is constructed with organic cotton. Also, it’s quilted with an all-natural woollen which creates a gentle feel that’ll supply you with instant comfort.
Medium Layer: As stated previously, the medium layer consists of 2″ of Talalay latex. This is a light-weight but really soft and also responsive product. This layer will be positioned over the Dunlop layer allowing you to sink in for some wonderful stress relief while decreasing the bounce in a kind of stuck-in-the-bed feeling.
Firm Layer: The firm layer consists of a 6″ thick Dunlop latex. This division puts together a strong structure when placed listed below the Talalay layer. Once flipped, it transforms into a firm comfort layer which is best suited for sleepers who wish to really feel directly positioned in addition to the bed. No matter the arrangement you pick, the latex will certainly be doing a wonderful work of keeping things cool down all through the framework.
Suppleness:The suppleness rating of this cushion features a 5.5. Contrasting this to the market’s typical 6.5 medium firmness, it is clear that Latex for Less is fairly soft.
You might discover that the combo of the quilted woollen and also light-weight Talalay latex creates a gentle feeling which allows you to sink quite a bit right into the cushion. This sinkage may ultimately have actually been curbed by the company Dunlop latex structure however you’ll still experience having a general soft feel from this mattress.
It’s also crucial to bear in mind of a bed mattress’ stress or determining where stress factors are likely to develop while resting on top of it.
A good way to gauge the pressure map of a mattress is by placing a stress map in addition to the cushion as well as lying on your back, side, as well as tummy.
Back: Lying on your back, you might truly feel yourself penetrating the bed mattress. The soft Talalay latex will work to fill out the room at your back area. Regardless of this sinkage, you would not really feel embeded the bed and discover it simple to turn and walk around.
Edge Support: Scooting closer to the side of the bed, you’ll identify fairly a deep compression via the leading layer of the mattress. Although this may not feel as if you’re presenting of the structure, you wouldn’t claim that you’ll feel secure either. This most likely ways that you’re unable to totally make use of the entire surface of the cushion. This can be a dealbreaker for sleepers who are sharing the cushion with a companion.
Side: Turning to your side, you may feel some solid alleviation at the hips and shoulders. These are regular issue locations for side sleepers.
Stomach: Stomach sleepers on the various other hand are the opposite in that they like a firmer bed that maintains the spinal column in a wonderful, even line. In this bed mattress, tummy sleepers would feel their hips sinking into the mattress, causing them to fall out of positioning with their shoulders.
The next message would be to show and also show the strength of movement detectable from either side of the mattress. Recognizing the high quality of a cushion’ activity transfer is necessary if you’re sharing the bed with a companion. This will enable you to understand what it feels like when your partner thrashes in the night.
Latex for Less Mattress is an all-natural latex cushion which definitely accommodates sleepers who wish to rest far better. It is a flippable environment-friendly mattress and also each side includes various firmness levels. One side includes a fire barrier made of natural wool and a layer of natural latex with “medium” suppleness. Concurrently, the opposite side boasts a comparable layer of natural wool fire barrier as well as a layer of natural latex with “company” suppleness.
Moreover, the mattress is readily available in 4 various density options (7″, 9″, 10″, and 12″). Similarly, the Latex layer density differs by general cushion height. If you intend to attempt this bed mattress on your own, do not wait to call them from their site.

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Philadelphia 76ers guard Markelle Fultz’s tenure with the team that drafted him first overall may be coming to an end after a bizarre year-and-a-half to begin his NBA career.
The Markelle Fultz saga is one of the most fascinating stories in the NBA and the 76ers seem to have finally had enough of the drama as they are now actively looking to trade him out of town. Last week, Markelle Fultz’s lawyer kept him away from the team to go see a shoulder specialist where he found out he may have some phantom wrist injury.
Yes, Fultz can’t shoot the basketball and after going to a shoulder specialist, it turns out it’s been his wrist this whole time. *wink sure *wink*. Shout out to the people around Fultz ignoring the fact that he’s perfectly healthy and he’s just afraid of the high expectations of being the No. 1 draft pick in 2017.
