Grasshopper Control in Grdens
I often get calls related to grasshoppers. According to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension information, grasshoppers have many natural enemies that help control their populations. A fungus, Entomophthora grylli, often kills many grasshoppers when the weather is warm and humid. Infected grasshoppers strike a characteristic pose at the top of a plant or other object. The grasshopper grasps the plant in a death embrace with the front and middle legs, while the hind legs are extended. It dies in this position. Fungal spores develop in and on the grasshopper’s body, then become airborne and infect other grasshoppers. Another natural enemy is a protozoan, Nosema locustae. Its spores have been incorporated with bran to make insecticide baits such as Semaspore®, Nolo Bait® or Grasshopper Attack®. These baits kill some nymphs but almost no adults, though infected adults lay fewer eggs. Baits act too slowly and kill too few grasshoppers to be useful for immediate control. Other natural enemies include nematodes called hairworms and insects that feed on grasshoppers, such as the larvae of blister beetles, bee flies, robber flies, ground beetles, flesh flies and tangle-veined flies. Birds (quail, turkey, larks, etc.) and mammals also eat grasshoppers, but have little effect on large populations. Most of the time, we suffer big strikes of grasshoppers due to long periods of drought and high numbers of grasshoppers. Because residents of urban communities generally have little control over the surrounding countryside, management options for grasshoppers in urban landscapes are limited, according to Michael Merchant, Urban entomologist for AgriLife Extension in Dallas. According to Merchant, homeowners can protect valuable plants, to some extent, through the use of residual insecticides. Geotextile fabrics can be used as barriers to protect valuable vegetables and specimen ornamental plants. Also, landscape plants that are less attractive to grasshoppers can be used.Recent tests have shown that insecticides containing bifenthrin (found in some Ortho® Home Defense? products) and lambda-cyhalothrin (Scimitar®) provide the fastest knockdown and longest residual control. Products containing permethrin (several manufacturers), cyfluthrin (Bayer® Advanced Lawn and Garden products), and esfenvalerate (Ortho® Bug-B-Gone) should also provide good control. Insecticides containing chlorpyrifos, diazinon and carbaryl will provide control of shorter duration. Geotextile fabrics have found increased use among vegetable gardeners as floating row covers to protect plants. These fabrics are light enough to permit needed sunlight and air circulation to occur within plants that are covered, yet strong enough to provide a barrier to many insects. During heavy grasshopper infestations, even these barriers may be damaged by hungry grasshoppers. It may be necessary to apply insecticides (that are labeled for the plants being protected) to the fabrics before they are used to cover the plants. Some plants that require insect pollination may require hand pollination when covered by row covers. These fabrics may be obtained through some garden centers and via mail-order garden supply catalogs.
Mario Villarino DVM, Ph.D.
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5-02-08 -- Kevin Durant was so excited to learn he had just won the NBA Rookie of the Year award, he went back to sleep.
That’s what seven months and 82 games—more than double the amount the lanky 19-year-old had played in any previous season—can do to a teenager.
Fatigue that wasn’t apparent while Durant soared in Seattle this season finally caught up to the SuperSonics’ star this week. Then his mother, Wanda Pratt, woke him up with the news that he had just joined mentor LeBron James plus Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Oscar Robertson and Wilt Chamberlain in a legendary legacy of rookie award winners.
“I was asleep. It was a LONG season,” Durant said Thursday with a smile about Seattle’s 20-62 disaster, the worst season in team history. “My mom woke me up when she got the call. She screamed. I was happy.
“Then I went back to sleep.”
Durant, the national college player of the year at Texas and the No. 2 overall draft pick last year, was as dreamy as advertised during an otherwise nightmare season in Seattle.
Despite being the only man opposing teams schemed to stop, the 6-foot-9 Durant averaged 20.3 points, 7.7 more than any other rookie. He was the only rookie to lead his team in five categories—points, blocks, steals, free throws made and free throw percentage. Durant blocked more shots than any other guard in the league (75).
The rest of Seattle’s season involved losses and lawsuits.
Sonics owner Clay Bennett recently got league approval to move the team to Oklahoma City. Seattle has a trial date next month, its effort to make the Sonics play inside KeyArena for the final two seasons of their lease.
“It’s good to shine some light on our team. You know, a lot of people aren’t real fond of our team right now,” Durant said.
He recently purchased a home in suburban Seattle. His mother lives with him. She and Durant’s father, Wayne Pratt, joined four other family members at Thursday’s announcement.
“I love Seattle. My home’s here. My mother’s here,” Durant said, acknowledging where he plays next season is out of his control.
Durant received 90 first-place votes (545 points) from a panel of 125 writers and broadcasters. Atlanta’s Al Horford finished second with 390 points, and Houston’s Luis Scola was third with 146.
It’s all beyond what Durant could have comprehended two years ago as a senior at Montrose Christian School in Rockville, Md.
“If you would have told me a couple of years ago that I would be the NBA Rookie of the Year, to be in the same company as LeBron James, Larry Bird … I would have told you you were crazy,” he said.
“I didn’t think I would get it, because those other rookies helped their teams get into the playoffs.”
Some believe that benchmark should have given Horford the award. Sonics coach P.J. Carlesimo isn’t one of them.
“It would have been a travesty if they had picked anyone else,” Carlesimo said minutes before general manager Sam Presti said the coach “absolutely” will return next season.
Durant said Horford congratulated him on the award Wednesday, just before Game 5 of the Hawks’ surprisingly competitive first-round playoff series against Boston.
“I’d rather trade this in to be where he’s at right now—in the playoffs,” Durant said.
One of the first text messages of congratulations Durant received was from James, the Cleveland superstar whom Durant calls a mentor and good friend. Durant attended James’ playoff games with the Cavaliers in Durant’s hometown of Washington last weekend.
James was the Rookie of the Year in 2004, when he was 19.
“He told me congratulations. That’s when I was thinking like, `Man, I’m in the same company as LeBron, when he was a rookie,”’ Durant said. “I just smiled inside.
“He’s like a big brother to me.”
Though Carlesimo said “If he did anything wrong, at times he made it look too easy,” Durant admitted he struggled early in the season. He said he was taking too many 3-point shots and not driving to the basket.
After the All-Star break, Durant said he took it upon himself to be more aggressive. He got higher percentage shots and more chances at the free throw line. He finished the season by averaging 24.3 points in April, including a season-best 42 in the finale at Golden State.
Yet he has areas where he wants to improve.
“Post skills. Ball-handling. Shooting,” he said. “When I get bigger and stronger, hopefully my game will take off to the next level.”


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This is a t-shirt design commissioned by a coworker for her church. The criteria: 1 color, the verse 1 Timothy 4:12 and an image her husband liked:
In my original design, YOUTH was straight across and they asked me to bend it around the sun rays.
I love a chance to make the text itself a design.
I made a book for Ben. It’s called A Parliament of Owls.
Ben LOVES animals. One day, I came across a list of collective nouns for animals and I thought that was really fun. Somebody said “you should make that into a book for Ben.”
“Hey, I should,” I thought. I’ve used Blurb to make a couple of books about Ben and am already hatching ideas about Cash Dean: Volume One.
It took me forever just to decide which animals to illustrate. I finally chose ten: two each of mammals, reptiles, birds, fish and insects. (Choosing two amphibians proved tricky.)
And then I had to decide on all the text. Wow, is authoring a children’s book a lot harder than I would have expected.
Last came the illustrations, which also took me forever. But I finally got the book ready enough to order a “proof” copy.
I read it to Ben and he enjoyed it and knows it’s a book Mommy made for him.
Blurb allows you to make your books available for the public to buy, so I did. I marked them up $5. Any proceeds I make will go in our adoption fund.


