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VIDEO: It's Just Another Day Driving Around With His Daughter. Then The Music Started…
It is clear that the father-daughter relationship is a special one, but teenage girls are still very often embarrassed by their fathers. The majority of them would probably think it embarrassing when their fathers sing in the car. However, this father and daughter are different, as she actually likes it when he is singing with her.
The song playing is "Timber" by Ke$ha. The song comes on, and the daughter starts singing to it. The father actually looks somewhat annoyed, but it is clear after a little bit that he is not. He is just sitting there silently and driving as she is singing along with the radio, but then he very suddenly joins in and starts rapping himself. It is quite hilarious how this happens, because it is not expected at all from anyone who is watching the video.
For the rest of the video, father and daughter are just singing the song. It is great to see them enjoying themselves so much, and they actually do quite a good job with the song as well. It is entertaining to watch their rendition of this pop song, and it shows just how much fun people can have doing nothing more than singing along with the radio in the car.
It is heartening to see these two having such great quality time together, and hopefully we will be seeing more duets from them in the future. It would be great to see their takes on other songs as well.
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CHAMBERSBURG -- The Elm Street Neighborhood organization will hold a public meeting designed to inform residents about various projects and improvements to the area.
The meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in Bard Hall of the Eugene C. Clarke Jr. Community Center at 235 S, Third S.
According to Jack Jones, the Elm Street manager, these projects are part of a neighborhood revitalization program designed to "bring the neighborhood closer together."
"We'd like to let the community know what's going on in their community," Jones said.
The projects to be discussed are the South Street Improvements Project, the Washington Square Town Homes Project at the Southgate Shopping Center, and proposed renovations to the Central Junior High School and Coyle Free Library.
Public Opinion reported recently that the library project will cost $5.5 million, while the renovations at the school will cost about $7 million.
The shopping center project involves building 84 apartments and town homes, 32 of which were built to become the Washington Square Apartments. The other 52 town homes would be built where the former County Market grocery store is.
Public Opinion reported a year ago that $272,000 had been spent by that point on the South Street project.
The Elm Street program was created to prevent neighborhood decline by addressing things like old houses, high rental-to-owner ratios, insufficient affordable housing, improvement of links to the downtown business district and the creation and maintenance of a clean, safe and green community. This goes along with the five areas of focus the program is concerned with: Clean, Safe, and Green; Neighbors and Economy; Design; Image and Identity; and Sustainable Organization.
The Elm Street Neighborhood program receives about $300,000 a year and has spent $1.25 million on the projects over 8 years, according to Jones.
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Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems
On t-conformal measures and Hausdorff dimension for...
On t-conformal measures and Hausdorff dimension for a family of non-uniformly hyperbolic horseshoes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 March 2009
RENAUD LEPLAIDEUR and
ISABEL RIOS
RENAUD LEPLAIDEUR
Laboratoire de Mathématiques, UMR 6205, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, 6 rue Victor Le Gorgeu BP 809 F-29285 BREST, Cedex, France (email: Renaud.Leplaideur@univ-brest.fr)
Instituto de Matemática, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rua Mário Santos Braga s/n, Niterói, RJ, 24.020-140, Brasil (email: rios@mat.uff.br)
Corresponding
Renaud.Leplaideur@univ-brest.fr ;
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In this paper we consider horseshoes with homoclinic tangencies inside the limit set. For a class of such maps, we prove the existence of a unique equilibrium state μt, associated to the (non-continuous) potential −tlog Ju. We also prove that the Hausdorff dimension of the limit set, in any open piece of unstable manifold, is the unique number t0 such that the pressure of μt0 is zero. To deal with the discontinuity of the jacobian, we introduce a countable Markov partition adapted to the dynamics, and work with the first return map defined in a rectangle of it.
Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems , Volume 29 , Issue 6 , December 2009 , pp. 1917 - 1950
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0143385708000941[Opens in a new window]
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Braintree theft victim makes heartfelt plea to be reunited with motorbike stolen from Chelmsford station
The Yamaha TTR 600 was used to help raise £70,000 for charity
The bike is a Yamaha TTR 600, partial registration LB05
British Transport Police are appealing to the public for information to trace a motorcycle which was stolen from outside Chelmsford railway station.
The motorbike was taken on Tuesday, September 12, at around 2.45pm.
Officers have launched an investigation and are urging anyone who has seen the stolen bike to get in touch.
The victim, a 35-year-old man from Braintree, said: "The bike is of huge sentimental value and I am absolutely gutted that it has been stolen.
"It is very rare and it helped my wife raise £70,000 for a charity very close to mine and my family's hearts.
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"This bike also got her through the most epic adventure of her life, travelling across the Sahara desert on a once in a lifetime trip.
"This bike means the world to us as a family.
"We are desperate to get it back and would like to hear from anyone who may have seen it or knows where it might be."
The bike is a Yamaha TTR 600, partial registration LB05.
It has a 'gate' sticker on the front by the light and a cracked front light.
Essex Police appeal to find vulnerable missing Basildon teenage girl
If you have any information that could lead to the bike's whereabouts, or if you have any information about the theft, please call BTP on 0800 40 50 40 or text 61016, quoting reference number 1700063746.


