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That’s right – everyone’s still talking about Kim Kardashian’s Vogue cover, but this time there’s good news (for the haters at least!).
Previously, Toofab.com exclusively reported that the April 2014 issue was a bestseller, reaching sales of over 500,000 copies. While this is great news for Vogue, it turns out that those numbers were wrong. According to The New York Post, the Kim Kardashian and Kanye West Vogue cover only reached sales of half that at 250,000 copies!
Last month, estimates stated the controversial issue was on track to sell between 300,000 and 400,000 copies, easily outselling both Beyoncé's and Michelle Obama’s covers from March and April 2013. Those issues sold 355,000 and 269,000 copies respectively.
So did the cover pay off? According to Gary, when the Kimye issue is compared to those previous in 2014 – Cate Blanchett, Lena Dunham, and Rihanna – sales rose 13.5 per cent. This compared to sales six months before shows an increase of 35 per cent, and over the last year an increase of 10 per cent.
Overall, editor-in-chief Anna Wintour’s decision to feature Kimye on the cover made a positive impact on the magazine, despite incorrect (re: unrealistic) estimates.
While the cover certainly stirred things up, Vogue should have known that it would take a lot more than controversy to dethrone Queen Bey and the First Lady from their titles as bestsellers to date.


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Containment Tank with air collar, also known as containment pools and decon pools, are perfect for the collection of hazardous runoff associated with decontamination, drums, small equipment and tank containment and storage. These tanks typically feature an inflatable air wall that can be quickly filled with air when spill response or containment emergencies arise.
The air wall containment tank is one of our many secondary containment tanks that can be used for emergency spill response, containment of leaks, decontamination, and even hazmat runoff and storage tanks. Constructed as a portable system, these tanks come with an included carrying case that provides an easy way for containment systems to be transported to locations fast.
These air wall tanks contain an inflatable wall that can be quickly filled with air when the required situation arises. To help successfully contain and store this air, models are constructed with a Schrader valve, boat valve, check valve and pressure relief valve. This provides a fast set-up system that can be quickly implemented for hazmat, containment and other control areas.
Other Spill Products: Aluminum Angle Spill Berm: The aluminum angle spill berm is an economical spill containment product that can be placed under tankers, vehicles, and machinery to contain any potential leaks and spills. Berms feature 90 aluminum angle brackets that form a solid containment area.
Pop Up Containment Pools: Similar to these containment basins, the self rising onion tank is designed for fast response to leaks and spills that occur from machinery, valves, pipes, and other equipment. Pop up pools have a similar basin style shape and are built to rise as the tank is filled with liquid.
Spill Basins/Trays: This spill basin is an economical alternative to the spill berm that features a smaller surface area for containment of small leaks or spills. Like a berm, these basins can be rolled up and transported rapidly to required location. Trays require minimal setup and can be deployed fast.
Frame Containment Tanks: The frame tank is a reliable containment structure that uses aluminum or steel frames to surround your tank and create rigid walls. This has been used for containment of chemical tanks and decontamination of other materials.
In addition to these containment pools, we also offer several secondary containment berms for the storage of tanks and other larger vehicles. Flexible in their design, these berms can be directly driven over by large vehicles and machinery to form complete containment around larger items.
In regards to your spill containment requirements, please check out the EPA Secondary Containment Regulations for further information.

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No, it's not the result of a customizable weapon. It's just 2K community manager Elizabeth Tobey's dachshund, Pancake. Isn't Pancake just adorable?
The real Borderlands 2 collector's edition won't come with a dachshund to sit pretty in your loot chest, but it does come with a bunch of other goodies.

industry_corpus2: Gaming


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The pop-up lantern is a compact LED lantern perfect for camping and survival. The compact light weight design makes it perfect for multiple travel purposes.
Availability: In stock Size: N/A Categories: Camping, Electronics.
The pop-up lantern is a compact LED lantern perfect for camping and survival. Use the lantern to light up a camping space or use it for those night trips to the “restroom”. The compact light weight design makes it perfect for multiple travel purposes. The lantern has three different light options: dim light, bright light and strobe light (flashing). A hole in the bottom of the lantern makes it also possible for the user to use it as a flashlight.

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Pursuant to SEBI circular dated September 13, 2012, Mutual Funds have created a unique identity number of the employee/ relationship manager/ sales person of the distributor interacting with the investor for the sale of mutual fund products, in addition to the AMFI Registration Number (ARN) of the distributor. This Employee Unique Identification Number is referred as "EUIN"
What is the need for creating a EUIN?
EUIN aims to assist in tackling the problem of mis-selling even if the employee/relationship manager/sales person leaves the employment of the distributor or his/her sub broker.
Is quoting of EUIN a mandatory requirement?
Quoting of EUIN is mandatory in case of advisory transactions. If the transaction is an Advisory transaction, the ARN Holder should put his/her EUIN in the column provided in the application form.
But, if the transaction is an Execution Only, EUIN filed in the application form can be kept blank and the ARN Holder should check the Box which has the declaration from the ARN Holder that states “I/We hereby confirm that where the EUIN space has been left blank by me/us, the transaction is an execution-only transaction”.
For Which transactions EUIN shall be applicable?
EUIN is applicable for transactions such as Purchases, Switches, Registrations of SIP / STP / Trigger STP / Dividend Transfer Plan and EUIN is not applicable for transactions such as Installments under SIP/ STP / SWP / STP Triggers, Dividend Reinvestments, Bonus Units, Redemption, SWP Registration, Zero Balance Folio creation and installments under Dividend Transfer Plans.
Whether it is applicable for all the Distributors?
No. Investors are requested to note that EUIN is largely applicable to sales persons of non individual ARN holders only (whether acting in the capacity of the main distributor or sub broker). Individual/Sole Proprietorship ARN holders should intimate AMFI-unit of CAMS in case they employ any Sales Person so that EUIN could be allotted to them. Further, EUIN will not be applicable for overseas distributors who comply with the requirements as per AMFI circular CIR/ ARN-14/12-13 dated July 13, 2012.
Investors shall ensure that the application form, if routed through a Distributor shall have a valid ARN code, Sub broker ARN code, and EUIN.
Investors are further requested to use only those application forms/ transaction forms which have spaces for the Sub broker ARN code and the EUIN.
Distributors are advised to ensure that the sub broker affixes his/her ARN code in the column separately provided in addition to the current practice of affixing the internal code issued by the main ARN holder and the EUIN of the Sales Person (if any) in the EUIN space.
The performance of a scheme is reflected in its net asset value (NAV) which is disclosed on daily basis in case of open-ended schemes and on weekly basis in case of close-ended schemes. The NAVs of mutual funds are required to be published in newspapers. The NAVs are also available on the web sites of mutual funds. All mutual funds are also required to put their NAVs on the web site of Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) http://www.amfiindia.com/ and thus the investors can access NAVs of all mutual funds at one place.
The mutual funds are also required to publish their performance in the form of half-yearly results which also include their returns/yields over a period of time i.e. last six months, 1 year, 3 years, 5 years and since inception of schemes. Investors can also look into other details like percentage of expenses of total assets as these have an effect on the yield and other useful information in the same half-yearly format.
Almost all the mutual funds have their own web sites. Investors can also access the NAVs, half-yearly results and portfolios of all mutual funds at the web site of Association of mutual funds in India (AMFI) www.amfiindia.com . AMFI has also published useful literature for the investors.
3) What is the difference between KYC, eKYC and CKYC?
4) Is the information that is currently sought on the current KYC form and the new CKYC form, the same?
5) What is ‘KYC Identification Number’?
6) From when is the CKYC applicable and what procedure do I need to follow?
a) New investors (investors for whom no record exists in any of the KRAs) will have to mandatorily submit the CKYC form along with the investment application. If the investor has filled the KRA application form in lieu of CKYC form, he will have to additionally submit the Supplementary CKYC form along with the KRA application form.
b) Existing investors (investors for whom a record exists in any of the KRAs, regardless of the KYC status) can continue making investments without any additional requirements. In case any modification is required to be done in the KYC status, then only KRA forms are to be used.
7) Is CKYC compliance mandated for all categories of investors?
8) What about PAN? Is it mandatory for completing CKYC?
PAN is not required to be mandatorily mentioned by the applicant on the CKYC application form provided by CERSAI. This form will be used by institutions which do not require PAN to be provided mandatorily for account opening / transaction purposes.
However, from the securities markets perspective, PAN is a mandatory requirement and therefore the said CERSAI form has been modified at our end and investors approaching us for completing CKYC have to mandatorily provide us with their PAN. The KYC type has to be selected as ‘Normal’ on the CKYC application forms and in case any investor does not have a PAN, the KYC type should be selected as ‘PAN Exempt Investors’.
9) What are the documents to be submitted for completion of CKYC formalities?
10) Please elaborate on the documents to be submitted as proof for the information provided on the CKYC form.
11) Is date of birth mandatory to be provided for CKYC compliance?
12) How would I know that my CKYC application is successful?
KIN is being allotted by CERSAI to investors whose CKYC application is found to be valid. An SMS / email will be sent by CERSAI to the registered mobile number of the investor as soon as the KIN is generated at their end. Since CERSAI will not be sending any physical intimation, applicants should ideally provide their mobile number and/or email ID in the CKYC application form.
13) I do not have an email ID / mobile number. How will the KIN be informed to me?
14) If my CKYC application is rejected / fails, will I be informed about the same?
15) Is CERSAI responsible for validation of investor data?
16) How do I check the CKYC status online?
17) I have already obtained a KIN. Do I need to submit any more documents for CKYC compliance?
18) Within how many days will I receive the KIN?
19) I have been allotted a folio for the initial purchase submitted to you along with my CKYC form. However, I have not received the KIN yet. Can I submit another purchase till such time?
Yes, we will be able to accept the same provided you have mentioned PAN details on the CKYC form submitted earlier.
For more information, you may contact your distributor, if any, or visit our Investor Service Centers (ISCs).
Click here to access the form for completing your CKYC formalities.

