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Crypto Clothing
The world's biggest cryptocurrency merchandise store | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lobe 2.0
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Is energy always conserved?
Given your example you could say that the energy was absorbed by the Higs field, which would be analogous to water molecules in a pond. As a continuation to your energy conservation theme however, one could say argue that energy conservation breaks down in the formation of new subatomic particles in a vacuum. | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Hydrogen vs. Battery Electric Cars
There is a case for hydrogen, its not passenger vehicles but heavy vehicles ships and rapid/temp charge locations for BEVs. How many bev cars could you charge on the electricity it takes to create hydrogen from water with electrolysis, psss don't mention steam reformed natural gas (fossil fuel) to create hydrogen. | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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2 Cartrack systems with endless issues
I had 2 new Cartrack systems fitted in my vehicles. Since July 2015 I had endless issues. Saturday 5th March I pressed the panic button on my vehicle and no one called back. For the 3rd time since the system was put in we had to have it replaced. I had the same problem with my other vehicle on Tuesday 7 March. 10th March a new system was fitted in for the 3rd time!!! I pressed the panic button at 13h55 & 18h45 NO ONE CALLED ME BACK!!! This has been going on for over a year!! I want my money back for all the months as you do not provide the service I paid for!! In 2015 I spoke to Michelle van Rensburg I left numerous messages and she hasn't called me back. I want this system out of my vehicles and I want my full refund. DO NOT tell me that the control room gets a signal cos if they did why the hell are they not calling to see if I've been hijacked?!! The early warning system does not work. The battery was flat yet you never called to check if everything was ok!! For these reasons I want to be refunded. | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Alcohol has no nutrients at all beyond calories. Both are absolutely terrible, but no one eats a burger then gets in the car and kills people because they can't drive. Also burgers don't make people angry and prone to violence.
Fast food kills the consumer, alcohol kills the consumer and others around them. | 0 | 0 | 1 |
SALES ASSOCIATE Summary Customer service oriented associate with over two years' worth of experience working with the public, and over 1 year's worth of money-handling experience. Core competencies include customer rapport, ability to maintain a positive attitude, and subtle persuasiveness by relating to the customer. Passionate and self motivated, with a drive to achieve excellence inside as well as outside of the workplace. Highlights Exceptional customer service Sales expertise Excellent communication skills Customer rapport development Basic Microsoft Office skills Thrive in fast-paced environment Experience 03/2016 to Current Sales Associate Company Name － City , State Received and processed cash and credit payments for purchases as well as payments to Dillard's credit card. Opened lines of credit. Opened and closed the counter, including counting cash, opening and closing cash registers and creating staff assignments. Worked as a team member to provide the highest level of service to customers. Made courtesy calls to existing customers for upcoming event information and debuting new merchandise. 11/2015 to 02/2016 Receptionist Company Name － City , State Conduct outgoing phone calls to collect members' billing information and process payments. Operate Microsoft Lync to answer, screen, and forward calls, providing information, taking messages, and scheduling appointments. Resolve customer complaints or redirect them to appropriate management. 02/2015 to 11/2015 Service Representative Company Name － City , State Compile information about new accounts, enter account information into computers, and file related forms or other documents. Handle inbound calls; resolve membership issues; answer customer inquiries; redirect phone calls to appropriate associates. Understand and implement company policies as well as explain policies to customers in a straight forward and professional manner. Operate register and process cash/credit transactions; opened and closed out registers. Collect referrals and inform members of membership promotions for discounts and deals. Skills Excellence and experience in customer service, eager and fast learner, honest, advanced problem-solving, exceptional organizational skills Education Associate of Arts : General Business Mesa Community College － City , State General Business Currently attending. 2014 High School Diploma James Madison Preparatory School － City , State | 0 | 0 | 1 |
And the clock starts... now. Did you miss it? It wasn’t some bug buzzing by or a weird trick of the light. You just saw a hummingbird perform astonishing aerial acrobatics, eat lunch in midair, pollinate a flower, and then escape a threat upside down— all in a matter of seconds. So let’s slow down the action, and unpack each step in this blazing-fast feast. First up, their incredibly rapid flight. Hummingbirds typically beat their wings 30 to 40 times per second, creating the high-frequency hum they’re named for. To flap their wings at this speed, hummingbirds have evolved giant pectoral muscles that comprise over a third of some species’ bodyweight. But the real secret to their fine-tuned flight is all in the wrist. Most birds only generate lift on the downstroke of each flap, while using the upward recovery stroke to set up their next wing beat. Hummingbirds however, turn their wrists during the upstroke, changing their wing’s angle to flap in a figure 8 pattern that continually generates lift throughout their wingbeats. Alongside their massive muscles, this special lift-producing technique allows hummingbirds to achieve sustained hovering flight— an aerial feat no other bird can perform. Hovering lets hummingbirds slow to a stop almost instantly and assess scenarios in midair. Then, they can take off in any direction, reaching speeds faster than a fighter jet, relative to the bird’s size. And since they can beat each of their wings at different speeds and angles, the birds can perform incredible spins and turns all while flying backwards or even upside down. Of course, flying this way can be exhausting. Hovering is one of the most energy intensive forms of movement in the animal kingdom. And relative to their body size, hummingbirds have the highest metabolic rates of all vertebrates. This leads them to eat very frequently— often consuming an average of four meals an hour while flying. Fortunately, their hovering lets them eat at remarkable angles without perching, consuming food that would otherwise be impossible to reach. Using their long slender bills, they reach deep inside flowers and pump out nectar with their thin grooved tongues. This sugary liquid is a hummingbird’s most important energy source, and a single bird consumes six times its weight in nectar every day over hundreds of small meals. Each of these sugary snacks also pollinates the flower being visited with pollen left on the bird from previous meals. That's just a rough idea of what hummingbirds can do in several seconds. But if we hang around a little longer, we might see their aerial acrobatics put to a more dangerous test. Hummingbirds keep track of which flowers they've recently drained, as well as those they plan to drain next. And each bird will fight ruthlessly to defend this floral territory from their only real competition: other hummingbirds. Using their spear-like bills and blindingly fast flight, dueling hummingbirds chase each other through the air, aggressively stabbing and plucking feathers. The bills of some species are specialized for fighting, with spiny tips, hooks, or even saw-like serrations. Some hummingbirds employ these aerial fencing techniques to chase off larger birds like hawks and owls. But the most extreme fights are between male hummingbirds competing for flowers and females. Fortunately, these duels are rarely deadly. After 15 to 20 seconds, one bird will typically surrender— flying off to seek its breakfast elsewhere. After all this fighting, feeding, and flying, hummingbirds sometimes need to sleep off the day’s events in a mild form of hibernation called torpor. Their hearts— proportionally the largest in the animal kingdom— slow from 1,200 beats per minute to a mere 50. But when they wake up 4 to 7 hours later, their lightning-fast metabolism kicks back into gear. With all this speed and strength, it’s no wonder the Aztecs revered these energetic birds as agents of the god of war Huitzilopotchli— a reminder that immense power can come in the smallest packages. | 0 | 0 | 1 |
ASSISTANT GENERAL/OPERATIONS MANAGER Summary Results-focused management professional offering ten years of progressive leadership experience. Transforms high-potential staff into outstanding leaders who demonstrate the creativity and savvy that is critical to financial and operational success. Skills Staff training Supervision and trainingOperations management Staff development Inventory control Cross-functional team management Complex problem solving Customer service-oriented Appointment scheduling Front desk management Spa maintenance Inventory maintenance Employee interviewing and hiring Payment tracking systems Understands spa services Meeting Maker familiarity Knowledge of UPS and Fed Ex shipping systems Hospitality industry knowledge Attentive to detail Multi-tasker extraordinaire Accomplishments Leadership Served as key contributing member to Leadership team. People Management: Hired and mentored all staff Streamlined the training of the departments Financial Management: Oversaw the budgets and inventory control Created new manual for documenting all spa products.Served as Dermalogica product line expert. Experience 01/2013 to 06/2015 Assistant General/Operations Manager Company Name － City , State Managed team of 45 of professionals.Served as mentor to junior team members.Initiated program that standardized employee training and led to increase in customer satisfaction by 12%. 07/2012 to 01/2013 General Manager Company Name － City , State Informed guests of spa services, programs and activities over the phone and in person. Addressed all guest complaints and referred any escalated situations to management.Checked members and guests in promptly for their appointments.Efficiently checked guests in and out using Millenium.Coordinated and booked all spa service appointments for individual and group clients.Assigned clients to spa therapists by aligning the client's needs with the spa therapists expertise.Addressed all member concerns with patience.Responded to customer inquiries in a friendly and professional manner.Verified end-of-day reports against credit and cash profits.Clearly communicated with each technician regarding any schedule changes.Executed all daily opening and closing procedures.Organized salon paperwork and office files.Introduced corporate policies, procedures and work rules to new spa employees. 08/2010 to 07/2012 Head/Esthetician Company Name － City , State Advised guests on special events and product promotions.Mailed client forms and salon promotional documents.Informed guests of spa services, programs and activities over the phone and in person.Addressed all guest complaints and referred any escalated situations to management.Researched the various types of spa therapies and treatments to be better informed of spa services.Supplied guests with robes, slippers and locker keys.Efficiently checked guests in and out using spa biz.Instructed guests on facility safety measures.Coordinated and booked all spa service appointments for individual and group clients.Assigned clients to Spa Therapist by aligning the client's needs with the Spa Therapist expertise.Documented any observed safety hazards and reported them to management immediately.Addressed all member concerns with patience.Provided accurate product and merchandise information to customers. 11/2007 to 10/2009 Esthetician, Certified Laser Technician Company Name － City , State Informed guests of spa services, programs and activities over the phone and in person.Addressed all guest complaints and referred any escalated situations to management.Researched the various types of spa therapies and treatments to be better informed of spa services.Instructed guests on facility safety measures.Documented any observed safety hazards and reported them to management immediately.Addressed all member concerns with patience.Provided accurate product and merchandise information to customers.Responded to customer inquiries in a friendly and professional manner.Suggested and sold spa services and retail products to customers.Advised guests on special events and product promotions. Education and Training 2006 Bachelor Marketing/Management University of Aesthetics － City , State Esthtician training 1993 Bacholrs : Marketing/Management Emporia State University － City , State Marketing/ManagementCoursework in Business and ManagementCoursework in Marketing and Communications Assosicates Seward County Community College － City , State Coursework in Marketing and CommunicationsCoursework in Business and Management Skills banking, budget, interpersonal skills, client, customer satisfaction, customer service, general manager, hiring, human resource, Inventory, inventory control, Laser, managing, marketing, payroll, policies, profit and loss, quality, recruiting, retail sales, sales, sales training, surveys | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Another great dress by retailer. i've worn it with tall boots with heels, riding boots and booties...all look really good. i've also added a cream/beige cardigan and even a fuzzy/furry vest. very versatile. the only few things that i would have liked even more is that design of the dress be actual stitching and not just a flat print and also the material does shrink a tat when you wash it. it's a staple and keeper. | 1 | 0 | 0 |
