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A surgery is a basic procedure followed to get rid of certain complications with a realistic expectation of attaining satisfaction in life. Regardless of age, people want to experience happiness and maintain equilibrium between mobility and independence. It is very common thinking among most of citizens who choose or plan to enjoy only at their retirement age as they are very busy with different issues of concerns like work, responsibilities, time factors and financial pressures. They wish to tour around the world at later part of their life, as they are busy in their working age.
At an older age, when they really want to enjoy the true fruits of their hard earned labor, happen to fall the victims of health issues. Most of them suffer from major health complications that limit their food habits and mobility factors. Likewise is the major health issue among the old people is knee joint pains due to knee diseases. Surgeries like knee replacement can allow senior citizens to still be physically active and get them back to their normal life performing their regular activities.
Dr Niraj Vora is a Knee Replacement Surgeon performing knee replacement surgeries from past a decade. He has 19 years of experience in orthopaedic surgeries related to Knee and Hip joints. Knee Replacement surgery is generally performed to improve the quality of life of the patient who suffers with severe knee pain. The procedure will give the patient new joints to resume back to activities like walking, jogging, and low sports like tennis or badminton.
Satisfaction with Surgery is obvious for any patient as knee replacement works well till your age of sixty. It is important that the patient should be satisfied with the result of knee replacement surgery. It is said that a knee replacement that works well can give you the knee of a sixty year old. It is assumed that satisfied patients with realistic expectations are those who follow doctor’s instructions, and have zeal to recover quick and fast.
Severity of preoperative pain and stiffness, the greater relief the patient gets from the surgery against the severe pain that patient had before operation.
If the outcome of operation is less relief to the pain, the less will be the satisfaction.
Very High expectations prior to operation are not satisfied by knee replacement.
Dr Niraj Vora explains to the patients about the surgery, and its impact in a detailed mode so as to make the patient feel comfortable with the surgery procedure and its further life.
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Kong Kam House is located in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai. When you enter this place, the first thing you will notice is the style of the northern Thai culture. The hotel is decorated in Lanna styles and you can feel the Lanna atmosphere with Lanna cuisine Thai food from professional chefs and Lanna style furnitures. With the really short distance, it is easy to go Ta Kee Lek Township in Myanmar territory. Kong Kam House has accommodations in different styles for visitors to choose from and amenities such as air-conditioner, telephone and free Wi-Fi. The hotel also features other services including an indoor parking lot, breakfast and it even helps with temporary border passes. You will have an exotic Lanna experience staying at the Kong Kam House and the staff members are very pleased to welcome all visitors.
It is conveniently located, for shopping (we went to buy special tea) and the Border crossing. This hotel is run and managed by it s owner, Mr Thong, a very delightful and hospitable gentleman. The room was very tastefully furnished,in Thai design, and was clean and comfortable. We had a fantastically huge western breakfast, personally cooked by the owner. As it is a small family run hotel, it doesn t have facilities, but it was still value for money.
Wang Thong Hotel is located in Mae Sai on the Thai and Myanmar border, providing 150 guest rooms equipped with facilities to ensure guests comfort. Some rooms offer the beautiful Myanmar view. Wang Thong Hotel is close to the market for guests who enjoy shopping for local goods. The restaurant offers both Thai and International cuisines. The hotel also provides function rooms that can accommodate up to 600 guests. For recreation, guests may relax at the swimming pool with drinks and snacks available at the poolside bar.

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Truemper configurations (thetas, pyramids, prisms, and wheels) have played an important role in the study of complex hereditary graph classes (e.g. the class of perfect graphs and the class of even-hole-free graphs), appearing both as excluded configurations, and as configurations around which graphs can be decomposed. We study the structure of graphs that contain (as induced subgraphs) no Truemper configurations other than (possibly) universal wheels and twin wheels. We also study several subclasses of this class. We use our structural results to analyze the complexity of the recognition, maximum weight clique, maximum weight stable set, and optimal vertex coloring problems for these classes. Furthermore, we obtain polynomial $\chi$-bounding functions for these classes.
This is joint work with Valerio Boncompagni and Kristina Vušković.

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High Planes Models from Australia and us have recently joined our forces to produce a complete family of the Mirage IIIE and variants.
The models are completely new and now are produced in high pressure injection moulded plastic.
We are proud to present our two first kits as the Mirage IIIE and the Belgian 5. Other variants will follow in a near future. Both kits are mutimedia and contain plastic and some resin parts.
The plastic parts are the same for both and will be the base for all the different versions.
The kits contain no less than 108 injected parts; 6 clear plastic and a 10 photoetched parts. There are 13 resin parts in the Mirage IIIE kit and 16 in the Mirage 5.

industry_corpus2: Aerospace


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Habbo Hotel is a virtual community owned and operated by Sulake Corporation. Habbo Hotel is aimed at teenagers, and it combines the two concepts of a chat room and an online game.
The game is centered around Habbos, virtual representations of its members. Each character has a different name, and is identified solely by this name. The service's other focus point is virtual furniture, which is often called "furni" by players. This virtual furniture can be bought by players using credits, which are bought using real-life currency. This furniture and the credits used to buy them can also be traded between users.
The game is also centered around The Habbo Way, which are the standards and rules which all Habbo players are expected to follow, or face a ban from accessing the hotel for a certain amount of time.

industry_corpus2: Gaming


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A man name Naeem Rashid, age 50, a teacher and a father of three who migrate from Pakistan and New Zealand a decade ago, who was busy this month planning the spring wedding of his son Talha, 21. Neither father nor son lived to celebrate the occasion.
Both were killed Friday, along with seven other Pakistanis, when a gunman struck at two mosques in Christchruch, New Zealand.
After a video footage of the shootings showed him trying to tackle the gunman outside one mosque before being shot.
This Muslim man is Naeem Rashid from Abottabad, Pakistan. He sacrificed himself trying to disarm the terrorist at the Mosque in New Zealand. His son Talha was also killed in the attack.
“My brother was a brave man who died to save others. His death showed how he cared for humanity,” Rashid’s brother Khurshid Alam said in a telephone interview Sunday from his home in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Alam said that rashid and his son, were also shot alongside him, “fell victim to terrorism.
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan announced Sunday that Rashid would be given a national award for bravery.
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We understand your people. We know what makes them tick, what engages them, what they need to be emotionally resilient, physically in tip top condition and mentally as sharp as a tack.
That’s because we are specialists in the how’s and why’s of the human brain. We are also commercial business leaders and together we combine our knowledge of the business world and the human brain to help create the best in your people so that you can be the best in your business.
Owner and Managing Director of The Mind Solution, Sara Maude, fully believes in the power of the mind to enable people to excel. With a commercial background as an HR professional for big name brands including British Airways Holidays, Virgin Atlantic, NHS, De Vere Hotels and Debenhams, Sara fully recognises the need to have people at work, engaged and doing a great job. Having worked with over 1000 people on a one to one level as a Solution Focused Psychotherapist and Hypnotherapist, Sara combines her HR background and her knowledge as a Mind Coach to provide employee’s with what they really need to be at their best mentally, emotionally and physically. Often described as a ‘big bundle of energy’ Sara has run 2 marathons, traveled the world solo and makes it her life purpose to creating a business world of healthy, happy and resilient people.
Gena McMullan is a certified NLP Master Practitioner, Life Coach, Time Line Therapist, Hypnotherapist, Emotional Freedom Technique Practitioner, Cognitive Behavioural Therapist and Advanced Theta Healer! Gena know’s exactly what is needed to transform people on the inside so that they excel on the outside. Highly creative, Gena is also an international photographer and journalist.
With a professional Learning and Development background gained in the Financial Services Industry, Avril brings to the team her many years of experience as a leading Hypnotherapist and NLP professional trainer and practitioner. Having worked in the corporate world of Banking, Avril understands the ongoing pressures to deliver excellence and with her skills as a mind coach and therapist, knows how to give people exactly what they need on the inside, to achieve just that. Avril is also a busy Mum of 2 daughters and understands the needs to create a healthy work life balance.