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The Bank of Japan is expected to stand pat on monetary policy next week despite jitters over the recent jump in bond yields, hoping it can stem the volatility by fine-tuning market operations.
The central bank may front-load bond purchases or offer funds via market operations more frequently if the bond market turbulence persists, which are technical steps that can be taken by its bureaucrats without approval by the nine-member board.
It is expected to hold off on easing policy through further increases in asset purchases, having already pledged in April to double its bond holdings in two years to expand the supply of money at an annual pace of 60 trillion ($588 billion) to 70 trillion yen.
The recent bond selloff, which sent the 10-year yield to a one-year high of 0.92 percent on Wednesday, has highlighted the dilemma the central bank faces as it attempts to generate inflation in a country mired in price falls for 15 years.
"The BOJ is walking a very narrow path trying to engineer a gradual, not a sudden, rise in long-term rates backed by improvements in the economy," said an official with knowledge of the central bank's thinking.
The BOJ unleashed the world's most intense burst of stimulus last month, promising to inject $1.4 trillion into the economy in less than two years to meet its pledge of achieving 2 percent inflation in roughly two years.
By gobbling up 70 percent of the bonds newly issued by the government, it hopes to nudge Japanese investors out of the safety of bonds and into riskier assets like equities.
The rise in Tokyo shares to a 5-1/2-year high shows this may be starting to happen.
BOJ officials say they would accept a natural rise in long-term interest rates that reflect prospects of an economic recovery and future inflation.
But the intensity of the BOJ's purchases caused disruptions in the market by drying up liquidity, making bond prices vulnerable to sharp swings that could potentially lead to a damaging sell-off hard to control.
The pace of bond price falls and the huge volatility has made some central bankers nervous, but not enough to consider additional policy steps at the two-day policy meeting that ends on Wednesday next week.
Japan's economy expanded at an annualized 3.5 percent in the first quarter, the fastest in a year, offering evidence that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's sweeping stimulus is beginning to work.
The BOJ may thus revise up its assessment of the economy to say it is picking up, compared with the previous month's view that it is "bottoming out with some signs of a pick-up."
But a sustained sharp rise in bond yields will hurt corporate capital expenditure, the soft spot of an otherwise more robust economy, and strain Japan's already tattered finances by boosting the cost of funding its huge debt pile.
Finance Minister Taro Aso appeared sanguine so far, telling parliament on Friday that it made sense for investors to shift funds out of bonds and into equities given recent sharp rises in Tokyo stock prices.
For now, the central bank hopes to use market operations to stem the volatility. It did so on Wednesday by offering to inject 2.8 trillion yen into the Tokyo money market, more than three times the size usually offered in a single day.
If volatility persists, the BOJ may also consider increasing the amount of bonds it buys each month from the current 7.5 trillion yen until bond prices stabilize, sources say.
But there is no guarantee that such minor tweaks in its bond-buying program can soothe market jitters for long. Wednesday's huge fund injection failed to prevent bond yields from ending higher for a fourth session.
Expanding stimulus, by pledging to increase bond purchases even more, could backfire by draining already thin liquidity in the market.
"The bond market has been distorted by the BOJ. It's reliant on central bank purchases more than ever, and a lack of liquidity will keep it vulnerable to sharp swings," said Masaaki Kano, chief Japan economist at JPMorgan Securities.
"The BOJ probably didn't expect so much volatility, and simply boosting its bond purchases won't solve the problem."


text: Let C(X; E) be the space of the continuous functions on the completely regular and Hausdorff space X, with values in the locally convex topological vector space E. We introduce locally convex topologies on C(X; E) by means of uniform convergence on subsets of X or of the repletion of X. A generalization of a result of Singer gives a representation of the continuous linear functionals on these spaces by means of vector-valued measures which admit a kind of support. This allows a study of the bounded subsets of the dual, comparable to the one of the scalar case. We also give some results stating when these spaces are ultrabornological or bornological.

industry_corpus2: Math & Statistics


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Welcome to the The Furniture Gallery, website located at thefurnituregallerymaine.com (hereinafter "We", "Us", "Our") and thank You (any visitor to Our web site) for considering Our products and services.
Updating Individual Information - You may request that We update Your Personal Information by contacting Us at lindsay@americasmattress.us.
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Certification of certain documents issued by the Swedish authorities in English, (i.e. Swedish Birth Certificates and Swedish Marriage Certificates — Personbevis).
Work Permits - Applicants may apply directly to the Migration Department in Sweden www.migrationsverket.se. Please note that only a Swedish Embassy can impress Work Permits on an applicant’s passport. The Consulate is not empowered to do so.
Residency Applications - Applicants should apply to the Swedish Embassy in London.
Full Passports - Applicants should apply to the Embassy in London or an authorised Police Station in Sweden.
All applications for emergency passports and co-ordination numbers, collection of passports, driving licences and identity cards are by appointment only.
To obtain an appointment please send an email to dublin.swecons@reddycharlton.ie setting out in full the purpose of the appointment.
If you do not have email access you may leave a telephone message at 00353-1-265 0888 and your call will be returned during opening hours.
Paul Keane är Sveriges honorärkonsul vid Generalkonsulatet i Dublin. Henriette Elfwendahl är hans assistent.
Ansökan om provisoriskt pass och samordningsnummer/personnummer, hämtning av pass, körkort och ID-kort kan endast göras vid bokad tid.
För att boka tid, sänd ett e-postmeddelande till dublin.swecons@reddycharlton.ie och beskriv ingående syftet med tidsbokningen.
Om du inte har tillgång till e-post kan du lämna ett röstmeddelade på +353-1-2650888 så ringer vi tillbaka under våra öppettider.
I flera län kan du boka tid via webben. Vanligtvis går det att boka tid 30 dagar innan.
Information about Swedish development assistance.
The official gateway to Sweden.
Information about the Swedish government, its offices, names and photographs of ministers, politics, which international organizations Sweden belong to, etc.
Assistance to Swedish citizens abroad (The Government offices incl ministries>Ministry for Foreign Affairs>Areas of responsibilities>Consular Affairs).
The Swedish Institute’s film data base. A selection of Swedish films which can be borrowed and shown abroad.
The official visitor’s guide to Stockholm.

industry_corpus2: Politics & Administration


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After completing the steps in How to Integrate TSheets and QuickBooks Online, you can export approved timesheet data to QuickBooks Online.
After approving timesheets, you can export the data to QuickBooks.
In the top right corner of TSheets, click QuickBooks.
Click Export All Approved Time.
When the Proceed with export? window displays, click Export all hours.
To view the export details from TSheets, click QuickBooks > View Sync Log.
To view the timesheet data in QuickBooks, click the + icon > Employees > Weekly Timesheet, and navigate to the appropriate week.
See also: QuickBooks Online Integration Frequently Asked Questions.

industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications


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Achieve excellence with the Hockey Canada Network App. With over 1000 drill videos, diagrams, and descriptions, to help coaches and players get the most out of every practice time. You can find short and long-term practice plans along with all the essentials for anyone looking to advance their hockey knowledge, all designed by Canada’s best coaches. This App is iOS and Android compatible and can be used on both smartphones and tablets making it easily accessible everywhere. The content of the App has been designed to help develop every coach and player by covering the hockey fundamentals for all ages. On or off the ice every coach, player, and parent everywhere now has the tools to succeed in the palm of their hand.
Use the Code HCCERT2018 to purchase the APP at $23!
Hockey Canada Drill Hub is a growing library of drill videos, diagrams, and descriptions that have been categorized by skill, age group, and other helpful criteria. This free mobile friendly website gives coaches and players the ability to view drills, build practice plans and share the information with others team members or coaches.
The Under 16 Gold standard Website Portal was created to help develop emerging high performance athletes, coaches, and support staff. The portal is easily accessible, understandable, and practical. Information found on the site can be incorporated into yearly training plans to help the development of all high performance athletes. Approval from Hockey Canada must be granted before anyone gains access to the portal. Please follow the steps below to gain access to the Under 16 Gold Standard Portal.
Click into the registrations site.
Register (fill in all required information including your HCR Number).
Confirmation email with Username and Password will be sent within 3 business days.
Login to the Portal with the provided Username and Password.

industry_corpus2: Sports


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Say hello to the “Mazer” Magnetic Field Cannon!
The Stationary Mazer Cannon utilizes a powerful electric coil to create an insanely strong magnetic field that can be precisely applied to enemy units, temporarily scrambling their circuits. Affected vehicles have to revert to manual controls and as a result lose 40% of their targeting accuracy.

industry_corpus2: Aerospace


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We pack bicycles and frames for shipping. Shipping arrangements must be made by the customer. Depending on your bike model, size and accessories boxing rates will vary. Most bicycles can be boxed for $50. This cost includes the bike box and all packing materials (fork brace, front and rear wheel caps, frame padding and a separate box for the pedals). Other accessories can fit in the box but may get damaged or cause damage. We recommend that accessories are sent separately.
Bicycle Box Sizes: Length is 50-55", Height 29-33", Width 5-8"
Check with your shipping company for the most current rates and policies.


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The awesome folks over at Ninja Tune put together this seriously dope sampler to give away for free in honor of International Women’s Day. You should all listen and download with quickness.
Exclusive new track, never released before!
Speech’s second album ‘Freedom of Speech’ is out now on Big Dada.
Yppah’s third album for Ninja Tune, ‘Eighty One’ is out April 2012.
Taken from the ‘Creature Dreams’ EP out now on Brainfeeder.
Root’s Manuva’s fifth album for Big Dada, ‘4everevolution’ is out now on Big Dada.
Taken from Emika’s eponymously titled debut album.
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I’m often asked, “Why is a support group so important for an individual who has a physical challenge to overcome?” The only way to get courage is to face your fears and overcome them. The benefits of courage are success, happiness and bravery. Most people run away from fear. Successful people run to fear and do the things they fear the most and overcome the challenges that most people see as impossible. Support groups like Courage to Shine enable people with challenges to see that they’re not alone. The group also allows people to meet others with the same conditions, so they can learn and help each other to overcome their problems.
Editor’s Note: Thomas Exler, the president of the Association for the Bladder Exstrophy Community (ABC) , also is the chairman and founder of Courage to Shine, an organization created to provide information for others, like Exler, who have found ways to overcome their problems and become successful people. As Exler explains, “I was lucky to find role modelswho showed me that nothing’s impossible for people like me. But not everyone has the opportunity to meet others who have led highly visible, successful and rewarding lives in spite of their disabilities. That’s why we created Courage to Shine – to introduce individuals to other people with similar challenges and to provide a forum and a webpage where individuals can find role models who have demonstrated that there are no limits for people with physical challenges.” Part 1 of a 5-part series.

industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


text: Once you try on Park's Heavy Duty Shop Apron, there's no going back to standard aprons. The SA-3 is made from heavy 10-ounce cotton canvas and has two rows of bar tack reinforced pockets for stashing pens, parts, tools, etc. The special crossback design removes pressure from the neck for all day comfort and a nylon quick release makes the apron easy to adjust and take off. This sweet apron is a full 35-inches in length and the bottom 7-inches of the apron can be snapped up for a custom height fit. Plus, an embroidered Park Tool logo makes the apron as good looking (even when it's dirty) as it is functional.


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Search for Used and new Motor graders Caterpillar 140h amongst 113 ads updated daily on MachineryZone, the leading european platform to buy and sell construction equipment.


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The objective of the program is to impart to the students the profound theoretical and practical knowledge required for professional practice in the field, to give them a survey of the individual disciplines of Computational Logic and to develop their ability to work according to scientific methods. In addition, the students are given the opportunity to plan their studies to fit a particular practical application. To acquire practice-oriented knowledge they may choose appropriate combinations of modules. By means of visits abroad and English as the language of instruction, the students are to be prepared for the increasing internationalism of science, commerce and industry.
The focus of instruction lies in the following areas: mathematical logic, logic programming, deduction systems, knowledge representation, artificial intelligence, methods of formal specification and verification, inference techniques, syntax-directed semantics, and the relationship between theoretical computer science and logic.
The further qualification for professional practice and research obtained by the European Master''''s Program in Computational Logic is determined by the Master''''s examination. The examination provides a means to determine whether the candidate has a scientific overview of his field, whether he has acquired the technical knowledge and skills required for professional practice and whether he is capable of applying knowledge and scientific methods independently. On successful completion of the examination, both the visiting universities award a master degree. The certificates indicate that the degree was obtained in the European Master''''s Program in Computational Logic.
Students will be prepared for a future PhD, they will come into contact with the international research community and will be integrated into ongoing research projects. They will develop competence in foreign languages and international relationships, thereby improving their social skills.

industry_corpus2: Programming


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The India I love is timeless and unruffled by the ways of the world. India I love is in the villages, in the drapes of the sari, in the bells of the temples at sunrise, in the hands joined in a respectful Namaste. But India that changes is also there, forcing me to take notice of its boisterous ways, its magnificent achievements, its chaotic development.
So here I am, on my third journey to India. I decided to stay in Delhi for a couple of days to immerse myself in contemporary India, not very convinced though, that I will be able to love it. Arnima, my kamalan travel consultant, has been categorical, “I would not suggest that you go to Gurgaon. It is the “Mecca” of high-tech India, but even though its name means “the village of raw sugar, there will be nothing sweet about travelling there. It is very far from the city and the traffic will certainly put you off.” She knows me well by now, and I trust her judgment.
I stay at The Rose, an unconventional, well-decorated hotel in Hauz Khas, an ancient hamlet engulfed by the city, that has been invested in by numberless boutiques, cafes, art galleries, jazz clubs, and even an organic restaurant. Despite being taken over by what in the West would be called a “hipsters’ groove”, the place retains the feel of a village, with the ubiquitous cows strolling side by side. It is Saturday afternoon when I venture out to visit a museum of contemporary art that sounds quite promising in spite the fact that it is in a mall; I don’t really know what to expect. The DLF mall in Saket is more than I’ve asked for; it is a sort of amusement park for grown-ups, willing to embrace “modernity” in sprees of binge-shopping.
The search for my longed-for museum proves a little taxing; I wish I had asked for the help of a professional guide who would have accompanied me smoothly to my destination. Finally, when one of the numerous guards protecting this huge temple of consumerism directs me to an information counter, I manage to find my way.
I enter a vast hall invested with a huge installation by Subodh Gupta called “Line of control”. A young couple walks by this sort of nuclear mushroom made of stainless steel pots and pans, holding hands; not a very common sight in timeless India.
Behind the glass doors of the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, all is quiet and collected. At the counter I am only asked to sign my name, there is no ticket to be purchased, no fees to be paid, no books or souvenirs to be bought. I learn that this is India’s largest philanthropic museum, and is part of the Shiv Nadar Foundation, a non-profit organization that, among other activities, exhibits modern and contemporary art from India and the subcontinent. I am struck by the contrast between the bustling activity outside and the peaceful atmosphere I am enveloped in as soon as I enter the first exhibition hall. Only Bhimsen Joshi, one of the most accomplished voices of Indian classical music, accompanies my thoughts.
The title of the exhibition is: “Difficult loves”, reminding me of a collection of short stories by Italo Calvino, one of my favourite authors with whom I share the country of birth, Italy. I feel immediately attracted to the part of the exhibition dedicated to Amrita Sher-Gil, celebrating her 100th birthday anniversary, “The self in making”. An iconic figure in the male dominated world of Indian art in the 1920s, the artist, who died too young at 28, shines through the self-portraits and the photographs taken by her father, in a room not too big that allows a surprising intimacy with the beautiful woman she was. I intend to buy few books on her work to bring home during my travel in North India. When I shared my love for books with Arnima, she suggested that I visit the bookshop at the Rambagh Palace in Jaipur, according to her, a treasure trove of rare books.
It is difficult to describe the emotional engagement I have experienced in the halls devoted to the work of Nasreen Mohamedi, a woman artist born in Karachi who lived in London and Paris and, among other places, in the Middle East. She finally chose India as her home where she taught at the Faculty of Fine Arts in the University of Baroda. Roobina Karode, a former student of Nasreen Mohamedi, has curated the exhibition I am visiting, pertinently called: “A view to infinity”.
Through a series of black and white family photographs, I become acquainted with a charming woman gifted with an intelligent gaze. I love the portrait she took of Husain, one of the most well-known Indian artists, dressed in black, standing with open arms, almost a christic figure. It is the exposure to her work, though, that produces a very strong inner movement in me. I immediately sense the presence of a unique vision and a personal quest that exudes from the geometric patterns she drew on the paper, the photographs she took, her oil paintings. Hers is a feminine and rigorous approach to space and time; she seems to be able to translate to images the music of the spheres.
"Nasreen Mohamedi was in tune with the cosmic womb and the eclipses of the sun and the moon, the cycles of birth and decay and of continual change. Through the intense acuity of her perception, she realises that nature disposes itself in rhythm and only through rhythm one is able to escape time."
The essence of what I feel is a feminine perception of life is there in front of me, a sort of formula that has eluded me for long time. I walk out of the exhibition in awe of the artist, considering myself very lucky to have discovered her.

