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What area of old growth native forest has been saved from business-as-usual deforestation as a result of the United Nation’s declaration of 2011 as the International Year of Forests?
UN International Year of Forests 2011 – ‘Global Objectives‘?
Reverse Forest Loss – reverse the loss of forest cover worldwide through sustainable forest management, including protection,restoration, afforestation and reforestation, and increase efforts to prevent forest degradation.
Enhance Forest-based Benefits – economic, social and environmental benefits, including by improving the livelihoods of forest-dependent people.
Increase Sustainably Managed Forests – including protected forests, and increase the proportion of forest products derived from sustainably managed forests.
Mobilize Financial Resources – reverse the decline in official development assistance for sustainable forest management and mobilise significantly-increased new and additional financial resources from all sources for the implementation of sustainable forest management.
Sounds encouraging, but where are the stated deliverables?, key result areas?, key performance indicators?, programme targets?, UN budget to achieve these global objectives? Where is the implementation plan and the delegated implementation task force?
The website is thick on its public relations message, but thin on substance. In the absence of any mention of the means to achieve these four objectives, my initial reaction is that it is more motherhood and perhaps just about ‘raising awareness‘. But don’t we already know that deforestation is a critical global problem?
The aim of the UN International Year of Forests 2011 seems to have merely been “to raise awareness and strengthen the sustainable management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests for the benefit of current and future generations“.
It just sounds like more Forestry spin!
UN International Year of Forests 2011 – ‘Global Achievements‘?
The only other information that may be gleaned from the official UN site covers topics such as promotional events, films, photos, collaborative global partner organisations plus some forest statistics, a few online publications but that’s about it. So today on 30th December 2011 as the International Year for Forests draws to a close, what has the UN programme actually achieved?
What area of the world’s native forests has been protected from otherwise business-as-usual deforestation? What has stopped Forestry Tasmania and its band of loggers from their business-as-usual holocaust treatment of Tasmania’s endangered ancient native forest ecosystems?
Answer: More PR funding for the UN’s next programme?
‘Australia has some of the most beautiful and productive forest areas in the whole world. These fantastic and magical places mean a lot of different things to different people. Some of us work with the wood from the forests. Some work with the creatures that live in the forests. Some of us live in the forests and some of us play in the forest (camping, hiking, exploring) and some of us just love looking and being in a forest!
‘Without a doubt what ever your use, be it a little or a lot, Australian’s should be proud of Australia’s forests!
‘The United Nations announced 2011 as the International Year of Forests. Australians can unite and celebrate our sustainably managed forests and the diversity that our forests bring to our lives. Our forests give us wood that we use every single day and these very same forests give us the best playground that our kids could ever hope for. Australia’s forests are used by everyone and are the best in the world!
‘Australia has about 4 per cent of the world’s forests on 5 per cent of the world’s land area, and has one of the best managed forestry sectors in the world.
‘The nation’s forests, and the products they produce, provide significant employment, environmental and recreational benefits to communities across Australia. Australia’s forestry and wood manufacturing sector employs nearly 76,000 people, many in regional areas, and generates around $7 billion worth of wood and paper products annually.
‘Across the nation the forests in conservation reserves cover over 23 million hectares. These reserves provide recreational benefits for communities and contribute to the 12 billion tonnes of carbon stored by Australian forests. Industry and government have been working hard to make sure our forests remain sustainable and viable for the long-term.
And guess who’s embraced the 2011 International Year of Forests with public relations relish?
‘Forestry Tasmania (FT) kicked off its celebrations for the United Nations International Year of Forests 2011 with an open day at the ‘forest in the city’ in its Hobart headquarters on 25 January. The event proved to be a popular summer holiday diversion, with a steady stream of families, shoppers and naturalists flowing into the Melville Street Dome throughout the afternoon. Their curiosity was rewarded by science and fire fighting displays, indoor abseiling, and even the opportunity for the young (and young at heart) to have their photo taken with ‘Krusty’, FT’s very own giant freshwater crayfish.
…to educate children early on that Forestry is good for native forests.
Tasmania’s endangered Giant Freshwater Crayfish just loves loggers destroying its habitat.
Get ’em while they’re young Bob!
Forestry Tasmania’s General Manager Corporate Relations and Tourism, Ken Jeffreys, said the open day was just a taste of things to come, with a 12-month calendar of events planned to celebrate the International Year of Forests.
“We have a number of exciting projects scheduled over the next year, such as the opening of new accommodation at Tahune, to be called the AirWalk Lodge.
“This development will, for the first time, see family accommodation available at one of Tasmania’s most highly visited tourism attractions. It will allow our guests to spend a full day experiencing all of the activities on offer at the AirWalk, as well as the many other attractions on offer in the Huon Valley.
“The year will also see a number of high-profile sporting events on state forest, including mountain biking and the multi-sport Ben Lomond Descent.
Mr Jeffreys said FT’s staff were excited by the opportunities presented by the International Year of Forests 2011.
‘Before I hand over to Rebecca White MHA to officially launch the International Year of Forests, I’ve been asked to say a few words about what our forests mean to the people that work here in Forestry Tasmania. Since our values come from our personal life-experiences, all I can do is tell you my own story, while recognising that every one of us here has their own story too.
I work as a researcher, a conservation biologist, with Forestry Tasmania. In some ways I deal with the meat in the sandwich that is forestry today – what does nature have to say about how we manage – or should manage – the forests in our care? But I want to start at the beginning. Life is all about discovery, learning and figuring things out, and I was lucky to discover early in life that nature, and forests, can be an excellent source of inspiration and experimentation. So here are a few of my naturalists’ memories, going back to toddlerdom.
Figuring out that earthworms have bristles that work like legs – if you fill an empty milk-bottle with worms and then leave the milk-bottle in the kitchen, the worms climb out and slither all over the kitchen floor.
Learning that if I sat very still in the woods, I could watch the native mice going about their lives – and I could even catch them in my hands – but that they would bite my little sister’s hands if she tried the same thing.
Learning that bumblebees loved the nectar of honeysuckle flowers as much as I did – and that they wouldn’t sting if I picked them up to enjoy the sensation of having them buzzing around in my cupped hands – but that they would sting my little sister’s hands if she tried the same thing.
Discovering that it wasn’t only nasty wasps that filled the summer air with their droning, but beautiful flower-loving hoverflies – but little sisters aren’t always good at telling them apart.
Realising that hungry ground-beetles eat lizards if you keep them in the same cage and don’t feed them.
Learning that baby starlings abandoned by their parents get too hot if you try and incubate them on the boiler.
Discovering that tadpoles kept in a glass jar don’t turn into frogs unless you give them some land to climb out onto.
Realising that flower-presses were designed for delicate plants such as dandelions, and not for cacti.
Learning that seashells brought back from the beach get very smelly if they still have their animals in them.
Discovering that puffball fungi give off clouds of spores if you wee on them.
Discovering that blackbirds’ eggs taste as good as chooks’ eggs if you fry them up on a camping stove in the garden.
Figuring out that foxes eat cherries – you can find the stones in their poos.
Figuring out that I could make wonderfully whiffy stink-bomb mixture by adding all sorts of sordid ingredients – dog-poo, apple-cores, ink – to the liquid accumulating in the bottom of a tree-hollow; but that if I then added real chemical stink-bomb ingredients to this then I ended up with dead-maggot stew instead.
We all have stories like this. (Ed: perhaps only at FT) In retrospect, we can see that they make us who we are today. Our challenge is to ensure that the next generation is encouraged to explore and experiment too.
I didn’t grow up in Tasmania, but the other side of the world in England. But I don’t think it would have made much difference to my outlook as a child. Nature’s all around us, and children the world over are tuned into it. If it’s nurtured, as it was in me, the empathy for nature can grow. Otherwise it may die away. The presence here today of so many families and children is testament to the amount of nurturing going on around us – which is wonderful to see. And what better place to do so than in our forests.
Some of us are lucky in that as adults we still get to liberate our inner child from time to time – every day if we’re very lucky. That’s how I’ve managed to live my life since leaving school – right through the years of university study; of working with nature conservation organisations in the UK; of working in Uganda as a conservation trainer in the forest department and in Indonesia as a training adviser on an international sustainable forest management project. It’s how I lived my life when I was researching rainforest insects in North Queensland for my PhD. And it’s how I have done so for the past decade as a conservation biologist here at Forestry Tasmania.
And despite what you might expect from media coverage of forestry issues, I don’t feel alone. Many people working in forestry here in Tasmania are naturalists at heart, and many more who wouldn’t call themselves naturalists nevertheless have a deep appreciation for the bush and an understanding of what makes it tick. Not so much sawdust in our veins, as bushdust – an empathy with the forests, and a recognition that we humans are not so much their lords and masters as their stewards.
My brother and I used to call chainsaws ‘long bottoms’, because to my ear they sounded like someone doing a very long fart. Later in my youth I came to see them as the conservationist’s friend, as we went about clearing wildling pines invading the heathland where rare birds nested. Today I know that chainsaws also have more prosaic functions – people use them to harvest trees so that they can be turned into products that we all use, such as timber and paper. This would be a tragic end for the forest if harvest were indeed the end-point. But it’s not, because experience shows that the elements of nature displaced by the harvest begin to move straight back in almost as soon as the chainsaws fall silent, and the forest begins to regrow and to fill with life again.
A background in natural history is good for making connections – among species and among natural processes. We learn that eagles feed on pademelons that graze on grasses and browse on young saplings; eagles nest in the old trees that grew up after the last wildfire and that escaped the browsing of pademelons; fungi and beetles recycle the trees – and even the eagles and pademelons – once they die. Eagles, trees, fungi, pademelons and beetles are all connected. Those of us steeped in natural history and ecology also make connections between humans and the rest of nature. We’re the original environmentalists. We recognise that the world faces not only a GFC but also a GEC – a global environmental crisis. I should emphasise that this crisis is not the outcome of sustainable forestry. But it is the cumulative outcome of all of our growing material demands outstripping the planet’s ability to supply. We all – especially our children – have to deal with the consequences.
In this context, we still expect the world’s remaining forests to be reservoirs of nature and yet to continue to supply our material and spiritual needs. It’s a big ask, but it can be done – certainly so in a place like Tasmania, with all the expertise in forestry and conservation at our disposal.
If I’ve discovered one big theme about the natural world during my life, it is that nature, for all its fragility, is remarkably resilient – think how forests recover after a bushfire. And the main take-home message from the forestry Masters course that I took at Oxford all those years ago, reinforced by daily experience since then, is that forestry is as much about people as it is about trees. Connecting the two concepts I come to a heartening conclusion. Through the increasing value that all of us place on our forests, they look set to become landscapes not of conflict but of reconciliation. Let’s see if we can use this International Year of Forests to further that end.
(Tasmanian) State Labor Member for Lyons and International Year of Forests Ambassador, Rebecca White MP, was on hand to officially launch Forestry Tasmania’s celebrations for 2011. She said the UN’s theme for the year, ‘celebrating forests for people’, had struck a deep chord with her.
“This theme resonated deeply with me, as it conveys the need to manage forests for many values, including conservation and sustainable development. It means that these values, which are often portrayed as being in conflict, are in fact intertwined. It also recognises that people are central to the effective management of forests.
“With careful, scientifically driven management, such as we have in Tasmania, there need not be a contradiction between conserving biodiversity and providing wood products and other non-commercial values from forests.
“While not all values may be delivered in any one area of forest, they are delivered across the entire landscape. While there are of course a number of challenges confronting the forest industry at present, it’s nonetheless important to remember that our state forests provide skilled employment for thousands of Tasmanians, and indirect employment for many more in our rural and regional communities.
Each year about 13 million hectares of the world’s forests are lost due to deforestation, but the rate of net forest loss is slowing down, thanks to new planting and natural expansion of existing forests.
From 1990 to 2000, the net forest loss was 8.9 million hectares per year.
From 2000 to 2005, the net forest loss was 7.3 million hectares per year – an area the size of Sierra Leone or Panama and equivalent to 200 km2 per day.
Primary forests are lost or modified at a rate of 6 million hectares per year through deforestation or selective logging.
Plantation forests are established at a rate of 2.8 million hectares per year.
See the World Deforestation Clock at http://www.cifor.org/defclock.