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Growing up, Easter was always one of my favorite holidays, which seems a little out of the norm for the average American child. Why Easter? Easter was our ‘extended family’ holiday, unlike Thanksgiving and Christmas, which were traditionally kept small and intimate.
My Mom has a spiritual gift of hosting, which she got from my grandmother, and that comes with a gift of inviting. At almost every Easter I can remember, we often had a special guest, someone who was not necessarily tied to the family but needed a ‘home’ for the holiday. One year it was Mom’s work colleague, another year it was an Iraqi acquaintance working in the city, or the Habiger relatives, and I know brought home at least two different international friends from college over the years. Anyway, I think Easter sticks out as my favorite holiday because of the sense of family and of sharing stories.
As I celebrated Easter in Guyuan this weekend, I was overwhelmed with a sense of comfort and a sense of “Mom.” I found myself invited students and friends over to share meals and conversations in the compassionate way that Mom always did. I found myself endlessly in the kitchen preparing, but loving every moment.
The reality is that traditions change with time – Mom moved out of the Spencer house over three years ago, kids grow up and gotta work, or some (cough cough) move to another country for two years. Yet, we each choose how to carry on traditions that mean something to us. Some traditions are steadfast – I can’t go an Easter without eating Gramma Phyllis’ caramel pecan rolls, so I use precious butter and pecans to share them here in China. Some traditions are morphed – sunrise church became a sunrise hike up Dongyue mountain over the past two years, my ‘church’ if you will. And new traditions form – Easter worship with the ukulele!
So I guess changing times are okay if you are still sharing traditions that you love.
The Easter bunny cake experience, Guyuan 2016.
New event: hosting a Ladies Easter Tea featuring cultures from around the world.

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The Corsair cavalry is here to enter the BRUTAL world!
This is what happens when you are loved by 12000 BRUTAL fans and have their support.
A big thank you to Corsair India for believing in us and helping us with their best equipment’s so that we can perform better.
We cant wait to try them out.


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Hitting out at Congress president Rahul Gandhi over his party's promise to abolish sedition law, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said that he will not be allowed to come to power by supporting 'traitors'.
Uddhav was addressing an election rally at Kalmeshwar in support of Shiv Sena's Ramtek constituency candidate Krupal Tumane.
"But, I want to ask why have 'Maha Aghadi' come together who have conflicts between them. Who are these people? Our dream is for the country, what about you? Your dream is only power. Our prime minister will be Narendra Modi tomorrow also. And I want to ask the opposition to announce one name for the PM's post," said Uddhav.
Uddhav also took a potshot at Congress' promise in its manifesto to abolish the sedition law.
"Do you agree with this?... Anyone who commits treason should be hanged," he said.
"If Rahul Gandhi thinks he will come to power by supporting traitors, we will not let it happen," he added.

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text: The ability to use custom icons on the Shortcut toolbar would be a great asset for Logos. I'm just wondering why it hasn't happened yet. Surely, this cannot be an insurmountable problem for a company that hires the best of the best.

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This document describes the stabs debugging format.
F. Using Stabs in Their Own Sections In some object file formats, stabs are in sections.
Symbol Types Index Index of symbolic stab symbol type names.


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Soccer Season is about to get started. Practices can begin Sunday, April 30, 2017.
Good luck to the soccer teams!

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text: The traditional 8-panel newsboy cap design never felt better than when made with such soft, supple leather. The bill features a convenient front snap design, and the inside of the cap is just as pleasing as the outside. With a satin lining and cloth sweatband, you are bound to find great comfort. USA.


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Jeffrey B. Power is an attorney providing legal services covering Estate Planning & Probate and Nonprofit Organizations.
Jeffrey Power, who practices law in Grand Rapids, Michigan, was selected to Super Lawyers for 2006 - 2018. This peer designation is awarded only to a select number of accomplished attorneys in each state. The Super Lawyers selection process takes into account peer recognition, professional achievement in legal practice, and other cogent factors.
Prior to becoming an attorney, he studied at Fordham University School of Law. He graduated in 1985. After passing the bar exam, he was admitted to legal practice in 1985.

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At The MENTOR Network, we believe that children belong in families and deserve to live in homes where they can feel safe, valued and loved.
In our Therapeutic Foster Care program, we match youth of all ages with dedicated foster parents, who we call “Mentors.” We call our foster parents Mentors because they do so much more than provide homes to children and adolescents in need—they help them grow and learn, forever changing their lives. With the help of our expert staff, Mentors provide individualized treatment and support to help children with complex emotional or behavioral challenges succeed—wherever their life journeys take them.
Our Therapeutic Foster Care program begins with an Individualized Service Plan (ISP) for each child. We take time to understand each child’s past and goals for the future. From there, we work with their Mentors, referring case managers, family members and guardians to develop services that meet their unique needs.
With experience that spans more than three decades, The Network is the national leader in Therapeutic Foster Care. Since launching this program in 1980, we have continued to expand on our original “Mentor model” to develop innovative treatment options for youth with intensive needs.
The Network’s Family Vistas® model emphasizes the healing effects of family relationships. Our specially trained staff conduct comprehensive clinical assessments to identify a child’s strengths and create personalized treatment plans. With the support of their Mentors, children learn to build coping skills to help them overcome challenges, such as trauma, anxiety, depression, substance abuse and problems in school. Our dedicated treatment teams work with our Mentors and the family of origin, when appropriate, to help each child reach the destination of their choosing—whether it’s reunification with their biological family, adoption or independent living.
The MENTOR Network’s Therapeutic Foster Care program has proven that children flourish when they are able to receive services and supports in a natural home setting.
Find out more by contacting the office nearest you, or visit makeadifferenceathome.com if you are interested in becoming a Mentor and making a difference in the life of a child.
Miss Ann has been a foster parent for more than 20 years. Watch to hear why she chose to make a difference in children's lives.
Recognizing the need for an evidence-informed, trauma-focused model for Therapeutic Foster Care, our clinicians developed Family Vistas®, a model that is designed to help children recover from trauma and build positive relationships so they can move forward.


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Having healed a lame man, Peter speaks to the gathered crowd about the Jesus who has done the healing. “Moses said, ‘The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothers. You shall listen to him in whatever he tells you. And it shall be that every soul who does not listen to that prophet shall be destroyed from the people’”(Acts 3:22-23). Long ago, Moses foretold a prophet like him—a spokesman for God whose word will be strictly enforced. For centuries, prophets have come and gone, yet none have been the Prophet—until Jesus. He is the one like Moses—and his words are not to be ignored.
It is not just Moses. “And all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those who came after him, also proclaimed these days”(Acts 3:24). The days of the messiah are the focus of all the prophets. It is time for Peter and his audience to be certain they are on the same page with God. Because of their unique placement as children of the prophets and the Abrahamic covenant, these Jews have received the first news of this fulfillment. “God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, to bless you by turning every one of you from your wickedness”(Acts 3:26). God has done his part in every way; our job is to believe in him and turn from our sins.
It is important that we grasp that the entirety of the Old Testament points forward toward days of God’s blessing and a unique spokesman. When we see Jesus fulfilling these centuries-old prophecies, it adds to the seriousness they deserve. God has promised for a long time to send his Son. Can I afford to ignore or disobey him?
One Thing to Think About: Do I really believe that those who don’t listen to Jesus will be punished? Do I believe that about myself?