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Police arrested a Long Beach resident on Tuesday and charged him with attempted murder after he allegedly shot a man in the chest just days after Hurricane Sandy.
According to police, the incident took place on Nov. 3 at 9:21 p.m. in the Channel Park Homes area. Police Commissioner Mike Tangney said that the suspect, 27-year-old Bradley Dennis approached Alan Rodriguez and shot him in the upper left part of his chest.
“They had some issues between them,” Tangney said, adding that the two were involved in a dispute over a girlfriend.
Rodriguez was transported to South Nassau Communities Hospital for treatment.
“He was discharged from the hospital relatively quickly after the incident and is expected to make a full recovery,” Tangney said.
Tangney added that Rodriguez had initially refused to cooperate with detectives during their investigation, but eventually agreed.
“Once we got the cooperation of the victim, [Dennis] was a known player to us and we went out looking for him and we picked him up,” Tangney said. “He knew that we were looking for him.”
Dennis, who Tangney said has prior arrests, was apprehended at around 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday in the Sycamore Court parking lot of the Channel Park Homes, where he was arrested and charged with attempted murder.
Dennis was arraigned in Long Beach City Court on Wednesday by Judge Frank Dikranis and is being held without bail. He is scheduled to appear in Nassau County Criminal Court on Jan. 15.
Tangney said that the shooting occurred at a time when the Police Department was focused on its emergency response in the aftermath of the hurricane, as it instituted a curfew and fears of looting among residents grew.
“Normally, that’s the type of story we would get out [quickly] but it just was not prudent to take time away from all the other operations in order to get that information out,” he said. “We also didn’t want to panic the community, because this was an associated grudge and it was not a random shooting.”


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Those of you running 20+ min sessions, how are you saving/uploading video? I tried at Putnam last month and lost all video or it wouldn't save. Going to Mid-Ohio on Thursday and don't want a repeat! I'm running iPhone 4S 16GB and can bring my PC to save and clear to after each session. Any idea file size for video with or without overlay?
Edit: I think I found my answer on the HLT website.
Where HLT did you find your answer?
I know it has a housekeeping section for the video. What I've started doing is taking the best lap per session, applying the overlap and deleting the rest. However in the past I've been able to record 5x20mins sessions just with video, but I've removed music from my phone.


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BOSTON, Feb. 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Santander Bank, N.A., one of the largest retail banks in the United States by deposits, gave consumers a reason to cheer today with the launch of its new credit card, Bravo. This is the first credit card introduced in the U.S. market under the Santander brand.
The Santander Bravo MasterCard® brings qualified consumers one of the most generous credit card rewards programs in the country. Bravo cardholders will earn triple rewards points for every dollar they spend at gas stations, supermarkets and in restaurants — the everyday expenditures market research shows as typical household expenditures each month. Cardholders can earn up to 15,000 points each quarter for these types of purchases after which they will receive one point per dollar spent. Consumers can learn more about the Bravo card and its rewards program in an introductory video.
Features of the Bravo card were developed as a result of market research indicating that consumers prized simplicity and value in their banking relationships as well as an embodiment of Santander's brand promise to be a bank for your ideas. Santander strives to listen to customers and simplify products and services accordingly in an effort to enable consumers to better bring their ideas to life through finance.
"This card gives consumers exactly what they want: more points, more convenience and more options," said Euan Campbell , Santander's head of credit cards. "We're extremely proud of Bravo. As one of the most generous rewards programs in the industry, as well as being one of the easiest to understand, it's exactly the kind of value we want to deliver to our customers."
Unlike the rewards programs of competing credit cards, points accumulated with Bravo do not expire and cardholders have the option of exchanging them for cash, airline tickets or merchant gift cards. Every 10,000 points is equivalent to $100. With triple points for spending at the pump, the supermarket or at restaurants, consumers can reach their awards goals three times faster and estimate their progress with the Bravo rewards program calculator.
The annual fee of $49 is waived for new cardholders who apply by March 31, 2014.
Introduction of the Santander Bravo MasterCard® comes less than four months after the Bank's name change from Sovereign to Santander in October, during which as part of a $200 million investment in enhancements for its customers, Santander also launched extra20 checking, the only checking account in the United States that pays customers $20 each month simply for making at least $1,500 in direct deposits and paying at least two bills online during the same period.
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A forbidden love, an impossible choice, a secret pact. Eager to escape the damp and suffocating atmosphere of post-war Holland, Dutch beauties Marjorie, Ada and Esther meet each other on the immigration flight to New Zealand, en route to join their future husbands, who are already settled there.During the flight the three young women befriend Frank, a young man who is also immigrating to seek a prosperous life in New Zealand. In their early years in this new country, the lives of Marjorie, Esther, Ada and Frank become entangled in brief relationships of love, lust and family before losing touch. It is only when the women reunite again fifty years later at Franks funeral that they discover how much their lives had become intertwined through their different relationships with Frank.
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Packed and ready for the next trip. Fold, roll or stuff it into the cover and place it in the shed or in the closet, or under the bed. Store dry and not in direct sunlight. Remember to dry the tent and remove dirt, sand, and dirt from the tent fabric, as this can damage the tent.
Before storing it, it is important to check that no places have been damaged, so that you can possibly repair this immediately and not risk going on a trip with a tent that is not completely in order. Also, check that all pegs are included, so you do not have to go on a trip without sufficient pegs.


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Our upcoming PTO event is a visit to the beautiful Castell winery on Thursday, October 19, 2017.
The Castell winery is a very unique and picturesque place in Northern Bavaria, 100% family-owned for over 26 generations by the noble family of Castell. Castell vineyards stretch across 70 scenic hectares delightfully situated in a climatically favorable niche of Franconia’s Steigerwald. The natural flavors in the wines are fully developed through careful, manual cultivation of the vines, a delicate and patient vinification process and plenty of time devoted to its maturation.
The cost per person is 22 euros (lunch not included), which we ask you to pay at the reception (in an envelope with your name on it) by no later than Monday, October 9, 2017. Only after you have paid at the reception your place will be reserved. Registration is binding.
We will be leaving in the morning after drop off and return around 15:00 or 15:30, in time to pick up the children. As we will be carpooling for this event, do let us know if you would like to drive. Please be aware of sharing the fuel cost with the driver.
If you would like to join, please email the PTO at email@example.com. We are looking forward to meeting you on this tour!
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As the year draws to a close and most people prepare for Christmas. I am preparing for the arrival of my first child. A daunting prospect but a happy occasion none the less.
For the last five years I have been building my own business with the intention that it would be flexible, among other things, and work in unison with family life. And this is still very much my intention but there will be an adjustment to the new season, and I ask that prospective clients and current clients to bare with me in this season of transition, from January 2016 on-wards.
I very much intend to keep building the business. I’d like to thank those who have travelled this far with me and I look forward to a bright future helping others to build their businesses.
I wish you all a very Merry Christmas.


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Skillet Breakfast for One in a 6 inch skillet.
Strawberry Rhubarb Crumble made with Gluten Free Flour or Regular Flour
Cheesecake with Ganache topping made in individual Ramekins.
Quinoa Flour and Gluten Free Flour Banana Walnut Bread, made with Maple Syrup instead of Sugar.
Raisin Date and Pecan Banana Cake, made with Great Grains Cereal and Quinoa Flour.
Quinoa Flour – Almond Loaf Cake with Lemon Cream Glaze
Banana and Hazelnut Spread (like Nutella) Loaf – use gluten free flour or regular flour
Apple Dumpling Skillet Cobbler – I made it Gluten Free.
Make ahead Easy Grab and Go Breakfast or just a really good tasting muffin!
Apple Cranberry Crisp
Easy Fried Apples, when you have a couple of apples you need to use.
Slow Cooker – Easy Creamy Potato Soup with Kale
Easy Mandarin Orange Upside Down Cake, can be made with Gluten Free or Regular Pancake Mix.
Chocolate Mints Ganache Cheesecake made with Andes Mints added and used as a garnish on top of the ganache.
Pear-Blackberry Crisp, easy enough I had a couple of pears that were getting to ripe and a small amount of blackberries in the freezer. Quick dessert to throw together.
Apricot Pastry Tarts, one of my all time favorites for the holidays.


