Ø5.6 mm diode packages, the LMF18 features a cutout for the tab on TO-18 diode packages.
P10 1 Ø1.5" Mounting Post, 1/4"-20 Taps, L = 10"
allowing for rotation of the polarization axis. See the Application tab above for details.
Thorlabs offers post-mountable, SM-threaded, and cage-compatible passive mounts for TO can laser diodes. Passive mounts are also available for fiber-pigtailed laser diodes, as well as unmounted light emitting diodes (LEDs).
Ø1/2" post-mountable passive mounts are compatible with TO-18, TO-38, TO-46, Ø5.6 mm, or Ø9 mm laser diode packages. We also offer post mounts with threads for strain relief cables. SM05-threaded (0.535"-40) and SM1-threaded (1.035"-40) mounts are available in aluminum or non-conductive Delrin® versions for laser diodes in Ø5.6 mm, Ø9 mm, TO-38, TO-46, and TO-5 packages. The external threading on SM-threaded mounts allows them to be used in a wide variety of SM05- or SM1-compatible optomechanics, including our Kinematic Mounts, Lens Tubes, XY Translation Mounts, 16 mm Cage Plates (SM05 compatible), and 30 mm Cage Plates (SM1 compatible). 30 mm Cage System-compatible and post-mountable cage plate mounts are also available for mounting Ø5.6 mm, Ø9 mm, and TO-3 laser diodes.
Please note that these diode mounts do not have any temperature regulation or temperature measurement capability, which only makes them suitable for diodes that do not require active cooling. For our selection of temperature-controlled mounts, please click here. Running a laser diode at a high operating temperature can significantly shorten its lifetime.
Thorlabs' versatile cage system can be used to create complex optical systems with elements that are aligned along a common optical axis. The cage system is available in three different sizes (16 mm, 30 mm, and 60 mm rod spacings), with a wide selection of accessories available as well as cage size adapters that allow for interoperability of different cage sizes. Smaller cage assemblies may be mounted within larger ones where clearances allow, as in the Application Idea above.
In the Application Idea above, a 30 mm cage assembly is mounted on a CP07T SM2-Threaded Round Cage Plate, which is threaded into an LCRM2 60 mm Cage Rotation Mount (available below). The 30 mm cage assembly consists of a TO-can laser diode and collimation optics. Rotating the laser diode in conjunction with its collimation optics allows the polarization axis of the TO can laser diode to be rotated while maintaining a collimated, approximately Gaussian beam.
The Ø9 mm TO can laser diode is mounted in an LDH9-P2 30 mm Cage Collimation Mount and SR9 ESD Protection/Strain Relief Cable. The collimated elliptical output of the laser diode is corrected for using cylindrical lenses mounted in CYCP Cylindrical Lens Mounts. ER1.5 Cage Assembly Rods must be substituted for the ER2 rods that are included with each CYCP mount. This provides the necessary clearance for the 30 mm cage assembly to rotate unobstructed within the 60 mm cage assembly.
# Product Description Item # Item Qty.
Choose the passive laser diode (LD) mount compatible with the laser diode package (Mounting options for Ø5.6 mm or Ø9 mm TO can as well as TO3 laser diodes are available).
Hi Greg, thank you for contacting Thorlabs. The biggest difference between these body types is a tab on the TO-18. Other than that, they are very similar and can often be interchanged.
The s05LM556 is potentially electrically conductive. Once a laser diode is place inside this part, it could short out to your entire assembly. It would be better to include ceramic, ABS, nylon, or Delrin interfaces to lasers (like PAL5-A) to ensure electrical isolation.
Response from Chris at Thorlabs: If the S05LM56 is mounted into a standard fixed mount such as the LMR05(/M), it can be electrically isolated using the TRE(/M) post adapters.
Please also have an adaptor for TO-8 case (for a specific bare photodiode I need to use). Thanks.
Response from Chris at Thorlabs: Thank you for your feedback. I have begun an internal discussion about your idea and this may be released in the future. We appreciate your suggestion.
Response from Jeremy at Thorlabs: Thank you very much for your feedback. I have posted this feedback into our internal forum and we will look into the possibility of offering this.
The S1LEDM mount works very nicely with LEDs or photodiodes in a TO-18 package. Would you consider making a similar mount for devices in a TO-5 package? I ask because I need to mount a TO-5-packaged photodiode (Hamamatsu G8370-02). Cheers, Iain.
Response from Javier at Thorlabs to Mario Stipcevic: Thank you very much for contacting us with your request. I will contact you directly to get the dimensions and other specifications of your LED.
Thorlabs' Post-Mountable Laser Diode Mounts provide a simple solution for quick and easy mounting of a laser diode mounted in a TO-18, TO-38, TO-46, Ø5.6 mm, or Ø9 mm package that does not require temperature control. A top-located 2-56 cap screw with a 5/64" (2 mm) hex actuates a flexure clamp that secures the diode in place. The LM9F Ø9 mm laser diode mount includes an adapter for Ø5.6 mm laser diode packages.
Each diode mount can be attached to a post using a bottom-located 8-32 (M4) tap, with exception to the LM9F which has a #8 (M4) counterbore. Both mounting options allow for a compact profile that takes up minimal space in an experimental setup. The LMF18(/M), LMF38(/M), LMF46(/M), LMF56(/M), and LMF9(/M) also have a Ø0.10" torque hole in the front of the mount. A 5/64" (2 mm) balldriver can be inserted into this hole to provide extra leverage when tightening or loosening the mount.
Additionally, Thorlabs offers temperature-controlled mounts, as well as laser diode current controllers.
Thorlabs' Post-Mountable Laser Diode and Strain Relief Mounts provide a simple solution for mounting a laser diode and strain-relief cable. These mounts accommodate diodes in TO-18, Ø5.6 mm, or Ø9 mm packages and do not offer temperature control.
When using this mount, the diode pins should first be clipped for proper attachment to the strain relief cable. The top of the mount is engraved to show the length to which the leads should be clipped, as illustrated in the video to the right. If the diode pins are too long then you will not be able to fully engage the threads of the strain relief cable. Then, depending on the mount, the laser diode must be inserted from the rear [LMF18R(/M)] or front [LMF56R(/M) and LMF9R(/M)]. Once the diode reaches the mechanical stop, tighten the cap screw [5/64" (2 mm) hex] that secures the diode in place. Finally, align the strain relief socket, insert the pins, then screw the strain relief cable's boot onto the back of the mount.
Each diode mount can be attached to a post using a bottom-located 8-32 (M4) tap. This allows for a compact profile that takes up minimal space in an experimental setup. The LMF18R(/M), LMF56R(/M), and LMF9R(/M) also have a Ø0.10" torque hole in the front of the mount. A 5/64" (2 mm) balldriver can be inserted into this hole to provide extra leverage when tightening or loosening the mount.
Thorlabs offers SM05-threaded (0.535"-40) and SM1-threaded (1.035"-40) black-anodized aluminum lens tube mounts to accommodate laser diodes in TO-38, TO-46, Ø5.6 mm, Ø9 mm, and TO-5 packages. These laser diode mounts are designed such that the laser diode is aligned to the optical axis of the lens tube, enabling easy assembly of lens-tube-based setups.
The laser diode can be directly inserted into the mount and held in place with the included retaining ring (see the table to the right for details). Our SPW801 Adjustable Spanner Wrench can be used to secure the laser diode into any of these mounts. Alternatively, the table to the right also lists the compatible fixed spanner wrench for each mount, if available.
Each laser diode mount, other than the S1LM05, is equipped with internal 13/32"-40 threads that allow our ESD protection and strain relief cables to be attached. Instead of 13/32"-40 threads, the S1LM05 has internal SM05 threads.
To operate and control the mounted laser diodes, please see our line of laser diode current controllers. If your application requires mounting a temperature-controlled laser diode into a lens tube setup, please see our lens-tube-compatible temperature-controlled laser diode mounts.
Thorlabs offers laser diode lens tube mounts fabricated from Delrin for mounting laser diodes in TO-38, TO-46, Ø5.6 mm, Ø9 mm, and TO-5 packages. Mounts are available with either SM05 (0.535"-40) or SM1 (1.035"-40) external threading. The Delrin material provides electrical insulation between the laser diode case and our aluminum lens tubes.
These laser diode mounts are designed such that the laser diode is aligned to the optical axis of the lens tube, enabling easy assembly of lens-tube-based setups. The laser diode can be directly inserted into the mount and held in place with the included black-anodized aluminum retaining ring (see the table to the right for details). The S1PLM05 comes with a Delrin retaining ring instead of the aluminum retaining ring included with the other Delrin mounts.
Our SPW801 Adjustable Spanner Wrench can be used to secure the laser diode into any of these mounts. Alternatively, the table to the right also lists the compatible fixed spanner wrench for each mount, if available. The mount and retaining ring should both be at room temperature before adjustment.
To operate and control the mounted laser diodes, please see our line of laser diode current controllers. If your application requires mounting a temperature-controlled laser diode into a lens tube setup, please see our lens-tube-compatible temperature-controlled laser diode mounts. Please note that Delrin is an electrically and thermally insulating material. The maximum operating temperature for these mounts is 185 °F (85 °C).
These cage plates provide precision mounting of the laser diode without the use of adapters, which ensures maximum centration for good beam quality and alignment to the cage system. They are fully compatible with our 30 mm cage system and can be mounted on Ø1/2" posts using the bottom-located 8-32 (M4) tapped hole.
For the Ø5.6 mm and Ø9 mm laser diode cage plates, the distance between the laser diode and an adjacent cage plate can be precisely set using a 3/16"-100 adjuster (5/64" hex, Item # F19SS075). The laser diode is secured with a retaining ring that can be tightened using a spanner wrench. The Ø5.6 mm mount is compatible with our SPW801 spanner wrench only, while the Ø9 mm mount is compatible with the SPW301 and SPW801 spanner wrenches. To align the laser chip axis to the cage system, access ports on the front of the mount allow rotation of the laser diode using tweezers prior to fully threading the retaining ring (see photo to the right). After the laser diode is mounted, a strain relief cable can be screwed into the back of the cage plate for electrical connections.
The TO-3 cage plate can be mounted directly onto any heat sink that is designed to accept TO-3 laser packages. Two #6 through holes allow the laser diode to be mounted to the plate. The mounting area is cut 1 mm oversized in all directions to allow adjustment of the laser for centration within the cage system. This cage plate is not compatible with our strain relief cables.


