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When caught early, all cancers are treatable. The trouble is that many patients are in avoidance or denial, which loses them precious treatment time.
Before the turn of the millennium, there were very few cancer treatment drugs available for solid tumours. Thanks to intensive research and development, there are now literally hundreds, with side-effects reduced significantly. Positive news abounds for cancer patients with tens of thousands of publications every year on new perspectives and new techniques to treat cancers. With deeper understanding about the nature and composition of cancer cells and cell behaviour, treatment options previously unimaginable are now available.
Imagine, for instance, a medicine that prevents blood vessels from supplying blood to a tumour. Or microwave being used to burn away tumours. Or a therapy that uses antigens from a patient’s tumour to strengthen immune cells which go on to fight the cancer cells. Or a targeted molecular “bomb” enclosed in a nano-carrier that radiates a 4mm area to “nuke” the cancerous tumour, killing it and keeping the cancer cells from damaging healthy cells. Robotic and keyhole surgery have also resulted in better outcomes with less invasive surgical treatment.
This is good news in the face of the hard truth that the possibility of cancer resides in every one of us. Some estimated 1,000 to 100,000 cellular DNA damages take place in the body each day. Cancer hits when one of those cells mutates into cells that grow unimpeded, at the expense of the normal function of other healthy cells. This can occur as a result of factors such as exposure to chemicals, radiation, lifestyle, diet or genetic predisposition, impaired immunity, viral or bacterial infections and other yet to be known factors.
That one cell becomes a renegade cancerous cell. Our immune system which can usually take care of aberrant non-functional cells is unable to destroy it. This results in the ill patient. Notably, some cancers can take many years, even decades to develop.
The statistics are not encouraging. Most reports point to an approximate risk of one in three men and women contracting cancer in their life-time. Between 2008 and 2012, there were some 8,500 new cases of breast cancer diagnosed, and almost 9,000 of colon cancer. The most common cancer overall is colon cancer, while for women, breast cancer is the most prevalent. When caught early, cancers can be highly curable. For patients diagnosed at Stage 1 of the most common cancers, the cure rate can be more than 90%.
But too many patients delay or avoid treatment, or go into denial, losing precious time during which their chances drop quickly.
Even in cases of advanced stage cancer, the disease can still be highly treatable. For example, a 60 year old male patient presented with Stage IV lymphoma. By the time he sought medical help, the cancer had spread from the lymph nodes into the rest of his body and his bone marrow. Within one treatment, the fluid in his lungs and abdomen resolved and he improved with higher energy levels and much improved appetite. Not long after, he was back to his gardening hobby.
More dramatic was the case of a 50 year old woman who presented with unbearable pain. She improved rapidly with chemotherapeutic treatment and was out of bed in two weeks. The disease went into complete remission after nine weeks of treatment.
The notion that cancer is untreatable has to change. People are diagnosed with diabetes and they accept it; they get hypertension and don’t think twice. They get cancer and see it as an insurmountable life obstacle. This is no longer the case. With our latest molecular and genetic understanding of cancer and new technological innovation and bio-pharmacological engineering, patients can now benefit from effective cancer treatments while maintaining a good quality and active lifestyle. There are many instances, from a patient with colon cancer cycling 40 kilometres daily to the beautician who lived a close-to-normal working lifestyle with Stage 4 breast cancer for almost 20 years and continues to do so today.
Oncological treatment has changed enormously over the last decade and in this new era, we can now cure most early stage breast and colorectal cancers and provide effective and high quality treatment with maintenance of active lifestyle for many cancer patients.


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INDIANAPOLIS -- Mere hours after a crash killed a Colts player and his Uber driver, the man suspected of driving drunk and causing it showed "no concern or remorse" for the victims, prosecutors allege.
Manuel Orrego-Savala, 37, is accused of crashing into a car parked on the side of I-70 early Sunday morning, killing Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson, 26, and 54-year-old Jeffrey Monroe.
Indiana State Police say Orreg0-Savala is in the United States illegally, and he had been previously deported in 2007 and 2009.
At a court hearing Tuesday morning, Orrego-Savala, through a court interpreter, said, "I wasn't driving the car. I don't know why I am here." The judge responded by saying it would be sorted out in court.
Wednesday morning, the Marion County prosecutor's office filed formal charges against Orrego-Savala. He faces two counts of causing death when operating a motor vehicle with an ACE of .15 or more and two counts of failure to remain at the scene of an accident.
Bond for a drunk driving suspect in a similar case would be $40,000, but since Orrego-Savala is considered a flight risk, his bond was set at $200,000 at an initial hearing Wednesday morning.
Ryan Mears, Chief Trial Attorney for the Marion County prosecutor's office says they will treat this case as they would any other, despite comments from President Trump or Orrego-Savala's immigration status.
"That doesn't determine how we prosecute a case. That doesn't determine how we charge a case. That doesn't determine what type of sentence we're going to ask for. Our concern is trying to bring justice to those families and we owe that to all families of any crimes here in Marion County," said Mears.
Orrego-Savala's attorney, Jorge Torres, says he's concerned about his client getting a fair trial in Marion County.
"The first thing that is being posted out in the media is his immigration status. Let me be clear here. I think, and I believe that, and this applies to everyone, drunk driving has nothing to do with immigration status. It applies to everyone in general," said Torres.
Orrego-Savala's next court appearance is scheduled for March 27.
Police say Edwin Jackson was the passenger in an Uber when he got sick at around 4 a.m. Sunday. The driver, Jeffrey Monroe, pulled over in the westbound lanes of I-70 near Holt Road to help him. Both men were outside the car when a black Ford F-150 drove into the shoulder and struck the vehicle. Jackson and Monroe were pronounced dead at the scene.
Orrego-Savala, the suspected driver of the F-150, first fled the scene on foot, according to the probable cause document. Indiana State Police troopers located him on the ramp to Holt Road and stopped him, at which point he reportedly admitted he was the driver of the truck. A portable breath test administered at the scene determined Orrego-Savala’s BAC to be 0.239 percent – three times the legal limit.
Tuesday morning, President Donald Trump tweeted about Edwin Jackson's death, calling it "disgraceful."

industry_corpus2: Law & Justice


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There is no better destination to enjoy your Golf season than PGA Catalunya Resort.
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industry_corpus2: Sports


text: Mauwa is a tree identified by fissured bark, compound leaves with leaflets opposite, and winged nut. It is a deciduous tree up to 20 m tall. Bole is straight. Bark is grey or grey-brown, deeply fissured. Leaves are compound, alternate and spiral, impar- or pari-pinnate, leaflets are narrowly ovate or elliptic, with yellow glandular dots, margin entire. Primary vein is single. Flowers are arranged in a many-flowered inflorescence, in leaf axils, on small leafless twigs, unisexual, on the same tree, on stalks up to 3 mm long. Fruit is up to 3.5 cm long, 1-seeded, 3-winged nutlet, not splitting open. Mauwa is found in the Himalayas, till NE India, at altitudes of 1000-3000 m. Flowering: March-April.

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Fall has traditionally been a great time for our family to gather–Saturday football games and apple picking, and the much anticipated finale of Thanksgiving with our extended family gathering together.
Of course, this means flipping the house into fall decor and then getting busy in the kitchen with food prep. All the preparation is worth the experience of seeing our kids gathered around the table or cozied around fireplace–hearing the stories surrounding their lives.

industry_corpus2: Hospitality & Catering


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data from Gangalia to ceilometer.
have pollster in ceilometer to get it.
specific publisher, to put data into Gangalia.
> metric reports and push metrics into Ceilometer for persistence and analysis.
> should work well with the multi-producer work that is going on.
> clear picture about the vision and direction around monitoring area.

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I wanna know about the latest intel micro processor and mother boards how are there compatibility decided,please help me with the internet links for the mentioned.
Look at the machines delivering today and see if they run Windows or the system you want. Bingo. Assured compatibility.

industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications


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Dutch firm Nexus Technology enters the market for laptop accessories with a unique and patented liquid cooling solution. The TDD-9000 is a soft black velvet blanket with inside a gel-like liquid. The patented liquid has unique heat dissipating characteristics and works completely passive and noiseless.
“When you put the laptop cooling pad on your lap you will feel your lap turn colder within 10 seconds,” says Michael van der Jagt, CEO of Nexus Technology. The Taiwanese testing institute SGS Taiwan has done independent tests that support these claims. Their tests with a laptop of their choice show significant improvement in temperatures of the laptop’s components, with improvements up to 17degreesC.
SGS showed that their turned-on laptop reaches a temperature of 50degreesC after 40 minutes on a regular surface, while on the TDD-9000 it reaches only 36degreesC in 40 minutes. You can re-boost the cooling performance of the cooling pad by simply lifting it up and shake it every 20 minutes for optimal cooling.