industry_corpus2: Travel & Geography


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Summer is on its way bringing with it sunshine, warmth, flip flops and cocktails!
As it currently stands, you’re probably using your air conditioning unitfor heating purposes or not at all. In anticipation of all the goodness summer has to bring, it’s a good idea to test yours out to see how it’s running, if it needs any repairs or maintenance, or even if you might need a new one before the big heat hits up.
So, how do you check if everything is working?
If you turn it on and it isn’t blowing out any air, you don’t have to be an expert to depict that it probably isn’t working. Get in touch with us if you’re worried that your unit may be either broken or in need of some sort of repair.
Over the months where your unit is left dormant, the filter can clog up which as a result, will affect how cold and how forceful the air coming out of the unit is. If the filter is dirty, simply change it, if not, the fan/blower might be clogged. If you try and clean this yourself, you could potentially run the risk of losing a finger if it turns on and you didn’t turn off the breaker properly so again, give us a call to assist you!
If the drain is clear, check to see if there’s any mold or algae and if so, pour some bleach through the line. If it can drain to prevent a water flood, the system will trip off.
Is the air that’s blowing out humid?
If the air coming out of your unit is really humid, when the air blows over the cold coils, it will turn to ice which will unfortunately block the air flow. To fix this, try turning off the unit for a couple of hours and then check to see if the air then comes out cold. This is a particular issue for office units which are turned on during the day and off at night.
Open all the doors and let the AC run at 76. If it can’t get up to 76 and you’ve tried all of the above steps, it’s time to give us a call!
If your air conditioning unit is getting a bit old and is starting to look a little outdated or sounding a bit noisy, now is the best time of the year to invest in a new one. Over the past few years, air conditioning units have come on leaps and bounds in both functionality and aesthetic and have become a real joy to have in the home or work place, rather than just a necessity. New air conditioning units can offer a much wider range of features such as eco-friendly, anti-allergenic and dust busting as well as being subtle and even aesthetically enhancing. These new, top of the range air conditioning units that we offer are just waiting to be installed in time for summer!


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The neshama (soul) can only enter this world in a physical body. The body is the soul's garment to attain its purpose in this world, as well as directly offering an instrument for elevation. Only through and with the body can we carry out the practical mitzvos of the Torah.
"Guard yourself and guard your soul very much lest you forget the day when you stood before HaShem Your G-d at Horev" (Deuteronomy 4:9-10). The Kli Yakar explains: "'Guard yourself' means taking care of the body."
"The wise person has his eyes in his head" (Koheles 2:14) -- "He sees what is ahead" (Avot 2:9). Good health is a precious gift, and the wise person does everything necessary to protect it from possible hazards by taking proper care of the body. On the other hand, "The fool looses everything he is given" (Chagiga 4a). Our sages teach us that when a doctor heals the sick, the doctor is performing the mitzva of returning lost property: "And you shall return it to him" (Deuteronomy 22:2) - "This refers to the loss of the person's body, i.e. his health" (Sanhedrin 73a; see Rambam's Commentary on Mishneh Nedarim 4:4).
I’m going to debase myself now, publicly. I have no strange fetish for exposing my personal business, but because someone else did so doing affecting me, perhaps my doing so will make a difference.
I am a foolish man. Though it’s a passive foolishness, it’s foolishness still. For so many mitzvot I work hard, go out of my way, and invest serious effort, money and time. Yet for this mitzvah my actions have been purely passive. And it almost killed me.
My problem is simple. I spend most of my day in front of a computer, as do so many others nowadays. No different than many other sedentary and office jobs, or maybe it is – more concentration, less physical movement, sitting for hours on end. This is my work, as well as many side efforts including this blog. More and more time…sitting.
The result: Over the past 25 years I gained 70 pounds. Being I started as a "solid guy" and am of average height, the effects are...not positive. What does 70 pounds mean with a sedentary lifestyle?
Tired all the time, without energy, irritable, frequently out of breath, hot flashes, poor sleep, difficulty with concentration & memory, receding gums, and constant cramping.
"I don't feel well", "I just can't", "Sorry, I'm not up for it", these have become my constant state of being. In middle age, this is a disaster.
Now I just started learning Brazilian Jiu Jitzu with a friend on Sundays as well.
IY"H, we should make our bodies healthy keilim for Torah!
If you can afford it, I recommend Pilates in a proper Pilates centre with machines.
It improves strength and posture.
If not, then walking (not too fast otherwise it damages the shins) is free and good. Stretch too, that is good for the back.
I knocked off 15 kilo a number of years ago by cutting out carbohydrates and grains except a bit on Shabbat. I eat lots of cooked veggies and am not hungry. Recently I found that a few had returned, and I tweaked the regime and got them off, too.
Contact me if you want help.


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More than 85% of managers think people living with HIV still face discrimination in the workplace, according to a survey of employers and employees carried out by the Positive Futures Partnership.
Almost half (40%) thought people living with HIV should not be allowed to work as chefs, while 24% thought they should not work as waiters.
Most respondents thought it would be acceptable for people living with HIV to work as a cleaner (85% agreed strongly) but only 38% thought someone living with HIV could undertake a nursing role.
The survey also found widespread lack of understanding and education about HIV in the workplace.
Stephen Bitti, chief executive of the UKC (UK Coalition of People Living with HIV and AIDS), said: “Rates of HIV continue to grow at an alarming rate in the UK. There are currently estimated to be about 66,500 people living with the virus in the UK.