To all the wonderful Firewise advocates in the 40 U.S. states, the local officials, fire departments and most of all residents who have worked hard this year to earn or to keep their recognition status -- congratulations! Becoming Firewise is so much more than a number...but our staff and colleagues are proud to show the spread and growth of this wildfire safety program around the country.
May you all continue to find ways to improve your home, family and community readiness for wildfire and to become fire adapted. Best wishes for a safe, happy and prosperous 2014!
Firewise Challenge Update: California and Pennsylvania are back on the leaderboard.
As of this morning, there are 1028 active Firewise communities.  2013 year-to-date there have been 686 renewals and 120 newly recognized communities.  This means there are 222 outstanding Firewise Communities that need to renew in order to maintain their recognition status through 2014.
As of this morning, there are 1028 active Firewise communities. 2013 year-to-date there have been 658 renewals and 119 newly recognized communities. This means there are 251 outstanding Firewise Communities that need to renew in order to maintain their recognition status through 2014.
The Firewise Challenge cut-off is December 31. A Firewise Challenge update will be made tomorrow morning and a final one on January 2. We will announce publicly the winning states on Friday, February 7, 2014 on our blog and Facebook page.
Attention fire departments: February 7 is the deadline to apply for the NFPA's Rolf H. Jensen Memorial Public Education Grant . The $5,000 grant is presented annually to a local fire department to support a community-wide fire and life safety education program or campaign. Funded by the RJA Group, the grant is open to any fire department –career or volunteer– in the United States or Canada.
I can always count on my friend Christina Randall, Wildfire Mitigation Administrator with the City of Colorado Springs Fire Department for a jaw dropping mitigation story, and last Friday, she didn't disappoint. As I hungrily munched on egg rolls and wonton soup at lunch, she casually mentioned a recent milestone framed around some trivia; their eleven-month cumulative neighborhood chipping equaled the weight of 17,482 second graders (the vision of my seven-year-old niece Julia and more than 17,000 of her friends, was more than I could wrap my mind around). As you can imagine, I nearly choked on the wonton I'd just taken a bite of.
In reality, the number of second graders could be significantly increased since CSFD's actual total was 68 tons more than the point of reference used in the graphic. So, in an attempt to help a friend get it correct, I dusted off my calculator and those unaccounted for 68 tons, not included in the graphic, increases the number of students (on average a second grader weighs 65 pounds) by 2,092, for a total of 19,574 second graders. Now that's something that should be part of the Guinness World Records.
After completing that calculation, I picked up the phone and called Santa to ask how many reindeer are equivalent to 568 tons and the jolly old guy told me to let Christina know that 3,786 reindeer bulls (average weight of 300 pounds) would be very close to that weight. That provides another visual we can all comprehend as we close out the year!
If you have a phenomenal example of a mitigation project send it our way, and let's see how high the bar can go in 2014. Who knows, next year there may be a project that equals the weight of every second grader in the U.S.
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NFPA's Firewise Communities program is so pleased to confer Firewise Communities/USA recognition on Redwood Valley Rancheria, the first tribal community in California to earn this honor.
The small community is located in Northern California, and is the home of the the Redwood Valley Rancheria band of Pomo Indians. The Redwood Valley Rancheria is comprised of two separate sections of land in Redwood Valley, Mendocino County, CA. The old Rancheria consists of about 8 acres in separate parcels located in the middle of Redwood Valley (elevation 800 ft.) adjacent to the Russian River. This area consists of 1-5 acre residential parcels and older to new houses. The main Rancheria is located two miles east at the end of Road I. This property consists of 10 acres flat to rolling hills where the 31-house tribal community is located, and 160 acres of steep oak woodland with some chaparral and grass to the east. The elevation rises from 900 feet to 2300 feet in the new Rancheria.
Both properties are vulnerable to wildfire: the old Rancheria mainly from human activities and the new Rancheria from wildfires mainly caused by lightning strikes spreading from the community up the ridge or from adjacent land across or down from the steep slopes.
NFPA had the opportunity to reach out to tribal members from California and the Southwest Region at the Bureau of Indian Affairs  main office at a workshop early in 2013 that was organized by Soledad Holguin and Jim Nanamkin.  I participated at Soledad's and Jim's invitation along with NFPA's Hylton Haynes. We shared information about Firewise Communities and Fire Adapted Communities at the workshop.  Zhao Qui, Tribal Administrator for Redwood Valley Rancheria, attended and followed up with me for assistance. On my visit to the Tribe in June 2013, I learned about the fuels project the community was working on as well as fielded questions about the Firewise Community Assessment process.  Along with all the members of the local Fire Prevention team, we completed a morning tour of the community, took pictures to complete a final assessment report and looked at home ignition zones along with their crew boss, a retired US Forest Service Fire Officer.  Zhao Qui and I later completed the tour of the community and observed the community's current fuels mitigation project to provide 100 feet defensible space.  Included in the fuels project area was the tribal grass garden where they grow grasses needed for basket weaving.
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During a special ceremony on Tuesday, December 3, at 1 p.m., Kohala by the Sea, a homeowners association on the Big Island of Hawaii, was presented with a special recognition award for maintaining their Firewise Communities/USA status for 10 years.  There are only 34 communities nationwide that have been recognized with this prestigious honor in 2013.  Community representatives, the Hawaii Fire Department Chief, Darren Rosario, and Denise Laitinen, the Firewise Communities Coordinator for the State of Hawaii were present to accept the award as well as recognition for their outstanding efforts from legislative representatives.
"The Hawaii Fire Department is proud of the Kohala By The Sea community for achieving national recognition for their efforts to protect their community from the potential devastating effects of wildfires," said Fire Chief Darren Rosario.
The program adapts especially well to small communities, developments, and homeowner associations of all types, says Denise Laitinen, the Firewise Communities Hawaii Coordinator. "The residents of Kohala By The Sea recognized that they live in a high fire hazard area and used a variety of free Firewise resources to reduce their threat to wildfires," says Laitinen.
The California Fire Science Consortium hosts Dr. Sam Manzello, a research scientist in the Fire Research Division of the National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) for a free webinar tomorrow (Thursday, December 5) on the impacts of wind-driven firebrand showers, which are a major cause of structural ignition in Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) fires.
To address this problem, a new firebrand research area targeted on quantifying structure vulnerabilities to wind-driven firebrand showers has been developed. This type of firebrand research has never possible prior to the development of the NIST Firebrand Generator, also referred to as the NIST Dragon. The presentation will include a discussion of ongoing workshop activities as well as some challenges for future WUI research.
Register now through the California Fire Science Consortium (click here) for this informative discussion at 11 am (Pacific) on Thursday, December 5.
Mount Laguna is a community in San Diego, CA with a population of 57 permanent residents and about 150 part time residents. The community is located in east San Diego County at an elevation of 6,000'. The community has been designated a high risk community to wildfires. This last summer the Chariot Fire consumed about 4,700 acres and burned through part of the community and destroyed the historic Shrine Camp.
The community began the process of becoming a recognized Firewise Community before the 2013 fire and continued the process afterwards. They hosted a picnic which was attended by 90 people almost 50% of the population of the community. Chief Clay Howe a BLM representative attended this event and assisted residents hosting the picnic with a home ignition zone assessment. The assessment was also helpful for neighboring homeowners who also participated. The community assessment was completed with the assistance of Jason Kraelig US Forest Service Battalion Chief. The community is working hard to implement action items that were identified in the assessment. Because they were already a fire safe council the process of becoming a recognized Firewise Community was much easier. Is your community Firewise? It's not too late to get your application submitted by December 31.
The Okmulgee Agency and Eastern Oklahoma Region, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) recently produced "A Return to Tradition," YouTube video which explores the historical use and importance of "good' fire and its importance in the management of local fire adapted ecosystems and fire adapted communities. The video looks at current BIA vegetation management practices including mechanical and thermal practices like prescribed burning and revisits Firewise Principles and the importance of a disaster plan.
29 Days and counting ... renew your Firewise recognition status today!
If you're like me, you're probably still wondering how we celebrated Thanksgiving and then dove straight into "holiday shopping" mode this past weeked! But alas, here we are ... the second day of December! I've got a lot to do to prepare and as a potential Firewise community, so do you! So, as part of your holiday "to do" list this season, amidst the baking and the wrapping, the parties and the shopping, don't forget to check one very important item off your list: "Renew Firewise Community Recognition Status!"
After a year of working on wildfire mitigation projects around your home and neighborhood, hosting your Firewise Day, putting in countless volunteer hours and talking up wildfire safety to everyone you meet, don't let the hustle and bustle of this holiday season prevent you from filling out your Firewise renewal form and getting that recognition you and your neighbors so deserve.
The deadline to renew your recognition status (by sending in your application) is Tuesday, December 31! Don't know how? We've made the process even easier with our updated online renewal system so there's no excuse; flex those fingers and get typing! Maybe you're old school and still like the feel of a pen and paper. Don't worry, we've got you covered. Our Firewise communities recognition page has all of the information you need, including a downloadable application that you can fill out and return by mail (or sleigh if you give Santa enough notice!).
As the year comes to a close, we look forward to celebrating our wildfire safety successes with all of our Firewise communities so please, don't wait. Get your paperwork in and join the Firewise family! You and your neighbors will be glad you did!