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With labor problems coming to a head at Walgreen Co.'s Chicago-area pharmacies, rival drug-dispenser Jewel-Osco is not being shy about luring patrons inconvenienced by a strike.
The Albertson's Inc. unit said Wednesday that it plans to run print advertisements starting Thursday, with contact information for its 24-hour pharmacies.
"This is a special ad," said Lauri Sanders, a spokeswoman for the Boise, Idaho-based grocer. The company has more than 200 Osco drugstores in the Chicago area, of which 28 operate around-the-clock. "We normally would not run an ad with addresses and phone numbers."
Then again, these aren't normal times for the drugstore industry.
About 1,200 pharmacists at 400 Walgreens stores in northern Illinois and northwest Indiana, a market where the $37.51 billion Deerfield-based company has an estimated 54 percent market share, went on strike at 10 p.m. Wednesday.
"There has regrettably been no movement by Walgreens on the critical issues raised by the union," Charles Sauer, executive director of the National Pharmacists Association, said in a statement Wednesday as the strike deadline neared. "As a result, the strike will begin as scheduled tonight at 10 p.m."
According to the union, the key issues are working conditions and staffing policies it believes compromise patient safety.
For its part, Walgreens plans to keep a previously scheduled meeting with the union on Thursday, company spokesman Michael Polzin said Wednesday. Walgreens has said it would continue to fill prescriptions during a strike, albeit with reduced pharmacy hours.
The strike marks the first work stoppage in 15 years for pharmacists, said John Heinbockel, analyst for Goldman Sachs Group Inc. in New York.
"We find this to be a surprisingly aggressive move," Heinbockel said in a Wednesday note to clients. "Both sides have way too much to lose and too little to gain in a work stoppage."
With a strike deadline looming, Wednesday was a matter of beat the clock for some Chicago-area consumers. A Walgreens spokesman said the company "did see a little higher volume than normal" for prescriptions during the day.
"I phoned in my prescription [Tuesday] night," said Chicago resident Eleanor Bulmer, visiting the 430 N. Michigan Ave. store during lunchtime Wednesday. "I just came home from Wisconsin, and during the day I had heard about [a strike]. ... So I called for an automated refill and told them I'd be in today after 11 a.m. Otherwise, I'd run short."
Chicagoan Cyndy Reid, 35, also was erring on the side of caution.
"I just got back from out of town, and I didn't know about" the strike, Reid said. "But my friends this morning were like, `You better go get that [prescription] filled today.'"
Pharmacy sales account for 63 percent of sales at Walgreens, the nation's seventh-biggest retailer in a new ranking by Stores magazine.
Fewer than 10 percent of shoppers pick up both prescriptions and front-end, or non-prescription, goods on the same trip into the store, said Walgreens, citing company research.
"I'll still come here even if the pharmacists are on strike," Bulmer said. "But I don't think [a strike] will last long."
Heinbockel also expects a strike to be short-lived.
"From the company's perspective, a pharmacist strike would be very costly and devastating," Heinbockel said in a June 30 note to clients.
It is tough to run pharmacies with replacement workers, effectively shutting them down and forcing customers to go elsewhere for prescriptions, he said.
Strikes, however, are not a healthy proposition for pharmacists either.
"Workers on picket lines get paid a fraction of their regular salary," Heinbockel said. "A pharmacist would be giving up about $1,800 per week [$90,000 in annual salary]."
He said Albertson's and, to a lesser extent, CVS Corp. could make some headway during a strike.
Albertson's share of the greater Chicago market is about 30 percent, Heinbockel said.
But Albertson's hopes to expand that by appealing to shoppers' desire for convenience, starting with Thursday's ad campaign.
CVS entered the Chicago market in 2000 and has 89 stores here. Goldman Sachs estimates CVS' Chicago-area market share at 5 percent to 10 percent.
A strike "would further help [the] progress that CVS has made in that market," said FTN Midwest Research analyst Eric Bosshard.
Unlike Jewel-Osco, however, CVS has no special marketing plans.
"We don't believe the current circumstances of any competitor require any special plans on our part," CVS spokesman Todd Andrews said.
Indeed, many took the strike news in stride. Walgreens stock fell 0.3 percent, to $46.54; CVS fell 1.4 percent, to $29.47 and Albertson's rose 0.4 percent, to $21.11.
"It's 400 stores" that would be affected out of the 4,834 stores in 45 states and Puerto Rico Walgreens operates, Bosshard pointed out.
According to Chain Drug Review, Walgreens also lays claim to big market shares in San Francisco-Oakland, at 47 percent; Houston, 46 percent; Phoenix, 50 percent; Minneapolis-St. Paul, 45 percent; and Milwaukee, 60 percent.
"The concern is that it starts in one place and spreads, but it has 5,000 stores, so it's not that big of a deal," Bosshard said. "They'll be able to keep the stores open."

industry_corpus2: Biopharmaceuticals


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Mayo has a job to do.
Hirofumi shouldn't have been here today.
Raphael gave Erwin a watch.
Lindsey certainly had a lot of time to think about it.
You said that Margaret was busy.
I've been going through Mat's notes.
I asked around and everybody says Glenn is a good guy.
Himawan got to the station too late so he missed the train.
I told Joseph not to come here.
You should tell Lynn he's wrong.
Kirk said he could fix it.
Gabriel should've told the truth.
Chris is very excited to meet you.
Susumu sat down on the step.
I don't remember Amy working here.
Oskar is against taking the new job.
Jenine is very greedy, isn't he?
Lois isn't capable of doing it.
Clare doesn't like men who speak like Shawn.
Blair and Maureen are engaged.
Marsha worked for the phone company.
Earl does what he thinks is right.
Ramadoss and Mayo are getting married next weekend.
Norm put some flowers on the table.
Blaine is worried about Hitoshi.
Sekar didn't know Carolyn very well at that time.
Shatter knew he'd just made a huge mistake.
Sid is a friend of ours.
What kind of name is Rees?

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I create work that bridges the world of photography, prints and collage.
Lately, I have been exploring the realm of memory; how it impacts the present and future. Some say, all time exists at once; the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future are regarded as a whole. As I am vastly interested in reality, this cohesion is mesmerizing to me.
My mother always encouraged my creativity. She was an orphan (her mother died right after giving birth), and her mother was an orphan, so I like to say I come from a long line of orphans.
After my husband and I moved back to the Midwest from our home in California to help care for our aging parents, I found myself missing California terribly at first. I quickly adjusted and came to love the four seasons with all of their diversity. I have always been most inspired by the natural environment, from the beaches of California to the fields in the Midwest and most recently the mountains of New Mexico; the environment speaks to me and draws me in. So, at that time, I was getting reacquainted with the streams, rivers, and lakes of my childhood. Over the course of the five or six years we were there, I photographed specific areas of my parents' 5 acres in rural Missouri in all seasons and in all weather conditions.
In 2015, I was the winner of the eighth Julia Margaret Cameron Award, one of my greatest accomplishments, honoring women in photography. Only 15 women worldwide were chosen that year, and I was especially thrilled as the honor was bestowed on me for the work I did right after my parents' passing, "Unity of Time and Place." That came out of one of my most challenging times. Right after my parents' passing, I felt paralyzed as far as continuing my work … but I just dug into my photo archives from the years photographing my parents' 5 acres and started formulating a series that culminated in "Unity of Time and Place." In my creative work, I first doubted that I could create anything new, and then after getting to work, things started to jell. My work shifted a bit to include memory and remembrance, and this helped me to still feel connected with my parents but, at the same time, let go.
My advice? I was always told to "get to work." There is a notion of "creative inspiration," but I find that if one just sits around waiting, it will not come (or rarely comes). Inspiration arrives from getting one's hands dirty, metaphorically speaking. Just start. I recommend having faith in yourself. Look inward to discover what you are truly interested in, and then apply that to your creative endeavors. No one does great work right from the start; it takes patience and perseverance.
Ellen was born and raised in St. Louis, but moved to California in 1990 to attend FIDM in downtown Los Angeles. She obtained an advanced degree in Fashion in1992 and after working at Mattel Toy Co. as a senior project designer, she became disillusioned with the corporate world. Having been trained in computer design while at Mattel, she continued her training using mostly Photoshop software. She now creates work that bridges the world of photography, prints and collage. Lately, exploring the realm of memory; how it impacts the present and future.


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Find out about E-mail Managers as well as the possibilities you'll get with regards to your e-mail accounts.
Using email messages with your own domain name is far more convenient and it'll provide you with more trustworthiness as a firm when you correspond with partners. Such an email address will also look way better if a random visitor on your site contacts you via a feedback form and you'd like to answer. How simple it will be to control your electronic mail communication can often be as vital as the quality of the service, considering that some website hosting Control Panels make it quite difficult and time-consuming to perform fundamental duties for example enabling anti-spam protection or forwarding your e-mail messages. That's why, you should use an e-mail service that will allow you to access everything easily and that will make the handling of your e-mails quick and simple.
The custom-built Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, that comes with each and every cloud web hosting package that we supply, was made to help make everything effortless even for individuals who have never owned a web site or an e-mail address before. It comes with a professional, yet very easy to use Email Manager tool where you'll be able to access any feature you need with only a few clicks. With instant access buttons and right-click context menus you're able to do practically anything - create or delete a mailbox, forward all messages to a different email address, benefit from SPF and anti-spam protection, set-up a catch-all mailbox, and many more. Webmail access and downloadable auto-configuration files for the most widespread email clients (Apple Mail, Outlook, Thunderbird) can be found in the Email Manager section of Hepsia.