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Falls Are A Leading Cause Of Traumatic Brain Injuries | Hupy and Abraham, S.C.
Falls are the leading cause of traumatic brain injuries, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC reports that traumatic brain injuries caused by fall accidents result in more visits to emergency rooms and more hospitalizations than traumatic brain injuries caused by any other type of accident.
Hit her head on something sharp. A sharp object may penetrate the skull and create an open head injury.
Hit her head on the ground or another object. Whether you fall and hit your head on the ground or on another object on the way to the ground, you could suffer a direct impact injury to the head and brain.
Hit her head hard enough that the brain is shaken against the skull. This may result in a closed head injury or a coup-contrecoup brain injury.
Any type of traumatic brain injury is a medical emergency. If you or a loved one suffers any symptom of a brain injury, then you need to immediately seek medical attention.
Could You Have Suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury in a Fall?
Inability to focus his eyes.
Loss of interest in playing with favorite toys.
While any of these symptoms may be a sign of a potential brain injury, only a doctor can make an accurate diagnosis.
The first thing that you should do after a slip and fall accident is to see your doctor. Then, as you continue to follow your doctor’s treatment plan for your fall injury, it is important to protect your legal rights to a fair financial recovery. If the negligence of a property owner or manager caused you to slip and fall and suffer a traumatic brain injury then you may be able to recover compensation for all of your medical bills, lost income, pain, suffering and other damages. Please contact us today if we can help you on the road to recovery.