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Imagine an afternoon filled with demiglazes and braised shanks, pot stickers and forest mushrooms, red wine reductions and black bean quinoa salad. Are you hungry? Because Shirin Spangenberg, the owner of Park City Food Tours, wants to both feed and educate you.
The new business offers tours of the fine dining options and history of Park City’s Historic Main Street. Whether popping into the Wasatch Brew Pub for a starter or checking out the latest creation at Zoom Restaurant, Spangenberg walks groups down the street, stopping in this or that business while providing a touch or perhaps an avalanche of local color. And at the heart of the business is a concept any Main Street merchant could stand behind: get more people to come back, spend money and support the local economy.
"I know a lot of people on the street, which made partnering with businesses easier. My whole goal is to bring recognition to the restaurants and businesses on Main Street. Hopefully, people will be so enthralled they will go back," Spangenberg said, "and they usually do."
But even locals are realizing the benefits of the tour, that there is more to Main Street than meets the eye. With more than 20 years in the community, Spangenberg delivers on stories, from the Old West days of Mormon pioneers to recent events such as the Tour of Utah and the most recent celebrity sightings at the Sundance Film Festival. If locals are inviting out-of-town guests to stay, it’s the kind of tour they should take and commit to heart, embodying an air of a know-it-all guide to all things Park City.
"It’s so funny," Spangenberg said. "The street is so dynamic. It changes all the time, and people take it for granted. I’ve always enjoyed coming on to Main Street, but starting this business has opened my eyes, to what there is, to how wonderful our business owners are, to spending a good time in our home town."
The tour even includes less obvious "food tour" merchants, incorporating galleries where owners highlight a new artist, understanding how to properly taste olive oil or a personal hand treatment at the Mountain Body Spa. In each location, a server or manager steps up to explain what the restaurant offers and what the group will try.
"This is an opportunity for people to sell their restaurant, their business," she said. "You have a captive audience. They are here for food, so this is a golden opportunity."
Spangenberg first had the idea to start her business in Park City after a trip to Orange County where she used an online coupon to take her first food tour. An admitted foodie, she saw the potential for expanding this idea in Utah.
"We have so much personality on this street," Spangenberg said. "I knew I could do this."
"The point is to have fun, get to know people, enjoy others’ company," she added. "and that is on top of enjoying the food and getting to know the area better."
In December, she gave the first tour, and each experience is a little different, she said. Large groups treat the tour like a party, with perhaps a few more cocktails involved. Small groups become very intimate, people swapping stories and really getting to know each other. And there is something for everyone. The Park City Food Tours works with a variety of special dietary needs, whether kosher or gluten-free.
As the winter season continues, Spangenberg will continue to offer an apres ski schedule, targeting tourists who are just getting off the slopes. As spring and summer approach, she hopes to change up the schedule and offer deals to locals and the Wasatch Front for a dinner experience.
Tour costs $64 per person.

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For sensitive or problematic skin prone to imperfections, Skinceuticals Phyto Corrective is a light oil free gel that contains botanical extracts with anti inflammatory and antiseptic properties to help soothe and calm irritated skin, making it suitable for blemishes and breakouts that often appear red and inflamed. Natural alternatives to hydroquinone help to diminish the appearance of brown spots and promote a clear, fresh looking complexion. Hyaluronic Acid leaves skin intensely hydrated, while natural extracts brighten.
Recommended for uncomfortable, dry skin, highly sensitive and reactive skin, sun age spots.
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Authentic Old West costume trousers. Great price & fast shipping. Thank you!
Best seller I´ve ever found in the whole Ebay. Thank you from Spain!
Fits well, looks great, and for a reasonable price.


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Volunteers in photos - even now iconic ones- usually go uncredited but in this case we know that it is in fact Leo Steenson.
Leo was born and raised in Lower Falls, Belfast and worked as a maintenance fitter. Upon joining the Belfast Brigade in the early 50's he was instructed to apply for work with the British Civil Service's War Office. He did so, and for a while he and some other volunteers ran a highly successful spy ring within the Office, collecting information and passing it on to the IRA. In time however it was exposed -with much damage to the Brigade, and a good bit of scandal on the British side- and Leo was forced to go on the run. Friends (including a well-known boxer) helped smuggle him over the border to Dundalk, in the relative safety of the Free State, and from there he took refuge with relatives in the seaside village of Annagassan.
In 1966, during the 50th anniversary of 1916, he was in the color party of the Movement's well attended and triumphant Easter parade. Jealous Gardai baton charged them several times, but were beaten off. In retaliation he and a number of other comrades were dragged out in a dawn swoop and given various sentences- Leo receiving 6 months in jail. Reports describe their complaints of incessant Gardai harassment which rivaled anything he would have experienced in Belfast.
Committed to the social aspect of Republicanism, he later sided with the Officials and remained a "significant but low key"** member of the Dublin Brigade in the following decades. Among his many other tasks, he was called on more than once to help volunteers on the run from the North as he once had been.
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I've had my 3.3T AWD G70 for a little over a week. It's Siberian Ice and like others, I love the car. I have had two BMW 3 series prior to this car, the last being a 14 335i which was a great car. But I prefer this car. The steering is better, the car is much quieter, the interior is better and the sounds system is superior. I got tired of paying extra for what are standard features in most cars with BMW. As quick as the 335i was, the G70 is more so. It's ferocious in sport mode. I have had so many people ask me about this car and then ask about the color which is quite striking. I'm surprised how many 2.0T are on the dealer lot. I drove one of those as a loaner for two weeks and I was quite impressed. But that car is not the car getting all the press. It's a great value IMO.
How did the 2.0T engine compare to the 3.3T? How did the turbo lag compare between the two?
I am not a true car aficionado, so please feel free to apply that to what I am writing. I drove the 2.0 and really liked it; I thought it has surprising pick up and was enjoyable to drive. That said, I ordered the 3.3. In part, for the extra hp; in part because I like the look of 2 pipes from the back (rather than one). I could have been easily content with the 2.0 and that car is easily worth the money, I just felt like a smidgen more--although, that said, my 3.3 has not yet arrived and I could have already been driving the 2.0.
When you get your 3.3T (hopefully soon) you won't regret it. The difference between both engines is like Night and Day.
There's a difference between the 6MT and the 8AT is perceived turbo lag.
The 8AT feels like it has less because of how it is geared!
There’s not much discernible turbo lag in either car. I was surprised how quick the 2.0 was. It’s plenty of car for daily driving. If you drive the six, you’ll be spoiled. The torque is enormous in that car and in sport mode it’s scary fast. Truthfully you can’t really use all that power often if you live in an urban environment. If you have access to some good, open driving modes then the six is the one.
I test drove a 2.0 8spd before buying my car, and honestly it was pretty dang good. It picked up quick, though most of the power was higher in the RPM's. I think @SeekingGen hit the nail on the head - you really don't need any more power than what the 2.0 provides. It's quick, agile, and I really wouldn't regret having one, but I just wanted more power than I actually need.
I have been drooling over the G70 for months and finally got to sit in one yesterday at an auto show. It was the first time sitting in a car elicited an emotional response. I knew I wanted one eventually but it really sealed the deal and now I’m going to start saving up in earnest. Can’t even imagine what it’s like to actually drive the thing.
I knew I wanted one eventually but it really sealed the deal and now I’m going to start saving up in earnest. Can’t even imagine what it’s like to actually drive the thing.
Sorry - “Instigation alert” Don’t wonder...go test drive one!
Go to Alexandria. Kevin Reilly is the owner...awesome guy.
I can even tell him you’re coming. PM me if you wish.
I talk the folks at Alexandria every now and then. Spoke with the main finance guy there.
He said to come on down...they do not restrict test drives, etc. So you are good to go.
His name is Joon Bae.
They do restrict one car...and that is the Veloster N.
If you let it eat away at you for long enough then you will ultimately result in taking foolish, drastic measures like buying out of state and shipping it back to yourself.
Soma, is this what you’re looking for? It’s an Elite package in RWD though, and I can’t recall if you were looking for the Sport?