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Control is an art form.
One Nick Fairhaven thought he mastered long ago. But gambling is a cruel mistress, and he lost everything.
A chance meeting gives him hope for redemption. Now, he’s balanced on the knife’s edge between the future he wants and the past he can’t escape.
Will he risk it all for the woman he loves? Or will his life be nothing but unfulfilled promises?

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«Sopro» [Breath] is a creative documentary about human existence and the mysteries of life and death, seen in the everyday life of a rural community where families have lived for years, almost completely isolated from contact with the outside world. It is an observation of the daily routine in a small, remote village in Brazil’s interior, near the Ibitipoca State Park in the state of Minas Gerais. The region’s progress and growing tourism have not yet found the village, and farm families attempt to subsist and preserve the old habits and customs threatened by today’s globalized world. In this faraway place, the inhabitants survive on subsistence farming and the breeding of cows, pigs and chickens. They do some crafts and keep up centuries-old traditions of inland rural life.
Without any dialogues, interviews or narration, the film silently observes daily life in this totally isolated microcosm. Its raw material is the human condition, the essence of people living in a true symbiosis with nature, depending on it physically and existentially. There is wind, dust, mountains, and time… Man and nature live together there in both harmony and conflict, amidst what is and what could be, in the vastness of a landscape grander than vision can grasp.
It is a creative documentary which, through simplicity, searches for the essence of the human being as well as the very language of cinematography. It uses the anguish of emptiness and silence to show the transcendence of time and to find the fundamental elements of daily life, exile, the world’s erosion and the emotions that transport us in the universe. What words cannot express is communicated in an intentionally open, fragmented, reflective and fluid way. Life, death, existence… They are journeys where multiple paths travel inland and inward towards the essence of humankind. They are memory and imagination. They are paths leading to everywhere and nowhere. They are trails of disillusion and pain before the inevitable. But hope and tenderness can rebuild with thoughts and emotions the places where the hypothesis of reconstruction had languished.


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We are the Cala Bona Mallorca based leading British Food Shop and Retailers, and British Food Shops Mallorca operators, supplying the East of Mallorca with the Finest High Quality Food products , specialising in British Food.
Based in Cala Bona , Mallorca on the East of the Balearic Island of Mallorca , we could serve Hotels , Bars , restaurants , clubs and Individuals with Fresh delivery of the finest British and Specialised Foods, if this is of interest ? contact Julie direct to speak about offering your business the finest Brit foods. On Holiday?� Call in and get the finest freshest Sausage rolls, Subway type rolls, sandwiches in a host of your choice fillings, drinks snacks and Food stuffs, from the UK. The small shop with the Big Selection of British Foods.


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LMT report a great launch to this project last Thursday! 21 young musicians (with one or two apologies) attended at Ruskin — the sound was fantastic!
It was a real eclectic mix of woodwind, brass, guitars, strings, pianos, keyboards and percussion. The attendance prize has been scooped on this occasion by Millfields with 7 players, plus 4 from Willaston, 3 from Ruskin, 2 each from Shavington High & Brine Leas and one each from Pear Tree, Highfields and Wybunbury Delves.
They'd love to make next Thursday's rehearsal at St Thomas More an even BIGGER Big Play, so we have been asked please spread the word amongst those musicians in years 6-9! Any Year 6 musicians are welcome to join — keyboard, piano, woodwind, strings, guitars, brass! Check out the picture LMT posted on Twitter @LoveMusicTrust — can you spot our Year 6 musician amongst them!


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Google glass, it is popular by its features. You may ask, How Google glass differs from the other? Here is the answer.
This Google glass is developed by Google X Lab and manufactured by Foxconn. It is also known as project glass. It is the type of wearable technology with an optical head-mounted display (OHMD). The envisioned purpose of Google glass would be the hands free displaying of information currently available to most smart phone users.
It gives a stylish and classy look. Its dimensions are 5.25 inches at its widest point and 8 inches at its longest point. The head band is made by titanium and it’s durable as it stretches from ear to ear. The sides of the glass covered by plastic casing that hides Glass ‘key components and gives an overall clean look.
The attention grasping specialty is adjacent cube-shaped glass prism that sits above the right eye. It has an acceptable 640 x 360 resolution and hangs just out of the way of wearer’s line of sight. The glass is light weight, and soon to be available in 5 color options (Tangerine, charcoal, shale, cotton and sky).
It’s astonishing how the developing team is able to compress all of its features into a tiny ‘computer’ supported on a light weight yet strong frame.
Google glass is packed with speakers, a camera, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS, microphone, touchpad and a gyroscope that detects head-tilts. Then there’s a tiny screen the size of your finger that shows you all the information you need at your fingertips.
More interesting thing in Google glass is voice input. The built-in micro phone combined with Google now connects you directly to the search engine.
You can give the command by tilting your head.
For an example: You can activate Google, by saying “Okay Glass” then send a command or question.
You can also take picture or record a video, by saying the command.
A touchpad is place on the right side, helps you to get menus; tapping, registers your section.
The inbuilt factor of GPS chip will help you navigate, with the help of Google maps. This will take away to look down your smart phone and it will be more helpful on your driving, when you are in a crowded places or when you are hiking through the country side.
It could help you on your travel like, Google now cards also shows you your boarding pass, next appointment, hotel or restaurant reservation, reminders for important birthdays and events in your calendar.
If you are travelling and visiting the places where you don’t speak the local language? What you get feel on that situation?
Google glass has the feature that helps you to translate your questions and their answers on the spot.
You can get the information about the place like fun facts, tasty restaurant, accommodation, best drinking spots and gain access to the local secrets when you are still there.
Apart from GPS chip inside, Google glass is dependent on the Wi-Fi and mobile connectivity to deliver its features.
When it paired up with your smart device, it can show social network notification and let you communicate via the same channels.


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In Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life, Jimmy Stewart discovers just what his life would've been like if he'd never been born. And in the hands of Capra, the film become a three-tissue tearjerker holiday classic wherein one of the most romantic moments occurs when Stewart tells the woman he loves that if she wanted the moon, he'd get it for her.
Yet, because we were more enchanted by Stewart than physics, we never stopped to consider just what life would be like if we didn't have the moon.
Well, thanks to A&E and The History Channel's original series The Universe, we now have a pretty good idea what Earth sans moon would be like and the result is anything but the stuff of a Capra classic... unless Capra had been a 1950s science fiction disaster movie director.
Breaking down the technical terms in such a way that this stellar program could be considered “Physics For the Rest Of Us,” The Universe blends together traditional documentary features of narration and the typical talking heads that consist of scholarly suits and field experts from academia and new approaches including CGI animation, practical applications and examples of illustrating tough concepts with a doughnut or a sprinkler to fully engage audience members.
However, all of the theories and discussion would be nothing without ensuring that the topics remain interesting and the narration leaves us not only questioning scientific matters we never even knew we were curious about beforehand but that above all, we're entertained enough to watch an educational series for the sheer fun of it.
Whether we're investigating the interstellar monster truck rally of items that smash into one another in the solar system to the particles and properties like asteroids that have fallen to Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs to uncovering the difference between death star reality to George Lucas' Star Wars or counting down ten wickedly ingenious scientific community generated ideas on how to whack the planet Earth you won't find in a cheesy movie, you're never sure just what you'll find in the show.
Obviously, it helps if you do have an interest in solar system astronomy or an inquisitive mind that's open to new, challenging ideas but the best thing about Universe and especially jumping right into the series well into its fourth year is that there's no mathematic academic prerequisite since it's bound to fascinate those of all ages as the type of learning enhancement tool disguised as time-wasting entertainment that will satisfy all levels of experience and knowledge.
Bursting off the screen in speaker rocking, high definition Blu-ray, this three disc set which contains all twelve episodes and takes you from gamma ray bursts to blackhole energy comes highly recommended for parents of middle school students looking to lineup extracurricular, thought-provoking entertainment for Spring Break that no doubt, you'll enjoy just as much (if not more) than the Twilight set.