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES On January 28, 2019, Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. and Evalve, Inc., both subsidiaries of Abbott Laboratories (collectively "Abbott") filed a lawsuit against Edwards Lifesciences Corporation and Edwards Lifesciences, LLC, (Edwards) in the Federal District Court in the District of Delaware alleging that the Edwards PASCAL heart valve repair system infringes certain claims of Abbotts U.S. Patent Nos. 7,288,097, 6,752,813, 7,563,267, 7,736,388, and 8,057,493, seeking unspecified monetary damages and preliminary and permanent injunctive relief. Thereafter, Abbott sought a preliminary injunction and a temporary restraining order. The court denied Abbotts request for a temporary restraining order on March 5, 2019 and heard Abbotts request for a preliminary injunction on April 15, 2019. On January 28, 2019, Abbott and its Abbott Medical UK Limited subsidiary (inclusively and collectively also "Abbott) filed a lawsuit in the United Kingdom in the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, Patents Court, against Edwards Lifesciences Limited, alleging that the Edwards PASCAL heart valve repair system infringes certain claims of Abbotts UK national patents arising from EP 1 624 810 B1 (the " 810 patent") and EP 1 408 850 B1 (the 850 patent). Abbott has requested a preliminary injunction and the High Court is scheduled to hear that request on or before May 3, 2019. The trial is scheduled to begin on or before December 11, 2019. On January 28, 2019, Abbott Medical GmbH (inclusively and collectively also "Abbott) filed a lawsuit in the District Court in Dusseldorf, Germany against Edwards Lifesciences Corporation and its German subsidiary, Edwards Lifesciences Services GmbH, alleging that the Edwards PASCAL heart valve repair system infringes certain claims of Abbotts German national patents arising from the 810 and 850 European patents. The District Court has scheduled trial for July 14, 2020. On March 15, 2019, Edwards filed a lawsuit in the German Patent Court in Munich, Germany, alleging that Abbotts 850 patent is invalid. The Abbott 810 patent is already subject to opposition proceedings at the European Patent Office. On January 28, 2019, Abbott and Abbott Medical AG (inclusively and collectively also "Abbott) filed a lawsuit in the Federal Patent Court in St. Gallen, Switzerland against Edwards Lifesciences AG, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl, Edwards Lifesciences IPRM AG, and Mitral Valve Technologies Sarl, alleging that the Edwards PASCAL heart valve repair system infringes Abbotts Swiss national patents arising from the same European patents. Abbott has requested a preliminary injunction. On January 28, 2019, Abbott Cardiovascular System Inc., Abbott Medical Italia S.p.A and Evalve Inc. (inclusively and collectively also "Abbott) filed a lawsuit in the Civil Court of Milan, Italy against Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Edwards Lifesciences LLC, and Edwards Lifesciences Italia SpA, alleging that the Edwards PASCAL heart valve repair system infringes Abbotts Italian national patent arising from its 850 European patent. The lawsuit seeks a preliminary injunction. The Company intends to defend itself vigorously in these matters. On February 22, 2019, Edwards Lifesciences Corporation and Edwards Lifesciences, LLC filed a lawsuit against Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. in the Federal District Court in the Central District of California alleging that Abbotts MITRACLIP device infringes Edwards U.S. Patent Nos. 6,719,767, 7,011,669, and 8,062,313 related to heart implant technology and seeking unspecified monetary damages. A trial date has not yet been scheduled. In addition, Edwards Lifesciences is or may be a party to, or may otherwise be responsible for, pending or threatened lawsuits related primarily to products and services currently or formerly manufactured or performed, as applicable, by Edwards Lifesciences (the "Other Lawsuits"). The Other Lawsuits raise difficult and complex factual and legal issues and are subject to many uncertainties, including, but not limited to, the facts and circumstances of each particular case or claim, the jurisdiction in which each suit is brought, and differences in applicable law. Management does not believe that any charge relating to the Other Lawsuits would have a material adverse effect on Edwards Lifesciences overall financial position, results of operations, or liquidity. However, the resolution of one or more of the Other Lawsuits in any reporting period, could have a material adverse impact on Edwards Lifesciences' net income or cash flows for that period. The Company is not able to estimate the amount or range of any loss for legal contingencies for which there is no reserve or additional loss for matters already reserved. Edwards Lifesciences is subject to various environmental laws and regulations both within and outside of the United States. The operations of Edwards Lifesciences, like those of other medical device companies, involve the use of substances regulated under environmental laws, primarily in manufacturing and sterilization processes. While it is difficult to quantify the potential impact of continuing compliance with environmental protection laws, management believes that such compliance will not have a material impact on Edwards Lifesciences' financial position, results of operations, or liquidity. | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1. ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS DESCRIPTION TD Holdings, Inc. ("TD" or "the Company"), is a holding company that was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware on December 19, 2011. On January 11, 2019, the Company changed its name to China Bat Group, Inc. and on June 3, 2019, further changed its name to Bat Group, Inc. On March 6, 2020, the Company amended its Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of Delaware to effect a name change to TD Holdings, Inc. On April 2, 2020, HC High Summit Holding Limited ("HC High BVI"), the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, established Tongdow Block Chain Information Technology Company Limited ("Tongdow Block Chain"), a holding company incorporated in accordance with the laws and regulations of Hong Kong. Tongdow Block Chain is wholly owned by HC High BVI. On April 2, 2020 and July 16, 2020, Tongdow Block Chain established Shanghai Jianchi Supply Chain Company Limited ("Shanghai Jianchi") and Tongdow Hainan Digital Technology Co., Ltd. ("Tondow Hainan"), respectively, as its wholly owned subsidiaries. Both Shanghai Jianchi and Tongdow Hainan are holding companies incorporated in accordance with the laws and regulations of People's Republic of China ("PRC"). On June 25, 2020, Hao Limo Technology (Beijing) Co. Ltd. ("Hao Limo"), the Company's wholly owned subsidiary incorporated in PRC, and Shenzhen Huamucheng Trading Co., Ltd. ("Huamucheng"), a former VIE of the Company, entered into certain VIE Termination Agreement (the "VIE Termination Agreement") to terminate the Huamucheng VIE Agreements. As such, Hao Limo will no longer have the control rights and rights to the assets, property and revenue of Huamucheng. On the same date, Shanghai Jianchi, Huamucheng and the shareholders of Huamucheng (the "Huamucheng Shareholders") entered into certain Share Acquisition Agreement (the "Acquisition Agreement") pursuant to which Shanghai Jianchi acquired 100% equity interest of Huamucheng from the Huamucheng Shareholders for nominal consideration. As a result of the above reorganization, Huamucheng transitioned from being a variable interest entity ("VIE") controlled by Company into a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. The Company remained in control of Huamucheng both before and after the reorganization and its operating results are consolidated into the Company's consolidated financial statements. On August 28, 2020, the Company closed the sales of HC High Summit Limited and its subsidiaries and Beijing Tianxing Kunlun Technology Co. Ltd. ("Beijing Tianxing"), the VIE with Vision Loyal Limited ("Vision Loyal"), at a nominal consideration of $1.00 based on a valuation report presented by a third party valuation firm. On September 11, 2020, the Company acquired Zhong Hui Dao Ming Investment Management Limited ("ZHDM HK") and its wholly owned subsidiary, Tongdow E-trading Limited ("Tongdow HK"). Both entities were holding companies incorporated in accordance with the laws and regulations of Hong Kong. The consideration was zero because both entities have not commenced any operations before the date of acquisition. As of September 30, 2020, the Company conducts business through Huamucheng, a subsidiary of the Company, which is engaged in the commodity trading business and providing supply chain management services to customers in the PRC. Supply chain management services consist of loan recommendation services and commodity product distribution services. The accompanying consolidated financial statements reflect the activities of Huamucheng and each of the following holding entities: Name Background Ownership HC High Summit Holding Limited ("HC High BVI") A BVI company Incorporated on March 22, 2018 A holding company 100% owned by the Company Tongdow Block Chain Information Technology Company Limited ("Tongdow Block Chain") A Hong Kong company Incorporated on April 2, 2020 A holding company 100% owned by HC High BVI Shanghai Jianchi Supply Chain Company Limited ("Shanghai Jianchi") A PRC company and deemed a wholly foreign owned enterprise ("WFOE") Incorporated on April 2, 2020 Registered capital of $10 million A holding company WFOE, 100% owned by Tongdow Block Chain Shenzhen Huamucheng Trading Co., Ltd. ("Huamucheng") A PRC limited liability company Incorporated on December 30, 2013 Registered capital of $1,417,736 (RMB 10 million) with registered capital fully paid-up Engaged in commodity trading business and providing supply chain management services to customers VIE of Hao Limo before June 25, 2020, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Shanghai Jianchi Tongdow Hainan Digital Technology Co., Ltd. ("Tondow Hainan") A PRC limited liability company Incorporated on July 16, 2020 Registered capital of $1,417,736 (RMB 10 million) with registered capital fully paid-up Engaged in commodity trading business and providing supply chain management services to customers A wholly owned subsidiary of Shanghai Jianchi Zhong Hui Dao Ming Investment Management Limited ("ZHDM HK") A Hong Kong company Incorporated on March 28, 2007 A holding company 100% owned by HC High BVI Tongdow E-trading Limited ("Tongdow HK") A Hong Kong company Incorporated on November 25, 2010 A holding company 100% owned by HC High BVI DISPOSITION OF HC High Summit Limited Historically, one of the Company's core businesses had been the used luxurious car leasing business conducted through Beijing Tianxing Kunlun Technology Co. Ltd. ("Beijing Tianxing"), an entity that the Company controlled via certain contractual arrangements. On August 28, 2020, the Company entered into certain share purchase agreement (the "Disposition SPA") with Vision Loyal, HC High Summit Limited ("HC High HK") and HC High BVI. Pursuant to the Disposition SPA, Vision Loyal agreed to purchase HC High HK in exchange for nominal consideration of $1.00 based on a valuation report presented by an independent third party valuation firm, Beijing North Asia Asset Assessment Firm. The Company's board of directors (the "Board") approved the transaction contemplated by the Disposition SPA (the "Disposition"). The Disposition closed on August 28, 2020. HC High HK is the sole shareholder of Hao Limo, and controls Beijing Tianxing via a series of contractual arrangements. The list of disposed entities are as follows: Name Relationship HC High Summit Limited ("HC High HK") 100% owned by HC High BVI before August 28, 2020 Hao Limo Technology (Beijing) Co. Ltd. ("Hao Limo") WOFE, 100% owned by HC High HK Beijing Tianxing Kunlun Technology Co. Ltd. ("Beijing Tianxing")* VIE of Hao Limo * Upon disposition, Beijing Tianxing' six wholly owned subsidiaries and one 60% owned subsidiary were also disposed. Beijing Tianrenshijia Apparel Co., Ltd. Beijing Blue Light Marching Technology Co., Ltd. Beijing Eighty Weili Technology Co., Ltd. Beijing Bat Riding Technology Co., Ltd Beijing Blue Light Riding Technology Co., Ltd., and Car Master (Beijing) Information Consulting Co., Ltd. Beijing Blue Light Supercar Technology Co., Ltd. (over which the Company previously held 60% equity interest) Upon closing of the Disposition on August 28, 2020, Vision Loyal became the sole shareholder of HC High HK and as a result, assumed all assets and obligations of all the subsidiaries and VIE entities owned or controlled by HC High HK. See Note 4 for details of assets and liabilities of discontinued operations. The following diagram illustrates our corporate structure as of the date of this report, reflecting the Disposition and acquisition of Qianhai Baiyu as discussed further in "Note 14. Subsequent Events" . | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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World's Only Moving Mud Puddle
The solution is fairly simple. Either you move the road around it til its beyond the point of the original road, and repave that, or dig down, build an underground bridge, put the road on top of that, and let it flow through an artificially lowered canal til its past the road.