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Demonstrating the effectiveness of expensive new rheumatoid arthritis (RA) therapeutics is imperative to determine whether the quality of care has improved with the introduction of these agents. Our current RA quality measures are primarily process based, but they must become outcomes based to better demonstrate quality. New RA quality measures must be multidimensional, accounting for all of the important outcomes in RA: radiographic, functional status, and disease activity. To fully understand the potential benefits of new therapeutics in RA, outcome measures must be integrated with routine practice.
New medications for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), combined with early, aggressive treatment strategies, have improved care. New biologic and small molecule therapies come with a hefty price tag, and demonstrating effectiveness is increasingly important: is the quality of care actually better for RA patients with newer therapies?
To answer this question, we must first define quality. As described by the Institute of Medicine, quality of care is 'the degree to which healthcare services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes and are consistent with current professional knowledge’ . Quality of care can be evaluated using quality measures, which are tools that provide the ability to quantify an aspect of healthcare relative to an established criterion . Other facets of quality include patient satisfaction and access to care. Quality of care in RA is currently largely based on the use of process-based quality measures. For example: the frequency of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD) prescribing in RA; the use of disease activity and functional status measures in routine practice; and laboratory monitoring frequency according to established recommendations. These RA quality measures are primarily derived from the Arthritis Foundation Starter Set and the Physician Quality Reporting Database RA measure set, but the American College of Rheumatology is actively developing a new RA measure set . Although the current RA quality measures provide a reasonable starting point, they do not fully capture the spectrum of care quality for patients with RA in the United States.
Measures of quality of care are evolving to include concepts such as clinical outcomes. Some even argue that our primary goal should be to provide value: the health outcomes achieved per dollar spent . This newer model incorporates the total cost of providing care to patients for a specific condition over a defined time period, relative to the health outcome achieved. For example, in RA the total cost of care would include nonbiologic and biologic DMARDs, office visits, physical therapy and inpatient hospitalizations. But the real question is how to best define outcomes in a chronic, complex condition such as RA? Outcomes can be multidimensional, accounting for all facets of care for a RA patient: radiographic progression, improvement in functional status score, or a decrease in disease activity score. Radiographic progression is often discussed as an important outcome in randomized controlled trials of RA therapeutics, but it is not a routine part of clinical practice. Measurement of functional status using a standardized, validated instrument is an important patient-reported outcome, capturing key information about how RA impacts activities of daily living. Patient-reported outcomes are not used regularly in many busy, office practices despite the correlation with disease outcomes and mortality [5, 6].
While professional groups such as the American College of Rheumatology have made recommendations on the measurement of disease activity through the use of tools such as the Disease Activity Score-28, the Clinical Disease Activity Index, or the Routine Assessment of Patient Disease Activity 3, documenting sustained low disease activity or remission requires multiple measurements . Encouraging rheumatologists to treat to target and moving patients from high disease activity to remission is just one dimension of RA outcomes. Each potential clinical outcome has strengths and limitations and probably cannot serve as a standalone measure, but taken together they provide a more nuanced portrait of RA quality of care.
Moving from thinking about quality measures as process based to outcomes based is a significant challenge. To achieve good outcomes in RA using the new therapeutics in RA, one needs to consider the timing of therapy, the duration of treatment, and the co-existence of other medical conditions. Some patients may delay initiation of DMARD therapy due to fear of toxicity or lack of understanding of the risk/benefit profile; other patients may not be fully adherent to the treatment plan due to financial issues, socioeconomic factors or language barriers; and still others may not have access to rheumatology care until after they have sustained radiographic or functional damage from their RA. Since quality is often measured at the level of the rheumatologist, how do we risk adjust for these complex patient-related factors when evaluating outcomes in RA? Some rheumatologists see tertiary-care referral patients with longer disease duration, more treatment failures, and multiple co-morbidities. Developing appropriate case-mix adjustment tools to allow for meaningful comparison across providers is a huge task. We have learned that even for a simple quality measure such as whether RA patients receive a DMARD, this case-mix adjustment matters. When evaluating the quality measure on receipt of DMARDs for patients with RA, case-mix adjustment identified age, race and socioeconomic status as negative predictors of DMARD receipt .
Even though the road will be tough, we must determine how to best measure outcomes in RA to assess quality of care. The expenditures associated with biologic treatments raise important questions for how to demonstrate the effectiveness of medications for RA. However, there are emerging data on RA patients remaining in remission with fewer doses or even cessation of biologic drugs, raising the possibility that we can improve value for patients by simultaneously achieving good health outcomes and decreasing the overall cost of care . An important first step to showing that new therapeutics are translating into better quality of care is incorporating the use of quantitative measurement of disease activity and functional status into routine clinical practice. By regularly measuring possible RA outcome measures, such as disease activity and functional status, we can identify patients who are achieving poor outcomes and create strategies to re-design care delivery for those patients. For example, the use of intensive nurse outreach between regularly scheduled rheumatologist visits to document medication adherence, side effects and education may improve outcomes faster and facilitate treating to target. Developing clinical risk-adjustment tools for RA can help offset differences in patient case mix among rheumatologists.
However, measuring outcomes presents major challenges for the healthcare system in general. Collecting structured data to allow quality assessment is not routine in many practices and would place new burdens on the already stressed healthcare system, adding costs and frustration. Furthermore, accurately assessing quality of care requires adjusting for case-mix severity. This is especially true if outcomes become the focus of quality assessment. Collecting the dataset required for case-mix adjustment further taxes the healthcare provider. In addition, there are unanswered questions that remain: what is the current natural history of RA if diagnosed early and treated aggressively with combination nonbiologic and biologic DMARDs? To fully achieve the potential benefits of new therapeutics in RA, we first need RA quality measures that incorporate outcomes and these need to be easily integrated into typical practice.
This work was supported by K24 AR 055989. DHS also receives salary support from research grants to Brigham and Women’s Hospital from Lilly, Amgen, and CORRONA; serves in unpaid roles on trials sponsored by Pfizer and Novartis; and receives royalties from UpToDate.


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You might think that stepping into a pair of skis or a snowboard, riding the lift, and carving through fresh powder down a mountainside, then repeating the process over and over again, wouldn't be something you'd need to prepare for. However, skiing and snowboarding are high-activity sports, and if you want to enjoy them, you need to invest a little time and forethought into getting ready for the season.
Before your eyes glaze over at the thought of reading one more article on "preseason training," realize that this topic applies to everyone, from novice to expert.
"Regardless of your ability level, don't make the mistake of assuming you can ski or board yourself into shape," says Dave Merriam, head coach of the PSIA and AASI Demonstration Teams. "These are demanding activities, and if you haven't conditioned your body accordingly, you tire quicker, become sore more easily, and also stand a greater chance of getting injured."
The fact is, if you haven't done any ski- or snowboard-specific cross-training, the muscles that have been relatively dormant for several months are going to get a rude awakening, and you're sure to be quaffing Ibuprofen before day's end. Don't think you can just "coast" through the day to minimize the toll of exerting yourself; snow is an ever-changing medium, and your physical preparedness will be tested continuously as you move through powder one minute to blue ice the next.
So, where to start? Merriam suggests targeting three main areas in a preseason training regime to speed your transition to the slopes and steer you away from injury.
"I follow this regime and I also advise the PSIA Demo Team members and ski school instructors I coach to do the same," he says. "The objective is to build an aerobic base while increasing flexibility and strength."
In any conditioning program, the first step is to identify the intensity level of your particular sport and make sure the exercises you perform will match that pace.
"In most snow sports, it's important to build a strong base of aerobic fitness, because that's what's going to allow you to be on the hill longer and reduce your chance of injury due to fatigue," Merriam says. "At the same time, skiing and snowboarding are anaerobic activities, which means that they require short, intense bursts of energy interspersed with rest periods."
This is where sport-specific conditioning comes in. "You have to train for this high level of anaerobic output," Merriam says. "It's a different focus than building your aerobic tolerance." The need to supplement an aerobic base with anaerobic training is what sets skiing and snowboarding apart from other sports, he notes.
The timing, as well as the focus of training, is important, so that as the season approaches, you increase the intensity and challenge of your workouts, Merriam suggests.
"Shortly before fall, I shift gears in my workouts, moving from a primarily aerobic to more of an anaerobic focus," he says. "I like to incorporate some two-minute sprint intervals into a session of running, with a rest period afterward. These transitions are so similar to skiing, and getting into this mode seems to stimulate my mental as well as physical preparedness for the season."
In addition to running and sprinting, there are a variety of excellent training activities that are specific to skiing and boarding: hill running, stair climbing, using a ski machine, inline skating, and bike riding. Linda Crockett, education director for the Professional Ski Instructors of America and the American Association of Snowboard Instructors, points to trail sports such as running or mountain biking as activities that are especially good for skiing and boarding.
"These activities really force you to look ahead at all times and pay close attention to the terrain as you're exercising, which is exactly what you do when you ski or board," Crockett says.
In terms of specific anaerobic exercises, you might want to try plyometric exercises (e.g., bounding or other explosive movements that fine-tune muscles for anaerobic sports), interval training like sprints, and weight room exercises. All of these train the body anaerobically and transfer well to snow sports, Crockett says.
It's important to stretch everyday and incorporate some form of aerobic training three-to-six times per week, Crockett says. Sessions should be at least 30 minutes at a low intensity; more time would add to the effectiveness. Anaerobic work (again, in the form of sprints, plyometrics, or heavy weightlifting with low reps) should be incorporated at least two-to-three days per week, and one rest day is crucial.
"Consider the rest day part of your training," Crockett says. "Taking a day off is not akin to failure; think of it instead as getting the gains from your workout." It's also important to do a warm-up before; options include sliding, walking herringbone on the hill, side stepping, walking the flats, and stretching. "When you're on the hill, consider that to be an anaerobic day, or a strength day in the whole week's routine," she says. "You should still get two-to-three aerobic workouts in that week too."
Preseason training doesn't stop with aerobic and anaerobic exercises. Dave Mannetter, a member of PSIA's Alpine Demonstration Team and the head staff trainer at Mammoth Mountain Ski School in California, is one skier who swears by weight training.
"I strongly believe that strength is the key to snow sports. It just makes sense that the stronger you are, the less you have to try to hold yourself up to make the moves," he says.
Mannetter says that by targeting major muscle groups in the upper body, the arms, chest, back, and shoulders, he's seen significant gains in his strength and fitness levels. He also focuses on leg work that involves the calves, quadriceps, hamstrings, and gluteals. When he was recovering from cartilage surgery, Mannetter tried to isolate specific leg muscles used in skiing.
"For example, it's very common for skiers' legs to be stronger on the outside than on the inside, but it's important to get the inside of the leg strong so the kneecap can be held centered," he says.
During strength training, it's important to "train more muscles than you can see in the mirror at the gym," which is a common mistake among athletes, says Teams coach Dave Merriam. "You need to train your lower back and your hamstrings to balance out opposing muscles like the quads and abdominals. Using free weights will also give you more results for your time spent lifting. When you're wedged against an apparatus while lifting, muscle groups are isolated. Free weights force balance and range of motion into the equation, which resembles skiing and boarding."
Stretching is the one aspect of preseason training that should be done every day, Linda Crockett says. Both demo teams follow Adrian Crook's INFLEX program, which combines flexibility and movement exercises to increase an athlete's balance and coordination for the maximum range of motion.
Crook's program pivots on five main points: focus, balance, strength, range of motion, and longevity. He learned his trade from a Chinese healer and kung fu master and passes it along to elite-level athletes, who claim it gives them an edge to compete at the highest level of the sport, without injury. Because Crook's method hones an athlete's balance, it's great for snow sports, Merriam says.
"Adrian teaches a lot about the origins of movements. He emphasizes having a very strong center (abdominals), as well as the use of knees, ankles, hips, and spine from a balancing perspective. In doing his exercises, the muscles feel as though they are being stretched and massaged."
Fellow team member Mannetter concurs, saying "My posture and balance have improved so much since I began using Adrian's InFlex tapes. He talks about the importance of flexibility in longevity of life, and it's true. Flexibility is essential, especially in snow sports."
To quote a phrase, it's never too late to get started. According to Crockett, the six weeks before the season are the most important in strength training and anaerobic conditioning. Even if you haven't been conscientious about training in the off season, you should focus on a regime during these fleeting days before the snow flies.
"After all, you can't get up to the slopes and expect your body to do something that it can't even do on dry land," she says.
Again, preseason training is for everyone. The suggestions offered here are intended to either motivate you to develop your own regime or tailor the one you have for more effectiveness. Who knows? Feeling sore after a day on the slopes, or even incurring an injury, may become a thing of the past.