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text: One single mom. One chaotic family. One quirky stranger. One irresistible love story from the New York Times bestselling author of Me Before You and After You.

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Redco Deadplate is a polyurethane with very specific properties and the sole application in sawmills of absorbing and deadening shock. Because Deadplate is so unique, sometimes customers don’t understand how to use incorporate it into their mill or even request a quote. Fortunately, it’s an easy material to quote, manufacture, and install. So what are the frequently asked questions?
1.) What sizes does it come in?
There is no standard size. The material can’t be cut, it’s not like other plastics that come in standardized sheets. All Deadplate must be cast-to-size, so we will work with you to find your requirements.
2.) What is the lead time?
For Deadplate material alone it’s typically 3-4 weeks to ship. Part of this time is that the product has a couple weeks of “post-cure” – it needs to sit and settle to firm up its properties before installation. Because of the post-cure, and that Deadplate cannot be stocked in standard sizes, it is impossible to offer rush orders.
3.) Can I use it by itself or does it need to be capped?
For most applications you want us to quote a Deadplate “sandwich”. This consists of a steel backing plate, typically 3/8″ thick with the Deadplate bonded to it. Then there is a cap on the front that is usually Redco 500 polyurethane but sometimes also steel. Using Deadplate by itself can lead to premature wear of the product and is best left to sawmill equipment OEMs familiar with the product.
4.) How much does it cost?
This depends on application, the dimensions of the sandwich, and how thick the Deadplate is. Typically they average around $2100.00.
5.) What information do I need to get a quote?
Most importantly is the largest size of lumber that will hit the impact zone, the distance it slides into the impact zone, and the dimensions of the impact zone. The last is important to know the parameters we have to work within as the sandwich will need to be welded on. We also would want to know how many boards hit that zone per minute.
For questions about Redco Deadplate or a quotation for your needs, please contact Redwood Plastics and Rubber.

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Published: December 8, 2017 10:51 am Updated: Dec. 8, 2017 7:17 p.m.
Salt Lake Comic Con co-founders Dan Farr, left, and Bryan Brandenburg, right, speak to members of the media in front of the Edward J. Schwartz United States Courthouse in San Diego, California on Friday, December 8, 2017.
Can Salt Lake Comic Con win over San Diego jurors in impactful trademark case?
SAN DIEGO — A jury has found that Salt Lake Comic Con founders Dan Farr and Bryan Brandenburg, along with their company, violated a trademark when they named their fan convention a "comic con."
However, the jury decided that the trademark was not willfully violated, and only awarded $20,000 of the $12 million that San Diego Comic-Con had asked for in damages.
The decision came at the end of an eight-day jury trial and three years of legal maneuvering. The four men and two women on the jury deliberated for about nine hours before reaching a verdict.
And with an estimated 140 other fan conventions across the country calling themselves comic cons, the impact of the decision could be felt nationwide.
Attorneys for San Diego Comic-Con, who have been quiet throughout the case, declined to comment on the victory as they left the courtroom Friday afternoon. A spokesman for the iconic comic and pop culture convention released a written statement Friday night praising the jury's decision.
"We have invested substantial time, talent and resources in our brand resulting in worldwide recognition of the Comic-Con convention held annually in San Diego," the statement said. "San Diego Comic Convention respects the decision of the jury. From the beginning all that we asked of the defendants was to stop using our Comic-Con trademarks. Today we obtained a verdict that will allow us to achieve this. For that we are grateful."
Meanwhile, the Salt Lake organizers saw some vindication in the jury's findings that they hadn't willfully violated the trademarks and in the relatively small amount they awarded to San Diego.
"With the damages being nominal like that, I think the jury was saying, 'OK, we want to protect these marks, but you know what, Salt Lake didn't do any damage here,'" Farr said.
FILE - Salt Lake Comic Con co-founders Dan Farr, left, and Bryan Brandenburg reveal the first wave of celebrity guests for this fall's event during a press conference at the Caption in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, May 17, 2017.
Farr and Brandenburg now have 30 days to decide whether they will appeal the jury's decision, a question they said they are now considering.
"The plan is to make the best decision we can in the next 30 days," Brandenburg said. "But mostly, we're going to spend the holidays with our family and have this behind us."
The Salt Lake group also has an ongoing action with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office seeking to invalidate San Diego's "comic-con" trademark. That effort had been stayed as the litigation was ongoing.
"There are a lot of other people that are worried about what it means for them, with the term comic con. And for us in Salt Lake, we don't know what that means as well," Farr said.
"This isn't over," Brandenburg added.
Meanwhile, enforcement of Salt Lake Comic Con's name doesn't start immediately, Brandenburg said, and Salt Lake's 2018 event is already on the books for Sept. 6-8.
"I don't think $20,000 is going to impact our ability to put on the next show. It just impacts what the name of it may be," Brandenburg said.
The two conventions have been dueling in court since the summer of 2014 when San Diego Comic-Con filed a cease-and-desist order and lawsuit against the Utah event, which was in its first year. The lawsuit named Farr and Brandenburg as individual defendants, alongside their company, Dan Farr Productions.
In closing arguments Thursday, Callie Bjurstrom, an attorney for San Diego Comic-Con International, claimed that Salt Lake Comic Con's two founders were aware the phrase "comic-con" was trademarked, but deliberately and maliciously used it to brand their event in hopes of benefiting from years of work that San Diego had put into its convention's reputation.
"This case is about stealing, taking something that is not yours, something you have no right to. It's about right, and it's about wrong," Bjurstrom told jurors.
Bjurstrom emphasized that Salt Lake organizers never contacted San Diego Comic-Con about using the term but decided that because other events were already infringing on the trademark, they could, too.
She went on to say that any other fan conventions using the term comic con without permission — a list of about 140 such events was presented during the trial — were "infringers," but that San Diego Comic-Con tries to avoid lengthy and expensive legal battles.
"We are pursuing the worst offenders first," Bjurstrom explained.
San Diego Comic-Con, which has been holding events since 1970, has a trademark on "comic-con" with a hyphen, but was unsuccessful in its 1995 bid to trademark "comic con," with a space. The unhyphenated name "Comic Con International," as well as the event's iconic "eye logo," are also protected by trademark.
The event maintains that its trademarks cover the term "comic con" in all its forms.
Through the 29-question verdict form, the jury ruled that by using the "comic con" name, the Salt Lake defendants had violated all three trademarks.
On the witness stand Wednesday, Brandenburg testified that based on the frequent, nationwide use of the term by dozens of events that were clearly unaffiliated with each other, he and his business parter genuinely saw the term as generic and useable.
"It led me to believe we could call our company Salt Lake Comic Con," Brandenburg said.
FILE - Salt Lake Comic Con co-founder Dan Farr reveals the first wave of celebrity guests for this fall's event during a press conference at the Caption in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, May 17, 2017.
Michael Katz, an attorney for Salt Lake Comic Con, emphasized during closing arguments Thursday that about 140 fan conventions also use comic con in their names, generally paired with an identifier for the area they're in, and that the attendees, vendors and celebrities throughout the circuit are all using the term generically.
"From the standpoint of people out there, comic con is generic," Katz said.
Katz also argued that San Diego's thriving brand has been unharmed by Salt Lake's use of the term, and it appears less than 1 percent of attendees have been confused about whether the two events are affiliated.
Bjurstrom also emphasized the strength of San Diego's brand, but claimed that after 45 years of work to build its reputation, the organization has been tarnished and exploited as Salt Lake Comic Con has used the term.
San Diego Comic-Con wanted more than $12 million in damages from Salt Lake, including over $9 million for a three-month "corrective advertising campaign" to dispel confusion.
Since it started in 2013, Salt Lake Comic Con has brought in nearly $3 million in profits, before paying its legal fees, according to testimony during the trial.
In his closing arguments, Katz questioned the amount San Diego was seeking, noting that San Diego authorities said during trial the organization generally spends between $20,000 and $30,000 for a month of advertising.

