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Sheriffs of Mercer County
Jail Info
PREA
Divisions of Sheriff's Office
Traid
Emergency Planning Comm.
CrimeStoopers
Crime Victim Information
Sheriff Reports
LEC Meeting Dates
Vehicle Mileage Report
We are here to protect you with our services whenever you need help.
Sheriff Dusty Terrill welcomes you to the website for the Mercer County Sheriff's Office. Sheriff Terrill was elected Sheriff in 2018. Before this, Sheriff Terrill has served as Patrol Deputy, Detective, and DARE Officer, having begun his career with the Sheriff's Office in 2000. His appointed Chief Deputy is Brian Evins, who has been with the Sheriff's Office since 1992.
Division of Sheriff's Office
The patrol division is the most visible function of the Sheriff's Office. Sheriff Dusty Terrill and Chief Deputy Brian Evins supervise the patrol division.
The Mercer County Sheriff's Office maintains an Investigations unit comprised of Detectives Anthony Baugh and Jason Monson.
Triad is the agreement between the law enforcement agencies in a county (Sheriff's Office, Police Departments, etc.) and senior citizens or retired persons in the community to work together.
Mercer County Sheriff's Search and Rescue was formed to support emergency services in Mercer County, Ill., the search and rescue of individuals by trained personnel.
The Mercer County Sheriff's Office offers civil process service and other responsibilities. The service is $55 plus $1 per mile per paper served.
The Mercer County Sheriff's Office is responsible for registering and gathering personal, employment, and address information on all sex offenders residing in Mercer County.
Emergency Planning Comm
It is the mission of the Mercer County LEPC to protect the health and safety of its citizens through the development and maintenance of a chemical emergency response plan and public education and information about chemicals in the community
Mercer County Crime Stoppers is a non-profit organization that offers anonymity and cash rewards to anyone who provides information leading to the arrest and/or filing of criminal charges against criminal offenders and to the capture of fugitives
Sheriff's of Mercer Country
Sheriff Dusty Terrill welcomes you to the website for the Mercer County Sheriff's Office. Sheriff Terrill was elected Sheriff in 2018. Before this, Sheriff Terrill has served as Patrol Deputy, Detective, and DARE Officer, having begun his career with the Sheriff's Office in 2000. His appointed Chief Deputy is Brian Evins, who has been with the Sheriff's Office since 1992. We, at the Sheriff's Office, provide several essential law enforcement services to the people of Mercer County and work closely with other area law enforcement agencies. The Sheriff's Office staffs and maintains the county jail, provides patrol to county roads, and the Villages of Matherville and Joy operates an advanced 911 center and provide courthouse security. Please use this website to answer any questions about our organization or contact us directly. Thank you.
The Sheriff is an elected position that is elected every four years. The Sheriff serves as the administrator of the Sheriff's Office and all of its functions. Below you will find a listing of all of the Sheriffs of Mercer County dating back to 1835.
Silas Drury (1835-1836)
Daniel Pinkley (1836-1838)
Abraham W. Thompson (1838-1840)
Erastus S. Denison (1840-1842)
Albert P. Taylor (1842-1844)
Abram B. Sheriff (1842-1850)
Benjamin D. Ellett (1850-1852)
James Garner (1850-1852)
James H. Linn (1854-1856)
Benijah Lloyd Jr. (1856-1858)
James M. Mannon (1858-1860)
Samuelson H. Rodgers (1860-1862)
Oliver A. Bridgford (1862-1864)
John P. Clay (1864-1866)
Charles M. Barry (1866-1868)
William O. Dungan (1868-1870)
Noah H. Guthrie (1870-1874)
John S. Paxton (1874-1878)
Joshua H. Brown (1878-1880)
James A. Cummins (1880-1886)
J.M. Warwick (1886-1890)
R.J. Graham (1890-1894)
Cyrus E. Dryden (1894-1898)
Alfred E. Tomlinson (1898-1902)
Americus V. Larrance (1902-1906)
Francis M. Baker (1906-1910)
Clarence A. Hickock (1910-1914)
Columbus C. Lutrell (1914-1918)
John P. Fleming (1918-1922)
Dan W. Hyett (1926-1930)
Howard F. Hayes (1930-1932, died in office)
Walter Rehn (1932-1934, appointed)
Floyd Clark (1934-1937, resigned)
Mitchell Riley (1938-1942)
Herbert McCleary (1942-1946)
Fay Murdock (1946-1950)
Robert S. Cagle (1950-1953, resigned)
W.M. Albertson (1953-1954, appointed)
W.M. Albertson (1954-1958)
Richard E. Maynard (1958-1962)
John R. Sloan (1962-1966)
Joe Lemon (1966-1969, resigned)
Warren E. Demick (1969-1970, appointed)
Warren E. Demick (1970-1972, resigned)
Lorenzo Rausch (1972-1974, appointed)
Lorenzo Rausch (1974-1978)
Marvin C. Thirtyacre (1978-1990)
Larry E. Glancey (1990-2002)
Thomas L. Thompson (2002-2013 resigned)
Jeffrey Dale (2013-2014) interim
William G Glancey (01/07/2014 - 11/30/2014) appointed
David W Staley (2014 - 2018)
Dusty Terrill (2018 - )
Deputy Sheriff and Correctional Officer Positions Sought
The Mercer County Sheriff's Office is applying for two positions to create a list of eligible candidates from March 15th, 2021, to April 9th, 2021. Correctional Officer and Deputy Sheriff applicants can apply at the Mercer County Courthouse until 4 p.m. on Friday, April 9th, 2021. Application forms are available in the lobby with Court Security Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Forms can also be picked up at the Mercer County Jail/Sheriff's Office (906 SW 3rd St. Aledo, IL) online www.mercercosheriff.org. Excellent insurance and benefits package.
Correctional Officer requirements - US citizen, age 21 or older, possess high school diploma or GED, possess a valid driver's license, complete screening examination, and be acceptable to the Merit Commission screening. Starting salary $34,266 plus overtime.
Deputy Sheriff requirements - US citizen, age 21 or older, possess high school diploma or GED, reside in Mercer County within 60-days of hire, possess a valid driver's license, complete screening written and physical and physical testing, and be acceptable to the Merit Commission. Starting salary is $39,989 plus overtime.
All applicants are subject to the Rules and Regulations of the Mercer County
Sheriff's Department Merit Commission.
Please Return Apps to Mercer County Courthouse.
Attn: Merit Commission, 100 SE 3rd Street, Aledo, IL 61231 by 4:00 p.m. April 9th, 2021
Deputy Sheriff Application Packet
Correctional Officer Application Packet
The fundamental duty and ultimate mission of the Mercer County Sheriff's Office is to serve and protect the citizens of Mercer County with fairness, compassion, and respect. We demand excellence in our law enforcement personnel, stressing professionalism, integrity, and timeliness so that the citizens we serve may feel safe and secure within the boundaries of our county.
Contact Us Immediately For Any Help
You are not alone. We are here to help you. Contact us immediately if you need any help.
Non-Emergency: (309) 582-5194
Jail: (309) 582-5020, (309)582-5158
Jail Fax: (309) 574-3103
E-mail Us At
mcso@frontiernet.net
906 SW 3rd St. Aledo, IL 61231
© 2022, Mercer County Sheriff's Office. All Rights Reserved.


Red Dot Design Award: Warte nicht auf bessere Zeiten!
Warte nicht auf bessere Zeiten!
The title of a state theatre's seasonal programme booklet – "Warte nicht auf bessere Zeiten!" – reflects its agenda, presenting a theatre that defies the funding cuts affecting the cultural sector. A distinctive feature of the coherent design is its typography, which has been supplemented with graphic characters. Interrupting the linear appearance of the headings, they have a distorting effect. The colour concept of the photographs taken at rehearsals, which were shot from unusual angles, evokes the atmosphere of a thunderstorm.


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// Copyright Yahoo. Licensed under the terms of the Apache 2.0 license. See LICENSE in the project root.
package com.yahoo.search.query;

import com.ibm.icu.lang.UScript;
import com.ibm.icu.text.Collator;
import com.ibm.icu.text.RuleBasedCollator;
import com.ibm.icu.util.ULocale;
import com.yahoo.prelude.Index;
import com.yahoo.prelude.IndexFacts;
import com.yahoo.prelude.IndexModel;
import com.yahoo.prelude.SearchDefinition;
import com.yahoo.search.Query;
import com.yahoo.search.searchchain.Execution;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;

import java.util.Arrays;

import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;

/**
 * @author baldersheim
 */
public class SortingTestCase {

    @Test
    void validAttributeName() {
        assertNotNull(Sorting.fromString("a"));
        assertNotNull(Sorting.fromString("_a"));
        assertNotNull(Sorting.fromString("+a"));
        assertNotNull(Sorting.fromString("-a"));
        assertNotNull(Sorting.fromString("a.b"));
        try {
            assertNotNull(Sorting.fromString("-1"));
            fail("'-1' should not be allowed as attribute name.");
        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
            assertEquals(e.getMessage(), "Illegal attribute name '1' for sorting. Requires '[\\[]*[a-zA-Z_][\\.a-zA-Z0-9_-]*[\\]]*'");
        } catch (Exception e) {
            fail("I only expect 'IllegalArgumentException', not: + " + e.toString());
        }
    }

    @Test
    void aliasesAreRecognized() {
        Query query = new Query();
        var schema = new SearchDefinition("test");
        schema.addIndex(new Index("a"));
        schema.addAlias("aliasOfA", "a");
        Execution execution = new Execution(Execution.Context.createContextStub(new IndexFacts(new IndexModel(schema))));
        query.getModel().setExecution(execution);
        assertEquals("a", new Sorting("aliasOfA", query).fieldOrders().get(0).getFieldName());
    }

