Many runners think ?arthritis? is their inevitable destiny. Runners get twinges of pain in hips, knees and ankles that years of running can cause irreversible damage to the joints. Many runners forgo their ambitions of running a full marathon, while others stop running altogether to escape this possible fate of ?arthritis.? Joints wear out, like other body parts. In runners, joint problems are most frequent cause for an injury. Arthritis is caused by the degeneration of articular cartilage, a tissue which covers the ends of bones in the joint.?This articular cartilage absorbs shock, distributes loads evenly to avoid a focus of peak stress, and glides smoothly against the opposing articular cartilage in a joint. The ability to run, free of arthritis, for years, even decades, depends on uncompromising function of this cartilage. Several studies show that runners even those who have ran competitively for a long duration do not have an increased prevalence for arthritis. The issue for many runners is the misdiagnosis of a reversible joint injury as arthritis. Any component, tendon, ligament and joint can cause pain and injury. The most common cause of knee pain in runners is abnormal tracking of the kneecap and not arthritis. It was believed that inactivity or discontinuing running was the remedy for arthritis. But, recent studies and research says the exact opposite. Joints are strengthened and modified by exercise. It always depends on an individual how they take care of their bone health, with the correct nutrition, training regimes, strength conditioning and supplementation. Strong bones are crucial to good health. Good nutrition is crucial to strong bones. Nutrition strongly affects bone health. Calcium, magnesium, and vitamin D are all essential minerals for developing and maintaining healthy bones.?Calcium is one of the main bone forming minerals and 99% of the body?s calcium resides in the skeleton. Magnesium helps in activation of Viatmin D for calcium absorption. Magnesium also plays a vital role with calcium and helps in contraction and relaxation of muscles; in short it helps in preventing cramps. Vitamin helps the body absorb calcium from food and supplements and helps maintain calcium homeostasis. Calcium and magnesium are components of strong bone. These vitamins and minerals helps in development, maintenance and strenthgtning of the bones. They reduce the risk of fractures and injury, which is of utmost importance to a runner. They help in reducing the prevalence of arthritis by preventing bone loss and maintaining bone density. Calcium Magnesium and Vitamin D are best known to prevent cramps as they help in better contaction of muscles during any athletic activity. Natural sources of Calcium, Magnesium and Vitamin D are abundantly and very easily available, but the absorption and the bio-availability varies for each source. We may use most of the sources in our daily diet but still most of the times due to the above mentioned reason we are still low on these and which plays a role in the athletic performance of an individual. Supplements are an easier way to get these vitamins and minerals into our body. Always remember to choose the correct supplement, and always refer a doctor or a registered dietitan / Nutrtionist for your supplement usage, dosage etc. Fast & Up has come up with a new product called ?Fortify?. Maintaining bone health made easier. Fortify is a unique effervescent bone health formula with the perfect blend of vitamins and minerals which helps to maintain an optimal bone health. Fortify has elemental calcium which has 40% better absorption than most of the products available in the market. It also has Magnesium, Vitamin D3, Vitamin C, Vitamin B6 and Vitamin K1 to help maintain proper bone structure and function.


We welcome you to Tavistock Golf Club.
All Green Fees are welcome on production of either a handicap certificate or EGU card with CDH number.
Lying only one mile from the centre of the historic market town of Tavistock and a warm welcome awaits you at our club.Tavistock is well known for its range of independant and specialised shops. Each weekend there is a different themed market held within the town's pannier market.
Most golf courses have some unique features but lying on the western slopes of Dartmoor, within the national park boundary has the added attraction of being in an area of outstanding beauty. A possible distraction for the most dedicated and committed golfer! With its wide fairways and sweeping vistas the course looks deceptively simply but its offers a challenging test for the unwary golfer.
Nature has provided its own hazards at Tavistock, with thick gorse and bracken, plus the odd clump of scrubby trees. There are also cunningly hidden bunkers that can trap the most proficient golfer. The thin soil not only provides tight lies, it also makes the greens lightning fast. Because of the thin soil the course and greens drain very quickly allowing year-long play - we aim to play a full course all year with no temporary greens or tees at Tavistock.
A guide to how the golf for the men, ladies and juniors is organised at and an indication of our social activities please click on - this link.
Please visit How to Find Us for precise information on our whereabouts and also view the course from above using Google Map features.
You may wish to contact the club office to discuss your visit or about becoming a member.


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William Bouguereau's $35 Million Masterpiece at Auction
Bouguereau at $35 million? Wow!!
It seems that just yesterday, actually 2006 that shady Albany appraiser slash art dealer slash conflict of interest Mark LaSalle offered a $65 thousand appraisal to a trusting convent of nuns.
With staggeringly large proportions (11 feet tall and 20 feet wide) and a veritable bacchanal of movement and color, William-Adolphe Bouguereau's Le Jeunesse de Bacchus (The Youth of Bacchus) is considered his most important painting. Sotheby's New York recently announced that it will auction the artwork during the Impressionist and Modern Art evening sale on May 14 with an estimate of $25-35 million.
The classically inspired work depicts a feast of Bacchus, the Roman god of wine and debauchery, as maenads (Bacchus' female followers) dance in the forested setting, naked cherubs play instruments, centaurs (half man, half horse) blow on flutes and satyrs (woodland gods) cavort through the woods. An over-served Bacchus, crowned by a wreath of ivy, rides into the festivities on a donkey, supported by two of his followers. The elaborate scene features hallmarks of the works of Bouguereau, a pre-eminent 19th century painter of the Paris Salon, with his mythical subject matter, proportionate and idealized human form, and masterful command of light and color.
To read more on Barnabys:
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What are your thoughts on this sketch of what Davis would look like with Elm St turned into a pedestrian-only area?
Deliveries could drive through during off peak hours. Buses would get a huge boost with the bus lane and better symmetry and turnarounds.
I'd especially like feedback on bikability. I didn't manage to fit bike lanes in anywhere, and we'd lose the door zone lane on Highland, but that'd be made up for by having a smaller slower intersection. Perhaps bikes could also share the bus lane? Would a 2-way cycletrack through the pedestrian area be too disruptive?
Without addressing the specifics of this proposal, I'll note that most places that have turned downtown streets into pedestrian plazas in the last few decades have come to regret it and turned them back into streets, because it's terrible for businesses.
Also, that's a hell of a lot of traffic to reroute onto Highland and Grove.


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Demand Management practices and technologies have evolved and now offer stellar capabilities for retailers, brand companies and suppliers to achieve significant improvement in sales. Yet only the most advanced practitioners take advantage of these, in spite of the fact that Demand Management is the highest priority in 2010 for enterprises, according to our research. In this webinar we will describe the Demand Management framework for the Second Decade of the new millennium and the practices and technologies needed to achieve these performance improvements.


Are you considering buying outdoor furniture for your patio? A patio can be a great place to unwind after a long day at work. In fact you can enjoy those lazy Sunday afternoons relaxing in the patio enjoying the gentle breeze. However, in order to make sure that comfort is a priority you need to invest in the right kind of patio furniture in sunshine coast. When you think about choosing wooden furniture for the patio, the best choice of wood is teak. Below are some of the reasons why teak is the best wood for outdoor furniture.
Unlike other kind of wood which might be quick to wear off or weather, teak is more durable. It can withstand weather extremities without losing its luster and look. Once you invest in a few teak pieces for your outdoor furniture you can rest assured that it's going to look great despite any changes in weather. A simple covering when not in use is enough to ensure that the teak furniture remains well maintained. The strength of the furniture remains same and you must have noticed that most outdoor furniture t high end ski lodges is made from teak.
All you need to do is spray the teak with some polish and a few resins. This would prevent any insect infestation. Unlike other kind of wooden furniture which become infested with pests and then there's not a great deal that can be done. Once wood is infected it tends to destroy pretty quickly. Whereas teak remains sturdy and durable year after year.
One of the best things about outdoor furniture from the Sunshine Coast is that it is literally no maintenance once you have it polished you just need to give it an occasional wipe form the duster to ensure it doesn't gather dust. Otherwise there's not a great deal you have to do to maintain teak furniture. Smart home owners know the importance of investing in low maintenance pieces which look great but are as little work as possible. This is why everyone is sunshine coast is investing in teak furniture.
If there is one thing to be said about teak furniture it is that it can last a life time. once you invest in teak furniture you can be assured that it's going to look great year after year. Also there is a timeless appeal to teak and it can look great without a great deal of care. Even when exposed to sunshine teak usually fades out to a beautiful colour which adds to its charm.
The rich colour of teak is beautiful and classic. It has an aesthetic look which not many can match. Having teak furniture on the patio will add to the look of the outdoor space as well.
For interesting designs and looks in outdoor teak furniture make sure you check out the variety available at outdoor furniture in Sunshine Coast.