Sisomicin sulfate is a soluble broad-spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic, and a dihydro analog of gentamicin C1a sulfate, Evopure. Sisomicin was first isolated in 1970 from Micromonopora inyoensis, a novel strain at the time, that was obtained from soil samples collected in the Inyo National Forest in California.
Sisomicin sulfate is a bacterial protein synthesis inhibitor that binds to the 30s ribosomal subunit, causing misreading of the mRNA sequence and inhibiting translocation. It is effective against most strains of Klebsiellk spp., Escherichia coli, P. aeruginosa, Enterobacter and Proteus spp.. It is a potential treatment for conjunctiva. Sisomicin has been used in disk and tube dilution sensitivity tests.
Sisomicin is generally more potent than gentamicin, and has show effective antibacterial synergy with beta-lactam antibiotics against a large range of bacteria.
Synonyms: Antibiotic 6640, Extramycin, Mensiso, Pathomycin, Sisomin, Rickamicin Sulfate, Ensamycin, Sch 13475
|Mechanism of Action||Aminoglycosides target the 30S ribosomal subunit resulting in an inability to read mRNA ultimately producing a faulty or nonexistent protein.|
|Spectrum||Sisomicin is a broad spectrum antibiotic which targets a wide range of gram positive and gram negative bacteria.|
|Microbiology Applications||Sisomicin sulfate is commonly used in clinical in vitro microbiological antimicrobial susceptibility tests (panels, discs, and MIC strips) against gram positive and gram negative microbial isolates. Medical microbiologists use AST results to recommend antibiotic treatment options for infected patients. Representative MIC values include:|
|Molecular Formula||C19H37N5O7 •2.5 H2SO4|
Davis, Bernard D. "Mechanism of Bactericidal Action of Aminoglycosides."Microbiological Reviews 51.3 (1987): 341-50.
|MIC||Diplococcus pneumoniae| 3.1 － 6.3|| Haemophilus influenzae| 1.6 － 3.1|| Pseudomonas aeruginosa| 2|||


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Insitu, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, announced the successful completion of a flight demonstration for its ground-based Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) airspace situational awareness system. Insitu is tackling one of the toughest challenges for UASs — the ability to detect nearby aircraft flying both within and beyond UAS operators’ line of sight.
Insitu — in collaboration with Boeing Phantom Works International — designed, developed, and tested the airspace situational awareness system in Australia under a program sponsored by the Queensland Government. The system is designed as one of the optional “layers” of safety to enable broad-area, beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) capability for commercial UAS operations by providing airspace situational awareness for UAS operators, specifically to help detect and avoid so called “non-cooperative” traffic. The system incorporates radio over internet protocol (ROIP) to expand its ability to communicate with air traffic control and local traffic in the operations area.
Currently, UAS ground control operators fly their aircraft only to a point where the UAS is within line-of-sight, as operators are unable to discern the location of other aircraft within the same airspace, potentially creating hazardous flying conditions. Using either mobile or fixed infrastructure, the system combines Airborne Dependent Surveillance Broadcasts (ADS-B) and transponder returns to provide a correlated common operating picture — enabling UAS operators at ground control systems to see real-time information about the local airspace.
Remotely detecting and tracking other airspace users, the system immediately sends the air traffic information back to a ground-control station — assisting operators in safely operating UASs over extended ranges.
Insitu conducted a test flight of its BVLOS system at the Mississippi State University (MSU) Raspet Flight Center in November 2017. This successful flight showcased the work done by Insitu, the MSU Raspet Flight Center, and Boeing Phantom Works International, while demonstrating a key airspace integration tool which potentially could be used in the United States.
“We now have integrated a significant capability that will dramatically improve airspace safety,” said Dara Albouyeh, Chief Engineer, Certification, at Insitu. “This successful demonstration of our ground-based situational awareness system confirmed our ability to achieve deconfliction of the air traffic at the Choctaw County Airport and surrounding areas.”
The application of UAS enabling-technologies will benefit a wide range of sectors including mining, oil and gas operations, search and rescue, environmental management, and more. The technology supports UAS data collection for analysis in areas such as infrastructure monitoring and inspection, change detection, subsidence, stockpile volume measurements, intelligence, and others. The Insitu system will provide operators with the ability to collect and analyze data using an airborne platform such as Insitu’s ScanEagle® UAS on a broad scale, and turn that data into business knowledge for informed decision-making.
“We’re developing our ability to fly long distances with our UASs that satisfies the airspace regulators, providing UAS operators with access to information that we previously just couldn’t obtain otherwise,” said Mark Bauman, Vice President and General Manager, Insitu Commercial. “Now, we can prevent conflicts far more reliably, and will be able to access wide areas for commercial purposes,” Bauman explained. “This system shows great promise as one of many solutions or “layers” that we are pursuing to increase safety and allow BVLOS flights in the U.S.”
Insitu is an industry-leading provider of information for superior decision making. With its headquarters in Bingen, Wash., and offices in the U.S., U.K., and Australia, the company creates and supports unmanned systems and software technology that deliver end-to-end solutions for collecting, processing and understanding sensor data. We proudly serve the diverse needs of our global customers in the defense, government and commercial industries. To date, our systems have accumulated more than one million flight hours. Insitu is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company.
For more information, visit insitu.com.