September 23, 2018 -- New research released this week (https://huma.na/2pzUnfe) shows that nearly one-third of Americans aged 65 and older say they don't feel socially engaged.
To address this need, the International Council on Active Aging this week is offering a series of programming and events to help aging Americans embrace a healthy lifestyle.
Events are offered in celebration of Active Aging Week (Sept. 23-29), which encourages older adults to experience wellness activities and exercise in a safe and supportive environment.
During Active Aging Week (www.activeagingweek.com), more than 750,000 people will take part in 3,000+ events throughout the U.S., Canada and Australia to demonstrate the health benefits of active aging.
Colin Milner, ICAA Founder and CEO, colinmilner@icaa.cc or 604-763-4595 (cell).
Colin has advised the U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services Administration on aging and the U.S. National Institute of Health's National Institute on Aging. His bio: http://tinyurl.com/y9mtw9y5.
The 2018 theme is "Inspiring Wellness," and participants aged 50+ will take part in tai chi and yoga classes, hiking trips, nature walks, cooking demos, line dancing classes, memory games, Ping Pong tournaments, art classes, health fairs, and more at neighborhood groups, health and fitness clubs, parks and recreation sites, senior centers and senior living communities.
Your viewers/listeners/readers can find events in their area via the Active Aging Week site, plus resources and ideas for keeping them active every day!
We can provide examples of events and participants from different nationwide locations for your coverage, such as 96-year-old Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. resident George Heller, who is a competitive rower and race-walking marathoner and spends at least an hour a day exercising, after losing 100 pounds and getting in shape at the age of 55.