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Since his news debut last school year, food science senior and creator of pop-up restaurant DENCH, Jimmy Wong has become San Luis Obispo’s resident student-celebrity chef.
Wong swept over the San Luis Obispo food scene, taking part in various events such as the annual Cal Poly Evening of Green and Gold dinner. The success Wong has garnered since his initial media introduction has reached beyond his own expectations.
Despite appearing in Cal Poly Magazine, The Daily Meal and ABC’s The Chew, Wong said there is one particular event that truly opened his eyes to the magnitude of his success: cooking for President Armstrong last spring.
Toward the end of summer, one of the executive board members of TedX in San Luis Obispo contacted Wong to speak at their upcoming fall event. Wong spent the next few months preparing for the talk and was even set up with a speaker coach to help guide his speech. The TedX event focused on student stories, ranging anywhere from five to 17 minutes.
Currently, Wong has put his pop-up restaurant DENCH aside to focus on some bigger projects, including a cookbook for his senior project.
Wong has been contacting local businesses in pursuit of holding pop-ups for DENCH to accommodate more than he currently can with his constrained apartment capacity.
Through all his accomplishments, Wong remains dedicated to his work ethic by expanding his creativity and skill set.
The support and loving embrace the San Luis Obispo community has given Wong boasts a strong foundation for future endeavors.

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GREENSBORO, NC -- That fall chill is arriving right on schedule, but what will winter bring? NOAA released it's winter outlook on Thursday, and it says the Carolinas should expect more wet weather than usual. How much snow? That's a tougher question.
Overall, a mild winter is expected across the United States according to NOAA's Climate Prediction Center. However, here in the Southeast and the Carolinas, it's likely that our temperatures will hover near average.
El Nino winters typically bring more storms than usual to the Southeast and the Carolinas, due to a more active jet stream in our part of the country. This can often mean more snow than usual, but not always.
"You really need the cold air and the storms to sync up," says WFMY Chief Meteorologist Tim Buckley. "If you don't have both, you don't get the big snows."

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I don’t know about you all but while I love the designer brand make up from Sephora I also love and appreciate the availability and price of beauty products from stores like Walgreens, Target, and Walmart. Also most mornings I don’t have a lot of time to get ready for work and need makeup that is easily applied and can have multiple uses.
I figure many of you might have similar concerns and wanted to share with you what is in my makeup bag. These six items are all things that you can find at a local drug store or superstore here in the US. They are also all under $15 making them awfully affordable. I have used Polyvore to create a picture of my favorite products!
The Yes to cucumbers wet face wipes have been my favorite face wipes since I found them once at Target. The cucumber really makes it very relaxing and rejuvenating for my face in the morning. I’m not a morning person and really appreciate how it helps wake me up.
The Sally Hansen nail polish comes in a set with a Gel Nail top coat and has lots of color options. Personally I hate doing my nails and don’t think I’m very good at it so I really like this cheap gel nail option because they last a lot longer. I can usually get around a month of use when I paint my toes.
The CoverGirl foundation and Maybelline face powder have worked very well for my combination skin and covering up blemishes. The powder can also be used two ways. I use it with a concealer brush after I put on my foundation to cover up spots and then use a regular powder brush to after I’m finished with all my makeup.
The Maybelline Colossal Mascara has also become one of my favorites after having tried about every brand and type. It’s the only one that doesn’t clump up so easily and doesn’t give me spider looking lashes. I don’t believe that it is water proof but I haven’t had any problems with it smearing throughout the day.
I can’t say enough about the CoverGirl colored lip balm as I’m not a big fan of lipstick so I love the subtle color. I do like to use a clear lip balm underneath of it and like that it can also be used as a cheek stain. It’s so helpful to have things that work as two different things so it is great that it can double as a blush.
So there it is my basic morning makeup and beauty routine accept for the SPF lotion that I like to use. It’s pretty simple and takes me all of about 5 minutes in total to complete. Of course if I get a chance at a date night I mix it up a little and bring out some of my nicer brands eye shadow but for the average day at work it is perfect.
What are your favorite beauty finds? Do you have a favorite brand? What is your routine like? Do you own any of these products?
Thanks so much for linking up with us over at Friday Frivolity too!
Nice,we have the same taste when it comes to this products.