Theres another thing that can be done, if it really is coming up at an angle, you can attempt to pre-empt it and drill ahead of its path to see if you can get it to prematurely move a larger distance. The fact it moved 60 feet in a day once means its clearly got a lot of distance to cover and potential for movement.
Digging a channel down 50 feet or so, and in the direction of travel, would be the easiest way, instead of doing sheetpile walls perpendicular, use them for the sidewalls, anchor backwards into the ground a few hundred feet, and just let it erode underneath the bridge, while the bridge sits pretty on either side.
Im surprised they havent done more real geology on this, ground penetrating radar, seismography, prospective drilling.
I mean, its possible they have and just dont wanna talk about it, but still, the state or county needs to get on this. | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Food was good, I had the Frutti de Mare with red sauce and boy it is spicy, so be warned. Everyone else ordered the Spaghetti Pie, which was the special that night. It was OK, my mom's is better. The service was good, but the wait for a table was over an hour. Of course if was a Saturday night and they are having Glendale Glitters so it was really busy. The pizza is good, I have had it before, I am not the biggest wood fire pizza fan, because it is always burned on the bottom! | 0 | 0 | 1 |
A CASE OF CUSTOMER SATISFACTION GOES WRONG
A CASE OF CUSTOMER SATISFACTION GOES WRONG. All went very well from our house in Edenvale to EEZIMOVE Storage in Durban , then onto Palm Lakes via Santorini, Shakas Rock . On unpacking our furniture in the retirement village the driver of the removal truck noticed and pointed out damage on my wife's Dressing Table which had been newly refurbished in JHBG. He reported it to the controller with pictures and the details. I followed up with emails to EEZIMOVE customer service to no satisfaction. I was told verbally that management had made a decision not to re-emburse us, we must go to our insurance. I advise them that it was an EEZIMOVE employer who had put our speakers with metal feet on top of the dresser and that was were the damage came from, not an insurance claim were I would have to pay an excess. To date I have not been advised officially that EEZIMOVE would pay for damages done by their staff. BEWARE | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What a great way to spend Easter morning!
After taking part in the egg hunt on the main grounds (and BTW, they know how to do it here: Massive dumps of eggs full of goodies. More than the kids could carry. Plenty of photo ops. Parents who weren't acting out scenes from Soylent Green.) we made our way to this nicely upscale coffee shop/casual dining spot.
We were seated 30 minutes ahead of our reservation, keeping my little guy from popping a gasket. I chose the $19 breakfast buffet, and considering it included a custom-made omelette with organic ingredients--as well as juice and coffee--it was a steal.
Service was wonderful and the staff was sure to make us feel at home. Well, actually better than home because I don't have people looking after my every whim and need while at home. | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Discordant recovery of bone mass and mechanical properties during prolonged recovery from disuse.
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Profound bone loss at weight bearing sites is a primary effect of long-duration spaceflight. Moreover, a significant increase in estimated fracture risk remains even 1 year after returning to Earth; hence, it is important to define how quickly bone integrity can recover following prolonged disuse. This study characterized the loss and recovery dynamics of bone following a period of rodent hindlimb unloading in three anatomic sites. We hypothesized that the rat femoral neck would exhibit a discordant recovery dynamic most similar to that observed in astronauts' proximal femur; that is, bone mineral content (absolute mass) at this site would recover faster and more completely than would bone density and cortical area, and they will all recover before bone strength does. We characterized loss and long-term recovery of densitometric properties at the femoral neck, proximal tibia metaphysis, and tibia diaphysis, and also mechanical properties at the femoral neck and tibia diaphysis for which mechanical testing is amenable. We assessed the relationship between calculated strength indices and measured mechanical properties. Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats (6 months) were assigned to baseline, age-matched control (AC), and hindlimb unloaded (HU) groups. The HU group was unloaded for 28 days and then returned to normal cage activity for 84 days of weight bearing recovery (3 times the duration of HU). Fifteen animals were euthanized from each of the HU and AC groups on days 28, 56, 84, and 112 of the study. At baseline and then every 28 days in vivo longitudinal pQCT scans were taken at proximal tibia metaphysis (PTM) and tibia diaphysis (TD); ex vivo pQCT scans were taken later at the femoral neck (FN). TD and FN were tested to failure to measure mechanical properties. The hypothesis that the femoral neck in rats will exhibit a discordant recovery dynamic most similar to that observed in astronauts' proximal femurs was not supported by our data. At the femoral neck, densitometric and geometric variables (total BMC, total vBMD, cancellous vBMD, and cortical area) recovered to age-matched control levels after a recovery period twice the duration of unloading. Contrary to our hypothesis, changes in densitometric variables at the PTM provided a better model for changes in the human femoral neck with prolonged weightlessness. Following 28 days of HU, PTM total BMC recovered to age-matched control levels after roughly two times the duration of unloading; however, total vBMD did not recover even after three recovery periods. Cortical thinning occurred at the PTM following HU likely due to inhibition of periosteal growth; cortical shell thickness did not recover even after three recovery periods. Calculated strength indices suggested a loss in strength at the tibial diaphysis, which was not confirmed with direct testing of mechanical properties. HU had no effect on maximum fracture force at mid-tibia diaphysis; however, femoral neck experienced a significant loss of maximum force due to unloading that fully recovered after 28 days. Estimated strength indices for the femoral neck suggested a recovery period of 56 days in contrast to the 28-day recovery that was observed with mechanical testing. However, the inaccuracy of strength indices vs. directly measured mechanical properties highlights the continued importance of ground based animal models and mechanical testing. Our results demonstrate that the PTM in the rat better matches loss and recovery dynamics observed in astronauts' proximal femur than does the rat FN, at least in terms of densitometric variables. More complete utility of the rat PTM as a model in this case, however, depends upon meaningful characterization of changes in mechanical properties as well. | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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# What Is The Health Net MedXM In-Home Wellness Service? Should You Use It?
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Health Net is trying to get everyone to make use of preventive care. This includes an annual wellness visit and all the lab tests associated with it. To help members utilize yearly wellness services, Health Net enlisted the help of MedXM to provide in-home visits by a doctor and/or nurse practitioner.
!For members with limited mobility, this new service could be a difference maker. Having the provider come to your home would make it easy to get regular yearly preventive care.
There is no extra charge for this service. The wellness visit will take about 45 to 60 minutes to complete. The results and data from the visit will be shared with your doctor.
Here’s the catch with the MedXM wellness service. **Using the MedXM in-home wellness visit WILL REPLACE your annual wellness visit with your primary care doctor.** You can’t do the MedXM wellness visit for $0 cost AND see your primary doctor for a $0 cost annual checkup. You can only do one or the other.
!A second factor to consider is that MedXM does not have many favorable ratings on its service. Three ratings are not enough to determine how good or bad a company is. The Yelp reviews are telling, but things may have changed since the time these reviews were done.
Therefore, the decision about using the Health Net MedXM in-home wellness visit or going to see your doctor should be based on which method will result in you having a wellness checkup each year.
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# 5 Things You Should Know About Nationwide Health Brokers
## eHealthInsurance, Go Health Insurance, Costco Health Insurance, and Health Plan One are examples of brokerage companies that offer health insurance throughout the US
! Beware the Call-Center Insurance BrokerChoosing the right health insurance for yourself or your family is important. Where you get information to help in the decision could make a big difference in whether you get the best health plan or just “okay coverage”.
When searching for information, Google searches will often return a variety of big national insurance brokerage firms along with local brokers. You should use a local broker, but if you choose a nationwide firm you need to be aware of their limitations.
## 5 Key Issues With Nationwide Health Brokers
I’m not saying that national health insurance brokers are bad. They are just not the best option available to you. Here are the issues and limitations to be aware of:
1. **Call center brokers don’t have better prices for health plans**
In California, all health insurance rates are controlled by the Department of Insurance. Therefore, the rates you see on a national broker website and a local broker website will be the same.
Buying Health Insurance Is Like Selling Your Home If you were selling your home would you use a broker located in Chicago or a broker located near your home? The local Realtor will know your neighborhood, the schools, the value of other homes in your area, the real estate market conditions, along with other local Realtors that work with buyers.
A national Realtor would have to look up that information, and probably not have the same level of detail as the local broker.
Health insurance is very similar. A local broker will know how the local health plans work, the networks that doctors accept, and the hospitals in the area along with the insurance networks the hospitals accept.
Which would you choose, a national broker or a local broker?
4. **National brokers only show you the health plans they want you to see**
Many of the nationwide brokers are revenue driven because they are listed on a stock exchange. Their quote engines will not show you all the options that are available to you. They show the ones that pay the brokerage firm the most.
6. **Nationwide agents won’t check the networks your doctors and hospitals are in**
Most brokers won’t do this because it is time intensive. It requires searching across multiple provider search tools. Each tool works differently and won’t allow a simple search strategy. Unless you are an expert, find a local California agent that will do this for you.
8. **They don’t know your local health insurance market**
What insurance company health plan options, what major medical groups are available, and what networks they accept. This information comes from experience working in the local area. A broker in a call center in another part of the US won’t know the details of your city.
10. **Some nationwide health insurance websites are just “lead capture” engines**
These websites exist to collect your contact information and sell the results to multiple brokers. This will flood your phone and email with agents calling to sell you their health plan. Lead Capture websites are easy to spot if you know how. For information about how to spot these sites see our post, ““.
## What’s Your Best Choice For Health Insurance Brokers?
As you can see above, there are limitations on the service and expertise you will receive if you use a health insurance agent that works in every state. The best choice is a local insurance broker that knows your city, the medical groups and hospitals that are available there.
You should be able to get help to determine what health insurance networks your doctor participates with along with good recommendations on health plans that fit your specific needs. A local broker will be able to do this with you.
See from other California health insurance brokers.
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# Life Insurance For An Uncertain World
! You hold their world in your handsAs a boy scout I learned to “Be Prepared,” and I live that motto each day of my whole life. Planning for the future and the uncertainty of what might happen. Figuring out how to make sure that if something goes wrong I have a backup plan to keep what’s important from being derailed.
This is the philosophy we teach our clients. It includes using life insurance to protect the plans and goals you have for your family and your business.
The unexpected event is not something we can easily avoid. But preparing in case it should happen is doable. Life insurance for an uncertain world is an important part of planning for the future and protecting the ones we love.
Ask how you can prepare for your future and keep your life goals on track regardless of what happens. See our section of the website for more information. Follow our step by step instructions to get the right life insurance for you and your family needs.
You’ve seen the quotes that show a 30 year old man getting $250,000 of life insurance for under $15/mo. Those ads assume you are an Olympic Athlete with a perfect family history. Unless you match that description, you will see prices a little higher.
See what your rates look like.
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# NEW 2017 Open Enrollment Period Case Study
! 2017 Open Enrollment Period Starts 11/1/16Check out our latest case study showing the decision process we used for the 2017 Covered CA Open Enrollment Period.