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Following the correct hygiene procedures is crucial to successful and safe contact lens wear. Comfort and performance will be affected if you extend the life of your lenses beyond the recommended replacement interval or if they are not cleaned and disinfected with the correct solutions. Wearing dirty or damaged lenses can put your eye health at risk. If you are in doubt about which solutions to use with your lenses then ask your eye care practitioner.
The aim of disinfecting and cleaning solutions is to reduce the number of microorganisms that accumulate on the lenses with wear, therefore minimising the risk of infection with contact lenses.
Before handling contact lenses, wash your hands with an antibacterial soap, free from perfumes and moisturisers. Rinse thoroughly to ensure there is no soap residue remaining on your fingers, then dry them with a lint free towel.
Contact lenses should ideally be cleaned with a cleaner then rinsed with saline, before soaking in a disinfecting solution. If the lenses are changed frequently (eg 2 weekly or monthly disposable) then an ‘all in one’ multipurpose solution, alone may suffice providing the lenses are given a rub and rinse with the solution before insertion and upon removal, before storage.
To minimise the risk of infection, the solution and lens case should be changed every month. Make sure you empty the lens case of solution after each use, clean and air-dry it, then replace with fresh solution each time the lenses need to be stored.
There are many types and brands of contact lens solution, each with different ingredients and for specific lens types. It’s important to use the solution recommended for your contact lenses at the time of your fitting and to read the instructions carefully.
Multipurpose (preserved) solutions such as Biotrue, Optifree or Quattro are the simplest and most convenient type of soft contact lens solutions, designed to clean, rub, rinse and store lenses. The minimum storage time to ensure adequate disinfection varies but is generally four to six hours. Occasionally some patients experience mild irritation when combining certain multipurpose solutions with certain soft lenses. If this is suspected, try an alternative solution with a different preservative and if the problem persists, see your eye care practitioner to change to a different lens design or preservative free system.
Hydrogen peroxide solutions provide a preservative free method of disinfection and are useful for people who are sensitive or allergic to preserved solutions. After disinfection, the hydrogen peroxide must be neutralised before contact lenses can be worn, otherwise it can cause a painful ‘chemical burn’ to the eye. This either requires a metallic disc which is incorporated in to the case (eg Easysept & Aosept), or a tablet which must be added to the solution (eg Ever Clean & Oxysept 1 step). The minimum storage time is usually around six hours. When hydrogen peroxide solution has been neutralised it will offer no resistance to microorganisms so contact lenses should not be stored for longer than one week in neutralised unpreserved solution. Another type of preservative free solutions contain sodium chlorite (eg Regard & Synergi). These solutions neutralise in contact with light and must be used with an opaque case. With all preservative free solutions it’s particularly important to follow the instructions to avoid problems.
If soft contact lenses are kept for longer than one month, they should also be cleaned with a cleaning solution such as I-clean and rinsed with saline before soaking to prevent a build up of deposits. Periodic use of a protein removal agent (see below) is also recommended if the lenses are not replaced frequently.
Custom tinted, printed and painted soft contact lenses should be cleaned, rinsed and soaked in the same way as clear lenses. Most all in one solutions are suitable for most of these lenses. Our suppliers recommend that Quattro works well with all types of prosthetic and cosmetic lenses. They have reported that occasionally other all in one solutions can cause colour changes in certain lenses. We have had conflicting advice from different laboratories on the compatibility of alcohol based cleaners and hydrogen peroxide systems with hand painted and printed lenses and therefore recommend that these should only be used after ensuring compatibility with the manufacturing laboratory.
Hybrid contact lenses should be cleaned in a similar fashion to soft contact lenses and most soft lens solutions can be used. Our recommendation is to use Quattro which is approved for use with both soft lenses and RGP’s. Alcohol and abrasive cleaners are best avoided, especially with the coated SynergEyes lenses. Hydrogen peroxide solutions provide an alternative for patients with preservative allergies, though in some patients the tear chemistry may react with the hydrogen peroxide to cause a permanent white ring at the junction of the rigid center and soft skirt. This ring does not affect vision or comfort.
RGP contact lenses should be cleaned with a cleaner (such as I-clean or Boston cleaner) in the palm of one hand by rubbing gently with the little finger of the other hand for 20 seconds. The lens should then be rinsed under a stream of saline or conditioning solution (NOT water or boiled water).
After cleaning, lenses should be stored in fresh conditioning solution (eg Boston Conditioning or Blink Total Care). The main purpose of conditioning solutions, also known as wetting and soaking solutions is to disinfect the lens and wet the surface to provide a cushion on insertion.
Recently ‘all in one’ RGP solutions (such as Avizor GP, Menicare Plus, Menicare Pure and Boston Simplus) have become more popular. As with the soft lens all in one solutions it is essential to rub and rinse lenses before and after wear and because RGP lenses tend to be worn in excess of 6 months, these solutions should ideally be complemented with RGP cleaners and protein removal agents as with conditioning solutions.
There are not many preservative free RGP solutions on the market, soft lens preservative free solutions such as those above (eg Ever Clean) can be used.
Orthokeratology lenses are rigid gas permeable contact lenses and should be maintained in the same manner described above. To keep matters simple in the early stages of ortho-k we usually recommend an all in one RGP solution such as Avizor GP or Menicare Plus (or Ever Clean as a preservative free alternative). It is essential to rub and rinse ortho-k lenses with the solution before and after wear and to store lenses in fresh solution each day.
After a short period, we recommend introducing a daily cleaner such as I-clean (see above) and a protein removal agent such as progent (see below) to keep the lenses as clean as possible. Abrasive cleaners such as Boston cleaner should be avoided.
Scleral contact lenses should be maintained in the same manner as RGP lenses. Abrasive cleaners such as Boston are best avoided with surface treated lenses, therefore our first choice cleaner is i-clean which should be rinsed off thoroughly with saline. Scleral lenses can be stored dry, but most suppliers recommend they should be soaked overnight in an RGP solution for improved wettability and comfort. Before insertion they must be rinsed thoroughly and filled with unpreserved sterile saline (eg Avizor or Amidose vials).
Click here to see the Scleral Lens Education Society Video ‘How to use scleral lenses’.
Protein removers (such as Ultrazyme, Amiclair and Avizor enzyme) contain enzymes which break down the bonds between protein molecules, enabling them to be rinsed away from the lens. They can be used with RGP or soft lenses, though are not usually required with disposable lenses. Protein removal is only effective on active proteins and should therefore be done regularly (usually once a week). The protein removal tablet should be dissolved in saline or multipurpose solution and the lenses soaked for several hours. It is essential to clean the lenses thoroughly before and after protein removal and to rinse them carefully with multipurpose solution or saline before wear.
Progent is different from conventional enzymatic cleaners and is only for use with RGP lenses. It contains two parts A & B, which when mixed together produce a chemical reaction resulting in the removal of protein deposits and other debris which has stuck to the lens. The lenses should be cleaned and rinsed thoroughly before and after soaking and should only be left in the progent solution for 30 minutes. Menicon recommend Progent should be used once a week.
Ever Clean is a hydrogen peroxide cleaning system that comes with a two layer tablet for neutralisation. The tablet contains a protein removing agent that improves the cleaning of deposits adhered to the lens.
Ocular lubricants, comfort and re-wetting drops should be unpreserved or marked as suitable for use with contact lenses on the eye. Many eye drops are not suitable for use with contact lenses. If in doubt check with your eye care practitioner before using them.
Saline solutions are useful for rinsing contact lenses but should not be used for storing lenses. No other solutions, including any type of water, or saliva, should come into contact with your contact lenses or storage case.
Hold the contact lens on the tip of your dry finger. If the lens turns slightly in at the edges it’s the correct way around – if the edges turn slightly out and the lens looks unusually flat it’s inside out. A lens that’s inside out will generally feel slightly uncomfortable on the eye and will move more than usual.
Good hygiene and not wearing your lenses overnight are the most important factors in minimising the risk of infection. Poor hygiene increases the chance of an infection by four times. Sleeping in contact lenses overnight also increases the risk by about four times and should always be avoided if you’re unwell. Daily disposable lenses have a low rate of serious infection.
Occasionally you may experience mild discomfort or redness with your lenses. If discomfort is caused by a dirty, dusty or damaged lens, or by the lens being inside out, symptoms will usually improve when the lens is removed.
More serious problems such as corneal infection, affecting the clear tissue at the front of the eye are very unusual but can cause irritation, pain, redness, watery eyes or discharge. The eyes may also be sensitive to light and vision may be blurred. In almost all cases of infection, removing the contact lens does not relieve the symptoms. If you are suffering from these symptoms you must make an URGENT appointment to see your contact lens specialist or go to the nearest Eye Hospital A&E.
as recommended by the BCLA – British Contact Lens Association.

industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


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Many processing facilities today need refrigeration to keep food and beverages cold or frozen. When you operate a large plant, standard HVAC equipment, freezers, and refrigerators are not large enough nor are they efficient enough for many applications. This is why chillers with components like a York chiller motor have many uses. Here is information on chillers to give you a better understanding of how they work and why they are important to industry.
Chillers are often used to chill liquids or cool large areas. They work on the same basic principles as refrigerators, freezers, and air conditioners. Chillers use compressors driven by equipment like a York chiller motor. A refrigerant removes heat from one source and transfers it to another. This does not create cold. Instead, it removes heat from things, and this produces cold.
• Refrigeration – heat gets transferred from equipment, lowering the temperature. This cools it off.
• Liquid to gas – when liquid refrigerant absorbs enough heat it begins to boil. This changes the liquid refrigerant into a gas. The process of evaporation is assisted by either warmed air or water.
• Compression – the gas makes its way into a compressor (powered by equipment like a York chiller motor) where it gets compressed. The act of compression increases the temperature.
• Condensation – Refrigerant (in the form of vapor) gets pumped through the system, and it reaches condenser coils. The causes gas to condense and turn back into liquid form.
You can see chillers working hard to keep injection molding equipment cool. Metal shops sometimes use chillers as machine cooling systems. The food and beverage industry uses chillers to keep liquids and other items cold. These are just a few of the many uses for chiller equipment.