    @Test
    void requireThatChineseSortCorrect() {
        requireThatChineseHasCorrectRules(Collator.getInstance(new ULocale("zh")));
        Sorting ch = Sorting.fromString("uca(a,zh)");
        assertEquals(1, ch.fieldOrders().size());
        Sorting.FieldOrder fo = ch.fieldOrders().get(0);
        assertTrue(fo.getSorter() instanceof Sorting.UcaSorter);
        Sorting.UcaSorter uca = (Sorting.UcaSorter) fo.getSorter();
        requireThatChineseHasCorrectRules(uca.getCollator());
        Sorting.AttributeSorter sorter = fo.getSorter();
        assertTrue(sorter.compare("a", "b") < 0);
        assertTrue(sorter.compare("a", "a\u81EA") < 0);
        assertTrue(sorter.compare("\u81EA", "a") < 0);
    }

    private void requireThatArabicHasCorrectRules(Collator col) {
        final int reorderCodes [] = {UScript.ARABIC};
        assertEquals("6.2.0.0", col.getUCAVersion().toString());
        assertEquals("58.0.0.6", col.getVersion().toString());
        assertEquals(Arrays.toString(reorderCodes), Arrays.toString(col.getReorderCodes()));
        assertTrue(col.compare("a", "b") < 0);
        assertTrue(col.compare("a", "aس") < 0);
        assertFalse(col.compare("س", "a") < 0);

        assertEquals(" [reorder Arab]&ت<<ة<<<ﺔ<<<ﺓ&ي<<ى<<<ﯨ<<<ﯩ<<<ﻰ<<<ﻯ<<<ﲐ<<<ﱝ", ((RuleBasedCollator) col).getRules());
        assertFalse(col.compare("س", "a") < 0);
    }

    private void requireThatChineseHasCorrectRules(Collator col) {
        final int reorderCodes [] = {UScript.HAN};
        assertEquals("14.0.0.0", col.getUCAVersion().toString());
        assertEquals("153.112.40.0", col.getVersion().toString());
        assertEquals(Arrays.toString(reorderCodes), Arrays.toString(col.getReorderCodes()));

        assertNotEquals("", ((RuleBasedCollator) col).getRules());
    }

    @Test
    @Disabled
    void requireThatArabicSortCorrect() {
        requireThatArabicHasCorrectRules(Collator.getInstance(new ULocale("ar")));
        Sorting ar = Sorting.fromString("uca(a,ar)");
        assertEquals(1, ar.fieldOrders().size());
        Sorting.FieldOrder fo = ar.fieldOrders().get(0);
        assertTrue(fo.getSorter() instanceof Sorting.UcaSorter);
        Sorting.UcaSorter uca = (Sorting.UcaSorter) fo.getSorter();
        requireThatArabicHasCorrectRules(uca.getCollator());
        Sorting.AttributeSorter sorter = fo.getSorter();
        assertTrue(sorter.compare("a", "b") < 0);
        assertTrue(sorter.compare("a", "aس") < 0);
        assertTrue(sorter.compare("س", "a") < 0);
    }

}

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slow fashion by safia minney.
let us love, not with words or speech but with actions and in truth.
another good use for them!
get outside and watch perseids! tips.
it's hot out there and cool in here.
this weekend live it well.
In my experience, "less" is the key to going fair in the closet.
"Less" is the key to accessing that elusive feeling of "enough".
Less allows us to know that we already have enough pairs of pants to make it through until laundry day... and enough to make it through the season too. This might seem backward, but sometimes we've got so much in the closet that we don't even know what we've got.
Less allows us to see shopping as an activity with a purpose rather than as everyday entertainment.
Less allows us to value the pieces that really work in our lives and to take the time to care for them well.
Less allows us to mindfully replace a worn out item and to dispose of it responsibly.
Less gives us the space to be able to live out our values. We can value people and the environment by choosing to consume a little bit more in line with our needs rather than our wantiness.
These thoughts are antithetical to all the messages that we are accustomed to hearing: More is better. Something new will make me happy. Something new will help me fit in. I still need to find that "perfect" [pair of jeans... t-shirt... sweater]. Shopping is what I do for fun.
1. Get out all of the current season clothing.
We'll focus on the current season, because we know what we like to wear and are actually wearing right now. We won't forget about frigid AC at work or needing pieces to wear in the sweltering heat.
2. Let things go that do not fit, don't get worn, or are uncomfortable to wear.
Remember: While it's probably a good idea to let some things go, our goal is to not buy anything new at this point...so don't go overboard with the purging. It is not our goal to end up with nothing but an empty closet and a shopping list.
3. List categories of clothing worn.
For example, mine for warm weather are tops, bottoms, dresses, footwear and layers.
4. Pick a reasonable number for each category and shop your closet for that number of those items.
Consider either a variety (for example, in winter I have a mid-weight, light-weight and heavy-weight jacket) or stick with the truly preferred style (for example, maybe you only really like to wear cardigans- not pullovers). Focus on pieces that can be worn as parts of a variety of outfits.
5. Let the rest go.
If this is too final at the moment, box them up and put them away. If you can't remember anything you want out of that box at the end of the season, donate it. Don't open it.
6. Make notes for next year.
(For example, I made note of the possibility of needing to replace a couple of my striped tees for next cold weather season. I can remember to keep an eye out for fair ones now.) This lets me feel like I've got a head start when I begin to look at my wardrobe the next time around. I often find that I don't really need what I thought I might when the time comes, however, so I'm careful to reevaluate before purchasing.
It may take several rounds of this process to finally find a comfortable resting place. It did for me. I kept feeling comfortable with less and less as time went on. I have to tell you that I feel so much better with less than I ever did with more. Enough feels great.
over those months in-between february and now, i've tackled the other surfaces i mentioned previously. the popcorn ceiling got a fresh coat of paint... popcorn and all. i decided to embrace its noise reducing qualities in my mind (it's all perspective, right?). the lower cabinets lost their faux antique paint job in favor of a pale latte color. a color that puzzled all those who know me best, but one that complements the countertop i did not choose (but choose to live with). the simplest wooden knobs painted the same color make them my favorite part of the "makeover" (not sure this is worthy of that word, but oh well).
and then there is the monstrous cabinet surrounding the fridge. my true desire is to rip it all out... wall and all... and to have an open plan living space. that would probably involve some load bearing wall shoring and floor patching and electrical manipulation and cabinet reconfiguring... and a lot of money. so, i painted the thing. six coats of white primer + paint later and well, it's white.
i could envision a lovelier kitchen, but this one is lovely too. i am so blessed to have all that i do. we have so much more than we need. good food flows in and out of here. laughter and good conversation fill this space on a daily basis. it's a really good place to be.
we don't grow most of what we eat, but i am grateful that we can grow some of it. the time and effort that goes into our garden opens up a whole new appreciation for rain and sun. rainy days are no longer mere inconveniences. i am extremely grateful for them. compost is an incredible process. peels and pits, leaves and sticks turn into the richest soil. nothing goes to waste, and the cycle of life and death is complete as death brings new life. it attests to the creativity of a generous Creator. witnessing growth, blossoms, and fruit ripening right in my backyard is mind blowing. tasting fresh from the vine tomatoes, cucumbers or strawberries... digging out dirt covered potatoes or carrots... well, it is enlightening. they taste different... better... less like an item purchased at a store... more like a miracle on your tongue.
the process takes time, and that is the beauty of it. because each avocado or cucumber or tomato or watermelon took time to grow from seed to appreciable nourishment. each zucchini or blueberry drank in the sun and rain. they are miracles each and every one.
growing herbs on the windowsill, growing sprouts from seed, or growing vegetables from vegetables... all enlightening and possible anywhere. growing tomatoes or zucchini instead of grass is a powerful act.
if each and every human fully appreciated exactly what they put into their mouths at each meal, it would be hard to let even one bite go to waste. it would be gut wrenching to think of the rain stopping or the sun becoming too scorchingly hot. it would make us angry to think of the pesticides that deplete our rich soil and endanger the harvesters of these precious jewels.
in my experience, gardening grows more than fruit and vegetables... it grows humans who notice and care... it grows grateful souls and activists.
Check out this interview with the fabulous Ilana Kohn... one of my favorites!
i love to look at japanese sewing books. the simple lines and pared down aesthetic of these books just speak my language. i have owned a few of these books over the years... in japanese. it is not difficult to figure out the patterns, especially with a bit of sewing knowledge. i find it exciting to see that many of these books are now available in english, however!
it may not be quite fair to the individual pattern designers of japanese sewing books to lump them all together, and i do not mean to do that. i do, however, feel that they share an overall aesthetic. there is a simplicity about these patterns, but also a confidence in their statement making presence. some of the designers veer toward quite modern innovative ideas, while others skew more traditional. there is always room to interpret each style with fabric choice and embellishment, if preferred.
while many of these books focus on women's styles, they were one of my favorite resources for sewing julia's wardrobe when she was younger. (i didn't know about their existence when jo was small.) the books offer sweet silhouettes that can be reimagined in so many different ways. a succession of sizes is also provided in each book, so i was able to make garment styles over and over as she grew.
i decided to see if i could find any of these books at our library and found quite a few. i always enjoy knowing that a resource is available for free! it would be quite possible to assemble an entire wardrobe from these books. i found everything from dresses, skirts, and pants to button down shirts and wool jackets... and all of the ones from the library are completely in english. etsy has a large selection of japanese craft books as well.
parts 01, 02, 03, o4, 05, 06, and 07 of this series.
Fast fashion has become the only way to get dressed for many of us. Incredibly low prices and new stock each week have become a way of life. Shopping seems more fun when we can buy something new every time we go with little thought given to cost. Fast fashion is just too seductive and addictive to walk away from.
And yet, that is just what the Fairdare is daring us to do. So how do we walk away from it... or why would we even want to consider it?
Well, when we consider that those incredibly low prices and that relentless parade of new merchandise are the very factors that make the case against fast fashion, it might not actually be extremely difficult to walk away for good.
This button down shirt seems like a typical one in H&M. The price is $19.99 (US dollars) full price. It is a long sleeved, collared, cotton shirt. Consider all that goes into the making of this single button down shirt.
Cotton was grown by a farmer who planted, cared for, harvested and transported that fiber. The cotton was processed and made into thread that could be woven into fabric. That fabric was bleached and transported to the factory where it would be cut into the pieces that make up the shirt.
A single shirt involves sewing fronts to a placket and then sewing the back on. Button bands are sewn. Collar pieces are sewn together and turned inside out. Collar stand pieces get attached to the collar pieces which are then sewn to the shirt in progress. Sleeves are attached. This shoulder placket is lined, so that gets carefully assembled to cover all the raw edges. Cuffs and their sleeve plackets are assembled and sewn on...for each sleeve. The bottom is hemmed. Button holes and buttons are sewn onto the sleeve plackets, cuffs and front of the shirt. Any details that set this shirt apart from others are involved as well. This particular shirt has 4 darts sewn into the front and two more darts sewn into the back for shaping.
Fast fashion retailers take advantage of farmers, textile workers, and garment workers all along their supply chains in order to offer their ridiculously low prices. Manufacturing jumps from shore to shore in search of the cheapest factories. Factories are in a race to the bottom pricing-wise in order to land orders. Fabric costs must be cheaper and cheaper as well. There is impossibly little cash flow to compensate farmers, textile workers, and garment workers fairly, let alone provide safe working conditions.
New items appear on the racks and shelves of fast fashion retailers weekly, if not daily. In order to provide this endless rotation of the latest trends, retailers must condense the time between design and product-in-hand to short timelines. Factories must guarantee delivery on very tight schedules in order to keep orders coming their way. Garment workers are pushed to work long hours six or seven days per week. There is usually no sick leave or maternity time off. The workers simply lose their jobs if they need to miss work. There is certainly no health insurance. Often the factory's only choice is to subcontract the work to even more unscrupulous factories in order to keep from losing all subsequent contracts. Slave labor and child labor are not uncommon.
We may not have audibly asked for these impossibly low prices or endless selections, but we've become accustomed to them... and we buy them. Each purchase is a vote telling fast fashion to keep doing what they are doing.
We want fair compensation and safe working environments for those involved in making our clothing. We want families to be able to depend on living wages and job security. Fast fashion needs to hear our message loud and clear. There's only one way to truly have our voices heard. We have to be willing to stop buying fast fashion. I challenge you to consider this choice to stop... not as sad or even as a sacrifice. I challenge you to consider this choice to stop buying fast fashion as powerful activism, because that's what it is!