I think I need to stop drinking coffee before I go grocery shopping because I get a litttleeee bit too excited.
I'm a foodie to my core, even though yes, this blog is fun and I create recipes FOR you, this is really what I eat – all I have to do is document. I love to cook, I love making it easy, I love making it healthy, I love taking pics, I love to eat. lol.
So I guess if you're a psycho foodie like me I will always have your back, but if you're a normal person just looking to eat a little healthier, you'll always have a place here too.
Before I share the hacks I use to keep my grocery shopping healthy, affordable, and easy, I should probablyyyy point out some mistakes I've also made so maybe you can avoid them.
Following a grocery list you didn't edit & buying tons of food you won't use this week. It's tempting to get it all, but you'll be overwhelmed if you overdo it and start wasting food.
Restricting yourself to only healthy food because we all know treats have to be part of the equation if we want this to really work.
Not planning actual meals or at least having an idea of what you'll cook that week. The worst is when you have all these ingredients and no idea what to do with them.
Going to the grocery store with no idea in the world of what you'll get. Don't get sucked into the vortex like that.
SO with those out of the way, here are my best hacks to not waste food, get the most for your money, and start with a healthy foundation. Get your pen & paper out and brainstorm.
OH. And if you want the FULL GROCERY LIST I use every week, download it here. All ingredients on one printable page just for you my love.
Most of you are reading this because you want to eat healthier, reach a healthy weight, or get into a great routine. All of those goals can be reached by starting out with MORE greens in your day. So what I like to do is pick 4-5 essential veggies that can be used in a few different ways and get some meal ideas going for them. For example, spinach = stir frying, tofu scrambles, smoothies. Broccoli = roasting, stir-frying, curry. Spring mix = my daily salad. Red cabbage or raddichio = salads, stir-frying, garnish, etc. Now you know that maybe a few meals this week can be salads, stir fries, curry, roasted veggies. Great place to start.
WHAT FRUITS DO YOU ACTUALLY LIKE?
Now for the fruits. I personally love to have a fruit as part of breakfast and then snack on some later in the day. So I only pick fruits that make sense and that I know I'll use. I love smoothies, so bananas. I eat toast with healthy fruit jelly & peanut butter, I eat oatmeal bowls, so berries. I like to snack, so grapes and maybe oranges or mangos. I drink lemon water, so that's easy. Anything else is either a treat or me trying something new.
GRAINS, NUTS, SEEDS, OILS, SPICES.
Now that you have an IDEA of what some meals will be this week, which grains, nuts, etc. do you need for those specific meals if you don't have them already? For a stir fry, I'd need brown rice. For my salad, I'll need quinoa. For my breakfasts, I'll need flax seeds, cacao nibs, nut butters. Oils and spices I usually already have, but do a double check.
My general rule is to pick about 3 healthy snacks that I can pick from all week. That way you KNOW there are healthy options around, right? Mine are usually a flavored hummus (this one is what I got this week), multigrain chips, a cucumber or peppers to chop and dip in the hummus, and then avocados to make guac and add to salads. THEN once I have the healthy options, I'll try something new also, (usually more processed) like the quinoa puffs I tried this week or a new flavor of popcorn.
I always base condiments off the meals I have plans for. So maybe a soy sauce for the stir fry. Creamer for my iced coffees. A clean dressing I enjoy for the salads. But usually those are already around, and are the last thing I double check after I have some meals planned.
Finally, the indulgences! Guys. Please don't restrict yourself and try to never snack at home again on something unhealthy. What would be more effective is if you pick 1-2 and have them around, so you KNOW you're going to indulge a couple times and can plan ahead for it. Do what you know how to do: enjoy it, savor it, stop when you're full, and feel good about it. For me, that might be an ice cream, wine, or a vegan meat alternative if I've been craving something like a burger or chicken nuggets. Do what you've gotta do, girl.
SO check out some of the meals you thought of when planning this way. Notice that you automatically thought of veggie-based meals. Isn't it easier to START with a stir fry that includes veggies instead of planning some elaborate pasta meal and THEN trying to figure out how to add more greens?
If you're feeling good and want my full grocery list, you can download it here and print it out.
For more hacks like this, you can also try the weekly health planner and how to create a balanced plate.
These are skills you need to make your healthy eating last, feel in control, and love how you feel. I hope these hacks help you out and if you want more, just say the word.
DON'T FORGET: Download your FULL Healthy Grocery List right here for more ideas.


I put aside other knitting projects in order to finish the Basil Baby blankets before the twins go off to college. (They recently celebrated their 2nd birthday.) Going along fine until I started looking at other completed Basil blankets (on Ravelry) and realized that I had managed to knit up the borders (- count two – both sets of borders – ) incorrectly (backwards, insideout, don't ask) and had myself a lesson in careful frogging. Now back on track and I may yet complete this project before the college going away party….


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Q: how to copy contents of one slice to another slice in go I'm doing below exercise in go.
Create a slice with four elements. Create a new slice and copy the third
and fourth elements only into it.
I have return the below program
    package main

    import "fmt"

    func main() {
        var elements = make([]string, 4)
        elements[0] = "1"
        elements[1] = "2"
        elements[2] = "3"
        elements[3] = "4"
        fmt.Println(elements)

        var newElements = make([]string, 2)
        newElements = append(elements[:0], elements[:2]...)
        fmt.Println(newElements)
    }

output of my program is. But I want the newElements slice to be [3 4]-
[1 2 3 4]
[1 2]

What is wrong in my program.

A: Use the built-in copy function to copy elements from one slice to another.
var newElements = make([]string, 2)
copy(newElements, elements[2:])

Run it on the playground
You can use append to create the slice and copy the elements in a single statement, but the code is not as obvious as using copy.
newElements := append([]string(nil), elements[2:4]...)

Run it on the playground.