This case addresses many common issues that everyone faces. Can you keep your existing doctors? Can you reduce your cost of health insurance in 2017? Should you consider switching from Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum to a different metal tier?
We also address one of the biggest issues facing residents of San Diego county that use the Scripps Health System for their medical needs. Is there another option besides Blue Shield?
Many of you have read my bio on the page. As a diabetic my need for health insurance is important. This case outlines what I did to set up our health insurance for 2017. It also covers the trade-offs we had to make in order to reduce our monthly premiums.
You can see the case study here: “.”
**Read the other case studies by going to the in the navigation bar.**
As always, if you have questions call us or put them in the comments below. We’ll respond quickly.
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# Covered California Requires You Have A Doctor Or You Will Be Assigned A Doctor
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On August 17th Covered California began sending letters to all enrollees that have PPO plans. The letter states that your insurance company is going to assign you to a Physician on January 1st, 2017. This is described in the letter as a “new feature.” Should you be worried?
> Thank you for enrolling in health coverage through Covered California. We have news about a new feature that will be available with the PPO (Preferred Provider Organization) plan you are currently enrolled in, beginning January 1, 2017. What is it?
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> Beginning January 1, 2017, your health insurance plan will select a Primary Care Physician for you. Once your Primary Care Physician is selected, you will be able to change to another physician at any time you choose.
“Covered California Requires You Have A Doctor” Letter to an SPF Insurance client.
We’ve received many calls about this letter. The bottom line is that you don’t have to do anything to keep your existing doctor. The insurance companies are required to make sure you are seeing a doctor by the end of 2016. If you have not seen a doctor since you enrolled in your plan, the insurance company will assign a Primary Care Physician (PCP) to you.
This only effects you if you have a PPO or EPO plan. If you have an HMO plan then you already have a PCP, so there will be no change.
If the insurance company assigns a doctor, you can change this doctor by calling your insurance company.
If you have not used a doctor since starting your plan, you can search for your own doctor and then notify your insurance company about the doctor you want to have assigned as your PCP.
Use our to help you select your PCP.
Covered California is requiring all health insurance companies in California to implement this “new feature” during the upcoming Open Enrollment Period.
## What Do You Need To Do?
You don’t need to do anything if you want to keep your existing doctor.
If you have any questions, contact us and our advisers will be able to help you.
Here is the explanation we brokers received from Covered California.
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When you hear the word symmetry, maybe you picture a simple geometric shape like a square or a triangle, or the complex pattern on a butterfly's wings. If you are artistically inclined, you might think of the subtle modulations of a Mozart concerto, or the effortless poise of a prima ballerina. When used in every day life, the word symmetry represents vague notions of beauty, harmony and balance. In math and science, symmetry has a different, and very specific, meaning. In this technical sense, a symmetry is the property of an object. Pretty much any type of object can have symmetry, from tangible things like butterflies, to abstract entities like geometric shapes. So, what does it mean for an object to be symmetric? Here's the definition: a symmetry is a transformation that leaves that object unchanged. Okay, that sounds a bit abstract, so let's unpack it. It will help to look at a particular example, like this equilateral triangle. If we rotate our triangle through 120 degrees, around an access through its center, we end up with a triangle that's identical to the original. In this case, the object is the triangle, and the transformation that leaves the object unchanged is rotation through 120 degrees. So we can say an equilateral triangle is symmetric with respect to rotations of 120 degrees around its center. If we rotated the triangle by, say, 90 degrees instead, the rotated triangle would look different to the original. In other words, an equilateral triangle is not symmetric with respect to rotations of 90 degrees around its center. But why do mathematicians and scientists care about symmetries? Turns out, they're essential in many fields of math and science. Let's take a close look at one example: symmetry in biology. You might have noticed that there's a very familiar kind of symmetry we haven't mentioned yet: the symmetry of the right and left sides of the human body. The transformation that gives this symmetry is reflection by an imaginary mirror that slices vertically through the body. Biologists call this bilateral symmetry. As with all symmetries found in living things, it's only approximate, but still a striking feature of the human body. We humans aren't the only bilaterally symmetric organisms. Many other animals, foxes, sharks, beetles, that butterfly we mentioned earlier, have this kind of symmetry, as do some plants like orchid flowers. Other organisms have different symmetries, ones that only become apparent when you rotate the organism around its center point. It's a lot like the rotational symmetry of the triangle we watched earlier. But when it occurs in animals, this kind of symmetry is known as radial symmetry. For instance, some sea urchins and starfish have pentaradial or five-fold symmetry, that is, symmetry with respect to rotations of 72 degrees around their center. This symmetry also appears in plants, as you can see for yourself by slicing through an apple horizontally. Some jellyfish are symmetric with respect to rotations of 90 degrees, while sea anemones are symmetric when you rotate them at any angle. Some corals, on the other hand, have no symmetry at all. They are completely asymmetric. But why do organisms exhibit these different symmetries? Does body symmetry tell us anything about an animal's lifestyle? Let's look at one particular group: bilaterally symmetric animals. In this camp, we have foxes, beetles, sharks, butterflies, and, of course, humans. The thing that unites bilaterally symmetric animals is that their bodies are designed around movement. If you want to pick one direction and move that way, it helps to have a front end where you can group your sensory organs-- your eyes, ears and nose. It helps to have your mouth there too since you're more likely to run into food or enemies from this end. You're probably familiar with a name for a group of organs, plus a mouth, mounted on the front of an animal's body. It's called a head. Having a head leads naturally to the development of bilateral symmetry. And it also helps you build streamlined fins if you're a fish, aerodynamic wings if you're a bird, or well coordinated legs for running if you're a fox. But, what does this all have to do with evolution? Turns out, biologists can use these various body symmetries to figure out which animals are related to which. For instance, we saw that starfish and sea urchins have five-fold symmetry. But really what we should have said was adult starfish and sea urchins. In their larval stage, they're bilateral, just like us humans. For biologists, this is strong evidence that we're more closely related to starfish than we are, to say, corals, or other animals that don't exhibit bilateral symmetry at any stage in their development. One of the most fascinating and important problems in biology is reconstructing the tree of life, discovering when and how the different branches diverged. Thinking about something as simple as body symmetry can help us dig far into our evolutionary past and understand where we, as a species, have come from. | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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I work in a small research group in a university where I'm the only one coming in with a background that leads one to care about maintenance and upkeep of infrastructure software. That means that whatever I set up should be trivially maintainable by those coming after. Ideally, it should be able to just be hands off for the next 10 years, but I know this is a bit unrealistic, unless the only application is a static site or the application is hosted on an air gapped machine.That said, what's the best way to reduce or offload the maintenance surface area in a way that's most trivial to budget? I've been away from infrastructure myself for about 10-15 years now, and am just barely familiar with what Docker, k8s, and all this other stuff is.Is there some way to box up the application code and libraries and let it run on a remote machine that someone else maintains? Amazon Fargate seems close but I'm terrified about misusing their services and ending up with a huge bill. Heroku might work too if I can slot everything I'm doing into their services. I really would like to have a timeseries DB like Influx or Timescale, but the load is so tiny that Sqlite or Postgres might do just fine. The cloud offerings from Influx and Timescale are just too expensive -- what we're doing would run just fine on an Rpi4 with a USB3 attached drive, but now we're back to a machine that needs to be maintained.One thing I'm quite weary of is pay per request. I would much rather pay a fixed cost per month and make users wait, rather than having the price per month just be a question mark. Again it's an internal app -- I'm not trying to hit any kind of latency target, and I can build clients with some degree of robustness to services going down or timing out.The most important things to me are hands-offness and fixed cost. Again, I would love to stick an Rpi in the corner and forget about it if this were not such an irresponsible thing to do.Any thoughts? | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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This thesis examines the (South) Korean animation industry in between the global and the national. Since the 1990s, the Korean animation industry has tried to shift from being a subordinated ‘in-betweener’ (i.e. subcontracting for the USA and Japan) to becoming an autonomous agent (i.e. producing its own animations). What exactly initiated this change? Can it be perhaps understood as the response to the globalisation process? Or, can it be, in fact, Korea’s constantly contested nationalism under the guise of capital force of globalisation? How does this change our understanding of globalisation as process? More importantly, how do animators experience globalisation in their daily lives and work conditions?\ud
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To answer these questions, the thesis focuses on (1) how the local creative industry recognises and realises the dynamics between the global and national; (2) how the local creative producers experience negotiating local and global values in their daily lives and work. As Korea is a globally challenged nation with constantly contested national identity, the Korean animation industry is a potent site for examining ambivalent identity formation through these ‘in-between’ negotiation processes. People’s everyday experiences and ‘emotional’ struggles in-between the two major forces of nationalism and globalisation have been relatively neglected in research so far. This focus leads me to suggest the idea of ‘in-between’ not just as subcontracting but as a concept. In contrast to celebration of hybridity as ambivalence and/or resistance to both globalisation and nationalism, ‘in-betweeness’ captures the subjective experience generated from hybridity and realised through social and emotional tension in lived experiences and work. Being in-between is understood as a negotiation, transition and dis/juncture of different experiences of globalisation, along which Korean animators experience conflicts, dilemmas and confusion and hesitations about which direction to head in. It results in the creation of an ambivalent and often agonized in between identity | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Classic retailer piece that i am so happy to have in my wardrobe. high quality all wool felt jacket. unlined, stretchy comfortable knit. i wear mine as a knit blazer and love it. it is not merino soft, but soft enough to wear over a long sleeve tee. the neck does not itch.
fits tts, i wear a l and that is my normal retailer size. i am tempted to get the cream as well! | 1 | 0 | 0 |
It is the perfect top to wear in the summer, it is nice and you can be somewhat dressy or super casual. i don't like anything too tight around my stomach and this has a nice flow with just the right amount of material. | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Voadocm upgrade a disgrace
Very poor service. Have had 2 confirmed contract upgrades. Both times the contracts are apparently cancelled as not processed within 24 hours by the agent. No feedback given to the customer. I'm left waiting for my new phone to be delivered yet contract apparently never processed. Waste of my time.... I'm leaving Vodacom. Been a long standing client and this is how they treat their loyal customers | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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I'm interested in building an desktop app for all platforms. I would like to move away from building apps in the browser but I'm only familiar with JavaScript and web-technologies.Since Electron is frowned upon, what language or platform would be suitable?Requirements:
- Mature language
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- Performance better than Electron or a fast websiteA major plus:
- Big community of quality tutorials
- Big community of packages
- It's not too hard to learn for someone who knows JavaScript-----I've looked at the Rust eco-system, but most GUI libraries are not there yet. Swift UI looks great to work with, but would only target 1 platform. React Native or Flutter for desktop is in alfa/beta state. | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Let me begin by telling you about my horribly debilitating fear of going to the dentist. It's epic. Weeks before an appointment I start having nightmares. Thinking about sitting in the dental chair makes me break out in a cold sweat. I require nitris oxide for a simple cleaning. The sound of the drill is enough to make me want to claw my face off. Basically, every visit has been the worst experience ever for the past 30 years....