But should a team pick up the phone and try to acquire a guy who is afraid to take free throws and looks absolutely lost on a basketball court?
It’s already being reported that the Cleveland Cavaliers have shown interest in trading for Fultz. If Markelle drowned in an environment like Philadelphia, he will 1000% be on suicide watch if he’s dropped in the middle of the post-LeBron chaos in Cleveland.
We see guys get traded and unlock their full potential all the time. Victor Oladipo was lost in Orlando and Oklahoma City but when he arrived in Indiana he became one of the best shooting guards in the NBA.
It’s extremely possible that Fultz puts on a new jersey and magically remembers how great he used to be. For example, if he landed on the Spurs, there is no doubt in my mind that Greg Popovich would find the real Fultz. He made LaMarcus Aldridge an All-NBA center.
So should teams trade for Markelle Fultz?
Let me be selfish. Personally, I would love to see Markelle and Jimmer Freddette form a dream team in China. That is where I want all former college basketball phenoms that couldn’t make the NBA to eventually land. Fultz, Jimmer and Adam Morrison could all be Chinese Hall of Famers.
But yea, it doesn’t hurt for a team that needs a backup point guard to acquire Fultz.
As long as there is no pressure on him to be ‘the guy’. Buuuuut chances are, Markelle is washed and he’s going to be hanging out with Carmelo Anthony sitting next to me at the bar next weekend watching the Knicks game as we all complain about being unemployed.
Thanks for reading. Tweet to @TheLesterLee with your Markelle Fultz trade proposals. Also, go ahead and throw Deadseriousness a Like on Facebook so that I can keep the lights on around here at HQ.
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The popularity of Blu-ray went ballistic during 2008, with sales and rentals of Blu-ray content discs almost tripling in the US and quadrupling in the UK.
Laughing in the face of an overall downturn in the U.S. home entertainment market, the entire Blu-ray Disc market in the U.S. totted up to a hefty $750 million last year, up from $270 million in 2007.
With the dust settling on last week’s annual CES tech fest, we take a look at some of the gadgets and gizmos that caught our eye.
Top of the pile – and incidentally a recipient of CNet’s ‘Best In Show’ and ‘Peoples’ Voice’ awards – is the hugely innovative and exciting Palm Pre smartphone. Just when we thought Palm were ready to slide into oblivion, they pulled out a stunning new phone with an interface that makes even the iPhone look out of date.


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Wild Lilac’s preschool classroom is a place where children can engage in exploration of art, science, music, language and literacy as a coactive group while being honored for their individual interests and passions. Wild Lilac’s preschool teachers help the children maintain an environment of mutual respect and appreciation as the children’s relationships continue to grow and deepen.
The curriculum celebrates the children’s questions about the broadening world around them by embracing imagination, creativity and play! Projects are process-oriented, open-ended and inspired by the children’s interests, questions, and passions. The children explore our neighborhood through field trips by walking, buggy and bus. With the help of parent volunteers, we picnic in neighborhood parks, see puppet shows and age appropriate children’s theatre, harvest food in our garden, and reap the benefits of living in the wild and wonderful Northwest. Wild Lilac provides scratch-made, healthy and delicious breakfast, snacks, and lunch each day.
The children in preschool classroom are between 3-6 years old.
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(Yicai Global) Nov. 2 -- The presence of the yuan in Cambodia will attract Chinese tourists, state-run Xinhua news agency quoted Chen Changjiang, president of the Bank of China Ltd.'s [SHA:601988] Phnom Penh branch, as saying Oct. 31 in the Cambodian capital at the second Cambodian Tourism Industry Symposium on Expanding the Chinese Market and Serving Chinese Tourists.
Cambodia's Ministry of Tourism is promoting the use of the yuan in the country's tourism market, which dovetails with the bank's efforts to promote the full circulation of the yuan in Cambodia, said Chen.
The use of the yuan in the Cambodian tourism market is increasingly common, and Chinese tourists have been able to pay with the yuan or a China UnionPay card in many stores and restaurants in the country, Chen said. Some businesses have even added prices in yuan, he said.
The Bank of China has set up branches in major tourism cities in Cambodia including Siem Reap and Sihanoukville to facilitate yuan services for local businesses.