industry_corpus2: Manufacturing


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Planning a Wedding in Bali?
Wedding Organizer Bali. Bali is one of the most famous places in the world, an exotic and beautiful place, and a dreamland for those who want to have romantic wedding. Bali is also known as the island of Gods, once you step on Bali Island, you can feel a different atmosphere – the atmosphere that you couldn’t possibly find anywhere else.
If you are planning to get married in Bali, you can as well feel like you are doing a special holiday trip with your loved one, and all of your guests. Certainly you can make this happen if you are working with professional wedding planner that can help you to make your dream come true. Nika Di Bali (Wedding Organizer Bali) has created many romantic wedding in Bali, starting from local people, people from around Indonesia and also other country who conduct their wedding in Bali. Everything is adapted based on your needs.
There is no doubt that everyone wishes to have a wonderful wedding and probably the best wedding ever! Nika Di Bali (Wedding Organizer Bali) as one of the best wedding planners in Bali will be able to give the needed assistance for a dream wedding comes true. We provide the great service with high standards and with our years of experiences, you can rely on us for the beautiful wedding that will be held smoothly without problems.
We are offering the various packages of Bali wedding with a wide range of venues in affordable prices. We can help in acquiring a wedding at a villa, Balinese chapel, hotel or beach. We are offering special packages of Balinese traditional wedding as well as the Indian styled wedding.
Getting married and celebrating the wedding in Bali Island are two most special things, you and your partner as well as the whole family will be able to enjoy a special holiday. Having a dream and wanting a special wedding in order to get an extraordinary impression is everyone’s whishes. Call us if you plan to hold a wedding in Bali.
Communication is the key to know each other’s wants. You should be open about everything that you want so we know what you need and what you want at your wedding ceremony. By doing so, we are able to actualize your personality, style, and your relationship with your partner when the wedding takes place.
When your wedding takes place, there will be a chance when the programs that we have arranged do not always end up as we have planned at the beginning. For that reason, perhaps you want a change, our team and we understand that sometimes there is a possibility that we must change the plan, and we are ready to deal with the changes.
There is no need to be worried about everything, discuss everything with us, we will find you a perfect location, book a reception place, arrange villa accommodation, and make sure that you and your guest have everything you need.
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All of our wedding teams are highly dedicated to give the best service experience for all couples who want to have wedding in Bali including the brides’ family as well as their friends whom you have specially invited. We make sure that your wedding day will run smoothly and according to plan. Every detail of the wedding that we have planned will be handled meticulously and nicely. One of our planners or professional wedding planners (Wedding Organizer Bali) will help you to arrange everything based on the plan.
With Balinese particular hospitality, flexibility, local culture, specialty and our skills for many years will become the guarantee that your wedding will run well according to your dreams.
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We decided to skip starters and go straight for mains, in order to make room for the tempting desserts. Complimentary focaccia and sourdough bread was placed on our table with some beef dripping butter whilst we awaited our mains, the bread definitely set the scene for what was to come as it was delicious. I had the lamb and my partner had the beef, both of which came with an enormous Yorkshire pudding, parsnips, carrots, kale, swede and roasties. A special mention needs to be had for the vegetables because my god they were divine – my favourite part of the whole meal. Everything was cooked to perfection, and the gravy was also very tasty – one of my pet peeves with Sunday lunches is the lack of gravy on the plate, there’s a modest amount on the dinners at Wynyard but they’re also accompanied by a gravy boat for the table – why this isn’t standard I don’t know, but it definitely should be (especially when the gravy is as good as it is at Wynyard). We both thoroughly enjoyed our mains, and became very worried at the prospect of fitting a dessert in, but we persevered.
For dessert my partner had sticky toffee pudding with vanilla ice cream and I had the earl grey flavoured crème brûlée with earl grey foam and chocolate shortbread biscuits. I was sceptical because of the earl grey flavouring, as I’m very much a builders tea kind of girl, but the floral undertones from the earl grey, mixed with the vanilla flavoured, velveteen texture of the crème brûlée works so well. My only very tiny criticism is that I would have liked the top of the crème brûlée to be a bit crunchier and have that satisfying crack, but it in no way diminished my enjoyment as it was beautiful. My partner thoroughly enjoyed his sticky toffee pudding, which was a fantastic mix of textures from the a crunch on the top of the pudding, to the soft sponge and finished with high quality vanilla ice cream.
The service we experienced was fantastic – the staff were attentive but not lingering and made light conversation, which I prefer. Our food arrived promptly, and was presented impeccably. The Wellington Restaurant inside Wynyard Hall is a beautiful setting, with high ceilings, enormous oil paintings hanging on the walls and tasteful décor – ideal to make Sunday Dinner a bit fancier. For two courses it is £25 and if you consider the level of service, the venue and the quality of the food it’s very reasonable, and a lovely treat.


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Proportional circles maps are increasingly being used by exam boards in GCSE Geography exams. What better way to help students understand what they are and how they work than creating one for themselves in Google Sheets.
Following on from my recent post on Creating an interactive choropleth map in Google Sheets it is also very easy to create a proportional circle map in Google Sheets. I’ve put together this guide to help you through the process.
You first need to open a Google Sheet and enter a list of countries you want to include in your map. Use our Google Sheet containing a list of countries and paste it into your sheet to save time.
Next, enter the data you want to present on your choropleth map. In the example below I’ve added some mock data for demonstration purposes only.
A graph will be inserted. Don’t worry, it always does this. Next, scroll down the Chart Editor and select the geo chart with markers (proportional circles map).
The proportional map will now be displayed. In this example, data is only presented for selective countries as I have only input a small amount of data.
You can customise the map by pressing the Customize tab in the right-hand pane. You can change the region to continents and the colour scheme.
If you hover your cursor over a country it will display its name and value.

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How can I change the search form of the Q&A Module?
I want to change the QA search form to Ajax Live Search because I need the Live Search functionality. I don`t know how I can achieve this.
I hope that you can help me with this problem. Thank you in advance.
Thanks for your question. I'm sorry, Q&A doesn't support AJAX search. It needs to reload the page to present the search results.


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A report to Government by David MacLeod and Nita Clarke.
The text in this document may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium providing it is reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context. The material must be acknowledged as Crown copyright and the title of the document specified.
Where we have identified any third party material you will need to obtain permission from the parties concerned.
The views expressed in this report are the authors’ and do not necessarily reflect those of the Department or the Government. The authors are not responsible for any third party material. Original material for the case studies has been supplied by the organisations themselves and were chosen to reflect a range of sectors of the UK economy, but do not constitute a representative sample.

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text: China, it is a giant dragon that draws the world to its shores. We are in China because China can produce, it has the machines, it has the work force, it has the discipline and most of all it has the power to keep its heart beating regularly. Determination, stamina and will power are words I put to describe this great machine of a nation.


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Our brewmaster special selection of beers consists of an ever-changing variety that's limited in production. These recipes keep the Brewers' creative juices flowing and our loyal customers' palates satisfied. Make sure to ask about the current Front Street Brewery seasonal offerings!
A satisfying American Ale, pale straw in color with a sweet, corn-like aroma and a crisp, clean finish. Smooth, balanced, and refreshing.
An American light hybrid beer with a mild, moderately sweet malt flavor and subtle fruitiness courtesy of the cherry. The result is a refreshingly light and aromatic brew - an instant classic!
An English-inspired American India Pale Ale (IPA) with incredible balance, featuring an earthy, slightly fruity hop aroma with moderately bready malt notes. A bronze-colored IPA that you don't need a beard to drink - this is your gateway IPA.
These India Pale Ales (IPAs) feature intense hop aromas and flavors, balanced with enough mail to suit the Brewers' tastes. Most of our IPAs are dry-hopped for an extra pungent punch, which can range from grassy to fruity in flavor with a nice, bitter finish. If you're a hophead, be sure to ask about the Rotating IPA.
Based on the original Robust Porter, our version pairs highly-roasted barley with organic Madagascar vanilla to reveal rich layers of caramel, toffee, and coffee. A complex, decadent brew.
A classic dry stout, extra dark in color with a smooth mouth feel and dark-roasted malt notes that are slightly reminiscent of coffee and semi-sweet chocolate. Just the right amount of hops rounds out the brew for a perfect finish. This is the espresso of beers.
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London, United Kingdom - October 22, 2018 /MarketersMedia/ — London, United Kingdom - Along with providing access to healthy organic food products, Superfood World has a strong focus on charity work. Through the company’s Founding Pledge, Superfood World donate 25% of their profits to charity. As customers purchase products, a portion of the proceeds are set aside to make charity projects possible. The company has announced they have reached a milestone with their charitable work and have now been able to build the first Superfood World House, made possibly by the charity fund.
The company has shared the news of the house construction, showing customers the difference that purchase of Superfood World products can have on the lives of others located around the world. The first Superfood World home was built for Adbdul Samadi Shereef, a fisherman living in Trincomlaee in Sri Lanka. Mr. Shereef has heart disease and has struggled for some time to have the ability to provide for his wife and children.
Mr. Shereef and his family were living in a metal shanty hut, a home that was not protected from the weather of the region as well as providing privacy for the family. By working with their official charity partner, Medical Relief International, Superfood World was able to build the family a purpose built brick home, improving the standard of living for the Shereef family.
Along with the completion of this project, Superfood World is working to develop an Organic Energy Bar, SUPERGIZER, that is aimed will be distributed in poor countries to help treat malnutrition. The company is currently looking for a partner to retail the bar in the United Kingdom, with 25% of profits helping to supply the bars to third world countries.
Superfood World products continue to prove highly popular on Amazon in the UK, allowing consumers to play a vital role in the company’s charity work.
About Superfood World: As a top provider of Organic Certified health products, Superfood World focuses on sharing the benefits of healthy living. The mission of Superfood World is to provide the best organic health foods and at the same time, make a difference in the world by helping the less fortunate. The company has made it a mission to donate 25% of their profits to charity and is the Official Sponsor of Medical Relief International (MRI) to help fund poverty relief, medical aid and sustainability projects around the world.


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I use that SAME Tahini when I make homemade hummus!!! Can't wait to try your recipe!
I wasn't sure what to buy! Something about the tahini in the can seemed authentic. It's good!


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Hey, South Sound! Need last minute plans for Father’s Day? Here are some ideas that might work! These are events specific to celebrate dads and Father’s Day. We have other weekend happenings for dad or anyone, in our weekend events guide. I have a link to that at the bottom.
Free admission for dads at the Museum of Flight with a paid child’s admission Sunday There will also be a free, family activity and a Lego zone today.
Father’s Day Cruise-In at the LeMay Family Collection Sunday 5.00 admission for dads/ 15.00 general/5.00 student tour the vintage car collection; bring a picnic or purchase BBQ on site Note that this is the LeMay in Spanaway/South Tacoma-not the Tacoma Dome location It’s pretty much always on Groupon, but I don’t know if you can use the Groupon for special events days. I’m guessing not.
Tacoma Mall On Par Event Saturday 1-3PM Make a golf themed craft with dad and twist your own pretzel with Auntie Annes You may have to join the, “Kidigits,” club to do this.
Northwest Railway Museum-This is the one in the Snoqualmie area. Dads ride free with a paying child all weekend.
-Note that the Mt.Rainier Scenic Railroad train out of Elbe (a different train) is sold out for their father’s day event.
Free Father’s Day decorating station on Saturday June 20th from 12pm to 4pm at all Albertsons or Safeway stores in Washington.Kids can decorate a 10 inch cookie cake (starting at $7.99) , or a 8 inch cake ($7.99) just for dad.
I suspect Fred Meyer and Top Foods/Haggen are doing similar events, but I haven’t confirmed them. Let me know if you find out for sure!
If nothing here suits your fancy, you can check our regular weekend events guide. It’s got lots of great ideas for the whole family!
If you’ve been super busy like we have, you might have missed the roll out of this year’s great, big South Sound Summer Guide! It’s all your favorite things for summer with the kids in one, great place!
I know it’s all a lot to take in-you might want to become a subscriber and tackle a little bit a day. We have lots of ways to subscribe via those cute buttons at the top, but I recommend the daily emails!


text: So glamorous and perfectly proportioned, this oversized style combines classic elegance with natural beauty. The acetate and bamboo combination creates a beautifully balanced frame that provides optimal eye protection and a polished look. GAZE is destined to be a favourite for many seasons to come!