Enter Dr. Marcia Blazer. I read about her online when searching for a local dentist here in Scottsdale. I literally googled "dentists for anxious patients", and her name popped up. Her website appeared too good to be true. They offered nitris (plus), offered non invasive options for dental procedures (double plus), and offered a staff used to accomodating those with a healthy dose of dental fear.
I went in for my first visit (a cleaning and exam), and I was amazed at how comfortable they made me feel. They were warm and friendly, and put me at ease immediately. During the cleaning, my least favorite part is always when they use the scrapy,pointy torture device to stab off all the plaque at the gumline. How happy was I when they used an air abrasion tool instead...felt like a cool stream of water on your teeth, and BAM, they're clean! They were so calming, that when I was informed that I had 2 cavities, I didn't even have a panic attack at the thought of coming in.
Fast forward two weeks to my filling appointment. I had requested nitris (hey, I was feeling better but still SUPER anxious), which they had all set up in the room for me when I walked in. Now here's my favorite part. As I sat in the chair, the assistant brought over two big boxes full of dvd's and asked me what movie I would like to watch during the procedure...What?? So I picked a lighthearted comedy (50 First Dates). I was then given noise eliminating headphones to use (goodbye horrible drilling sound), nitris (hello happy gas), and a few hand signals to recognize if I was supposed to open or close my mouth. And we were off! She didn't try to maintain conversation (soooo annoying when dentists do that), and before I knew it she was done and I was disappointed because my movie wasn't quite over! I was even told that had my dentist not needed the room I was in for another patient, that I would have been welcome to stay and just finish the movie!
I have had several interactions with this office since then (regarding billing and follow up), and every time it is a pleasure to deal with them. I highly recommend this office to anyone! | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Superior rectus muscle recession for residual head tilt after inferior oblique muscle weakening in superior oblique palsy.
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Residual head tilt has been reported in patients with superior oblique muscle palsy (SOP) after surgery to weaken the inferior oblique (IO) muscle. The treatments for these patients have not received appropriate attention. In this study, we evaluated the superior rectus (SR) muscle recession as a surgical treatment.
The medical records of 12 patients with SOP were retrospectively reviewed. Each of these patients had unilateral SR muscle recession for residual head tilt after IO muscle weakening due to SOP. The residual torticollis was classified into three groups on the basis of severity: mild, moderate, or severe. Both IO muscle overaction and vertical deviation, features of SOP, were evaluated in all patients. The severity of the preoperative and postoperative torticollis and vertical deviation were compared using a paired t-test and Fisher's exact test.
The torticollis improved in nine of 12 (75%) patients after SR muscle recession. The difference between the preoperative and postoperative severity of torticollis was statistically significant (p = 0.0008). After surgery, the mean vertical deviation was significantly reduced from 12.4 prism diopters to 1.3 prism diopters (p = 0.0003).
Unilateral SR muscle recession is an effective method to correct residual head tilt after IO muscle weakening in patients with SOP. This surgical procedure is believed to decrease head tilt by reducing the vertical deviation and thereby the compensatory head tilt. | 0 | 0 | 1 |
This set of curtains is very similar to other curtains that have printed scenes. There is a fair amount of light that still bleeds through the curtain. If you want more light blocking, then another layer of fabric is needed. The graphic was really nice, and the colors are vibrant. The construction is high quality and looks like it will last. | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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The expectations and attitudes of patients with chronic kidney disease toward living kidney donor transplantation: a thematic synthesis of qualitative studies.
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Living kidney donation offers superior outcomes over deceased organ donation, but incurs psychosocial and ethical challenges for recipients because of the risks imposed on their donor. We aimed to describe the beliefs, attitudes, and expectations of patients with chronic kidney disease toward receiving a living kidney donor transplant.
We conducted a systematic review of qualitative studies of patients' attitudes toward living kidney donation using a comprehensive literature search of electronic databases to February 2013. The findings were analyzed using thematic synthesis.
Thirty-nine studies (n ≥ 1791 participants) were included. We identified six themes: prioritizing own health (better graft survival, accepting risk, and desperate aversion to dialysis), guilt and responsibility (jeopardizing donor health, anticipating donor regret, and causing donor inconvenience), ambivalence and uncertainty (doubting transplant urgency, insufficient information, confronted by unfamiliarity, and prognostic uncertainty), seeking decisional validation (a familial obligation, alleviating family burden, reciprocal benefits for donors, respecting donor autonomy, external reassurance, and religious approval), needing social support (avoiding family conflict, unrelenting indebtedness, and emotional isolation), and cautious donor recruitment (self-advocacy, lacking self-confidence, avoiding donor coercion, emotional vulnerability, respecting cultural, and religious taboos).
Enhanced education and psychosocial support may help clarify, validate, and address patients' concerns regarding donor outcomes, guilt, relationship tensions, and donor recruitment. This may encourage informed decision-making, increase access to living kidney donation, and improve psychosocial adjustment for transplant recipients. | 0 | 0 | 1 |
OUTsurance has OUTstanding service!
I am absolutely impressed with OUTsurance and their friendly, speedy response to my distress call over a weekend.
While moving a TV unit I accidently hit and broke the glass pane of a window that leads to an open veranda.
I logged a claim via their app. It was easy to navigate through.
Within minutes I received a confirmation SMS and within the hour a consultant called me.
I explained what had happened. I don't have Home Building Insurance but only Home Contents Insurance. I didn't want my claim to effect my No-Claim-Bonus.
The consultant explained that there is Emergency Cover for accidents/incidents like mine and transferred my call to a friendly and helpful consultant; Nkosinathi. He continually called while I waited for the glass company to arrive to ensure that I was safe.
Not long after the glass company; Glasfit contacted me and very shortly after the call arrived. They measured the glass for the window pane and within minutes they had replaced and repaired the broken glass of the window. I felt safe with the repaired glass pane of the window.
I received a call from Quinton Kruger, a manager of OUTsurance following up on my Emergency Claim. Super friendly and explained the whole process about the Emergency Cover. It is an extra feature that OUTsurance have for their clients at no extra cost to a client. Fantastic cover and service to offer!
I have been a client of OUTsurance for many years and each time I have had an unfortunate incident they are friendly and quick to help and resolve my claims.
I highly recommend OUTsurance for the OUTstanding service in the insurance industry from car to household cover. | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Love! the detailing is so pretty! and finally!!! it's a top that's comfortably long. retailer has been making all of their tops so short lately! i'm 5'7" and a dd. i ordered a large simply because it's a cotton tee and i didn't want a fitted look, per se. my only criticism would be that the material is a little thin in the front. i just ordered it in black too! | 0 | 0 | 1 |
My wife loved it and me too because she take all the pictures and movies that want make and I don't need all the time ti pick out from the tablete. | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Quality degradation of search results (on popular search engines) has been a trending topic on HN multiple times. Below are a couple of those discussions:
of these discussions seem to be concluding on a specific topic - a feedback loop that ad-driven search engines cause, forcing the content creators to optimize for wrong parameters. This business model pushed many creators behind walled gardens, app developers to defend their data at all costs.We all agree that content discoverability was one of the big pain points on the web since its inception (and still is). I don't understand why we're yet to have a web standard to address this problem. I believe in interoperable search engines as a solution to this problem. Interoperability will force search engine services to employ varying business models based on user needs. This will also free up more information for public discovery.It's a problem that popular web standards organizations could solve (worst, should have already been solved). Because nobody is doing it, I've decided to spend some time on it, now doing it much more seriously.
Here is the entire idea as whitepaper:
I'm looking forwards to your valuable suggestions for improvement.
This repo contains the current implementations of it: it's not a shitcoin whitepaper shilling. | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Keya Mangalore Fish Pickle: Keya Pickles brings you a range of pickles made from secret recipes from various parts of India, Perfected over many years, these zesty and delicious pickles add zing to your food Just add a dollop of Keya Pickles to parathas, kulchas, bread, pulao or rice and enjoy a whole new taste. | 1 | 0 | 0 |
I picked this up during the bf promo and very happy to find my size 10. i was watching this coat, i call this really a topper, because it is not heavy and finishes an outfit, i went up to a size 10 because it runs slim as noted in the description and the reviews. i find this piece to be a reminder of the old retailer pieces i have collected over the years ( since 2001!) my chest is a 34dd and even then the 10 is snug. i can't wait to wear this bold statement piece, i purchased the bailly 44 navy p | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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# Monthly Archives: November 2024
By **KCM Crew** | November 29, 2024
There’s a misconception Wall Street is buying all the homes on the market. But data proves that isn’t true.
By **KCM Crew** | November 28, 2024
With the holidays right around the corner, homeowners planning to move have a decision to make: sell now or wait?
By **KCM Crew** | November 27, 2024
Chances are you’re hearing a lot about mortgage rates right now, and all you really want to hear is that they’re coming back down.
By **KCM Crew** | November 26, 2024
Buying a home in today’s market can feel like an uphill battle – especially with home prices and mortgage rates putting pressure on your budget.
By **KCM Crew** | November 25, 2024
One major reason why we’re not heading toward a foreclosure crisis is the high level of equity homeowners have today.
By **KCM Crew** | November 22, 2024
If you’re planning to list your house in 2025, it’s already time to start working on any repairs. But where do you start?
By **KCM Crew** | November 21, 2024
With rising home prices and volatile mortgage rates, it’s important you know about every resource that could help make buying a home possible.
By **KCM Crew** | November 20, 2024
If you’ve been keeping an eye on mortgage rates lately, you might feel like you’re on a roller coaster ride.
By **KCM Crew** | November 19, 2024
Let’s be real – buying a home right now is tough.
By **KCM Crew** | November 18, 2024
If you’re debating whether or not you want to sell right now, it might be because you’ve got some unanswered questions, like if moving really makes sense in today’s market.
# Monthly Archives: October 2024
By **KCM Crew** | October 31, 2024
Feeling a bit unsure, or even afraid, to move with everything going on right now?
By **KCM Crew** | October 30, 2024
No one likes making mistakes, especially when they happen in what’s likely the biggest transaction of your life – buying a home.
By **KCM Crew** | October 29, 2024
With the 2024 Presidential election fast approaching, you might be wondering what impact, if any, it’s having on the housing market.
By **KCM Crew** | October 28, 2024
Even though there are more homes available for sale than there were at this time last year, there are still more buyers than there are houses to choose from.
By **KCM Crew** | October 25, 2024
There are a number of scary myths about homebuying in today’s market. Here’s what you need to know.
By **KCM Crew** | October 24, 2024
With everything feeling more expensive these days, it’s natural to worry about how rising costs might impact the housing market.
By **KCM Crew** | October 23, 2024
As you’re getting ready to sell your house, one of the first questions you’re probably asking is, “how long is this going to take?”
By **KCM Crew** | October 22, 2024
If your goal is to sell your house in 2025, now’s the time to start prepping.
By **KCM Crew** | October 21, 2024
Curious about where the housing market is headed in 2025?
By **KCM Crew** | October 18, 2024
You may be torn between buying a home now or waiting. But don’t forget to factor in the equity you’ll gain as prices rise.
# Monthly Archives: September 2024
By **KCM Crew** | September 30, 2024
That’s right—according to a recent study from Zillow, in 22 of the 50 largest metro areas, monthly mortgage payments are now lower than rent payments.
By **KCM Crew** | September 27, 2024
If you’re wondering if you should buy now or wait, here’s what you need to know.