To celebrate the first birthday of the “Saving Snow Leopards” blog in November 2009 I started on a journey to discover and cook a recipe from each of the 12 countries in Asia that have snow leopards. I’ve been to some of those countries over the last 30 years of travelling and discovered the people that share the harsh snow leopard habitat have wonderful food, often making creative and delicious meals out of very simple ingredients. Here are the recipes, I hope you enjoy making and eating these dishes…I certainly did.
Current estimates of the number of snow leopards in Russia vary – somewhere between 100 – 200 cats, although this number has not been confirmed for some years. The southwestern Siberian Republic of Altai has prime snow leopard habitat although poaching unfortunately is still common with hunters using helicopters for illegal shooting of the cats and their prey, the big Argali.
A quintessential Russian recipe is of course Borscht, the beetroot soup or stew. There are more Borscht recipes than there are Russian grandmothers and naturally everyone believes theirs to be the best. This one is a very simple one, evolved from one of my German grandmothers who made some great soups. Like most Borscht it can be eaten either hot or cold, although I prefer hot, the flavour being more tangy. I also like the fact that most of the vegetable in this recipe is beet, a flavour I really like and don’t get to eat too often.
You can adapt this simple recipe with other vegetables depending on what you have in your kitchen at the time. As well as Russia there are many other countries that have Borscht including Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Romania.
6-8 beetroots cut small and cubed
oil for braising (I use olive)
1 sliced onion
½ litre stock (you can use beef but I prefer chicken – homemade is always best but sometimes bought stock is more practical)
handfull of chopped cabbage
2 carrots, sliced finely (optional)
2 potatoes sliced and cubed (optional)
1 diced tomato (optional)
Salt and pepper, sour cream and parsley
Braise sliced onions in oil and add cubed beetroots and chopped cabbage, braise for a few minutes. Add stock and turn up heat until boiling. If you have any optional vegetables add them now. Turn heat down and simmer for 45 mins. Add salt and pepper to taste. When cooked through you can serve with a big dollop of sour cream and sprinkle parsley on top. Eat with crusty baguette or to be authentically Russian a big piece of black sourdough or pumpernickel!
Optional. When all ingredients are cooked and before you add the sour cream you can puree the soup with a blender. I like to do this as it makes it thick and creamy. Bon Appetit!
Mongolia has very active snow leopard conservation projects with the WWF and the Snow Leopard Trust working there. I haven’t been to Mongolia so I asked Bayarjargal (Bayara) Agvaantseren, the Executive Director and founder of the Snow Leopard Conservation Foundation (SLCF) in Mongolia for a suggested recipe. Bayara won the $25,000 Rabinowitz-Kaplan Prize for the ‘Next Generation in Wild Cat Conservation’. The prize goes to “a special individual who has already made a significant contribution to conserving wild cats.”
I’m a fan of Bayara’s as she started the community-based conservation program now known as Snow Leopard Enterprises (SLE) in Mongolia. SLE supports the semi-nomadic herders in Mongolia, helping them increase their income through handicraft production in exchange for their tolerance of snow leopards. Bayara began her career in snow leopard conservation as a member of Tom McCarthy’s (from the Snow Leopard Trust) snow leopard research team. She worked as a translator with herders and helps to understand human-snow leopard conflicts. She’s also been key in formulating Mongolia’s National Snow Leopard Policy and most recently played a key role in initiating the first ever long-term ecological study of snow leopards in South Gobi, Mongolia.
Bayara’s recipe is for Buuz – which is dough filled with traditionally lamb in Mongolia, but can be filled with chicken, beef or vegetables and then steamed. While I haven’t ever made them with lamb (not one of my favourites I must say) I have made them with chicken – absolutely delicious. The secret is all in the steaming method and making sure they don’t stick to the steamer which for some reason mine do all the time. Bayara suggests this recipe here.
Most researchers agree that China has the largest number of snow leopards in the wild. They are spread over remote mountain areas of Tibet, Qinghai, Gansu, Xingjiang and Yunnan provinces. I’ve been to Tibet a number of times over the years and although Tibetan food can be quite basic there are a couple of dishes that are sensational. This one is one of my favorites – Tibetan Khapseys. They are traditionally made and eaten for Losar – Tibetan New Year. A couple of years ago I spent Losar in Kathmandu with my dear friend Doma who spent days making these lovingly for her family and friends. They were absolutely delicious!
You’ll see from the photos that Doma shapes her Khapseys beautifully, and it takes her ages. I have given the method for making them much more quickly but you can copy her shape if you like.
1 kg white flour / 2 g salt /Vegetable fat to fry -ghee or vegetable oil / sugar
Knead flour with the salt and enough water to make a thick dough. Roll the dough into medium sized balls. Heat vegetable fat or oil in a deep pot or wok until it steams. Flatten out each of the balls until they are long and slim, about 10 cm long and give each a twist just as you dip gently into the oil. Keep them submerged in the oil and fry until the edges are toasted. Strain the oil and keep separated, preferably on the kitchen paper to get rid of excess oil. When still hot sprinkle lightly with sugar. Khapseys keep for months in airtight containers. Yum!


Chronic heart failure happens when structural or functional abnormalities in the heart prevent it from generating enough cardiac output to meet your body’s demands. In a patient with chronic heart failure, the heart cannot pump enough blood to power other organs, muscles, and extremities without increasing diastolic pressure to a dangerous level. Diastolic pressure refers to the pressure between beats of the heart. Systolic pressure is the level of pressure when the heart contracts.
Symptoms of chronic heart failure include breathlessness, sodium and water retention, and edema—or excess fluid trapped in bodily tissues. It renders many patients physically incapable of working.
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If your condition does not meet a Blue Book listing, we can take an alternative route and prove to the SSA that it reduces your functional capacity to a level that makes sustaining gainful employment impossible.
The Blue Book Listing for Chronic Heart Failure
The SSA’s Blue Book has a specific entry for chronic heart failure. However, the listing is very particular about the criteria your condition must meet for you to receive benefits.
First, you must demonstrate a medically documented presence of either systolic or diastolic failure.
If you are suffering from systolic failure, we need to be able to show the SSA proof that:
- Your left ventricular end diastolic dimensions are above 6.0 cm; or
- Your ejection fraction is under 30 percent during a stable period—meaning not during an episode of acute heart failure.
If you are suffering from diastolic failure, we need evidence such as:
- A medical image showing your left ventricular posterior wall and septal thickness is above 2.5 cm; and
- You have an enlarged left atrium of at least 4.5 cm during a stable period—again, not an episode of acute heart failure.
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Heart Failure Symptoms
To qualify, your symptoms must severely limit your ability to carry out regular activities of daily living, such as cooking, bathing, and grocery shopping. Moreover, we need a doctor’s opinion that even the process of subjecting you to an exercise test—designed to measure the strength of your heart—poses too big a health risk to consider.
Multiple Episodes of Acute Congestive Heart Failure
To qualify under this heading, you must have suffered three or more episodes of acute congestive heart failure within a 12-month period. These occurrences must also have caused severe fluid retention that required medical intervention in the form of a hospital or emergency room stay lasting 12 hours or longer.
An Inability to Exercise
The SSA will look for proof that you are unable to complete a special exercise test due to any of the following symptoms:
- Fatigue, chest discomfort, or heart palpitations;
- Three or more consecutive premature ventricular contractions or six more premature contractions within any 60-second interval;
- A decrease in systolic blood pressure of more than 10mm Hg below your established baseline during exercise; or
- Mental confusion or uncoordinated movements.
If we determine that your condition has a solid chance of meeting the SSA’s Blue Book entry, we work with your treating physicians to ensure that the evidence we put together is thorough and convincing so that you can receive approval for benefits on the first try.
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We work with your doctor to fill out the RFC test. The result offers the SSA a vivid picture of your condition and how it affects you. Our attorneys have helped many clients who failed to meet Blue Book listings secure benefits through the RFC process. We can put our experience to work for you.
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Remember those crummy old alarm clocks from the seventies that used numbers that flipped as the time changed? Dutch designer Wil van den Bos has reinvented the classic flip clock as a work of modern magnificence.
For starters, the Bomba Alarm Clock has rid itself of those boring plain-Jane digits and updated them into a hip post-modern typeface. Then, by freeing the clock from its box, and exposing its inner-workings, the clock makes a truly dramatic statement. Add to the exposed gears and cogs a couple of blue/white LEDs to provide illumination, and you have one totally excellent clock for your desk.
I’m still looking for a U.S. importer for these, but for now, you can pick one up from Japan’s Visions Coax for ¥9975 (appx. $80 USD.)
[UPDATE 6/20/2007: I’ve managed to find these clocks right here in the U.S. from littleclockshop.com for just $68 each.]


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In the wake of Wade Davis, we’re reminded the HIV gay stigma kills
I was happy to read the open letter of support that Wade Davis wrote to gay athletes on theGrio last week. His earnest story, his struggle, and his newfound self-acceptance — so palpable from his words — touched me deeply. Like many others, I spent several years of my life fighting the shame generated by those hollow words: “You can’t be a strong black man and be gay.”
Perhaps Wade Davis was influenced by the positive momentum for gay rights that has been gathering steam around the country. Every day, statements by prominent black leaders like President Obama, the NAACP, and a host of celebrities showing their support for marriage equality are helping dismantle the stigma experienced by so many gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered people of color.
We can’t let this momentum die. In fact, we need to step it up. Erasing the shame and stigma burdening men of color who have sex with men and who live with self-hatred, men who often live recklessly because they don’t believe their lives are worth something, men who felt “the pain of living a lie,” as Wade Davis did for so many years, is more important than ever. Because it also increases the risk of HIV: this stigma can kill.
More than 1 million Americans are living with HIV/AIDS today and about 50,000 become infected with HIV each year. In fact some U.S. cities — Miami, New York, Baltimore, and Washington, DC — report HIV prevalence rates of more than 2 percent, a rate that surpasses many developing nations across the world. Gay and bisexual black men have been especially impacted: a CDC study of five cities found 46 percent of them infected with HIV, compared to 21 percent and 17 percent of their white and Latino counterparts, respectively.
Research shows a link between addressing stigma especially among young, black gay and bisexual men — and reducing HIV infections. Helping these young men embrace who they are and regain their self confidence can motivate them to practice safer sex, get tested for HIV, get lifesaving treatment if infected, and access the support networks they need to live better and longer lives.
As the crisis ravages our community, this work is all the more important. It will continue in a few weeks, when 20,000 of the world’s top HIV/AIDS experts will descend upon Washington, DC for the International AIDS Conference. A prominent pre-conference discussion will focus on how to pierce pervasive HIV stigma — especially as it pertains to black gay and bisexual men — and how to improve attitudes and awareness about the importance of treatment and HIV care.
Right now we’re witnessing critical, game-changing developments in the fight against HIV/AIDS, from Truvada to stem cell transplants that offer a potential cure. They show just how far we’ve come in developing tools to thwart what used to be considered a fatal disease. But the fact remains: AIDS is still killing black men at an alarming rate. And all of us must show our support and join the fight to end this epidemic.
Ronald Johnson is Vice President of Policy and Advocacy for AIDS United, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic in our lifetimes.