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The Cruise Line That Never Did Waterslides Just Unveiled the Longest One Ever at Sea
The world's biggest cruise line, Royal Caribbean, was a notable latecomer when it comes to the trend of cruise lines adding giant waterslides atop their ships. As recently as early 2016, it didn't have a single one on any of its vessels, even as rivals Carnival Cruise Line, Norwegian Cruise Line and MSC Cruises were touting waterslides galore across their fleets.
The Blaster water slide and Riptide, a mat racer slide, intertwine along the top deck of Royal Caribbean's Navigator of the Seas. Photo by Gene Sloan / The Points Guy.
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But over the past three years, the Miami-based company has been making up for lost time. Since adding its first waterslides to the Galveston, Texas-based Liberty of the Seas in February 2016, Royal Caribbean has rapidly rolled out 17 of the most spectacular waterslides at sea across seven of its vessels, including — just a few weeks ago — the longest one ever built on a cruise ship.
Last weekend, I got a peek at this new record-setting attraction, which is on the line's just-revamped Navigator of the Seas. It's called The Blaster and, as I admitted in a sneak peek of the vessel's $115 million makeover, it is, indeed, a blast. But not for the reason you might think.
The Blaster and Rip Tide slides on Navigator of the Seas Royal Amplified. Photo courtesy of Royal Caribbean International.
Despite its unusually long length (it stretches more than 800 feet) The Blaster isn't a scream-inducing thrill ride. It didn't strike fear into me like the new Daredevil's Peak waterslide at Royal Caribbean's Perfect Day at CocoCay, which plunges from a height of 135 feet and is the biggest waterslide drop in North America. (I'm still getting over that one, which I tried for the first time on this very same trip.)
What The Blaster does do, however, is give you an opportunity for quality fun time with one of your kids, your spouse, a friend or, heck, maybe even a stranger. That's because The Blaster is a two-person tube ride, and it was specifically designed to be a family attraction that gets you and your loved ones together. Very, very close together.
"It's meant to be fun for everybody," Royal Caribbean's vice president for product development, Laura Hodges Bethge, told me during an interview about the ship. The allure, she said, is that, "You get to do it together."
The Blaster isn't just a waterslide but what's known as an aqua coaster. It features water jets that propel you up and down as you careen around the back of the ship and even beyond its sides, out over open water.
Hodges Bethge, who was responsible for the overhaul of Navigator, said she sent three teams of her employees with their kids to waterparks around the country to see what sort of waterslides they thought were the most fun for families. All three came back saying it was the multiperson aqua coasters.
A multideck tower serves as the entryway to the new water slides on Navigator of the Seas. Photo by Gene Sloan / The Points Guy.
"When the teams came back, they said doing a slide by yourself is really fun, but doing it with somebody else just makes the experience much better," Hodges Bethge said. "We said, [if] that's the best experience, then we have to create it."
It wasn't easy. Hodges Bethge called it a "very big challenge" to build an aqua coaster on the back of Navigator. It's something almost no other line has tried before. Only Disney Cruise Line has done something similar (but smaller) on two of its ships.
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Personally, I was amazed at the intricacy of the design of the ride, which weaves its way like a crafty serpent around and above the ship's existing basketball court, rock climbing wall and FlowRider surf simulator. It also twirls around a second new waterslide in the same back-of-the-ship area. Called Riptide, this second attraction also is unusual in that it's the first headfirst mat racer waterslide at sea. That is to say, it's basically an elaborate device that washes your face. I admit that I had a grand time watching people get blasted with water as they splashed down at the end.
The Riptide water slide on Royal Caribbean's Navigator of the Seas is the first head-first mat racer slide on a cruise ship. Photo by Gene Sloan / The Points Guy.
"We wanted to make sure we had a little bit more thrill for those who wanted it," Hodges Bethge said of Riptide's headfirst format.
Why so much effort to "go big" with waterslides atop Navigator? It turns out that, after years of shunning waterslides, Royal Caribbean has found they are guest-satisfaction nirvana.
Navigator of the Seas passengers wait in line to grab a mat for use on the Riptide mat racer slide. Photo by Gene Sloan / The Points Guy.
"When we look at one of the highest guest satisfiers on our ships, it's our waterslides," Hodges Bethge said. "Families and kids of all ages love them."
Gene Sloan has written about cruising for more than 25 years and for many years oversaw USA TODAY's award-winning cruise site, USA TODAY Cruises. He's sailed on nearly 150 ships.
Featured image by Photo courtesy of Royal Caribbean International.

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Each year there is a national FFA convention, in which FFA members from all over the country come together, so they can mingle with each other, and increase their knowledge about careers and colleges in which they are interested.
Penn Manor senior FFA members are able to go on this trip, as long as all the requirements are met.
Chris Cook, Jen Drumm, Brian Groff, Joe Herr, and Jeremy Kreider are the seniors who attended this year's trip from Monday October 19, 2009 through Saturday October 24, 2009, located in Indianapolis, Indiana.
At the opening session, the national officers spoke to all 55,000 attendees.
At Lucas Oil Stadium, where it was located, everyone got to walk around, looking at the different colleges and businesses that were there, exploring their personal interests.
There were college stands, bull riding, off road experience, and even Mike Rowe from "Dirty Jobs" at the stadium.
The group visited the Flight 93 crash site and memorial, the Corvette Assembly Plan, the Mammoth Cave Historic tour, the Louisville Slugger Museum and Manufacturing Facility, Fair Oaks Farm, and Carley Elk Farm, along with camping out at Bowling Green KOA in Louisville, Kentucky.
The competition was held in Indianapolis, Indiana, located in the Indiana Convention Center. About 50,000 people were in attendance.
"I had a blast. We had luxury dinners, like steak, every night," Cook said.
The Penn Manor FFA students learned new things about the careers they're interested in, along with some other interesting and useful information.
That sounds like such a cool trip! Great article Brittany!!!


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Remains Found In Arkansas Identified as those of Maleah Davis
The Harris County Medical Examiner's office has now identified human remains found in Arkansas as those of Maleah Davis - the missing 4-year-old Houston-area girl. An interstate cleanup crew found the remains in a garbage bag on Friday, just outside the city of Hope. Maleah's stepfather reportedly told community activist Quanell X that he had dumped the four-year-old's body near where the remains were found. The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences said the 4-year-old girl's cause and manner of death are pending further tests and investigation.
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Alessandra Ambrosio Reveals the Sex of Her Baby In the Cutest Way Ever
Very pregnant Victoria's Secret model Alessandra Ambrosio has decided to announce the sex of her baby. First she wrote "It's a Boy!" in the sand on
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Very pregnant Victoria's Secret model Alessandra Ambrosio has decided to announce the sex of her baby. First she wrote "It's a Boy!" in the sand on some lovely beach, presumably in her native Brasil, and then she posted a photo on Facebook to her 371,000 fans writing, "We really tried to keep it a surprise but we were too anxious! Soon, we will have a little boy to rock our world!!"
So, not a surprise anymore. Alessandra's Facebook worshippers fans were thrilled by the photo and the news. Many chimed in with congratulations and one, Ilid Pap, even wrote, "To me this is an even bigger news than man landing on the moon!!! Congratulations!!!! I am so happy for you, so happy!!! :-)" Um...OK!
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You would never have guessed it, but when Brazilian Angel Alessandra Ambrosio walked the runway in that revealing, corseted ballerina costume during last month's Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, she was about two months pregnant. Yep, Ambrosio's second baby with fiancé Jamie Mazur is on the way, People has confirmed (they already have an adorable 3-year-old girl). And according to Brazilian magazine Istoe Gente (ONTD has a very rough translation), to whom she broke the news, she found out on her birthday, September 23, and is now about four months along. Since we're amazing mathematicians, we figured out that means she was somewhere around two months pregnant when the show taped on November 9.