You would never think a room the size of a storage closet would have an allure. A calling. You wouldn't think it would be worthy to mentioning. William Shakespeare once said, "No legacy is so rich as honesty". Let me be honest, let me be frank – this room has enchantment, the glitter that hits your vision causing that magnetism, something I almost hunger for. Oh. I'm sorry. I haven't explained. This is a cozy, claustrophobic room to the left of the ticket booth in the back of the auditorium. It is behind the main seating area down the double doors and camouflaging with the paint of the wall. A flat, mind-numbing shade but it's acceptable. Upon entry, one realizes you have just stumbled upon the King Tut's tomb of prop rooms, and that paint color no longer matters at all.
Just recently, I was asked to clean the prop room by my colleague and instructor Mr. Waites. The journey was nerve-wrecking, what will I actually be doing? Is this even worth my time? Is it going to be complicated? However, my group mates were polar opposites of me- they had attachments to the props, and knew their history. So after Steve and Beth (mostly Steve) figured out the suitable key and then the light switch went on like a hose bursting, flooding my vision with wonder.
I absorbed my foreign surroundings and realized the enormity of the situation at hand. While deciding where to start, my eyes became sponges as they absorbed all of the miscellaneous objects: glasses and gold goblets and international plates, and almost too fine china took up much of the right shelf. I became a private collector and a mother, meticulously handling and arranging the wine glasses so that each one had a partner. There, underneath the shelf of old mason jars, was a tin filled with a bundle of journals. Beth pulled one out and read aloud eagerly, "What is up with Peter Rabbit? What's so great about him anyway? I'm human being. He's just a rabbit, an animal, nothing special about a stupid, puny rabbit. If there can be books about this ridiculous excuse for a rabbit, how about a book about me?" That was the exact moment I came across a music box. This box was black marble with a white frame and played the most enchanting tune. The tune sounded like something angels would hear in heaven.
I sorted 17th century swords, pitchforks, canes, crutches and remarkable wands with azure streamers.
"No we are not putting the box of swords, canes, and other potential threats in the middle and then moving it to the right side to save room on the left!" I yelped suddenly my voice cracking from lack of use. I realized I hadn't spoken in quite a while, which is rare for someone who loves to engage in conversation.
"Let me put it this way. All of the fragile glassware is in that vicinity. If someone pulled something such a sword out in a back handed motion and went too far the disaster of glasses shattering everywhere would be unavoidable." I demonstrated this potential motion after my epiphany, and we all were in accordance.
Beth read to us from the journal about the hate of Peter Rabbit, me completely confused as to who has time to write such an expository. Now, telephones, adorable tea sets, and delicate tiffany bags saturated in dust and memories. Skulls, oversized Q-tips, polished silverware, and bitter smelling champagne bottles, things you won't come across just anywhere.
Now we were immersing ourselves in work. The two antique shelves in the back vicinity of the room were so trim, the mother was proud of her children, the private collector satisfied. Tights in Nordstrom boxes, blue jars, boxes of pure imagination were in every nook and cranny. The dust was beginning to pester me. It was not easily visible, but when I blew, I got a stale coffee taste, the dust momentarily suffocating my lungs with gray flakes.
We moved crates out and rearranged the back two shelves. The shelves probably could have been a prop they were so amazingly well worn. These amazing stripped vases had lost their luster. A ship made entirely out of K- NEX. A bright fluorescent ship sailed to wherever my mind wanders. There was much wonder, bi-focals from long ago and chairs tousled with age. Once that was all structured, the crates found a place to dwell in this fun house.
Then Beth completely smothered me then herself, with glitter, my arms acting with the light as if to say, "I sparkle, I shine with a magic that's all mine." French signs fresh from the spring play; flags caked in dust. Old Technology and Beth reading what the Hell is up with Peter Rabbit (Wow. Someone has a bone to pick with poor Peter? There was silk, purple cloth (a purple that makes you smile a little) and the intangible quality of understanding.
The one thing that every object in this amazing island had was potential. Everything was covered, soaked in potential. So as I exited with pipes, electric outlets, a library book (Life of Pi) and a stool, I realized how much wonder fills that room. I notice that loneliness does not exist in this room. I turn on the music box just one more time, the tune, a lovely gentle gasp of life. I tenderly wound the bottom, caressing the marble, wishing I owned such a charming device as this. I hope get to visit my children again soon.