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A Malaysia-Indonesia bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Najib Razak and President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo.
In a meeting this week between their two military chiefs, Malaysia and Indonesia announced that they had agreed to boost defense cooperation in the area of counterterrorism. The move is just the latest sign of the ongoing effort by the two states to strengthen bilateral, minilateral, and multilateral collaboration as they combat the rising threat of the Islamic State in Southeast Asia.
As I have pointed out before in these pages, despite some disagreements on the security side that they continue to manage – ranging from illegal fishing to the outstanding Ambalat dispute, Malaysia and Indonesia do maintain a healthy overall defense relationship.
One way in which security ties are managed is through a series of mechanisms between the two sides. Though there have been a range of more general bilateral forums that are convened regularly, both countries also set up a special forum for the management of border issues called the General Border Committee (GBC Malindo) as well as the High Level Committee (HLC) that tends to address security issues more specifically and features meetings between the defense establishments.
This week both sides kicked off the 13th round of the HLC Malindo meeting in Kuala Lumpur. The meeting was chaired by the Indonesian military (TNI) chief Gatot Nurmantyo and Malaysian military chief Raja Mohamed Affandi Raja Mohamed Noor.
The two discussed a range of issues as is customary during HLC meetings, even though the specifics on issues related to border developments will be explored by military officials separate committees. But the main item that made the headlines was the fact that they had agreed on a range of measures, from the exchange of military trainers to joint military exercises, to combat the shared threat from the Islamic State.
“As such, both countries have agreed to undergo joint exercises and acknowledge the importance of combating all those (terrorism) threats,” Gatot told media outlets at a press conference following the meeting.
Few specifics were offered as to what exactly they had in mind and how it would fit in with existing lines of effort already in place. But the general focus on terrorism and areas like joint drills comes as no surprise. Generally, in recent years, both sides have tended to use the HLC meeting to either discuss ongoing progress or make new inroads on a range of military mechanisms, from air patrols to intelligence sharing to exercises.
More specifically, as I have pointed out repeatedly in these pages, Malaysia and Indonesia, along with the Philippines, have been recently boosting minilateral cooperation amongst them in recognition of the rising terror threat.
Apart from meeting with his Malaysian counterpart in Kuala Lumpur, Gatot also had a brief meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, where he received an award recognizing his role in promoting cooperation between the two militaries.

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text: Mr. Weiser was co- lead counsel in the Oracle action. In that case, plaintiffs challenged certain multi-million dollar stock sales made by Oracle’s senior officers, including Larry Ellison, Oracle’s founder. Oracle’s board of directors appointed a “special litigation committee” to investigate plaintiffs’ claims, and after a lengthy investigation, the committee moved to dismiss the case, having concluded that plaintiffs’ claims lacked merit. Among other things, plaintiffs’ challenged the independence of the committee members, their good faith, and their ultimate conclusion. The court denied the committee’s motion, which allowed the action to proceed to trial. The Oracle decision is one of four reported Delaware cases where a special litigations committee’s motion to dismiss was denied by a Delaware chancellor and many commentators view the Oracle case as a landmark decision for shareholders. For example, the Wall Street Journal called the seminal decision “one of the most far-reaching ever on corporate governance.” This case eventually settled for $100 million. Mr. Weiser believes that the $100 million recovery is the second largest derivative settlement ever. The Oracle case, and its impact on corporate governance matters nationwide, is the subject of numerous scholarly articles and treatises.


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That the longstanding antagonism between science and religion is irreconcilable has been taken for granted. And in the wake of recent controversies over teaching intelligent design and the ethics of stem-cell research, the divide seems as unbridgeable as ever.
In Science vs. Religion, Elaine Howard Ecklund investigates this unexamined assumption in the first systematic study of what scientists actually think and feel about religion. In the course of her research, Ecklund surveyed nearly 1,700 scientists and interviewed 275 of them. She finds that most of what we believe about the faith lives of elite scientists is wrong. Nearly 50 percent of them are religious. Many others are what she calls "spiritual entrepreneurs," seeking creative ways to work with the tensions between science and faith outside the constraints of traditional religion. The book centers around vivid portraits of 10 representative men and women working in the natural and social sciences at top American research universities. Ecklund's respondents run the gamut from Margaret, a chemist who teaches a Sunday-school class, to Arik, a physicist who chose not to believe in God well before he decided to become a scientist. Only a small minority are actively hostile to religion. Ecklund reveals how scientists-believers and skeptics alike-are struggling to engage the increasing number of religious students in their classrooms and argues that many scientists are searching for "boundary pioneers" to cross the picket lines separating science and religion.
Elaine Howard Ecklund is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Rice University, Director of the Program on Religion and Public Life for the Rice University Institute for Urban Research, and Rice Scholar of the James Baker III Institute on Public Policy. Ecklund has received awards and grants from the National Science Foundation, Russell Sage Foundation, and John Templeton Foundation and is the author of Korean American Evangelicals: New Models for Civic Life (Oxford 2008).


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Instagram used to be the place where photographers went to show off their work, but today it's evolved into much more than that. In recent months, the Snapchat-esque Stories feature has taken over the scene and created a whole other type of feed for followers. I'll admit it myself: I look over the Stories a lot more than I do my regular feed.
But this does create a problem. Not everyone has the skillset to create a compelling video. In fact, it may seem like the bar to entry is even higher, because some of these stories are professionally created. How do you get into the mix?
Easy: templates. And I'm going to walk you through the process.
Instagram Story templates are out there. Don't believe me? Well, a quick search will prove me right, as there are over 150 different templates at Creative Market that make the Story process that much simpler. The idea behind most of them is fairly straightforward: take the photos that you have and animated them in a way that's compelling to the viewer. And most of them not only have sample videos, but also walkthroughs and instructions so you can do it on your own.
With that in mind, I picked up Animated Instagram Stories by Silver Stag, downloaded the ZIP file and opened it up. Inside were 30 PSD files, an instruction guide, sample videos, free stories and even hand drawn stuff. It was a virtual grab bag of goodies, so I dove right in.
As it turns out though, I wasn't completely done. After going through the instructions, I realized that I needed to download a few fonts to get rolling. They were all free, and I already had two of them, so it wasn't a big deal to install them on my Mac.
Each layer in the file is clearly labeled, so it's a straightforward process if I want to modify anything. For example, the text on the left-hand side says "WHAT ARE YOU GRATEFUL FOR?" That's not necessarily my jam, but putting the name of my dog would certainly work. So I did that.
Now it's a cute shot as-is, but I wanted to do something else with the colors. It seemed like the background was off a bit, so again I went into the Smart Object for the background. All I had to do was pull a color from her fur with the eyedropper, and everything was good to go.
I was fairly satisfied at this point, but I did want to play around with a few ideas. Those asterisks in the corner were neat, but how would they look in white? Let's find out. I first opened up the Smart Object for one of the marks in Photoshop, and inside that was another Smart Object — this time, a vector-based one. Double-clicking on that allowed me to open it up in Adobe Illustrator.
At this point, I had two options. If I wanted to post it up as-is, I could. All I had to do was export it as a JPG or PNG file and I was done. But I did want it to animate — that's the whole point, after all. The instructions doc told me the basics: Go to File > Export > Render Video, then save it as 1080x1080px in the highest quality. Cool, let's do that.
Now I had an mp4 file to work with, and I could even preview it on my Mac. To get it to my phone, I could either upload it to Photos, or send it via AirDrop. Once I did that, it was right on my phone and ready to go. All I had to do was post it via Instagram as a regular post, and I was done.
Or was I? I did want this as a story, after all. And since I picked a square-shaped design, I wasn't sure how that would work. Fortunately, Instagram is way smarter than me. I started the Story process, and just zoomed out on the animation. It filled in the background for me automatically, and just like that, I was good.
I saved it as one of the highlights on my profile as "Creative Market." If you want to check it out, I'm @Whippsindustries on Instagram, and it'll be on my bio page.
Well, I gotta say, that whole process was a ton easier than I initially expected. It took me less than 30 minutes to knock the whole thing out, and that was including the time it took for me to do screenshots for this post. Knowing that there are lots of other options out there for cool Story templates is also good info to have, and they're all pretty affordable, too.
If you've been putting off doing Instagram Stories for yourself or your business because it seems too difficult, don't. Now you have lots of choices to work with, and nothing is better than that.