We are a multi-disciplinary studio offering a broad range of services, from communication strategies and branding to graphic design and web development. We like no-nonsense writing, striking images and sophisticated design. We combine these in well-managed projects run with flair.
Kobalt Works is the production organisation founded by choreographer and dancer Arco Renz. Their website was old, not responsive and they never had a real graphic identity.
Because time, or rather the experience of time, is paramount to Renz' artistic practice, we designed a logo that very slowly revolves. For static media, we use various snapshots from the animated logo. We all liked kobalt blue, so why look elsewhere for the primary colour?
On the website, the primary concern was to give enough space to images and video, and yet have a fully responsive website. We kept the homepage sparse, showing the most recent trailer full-width, and adding only the logo and a menu icon. Throughout the site we show full screen performance stills in the background and try to maximize content, yet keep everything clear an structured.
You can check out the site here. We'll post some pictures of the stationery in the future.
We built a portfolio website for Hans Karelszoon Van Dijck, an artist and good friend of ours. Van Dijck's works combine performance, audiovisual elements and litography or intaglio printing, and the whole creation process is extensively documented.
Van Dijck wanted a website that would show all these different aspects of his work in a not too structured way, with a naviation system that is deliberately opaque. Visitors can then get lost in the site and spin their own narrative. Another important prerequisite for the site was a backend that would allow for a high level of customization. So we provided a CMS with a number of building blocks, various methods for inserting images, video's, audio and text blocks into project pages. We made a basic stylesheet to maintain some degree of harmony, but added a tool to the backend to create custom colour scheme for pages. The result is a kaleidoscopic but very personal portfolio site.
Studio Reset are Tim and Leen, two talented interior architects / furniture designers who happen to live around the corner. They made our office furniture and helped putting up the wall panels, so we made them a new logo and designed their stationery in return.
The proportions of the rectangles in the logo are based on the golden ratio. Because material qualities are important in their trade, we wanted to make something tactile and three-dimensional. So we had their logo blind-stamped on their business cards.
The new Moussem Journa(a)l is out, number five. Moussem Journa(a)l is a free magazine published twice a year with background information on Moussem's productions and in-depth interviews with the people involved. This issue features, among other things: Moussem's move to Brussels, the new Moussem Talks and the Tunis-festival.
You can download the entire magazine from Moussem's website.
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Leaker backs up Apple's new Pro Display XDR with custom silicon, more
in Apple News
Back in July, 9to5Mac reported that Apple was testing a new external display with a dedicated A13 chip and Neural Engine. Now, a leaker is also corroborating that the company seems to be working on an improved 32-inch Pro Display XDR with custom silicon.
Dylandkt has been the most prominent leaker over the past year regarding Apple announcements, and he's back today with a Twitter thread about three displays the company is in early development on. He writes:
There are three LG made Displays encased in unbranded enclosures for usage as external monitors that are in early development. Two of which have the same specifications as the upcoming 27 inch and current 24 inch iMac displays. The other display seems to be an improved 32 inch Pro Display XDR. Despite the lack of branding, It can be assumed at the very least that this display will be Apple branded.
Then, Dylan says that "there seems to be a reference to custom silicon powering the 32-inch display," which could be the next generation of the 2019 Pro Display XDR. On the other hand, he believes the other 24-inch and 27-inch displays won't feature custom silicon, as he wasn't able to find any reference.
Another tidbit about these displays is that the 27-inch and 32-inch monitors "seem to have miniLED displays and 120hz variable refresh rate," which corroborates with a recent report from DSCC that the next iMac Pro will feature these technologies and this display size.
Here's what 9to5Mac wrote in July about this new external monitor that could be a next-generation Pro Display XDR:
The new display is being developed under the codename J327, but at this point, details about technical specifications are unclear. According to sources, this display will have an Apple-made SoC, which right now is the A13 Bionic chip — the same one used in the iPhone 11 lineup. Along with the A13 chip, the external display features the Neural Engine, which accelerates machine learning tasks.
What do you think about this rumor? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.
🧵Thread 1/4: There are three LG made Displays encased in unbranded enclosures for usage as external monitors that are in early development. Two of which have the same specifications as the upcoming 27 inch and current 24 inch iMac displays.
— Dylan (@dylandkt) December 15, 2021
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Q: Get spinner id as defined in xml In my Android app I have a spinner and use a resource file to set the values:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>

    <string-array name="radius">
        <item id="100">100 m</item>
        <item id="500">500 m</item>
        <item>1 km</item>
        <item>5 km</item>
        <item>10 km</item>
        <item>15 km</item>
        <item>20 km</item>
        <item>30 km</item>
        <item>40 km</item>
        <item>50 km</item>
    </string-array>

</resources>

It isn't clear how I retrieve the id field when an item is selected. The samples I see posted on SO show how to get the value but I need to get the id. The values are language dependent, so I need to rely upon the id to determine what item was selected. I can't rely upon the position because the values will be sorted which results in a different sort order for different languages.

A: I think you should use the onItemSelectedListner..
Try this
    yourSpinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(new AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener() {
    public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view,
            int pos, long id) {
        Message mSelected = (Message) parent.getItemAtPosition(pos);
        Log.i("Id:", mSelected.getId());

    }

    @Override
    public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        Log.i("Message", "Nothing is selected");

    }

});

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World History B is the second semester in a two-semester series. One-half credit is awarded for successful completion of each semester.
demonstrate knowledge of significant people, events, and issues from the earliest times to the present.
identify historical points of reference in world history.
analyze important events and issues in western civilization as well as in civilizations in other parts of the world.
evaluate the causes and effects of political and economic imperialism and of major political revolutions since the 17th century.
understand the impact of geographic factors on major historic events and identify the historic origins of contemporary economic systems.
understand the process by which constitutional governments evolved as well as the ideas from historic documents that influenced that process.
trace the historical development of important legal and political concepts.
describe the history and impact of major religious and philosophical traditions.
understand the connections between major developments in science and technology and the growth of industrial economies.
use the process of historical inquiry to research, interpret, and use multiple sources of evidence.