A: Problem is in the line newElements = append(elements[:0], elements[:2]...). Here elements[:2] means elements elements[0], elements[1]. That's why your output is [1,2]. For third and fourth elements use this elements[2:4].
package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
    var elements = make([]string, 4)
    elements[0] = "1"
    elements[1] = "2"
    elements[2] = "3"
    elements[3] = "4"
    fmt.Println(elements)

    var newElements = make([]string, 2)
    newElements = append(elements[:0], elements[2:4]...)
    fmt.Println(newElements)
}

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These exceptional diamond earrings feature cushion-cut diamonds totaling 7.63 carats. They are reversed in shape and color for a modern twist. The 18k yellow and white gold earrings are about 1 3/8" long over all.


It has been a joy to see all the hard working volunteers working so hard to get everything done in time. Special thanks to Jerry and Marry and the Guys from Hodgson and Rich from Richer who went above the call of duty on Saturday to get everything done on time.
Welcome everyone to our brand new website!
We're excited to have this new site up and running in time for our 2014 camps and hope that it makes it easier for you to find the information that you need!


How long can frozen sperm be stored?
By Juan Antonio García Velasco.
The time during which the sample remains frozen does not affect sperm quality, which means that we can have the sample frozen for as long as we wish. In fact, there are cases of samples who have been frozen for 22 years and have led to pregnancy, without causing any problem in offspring.
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PROMOTED BY Enreach UK
Unified Communications for the Digital Future
1 June 2021 | 5 Shares
Source: Enreach UK
The first few months of the COVID-19 breakout saw a sudden change in working patterns, and most organisations that were capable of doing so shifted to working-from-home as the only way to keep the business working. There was, naturally enough, no planning for this situation, but available technologies were quickly deployed to keep communications and collaboration between workers flowing. The ensuing situation wasn't perhaps ideal, but most organisations did manage to keep their activities moving successfully thanks to cloud technologies.
Eighteen months on and the working situation has settled down to some extent — depending on where in the world you are reading this — and companies have adapted to somewhere between the two extremes of all-workplace or all-home-based. There is an undeniable trend to adopt a more flexible approach where possible, with employees mixing remote and centralised working according to individual circumstances and/or centrally determined policy.
Companies' use of technology has been central throughout this transition and has been (at best) a real catalyst for digital transformation. While many managers may feel that digitisation has been thrust upon them, technology has certainly proved its worth during 2020 and the start of 2021.
At the core of what many are now terming "the new normal" is communication and collaboration: between colleagues and teams, in ad hoc working groups, and between organisations and their customers or service-users. While getting by on hastily patched-together solutions was acceptable for a few months, many organisations are now reconsidering their positions regarding communications and looking to emplace a more permanent solution.
The ability to function optimally wherever it is deployed is a critical element of cloud services. Being hosted remotely on professionally maintained data centres, unified communications platforms offer that always-on capability that reflects the service's central role in many businesses. Furthermore, being hosted in the cloud, UCaaS (unified communications as a service) is available wherever your employees might be at any moment — and that includes on a tablet, a phone during a commute, or at home on a laptop or workstation in the home office-come-kitchen.
Cloud services, such as Enreach Contact, also offer huge CAPEX cost savings, and in the case of UCaaS, the centralised technology can easily pass messages or live calls from operator to operator as if they were sat next to one another in an office, but although they might be thousands of miles apart on quite different hardware. The same technology lets colleagues collaborate using rich media (like HD video and crystal-clear audio), share files during chats, run meetings, presentations, and webinars — all from the same platform.
Many companies have brought together disparate elements of their offerings to produce what they claim to be a fully encapsulated unified comms platform capable of all this but don't provide the seamless experience that very distributed and elastic workforces need. On the other hand, pure-play, dedicated UCaaS gives users and customers a sense of continuity, where communications might move from channel to channel (text to voice, for instance) and be handled in turn by operators in different cities yet experience no disruption.
For example, in the case of Enreach's cloud platform, Enreach Contact, teams can be an ever-changing mix of colleagues at home or in branch offices yet be working together even more effectively than if they were sharing a co-working space. Users can pick up the phone (PDF) at home, use their desktop, or mobile, in the office or anywhere that's connected, and get a day's work done.
At the core of Enreach is interoperability via the cloud. For customers, that translates as being able to be in contact with their favourite brands seamlessly and safely. At a systems level, it can also mean integrating company-wide CMS data with the UCaaS, so providing a history to every customer's individual journey, from initial reach-out call to long-term support and aftercare.
Collaboration tools help form strong bonds inside teams that might be miles apart and extend their capabilities for staff at all levels. For managers and decision-makers from the supervisor level upwards, the data-based technology provides the ability to see trends, get oversight into activities over historical periods (or in near real-time), and pull information together to help strategic decisions.
Despite being a leading unified communications provider, what sets Enreach apart for us is the human element. The provider manages the fine line between providing empowerment through high-end technology, and the real world need for human advice and guidance in this often-complex market and changing world of work.
In a later article on Tech HQ, we'll be looking in more detail at Enreach's product and service offering and taking a deeper dive into just what it's capable of and how it brings multiple benefits to the organisation. But with dedicated assigned account managers for every one of its customers, and a UK presence staffed by real people, answers are available for any business owner or decision maker considering moving away from ISDN+on-premise VOIP.
If what you've read here rings true for you or your organisation, get in touch with Enreach to talk about the cloud and its UCaaS. And check back here in a few weeks for a further look at this solution.
As companies of all sizes now take a metaphorical breath and plan for the next few years of very different circumstances, the Enreach Contact platform is a central pillar on which the digitisation of any company can be built.

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Operating since over 40 years, Var Group is an Italian leader in the integration of IT technologies, innovative solutions and services.
The partnership with leading global IT manufacturers, access to the most advanced technologies and the ability to combine them with internally designed solutions make Var Group able to deliver solutions that can help companies in their journey toward the Digital Transformation.
Thus Var Group can very effectively support the Digital Transformation in the Railway sector both for vehicles and the infrastructure.


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The majority of numbers utilizing the 01942 area code are regular Wigan landlines, however it should be noted that this might be misleading. Many businesses don't provide a service that is connected or requires a physical address, but if they have a phone number, they have an area code.