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Active learning keeps me ahead of the curve. My background as a legal researcher continues to drive my education as a lawyer forward. And when I don’t have the answers on hand, I have access to a strong network of people and resources to get the job done right. My articles have been published in peer-reviewed academic journals.
Honesty and clear communication are key. I don’t offer salesmanship; my clients get the straight goods. No matter what the situation, I strive to tell clients what they need to know and help find the right way forward.
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- University of Victoria (BA 2007)
- Queen’s University (MA 2009)
- University of Victoria (JD 2012)
- Law Society of Alberta (2015)
- Law Society of British Columbia (2014 – inactive)
- Canadian Bar Association
Publications / Presentations
- “A Mixed Approach to Mitigation for Fixed-Term Employees” (July 1, 2020) Canadian Employment Law Today (HAB Press Limited, a subsidiary of Key Media) – original available here.
- “Why Mitigate When You Could Work on Your Sailboat?” Labour Notes (LexisNexis Canada) No. 1645 (June 26, 2020).
- “New Uncertainty for Employment Contract Amendments” (April 22, 2020) Canadian Employment Law Today (HAB Press Limited, a subsidiary of Key Media) – original available here.
- “Saving Clause to the Rescue?” (February 25, 2020) Canadian Employment Law Today (HAB Press Limited, a subsidiary of Key Media) – original available here.
- “Calculating Wrongful Dismissal Damages After Mitigation at Higher Pay,” Labour Notes (LexisNexis Canada) No. 1637 (February 28, 2020).
- “Bonus Policies and Wrongful Dismissal Damages,” (September 25, 2019) Canadian Employment Law Today (HAB Press Limited, a subsidiary of Key Media) – original available here
- “The Issue of ‘Issue’: Construction of Wills When Parentage is Contested,” (Spring 2017) Issue 123 The Barrister Magazine (published by the Alberta Civil Trial Lawyers Association)
- “Changing (or Litigating) Workplace Policy: The Requirement of Consideration” (Summer 2016) Issue 120 The Barrister Magazine (published by the Alberta Civil Trial Lawyers Association)
- “Public Reason and the Disempowerment of Aboriginal People in Canada,” Canadian Journal of Law and Society / Revue Canadienne Droit et Société 28, no. 3 (2013): 293-314. (Awarded honourable mention in the 2014 Canadian Law & Society article contest.)
- “Cultural Legitimacy and Human Rights in Bangladesh: Strategies for Effective Advocacy,” Muslim World Journal of Human Rights 8, no. 1 (2011): 1-36 (online).
- “The Other’s Decision in Me: an Account of Political Judgement within a Levinasian Framework,” a paper presented at the conference of the North American Levinas Society at the University of Toronto (June 28 – 30, 2009)
- Numerous blog articles and informal presentations


Scott Hall will kick us off with some of the background and history of Software Defined Radio, and give us an overview of the technical theory behind it. After that, he'll launch into some of the common implementations and cover practical concerns.
Once we've got a bit of technical grounding in the subject, Phil Rhodes will step in with a live demo of some of the hardware and software involved with SDR.
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BELTON, Texas- Without an NCAA Tournament berth on the line, the American Southwest Conference tournament has a different feel this time around for the UMHB women’s basketball team, though the Cru’s mentality has not changed.
The past three years, the Cru entered the conference tournament with the same mentality: reach the ASC title game, and make a case for a spot in the national tournament, whether that be an automatic berth by winning the conference championship or through an at-large bid.
Above image: The 2020 UMHB women’s basketball team became the first in program history to win an ASC Tournament
The NCAA made the decision in February to cancel the national tournament, so the second part of that postseason goal is out for the Cru. Yet, the first part, reaching the conference title game, remains intact.
With the commercialization of “March Madness”, even at the D3 level, and the status symbol that comes with a team making a run to “The Big Dance”, the loss of the national tournament likely had an affect on many teams across the country. At UMHB, however, that is a nonissue. The players were disappointed by the decision, but it did not set the Cru back.
“Kids these days, and this is just talking among coaching friends across the country, division one, division two, division three, want to win,” said UMHB head coach Mark Morefield. “But I think the ultimate goal is everyone wants to play in the NCAA Tournament. Because at the end of the day, that’s what you see on TV, that’s what you hear about. For us, our culture is a culture of winning. So it doesn’t matter if it’s a regular season game, if it’s a conference tournament, our culture is about winning. Anytime we compete, we expect to go out and win.”
The mentality will be evident when the Crusaders take the floor on Wednesday night at 5 p.m. CT in Abilene, facing No. 1 West seed Hardin-Simmons in the quarterfinals of the ASC tournament. The Cowgirls defeated the Cru twice in the regular season and enter the matchup ranked No. 11 in the nation by D3hoops.com. At the same time, prior history does not often play too big of a role in postseason play, and as Morefield mentioned Tuesday, UMHB “is not a typical fourth seed”. Plus, it is awfully hard to defeat an opponent three times in the span of three months, something HSU will be aiming to do.
“There are two trains of thought for us,” said Morefield. “We’re approaching this as the first game. We want to win the first game and our biggest thing is the motto of any [team in a] postseason tournament in March, ‘survive and advance’. That’s our thing.
“I do know it is hard to beat a team three times and I think what makes us even more unique is that we’re not your typically fourth seed. We came in as the favorites to win the division this year. Obviously we didn’t achieve that, but the talent is there.”
The talent certainly is, as the Cru have a balanced scoring attack and a relentless defense that held divison one Abilene Christian to its lowest three-point field goal percentage in non-conference play. UMHB has depth at every position on the floor, making the Cru even more dangerous in a must-win situation.
The frontcourt is led by graduate student Taylor Kollmorgen and sophomore Hannah Eggleston, who is coming off a 31-point performance against Howard Payne. Junior Allaira Jones and freshmen Kaitlyn Kollmorgen and Meagan Johnson are consistent off the bench, as each has seen significant minutes this season.
The backcourt is just as strong with sharpshooters in guards Olivia Champion, Brooke Elliott, Bethany McLeod, Ashley Faux and Alexia Martin. McLeod and freshman Cheyanne Bonilla have manned the point guard position for much of the season, Elliott has three years of extensive postseason experience, and Champion and Faux are accurate from three-point range.
HSU finished the season strong, winning 11 of its last 12 games, though the Cowgirls dropped the season finale at home against UT Dallas on Saturday, 88-80. Guard Brittany Schnabel is the heart and soul of the HSU offense, with a team-high 13.3 points per game. Guard Hallie Edmondson and forward Parris Parmer both enter Wednesday’s contest averaging 12.2 points per game.
Though the Crusaders are a No. 4 seed in the tournament, and are considered underdogs based on that seeding, Morefield is not concerned about his team’s ability to make a run at the conference title.
“I can tell you this, first round, second round, it’s going to be hard to beat us,” said Morefield. “Whoever we play, it is going to be hard to beat us a third time, whether it’s Howard Payne, Hardin-Simmons or Sul Ross State. I like that challenge and I like those odds in our favor.”
The conference tournament always has a different feel than the regular season, considering it is a single-elimination bracket. However, the ASC made the decision to play the quarterfinal games on Wednesday, with the semifinals and championship game not coming until Sunday and Monday. In comparison, the ASC Tournament typically spans Thursday-Sunday, with all games played at one site, and the final two teams having played three times in three days. With the unique setup for this season, the teams who win Wednesday will have three full days to prepare for their next opponent, instead of somewhere around 24 hours.
“I think where [the conference tournament set up] helps, is it’s very hard to win three games in three days,” said Morefield. “I think that’s the dynamic of conference tournaments, is anyone can win three games in three days. Anyone can get hot, anyone can get going, so it is very hard to win three games in three days. You’re quicker in preparation turnaround, there is less time for the body to heal and rejuvenate itself, so obviously this is a tremendous benefit.”
Like the other seven teams set to battle on Wednesday, UMHB enters with a mentality of having an 0-0 record. The regular season is behind the Cru, and focus is on these next six days in March, when anything can happen.
“Part of the excitement of the conference tournament is that anyone can get hot, anyone can put a three-game winning streak together, anyone can compete,” said Morefield.
The winner of the quarterfinal contest between UMHB and HSU will face the winner of No. 2 seed UT-Dallas and No. 3 seed LeTourneau on Sunday. The semifinals and championship game will be played at the site of the highest remaining West Division seed.