index > camp > *campsite* > museum.
Warm, sunny days made the desert a great place to camp in the springtime. Many of the campsites had no natural shade, so its important to bring your own shade if you need it. Three incredibly windy nights were a real challenge for everybody camping in tents.
Background = roadside gravel at Hell's Gate.
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W.E. (2011)
Wallis Simpson: Darling, they can't hurt you if you don't let them.
~from W.E (2011)
I don't care for the work of Madonna, as a rule. I never have, not even back in the 1980's when she was young and popular. I don't like her for the same reasons I don't like blasphemy or vulgarity. I was therefore pleasantly surprised when I saw Madonna's film W.E. I was surprised and happy that someone capable of so much ugliness could also be capable of beauty. W.E is a film of subtle loveliness; each scene crafted with a stunning play of light and color. The romance of Edward VIII and Mrs. Simpson is presented in a most original fashion for while showing the irresistible nature of the love affair, it also shows the downside of the relationship, and there were many downsides.
Let me just say that I never saw the David/Wallis liaison as particularly romantic; it always seemed seedy to me, especially since it involved both a dereliction of duty and compulsive adultery. I find George VI and Queen Elizabeth to be the hero and heroine of a truly great love story, for they stood together with their country in the midst of disaster, while David and Wallis were picnicking in the South of France or sunning themselves in the Bahamas. What Madonna does is carefully yet searingly underline the despair and emptiness that was the lot of David and Wallis, who became a prince and princess without a country, without a family, with nothing but each other and their legend.
Onto the story of Edward the VIII and Wallis Simpson is spliced a secondary story about a desperate modern woman in a morbid situation. Her name is Wally because she is named after Wallis Simpson. Like her mother before her, she is obsessed with the story of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Her life is so empty that she looks to Wallis and David as examples of how to live and I must say that compared to young Wally, Mrs. Simpson appears to have it all together.
As The Telegraph says:
Madonna (who also co-scripted with Alex Keshishian) has fashioned a split-level story of two couples: the Windsors, and the growing attraction between Wally Winthrop (Abbie Cornish), a contemporary Manhattan woman, and Evgeni (Oscar Isaac), a handsome Russian working security at Sotheby's.
Wally, married to an eminent shrink who isn't above slapping her around, desperately wants children. (He doesn't.) Worse, she has inherited her mother's and grandmother's obsession with the Windsors (Andrea Riseborough, James d'Arcy) and doggedly researches their lives, seeking clues about how to live her own. In extreme moments, Mrs. Simpson actually appears to her.
In comparison to the lost modern girl, a notorious woman like Wallis becomes the epitome of class, elegance, and integrity. (That is how bad things are now.) I must say Andrea Riseborough is the best Wallis ever; she actually has the manner of a socialite from Baltimore; her warmth and easy, earthy charm are all we need to see to understand why David is enthralled with her. David is played by James D'Arcy who did a fine job although he is too tall for the part.
To quote The Hollywood Reporter:
Rather more flavorful is the story of Wallis, played with distinction and an almost poignant sense of resignation by Andrea Riseborough. First glimpsed in Shanghai in 1924 before entering London society in 1931, she is slowly pried from the hold of her burly military husband into the gangly but nonetheless tenacious grasp of Prince Edward (or David, as he was called by intimates). Surprisingly for the truth or dare adherent, Madonna is bashfully silent on the rumored intimate reasons why the king-in-waiting could not bear to lose this ordinary-looking woman.
Rather, looking at the dilemma more from female side, the filmmaker reveals a dynamic in which Wallis, her intimacy with Edward slowly morphing into unwanted isolation, soon becomes a pawn (never to be a queen) on the royal chessboard, virtually helpless to resist being moved about by forces far more powerful than she. This feeling of inevitability, backed up by snippets of Wallis' own letters registering feelings of being trapped, and her and Edward's eventual sorry fate as "the world's most celebrated parasites," is the one aspect of the story that rings true on a human level and is appealing and almost touching for that.
Wally's choice of the Russian security guard as the solution to all of her problems seems odd for a person so obsessed with the Duchess of Windsor. At least Wallis had a prince and her house in Paris. I mean, I hope Wally finds true love with Evgeny but considering she hardly knows him one cannot be sure. In spite of the confusion of the character she plays, Abbie Cornish is an exquisite actress and she does the best she can with the part of Wally. On the whole, while the movie is not among my favorites, it is both entertaining and thought-provoking. For those who enjoy films with lavish vintage costumes, sets and scenery as well as a look into the sorrows of the rich and famous, W.E is especially worth seeing.
Posted by elena maria vidal at 2:00 AM
Labels: At the Movies, Courtesans, Crown Jewels, Fairy-tales, Princesses, Queens of England
Enbrethiliel said...
This is a wonderful review, Elena! I was particularly struck by your observation that a woman like Wallis would seem very classy, elegant and well-bred to many of us today. We seem to have forgotten that these things are not a function of the age you were born in, the people you surround yourself with, or the material possessions you have: rather, they are rooted in character and integrity. If W.E. can make this point while underlining how glamorous Wallis Simpson undoubtedly was, it will definitely be worth watching!
Thanks for the review! I'll keep an eye out for this! =)
November 1, 2012 at 3:51:00 AM EDT
elena maria vidal said...
Thank you for your insightful comment, E. Of course, I don't know how far Wallis would have gotten if it had not been for her family connections (she was the poor member of a prominent Baltimore family) and her boarding school training. I don't know how much actual integrity Wallis had but she seems that way compared to her confused modern prototype. Also, while the film is full of glitter, it exposes the emptiness of glamor as well as its fleeting nature.
julygirl said...
I agree it is a film worth seeing on many levels. It is interesting how the film is worthwhile seeing even though so much has already been written on the subject. That is the genius of the production.
November 1, 2012 at 10:35:00 AM EDT
Nancy Reyes said...
wonderful review...but can you say "propaganda"?
The pro Nazi sentiments of Wallace were covered up during the war, but as for me, I'll put this one next to the wonderful films of Leni Refenstahl...
November 1, 2012 at 9:09:00 PM EDT
The film glosses over the Fascist leanings of Wallis. The Nazi connection is another reason why I never found the story romantic.
November 1, 2012 at 11:05:00 PM EDT
My comments about the film were made based on the production, ie, acting, set design, wardrobe, etc., and not on their values, Nazi affiliations or other choices they may have made in their lives.
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The Baptism of Virginia Dare
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Tesla the Eugenicist
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The Trial of Sir Walter Ralegh
Madame Royale in White and Scarlet
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From Grammarian to Theologian
Poor Mary Lincoln
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The Photographer from Auschwitz
Prince Henry the Navigator
"Pious Rhetoric"
Marie-Antoinette as Venus
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The Recycled Goat
An Irish Country Wedding
The Reason Obama Won
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Gifts from a King
Etiquette Schools for Everyone
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Saginaw-Soo sneak peek
Separated by about 250 miles of highway via Ontario and Michigan, two formidable foes will face off in a much-anticipated, major junior hockey showdown.
And given the fact that they are so evenly matched, it is seemingly suitable that the no. 2 seed Saginaw Spirit and the no. 3 seed Soo Greyhounds will line up in the second round of the Ontario Hockey League's Western Conference playoffs.
Games 1 and 2 of the best-of-seven set are slated for the mid-Michigan town of Saginaw this Friday and Sunday.
The Western Conference foes went head to head eight times during the 2018-2019 OHL regular season with each team winning four games.
Both teams finished the regular season with 96 points but Saginaw got the nod as the no. 2 seed in the Western Conference by virtue of winning more games than the Soo.
The Spirit overtook the Greyhounds for second spot by the margin of a 45-17-6 record. The Greyhounds ended up as the no. 3 seed with a record of 44-16-8.
On the goals for and against side, the teams were rather equal during the regular season. Saginaw scored 294 goals and allowed 218 while the Soo tallied 292 times and gave up 224.
The Spirit showed more penalty minute discipline than the Greyhounds, however. Saginaw spent 592 minutes in the penalty box in 68 regular season games as opposed to 759 for the Soo.
Both teams cruised through the first round of the Western Conference playoffs. Saginaw swept the Sarnia Sting in four straight games while the Soo was able to sideline the stubborn Owen Sound Attack in five outings.
First-year head coaches man the benches for both teams with Chris Lazary at the helm in Saginaw and John Dean as the headmaster for the Soo.
Of note, Lazary replaced the fired Troy Smith 22 games into the current season when Saginaw had a record of 11-9-2. Regular season and playoffs included, Saginaw since has a superb record of 38-8-4 with Lazary as the head coach.
Both teams have National Hockey League draft picks as their 1999 birth-year, clear-cut starting goalies.
Saginaw has Arizona Coyotes prospect Ivan Prosvetov as its main man between the pipes. The gigantic, Russian-born goalie fashioned a regular-season record of 36-11-3 with a 2.94 goals against average and .910 save percentage. Thus far in the playoffs, Prosvetov has a 4-0 record with a 2.15 goals against average and .937 save percentage.
The Soo counters with Los Angeles Kings prospect Matthew Villalta as its starter. A good-sized goalie himself, Villalta had a regular-season record of 33-12-5 to go with a 3.03 goals against average and .903 save percentage. Thus far in the playoffs, Villalta has a 4-1 record with a 2.89 goals against average and .895 save percentage.
Of note, despite being the same age as Villalta, Prosvetov is an OHL rookie, having spent the previous two seasons in first the North American Hockey League and then the United States Hockey League before moving up to the OHL and Saginaw for this 2018-2019 campaign.