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Just Me And Fifty Moms... I'll Feel Right At Home!
I'll be talking about parenthood and signing copies of my book Life Is Short, Laundry Is Eternal with the woman of Beth El.
October 19th from 10am until noon.
Stop by and say hello and then enjoy the best outdoor book festival that I've ever seen.
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Join me on Saturday, October 11, 2014 when festival-goers will have an opportunity to stroll more than six blocks of Haddon Avenue filled with nationally recognized authors/speakers for adults and children, as well as booksellers, storytellers, poetry readings, workshops, exhibitors, kid-friendly activities, and entertainment for all ages. This award-winning festival is the longest-running, largest literary event in the Delaware Valley.
I'm Going To Be A Guest On The April 9, 2014 Edition Of 'Leiberman Live'!
"Leiberman Live" on Sirius XM Howard 101 is a daily news show on the Howard Stern channels.
Jon Leiberman is a seasoned journalist who appears on the Howard Stern show and on television shows regularly discussing the news issues of the day. This 15 minute show couples expert opinions with the opinions of those from the Howard Stern world. The end result is a mixture of information and entertainment sure to inform and entertain. Catch it all day on Howard 101!
I'll be speaking Wednesday night at the Barnes & Noble, Princeton Market fair. Stop by and hear the story of my path to being published, the writing process and a bunch of inappropriate stories I bet BN doesn't think that I'll tell.
Join Scott on July 18 for a live discussion about blogging, type I diabetes advocacy and his new book, 'Life Is Short, Laundry Is Eternal: Confessions of a Stay-At-Home Dad'.
I'll be on Katie Couric's talk show, 'Katie" this Wednesday, June 19. It's a syndicated show so it runs at a few different times of day. Use Katie's station finder to find the station and time near you.
After we taped the interview last week Katie asked me if I would also contribute to her blog! I've sent the piece to her digital producer and I'll link to it as soon as it posts. This has been an exciting few weeks and Katie has been so very nice, I actually have a message on our home answering machine from her TV producer that says that she is sorry for calling and asking me to appear last minute (As if I cared!) but that, "Katie asked for me personally" during their production meeting.
The next day, I was on her stage - I had the audience laughing a few times during the segment that I was a part of, hopefully it all won't be edited out. I can't wait to find out! We are away right now on a family vacation so you may well see the episode before I do - let me know what you think.


According to The University of Chicago's General Social Survey - which has routinely collected data since 1972 in order to help generate a better understanding of the attitudes, concerns, and experiences of American citizens - approximately 12% of men and seven percent of women admit to having had an extra-marital affair. Further studies suggest that around 30-40% of unmarried couples see at least one incident of sexual infidelity.
As a result, there are few people who haven't experienced infidelity in some form. Of course, each and every story is uniquely different, from the way in which the affair was initiated to the way in which it was handled once discovered.
Some choose to stand-by their adulterous partners, with some high-profile examples such as Beyoncé, Hillary Clinton, and Khloé Kardashian, while others decide that it's impossible to trust someone after they stray, just like Arnold Schwarzenegger's wife, Maria Shriver. Immediately after she learned that the muscle-man had cheated on her with their housekeeper, and even fathered an illegitimate child, she filed for divorce. In Shriver's defense, that's a pretty inexcusable crime within a marriage.
In the past, most cases of divorce and separation were settled in the courts. However, in modern times cases are more commonly handled on social media, where anonymous users act as the judge and jury.
One such case is that of Tiana Perea from Houston, Texas, who decided to stage an elaborate scene when dumping her boyfriend, whom she discovered had been sending illicit photographs to other girls during their relationship.
Rather than hide details of her private life behind perfect selfies and #ThrowbackThursday posts, Tiana decided to share the ugly truth.
During celebrations for her 21st birthday, Tiana invited dozens of friends to her house to raise a glass to her status as an adult. Her boyfriend was present at the party, but totally unaware of the part he was to play in the festivities.
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"I'd like to thank Santos for making me realize I deserve so much better," says Tiana, to a small cheer from her friends. "Because every single person here knows you were trying to f*** with some girl."
"All of us have seen screenshots," she continues, empowered by the reaction of her friends. "You were sexting her and sending her videos. You literally sent her the same picture you sent me today."
At this point, Tiana's brother can be seen descending the stairs behind a bemused-looking Santos. In his hand, he can clearly be seen carrying a large duffle bag, evidently containing Santos' belongings.
"In case you hadn't figured it out, we're over and you can get the f**k out," says Tiana as Santos, admitting defeat and guilt, grabs the bag and walks towards the door.
Her friends can be heard audibly cheering her on as Tiana then rounds on Santos' friend stating that if he knew anything about his friend's indiscretion he should also leave.
The clip has now been viewed more than five million times online, receiving mixed reviews from users on Twitter. Some believe it to be an elaborate display, orchestrated to gain Tiana some attention, others defend her decision stating that Santos got what he deserved by being unfaithful. But what do you think?


Aston Villa have handed Philippe Senderos a two-year contract, during which the defender hopes to achieve something special with the club.
The 29-year-old first rose to prominence in England when Arsene Wenger lured him to Arsenal in 2003, and he was in the starting XI when the Gunners won the FA Cup against Manchester United two years later. That was to prove the high point of his seven-year spell at the Emirates Stadium, having struggled to become a first team regular.
Senderos had loan spells at Italian giants Milan and back in the Premier League with Everton, before he eventually signed for Fulham in 2010. He spent four years at the Craven Cottage club, who were relegated last season, although the final five months were spent in Spain when he joined Valencia on a temporary deal during the January window.
With his contract at the Cottagers expiring this summer, the central defender has now signed a two-year contract with Villa. The Midlands outfit have spent the past three years in the wrong half of the top-flight table, but the former Arsenal player is determined to help them progress and create something special in the coming campaigns.
Senderos will play for Switzerland in the World Cup Finals this summer, which will be his third time on such a stage having previously featured in 2006 and 2010 although an ankle injury cut short his time at the latter. With 52 caps to his name he has plenty of experience, and he believes this will be helpful when he links up with his new team-mates.


Do you 'work hard, play hard'? Do you travel for business? Do you simply want to know what "workleisure" and "bleisure" actually mean?
Then you might want to check out our latest article for Health Bloggers Community here.
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This chapter begins with a brief tour of South Africa's justice and political systems, demographics and discourses of race. The brief narrative, which will also allude to situations in Apartheid South Africa, is meant to aid understanding of contemporary issues in race, crime and criminal justice in South Africa.
Copyright: 2010 Palgrave Macmillan. This is an ABSTRACT ONLY.


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The Business Hub is fully compliant with Government and HSE Covid-19 guidelines and recommendations. Access and exit to the building are provided through different exits and wall mounted hand-gel dispenser units are located through the building. The recommended physical distancing requirements are achievable in all the training rooms and offices.
All training rooms, meeting rooms and offices are equipped with a modern air conditioning heating and cooling system. Clients can control the individual room temperature in offices or training room using the wall mounted control systems.
The Business Hub training rooms and meeting rooms are equipped with the Ceiling Mounted LCD projectors and wall mounted White Boards. Other AV equipment or teaching aids, such as Flip Charts, are available on request.
There are a number canteens located throughout the building. Business Hub clients can use these canteens for basic food preparation and serving of tea, coffee, refreshments or other lunch options.
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The Procurement Department works with all departments in the District in the procurement of every-day operational and maintenance items; along with larger, capital equipment and capital projects.
Exercise prudence and good judgement to successfully negotiate and secure optimum price, quality, and service in the procurement of supplies, materials and equipment required for the District's operations.
Pueblo West Metropolitan District has partnered with BidNet, part of the Rocky Mountain ePurchasing Group, and will post all bid opportunities, and related documents - i.e. addenda, timelines, bid-tabulation sheets, and award notices, to this site.
The Pueblo West Metropolitan District looks forward to providing vendors with more bidding opportunities while simplifying the Invitation for Bid (IFB), Request for Proposal (RFP), and quoting processes for everyone involved. We appreciate vendor cooperation and welcome vendor participation. If you need help registering for the Rocky Mountain ePurchasing site, please call the Rocky Mountain ePurchasing Group Support Department toll free at (800) 835-4603 or click here to register.