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Thank God for Evolution is a big step toward that ultimate truth in which both religion and science will finally be reconciled.
— John Shelby Spong
Retired Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark, author of Jesus for the Non-Relgious
Human-Bacteria Symbosis: Are We Organisms or Living Ecosystems?
NOTE: The following, from SeedMagazine.com, is one of the most insightful and amazing things I've read in years. I can't recommend it too highly. Once you read it, you'll never think of yourself or your world in quite the same way again!
THE DEEP SYMBIOSIS BETWEEN BACTERIA AND THEIR HUMAN HOSTS IS FORCING SCIENTISTS TO ASK: ARE WE ORGANISMS OR LIVING ECOSYSTEMS?
As soon as we are born, bacteria move in. They stake claims in our digestive and respiratory tracts, our teeth, our skin. They establish increasingly complex communities, like a forest that gradually takes over a clearing. By the time we're a few years old, these communities have matured, and we carry them with us, more or less, for our entire lives. Our bodies harbor 100 trillion bacterial cells, outnumbering our human cells 10 to one. It's easy to ignore this astonishing fact. Bacteria are tiny in comparison to human cells; they contribute just a few pounds to our weight and are invisible to us.
It's also been easy for science to overlook their role in our bodies and our health. Researchers have largely concerned themselves with bacteria's negative role as pathogens: The devastating effects of a handful of infectious organisms have always seemed more urgent than what has been considered a benign and relatively unimportant relationship with "good" bacteria. In the intestine, the bacterial hub of the body that teems with trillions of microbes, they have traditionally been called "commensal" organisms — literally, eating at the same table. The moniker suggests that while we've known for decades that gut bacteria help digestion and prevent infections, they are little more than ever-present dinner guests.
But there's a growing consensus among scientists that the relationship between us and our microbes is much more of a two-way street. With new technologies that allow scientists to better identify and study the organisms that live in and on us, we've become aware that bacteria, though tiny, are powerful chemical factories that fundamentally affect how the human body functions. They are not simply random squatters, but organized communities that evolve with us and are passed down from generation to generation. Through research that has blurred the boundary between medical and environmental microbiology, we're beginning to understand that because the human body constitutes their environment, these microbial communities have been forced to adapt to changes in our diets, health, and lifestyle choices. Yet they, in turn, are also part of our environments, and our bodies have adapted to them. Our dinner guests, it seems, have shaped the very path of human evolution.
In October, researchers in several countries launched the International Human Microbiome Consortium, an effort to characterize the role of microbes in the human body. Just over a year ago, the National Institutes of Health also launched its own Human Microbiome Project. These new efforts represent a formal recognition of bacteria's far-reaching influence, including their contributions to human health and certain illnesses. "This could be the basis of a whole new way of looking at disease," said microbiologist Margaret McFall-Ngai at the 108th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in Boston last June. But the emerging science of human-microbe symbiosis has an even greater implication. "Human beings are not really individuals; they're communities of organisms," says McFall-Ngai. It's not just that our bodies serve as a habitat for other organisms; it's also that we function with them as a collective. As the profound interrelationship between humans and microbes becomes more apparent, the distinction between host and hosted has become both less clear and less important — together we operate as a constantly evolving man-microbe kibbutz. Which raises a startling implication: If being Homo sapiens through and through implied a certain authority over our corporeal selves, we are now forced to relinquish some of that control to our inner-dwelling microbes. Ironically, the human ingenuity that drives us to understand more about ourselves is revealing that we're much less "human" than we once thought.
To find a biological answer to the question "Who are we?" we might look to the human genome...
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As fall leaves are peaking through the trees, my mother and I decided to head off to Shawnee National Forest for a weekend camping and hiking trip. One of the main things I made sure to not leave without was my UVPaqlite. Being in the deeps of the forest can mean very dark nights and having light can be a lifesaver. I packed a few of my UV Paqlite products to make sure I stayed illuminated throughout the night making our camping life much easier.
You are probably wondering what a UV Paqlite is. You know those glow sticks you get at Walmart for your kids? Yes those! If you are military you may have even used the military tactical lights. You bend them, crack, shake, and get a glow from your item. Only downfall to these are that they last a few hours and then you have to throw them away. No fair right! And that freezer trick we were told growing up doesn't really work either.
With a UV Paqlite you get an item that you don't have to bend, crack, and shake to get a glow. You don't have to throw it away after a few hours either. UV Paqlite uses rechargeable crystals that glow all night long and can recharge with any light. It can be the sun, your flashlight, or even the light in your home or car.
By using a UV Paqlite you are reducing waste. No more buying one time use glow sticks. You now have a product that can be used over and over again forever. I use several of UV Paqlite's products on my trips and absolutely love them. They can be very beneficial. Here are the products I use and how I use each one of them.
I use the UV Paqlite large for two things mainly. One is to place in front of my tent. This helps illuminate the front door acting as a dimmer version of a porch light. When we go to bed I then take it inside the tent and hang it on the top to use as a nightlight. This really helps my little ones go to sleep as they are still very scared of the dark.
The other item that I use is the Gear Tag. I use this item to help easily find items such as keys in a bag at night. I also use the Gear Tag to help me find the zipper to my backpack or even my tent. Just clip it to the zipper and now it is easier for you to find it in the dark. Beats having to touch the entire front door of your tent trying to find the zipper. I'm sure we all have done that.
Another very useful item is the UV Glostik (and yes it's spelled like that). This is another item that you can attach to your pack, a zipper, or an item such as keys. Another way you can use this item is by placing it around your child to keep track of their wondering little bodies. It is definitely useful.
If you have pups then this is the one you need for them. The cute Glow Pet Tag can be attached to their collars making it very easy to find your pup in the dark (or even kitty). You can also attach this item to your keys as well.
Not as bright as a military tactical light but still bright enough to help you on your adventures.
Whether it's for every day use, such as finding your keys or even a nightlight, or on your outdoor adventures, UV Paqlite helps illuminate your life in an eco-friendly and sustainable way. No more buying glow sticks every time you need them or use them, you can just recharge and reuse the UV Paqlite that you have and never worry about single use glow items again.
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STORIESTelling: Music and HIV/AIDS
Tue, Jan 21, 2020, 2:00 PM PST
800 W Olympic Blvd A245
Located on the second floor of the Museum, the Clive Davis Theater is an intimate, state-of-the-art 200-seat theater.
In collaboration with STORIES: The AIDS Monument
Taking place during the heart of GRAMMY® Week, STORIESTelling: Music and HIV/AIDS is a panel that focuses on the impact of music on HIV/AIDS and the devastation and impact of HIV/AIDS on music. This panel is a collaboration between the GRAMMY Museum and STORIES: The AIDS Monument.
The GRAMMY Museum is celebrating the power of music with three days of free panels leading up to the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards. "Music In Action: Conversations with those diversifying, preserving and changing the industry" is the GRAMMY Museum's official panel series highlighting music's ability to empower, unite, heal and create community. These panels will feature artists, industry professionals and those using music to make a difference. All events will take place in the Museum's Clive Davis Theater and are free to those who RSVP.
Check - In:1:30pm
Show Time: 2:00pm
The holder of this ticket is granted admission to the indicated facility for the purpose of viewing the specified event. This ticket is for use by the holder only and the holder is bound by this policy. This ticket is not transferable and may not be sold, otherwise conveyed or used for any other purpose, including promotion or commercial, without the prior written consent of The Recording Academy. If this ticket is sold, otherwise conveyed or used in violation of this policy, it will be deemed revoked and void, and its holder deemed a trespasser at all Recording Academy events. This ticket is a revocable license and admission may be refused by refunding the face amount of the ticket or ejection may occur for failure to comply with any facility rule. The holder agrees not to transmit or aid in transmitting any description, picture, recording or reproduction of the event. The holder acknowledges that the event may be captured and recorded by audio, audiovisual, and/or photographic means, and hereby grants permission to utilize the holder's image and/or voice in any and all media now known or hereafter devised to further the interests and mission of the Recording Academy. It is unlawful to reproduce this ticket in any form. The Holder assumes all risks incidental to the event, whether occurring prior to, during or after the event, and releases the facility, management, all participants and each of their affiliates, employees, officers, directors, members, partners, owners, managers, sponsors, contractors and agents from any loss, damage or expense resulting from any such risk. The Recording Academy reserves all legal rights and remedies. Save money on ticketing fees next time by becoming a GRAMMY Museum member! More info at grammymuseum.org.
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Why should you approach a staffing firm for hiring employees?
Staffing agencies are becoming increasingly essential and of utmost importance to the business world day by day. They have become the go to place of the companies and the businesses who are looking to fill temporary and permanent job positions in their office, warehouses etc. A staffing agency is an entity which provides employees whose qualifications matches with of that required by the companies and these employees can work for temporary short time or a long time depending on the client's requirements.