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A crackdown on Israeli spy rings operating in Lebanon has resulted in more than 70 arrests over the past 18 months. Included among them are four high-ranking Lebanese Army and General Security officers�one having spied for the Mossad since 1984.
A significant breakthrough in the ongoing investigation occurred in late June and culminated in the arrest of Charbel Qazzi, head of transmission and broadcasting at Alfa, one of Lebanon�s two state-owned mobile service providers.
According to the Lebanese daily As-Safir, Qazzi confessed to installing computer programs and planting electronic chips in Alfa transmitters. These could then be used by Israeli intelligence to monitor communications, locate and target individuals for assassination, and potentially deploy viruses capable of erasing recorded information in the contact lines. Qazzi�s collaboration with Israel reportedly dates back 14 years.
On July 12, a second arrest at Alfa was made. Tarek al-Raba�a, an engineer and partner of Qazzi, was apprehended on charges of spying for Israel and compromising national security. A few days later, a third Alfa employee was similarly detained.
Israel has refused to comment on the arrests. Nevertheless, their apparent ability to have penetrated Lebanon�s military and telecommunication sectors has rattled the country and urgently raised security concerns.
Outside the obvious deleterious ramifications of high-ranking Lebanese military officers working for Israel, the very legitimacy of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) is now in question. The STL is the U.N.-sanctioned body tasked with prosecuting those responsible for the assassination of the late prime minister. On Feb. 14, 2005, 1,000 kg of explosives detonated near Hariri�s passing motorcade, killing him and 21 others.
It is believed the STL will issue indictments in the matter as early as September�relying heavily on phone recordings and mobile transmissions to do so.
�Some are counting in their analysis of the (STL) indictment on witnesses, some of whom turned out to be fake, and on the telecommunications networks which were infiltrated by spies who can change and manipulate data.
Indeed, in May 2008 Lebanon experienced a taste of this. At the height of an 18-month stalemate over the formation of a national unity government under then Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, his cabinet�s decision to unilaterally declare Hezbollah�s fixed-line communication system illegal pushed the country to the brink (http://www.counterpunch.org/amiri05102008.html) of civil war.
Recognizing the value their secure lines of communication had in combating the July 2006 Israeli invasion and suspecting that state-owned telecoms might be compromised, Hezbollah resisted Siniora�s plans to have its network dismantled. Their men swept through West Beirut and put a quick end to the government�s plan. Two years later, their suspicions appear to have been vindicated.
Giving credence to Nasrallah and Aoun�s assertions, Commander in Chief of the Israel Defense Forces Gabi Ashkenazi, predicted (http://www.politicaltheatrics.net/2010/07/%E2%80%9Cmerlin%E2%80%9D-ashkenazi-wishfully-predicts-deterioration-in-lebanon-in-september/) �with lots of wishes� that the situation in Lebanon would deteriorate in September after the STL indicts Hezbollah for Hariri�s assassination.
Ashkenazi�s gleeful, prescient testimony to the Knesset�s Foreign Affairs Committee betrays what Israel hopes the fallout from the STL�s report will be: fomentation of civil strife and discord among Lebanon�s sectarian groups, generally divided into pro- and anti-Syria factions. Ashkenazi anticipates this to happen, of course, because he knows Israel�s unfettered access to critical phone records will have framed Hezbollah for the crime.
Israel�s agents and operatives in Lebanon and its infiltration of a telecom network have been exposed. At the very least, the STL must recognize that evidence of alleged Hezbollah involvement in Hariri�s death (a group that historically enjoyed good ties with the late premier) is wholly tainted and likely doctored.
The arrest of Qazzi and al-Raba�a in the breakup of Israeli spy rings should prompt the STL to shift its focus to the only regional player that has benefited from Hariri�s murder; one that will continue to do so if and when their designs to implicate Hezbollah are realized.

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industry_corpus2: Travel & Geography


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Stocks are rebounding from the tryptophan slump of the Thanksgiving-shortened trading week as concerns about Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes and trade wars have eased. The Dow Jones Industrial Average posted its best day since March on Wednesday, gaining 2.5%—putting the index firmly in the black for the year despite a rocky October and November.
After the incredibly smooth ride that was 2017, the past two months have been a useful (if not always enjoyable) reminder that markets can and do drop at times. Bear markets happen, as do recessions. It’s been nearly a decade since we’ve seen either in the U.S. stock market or economy.
We think it’s worth remembering that investors’ portfolios are likely significantly bigger today than they were 10 years ago. That’s something to be thankful for at this time of year, but it also means that daily market moves may appear to have larger dollar consequences than we’ve become accustomed to. Plus, it bears repeating that the odds we’ll experience another low-volatility, almost uninterrupted bull market over the next decade are near nil. That’s why we believe that setting appropriate expectations and managing portfolios to long-term objectives and tolerance for risk are more important now than ever.
For the year through Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has returned 4.7%, while the broader S&P 500 has gained 4.2%. The MSCI EAFE index, a measure of developed international stock markets, is down 8.9%. As of Thursday, the yield on the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond index has climbed to 3.55% from 2.71% at 2017’s end. On a total return basis, the U.S. bond market has declined 1.8% for the year.
Wall Street’s traders were all but breathless as Fed Chair Jay Powell gave a much-awaited speech Wednesday. His comments on interest-rate policy touched off a massive stock rally when investors inferred from Powell’s words that the central bank is about done with hiking the benchmark fed funds rate. While he stressed that policymakers will remain data-dependent, Powell allayed concerns, for the moment anyway, that the Fed’s governors would overdo their attempts to keep the economy on an even keel and tip the U.S. into recession.
Powell repeated his view that’s “there’s a great deal to like about [the economic] outlook.” Clearly, he’s not looking to surprise the market, second-guess the known data or take any action intended to slow the U.S.’s ongoing expansion.
Consumers jumped into their cars and onto their computers and smartphones at the ring of the holiday shopping season bell, with more goods going into virtual shopping carts than ever. According to data from Adobe Analytics—which tracks sales at 80 of the top 100 online vendors, including behemoths such as Walmart and Amazon—online shoppers dodged crowds and lines and lit up the Internet over the holiday weekend. Online sales increased 28% on Thanksgiving Day compared to 2017 and were up 24% on Black Friday. Cyber Monday saw sales grow 19% from last year.
Amazon said that Monday’s activity translated into its biggest shopping day ever from an inventory perspective—customers ordered more than 180 million items over the five days from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday.
A side effect of the online trend is that fewer people are leaving home to shop, with foot traffic at brick-and-mortar stores down slightly on Turkey Day and Black Friday from a year ago. This puts pressure on traditional retailers who may not have a large enough online presence to make up the difference.
A five-day span of spending doesn’t necessarily guarantee that money will continue flowing through year-end. Still, we think it’s going to be hard to keep a well-employed and confident consumer from spending more generously this year than the last, propelling economic growth across the 2018 finish line. One thing we’ll keep an eye on early in 2019 is reports on the level of household indebtedness when the bills for these holiday shopping sprees finally come due.
With its convenience, low prices and vast inventory, Amazon has already changed how consumers shop. Now it’s looking to improve the way patients receive health care. This week, we learned that Amazon is selling software that scans digitized medical records in an attempt to improve patient treatment and reduce costs.
The health care industry has been slower to digitize records than other sectors like retail and financial services. Big tech has taken note. IBM, Apple and Google are also entering the health care space. Time will tell how successful these efforts are, but competition drives innovation, which can lower medical bills and improve care. Medical costs are one of the biggest risks that retirees face, so we welcome initiatives to provide better care at an affordable price.
From an investment perspective, the health care sector’s capacity for innovation is one reason why we’ve long believed that a dedicated allocation to health care stocks is a wise long-term investment in a fundamental portfolio. While there are always temporary political and regulatory risks, the broad scope of the sector allows it to play both portfolio offense and defense.
We see the long-term tailwinds of demograyphics (the aging of the global health care consumer), globalization and innovation as supportive of our continued exposure to health care stocks. It remains to be seen what will result from big tech’s foray into the business, but we are confident in our active managers’ ability to separate the most promising innovations from the herd.
Next week, we’ll be examining data on manufacturing and service sector activity, construction spending, car sales, factory orders, consumer credit and employment, as well as the Fed’s “Beige Book” of anecdotal reports from around the nation.
Please note: This update was prepared on Friday, November 30, 2018, prior to the market’s close.