Villalta, meanwhile, is in his third OHL season with the Greyhounds.
Both teams boast high-scoring, offensive defensemen.
Rookie Bode Wilde, an NHL draft pick of the New York Islanders, scored 19 goals for Saginaw during the regular season. Meanwhile, overage defender Mac Hollowell, an NHL draft pick of the Toronto Maple Leafs, lit the lamp 24 times for the Soo during the regular season.
Saginaw had four players score 30 or more goals during the regular season and three others hit the 20 mark.
Rookie Cole Perfetti rang up 37 goals to lead Saginaw while Team Canada graduate Owen Tippett tipped in 33, Cole Coskey notched 31 and Damien Giroux found range 30 times.
Meanwhile, Blade Jenkins potted 23 goals while overager Albert Michnac and Sault Ste. Marie native Nick Porco scored 20 times apiece.
The aforementioned Wilde and veteran forward Ryan McLeod both fell just just short of the 20-goal mark with 19 apiece.
Of note, Coskey scored his 31 goals in just 52 games before suffering a head injury that has kept him on the sidelines through the first round of the playoffs.
Meanwhile, overage standout Keeghan Howdeshell led the Greyhounds with 46 regular-season goals while Philadelphia Flyers first-rounder Morgan Frost added 37.
Next up were local product Cole MacKay with 27 goals, Arizona Coyotes first-rounder Barrett Hayton with 26 (in just 39 games), Hollowell with his 24 and Ryan Roth with 21. And import flash Jaromir Pytlik scored 11 times in only 26 games.
Besides the aforementioned Nick Porco, Saginaw has another Sault Ste. Marie product in rookie forward Camaryn Baber.
Baber had 8 goals, 15 assists, 23 points in 48 regular season and has scored once with two helpers in four playoff outings thus far. Of note, over his last 15 games, playoffs included, Baber has 4 goals, 10 assists, 14 points.
Looking at how even the two teams are, this is a series that could well go the maximum seven games.
Saginaw has home-ice advantage, should the series go seven games — and Hockey News North will give the Spirit the narrow edge based on that.
PHOTO: Saginaw Spirit winger Nick Porco looks to pass while being defended by Soo Greyhounds defenseman Ryan O'Rourke in OHL action from earlier this season.
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Virginia Schools To Teach Internet Safety
February 29, 2012 Internet
In an effort to prepare children and youth for potential foreign dangers on the Internet, Virginia was the first state to make Internet safety classes for all grade levels.
It is difficult that the first and thought all couples 49 eyes (assuming a set of eyes in each country, of course) to Virginia to see how teachers implement the program, the message is used, and the method is evaluated program.
According to the Virginia-based WDBJ7.com, the state attorney general warned a group of high school students by showing what the emerging social networking profile of a young woman of 15 years, but is actually A 31-year affair boy series currently serving a prison sentence of 45 years.
Half a century in prison can be good in Virginia, but down the branches of the river is considered castration as an option for dealing with people like that. It is fun to see who complains.
If not, it seems pretty clear that other states will follow Virginia educational goals, if not their exact penalty protocol. One day, internet safety classes such as ed normal driving and drug counseling, complete with a police state (and the attorney general today) tells the story of the most horrific they can draw from their pampiga lemon.
(In my day, after watching the video where the roll Pinocchio became disturbed by sniffing glue, the state police tell us destined for delinquency in the 10-year-old with stories nostrils and PCP-fueled rusty bare-knuckle prison-cell removing bricks. then had a kid getting his head broken …. This kind of makes you long for the days when the elders may try to scare Tale is not the truth.)
What If Google Penguin accidentally killed Updates Web As We Know It?
February 23, 2012 Google, Internet, Search Engine
Note: This article title may be a bit sensational, but do not ignore the "what if" part. I'm not suggesting I have some plot to kill the web. However, many companies rely on Google and people are panicking about backlinks. Some going so far to threaten legal action if the links are not removed. Links. If any legal action as it has resulted in the restriction of a link in any capacity, the web as we know can be put at risk. People are afraid to link. I do not think Google wants for such things to happen, but people do not always respond to things in the most rational way. I do not believe we'll see a link banned or the update will kill the Penguin website. However, a reaction to Google's penalty led to some pretty strong actions of some.
Google has said many times that he thought Penguin has become a successfully updated. Do you agree? Let us know in the comments.
PageRank and Web
WWW, as you know, stands for World Wide Web. Because they are associated with the link. Entire web sites link to each other, creating a way for users to click from page to page. Often the page on another site. This is the method that worked for years. Just think what would happen if the site is not free to link to each other. Web is broken, and users will suffer.
When Google launched its PageRank algorithm, it is a revolution in search. It seems to be a better way to search. Provides rhyme and reason for ranking search results. Now, Google uses over 200 signals to rank search results, which become more personal than ever before. PageRank is still important, but it is far from the only thing that matters.
However, the PageRank of a web link so much power to affect the visibility of web content. Now almost everyone on the web, everyone is struggling with their content viewed. Sometimes, you think: the more links either. More links can only lead to more of a chance people will see your content. Now, rather ironic, people are discovering that they have a link out there will lower their content. In some cases, they make it almost does not exist in Google, or at least to be buried, will also be gone.
Ordinary Time Out?
Google updates Penguin is a major wake up call to the webmaster about some sort of linking practices. These updates are designed to target violates Google's quality guidelines that site. Along with these rules: "Do not participate in link schemes" and "Avoid hidden text or hidden links."
Some guidelines Google is clear – obviously avoiding unethical practices. But in the scheme of relations department, things can get a little fuzzy. Just ask WPMU.org, who was hit by a penguin for some questionable link (pretty interesting, as it seems the benefits of the Google Panda update, which is designed to reward high quality sites).
Many webmasters taken in the forum and blogs to complain about Penguin updates, but Google has, more than on occasion, considered a successfully updated. We also see that come back around every so often, like its predecessor Panda.
Even before the Penguins, I sent a message to the webmaster ton remind them of questionable link. All of this is captured webmaster frenzy to clean up their profile link, and reduce the number of links Google considers poor quality, which may be expected to find their way back to contents visibility of Google search.
During Legal Action Link?
Some webmasters will even go so far threatened legal action against websites that link to them. Reference this, we have another article after Barry Schwartz at Search Engine Roundtable mention that it happened. Now, Greg Finn Search Engine Land pointed to specific examples where PSKL received a DMCA notice from LifeShield down, then writing a positive review.
Now, to be clear, this does not refer to the departure of DMCA notices on any content or use of content theft. It's about the link. It threatened legal action. He said:
I ask you to remove them from the following site (pskl.us)
www.lifeshield.com all links on the website soon.
To find a link, please do the following:
If it is an online directory of the website, use the search system directory to find the "LifeShield" link.
If there is a hidden link on the main page of the website source code, open the site and view the source code. Search for "lifeshield.com" in the source code and find the hidden link.
He also said:
LifeShield, Inc.. Check legal action if the webmaster does not remove the reference links within 48 hours.
Jeremy on PSKL actually share the entire conversation in the issue, which does not include an apology, suggesting that PSKL not be on the list of sites that receive notifications. Jeremy, however, may issue a list of sites to receive notifications. Throughout the conversation, he announced LifeShield is a site that "lifeshield robe and generate additional links back to 700K" LifeShield unnoticed, and the "Google stepped in and slapped" them with punishment, which causes of layoffs in the company.
Jeremy responded, "So you're saying that there went out and bought a 700K link back to you, knowing that your penalized by Google? So does that mean you have to (name of company) sent a DMCA notice 700K? Talk about throwing good money after bad. Linkspam to report spam team at Google, then spend the money on an SEO expert rather than trying to scare people with the threat. '
The response is actually longer than that, and includes metaphors extinguish a fire in the house with fertilizer, but it's main core.
I recommend reading the whole post Jeremy. Quite interesting.
Is it a Go Where You?
He did make an important point in this: A party created a large number of backlinks to your site to generate the SEO (or, in this case, destroying SEO) is unethical. It is not illegal.
While many may not have a problem with being illegal practices, the idea that the law can intervene to connect in any way that could cause bigger problems. Just consider all of the f the gray area of the law no fair use. Always have different interpretations, and may be dangerous.
For the record (granted, I'm a lawyer), I would not expect any legal action, as threatening the DMCA notice LifeShield to hold a lot of water in a court of law. Finn also shows two cases (Ford Motor Company v. 2600 Enterprises) and (Ticketmaster Corp. v. Tickets.com, Inc..), Where the legality linking to win.
But even things like this should go to court, it is a huge inconvenience and legal fees paid. If the site is legitimate practice, the habit linking ethics stayed in, where does that leave the web?
Is this what connects to the World Wide Web will be? You need to worry about starting sued because you connect to a site, and the site may or may not find your site on a site enough to want a strong link from? You can get sued because your page is not a high PageRank and link juice is not enough to help you connect to a site in search engine visibility?
LifeShield webspam apparently targeting some very specific, but sending notices the full list of sites. The possibility that the LifeShield is not just panicing company and move on to action. It is a pity, for if some negative SEO company (not clear if it is from a competitor) has an effect on the business, such as Jeremy suggests, this is probably not the best way to try to resolve the issue.