By **KCM Crew** | September 26, 2024
When it’s time to buy or sell a home, one of the most important decisions you’ll make is who you’ll work with as your agent.
By **KCM Crew** | September 25, 2024
Should you buy a home now or should you wait? That’s a question a lot of people have these days.
By **KCM Crew** | September 24, 2024
Believe it or not, almost 80% of first-time homebuyers qualify for down payment assistance, but only 13% actually use it.
By **KCM Crew** | September 23, 2024
Every seller wants to get their house sold quickly, for as much money as they can, with as few headaches as possible.
By **KCM Crew** | September 20, 2024
Mortgage rates are trending down and that’s great news for your bottom line.
By **KCM Crew** | September 19, 2024
If you’ve been hesitant to list your house because you’re worried no one’s buying, here’s your sign it may be time to talk with an agent.
By **KCM Crew** | September 18, 2024
Even though affordability is improving, buying a home can still feel tough right now.
By **KCM Crew** | September 17, 2024
Mortgage rates have hit their lowest point in over a year and a half.
# Monthly Archives: August 2024
By **KCM Crew** | August 30, 2024
Want to know some of the top mistakes sellers are making today and how to make sure they don’t happen to you too?
By **KCM Crew** | August 29, 2024
If you’ve been keeping an eye on the housing market over the past couple of years, you know sellers have had the upper hand.
By **KCM Crew** | August 28, 2024
Looking ahead to 2025, it's important to know what experts are projecting for the housing market.
By **KCM Crew** | August 27, 2024
It’s no surprise that the upcoming Presidential election might have you speculating about what’s ahead.
By **KCM Crew** | August 26, 2024
You won’t find anyone who’s going to argue that mortgage rates have had a big impact on housing affordability over the past couple of years.
By **KCM Crew** | August 23, 2024
While the number of homes for sale varies by local area, nationally we’re up over 36% year-over-year, but still down almost 29% compared to what’s normal.
By **KCM Crew** | August 22, 2024
Have you ever heard the phrase: don’t believe everything you hear?
By **KCM Crew** | August 21, 2024
In today's housing market, many sellers are making a critical mistake: overpricing their houses.
By **KCM Crew** | August 20, 2024
Selecting the right real estate agent can make a world of difference when buying or selling a home.
By **KCM Crew** | August 19, 2024
If you’re thinking about buying or selling a home, you’ve probably got mortgage rates on your mind.
# Monthly Archives: July 2024
By **KCM Crew** | July 31, 2024
Figuring out what to do with your house when you're ready to move can be a big decision.
By **KCM Crew** | July 30, 2024
The housing market is going through a transition.
By **KCM Crew** | July 29, 2024
Today’s headlines and news stories about home prices are confusing and make it tough to know what’s really happening.
By **KCM Crew** | July 26, 2024
Equity is the difference between what your house is worth and what you still owe on your mortgage.
By **KCM Crew** | July 25, 2024
As someone who’s thinking about buying or selling a home, you’re probably paying close attention to mortgage rates – and wondering what's ahead.
By **KCM Crew** | July 24, 2024
If you’re in the market to buy a home, there’s some exciting news for you.
By **KCM Crew** | July 23, 2024
Even though data shows inflation is cooling, a lot of people are still feeling the pinch on their wallets.
By **KCM Crew** | July 22, 2024
There’s an interesting trend happening in the housing market.
By **KCM Crew** | July 19, 2024
Want to know the biggest mistakes homebuyers are making today?
By **KCM Crew** | July 18, 2024
There’s no arguing this past year has been difficult for homebuyers.
# Monthly Archives: June 2024
By **KCM Crew** | June 28, 2024
Wondering what the second half of the year holds for the housing market? Here’s what expert forecasts say.
By **KCM Crew** | June 27, 2024
When you decide to buy your first home, you may come across a number of terms and conditions you’re not familiar with.
By **KCM Crew** | June 26, 2024
Should you buy a home now or should you wait?
By **KCM Crew** | June 25, 2024
You want your house to sell fast. And you may be wondering how long the whole process is going to take.
By **KCM Crew** | June 24, 2024
As we move into the second half of 2024, here’s what experts say you should expect for home prices, mortgage rates, and home sales.
By **KCM Crew** | June 21, 2024
Considering selling your house without an agent? You should know there are some serious downsides to handling it on your own.
By **KCM Crew** | June 20, 2024
Summer is officially here and that means it’s the perfect time to start planning where you want to vacation and unwind this season.
By **KCM Crew** | June 19, 2024
There's no denying it's gotten more challenging to buy a home, especially with today's mortgage rates and home price appreciation.
By **KCM Crew** | June 18, 2024
Chances are you’re hearing a lot about mortgage rates right now.
By **KCM Crew** | June 17, 2024
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We live in a time-pressed culture. There is never enough time. And we see it, we feel it around us every day. We live in a world that valorizes work, accomplishment, busyness. And there’s real upside to that; there’s real value. We’re pushed, we’re driven toward achievement and action and creation. And that’s great, but there’s also a downside. And that's something that I think is worth talking about. There was a study done a while back, by the Management Research Group, of 10,000 senior leaders. And they asked them, “What is key to your organization’s success?” And 97 percent said long-term strategic thinking. I mean, when was the last time that 97 percent of people agreed on anything? There is near unanimity that being a long-term thinker -- having perspective, having the ability to think and ask big questions -- is essential to our success. And yet in a separate study, 96 percent of leaders were surveyed, and they said they don’t have time for strategic thinking. (Laughter) What is going on? Why is it -- how can it be that 96 percent of people are not doing the one thing that they say is most critical to their success? Well, I think we know the answer ... or at least we think we do. The average professional attends 62 meetings per month. That sounds pretty outrageous. How could that be? But if you actually break it down, it’s not that many. It’s two to three meetings per day, which is probably average for many of you. So 62 meetings a month. That does not help, and that is not wrong. It is a contributor. Also, we know -- we know what else ... email. A study a while back by McKinsey showed that the average professional spends 28 percent of their time just responding to email. Of course that drains us, of course that makes us busy. But the truth is, it’s also, I believe, not the full picture. Those are manifestations. Those are problems, legitimately. But there are also some other things going on underneath the surface, reasons that perhaps we are, in some ways, working at cross-purposes. Because for so long almost all of us have said we want desperately to be less busy, and yet we keep making choices that put ourselves in the position where we’re just as busy as we’ve always been. What is going on? Well, some research out of Columbia University sheds a little bit of light on this. Silvia Bellezza and her colleagues have done interesting research into the fact that in some cultures -- American culture chief among them -- busyness is actually a form of status. When we say, “Oh, I am so crazy busy,” what we’re really saying is a societally-accepted version of “I am so important -- (Laughter) “I am so popular! I am so in demand!” And the truth is that feeling can be hard to give up ... even if we say that we want to. That’s not the only reason, of course. It turns out it is very hard for the human mind to deal with conditions of uncertainty. And in modern life, there’s a lot of it. Sometimes we are given tasks or challenges, and the truth is, tactically, we just don’t know how to do it. “Increase sales by 30 percent.” Well, how? There’s a lot of ways you could do it. You’re not sure how. Sometimes it’s easier, frankly, to just double down and keep doing more of what you’re already doing. That might not be the best answer, but it’s an answer, and it removes uncertainty. The picture gets even worse when we’re talking about existential questions; when we’re talking about uncomfortable matters that we might not actually really want to deal with. That might be, “Am I in the right job?” It might be, “Am I in the right career?” Those are often questions, truth be told, we might not want the answer to. And so we become busy as a way so that we don’t even have to ask the question. Now, there's a third reason, and I’ll admit it’s one that I know well, personally, and that is that sometimes we use busyness as a way to numb ourselves out. I’ve experienced that. This is my boy Gideon, and he died in 2013. I’d had him for 17 years, and he was my best friend. And after he died, I’ll be honest, I didn’t want to be home because I knew that he wouldn’t be there. And so for two years, my life basically was an Uber to an airport, to a hotel and back again, because I just really didn’t want to face that. For a lot of us, there are things we sometimes don’t want to face. What we’re really looking for with work is an anesthetic. And as I like to say, work is better than crack -- (Laughter) so if you’re choosing ... (Laughter) it’s not the worst. (Laughter) But the truth is, it's also not a sustainable solution. For many of us, we get trapped in the pattern of busyness, of overwork. It's hard sometimes even to remember what it was like before. Oftentimes in our mind’s eye, when we think of busyness, what we think of is this. What we think of is triumphant success and the world at your fingertips. The truth is, more often, busyness looks like this. It looks like loneliness. It looks like frustration. It looks like having a life that’s not really in your full control. So I would like to propose that we make a change. Because if we are ever going to succeed in beating back busyness once and for all, first of all, we have to get real and acknowledge what is actually behind some of the busyness that is filling our days. We have to really get honest about what it is that’s motivating us so that we can make a different choice. Because it is about our choice. We need to recognize that real freedom is about creating the space so that we can breathe, the space so that we can think. Ultimately, real freedom is about choosing how and with whom we want to be spending our time. Thank you. (Cheers) (Applause) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Today I saw a patient who is apart of our home hospice care system. They were in a room at a nursing facility and the person they were sharing a room with was actively dying. It was intense and was only made more somber when I realized how alone she was in that room. No one attending to her or at her bedside. Just me, behind a curtain with my patient, occasionally checking on her to make sure I wasn’t causing any more anxiety. My immediate hope was that her family was on its way but as time went on I came to realize that this was it. This was how it was going to end. She was all alone. I can’t imagine how terrifying that must have been. | 0 | 0 | 1 |
We have been here now several times. This Is one of the best restaurants we have ever been to. The food and service is absolutely the best. Most everything is cooked in their exposed kitchen. Everything off the grill is awesome.
The servers will patiently answer all your questions and appear as though they really enjoy seeing you pleased with your experience.
Since we have been here several times here is a list of some items we have had:
For one, if you don't mind spending the money the toro "tour" is great. They have something like 5 different kinds of toro. From real fatty to a little less. Melts in your mouth. The presentation is very impressive. It is served on ice with different kinds of salt and (to us) a very unique way of presenting the wasabi.
All there other sushis are served perfectly prepared
The steak is excellent. The flavor is spectacular, grilled in view over an open flame and quite literally cooked, always and without fail, exactly to you specification.
All tempura dishes are great
Grilled zucchini.... Very good and juicy.
Seabass with miso. Cooked perfectly.
I suggest you order to share and sit at the counter. It makes for a very good experience. This is the place where you should go in without worrying about cost. Just go for it, tske your time and experience it all. It will make for a very good experience.
Try their very unique drinks, they are very refreshing.
Or, if you are real daring, the tasting menu is literally a 4 hour experience.
Did it once. It's a bit long for us and wont do it again. | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Heritage and Racial Pride are different, I bet you share more culture in common with me than with a Muslim from a tribal village in Angola. I think better term might be appreciative, you are appreciative of all your ancestors and sacrifices they made and you might be proud of them, but you are not proud of them because they are black but because of their tenacity. | 0 | 0 | 1 |
The explosion wouldn’t be as bad as you are thinking. You can’t compress water so while you can hold it under huge amounts of pressure, should the vessel fail it will usually fail slowly (relatively speaking) because there is no explosive expansion of the liquid inside. Even if the vessel fails catastrophically and rapidly it will just rip open and spray water all over the place.