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For 22 years, TR has been donating wheelchair ramps by volunteering a Saturday in May for the Master Builders Association event. This year’s Ramp-A-Thon was completed May 21st, 2016 for a 49 year-old woman with MS at her home in Snoqualmie.
Thanks to our team captains Rob Pitre and Ryan McCurdy, this year’s ramp recipient and her family have the freedom to access their home without assistance.
This project was done for my sister Becky, you guys were AWESOME!!!! They were so amazing and this wheelchair ramp is just beautiful and has given Becky the mobility she desperately needed. She is feeling more independent already! Thank you so much for the volunteers from Tenhulzen for volunteering their time and talents for the Rampathon Project. We will appreciate this ramp for the rest of our lives. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!


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The Burlington Police Department announced today it has arrested a second man in connection with an October home invasion on Church Lane.
According to the release, Burlington Police arrested Thomas J. Mahan, 20, of Haverhill at his home with assistance of the Haverhill Police Department.
"Police Chief Michael R. Kent is pleased to report that a second suspect has been charged in connection with an October home invasion," the release from the department states.
Mahan is being charged with Home Invasion (four counts), Assault With Intent to Commit an Armed Robbery (four counts) and Conspiracy.
Mahan was expected to be arraigned this afternoon in Woburn District Court. The case remains under investigation by Burlington Police.
Below is the original story of the home invasion and the arrest of the first suspect, Connor John Tufts, 20, of Haverhill. Story was posted on 10/3/14.
Burlington Police Chief Michael Kent announced on Friday that at 12:18 that morning police responded to a report of a fight at a Church Lane residence. When police arrived they noticed two men in their 20s holding down a third man. The two men were identified as residents of the home and the man they were holding down was identified as Connor John Tufts, age 20, of Haverhill.

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Beloved Bedlam: The Dirty "30" and Other Random Tidbits. . .
The Dirty "30" and Other Random Tidbits. . .
I'm so glad I'm not "30"
He celebrated with a apple pie for breakfast...Cause that's his favorite. Riley cried cause he thinks he should have a birthday every time someone else has a birthday...So then I give in and he blows the candles and we sing to him....Which reminds me that on Payts birthday a few weeks ago...The boys were blowing out candles on some breakfast cupcakes...and we had to do it twice so the actual birthday boy could be sung to and then Ry...Well on Ry's turn he leaned a little to close to the candle and then started crying and screaming and pointing and Payt saying "Why you do that to me!" He'd singed off his eyelashes! So funny..
Baby Finn got 3 new teeth this last week!
All on top. That brings his grand total to 5!
He loves to rub his tongue on them and give cheesy silly grins! SO CUTE!
and he got his swim suit on...!backwards but on!
and don't you love his choice of footwear?
Happy Birthday Christian :) The big 3-0. Welcome to the club! Looks like you had a fantastic start to your day. Yummy!


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These senses of different “arguments” or “valence”, such as a noun or verb phrase, possibly involving a preposition such as to, at, or by.
In this sentence, it is “(a) of this section” that means something. So, in effect, there is a verbal “mean” with subject “(a) of this section” which is expressed using nominalization.
mean_v1 := v_np*_le & [ ORTH < “mean” >, SYNSEM [ LKEYS.KEYREL.PRED “_mean_v_1_rel”, PHON.ONSET con ] ].
This lexical entry “insists” on the verb having a noun phrase as its object, which results in a parse having “(a)” as the object of the verb “mean”, which is not ideal semantics.
Thus, rather than selecting the verbal clause during disambiguation, the nominal definition of “meaning” should be selected as shown below.
I would not say this user made a mistake but that the lexical entries within the grammar led to the incorrect result which could easily be corrected by resetting and selecting “meaning” as a nominal rather than as verbal (which is, effectively, what selecting a nominalization does).