A staffing agency is also called employment agency. In other words, a staffing company fulfills the labor needs to various companies and businesses by filling their vacant essential work positions with qualified candidates who possess the matching skills and qualifications to do that work.
Staffing agencies now employ 13 million people around the world and have people that can work in basically every industry, firm and business because they people have wide variety of different skills. But on average one staffing company will usually focus its efforts and temporary employees on one job sector before winning that marketplace share and then moving on to the next job sector.
From exclusively providing day laborers to manufacturing and construction companies, service staff and managerial staff for the food industry, secretary and clerical personnel for the office work, to even multi talented managers and executives with vast knowledge to run large and major corporations. Whatever be the client's requirements, suffice to say, staffing agencies have got any type of worker for any industry for the required job.
Temporary Workers: This category of workers and employees are offered to those clients whose business has immediate need for worker but it is needed only for short temporary period. Temporary workers can be placed on both long term as well as short term per project basis, and once the work that they have been assigned has been completed, they can move on to a next job.
Temporary to permanent Workers: If a business finds that their temporary employee is working very efficiently and that they really like the quality of the work done by the temporary work, they can hire them on permanent basis. Companies can also hire the temporary workers to test new workers that can be their potential permanent employees.
Permanent Workers: These types of workers fill the permanent positions of the business of the staffing agency clients. The final pay link and everything is directly established between the clients business and the employee and staffing agencies have no role to play what so ever after landing the employee to the business.
Although few large staffing agencies will be able to provide personnel in all of the above three categories, some only focus on one or two aspects of the workers. As the business of the staffing agency blooms and the staffing agency gets bigger and bigger they can provide all the three types of workers.
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Development charge rates up 10.9% for non-landed residential use, 0.7% cut for commercial use
Posted on August 31, 2021 July 23, 2022 by admin
Developers pay development charges to the state for the right to enhance the use of some sites or to build bigger projects on them. PHOTO: ST FILE
SINGAPORE – Development charge (DC) rates for landed and non-landed residential uses have been raised for the half-year period starting on Wednesday (Sept 1).
This is in line with an improving economic outlook, bullish Government Land Sales (GLS) bids and brisk sales in the private housing market.
But DC rates for commercial use are pared for a third time, albeit at a slower rate of 0.7 per cent, following a 1.5 per cent reduction during the previous revision that took effect on March 1.
This could be due to a turnaround in office rents and prices, even as the retail sector is still reeling from the pandemic-led restrictive measures and retail rents and prices are still dropping, JLL Singapore said.
Developers pay DC to the state for the right to enhance the use of some sites or to build bigger projects on them.
For the landed residential use, DC rates were raised in 116 sectors by 4 per cent to 18 per cent, with rates unchanged for two other sectors.
On average, the rates have been raised by 6.3 per cent – the largest since September 2013, Huttons Asia noted. This follows a rise of 1.5 per cent during the previous revision.
JLL Singapore's head of research and consultancy, Ms Tay Huey Ying, cited a 6.3 per cent spike in the Urban Redevelopment Authority's price index for landed homes in the first half this year due to robust demand for landed homes.
Based on Realis data, there were 1,778 caveats lodged for landed homes from March to August this year, up 9.9 per cent from 1,618 caveats for the prior six months ended February 2021, she said.
The record sale of a good class bungalow (GCB) in Nassim Road for $128.8 million or $4,005 per sq ft contributed to the 18 per cent increase in Sector 67 (Orange Grove Road, Nassim Road, Napier Road), analysts say.
Meanwhile, DC rates for non-landed residential use have been raised by 10.9 per cent – the steepest since March 2018, Huttons Asia noted. This follows a rise of 0.3 per cent for non-landed residential use during the previous revision.
The DC rates were increased in 116 sectors by 2 per cent to 19 per cent, while that for two sectors remained unchanged.
Signalling strong demand for non-landed residential land, 12 transactions worth $2.59 billion were done between March and August 2021, up from 11 deals worth $1.04 billion transacted between September 2020 and February 2021, Ms Tay noted.
Huttons Asia senior director of research Lee Sze Teck said: "Maxwell House, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1, Lentor Central, Tengah Garden Walk and Tampines Street 62 have been sold in the past six months at higher prices."
Mr Leonard Tay, head of research at Knight Frank Singapore, attributed a 17.9 per cent increase in DC rates for sectors in the Little India area to "the award of the Northumberland Road site where a winning bid of $1,129 psf per plot ratio (ppr) exceeded previous historical GLS for private home development in that locality.
"For the Thomson and Ang Mo Kio areas, DC rates have risen sharply due to the award of the Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 site ($1,118 psf ppr) and Lentor Central plot ($1,204 psf ppr) in June and July 2021 respectively," Mr Tay said.
Meanwhile, DC rates for all the other use groups remain unchanged: hotel/hospital, industrial, place of worship/civic and community institution, open space, agriculture, and roads/railways.
Mr Tay noted that DC rates for the hotel/hospital use group did not drop, despite the hospitality sector "still suffering from a lack of tourist arrivals, compromised occupancy rates and travel restrictions mostly in place".
This could be due to a lack of hotel sales or hotel land parcel transactions (excluding transfers) in the past half year, he said.
The Ministry of National Development revises the rates on March 1 and Sept 1 each year, in consultation with the taxman's chief valuer (CV). DC rates are based on the CV's assessment of land values and take into consideration recent land sales. They are stated according to use groups across 118 geographical sectors in Singapore.
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So what is typically included in a crash cart? A crash cart's primary role is to safely and effectively transport lifesaving supplies and equipment to the scene of a cardiac or respiratory emergency within a medical facility. Overall contents will vary somewhat from facility to facility, but the essentials remain fairly consistent.
The sole goal of a crash cart is to improve patient outcomes by facilitating the code team's rapid response to the cardiac/respiratory emergency. As important as a rapid response is, so too is organization and the integrity of the cart's contents. If clinicians arrive at the scene of a code quickly, but supplies are hard to find or even missing, they cannot administer care to the patient and their life can be put in jeopardy. So organization and cart content integrity are paramount to the effectiveness of any code cart.
Critical to maintaining emergency crash cart integrity is the locking mechanism. Waterloo code carts come standard with our industry unique "Transport Lock" for use with plastic security seals. The transport lock serves two purposes. The primary purpose is to quickly identify the cart's contents are secure through use of plastic tamper evident seals. These tamper evident seals are installed while the cart is in the locked position and will break when the cart is unlocked to show that the cart has been accessed and needs to be inventoried.
The second function the "Transport lock" offers is securing the drawers during rapid transit. With our "Transport Lock" engaged the drawers on a Waterloo cart cannot be opened even during high speed transit to the site of the code. This protects patients and staff from drawers opening during high speed cornering causing a tipping hazard or risk of the drawers themselves striking patients/staff as they fly open. Beyond these safety concerns our "Transport lock" prevents pilferage when the cart is sitting idle and unattended.
On the top of most every code cart you will find a defibrillator and a supply of electrode pads ready to be used in an emergency. Alternatively, electrodes can be stored more securely in one of the cart's many drawers to insure that they are ready for use. You may also find a code log book or checklist stored on the cart top that provides information on cart inspections; next to out-date inventory, etc.
The top drawer of a code cart is most often for the pharmacy tray and is where the medications are stored. Common medications include, Adenosine, Amiodarone, Atropine, Calcium Chloride, Dextrose, Dobutamine, Dopamine, Epinephrine, Lidocaine, Magnesium Sulfate, Nitroglycerin, Norepinephrine, Vasopressin, Verapamil, Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Chloride, among others. Typically these medications are stocked by the pharmacy in a drug tray wrapped in a tamper evident clear plastic security bag.
The next drawer will oftentimes house breathing equipment. This would include endotracheal tubes, tracheostomy tubes, nasal cannula, oxygen flow meter, laryngoscope supplies such as light bulbs and batteries, exam gloves, and suction equipment/devices.
Another drawer would contain IV supplies such as Blood tubes, alcohol swabs, tape, IV start kits, syringes, arterial blood gas kits and syringes, IV solutions, saline, IV tubes and extension tubing.
Additionally, there will generally be a larger drawer on the bottom for bulk supplies such as suction equipment, cut down packs, gloves, sutures, etc.
Externally mounted accessories that are standard on most every code cart include and IV pole, Cardiac board and oxygen tank bracket. These three essential accessories are externally mounted to facilitate rapid access. The cardiac board is located on the outside rear of the cart slides easily out of it's brackets to allow staff to quickly administer chest compressions. The oxygen tank bracket is located on the side of the cart for easy access, as is the telescoping IV pole. Additional accessories (Suction trays glove box holders, sharps brackets, baskets, etc…) are offered to further enhance the performance of your code cart.
Every facility will configure their code carts differently, but they all share the same general characteristics. The important thing is that each code cart is configured to a single standard across the entire fleet. It is important that nurses and staff are familiar with the location of each life-saving item located on the cart.