The Cambodian Ministry of Tourism and the ASEAN-China Center co-sponsored the two-day symposium. More than 600 representatives from Chinese and Cambodian governments and industries attended.


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Advent is the period of four Sundays and weeks before Christmas (or sometimes from the 1st December to Christmas Day!). Advent means ‘Coming’ in Latin. This is the coming of Jesus into the world. Christians use the four Sundays and weeks of Advent to prepare and remember the real meaning of Christmas.
In addition, Lisa Chambers invites members to join the Altar Guild in decorating for Christmas after the December 23 service.
Thank you to Ruth, Vicki and Diana for joining Paula and Pat on Saturday, December 1 for the Advent retreat. We enjoyed one another’s company, expressed ourselves creatively through individual vision boards, and good food.
A Christmas service will be held on Monday, December 24 (Christmas Eve). Please join us at 5 pm for the Carol Sing. The service itself starts at 5:30 pm. The evening will conclude with a Christmas Eve potluck supper. Soups will be provided. We invite you to join us and bring a dish to share. Peg Olson and Kate Petrie will be coordinating the potluck.
Take the time to observe the Advent exhibit in the Art in the Sacred Space gallery.
Dark to Light: Story of Advent in art and verse. Collaborators: Paula Baines, Jaimie Beck and Lee White.


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Think of the 2017 season thus far and three names probably spring to mind: Greg Van Avermaet, who won four cobbled classics, including Paris-Roubaix; Philippe Gilbert, winner of the Ronde Van Vlaanderen and Amstel Gold Race; and Alejandro Valverde, who already has 11 wins, including La Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
This trio of superstars have dominated the cycling consciousness over the past few months, racking up wins at the biggest races of the year.
But look beyond the WorldTour powerhouses and you’ll find other, less-heralded names succeeding. One of these men is Lilian Calmejane, Direct Énergie’s second-year pro, a graduate from the team’s Vendée U Under-23 team.
The man from Albi in southern France has taken three stage-race victories already this year, more than any other pro rider apart from Valverde (who also has three).
First up came February’s Étoile de Besseges, the five-day race in the Occitanie region of south France, the nearest Calmejane has to a “home race.” There he won the third stage before holding off Lotto-Soudal’s Tony Gallopin in the final time trial to take the overall title by five seconds.
At the end of March it was time for the Settimana Coppi e Bartali, where he finished second on Stage 1 and third in the TTT before overhauling race leader Toms Skujins (Cannondale-Drapac) with a stage win on the final day. Two weeks later a stage win in the hills of the Circuit de la Sarthe saw him beat out Arthur Vichot (FDJ) and Jonathan Castroviejo (Movistar) for his third stage-race victory.
And if all that wasn’t enough, you can throw in the King of the Mountains competition at Paris-Nice, after an aggressive display, for good measure.
Lilian Calmejane (Direct Energie) in the polka dots jersey after Stage 7 of 2017 Paris-Nice.
Though the 24-year-old Calmejane turned pro relatively late, having studied business at university, he has already built a palmarès that most riders will never be able to compile. And that’s before we get to the small matter of his stage win at last year’s Vuelta a España, his first Grand Tour, on Stage 4 from Betanzos to San Andrés de Teixido.
The rolling stage featured an uphill finish on a second category climb, where Calmejane forged a lone path 9km from the line. Leaving behind a breakaway group that included far more experienced competitors such as Darwin Atapuma, Pierre Rolland, and Thomas De Gendt, the lead he managed to build never looked in real danger and he won by 15 seconds.
Catching up with Calmejane at Liège-Bastogne-Liège — “the classic that suits me best” — he said that his Vuelta success spurred him on during the off-season, which opened the door to the subsequent exceptional spring campaign.
“It was a good surprise, and at the beginning of winter I was thinking, ‘Yes, I did something great, but in the future can I do better?’” he says in almost-perfect English, a product of having spent summer 2012 on exchange in Nottingham. “And then I was very confident at the beginning of the season because I had no illness during the winter, and I trained well.