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Examines those factors which can influence leakage distribution, including building style, construction quality, materials, ageing, pressure and variations in humidity.
Review of literature on choice of ventilation strategy for residential, industrial and other buildings.
This document is the Italian translation of the AIRGLOSS (AIVC TN 5).
The glossary gives the translation (English/French - French/English) of more than 1000 terms related to air infiltration and ventilation.
A review of the problems associated with satisfying the wind pressure data requirements of air infiltration models.
Air infiltration and ventilation heat loss can account for a substantial proportion of a buildlng's space heating demand.
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With the Lakers just starting the finals, it's a safe prediction that Rick Fox--a four-year veteran of the team--will not be grabbing many headlines away from superstars Shaq and Kobe. But Fox is known for his devastatingly effective defense on the court as well as for being a clubhouse peacemaker (a handy talent, especially this season).
He also has an active acting career, with a reoccurring role in the HBO prison drama "Oz" as prisoner Jackson Vayhue, and parts in movies such as "He Got Game" and "The Collectors."
Fox, 31, is married to actress and singer Vanessa L. Williams.
COMPUTER: I'm a laptop guy because I travel a lot and like to have a computer with me wherever I go. It's my link to my mom and my wife.
I also get some e-mail from fans. I made the mistake--back in 1993 when there were not too many people on the Internet--of giving out my e-mail address on a show, "SportsChannel." Some people still have it from then.
Q. You got online pretty early.
When I was with the [Boston] Celtics, Dee Brown got me on. He was a big-time computer user. He had been a math major in college and wrote programs. He introduced me to it, and I was amazed by the amount of information at my fingertips. It seems like there was something on any topic you could think of--news from the Bahamas [where he grew up], sports, politics. I remember being in my first apartment and spending all my days on the computer.
My sister just whispered, "You were a hermit." But I was so amazed by it all.
Q. What laptop do you use now?
The latest laptop I have is a Compaq Presario, but I still have old ones that I've gotten over the years. The computer industry is really ingenious--they withhold technology like candy and feed it to us a little bit at a time. There is always a larger screen, bigger hard drive, faster machine coming out. If you can afford it, you can never be satisfied.
Q. What other uses do you have for the computer when you're on the road?
For a while, I was huge with chess online. You would get rated all the time based on the games you won or lost, and I would stay on for six hours at a time. The competitive side of me would just want to beat someone. Sometimes I would venture up to a level too high for me and get beat in 30 seconds, and I'd feel like a complete idiot. AOL has discontinued the game, so I'm off of it now.
I write in my journal, daily, on the computer. My wife taught me to do that about 2 1/2 years ago--it's a release for me. I ask myself really personal questions and then try to answer them.
Q. Do you show it to anyone?
HAND-HELD: I have a Palm VII, and I'm really happy with it. I can check scores on the road, from the bus. I can send some e-mail from it. I keep all my phone numbers and addresses in it.
BOOKMARKED SITES: I have a lot of them: Barnes & Noble, L.A. Times, CBS SportsLine, the NBA, ESPN, Harry & David for gifts, Tower Records for music, CNN. I used to have Napster--my wife would kill me for saying that, being she is a musician.
I am taking a screenwriting class from the Gotham Writers' Workshop online [http://www.writingclasses.com]. I enjoy writing, and I'm interested in furthering my education. I can't go to school during the season, but I have a lot of downtime in hotel rooms or on planes. I can work on my course.
CELL PHONE: I'm an authorized Nextel dealer about to open my own store [in West L.A.], so you can tell what brand I have. I'm upgrading to their top model--I think I can use it to talk to the space shuttle. It's got Internet, e-mail, paging--way too much accessibility for a celebrity.
Q. How do you get around that?
Thank God for Caller ID. I take business calls between the hours of 10 and 2. Other than that, I let it ring unless it's my wife.
FAVORITE TECH TOY: Just the computer. I'm still kind of addicted.
Q. You don't play video games?
When I was in college, I spent so much time on them I swore I would never let them dominate my life again. But now, I have a 6-year-old son and a 7-year-old stepson, and they are coming into the age of game obsession. I curtail their time in front of the TV and playing video games, but as of Christmas, we do have a PlayStation 2. I've kind of re-harnessed my skills and find myself playing them for a game or two sometimes.
Q. How do you do against them?
Q. Do you play the NBA game for PlayStation?
No, I refuse to play it. The kids tell me that my character in the game can never make a basket! I'm proud that my kids try to give me the ball all the time anyway, but the way the game is set up, all the baskets are made by other players.
I've got to call the people at Electronic Arts and complain.


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When you want a bathroom remodel you definitely can’t just go ahead and pick any OKC bathroom remodel. And there’s a reason for this, let me tell you that a lot of contractors that don’t have your best interest that’s because they’re all about making their wallet thicker and yours dinner and every way they can’t. But Prime construction has been proven to be different from the others, because they have a reduced prove it, and we have values to prove it. And this is because we are intangible about the purpose of our job and every way that we do it. And because of that she can go ahead and rest assured that and talk about this more.
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Having spent this week ‘walking the talk’ around our restaurants I have been inspired by our entrepreneurial team and their efforts to integrate green practices into the way their run their businesses. It has also been interesting to see how our customers are much more engaged by ‘green’ & CSR issues.
This week one of our restaurant contracts held a ‘green week’, with eye-catching displays of all the ‘green’ things we do. Daily events have included cycling to power your milkshake or smoothie maker, guest chefs, fair trade coffee tasting and lots, lots more. It’s interesting to see that customers and the catering manager were inspired to turn our mandatory annual event into a week long feast. Our team went far beyond what was expected and customer’s response shows the drive for change is driven by customers pushing upwards rather than being enforced from above. This is no longer the domain of the person seen as a solitary tree-hugger, everyone is engaged. And as these photos show, much fun was had.
Green and CSR issues are now at the forefront when we are discussing new business opportunities- and rightly so. These discussions are no longer a superficial ‘tick box’ exercise but a detailed conversation about the breadth and depth of what we do including our targets, progress and the results we have achieved.
We are great believers in ‘what gets measured gets done’ and measuring our impact is a great way to motivate. Recently we decided to change our bottled water supplier to sponsor a different charity because we could achieve a greater impact. If we didn’t monitor this, we wouldn’t have known. We will now be providing significantly more water pumps for Africa, this measurably gives more power to the people – ours and the African communities who will benefit enormously.
I see big changes in mindsets; giving something back is becoming more entwined with our daily lives. It’s all about the little things we can do; especially those that reduce our negative impact on the environment and make a positive difference to individual’s lives.
This is definitely a man who believes that. Inspirational in serving an economic propel with a green issue – you just can’t say no to something like that.


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Channing Frye has had a stellar NBA career. On the day of his last ever NBA game, we look back at his imprint on the Cleveland Cavaliers franchise.
Rooting for the Cavs to lose and tank this season is tough. WFNY’s Josh Poloha explains.
WFNY’s Andrew Schnitkey talks about the recent success of the Cleveland Cavaliers and what it could mean for the rest of the season and beyond.
After All-Star Break Outlook: What’s next for the Cavs?
The second half of the NBA Season starts tonight … What’s the outlook for the 2019 Cavs over the next 24 games?
After participating in and receiving plenty of praise during All-Star Weekend as a Rising Star, Cedi Osman now has his eyes set on becoming an All-Star.
The Cavs acquired a handful of draft assets and helped their tanking efforts this season prior to Thursday’s trade deadline, which seems like a win-win situation for the wine and gold.
At just 10-41, the Cavs have been quite a disappointment this season. With that said, it’s better to focus on the good things. WFNY’s Josh Poloha takes a look at a number of the positive aspects of the Cavs, especially in 2019.
Just in case anyone hadn’t noticed, the Cleveland Cavaliers aren’t very good and there’s no clear path out of this mess.
Given his salary, size, and ability to score as a lengthy wing, Rodney Hood could be one of the most attractive trade targets prior to the NBA Trade Deadline on February 7.
He may be playing for a small, mid-major school but Murray State’s Ja Morant should be getting just as much attention as any 2019 NBA Draft prospect not named Zion Williamson.
It’s been 934 days since that special night on June 19, 2016 and the Cavs *still* live in the heads of the Golden State Warriors. This time, they’re crying about what Cleveland did with Patrick McCaw.
With LeBron James, you know anything is possible.
You might think you want an Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle, but you’d shoot your eye out, kid. So, here is what you should be hoping to see under the Cleveland sports Christmas tree.
When the February 8 deal went down, it was largely painted as addition by subtraction. The Cavaliers’ locker room was toxic, and Ty Lue had entirely too many mouths—and egos—to feed. WFNY looks back at Koby Altman’s mid-season Hail Mary.
Kevin Love surprised many by signing a contract extension to stay in Cleveland even after LeBron James left for Los Angeles. For the Cavaliers, it was a rare positive moment in a sea of turmoil ever since.
Delly’s return is as close to an MVP moment as we’re gonna get at the Q this year.
Bol Bol has plenty of question marks surrounding how his game and size will translate to the NBA level, but at 7-foot-2 and with a 7-foot-8 wingspan and 9-foot-7 standing reach, he can be a dominant NBA player if he continues to develop and get stronger.


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Emerging from Philly’s college music scene, Wild Rompit followed their 2011 EP Brotherhood with the release of Spirit Moves, a record that captures careful precision in production quality, songwriting and overall cohesiveness from start to finish. Riding on their gritty indie rock sound, Spirit Moves exhibits influences of smooth blues, folk and soul, and Blair Ollendorf’s vocals shine with the right amount of rustic vitality. “Right Coast Blues” depicts their inspiration with blues-style guitar riffs, solos and thumping lyrics that demand attention. Fans of Little Hurricane’s Homewrecker and River City Extension’s Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Your Anger will appreciate this album and its ability to produce an honest and deeply personal connection.
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Each day it becomes harder for all but the highest earners to get by in this country. Average American workers are beset by lack of opportunity and the fight for livable wages, along with nagging questions about their relevance. Will their skills remain viable in a changing economy with more automation? Will their jobs be sent overseas? Small business owners, meanwhile, face their own challenges. And the labor unions that once hovered over it all are increasingly less powerful.This beat is an exploration of those shifts, with an emphasis on what it all means for our workforce and for families trying to put food on the table.
Katie Johnston previously wrote about travel and tourism for the Globe and worked as the paper’s music and entertainment editor.


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May the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart be pleaseing to you oh Lord my rock and my redeemer.
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