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Inland Releases US Army 1st Infantry Division 100th Anniversary M1 Carbine, 1911A1
by The Loadout Room Jun 16, 2017
Inland Manufacturing—the Ohio-based company that offers quality reproductions of guns of yore—has unveiled the US Army 1st Infantry Division 100th Anniversary models of two legendary firearms: the Inland M1 Carbine and the 1911A1 pistol.
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Recognizing the importance of this special anniversary, 1st Infantry Division leadership reached out to Inland for help in creating two models with historical significance, Inland says. By the look of things, they delivered.
The first model picked was the 1944 version of the M1 Carbine. The Inland M1 Carbine shares a lot of the same characteristics as the original Inland carbines. The model features a type 2 barrel band; adjustable rear sights; push button safety; round bolt; and "low wood" walnut stock. The stock is hand-rubbed with oil and engraved with the 1st Infantry Division's shoulder patch, accomplishments and recognition of the 100-year anniversary. This centennial M1 carbine ships with a 10-round magazine and retails for $1179.
The second 100th anniversary model is the Inland 1911A1 Government Model pistol in .45 ACP. The gun is patterned after the original 1911 manufactured over 100 years ago, modified in 1924 and then designated the 1911A1. It was used by 1st Infantry Division members longer than any other firearm in the history of the division. The 1st Division Infantry Anniversary 1911A1 Government Model maintains the original "G.I." configuration with vertical slide serrations, fixed combat sights, GI style grip panels and a lanyard loop. Engraved on the right side of the slide is the 1st Infantry Division shoulder patch, accomplishments, and recognition of the 1917-2017 100-year anniversary. Retail price for this model is $829.
RELATED STORY: Warhorse Legacy – A History of the 1911 Handgun
For more information about Inland Manufacturing, visit inland-mfg.com.
Photo courtesy of Inland Manufacturing
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The Lackawanna-Susquehanna (L-S) Behavioral Health Intellectual Disabilities Early Intervention (BHIDEI) Program serves more than 13,000 individuals through various providers of behavioral health and intellectual disabilities services.
The program's service area consists of two Northeastern Pennsylvania counties – Lackawanna and Susquehanna – which have a combined population of more than 255,000 residents.
The BHIDEI program was started in 1967 under provisions of the Mental Health and Mental Retardation Act passed by the Pennsylvania Legislature.
Each year, LSBHIDEI spends nearly $67 million in public funds to make sure the behavioral health and intellectual disabilities needs of its service area communities are met.
The program's primary goal is to facilitate the inclusion and full participation of all persons with behavioral health in their local community. It organizes itself to proactively address the planning, development, procurement, management, and evaluation of services, thereby enhancing consumer satisfaction and positive personal outcomes.
And finally, the BHIDEI program assumes a leadership role in collaboration with consumers, families, advocates, providers and local government to ensure full participation of persons in their communities.