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I didn’t want to cheat. I had no intention of cheating when I pledged to give up desserts for Lent, but it happened.
And I’m blaming it all on sour cream.
While sour cream is often used as the base for dips or as a top hat for a baked potato or enchilada, its tart, creamy properties are not just suitable for savories. It does wonders for cakes and muffins, adds just the right zing to pancakes, and is a dream when combined with powdered sugar, white chocolate and butter.
Which is where the whole cheating part comes in.
I was making carrot cake cupcakes a few weekends ago – my mother’s recipe that calls for carrot baby food rather than a heap of shredded carrots – and was experimenting with a new kind of frosting. A frosting that contains a big ole scoop of Knudson/Breakstone’s sour cream.
Because the first rule of cooking (aside from use real butter) is to “taste, taste, taste,” I was faced with a slight dilemma. Did I make the frosting and hope for the best? Or did I take a teensy tiny, itty bitty, microscopic sized taste to make sure I wouldn’t be poisoning the recipients of my dear mother’s cupcakes?
I dipped a knife into the sweet puddle of frosting, coating the tip like a snow-capped mountain top. It was barely enough to register on my palate, but I still said a quick prayer asking for forgiveness as I reached my tongue out to lick it off.
I half expected there to be a clap of lightning or a sudden downpour positioned directly over my apartment, but nothing happened. Everything was exactly the same as it had been prior to my licking.
Except, of course, for my feelings of complete delight that my sour cream frosting actually worked. Exclamation point!
The results of that little experiment can be found over there yonder on that there TasteSpotting, which, incidentally, is going a little sour cream crazy this month. Exclamation point squared!
Then, for those who feel the need to bleed sour cream into their favorite foods immediately, TasteSpotting is having a “Virtual Sour Cream Party” this Friday, April 15th. Everyone is invited, but to get in the door, you must whip up something delicious with sour cream in it, post it to your blog, and submit it to TasteSpotting by 5 pm (eastern time) tomorrow, Thursday, April 14th. Starting Friday morning, submissions will be showcased on the main TasteSpotting page – you know the one that gets 5 million visitors every month.
To summarize all that sour cream craziness (I know it's a lot to handle) – I cheated, and now you (can) win.
So go do that while I pray for forgiveness -- and go back to snacking on Trader Joe's dried mango.
Ha, I'm no stranger to making (and "tasting" -- by the handfuls!) sour cream frosting... it's a great way to fill cracks in cheesecakes too!
I'd like to know where these puppies ended up and why that place wasn't my belly.
that puff of sour cream frosting looks fantastic!
Say you'll cheat once more at Scarpetta on Sunday?
Your cupcakes look so cute, D!
I’ve made these cupcakes a jillion times and I love them. I actually usually skip the frosting so I can call them muffins and pretend that they’re healthy.
Today I started to wonder…how do you think they would taste if I used another baby food instead of carrot…like maybe pear or peach? I’m very tempted to try it out!
Also, could I use coconut oil instead of veg oil? I wonder if it would add to the flavour, or would it just be weird?


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Flutist Tara Schwab is Assistant Professor of Music at Arkansas State University. An active soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player throughout the United States and abroad, Tara has earned praise as “a true technician of the flute” (Acoustica Americana), and her playing has been described as “splendid, accomplished, and totally committed—performance of the highest level,” by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Shulamit Ran. Prior to joining the faculty at A-State, Dr. Schwab was Assistant Professor of Flute and Music Literature at the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point.
Tara has performed with numerous ensembles, including the Eugene Symphony, Traverse Symphony Orchestra, Mid-Atlantic Symphony, Corvallis Symphony, Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, Duke New Music Ensemble [DNME], and What’s Next? Ensemble. She has performed in such notable venues as REDCAT, Capitol Records, Paramount Studios, The Wild Beast @ CalArts, Riceland Hall at the Fowler Center, and Newman Hall in Los Angeles, as well as the Hult Center in Eugene, Oregon, and the Interlochen Center for the Arts. Tara has been a featured artist at CalArts, Chapman Conservatory, the University of Southern California, Loyola University Chicago, Harper College, Elmhurst College, the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Duke University, the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Baldwin Wallace Conservatory, Interlochen, and UW-Stevens Point. She has also performed on KPFK’s Global Village with John Schneider, which airs on 90.7FM in Los Angeles, as well as on Live from Studio A with host Tim Burke, which airs on 88.7FM, Interlochen Public Radio.
Schwab is co-founder of Duo Amantis, with internationally-acclaimed guitarist Michael Kudirka. Actively involved in commissioning, editing, arranging, performing, and recording new works for flute and guitar, the duo has recently performed at the National Flute Association Convention in San Diego and the Cranbrook Music Guild, and has upcoming recordings being released on MicroFest Records and Les Éditions Doberman-Yppan. Tara’s research in historical performance practice earned her the 2014 Fritz Thelen Recognition Award from the International Society for the Investigation and Promotion of Wind Music (IGEB), for her dissertation, A Flute Player’s Handbook for the Development of a Rhetorical Approach to W.A. Mozart’s Concerto in G Major, K. 313. Her primary teachers include Brooks de Wetter-Smith, Molly Barth, and Rachel Rudich, and she has also studied with Jim Walker, Wissam Boustany, Tadeu Coelho, Alexa Still, Fay Roberts, Nestor Torres, Kim Pineda, and Linda Pereksta.


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PRDM1 expression via human parvovirus B19 infection plays a role in the pathogenesis of Hashimoto thyroiditis.
Positive regulatory domain zinc finger protein 1 (PRDM1), which is induced by antigen stimulation, can regulate all lymphocyte lineages.
Decreased MIZ1 Expression in Severe Experimental Acute Pancreatitis: A Rat Study.
AIM: We tested our hypothesis that Myc-interacting zinc finger protein 1 (MIZ1), a cell cycle regulator, suppressed inflammation, and therefore, represented a useful prognostic marker in patients with acute necrotizing pancreatitis (ANP) complicated by acute lung injury.
Whereas the function of HYMAI, a non-coding mRNA, is still unidentified, biochemical and molecular studies show that zinc finger protein 1 regulating apoptosis and cell cycle arrest (ZAC1) behaves as a factor with versatile transcriptional functions dependent on binding to specific GC-rich DNA motives and interconnected regulation of recruited coactivator activities.
Dorsal root ganglion myeloid zinc finger protein 1 contributes to neuropathic pain after peripheral nerve trauma.
Peripheral nerve injury increases the expression of myeloid zinc finger protein 1 (MZF1), a transcription factor, and promotes its binding to the voltage-gated potassium 1.2 (Kv1.2) antisense (AS) RNA gene in the injured DRG.
Late onset neuropathy with spontaneous clinical remission in mice lacking the POZ domain of the transcription factor Myc-interacting zinc finger protein 1 (Miz1) in Schwann cells.
The transcription factor Miz1 (Myc-interacting zinc finger 1) is a known regulator of the cell cycle but also has cell cycle-independent functions.
Association of JAZF1 and TSPAN8/LGR5 variants in relation to type 2 diabetes mellitus in a Saudi population.
Various genes including zinc finger protein 1 (JAZF1) and tetraspanin 8/leucine-rich repeat-containing G protein-coupled receptor (TSPAN8/LGR5) have been previously described to be associated with T2DM.
[Role of zinc finger protein 1 in rat liver fibrosis and as related to TGFb expression].
OBJECTIVE: To determine the role of zinc finger protein 1 (ZEB 1) in liver fibrosis and in regards to expression of the tumor growth factor-beta (TGFb) signaling factor using a rat model system.
ZNF16 (HZF1) promotes erythropoiesis and megakaryocytopoiesis via regulation of the c-KIT gene.
We previously characterized the zinc finger protein gene HZF1 [also known as ZNF16 (zinc finger protein 16)] and demonstrated its important roles in erythroid and megakaryocytic differentiation of K562 cells.
The effects of sonic hedgehog signaling pathway components on non-small-cell lung cancer progression and clinical outcome.
We investigated the clinical and pathological significances of the Shh pathway and of its lymphangiogenic components in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), namely, Shh, glioma-associated oncogene homolog zinc finger protein 1 (Gli1), lymphatic vessel endothelial hyaluronan receptor 1 (LYVE-1) and vascular endothelial growth factor D (VEGF-D).
The transcription factor Miz-1 is required for embryonic and stress-induced erythropoiesis but dispensable for adult erythropoiesis.
Myc-interacting zinc finger protein 1 (Miz-1) is a BTB/POZ domain transcription factor that regulates complex processes such as proliferation and apoptosis.
Zinc finger protein HZF1 promotes K562 cell proliferation by interacting with and inhibiting INCA1.
HZF1 plays a role in cell cycle regulation, and may function by enhanceing CDK2 activity by interaction with and inhibition of INCA1.
The role of the transcription factor Miz-1 in lymphocyte development and lymphomagenesis-Binding Myc makes the difference.
The Myc interacting zinc finger protein 1 (Miz-1) is a BTB/POZ domain containing transcription factor that can function as an activator or repressor depending on its binding partners.
Identification of HZF1 as a novel target gene of the MEF2 transcription factor.
MEF2 positively regulates the expression of HZF1.
Identification of the trans-activation domain and the nuclear location signals of human zinc finger protein HZF1 (ZNF16).
Report located the trans-activation domain at amino acid residences 49-197 within the non-zinc finger region of HZF1 and identified three nuclear location signals within the zinc finger region.
Blimp-1 is a tumor suppressor gene in lymphoid malignancies.
Blimp-1 is also called positive regulatory domain I-binding factor-1 (PRDI-BF1) or PR (PRDI-BF1-RIZ) domain zinc finger protein 1 (PRDM1).
Identification and characterization of a novel zinc finger protein (HZF1) gene and its function in erythroid and megakaryocytic differentiation of K562 cells.
The antisense method and RNA interference assay revealed that repression of the intrinsic expression of HZF1 blocked the hemin-induced erythroid differentiation and reduced the PMA-induced megakaryocytic differentiation of K562 cells.


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After remediation of your systems, business processes and policies are completed, there won't be any meaningfully negative impact to your payer, provider and/or intermediate business partner's financial, clinical and operational outcomes.
3. Test and measure your results.
- Tweak and adjust your scenarios with input from your SME’s before it’s too late.
Lather, rinse and repeat until squeaky clean! Just don’t wince and retreat!


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Erasure’s Vince Clarke is no one trick pony. From his work with Depeche Mode, Yazoo, The Assembly and more, the multi-talented musician has lost no momentum after over 30 years in the industry. We chatted to Vince about his expansive career.
When did you first get into music? What was your first step?
When I was a kid I was playing violin at school and then I moved on to guitar. It was an after school class I joined. Then I just got hooked on music. I heard the songs of Simon and Garfunkel actually and that’s what turned me onto writing my own material.
I think a lot of fans would be surprised to learn that you actually start writing with the guitar, rather than a keyboard or computer.
Yeah, we still write mostly with guitar but also with piano. We try and keep it simple because the idea is not to confuse the technology with the melody so we try to write a good tune on guitar or piano then we convert it into electronic music.
Putting Erasure together, you put an ad in the Melody Maker to find a collaborator and you met Andy Bell. What exactly were you looking for?
The most important thing was someone that could sing with character. We did a lot of auditions over a couple of days but for us, myself and the producer at the time, Andy came before us and shone because he had a real individual style. We didn’t need someone that could sing well, we needed someone that had a personality and Andy fit that bill.
Well! He’s only saying that because he has to do all the interviews.
Do you feel guilty? Is that why we’re speaking today?
Andy and I aren’t really show-biz type people, you know? We kept our private lives private, I think that’s all it is.
As private people, do you find you are a natural performer or it’s just part of the music business?
Andy twists my arm and forces me to dress up in drag! (laughs) I’m not a natural performer at all, which is why it’s an amazing thing that Andy and I got together – because Andy is! When he goes on stage, he’s a natural but that’s not my personality at all.
A lot of your work features collaborations – I noticed you have a new track with Jean-Michel Jarre.
Yeah! That was really cool actually. He came round my studio in New York – he’s a super nice guy, you know – I was totally flattered to be asked to do this thing. He’s definitely a pioneer and I was totally blown away.
Hey, can I tell you a joke?
You really need to think about this one, right?
I’ve recently decided to sell my Theremin.
Because I haven’t touched it in years.
(laughs) Do you really have a Theremin?
Is it something you use a lot?
No! It’s bloody terrible! I just bought it because it’s cool, you know?
‘Always: The Very Best of Erasure’ is available now in stores and online.
so good to hear fro youu vince i love you guys nd your musc.