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Wendy has practised Family Law for more than 30 years. She founded the firm with Patricia Abrahams in 1999 after having been a partner at Henry Davis York for 10 years.
Wendy is one of Sydney’s most experienced family lawyers. In the Doyle’s Guide she is rated by her peers as a Leading NSW Family & Divorce Lawyer. Her clients come from all walks of life and each enjoys the same frank advice for which she has become known. She encourages negotiated resolution. Wendy has appeared for many high profile clients in the finance industry, along with professionals and business clients.
Over the years Wendy has been involved in all aspects of Family Law, from complex financial matters involving trusts and corporate structures to complex parenting and relocation cases. She has represented clients in many leading cases that have influenced the application of the Family Law Act.
Wendy was previously a member of the New South Wales Law Society Family Law Committee and was one of the founding fellows of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
Wendy has presented papers on aspects of Family Law nationally and internationally at legal conferences.
Wendy has acted for clients in Family Law matters involving overseas jurisdictions including the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, United States of America, Monaco, France, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, South Africa, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Singapore.


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Portal hypertension refers to abnormally high pressure in the hepatic portal vein. Clinically significant portal hypertension is defined as an hepatic venous pressure gradient of 10 mm Hg or more.
See related articles dealing with Ascites, Cirrhosis, Hepatic Encephalopathy, Hepatorenal Syndrome, liver failure and oesophageal varices, listed below under 'Complications'.
Causes can be divided into prehepatic, hepatic and posthepatic. Cirrhosis is the most common cause.
Portal vein thrombosis (idiopathic, umbilical and portal sepsis, malignancy, hypercoagulable states, pancreatitis).
Extrinsic compression - eg, tumours.
Nodular (nodular regenerative hyperplasia, partial nodular transformation).
Fibropolycystic disease (including congenital hepatic fibrosis).
Budd-Chiari syndrome (hepatic vein obstruction).
Veno-occlusive disease of the smaller hepatic veins/venules (due to ingestion of pyrrolizidine alkaloids; antileukaemic drugs, radiation).
Increased splenic blood flow - eg, massive splenomegaly.
Idiopathic (a diagnosis of exclusion).
Rare. It is confined to the left side of the portal system.
It may present as bleeding from gastric varices.
Usually it is due to pathology involving the splenic vein or the pancreas.
Increased vascular resistance in the portal venous system - from various mechanical causes (above), and also as an active process in which liver damage activates stellate cells and myofibroblasts, contributing to the abnormal blood flow patterns.
Increased blood flow in the portal veins - from splanchnic arteriolar vasodilatation, caused by an excessive release of endogenous vasodilators.
Gastro-oesophageal junction - producing varices which are superficial and easily bleed.
Via the umbilical vein - visible as caput medusae radiating from the umbilicus.
May also occur where adhesions exist between abdominal viscera and the parietal peritoneum, or at sites of stomas or previous surgery.
Anorectal junction - rarely cause bleeding.
Veins from retroperitoneal viscera - communicate with systemic veins on the posterior abdominal wall.
If individual tributaries of the portal vein are thrombosed, this causes local venous hypertension. With splenic vein block, oesophageal and gastric varices may result.
In Budd-Chiari syndrome (hepatic vein occlusion), collaterals open up within the liver; blood tends to be diverted through the caudate lobe whose short hepatic veins drain directly into the inferior vena cava.
Portosystemic venous anastomoses can cause encephalopathy, possibly due to various 'toxins' bypassing the liver's 'detoxification' process.
Portal hypertension and cirrhosis produce a hyperdynamic circulation, with splanchnic vasodilatation, increased cardiac output, arterial hypotension, and hypervolaemia.
There is salt and water retention, ascites and hyponatraemia.
Blood transfusion, especially abroad; lifestyles that predispose to hepatitis B or hepatitis C.
Family history - eg, Wilson's disease or hereditary haemochromatosis.
Haematemesis or melaena - suggest bleeding varices.
Lethargy, irritability and changes in sleep pattern - suggest encephalopathy.
Increased abdominal girth, weight gain - suggest ascites.
Abdominal pain and fever - suggest spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.
Pulmonary involvement is common in patients with portal hypertension.
Dilated veins in the anterior abdominal wall and caput medusae (tortuous collaterals around the umbilicus). A venous hum, loudest during inspiration, is sometimes heard over large upper abdominal collaterals.
Jaundice, spider naevi, palmar erythema.
Confusion, liver flap and fetor hepaticus are signs of encephalopathy.
Signs of hyperdynamic circulation: bounding pulse, low blood pressure, warm peripheries.
LFTs, U&Es, glucose, FBC, clotting screen.
Investigations for liver disease if the cause is not known - eg, ferritin (for haemochromatosis), hepatitis serology, autoantibodies, alpha-1 antitrypsin (for alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency), ceruloplasmin (for Wilson's disease).
Abdominal ultrasound - for liver and spleen size, ascites, portal blood flow and thrombosis of the portal or splenic veins.
Doppler ultrasound - can show direction of flow in blood vessels.
CT scan, especially spiral CT, may show portal vasculature - can be useful if ultrasound was inconclusive.
MRI scan - gives similar information to CT.
Elasticity measurement (FibroScan®) - a new technique based on the velocity of an elastic wave via an intercostally placed transmitter. Results correlate with liver stiffness and so with fibrosis.
Endoscopy - for oesophageal varices - essential for those with suspected portal hypertension. Varices indicate portal hypertension, but their absence does not exclude it.
Portal pressure is indirectly measured in clinical practice by the hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG).
Normal HVPG values are <5 mm Hg. HVPG >10 mm Hg predicts the development of oesophageal varices.
However, HVPG is moderately invasive and its clinical role is uncertain.
Liver biopsy - if indicated, may help diagnose the underlying cause.
The site of the portal venous block can be demonstrated by examining the venous phase of a coeliac or superior mesenteric arteriogram, by splenic portography following injection of dye into the splenic pulp, or by retrograde portography via a hepatic vein.
Hepatic venography is helpful when hepatic vein block or idiopathic portal hypertension is suspected.
The portal hypertension itself is difficult to treat effectively, except by treating the underlying cause (where possible) and liver transplantation (if indicated and feasible).
Portal venous pressure can be reduced by beta-blockers ± nitrates and by using shunt procedures to create an anastomosis between the portal and hepatic veins (below).
Conservative management includes salt restriction and diuretics.
Some pulmonary vasoactive drugs (eg, epoprostenol) have become routine in the treatment of patients with idiopathic pulmonary hypertension.