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XBMC – Free, Full-Featured Media Center
by Derek Eatough on February 12, 2014 in Applications, Software
Recently with the release of Windows 8, Microsoft has made some changes to the monetization of their Media Center software. It is now considered an "Addon" that needs to be purchased, and requires users to be on at least "Professional" level of the OS. This puts the Media Center software out of reach for most casual consumers and has left lots of customers scrambling about where to go.
While there are plenty of options out there, I think a lot of people would be surprised to find that the (arguably) best and most full featured media center software available is open-source under the GPL license and available completely free to all users.
Xbox Media Center (XBMC)
I am of course referring to XBMC, or "XBox Media Center". XBMC is a media front end designed to turn your PC into the ultimate "Smart TV" box. It has features for managing movies, tv shows, music, launching programs, and can tie into all sorts of streaming services.
The name may be a bit confusing to those who don't know the history… what does this have to do with the Xbox? …
XBMC actually started out as a homebrew project for hacked versions of the original Xbox console. The project was so popular and so well built however, that even as we strayed past the days of hacked Xbox 1's, the developers continued the project moving to Linux, Windows and MacOS instead. Now adays, this media center software is available for virtually any OS and even has started releasing it's own stand-alone OS variants.
Media Front End
So what does it do?
Basically it acts as a front end for your media library, allowing you to use your PC as a PVR/Blu-Ray/DVD/Jukebox/etc device. The focus of the software is on usability at 10-feet, and is made to be visually appealing as a front end, and controllable by simple devices like remote controls, mouse-less mini keyboards or touchscreens.
Your media is managed automatically by the system. You just organize your Movies and TV Shows into a nice folder structure, and tell XBMC where to look. It uses a technology called "scraping" to retrieve titles and information from the files and then automatically downloads meta data such as cover art and synopsis from 3rd party websites.
Although a touch of intervention is sometimes required to get XBMC to play nicely with your files, it is generally a very smooth and hands off process.
One of the best features of XBMC that I believe distinguishes itself from the competition is the support for user developed plugins, and the huge developer support behind these plugins. There are essentially plugins for everything you can think of ranging from launching emulators, netflix, straight down to the totally illegal, use at your own risk plugins for illegal streaming sites.
Some examples of great plugins:
Netflix Streaming – http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=87552
Hulu Streaming – http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=121023
Emulator Front End / Launcher – http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=70115
Steam Big Picture Launcher – http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=157499
These are really just the tip of the ice berg. There are hundreds of plugin options to tailor the experience to exactly what you want to do with XBMC.
XBMC has recently been taken a step further and has been turned into a mini, linux based OS designed to run on low end hardware. There is even a Raspberry Pi ARM branch of this new OS allowing people to get started in the HTPC world for as little as $35 (although every Raspberry Pi owner knows that cost always spirals a bit :P)
OpenELEC is very, very barebones and is not intended for people who are wanting other uses of their hardware then XBMC itself. If you are wanting a minimized OS that puts the focus on XBMC but is also capable of the other typical OS tasks you might want to check out XBMCbuntu a branch of the popular Ubuntu linux OS.
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These are about a zillion percent nicer than a very similar set on the market except the flag in the not-as-cool ones is a piece of tri-color tape. These faux cloisonné ones have some depth to them and are the all around the classier choice. Eyeball both real hard and you will go for these, no contest.