Let's Give Credit Multiple Google.
You can display the Google guidelines and update algorithms, which clearly caused some to think this way, but just the same, we can not be held entirely to blame for this kind of mentality is good. The company has said in the past that people should not be obsessed with PageRank, and it uses more than 200 signals to rank content. PageRank is not the only thing that matters. In fact, the company puts a list every month of the signal changes.
This shows the power of the people I hold very least. It shows how many businesses rely on Google as they go so far as to threaten a site just connected them with legal action.
Should legal action that will lead to success in the courts, which could mean bad news for the Web as we know it, and people will be afraid to link. I would think that spawn more problems on sites that do not get the credit (and possibly referral traffic) they deserve.
Do you think the Google rules and penalties may have an influence on legislation? Now that would be strength, and made more ironic, the fact that Google is constantly under surveillance themselves.
Twitter Passes Tax Break San Francisco Committee
On Monday, we told you about the debate that took place in San Francisco on whether to extend the payroll tax break for new hires for the company vilified in some areas of the city. Proposals will be developed as a way to attract companies to locate in the San Francisco and as a way to keep the name of the big companies such as Twitter in the city. It seems the Board of Supervisors Budget and Finance Committee passed a measure in full board. The proposal is almost a sure thing with a newer, more conservative council vote.
The first point of contention is to define the geographical boundaries of the proposed tax relief. Both economically depressed areas of the city that was originally included in the proposal Mid-Market and Tenderloin. As Mid-Market likely to stay on the whole, part of the Tenderloin can be removed from the law.
As the San Francisco Chronicle notes, provide tax relief area, you may have to start giving more:
Meanwhile, companies located in other parts of the city began to ask – and soon will be required – the proposed tax exemption extended to other parts of the city so, too can benefit and make a commitment to stay in San Francisco.
The second issue specific settled behind the so-called "Community Benefits Agreement." It basically says that if you pay more than a million dollars, then you have to make some kind of commitment to help the community if you want your shiny tax break.
Chronicle reported that the tender proposal with Twitter will have them set aside $ 200K for local services such as janitors, committed to local charter 25% of new employees, donated used computers for the youth and the whole list of other things to help the community.
To the opponents of the law, "Community Benefits Agreement" must see around (God forgive me) putting lipstick on a pig. But even if you think the amount of tax breaks for corporate welfare, at least they tried to make it fun. On the other hand, proponents can boast that they not only keep the business in San Francisco, but soon they were helping people in the process.
Zynga: 40-Year-Old New Moms Are Hardcore players
February 11, 2012 Games, Internet
Manny Anekal, Zynga's Director of Brand Advertising at SXSW talk a little now about storytelling through advertising, but stressed how great social game.
1 in 5 Americans played many games Zynga, he said, noting that the company is changing the landscape of the game, and increases the overall landscape of gaming experience. In other words, people do not always play as many games in the past, playing them now, thanks to titles like FarmVille and CityVille. Zynga CityVille, he said, has nearly one hundred million users.
Last year, Anekal says the average user played 68 minutes per day. It is based on a browser, but even cut the number in half, he said it was a "great," even compared to broadcast television.
"More women are playing Farmville than watching Soap Opera," he said.
40-year-old mother spents amount of time playing the game, and also costs the maximum amount of money, said Anekal.
"She is the new hardcore gamer," he said.
55% of all social players in U.S. women, and 53% of Zynga players are women between 25 and 44.
Reports 43 Percent Revenue Increase
February 6, 2012 Business, Internet, Online Business
Russian search company with little trouble fending off Google in his homeland also doing quite well financially. Now, Yandex announced financial results for 2010, and the company has seen amazing earnings rose 43 percent compared with 2009.
That puts Yandex revenues for 2010 to be approximately $ 410 million in total net enough. For some other achievements, the official announcement explains, "income from contextual advertising has grown 45% year-over-year."
Also, the number of Yandex advertisers increased by more than 40% on a year-over-year, with a total of about 180,000 at the end.
Meanwhile, according to the Russian Association of Communication Agencies, the Russian online advertising market overall has grown by 37 percent between 2009 and 2010, placing Yandex – which controls about 64 percent of the domestic market share Search – continuing the curve in almost every respect.
All LED Arkady Volozh, CEO of Yandex, to state, "The highlight of the year 2010, as we see it, is that by continuing to improve our product quality we managed to increase our market share in search. The large increase revenue reporting year we are two important trends – the rise of the post-crisis small and medium enterprises and the shift of ad spending online advertising on other channels "
Last week, Volozh gave an interview stating that he thinks Google and Facebook will continue to trace a local company in Russia, too.
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Mike Garson offers up some Bowie stories ahead of 'Celebrating David Bowie' in Fort Lauderdale
Courtesy Jamie Trumper
Longtime David Bowie pianist Mike Garson recently gathered several former Bowie collaborators for a tour to celebrate the legendary British singer's music. He has dubbed the tour "Celebrating David Bowie." He and his band mates, including guitarist Earl Slick and bassist Carmine Rojas, among others, are currently on the U.S. leg of the tour. Ahead of a South Florida performance, we had a chance to catch up with Garson in Minneapolis via phone, as he took a day of rest between shows.
"I have hundreds of stories," he teased, though many can be read in this series of posts on our site.
One thing we asked him about is how Bowie came to the spontaneous decision to perform what will now always be his longest live show of his career in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the same city where Garson and the band will play on (From the Archives: David Bowie's longest ever performance happened in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1997).
"David never wanted to hang in a comfort zone," says Garson. "He was always pushing his own and everyone's. It sort of started as joke. I don't know, one of us said, 'Let's do everything we know." He pauses to laugh, "and he took him seriously."
Courtesy Bryan Lasky
We were at that show, and briefly met the legendary singer, as he spontaneously also decided to meet fans who arrived early for a meet and greet, after the band stepped off the tour bus ahead of a soundcheck. Bowie was certainly in a great mood that day, and he cracked jokes about the length of the show toward the end of the night.
Garson didn't see it as exceptional. He said Bowie had found a very happy place after his marriage to supermodel Iman. "Once he married Iman and had a daughter he was a happy guy," says Garson.
They wed in 1992. Only three years after the wedding Bowie was co-headlining a tour with Nine Inch Nails. Bowie and his band, which included Garson, were supporting the singer's album 1. Outside. Meanwhile, Nine Inch Nails were at their pinnacle, in support of The Downward Spiral.
"One day, Trent came over to me, and Trent at that part of his life was in a darker phase," Garson recalls, "and he says, 'David is just too happy for me. I like that other period in the '70s.' I remember thinking, well, the time will come when you'll be happier too, and he is now. He's married and he's got kids. I went to his 50th birthday party last year, a surprise party. David loved Trent and told me to be aware of him and work with him, which I did."
During this era of collaboration between Reznor and Bowie, the pair did interviews together or on their own, promoting their admiration for each other's work. Somewhere I either read or heard Reznor first heard Bowie's Scary Monsters album while growing up in Ohio. He said he got it in the mail as party of the penny album club, and was surprised to find it frightened him.
The pianist counters with a story about Bowie's son from a previous marriage to Angie Bowie, filmmaker Duncan Jones. He says, Jones told him he remembers, when he was a child, hearing "Aladdin Sane," a track that could be Garson's most famous moment with its winding, angular piano solo. "Duncan, who's David's son, told me in the mid-90s, when he grew up, and he heard 'Aladdin Sane,' he had nightmares every night," he says.
You can read much more of my conversation with Garson in the Miami New Times:
Celebrating David Bowie at Parker Playhouse Is Not a Karaoke Show
Celebrating David Bowie happens at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 14, at Parker Playhouse, 707 NE Eighth St., Fort Lauderdale; 954-462-0222; parkerplayhouse.com. Tickets range from $33 to $158 for VIP packages via ticketmaster.com.
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Q: Summing Columns from two separate SQL tables I am currently trying to add together two columns on different tables, but when one table is blank, it won't add up the columns from the table that isn't.
This is being built on SSMS, for use with PowerApps, which sadly doesn't allow the use of SQL Triggers. Instead, I am using Stored Procedures activated by Flow. One of these adds together columns from a Units table and runs UPDATE on a column in my StaffTotals table.
On that Totals table I have a few more columns, for Assessment that might also be filled and would feed into the same totalTeaching column. However, if my Units table is blank, the SUM is just displaying 0, instead of adding any figures in the StaffTotals.Assessment column.
WITH pretotalTeaching AS
(
    SELECT
        dbo.StaffTotals.MMU_ID,
        (SUM(dbo.StaffTotals.PG60Assessment) + SUM(dbo.StaffTotals.UG30Assessment) +
         dbo.Units.[Teaching Hours] + SUM(dbo.Units.[Preparation Hours]) +
         SUM(dbo.Units.[Assessment Hours])) AS TeachingTotal
    FROM
        dbo.Units
    INNER JOIN
        dbo.StaffTotals ON dbo.StaffTotals.MMU_ID = dbo.Units.MMU_ID
    GROUP BY
        dbo.StaffTotals.MMU_ID
)
UPDATE preStaffTotals
SET preStaffTotals.totalTeaching = pretotalTeaching.TeachingTotal
FROM dbo.StaffTotals as preStaffTotals
INNER JOIN pretotalTeaching ON preStaffTotals.MMU_ID = pretotalTeaching.MMU_ID;