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If your school has recent Apple hardware available, we endorse the free K-12 teaching and learning resources from Apple. These resources, which are part of Apple’s Everyone Can Code program, are aligned with core computer science themes, and are mapped to the relevant CSTA and ISTE Computer Science standards. Below is a description of the range of resources available that take students all the way from no coding experience to building their first apps.
The Get Started with Code teacher guides help teachers bring coding into the classroom using visual-based programming apps like CodeSpark Academy and Tynker. The teacher guides include activities, reflection questions, journal prompts, and more to help teach coding concepts and apply them in everyday contexts.
Swift Coding Club materials help you bring coding to your after-school, weekend, or summer clubs. The elementary Swift Coding Club is targeted for students from 8-11 years old, and are designed for clubs that meet an hour a week. You can download these materials for free using the links below.
The Swift Playgrounds iPad app includes built-in lessons designed to teach students fundamental coding concepts. Students use real Swift code - the same code professional developers use every day - to solve puzzles and guide a character through a 3D world. And the Learn to Code teacher guides help teachers bring Swift Playgrounds into the classroom, no matter their level of coding experience.
Swift Coding Club materials help you bring coding to your after-school, weekend, or summer clubs. The middle school Swift Coding Club is targeted for students from 12-14 years old and is designed for clubs that meet an hour a week. You can download these materials for free using the links below.
The Intro to App Development with Swift and App Development with Swift curricula were designed to teach high school students with little or no programming experience how to be app developers, capable of bringing their own ideas to life. There are 2 courses available: a one-semester course that introduces students to Swift and Xcode and helps them build a solid foundation in programming fundamentals; and a two-semester course which takes students further so that by the end of the course they’ll be able to build a fully functioning app of their own design.
Swift Coding Club materials help you bring coding to your after-school, weekend, or summer clubs. The high school Swift Coding Club is targeted for students from 13-18 years old, and are designed for clubs that meet an hour a week.

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Our team are highly-experienced and offer a wealth of knowledge.
We have three veterinary directors, responsible for the successful running of the practice. Between them they have over 70 years of experience. With the support of five other vets and nine nurses we can provide a comprehensive range of veterinary services.
All our nurses can give advice on all aspects of small animal care.
We are committed to the continued training and development of the whole team. Everyone is encouraged to develop their own personal skills and interests within the practice. Areas of special interest and skills include: eye problems, skin conditions, heart disease, diagnostic imaging, feline medicine, soft tissue surgery, dentistry and oral healthcare for dogs, cats and rabbits.
Jim is the longest continuous serving member of the practice, having joined in February 1993. He has a particular interest in dermatology (skin) and soft tissue surgery. Jim is also the most active member of the practice, regularly playing squash and punishing himself by taking part in triathlons as well as several money raising charity events. Most recently he has discovered the enjoyment of skiing and is now vying for time off in winter with several of his colleagues. He is also the proud owner of a cat bizarrely named Mikkie-Mokki.
Sue joined the practice in 1999 and has a particular interest in ophthalmology (eyes). When at home, she spends her time looking after her two children, rescue cat called Stuart and one remaining 10 year old hen as well as spending time managing the ongoing renovation project (more like never ending project) of her 15th century farmhouse. If there is any time left in the year, Sue spends it skiing and going on holiday as often as she possibly can.
Richard joined the practice in 1990, left and then came back again in 1994. His particular interests include cardiology (hearts). In the last couple of years, Richard has become an avid horse rider and can be regularly seen riding on the beach at Burnham-on-Sea and on the Quantock Hills, as well as taking every opportunity to attend horse shows and events. He has one border terrier Martha, two horses called Merlin and Harry and a cat called Nelson.
Caroline qualified from The Royal Veterinary College, London in 2002 and joined Blake Vets in August 2011. She has a general practitioners certificate in Small Animal Medicine (GPCertSAM) and the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice (CertAVP). Her special interests include keyhole surgery and has currently performed over 150 keyhole neuterings at Blake Vets. Outside of work she enjoys swimming, cycling and running, preferably in that order and all in one session! She competes in triathlons ranging from sprint to Ironman. In 2013 she participated inthe Ironman 70.3 world championships in Las Vegas. Caroline is taking a 6 month sabbatical from February 2019 to August 2019 to spend time working at the Soi Dog Foundation in Thailand.
Sarah joined the team in December 2014. She qualified from Bristol University in 2013 and whilst there achieved an additional qualification in Animal Behaviour and Welfare. She has recently achieved her European School of Postgraduate Studies GP certificate in Feline Medicine. She lives near Bristol with her partner and their cats Sammy and Willow. In her spare time she enjoys kayaking.
Laura joined the team in July 2015. She qualified from the Royal Veterinary College in 2012 and has been working in the local area since 2014. She has a particular interest in internal medicine and is nearing the end of her studies for her in Small Animal Medicine Certificate. She lives near Wellington with her husband, daughter, 2 Border Collies and Ember the Springador. In her spare times she loves baking, walking and visiting stately homes.
Charlotte graduated from the University of Bristol in July 2017 and joined the team at the beginning of August. Over the course of her degree she has enjoyed all aspects of working as a small animal vet. She has grown up in the local area and lives in North Somerset with her cat Asha and her tortoise Shrek. In her spare time she enjoys going to the gym and cooking.
Amy graduated from the University of Bristol in July 2016. Originally, Amy worked in mixed practice but has discovered her passion for small animal internal medicine and dermatology. She is currently undertaking a Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice. She has always lived in the local area and has two dogs, Alfie and Aila. In her spare time she loves doing pilates, walking with her dogs and travelling.
Bob has been the stalwart of Saturday morning surgeries at Burnham-on-Sea for several years having previously run his own practice.
Emma joined us in April 2014. She previously worked in animal rescue for 6 years, and has a degree in Animal Behaviour and Welfare. She is particularly interested in behaviour and behavioural issues in dogs and horses. She lives at the foot of the Quantocks with her husband Sam, her son George and 3 dogs, Bruno the chocolate Labrador, Bella the Border Collie and Jonah the Patterdale x Jack Russell! Like a lot of her colleagues, Emma also enjoys horse riding and has been brought up around horses all her life.
Sarah has worked as a veterinary nurse for many years and joined Blake Vets as our senior nurse in 2014. Sarah has a particular interest in theatre and surgical nursing and has achieved additional qualifications in wound management. She has always lived on the edge of Exmoor and has 2 dogs, Maude the Patterdale Terrier, Harry the Jack Russell an Arthur-Gerald the cat. In her spare time she is usually to be found with one of her numerous horses or partaking in various countryside pursuits.