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Q: How to test if json property is present during the build of a Flutter ListView I'm beginner in Flutter and Dart.
I have a local JSON file, read it and I want to display the JSON Data in the ListView.
But in my JSON data I haven't always all the different properties.
So when I want to display a text, the value of the property is no existing because the property is not existing (In the case is the Property "description".
How could I solve it ?
Thank you in advance for your help
I tried ternary operator
I tried with the function containsKey
But maybe I did it wong ?
... json
[
  {
    "createdBy": "bddae0de-320c-41a9-a69b-75793758b7a7",
    "description": "Fhjifgsdsdsd",
    "endDateTime": "1477490400000",
    "hasPicture": "false",
    "isActive": "true",
    "isAdminActive": "true",
    "maxParticipants": "50",
    "startDateTime": "1476799200000",
    "title": "Song Church Story Telling",
    "type": "Music"
  },
  {
    "createdBy": "-KHzgxS6KBqu1rNmJzpT",
    "endDateTime": "1476378000000",
    "hasPicture": "false",
    "isActive": "true",
    "isAdminActive": "true",
    "startDateTime":"1476205200000",
    "title": "Test greg T",
    "titleDate": "Tuesday, 11 Oct 8:00 PM",
    "type": "Games"
  }
]

...
... flutter
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return new Scaffold(
        appBar: new AppBar(
          title: new Text("Load local JSON file"),
        ),
        body: new Container(
          child: new Center(
            // Use future builder and DefaultAssetBundle to load the local JSON file
            child: new FutureBuilder(
                future: DefaultAssetBundle.of(context)
                    .loadString('assets/data/ckevents_data.json'),
                builder: (context, snapshot) {
                  // Decode the JSON
                  var newData = json.decode(snapshot.data.toString());