I need it to show still SUM my Assessment columns even if the Units table is blank. Any help?

A: An INNER JOIN will only include rows that are present in both tables.  You will need to look into an OUTER JOIN of some form to include rows that are only present in a single table.
Options include left, right, and full outer joins, depending on whether you can safely exclude one table if the other doesn't have data, or want to include either table despite the other not having anything.


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Kahnawake Mohawks demand Indigenous rights be upheld as rail blockade peacefully ends
By Kalina Laframboise	Global News
Posted March 5, 2020 9:09 am
Updated March 6, 2020 10:13 am
Members of the Mohawk community briefly block the highway to read a statement after removing their blockade of the commuter rail line, Thursday, March 5, 2020 in Kahnawake, Que.	 Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press
A blockade on the railway tracks in Kahnawake — which protesters from the Mohawk community set up nearly a month ago — has come to a peaceful end on Thursday.
The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake confirmed the move in the afternoon and praised the dedication of the protesters, who took to the streets after the barricade fell.
After moving from the camp, they briefly stopped highway traffic before setting up a new location close to Highway 138, near the Mercier Bridge leading to Montreal.
"We demand the government of Canada to restore its relationships with the First Peoples of this country and uphold Indigenous rights," said Roxann Whitebean.
READ MORE: Kahnawake allows CP Rail to inspect tracks
The dismantlement will "undoubtedly help alleviate pressure and leave room for the Wet'suwet'en people to consider the proposal being brought forth by Canada and British Columbia," according to the council.
"Even in 2020 it seems that it takes a crisis for governments to truly engage," said Grand Chief Joseph Tokwiro Norton in a statement. "We have been advocating for meaningful dialogue in the interest of peace and safety for all people."
The Mohawk longhouse said in a statement that the removal of the blockade was done in good faith as the Wet'suwet'en people consider the draft agreement reached last week.
The blockade was first erected on Feb. 10 in solidarity with the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs after the RCMP moved into their traditional territory to give workers unobstructed access to the Coastal GasLink construction site.
Rail blockade moving to the middle of highway 132 in Kahnawake. pic.twitter.com/fv84jEIsjV
— Mike Armstrong (@ArmstrongGN) March 5, 2020
Police intervention quickly sparked nationwide protests on railways across the country and questions over Indigenous land rights. The blockades led to service disruptions on freight and commuter rails.
In Kahnawake, the blockade forced the cancellation of commuter trains on the Candiac line between Montreal and the south shore for more than three weeks. It also halted traffic for Canadian Pacific Railway.
Whitebean said the community wants to allow the Wet'suwet'en time to make a decision on the blockade, but that Mohawks continue to support them and will closely monitor the situation.
"Let this be a strong message and demonstration of good faith to all of Canada, we prefer a peaceful resolution and demand that Indigenous Peoples' rights be respected," said Whitebean.
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If you are a college student or have been one, chances are you've been assigned to write a narrative essay at least once. You were probably asked by a current professor of yours to write one since you're now reading this article in the first place. If you are worried about the task at hand, remember that some pre-writing jitters are totally expected. But to lessen the anxiety, there are some writing guidelines and tips that can help you do better in writing a narrative essay. For narrative essay help, continue reading this article.
The first tip in this narrative essay help is to do some brainstorming. Think about the subject at hand and your own personal experiences that are related to it. Get a pen and a piece of paper and jot them down into the page however way you want it, but do so in a manner where you'll be able to synthesize these ideas into one idea or set of organized but compartmentalized ideas.
Once you've outlined all the ideas and stories on a piece of paper, it's time for you to put them in groups. Match them according to interconnectedness and add new insights that might come up in the process.
The next thing you have to do is just write your narrative essay as if you're telling a story to someone who's right beside you. You can go back to the outline you have made after the brainstorming. Just write without preamble. This time, you need to focus on being a storyteller. Playing the editor part will come eventually. This is because you get a more natural or organic flow in your narrative if your brain is not being bombarded with anxieties related to grammar and structure.
Now as to editing, some narrative essay help should be received. First rule of thumb is to remove the unnecessary words. A well-structured sentence should convey an idea in as few words as possible. The second valuable narrative essay help you can receive is that advice telling you to do away with big words, at least on a conscious level. Nothing makes a narrative more awkward than a big word that doesn't fit.
Once you're done with the first draft, you can start editing the grammatical mistakes and the syntaxes that need work. This time, it's perfectly okay to ask for narrative essay help. Narrative essay help can come in many forms. It can be from a book. William Strunk's 'Elements of Style' is highly recommended. Or, you can have your professor read your edited draft and ask for suggestions and tips. Your professor should be glad to provide you narrative essay help. Nothing makes a professor gladder than a student who's willing to learn, even more so if that help is asked of him or her.
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Over the course of the next twelve months, the UFO subject will come under intense media and public interest in various parts of the world. 2005 saw the release of documents by the Brazilian government covering major events of massive UFO activity over military bases and populated cities. In Mexico, 2004 the government allowed the release of superb radar documentation over Campeche, Mexico, which led to official disclosures by the Mexican government in 2004, and now, the anticipated release of official documents by the French government (SEPRA-CNES) in 2007. This may trigger the release of more documentation by other governmental authorities in the world.
Despite strenuous and costly efforts by governments to publicly debunk good case studies, all subsequent opinion polls patently demonstrate they have miserably failed to reverse a growing tide of belief that some UFOs are real, and not misidentification hoaxes or the product of imaginative minds.
This year is seeing the emergence of several former military and intelligence figures (Nick Pope, from the U.K. Defense Ministry, for example) who have something major to say on a subject that influences all civilization. Credible backgrounds don't in themselves make for credible accounts unless they fit into the larger picture of substantial testimony.