Given his results thus far, Liège-Bastogne-Liège seems exactly the type of race at which Calmejane would excel. His 56th place saw him finish as the best Direct Énergie rider, but as he said later that day was more about learning than getting a big result.
“I hope for more in the future and obviously to do my best results in the WorldTour, so it has been very positive,” he added.
Lilian Calmejane (Direct Energie) won Stage 4 of the 2017 Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali, taking the overall victory.
And what kind of rider can we look forward to in the future? Over to Direct Énergie directeur sportif Jimmy Engoulvent, himself an ex-pro who ended his 14-year racing career at the team.
From the press, there have been some comparisons to Voeckler, and with his aptitude for hilly races and style of riding, you can see why. Indeed, Calmejane’s first two years in the pro peloton have coincided with Voeckler’s transition into a rider-mentor.
Of course Voeckler flirted with Tour de France contention on two occasions — his 10-day stint in yellow back in 2004, and then his unlikely fourth overall in 2011. And as is inevitable with any promising young French talent, especially one who has tasted Grand Tour and stage-race success so early in his career, the obvious question crops up: Is Lilian Calmejane a future Tour contender?
Lilian Calmejane (Direct Energie) won Stage 4 of the 2016 Vuelta a España from a breakaway group.
If it sounds like he has a mature head on his shoulders, it’s something that Engoulvent can back up, emphasising the focus on detail and the modern, technical side of training that perhaps isn’t usually associated with French cycling.
It’s a sentiment echoed by other team members, both directly and second-hand. And it will stand him in good stead for the future, both short- and long-term. With his prospects long-term already having been covered, what’s up next?
After his hectic spring, Calmejane has spent some time on holiday in Corsica, but it’s soon back to work and more stage races. First the Vuelta a Castilla y León in late May, then in June the Boucles de la Mayenne and Tour de Suisse before the Grande Boucle in July, where a stage win will surely be the goal for Direct Énergie’s next big thing.


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The Government of the UAE has developed an effective nuclear security regime in line with the development of its peaceful nuclear power programme. UAE will host an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International Physical Protection Advisory Service (IPPAS) Mission in 2016, which will review the physical protection system in the UAE and compare it with international guidelines and internationally recognized best practices.
UAE has endorsed the Amendment of the Convention of the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM). Although the amendment has not yet entered into force, UAE regulation and regulatory guides have been developed in compliance with the Convention’s amended requirements.
The regulation for the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials and Nuclear Facilities, issued in 2010, and its associated regulatory guides have been established in accordance with the IAEA Nuclear Security Series publications, in particular the Nuclear Security Recommendations on Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials and Nuclear Facilities publication (INFCIRC/225/Rev.5).
Since 2014, two new regulatory guides were developed and issued in regards to the security of the transport of nuclear material and to the contingency plan required at a nuclear facility.
In 2014, UAE hosted an IAEA workshop on the security of transport of nuclear materials.
After the issuance of the regulation (FANR regulation 23) in 2011, licensees managing category 1 to 3 radioactive sources in the UAE were required to implement it immediately. Since then all required nuclear security plans were reviewed and approved by the regulator, and inspections of all concerned licensees were achieved to verify the implementation and conformance with the new regulation.
The Information Protection Program Operating Manual (IPPOM), defining the management of sensitive nuclear information in the UAE, was updated and is currently implemented by relevant entities in the nuclear sector such as Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR), Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) and Critical Infrastructure and Coastal Protection Authority (CICPA).
UAE Regulation and the associated regulatory guides are based on the IAEA publication, Protection against cyber-attack has been taken into account in various FANR regulations developed between 2009 and 2015.
The UAE hosted an IAEA national workshop on cyber security in 2014.
To meet the requirements of import and export control rules, the UAE nuclear regulator, FANR has issued in 2014 an updated Regulation on the Export and Import Control of Nuclear Material, Nuclear Related Items and Nuclear Related Dual-Use Items.
The Government of the UAE is an active member in the international information sharing on the illicit trafficking of nuclear materials through its participation of the IAEA Incident and Trafficking Database (ITDB).