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Discussion in 'Chit-Chat & Community Discussion' started by Kiwi, Feb 4, 2019.
so who's actually going because i might be able to come through i live pretty close to vegas (like an 8 hour drive).
Who wants to split a room?
You actually going to come?
meowmeow12 and Qybah like this.
Ya boi @ezee been here from the start, will go depending on the dates. Been sitting around like end game farmer thanos after getting everything that was ever needed. Curious if some people wanna chat about a end game plan for ms / nexon hacking. Might be rolling out a new platform to better equip the fading hacking scene if anyone is up for that discussion as well since the final wave of old bois are all moving out. It's been in the talks with some other people as a side project and should be more self sustaining in the long run for new people to get more familiar with taking over.
Mostly plan on just strutting around finding a few exploits irl somewhere, openly talking about whatever, and getting wasted in vegas.
No one is actually coming. Only Sean and Frase answered the date selection form.
This would have been pretty cool to do. There are a few people from here I'd wanna meet. Jake, Nathan, Sean, Jamie, Anything, Mero, Jordan, and Deathstar were pretty cool. Heck, even you, Kiwi. Quite a few other people seemed interesting as well. I dunno, man. A missed opportunity.


Jackson, Roy (2010) Mawlana Mawdudi and Political Islam: Authority and the Islamic state. Documentation. Routledge, London.
Mawlana Mawdudi was one of the most influential and important Islamic thinkers of the modern world, whose brand of political Islam has won widespread acceptance in South and South East Asia as well as the Middle East. He was not only an Islamic scholar, but also a journalist and political activist who founded the Jama'at-i-Islami, which has subsequently influenced the development of many Islamic movements and parties throughout the Muslim world. This book is the first to critically engage and assess his career and legacy within the wider context of political Islam. It includes coverage of his early life and influences, and examines his considerable influence in the contemporary Islamic world. The issues that were a concern for Mawdudi and continue to have resonance for our world today include such questions as the role of women in Islam, the possibilities for democracy in an Islamic state, the importance of jihad, and the moral and religious responsibility of the individual. Whilst focus is on Mawdudi's life and writings, this is placed within the wider context of topical, often contentious, Islamic thought. Providing an up-to-date and detailed critical study of Mawlana Mawdudi and many issues surrounding political Islam both in his time and today, this book will be an important text for scholars of Islamic Studies, Political Science and Philosophy.


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semi-autonomous part of Tanzania
Zanzibar is the name of an archipelago in the Indian Ocean 25–50 km off the coast of East Africa. There are many small islands and two large ones: Unguja (the main island, sometimes informally referred to as 'Zanzibar') and Pemba Island.
Both Islands
Map of Zanzibar's main island
Zanzibar is part of Tanzania
Coordinates: Coordinates: 6°8′S 39°19′E / 6.133°S 39.317°E / -6.133; 39.317
Unguja and Pemba
Zanzibar City
• President
Ali Mohamed Shein[1]
637 sq mi (1,651 km2)
The archipelago was once the separate state of Zanzibar, which united with Tanganyika to form Tanzania (derived from the two names). Zanzibar is a semi-autonomous within the union, with its own government.
The capital of Zanzibar is Zanzibar City. It is on the island of Unguja. The city's old quarter, known as Stone Town, is a World Heritage Site.
The people are mostly African Bantu, with some Asians of Indian origin.[2]
1.1 Independence claimed
3 Spices
4.1 Cloves
4.2 Other options
PoliticsEdit
Zanzibar has its own government, known as the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar. It is made up of the Revolutionary Council and House of Representatives.
The main Parties are the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) and the Civic United Front (CUF). Since the early 1990s, the politics of the archipelago have been marked by repeated violent clashes between these two political parties.
Independence claimedEdit
In October 2009, Zanzibar President Amani Karume met with CUF Secretary Seif Shariff Hamad at the State House to discus how to save Zanzibar from future political turmoil and to end the backlash between them,[3] a move which was welcomed by many people including the USA[4] and political parties. It was the first time CUF agreed to recognize Karume as the legitimate president of Zanzibar.
The relationship between Zanzibar government and Tanzanian Mainland has not been good in recent years since Tanzania Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda's remark about the Isles' sovereignty. He said that Zanzibar is not an independent country outside the Union Government, within which it can only exercise its sovereignty.[5]
Members from both the ruling party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), and the opposition Civic United Front (CUF) disagreed with Mr Pinda's interpretation and stand firmly in recognizing Zanzibar as a fully autonomous and full state.[6] The move was not recognized by the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania.
In 2008, Tanzanian president Jakaya Kikwete tried to silence the debate when he addressed the nation in a live conference by saying that Zanzibar is a state internal but semi-state international. There the matter rests for the time being.
A proposal to amend Zanzibar's laws to allow rival parties to form governments of national unity was adopted by 66.4 per cent of voters, after official results of a referendum which was held on July 31, 2010.[7]
ReligionEdit
Zanzibar is 95% Islamic in religion, and has been so for hundreds of years. It was once part of the Persian Empire, then under the Caliphate of Oman. It was ruled by a Sultan. Zanzibar was conquered by the British in the late 19th century. The islands were involved in the Arab slave trade, and the British conquest was an attempt to stop this. They appointed puppet rulers, and Zanzibar became a 'protectorate', not a colony.
Zanzibar gained independence on 10th December 1963 from the British.
SpicesEdit
Zanzibar's main industries are spices (which include cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon and pepper), raffia, and tourism. Zanzibar is also the home of the endemic Zanzibar Red Colobus and the elusive Zanzibar Leopard. The word "Zanzibar" probably derives from the Persian زنگبار, Zangi-bar ("coast of the blacks") and it is also known as Zanji-bar in Arabic. Zanzibar is sometimes referred to as the "Spice Islands," a term that is more often used for the Maluku Islands in Indonesia. Pemba Island is the only island apart from Zanzibar that still produces cloves on a major basis which is the primary source of spice income for the islands.
EconomyEdit
The islands are poor, and the economy is in trouble. Zanzibaris are living a hard life compare to the mainland. In 2000, the annual income per capita was US$220.[8]
During May and June 2008, Zanzibar suffered a major failure of its electricity system, which left the island without electricity for nearly a month. Another blackout happened from December 2009 to March 2010, due to a problem with the submarine cables and the local plant. This led to a serious and ongoing shock to the island's fragile economy, which is heavily dependent on foreign tourism.
ClovesEdit
Zanzibar's economy is based primarily on the production of cloves (90% grown on the island of Pemba), the principal foreign exchange earner. Exports have suffered with the downturn in the clove market.
The clove, originally from the Moluccan Islands (Indonesia), was introduced to Zanzibar by the Omani sultans in the first half of the XIX century.[9] Zanzibar, mainly Pemba Island, was once the world's leading clove producer,[10] but annual clove sales have plummeted by 80% since the 1970s. Zanzibar's clove industry has been crippled by a fast-moving global market, and international competition.
Tanzania's failed experiment with socialism in the 1960s and 1970s, when the government controlled clove prices and exports, is also a factor. Zanzibar now ranks a distant third with Indonesia supplying 75% of the world's cloves compared to Zanzibar's 7%.[10]
Other optionsEdit
Zanzibar exports spices, seaweed and fine raffia. It also has a large fishing and dugout canoe production.
Tourism is a major foreign currency earner. A number of new hotels and resorts having been built in recent years.
The Government of Zanzibar legalized foreign exchange bureaux on the islands. The effect was to increase the availability of consumer commodities. The government has also established a free port area. This stimulates trade and support services. There is a management system for re-exportation of goods.[11]
There is also a possibility of oil exploration in Zanzibar on the island of Pemba. Oil would help boost the economy of Zanzibar, but there have been disagreements about dividends between the Tanzanian mainland and Zanzibar, the latter claiming the oil should be excluded in Union matters. A Norwegian consultant has been sent to Zanzibar to investigate its oil potential.[source?]
↑ "President's Office - Zanzibar". www.ikuluzanzibar.go.tz.
↑ "People and Culture - Zanzibar Travel Guide". zanzibar-travel-guide.com. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
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↑ "Welcome to VPP Zanzibar, Tanzania". United States Virtual Presence Post. U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
↑ "Zanzibar: Premier under fire on Zanzibar status". Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization. July 10, 2008. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
↑ Salma Said (July 27, 2008). "Zanzibar is a sovereign state, says minister". Daily Nation. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
↑ "?". http://ippmedia.com. Retrieved 2010-08-27. External link in |publisher= (help)
↑ "Education in Zanzibar - Southern and Eastern African consortium for monitoring educational quality".
↑ Professor Trevor Marchand. Oman & Zanzibar: The Sultans of Oman. Archaeological Tours.
↑ 10.0 10.1 Edmund Sanders (24 November 2005). "Zanzibar Loses Some of Its Spice". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
↑ Bureau of African Affairs (June 8, 2010). "Background Note: Tanzania". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
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Welcome to another great day of Food for the Fourth! I hope you are enjoying all the delicious recipes!
I've shared some great Main Dishes, Salads and Sides! Today is all about Dessert, and you all know how much I LOVE Dessert!
I've been busy sharing my Fourth of July Desserts around Blogland, and I wanted to be sure that you had a chance to see them.
These Red Velvet Whoopie Pies are sure to be a crowd pleaser!
And this Fourth of July Trifle Dessert is not only easy, but also very cost effective.
These Fourth of July Shortcakes are a very easy, and delicious treat!
And of course, lots and LOTS of Cupcakes!
Update: I've added some Fun 4th of July Drinks too!
Do you need some Fourth of July Inspiration? Check out my Fourth of July Mantle and then head on over to the Fourth of July Party over at It's A Blog Party!
I'm looking at your blog and it's not even 6:30 in the morning and I'm drooling over all of your goodies!
@Terry, LOL, sorry…Hope you enjoy your holiday!
Fun stuff!!!! I love everything but the whoopie pies are just the cutest. Good job!
LOVE all of your 4th of July treats!! Esp the Uncle Sam cupcake!! Too cute!
Wow, they all look so good. I think I'd have to make (and eat) them all.
I LOVE the whoopie pies. These Fourth of July dessert ideas are wonderful.
Fun Patriotic treats. Thanks for the links!
Yum! And they all look so festive!
Everything looks great! I hope to participate in Cupcake Tuesday soon-Happy 4th!