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OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – With the beginning of softball season less than three weeks away, preseason softball polls were released, Tuesday morning. The Lipscomb Lady Bison softball team received votes in the ESPN.com/USA Softball poll.
Lipscomb received two votes in the poll, and has now received votes in two consecutive preseason polls and at different points in each of the past three years.
“We’ve got a smart group of girls that understand the preseason votes are an honor,” said Lipscomb head coach Kristin Ryman. “It’s extremely nice to be noticed in a national poll.
Lipscomb finished 30-20 last season, with a 15-5 record in the Atlantic Sun. Seniors Whitney Kiihnl and Caroline Mason were both named All-Conference, and sophomore Haley Elliott was named to the All-Freshman team.
Also back for Lipscomb will be senior catcher Mollie Mitchell (eight home runs, team-leading 36 RBI in 2011) and junior Bree Thurman (six home runs, team-high 13 steals). Junior transfer Kelsey Cartwright (Auburn) and redshirt freshman Ashley Anderson will make much-anticipated debuts for the Lady Bison this season as well.
“We’re going to be exciting to watch this year,” Ryman said. “We could absolutely live up to these rankings and more. Right now it’s not about living up to expectations. It’s good to be noticed on the national level and we want to keep it that way; now we have to stay focused on doing what we do and let the rest take care of itself."
The Lady Bison will be challenged early in the season when they face an Alabama squad ranked second in the USA Softball poll at the Mardi Gras Tournament, Feb. 11. The Crimson Tide knocked the Lady Bison out of their only NCAA Regional to date, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. two years ago.
The Lady Bison will open the season on Feb. 10 in day one of the Mardi Gras Tournament. Lipscomb will face Jacksonville State, Mississippi State, South Alabama and the aforementioned Crimson Tide in Mobile, Ala.


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Protesters rallied outside of a Suffolk police precinct in Bay Shore Sunday to call for better relations with the community after a man was fatally shot in a confrontation with officers.
As News 12 has reported, 27-year-old Andres Morales was fatally shot by an officer after allegedly pulling out a gun during a chase. It happened in June of 2014 after police say Morales was pulled over, then took off running.
A department spokesperson has said the officer pursuing Morales fired because he feared for his life.
About 30 people rallied today, chanting for change. They say encounters like the one that ended with Morales' death need to stop.
"Let police walk the beat, get to know the community. We grow some respect for them, they grow some respect for us," said one protester.
"At the end of the day, I don't think my brother was shot in self-defense. I feel he was shot because they couldn't catch him," said Morale's brother, Joel Morales.
News 12 reached out to Suffolk police for a response but has not yet heard back.


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Mirjam Belderbos, postdoctoral researcher in the group of Gerald de Haan, and pediatrician in training, was awarded a stipend for clinician scientists of the Dutch Cancer Society (KWF). The aim of this stipend is to stimulate clinician scientists in setting up their own research line during their clinical residency.
The project aims to characterize the clonal diversity of pediatric acute leukemia using cellular barcoding. The researchers hypothesize that pediatric acute leukemia consists of multiple genetically and functionally diverse clones, and that patients with a high degree of clonal diversity are at increased risk of chemotherapeutic resistance and disease relapse.


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Hello all. We are a cherry processing plant, we wash, pit, then freeze tarts and sweets, they are packed into 40 pound boxes. We are in a discussion, some say that the product is RTE, and others say NRTE because of further processing by the company who may purchase in the future. Any suggestions???
So what is the further processing ?
Some companies put them into ice cream, others make pies.
Well, from a micro POV, if they are essentially used directly for ice-cream (usually added near end-process i anticipate?) will logically be RTE.
Pies might depend on the specific (pie) process.
I always thought you could eat (ripe), washed, cherries from the tree.
A Ready-To-Eat food item is any food which does not need cooking or has already been cooked.
"Ready-to-eat food" means food that is in a form that is edible without additional preparation to achieve food safety).
Ready-to-eat food (RTE food) means any food that is normally eaten in its raw state or any other food, including a processed food, for which it is reasonably foreseeable that the food will be eaten without further processing that would significantly minimize biological hazards.
Very true, its just those darn pits in the middle!!!!
Sounds like RTE to me unless the further processing is to the cherry itself, but if just going into a mixture as an ingredient for instance it is not NRTE - it is RTE.
I got mesmerized once while watching an automatic cherry pitter in a processing facility - oh that was fun watching 100 pits at a time hurling through the air!
I believe they are RTE, especially the sweets.
It is pretty impressive considering we did just over 10 million pounds in just 4 weeks!
JFI, at least in USA, it appears that cherries, washed or unwashed, but direct from the source would be neither RTE or NRTE but RAC.
(This distinction actually appears contrary to the previous classifying link).


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Sculptor Michael Hamby has been blessed with a unique combination of talents which he has actively pursued throughout his life – as an artist, musician, published illustrator, and a retired professional football player. Drafted from Utah State University by the Buffalo Bills in 1985, Michael managed to tackle his four years with the team with the same amount of enthusiasm that he has for life. During his football days, he spent a great deal of time working on a literacy program with the Western New York Elementary Schools through his illustrated children's book series entitled "Darby the Dinosaur". He believes it was a wonderful opportunity to be involved with the community in both capacities as a football player and an artist. Michael's heartfelt discussions with the children were meant to reveal to the kids that you can do anything that you set your mind to.
After a career-ending injury in 1989, Michael went back to his first natural born talent, his artwork. He has received commissioned sculpture projects from Merrill Lynch, USA Today, Baseball Weekly, the National Wildlife Research Center in Fort Collins, CO, the Buffalo Naval Park, and the National Football Hall of Fame. Born and raised in Utah, Mike has always had a fascination for Native American culture, wildlife, and the history that shaped the land that surrounded him, which he strives to incorporate into his art. Today, Hamby says, "All my intensity and energy goes into my art now . . . I've found what I love to do."


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Master of Science (MS), Administration of Justice and Security.
Associate of Arts (AA), Criminal Justice.
Currently looking for a fulltime position as a Administrative Assistant or Customer Service Rep.
Admissions Representative at Concorde Career Colleges, Inc.
Attorney at Beal and Beal, Esqs.
Sales Agent at Clements Realty Group Inc.

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The EFTA States signed a Free Trade Agreement with Macedonia in Zürich, Switzerland, on 19 June 2000. The Agreement entered into force on 1 May 2002.
The Free Trade Agreement covers trade in industrial products as well as fish and marine products. The transitional period ends ten years after the entry into force of the Agreement. In addition, bilateral agricultural agreements between the individual EFTA countries and Macedonia have been concluded which form part of the instruments creating the free trade area.
Among the objectives of the Agreement (Article 1) are to promote, through the expansion of reciprocal trade, the harmonious development of economic relations between the Parties. The Agreement includes provisions relating to the elimination of customs duties and other trade barriers as well as other trade-related disciplines such as rules of competition, protection of intellectual property, public procurement, state monopolies, state aid, and payments and transfers. Under the Agreement a Joint Committee is established which supervises the Agreement.
The Agreement provides for effective market access for industrial goods in terms of tariffs and rules of origin, creating EFTA and EU parity for EFTA exports to Macedonia. All industrial goods originating in the EFTA States now enjoy duty free access into Macedonia (Article 4 and Annex III).
The Agreement covers trade in all fish and other marine products (Article 2 and Annex II). The EFTA States grant duty free access on imports of all Macedonian fish products, while remaining Macedonian tariffs on certain fish products have now been brought down to zero.
Trade in agricultural products is covered in three bilateral agricultural agreements negotiated between the respective EFTA State (Iceland, Norway and Switzerland/Liechtenstein) and Macedonia.
They provide for substantial concessions on both sides, while taking into account the respective sensitivities. Each agreement contains specific rules of origin, generally based on the “wholly-obtained” criteria.
The rules of origin for industrial goods (Protocol B) concerning the definition of the concept of originating products and the methods for administrative cooperation, are based on the current pan-European model, maintaining the general structure and the substance of the European standard rules. The specific list rules (Annex II to Protocol B) are also based on the current pan- European model.
The provisions on protection of intellectual property rights (Article 16 and Annex V) covers, inter alia, patents, trademarks and copyright and geographical indications.
The level of protection in certain areas goes beyond what is stipulated under the WTO Agreement on Trade Related aspects of Intellectual Property, taking into account the principles of most favoured nation treatment and of national treatment.
The Article on public procurement (Article 15) contains a review clause with a view to further liberalisation of the public procurement markets in the Partner countries.
Regarding competition (Article 17), the Agreement includes provisions on cooperation and exchange of information with the aim of ensuring and facilitating the enforcement of the Parties' respective competition laws.
A Joint Committee comprising the EFTA States and Macedonia supervises the implementation of the Free Trade Agreement (Articles 29 and 30).
Consultations are the fundamental mechanism of dispute settlement between the FTA partners. The Agreement implies that the Parties are to endeavour to solve any differences between them on the interpretation and application of the agreement by direct consultations, and, if need be, through consultations in the Joint Committee. For cases where the consultations do not led to a satisfactory solution, the Parties may revert to arbitration (Article 31). Annex VI governs the constitution and functioning of the tribunal.