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Implementing Patient Access to Electronic Health Records Under HIPAA: Lessons Learned
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What lessons can be learned from the implementation of Patient Gateway, a secure, web-based, Boston health care system?
This article examines Patient Gateway; a secure, web-based health care system developed by Partners HealthCare System based in Boston and launched in 2002. Over the course of 2 years, it was released to 19 different clinics representing various socioeconomic statuses and urban/suburban populations.
In a 2001 report, The Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued 10 suggestions to improve healthcare in America. One suggestion called for closure of the "chasm" between information in the healthcare system and the individual or patient. Beginning in 2001, HIPAA set a baseline for privacy regarding such transactions and security of patient data. The authors note other studies which have shown that EHR's can be beneficial and have the ability to maintain the confidentiality of patient data.
The authors covered three areas Patient Gateway uses to maintain security and privacy.
Authenticating and Authorizing Patient Use
The initial design and specifications for security with regard to the authentication of staff have proved sufficient and secure. The initial design for patient authorization to the system has since been enhanced. Originally a forgotten password was mailed out to the physical address on file. This delay waiting for the letter to arrive caused frustration with the patients, so the system was upgraded so the patients profile would include a secret question to be used when retrieving a new password. Upon a successful answer to this secret question, a challenge question is asked of the patient. This question is derived from some bit of information in the patient's record. These enhancements have improved the system.
Patient Gateway currently does not allow access to a proxy member, family, or friends. This situation is planned to change in the future, but currently is not available.
Authenticating and Authorizing Staff Use
Patient Gateway ensures the only the proper staff can access only the appropriate information. The main complaint with patients is that staff reviews all phone messages and emails to physicians. Many questions can be answered by staff to reduce the physicians workload, however this is within the privacy guidelines of Patient Gateway.
The Patient Gateway system will only allow patients with Web browsers which support high encryption. Also, the system encodes all information over a SSL connection and doesn't store any information in the patient's computer cache.
The 2001 IOM report desired to bring patients closer to their medical history and information. While in accordance with HIPAA, Patient Gateway has been able to make progress towards this goal. There are several important issues which must be addressed in future EHS implementations. The three areas which are of chief importance are: Authenticating and Authorizing Patient Use, Authenticating and Authorizing Staff Use, and Messaging. Future development will also need to focus on the way EHR's are presented to the patient. Currently, Patient Gateway presents selected information in the EHR to the patient. A patient's entire medical history isn't necessarily available online to the patient. This will need to be addressed in the future.
The authors have been able to review and summarize lessons learned from the implementation of this system. They been able to pursue the suggestion of IOM to close the chasm of information disconnect between healthcare and the patient. The security of these systems remains a priority and constant struggle. These systems can provide better healthcare as the communications between the patient and physician are improved.
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A Woman's Right to Pleasure
By (author) Amir Marashi
Edited by BlackBook Publishing
Foreword by Erica Jong
Foreword by Roxane Gay
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A Woman's Right to Pleasure
by BlackBook x LELO is a distinctive collection of over 200 works and original texts from over 60 of the world's most important and well-recognized female-identifying artists, writers and creative thinkers from around the globe.
"If we could truly depict women's desire, we might come to understand how it secretly rules the world." – Erica Jong, A Woman's Right To Pleasure
Iconic and never-before-published works by Georgia O'Keeffe, Louise Bourgeois, Judy Chicago, Tracey Emin, Jenny Holzer, Marlene Dumas and Alice Neel run alongside original essays by New York Times best selling authors Erica Jong and Roxane Gay, and contributions from photographers like Cindy Sherman, Carrie Mae Weems, Marilyn Minter and Nan Goldin, as well as by emerging talent such as Mickalene Thomas, Martine Gutierrez and Harley Weir in this groundbreaking art book that sees the most critical female voices of the last century explore the idea of pleasure ? and empowerment ? in all its forms.
Forewords by: Erica Jong and Roxane Gay
Artwork by: Nina Chanel Abney, Marina Abramovic, Ghada Amer, Judith Bernstein, Renate Bertlmann, Cass Bird, Louise Bourgeois, Cecily Brown, Arvida Bystrom, Amanda Charchian, Judy Chicago, Maisie Cousins, Renee Cox, Vaginal Davis, Tamara De Lempicka, Annique Dephine, Suzy Kellems Dominik, Marlene Dumas, Tracey Emin, Leonor Fini, Monica Kim Garza, Nan Goldin, Martine Gutierrez, Andrea Hasler, Jenny Holzer, Elizabeth Ilsley, Natalie Krim, Friedl Kubelka, Dani Lessnau, Natalia LL, Sarah Lucas, Sally Mann, Lena Marquise, Andrea Mary Marshall, Marilyn Minter, Sophia Narrett, Alice Neel, Reka Nyari, Georgia O'Keeffe, Toyin Ojih Odutola, Meret Oppenheim, Signe Pierce, Alexandra Rubinstein, Faith Ringgold, Jenny Saville, Carolee Schneemann, Tschabalala Self, Joan Semmel, Cindy Sherman, Sonia Sieff, Penny Slinger, Mairi-Luise Tabbakh, Mickalene Thomas, Betty Tompkins, Ellen Von Unwerth, Sophia Wallace, Carrie Mae Weems, Harley Weir and Luo Yang, with an exclusive coloring book by RIP Bambi.
Essays by: Kathy Acker, Judy Chicago, Vaginal Davis, Alice Little, Erika Lust, Naana Otoo Oyortey, Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolokonnikova, Natasha Stagg, and Stoya.
Quotes by: Simone de Beauvoir, Eve Ensler, Betty Friedan, Audre Lorde, and Anais Nin.
BlackBook is a leading global media brand, full service creative agency and publishers of the award-winning BlackBook Magazine since 1996.
Dr. Amir Marashi is a New York City OBGYN and vaginal surgeon whose revolutionary work in the US and internationally along with his mission to help victims of genital mutilation, has led press to dub him 'The Vagina Whisperer.'
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HRlab E-Recruiting netMEDIA Recruiting Software Review
netMEDIA Recruitment Software Review
Average rating: 3.5 (from 95 votes)
By Dave Foxall
A Vendor Solution Brief for netMEDIA's E-recruiting Software
Founded in Zurich, Switzerland in 1998, netMEDIA is a privately-held software company whose specialization is in global eHR (particularly e-recruitment software). With offices in Jersey City, New Jersey and Shanghai, China, netMEDIA's mission is, "To provide cutting-edge recruitment technologies to assist Global 500 organizations recruit, hire and retain top-quality talent"—a goal that the company has largely delivered on. In fact, out of an immense field of contenders, 2009 saw netMedia placed in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for recruitment software as a leading niche player that was emerging from its Swiss base market to successfully bid for global contracts. The current position is that netMEDIA has built on that start and now has solutions implemented in over 85 countries and in 25 languages.
netMEDIA's Software Application Purpose
netMEDIA's e-recruitment software consists of five functional modules – Candidate Market, Graduate Recruitment, Online Assessment & Test, Job Management and Candidate management – all accessed via a job portal and managed by a Control module. As such, this recruitment software solution covers virtually all aspects of the hiring process, from candidate identification and pre-screening to selection and on-boarding. Further, the netMedia recruitment application offers the capability to manage multiple workflows and processes aligned to the client's organizational structure. Additionally, the system is flexible enough to comply with variations in regulation such as those from the OFCCP (Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs) in the U.S. and strict privacy legislation throughout Europe. The key system features include:
Built-in regulatory and diversity tools for compliance with global regulations;
Configurable workflows to allow for adaptation to each country/region's hiring processes;
Interactive career site with resume parsing, mass hiring tools, and self-scheduling capabilities;
Detailed applicant tracking system (ATS) and contact management tools;
Automated job and offer approval functionality;
Mass communication and marketing capabilities;
Requisition and sourcing management features;
Candidate assessment tools;
Standard and ad-hoc reporting solutions (as well as robust database searching functions).
netMEDIA's Customer Target Market
With marquis customers such as IBM (for e-recruitment), Volkswagen, and Siemens (both for broader eHR applications), it's clear that the Global 500 organizations that netMEDIA aims for have a need for multiple language and currency support—typically for differing brands and processes in different countries (often driven by legal and/or cultural factors). Offering a high degree of flexibility, the company claims, "we can offer a truly global solution to companies looking to consolidate their global technologies."
netMEDIA's Perfect Prospect Profile (PPP)
netMEDIA exclusively focuses on large, complex organizations that – due to their cross-border operations and multinational employees – need a high degree of customizability from their software. netMEDIA provides a single solution that can be deployed across the entire organization regardless of geography and local compliance issues. In fact, Gartner's recommendation is that "multinational organizations with complex customized processes should assess netMEDIA."
netMEDIA's Technical Specs
As is the case with many e-recruitment applications, netMEDIA is a cloud recruitment software vendor; however, it should also be noted that this solution is built on a Java and IBM WebSphere stack/Oracle WebLogic.
netMEDIA's Primary Competitors
Other e-recruitment software vendors with a strong global emphasis and capability include Bond International, First Advantage, HRsmart, Kenexa, SAP and Lumesse.
Strengths of netMEDIA's Software
Excellent capacity for aligning with complex organizational structures and regional requirements within a global context.
Proven on the global field in multiple languages and cultures.
Strong capacity for integration with existing ERP and HRMS systems.
Incredibly intuitive user interface (UI) that few similarly-situated recruiting software vendors can compete with.
Weaknesses of netMEDIA's Select Software
Despite the New Jersey office, netMEDIA's profile is not as high in the U.S. as some of its competitors.
Limited social media capabilities which could present a serious problem for the company moving forward given the recruitment software industry's increasing social trajectory.
While solid, on-boarding functionalities need to be improved considerably to be able to actively compete against best-of-breed recruitment software vendors.
Bottom-line for netMEDIA's E-recruitment Software
Despite the fact that netMEDIA's software solution has yet to fully embrace the rising social media trend in e-recruitment, its current capability to meet the needs of global organizations appears strong. Indeed, in 2010, HR-Today magazine ranked netMEDIA #1 in an evaluation of 20 e-recruitment systems specifically targeted towards the needs of enterprise clients. The conclusion was that netMEDIA best supports, automates and enhances the core HR-processes. As HR-Today frames it, "The strength of the [netMedia] solution lies in its outstanding functionality depth and an intuitive and versatile user interface."
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FULL MOON IN SAGITTARIUS
EMBODYING YOUR SIMPLEST GIFTS
As the lunar cycle began with the New Moon in Taurus on May 15th, 2018, we were invited into a process of radical re-creation; to discover what liberates us, what is limiting us, what we need to truly sustain ourselves, and how can we create a deeper sense of value, purpose, meaning and nourishment in our lives.
Now, as the energy of the Full Moon in Sagittarius takes shape, we are invited deeper into this process of re-creation; to redefine and reframe our beliefs, intentions, self-definitions and inner dialogue, thereby creating space to embody our simplest — and greatest — natural gifts, and allow our heart's guidance to re-shape our relationship to the outside world.
Let's look at the energy patterns that are shaping our evolution during this current lunar cycle.
Re-Framing Ourselves
The Sun in Gemini oppose the Moon in Sagittarius and square Neptune in Pisces
As the Sun's journey through Gemini begins, a clear opportunity will arise for us to heal our inner dialogue. The energy of Gemini, a sign of relativity, is deeply connected with how we identify, connect with, and relate to objects and forces outside of ourselves. It is through this relationship that we learn to develop language, which allows us to communicate with each other. Our gathering of facts, perceptions and opinions also stem from the Gemini energy.
The larger context for today's Full Moon in Sagittarius is linked with how we identify with the outside world, and also how the outside world defines and identifies with us. The square alignment which the Sun and Moon are making to Neptune in Pisces is helping us to dissolve the old and outdated beliefs that we once subscribed to, which helped us navigate our human experience but which now, no longer serve our radically recreated selves. This tension is helping us find acceptance in the past and supports us into the future, by creating a desire to communicate at a deeper level with ourselves.
Healing Our Inner Dialogue
The North Node in Leo sextile the Sun in Gemini and inconjunct Saturn Retrograde in Capricorn
In astrology, the North Node of the Moon reflects to us the path through which we find the growth and development of our awareness — that deeper level of self communication. With the North Node in Leo, we have been learning over the last year to really find our voice and, more specifically, the voice of our soul singing!
The essence of this alignment in the context of today's Full Moon is bringing clarity to our sense of purpose, through being in touch with what truly comes from our hearts. Moreover, Saturn inconjunct both the Sun and the North Node shows us that, in order to walk the path of our heart, we have to heal the layers of emotional duality that have crystallised in our bodies and minds and created separation from our heart's purest guidance.
Our separation from our "heart self" leads us to feel that we can't take centre stage and be proud of what is true to us. This creates an inner dialogue that second-guesses the heart's purest desires, or relegates them completely. But, helping us to break this pattern, the energy of this alignment leads us to examine our inner dialogue and realize that the way we define our lives inwardly defines how we create our lives outwardly.
Ask yourself: How are you strengthening and nurturing your commitment to what really matters to you?
Shedding Our Skin
Saturn Retrograde in Capricorn oppose Venus in Cancer square Chiron in Aries
Reflecting a radical change in our life's direction, the 7-year passage of Uranus (de-conditioning) through Aries (passion) brought a tremendous amount of change and freedom to explore who we are (a cycle that came to completion on May 15th, as Uranus entered the sign of Taurus). Now with that energy of freedom and self exploration clearly reverberating in our psyches, we are invited to ground that energy into our personal worlds and actually experience this new sense of self. This current alignment between Saturn, Venus and Chiron helps us along with this grounding process, showing us exactly how we have outgrown our past paradigms of thinking and being.
The energy of Venus in Cancer (a Cardinal sign) is all about changing direction. Each of us are at a point in which a shift in identity is occurring. What is important to notice here is that the old sense of self we attached to, and identified through, will feel limiting and have a sense of meaningless to it. This is the tension that Saturn is making to Chiron and Venus. In this alignment the key is to observe the values and needs you once felt were important that now no longer seem to support your needs in the new life you are trying to build.
Ask yourself: How can you begin to define yourself from the inside out in a way that truly supports your ongoing process of healing?
Opening Space
Jupiter in Scorpio trine Venus in Cancer and Neptune in Pisces
'Opening space' is the best way to describe the energy of this alignment. Whenever you see planets form harmonic (trine) aspects to each other in the watery elements of Cancer, Pisces and Scorpio, we can know we are about to go through a deep transformation. Pisces reflects meaning, Cancer reflects ego and Scorpio reflects attachments and so, as this alignment takes shape, we see the meaning of our ego attachments undergo a process of change — one that energetically supports the process of shedding our skins reflected by the alignment of Saturn in Capricorn, Chiron in Aries and Venus in Cancer (which we discussed above).
These formations will bring into our awareness the changes to our inner world, and we will begin to witness the flood of new direction (and therefore, opportunity) in our lives. Our core truth and perspective is now being transformed. What is the new meaning for you?
Full Moon Message – Your Simplest Gifts
Deep within each and every one of us is an opening which takes us beyond ourselves and our physical body into the source of our souls. It is from this opening within us that we are connected to where we have come from, where our soul resides, and where we will one day return to. We all have access to this source and we can all know it consciously, and thereby, consciously experience not only our connection to everything but also the continuous birthing of co-creation within it.
Life moves through us. The birth of every moment sprouts from this soulful source within, and we bring it through our physical vessel into manifest creation where we then experience it reflected back to our conscious awareness; this allows us to then know what is within us, as we see it in the reflection of our creation. That reflection is a compass which can bring us closer to the source of our being, guiding us to deeper awareness of the echoes of our past, which we can transmute through awareness into a different future — a future which we can witness with love and awe as it springs forth from our being, and others', flowing into creation with conscious intention. This is how the purity of our vibration is manifested.
Conscious intention is created by surrendering our mind and body to something greater than what we think we want, which may sound contradictory to the idea of intention, but this is not an intention in our minds but an intention which comes from the deeper levels of our being — from our souls, which is something which can be felt and known and then allowed into being. So, to consciously co-create with intention requires you to trust and surrender to the greater forces flowing through you – to align yourself with that flow so that you yourself become the expression and movement of the source.
When we align ourselves with the intention moving through us, we cultivate our greatest and simplest gifts — our humility, our compassion, our generosity, our and humanity. We each hold an endless abundance of these qualities and it is by aligning ourselves with the natural flow of creation and intentionally channeling it through these conscious virtues that we bring our highest calling and purpose into being. We each have beautiful gifts to offer and it is your simplest gifts that make you shine the brightest. They are your nature. Bring them to everything you do and you will become not only the artist of your life but also the work of art.
As we announced in our last newsletter we have been busy on may levels with new exciting projects. We have released our introduction video on the astrology of relationships and are excited to share more with you on this topic. We also became aware that there is a desire to understand more about the younger generations, conscious parenting etc so have began to plan a series on raising children with awareness of their soul signature as a way of consciously supporting their evolutionary development..THIS is how we ultimately wish astrology to be used and we are so thrilled to have the opportunity to support this awareness of the healing power Evolutionary Astrology. We dream of a world where astrology is taught to children as an integrated tool for awareness.. Maybe Pluto in Aquarius will bring more of that thinking into the world but for now, we will do our best to support those seeking to learn.
On that note, we have a Foundation course starting on June 3rd and another starting June 27th where Simon teaches the foundation for reading a natal chart, the 12 archetypes as understood through the lens of evolutionary astrology with additional emphasis on Pluto and the Lunar Nodes. In this course much emphasis is put on practicing SEEING the archetypes at play in real life. By practicing on their own charts and the charts of those close to then the individuals learn to identify the astrology at play through direct experience which supports a process of intuitively learning rather than memorizing information.
We also have an intermediate course planned for those who already have a foundation in EA who would like to dive deeper into interpretation methods. We dive into understanding retrogrades planets, how understanding the evolutionary state of awareness reveals the way archetypes are expressed and manifested., significant aspects and phasal relationships between planets, key planetary pairs, House/Sign/Planet Method of interpretation and exceptions to the rules. Please email us at info@raising-vibrations.com if you are interested in joining.
Lastly our full moon video forecast followed by a live Q&A with our Patreon members is planned for tomorrow 30th May at 6pm GMT, Hope you can join us!