The UAE participated and supported the convening of IAEA sub-regional meeting on nuclear security information exchange and coordination in October 2015 in Kuwait. This meeting, aimed at strengthening national, regional and international capacity to prevent and combat illicit trafficking in nuclear and other radioactive material through enhanced information cooperation.
The Government of the United Arab Emirates strongly supports the universal implementation of the International Convention on Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terror (ICSANT), as well as the Convention on Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials (CPPNM) and its 2005 Amendment.
The UAE provided to the United Nations (UN) 1540 Committee, its national report as well as the associated matrix.
The UAE law, regulations and regulatory guides which are enforced have been established in accordance with the amended CPPNM, UAE continues to promote the entry into force of amended CPPNM at international and regional venues.
The Government of the UAE supports the activities of the IAEA through ongoing participation at workshops, Nuclear Security Guidance Committee meetings and by providing experts to meetings regarding the development of Nuclear Security Series publications.
UAE is an active promoter and participant of the (IAEA) Network for Nuclear Security Training and Support Centres - NSSC Network. UAE hosted a Regional Training Course on Introduction to Nuclear Forensics in Dubai in October 2015.
An Integrated master Working Plan (IWP) was signed in 2013 between the UAE and the IAEA, which aims to enhance, for the period of 2013-2017, the efficiency and effectiveness of the partnership between the UAE and the IAEA, including in the nuclear security domain.
The UAE has received an IAEA International SSAC Advisory Service (ISSAS) in May 2014 and an Emergency Preparedness Review (EPREV) mission in March 2015. The ISSAS mission covers all aspects of nuclear material safeguards implementation including export control, and nuclear material accounting.
The UAE hosted in Abu Dhabi, the Inter-Arab Nuclear Detection and Response Exercise, FALCON, in February 2016, which aimed at promoting regional approaches in matters of nuclear detection and response to nuclear and other radiological threats and enhancing national and regional interagency coordination and cooperation. The exercise has been developed under the framework of the European Union (EU), Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear (CBRN) Centers of Excellence (CoE) Initiative by the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), in partnership with the UAE, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Kingdom of Morocco, the European Commission and the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT).
With regard to bilateral agreements on nuclear security, the UAE has concluded a number of nuclear cooperation agreements in support of its civil nuclear power programme. To date, 9 bilateral agreements have been concluded. In addition, multiple MoUs have been signed between FANR, the nuclear regulator and several foreign entities. Such arrangements allowed for further cooperation in areas including nuclear security and continued to be valuable interface for cooperation and knowledge exchange in relation to nuclear security.
The UAE in cooperation with USA entities established the Gulf Nuclear Energy Infrastructure Institute (GNEII) in Abu Dhabi, an educational institution that provides classroom instruction and hands-on experience in nuclear energy safety, security, safeguards and non-proliferation. GNEII is associated with Khalifa University of Science Technology and Research.

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Wooden Lockwood Decorative Squared Rowing Boat Oar 50"
Classically styled and hand-painted for authenticity, this Wooden Lockwood Squared Rowing Oar with Hooks 50" is the perfect nautical wall art for any beach home or office. Breathing with the atmosphere of the sea, this nautical wood boat oar decoration exudes the freedom found on the open ocean, and the warm competitive spirit of racing. Enjoy the chic nautical style of this Wooden Lockwood Squared Rowing Oar with Hooks 50", indoors or out, and place it with pride.


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In 2000 Haward Boswell decided that the custom motorcycle builder and Harley Davidson owners had need of a place in Cornwall that offered a complete service, such as parts, servicing, custom building, repair work etc.
So the effort was made to put together the sort of one stop shop that it was thought custom builders would like to see.
With some help from various friends, that want to see the venture succeed, the shop was built that you can visit and see various parts on display.
You can relax with a drink while you study the various catalogues and then place your order. A fully fitted workshop was constructed where the bikes are lovingly cared for.
The company consists of obviously H the Boss in control of everything, Julie keeping all the accounts and funds under control and H's boys who have been with him since the start, both always had a great interest in bikes and both had been riding bikes since they can remember; Andrew being the workshop mechanic and fabricator and Terry being in the shop covering the advertising, website, computer and phones.