The types of explosions from high pressure you are thinking of is because the pressurized item has its volume significantly reduced compared to its volume at standard pressure. So the explosion is actually caused by the rapid change in volume when the vessel fails. Something goes from taking up 1 cubic foot to 100 cubic feet instantly and anything in its displacement path gets smacked. But the pressurized water doesn’t do that. It goes from taking up 1 cubic foot to still taking up 1 cubic foot so there is no expansion and no displacement of anything.
Think water balloon popping vs air filled ballon. (Which isn’t a perfect example since the balloon material wants to reduce in size when it fails so it will spray the water around more). The water balloon will largely just splash it’s water in a small area while the air fill balloon makes a bang sound and blasts bits of itself all over the place.
Those things like water rockets or hot water heaters exploding are due to gas being compressed inside the vessel (you pump air into the water rocket and the water heater creates steam inside).
The most dangerous aspect would probably actually be a small leak as then you might be faced with a high pressure jet of water shooting out in a thin stream which may be able to cut thru another object. | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Voxel classification and graph cuts for automated segmentation of pathological periprosthetic hip anatomy.
Abstract:
Automated patient-specific image-based segmentation of tissues surrounding aseptically loose hip prostheses is desired. For this we present an automated segmentation pipeline that labels periprosthetic tissues in computed tomography (CT). The intended application of this pipeline is in pre-operative planning.
Individual voxels were classified based on a set of automatically extracted image features. Minimum-cost graph cuts were computed on the classification results. The graph-cut step enabled us to enforce geometrical containment constraints, such as cortical bone sheathing the femur's interior. The solution's novelty lies in the combination of voxel classification with multilabel graph cuts and in the way label costs were defined to enforce containment constraints.
The segmentation pipeline was tested on a set of twelve manually segmented clinical CT volumes. The distribution of healthy tissue and bone cement was automatically determined with sensitivities greater than 82% and pathological fibrous interface tissue with a sensitivity exceeding 73%. Specificity exceeded 96% for all tissues.
The addition of a graph-cut step improved segmentation compared to voxel classification alone. The pipeline described in this paper represents a practical approach to segmenting multitissue regions from CT. | 1 | 0 | 0 |
I LOVE THIS PLACE! It's so nice to be able to eat here whenever it's chilly outside. Actually, allow me to be honest, I probably would eat here everyday but I settle for 1-2 times a week.
I get my Pho with extra meatballs and no onions and they make it perfect for me each time!!! The folks are awesome and no matter how busy it is everything come out SUPER fast! You know a girl loves to eat in a timely manner with my hectic schedule!
The Springrolls, the crab puffs the chicken fried rice all amazing too! For a good time time and warm feeling after a FANTASTIC meal this is the best come winter or AZ summer time:) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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The World’s No. 1 Male Deodorant – Axe, brings you the Axe Chocolate Collection for men. This gift set for men is part of our 10-year anniversary celebration for the irresistible Dark Temptation fragrance. The Axe Temptation After Shave Lotion is the perfect finish to your morning shave. It soothes nicks and cuts and leaves your skin feeling soft and moisturised. While the intoxicating fragrance stimulates your senses and energises you. Just splash some Axe Temptation After Shave lotion on your hands and gently dab on your cheeks for a refreshing after shave experience.
The Axe Dark Temptation Body Spray will instantly cool you down by 6-degrees! Powered by the unique intense notes of Dark Chocolate, this is the ideal body spray to kickstart your busy day. Just twist the cap to reveal the nozzle. Then, hold the can straight up, and spray 15cms away from your body. Axe Dark Temptation Body Spray is safe to use on your skin, so spray on your underarms and across your chest and you’re ready to go! The Axe Signature Dark Temptation no gas Body Deodorant for men has a rich chocolate fragrance that lasts 24 hours. With notes of Amber and Peppercorn added to a smooth chocolate-scented base, this men's deo will help you make an unforgettable impression when it matters most. Hold the can straight up, about 15cms away from your body, and spray on your chest and neck. It’s that simple and totally safe on the skin!
Treat your loved one to some chocolate goodness with this attractive gift set of Axe Signature Dark Temptation Signature no gas Body Deodorant, Axe Dark Temptation Body Spray and Axe Temptation After Shave Lotion. | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Hydrogen vs. Battery Electric Cars
95% of hydrogen is produced from fossil fuels and "green" hydrogen from electricity (which doesn't mean it's 100% from renewables) is 2-3 times more expensive than the "grey" hydrogen produced directly from fossil resources. Calling a hydrogen vehicle "zero emissions" is very misleading, because no trucking company will pay 3x for fuel to save the planet. They'll say something like "green* (*where possible)" and keep using 99% fossil fuels. | 1 | 0 | 0 |
This dress is such a beautiful color and the fabric is super soft and lovely. it would be stunning on someone with a slim figure, but since i've got curves/an athletic build, it simply did not work. too bad, because it is such a pretty dress! | 0 | 0 | 1 |
4. Acquisitions On July 1, 2011, 7834080 Canada Inc., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, completed the acquisition of all of the capital shares of Bemag Transformer Inc. Pursuant to the share purchase agreement, as amended, all the capital shares of Bemag Transformer Inc. were purchased in a transaction valued at approximately $9.1 million, which amount includes approximately $2.8 million of Bemag Transformer Inc.'s former revolving and long-term debt which was repaid by the Company at closing. The transaction was accounted for under the purchase method of accounting. Under the purchase method of accounting, the total estimated purchase price is allocated to the tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed in connection with the acquisition, based on their estimated fair values as of the effective date of the acquisition. Goodwill arising from the acquisition has been determined as the excess of the purchase price over the net of the amounts assigned to acquired assets and liabilities assumed. The allocation of the purchase price was as follows (in thousands): Purchase Price: Cash $ 6,231 Debt repaid at closing 2,830 Total consideration $ 9,061 Purchase Price Allocation: Cash and cash equivalents - Accounts receivable 2,870 Inventory 3,040 Prepaid expenses 30 Deferred income taxes 3 Income taxes receivable 181 Property and equipment 3,488 Accounts payable and accrued liabilities (2,683 ) Deferred tax liabilities (744 ) Net tangible assets acquired 6,185 Intangible assets acquired 1,476 Goodwill 1,400 Total purchase price $ 9,061 Identifiable intangible assets having finite lives arising from the acquisition were valued at $0.9 million, consisting primarily of customer relationships and a non-compete agreement. These intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis with a weighted average remaining useful life of 13.5 years. None of these definite-lived intangible assets acquired are deductible for tax purposes. Indefinite-lived intangible assets acquired are valued at $ | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Business Combination On July 31, 2018, we acquired a 66.7% equity stake in Silversea Cruise Holding Ltd. ("Silversea Cruises"), an ultra-luxury and expedition cruise line, from Heritage Cruise Holding Ltd. ("HCH"), previously known as Silversea Cruises Group Ltd. Silversea Cruises enhances our presence in the ultra-luxury and expedition markets and provides us with an opportunity to drive long-term capacity growth in these markets. The purchase price consisted of $1.02 billion in cash, net of assumed liabilities, and contingent consideration that can range from zero up to a maximum of approximately 472,000 shares of our common stock, and is payable upon achievement of certain 2019-2020 performance metrics by Silversea Cruises. The fair value of the contingent consideration at the acquisition date was $44.0 million. Changes to the fair value of the contingent consideration are recorded in our results of operations, if any, in the period of the change. Refer to Note 18. Fair Value Measurements and Derivative Instruments for further information on the valuation of the contingent consideration. To finance a portion of the purchase price, we drew in full on a $700 million unsecured credit agreement and the remainder of the transaction consideration was financed through the use of our revolving credit facilities. Refer to Note 9. Debt for further information on the credit agreement. We have accounted for this transaction under the provisions of ASC 805, Business Combinations . The purchase price for the Silversea Cruises acquisition was allocated based on estimates of the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the acquisition date, with the excess allocated to goodwill. Goodwill is not deductible for tax purposes and consisted primarily of the opportunity to expand our cruise operations in strategic growth areas. For reporting purposes, we included Silversea Cruises results of operations on a three-month reporting lag from October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019 in our consolidated results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2019 and from the July 31, 2018 date of acquisition through September 30, 2018 in our consolidated results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2018. We have included Silversea Cruises' balance sheets as of September 30, 2019 and 2018 in our consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Refer to Note 1. General for further information on this three-month reporting lag. There were no material measurement period adjustments recorded for the year ended December 31, 2019. The following table summarizes the purchase price allocation based on estimated fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed related to the Silversea Cruises acquisition as of July 31, 2018. Our purchase price allocation was final during 2019. (in thousands) Estimated Fair Value as of Acquisition Date (as Previously Reported) Measurement Period Adjustments (1) Estimated Fair Value as of Acquisition Date (as Adjusted) Assets Cash and cash equivalents $ 103,865 $ $ 103,865 Trade and other receivables, net 7,163 7,163 Inventories 18,331 18,331 Prepaid expenses and other assets(2) 120,496 120,496 Derivative financial instruments 2,886 2,886 Property and equipment, net(3) 1,114,270 1,114,270 Goodwill 1,090,010 (5,224) 1,084,786 Other assets(4) 498,457 498,457 Total assets acquired 2,955,478 (5,224) 2,950,254 Liabilities Current portion of long-term debt(5) 26,851 26,851 Accounts payable 36,960 36,960 Accrued interest 1,773 1,773 Accrued expenses and other liabilities 82,531 (5,224) 77,307 Customer deposits 453,798 453,798 Long-term debt(5) 727,935 727,935 Other long-term liabilities 23,860 23,860 Total liabilities assumed 1,353,708 (5,224) 1,348,484 Redeemable noncontrolling interest(6) 537,770 537,770 Total purchase price $ 1,064,000 $ $ 1,064,000 (1) As a result of additional information obtained about facts and circumstances that existed as of the acquisition date, we recorded measurement period adjustments during 2019, which resulted in a net decrease to Goodwill of $5.2 million. (2) Amount includes $32.0 million of cash held as collateral with credit card processors as of July 31, 2018. (3) Property and equipment, net includes two ships under capital lease agreements amounting to $156.0 million as of July 31, 2018. The respective capital lease liabilities are reported within Long-term debt . Refer to Note 9. Debt for further information on the capital lease financing arrangements. (4) Amount includes $494.6 million of intangible assets. Refer to Note 6. Intangible Assets for further information on the intangible assets acquired. (5) Refer to Note 9. Debt for further information on long-term debt assumed. (6) Refer to Note 11. Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest for further information on the redeemable noncontrolling interest recorded. As of December 31, 2018, intangible assets, net include intangible assets acquired in the Silversea Cruises acquisition, which were recorded at fair value at acquisition date as follows: Fair Value at Acquisition Date (in thousands) Weighted Average Amortization Period (Years) Silversea Cruises trade name $ 349,500 Indefinite-life Customer relationships 97,400 15 Galapagos operating license 36,100 16 Other finite-life intangible assets 11,560 2 Total intangible assets $ 494,560 Similar to our other ship-operating and vessel-owning subsidiaries, Silversea Cruises is currently exempt from U.S. corporate tax on U.S. source income from the international operation of ships pursuant to Section 883 of the Internal Revenue Code. Additionally, the deferred tax liability recognized in connection with the acquisition of Silversea Cruises was not material to our consolidated financial statements and there were no net operating losses recognized as of December 31, 2018. For the year ended December 31, 2018, Total revenues and Net Income in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss) include $130.1 million and $3.3 million, respectively, of revenues and net income from Silversea Cruises since the date of acquisition through September 30, 2018. For the year ended December 31, 2018, our results of operations also include transaction-related costs of $31.8 million, which were included primarily within Marketing, selling and administrative expenses in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss). Pro-forma financial results relating to the Silversea Cruises acquisition are not presented, as this acquisition was not material to our consolidated results of operations. | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Title:
Assessing disutility associated with diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular oedema and associated visual impairment using the Vision and Quality of Life Index.