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Date of Submission 02-May-2018
Date of Acceptance 02-May-2018
Date of Web Publication 16-May-2018
INTRODUCTION: Whether antibiotic prophylaxis can really reduce the rate of surgical site infections (SSIs) or rather tends to increase the risk of antimicrobial resistance development is being increasingly questioned even for elective surgery in a clean surgical field. Since compared with the open technique, the laparoendoscopic technique per se reduces the SSI rate, that possibility must also be considered for laparoendoscopic repair of inguinal and abdominal wall hernias despite these techniques always using a mesh as a foreign body.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: A systematic search of the literature was conducted in Medline/PubMed and the Cochrane database. Thirty-two relevant publications were identified.
RESULTS: Overall, there is a paucity of studies on antibiotic prophylaxis in laparoendoscopic hernia surgery. Those studies available are not able to demonstrate that the use of antibiotic prophylaxis in laparoendoscopic repair of inguinal and abdominal wall hernias has a definite effect on the SSI rate. Hence, antibiotic prophylaxis can be omitted with for patients with no risk factors. But that does not apply for patients with risk factors, such as obesity, diabetes mellitus, emergency surgery, contaminated surgical field, recurrent hernia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, abdominal aortic aneurysm, prior SSI, long operative time, and other factors influencing the SSI rate.
CONCLUSION: Further studies are urgently needed on antibiotic prophylaxis in laparoendoscopic hernia surgery in particular in association with risk factors.
Keywords: Antibiotic prophylaxis, incisional hernia, inguinal hernia, laparoendoscopic repair, ventral hernia
Kockerling F. Antibiotic prophylaxis in laparoendoscopic hernia surgery. Int J Abdom Wall Hernia Surg 2018;1:9-12
Kockerling F. Antibiotic prophylaxis in laparoendoscopic hernia surgery. Int J Abdom Wall Hernia Surg [serial online] 2018 [cited 2022 Jan 19];1:9-12. Available from: http://www.herniasurgeryjournal.org/text.asp?2018/1/1/9/232495
In 2013, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the Surgical Infection Society (SIS), and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) jointly published clinical practice guidelines for antimicrobial prophylaxis in surgery.[1] In these guidelines, antibiotic prophylaxis is strongly recommended on evidence Level A for mesh and suture repair of hernias.[1] However, whether antibiotic prophylaxis can really reduce the rate of surgical site infections (SSIs) or rather tends to increase the risk of antimicrobial resistance development is being increasingly questioned.[2] For surgical procedures with lower SSI risk antibiotic prophylaxis before or during surgery is often not indicated.[2] The indiscriminate use of antibiotic prophylaxis must be avoided since the problem of antibiotic resistance is rapidly emerging worldwide.[3]
The introduction of laparoscopic surgery has reduced the SSI rate for many procedures.[4] Meta-analysis comparing transabdominal preperitoneal patch plasty (TAPP) and totally endoscopic patch plasty (TEP) with open inguinal hernia repair have also demonstrated a reduction in the SSI rate from 2.3%–1% to 2.0%–1.0%, respectively.[5],[6]
In randomized controlled trials (RCTs), wound infection rates following open inguinal hernia repair without antibiotic prophylaxis are reported to be between 4.2% and 8.9% and with antibiotic prophylaxis between 0% and 8.8%.[7]
Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of laparoscopic versus open abdominal incisional hernia repair also demonstrated significantly lower wound infection and wound complication rates for the endoscopic approach.[8],[9],[10],[11]
In laparoscopic ventral and incisional hernia repair, the SSI rate in primary hernias is reduced to 2.3% compared to 9.2% in open repair and in incisional hernias to 1.6% for laparoscopic compared to 10.1% in open repair.[12]
Considering the highly significant reduction in the SSI rate after hernia repair on using the laparoscopic technique, the question arises as to whether antibiotic prophylaxis can further reduce wound complications. It was now aimed to answer that key question through a review of the literature
A systematic search of the literature was conducted in Medline/Pubmed and the Cochrane database up until the end of April 2018. The following search terms were used: "surgical site infection" and "hernia," "antibiotic prophylaxis" and "hernia," "antibiotic prophylaxis" and "hernia surgery," "antibiotics" and "hernia," "antibiotic prophylaxis" and "TEP," "antibiotic prophylaxis" and "TAPP," "antibiotic prophylaxis" and "laparoscopic IPOM," "antibiotic prophylaxis" and "endoscopic hernia repair" and "antibiotic prophylaxis" and "endoscopic surgery." In addition, a manual search of the references was performed to identify relevant publications. The literature search identified a total of 32 relevant publications, which form the basis for the following review.
Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair
Meta-analyses
Up until 2017, eight systematic reviews and meta-analyses comparing inguinal hernia repair with and without antibiotic prophylaxis with a maximum of 16 prospective randomized trials (RCTs) with 5519 patients were published.[13],[14],[15],[16],[17],[18],[19],[20] However, all meta-analyses report on open inguinal hernia repair since no RCT that met the requirements and reported on the efficacy of antibiotic prophylaxis in laparoendoscopic inguinal hernia repair was available.
The meta-analysis with the greatest number of analyzed RCTs (n = 16) and patients (n = 5519) showed for antibiotic prophylaxis in open inguinal hernia repair a significant reduction in the overall incidence of SSI from 4.8% to 3.2% (odds ratio [OR] = 0.68; 95% confidence interval [CI] (0.51–091).[19] However, after removal of the two outlier studies, which were identified by evaluating the standardized residual, the result of the meta-analysis became nonsignificant (OR = 0.76; 95% CI 0.56–1.02).[19] The authors concluded that the results of their meta-analysis do not support the routine use of antibiotic prophylaxis for open mesh repair of inguinal hernias.[19]
Randomized controlled trials
There is only one RCT comparing endoscopic inguinal hernia repair with and without antibiotic prophylaxis;[21] however, this has been excluded from the Cochrane review due to incorrect randomization, lack of definition of wound infection, and underpower with only 40 patients in each arm.[22]
In a registry-based comparison of laparoendoscopic inguinal hernia repairs (n = 48, 201) with and without antibiotic prophylaxis, no significant influence on postoperative impaired wound healing or on deep infection could be identified.[23] The positive impact of the laparoendoscopic approach on avoidance of impaired wound healing and deep infection with mesh involvement is already so great that antibiotic prophylaxis has no additional benefit.[23]
The Guidelines of the European Hernia Society for the treatment of inguinal hernia concluded that antibiotic prophylaxis does not significantly reduce the number of wound infections.[24] That conclusion remained unchanged in the update of 2014.[25]
A statement on endoscopic inguinal hernia repair by a Consensus Development Conference of the European Association of Endoscopic Surgery points out that there is not enough evidence to support the routine use of prophylactic antibiotics in elective laparoendoscopic inguinal hernia repair.[26]
The guidelines for laparoscopic (TAPP) and endoscopic (TEP) treatment of inguinal hernia of the International Endohernia Society stated that there is insufficient evidence for routine antibiotic prophylaxis in laparoendoscopic repair.[22] Antibiotic prophylaxis for elective laparoendoscopic inguinal hernia repair cannot be universally recommended.[22] The Update did not change the statement and recommendation.[27] The new International Guidelines for groin hernia management also strongly recommend that no antibiotic prophylaxis be administered to any patient in any risk environment undergoing laparoendoscopic inguinal hernia repair.[28]
Laparoscopic ventral and incisional hernia repair
There are no meta-analyses or RCTs available for comparison of laparoscopic ventral and incisional hernia repair with and without antibiotic prophylaxis.
In a registry-based comparative study of patients undergoing elective laparoscopic incisional hernia repair the overall SSI rate showed no significant difference. In the multivariable analysis, the inclusion of patient-related risk factors and defect size >10 cm significantly increased the SSI rates and complication-related reoperations.[29]
In the guidelines for laparoscopic treatment of ventral and incisional abdominal wall hernias of the International Endohernia Society, no clear recommendation can be given due to the lack of studies for or against the use of antibiotic prophylaxis.[30] It appears advisable, however, to consider administration of antibiotic prophylaxis for patients with risk factors such as advanced age, corticosteroid medication, immunosuppressive therapy, obesity, diabetes, malignant tumor, or in larger defects.[30]
The SAGES guidelines for laparoscopic ventral hernia repair refers to the 2013 practice guidelines of the ASHP, IDSA, SIS, and SHEA and recommend a single-dose first-generation cephalosporin as antibiotic prophylaxis.[31]
A consensus development conference also stated that the rate of infection is significantly lower after laparoscopic ventral and incisional hernia repair than after open surgery.[32] Predisposing risk factors for wound and mesh infection are obesity, diabetes mellitus, emergency surgery, contaminated surgical field, recurrent hernia, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, abdominal aortic aneurysm, prior SSI, use of larger microporous or expanded polytetrafluoroethylene mesh, performance of concomitant procedures through the same incision, longer operative time, lack of tissue coverage of the mesh, enterotomy, and enterocutaneous fistula.[32]
Due to the ongoing debate about the link between the uncritical use of antibiotics and the rapid worldwide spread of antimicrobial resistance development, their use must be questioned in each setting.[2],[3] Antibiotics should only be used when there is an evidence-based requirement for this.[2],[3] That is also particularly true for antibiotic prophylaxis.[2],[3] Laparoendoscopic repair of inguinal and abdominal wall hernias always requires the use of meshes. The general recommendations for surgery involving implantation of foreign material into the body stipulate that antibiotic prophylaxis be always administered.[1] However, meta-analyses demonstrate that laparoendoscopic repair of inguinal and abdominal wall hernias has significantly lower SSI rates compared with the open surgical techniques.[5],[6],[7],[8],[9],[10],[11] Unfortunately, there are hardly any studies that report on the effect of antibiotic prophylaxis in laparoendoscopic hernia surgery. Even for open inguinal hernia surgery, eight meta-analyses did not identify any definite effect of antibiotic prophylaxis.[13],[14],[15],[16],[17],[18],[19],[20] A large registry-based study did not find any evidence that antibiotic prophylaxis affected the SSI rate following laparoendoscopic inguinal hernia repair.[23] Accordingly, in the guidelines, antibiotic prophylaxis is not universally recommended for laparoendoscopic inguinal hernia repair.[22],[24],[25],[26],[27],[28] Only in the presence of risk factors, such as obesity, diabetes mellitus, immunosuppression, recurrent operation, emergency surgery, contaminated surgical field, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, etc., should antibiotic prophylaxis be administered until such time as reliable data on antibiotic prophylaxis are available for this group of patients.
Even fewer study findings are available for laparoendoscopic repair of ventral and incisional hernias. No RCTs or meta-analyses have been identified on this topic. Only from meta-analyses comparing laparoscopic with open inguinal hernia surgery can a significant reduction in the SSI rate associated with the minimally invasive approach be demonstrated.[8],[9],[10],[11] One registry-based study investigated the influence of antibiotic prophylaxis in laparoscopic repair of incisional hernias.[29] That study revealed that for patients with no risk factors undergoing laparoscopic incisional hernia surgery antibiotic prophylaxis could be omitted since this did not further reduce the SSI rate. However, for now, that only applies to patients without the aforementioned risk factors.
In summary, it can be stated that antibiotic prophylaxis can be omitted for patients with no additional risk factors undergoing laparoendoscopic repair of inguinal and abdominal wall hernias. However, the repository of data underpinning that recommendation should be expanded through further RCTs and registry-based analyses. Of particular importance here are studies that investigate the role of antibiotic prophylaxis for patients with SSI risk factors. Until such time as these studies are available, patients with inguinal and abdominal wall hernias and additional risk factors should continue to receive antibiotic prophylaxis in laparoendoscopic hernia surgery.
Bratzler DW, Dellinger EP, Olsen KM, Perl TM, Auwaerter PG, Bolon MK, et al. Clinical practice guidelines for antimicrobial prophylaxis in surgery. Surg Infect (Larchmt) 2013;14:73-156.
Pisani-Forde J. Surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis: Preventing infection or increasing resistance? Sci Med 2017. Available from: www.medianet.com.au. [Last accessed on 2017 Nov 14].
Ventola CL. The antibiotic resistance crisis: Part 1: Causes and threats. P & T 2015;40:277-83.
Varela JE, Wilson SE, Nguyen NT. Laparoscopic surgery significantly reduces surgical site infections compared with open surgery. Surg Endosc 2010;24:270-6.
Scheuermann U, Niebisch S, Lyros O, Jansen-Winkeln B, Gockel I. Transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) versus Lichtenstein operation for primary inguinal hernia repair – A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. BMC Surg 2017;17:55.
Aly O, Green A, Joy M, Wong CH, Al-Kandari A, et al. Is laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair more effective than open repair? J Coll Physicians Surg Pak 2011;21:291-6.
Al-Fatah MA. The role of antibiotic prohylaxis in prevention of wound infection after Lichtenstein repair of primary inguinal hernia. Anveshana Ayurveda Med J 2011;9:33-41.
Al Chalabi H, Larkin J, Mehigan B, McCormick P. A systematic review of laparoscopic versus open abdominal incisional hernia repair, with meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Int J Surg 2015;20:65-74.
Awaiz A, Rahman F, Hossain MB, Yunus RM, Khan S, Memon B, et al. Meta-analysis and systematic review of laparoscopic versus open mesh repair for elective incisional hernia. Hernia 2015;19:449-63.
Jensen KK, Jorgensen LN. Comment to: Meta-analysis and systematic review of laparoscopic versus open mesh repair for elective incisional Hernia. Awaiz A, et al. Hernia 2015;19:449-463. Hernia 2015;19:1025-6.
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Biswas S. Elective inguinal hernia repair with mesh: Is there a need for antibiotic prophylaxis? – A review. World J Surg 2005;29:830-6.
Aufenacker TJ, Koelemay MJ, Gouma DJ, Simons MP. Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness of antibiotic prophylaxis in prevention of wound infection after mesh repair of abdominal wall hernia. Br J Surg 2006;93:5-10.
Sanabria A, Domínguez LC, Valdivieso E, Gómez G. Prophylactic antibiotics for mesh inguinal hernioplasty: A meta-analysis. Ann Surg 2007;245:392-6.
Sanchez-Manuel FJ, Lozano-García J, Seco-Gil JL. Antibiotic prophylaxis for hernia repair. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012;15:CD003769.
Li JF, Lai DD, Zhang XD, Zhang AM, Sun KX, Luo HG, et al. Meta-analysis of the effectiveness of prophylactic antibiotics in the prevention of postoperative complications after tension-free hernioplasty. Can J Surg 2012;55:27-32.
Mazaki T, Mado K, Masuda H, Shiono M. Antibiotic prophylaxis for the prevention of surgical site infection after tension-free hernia repair: A Bayesian and frequentist meta-analysis. J Am Coll Surg 2013;217:788-8010.
Erdas E, Medas F, Pisano G, Nicolosi A, Calò PG. Antibiotic prophylaxis for open mesh repair of groin hernia: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Hernia 2016;20:765-76.
Boonchan T, Wilasrusmee C, McEvoy M, Attia J, Thakkinstian A. Network meta-analysis of antibiotic prophylaxis for prevention of surgical-site infection after groin hernia surgery. Br J Surg 2017;104:e106-17.
Schwetling R, Bärlehner E. Is there an indication for general perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis in laparoscopic plastic hernia repair with implantation of alloplastic tissue? Zentralbl Chir 1998;123:193-5.
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Miserez M, Peeters E, Aufenacker T, Bouillot JL, Campanelli G, Conze J, et al. Update with level 1 studies of the european hernia society guidelines on the treatment of inguinal hernia in adult patients. Hernia 2014;18:151-63.
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This specification covers deformed and plain carbonsteel bars in cut lengths and coils for concrete reinforcement. Annex A2 of this specification covers deformed bars for use for other applications. Steel bars containing alloy additions, such as with the Association for Iron and Steel Technology and the Society of Automotive Engineers series of alloy steels, are permitted if the resulting product meets all the other requirements of this specification. The standard sizes and dimensions of deformed bars and their number designations are given in Table 1.
Unless specified for use for other applications in Annex A2, bars are of four minimum yield strength levels: namely, 40 000 psi [280 MPa], 60 000 psi [420 MPa], 80 000 psi [550 MPa], and 100 000 psi [690 MPa], designated as Grade 40 , Grade 60 , Grade 80 , and Grade 100 , respectively.
NOTE 1-Grade 100  reinforcing bars were introduced in this specification in 2015. In contrast to the lower grades, which have ratios of specified tensile strength to specified yield strength that range from 1.31 to 1.5, Grade 100  reinforcing bars have a ratio of specified tensile strength to specified yield strength of 1.15. Designers should be aware that there will, therefore, be a lower margin of safety and reduced warning of failure following yielding when Grade 100  bars are used in structural members where strength is governed by the tensile strength of the reinforcement, primarily in beams and slabs. If this is of concern, the purchaser has the option of specifying a minimum ratio of tensile strength to actual yield strength. Consensus design codes and specifications such as "Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete (ACI 318)" may not recognize Grade 100  reinforcing bars: therefore the 125 % of specified yield strength requirements in tension and compression are not applicable. Mechanical and welded splices should meet a minimum specified tensile strength of 115 000 psi [790 MPa].
NOTE 2-Designers need to be aware that design standards do not recognize the use of the No. 20  bar, the largest bar included in this specification. Structural members reinforced with No. 20  bars may require approval of the building official or other appropriate authority and require special detailing to ensure adequate performance at service and factored loads.
Plain bars, in sizes up to and including 21⁄2 in. [63.5 mm] in diameter in coils or cut lengths, when ordered shall be furnished under this specification in Grade 40 , Grade 60 , Grade 80 , and Grade 100 . For ductility properties (elongation and bending), test provisions of the nearest smaller nominal diameter deformed bar size shall apply. Requirements providing for deformations and marking shall not be applicable. NOTE 3-Welding of the material in this specification should be approached with caution since no specific provisions have been included to enhance its weldability. When this steel is to be welded, a welding procedure suitable for the chemical composition and intended use or service should be used. The use of the latest edition of AWS D1.4 ⁄D1.4M is recommended. The AWS D1.4 ⁄D1.4M Welding Code describes the proper selection of the filler metals and preheat/interpass temperatures, as well as performance and procedure qualification requirements.
Requirements for alternate bar sizes are presented in Annex A1. The requirements in Annex A1 only apply when specified by the purchaser (see 4.2.5).
The text of this specification references notes and footnotes which provide explanatory material. These notes and footnotes (excluding those in tables) shall not be considered as requirements of the specification.
This specification is applicable for orders in either inch-pound units (as Specification A615) or in SI units (as Specification A615M).
The values stated in either inch-pound units or SI units are to be regarded separately as standard. Within the text, the SI units are shown in brackets. The values stated in each system may not be exact equivalents; therefore, each system shall be used independently of the other. Combining values from the two systems may result in non-conformance with the specification.
NOTE: This guide specification covers the requirements for automatic dosing siphons for sewage.
NOTE: This guide specification covers the requirements for miscellaneous site and street furniture and furnishings including shelters.