                  return new ListView.builder(
                    // Build the ListView
                    itemBuilder: (BuildContext context, int index) {
                      return new Card(
                        child: new Column(
                          crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.stretch,
                          children: <Widget>[
                            new Text("Title: " + newData[index]['title'],
                                style: new TextStyle(
                                    fontSize: 20.0, color: Colors.blue)),
                            new Text(
                                "Description: " +
                                        ((newData[index].containsKey('description')) ? ('') : (newData[index]['description'])),
                                style: new TextStyle(
                                    fontSize: 10.0, color: Colors.pink)),
                            new Text("Categorie: " + newData[index]['type'],
                                style: new TextStyle(
                                    fontSize: 15.0, color: Colors.red)),
                            new Text(
                                "Date: " +
                                    DateTime.fromMillisecondsSinceEpoch(
                                            newData[index]['startDateTime'])
                                        .add(Duration(days: 700))
                                        .toString(),
                                style: new TextStyle(
                                    fontSize: 10.0, color: Colors.black))
                          ],
                        ),
                      );
                    },
                    itemCount: newData == null ? 0 : newData.length,
                  );
                }),
          ),
        ));
  }
}

...

A: You can use the null coalesce operator like so:
 new Text("Description: " + newData[index]['description'] ?? ''),

This will print the description if it exists, and an empty string if it doesn't.

A: Try this way
1. make model class for your response json like this way..
class UserData {
final int albumId;
final int id;
final String title;
final String url;
final String thumbnailUrl;

UserData({this.albumId, this.id, this.title, this.url, this.thumbnailUrl});

factory UserData.fromJson(Map<String, dynamic> json) {
return new UserData(
    albumId: json['albumId'],
    id: json['id'],
    title: json['title'],
    url: json['url'],
    thumbnailUrl: json['thumbnailUrl']);
}
}

now make list object ..
  List<UserData> list = List();

then add data..
list = (json.decode(response.body) as List)
      .map((data) => UserData.fromJson(data))
      .toList();

read json file like this way..
class _ApiCallScreenState extends State<ApiCallScreen> {
@override
void initState() {
String data = await  DefaultAssetBundle.of(context).loadString("assets/data.json");
 list = (json.decode(data) as List)
  .map((data) => UserData.fromJson(data))
  .toList();
super.initState();
}

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