- Is police clearance certificate required for Canada work permit?
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Is police clearance certificate required for Canada work permit?
In most cases you’ll need to provide a police certificate when you submit your work permit application.
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How long does something stay on your criminal record UK?
Why is it still on my record? Since 2006, the police retain details of all recordable offences until you reach 100 years of age. Your conviction will always show on your police records but the conviction may not show on your criminal record check that is used for employment vetting purposes.
How long does a caution stay on your record UK?
six yearsA caution will usually be “filtered” from an adult’s criminal record after six years. Before then, it will be automatically disclosed on criminal record certificates (also known as a Disclosure and Barring certificates or DBS certificates).
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It provides authenticated details of any convictions, cautions, reprimands, warning and conditional discharges in line with the ACRO step-down model. It also includes any impending prosecutions and offences that are under investigation.
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How long does a DBS last for?
A DBS check has no official expiry date. Any information included will be accurate at the time the check was carried out. It’s up to you to decide when a new check is needed. If the applicant has signed up for the DBS update service you can check whether their certificate is up to date online.
How can I get police clearance certificate in UK?
Getting a police certificate for an overseas visa applicationTelephone: 0845 60 13 999 (international callers: 0044 1962 871 111)Email: firstname.lastname@example.org.
Do spent convictions show on a police certificate?
Convictions considered “spent” under state and federal legislation may not be included in the National Police Certificate unless the category of employment or purpose of the check is exempt from relevant legislation.
How long does it take to get a UK police certificate?
Payment. There are two service options available for your Police Certificate: Standard service – £55 – 12 working days to process (Saturday, Sunday and UK bank holidays are not working days). Please also allow reasonable time for delivery of the certificate.
How long does an acro take?
How long it takes. The standard service takes 10 working days and the premium service takes 2 working days, not including dates of receipt or dispatch. However, if you are due to travel shortly, ACRO suggest that you may want to consider the premium service.
Is a police certificate the same as a DBS?
For many countries, including the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, a police certificate has to be submitted before your visa is granted. It’s not the same thing as the DBS checks which are carried out on people who are working in the UK in positions of responsibility, but they are similar.
How can I get police clearance certificate from local police station?
Complete the online application form, pay the fee and schedule an appointment to submit the documents to the nearest PSK. Submit the documents at PSK: You must personally submit your documents. Police verification: Personal presence is mandatory. Collect the PCC from PSK: It may be collected in person.
Can I check my criminal record UK?
Employers can check your criminal record no matter what role you apply for. This is called a Disclosure and Barring Service ( DBS ) check. … There are different rules for getting a criminal record check in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
What is a police check called?
National Police Checks may also be referred to as: National Police History Check (NPHC) National Criminal History Check (NCHC) National Criminal Record. National Criminal Record Check.
Can I immigrate to Canada as a police officer?
Can I migrate to Canada as a Police officer? Yes, You Can! Commissioned police officers are on the Canadian NOC List under the code of 0431 and are eligible to move to Canada.


Under Construction VS Ready to Move Property ,Which Is Better Option
You might do it for the house you want to build or maybe the restaurant you want to make but no matter what you wish might be for putting your money into real estate, it does require a pretty penny. When you are entering a market having to put a lot you become more cautious which is a necessity but comes the diversity of the kinds of properties available and this very factor can be paralyzing.
There is an array of options to choose from and when it is such a big of an investment, the decision of which one suits you and which one suits me might differ according to our requirement, age, pay scale, and purpose. So let us discuss the two very popular varieties of properties available.
For starters, ready to move in property makes more sense when the buyer is looking for accommodation and under construction, the property makes more sense when the buyer is looking at it from an investment point of view, and despite what the buyer might be looking for, the property should somehow yield the buyer some margin of profit in the long run because they are investing a big amount on the property.
WHO SHOULD PICK A READY TO MOVE IN PROPERTY?
WHO DOES IT SUIT?
When people move from city to city pursuing different occupations, dreams, and aspirations it can be hard to move into a house that is not is living conditions. This not only holds the capacity to put a dent in your pocket but also holds the capacity to get you kicked off if the property you are living in does not have occupancy and a completion certificate. When you are new to a city and you do not know whether you are going live here for the rest of your investing (if you are in the position to do so) can be pretty risky because you are in a hurry and want a quick fix.
In such a situation a ready to move in property is ideal for you! You can look around the house and see how the finishing is, how the backyard is, and how the balcony is. The building material is also very evident and can be inspected easily. And on top of all this, you can really look around and find who your neighbors will be and find how the surrounding area is, is it crowded and noisy or is it just too far away from the city because you will be really getting what you are seeing.
There is a higher chance of such homes being registered with RERA which in turn saves you a lot of running around government offices for not getting kicked out and being on a safer side.
However, there is a disadvantage to such properties, and that is as they are already made and prepared to host people in, they are generally a higher price than their contemporary, the under-construction houses. They also will not be able to provide you with the choice to change the décor, finishing, and flooring, etc. Hence, if you are considering to buy a ready to move in property, please ensure that the property comes with an Occupancy and a Completion certificate. That will make the investment somewhat worth it because it will come with all the benefits like tax benefits.
THINGS TO LOOK FOR BEFORE CONSIDERING TO BUY ANY “UNDER CONSTRUCTION PROPERTY”
Under-construction properties are generally situated on the “not so well established” parts of the city, which generally means that they are not completely done with the finishing and the house is situated in some part of the city that has not received much development. This gives the buyer to amass on the future developmental aspects of the property. As the development of the surroundings of the property escalates, the price of your property rises. But it doesn’t have to be this way every time. One has to look at the location and plans around that area. Moreover, in an under-construction project, a buyer also has flexibility in payments, with options like construction-linked plans, subvention schemes, flexible payment plans, etc.
However, such properties usually do not come with any certification and run low on authenticity. This does not just raise the chances of being kicked out of the property for not able to provide proper papers, but it also raises the chances of fraudulent and losing all the money. Such properties are often used as a hook to engulf in all that is possible.
But the establishment of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act (RERA) and other buyer-friendly policies, aimed at bringing about greater transparency and compliance from developers, could boost home buyers’ confidence in investing in under-construction projects. However, in places where the RERA is not yet implemented, it is a must for a home buyer to check the credentials of the developer and choose a reputed builder for any business at all.
Apart from the risk of being caught in a fraudulent, under construction properties can be more expensive owing to how much work is left on the buyer to complete, all of this and there is GST to consider too. The proper calculation of these renovating processes can cause severe shortcomings in the overall deal and profit.
THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND BEFORE INVESTING IN ANY OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED PROPERTIES:
- Know exactly what you want and what your budget it.
- Compare your budget to the entire deal of renovating/finishing the last touches, the fuel, and transport expenses that would escalate if you were to live here, etc.
- Make sure the property has all the required licensing and documents.
- Make sure you involve all the parties involving in this affair actively.
- In the age of internet and accessibility, the buyer should definitely check the social media, articles, and reviews, and pretty much anything they could find about the builder and the project that may concern them.