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The Misfortunes Of Stardom - Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder on Shannen Doherty, the Wanna-be Princess of Pop
"Someday, Doherty may have her own rock-n-roll groupies to distract her. A big fan of U2, Guns N' Roses and Pearl Jam (she would love to meet lead singer Eddie Vedder), she enjoys toying with the idea of having her own band." -- People Magazine, November 9, 1992
Darby: Could you tell us about your brush with Shannen?
Eddie: I'm the kind of person that I... I don't usually get into anybody's shit or anything. I don't worry about litle silly things but she like... I didn't even know who this person was. See, I went to stay at this hotel in San Diego one night where I used to work the midnight shift as security. It was really cool because I lived in a shitty neighborhood, and pretty much had a shitty life but I could go and stay at this fancy hotel at midnight and check in and get a bottle of wine and go up on the rooftop and write songs and stuff.
Darby: How long ago did you work there?
Eddie: Like three and a half, four years ago. I worked there for a long time. I'd done midnight shifts for like five years before I moved up here (to Seattle). It was a great thing--kinda like preying upon the rich. So, when we (Pearl Jam) were going to play at Iguana's (a club in Tijuana, Mexico), I thought it was going to be really cool, because I was going to stay in this hotel and get drunk, just like the old days. So, I go and check in and I'm with my friend, who's the valet, and I'm embarrassed 'cause I'm checking in at the front desk and I'm having to use a fake name. And I'm checked in under Ruben Kincade. Every once in a while, there's problems or a pain in the ass. I put myself out in public all the time and I just want to sneak away and play guitar. So, here I am under this name and he goes, "let me tell you. This person (Shannen Doherty) has been trying to figure out when you were going to stay here and she has been fucking around with everyone at the hotel." And Shannen ended up fucking with him hard-core because she found out we had been friends. It was like, she never said, "this person's cool, I like his music. Do you think we can hang out" or "I'm this person and maybe he knows my work or whatever." Maybe she knows that if I knew her work I would never hang out with her.
Darby: So when exactly did this occur?
Eddie: It was this summer. She was staying in the same hotel, doing some TV movie.
Darby: You're talking about that movie Obsessed? Eddie: Something about a teenage whore.
Darby: It was like a Fatal Attraction-type movie.
Eddie: So she was probably using her obsession with me to get inspiration. Well, I heard that she was really rude to a lot of people. They have a concierge at this hotel and they said that she came up to him and said, "I heard this band is playing in Mexico and I want tickets and I want passes. Make it happen."
Darby: So she wanted to go see Pearl Jam.
Eddie: She demanded backstage passes. "Make it happen." That was the quote. I heard this from the valet and then they called the concierge. And then she was calling our office, and... I've had a girlfriend for eight years and we're like a total team and she just happened to be at our management office and was there the day that Shannen's office called and wanted to know if I had a girlfriend and wanted pictures and all this shit.
Darby: She was having her office call to find out her statistics for her?
Eddie: Yeah. And my girlfriend who was with me at the MTV Awards was looking out for Shannen just waiting to kick the shit out of her. And my thing was like, "I would probably beat the shit out of a guy who was doing that to you, so go for it." Shannen Doherty would have been dead meat.
Darby: Did they get her tickets?
Eddie: Yeah.
Darby: So did she ever end up meeting you?
Eddie: No. But I know I would just spend the whole time puking if I met her anyway. I mean anyone who seriously wanted to meet me or gain my confidence would never show up at some Republican thing. I don't even know what she did.
Darby: She led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Eddie: I've never read an interview with her. I've seen her on Arsenio a couple of times. I don't have any feelings for the person, but I just don't think you can get around in life by being a fuck. You can't treat people like shit. And everyone I know who treats people like shit haven't come from places where they've been shit upon.
At the bottom of the page Eddie said this about Shannen's video shoot for Slaughter:
"That makes it even more offensive to me that she's interested in our band and she did something for Slaughter." -- Eddie Vedder
This article was also in the newsletter next to Eddie's interview.
SAN DIEGO, CA -- During the recent filming of the TV movie, Obsessed, with William Devane, Shannen Doherty seemed to live the title of the drama, obsessed with Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam. And her obsession with being a bitch, unlike the cologne, smelled less than pretty. Even less than alcohol-induced bile.
When she found out Eddie was staying at the same hotel, she used an alias to call the front desk and said "Oh, can you tell me what room he's staying in? He's a friend of mine and we're supposed to party together tomorrow night." Of course when Eddie was asked about this he said this wasn't the case. That he wasn't friends with and had no intention of "partying" with her. Later, when she attempted to telephone his room she was told by the operator that he wasn't taking any calls. "Oh, he'll take mine," she cooed. He didn't.
Shannen's comeback within the body of an interview she did for US magazine in their March, 1993 issue:
"US: One particularly mesmerizing item in the 'I Hate Brenda Newsletter' concerns Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder. He talks about your attempts to contact him. Do you know anything about this?
Shannen: (laughs) I think I was going to the MTV Music Awards and I was trying to figure out who I should take. So I said to my publicist, "I have a crush on Eddie Vedder." I've never met him, but I think he's extremely talented and very good looking. I don't know one woman who wouldn't want the opportunity to [meet him, I think]. So I guess my publicist called his publicist, and it turns out that he's been with the same girl for, like, seven years, which I think is great. It was dropped, and that was the end of it.
US: In his version of the story he says that you were staying at the same hotel in San Diego and invested quite a bit of energy in attempting to phone him.
Shannen: I don't think so! Did he really say that? That's pretty tacky. From what I understand, he wasn't even staying at the same hotel. My makeup artist was actually the one who was trying to get hold of him, because she has a crush on him too (laughs). But I didn't try to call up his room or anything. Even if I did, it would make me a very normal girl. The sad part is that he felt like he had to lie and pump up his ego by saying that I did that. I just think he should have been flattered that I even wanted to meet with him at the MTV Awards and left it at that. [pause] My crush is now over."