Bleeding from oesophageal varices is a life-threatening complication of portal hypertension. Primary prevention of bleeding in patients at risk for a first bleeding episode is therefore a major goal. Medical prophylaxis consists of non-selective beta-blockers (eg, propranolol or carvedilol).
Continuous infusion of terlipressin reduces portal venous pressure stably and may become an alternative to traditional bolus injection.
Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) has become a mainstay treatment option for the management of portal hypertension-related complications in liver cirrhosis.
Because of high perioperative mortality, transplantation should be avoided in those patients with portopulmonary hypertension who have severe pulmonary hypertension that is refractory to medical therapy.
They reduce rates of bleeding and re-bleeding in patients with oesophageal varices.
They may also protect against spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (perhaps through increasing intestinal transit).
Carvedilol (a non-selective beta-blocker with anti-alpha1-adrenergic effects) showed promising results in a study, and may have a role in preventing variceal bleeds.
Added to beta-blocker therapy, they contribute to reducing portal pressure and may reduce rates of variceal re-bleeding.
Terlipressin and octreotide are used to assist the control of acute variceal bleeding.
Endoscopy - to detect and monitor oesophageal varices.
Endoscopic vein ligation - to prevent bleeding of oesophageal varices.
For gastric varices with acute bleeding, endoscopic variceal obturation with tissue adhesives (eg, cyanoacrylate) is effective - but there are recognised complications (mucosal ulceration and thromboembolism).
This is a radiological procedure, connecting the portal and hepatic veins using a stent. The purpose of a TIPS is to decompress the portal venous system, to prevent re-bleeding from varices or to reduce the formation of ascites.
However, there are potential complications - hepatic encephalopathy and deteriorating liver function. The stent may stenose; it requires follow-up and may require repeat procedures. There are various contra-indications, detailed in recent guidelines.
Ascites - for patients requiring repeated and frequent paracentesis.
Oesophageal variceal bleeding refractory to medical treatment (acute bleeding or secondary prevention).
Bleeding from non-oesophageal varices - eg, gastric varices.
These require major surgery and an experienced surgeon. They are less likely to stenose than TIPS and can be used where TIPS is not feasible.
Shunts may be total, partial or selective.
Include gastro-oesophageal devascularisation, splenectomy and oesophageal transection.
Generally used where other therapies are unsuitable.
These are common in patients with portal hypertension but don't usually bleed. They are located at the anorectal junction.
If they bleed, suggested treatment is similar to that used for upper gastrointestinal varices - using drugs to reduce portal pressure, endoscopic banding and TIPS if bleeding persists.
Bleeding from gastric or oesophageal varices - the most common complication of portal hypertension. Gastric varices occur in around 20% of patients with portal hypertension, mostly secondary to liver cirrhosis.
Hepatorenal syndrome (a complication of cirrhosis with ascites).
Portopulmonary hypertension (pulmonary arterial hypertension complicating portal hypertension in patients with liver disease).
Hepatopulmonary syndrome (a triad of hepatic dysfunction, hypoxaemia and extreme vasodilation in the form of intrapulmonary vascular dilations).
For specific management, see separate articles Ascites, Cirrhosis, Hepatic Encephalopathy, Hepatorenal Syndrome, Liver Failure and Oesophageal Varices.
This depends on the prognosis of the underlying disease, and on the outcome of any complications such as variceal bleeding.
The Child-Pugh classification system indicates prognosis in some types of liver disease such as cirrhosis.
A score of 5-6 is class A (life expectancy 15-20 years); a score of 7-9 is class B (life expectancy 4-14 years); a score of 10-15 is class C (life expectancy 1-3 years). This aligns with a perioperative mortality (for abdominal surgery) of 10%, 30%, and 80% respectively.
Survival rates according to Child-Pugh class are: one-year survival in class A is 100%; class B 81%; class C 45%.
Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD).
MELD-ICG (incorporates indocyanine green clearance).
Variceal haemorrhage, especially from oesophageal varices, is the most common complication associated with portal hypertension. Almost 90% of patients with cirrhosis develop varices, but only 30% of varices bleed. Variceal haemorrhage has a one-year mortality rate of 40%.
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Jeremy Feldman, men's tennis head coach at Charlotte 49ers, announced the transfer of Oliver Sec from the University of Indiana. Due to NCAA transfer rules, Sec will not be able to represent 49ers in the upcoming season, but he will have two years of eligibility remaining starting from fall 2018. This New York native, who finished Beacon School (had a lot of success there) and also attended The John McEnroe Tennis Academy, played in 29 singles matches last year and won 14 of those, including a 9-13 score in dual encounters.
Sec spent his freshman season at the University of California at Santa Barbara and he entered the Collegiate tennis as a five-star recruit.
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I've been excited for this book for ages now. The contemporary setting in Yorkshire was an enticing thought, together with witches - I'm already sold.
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The book starts with a dedication that absolutely won my heart - Its for anyone that hated school - THAT IS ME!!! School and I never matched, nothing ever seemed to go right and that little touch was just wonderful. I didn't realise at this time how much I would relate to the main Lis, it was like reading my history. More on that later.
This is set in Yorkshire. Anyone that has visited there or read any of the Brontes stories, you know how grey and eerie it can be there. This couldn't be a more perfect setting, even for mirroring the moods of the characters and events that take place.
Early into the story Lis starts at a new school. This for her means finding her clique - the group she is going to hang out with and then potentially the group she will alienate. I could relate to this so much. I have been in Lis's shoes and know exactly how it feels to try and find the people you fit with. Also the longing to be with the 'cool' gang, but actually knowing you probably don't fit with them. I have been there and done that and also suffered the bullying as a result.
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Yes evening. I’ve been so busy today the blog has had to take a back seat. Well, finally here it is, so read on to see what’s in store for the coming 4 days.
Headline: The quiet weather continues and so does the dry April. With not a lot of rain forecast for the rest of the month it’s looking like we will only receive about 25% of the month’s average rainfall. Very dry indeed.
We’ve had high pressure quite close to the U.K. during this month and it has brought us a lot of dry weather but unfortunately a lot of cloud as well.
Outlook: A couple of showers and temperatures below average as the air comes down from the north. Possible overnight ground frosts.