E3 Recap Bethesda and Xbox ep. 398
E3 is here and WE ARE HYPED! Xbox and Bethesda had both of their stage shows and the VGB goes over all of the good, the bad and the PogChamp! We start the show off with all things Xbox, Gears of War 5, Halo: Infinite, Cyberpunk 2077, Forza Horizon 4, and Tomb Raider. Then we get to the HUGE announcements from Bethesda with Fallout 76, Elder Scrolls 6, Starfield, and more!
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1 Inserm - UMR892, University of Nantes, CNRS - UMR 6299, Nantes, F-44000, France
2 LabEx IGO “Immunotherapy, Graft, Oncology”, Nantes, F-44000, France
* co-senior authors
Glioblastoma multiform (GBM) is the most frequent and aggressive primary brain tumor in adults, with a dismal prognosis and few therapeutic advances made over the last decade. Cellular immunotherapies are currently being explored to eliminate highly invasive and chemo/radioresistant GBM cells likely involved in rapid disease relapse. Non-alloreactive human Vɣ9Vδ2 T lymphocytes are able to kill a wide range of human tumor cells and display effector functions, setting them up as promising cell candidates for efficient immunotherapies.
We recently showed that immunodeficient NSG mice carrying orthotopic primary human GBM tumor xenografts recapitulate GBM tumor development in patients. Furthermore, we demonstrated that allogeneic human Vɣ9Vδ2 T cells can survive and patrol for several days within the brain parenchyma following adoptive transfer and successfully eliminate infiltrative primary GBM cells upon orthotopic aminobisphosphonate treatment. In order to bypass this sensitization process, several allogeneic human Vɣ9Vδ2 T cells have been isolated and amplified from PBMCs of healthy donors and screened for their ability to naturally and specifically react against human primary GBM cultures. Our results evidence that some Vɣ9Vδ2 T cell lines efficiently and preferentially eliminate particular subtypes of primary GBM tumor cells through cellular stress-associated molecular pathways that are currently under analysis and characterization.
Taken together, our results provide an important preclinical proof-of-concept for optimized targeted immunotherapies of brain tumors such as GBM and also identify key molecules and pathways that need to be defined before considering human ɣδ T cells in clinical approaches.
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We have put together a comprehensive handbook for parents which can you can access here:
Annual fees cover the period from September to mid July and includes additional training sessions during half term holidays during this period. If offsite training camps are arranged there will be an additional charge for these.
Membership fees are payable by BACS to HSBC 40-44-46, Walbrook Rowing Club 51446967. Please put your child’s name in the payment reference box.
The annual Walbrook junior membership fees for the 2020/21 season:
J12, J13, J14: £590, J15,J16: £650, J17,J18: £700
If junior members are told to leave the club because of misbehaviour membership fees will not be funded.
Teddington Watersports Centre (“TWC”) are the Management Company for the site. TWC are responsible for the upkeep of the premises; paying general maintenance, utilities, insurance, cleaning and many other expenses that occur from time to time. This is payable for 12 months from the date of joining and is £135 (as at June 2020)
Racing fees and costs: indicative costs per race are £20 which covers entry fees and transport of the boats
British Rowing Racing Licence. This is required in order to race and currently costs £29.50 per year (as at June 2019). How to Get:- British_Rowing_Membership.pdf
Juniors need to wear appropriate training kit (eg shorts or tracksuit bottoms, base layer or T-shirt and fleece) and they must bring a change of clothes and a waterproof is wet or they will not be allowed onto the water.
For racing they will need a Walbrook all in one (currently [£47]) and black base layer depending on season. Optional club kit can be seen here: How to Get:-


There are a lot of different definitions for the word vintage: people use the word vintage to refer to anything from 2nd hand thrift-shop clothes to retro-inspired fashions, but what does it really mean?
Any item of clothing over 100 years old is Antique (so pre-1920s) and anything 20 years or less counts as Modern, so Vintage is basically everything in between: from the 1920s through to the early 1990s. Vintage is also used to refer to retro-style clothes and fashions but this is really repro (reproduction) or retro…
Anyway, enough semantics, pick your favourite decade and get browsing!
The Victorian era, a time of corsets and crinolines, the Yorkshire Ripper and when Arthur Conan Doyle wrote the Sherlock Holmes mysteries.
The Edwardian decade marked the last of corset-wearing fashions, a sleeker silhouette and the start of great social change.
The decade between the Edwardian era and the start of WW1 which laid the basics for the roaring 20s. The corset disappeared, hemlines rose and long hair was bobbed short for the first time.
Flappers with sleek bobs, cupid blow lips, long strings of pearls and lots and lots of sass, the roaring twenties were the place to be! In between the 2 world wars the bright young things of the nation really let rip!
A decade of Hollywood-inspired sophistication and grown-up glamour sandwiched in between the decadence of the 1920s and the war-enforced austerity of the 1940s.
The hardships which were caused by a world at war dictated the fashions of the 1940s. Once again Hollwood had a major influence of the style of everyday women who were encouraged to look good despite rationing and shortages to keep up morale.
After the hardships of the wartime years, the 1950s exploded in a riot of colour. Women embraced the hourglass figure of Christian Dior’s ‘New Look’ and wore big petticoats to make their skirts larger, and for the first time teenagers developed their own fun sense of style.
The 1960s was a time of Mods, Rockers, Mary Quant and miniskirts. There was a real youth-culture in the swinging sixties, symbolized by iconic models Twiggy and Peggy Moffit. On the more grown-up side of Sixties fashion the ‘Mad Men’ style of dressing was smart, sophisticated and luxurious…
Charlie’s Angels, bell-bottom jeans and the Farrah Flick, not to mention the decade of corduroy, velvet and rainbow-patterned roller boots.
Power dressing, Dynasty and Joan Collins in those huge shoulder padded dresses.