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HomeLiquidation My Company is Going into Liquidation but it Owes me Money – What Happens?
My Company is Going into Liquidation but it Owes me Money – What Happens?
The limited company laws are designed to keep business and personal finances clearly separate, principally to protect company directors in the event of insolvency. However, in some cases, officers of the limited company may loan money to it during times of need, either in the form of cash, or to purchase crucial business assets.
But if the limited company then becomes insolvent, can a director, shareholder or employee get their money back?
If you’ve loaned money to a company, whether you work for them or not, you are a creditor and will take your place amongst those waiting to be paid. If you’ve lent money to the company without any form of guarantee or security, this makes you what is called an ‘unsecured creditor’. (Employees owed wages are in a higher category known as ‘preferential creditors’).
Recent changes to the law mean that face-to-face creditors meetings do not happen unless 10% of creditors (by value or number) specifically request it. As an unsecured creditor you have a right to express your opinion here so make sure you use your vote if you wish to meet in person.
Unsecured Creditors have a right to vote on the appointment of the liquidator, putting forward their own candidate if they feel the shareholders choice inappropriate.
It is the right of an unsecured creditor (during either voluntary or compulsory liquidation) to form what is called a ‘liquidation committee.’ This is a group of between 3 and 5 members whose role is to oversee the liquidation, help agree the insolvency practitioner’s fee, and monitor the liquidator’s conduct during the process. It is the right of the committee to request meetings with the Insolvency Practitioner at any stage, or receive an update on the situation.
What if the Insolvent Company Has Goods that Belong to Me?
If you can legally prove that you are the rightful owner of goods in the possession of the insolvent company, you can make a claim via the appointed insolvency practitioner.
Can I Claim Interest on the Debt Owed to me by the Insolvent Company?
There are particular circumstances where unsecured creditors may claim interest on their debt. One instance is where this has been specified in the original agreement and where you may have proof of having issued an interest reminder of some kind.
Once the Liquidation is Complete, When do I get my Money?
As the lowest part of the debt hierarchy, it is common for unsecured creditors not to get 100% of their money back. If there is not enough left once the secured creditors have been paid, VAT registered creditors may be eligible for what is called ‘bad debt relief’.
Can I Appeal if the Liquidator Refuses to Pay a Claim?
Any creditor has the right to make an appeal should their claim not be paid out. If communication with the insolvency practitioner fails to yield the result you’re hoping for you have the right to ask for court adjudication within 21 days.

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"Kono teiri ga utsukushii" (These are beautiful theorems) is now published (in Japanese) by Sugakushobo. Many introductory articles on beautiful theorems are included in this book. I am one of the 20 authors. I wrote an introductory article on "Hasse's theorem" on the number of rational points on elliptic curves over finite fields.
Sugaku-no-Tanoshimi (Have Fun with Mathematics) 2008 is now published (in Japanese). Many articles concerning the Sato-Tate conjecture are included in this volume. I wrote articles on elliptic curves, outline of the proof of the Sato-Tate conjecture, and Galois deformation theory.

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– For any BharatQR transaction to be successfully completed there is authentication usingMPIN. This is in keeping with the norms prescribed by RBI.
– The following banks are operationally ready to deploy BharatQR: Axis Bank, Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Citi Union Bank, DCB, Karur Vysya Bank, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, IDBI Bank, RBL Bank, State Bank of India, Union Bank of India, Vijaya Bank and Yes Bank.
– BharatQR will have three additional fields. Bank account IFSC Code, UPI virtual address and Aadhaar number. However, some twitter users have pointed out that BharatQR also puts out a 16-digit card number. This is a violation of PCI-DSS norms. We have written to the card networks will update once we hear from them.
Earlier: BharatQR, an inter-operable QR code network for payments, built by card networks will be launched today. The system will include Visa, MasterCard and the National Payments Corporation of India’s (NPCI) RuPay. The idea for an inter-operable QR code network was floated in December 2016 following demonetization of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes.
Note that wallets’ QR code systems, such as Paytm, MobiKwik, FreeCharge and Jio Money etc, do not figure in BharatQR yet. These QR code systems are a closed systems and work only between the wallet users.
Sharad Sharma, co-founder of Indian Software Product Industry Round Table (iSPIRT), said that though BharatQR is among card networks, it is is still a government-mandated project. oOher payment systems such as UPI and wallets will be included later, as this YourStory report indicates.
Last week, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) proposed new slabs for debit card merchant discount rate (MDR) banks will be allowed to charge merchants. It proposed differentiated MDR between acquiring infrastructure involving physical terminals (POS machines, mPOS etc) and digital acceptance infrastructure models (such as QR codes). QR codes payment through cards would attract a fee of 0.3% to 0.85% for merchants. MDR is an inter-bank exchange fee that banks charge for enabling digital transactions.
Are wallets being further sidelined?
The exclusion of wallets in BharatQR is curious again, considering that they more or less pioneered QR code payments during demonetization. It seems like the UPI all over again when banks wanted to keep wallets out to get an advantage over them. BharatQR now looks like it is protecting the business of card networks.
Note that merchants are not charged for QR code payments through wallets and may have an upper hand over card networks right now. However, they are charged when the move the money to bank account. For example, Paytm charges 1% for verified merchants. It needs to be seen which proposition merchants will find more economical. At the moment, wallets QR codes are in the mind space of merchants and find them cheaper than POS machines.
@mayurshetty01 It will be great when everyone uses QR. Consumer education and standard mobile payment flow ??
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text: Washington, D.C. Premiere Our planet is heating up and one of the first casualties will be the crops that supply our food. Scientists are working overtime to find solutions including going back to the ancestral origins of our staple foods. Seed Hunter takes you on a remarkable journey from the drought-ravaged farms of Australia, to the heart of the Middle East, to the mountains of Tajikistan where charismatic Australian scientist Dr. Ken Street – a real life version of Indiana Jones – and his team of ‘gene detectives’ hunt for plant genes that will help our food withstand the impact of 21st century global warming. Directed by Sally Ingleton.