The beautiful, smart and, no doubt, fragrant Melinda Gates is the subject of a mahoosive profile in Fortune. And, aside from the philanthropic angle (Bill and Melinda, it is estimated, will give away around $100 billion from their eponymous foundation) it gives a fascinating insight into the home life of Mr. and Mrs. Gates—including the fact that the Apple II she inherited off her dad as a teenager was what got her interested in computer science. More choice nuggets below.
• "Yes, we're a couple that has fun discussing fertilizer while we walk on the beach," says Bill, who says he's looking forward to haranguing pharmaceutical companies to do more for the developing world. "Nobody gives them a hard time. That job is natural for me to do."
• Melinda's a better runner than her husband and, as well as running the Seattle Marathon, has climbed 14,000-foot Mount Rainier.
• Would Warren Buffett have given the Gates Foundation his fortune if Melinda hadn't been in charge? "I'm not sure," he replies.
• She reveals how Bill asked her out on a date after they ran into each other in the parking lot at Microsoft: "We talked a while, and then he said, 'Will you go out with me two weeks from Friday night?' I said, 'Two weeks from Friday? That's not nearly spontaneous enough for me. I don't know. Call me up closer to the day.'"
• Chez Gates, Wednesday night is family swimming night, Friday night is family movie night.


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Home Culture Culture News
August 5, 1997 4:00AM ET
William S. Burroughs Dead At 83
Isaac Josephson
Isaac Josephson's Most Recent Stories
Phish Cover Velvet Underground for Vegas Soiree
Bigger, Better, Faster, moe.
Ol' Blue Eyes Is Mourned
One of the last links to the beat generation has been broken.
William S. Burroughs, author of Naked
Lunch and Junkie died Saturday at age 83 after
suffering a heart attack.
The son of a successful St. Louis businessman, Burroughs
graduated from Harvard University in 1938 and eventually made his
way to New York City where he befriended a circle of drifters and
students that included Allen Ginsberg, Jack
Kerouac and Neal Cassady. Burroughs,
first immortalized as Old Bull Lee in Kerouac's On the
Road, moved to Texas with his wife, Joan, in 1946.
After accidentally shooting and killing his wife in a
drug-addled stage, Burroughs penned Junkie, then
disappeared to Tangier, Morocco where he wrote Naked
Lunch. Originally published in 1959, but banned in the United
States until 1962, Naked Lunch, with its offbeat monikers
and cut-up aesthetic, has since become a primary inspiration for
later literary and musical movements such as cyberpunk, punk rock
and hip-hop.
Burroughs bounced around for the next two decades, battling
heroin addiction and publishing sporadically. He briefly found a
home back in New York City during the punk era of the late '70s. In
1981, Burroughs moved to Lawrence, Kan., where he lived out the
rest of his life.
By now a cultural icon, Burroughs appeared in a number of films,
including the award-winning Drugstore Cowboy and the big
screen version of Naked Lunch. He produced several
spoken-word albums, collaborated with popular musicians including
The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy and the late
Kurt Cobain.
Burroughs' only son, William, died in 1981.