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Poster Design by Alex Reynolds - https://www.alexnreynolds.com/
Skindiving
Short Film, 2019
A woman seeks respite from her old life while making plans for a new one...which she hides from the audience.
Official Selection, Blow-Up Arthouse International Film Festival, 2020
Official Selection, New York Shorts International Film Festival, 2019
Official Selection, NewFilmmakers NY, 2019
Official Selection, Fort Myers Film Festival, 2019
Official Selection, Garden State Film Festival, 2019
Finalist, Changing Face International Film Festival, 2019
Semi-Finalist, JellyFest Season 3, 2019
Ghetto Film School & The Roster, HBO Headquarters 2019
New Cinema Club, Secret Project Robot, 2018
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Poster by Alex Reynolds
The Chaperone
A young, unsuspecting man comes face to face with his own mortality.
Written by Jon Comulada
Official Selection, Austin Film Festival 2021
Official Selection, Brooklyn SciFi Film Festival 2021
Official Selection, Los Angeles International Film Festival, Indie Shorts Fest 2021*
*Best Actor in a Short Film Nominee
"The winner of the Local Film for Original/Scripted Category was Victoria DeMartin's "Knick Knacks". Ms. DeMartin's film truly captured the struggles of a young woman trying to find her way through the pressures of society and a family that has all the right answers. Strong acting, a lively script, and top cinematography made for a film that delivered"
- Dr. Odey Raviv, Gotham City Networking Group,
Gotham Film Festival, 2014
Alice is a recent college graduate without a plan. She dreams of becoming a writer but is suffering from writers block. Her family insists that she follow the path towards graduate school but she is thrown a loop when she unexpectedly inherits her grandmother's apartment...and the people that come with it.
Official Selection Big Apple Film Festival - 2014
Official Selection White Sands Film Festival - 2014
Official Selection Fort Myers Film Festival - 2015
Official Selection Garden State Film Festival - 2015
Official Selection Women's International Film & Arts Festival - 2015
Official Selection NewFilmmakers NY - 2015
The Friar's Club "Gotham Film Festival" - 2014
The Jacob Burns Film Center (premiere) - 2014
Winter Rye
Eliza and her small family of three women attempt to prepare for the winter while coping with the recent death of Eliza's father, the head of the household. As supplies grow low and income scarce, they meet a young man who offers his help. Both Eliza and her cousin fall for him but Eliza has pressure to marry advantageously in order to save the family.
Grand Prize Winner, Centrally Isolated Film Festival - 2013
Winner Best Short Period Piece Garden State Film Festival - 2014
Official Selection, Shorts Showcase Festival PBS-KVCR - 2015
This film was shot on location in Rye, New York. The interiors were filmed at the Square House Museum and Knapp House archives of the Rye Historical Society and the exteriors were filmed at Philipsburg Manor and the Harrison Marshlands Nature Conservancy.
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When Freshman ballet student, Kate, is cast as the lead in her college production of "Cinderella" the class favorite is unexpectedly cast as her understudy. The Understudy immediately becomes hostile towards her and Kate's nighttime rehearsals become fraught with paranoia. Gifts begin appearing at Kate's dorm and even an innocent box of chocolates seems like sabotage. But is this really her understudy's doing or is Kate overreacting?
Shot on 16mm film with an electric Bolex camera. The picture was edited by hand on a 16mm flatbed Steinbeck and the sound was mixed digitally then transferred to mag tape and edited by hand.
Official Selection New Filmmakers NY - 2011


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The Book on Marion
"See How She Runs" offers medal-worthy look at Marion Jones The Sydney Olympics are just around the corner, and poised to light up the Games and all of us is a global superstar: Marion Jones.
Her quest is a record five gold medals. How she got to this point, what drives her, what she is like - all of these things are to be found in "See How She Runs: Marion Jones and the Making of A Champion," by Ron Rapoport (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, $21.95, 212 pages).
There have been and there are great female athletes. But Marion Jones - like Pele, Muhammad Ali, and Michael Jordan among the men - is in a class by herself. She's currently the world's fastest woman, the most prominent track and field star anywhere, and she is just at the early stages of what already is a fabulous career.
Rapoport, sports commentator for National Public Radio's "Weekend Edition" and sports columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, begins this trim biography: "In 1983, when Marion Jones was eight years old and had graduated from T-ball to Little League, she found herself not only competing against boys, but beating them. Once, with a runner on second base, Marion hit the ball beyond the outfielders, raced around the bases so quickly she overtook the boy ahead of her by the time she had reached third."
Marion Jones has made a habit of overtaking and over-reaching. And she hasn't stopped yet.
All sports were easy prey for Jones in her adolescent years in California. She mastered every one she attempted - baseball, basketball, gymnastics, soccer, but especially track and field. The University of North Carolina gave her a basketball scholarship, and she paid the school back by leading her hoops team to a national championship in her freshman year.
In this book, Rapoport skillfully lets us know how and why Jones runs. He paints a portrait of a young and intense competitor who is at the same time a well-rounded individual.
But even more to the point and more helpful in getting at the person behind the persona are the words of Marion's mother, who goes into some detail about what it was like to raise a talented, precocious and often willful daughter.
Marion's husband, the often-reclusive world champion shot putter C.J. Hunter, weighs in with his own revealing comments. And Marion gives of herself in honest, ranging commentary about her absent father and lingering bitterness about her collegiate experiences.
There is so much to like about Marion Jones. There is so much to like about "See How She Runs" - the fine prose of Rapoport, the photos from Marion's family album, the inside look at a superstar ascending.
My only quibble is that "See How She Runs" should have been longer than the 212 pages. One yearns for an even fuller treatment of the woman the world will be watching in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
BOOKENDS:
"Baseball Dynasties" by Rob Neyer and Eddie Epstein (Norton Publishers, $17.95, 384 pages) is an analytical and statistical look at teams ranging from the 1906 Chicago Cubs to the 1998 New York Yankees. If you are into analysis and over-analysis, this might be the book for you. The rest of us should pass.
"Tales from the Cubs Dugout" by Pete Cava (Sports Publishing Inc., $19.95, 275 pages) is another in this publishing company's series on major-league teams. For Cubs fans -- required reading. For the rest of us -- optional.