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As the testimonial states, the residents of this homeowner’s association were looking at options of replacing or upgrading their older cracked asphalt courts. Every type of tennis court is a trade off one way or another and they had to decide as a group whether they wanted the slide of clay, the low maintenance of a hard court, or something in between. We were able to show them a few different options and after playing on the turf they decided that it was a great fit. The only maintenance needed is a grooming at the beginning of the season with the potential of adding sand and a light sweeping after play.
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industry_corpus2: Sports


text: Current and historical gross margin, operating margin and net profit margin for ArcelorMittal (MT) over the last 10 years. Profit margin can be defined as the percentage of revenue that a company retains as income after the deduction of expenses. ArcelorMittal net profit margin as of June 30, 2018 is 6.77%.

industry_corpus2: Mining


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Many patients desire facial balance and request chin augmentation without having to “cut the chin bone.” This procedure is often combined with other procedures or may be performed as a simple out-patient procedure. Chin augmentation is available to accomplish chin advancement and accentuation of the jaw line with the placement of custom-contoured chin implants. Support of the soft tissues of the lip, jaw line and neck is the foundation that prevents or delays aging of this area of the face.
Chin implants can be placed through an incision in the mouth or through an incision underneath the chin. Dr. Vigliante is skilled in both techniques. There are advantages and disadvantages to both approaches, which he will discuss with you at your consultation visit.
Both techniques can achieve predictable results with successful outcomes. A discussion with your surgeon will determine which technique best fits your needs.
The recovery for this minor, isolated procedure is rapid. Following the resolution of majority of swelling in 72 hours, most patients are able to return to work or school. A decrease in lower lip sensation is temporary and normal sensation usually returns in 14 days. Within 2 weeks, the sutures will have dissolved and the incision will begin to disappear. For the intra-oral approach, excellent oral hygiene is essential with the use of an antibiotic mouth rinse (Peridex) and tooth-brushing three times per day. The patient is placed on post-operative antibiotics and anti-inflammatory medication. The results speak for themselves!
Genioplasty, or bony chin advancement or reduction, is a procedure that evolved from the techniques of Orthognathic (Jaw) surgery. Prior to the development of silicone chin implants, it was the only option available for chin recontouring.
However, this technique is still readily used today, and for many patients, provides a distinct advantage to chin implants. The technique is very versatile. It can be used to reduce the length, overall size or set back the prominent chin. With chin advancement, it allows the advancement of the suprahyoid musculature (muscles of the neck) for patients with weak chin/neck angles and definition. It also allows the use of the patient’s own tissue without implantation of a silicone implant. Finally, it permits the correction of both horizontal and vertical asymmetries of the chin.
Preoperative preparation is key to successful genioplasty. Dr. Vigliante is well-trained in reading lateral cephalometric xrays. He will accurately treatment plan your chin surgery by taking one of these xrays in his office. This helps the doctor and patient decide how much chin projection is necessary to accomplish facial harmony. Some surgeons do not use this tool, which can result in a chin that is too large or too small for the person’s face.
Because of his extensive training in skeletal surgery, Dr. Vigliante uses an intra-oral approach which allows a camouflage of the incision, recontouring of the bony chin asymmetry if present, assessment of facial midline by viewing the chin from top-side down, and then a bone cut (osteotomy) of the chin itself. The bony chin is then positioned as planned pre-operatively with the accuracy of 0.5 mm, and then the segment is positioned with a small titanium plate. The oral incision is closed with resorbable sutures (melt away on their own) and there is no increase in the rate of infection. The bone heals rapidly over the course of 6 weeks.
The recovery for this minor, isolated procedure is rapid. Following the resolution of majority of swelling in 7-10 days, most patients are able to return to work or school. A decrease in lower lip sensation is temporary and normal sensation returns in 10-14 days in most patients. Within 2 weeks, the sutures will have dissolved and the incision will begin to disappear. Excellent oral hygiene is essential with the use of an antibiotic mouth rinse (Peridex) and tooth-brushing three times per day. The patient is placed on post-operative antibiotics and anti-inflammatory medication. The results speak for themselves!
For the treatment of a patient with adequate size and shape of the cheek bones, the treatment of this condition involves precise repositioning of their cheek fat pad in the vector, or direction, from which it migrated over the years.
However, in patients with inadequate cheek bone size and position, “pulling” the cheek pad up and back will shortly result in relapse. As the analogy continues, reinforcing the shingling on the roof will not help support the weight of the rain. Rather, we recommend that we enhance the facial skeleton (a.k.a. support the roof) by augmenting the cheek bones. This is simply done by placing precisely sized and positioned cheek implants.
There are many techniques for the placement of facial implants, however most lack the ability to precisely examine the native underlying bone, alter asymmetry and carefully position both cheek implants under direct vision to achieve symmetry of size and position. Dr. Vigliante’s technique is to create a small access opening to the cheek bones from inside the upper lip. The tremendous advantage to this access point is that it is painless to the patient, it does not leave a noticeable scar and it allows direct visualization of the patient’s cheek bone structure, alteration of asymmetry and precise positioning and fixation (with bone tacks) of the implant.
Once healed, the implants look and feel like the patients NORMAL bone structure. The oral incision is closed with sutures (stitches) that are resorbable (melt away on their own). For patients undergoing a simultaneous facelift, this allows phenomenal support of the cheek fat pad and not only enhances the initial result, but more importantly, enhances the longevity of the result. Results simply last longer.
For more information, please visit www.cosmeticsurgery.org/Patients/malaraugmentation.asp.

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Are you a believer? There are many people out there who believe that aliens have already visited Earth and are in fact living among us! The evidence might not be there but that doesn’t stop people believing in the strange, weird and wonderful. Ever since the strange happenings in Roswell in the United States and the world famous military base Area 51 conspiracy theories have existed. Is there any truth to be found?
In this lesson pack, you and your students will read out UFO sightings. The text looks at a few famous UFO sightings and talks about what happened and what people saw. The text is accompanied by a series of comprehension and vocabulary questions. The text contains general vocabulary with some specific vocabulary related to space and conspiracy theories. There is also a simple gap-fill exercise based on passages from the text. The writing and speaking activities require students to be creative as they pretend to have seen a UFO. There are also a series of debate and discussion topics. As always there are vocabulary cards and talking points that can be used as a starter activity.
New to EnglishLessonPacks? I suggest looking at the Games and Activities I use with the Lesson Packs. It is an ever increasing list of games and activities that I play using the material in the lesson packs.


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As I read your responses to the campaign to raise funds for the new CD, the biggest marketing adventure Ted and I have put together to date, I think back to the night we got the photo for the Songs From the Orchard project. Here’s the behind the scenes story.
I scheduled a morning photo shoot with our daughter Leaha twice in a row, to try to capture a silhouette of Ted with his dulcimer and an Indiana sunrise behind him. The first morning was rainy and cold. And the cats bombed the photo shoot. Strike one.
The next morning was not raining but unfortunately still very cold with lots of cloud cover. While the sun did rise, multiple layers of clouds hid the light show. Bummer. Strike two. Ted is not fond of being awakened early to have unsuccessful photo opportunities. I began to wonder how this was going to happen. I was trying to beat the cold weather and the daylight savings time change which would make the sunrises happen yet an hour earlier which would be even harder to pull off with my busy daughter and my late night husband. What to do?
Then I went with Ted to one of his evening events- a lovely dinner and concert at Heritage Farms, a classic Hoosier family farm with a beautiful barn for weddings and a stately herd of alpaca grazing on the hillside. The owners had graciously invited me to come along and set a place at the table for us to join them for a delicious feast of smoked brisket, lamb and roasted vegetables before the concert.
And now you know…the rest of the story!