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The Egmont Duck Looking Down Nightlight is a new addition to their night lights. This is a timeless piece for your child's room. Handmade in Germany this company has been using the same resin mould since the 1960's. This duck lamp emanates a friendly and soft glow at night creating a reassuring sleeping environment for your child.

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Tom Philpott is the Grist's food editor and founder of Maverick Farms, a sustainable-agriculture non-profit and small farm located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina. He writes about Tyson Foods, one of the two largest beef packers, the second-largest pork packer, and the second-largest chicken producer in the US, which is planning to expand to Brazil, India, China, and the entire global south. Tyson was the innovator of the "vertical-integration" strategy that now dominates meat production by owning mega-packer breeders, slaughterhouses, and processing farms leaving the risky job of raising the animals to farmers working on contract. Philpott, rightly says that Tyson is "actively pursuing a nightmare vision for the globe."
The devastation that companies such as Tyson Foods create in God's Creation is so great that humans, animals and the environment are deeply affected. It is up to us, the consumers, to stop these companies from expanding by not supporting them.

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seawapa.co: Scotland’s Independence from the United Kingdom: What Happens to England?
As if Prime Minister David Cameron hasn’t got enough problems, the promised referendum allowing Scotland to vote on whether people want independence from the rest of the United Kingdom looms ever closer, and some polls show that the gap between the Yes and No camps is closing.
One reason for the increasing number of once-independent areas seeking to regain that independence is that people also want to recover their character, their heritage, their sense of belonging to that particular patch of the earth which defines who they are.
Let me make it clear – I am English. I am British in the sense of belonging (as did my ancestors) to the British Isles, which is not a nation but a geographic location, a part of which is England. I come from a place, not a political entity. And I am definitely not United Kingdom-ish. I have huge loyalty to my land but little in the way of political “patriotism”.
When I visit Wales or Scotland I am conscious of entering countries separate from mine, full of Welsh and Scots – not Brits. We define ourselves as Welsh, Scottish or English. We belong to countries with different accents, idioms and languages, different histories and cultures, legends and customs, and ways of thinking and perception. And I love it that way.
Therefore I respect the fact that many Scots want to return to being independent of the United Kingdom – not that any of our ancestors got to vote on the issue of being “United” back in the 17thcentury. I also respect the fact that the Scots are holding a referendum on whether to regain their independence from Westminster, and that it is their referendum, not mine.
But as an Englishwoman, I am ashamed of some of the arguments put forward by the “Better Together” camp. That title for a start. And the launch of Better Together was used by ex-Chancellor Alistair Darling, himself a Scotsman, to make much of the fact that an independent Scotland would “lose its standing in the world”.
Even worse, a diminished United Kingdom would lose its “clout”. Very important, clout is, to self-important politicians. They don’t get to interfere in other countries’ affairs, something that other countries might consider a good thing.
How tediously long is the list of what Scotland would lose if it cut its ties with England. Oh yes. It isEngland that is all-important. Little mention is made of Wales or Northern Ireland, but then they are not host to Westminster or the “financial capital of the world”.
Better Together said Scotland can’t be part of the EU. Why not? They can easily apply for membership or is Westminster going to have a hissy-fit and veto their entry? But the ex-head of the EU Commission Jose Manuel Barroso said “it would be extremely difficult”.
Ex-Prime Minister Gordon Brown threatens an independent Scotland with the loss of the EU rebatethat we currently enjoy. Where EU membership is concerned, would Scots be worse or better off? How much do they really benefit from the UK’s rebate – compared to England? Better Together says they would be worse off. The Yes campaign says not, and points out that Gordon Brown, Scottish born and bred, didn’t negotiate a better deal for Scotland when he had the opportunity.
Up pops the Labour Party leader Ed Miliband saying that “Scotland may need border controls”. Surely not if Scotland stays within the EU, where there is free movement across borders. What next – a re-fortification of Hadrian’s Wall?
Scotland couldn’t possibly share our currency, although for many years Scottish banks have issued Scottish currency. And the Committee of Scottish Bankers has this to say: “… no banknote whatsoever (including Bank of England notes!) qualifies for the term ‘legal tender’ north of the border and the Scottish economy seems to manage without that legal protection.” So they could print their own, no problem. Or, perish the thought, they could adopt the Euro.
There might be a problem with the banks themselves – the main Scottish banks are not Scottish owned. How many UK financial institutions, utilities, insurance/pension funds and corporate businesses are solely UK-owned? Ah, but so many businesses operating in Scotland would have torelocate. Why? Business locates at its convenience; where money is to be made or where there is a good labour force. Big business these days doesn’t do nationalism or patriotism (if it ever did), despite what the CBI tried to maintain.
Some of these arguments are looking a little desperate, and the more ridiculous ones result in a few more people saying they’ll vote for independence – which must be why the big guns have been rolled out. It started in January with Vladimir Putin on the Andrew Marr Show, although Education Secretary Michael Gove has just opined that Putin would use Scottish independence as an excuse to “dictate to the world”. Seriously. But if people like Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Pope Francisand Chinese Premier Li can now stick their oars into the referendum debate, then so can I. I am, after all, a rather nearer neighbour to the Scots than any of them.
This frothing and foaming at the mouth from Better Together always seems to boil down to one thing – money. Sir William Patey claims that only by remaining a part of the UK will Scotland have access to the IMF and the World Bank. Why would they want to since, should Scotland run into financial muddy waters, the IMF and the World Bank would be the first to come knocking at their door offering, as they have with other poor benighted countries, the kind of financial assistance that will pauper them for the foreseeable future.
Why not consider what we would lose if Scotland became independent, apart from what’s left of North Sea oil? And Faslane. With nowhere else to base them, the Trident missiles would have to go.
James Watt, inventor and mechanical engineer, renowned for his improvements in steam engine technology. The unit of measurement of electrical power – the watt – is named in his honour. Another engineer, John Logie Baird, invented television, without which the world would be a very different place.
Unfortunately the lords being lords and fond of owning as much as they could, they ended up with the land and the Kirk got the kirks. But there, for some, is another reason for Scottish independence – the possibility that they will finally follow up on their Land Reform Act.
Looking at that small snapshot of Scotland’s richness of invention, capability and expertise, I think it sheer arrogance for Better Together to insist Scotland can’t exist without the rest of us. The arguments for a No vote would be more impressive if they talked about how, in so many ways, the rest of us might be impoverished if Scotland chooses to leave us.
And whether Scotland becomes independent or remains within the UK, it will always be its unique Scottish self. The Scots will see to that.


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Still at Liza Dawson Associates, but no longer working as an agent.
Profile Update: No longer working as an agent.
Looks like she is now the "director of digital media at Liza Dawson Associates"
According to others, she is no longer an agent.
Has she left the business? I see that clients (Erica Chapman, for instance) have signed with new agents. Also, Erica notes in her newest agent post that her previous agent "made tough decisions and changed career paths".
Hm...I always did want to query her, but she seems to being very, very behind on her queries.
That's not a good sign at all.
My email bounced back after three different tries. (from my Yahoo acct) Anyone have better luck?
In the same boat, aislinge. Sent UW material request 4/16.
8/11 No response from her re: requested 50 pages from UW Writers' Institute from April. Nudged--resent requested pages. Here's hoping!
It's been six weeks with no word. Closing it out.
Okay. Thank you angel! Someone below said 3 weeks so I wasn't sure lol. I can keep waiting.
Huggs, it's still early. Keep waiting. The response time is 4 weeks for a query. So hang in there.
So if it's been three weeks and no word, is that a NR? Or should I keep waiting?
still waiting to hear too. EQ 2/13 Upper MG...guess it's only 7 weeks. Is this a no response means no agent? Cannot find anything on website. Only the query was sent.
update: found this on Literary Rambles: "The agencyâ€™s stated response times are three weeks for queries and six weeks for requested material"


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This is designed to be a living article, and will be edited as time progresses. I will do my best to highlight edits as effectively possible for transparency's sake.
Yesterday evening, a friend of mine pointed me to a post, which pointed to an article that detailed how Google has dropped its ban on personally identifiable Web Tracking. The article was dated Oct 2016, which means it's ancient in Web-years. The fact I've only heard about this now is concerning in and of itself tbh.
What does this mean for you? Google has always tracked you, and built a profile around you. However, it's never combined the 'profile' that they build for you with the personally-identifiable name that they have from your use of their services (GMail). They bought ad-service DoubleClick back in 2007, and that's how ads follow you around the Web. What's happened now (actually, what happened in 2016) is that Google have changed their policy to allow those ads access to your name and other information that Google has about you. Better yet, they can now build "build a complete portrait of a user by name, based on everything they write in email, every website they visit and the searches they conduct." (quote from same source as before).
Ok, terrifying. What can we do? The long-term answer is obviously a struggle for privacy over profit, and has implications for class warfare and revolution against capitalism. You can begin by cluing up on privacy stuff, I recommend Bruce Schneier, and Cathy O'Neil. From there, move into privacy activist circles, and understand the political economy of the web. Recommended reading here is Dmytri Kleiner's TeleKommunist Manifesto, which is a fantastic read even if you're not a comrade. It'll clue you up on how the Web began usurping the disintermediation abilities that were the initial great leap forward granted by Internet. Perhaps, even join your local Pirate Party if you don't have an existing, larger scale, allegiance.
Anyway, here's the list of alternatives to Google stuff that I've come up with so far. Most of the edits to the article will be made here. I've divided it into various "arenas", although the intersections of devices and services and cross-platform nature of the web makes these divisions a bit meaningless at times. Whenever I come up with a viable alternative format -- I'll let you know. Note, there is already a comprehensive article about this from elsewhere. The purpose of this piece is to try and gear it towards my friends/colleagues as well as acting as a checklist for myself, to provide an overview of the software and services that I use.
Google Calendar, I'm still working on this. Sorry.
Uninstall Chrome. Ffs uninstall it now. Get Firefox. It's so much nicer, and sync works well across devices. Levelling up from this means using Tor but it's not perfect and it means taking a bit of a speed hit. I use Tor sparingly for specific purposes (all innocent, actually), and Firefox with a host of security-plugins.
Install an adblocker, The traditional goto for blocking ads has been AdBlock plus; but it turns out that they're scabs. I use uBlock. These go as browser plugins.
Use Local Email Clients Remember when email was a piece of software that lived on your PC? It still should. Even if you're using a web-hosted email server, you can install Thunderbird. If you still kinda need GMail, you can connect it to here. What's the benefit then? Firstly, it gets you used to the idea of running email on your local machine instead of firing up a web browser, breaking the twitch. Second, you can pair it with GPG and the Thunderbird plugin Enigmail to begin encrypting your personal communications to each other.