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Did Run The Jewels Post & Delete "RTJ4" Release Date?
June 17, 2019 | 10:06 AM
by Kyle Eustice
Katja Ogrin/WireImage
Run The Jewels — the motley Hip Hop duo of Killer Mike and El-P — has been working on their next album for years. On Monday morning (June 17), it looked like fans finally had a release date for Run The Jewels 4, their aptly titled follow-up to 2016's Run The Jewels 3.
After posting a photo of two hands clinking pint glasses emblazoned with the RTJ logo, the post quickly and mysteriously disappeared. But, those who were paying attention saw a release date in the caption that read, "9.7.19."
The same image was later shared to their Instagram Story — minus the caption.
Mike and El Producto have been dropping hints the album is close to being unveiled to the public. Late last month, they posted a photo of themselves with producer extraordinaire Rick Rubin and revealed they'd spent the past week at his Malibu recording studio wrapping things up.
Last December, El-P teased a 2019 release date, but didn't elaborate . Now, it looks like Run The Jewels 4 could arrive on September 7. It's yet to be determined why the post was removed. We'll just have to wait and see.
Yes, she's mostly naked.


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Lubuntu este o distribuție GNU/Linux bazată pe Ubuntu. Este o variantă mai rapidă, mai ușoară și mai economică pentru PCuri, laptopuri sau notebookuri care au  hardware cu specificații reduse. Pentru aceasta, Lubuntu folosește mediul desktop LXDE (Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment). Lubuntu a devenit membru oficial al familiei Ubuntu la 13 octombrie 2011, odată cu lansarea versiunii 11.10.

Istoric
În martie 2009, Lubuntu apare pe site-ul web Launchpad având o primă versiune a logo-ului, de asemenea pe o pagină wiki Ubuntu în care sunt incluse liste de aplicații, și pachete de programe ale sistemului de operare.

În august 2009, a fost lansată versiunea 9.10b14, un Live CD de testare cu imaginea ISO, fără opțiune de instalare.

Începând cu versiunea 14.04, este disponibil și în versiunea Long Term Support (LTS), cu suport pentru 3 ani.

Cerințe de sistem
Versiunile mai vechi ale Lubuntu pot fi instalate pe sisteme cu procesor Pentium II sau Pentium III  400-500 MHz, memorie RAM 256 MB - 384 MB. În cele mai recente versiuni, cerințele de sistem sunt ceva mai mari, 1 GB RAM (512 MB minim) și un procesor Pentium 4 sau  AMD K8.

Versiuni
8.10 Intrepid Ibex, 30 octombrie 2008
9.04 Jaunty Jackalope, 23 aprilie 2009
9.10b14 Karmic Koala, 1 septembrie 2009 - test Live CD fără instalare
9.10b23 Karmic Koala 08 septembrie 2009 - test Live CD, instalare prin terminal
9.10 Karmic Koala, 26 octombrie 2009
10.04 Lucid Lynx, 2 mai 2010 - versiune non-LTS
10.10 Maverick Meerkat, 10 octombrie 2010 - versiune beta stabilă
11.04 Natty Narwhal, 28 aprilie 201 -  versiune stabilă
11.10 Onereic Ocelot 13 octombrie 2011 -  lansare integrată în familia Ubuntu.
12.04 Precizie Pangolin, 29 aprilie 2012 -  versiune non-LTS.
12.10 Quetal Quetzal, 18 octombrie 2012
13.04 Ringer Ringtail 25 aprilie 2013
13.10 Saucy Salamander, 17 octombrie 2013
14.04 Trusty Tahr, 17 aprilie 2014 - versiune LTS 3 ani
14.10 Utopic Unicorn, 23 octombrie 2014
15.04 Vivid Vervet, 23 aprilie 2015
15.10 Werwolf, 22 octombrie 2015
16.04 Xenial Xerus, 21 aprilie 2016 - versiune LTS de 3 ani
16.10 Yakkety Yak, 13 octombrie 2016
17.04 Zesty Zapus, 13 aprilie 2017
17.10 Artful Aardvark, 19 octombrie 2017
18.04 Bionic Beaver, 26 aprilie 2018 - versiune precedentă LTS de 3 ani
18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish, 20 octombrie 2018 - versiune cu mediul desktop LXQT implicit
19.04 Disco Dingo, 18 aprilie 2019
19.10 Eoan Ermine, 17 octombrie 2019
20.04 Focal Fossa, 23 aprilie 2020 - versiunea cu suport pe termen lung curentă (LTS)
20.10 Groovy Gorilla, 22 Octombrie 2020
21.04 Hirsute Hippo, 22 Aprilie 2021
21.10 Impish Indri, 14 octombrie 2021 - ultima versiune cu LXQt 0.17.0.

Pachete de programe

Software implicit
AbiWord
Audacious
Document Viewer
File-roller
Firefox
Galculator
GDebi
GNOME Software
Gnumeric
Guvcview
LightDM
Light-Locker
Leafpad
MPlayer
MTPaint
Pidgin
PulseAudio Volume Control
Scrot
Simple Scan
Sylpheed
Transmission
Update Manager
Wget
XChat
Xfburn
Xpad

Software din LXDE
GPicView
Leafpad
LXAppearance
LXDE Common
LXDM
LXLauncher
LXPanel
LXRandr
LXSession
LXSession Edit
LXShortCut
LXTask
LXTerminal
Menu-Cache
Openbox
PCManFM

Lubuntu are de asemenea acces la depozitele de software Ubuntu prin Centrul de software Lubuntu, managerul de pachete Synaptic și APT, permițând instalarea oricărei aplicații disponibile pentru Ubuntu.

Distribuții derivate
LXLE Linux
OSGeo-Live
Peppermint OS

Note

Vezi și
LXDE
Distribuții GNU/Linux bazate pe Ubuntu
Xubuntu

Legături externe

 Pagina web oficială

 Lubuntu Documentation

Derivate Ubuntu
Mini distribuții Linux

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Fr. Jim Marchionda is Prior Provincial of the Province of St. Albert the Great in Chicago.
"Dominican friar Fr. James Dominic Kavanaugh 'worked all day long with the housecleaning brigade, putting his hand to any task that presented itself with a good will and cheerfulness that were an inspiration in themselves.'"


The wood lathe is one of the unique shop tools that allows you to produce a completed object using basically only one power tool. However, as most modern woodturners will tell you (especially if their significant other is within earshot), you need a lot of other tools in order to be a "complete" woodturner. It is very satisfying and great therapy to have long streams of shavings coming off a piece that is being turned- it beats going to a psychiatrist to get your head adjusted! Also, a great deal of the work now being done in woodturning involves carving, painting, decorating, etc. with tools other than the lathe.
Fred's Creative Woodworking is more than just woodturning. Fred has a variety of items available for sale and welcomes ideas from you for new creations.
There are two areas on my site where I have items for sale.
My Sales Page has SEWING AND QUILTING ITEMS as well as other non-quilting items that I make.
My Gallery Page has a large variety of WOOD ART that I make for sale.


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Information Please
Category: Various
Media: Book
Information, Please - the popular radio quiz program that played experts for fall guys - was capital, dependable, adult radio fun for more than a decade (1938 - 1952). The fast-cracking experts - John Kieran, omniscient sports columnist for the New York Times; Franklin Pierce Adams, New York Post columnist; and, Oscar Levant, composer, pianist, gag-stacked Broadwayfarer - were acknowledged by listeners as the most knowing of know-it-alls. Master of Ceremonies Clifton Fadiman was famous for beating the experts to the pun while he picked the questions submitted each week by listeners. Information, Please spawned a short-lived series of film shorts ( 1940 - 1943), a summer-run television program (1952), at least two card games, and the long-running Information, Please Almanac.Included in this first book on the series, you will find:- A documentary on the making of broadcasts and background production.- Reprinted Sponsor and Cast contracts.- Day-by-day information about the 1945 Information, Please European Tour.- A history of the 18 RKO Information, Please shorts (1939 - 1942).- Complete information on the short-lived 1952 television series.- A thorough history of the radio program's involvement with the Information, Please Almanac.- A complete episode guide listing each and every radio broadcast, television broadcast and movie short.


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Wayne Markworth
Retired Band Director, Adjunct Faculty Wright State University, Adjudicator & Author
Shadow Lake Music
Wayne was Director of Bands at Centerville High School in Ohio for 35 years. He also served as Fine Arts Coordinator for the Centerville City Schools for five years and High School Music Department Chair for twenty years.
During his tenure, the Centerville Band program involved over 250 students including three concert bands, three jazz ensembles, marching band, and Winter Guard and Percussion. They received consistent superior ratings and awards and the Symphonic Band, Jazz Ensembles, and Marching Band performed at OMEA state conventions. Wayne developed the marching band, known as "The Centerville Jazz Band", into a unique and entertaining ensemble of 200 members that performed an all-jazz format on the field. They were finalists in Bands of America Regionals and Grand Nationals 57 times, with fourteen regional championships and the 1992 Grand Nationals Championship.
Wayne received a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Indiana University and a Master of Music degree from Northwestern University. He is an active clinician, adjudicator, arranger and trumpet performer and President of the music & consulting business Shadow Lake Music. In 2007, he was inducted into the Bands of America Hall of Fame. He is currently adjunct faculty at Wright State University and is the author of The Dynamic Marching Band, a textbook on marching band techniques. Wayne is the Director of WGI Winds.
Foundations of the Marching Band
This is a look at the marching band as an integral part of the total band program focusing on: philosophy, structure of the organization, the role of staff and learning models.
Marching Band Rehearsal Techniques That Work
This clinic will focus on proven techniques to improve the efficiency and long-term results of the high school marching band. The rehearsal methods will also carry over into the entire band program.
Planning for an Entertaining Show
Can a marching band show be both entertaining to the home crowd and competitive? A show planning approach is presented that satisfies both of those criteria.
See It - Hear It - Play It: A visual approach to learning jazz style for young players
Young players, who are mostly visual dominant learners, need a visual approach to playing jazz and in particular, swing style. "Just listen to a lot of jazz!" is the traditional "pedagogy" that is not as efficient as one based on Multiple Learning Styles. This clinic presents a successful approach utilizing visual exercises and notation.


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