Abstract:
Use of generic multi-attribute utility instruments (MAUI) to assess the impact of diabetic retinopathy (DR) on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) has produced inconsistent findings. Therefore, we assessed the impact of DR, diabetic macular oedema (DME) and associated visual impairment on vision-related QoL (VRQoL) using a vision-specific MAUI.
In this cross-sectional study, 203 diabetic patients were recruited from specialised eye clinics in a Melbourne tertiary eye hospital. Severity of combined DR/DME was categorised as: no DR/no DME, mild non-proliferative DR (NPDR) and/or mild DME; moderate NPDR and/or moderate DME and vision-threatening DR (severe NPDR or proliferative DR (PDR) and/or severe DME) in the worse eye. Visual impairment was categorised as: none (up to 0.18 logMAR); mild (from 0.18 to 0.3 logMAR); moderate (from 0.3 to 0.48 logMAR); severe (from 0.48 to 0.78 logMAR); and profound (worse than 0.78 logMAR). The Vision and Quality of Life Index (VisQoL) vision-specific MAUI was the main outcome measure. As the distribution of the utilities was skewed, independent associations with covariates were explored using multivariable quantile regression models (five groups: 15(th) , 30(th) , 45(th) , 60(th) and 75(th) percentiles) ranging from poorest to highest VRQoL.
Participants' median age was 65 years (range: 27 to 90 years). Of the 203 participants, 50 (24.6 per cent) had no DR/DME, 24 (11.8 per cent) had mild NPDR/DME, 47 (23.2 per cent) had moderate NPDR/DME and 82 (40.4 per cent) had vision-threatening DR. After adjusting for relevant covariables, only profound visual impairment was independently associated with VisQoL utilities (β= -0.297 ± 0.098 p < 0.01). Severity of DR/DME was not significantly associated with any group of VisQoL utilities.
The variation in VisQoL utilities was attributed to profound visual impairment but not mild, moderate or severe visual impairment or DR/DME severity. These findings support the use of vision-specific MAUI to capture the impact of profound visual impairment associated with DR and DME. A DR-specific MAUI might be required to assess the specific utility deficits associated with DR/DME across the spectrum of the condition. | 0 | 0 | 1 |
This thesis deals with the micro-politics of farm workers’ evictions. It documents farm\ud
workers’ narratives of the processes of eviction and displacement from farms in the\ud
Western Cape of South Africa. It analyses farm relations and their relationship with law,\ud
through the eyes of farm workers and through the legal actors who assist them with\ud
representation and by lobbying on their behalf. In particular, it focuses on the Extension\ud
of Security of Tenure Act (62) of 1997, which was implemented to protect farm workers\ud
from the large scale evictions that were taking place on farms and as part of a broader\ud
land reform programme.\ud
Drawing particularly on the work of Andries Du Toit, who has written about paternalism\ud
on Western Cape Farms (eg. 1998) and more recently on the impact of policy (2002), and\ud
on Blair Rutherford’s arguments relating to farm workers’ organisation in Zimbabwe, I\ud
argue that (neo)paternalistic sociality on farms is constantly being renegotiated in spite of\ud
and because of new laws, and through involvement of other influences such as locally\ud
based paralegals. The core of my argument is that farm workers are ‘liminal’ in this\ud
moment, particularly in the negotiation of eviction and housing tenure, as they operate\ud
both within the limits of paternalism where they can, and increasingly through ‘access to\ud
justice’ and related concepts. The boundaries of these discourses and social spaces are\ud
constantly shifting back and forth as farm dwellers are influenced by worker organisation\ud
as espoused by NGOs, and by increased interaction and understanding with and of laws\ud
that protect them; at the same time as they are influenced by their relationships with farm\ud
owners and other farm workers, or by paternalism.\ud
The anthropological fieldwork upon which the thesis is based was multi-sited, conducted\ud
between February 2002 and September 2003. The thesis follows the work of NGOs and\ud
paralegals, and the life histories and recent legal experiences of farm workers. The\ud
importance of the interaction between farm workers with law and its interlocutors should\ud
not be underestimated even in a context where laws such as ESTA in fact offer limited\ud
protection to farm workers’ security of tenure. These interactions must be understood in\ud
the contexts of continuing but ever renegotiated forms of gendered and racialized\ud
paternalism, of a changing economic, legal and political landscape. The thesis is therefore concerned with these spheres of influences and the micro-dynamics of legal and political\ud
contestation in the rural Western Cape | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Title:
Operation costs and pollutant emissions reduction by definition of new collection scheduling and optimization of MSW collection routes using GIS. The case study of Barreiro, Portugal.
Abstract:
This work proposes an innovative methodology for the reduction of the operation costs and pollutant emissions involved in the waste collection and transportation. Its innovative feature lies in combining vehicle route optimization with that of waste collection scheduling. The latter uses historical data of the filling rate of each container individually to establish the daily circuits of collection points to be visited, which is more realistic than the usual assumption of a single average fill-up rate common to all the system containers. Moreover, this allows for the ahead planning of the collection scheduling, which permits a better system management. The optimization process of the routes to be travelled makes recourse to Geographical Information Systems (GISs) and uses interchangeably two optimization criteria: total spent time and travelled distance. Furthermore, rather than using average values, the relevant parameters influencing fuel consumption and pollutant emissions, such as vehicle speed in different roads and loading weight, are taken into consideration. The established methodology is applied to the glass-waste collection and transportation system of Amarsul S.A., in Barreiro. Moreover, to isolate the influence of the dynamic load on fuel consumption and pollutant emissions a sensitivity analysis of the vehicle loading process is performed. For that, two hypothetical scenarios are tested: one with the collected volume increasing exponentially along the collection path; the other assuming that the collected volume decreases exponentially along the same path. The results evidence unquestionable beneficial impacts of the optimization on both the operation costs (labor and vehicles maintenance and fuel consumption) and pollutant emissions, regardless the optimization criterion used. Nonetheless, such impact is particularly relevant when optimizing for time yielding substantial improvements to the existing system: potential reductions of 62% for the total spent time, 43% for the fuel consumption and 40% for the emitted pollutants. This results in total cost savings of 57%, labor being the greatest contributor, representing over €11,000 per year for the two vehicles collecting glass-waste. Moreover, it is shown herein that the dynamic loading process of the collection vehicle impacts on both the fuel consumption and on pollutant emissions. | 0 | 1 | 0 |
MANAGER / FITNESS INSTRUCTOR Summary Enthusiastic customer service/telesales representative with in-depth knowledge of sales, account management and training. Results-driven Manager with proven ability to establish rapport with clients. A very hands-on, hardworking, and highly motivated individual. Results-driven specialist who can multi-task, while staying organized and focused.Energetic, motivated specialist who is highly organized and skilled at balancing the needs of clients in both personal and professional capacities. Customer service and sales expert who identifies customer needs and delivers solutions to problems. Talented Customer Service Associate skilled at balancing customer needs and company demands. Effectively builds loyalty and long-term relationships with customers while achieving all individual sales goals. Customer Service Representative who maintains a high level of professionalism, patience and efficiency to minimize customer dissatisfaction and increase customer loyalty. Highlights High customer service standards Dedicated to process improvement Strong problem solving ability Strong organizational skills Active listening skills Seasoned in conflict resolution Energetic work attitude Adaptive team player Self-motivated Excellent communication skills Natural leader Thrives under pressure Fast learning Customer friendly Coordination skills Experience Manager / Fitness Instructor January 2014 to Current Company Name － City , State Cultivated positive relationships with participants by interacting with them during group fitness classes. Explained the use of exercise equipment to all participants, prioritizing safety at all times. Greeted all members in a professional and friendly manner. Immediately reported any damaged or broken equipment. Explained class objectives and rules. Extensively trained new and existing employees. Educated clients on effective ways to exercise while on business travel, at home and on vacation. Promoted a safe and interactive environment for club clients and members. Instructed gym members about correct use of weight resistance and cardiovascular equipment. Worked with clients to improve their overall endurance, strength, flexibility and balance. Reviewed weekly sales numbers and club statistics to identify areas for improvement. Cocktail Waitress July 2013 to October 2013 Company Name － City , State Maintained updated knowledge of all menu items, specials, liquor brands, beers and non-alcoholic selections. Continually provided exceptional service to customers by being friendly, knowledgeable and accommodating. Effectively and calmly resolved situations with intoxicated guests. Immediately informed supervisors of any problems or unusual situations and took appropriate action. Displayed friendly, outgoing and energetic behavior to create a warm, fun atmosphere for guests. Built guest satisfaction and enjoyment. Upsold products when appropriate. Waitress February 2013 to July 2013 Company Name － City , State Continually monitored dining rooms for seating availability, service, safety and well-being of guests. Effectively listened to, understood and clarified guest concerns and issues. Maintained complete knowledge of restaurant menu, including daily specials. Monitored guest for intoxication and immediately reported concerns to management. Maintained high standards of cleanliness and sanitation. Consistently provided professional, friendly and engaging service. Skillfully promoted items on beverage lists and restaurant specials. Waitress January 2013 to July 2013 Company Name － City , State Consistently provided professional, friendly and engaging service. Skillfully promoted items on beverage lists and restaurant specials. Displayed enthusiasm and knowledge about the restaurant's menu and products. Developed and maintained positive working relationships with others to reach business goals. Provided attentive service. Assertively uphold alcoholic beverages, appetizers and desserts. Assisted co-workers whenever possible. Waitress / Cocktail Server / Beer Tub May 2012 to December 2012 Company Name － City , State Delivered exceptional service by greeting and serving customers in a timely, friendly manner. Maintained knowledge of current menu items, garnishes, ingredients and preparation methods. Appropriately suggested additional items to customers to increase restaurant sales. Delivered exceptional, friendly and fast service. Participated in bar incentives and contests to drive sales and promote the venue. Maintained a positive working relationship with fellow staff and management. Displayed friendly, outgoing and energetic behavior to create a warm, fun atmosphere for guests. Education High School Diploma : 2011 Eagan High School － City , State Skills balance, clients, fast, safety, sales, statistics | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Have been to Pita Jungle twice before. Feel the wait staff do a good job. Always friendly and good service. Best hummus in town. For s dollar more get the bigger plate of hummus but ask for extra pitas (39 cents each) and some extra cucumbers and tomatoes (99 cents). Not a fancy place but certainly someplace you want to try out. | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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