A "1031 Exchanges" or Striker exchange, is a mechanism used to defer(not avoid forever) capital gain on the sale of investment propertyuntil a later date — usually, a date in the future when the owner'sincome is smaller (i.e, retirement) and therefore the tax "hit" issmaller. In effect, the government gives you a no interest loan byallowing you to keep the capital gain in circulation and buy a newproperty. The idea is that you hopefully will make even more money andeventually pay the government more taxes, but a good tax accountant canavoid this.
The key here is investment property — it can't beused on your personal residence, but can be very useful if you havestarted to build your real estate investment portfolio. Under veryspecific circumstances, you can convert a personal residence to aninvestment property or an investment property back to a personalresidence, but the tax laws changed pretty significantly on this in2009, so be sure to discuss all of this with your tax adviser beforeattempting this.
The details of the exchange must be handledvery precisely, so in addition to escrow a 1031 Qualified Facilitatorcompany is employed to be sure all IRS requirements are satisfied andyour gain is securely held until you roll it into your next property.When you sell an investment property, you can do a Deferred Exchangewhich allows you a certain narrow window of time to identify andpurchase a replacement property, or you can purchase the replacementproperty at the same time as the sale of the old investment property. The new property must generally be worth more than the old one, or thedifference is immediately taxable, but you can for example buy threeless expensive properties as long as the total of the properties isgreater than the sale price of the exchanged property. The law alsorequires that you finance at least an equal amount on the new propertyas what you owed on the old property, or you will have to pay taxes onthat amount as a virtual gain.
To find out more details, you can go here to the Qualified Facilitator's Professional Trade Association website.


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Milestones celebrated in Genoa for Terzo Valico project
The Terzo Valico railway project achieved a double tunnelling breakthrough in September for two most important underground sections of the railway line.
Webuild, the company responsible for the construction works, achieved these two milestones on the Valico tunnel and the Serravalle tunnel, part of the EUR 6.9 billion Terzo Valico railway project which will improve the railway connection between Genoa and Milan and will integrate the port's links with the rail network in northern Italy and the rest of Europe.
Once completed, the Valico will be the longest railway tunnel in Italy.
The double breakthrough will allow for all the work sites to be connected to one another along a section of 17 km.
The achievements were celebrated at an event held at the municipality of Serravalle Scrivia, in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region of Piedmont.
The Italian Infrastructure and Tranport Minister Paola De Micheli, the Extraordinary Commissioner for Terzo Valico dei Giovi and Nodo di Genova projects Calogero Mauceri, Webuild CEO Pietro Salini, Ferrovie dello Stato CEO Gianfranco Battisti and Rete Ferroviaria Italiana CEO Maurizio Gentile attended the event.
"We are proudly here for a double breakthrough, and the opening of these two tunnels serve as an example of the extraordinary expertise of so many people, whom I thank for all the hard work that they have done," Webuild CEO Pietro Salini said.
The first breakthrough was done by using the traditional excavation method occurred along the Valico tunnel. It was the first of a number of breakthroughs that will occur along the planned tunnel's entire length of 27 km. It hosts the Camerone di Valico Nord, an underground cathedral of sorts covering 540 square metres, and measuring 30 metres wide and 22 metres high.
The second breakthrough was along the Serravalle tunnel, with 6.4 km of its 7 km in total length already excavated by tunnel-boring machine.The TBM called "Giovanna", is 115 metres-long with a diametre of nearly 10 metres. The TBM crossed a complicated terrain near the Serravalle Designer Outlet and the old Genoa-Turin railway that required the use of an innovative monitoring system above and below ground.
With a total length of 53 km, of which 36 km underground constructed, the Terzo Valico dei Giovi will reduce the travel time between Genoa and Milan to 50 minutes from one hour and 39 minutes.
In addition to the construction of the main line, the project includes four connections among Voltri, Genova Parco Campasso, Novi Ligure and Tortona in order to link the new railway to the existing ones. Within the Terzo Valico project, Webuild is also working on the Nodo Ferroviario (railway hub) in Genoa, another strategic project alongside Terzo Valico dei Giovi.
The railway will become part of the Rhine-Alpine corridor. Webuild is working on a number of other railway projects for the TEN-T that include the Verona-Bivio di Vicenza section of the Verona-Padua high-speed line, the Naples-Cancello and Apice-Hirpinia sections of the Naples-Bari high-speed railway, as well as the Bicocca-Catenanova section of the regular Palermo-Catania railway in Sicily.
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The internet of things (IoT) is gaining momentum around the world, with 92% of large organisations putting the technology as the top priority in their digital transformation efforts, a global survey has found.
Conducted independently on behalf of satellite communications company Inmarsat by Vanson Bourne, the survey involved 500 senior respondents from organisations with more than 1,000 employees across various industries, including energy, transportation and mining sectors.
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Like their global counterparts, companies in Southeast Asia are also tapping IoT to transform their businesses. A recent survey conducted by Asia IoT Business Platform in ASEAN showed that more than 70% of organisations are currently in the process of exploring or finding possible IoT systems to be implemented.
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Sigfox-based IoT network now covers 95% of Singapore, meaning enterprises can connect devices to the network nationwide.
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Specifically in addressing compatibility issues between legacy systems and IoT platforms, some industry experts have urged IoT technology suppliers to embrace standardisation, which will help to ensure that IoT devices do not operate in silos.
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"With Asia-Pacific becoming the frontline for IoT and being the driver of global IoT growth, it is important that customers in the region have access to the best solutions in order to reap the business benefits of IoT deployment," said Jos Grond, vice-president for business development at Cumulocity.


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Adding wainscoting is a tried and true design technique for adding style and dimension to many types of rooms. Careful planning, however, is required to achieve optimal results, particularly when it comes to laying the wainscoting out around windows. To create a truly custom look, a number of factors should be thoroughly considered.
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When creating a panel design, you'll ideally be able to begin your layout on a wall with no windows or doors and create a series of equally sized widths. It may be necessary to construct smaller, equally sized panels at each end of the wall. When your layout reaches windows and doors, changing the panel size will almost certainly be required. There are no hard and fast rules other than to plan carefully and position each piece in place by hand and consider its position before permanently installing it.
The amount of space between the bottom of the room's window trim and the floors will also affect your layout. Here, it is important to consider not only the width of the panels but the height. Depending on the height of the room's windows, the panels may disappear entirely under the windows, and only the baseboard will be visible. The dimensions of both the window trim and the baseboard can be altered to affect how much of the panel is visible.
Brown, Matt. "How to Lay Out Wainscoting in a Room With Windows." Home Guides | SF Gate, http://homeguides.sfgate.com/lay-out-wainscoting-room-windows-58218.html. Accessed 20 April 2019.