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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Chris Columbus
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Genre: Kids & Family
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In this enchanting film adaptation of J.K. Rowling's delightful bestseller, Harry Potter learns on his 11th birthday that he is the orphaned first son of two powerful wizards and possesses magical powers of his own. At Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry embarks on the adventure of a lifetime. He learns the high-flying sport Quidditch and plays a thrilling game with living chess pieces on his way to face a Dark Wizard bent on destroying him. For the most extraordinary adventure, see you on platform nine and three quarters!
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The U.S. Steel Edgar Thomson Emissions Consent Decree Explained
As GASP reported Monday, like it or not, U.S. Steel's Edgar Thomson facility is now subject to the terms of a court-approved consent...
U.S. Steel Files Petition Over Air Quality Enforcement, GASP Submits Records Request for More Info
U.S. Steel on Tuesday filed a petition regarding Allegheny County Health Department's air quality enforcement procedures that led to a...
GASP Blasts Health Dept Over Lack of Transparency Regarding Clean Air Fund Ask; BOH Rejects Proposal
The Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) on Wednesday sounded the alarm to the Allegheny County Board of Health about a trend that's...
Allegheny Co. Health Dept. Announces Stipulated Penalties Against U.S. Steel for 1st Quarter of 2022
The Allegheny County Health Department announced Friday that it has issued $458,225 in stipulated penalties against U.S. Steel for...
GASP & Citizen Smoke Readers File Air Quality Complaints Over Emissions from Clairton Coke Works
Did you know that GASP assists residents in getting certified as citizen smoke readers to make observations of those worrisome...
Air Pollution, Stench Pummels Mon Valley Over Holiday Period
Last week was one of excess for those in and around the Mon Valley, but not for the Thanksgiving-related reasons you might think: sadly,...
Local Resident Files Lawsuit Against U.S. Steel Over Dust, Noxious Odors from Edgar Thomson Facility
A new class action lawsuit against U.S. Steel alleges the company's negligent practices at its Braddock-based Edgar Thomson facility led...
GASP to Board of Health: Time to Review & Adjust Mon Valley Episode Rule, Take Action on H2S is NOW
GASP joined residents and fellow advocates Wednesday to tell the Allegheny County Board of Health that October's abysmal air quality is...
Pittsburgh Regional Transit, U.S. Steel Support Facility, Others Cited for Air Quality Violations
Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) entered into a consent agreement with the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) to settle air...
How Bad has Air Quality Been? H2S Was Below PA Standard For Only 3 Hours This Week
GASP crunched the numbers and can tell you definitively that in the Mon Valley (and downwind of it) the stench has been UNRELENTING this...
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Today we want to give a shout-out to our friends at Grow Pittsburgh, who invited us to take part in their fourth-annual Braddock Farm...
Another Abysmal Air Quality Day in Mon Valley: Fine Particulates *AND* H2S Elevated Today
On what otherwise is a beautiful fall day for many residents of southwest Pennsylvania, air quality in the Mon Valley is abysmal Tuesday,...
UPDATE: PA's 1-Hr H2S Standard Exceeded in Mon Valley for 1st Time Since '15; GASP Demands Answers
Editor's Note Update #2: The Allegheny County Health Department issued a follow-up public alert regarding hydrogen sulfide levels at the...
GASP to BOH: Allegheny Co. Health Dept. Failed Residents During July Outages at Clairton Coke Works
GASP joined fellow environmental advocates Wednesday to again send a message to the Allegheny County Board of Health: The health...
Allegheny Co. Health Dept. Announces Special Air Quality Advisory Meeting Regarding Clean Air Fund
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Sign Up to Receive Important Mon Valley Air Pollution Watch/Warning Alerts
Air pollution has long been an environmental and public health concern in the Mon Valley, and a spate of recent research studies have...
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