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What does the future hold for the residents of Ulaanbaatar?
Ger Community Mapping Center held a two week exhibition Tale of Two Cities and workshops launching on April 1st, 2017 at the Nogoon Nuur outdoor park located in the heart of the ger area.
The exhibition is one of a kind and showcased works done by local and international artists including maps, photography, illustration and felt based art.
Tale of two cities aims to engage people from all walks of life and bring communities together to find ways to creatively solve urban issues.
The Tale of Two Cities Exhibition, for the duration of two weeks, was attended by over two hundred people from all over the city and internationally.
International Mapathon for Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on Nov 14!
The Ger Community Mapping Center, in collaboration with the Metropolitan University of Denver, organized a Mapathon with the support of digital volunteers across the U.S. and Mongolia.
The Mapathon was held on November 14th, 2016, and we're so happy to report that over 30 volunteers participated from the Metropolitan University of Denver, Colorado State University, Colorado University of Boulder, and field volunteers here in Ulaanbaatar.
Find out why mapping matters on the Missing Maps site. Stay tuned for more mapathon events in the future & follow us on twitter.
The Ger Community Mapping Center has been awarded by the Mongolian President's Office for its activities to promote citizen engagement in local development through community mapping in Mongolia. A nation-wide competition, organized jointly by the Mongolian President's Office, titled the "Citizen Participation" project and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, sought to recognize local initiatives that promote participation of civil society in the country's development. The GCMC, formerly known as Eco Friendly Community, was awarded 2nd place for its efforts to engage communities in the decision-making process.
Do you remember the car-free day? And the cyclists? The GCMC team with volunteers started piloting community mapping of city cyclists.
Tip for urban planners: a sidewalk ramp is one of the simplest, smallest, and friendliest design to make everyone's life significantly easier.
If you'd like to participate, please submit your GPS data from your biking trips in the city!
The Ger Community Mapping Center has been organizing visits to the ger area since August 2015. The tours aim to provide information, connect people, and support local initiatives. Eternal Landscapes, a small-scale tour company, committed to responsible travel, joins the effort to give back to local communities in the ger area of Ulaanbaatar. Jess, founder of EL says "This is about our responsibility to Mongolia. Travel can, and should be, a positive experience for both you, the visitor, and for Mongolia – its natural environment, people, culture and traditions. I believe that travel has to be beneficial to all concerned." The plans for collaboration include providing modest, experience-focused, long-term support to local, community initiatives in the ger area.
Art is many things, among which it is a form of power, that represents, engages, and transforms. International and local artists came together in Ulaanbaatar to reinvigorate the city with colourful street art in various spots across the city, organized by NOMADINK, with support from GCMC in the ger area. The interest and participation community members and the children in the ger area, where the artists worked, was an inspiring example of community building.


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Amman and Ramallah are not seeing eye to eye at the level of politics and coordination, threatening national unity in both Jordan and Palestine.
Jordan's Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour speaks at a press conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in Baghdad, Dec. 18, 2014.
Relations between Jordan and the Palestinian Authority (PA) are under stress, as a number of analysts and commentators in Amman have confirmed to Al-Monitor. One indication was Jordanian Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour’s statement to Israeli Radio’s Arabic service May 23 that he hoped there was no “secret back-channel negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians … that would lead to a poor agreement like the Oslo Accord.” This was not the first time that Ensour had expressed such concerns. Pundits here were quick to point out that despite a Palestinian denial that such negotiations existed, the prime minister’s statement confirmed that bilateral ties were not at their best.
But tension between the two sides became a public issue, especially in Jordan, when a few days earlier, on May 22, the most senior Jordanian cleric, Ahmad Huliel, was prevented by Palestinian worshippers from delivering the Friday sermon at Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem. He was manhandled by assailants and driven out of the mosque. The incident created public backlash in Jordan, which has a special custody over Muslim sites in the Holy City under its peace treaty with Israel. Initially, the PA accused members of an extremist Islamist movement of standing behind the attack, but when Al-Tahrir Party issued a statement May 23 denying any role, Palestinian officials blamed Hamas sympathizers.
The incident triggered a wave of angry, sometimes racist, reactions on social media and political salons in Amman. Mohammad Abu Rumman said, “The incident raised questions about Jordan’s historical role as a caretaker of religious sites in Jerusalem, the future of that role, and whether there was any collusion between PA officials and those who attacked Huliel.” He told Al-Monitor that a senior Jordanian politician informed him that the incident underlined Jordan’s weakening influence in the West Bank and Jerusalem, especially among the younger generations of Palestinians.
Adding fuel to fire was the controversy surrounding the Palestinian position on Prince Ali bin al-Hussein’s bid to run for the presidency of the world soccer governing body (FIFA) May 29. Ali, brother to Abdullah, withdrew from the contest before a second round of voting was to begin, but the local press and Jordanians on social media outlets accused the head of the Palestinian Football Federation, Gen. Jibril Rajoub, of casting his vote for incumbent President Sepp Blatter. Rajoub, who is also a Jordanian citizen, insisted that he had voted for Ali and told a local website that he was a victim of a conspiracy by his enemies. The incident prompted Abbas to visit Ali at his home June 2 as a gesture of goodwill, declaring that “we are one nation in two states.” But the Rajoub episode triggered angry calls in parliament and on social media to strip him, and others, of Jordanian nationality. Rajoub’s alleged vote against Ali was seen as a betrayal of Jordan and has fueled anti-Palestinian sentiments.
Chief editor of Al-Ghad daily newspaper, Gumana Ghneimat, warned in her June 4 article that such calls were dangerous because they threaten national unity and intimidate Jordanians of Palestinian origin.
The FIFA affair has put unprecedented strain on ties between Amman and Ramallah, but more dangerously it focused attention again on the sensitive issue of relations between East Bank Jordanians and Jordanians of Palestinian origin. Racist slurs were posted on social media against Palestinians, triggering an exchange of insults from both sides.
According to Abu Rumman, the first failure is intricately tied to the Palestinian question, the political disengagement between Jordan and the West Bank in 1988, a final-status solution and Jordan’s relations with Palestine and Israel.
The Jordanian government took its time before commenting on the state of relations with the PA in the aftermath of the FIFA episode. It was only when PA Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah paid an unscheduled visit to Amman on June 6 and met with Ensour that the latter praised bilateral relations, describing them as deep and vowing not to let anyone disturb them.
It looks like the storm over FIFA elections and the attack on Huliel has quieted for now, but the incidents have raised concerns about the future of Jordanian-Palestinian relations and threats to national unity in Jordan.


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What is there to celebrate in divore ?
I know sey na becos she don meet one maga wey go dey pay her bills.
It is apparent most of the commentators here so far on this subject does not know what led to the divorce! She is thanking God for sparing her life! Am happy for u madam.
Morality and decency are fast eroding our society in Nigeria. No decent society or culture will support a debasing act of Mercy Aigbe. Oh God help us our generation is wallowing in evil concupiscence of the highest order.