The web site cookie-cutter home along with a custom made luxury home is like evaluating service station coffee to some premium latte. You choose what adopts your premium, six dollar cup of java, along with a skilled barista can make it fresh for you personally it is a customized drink created to your likes.
A custom luxury home builder also provides you with the liberty to select you’re able to pick what materials, location, school systems, and spaces your brand-new home may have. Even though the builder could be more than pleased to help with all the details for the new luxury home, you may still find a lot of questions you’ll have to decide yourself.
Location of the new house is not only locating a pretty patch of find which to construct home of your dreams. Browse the other homes locally I understand the final factor you need to consider when creating a new luxury house is re-sell value, but all kinds of things can alter within the next 10 years. Best to be ready for just about any eventuality. Browse the worth of the nearby homes and make certain they stack to the luxury home you’re planning yourself. Also, take a look at distances from conveniences, like the nearby mall, parks, theaters, and shopping. Evaluate which your commute time for you to work could be. Also, determine whether the house you need to build is going to be within local building codes.
When thinking about location, also investigate the local schools. Consider both private and public institutions round the chunk of property you’re searching to construct on. There might not be a schooling system around your brand-new home area which will give you the education you want to provide your kids.
Before you go to a specialist, make certain to begin a scrapbook with images of homes and style elements that you’d like to determine implemented inside your luxury home. This scrapbook can give the contractor something solid to utilize when pulling together blueprints. You are able to pull pictures from the internet, from luxury home magazines, as well as from photographs of friends’ and family members’ homes that you simply find appealing. This gives your contractor a good idea of your family style.
But the most crucial consideration is who to contract. There are millions of builders around the globe, but many top quality, luxury builders come in bigger metropolitan areas. Most contractors is going to be willing to go to construct your new house, to have an excellent choice of builders within achieve of the site.
Perform a little homework prior to deciding on the contractor ask any buddies or family who’ve used luxury home builders to find out if there is a company they’d recommend, a treadmill they would not use again. Read online reviews of each and every contractor.
After you have a summary of potentials, request a job interview using the contractor you can study a great deal in regards to a contractor in this face-to-face meeting. Browse the look and designs of homes they’ve built, if the contractor’s style will mesh your personal. If at all possible, possess the contractor build up a mock up or sketches that you should take a look at.


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Winter is coming. And according to The Old Farmer’s Almanac, it is going to be a big one here in Maryland, especially in the northern parts of the state. Winter will be colder and snowier than normal, with the coldest periods in January, late December, mid-February, and early March. The snowiest periods, meanwhile, will be mid- and late December, early to mid-January, and late March.
For homeowners and business owners alike, this all means one thing. Heating season is coming and boiler maintenance is a must!
The Importance of Preventive Boiler Maintenance
Residential and commercial boilers are like cars in the fact that they can be serviced, to an extent, by the average Joe. However, they still require regular maintenance from a trained professional in order to stay in perfect working in order – not to mention peak efficiency. The worst thing you can do is sit around and wait for something to go wrong. This reactive approach to boiler maintenance is not only costly in terms of often pricey repair, but also costly in terms of what it means for the future of your boiler. Reactive maintenance can greatly reduce the lifespan of your boiler and the cost of replacing a boiler or large parts of a boiler system can be quite costly. Comparatively, preventive maintenance is downright cheap! This type of maintenance program helps anticipate, prevent, and correct small issues before they become major problems.
In general, experts recommend one major cleaning during (preferably before) heating season and one maintenance inspection some other time throughout the calendar year. This not only keeps your boiler running longer, but also ensures it is running at peak efficiency (or close to it), saving homeowners and business owners money. That’s what we like to call a win-win!
Residential and Commercial Boiler Maintenance in Maryland
Fresh Air Concepts installs, services, and repairs a wide variety of residential and commercial boilers including gas, oil, hot water, and gas and oil steam boilers. We also can add snowmelt systems and in floor heating to existing or new boiler systems.
Fresh Air Concepts offers a wide variety of Carrier residential and commercial boilers. And with energy costs on the rise, a Carrier high efficiency boiler can help lower your utility costs. Carrier’s PerformanceT 86 boiler features an AFUE of up to 86.5%, helping to reduce your annual heating costs.
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That’s right, do not prepare the interview answers for what you may or may not be asked, instead interview your next job. Often times, I have seen candidates treat an interview like it is an examination and to be honest, I am guilty as charged too. Early in my career, there were times when I used to predict questions I was going to be asked and then prepare for them. I used to write answers down and memorize them in certain cases. But somehow, through the years, the way I started to approach interviews has evolved and there have been some marked changes. Instead of rehearsing answers in my head or reading articles about common interview questions and smart answers, I took the proverbial “road less traveled!” I decided to interview my next job instead. I started asking questions about how a job fits in with my short and long-term goals and began to get my hands on any information I could find about the company I was interviewing with. Just as a company would put me (a potential hire) under the microscope, I started to put the company and the job under a microscope too – in short, I was interviewing my next job.
Here’s a disclaimer; interviewing your next job calls for more effort than just preparing interview answers to specific questions. It means studying a company’s internal and external environments, the organization’s structure, its financial health, getting behind the existing processes and much more. As a candidate, you most definitely need to look at the company’s culture and long-term goals too. The exercise is not just for fresh-faced candidates new to the job market, I know a few C-Level executives who have a systematic approach to interviewing their next job! This is where journalism’s popular five “W’s” and the all-important “H” come into play. Transform yourself into a journalist/reporter, prod and ask “why”, “what”, “where”, “who”, “when” and “how,” during the process of interviewing your next job. This makes all the difference. Like most exercises that require great effort, the reward too is great for this exercise.
Here are some hefty rewards you can reap from interviewing your next job:
Get better clarity
By interviewing your next job, you gain a better understanding of several aspects. I find that many candidates who come in for interviews lack clarity as to why they want a job, how they see their career panning out within an organization or if they actually even want the job. Even if an opportunity matches your skillset, your ambitions and expected compensation, you could discover that you may not be a good fit for the company’s culture. This is where you need to address “how” you would be working on a day-to-day basis and if the job in question will really make you happy.
Learn about the industry
When you interview you next job, you learn about both the company you are applying to and about the industry as a whole. The onus is on you to understand the internal and external environments of an organization. Do a SWOT and PEST analysis of the company. This way, you are not just preparing for the interview with one company, but many more opportunities within your chosen industry. By the end of this exercise you will be more knowledgeable and as the old saying goes, “knowledge is power.”
Expertly tackle questions and ask them too
Now that you have equipped yourself with the right kind of information to tackle the interview, you are ready to shine. My guess is that you can expertly handle most questions directed toward you and for the ones that you do not know the answer to, there is no shame in telling your interviewer that you will get back with the answers later. As your interviewer is done questioning you, the floors now open up for you to shine some more. Here comes the clichéd “do you have any questions?” part. Thanks to your research, you do not have to think hard about the questions you want to ask or ask irrelevant questions because you already know what to ask!
Stand out from the crowd
For any given job, I guarantee you that you are not the sole candidate appearing for the interview – there would have been other candidates interviewed before you and there would be many more who will be interviewed after you leave the room. So use all the knowledge you gained while interviewing your job and go on to wow your interviewers. Having interviewed candidates numerous times, there is nothing I like better than a candidate who stands out by sharing thought-provoking answers and by asking questions that challenge me. It tells me that the candidate is proactive and is also serious about his/her career.
Take the pressure off
As you interview your next job, you reduce the pressure that comes from preparing for specific questions. Picture a situation when you have prepared the answers to a list of questions but are asked something completely different during the interview. In most cases, you could hit the panic button, may need to think on your feet or may not come across as well-prepared. Preparing for an interview is more organic and less forced when you interview your next job.
Now that I have outlined some of the benefits that come from interviewing your next job, watch out for my post on How to effectively interview your next job. And if I haven’t made myself clear already, here’s stating my original point – do not prepare the answers for your next interview!
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What is Marketing Automation?
Marketing automation refers to the use of marketing software to prioritize, streamline, and execute marketing tasks necessary to drive traffic to the website, convert the visitors into leads, and convert those leads into customers. Marketing automation essentially impacts the conversion and closure stages of the process. It allows leads to be nurtured and only specifically-targeted personalized messages be delivered. Market automation aids efficiency and helps generate more effective marketing campaigns so revenue goals may be realized more quickly. It saves time without compromising the content.


Refrigerant Recovery At Sea
The A-Gas/Rapid Recovery service was recently put to the test aboard the Grand Princess Cruise ship. The ship was in need of a new heating and cooling system. To avoid keeping the cruise ship idle, the Rapid Recovery team based out of California loaded all equipment onto the ship before it left port. Over the course of 3 days the Rapid Recovery team worked around the clock to recover almost 3 tons of refrigerant gas consisting of R-22 and R-422D. The new system is now up and running with R-134a thanks to effective planning and high-speed recovery! Read the entire article here.