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Is Absinthe and wormwood and thujone really harmful to humans?
The debate rages on… With thousands of years of history of use by shamans, witches, medicine men, doctors, it is beginning to look as though Wormwood suffered the same defamation that was suffered by marijuana. Any thoughts?


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The Stock Tracker app was built as a proof of concept and features only basic styling.
Users can sign up / sign in and search for up to ten stocks by stock symbol to track under their “My Portfolio” tab. The app uses the Yahoo Finance API via the stock_quote gem to display a stock’s most recent opening price.
Users can also search for and add friends (must be users of the app) and view the stocks they are tracking under the “My Friends” tab. Users can search for friends by name, last name, email address, or a partial search term.


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Put the caster sugar in a pan over a medium heat.
Pour in water and stir; bring to a boil.
In a cocktail shaker packed with ice, add 1 tablespoon sugar syrup, vodka, coffee liqueur, espresso coffee.
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KEN AND TIFF BOTH WENT TO THE SAME HIGH SCHOOL IN VANCOUVER, BUT THEY WEREN’T EXACTLY HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEARTS. ALTHOUGH THEY HAD SEEN EACH OTHER AROUND, THEY NEVER REALLY SPOKE OR KNEW ONE ANOTHER. AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, THEY PARTED WAYS, NOT KNOWING WHAT FATE HAD IN STORE. KEN LEFT FOR UNIVERSITY IN WATERLOO, WHILE TIFF STAYED IN VANCOUVER. IN THE SUMMER OF 2012, KEN RETURNED TO VANCOUVER TO SPEND TIME WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY BEFORE LEAVING AGAIN FOR SAN FRANCISCO. THAT SUMMER, KEN AND TIFF WERE BOTH INVITED TO THE SAME PARTY AT VENUE. AS THEY HUNG OUT WITH MUTUAL FRIENDS, THEY COULDN’T HELP BUT NOTICE HOW QUICKLY THEY HIT IT OFF. AFTER THAT NIGHT, THEY CONTINUED TALKING, AND BEGAN TO REALLY FALL FOR ONE ANOTHER. WHEN KEN LEFT FOR SAN FRANCISCO LATER THAT YEAR, THEY DECIDED TO TRY THE LONG DISTANCE THING AND GIVE THEIR RELATIONSHIP A SHOT. THE REST IS HISTORY!
AFTER DATING FOR SIX YEARS, KEN DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO POP THE QUESTION. IN THE WEEKS LEADING UP TO THE PROPOSAL, KEN PLANNED EVERYTHING OUT WITH HIS BROTHER, TIFF’S SISTER, AND A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER. ON A WEEKEND VISIT TO VANCOUVER, HE ASKED TIFF IF SHE’D BE UP FOR A HIKE TO THE TOP OF QUARRY ROCK TO CATCH THE SUNRISE. SHE AGREED SO THEY GOT AS MUCH SLEEP AS THEY COULD BEFORE HAVING TO WAKE UP AT 4:30AM. THEY WERE EXHAUSTED BUT COMMITTED TO CATCHING THE SUNRISE. THEY BEGAN THEIR TREK ON SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2017. IT WAS STILL PITCH BLACK WHEN THEY BEGAN THE CLIMB. ABOUT 15 MINUTES IN, KEN REALIZED HE FORGOT THE RING IN THE CAR! HE WAS SO TIRED AND FRAZZLED THAT HE DOESN’T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT EXCUSE HE MADE, BUT HE MANAGED TO GET TIFF TO WAIT UP FOR HIM AS HE BOLTED DOWN TO THE CAR AS FAST AS HE COULD. A WINDED KEN RETURNED AND THEY CONTINUED THEIR JOURNEY. THEY MADE IT JUST IN TIME TO SEE A MAGICAL SUNRISE ILLUMINATING THE SUMMER SKY IN NORTH VANCOUVER. AS THEY LOST THEMSELVES IN THE MOMENT, KEN KNEW IT WAS TIME.
HE GOT DOWN ON ONE KNEE, PROFESSED HIS LOVE, AND ASKED TIFF TO MARRY HIM. AS SHE SAID, “YES!” KEN’S BROTHER, TIFF’S SISTER, AND THE PHOTOGRAPHER EMERGED FROM THE TREES TO CELEBRATE AND CAPTURE THE MOMENT.
LET US INTRODUCE OUR WEDDING PARTY TO YOU! THEY’VE BEEN AN ESSENTIAL PART OF OUR LIVES AND WE KNOW YOU WILL LOVE THEM AS MUCH AS WE DO!
DANIEL AND KEN HAVE BEEN FRIENDS SINCE KINDERGARTEN AND WERE VIRTUALLY INSEPARABLE THROUGHOUT HIGH SCHOOL...UNTIL THEIR TEACHERS SEPARATED THEM. WHILE THEY NOW LIVE IN DIFFERENT CITIES, THEY SHARE THE UNBREAKABLE BOND FORGED BY SWORD FIGHTING WITH BAGUETTES IN THE STREETS OF FRANCE, AND RECORDING MUSIC IN THEIR BASEMENTS.
IF I HAVE TO DESCRIBE MY SISTER IN 3 WORDS IT WOULD BE: COURAGEOUS BOSS BABE. MY SISTER IS NOT JUST MY SISTER, BUT SHE IS MY SECOND MOTHER. I LOVE HER FUN AND ADVENTUROUS NATURE. SHE’LL BE THE FIRST PERSON TO PLAN AN EPIC FAMILY TRIP. AN INTERESTING FACT ABOUT MY SISTER IS THAT SHE IS THE FIRST WOMAN TO WIN A WALLY SAILBOAT RACE IN EUROPE.
KEN HAS KNOWN RICO FOR A LIFETIME. AS BROTHERS, THEY SHARE MANY FOND MEMORIES OF FAMILY VACATIONS WHERE THEY PLAYED BACKSEAT GAMES DURING LONG ROAD TRIPS AND FOUGHT OVER BEDS IN HOTEL ROOMS. RICO’S LIGHTHEARTEDNESS REMINDS HIS OLDER BROTHER TO APPRECIATE THE PRESENT AND TAKE TIME TO SMELL THE ROSES.
JENN AND I ARE LIKE GLUE, WE’VE DONE EVERYTHING TOGETHER EVER SINCE WE WERE BABIES. EVEN THOUGH SHE IS ONLY A COUPLE OF WEEKS OLDER THAN ME, SHE IS A GREAT ROLE MODEL TO ME. SHE IS ALWAYS POSITIVE, CALM, AND CONFIDENT. A RANDOM FACT ABOUT JENN IS THAT SHE IS REALLY GOOD AT BASKETBALL DESPITE HER SHORT STATURE.
DAVID AND KEN HAVE ALSO KNOWN EACH OTHER SINCE KINDERGARTEN AND GREW UP IN THE SAME NEIGHBOURHOOD. THE TWO OF THEM SPENT THEIR TEEN YEARS (BADLY) IMPROVISING THEIR TRUMPET PARTS DURING BAND PERFORMANCES, AND ON COUNTLESS LATE NIGHT (MIS)ADVENTURES AROUND TOWN. THAT IS ALL I AM ALLOWED TO SAY.
HENRY IS LIKE A BROTHER FROM ANOTHER MOTHER. I MET HIM IN HIGH SCHOOL IN GRADE 8 AND WE’VE BEEN BEST FRIENDS EVER SINCE. HE IS A FRIEND YOU CAN COUNT ON NO MATTER WHAT. I WILL DEEPLY MISS HIM WHEN HE NO LONGER LIVES NEXT DOOR. SOMETHING INTERESTING ABOUT HENRY IS THAT HE GREW UP WANTING TO BE BOTH A DJ AND A FASHION DESIGNER.
LEO HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF MY BESTEST FRIENDS SINCE HIGH SCHOOL. I KNOW...I HAVE A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE IN MY LIFE. HE’S ALWAYS DOWN TO TRY NEW THINGS WITH ME. HE IS MY GAMING, ANIME WATCHING, AND BAKING BUDDY. SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT LEO ARE THAT HE HAS A BLACK BELT IN TAEKWONDO AND AN AVID FAN OF KIM KARDASHIAN.
WE ARE EXCITED TO SHARE WITH ALL OF OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY OUR MARRIAGE ON SATURDAY THE 6TH OF JULY, 2019 AT CARDERO PARK FOLLOWED BY COCKTAILS AND A RECEPTION IN THE WESTIN BAYSHORE HOTEL FOR A FINE MEAL AND THE CELEBRATION OF A LIFETIME!
PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR WEDDING CEREMONY AT CARDERO PARK ON SATURDAY THE 6TH OF JULY, 2019, COMMENCING AT 3:00PM. WE KINDLY ASK GUESTS TO BE SURE TO ARRIVE EARLY AND NO LATER THAN 2:45PM TO SECURE PARKING AND GET A GREAT SEAT. THERE WILL BE LIMITED SEATING AT THE CEREMONY.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVE YOU JOIN US AND CELEBRATE OUR UNION AT THE WESTIN BAYSHORE HOTEL. COCKTAILS COMMENCE AT 4:30PM RECEPTION TO FOLLOW. BRING YOUR DANCING SHOES!
WE WOULD BE THRILLED IF YOU WILL BE ABLE TO JOIN US ON OUR WEDDING DAY. PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU ARE (OR ARE NOT) ABLE TO JOIN US BELOW. WE LOOK FORWARD TO ENJOY THIS EXCITING DAY WITH YOU BY OUR SIDE.
NOTE: PLEASE RSVP FOR EACH GUEST THAT WILL ATTEND OUR RECEPTION.


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Wow! Those purples are quite a sight! Lovely blues, too!
You have much to look forward to. Spring, when it reaches you, will be glorious! In the meantime, enjoy the lovely crocus and scilla.
Plantbirdwoman – I am indeed enjoying my earliest blooms – while I watch the lilac, Korean Spice bush and viburnams putting out fat buds.
Lea – This is such a happy time of year. New beginnings.