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Human Rights Watch has found that Saudi Arabia is dropping U.S.-supplied cluster bombs in the fight against Houthi rebels in Yemen.
The deadly small bombs, if unexploded, can lie dormant and then detonate when people stumble upon one, killing or maiming them as a result. The tiny bomblets contained in each package resemble bouncing balls used by children and often kill them more than adults as a result their playful look.
While an international treaty banning cluster bombs has been adopted by 116 countries, the United States, Saudi Arabia and Yemen are not among them.
The evidence uncovered by Human Rights Watch (HRW) includes a video, marked-up satellite maps and photos of the weapons.
The video shows delivery devices falling from the sky by parachute and then deploying the bombs with a burst of black smoke in mid-air. Shallow explosions then spread over areas on the ground below. The images were shot in April, HRW said.
The exact type of cluster munition used are CBU-105 Sensor Fuzed Weapons, which are guided bombs intended to take out tanks and other armored vehicles with a blanket of explosions spread out over a large area.
If the cluster bombs do not find their target, they are designed to self-destruct mid-air, or if that fails, to deactivate themselves after a short time. This should prevent indiscriminate killing but often those mechanisms don't work, posing a lethal danger for those who later find them.
The Department of Defense has announced it will stop the transfer of cluster munitions to foreign governments, so long as the weapons leave behind more than 1% of their bombs unexploded, but not until after 2018.
"Saudi-led cluster munition airstrikes have been hitting areas near villages, putting local people in danger," Steve Goose, the director of HRW's arms division, said in a press release. "These weapons should never be used under any circumstances."
The activists say the cluster munitions were dropped over northern Saada governorate, a Houthi rebel stronghold near Saudi Arabia. The satellite map shows the target area near the villages of al-Ssam and al-Safraa.
About 5,000 people live in al-Safraa in times of peace, HRW said.
The incident draws attention to the business of selling arms, which is a large industry here in the U.S. In times of peace the sales are easy money - expensive weapons sold to customers who pay cash. But in times of war the ethical implications of these sales need to be properly examined.
It also creates negative perceptions of America even if we're not dropping the bombs. If the Saudis show up on the battlefield in American fighter planes and then drop American weapons on the villages and other civilian populations, we get the blame and not the Saudis.
All weapons are clearly stamped with a country of manufacture, so it ends up appearing like we're the bad guys. This has serious implications for our standing around the world.


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Are pear and eggplant compatible flavors?
Usually when we have a question of this nature, we reach for The Flavor Bible. We find it an indispensable tool in the kitchen when you're looking for inspiration for how to use ingredients. There are no recipes, just a laundry list of ingredients and the flavors that pair best with them.
So what does The Flavor Bible say about pear and eggplant?
Not a thing. There's no mention of pairing the two.
But we like eggplant. And we like pears. So we had to try this combination for ourselves.
Pear-and-pecorino is a classic Italian salad combination. The sweet juicy pear and the sharp, tangy umami of the cheese is just about as good as you can get.
And we love the notion of adding walnuts -- they're a great bit of added crunch.
So how does the eggplant work in this traditional salad?
Seriously, from one bite to the next, we couldn't decide whether we really liked this salad or not. It was a roller coaster of "We like it," "We don't like it," "Wait, we think we like it," and then finally, "Did we enjoy that?"
The eggplant certainly gives the salad a meatier heft. It's filling enough to be a light entree.
We definitely didn't hate this. In fact, we didn't even dislike it. We're still just not sure about putting eggplant and pear in the same dish.
We most likely won't be serving this again, but we definitely appreciate where it's coming from. One thing we love about writing this blog is trying new combinations of flavors, and dishes that really put us outside our culinary comfort zone.
Maybe our whole approach to using a summery abundance of eggplant -- gratins, stir-frys, and the ubiquitous but delicious parmesan -- has been wrong and too safe all along. Maybe we need to go bolder, and start putting eggplant into dishes where you'd least expect it.
Preheat the oven to 350°. In a pie plate, toast the walnuts for about 5 minutes, until lightly browned. Let cool, then coarsely chop.
Arrange the eggplant slices on a platter and drizzle with the vinaigrette. Arrange the pear slices over the eggplant and drizzle with the honey. Scatter the walnuts, cheese and the remaining 1 tablespoon of parsley and 1/2 tablespoon of chives over the top. Serve.


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The SPT portable weighbridge is ideal for applications in the recycling and construction industry where short term vehicle weighing is required.
The patented modular fold-out design is very easy to install and sets new standards for portable weighbridges.
Available in capacities from 40 – 80 tonnes, in lengths from 6 – 18 metres, the weighbridge is delivered to site complete with load cells and cabling already fitted. Modules are simply lifted from the delivery vehicle and unfolded out onto the prepared base via forklift or on-board crane hoist. Large built-in spreader plates provide optimum support and robust, yet light weight, steel ramps complete the installation.
The SPT is available pre-fitted with either CPR analogue or CPD digital load cells and is compatible with Weightron’s extensive range of instrumentation, Diade driver-operated terminals, control barriers, automatic number plate recognition systems and Winweigh software. This greatly reduces commissioning time on site.


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Crowns we use when a tooth is either got too big of a filling ... There's a limit to how big fillings can be. When they're too big, you can remove cavities with them, but they actually weaken the tooth. Think about when somebody's splitting wood. What they do is they put a piece of wood and then they put a metal wedge and then they hammer that wedge and they split the wood. Well here, in this case, you've got the metal wedge is say maybe an old metal filling, you've got the wood which is your tooth and every time you bite down that's the hammer. Over the years though, that metal wedge, or that big filling, put's a lot of stress on the remaining tooth structure.
You have a weak tooth and one day you go and you bite on that Crackerjack, or chicken bone, and something breaks. What we do in those cases is we put crowns on the teeth. Just think of a crown as a helmet that goes over your teeth that's made out of porcelain and looks natural. That way you're able to bite down with confidence and be able to save your tooth. We usually don't like to wait 'til a tooth is completely broken before we put a crown on it. If we see a problem, we try to point it out and protect a tooth before it breaks. Sometimes if a tooth breaks, we can't save it and we have to take it out and do more invasive procedures.
Now, a bridge is an option when you're missing teeth. With a bridge, you are using the teeth on each side of the tooth that you're missing and you're basically creating a fake tooth, we call it a pontic, that basically it gets attached to two teeth on each side of the space. The advantage to a bridge is that it's a faster procedure as compared to say, implants. You're able to sometimes correct for people to have a little more crooked teeth, you'd be able to make them look more straight. Most of the time an implant is something that I would prefer to do in missing teeth situations. We've been doing bridges traditionally for many years. Now in this day of implants, what I say is if you can keep a one tooth problem a one tooth problem, that's always best.
With an implant, you don't have to touch the adjacent teeth of the space. Some people are not ready for implants. Some people don't have the bone to be able to put an implant in and they don't want to go through the, what we call bone augmentation, to be able to get implants. In those cases, especially in the front of the mouth, sometimes doing a bridge is a better option for the patient. Those are all the things that we can talk about and I can guide you to help make a better decision and the best decision for your mouth.
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Dental crowns completely cap a damaged tooth for added strength and protection. Our dental office in Mesa, AZ can use dental crowns to repair a damaged tooth or attach them to dental implants to completely replace a tooth.
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2016 was a difficult year, very sad and contradictory.
The ignorance about other people reasons, pains, and struggles, what we don´know about their lives, their loves.
The ignorance that we all have, because we don’t know that we don’t know.
That we stop ignoring what we know that we don’t know.
To take those little steps to draw back the curtain of what we don’t want to know.
To stretch our arms to reach what we always have avoided.
and see them as humans, as equals.
and the ties that connect us with those who really love us.
I wish us days like a skein of silk.


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In September 2013, Bemz launched the BEMZ DESIGN AWARD. This is a competition bringing together students from major design schools across Europe to encourage their future design careers as well as inspire upcoming generations of designers. In most of these countries, the BEMZ DESIGN AWARD was the first European contest of its kind. The inaugural year was hugely successful with over 250 students taking part.
Due to popular demand, the public is also invited to compete in an open, separate track during the 2016 edition of the Bemz Design Award.

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